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): March 2, 2015

 

 

LAYNE CHRISTENSEN COMPANY

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-34195   48-0920712

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

1800 Hughes Landing Blvd, Suite 700

The Woodlands, Texas 77380

(Address of principal executive offices)

(281) 475-2600

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 

 


Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On March 2, 2015, Layne Christensen Company (the “Company”) completed its previously-announced offering of approximately $100 million aggregate principal amount of 8.00% Senior Secured Second Lien Convertible Notes (the “Second Lien Notes”). The Second Lien Notes were offered to certain investors (collectively, the “Investors”) that held approximately $55.5 million of the Company’s 4.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2018 (the “Existing Convertible Notes”) pursuant to terms in which the Investors agreed to (i) exchange the Existing Convertible Notes owned by them for approximately $49.9 million of new Second Lien Notes (the “Exchange”) and (ii) purchase approximately $49.9 million aggregate principal amount of additional Second Lien Notes at a cash price equal to the principal amount thereof (the “Purchase”). The amount of accrued interest on the Existing Convertible Notes delivered by investors in the Exchange was credited to the cash purchase price payable by Investors in the Purchase.

The sale of the Second Lien Notes generated net cash proceeds of approximately $45 million after deducting placement agency discounts and commissions, estimated offering expenses payable by the Company and accrued interest on the existing convertible notes being exchanged. The Company intends to use the net cash proceeds to repay amounts outstanding under its asset-based revolving credit agreement (without reducing the commitments) and for general corporate purposes.

The Second Lien Notes were issued pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of March 2, 2015 (the “Indenture”), among the Company, the guarantor parties thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee and collateral agent. The Second Lien Notes are senior, secured obligations of the Company, with interest payable on May 1 and November 1 of each year, beginning May 1, 2015, at a rate of 8.00% per annum. The Second Lien Notes will mature on May 1, 2019; provided, however, that, unless all of the then-outstanding Existing Convertible Notes (or any permitted refinancing indebtedness in respect thereof) have been redeemed, repurchased, otherwise retired, discharged in accordance with their terms or converted into the Company’s common stock, or have been effectively discharged (in the case of the Existing Convertible Notes), in each case on or prior to August 15, 2018 or the scheduled maturity date of the Existing Convertible Notes (or any permitted refinancing indebtedness incurred in respect thereof) is extended to a date that is after October 15, 2019, the Second Lien Notes will mature on August 15, 2018.

The Second Lien Notes are the Company’s senior, secured obligations and:

 

    rank senior in right of payment to all of the Company’s existing or future indebtedness that is specifically subordinated to the Second Lien Notes;

 

    effectively rank senior in right of payment to all of the Company’s existing and future senior, unsecured indebtedness to the extent of the assets securing the Second Lien Notes, subject to the rights of the holders of the First Priority Liens (as defined below);

 

    are effectively subordinated to any debt of the Company’s foreign subsidiaries; and

 

    are effectively subordinated to any of the Company’s First Priority Debt (as defined below) to the extent of the assets securing such debt.


The Second Lien Notes are guaranteed by the Company’s subsidiaries that currently are co-borrowers or guarantors under the Company’s asset-based revolving credit agreement, as well as all of the Company’s future wholly owned U.S. restricted subsidiaries and, in certain cases, certain other subsidiaries of the Company. Each guarantee of the Second Lien Notes is the senior, secured obligation of the applicable subsidiary guarantor and:

 

    ranks senior in right of payment to all existing or future indebtedness of that subsidiary guarantor that is specifically subordinated to such guarantee;

 

    effectively ranks senior in right of payment to all existing and future senior, unsecured indebtedness of that subsidiary guarantor to the extent of the assets securing such guarantee, subject to the rights of the holders of the First Priority Liens; and

 

    is effectively subordinated to any First Priority Debt of that subsidiary guarantor to the extent of the assets securing such debt.

The Second Lien Notes are secured by a lien on substantially all of the assets of the Company and the subsidiary guarantors, subject to certain exceptions. The liens on the assets securing the Second Lien Notes are junior in priority to the liens (the “First Priority Liens”) on such assets securing debt (the “First Priority Debt”) of the Company or the subsidiary guarantors under the Company’s asset-based credit agreement and certain other specified existing or future obligations.

At any time prior to the maturity date, the Company may redeem for cash all, but not less than all, of the Second Lien Notes; provided, however, that the Company may not redeem the Second Lien Notes on a redemption date that is outside an Open Redemption Period (as defined below) unless the last reported sale price of the Company’s common stock equals or exceeds 140% of the conversion price of the Second Lien Notes in effect on each of at least 20 trading days during the 30 consecutive trading day period ending on, and including, the trading day immediately preceding the date on which the Company delivers the redemption notice.

For these purposes, an “Open Redemption Period” means each of the periods (i) commencing on February 15, 2018 and ending on, and including, August 14, 2018 and (ii) commencing on November 1, 2018 and ending on April 30, 2019. The redemption price will equal 100% of the principal amount of the Second Lien Notes to be redeemed, plus (i) accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the applicable redemption date and (ii) if such redemption date is during an Open Redemption Period, an additional payment equal to the present value, as of the redemption date, of the following:

 

    in the case of the open redemption period ending on August 14, 2018, all regularly scheduled interest payments due on the Second Lien Notes to be redeemed on each interest payment date occurring after the redemption date and on or before August 15, 2018 (assuming, solely for these purposes, that August 15, 2018 were an interest payment date); or

 

    in the case of the open redemption period ending on April 30, 2019, all regularly scheduled interest payments due on the Second Lien Notes to be redeemed on each interest payment date occurring after the redemption date and on or before May 1, 2019.


In addition, upon the occurrence of a “fundamental change” (as defined in the Indenture), holders of the Second Lien Notes will have the right, at their option, to require the Company to repurchase their Second Lien Notes in cash at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Second Lien Notes to be repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the fundamental change repurchase date.

The Second Lien Notes are convertible, at the option of the holders, into consideration consisting of shares of the Company’s common stock (and cash in lieu of fractional shares) until the close of business on the scheduled trading day immediately preceding the maturity date. No holder will have the right to convert any Second Lien Notes into shares of common stock to the extent that the conversion would cause that holder to beneficially own more than 9.9% of the shares of the Company’s common stock then outstanding after giving effect to the proposed conversion.

The initial conversion rate is 85.4701 shares of the Company’s common stock per $1,000 principal amount of Second Lien Notes (equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $11.70 per share of the Company’s common stock), representing a 40.0% conversion premium over the last reported sale price per share of the Company’s common stock on The NASDAQ Global Select Market on February 4, 2015. The conversion rate is subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain events. In addition, the Company may be obligated to increase the conversion rate for any conversion that occurs in connection with certain corporate events, including the Company’s calling the Second Lien Notes for redemption.

The Indenture contains covenants that, among other things, restrict the ability of the Company and its restricted subsidiaries, subject to certain exceptions, to: (1) incur additional indebtedness; (2) create liens; (3) declare or pay dividends on, make distributions with respect to, or purchase or redeem, the Company’s or its restricted subsidiaries equity interests, or make certain payments on subordinated or unsecured indebtedness or make certain investments; (4) enter into certain transactions with affiliates; (5) engage in certain asset sales unless specified conditions are satisfied; and (6) designate certain subsidiaries as unrestricted subsidiaries. The Indenture also contains events of default after the occurrence of which the Second Lien Notes may be accelerated and become immediately due and payable.

In connection with the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Indenture, the fifth amendment to the asset-based revolving credit agreement became effective. For a summary of the terms of the fifth amendment, please read the Company’s Form 8-K filed February 5, 2015, which summary is incorporated herein by reference.

In connection with the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Indenture, PNC Bank, National Association, as the administrative agent under the asset-based revolving credit agreement, and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee under the Indenture, entered into an Intercreditor and Subordination Agreement (the “Intercreditor Agreement”), dated as of March 2, 2015, which was acknowledged for certain limited purposes by the Company and the subsidiary guarantors. The Intercreditor Agreement establishes various inter-lender terms, including, but not limited to, priority of liens, permitted actions by each party, application of proceeds, exercise of remedies in the case of a default, releases of collateral and limitations on the amendment of the asset-based revolving credit agreement and the Indenture without the consent of the other party.


Copies of the following documents are attached to this Form 8-K as exhibits: (1) the Indenture and the form of global note representing the Second Lien Notes, (2) the security agreement related to the Indenture, (3) the Intercreditor Agreement and (4) the fifth amendment to the asset-based revolving credit agreement. The descriptions of the foregoing documents contained in this report are summaries and, in each case, are qualified in their entirety by the terms thereof.

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

The information disclosed in Item 1.01 is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.

Item 3.02. Unregistered Sale of Equity Securities.

The information disclosed in Item 1.01 is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.02.

The Company offered and sold the Notes in reliance on an exemption from registration under the Securities Act provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act in transactions that did not involve any public offering.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits . The following exhibits are filed as part of this report.

 

Number

  

Description

4.1    Indenture relating to the 8.00% Second Lien Senior Secured Convertible Notes, dated as of March 2, 2015, among Layne Christensen Company, the guarantor parties thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, including the form of Global Note attached as Exhibit A thereto.
4.2    Security Agreement, dated as of March 2, 2015, among Layne Christensen Company, certain of its subsidiaries, as pledgors, and U.S. Bank National Association, ,as Collateral Agent.
4.3    Intercreditor and Subordination Agreement dated as of March 2, 2015, between PNC Bank, National Association and U.S. Bank National Association and acknowledged by the Company and the subsidiary guarantors.
4.4    Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated January 30, 2015, by and among Layne Christensen Company, as Borrower, certain subsidiaries of Layne Christensen Company, as Co-Borrowers, the guarantors party thereto, the lenders party thereto, PNC Bank, National Association, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and JFIN Business Credit Fund I, LLC
4.5    Fifth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated March 2, 2015, by and among Layne Christensen Company, as Borrower, certain subsidiaries of Layne Christensen Company, as Co-Borrowers, the guarantors party thereto, the lenders party thereto, PNC Bank, National Association, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and JFIN Business Credit Fund I, LLC


SIGNATURES

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

 

Layne Christensen Company
Date: March 2, 2015 By:

/s/ Andrew T. Atchison

Andrew T. Atchison
Chief Financial Officer


Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description of Exhibit

4.1    Indenture relating to the 8.00% Second Lien Senior Secured Convertible Notes, dated as of March 2, 2015, among Layne Christensen Company, the guarantor parties thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, including the form of Global Note attached as Exhibit A thereto.
4.2    Security Agreement, dated as of March 2, 2015, among Layne Christensen Company, certain of its subsidiaries, as pledgors, and U.S. Bank National Association, ,as Collateral Agent.
4.3    Intercreditor and Subordination Agreement dated as of March 2, 2015, between PNC Bank, National Association and U.S. Bank National Association and acknowledged by
4.4    Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated January 30, 2015, by and among Layne Christensen Company, as Borrower, certain subsidiaries of Layne Christensen Company, as Co-Borrowers, the guarantors party thereto, the lenders party thereto, PNC Bank, National Association, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and JFIN Business Credit Fund I, LLC
4.5    Fifth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated March 2, 2015, by and among Layne Christensen Company, as Borrower, certain subsidiaries of Layne Christensen Company, as Co-Borrowers, the guarantors party thereto, the lenders party thereto, PNC Bank, National Association, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and JFIN Business Credit Fund I, LLC

Exhibit 4.1

 

 

L AYNE C HRISTENSEN C OMPANY

AS I SSUER

AND EACH OF THE GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO

8.00% SENIOR SECURED SECOND LIEN CONVERTIBLE NOTES

 

 

INDENTURE

D ATED AS OF M ARCH 2, 2015

 

 

U.S. B ANK N ATIONAL A SSOCIATION

AS T RUSTEE AND C OLLATERAL A GENT

 

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         Page  

Article 1 DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

     1   

Section 1.01

 

Definitions

     1   

Section 1.02

 

Other Definitions

     35   

Section 1.03

 

Rules of Construction

     36   

Section 1.04

 

References to Subordination

     37   

Section 1.05

 

Acts of Holders

     37   

Article 2 THE NOTES

     38   

Section 2.01

 

Designation, Amount and Issuance of Notes

     38   

Section 2.02

 

Form of Notes

     39   

Section 2.03

 

Denomination of Notes

     40   

Section 2.04

 

Payments

     40   

Section 2.05

 

Execution and Authentication

     43   

Section 2.06

 

Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent

     44   

Section 2.07

 

Money and Securities Held in Trust

     45   

Section 2.08

 

Holder Lists

     46   

Section 2.09

 

Transfer and Exchange

     46   

Section 2.10

 

Transfer Restrictions.

     50   

Section 2.11

 

Replacement Notes

     52   

Section 2.12

 

Temporary Notes

     53   

Section 2.13

 

Cancellation

     53   

Section 2.14

 

Outstanding Notes

     53   

Section 2.15

 

Persons Deemed Owners

     54   

Section 2.16

 

Repurchases

     54   

Section 2.17

 

CUSIP and ISIN Numbers

     54   

Article 3 REPURCHASE AT THE OPTION OF THE HOLDER

     55   

Section 3.01

 

Fundamental Change Permits Holders to Require the Company to Repurchase the Notes

     55   

Section 3.02

 

Fundamental Change Notice

     56   

Section 3.03

 

Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice

     57   

Section 3.04

 

Withdrawal of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice

     58   

Section 3.05

 

Effect of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice

     59   

Section 3.06

 

Notes Repurchased in Part

     60   

Section 3.07

 

Covenant to Comply With Securities Laws Upon Repurchase of Notes

     60   

Section 3.08

 

Deposit of Fundamental Change Repurchase Price

     60   

Section 3.09

 

Covenant Not to Repurchase Notes Upon Certain Events of Default

     60   

Article 4 COVENANTS

     61   

 

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Section 4.01

Payment of Notes

  61   

Section 4.02

144A Information

  61   

Section 4.03

Reports

  62   

Section 4.04

Additional Interest

  62   

Section 4.05

Compliance Certificate

  63   

Section 4.06

Restriction on Purchases by the Company and by Affiliates of the Company

  64   

Section 4.07

Taxes

  64   

Section 4.08

Corporate Existence

  64   

Section 4.09

Par Value Limitation.

  64   

Section 4.10

Stay, Extension and Usury Laws

  64   

Section 4.11

Further Instruments and Acts

  65   

Section 4.12

Restricted Payments

  65   

Section 4.13

Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries

  69   

Section 4.14

Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock

  72   

Section 4.15

Asset Sales

  76   

Section 4.16

Transactions with Affiliates

  79   

Section 4.17

Liens

  82   

Section 4.18

Additional Note Guarantees

  82   

Section 4.19

Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries

  83   

Section 4.20

After-Acquired Property

  84   

Section 4.21

Limitation on Issuance of Equity Interests

  84   

Article 5 CONSOLIDATION, MERGER AND SALE OF ASSETS

  84   

Section 5.01

Company May Consolidate, Merge or Sell Its Assets Only on Certain Terms

  84   

Section 5.02

Successor Substituted

  85   

Article 6 DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

  86   

Section 6.01

Events of Default

  86   

Section 6.02

Acceleration

  88   

Section 6.03

Other Remedies

  89   

Section 6.04

[Reserved]

  89   

Section 6.05

Waiver of Past Defaults

  89   

Section 6.06

Control by Majority

  89   

Section 6.07

Limitation on Suits

  90   

Section 6.08

Rights of Holders to Receive Payment

  90   

Section 6.09

Collection Suit by Trustee

  90   

Section 6.10

Trustee May File Proofs of Claim

  91   

Section 6.11

Priorities

  91   

Section 6.12

Undertaking for Costs

  92   

Article 7 TRUSTEE

  92   

 

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Section 7.01

Duties of Trustee

  92   

Section 7.02

Rights of Trustee

  93   

Section 7.03

Individual Rights of Trustee

  94   

Section 7.04

Trustee’s Disclaimer

  94   

Section 7.05

Notice of Defaults

  94   

Section 7.06

Compensation and Indemnity

  95   

Section 7.07

Replacement of Trustee

  96   

Section 7.08

Successor Trustee by Merger

  96   

Section 7.09

Eligibility; Disqualification

  97   

Section 7.10

Trustee’s Application for Instructions from the Company

  97   

Article 8 SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

  97   

Section 8.01

Discharge of Liability on Notes

  97   

Section 8.02

Repayment to the Company

  98   

Article 9 AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS

  98   

Section 9.01

Without Consent of Holders

  98   

Section 9.02

With Consent of Holders

  99   

Section 9.03

Execution of Supplemental Indentures

  100   

Section 9.04

Notices of Supplemental Indentures and Intercreditor Agreement

  101   

Section 9.05

Effect of Supplemental Indentures

  101   

Section 9.06

Revocation and Effect of Consents, Waivers and Actions

  101   

Section 9.07

Notation on, or Exchange of, Notes

  102   

Section 9.08

Payment for Consent

  102   

Article 10 CONVERSIONS

  102   

Section 10.01

Right To Convert

  102   

Section 10.02

Conversion Procedures

  103   

Section 10.03

Settlement Upon Conversion.

  104   

Section 10.04

Common Stock Issued Upon Conversion.

  105   

Section 10.05

Adjustment of Conversion Rate

  106   

Section 10.06

Voluntary Adjustments

  115   

Section 10.07

Adjustments Upon Certain Fundamental Changes

  115   

Section 10.08

Effect of Recapitalization, Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger or Sale

  117   

Section 10.09

No Responsibility of Trustee or Conversion Agent

  120   

Section 10.10

NASDAQ Compliance

  120   

Section 10.11

Ownership Limit

  120   

Article 11 REDEMPTION AT THE OPTION OF THE COMPANY

  121   

Section 11.01

No Sinking Fund

  121   

Section 11.02

Right To Redeem the Notes.

  121   

Section 11.03

Redemption Notice.

  122   

 

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Section 11.04

Effect of Redemption Notice

  123   

Section 11.05

Deposit of Redemption Price

  123   

Section 11.06

Effect of Deposit

  123   

Section 11.07

Covenant Not to Redeem Notes Upon Certain Events of Default

  124   

Section 11.08

Repayment to the Company

  124   

Article 12 NOTE GUARANTEES

  124   

Section 12.01

Note Guarantees

  124   

Section 12.02

Limitation on Guarantor Liability

  126   

Section 12.03

Execution and Delivery of Note Guarantee

  126   

Section 12.04

Guarantors May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms

  127   

Section 12.05

Releases

  128   

Article 13 INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT

  128   

Article 14 COLLATERAL

  130   

Section 14.01

Security Documents

  130   

Section 14.02

Collateral Agent

  132   

Section 14.03

Authorization of Actions to Be Taken

  133   

Section 14.04

Release of Collateral

  134   

Section 14.05

Use of Collateral; Compliance with Section 314(d) of the TIA

  135   

Section 14.06

Powers Exercisable by Receiver or Trustee

  136   

Section 14.07

Voting

  136   

Section 14.08

Appointment and Authorization of U.S. Bank National Association as Collateral Agent

  136   

Section 14.09

Recordings and Opinions

  137   

Section 14.10

Release Upon Termination of the Company’s Obligations

  137   

Section 14.11

Bonded Contracts

  137   

Article 15 MISCELLANEOUS

  138   

Section 15.01

Trust Indenture Act Controls

  138   

Section 15.02

Notices

  138   

Section 15.03

Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent

  140   

Section 15.04

Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion

  140   

Section 15.05

Separability Clause

  140   

Section 15.06

Rules by Trustee

  140   

Section 15.07

Governing Law and Waiver of Jury Trial

  140   

Section 15.08

No Recourse Against Others

  141   

Section 15.09

Calculations

  141   

Section 15.10

Successors

  141   

Section 15.11

Multiple Originals

  141   

Section 15.12

Table of Contents; Headings

  141   

Section 15.13

Force Majeure

  142   

Section 15.14

Submission to Jurisdiction

  142   

 

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Section 15.15

Legal Holidays

  142   

Section 15.16

Benefits of Indenture

  142   

Section 15.17

U.S.A. Patriot Act

  142   

Section 15.18

Tax Withholding

  142   

 

Form of Note

  A-1   

Form of Transfer Certificate

  B-1   

Form of Restricted Stock Legend

  C-1   

Form of Notation of Guarantee

  D-1   

Form of Supplemental Indenture

  E-1   

Form of Equipment Utilization Agreement

  F-1   

Schedule of Existing Indebtedness

  Schedule I   

Schedule of Existing Investments

  Schedule II   

Schedule of Existing Liens

  Schedule III   

Schedule of Immaterial Subsidiaries

  Schedule IV   

 

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INDENTURE, dated as of March 2, among Layne Christensen Company, a Delaware corporation (“ Company ”), the Guarantors (as defined below) party hereto and U.S. Bank National Association, a federal savings bank, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”) and collateral agent (the “ Collateral Agent ”).

WHEREAS, the Company has duly authorized the creation of an issue of ninety-nine million eight hundred ninety-eight thousand dollars ($99,898,000) aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 8.00% Senior Secured Second Lien Convertible Notes; and

WHEREAS, the Company and each of the Guarantors has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture.

NOW, THEREFORE, each party agrees as follows for the benefit of each of the other parties hereto and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders (as defined below) of the Company’s 8.00% Senior Secured Second Lien Convertible Notes:

Article 1

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

Section 1.01 Definitions .

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

(1) Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such other Person is merged with or into or became a Subsidiary of such specified Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person merging with or into, or becoming, a Subsidiary of, such specified Person; and

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

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 the purposes of this definition, “ control ,” when used with respect to any specified Person, means the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “ controlling ” and “ controlled ” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

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

Asset Sale ” means:

(1) the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of any assets or rights, provided that the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole will be governed by Article 5 and not by Section 4.15; and

 

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(2) the issuance of Equity Interests by any of the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries or the sale of Equity Interests in any of the Company’s Subsidiaries (other than directors’ qualifying Equity Interests or Equity Interests required by applicable law to be held by a Person other than the Company or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries).

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding paragraph, none of the following items will be deemed to be an Asset Sale (other than to the extent such Asset Sale includes Equity Interests of a Guarantor (or any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Equity Interest of a Guarantor) not received by the Company or another Guarantor):

(1) any single transaction or series of related transactions that involves assets having a Fair Market Value of less than $2.5 million;

(2) a transfer of assets (including, without limitation, Equity Interests) constituting Collateral between or among the Company and the Guarantors;

(3) a transfer of assets that are not Collateral between or among the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries;

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

(5) any sale or other disposition of damaged, worn-out or obsolete assets or assets otherwise unsuitable or no longer required for use in the ordinary course of the business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries (including the abandonment or other disposition of property that is, in the reasonable judgment of the Company, no longer profitable, economically practicable to maintain or useful in the conduct of the business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as whole);

(6) a Restricted Payment that does not violate Section 4.12, or a Permitted Investment;

(7) the licensing or sublicensing of intellectual property or other general intangibles on customary terms in the ordinary course of business and the abandonment of intellectual property which is no longer used or useful in or material to the businesses of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries;

(8) the sale, lease, sublease, license, sublicense, consignment, conveyance or other disposition of products, services, inventory and other assets in the ordinary course of business, including leases with respect to facilities that are temporarily not in use or pending their disposition;

(9) a disposition of leasehold improvements or leased assets in connection with the termination of any operating lease;

 

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(10) 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 or the sale or other disposition of Hedging Obligations or other financial instruments in the ordinary course of business;

(11) any foreclosure or any similar action with respect to the property or other assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;

(12) the sublease or assignment to third parties of leased facilities in the ordinary course of business;

(13) a Casualty or Condemnation Event whose proceeds are subject to Section 4.15;

(14) the creation of or realization on a Lien to the extent that the granting of such Lien was not in violation of Section 4.17;

(15) any surrender or waiver of contract rights or settlement, release, recovery on or surrender of contract, tort or other claims;

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

(17) to the extent allowable under Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or any successor provision, or any similar provision of any foreign country, any exchange of like property (excluding any boot thereon) for use in a Permitted Business, provided that the aggregate Fair Market Value of the property or assets (including cash and Cash Equivalents) received by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in such exchange is at least equal to the aggregate Fair Market Value of the property or assets disposed of by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiaries in such exchange.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding paragraph, the Company may voluntarily treat any transaction otherwise exempt from the definition of “Asset Sale” pursuant to clauses (1) through (17) above as an “Asset Sale” by designating such transaction as an Asset Sale for purposes of this Indenture in an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee.

Attributable Debt ” in respect of a sale and leaseback transaction means, at the time of determination, the present value of the obligation of the lessee for net rental payments during the remaining term of the lease included in such sale and leaseback transaction, including any period for which such lease has been extended or may, at the option of the lessor, be extended. Such present value shall be calculated using a discount rate equal to the rate of interest implicit in such transaction, determined in accordance with U.S. GAAP; provided , however , that if such sale and leaseback transaction results in a Capital Lease Obligation, the amount of Attributable Debt represented thereby will be the amount of liability in respect thereof determined in accordance with the definition of “Capital Lease Obligation.”

Bankruptcy Law ” means Title 11, United States Code, or any similar U.S. federal, state or non-U.S. law for the relief of debtors.

 

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Beneficial Owner ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that in calculating the beneficial ownership of any particular person or group, such person or group will be deemed to have beneficial ownership of all securities that such person or group has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time. The terms “ Beneficially Own ” and “ Beneficially Owned ” have a corresponding meaning.

Board of Directors ” means the board of directors of the Company or a committee of such board duly authorized to act for it.

Board Resolution ” means a copy of one or more resolutions certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.

Bonded Contract ” means, with respect to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, any construction contract of the Company or such Subsidiary with respect to which (i) a surety bond is required to be issued in connection with such construction contract and (ii) a Surety has issued such Surety Bond for the benefit or account of the Company or such Subsidiary.

Business Day ” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which the Federal Reserve Bank of New York or the place of payment is authorized or required by law or executive order to close or be closed.

Capital Lease Obligation ” means, at the time any determination is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a capital lease that would at that time be required to be capitalized on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP, and the Stated Maturity thereof shall be the date of the last payment of rent or any other amount due under such lease on or prior to the first date upon which such lease may be prepaid by the lessee without payment of a penalty.

Capital Stock ” means, for any Person, any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options, participations or other equivalents of, or interests in (however designated), the equity of such Person, but excluding any debt securities convertible into such equity.

Cash Equivalents ” means:

(1) any evidence of Indebtedness issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof with a final maturity not exceeding five years from the date of acquisition;

(2) deposits, certificates of deposit or acceptances of any financial institution that is a member of the Federal Reserve System and whose unsecured long term debt is rated at least “A” by Standard & Poor’s Ratings, a division of McGraw Hill Financial, Inc. (“ S&P ”), or at least “A2” by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“ Moody’s ”) or any respective successor agency;

 

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(3) commercial paper with a maturity of 365 days or less issued by a corporation (other than an Affiliate of the Company) organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia and rated at least “A-1” by S&P and at least “P-1” by Moody’s or any respective successor agency;

(4) repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements relating to marketable direct obligations issued or unconditionally guaranteed by the United States or issued by any agency thereof and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States maturing within 365 days from the date of acquisition;

(5) readily marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the United States or any political subdivision of any such state or any public instrumentality thereof maturing within 365 days from the date of acquisition and, at the time of acquisition, having one of the two highest ratings obtainable from either S&P or Moody’s or any respective successor agency;

(6) demand deposits, savings deposits, time deposits and certificates of deposit of any commercial bank having, or which is the principal banking subsidiary of a bank holding company organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia having, capital and surplus aggregating in excess of $500,000,000 and a rating of “A” (or such other similar equivalent rating) or higher by at least one nationally recognized statistical rating organization (as defined in Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act) with maturities of not more than 365 days from the date of acquisition;

(7) money market funds which invest substantially all of their assets in securities described in the preceding clauses (1) through (6); and

(8) in the case of a Foreign Subsidiary, instruments equivalent to those referred to in clauses (1) through (7) above denominated in a foreign currency, which are (i) substantially equivalent in tenor, (ii) issued by, or entered into with, foreign persons with credit quality generally accepted by businesses in the jurisdictions in which such Foreign Subsidiary operates and (iii) customarily used by businesses for short-term cash management purposes in any jurisdiction outside of the United States to the extent reasonably required in connection with any business conducted by such Foreign Subsidiary.

Casualty or Condemnation Event ” means any taking under power of eminent domain or similar proceeding and any insured loss, in each case, relating to property or other assets that constituted Collateral owned by the Company or a Guarantor.

Close of Busines s” means 5:00 p.m., New York City time.

Collateral ” means all property subject or purported to be subject, from time to time, to a Lien under any of the Security Documents.

 

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Collateral Agent ” means the party serving in such capacity under this Indenture until a successor replaces it pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture and, thereafter, means such successor.

Commercial Motor Vehicles ” has the meaning set forth in the Security Agreement.

Common Stock ” means the shares of the common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share, or any other shares of Capital Stock of the Company into which such shares of common stock will be reclassified or changed.

Company ” means the party named as such in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor or assignee replaces it pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof and, thereafter, means the successor or assignee.

Company Order ” means a written request or order signed in the name of the Company by any Officer.

Consolidated Cash Flow ” means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period plus , without duplication:

(1) provision for taxes based on income or profits of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries and all franchise taxes for such period, to the extent that such amounts were deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus

(2) the Fixed Charges of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent that such Fixed Charges were deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus

(3) depreciation, amortization (including amortization of intangibles, deferred financing fees, debt incurrence costs, commissions, fees and expenses, but excluding amortization of prepaid cash expenses that were paid in a prior period), depletion and other non-cash expenses or charges (including any write-offs of debt issuance or deferred financing costs or fees and impairment charges and the impact on depreciation and amortization of purchase accounting, but excluding any such non-cash expense to the extent that it represents an accrual of or reserve for cash expenses in any future period or amortization of a prepaid cash expense that was paid in a prior period) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period to the extent that such depreciation, amortization and other non-cash expenses or charges were deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus

(4) the amount of net loss resulting from the payment of any premiums, fees or similar amounts that are required to be paid under the terms of the instrument(s) governing any Indebtedness upon the repayment, prepayment or other extinguishment of such Indebtedness in accordance with the terms of such Indebtedness; plus

(5) (i) unusual or nonrecurring charges, expenses or other items and (ii) charges, expenses or other items in connection with any restructuring, acquisition (including integration costs), disposition, equity issuance or debt incurrence, in all cases

 

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whether or not consummated and to the extent deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income (for the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of this clause (5), charges, expenses or other items shall be deemed to be “unusual” or “non-recurring” if similar charges, expenses or other items have not been incurred in the current fiscal year or the preceding two fiscal and are not reasonably likely to recur within any of the next two fiscal years); plus

(6) any impairment charges or asset write-offs, in each case pursuant to U.S. GAAP, and the amortization of intangibles arising pursuant to U.S. GAAP; minus

(7) non-cash items increasing such Consolidated Net Income for such period (other than the accrual of revenue in the ordinary course of business or any other such non-cash item to the extent that it represents a reduction in an accrual of or reserve for cash charges or expenses in any future period), in each case, on a consolidated basis and determined in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

Consolidated Net Income ” means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the aggregate of the net income (loss) from continuing operations of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with U.S. GAAP and without any reduction in respect of preferred stock dividends; provided that:

(1) all extraordinary gains and losses and all gains and losses realized in connection with any asset disposition or the disposition of securities or the early extinguishment of Indebtedness or Hedging Obligations, together with any related provision for taxes on any such gain, will be excluded;

(2) the net income of any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting will be included only to the extent of the amount of dividends or similar distributions paid in cash to the specified Person or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Person (and the net loss of any such Person shall be included only to the extent that such loss is funded in cash by the specified Person or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof);

(3) solely for the purpose of determining the amount available for Restricted Payments under Section 4.12(a), the net income for such period of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any 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 the Consolidated Net Income of such Person shall be increased by the amount of dividends or other distributions paid in cash (or to the extent converted to cash) by any such Restricted Subsidiary to such Person, to the extent not already included therein;

 

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(4) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles, together with any related provision for taxes, will be excluded;

(5) notwithstanding anything to the contrary in clause (2) above, the net income of any Unrestricted Subsidiary will be excluded except for the amount of dividends or other distributions paid in cash by the Unrestricted Subsidiary to such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

(6) any non-cash costs or expenses resulting from stock option plans, employee benefit plans, compensation charges or post-employment benefit plans, or grants or awards of stock, stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options, restricted stock, preferred stock or other rights will be excluded;

(7) any gain or loss for such period from currency translation gains or losses or net gains or losses related to currency re-measurements of Indebtedness will be excluded;

(8) any unrealized net after-tax income (loss) from Hedging Obligations or cash management obligations and the application of Accounting Standards Codification Topic 815 “Derivatives and Hedging” or from other derivative instruments in the ordinary course will be excluded;

(9) any nonrecurring charges relating to any premium or penalty paid, write off of deferred finance costs or other charges in connection with redeeming or retiring any Indebtedness prior to its Stated Maturity will be excluded; and

(10) earn outs, contingent consideration or deferred purchase obligations in connection with the acquisition of a Permitted Business or assets used in a Permitted Business will be excluded.

Consolidated Total Assets ” means, at any date, with respect to any Person, the total assets of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

Conversion Price ” means, at any time, (i) $1,000 divided by (ii) the Conversion Rate in effect at such time.

Conversion Rate ” means, initially, 85.4701 shares of Common Stock per $1,000 principal amount of Notes, subject to adjustment as provided herein.

Conversion Rate Cap ” means a number of shares of Common Stock per $1,000 principal amount of Notes equal to a fraction, rounded down to the nearest 1/10,000th of a share, (i) whose numerator is $1,000 and (ii) whose denominator is the Last Reported Sale Price per share of Common Stock on February 4, 2015; provided , however , that the Conversion Rate Cap shall be subject to adjustment in the same manner, at the same time and for the same events for which the Conversion Rate must be adjusted as set forth in Section 10.05 hereof.

 

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Corporate Trust Office ” means the corporate trust office of the Trustee at which the trust created by this Indenture will be administered, which office, as of the Issue Date, is located at U.S. Bank National Association, 333 Commerce Street, Suite 800 Nashville, TN 37201, Attention: Global Corporate Trust Services, and may later be located at such other address as the Trustee, upon delivering notice to the Holders, the Paying Agent, the Conversion Agent, the Registrar and the Company, designates.

Custodian ” means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator, custodian or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.

Daily VWAP ” means, for any Trading Day, the per share volume-weighted average price as displayed under the heading “Bloomberg VWAP” on Bloomberg page “LAYN <equity> AQR” (or its equivalent successor if such page is not available) in respect of the period from the scheduled open of trading until the scheduled close of trading of the primary trading session on such Trading Day (or if such volume-weighted average price is unavailable, the market value of one share of Common Stock on such Trading Day determined, using a volume-weighted average method, by a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm retained for this purpose by the Company). The Daily VWAP will be determined without regard to after-hours trading or any other trading outside of the regular trading session trading hours.

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

Definitive Notes ” means Notes that are in registered definitive form.

Depositary ” means DTC; provided that the Company may at any time, upon delivering notice to the Holders, the Company, the Trustee, the Registrar, the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent, appoint a successor Depositary.

Designated Noncash Consideration ” means the Fair Market Value of non-cash consideration received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with an Asset Sale that is so designated as Designated Noncash Consideration pursuant to an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee, setting forth the basis of such valuation.

Disqualified Stock ” means any Capital Stock that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible, or for which it is exchangeable, in each case, at the option of the holder of the Capital Stock), or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or redeemable at the option of the holder of the Capital Stock, in whole or in part, on or prior to the earlier of (x) the date that is 91 days after the date on which the Notes mature and (y) the date that is 91 days after the date no Notes remain outstanding; provided that only the portion of the 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 will be deemed to be Disqualified Stock; provided, further, that if such Capital Stock is issued to any employee or to any plan for the benefit of employees of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Capital Stock will 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

 

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as a result of such employee’s termination, death or disability. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding sentence, any Capital Stock that would constitute Disqualified Stock solely because the holders of the Capital Stock have the right to require the Company to repurchase or redeem such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of a Fundamental Change or an Asset Sale will not constitute Disqualified Stock if the terms of such Capital Stock provide that the Company may not repurchase or redeem any such Capital Stock pursuant to such provisions unless such repurchase or redemption complies with Section 4.12. The amount of Disqualified Stock deemed to be outstanding at any time for purposes of this Indenture will be the maximum amount that the Company or any and its Restricted Subsidiaries may become obligated to pay upon the maturity of, or pursuant to any mandatory repurchase or redemption provisions of, such Disqualified Stock exclusive of accrued dividends (other than the accretion, accumulation or payment-in-kind of dividends).

DTC ” means The Depository Trust Company.

Effectively Discharged ” (or “ Effectively Discharge ” or “ Effective Discharge ”) means, with respect to the Existing Convertible Notes, that (i) the Company shall have irrevocably deposited with the Existing Convertible Notes Trustee, for the benefit of the holders of the Existing Convertible Notes, cash in an amount equal to the sum of all remaining interest and principal payments due on the Existing Convertible Notes (together with the “Conversion Consideration” (as defined in the Existing Convertible Notes Indenture) due in respect of each conversion of Existing Convertible Notes that has not been fully settled as of the time of such deposit) and shall have irrevocably directed the Trustee to make such payments to the holders of the Existing Convertible Notes as the same becomes due in accordance with the Existing Convertible Notes Indenture ( provided , however , that such deposit may be subject to arrangements whereby any cash amounts not necessary to pay amounts due on the Existing Convertible Notes as they become due may be returned to the Company after none the Existing Convertible Notes remain outstanding); (ii) the Company shall have paid all other amounts due under the Existing Convertible Notes Indenture; (iii) the Company shall have irrevocably elected, pursuant to Section 9.01(i) of the Existing Convertible Notes Indenture, that the “Settlement Method” applicable to all subsequent conversions of the Existing Convertible Notes shall be either “Physical Settlement” or “Combination Settlement” with a “Specified Dollar Amount” (as such terms are defined in the Existing Convertible Notes Indenture) of no more than $1,000 per $1,000 principal amount of Existing Convertible Notes; and (iv) the Company shall delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate to the effect that clauses (i) through (iii) above have been satisfied and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the conditions precedent to the Existing Convertible Notes being Effectively Discharged have been satisfied.

Equipment Utilization Agreement ” means any Equipment Utilization Agreement substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F entered into by the Collateral Agent at the request of a Surety pursuant to Section 14.11(c).

Equity Interests ” means Capital Stock; provided , however , that “Equity Interests” does not include any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, (x) Capital Stock or (b) Capital Stock and/or cash based on the value of such Capital Stock).

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

 

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Excluded Property ” has the meaning set forth in the Security Agreement.

Excluded Real Property ” means any real property owned by the Company or a Guarantor:

(1) with a Fair Market Value of less than $1.0 million;

(2) on the Issue Date and not subject to a mortgage or deed trust in favor of the collateral agent under the Senior Credit Agreement as of the Issue Date; or

(3) if the collateral agent under the Senior Credit Agreement has elected to not take a security interest in such parcel of owned real property;

provided , however , that if, after the Issue Date, the Company or any Guarantor grants a mortgage or deed of trust in favor of collateral agent under the Senior Credit Agreement on any Excluded Real Property, such real property shall cease to be Excluded Real Property for so long as such mortgage or deed of trust remains in place and the Company or any Guarantor, as applicable, shall grant a mortgage or deed of trust over such real property in favor of the Collateral Agent as if such property is subject to Section 4.20 and shall be subject to the requirements of Section 14.01(b).

Excluded Subsidiary ” shall mean (a) any U.S. Subsidiary that is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary, (b) any Immaterial Subsidiary, (c) any direct or indirect U.S. Subsidiary of a direct or indirect Foreign Subsidiary of the Company, (d) any Unrestricted Subsidiary and (e) any Foreign Subsidiary.

Existing Convertible Notes ” means the Company’s 4.25% Convertible Notes due 2018 outstanding on the Issue Date, after giving effect to the issuance of the Notes.

Existing Convertible Notes Indenture ” means that certain indenture, dated as of November 12, 2013, between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, governing the Existing Convertible Notes.

Existing Convertible Notes Trustee ” means the trustee of the Existing Convertible Notes under the Existing Convertible Notes Indenture.

Existing Indebtedness ” means all Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries (other than Indebtedness under the Senior Credit Agreement) in existence on the Issue Date as listed on Schedule I hereto, until such amounts are repaid including, without limitation, the Existing Convertible Notes.

Fair Market Value ” means the value that would be paid by a willing buyer to an unaffiliated willing seller in a transaction not involving distress or necessity of either party, determined in good faith by (unless otherwise provided in this Indenture) the Board of Directors.

Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio ” means with respect to any specified Person for any period, the ratio of the Consolidated Cash Flow of such Person for such period to the Fixed Charges of such Person for such period. In the event that the specified Person or any of its

 

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Restricted Subsidiaries incurs, assumes, guarantees, repays, repurchases, redeems, defeases or otherwise discharges any Indebtedness (other than (i) ordinary working capital borrowings and (ii) Indebtedness incurred under any revolving credit facility for ordinary working capital purposes unless such Indebtedness has been permanently repaid and has not been replaced) or issues, repurchases or redeems preferred stock subsequent to the commencement of the period for which the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is being calculated and on or prior to the date on which the event for which the calculation of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is made (the “ Calculation Date ”), then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio will be calculated after giving pro forma effect, in the good-faith judgment of the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, to such incurrence, assumption, guarantee, repayment, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other discharge of Indebtedness, or such issuance, repurchase or redemption of preferred stock, and the use of the proceeds therefrom, as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable period.

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

(1) acquisitions of business entities or property and assets constituting a division or line of business that have been made by the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including through Investments, mergers or consolidations, or any Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries acquired by the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, and including all related financing transactions and including increases in ownership of Restricted Subsidiaries, during the reference period or subsequent to such reference period and on or prior to the Calculation Date, or that are to be made on the Calculation Date, will be given pro forma effect, in the good-faith judgment of the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, as if they had occurred on the first day of the reference period, in accordance with Regulation S-X promulgated under the Exchange Act;

(2) the Consolidated Cash Flow attributable to discontinued operations, as determined in accordance with U.S. GAAP, and operations or businesses (and ownership interests therein) disposed of on or prior to the Calculation Date, will be excluded;

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

(4) any Person that is a Restricted Subsidiary on the Calculation Date will be deemed to have been a Restricted Subsidiary at all times during such reference period;

(5) any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary on the Calculation Date will be deemed not to have been a Restricted Subsidiary at any time during such reference period;

(6) if any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest, the interest expense on such Indebtedness will be calculated as if the rate in effect on the Calculation Date had

 

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been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any Hedging Obligation applicable to such Indebtedness if such Hedging Obligation has a remaining term as of the Calculation Date that exceeds 12 months);

(7) if any Indebtedness is incurred under a revolving credit facility and is being given pro forma effect in such calculation, the interest on such Indebtedness shall be calculated based upon the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during the applicable period except as set forth in the first paragraph of this definition; and

(8) any interest expense attributable to the Existing Convertible Notes will be excluded for any reference period ending on or after the date the Existing Convertible Notes have been Effectively Discharged.

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

(1) the consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued, including, without limitation, amortization of original issue discount, non-cash interest payments, the interest component of any deferred payment obligations, the interest component of all payments associated with Capital Lease Obligations, imputed interest with respect to Attributable Debt, commissions, discounts, yield and other fees and charges (including interest) incurred in respect of letter of credit or bankers’ acceptance financings, and giving the effect of all payments made or received pursuant to Hedging Obligations in respect of interest rates, but excluding the amortization or write-off of debt issuance costs; provided that consolidated interest expense shall be calculated without giving effect to (i) the effects of Accounting Standards Codification Topic 815 “Derivatives and Hedging” and related interpretations to the extent such effects would otherwise increase or decrease consolidated interest expense for any purpose under this Indenture as a result of accounting for any embedded derivatives created by the terms of any Indebtedness and (ii) any original issue discount on the Notes issued on the Issue Date; plus

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

Foreign Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person, (a) a Subsidiary of such Person that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States or any state thereof or the District of Columbia or (b) any direct or indirect Subsidiary of such Person that is treated as a disregarded entity for United States federal income tax purposes if substantially all of its assets consist of Equity Interests of one or more direct or indirect Subsidiaries of such Person described in clause (a) of this definition.

 

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Free Trade Date ” means the date that is one year after the relevant Last Original Issue Date.

Freely Tradable ” means, with respect to any Notes or any shares of the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes, that such Notes or such shares of Common Stock, as the case may be, (i) are eligible to be offered, sold or otherwise transferred pursuant to Rule 144 or otherwise by a Person that is not an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company and that has not been an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company during the immediately preceding three-month period without any volume or manner of sale restrictions under the Securities Act and, (ii) on and after the Free Trade Date, (A) in the case of the Notes, do not bear the Restricted Notes Legend and, in the case of shares of the Common Stock, do not bear the Restricted Stock Legend, and (B) with respect to Global Notes only, are identified by an unrestricted CUSIP number in the facilities of the applicable depositary.

Fundamental Change ” means an event that will be deemed to occur if any of the following occurs:

(i) a “person” or “group” within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act other than the Company, its Restricted Subsidiaries, and the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries’ employee benefit plans, has become the direct or indirect Beneficial Owner of shares of the Voting Stock of the Company representing more than 50% of the voting power of all of the Company’s Voting Stock;

(ii) the consummation of:

(I) any sale, lease or other transfer in one transaction or a series of transactions of all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any person; or

(II) any transaction or series of related transactions in connection with which (whether by means of exchange, liquidation, consolidation, merger, combination, reclassification, recapitalization, acquisition or otherwise) all of the Common Stock is exchanged for, converted into, acquired for, or constitutes solely the right to receive, other securities, other property, assets or cash, but excluding any merger, consolidation, share exchange or acquisition of the Company with or by another person pursuant to which the persons that Beneficially Owned, directly or indirectly, the shares of the Company’s Voting Stock immediately prior to such transaction Beneficially Own, directly or indirectly, immediately after such transaction, shares of the surviving, continuing or acquiring corporation’s Voting Stock representing more than 50% of the total outstanding voting power of all outstanding classes of Voting Stock of the surviving, continuing or acquiring corporation in substantially the same proportions vis-à-vis each other as immediately prior to such transaction;

(iii) the Company’s stockholders approve any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Company; or

(iv) the Common Stock (or other common stock or depositary shares or receipts in respect thereof into which the Notes are then potentially convertible) ceases to be listed or quoted on any of The New York Stock Exchange, The NASDAQ Global Market or The NASDAQ Global Select Market (or any of their respective successors).

 

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A transaction or event described in clause (ii) above will not constitute a Fundamental Change, however , if 90% of the consideration received or to be received by the holders of the Common Stock, excluding cash payments for fractional shares or dissenters rights in connection with the transaction or transactions, consists of shares of common stock traded on any of The New York Stock Exchange, The NASDAQ Global Market or The NASDAQ Global Select Market (or any of their respective successors) or which will be so traded or quoted when issued or exchanged in connection with such transaction or event and as a result of such transaction or event, the Notes become convertible or exchangeable solely into such consideration (excluding cash payable in lieu of any fractional share) in accordance with Section 10.08 hereof. For the purposes of this definition of “Fundamental Change”, any transaction or event that constitutes a Fundamental Change under both clause (i) and clause (ii) above will be deemed to constitute a Fundamental Change solely under clause (ii) of the definition of “Fundamental Change.”

Global Note ” means a permanent global note that is in the form of the Note attached hereto as Exhibit A and that is registered in the name of the Depositary or the nominee of the Depositary and deposited with the Depositary, the nominee of the Depositary or a custodian appointed by the Depositary or the nominee of the Depositary.

Global Notes Legend ” means the legend identified as such in Exhibit A hereto.

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, by way of a pledge of assets or through letters of credit or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof, of all or any part of any Indebtedness (whether arising by virtue of partnership arrangements, or by agreements to keep-well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services, to take or pay or to maintain financial statement conditions or otherwise).

Guarantors ” means any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that executes a Note Guarantee in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture, and their respective successors and assigns, in each case, until the Note Guarantee of such Person has been released in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.

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

(1) interest rate swap agreements (whether from fixed to floating or from floating to fixed), interest rate cap agreements and interest rate collar agreements;

(2) other agreements or arrangements designed to manage interest rates or interest rate risk; and

(3) other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in currency exchange rates or commodity prices.

 

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Holder ” or “ Holders ” means a Person or Persons in whose name a Note is registered in the Register.

Immaterial Subsidiary ” means, as of any date of determination, any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company (a) whose total assets (on a consolidated basis including its Subsidiaries) as of the last day of the most recently completed fiscal quarter prior to such date of determination for which internal financial statements are available did not exceed two (2%) percent of Consolidated Total Assets of the Company as of such date or (b) whose gross revenues (on a consolidated basis including its Subsidiaries) for the four most recently completed fiscal quarters prior to such date of determination for which internal financial statements are available did not exceed two (2%) percent of the consolidated gross revenues of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such period; provided , however , that (i) a Subsidiary of the Company that no longer meets the foregoing requirements of this definition or is otherwise required to become a Guarantor pursuant to Section 4.18 shall no longer constitute an Immaterial Subsidiary for purposes of this Indenture and (ii) notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may elect to cause an Immaterial Subsidiary to become a Guarantor pursuant to Section 4.18, in which case such Immaterial Subsidiary shall, upon satisfaction of the provisions of such Section, no longer constitute an Immaterial Subsidiary. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (A) the total assets of all Immaterial Subsidiaries shall not exceed five (5%) percent of the Consolidated Total Assets of the Company, (B) the gross revenues of all Immaterial Subsidiaries shall not exceed five (5%) percent of the consolidated gross revenues of the Company and its Subsidiaries and (C) any Subsidiary of the Company that guarantees, is an obligor of, or provides credit support for, the Senior Lien Obligations, the Note Obligations, any Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations or the obligations under the Existing Convertible Notes Indenture shall be deemed not to be an Immaterial Subsidiary.

Indebtedness ” means, with respect to any specified Person, any indebtedness of such Person (excluding accrued expenses and trade payables), whether or not contingent:

(1) in respect of borrowed money;

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

(3) in respect of banker’s acceptances;

(4) representing Capital Lease Obligations or Attributable Debt in respect of sale and leaseback transactions;

(5) representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property or services due more than six months after such property is acquired or such services are completed, but excluding any accrued liabilities being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently conducted; or

(6) representing any Hedging Obligations,

in each case, if and to the extent any of the preceding items would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes) of the specified Person prepared in accordance with U.S.

 

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GAAP. In addition, the term “Indebtedness” includes, (i) to the extent not otherwise included, the guarantee by the specified Person of any Indebtedness of any other Person and (ii) all Indebtedness of others secured by a Lien on any asset of the specified Person (whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by the specified Person) equal to the lesser of (x) the Fair Market Value of such asset as of the date of determination and (y) the amount of such Indebtedness.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing paragraph, the term “Indebtedness” will not include (a) in connection with the purchase by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of any business, post-closing payment adjustments to which the seller may become entitled to the extent such payment is determined by a final closing balance sheet or such payment depends on the performance of such business after the closing unless such payments are required under U.S. GAAP to appear as a liability on the balance sheet (excluding the footnotes), provided , that at the time of closing, the amount of any such payment is not determinable and, to the extent such payment thereafter becomes fixed and determined, the amount is paid within 30 days thereafter; (b) contingent obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business and not in respect of borrowed money; (c) deferred or prepaid revenues; (d) any Capital Stock other than Disqualified Stock; or (e) 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. Indebtedness shall be calculated without giving effect to the effects of Accounting Standards Codification Topic 815 “Derivatives and Hedging” 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.

Indenture ” means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.

Intercreditor Agreement ” means (i) that certain intercreditor and subordination agreement, to be dated the Issue Date, among the Collateral Agent and the collateral agent under the Senior Credit Agreement and acknowledged by the Company and certain of its Subsidiaries, as amended, supplemented, restated, modified or renewed, in whole or in part from time to time, or any other successor agreement and whether among the same or any other parties or (ii) any replacement thereof entered into pursuant to Section 14.02(e).

Investments ” means, with respect to any specified Person, all direct or indirect investments by such specified Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the forms of loans (including guarantees of Indebtedness or other Obligations), advances or capital contributions (excluding (i) commission, travel and similar advances to officers and employees made in the ordinary course of business and (ii) extensions of credit to customers or advances, deposits or payment to or with suppliers, lessors or utilities or for workers’ compensation, in each case, that are incurred in the ordinary course of business and recorded as accounts receivable, prepaid expenses or deposits on the balance sheet of such specified Person prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP), purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other securities, together with all items that are or would be classified as investments on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The acquisition by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of a Person that holds an Investment in a third Person will be deemed to be an Investment by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary in such third

 

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Person in an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of the Investments held by the acquired Person in such third Person determined as provided in Section 4.12(c). Except as otherwise provided in this Indenture, the amount of an Investment will be determined at the time the Investment is made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value but after giving effect (without duplication) to all subsequent reductions in the amount of such Investment as a result of (x) the repayment or disposition thereof for cash or (y) the redesignation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary (valued proportionately to the equity interest in such Unrestricted Subsidiary of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary owning such Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation) at the Fair Market Value of the net assets of such Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation, in the case of clauses (x) and (y), not to exceed the original amount, or Fair Market Value, of such Investment.

Issue Date ” means March 2, 2015.

Last Original Issue Date ” means the last date of original issuance of the Notes; provided , however , that Notes originally issued hereunder on the Issue Date (or any Notes issued in exchange therefor or in substitution thereof) shall have a separate Last Original Issue Date (determined as aforesaid) than any other Notes originally issued hereunder (or any Notes issued in exchange therefor or in substitution thereof).

Last Reported Sale Price ” of the Common Stock on any date means the closing sale or trading price per share (or, if no closing sale or trading price is reported, the average of the last bid and ask prices or, if more than one in either case, the average of the average last bid and the average last ask prices) on such date as reported in composite transactions for the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock is traded. If the Common Stock is not listed for trading on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange on such date, the “Last Reported Sale Price” of the Common Stock will be the last quoted bid price per share for the Common Stock in the over-the-counter market on such date as reported by OTC Markets Group Inc. or a similar organization. If the Common Stock is not so quoted, the “Last Reported Sale Price” will be the average of the mid-point of the last bid and ask prices per share for the Common Stock on the relevant date from each of at least three nationally recognized independent investment banking firms selected by the Company for this purpose.

Lien ” means, with respect to any property, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien (statutory or other), judgment liens, pledge, encumbrance, claim, charge, assignment, hypothecation, deposit arrangement, security interest or encumbrance of any kind or any arrangement to provide priority or preference, including any easement, servitude, right-of-way or other encumbrance on title to real property, in each of the foregoing cases whether voluntary or imposed or arising by operation of law, and any agreement to give any of the foregoing, (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement and any lease in the nature thereof and any option, call, trust, contractual, statutory, UCC or similar right relating to such property, (c) in the case of securities, any purchase option, call or similar right of a third party with respect to such securities, and (d) any other arrangement having the effect of providing security.

Legal Requirements ” means, as to any Person, any treaty, law (including the common law), statute, ordinance, code, rule, regulation, guidelines, license, permit requirement, judgment,

 

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decree, verdict, order, consent order, consent decree, writ, declaration or injunction, policies and procedures, Order or determination of an arbitrator or a court or other governmental authority, and the interpretation or administration thereof, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject, in each case whether or not having the force of law.

Market Disruption Event ” means (i) a failure by the primary U.S. national or regional securities exchange or market on which the Common Stock is listed or admitted for trading to open for trading during its regular trading session or (ii) the occurrence or existence prior to 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on any Scheduled Trading Day for the Common Stock for more than one half-hour period in the aggregate during regular trading hours of any suspension or limitation imposed on trading (by reason of movements in price exceeding limits permitted by the relevant stock exchange or otherwise) in the Common Stock or in any options, contracts or future contracts relating to the Common Stock.

Net Proceeds ” means the aggregate cash proceeds and Cash Equivalents received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any Asset Sale or Casualty or Condemnation Event (including, without limitation, any cash or Cash Equivalents received upon the sale or other disposition of any non-cash consideration received in any Asset Sale), net of the direct costs relating to such Asset Sale or Casualty or Condemnation Event, including, without limitation, legal, accounting and investment banking fees and sales commissions, and any relocation expenses incurred as a result of the Asset Sale or Casualty or Condemnation Event, taxes paid or payable as a result of the Asset Sale or Casualty or Condemnation Event, in each case, after taking into account, without duplication, (1) any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements, and amounts required to be applied to the repayment of Indebtedness secured by a Permitted Lien on the asset or assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or Casualty or Condemnation Event (other than Senior Lien Obligations) and any reserve for adjustment in respect of the sale price of such asset or assets established in accordance with U.S. GAAP, (2) any reserve or payment with respect to liabilities associated with such asset or assets and retained by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries after such sale or other disposition thereof, including, without limitation, severance costs, pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities related to environmental matters or against any indemnification obligations associated with such transaction, (3) any cash escrows in connection with purchase price adjustments, reserves or indemnities (until released) and (4) in the case of any Asset Sale by a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor, payments to holders of Equity Interests in such Restricted Subsidiary in such capacity (other than such Equity Interests held by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary) to the extent that such payment is required to permit the distribution of such proceeds in respect of the Equity Interests in such Restricted Subsidiary held by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary.

Non-Recourse Debt ” means Indebtedness:

(1) as to which none of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries (a) provides credit support of any kind (including any undertaking, agreement or instrument that would constitute Indebtedness), (b) is directly or indirectly liable as a guarantor or otherwise, or (c) constitutes the lender, except, in each case, to the extent not prohibited by Section 4.12;

 

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

(3) as to which the lenders have been notified in writing that they will not have any recourse to the Equity Interests or assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, except as set forth above.

Note Documents ” means, collectively, this Indenture, the Notes, the Note Guarantees, the Security Documents, the Intercreditor Agreement 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 Guarantees ” means the guarantees by each Guarantor of the Company’s Obligations under this Indenture and the Notes, executed pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture.

Note Liens ” means all Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent on Collateral securing the Obligations under the Notes.

Note Obligations ” means the Obligations of the Company and the other obligors (including the Guarantors) under this Indenture and the other Note 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 Note Documents and the performance of all other Obligations of the Company and the Guarantors under the Note Documents, according to the respective terms thereof.

Notes ” means any of the Company’s 8.00% Senior Secured Second Lien Convertible Notes issued under this Indenture.

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.

Officer ” means the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, any Executive Vice President, any Senior Vice President, any Vice President, the Chief Accounting Officer, the Treasurer or the Secretary of the Company.

Officers’ Certificate ” means a written certificate containing the information specified in Sections 15.03 and 15.04 hereof, signed in the name of the Company by any two Officers, and delivered to the Trustee; provided that, if such certificate is given pursuant to Section 4.05

 

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hereof, (i) one of the Officers signing such certificate must be the Chief Financial Officer or the Chief Accounting Officer of the Company and (ii) such certificate need not contain the information specified in Sections 15.03 and 15.04 hereof.

Open of Business ” means 9:00 a.m., New York City time.

Opinion of Counsel ” means a written opinion containing the information specified in Sections 15.03 and 15.04 hereof, from legal counsel who is reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee. The counsel may be an employee of, or counsel to, the Company who is reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee.

Order ” means any judgment, decree, verdict, order, consent order, consent decree, writ, declaration or injunction.

Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations ” means obligations under any Additional Notes or other Indebtedness secured by the Note Liens; provided that the amount of such obligations does not exceed an amount such that immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such Additional Notes or other Indebtedness, as applicable, and the receipt and application of the proceeds therefrom, the Total Leverage Ratio would be less than or equal to 2.5 to 1.0; provided, further , that (i) the representative of such Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligation executes a joinder agreement to the Security Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreement, in each case, in the form attached thereto, agreeing to be bound thereby and (ii) the Company has designated such Debt as “Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations” under this Indenture (pursuant to an Officers’ Certificate), the Security Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreement.

Permitted Business ” means any business conducted by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries on the Issue Date and any business that, in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors, is similar or reasonably related, ancillary, supplemental or complementary thereto or a reasonable extension, development or expansions thereof.

Permitted Hedging Obligations ” means any Hedging Obligations that would constitute Permitted Debt pursuant to clause (8) of the definition of “Permitted Debt.”

Permitted Investments ” means:

(1) (i) any Investment in the Company or any Guarantor and (ii) any Investment by any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Guarantor in the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;

(2) any Investment in Cash Equivalents;

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

(a) such Person becomes a Guarantor; or

 

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(b) such Person is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Company or any Guarantor;

(4) any Investment made as a result of the receipt of non-cash consideration from an Asset Sale that was made pursuant to and in compliance with Section 4.15 or from a sale or other disposition of assets not constituting an Asset Sale;

(5) any acquisition of assets or Capital Stock solely in exchange for the issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company;

(6) any Investments received in compromise or resolution of (A) obligations of trade creditors or customers that were incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of any trade creditor or customer; or (B) litigation, arbitration or other disputes;

(7) Investments represented by Permitted Hedging Obligations;

(8) loans and advances to officers, directors or employees (a) for business-related travel expenses, moving expenses and other similar expenses, including as part of a recruitment or retention plan, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice or to fund any such Person’s purchase of Equity Interests of the Company or any direct or indirect parent entity of the Company, (b) required by applicable employment laws and (c) otherwise in an amount not to exceed $1.0 million at any one time outstanding;

(9) any Investment of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries existing on the Issue Date as listed on Schedule II hereto, and any extension, modification or renewal of such existing Investments, to the extent not involving any additional Investment other than as the result of the accrual or accretion of interest or original issue discount or the issuance of pay-in-kind securities, in each case, pursuant to the terms of such Investments as in effect on the Issue Date;

(10) guarantees of Indebtedness otherwise permitted by the terms of this Indenture;

(11) receivables owing to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, prepaid expenses, and lease, utility, workers’ compensation and other deposits, if created, acquired or entered into in the ordinary course of business;

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

(13) Investments consisting of purchases and acquisitions of inventory, supplies, material or equipment pursuant to joint marketing, joint development or similar arrangements with other Persons;

 

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(14) advances, loans, rebates and extensions of credit (including the creation of receivables and endorsements for collection and deposit) to suppliers, customers and vendors, and performance guarantees, in each case in the ordinary course of business;

(15) Investments resulting from the acquisition of a Person, otherwise permitted by this Indenture, which Investments at the time of such acquisition were held by the acquired Person and were not acquired in contemplation of the acquisition of such Person;

(16) Investments in Foreign Subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries having an aggregate Fair Market Value, when taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause that are at the time outstanding, not to exceed $25.0 million (with the Fair Market Value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value), in each case, net of (i) any cash return of capital on such Investments received by the Company or any Guarantor and (ii) the Fair Market Value of any return, to the Company or any Guarantor, of equipment or other asset invested or contributed pursuant to this clause (16) net of any liabilities (with the Fair Market Value of such equipment or asset being measured at the time of such return; provided that the Fair Market Value shall be no greater than the Fair Market Value of such equipment or other asset calculated at the time of such Investment for purposes of this clause (16));

(17) stock, obligations or securities received in satisfaction of judgments and any renewal or replacement thereof;

(18) repurchases of any Notes; and

(19) other Investments in any Person having an aggregate Fair Market Value (measured on the date each such Investment was made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value) that, when taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (19), do not, at any time outstanding, exceed the greater of $10.0 million and 1.5% of Consolidated Total Assets of the Company 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), net of any cash return of capital with respect to such Investments received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company.

In the event that an Investment (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Permitted Investments described in clauses (1) through (19) above, the Company will be permitted to classify (and may from time to time thereafter reclassify) such Investment (or any portion thereof) and will only be required to include such Investment in one of the categories of Permitted Investments described in clauses (1) through (19) above. At the time of making such Investment or upon any later reclassification, the Company may divide and classify an Investment in more than one of the categories of Permitted Investments described in clauses (1) through (19) above.

 

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Permitted Liens ” means:

(1) Liens on the Collateral incurred to secure the Notes issued on the Issue Date (or any Notes issued in exchange therefor or in substitution thereof in the same principal amount as such Notes exchanged or substituted) and the related Note Guarantees;

(2) any Lien on Collateral (whose priority shall be governed by the Intercreditor Agreement) securing the Senior Credit Agreement so long as the aggregate principal amount outstanding under the Senior Credit Agreement does not exceed the principal amount which could be incurred under clause (1) of the definition of “Permitted Debt”; provided that neither the Company nor any Restricted Subsidiary shall grant or permit any additional Liens on any asset to secure Senior Lien Obligations unless such Company or Restricted Subsidiary concurrently grants a Lien on such asset to secure the Note Obligations;

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

(4) Liens on property of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or is merged with or into or consolidated with the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, provided that such Liens were in existence prior to the contemplation of such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or such merger or consolidation and do not extend to any assets other than those of the Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or is merged into or consolidated with the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company (plus improvements and accessions to such property or proceeds or distributions thereof);

(5) Liens on property (including Capital Stock) existing at the time of acquisition of the property by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company (plus improvements and accessions to such property or proceeds or distributions thereof), provided that such Liens were in existence prior to such acquisition and not incurred in contemplation of such acquisition;

(6) Liens (other than Liens imposed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended) in the ordinary course of business to secure the performance of tenders, statutory obligations (other than excise taxes), insurance, surety, bid, performance, stay, customs and appeal bonds, statutory bonds, bids, leases, government contracts, trade contracts, performance and return of money bonds and other similar obligations (in each case, exclusive of obligations for the payment of Indebtedness); provided , that, such Liens are for amounts not yet due and payable or delinquent or, to the extent such amounts are so due and payable, such amounts are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with U.S. GAAP, which proceedings (or any Order entered in connection with such proceedings) have the effect of preventing the forfeiture or sale of the property subject to any such Lien;

 

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(7) Liens to secure Indebtedness (including Capital Lease Obligations) or Attributable Debt permitted by clause (4) of the definition of “Permitted Debt” covering only the assets acquired with or financed by such Indebtedness (plus improvements and accessions to such property or proceeds or distributions thereof);

(8) Liens existing on the Issue Date (other than the Senior Liens) listed on Schedule III hereto;

(9) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or claims that are not yet delinquent or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently concluded, which proceedings (or Order entered in connection with such proceedings) have the effect of preventing the forfeiture or sale of the property subject to any such Lien; provided that any reserve or other appropriate provision as is required in conformity with U.S. GAAP has been made therefor;

(10) any state of facts an accurate survey would disclose, prescriptive easements or adverse possession claims, minor encumbrances, easements or reservations of, or rights of others for, or pursuant to any leases, licenses, rights-of-way or other similar agreements or arrangements, development, air or water rights, sewers, electric lines, telegraph and telephone lines and other utility lines, pipelines, service lines, railroad lines, improvements and structures located on, over or under, any property, drains, drainage ditches, culverts, electric power or gas generating or co-generation, storage and transmission facilities and other similar purposes, zoning or other restrictions as to the use of real property or minor defects in title, which were not incurred to secure payment of Indebtedness and that do not in the aggregate materially adversely affect the value or marketability of said properties or materially impair their use in the operation of the business of the owner or operator of such properties or business;

(11) Liens on the assets of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor securing Indebtedness or other obligations of such Restricted Subsidiary permitted by Section 4.14(b)(17);

(12) Liens to secure any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to refinance secured Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under this Indenture (other than the Senior Credit Agreement or the Notes); provided , however , that (i) the new Lien is limited to all or part of the same property and assets that secured or, under the written agreements pursuant to which the original Lien arose, could secure the original Indebtedness (plus improvements and accessions to, such property or assets or proceeds or distributions thereof) and (ii) the new Lien is of no higher priority than the original Lien;

(13) Liens or leases or licenses or sublicenses or subleases by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary as licensor, lessor, sublicensor or sublessor of any of such Person’s property, including intellectual property, on customary terms entered into in the ordinary course of business so long as such leases do not, individually or in the aggregate, (i) interfere in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or (ii) materially impair the use (for its intended purposes) or the value of the property subject thereto;

 

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(14) Liens in the ordinary course of business on specific items of inventory or other goods, and proceeds thereof, of any Person securing such Person’s obligations (exclusive of obligations for the payment of Indebtedness) in respect of bankers’ acceptances, tender, bid, judgment, appeal, performance or governmental contract bonds and completion guarantees, surety, standby letters of credit and warranty and contractual service obligations of a like nature, trade letters of credit and documentary letters of credit and similar bonds or guarantees provided by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;

(15) Liens incurred or pledges or deposits made in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other types of social security and employee health and disability benefits, or casualty-liability insurance or self insurance or securing letters of credit issued in the ordinary course of business; provided , that, such Liens are for amounts not yet due and payable or delinquent or, to the extent such amounts are so due and payable, such amounts are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with U.S. GAAP, which proceedings (or any Order entered in connection with such proceedings) have the effect of preventing the forfeiture or sale of the property subject to any such Lien;

(16) 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 in conformity with U.S. GAAP;

(17) Liens on (a) assets (other than those constituting Collateral) securing Permitted Hedging Obligations and (b) assets constituting Collateral securing Permitted Hedging Obligations that are Senior Lien Obligations;

(18) any interest or title of a lessor, licensor or sublicensor under any lease, license or sublicense of the property of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof, including intellectual property, as applicable, on customary terms entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(19) Liens in favor of any collecting or payor bank having a right of setoff, revocation, refund or chargeback with respect to money or instruments of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof on deposit with or in possession of such bank;

(20) any obligations or duties affecting any of the property of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to any municipality or public authority with respect to any franchise, grant, license, or permit that do not materially impair the use of such property for the purposes for which it is held;

 

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(21) Liens on any property in favor of domestic or foreign governmental bodies to secure partial, progress, advance or other payment pursuant to any contract or statute, not yet due and payable;

(22) 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 of the Guarantors;

(23) Liens on deposit accounts incurred to secure Treasury Management Arrangements pursuant to such Treasury Management Arrangements incurred in the ordinary course of business;

(24) any netting or set-off arrangements entered into by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of its banking arrangements (including, for the avoidance of doubt, cash pooling arrangements) for the purposes of netting debit and credit balances of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including pursuant to any cash management agreement;

(25) Liens arising from UCC financing statement filings regarding operating leases entered into by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in the ordinary course of business or other precautionary UCC financing statement filings;

(26) Liens on any cash deposit made by the Company to the account of the Existing Convertible Notes Trustee or to the account of a trustee of other Indebtedness of the Company, for the benefit of the holders of the Existing Convertible Notes or such other Indebtedness, solely in connection with an Effective Discharge or an effective discharge of such other Indebtedness; provided that, in each case, such cash is received in a transaction pursuant to Section 4.12(b)(2) or Section 4.12(b)(6) for the purpose of such Effective Discharge or such effective discharge of such other Indebtedness;

(27) 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 in accordance with past practices;

(28) Liens imposed by law, which were incurred in the ordinary course of business and do not secure Indebtedness for borrowed money, such as carriers’, warehousemen’s, materialmen’s, landlords’, workmen’s, suppliers’, repairmen’s and mechanics’ Liens and other similar Liens arising in the ordinary course of business (including customary contractual landlords’ liens under operating leases entered into in the ordinary course of business); and (i) which do not in the aggregate materially detract from the value of the property of the Companies, taken as a whole, or the Loan Parties, taken as a whole, and do not materially impair the use thereof in the operation of the business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and (ii) which, if they secure obligations that are then due and unpaid, are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings timely initiated and for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP, which proceedings (or Orders entered in connection with such proceedings) have the effect of preventing the forfeiture or sale of the property subject to any such Lien;

 

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(29) Liens granted to joint venture partners on Equity Interests owned by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with the formation of a Person (other than an individual) in which the ownership interests are held in part by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary and a non-Affiliated Person, including, without limitation, rights of first refusal and rights of first offer held by such joint venture partners in respect of transfers of Equity Interests in such joint ventures;

(30) Liens securing Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations; and

(31) Liens not otherwise permitted hereunder and incurred in the ordinary course of business securing Indebtedness or other obligations that (i) do not materially impair the use of such assets in the operation of the business of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and (ii) do not, in the aggregate, exceed $10.0 million at any one time outstanding.

Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness ” means any Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge (or, in the case of the Existing Convertible Notes, Effectively Discharge) other Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than intercompany Indebtedness), provided , that:

(1) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged (plus all accrued interest on the Indebtedness and the amount of all fees and expenses, including premiums, incurred in connection therewith);

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

(3) if the Indebtedness being renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged is Subordinated Indebtedness, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment on terms at least as favorable to the holders of Notes as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged;

(4) if the Indebtedness being renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged is unsecured Indebtedness, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is unsecured Indebtedness; and

(5) such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is not incurred by a Person other than the Company and any of the Guarantors to renew refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge any Indebtedness of the Company or a Guarantor.

 

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

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

Restricted Notes Legend ” means the legend identified as such set forth in Exhibit A hereto, or any other similar legend indicating the restricted status of the Notes under Rule 144.

Restricted Stock Legend ” means a legend in the form set forth in Exhibit C hereto or any other similar legend indicating the restricted status of the Common Stock under Rule 144.

Restricted Subsidiary ” of a Person means any Subsidiary of such Person that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary. Where such term is used without a referent Person, such term shall be deemed to mean a Subsidiary of the Company that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary, unless the context otherwise requires.

Rule 144 ” means Rule 144 under the Securities Act (or any successor provision), as it may be amended from time to time.

Rule 144A ” means Rule 144A under the Securities Act (or any successor provision), as it may be amended from time to time.

Scheduled Trading Day ” means a day that is scheduled to be a Trading Day on the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange or market on which the Common Stock is listed or admitted for trading; provided , however , that if the Common Stock is not so listed or admitted for trading, then “Scheduled Trading day” means a Business Day.

SEC ” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Secured Parties ” has the meaning set forth in the Security Agreement.

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

Security Agreement ” means that certain security agreement, dated as of the Issue Date, among the Company, the Guarantors and the Collateral Agent, as amended, modified, restated, supplemented or replaced from time to time in accordance with this Indenture and the terms thereunder.

Security Documents ” means the Security Agreement and all security agreements, pledge agreements, collateral assignments, mortgages, deeds of trust, collateral agency agreements, control agreements or other grants or transfers for security executed and delivered by the Company or any other Guarantor creating (or purporting to create) a Lien upon Collateral in favor of the Collateral Agent, in each case, as amended, modified, renewed, restated or replaced, in whole or in part, from time to time, in accordance with its terms.

Senior Credit Agreement ” means the Credit Agreement, dated as of April 15, 2014, among the Company, as Administrative Borrower, certain subsidiaries of the Company as co-

 

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borrowers, the guarantors party thereto, the lenders party thereto, Jefferies Finance LLC, as lead arranger and book running manager, Jefferies Finance LLC, as syndication agent, PNC Bank, National Association, as administrative agent for the lenders thereunder, PNC Bank, National Association and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A, as co-collateral agents, PNC Bank, National Association, as swingline lender, and PNC Bank, National Association, as issuing bank for the lenders thereunder, together with any amendments, supplements, modifications, extensions, renewals or restatements thereof or any other credit facilities with banks or other institutional lenders that replace, refund or refinance any part of the loans, notes, other credit facilities or commitments thereunder, including any such replacement, refunding or refinancing credit facility or amendment, supplement, modification, renewal, or restatement, that increases the amount borrowable thereunder, alters the maturity thereof or adds Restricted Subsidiaries as additional borrowers or guarantors thereunder and whether by the same or any other agent, lender, group of lenders or investors; provided that, in the case of any agreement or instrument other than the Senior Credit Agreement in effect on the Issue Date, as amended from time to time, (i) such other agent, lender, group of lenders or investors does not include any distressed credit fund or other similar or related financing institution (each, a “ Prohibited Lender ”), (ii) such Senior Credit Agreement prohibits such other agent, lender, group of lenders or investors from assigning or transferring their rights under such Senior Credit Agreement to any Prohibited Lender and (iii) is designated in an Officers’ Certificate as a “Senior Credit Agreement” for purposes of this Indenture.

Senior Facility Documents ” means the agreements and other instruments governing the Senior Credit Agreement, 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 Senior Credit Agreement or relating to Senior Lien Obligations), to the extent such are effective at the relevant time, as each may be amended, modified, restated, supplemented, replaced or refinanced from time to time.

Senior Liens ” means all Liens in favor of the collateral agent under the Senior Credit Agreement on Collateral securing the Senior Lien Obligations.

Senior Lien Obligations ” means the Obligations of the borrowers and other obligors (including the Company and the Guarantors) under the Senior Credit Agreement or any of the other Senior 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 Senior Facility Documents and the performance of all other Obligations of the obligors thereunder to the lenders and agents under the Senior Facility Documents, according to the respective terms thereof.

Significant Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary that is a “significant subsidiary” of the Company within the meaning of Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X promulgated under the Exchange Act.

Stated Maturity ” means, with respect to any installment of interest or principal on any series of Indebtedness, the date on which the payment of interest or principal, as applicable, was scheduled to be paid in the documentation governing such Indebtedness, and will not include any

 

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contingent obligations to repay, redeem or repurchase any such interest or principal prior to the date originally scheduled for the payment thereof; provided , however , that, with respect to Section 4.12(a)(3), the Stated Maturity of any Existing Indebtedness shall be the Stated Maturity as of the Issue Date or a later date to the extent the documents governing such Indebtedness shall have been amended or modified to provide for such later date.

Stock Price ” means, for any Make-Whole Fundamental Change, (i) if the holders of the Common Stock receive only cash in consideration for their shares of Common Stock in such Make-Whole Fundamental Change and such Make-Whole Fundamental Change is of the type described in clause (ii) of the definition of “Fundamental Change,” the amount of cash paid per share of the Common Stock in such Make-Whole Fundamental Change, and (ii) otherwise, the average of the Last Reported Sales Price of the Common Stock over the five consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the Make-Whole Fundamental Change Effective Date for such Make-Whole Fundamental Change.

Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any specified Person:

(1) any corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency and after giving effect to any voting agreement or stockholders’ agreement that effectively transfers voting power) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees of the corporation, association or other business entity is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of such Person (or a combination thereof); and

(2) any partnership (a) the sole general partner or the managing general partner of which is such Person or a Subsidiary of such Person or (b) the only general partners of which are such Person or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person (or any combination thereof) to the extent such partnership is included in the consolidated financial statements of such Person.

Surety ” means any nationally recognized insurance or surety company or other financial institution that issues a Surety Bond for the benefit or account of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company.

Surety Bond ” means any surety, bid or performance bond or other similar instrument of suretyship.

Surety Priority Collateral ” means, with respect to a Surety Bond, accounts receivable of the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company generated by the Bonded Contract to which such Surety Bond relates and inventory purchased by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries specifically for incorporation into the construction project that is the subject of such Bonded Contract, and, in each case, which secure the obligations of the Company or such Subsidiary to the Surety issuing such Surety Bond.

TIA ” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in effect on the Issue Date; provided , however , that if the TIA is amended after such date, TIA means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the TIA as so amended.

 

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Total Leverage Ratio ” means with respect to any specified Person on any date of determination, the ratio of (x) the aggregate amount of all Indebtedness of such Person, as of the last date of the most recent fiscal quarter referred to in clause (y) below, determined on a consolidated basis to (y) the aggregate amount of Consolidated Cash Flow of such Person for the four most recently completed fiscal quarters prior to such date of determination for which internal financial statements are available, in each case with such pro forma adjustments to Indebtedness and Consolidated Cash Flow as are consistent with the pro forma adjustment provisions of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio.

Trading Day ” means a day on which (i) trading in the Common Stock (or other security for which a closing sale price must be determined) generally occurs on The NASDAQ Global Select Market or, if the Common Stock (or such other security) is not then listed on The NASDAQ Global Select Market, on the principal other U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock (or such other security) is then listed or, if the Common Stock (or such other security) is not then listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, on the principal other market on which the Common Stock (or such other security) is then listed or admitted for trading; (ii) there is no Market Disruption Event; and (iii) a closing price for the Common Stock (or such other security) is available on such securities exchange; provided , however , that if the Common Stock (or such other security) is not so listed or traded, then “Trading Day” means a Business Day; provided , further , that, notwithstanding the foregoing, solely for purposes of determining the Conversion Consideration due upon any conversion of a Note, (x) “Trading Day” means a day on which (A) there is no Market Disruption Event and (B) trading in the Common Stock generally occurs on The NASDAQ Global Select Market or, if the Common Stock is not then listed on The NASDAQ Global Select Market, on the principal other U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed or, if the Common Stock is not then listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, on the principal other market on which the Common Stock is then listed or admitted for trading, and (y) if the Common Stock is not so listed or admitted for trading, “Trading Day” means a Business Day.

Transfer ” means, with respect to any Restricted Note or share of Common Stock that bears, or is required to bear, the Restricted Stock Legend, any sale, pledge, transfer, loan, hypothecation or other disposition of such Restricted Note or share of Common Stock, as the case may be.

Transfer Agent ” means, initially, Computershare Trust Company, N.A., in its capacity as the transfer agent for the Common Stock, and any successor entity acting in such capacity.

Treasury Management Arrangement ” means any agreement or other arrangement governing the provision of treasury or cash management services, including, without limitation, deposit accounts, overdraft, overnight draft, credit cards, debit cards, p-cards (including purchasing cards, employee credit card programs and commercial cards), funds transfer, automated clearinghouse, direct debit, zero balance accounts, returned check concentration, controlled disbursement, lockbox, account reconciliation and reporting and trade finance services, netting services, cash pooling arrangements, credit and debit card acceptance or merchant services and other treasury or cash management services.

 

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Trust Officer ” means any officer within the corporate trust department of the Trustee (or any successor group of the Trustee) with direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter hereunder, any other officer of the Trustee to whom such matter is referred because of his or her knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

Trustee ” means the party named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor replaces it pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture and, thereafter, means such successor. The foregoing sentence will likewise apply to any such subsequent successor or successors.

UCC ” means the New York Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time.

Unrestricted Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary of the Company that is designated by the Board of Directors as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors, but only to the extent that such Subsidiary:

(1) has no Indebtedness other than Non-Recourse Debt;

(2) is not party to any agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding with the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company unless the terms of any such agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding are no less favorable to the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons who are not Affiliates of the Company;

(3) is a Person with respect to which neither the Company nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has a direct or indirect obligation (a) to subscribe for additional Equity Interests or (b) to maintain or preserve such Person’s financial condition or to cause such Person to achieve any specified levels of operating results; and

(4) has not guaranteed or otherwise provided credit support for any Indebtedness of the Company or any of the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries.

U.S. GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in 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 in the United States in effect on the date of this Indenture.

U.S. Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person, any Subsidiary of such Person other than a Foreign Subsidiary.

Voting Stock ” of a Person means Capital Stock of such Person of the class or classes pursuant to which the holders thereof have the general voting power under ordinary circumstances to elect at least a majority of the board of directors, managers or trustees of such Person (irrespective of whether or not at the time Capital Stock of any other class or classes will have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency).

 

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Weighted Average Life to Maturity ” means, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing:

(1) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (a) the amount of each then-remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect of such Indebtedness, by (b) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment; by

(2) the then-outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness.

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

Wholly Owned Subsidiary ” of any specified Person means, (a) any corporation one hundred percent of whose capital stock (other than directors’ qualifying shares and other nominal shares required to be held by local nationals, in each case to the extent required under applicable Legal Requirements) is at the time owned by such Person and/or one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person and (b) any partnership, association, joint venture, limited liability company or other entity in which such Person and/or one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person have a one hundred percent Equity Interest (other than directors’ qualifying shares and other nominal shares required to be held by local nationals, in each case to the extent required under applicable Legal Requirements) at such time.

 

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Section 1.02 Other Definitions .

 

Term Section:

  

Defined in:

Act

   1.05

Additional Interest

   4.04(a)

Additional Notes

   2.01(a)

Additional Shares

   10.07(a)

Affiliate Transaction

   4.16(a)

Agent Members

   2.02(c)

Aggregate Payments

   12.02

Applicable Premium

   11.02(d)

Averaging Period

   10.05(e)

Bonded Contract Default

   14.11(a)

Calculation Date

   1.01

Clause A Distribution

   10.05(c)(ii)(A)

Clause B Distribution

   10.05(c)(ii)(B)

Clause C Distribution

   10.05(c)(ii)

Contributing Guarantors

   12.02

Conversion Agent

   2.06(a)

Conversion Consideration

   10.03(a)(i)

Conversion Date

   10.02(a)

Conversion Notice

   10.02(a)

Defaulted Amount

   2.04(d)

Default Interest

   2.04(d)

Effective Date

   10.05(m)(i)(II)

Event of Default

   6.01(a)

Ex-Dividend Date

   10.05(m)(i)(III)

Excess Proceeds

   4.15(c)

Expiration Time

   10.05(e)

Fair Share

   12.02

Fair Share Contribution Amount

   12.02

Fundamental Change Notice

   3.02(a)

Fundamental Change Notice Date

   3.02(a)

Fundamental Change Offer

   3.01(a)

Fundamental Change Repurchase Date

   3.01(c)

Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice

   3.03(a)(1)

Fundamental Change Repurchase Price

   3.01(b)

Funding Guarantor

   12.02

incur

   4.14(a)

Interest Payment Date

   2.04(a)

Liquidity Proceeds

   4.15(c)

Make-Whole Fundamental Change

   10.07(a)

Make-Whole Fundamental Change Effective Date

   10.07(b)

 

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Term Section:

  

Defined in:

Maturity Date

   2.04(a)

Merger Event

   10.08(a)

Merger Successor Corporation

   10.08(a)

Moody’s

   1.01

Mortgage Deliverables

   14.01(b)

Multi-Clause Distribution

   10.05(c)

Net Proceeds Offer

   4.15(c)

Net Proceeds Offer Price

   4.15(c)

Offer Period

   4.15(f)

Open Redemption Period

   11.02(f)

Ownership Limit

   10.11

Paying Agent

   2.06(a)

Permitted Debt

   4.14(b)

Prohibited Lender

   1.01

Redemption

   11.02(a)

Redemption Date

   11.02(c)

Redemption Notice

   11.03

Redemption Notice Date

   11.03

Redemption Price

   11.02(b)

Reference Property

   10.08(a)

Reference Property Unit

   10.08(a)

Register

   2.06(a)

Registrar

   2.06(a)

Regular Record Date

   2.04(a)

Reorganization Event

   5.01

Reorganization Successor Corporation

   5.01(a)(ii)

Restricted Note

   2.10(a)

Restricted Payments

   4.12(a)

S&P

   1.01

Special Regular Record Date

   2.04(d)(i)

Spin-Off

   10.05(c)(ii)

Subordinated Indebtedness

   4.12(a)(3)

Temporary Notes

   2.12

Treasury Rate

   11.02(e)

Valuation Period

   10.05(c)

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

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

(2) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it and will be construed in accordance with U.S. GAAP;

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(4) “ including ” means including, without limitation;

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

(6) all references to $, dollars, cash payments or money refer to United States currency; and

(7) all references to interest on the Notes (a) will include any Additional Interest payable pursuant to Section 4.04 hereof, (b) but, for the avoidance of doubt, will not include any Default Interest payable on a Defaulted Amount pursuant to the terms of Section 2.04 hereof.

Section 1.04 References to Subordination . For the avoidance of doubt, for all purposes under this Indenture, including, without limitation, Section 4.12 and Section 4.14, this Indenture shall not treat Indebtedness as being (x) contractually subordinated or junior or (y) subordinated or junior in right of payment, in each case, to any other Indebtedness merely because such Indebtedness is (i) unsecured, (ii) secured by Liens of a junior priority on the same collateral to those securing such other Indebtedness or (iii) secured by different collateral.

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

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

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

 

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If the Company will solicit from the Holders any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, the Company may, at its option, by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, fix in advance a record date for the determination of Holders entitled to give such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, but the Company will have no obligation to do so. If such a record date is fixed, such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act may be given before or after such record date, but only the Holders of record at the Close of Business on such record date will be deemed to be Holders for the purposes of determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of outstanding Notes have authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, and, for that purpose, the outstanding Notes will be computed as of such record date; provided that no such authorization, agreement or consent by the Holders on such record date will be deemed effective unless it will become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later than six months after the record date.

Article 2

THE NOTES

Section 2.01 Designation, Amount and Issuance of Notes .

(a) The Notes will be designated as “8.00% Senior Secured Second Lien Convertible Notes.” The initial aggregate principal amount of Notes to be issued, authenticated and delivered on the Issue Date under this Indenture is ninety-nine million eight hundred ninety-eight thousand dollars ($99,898,000). From time to time, the Company may issue and execute, and the Trustee may authenticate, Notes delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Notes pursuant to Sections 2.09, 2.11, 2.12, 3.06 and 10.02 hereof. In addition, the Company may issue an unlimited aggregate principal amount of additional Notes (“ Additional Notes ”) in accordance with clause (b) of this Section 2.01, so long as the incurrence of the Indebtedness represented by such Additional Notes is at such time permitted by Sections 4.14 and 4.17.

(b) Without the consent of any Holder, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Sections 2.01(a) or 2.05 hereof, the Company may increase the aggregate principal amount of the Notes issued under this Indenture by reopening this Indenture and issuing Additional Notes, so long as the incurrence of the Indebtedness represented by such Additional Notes is at such time permitted by Sections 4.14 and 4.17, with the same terms as the initial Notes (except, to the extent applicable, with respect to the date as of which interest shall begin to accrue on such Additional Notes and as to the Last Original Issue Date with respect to such Additional Notes as provided in the proviso to the definition thereof), which Notes will, subject to the foregoing, be considered to be part of the same series of Notes as those initially issued hereunder; provided, however , that if any such Additional Notes are not fungible with other Notes issued hereunder for federal income tax purposes, then such Additional Notes shall have a separate CUSIP number. Prior to issuing any such Additional Notes, the Company will deliver to the Trustee a Company Order, an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, which Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel will address any matters required to be addressed under Section 15.04 hereof.

 

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Section 2.02 Form of Notes .

(a) General . The Notes will be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, but may include any notations, legends or endorsements required by any applicable law (or regulation promulgated thereunder), stock exchange rule or usage, or any insertions, omissions or other variations otherwise permitted or required by this Indenture. Whenever any such notation, legend or endorsement, or any such insertion, omission or other variation is applicable to a Note, the Company will provide such notation, legend or endorsement, or such insertion, omission or other variation to the Trustee in writing.

Each Note will bear a Trustee’s certificate of authentication substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto.

Notes that are Global Notes will bear the Global Notes Legend and the “Schedule of Increases and Decreases of Global Note” attached thereto.

Notes that are Restricted Notes will bear the Restricted Notes Legend.

The terms and provisions contained in the Notes will constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture and, to the extent applicable, the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Collateral Agent, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. However, to the extent that any provision of any Note conflicts with the express provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Indenture will govern and control.

(b) Initial and Subsequent Notes . The Notes initially will be issued in global form, registered in the name of Cede & Co., as the nominee of the Depositary, and deposited with the Trustee, at its Corporate Trust Office, as custodian for the Depositary. Except to the extent provided in Section 2.09(c) hereof, all Notes will be represented by one or more Global Notes.

(c) Global Notes . Each Global Note will represent the aggregate principal amount of then outstanding Notes endorsed thereon and provide that it represents such aggregate principal amount of then outstanding Notes, which aggregate principal amount may, from time to time, be reduced or increased to reflect transfers, exchanges, conversions, redemptions or repurchases by the Company.

Only the Trustee, or the custodian holding such Global Note for the Depositary, at the direction of the Trustee, may endorse a Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of then outstanding Notes represented thereby, and whenever the Holder of a Global Note delivers instructions to the Trustee to increase or decrease the aggregate principal amount of then outstanding Notes represented by a Global Note in accordance with Section 2.09 hereof, the Trustee, or the custodian holding such Global Note for the Depositary, at the direction of the Trustee, will endorse such Global Note to reflect such increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of then outstanding Notes represented thereby. None of the Trustee, the Collateral Agent, the Company, the Guarantors or any agent of the Trustee, the Collateral Agent, the Company or the Guarantors will have any responsibility or bear any liability for any aspect of the records relating to, or payments made on account of, the ownership of any beneficial interest in a Global Note or with respect to maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial interest.

 

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Neither any member of, or participant in, the Depositary (collectively, the “ Agent Members ”) nor any other Person on whose behalf an Agent Member may act will have any rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Note or under such Global Note, and the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee, the Collateral Agent and any agent of the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee or the Collateral Agent, may, for all purposes, treat the Depositary, or its nominee, if any, as the absolute owner and Holder of such Global Note.

The Holder of a Global Note may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including Agent Members and Persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action that such Holder is entitled to take under this Indenture or the Notes with respect to such Global Note, and, notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein will prevent the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee, the Collateral Agent, the Paying Agent or any agent of the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee, the Collateral Agent or the Paying Agent from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by such Holder or impair, as between the Depositary, its Agent Members and any other Person on whose behalf an Agent Member may act, the operation of their respective customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of a Holder of any interest in any Global Note.

Section 2.03 Denomination of Notes . The Notes will be issuable in registered form without coupons in minimum denominations of $2,000 principal amount and in integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.

Section 2.04 Payments .

 

  (a) General .

(i) Payment at Maturity . Unless earlier paid or deemed paid pursuant to any of Sections 3.05, 4.15, 10.03 or 11.06 hereof, the Notes will mature on May 1, 2019; provided , however , that, unless all of the then-outstanding Existing Convertible Notes (or any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof) shall have been redeemed, repurchased, otherwise retired, discharged in accordance with their terms or converted into Common Stock, or shall have been Effectively Discharged (in the case of the Existing Convertible Notes), in each case on or prior to August 15, 2018 or the scheduled maturity date of the Existing Convertible Notes (or any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred in respect thereof) is extended to a date that is after October 15, 2019, the Notes will mature on August 15, 2018 (the “ Maturity Date ”), and, on the Maturity Date, the Company will pay each Holder of Notes $1,000 in cash for each $1,000 principal amount of Notes held, together with accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the Maturity Date on such Notes. The Company shall make, or cause to be made, any filings with or other submissions to the Depositary that are necessary or that the Company deems advisable in order to give effect to the actual Maturity Date, including, without limitation, any notice specifying an acceleration of payment on the Notes. On or prior to August 15, 2018, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee written notice specifying whether the Maturity Date is August 15, 2018 or May 1, 2019. In the absence of such written notice, the Trustee shall conclusively assume that the Maturity Date is August 15, 2018.

 

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(ii) Payment of Interest . Each Note will accrue interest at a rate equal to 8.00% per annum 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, February 26, 2015 (or such other date provided for in Section 2.01(b) with respect to Additional Notes issued in accordance with such Section) until, subject to the provisions of clause (d) of this Section 2.04, the date the principal amount of such Note is paid or deemed paid, as the case may be, pursuant to clause (i) of this Section 2.04(a) or any of Sections 3.05, 4.15, 10.03 or 11.06 hereof.

Interest will be payable semi-annually in arrears on May 1 and November 1 of each year (each, an “ Interest Payment Date ”), beginning May 1, 2015 (or such other date provided for in Section 2.01(b) with respect to Additional Notes issued in accordance with such Section), to the Holder of each such Note as of the Close of Business on the April 15 and October 15, as the case may be, immediately preceding the applicable Interest Payment Date (each such date, a “ Regular Record Date ”), regardless of whether such Note is converted, repurchased or redeemed after such Regular Record Date. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.

(iii) Method of Payment . The Company will pay the principal of, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, the Net Proceeds Offer Price or the Redemption Price for, and the interest on, any Global Note to the Depositary by wire transfer of immediately available funds on the relevant payment date.

The Company will pay the principal of, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, the Net Proceeds Offer Price or Redemption Price for, and any interest due on the Maturity Date on, any Definitive Note in cash to the applicable Holder of such Note at the office of the Paying Agent on the relevant payment date.

The Company will pay interest due, on an Interest Payment Date, on any Definitive Note (except interest due on the Maturity Date) to the applicable Holder of such Note (i) if such Holder holds $5,000,000 or less aggregate principal amount of Notes, by check mailed to such Holder’s registered address, and (ii) if such Holder holds more than $5,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes, (A) by check mailed to such Holder’s registered address or (B) if such Holder delivers, not later than the Regular Record Date relating to such Interest Payment Date, a written request to the Registrar that the Company make such payments by wire transfer to an account of such Holder within the United States, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to such account, which request shall remain in effect until such Holder notifies, in writing, the Registrar to the contrary.

(b) Interest Rights Preserved . Subject to the provisions of Section 2.04(d) hereof, and, to the extent applicable, Sections 2.09 and 2.11 hereof, each Note delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, any other Note will carry any rights to the payment and accrual of interest that were carried by the relevant surrendered Note, Notes, or portion(s) thereof.

(c) Additional Interest . Pursuant to Section 4.04 hereof, in certain circumstances, Additional Interest will accrue on the Notes. Unless the context requires otherwise, all references in this Indenture to interest on the Notes will include such Additional Interest, but will not include any Default Interest payable pursuant to Section 2.04(d) hereof.

 

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(d) Defaulted Amounts . Whenever any amount payable on a Note (including, the principal of, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, the Net Proceeds Offer Price or Redemption Price for, and interest on, such Note) has become due and payable, but the Company fails to punctually pay or duly provide for such amount (any such amount, a “ Defaulted Amount ”), such Defaulted Amount will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder of such Note on the relevant payment date by virtue of its having been due such payment on such payment date, but will instead, to the extent permitted under applicable law, accrue interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under Bankruptcy Law) (“ Default Interest ”) at a rate equal to 9.00% per annum from, and including, such payment date and to, but excluding, the date on which such Defaulted Amount is paid by the Company in accordance with either clause (i) or (ii) below.

(i) The Company may elect to pay any Defaulted Amount and Default Interest on such Defaulted Amount to the Persons in whose names the Notes (or their respective predecessor Notes) are registered at the Close of Business on a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Amount and Default Interest (a “ Special Regular Record Date ”) fixed in accordance with the following procedures:

(A) At least 30 days before the date on which the Company proposes to pay such Defaulted Amounts and Default Interest thereon, the Company will deliver to the Trustee written notice of (I) the proposed payment date for such Defaulted Amounts and Default Interest thereon and (II) the aggregate amount of such Defaulted Amounts and Default Interest thereon.

(B) Simultaneously with delivering such notice to the Trustee, the Company will either (I) deposit with the Trustee an amount of money, in immediately available funds, equal to the aggregate amount of such Defaulted Amounts and Default Interest thereon, or (II) take other actions that the Trustee deems reasonably satisfactory to ensure that an amount of money, in immediately available funds, equal to the aggregate of such Defaulted Amounts and Default Interest thereon will be deposited with the Trustee by 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the proposed payment date, and in either case, upon receipt of such money, the Trustee will hold such money in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Amounts and Default Interest pursuant to this Section 2.04(d)(i).

(C) Upon (i) receipt of such notice and (ii) the Company’s depositing such money or taking such other actions reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, the Company will promptly fix a Special Regular Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Amounts and Default Interest thereon, which Special Regular Record Date will be not more than 15 calendar days and not less than 10 calendar days prior to the proposed payment date, and notify the Trustee of the Special Regular Record Date. The Trustee will then, in the name and at the expense of the Company, deliver notice to each Holder specifying such Special Regular Record Date and the date on which such Defaulted Amounts and Default Interest thereon will be paid by the Company.

 

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(D) After such notice has been delivered by the Trustee, such Defaulted Amounts and Default Interest thereon will be paid to the Persons in whose names the Notes (or their respective predecessor Notes) are registered at the Close of Business on the Special Regular Record Date specified in such notice and such Defaulted Amounts and Default Interest thereon will no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause (ii) of this Section 2.04(d)(i).

(ii) The Company may pay any Defaulted Amounts and Default Interest on such Defaulted Amounts in any other lawful manner that is not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Notes are then listed (or, if applicable, have been approved for listing) or designated for issuance, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange or automated quotation system, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment will be deemed practicable by the Trustee.

Section 2.05 Execution and Authentication .

(a) In General . A Note will be valid only if executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee.

(b) Execution . A Note will be deemed to have been executed by the Company when an Officer signs such Note on behalf of the Company. The Officer’s signature may be manual or facsimile, and the validity of such Officer’s signature will not turn on whether such signatory remains an Officer at the time the Trustee authenticates such Note.

(c) Authentication . A Note will be deemed authenticated when an authorized signatory of the Trustee manually signs the certificate of authentication on such Note. An authorized signatory of the Trustee will manually sign the certificate of authentication on a Note only if (i) the Company delivers such Note to the Trustee, (ii) such Note is validly executed by the Company in accordance with Section 2.05(b) hereof, and (iii) the Company delivers, before or with such Note, a Company Order setting forth (A) a request that the Trustee authenticate such Note; (B) the principal amount of such Note; (C) the name of the Holder of such Note, (D) the date on which such Note is to be authenticated; and (E) any insertions, omissions or other variations, notations, legends or endorsements permitted under Section 2.02 hereof and applicable to such Note. If the Company Order also specifies that the Trustee must deliver such Note to any Holder or the Depositary, the Trustee will promptly deliver such Note in accordance with such Company Order.

The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent. If the Trustee appoints an authenticating agent and such authenticating agent is reasonably acceptable to the Company, such authenticating agent may authenticate a Note whenever the Trustee may authenticate such Note. For purposes of this provision, each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee will be deemed to include authentication by an authenticating agent, and an authenticating agent will have the same rights to deal with the Company as the Trustee would have if it were performing the duties that the authentication agent was validly appointed to undertake.

 

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Section 2.06 Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent .

(a) General . The Company will maintain an office or agency in the continental United States where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (the “ Registrar ”), an office or agency where the Notes may be presented for payment, repurchase or redemption (the “ Paying Agent ”), an office or agency where the Notes may be presented for conversion (the “ Conversion Agent ”) and an office or agency where notices and demands to, or upon, the Company with respect to the Notes and this Indenture may be served.

The Registrar will keep a register for the recordation of, and will record, the names and addresses of Holders, the Notes held by each Holder and the transfer, exchange, repurchase, redemption and conversion of Notes (the “ Register ”). Absent manifest error, the entries in the Register will be conclusive and the parties may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Holder hereunder for all purposes of this Indenture. The Register will be in written form or in any form capable of being converted into written form within a reasonably prompt period of time.

The Company may have one or more registrars, one or more paying agents, one or more conversion agents and one or more places where notices and demands to, or upon, the Company with respect to the Notes and this Indenture may be served. Before appointing any Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent that is not otherwise a party to this Indenture, the Company will enter into an appropriate agency agreement with such Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent, as the case may be, which agency agreement will implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such replacement or additional registrar, paying agent or conversion agent, as the case may be. The term Registrar includes any additional registrars named pursuant to this Indenture. The term Paying Agent includes any additional paying agent named pursuant to this Indenture. The term Conversion Agent includes any additional conversion agent named pursuant to this Indenture. Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default under Section 6.01(a)(xii) or 6.01(a)(xiii) with respect to the Company, the Trustee shall be the Paying Agent.

(b) Initial Designations . The Company initially appoints the Trustee as each of the Registrar, the Paying Agent, Conversion Agent, and the Notes initially may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange, payment, repurchase, redemption and conversion to the Trustee, in its capacity as the Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent, as the case may be, at the Corporate Trust Office. Notices and demands to, or upon, the Company with respect to the Notes and this Indenture may be served at the Corporate Trust Office.

(c) Removal, Resignation and Replacement . The Company may remove any Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent by delivering written notice to the Trustee and to such Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent; provided , however , that no such removal will become effective unless (i) after such removal, at least one Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent will remain; (ii) a successor has accepted appointment as Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent, as the case may be, the Company and such successor have entered into an agency agreement in accordance with Section 2.06(a) hereof, and the Company has

 

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delivered written notice of such appointment and a copy of such agency agreement to the Trustee, or (iii) the Company has delivered written notice to the Trustee that the Trustee will serve as the successor Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent, as the case may be, in accordance with Section 2.06(d) hereof; and provided , further , that the right to effect any such change or removal in no way relieves the Company of its obligation to maintain a Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent in the continental United States. The Company may also change the place where notices and demands to, or upon, the Company with respect to the Notes and this Indenture may be served, or reduce the number of such places; provided , however , that the right to effect any such change or reduction in no way relieves the Company of its obligation to maintain a place in the continental United States where notices and demands to, or upon, the Company with respect to the Notes and this Indenture may be served.

In addition, the Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent may resign at any time by delivering written notice of such resignation to each of the Company and the Trustee; provided , however , that if the Trustee is serving as Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent, the Trustee may resign from such capacity only if it also resigns as Trustee in accordance with Section 7.07 hereof. If, after any such resignation, at least one Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent does not remain, the Trustee will immediately be deemed to serve such empty office or agency in accordance with Section 2.06(d) hereof.

(d) Failure to Maintain an Office or Agency . If the Company fails to maintain in the continental United States, a Registrar, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent or place where notices and demands to, or upon, the Company with respect to the Notes and this Indenture may be served, the Trustee will act as the Registrar, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent, or place, as the case may be, and the office where the Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange, presented for payment, repurchase or redemption or surrendered for conversion, or place where notices and demands to, or upon, the Company with respect to the Notes and this Indenture may be served, as the case may be, will be the Corporate Trust Office. In each such case, the Trustee will be entitled to compensation for such action pursuant to Section 7.06 hereof.

(e) Notices . Promptly upon the effectiveness of any removal or appointment of a Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent, or upon any change in the location of the office of any Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent, or of the place where notices and demands to, or upon, the Company with respect to the Notes and this Indenture may be served, the Company will deliver to each Holder notice of such removal, appointment or change in location, as the case may be, which notice will include a brief description of the removal, appointment or change in location, as the case may be, and list the name and address of each continuing (and newly appointed, if applicable) Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent and place where notices and demands to, or upon, the Company with respect to the Notes and this Indenture may be served.

Section 2.07 Money and Securities Held in Trust .

Except as otherwise provided herein, by no later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on each due date for a payment on any Note, the Company will deposit with the Paying Agent an amount of money in immediately available funds, if deposited on the due date sufficient to make such payment when due.

 

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The Company will require that each Paying Agent (other than the Trustee, if the Trustee is a Paying Agent) agree in writing that it will (i) segregate all money and securities it holds for making payments with respect to the Notes; (ii) hold such money and securities in trust for the benefit of Holders; and (iii) notify the Trustee, in writing, as promptly as practicable, if the Company defaults in making any payment on the Notes.

If any such default has occurred and is continuing, the Paying Agent will, upon receiving a written request from the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all of the money and securities it holds in trust. In addition, at any time, the Company may require a Paying Agent to pay all money and securities that it holds for making payments with respect to the Notes to the Trustee and to account for any money and securities it has disbursed. After delivering all of such money and securities to the Trustee pursuant to this Section 2.07, the Paying Agent (in its capacity as such) will have no further liability for such money and securities.

Section 2.08 Holder Lists .

The Trustee will preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of Holders. If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company will furnish to the Trustee, (i) within five Business Days after each Regular Record Date, a list of the names and addresses of Holders as of such Regular Record Date, and (ii) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after receipt by the Company of such request, a list of the names and addresses of Holders as of no more than 15 days immediately prior to the date such list is furnished, in each case, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require.

Section 2.09 Transfer and Exchange .

(a) Provisions Applicable to All Transfers and Exchanges .

(i) Subject to the restrictions set forth in this Section 2.09, Definitive Notes and beneficial interests in Global Notes may be transferred or exchanged from time to time as desired, and each such transfer or exchange will be noted by the Registrar in the Register.

(ii) All Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange in accordance with this Indenture will be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as the Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.

(iii) No service charge will be imposed on any Holder of a Definitive Note or any owner of a beneficial interest in a Global Note for any exchange or registration of transfer, but each of the Company, the Trustee or the Registrar may require such Holder or owner of a beneficial interest to pay a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed in connection with such registration of transfer or exchange.

(iv) Unless the Company specifies otherwise, none of the Company, the Trustee, the Registrar or any co-registrar will be required to exchange or register a transfer of any Note (i) surrendered for conversion, except to the extent that any portion of such Note has not been surrendered for conversion, (ii) subject to a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice

 

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validly delivered pursuant to Section 3.03 hereof, except to the extent any portion of such Note is not subject to a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice or the Company fails to pay the applicable Fundamental Change Repurchase Price when due, (iii) subject to a notice of a Net Proceeds Offer validly delivered pursuant to Section 4.15 hereof, except to the extent any portion of such Note is not subject to a Net Proceeds Offer or the Company fails to pay the applicable Net Proceeds Offer Price when due or (iv) after the Company has delivered a Redemption Notice pursuant to Section 11.03 hereof, except to the extent the Company fails to pay the applicable Redemption Price when due.

(v) The Trustee will 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 Depositary participants or beneficial owners of interests 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.

(b) In General; Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes . So long as the Notes are eligible for book-entry settlement with the Depositary (unless otherwise required by law and except to the extent required by Section 2.09(c) hereof):

(i) all Notes will be represented by one or more Global Notes;

(ii) every transfer and exchange of a beneficial interest in a Global Note will be effected through the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures and the provisions of this Indenture (including the restrictions on Transfer set forth in Section 2.10 hereof); and

(iii) each Global Note may be transferred only as a whole and only (A) by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary, (B) by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or to another nominee of the Depositary, or (C) by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary.

(c) Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes .

(i) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, each Global Note will be exchanged for Definitive Notes if the Depositary delivers notice to the Company that:

(I) the Depositary is unwilling or unable to continue to act as Depositary; or

(II) the Depositary is no longer registered as a clearing agency under the Exchange Act,

and, in each case, the Company promptly delivers a copy of such notice to the Trustee and the Company fails to appoint a successor Depositary within 90 days after receiving notice from the Depositary.

 

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In each such case, (1) each Global Note will be deemed surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation, (2) the Trustee will promptly cancel each such Global Note in accordance with the Applicable Procedures, (3) the Company, (x) in accordance with Section 2.05 hereof, will promptly execute, for each beneficial interest in each Global Note so cancelled, an aggregate principal amount of Definitive Notes equal to the aggregate principal amount of such beneficial interest, registered in such name and authorized denominations as the Depositary specifies, and bearing such legends as such Definitive Notes are required to bear under Section 2.02 and Section 2.10 hereof, and, (y) as provided in Section 2.05(c) hereof, will promptly deliver to the Trustee such Definitive Notes and a Company Order including the information specified in Section 2.05(c) hereof with respect to such Definitive Notes, and (4) the Trustee, upon receipt of such Definitive Notes and such Company Order, in accordance with Section 2.05 hereof, will promptly authenticate, and deliver to the Holder specified in such Company Order, such Definitive Notes.

(ii) In addition:

(I) if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, any owner of a beneficial interest in a Global Note may exchange such beneficial interest for Definitive Notes by delivering a written request to the Company, the Registrar and the Trustee; or

(II) at any time, the Company may, in its sole discretion, at the request of the owner of a beneficial interest in a Global Note, permit the exchange of such owner’s beneficial interest, by delivering a written request to the Registrar, the Trustee and the owner of such beneficial interest.

In each case, (1) upon receipt of such request, the Registrar will promptly deliver written notice of such request to the Company and the Trustee, which notice must identify the owner of the beneficial interest to be exchanged, the aggregate principal amount of such beneficial interest and the CUSIP number of the relevant Global Note; (2) the Trustee, upon receipt of such notice, will promptly cause the aggregate principal amount of such Global Note to be reduced by the aggregate principal amount of the beneficial interest to be so exchanged in accordance with the Applicable Procedures, (3) the Company (x) in accordance with Section 2.05 hereof, will promptly execute, for such beneficial interest, a Definitive Note having aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of such beneficial interest, registered in the name of the owner specified in the notice delivered by the Registrar, and bearing such legends as such Definitive Note is required to bear under Sections 2.02 and 2.10 hereof, and, (y) as provided in Section 2.05(c) hereof, will promptly deliver to the Trustee such Definitive Note and a Company Order including the information specified in Section 2.05(c) hereof with respect to such Definitive Note, and (4) the Trustee, upon receipt of such Definitive Note and such Company Order, will promptly, in accordance with Section 2.05 hereof, authenticate, and deliver to the Holder specified in such Company Order, such Definitive Note. If, after such exchange, all of the beneficial interests in a Global Note have been exchanged for Definitive Notes, such Global Note will be deemed surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation, and the Trustee will cause such Global Note to be cancelled in accordance with the Applicable Procedures.

 

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(d) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes . If Definitive Notes are issued, a Holder may:

(i) transfer a Definitive Note by: (A) surrendering such Definitive Note for registration of transfer to the Registrar, together with any endorsements or instruments of transfer reasonably required by any of the Company, the Trustee and the Registrar; (B) if such Definitive Note is a Restricted Note, delivering any documentation that any of the Company, the Trustee and the Registrar require to ensure that such transfer complies with Section 2.10 hereof and any applicable securities laws; and (C) satisfying any other requirements for such transfer set forth in this Section 2.09 and Section 2.10 hereof. Upon the satisfaction of conditions (A), (B) and (C), (1) the Company, (x) in accordance with Section 2.05 hereof, will promptly execute a new Definitive Note, in the name of the designated transferee, having an aggregate principal amount equal to that of the transferred Definitive Note and bearing such legends as such Definitive Note is required to bear under Sections 2.02 and 2.10 hereof, and (y) as provided in Section 2.05(c) hereof, will promptly deliver to the Trustee such Definitive Note and a Company Order including the information specified in Section 2.05(c) with respect to such Definitive Note, and (2) the Trustee, upon receipt of such Definitive Note and such Company Order, will promptly, in accordance with Section 2.05 hereof, authenticate, and deliver to the Holder specified in such Company Order, such Definitive Note;

(ii) exchange one or more Definitive Notes for one or more other Definitive Notes of any authorized denominations, and in aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the one or more Definitive Notes to be exchanged, by surrendering such one or more Definitive Notes, together with any endorsements or instruments of transfer reasonably required by any of the Company, the Trustee and the Registrar, at any office or agency maintained by the Company for such purposes pursuant to Section 2.06 hereof. Whenever a Holder so surrenders one or more Definitive Notes for exchange, (1) the Company, (x) in accordance with Section 2.05 hereof, will promptly execute one or more new Definitive Notes, each in the name of such Holder, in the authorized denomination or denominations that such Holder requested (which authorized denomination or authorized denominations, as the case may be, must, in aggregate, equal the aggregate principal amount of the one or more Definitive Notes to be exchanged), and bearing a unique registration number not contemporaneously outstanding and such legends as such Definitive Note is required to bear under Sections 2.02 and 2.10 hereof, and (y) as provided in Section 2.05(c) hereof, will promptly deliver to the Trustee each such Definitive Note and a Company Order including the information specified in Section 2.05(c) with respect to each such Definitive Note, and (2) the Trustee, upon receipt of each such Definitive Note and such Company Order, will promptly, in accordance with Section 2.05 hereof, authenticate, and deliver to the Holder specified in such Company Order, each such Definitive Note; and

(iii) if then permitted by the Applicable Procedures, transfer or exchange a Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in a Global Note by (A) surrendering such Definitive Note for registration of transfer or exchange, together with any endorsements or instruments of transfer reasonably required by any of the Company, the Trustee and the Registrar, at any office or agency maintained by the Company for such purposes pursuant to Section 2.06 hereof; (B) if such Definitive Note is a Restricted Note, delivering any documentation that any of the Company, the Trustee and the Registrar require to ensure that such transfer complies with

 

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Section 2.10 hereof and any applicable securities laws; (C) satisfying any other requirements for such transfer set forth in this Section 2.09 and Section 2.10 hereof; and (D) providing written instructions to the Trustee to make an adjustment in its books and records with respect to the applicable Global Note to reflect an increase in the aggregate principal amount of the Notes represented by such Global Note, which instructions will contain information regarding the Depositary account to be credited with such increase. Upon the satisfaction of conditions (A), (B), (C) and (D), the Trustee (1) will promptly cancel such Definitive Note and, (2) will promptly cause the aggregate principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note to be increased by the aggregate principal amount of such Definitive Note, and credit, or cause to be credited, the account of the Person specified in the instructions provided by the exchanging Holder in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of such Definitive Note, in each case, in accordance with the Applicable Procedures. If at the time of such exchange, a Depositary has been appointed but no Global Notes are then outstanding, the Company, (x) in accordance with Section 2.05 hereof, will promptly execute and deliver to the Trustee, a new Global Note registered in the name of the Depositary or a nominee of the Depositary, as the case may be, having the appropriate aggregate principal amount, and bearing such legends as such Global Note is required to bear under Sections 2.02 and 2.10 hereof, and (y) as provided in Section 2.05(c) hereof, will promptly deliver to the Trustee such Global Note and a Company Order including the information specified in Section 2.05(c) with respect to such Global Note, and (2) the Trustee, upon receipt of such Global Note and such Company Order, will promptly, in accordance with Section 2.05 hereof, authenticate, and deliver to the depositary, its nominee, or a custodian of the depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, such Global Note.

Section 2.10 Transfer Restrictions .

(a) Restricted Notes .

(i) General . Each Note (and every security issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof, except any shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion thereof, which may bear the Restricted Stock Legend) that bears, or that is required under this Section 2.10 to bear, the Restricted Notes Legend will be deemed a “ Restricted Note ,” and will be subject to the restrictions on Transfer set forth in this Indenture (including in the Restricted Notes Legend) unless such restrictions on Transfer are eliminated or otherwise waived by written consent of the Company, and each Holder of a Restricted Note, by such Holder’s acceptance of such Restricted Note, will be deemed to be bound by the restrictions on Transfer applicable to such Note.

(ii) When Restrictions Apply . Except as provided elsewhere in this Indenture (including clause (iii) of this Section 2.10(a)), until the Free Trade Date of a Note, every certificate evidencing such Note (and every security issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof, except any shares of Common Stock issued upon the conversion thereof, which may be required to bear the Restricted Stock Legend) will bear the Restricted Notes Legend unless:

(A) such Note is being Transferred to a person (other than (x) the Company or (y) an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company) pursuant to a registration statement that was effective under the Securities Act at the time of such Transfer; or

 

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(B) such Note is being Transferred to a person (other than (x) the Company or (y) an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company) pursuant to an available exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act (including Rule 144) and, after such Transfer, such Note will no longer constitute “a restricted security” (within the meaning of Rule 144),

and, in case (B), the Holder effecting such Transfer delivers to the Trustee, the Company and the Registrar any documents or evidence required pursuant to the Restricted Notes Legend or this Indenture (including, in the case of Definitive Notes, clause (iii) of this Section 2.10(a)).

(iii) Termination of Transfer Restrictions .

(I) Except as otherwise provided in this Indenture (including clause (II) of this Section 2.10(a)(iii)) or as permitted under the terms of the Restricted Notes Legend, if a Holder requests that the Company remove the Restricted Notes Legend from a Definitive Note that is a Restricted Note, the Restricted Notes Legend will not be removed from such Restricted Note unless such Holder delivers, (1) to each of the Company and the Registrar a transfer certificate in the form attached as Exhibit B hereto and, (2) to each of the Company, the Registrar and the Trustee, any evidence that each of the Company, the Registrar and the Trustee, as the case may be, reasonably require, that (x) neither the Restricted Notes Legend nor the Transfer restrictions set forth therein are required to ensure that Transfers of such Restricted Note will comply with applicable law and (y) after such Transfer, such Restricted Note will not be a “restricted security” (within the meaning of Rule 144); provided , however , that, upon provision of such required transfer certificate and evidence, the Company, the Trustee and the Registrar will permit such Restricted Note to be exchanged in accordance with Section 2.09(d)(ii) hereof for one or more new Definitive Notes that do not bear the Restricted Notes Legend. In addition, upon receipt by the Trustee and the Registrar of a Company Order specifying that a Note need not bear the Restricted Notes Legend to comply with applicable law, each of the Trustee and the Registrar will permit such Note to be exchanged in accordance with Section 2.09(d)(ii) hereof for one or more new Definitive Notes that do not bear the Restricted Notes Legend.

(II) At any time on or after the Free Trade Date with respect to a Note, if such Note is represented by one or more Global Notes that are Restricted Notes, the Company shall delegend such Note by:

(1) providing written notice to the Trustee and the Registrar that the Free Trade Date has occurred and instructing the Trustee to remove the Restricted Notes Legend from such Global Notes or to deem the Restricted Notes Legend removed;

(2) providing written notice to each owner of a beneficial interest in any of such Global Notes, which notice will state that the Restricted Notes Legend has been removed or has been deemed removed from the applicable Global Note and include the unrestricted CUSIP that will thereafter apply to such applicable Global Note;

 

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(3) providing written notice to the Trustee and the Depositary that the CUSIP number for each such Global Note will be changed to an unrestricted CUSIP number, which unrestricted CUSIP number will be listed in such notice;

(4) complying with any Applicable Procedures for delegending; and

(5) providing written notice to the Transfer Agent that the Free Trade Date has occurred,

whereupon the Restricted Notes Legend will be deemed removed from such Global Notes.

(iv) Reinstatement of Restricted Notes Legend . If the Restricted Notes Legend is removed from the face of a Definitive Note and the Definitive Note is subsequently held by an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company, the Restricted Notes Legend will be reinstated.

(b) Restricted Stock . If any shares of Common Stock are issued upon conversion of any Notes, and such shares of Common Stock are issued prior to the relevant Free Trade Date, then any certificate representing such shares of Common Stock will, upon such issuance, bear the Restricted Stock Legend unless:

(1) such shares of Common Stock are being issued to a person (other than (x) the Company or (y) an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company) pursuant to a registration statement that is effective under the Securities Act at the time of such issuance;

(2) such shares of Common Stock are being issued to a person (other than (x) the Company or (y) an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company) pursuant to an available exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act such that, upon issuance, such shares of Common Stock will not constitute “restricted securities” (within the meaning of Rule 144); or

(3) the Company delivers written notice to the Transfer Agent and the Registrar stating that the certificate representing such shares of Common Stock need not bear the Restricted Stock Legend to comply with applicable law.

Section 2.11 Replacement Notes .

If (a)(i) a mutilated Note is surrendered to the Registrar or (ii) the Holder of a Note claims that such Note has been lost, destroyed or stolen and provides the Company and the Trustee with (A) evidence of such loss, theft or destruction that is reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee and (B) any amount or kind of security or indemnity that either of the Company or the Trustee reasonably request to protect itself from any loss that it may suffer upon replacement of such Note, and, in either case, (b) such Holder satisfies any other reasonable requirements of the Trustee, including the payment of any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with the replacement of such Note, then, unless the Company or the Trustee receives notice that such Note has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company will, in accordance with Section 2.05 hereof, promptly execute and deliver to the

 

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Trustee, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order, in accordance with Section 2.05 hereof, and the documents required by Sections 15.03 and 15.04 hereof, will promptly authenticate and deliver, in the name of such Holder, a replacement Note having the same aggregate principal amount as the Note that was mutilated or claimed to be lost, destroyed or stolen, bearing any restrictive legends required by Section 2.02 or 2.10 hereof and with a certificate number not contemporaneously outstanding.

Every new Note issued pursuant to this Section 2.11 in exchange for any mutilated Note, or in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Note, will constitute an original contractual obligation of the Company and any other obligor upon the Notes, regardless of whether the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note will be at any time enforceable by anyone, and will be entitled to all benefits of (and will be subject to all the limitations set forth in) this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Notes duly issued hereunder.

Section 2.12 Temporary Notes . Until Definitive Notes are ready for delivery, the Company may execute and the Trustee or an authenticating agent appointed by the Trustee will, upon written request of the Company, authenticate and deliver temporary Notes (printed or lithographed) (“ Temporary Notes ”). Temporary Notes will be issuable in any authorized denomination, and substantially in the form of Definitive Notes, but with such omissions, insertions and variations as may be appropriate for Temporary Notes, all as may be determined by the Company. Every such Temporary Note will be executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee or such authenticating agent upon the same conditions and in substantially the same manner, and with the same effect, as the Definitive Notes. Without unreasonable delay the Company will prepare, execute and deliver to the Trustee or such authenticating agent Definitive Notes (other than any Global Note) and thereupon any or all Temporary Notes (other than any Global Note) may be surrendered in exchange therefor, at each office or agency maintained by the Company pursuant to Section 2.06 hereof and the Trustee or such authenticating agent will authenticate and deliver in exchange for such Temporary Notes Definitive Notes having an aggregate principal amount equal to such Temporary Notes. Such exchange will be made by the Company at its own expense and without any charge therefor. Until so exchanged, the Temporary Notes will, in all respects, be entitled to the same benefits and subject to the same limitations under this Indenture as Definitive Notes authenticated and delivered hereunder.

Section 2.13 Cancellation . At any time, the Company may deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation. Whenever any Note is surrendered to the Registrar, Conversion Agent or Paying Agent for registration of transfer, exchange, conversion, repurchase, redemption or payment, the Registrar, Conversion Agent or Paying Agent, as the case may be, will promptly forward such Note to the Trustee. Upon receipt of any such Note, the Trustee, in its customary manner, will promptly cancel and dispose of such Note. The Company may not issue new Notes to replace Notes that it has repurchased, redeemed, paid or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation or that a Holder has converted pursuant to Article 10 hereof.

Section 2.14 Outstanding Notes . At any time, Notes outstanding are limited to all Notes authenticated by the Trustee except (i) those cancelled by it, (ii) those delivered to it for cancellation and (iii) those deemed not outstanding under Sections 3.05, 4.15, 10.02 and 11.06 hereof and clauses (a) and (b) of this Section 2.14.

 

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(a) If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.11 hereof, such Note will cease to be outstanding at the time of its replacement unless the Trustee and the Company receive proof satisfactory to them that such Note is held by a bona fide purchaser.

(b) In addition, if the Company, any other obligor or an Affiliate of the Company or an Affiliate of such other obligor holds a Note, such Note will be disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding for purposes of determining whether the Holders of the requisite aggregate principal amount of Notes have given or concurred in any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action hereunder. Subject to the foregoing, only Notes outstanding at the time of any such determination will be considered in such determination (including determinations pursuant to Article 6 and Article 9 hereof).

Section 2.15 Persons Deemed Owners . Prior to due presentment of a Note for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Note is registered in the Register as the owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving the payment of the principal, Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, the Net Proceeds Offer Price or Redemption Price of, and interest, if any, on, such Note, for the purpose of conversion of such Note and for all other purposes whatsoever with respect to such Note, and none of the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee will be affected by any notice to the contrary.

Section 2.16 Repurchases . The Company may, from time to time, repurchase Notes in open market purchases or in negotiated transactions without delivering prior notice to Holders.

Section 2.17 CUSIP and ISIN Numbers .

(a) Whenever “CUSIP” and “ISIN” numbers are generally in use, the Company will use CUSIP and ISIN numbers with respect to the Notes, which CUSIP and ISIN numbers (i) for Restricted Notes, will be restricted numbers, and (ii) for Notes that are not Restricted Notes, will be unrestricted numbers. Whenever the Company uses CUSIP and ISIN numbers, the Trustee will also use CUSIP and ISIN numbers in each notice it delivers to the Holders; provided that neither the Company nor the Trustee will be responsible for any defect in any CUSIP or ISIN number that appears on any Note, check, advice of payment or notice, including any notice delivered pursuant to Section 11.03. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee in writing in the event of any change in the CUSIP or ISIN numbers.

(b) In addition, if, when any shares of Common Stock are issued upon conversion of a Note, CUSIP and ISIN numbers are generally in use, the Company will use CUSIP and ISIN numbers with respect to such shares of Common Stock, which CUSIP and ISIN numbers (i) for shares of Common Stock to which the restrictions on Transfer set forth in the Restricted Stock Legend apply, will be restricted numbers, and (ii) for shares of Common Stock to which the restrictions on Transfer set forth in the Restricted Stock Legend do not apply, will be unrestricted numbers.

(c) Whenever any of the CUSIP or ISIN numbers with respect to the Notes or the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes change, cease to be used, or begin to be used, the Company will deliver prompt written notice of such change, cessation, or beginning to each of the Trustee and the Holders.

 

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Article 3

REPURCHASE AT THE OPTION OF THE HOLDER

Section 3.01 Fundamental Change Permits Holders to Require the Company to Repurchase the Notes .

(a) General . If a Fundamental Change occurs at any time prior to the Maturity Date, each Holder will have the right to require the Company to repurchase all of its Notes or any portion of its Notes in principal amount equal to $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof (so long as the remaining portion of any such Notes equals $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date for such Fundamental Change for an amount of cash equal to the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date and such Notes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 3.01, the Company will not be required to make an offer to repurchase the Notes pursuant to this Section 3.01 (a “ Fundamental Change Offer ”) upon a Fundamental Change (1) if a third party makes the Fundamental Change Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in this Article 3 and purchases all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under the Fundamental Change Offer or (2) if a Redemption Notice has been given pursuant Article 11 hereof in respect of all outstanding Notes, unless and until there is a default in payment of the applicable Redemption Price.

(b) Fundamental Change Repurchase Price . The “ Fundamental Change Repurchase Price ” means, for any Notes to be repurchased on any Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of such Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on such Notes to, but excluding, such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date; provided , however , that if a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date occurs after a Regular Record Date, but on or prior to the Interest Payment Date corresponding to such Regular Record Date, the Company will pay the accrued and unpaid interest on such Notes, on such Interest Payment Date, to the Holder of such Notes as of the Close of Business on such Regular Record Date, and the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price shall not include such accrued and unpaid interest.

(c) Fundamental Change Repurchase Date . The “ Fundamental Change Repurchase Date ” means, for any Fundamental Change, the date specified by the Company in the Fundamental Change Notice for such Fundamental Change, which date will be not less than 20 Business Days, nor more than 35 Business Days, immediately following the Fundamental Change Notice Date for such Fundamental Change.

(d) Redemption Following Completion of Fundamental Change Offer . In the event that Holders of at least 90% of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes accept a Fundamental Change Offer and the Company purchases all of the Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn held by such Holders, the Company will have the right, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice, given not more than 30 days following the purchase pursuant to Article 3 hereof, to redeem all of the Notes that remain outstanding following such purchase at a redemption price equal to the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price plus, to the extent not included in the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes that remain outstanding, to the date of redemption (subject to the right of Holders on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date).

 

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Section 3.02 Fundamental Change Notice .

(a) General . On or before the 10th calendar day immediately following the effective date of a Fundamental Change, the Company will deliver to each Holder (and to any beneficial owners of a Global Note, as required by applicable law), the Trustee and the Paying Agent written notice of such Fundamental Change and the resulting repurchase right (the “ Fundamental Change Notice ,” and the date of such mailing, the “ Fundamental Change Notice Date ”). Simultaneously with mailing any Fundamental Change Notice to the Holders, the Trustee and the Paying Agent, the Company will publish a notice containing the same information as the Fundamental Change Notice (i) in a newspaper of general circulation in The City of New York and (ii) on its website or through such other public medium as the Company may use at such time. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, a Fundamental Change Offer may be made in advance of a Fundamental Change, conditioned upon the consummation of such Fundamental Change, if a definitive agreement is in place for the Fundamental Change at the time the Fundamental Change Offer is made.

For any Fundamental Change, the Fundamental Change Notice corresponding to such Fundamental Change will specify:

(1) briefly, the events causing such Fundamental Change;

(2) the effective date of such Fundamental Change;

(3) the last date on which a Holder may exercise its right to require the Company to repurchase its Notes as a result of such Fundamental Change under this Article 3;

(4) the procedures that a Holder must follow to require the Company to repurchase a Note;

(5) the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for each $1,000 principal amount of Notes for such Fundamental Change;

(6) the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date for such Fundamental Change;

(7) that the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for any Note for which a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice has been duly tendered and not validly withdrawn will be paid promptly following the later of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date and the time such Note is surrendered for repurchase;

(8) the name and address of the Paying Agent and of the Conversion Agent;

(9) the Conversion Rate in effect on the Fundamental Change Notice Date for such Fundamental Change and the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Notice Date;

 

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(10) any adjustments that will be made to the Conversion Rate as a result of such Fundamental Change, including any Additional Shares by which the Conversion Rate will be increased pursuant to Section 10.07 hereof for a Holder that converts a Note “in connection with” such Fundamental Change;

(11) that any Notes with respect to which a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice has been delivered by a Holder may be converted only if such Holder withdraws such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice in accordance with the terms of this Indenture or to the extent any portion of such Notes are not subject to such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice;

(12) the procedures for withdrawing a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice;

(13) that if a Note or portion of a Note is subject to a validly delivered Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice, unless the Company defaults in paying the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for such Note or portion of a Note, interest, if any, on such Note or portion of a Note will cease to accrue on and after the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date; and

(14) the CUSIP and ISIN number(s) of the Notes.

(b) Failure or Defect . Notwithstanding anything provided elsewhere in this Indenture, neither the failure of the Company to deliver a Fundamental Change Notice nor a defect in a Fundamental Change Notice delivered by the Company will limit the repurchase rights of any Holder under this Article 3 or impair or otherwise affect the validity of any proceedings relating to the repurchase of any Note pursuant to this Article 3.

Section 3.03 Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice .

(a) General . To exercise its repurchase rights under Section 3.01(a) hereof with respect to any Notes pursuant to a Fundamental Change, the Holder thereof must deliver to the Paying Agent, by the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, subject to extension to comply with applicable law:

(1) a duly completed “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase,” substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto (a “ Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice ”) setting forth that such Holder is tendering such Notes for repurchase; and

(2) such Notes (A) by book-entry transfer if such Notes are Global Notes, or (B) by physical delivery, if such Notes are Definitive Notes, in each case, together with any endorsements or other documents reasonably requested by the Paying Agent, the Trustee or the Company.

 

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(b) Contents of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice . The Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice for any Note must state:

(i) if such Note is to be repurchased in part, the principal amount of such Note to be repurchased, which principal amount must equal $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof (so long as the remaining portion of such Note equals $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof);

(ii) that such Note will be repurchased by the Company pursuant to the provisions of this Article 3 hereof; and

(iii) if such Note is a Definitive Note, the certificate number of such Note.

If the Notes to be repurchased are Global Notes, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice for such Notes must comply with the Applicable Procedures.

(c) Notice to Company . If any Holder validly delivers to the Paying Agent a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice with respect to a Note or any portion of a Note, the Paying Agent will promptly deliver to the Company a copy of such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice.

(d) Effect of Improper Notice . Unless and until the Paying Agent receives a validly endorsed and delivered Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice with respect to a Note, together with such Note, in a form that conforms in all material aspects with the description contained in such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice, the Holder submitting the Notes will not be entitled to receive the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for such Note.

Section 3.04 Withdrawal of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice .

(a) General . After a Holder delivers a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice with respect to a Note, such Holder may withdraw such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice with respect to such Note or any portion of such Note in principal amount equal to $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof (so long as the remaining portion of such Note not subject to the Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice equals $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) by delivering to the Paying Agent a written notice of withdrawal prior to the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date to the Paying Agent. Any such withdrawal notice must state:

(A) the principal amount of the Note with respect to which such notice of withdrawal pertains, which must equal $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof;

(B) the principal amount of such Note that remains subject to the original Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice, which portion must have a principal amount equal to $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof; and

(C) if the Notes subject to such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice were Definitive Notes, the certificate numbers of the Notes to be withdrawn and the Notes that will remain subject to the Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice.

 

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If the Notes to be withdrawn are Global Notes, a Holder must deliver its notice of withdrawal in compliance with the Applicable Procedures.

(b) Return of Note . Upon receipt of a validly delivered withdrawal notice, the Paying Agent will promptly (i) if such notice pertains to a Definitive Note or a portion of a Definitive Note, return such Note or portion of a Note to such Holder, in the amount specified in such withdrawal notice; and, (ii) if such notice pertains to a beneficial interest in a Global Note, in compliance with the Applicable Procedures, deem to be cancelled any instructions for book-entry transfer of such beneficial interest, in the amount specified in such withdrawal notice.

(c) Notice to Company . If any Holder validly delivers to the Paying Agent a notice of withdrawal with respect to a Note or any portion of a Note, the Paying Agent will promptly deliver to the Company a copy of such notice of withdrawal.

Section 3.05 Effect of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice .

(a) General . If a Holder validly delivers to the Paying Agent a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice (together with all necessary endorsements) with respect to a Note, such Holder may no longer convert such Note unless and until such Holder validly withdraws such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice in accordance with Section 3.04 hereof.

(b) Timing of Payment . Upon the Paying Agent’s receipt of (i) a valid Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice (together with all necessary endorsements) and (ii) the Notes to which such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice pertains, the Holder of the Notes to which such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice pertains will be entitled, except to the extent such Holder has validly withdrawn such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice in accordance with Section 3.04 hereof to receive the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price with respect to such Notes on the later of the following (subject to extension to comply with applicable law) (i) the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date and (ii)(A) if such Notes are Definitive Notes, the date of delivery of such Notes to the Paying Agent, duly endorsed, or (B) if such Notes are Global Notes, the date of book-entry transfer of such Notes to the Paying Agent, or, if such later date is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately following such later date.

(c) Effect of Deposit . If, as of 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date for any Fundamental Change, the Company, in accordance with Section 3.08 hereof, has deposited with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for every Note subject to a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice validly delivered in accordance with Section 3.03 hereof and not validly withdrawn in accordance with Section 3.04 hereof, at the Close of Business on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date:

(1) the Notes to be repurchased will cease to be outstanding and interest will cease to accrue on such Notes (whether or not book-entry transfer of such Notes is made or whether or not such Notes are delivered to the Paying Agent), except to the extent provided in the proviso to Section 3.01(b); and

(2) all other rights of the Holders of such Notes with respect to such Notes (other than the right to receive payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price

 

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upon delivery or transfer of such Notes and any Defaulted Amounts or Default Interest with respect to the Notes, and other than as provided in the proviso to Section 3.01(b)) will terminate.

Section 3.06 Notes Repurchased in Part . If any Definitive Note is to be repurchased only in part, the Holder must surrender such Note at the office of the Paying Agent (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder of such Note or such Holder’s attorney-in-fact, duly authorized in writing), whereupon the Company, in accordance with Section 2.05 hereof, will promptly execute, and, upon receipt of a Company Order and the documents required by Sections 15.03 and 15.04 hereof, the Trustee, in accordance with Section 2.05 hereof, will promptly authenticate and deliver, to the surrendering Holder, a new Note or Notes of any authorized denomination or denominations requested by such Holder in aggregate principal amount equal to the portion of the principal amount of the Note so surrendered which is not repurchased. If any Global Note is repurchased in part, the Company will instruct the Trustee to decrease the principal amount of such Global Note by the principal amount repurchased. Any Notes that are repurchased or owned by the Company, whether or not in connection with a Fundamental Change, will be submitted to the Trustee for cancellation and will be duly retired by the Company.

Section 3.07 Covenant to Comply With Securities Laws Upon Repurchase of Notes . In connection with any repurchase offer pursuant to a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice under this Article 3, the Company will, to the extent applicable, (i) comply with Rule 13e-4 and any other tender offer rules under the Exchange Act that may be applicable at the time of the offer to repurchase the Notes, (ii) file the related Schedule TO (or any successor schedule, form or report) under the Exchange Act, and (iii) otherwise comply with any applicable United States federal and state securities laws so as to permit Holders to exercise their rights and obligations under Section 3.01 hereof in the time and in the manner specified in Sections 3.01 and 3.03 hereof.

Section 3.08 Deposit of Fundamental Change Repurchase Price . Prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, the Company will deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent (or, if the Company or a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of either of them is acting as the Paying Agent, will segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 2.07 hereof) an amount of immediately available funds sufficient to pay the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price of all the Notes or portions thereof that the Company is required to repurchase on such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date.

Section 3.09 Covenant Not to Repurchase Notes Upon Certain Events of Default .

(a) General . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article 3, the Company will not purchase any Notes under this Article 3 if, as of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, the principal amount of the Notes has been accelerated, such acceleration has not been rescinded and such acceleration did not result from a Default that would be cured by the Company’s payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price.

 

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(b) Deemed Withdrawals . If, on any Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, (i) a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice for a Note has been validly tendered in accordance with Section 3.03 hereof and has not been validly withdrawn in accordance with Section 3.04 hereof, and (ii) pursuant to this Section 3.09, the Company is not permitted to purchase Notes, the Paying Agent, upon receipt of written notice from the Company stating that the Company, pursuant to this Section 3.09, is not permitted to purchase Notes, will deem such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice to be withdrawn.

(c) Return of Notes . If a Holder tenders a Note for purchase pursuant to this Article 3 and, on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, pursuant to this Section 3.09, the Company is not permitted to purchase such Note, the Paying Agent will (i) if such Note is a Definitive Note, return such Note to such Holder, and (ii) if such Note is held in book-entry form, in compliance with the Applicable Procedures, deem to be cancelled any instructions for book-entry transfer of such Note.

Article 4

COVENANTS

Section 4.01 Payment of Notes . The Company will pay or cause to be paid the principal of, Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, the Net Proceeds Offer Price or Redemption Price for, and any accrued and unpaid interest on, the Notes on the dates and in the manner required under this Indenture. Any principal of, Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, Net Proceeds Offer Price or Redemption Price for, or interest on, a Note will be considered paid on the date due if the Paying Agent, if other than the Company or a Subsidiary thereof, holds, as of 10:00 a.m. New York City time on the due date, money deposited by the Company in immediately available funds and designated for, and sufficient to pay, such principal, Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, the Net Proceeds Offer Price, Redemption Price or interest then due. To the extent lawful, the Company will also pay Default Interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on any Defaulted Amounts in accordance with Section 2.04 hereof.

Section 4.02 144A Information . Whenever the Company is not subject to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, if any Notes or shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of the Notes constitute “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144, the Company will, upon the request of a Holder or beneficial owner of the Notes, or a holder or beneficial owner of the Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of the Notes, promptly furnish or cause to be furnished to the applicable Holder, beneficial owner, or any prospective purchaser designated by the applicable Holder or beneficial owner, of the Notes, or any holder, beneficial owner, or any prospective purchaser designated by the applicable holder or beneficial owner, of the Common Stock, as the case may be, all of the information that a prospective purchaser of the Notes or the Common Stock, as the case may be, is required to receive under Rule 144A(d)(4) of the Securities Act for the Notes or shares of Common Stock, as the case may be, to be resold to such prospective purchaser pursuant the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A.

 

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Section 4.03 Reports .

Whether or not required by the rules and regulations of the SEC, the Company will furnish to the Trustee, no later than five (5) Business Days after the dates specified in the SEC’s rules and regulations (including any extensions provided therein) for a filer that is a “non-accelerated filer” (or any successor term that provides an entity with the greatest time period for filing periodic reports with the SEC):

(1) all quarterly and annual reports that would be required to be filed with the SEC on Forms 10-K and 10-Q (or any successor or comparable forms) if the Company were required to file such reports; and

(2) all current reports that would be required to be filed with the SEC on Form 8-K (or any successor or comparable form) if the Company were required to file such reports.

All such reports will be prepared in all material respects in accordance with all of the rules and regulations applicable to such reports. Each annual report on Form 10-K will include a report on the Company’s consolidated financial statements by the Company’s certified independent accountants. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary above, the Company shall not be required to disclose to the Trustee (or the Holders) any materials for which it has sought and has received (or reasonably expects to receive) confidential treatment from the SEC. All reports filed with the SEC via EDGAR (or any successor system) shall be deemed to have been furnished to the Trustee in accordance with this Section 4.03.

The Company will not take any action for the purpose of causing the SEC not to accept any such filings. If, notwithstanding the foregoing, the SEC will not accept the Company’s filings for any reason, the Company will post the reports required by this Section 4.03 on its website within the time periods proscribed above.

Delivery of such quarterly and annual reports, and such other documents, information and other reports to the Trustee will be for informational purposes only, and the Trustee’s receipt of such will not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely conclusively on Officers’ Certificates).

Section 4.04 Additional Interest .

(a) General . If, at any time during the period beginning on, and including, the date that is six months after the Last Original Issue Date and ending on, but not including, the Free Trade Date, the Company fails to timely file (after giving effect to any grace period provided by Rule 12b-25) any document or report that it is required to file with the SEC pursuant to Sections 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, as applicable (other than current reports on Form 8-K), the Company will pay additional interest (the “ Additional Interest ”) on the principal amount of then outstanding Notes. The Additional Interest will accrue from the due date of each such missed filing until the earlier of (i) the Free Trade Date and (ii) the date such failure to file is corrected.

 

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In addition, if either the Notes or the Common Stock issued upon the conversion of the Notes are not Freely Tradable at all times on and after the Free Trade Date (or the next succeeding Business Day if the Free Trade Date is not a Business Day), the Company will pay Additional Interest on the Notes. Such Additional Interest will accrue on each day during such period on which the Notes are not Freely Tradable. The accrual of Additional Interest will be the exclusive remedy available to Holders for the failure of the Notes or the Common Stock issued upon the conversion of the Notes to become Freely Tradable.

In each case, the Additional Interest will be payable on the same dates and in the same manner as the stated interest on the Notes and will initially accrue at the rate of 0.25% per annum on the principal amount of then outstanding Notes. If the Additional Interest accrues for more than 90 consecutive days, the rate at which the Additional Interest accrues will increase to 0.50% per annum on the principal amount of then outstanding Notes beginning on the 91 st consecutive day on which it accrues and ending on the last consecutive day on which it continues to accrue.

(b) Notice to Trustee . If the Company is required to pay Additional Interest on any Note, no later than five Business Days prior to the date on which such Additional Interest is scheduled to be paid, the Company will provide to the Trustee (and if the Trustee is not the Paying Agent, to the Paying Agent) an Officers’ Certificate, which Officers’ Certificate will state (i) that the Company is obligated to pay Additional Interest pursuant to this Section 4.04, (ii) the amount of such Additional Interest that the Company is required to pay under this Section 4.04, (iii) the amount of such Additional Interest that the Company will pay, (iv) the scheduled date on which such Additional Interest will be paid to Holders and (v) a direction that the Trustee (or, if the Trustee is not the Paying Agent, the Paying Agent) pay such Additional Interest to the extent it receives funds from the Company to do so, on the scheduled payment date for such Additional Interest. The Trustee will not have any duty or responsibility to any Holder to determine whether any Additional Interest is payable, or, if any Additional Interest is payable, the amount of such Additional Interest that is payable.

Section 4.05 Compliance Certificate .

(a) Annual Compliance Certificate . Within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, beginning with the fiscal year ending on January 31, 2015, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate, which Officers’ Certificate will state (i) that the Officers signing such Officers’ Certificate have supervised a review of the activities of the Company and its Subsidiaries with a view to determining whether the Company has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled its obligations under this Indenture during the preceding fiscal year, and (ii) to the knowledge of each of the Officers signing such Officers’ Certificate, (A) whether the Company has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each and every covenant contained in this Indenture and is not in default in the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture (without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided under this Indenture) or, if one or more Defaults or Events of Default have occurred, what events triggered such Defaults or Events of Default and what actions the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect to such Defaults or Events of Default, and (B) whether any event has occurred and remains in existence by reason of which any payment of the principal of, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, the Net Proceeds Offer Price or the Redemption Price for, or interest on, or any delivery of any of the

 

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consideration due upon conversion of, a Note is prohibited, and, if any such event has occurred and remains in existence, a description, in reasonable detail, of such event or events and what actions the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect to such event or events.

(b) Certificate of Default or Event of Default . As soon as possible, and in any event within five Business Days after a Default occurs, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate describing such Default, its status and a description, in reasonable detail, of what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect to such Default.

Section 4.06 Restriction on Purchases by the Company and by Affiliates of the Company . Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries will purchase or otherwise acquire any Notes without canceling such Notes. In addition, the Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to prevent any affiliate of the Company (as defined in Rule 144) from acquiring any Note or any beneficial interest therein.

Section 4.07 Taxes . The Company will pay, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to pay, prior to delinquency, all material taxes, assessments and governmental levies except such as are contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings or where the failure to effect such payment is not adverse in any material respect to the Holders.

Section 4.08 Corporate Existence . Subject to Article 5 hereof, the Company will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect:

(a) its corporate existence, and the corporate, partnership or other existence of each of its Restricted Subsidiaries, in accordance with the respective organizational documents (as the same may be amended from time to time) of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable; and

(b) the rights (charter and statutory), licenses and franchises of the Company and its Subsidiaries;

provided, however, that the Company will not be required to preserve any such right, license or franchise, or the corporate, partnership or other existence of any of its Subsidiaries, if the Board of Directors determines that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and that the loss thereof is not adverse in any material respect to the Holders.

Section 4.09 Par Value Limitation .

The Company will not take any action that, after giving effect to any adjustment pursuant to Section 10.05 or 10.07, would result in the Conversion Price becoming less than the par value of one share of Common Stock. In addition, the Company will not adjust the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 10.06 such that the Conversion Price would be less than the par value of one share of Common Stock.

Section 4.10 Stay, Extension and Usury Laws . The Company and each of the Guarantors covenants that, to the extent that it may lawfully do so, it will not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay,

 

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extension or usury law or other law that would prohibit or forgive the Company from paying all or any portion of the principal of or interest on the Notes as contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, or that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and each of the Company and the Guarantors, to the extent that it may lawfully do so, hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will instead suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.

Section 4.11 Further Instruments and Acts . Upon request of the Trustee, the Company and each of the Guarantors will execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the terms of this Indenture.

Section 4.12 Restricted Payments .

(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:

(1) declare or pay any dividend or make any other payment or distribution on or in respect of the Company’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s Equity Interests (including any such payment in connection with any merger or consolidation involving such Person), except dividends or distributions payable solely in Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary and except dividends or distributions payable solely to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (and, if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary, to its other Equity Interest holders on a pro rata basis with respect to the class of Equity Interests on which such dividend or distribution is made, or on a basis that results in the receipt by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of dividends or distributions of greater value than it would receive on a pro rata basis);

(2) purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value (including, without limitation, in connection with any merger or consolidation involving the Company) any Equity Interests of the Company;

(3) make any payment on or with respect to, or purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value, any Indebtedness (“ Subordinated Indebtedness ”) of the Company or any Guarantor that is (i) Indebtedness that is contractually subordinated to the Notes or to any Note Guarantee (excluding any intercompany Indebtedness between or among the Company and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) or (ii) unsecured Indebtedness, except, in each case, payments of interest or principal at the Stated Maturity thereof, other than, in the case of any such Existing Indebtedness with a Stated Maturity prior to August 15, 2018 (which, for the avoidance of doubt, does not include the Existing Convertible Notes or any refinancings thereof), the purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition of any such Existing 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 purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition; or

 

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(4) make any Restricted Investment

(all such payments and other actions set forth in these clauses (1) through (4) above being collectively referred to as “ Restricted Payments ”), unless, at the time of and after giving effect to such Restricted Payment:

(i) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would occur after giving effect to such Restricted Payment;

(ii) the Company would, at the time of such Restricted Payment and after giving pro forma effect thereto, have been permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to Section 4.14(a); and

(iii) such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate amount of all other Restricted Payments made by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries since the Issue Date (excluding Restricted Payments permitted by clauses (2) through (5) of Section 4.12(b)), is less than the sum, without duplication, of:

(A) 50% of the Consolidated Net Income of the Company for the period (taken as one accounting period) from the beginning of the first fiscal quarter commencing after the Issue Date to the end of the Company’s most recently completed fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements are available at the time of such Restricted Payment (or, if such Consolidated Net Income for such period is a deficit, less 100% of such deficit); plus

(B) 100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds since the Issue Date as a contribution to its common equity capital or from the issue or sale of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company or from the issue or sale of convertible or exchangeable Disqualified Stock of the Company or convertible or exchangeable debt securities of the Company, in each case that have been converted into, settled with or exchanged for Equity Interests of the Company (other than (x) Disqualified Stock or (y) Equity Interests and convertible or exchangeable Disqualified Stock or debt securities sold to a Subsidiary of the Company); plus

(C) to the extent that any Restricted Investment that was made after the Issue Date is sold or otherwise liquidated or repaid, the amount of the cash return of capital with respect to such Restricted Investment (less the cost of disposition, if any), to the extent that such return was not otherwise included in the Consolidated Net Income of the Company for such period; plus

(D) to the extent that any Unrestricted Subsidiary of the Company designated as such on or after the Issue Date is redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary after the Issue Date, the Fair Market Value of Company’s Restricted Investment (without duplication of amounts that increase the amount available pursuant to clauses (16) and (19) of the definition of “Permitted Investments” and Section 4.12(b)(9)) in such Restricted Subsidiary as of the date of such redesignation; plus

 

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(E) without duplication of any increase pursuant to Section 4.12(a) above or that increase the amount available pursuant to clauses (16) and (19) of the definition of “Permitted Investments” and Section 4.12(b)(9), cash dividends or distributions received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary after the Issue Date from an Unrestricted Subsidiary of the Company, to the extent that such dividends or distributions were not otherwise included in the Consolidated Net Income of the Company for such period; plus

(F) to the extent that any Restricted Investment that was made after the date of this Indenture is made in an entity that subsequently becomes a Guarantor, the lesser of the initial amount of such Restricted Investment and the Fair Market Value of the Investment of the Company in such entity at the time it becomes a Guarantor.

(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary therein, Section 4.12(a) will not prohibit:

(1) the payment of any dividend or distribution on account of Equity Interests or the consummation of any redemption within 60 days after the date of declaration of the dividend or distribution on account of Equity Interests or giving of the redemption notice, as the case may be, if at the date of declaration or notice, the dividend, distribution or redemption payment would have complied with the provisions of this Section 4.12;

(2) the purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement for value of Subordinated Indebtedness, unsecured Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock (or Effective Discharge, in the case of the Existing Convertible Notes) of the Company or any Guarantor in exchange for, by conversion into or out of, or with the net cash proceeds from, an incurrence of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness, which incurrence occurs substantially concurrently with such purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement for value (or Effective Discharge, in the case of the Existing Convertible Notes);

(3) so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Equity Interests of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company held by any current or former officer, director, employee or consultant of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or any permitted transferee of the foregoing pursuant to any equity subscription agreement, stock option agreement, shareholders’ agreement or similar agreement; provided that the aggregate price paid for all such repurchased, redeemed, acquired or retired Equity Interests may not exceed $1.0 million in any twelve-month period; provided , further , that such amount in any twelve-month period may be increased by an amount not to exceed:

(a) the cash proceeds from the sale of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company to officers, directors, employees or consultants of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of its direct or indirect parent companies that occurs after the Issue Date to the extent the cash proceeds from the sale of such Equity Interests have not otherwise been applied to the making of Restricted Payments pursuant to Section 4.12(a)(iii) or Section 4.12(b); plus

 

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(b) the cash proceeds of key man life insurance policies received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company after the Issue Date; and in addition, cancellation of Indebtedness owing to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary from any current or former officer, director or employee (or any permitted transferees thereof) of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in connection with a repurchase of Equity Interests of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company from such Persons will not be deemed to constitute a Restricted Payment for purposes of this Section 4.12 or any other provisions of this Indenture;

(4) the purchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of Equity Interests (x) deemed to occur upon the exercise of stock options, warrants, convertible notes or similar rights to acquire Equity Interests to the extent that such Equity Interests represent all or a portion of the exercise or exchange price of those stock options, warrants, convertible notes or similar rights, or (y) made in lieu of payment of withholding taxes in connection with the vesting of Equity Interests or any exercise or exchange of stock options, warrants, convertible notes or similar rights to acquire such Equity Interests;

(5) any purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement for value of Subordinated Indebtedness, unsecured Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary upon a Fundamental Change or Asset Sale to the extent required by this Indenture or other instrument pursuant to which such Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock was issued, but only if the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary has first complied with its obligation under Article 3 and Section 4.15 hereof, as applicable; provided that no Liquidity Proceeds shall be used to make a Restricted Payment pursuant to this clause (5);

(6) the making of any Restricted Payment in exchange for, or out of or with the net cash proceeds from the substantially concurrent contribution to the common equity of the Company or from the substantially concurrent sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the Company) of, Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company; provided that the amount of any such net cash proceeds that are utilized for any such Restricted Payment will not be considered to be net proceeds of Equity Interests for purposes of Section 4.12(a)(iii)(B) hereof (for the avoidance of doubt, this clause (6) shall permit the conversion of the Existing Convertible Notes into shares of Common Stock in accordance with the Existing Convertible Notes Indenture);

(7) so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would be caused thereby, the declaration and payment of regularly scheduled or accrued dividends or distributions to holders of any class or series of Disqualified Stock of the Company or any preferred stock of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company issued on or after the date of this Indenture in accordance with the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test and the Total Leverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.14(a) hereof;

 

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(8) payments of cash, dividends, distributions, advances or other Restricted Payments by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to allow the payment of cash in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares; and

(9) so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would be caused thereby, other Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed $5.0 million in the aggregate since the Issue Date, plus if any such Restricted Payment under this clause (9) was used to make an Investment, the cash return of capital with respect to such Investment (less the cost of disposition, if any).

(c) The amount of all Restricted Payments (other than cash) will be the Fair Market Value on the date of the Restricted Payment of the asset(s) or securities proposed to be transferred or issued by the Company or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to the Restricted Payment. The Fair Market Value of any assets or securities that are required to be valued by this covenant will be determined by the Company or, if such Fair Market Value is in excess of $10.0 million, by the Board of Directors, whose resolution with respect thereto will be delivered to the Trustee.

(d) For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.12, in the event that a proposed Restricted Payment (or portion thereof) meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Restricted Payments described in Sections 4.12(b)(1) through Section 4.12(b)(9) or is entitled to be incurred as one or more categories of Permitted Investments or pursuant to Section 4.12(a), the Company will be entitled to classify such Restricted Payment or portion thereof in any manner that complies with this Section 4.12, and such Restricted Payment will be treated as having been made pursuant to only such clause or clauses, categories of Permitted Investments or Section 4.12(a).

Section 4.13 Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries .

(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or permit to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to:

(1) pay dividends or make any other distributions on its Capital Stock to any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or with respect to any other interest or participation in, or measured by, its profits, or pay any indebtedness owed to any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (it being understood that 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);

(2) make loans or advances to any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; or

(3) sell, lease or transfer any of its properties or assets to any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.

 

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(b) The restrictions in Section 4.13(a) will not apply to encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of:

(1) agreements in effect on the Issue Date and any amendments, restatements, modifications, renewals, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of such agreements, provided that the amendments, restatements, modifications, renewals, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are not, in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors, materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, with respect to such dividend and other payment restrictions than those contained in those agreements on the Issue Date;

(2) this Indenture, the Notes and the Note Guarantees and the Security Documents;

(3) applicable law, rule, regulation, order, approval, license, permit or similar restriction (whether or not existing on the Issue Date);

(4) (a) any instrument governing Indebtedness or Capital Stock of a Person acquired by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as in effect at the time of such acquisition, which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person, or the property or assets of the Person, so acquired and does not in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors materially adversely affect the ability of the Company to make scheduled payments of interest and principal on the Notes, provided that, in the case of Indebtedness, such Indebtedness was permitted by the terms of this Indenture to be incurred; and (b) any amendment, modification, replacement or refinancing thereof, provided that after giving effect to such amendment, modification, replacement or refinancing thereof, such encumbrances or restrictions of the type set forth in clauses (1), (2) and (3) of Section 4.13(a) are not, in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors, materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, than prior to such amendment, modification, replacement or refinancing;

(5) customary non-assignment provisions in contracts and licenses entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(6) purchase money obligations or similar obligations for property acquired in the ordinary course of business and Capital Lease Obligations that impose restrictions on the property purchased or leased (plus improvements and accessions to such property, or assets or proceeds or distributions thereof) of the nature described in Section 4.13(a)(3);

(7) any agreement for the sale or other disposition of the Capital Stock or assets of a Restricted Subsidiary that restricts distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary pending such sale or other disposition;

(8) Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness, provided that the restrictions contained in the agreements governing such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness are not, in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors, materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, than those contained in the agreements governing the Indebtedness being refinanced, extended, renewed, refunded, replaced, defeased or discharged;

 

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(9) Liens permitted to be incurred under the provisions of the covenant described above under Section 4.17 that limit the right of the debtor to dispose of the assets subject to such Liens (plus improvements and accessions to such property, or assets or proceeds or distributions thereof);

(10) customary provisions in joint venture agreements or other similar agreements;

(11) customary provisions in Permitted Hedging Obligations;

(12) restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers under contracts or other agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(13) restrictions on other Indebtedness incurred in compliance with Section 4.14, provided that such restrictions will not materially affect the Company’s ability to make principal or interest payments on the Notes and are customary for instruments of such type;

(14) encumbrances on property that exist at the time such property was acquired by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiaries;

(15) encumbrances or restrictions consisting of customary restrictions on the subletting, assignment or transfer of any property or asset that is a lease, license, conveyance or contract or similar property or asset;

(16) customary guarantees by the Company under non-Indebtedness obligations of a Subsidiary set forth in leases, licenses and other agreements entered into by the Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business; and

(17) restrictions or conditions contained in any trading, netting, operating, construction, service, supply, purchase or other agreement to which the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is a party entered into in the ordinary course of business, provided that such agreement prohibits the encumbrance of solely the property or assets of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary that are the subject of such agreement, the payment rights arising thereunder or the proceeds thereof and does not extend to any other asset or property of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary or the assets or property of any other Restricted Subsidiary.

(c) For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.13, 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.

 

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Section 4.14 Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock .

(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, issue, assume, enter into a guarantee of or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable, contingently or otherwise, with respect to (collectively, “ incur ”) any Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt), and the Company will not issue any Disqualified Stock and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to issue any shares of preferred stock or preferred interests; provided , however , that the Company may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt) or issue Disqualified Stock, and the Guarantors may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt) or issue preferred stock or preferred interests, if (i) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Company’s most recently completed 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 such preferred stock or preferred interests are issued, as the case may be, would have been at least 2.5 to 1.0, and (ii) the Total Leverage Ratio would be no more than 4.0 to 1.0, in each case, 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 the preferred stock or preferred interests had been issued, as the case may be, at the beginning of such four-quarter period.

(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary therein, Section 4.14(a) will not prohibit the incurrence of any of the following items of Indebtedness or the issuance of any of the following Disqualified Stock (collectively, “ Permitted Debt ”):

(1) the incurrence and guarantee by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, of Indebtedness and letters of credit (and reimbursement obligations with respect thereto) under one or more Senior Credit Agreements (with letters of credit being deemed to have a principal amount equal to the maximum remaining potential liability of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary thereunder) not to exceed $150.0 million, less the amount applied to permanently repay Indebtedness pursuant to Section 4.15(b);

(2) the incurrence by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries of the Existing Indebtedness listed on Schedule I hereto;

(3) the incurrence by the Company and the Guarantors of Indebtedness represented by the Notes and the related Note Guarantees to be issued on the Issue Date;

(4) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Attributable Debt in connection with a sale and leaseback transaction or Indebtedness represented by Capital Lease Obligations, mortgage financings or purchase money obligations, in each case, incurred for the purpose of financing or reimbursing all or any part of the purchase price or cost of design, development, construction, installation, expansion, repair or improvement of property (either real or personal), plant or equipment or other fixed or capital assets used or useful in the business of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (in each case, whether through the direct purchase of such assets or the purchase of Equity Interests of any Person owning such assets), which incurrence occurs within 365 days of such purchase, design, development, construction, installation, expansion, repair or improvement, in an aggregate principal amount, including, without

 

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duplication, all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred under Section 4.14(b)(5) below to renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (4), not to exceed, at one time outstanding, the greater of (i) $20 million and (ii) 3% of Consolidated Total Assets of the Company;

(5) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to extend, renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge (or in the case of the Existing Convertible Notes, Effectively Discharge) any Indebtedness (other than intercompany Indebtedness) that was permitted to be incurred under Section 4.14(a) or clause (2), (3), (4), (5), (15) or (16) of this Section 4.14(b);

(6) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of intercompany Indebtedness (or the guarantees of any such intercompany Indebtedness) between or among the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided , however , that:

(A) the aggregate principal amount of intercompany Indebtedness (or the guarantees of any such intercompany Indebtedness) between or among the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries must be incurred pursuant to an intercompany note (which may take the form of a grid note) that is pledged to the Collateral Agent in accordance with the terms of the Security Agreement; and

(B) if the Company or any Guarantor is the obligor on such Indebtedness and the payee is not the Company or a Guarantor, then such Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course in connection with the cash or tax management operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries) must be expressly subordinated to the prior payment in full in cash of all Obligations then due with respect to the Notes, in the case of the Company, or the Note Guarantee, in the case of a Guarantor;

provided, further , that (i) any subsequent issuance or transfer of Equity Interests that results in any such Indebtedness being held by a Person other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company and (ii) any sale or other transfer of any such Indebtedness to a Person that is not either the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, will be deemed, in each case, to constitute an incurrence of such Indebtedness by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, that was not permitted by this clause (6);

(7) the issuance by any of the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries to the Company or to any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of shares of preferred stock; provided , however , that:

(A) any subsequent issuance or transfer of Equity Interests that results in any such preferred stock being held by a Person other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; and

(B) any sale or other transfer of any such preferred stock to a Person that is not the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, will be deemed, in each case, to constitute an issuance of such preferred stock by such Restricted Subsidiary that was not permitted by this clause (7);

 

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(8) Hedging Obligations that are not incurred for speculative purposes but for the purpose of (a) fixing or hedging interest rate risk with respect to any Indebtedness that is permitted by the terms of this Indenture to be outstanding; (b) fixing or hedging currency exchange rate risk with respect to any currency exchanges; or (c) fixing or hedging commodity price risk, including the price or cost of raw materials, emission rights, manufactured products or related commodities, with respect to any commodity purchases or sales;

(9) the guarantee by the Company or any of the Guarantors of Indebtedness of the Company or a Guarantor, and the guarantee by any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Guarantor of Indebtedness of another Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor, in each case, to the extent that the guaranteed Indebtedness was permitted to be incurred by another provision of this Section 4.14; provided that if the Indebtedness being guaranteed is subordinated in right of payment to or pari passu with the Notes, then the guarantee must be subordinated or pari passu , as applicable, in right of payment to the same extent as the Indebtedness guaranteed;

(10) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness in respect of workers’ compensation claims, unemployment or other insurance or self-insurance obligations, health, disability or other benefits to employees or former employees and their families, bankers’ acceptances and similar obligations in the ordinary course of business;

(11) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument inadvertently drawn against insufficient funds, so long as such Indebtedness is covered within five (5) Business Days;

(12) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness arising from customary agreements of the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations, in each case, incurred or assumed in connection with the acquisition or sale or other disposition of any business, assets or Capital Stock of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, other than, in the case of any such disposition by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, guarantees of Indebtedness incurred by any Person acquiring all or any portion of such business, assets or Capital Stock;

(13) the incurrence of contingent liabilities arising out of endorsements of checks and other negotiable instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business;

(14) the incurrence of Indebtedness in the ordinary course of business under any agreement between the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and any commercial bank or other financial institution relating to Treasury Management Arrangements;

 

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(15) Acquired Debt incurred by a Person prior to the time that such Person was acquired by or merged into the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and that was not incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such acquisition or merger, in an aggregate amount, including, without duplication, all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred under Section 4.14(b)(5) to renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (15), not to exceed $20 million at any time outstanding;

(16) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock of (i) the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries incurred to finance an acquisition or (ii) Persons that are acquired by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or merged into the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in accordance with the terms of this Indenture; provided that after giving pro forma effect to such acquisition or merger, the Company (x) would be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test and the Total Leverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.14(a) or (y) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio would be equal to or greater than the actual Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the Company for the four-quarter period immediately prior to such acquisition or merger and the Total Leverage Ratio would be equal to or less than the actual Total Leverage Ratio of the Company immediately prior to such acquisition or merger;

(17) the incurrence by any Foreign Subsidiary of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock in an aggregate outstanding principal amount (or accreted value, as applicable) at any time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of $10.0 million and 1.5% of Consolidated Total Assets of the Company; and

(18) the incurrence by the Company or any of the Guarantors of additional Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock in an aggregate principal amount (or accreted value, as applicable) at any time outstanding not to exceed the greater of $15.0 million and 3% of Consolidated Total Assets of the Company.

(c) Any Indebtedness incurred under a Senior Credit Agreement that is allocated to Section 4.14(b)(1) 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, other than pursuant to “cash sweep” provisions or any similar provisions under any Senior Credit Agreement that provide that such Indebtedness is deemed to be repaid daily (or otherwise periodically).

(d) For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.14, in the event that an item of proposed Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Permitted Debt described in clauses (1) through (18) of Section 4.14(b), or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.14(a), the Company will be permitted to classify all or a portion of such item of Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock on the date of its incurrence, or later reclassify all or a portion of such item of Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock (based on

 

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circumstances existing on the date of such reclassification), in any manner that complies with this covenant, except that Indebtedness outstanding under the Senior Credit Agreement on the Issue Date will at all times be deemed to have been incurred on such date in reliance on the exception provided by Section 4.14(b)(1). The accrual of interest, the accretion or amortization of original issue discount, the payment of interest on any Indebtedness in the form of additional Indebtedness with the same terms, the reclassification of preferred stock as Indebtedness due to a change in accounting principles, and the payment of dividends on Disqualified Stock in the form of additional shares of the same class of Disqualified Stock will not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness or an issuance of Disqualified Stock for purposes of this covenant, provided , in each such case, that the amount of any such accrual, accretion or payment is included in Fixed Charges of the Company as accrued. 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 utilized, calculated based on the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date such Indebtedness was incurred. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this covenant, the maximum amount of Indebtedness that the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary may incur pursuant to this covenant shall not be deemed to be exceeded solely as a result of fluctuations in exchange rates or currency values.

(e) The amount of any Indebtedness outstanding as of any date will be:

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

(2) the principal amount of the Indebtedness, in the case of any other Indebtedness; and

(3) in respect of Indebtedness of another Person secured by a Lien on the assets of the specified Person, the lesser of:

(A) the Fair Market Value of such assets at the date of determination; and

(B) the amount of the Indebtedness of the other Person.

(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture, the Company will not, and will not permit any of the Guarantors to, incur any secured Indebtedness to renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge any unsecured Indebtedness.

Section 4.15 Asset Sales .

(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:

(1) the Company (or its Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be) receives consideration at the time of the Asset Sale at least equal to the Fair Market Value of the assets or Equity Interests issued or sold or otherwise disposed of;

 

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(2) at least 75% of the consideration received in the Asset Sale by the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries is in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents. For purposes of this clause (2), each of the following will be deemed to be Cash Equivalents:

(i) any liabilities, as shown on the Company’s most recent consolidated balance sheet, of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than contingent liabilities and liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Notes or any Note Guarantee) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets pursuant to a customary assumption or similar agreement;

(ii) any securities, notes or other obligations received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary into cash or Cash Equivalents within 180 days of receipt thereof, to the extent of the cash or Cash Equivalents received in that conversion; and

(iii) any Designated Noncash Consideration received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in such Asset Sale having an aggregate Fair Market Value, taken together with all other Designated Noncash Consideration received pursuant to this clause (iii) that is at that time outstanding, not to exceed $2.5 million, with the Fair Market Value of each item of Designated Noncash Consideration being measured at the time received without giving effect to subsequent changes in value.

(b) Within 365 days after the receipt of any Net Proceeds from any Asset Sale or a Casualty or Condemnation Event in which Net Proceeds are received in respect of the condemnation, destruction, damage or loss of any Collateral, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary may apply those Net Proceeds at its option:

(1) to permanently repay (and, if the Indebtedness repaid is revolving credit Indebtedness, to correspondingly permanently reduce commitments with respect thereto) (A) Senior Lien Obligations or any Indebtedness secured by Liens permitted under this Indenture, which Liens rank higher in priority than the Note Liens or (B) to the extent that assets sold in an Asset Sale are held by a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor and the Net Proceeds do not constitute Collateral, Indebtedness of such Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor; or

(2) to (x) 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 Guarantor), or (y) acquire long-term assets or other properties (including capital expenditures), in each case (a) used or useful in a Permitted Business or (b) that replace the properties and assets that are the subject of such Asset Sale or Casualty or Condemnation Event; provided that such business, Capital Stock, assets or property shall be owned by the Company, any Guarantor or, if applicable, the Restricted Subsidiary that sold the assets in the Asset Sale; provided that a binding agreement or commitment shall be treated as a permitted application of Net Proceeds from the date of such commitment so long as the Company or other such Restricted Subsidiary enters into such agreement or commitment with the good faith expectation that such Net Proceeds will be applied to satisfy such commitment within 180 days of

 

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such commitment; provided , further , that in the event such binding commitment is later cancelled or terminated for any reason before such Net Proceeds are applied, then such Net Proceeds shall constitute Excess Proceeds unless otherwise applied pursuant to this clause (b) prior to the later of 365-days after the receipt of such Net Proceeds and 30-days after the cancellation or termination of such binding agreement or commitment.

(c) Any Net Proceeds from Asset Sales or a Casualty or Condemnation Event that are not applied or invested as provided in Section 4.15(b) will constitute “ Excess Proceeds ”; provided, that the first $50 million of Net Proceeds received from Asset Sales during the first 270 days after the Issue Date (“ Liquidity Proceeds ”) shall be excluded from the definition of Excess Proceeds. When the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $10.0 million, within 30 days thereof, the Company will make an offer (a “ Net Proceeds Offer ”) to all holders of Notes and other Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations containing provisions similar to those set forth in this Section 4.15 with respect to asset sales, casualties or condemnations to purchase the maximum principal amount of Notes and other Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations (plus all accrued and unpaid interest) after deducting the amount of all fees and expenses, including premiums, incurred in connection therewith that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds by mailing, or delivering electronically if held by DTC, the notice required pursuant to the terms of this Section 4.15(h), with a copy to the Trustee. The offer price in any Net Proceeds Offer (the “ Net Proceeds Offer Price ”) will be equal to 100% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the date of purchase, and will be payable in cash. Pending the application of any Net Proceeds under this Section 4.15, the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries may temporarily reduce revolving credit borrowings under the Senior Credit Agreement or such Net Proceeds shall be held as Collateral.

(d) If any Excess Proceeds remain after consummation of a Net Proceeds Offer, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries may use those Excess Proceeds for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by this Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes and other Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations tendered in such Net Proceeds Offer exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Trustee will select the Notes, and the Company or its agent shall select the other Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations, as the case may be, to be purchased on a pro rata basis with such adjustments as may be needed so that only Notes in minimum amounts of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 (so long as the remaining portion of each Note to be repurchased in part equals $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) will be purchased. Upon completion of each Net Proceeds Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds will be reset at zero. If the Company makes a Net Proceeds Offer prior to the deadline specified in clause (b) above, with respect to any Net Proceeds, the Company’s obligations with respect to such Net Proceeds under this covenant shall be deemed satisfied after completion of such Net Proceeds Offer.

(e) The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with each repurchase of Notes pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with this Section 4.15, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 4.15 by virtue of such compliance.

 

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(f) Not later than the date upon which written notice of an Net Proceeds Offer is delivered to the Trustee as provided above, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate as to (i) the amount of the Excess Proceeds, (ii) the allocation of the Net Proceeds from the Asset Sales or Casualty or Condemnation Event pursuant to which such Net Proceeds Offer is being made and (iii) the compliance of such allocation with the provisions of Section 4.15(b). On such date, the Company shall also irrevocably deposit with the Trustee (or, if the Trustee is not the Paying Agent, the Paying Agent) 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 4.15. Upon the expiration of the period for which the Net Proceeds 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, if the Trustee is not the Paying Agent, the Paying Agent) 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 (or, if the Trustee is not the Paying Agent, the Paying Agent) 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 4.15.

(g) Holders electing to have a Note purchased shall be required to surrender such Note, with an appropriate form duly completed, to the Issuers 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 receives not later than one Business Day prior to the purchase date, a 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.

(h) Notices of a Net Proceeds Offer shall be mailed by the Company by first class mail, postage prepaid, or delivered electronically if held by the Depository, 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.

(i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4.15, the Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale consisting of, in whole or in part, any Equity Interests of a Guarantor (including any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Equity Interest of a Guarantor), other than an Asset Sale consisting of all of the Equity Interests of such Guarantor.

Section 4.16 Transactions with Affiliates .

(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any of its 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, an “ Affiliate Transaction ”) involving aggregate payments in excess of $120,000.00, unless:

(1) the Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are no less favorable to the Company or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary, taken as a whole, than those that would have been obtained in a comparable transaction by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary with a Person that is not an Affiliate of the Company; and

 

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(2) the Company delivers to the Trustee, with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of $2.5 million, a resolution of the Board of Directors set forth in an Officers’ Certificate certifying that such Affiliate Transaction complies with this Section 4.16 and that such Affiliate Transaction has been approved by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board of Directors; and

(3) the Company delivers to the Trustee, with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of $10.0 million, a favorable written opinion from a nationally recognized investment banking, appraisal or accounting firm (i) as to the fairness of the transaction to the Company and its Subsidiaries from a financial point of view or (ii) stating that the terms of such transaction are, taken as a whole, no less favorable to the Company or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary than those that would have been obtained in a comparable arm’s-length transaction by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary with a Person that is not an Affiliate of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary.

(b) The following items will be deemed not to be Affiliate Transactions and, therefore, will not be subject to the provisions of Section 4.16(a):

(1) any consulting or employment agreement or arrangements, incentive compensation plan, stock option or stock ownership plan, employee benefit plan, severance arrangements, officer or director indemnification agreement or any similar arrangement entered into by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business for the benefit of directors, officers, employees and consultants of the Company, a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or a direct or indirect parent of the Company and payments and transactions pursuant thereto;

(2) transactions between or among the Company and/or its Restricted Subsidiaries;

(3) transactions with a Person (other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary of the Company) that is an Affiliate of the Company solely because the Company owns, directly or through a Restricted Subsidiary, an Equity Interest in, or controls, such Person (and no other Affiliate of the Company owns any interest in such Person except through the Company);

(4) payment of reasonable fees and reimbursement of expenses of directors, officer, employees, experts and consultants;

(5) any transaction in which the only consideration paid by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary consists of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company or any contribution of capital to the Company;

 

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(6) Restricted Payments that do not violate the provisions of Section 4.12 of this Indenture and Permitted Investments described in clause (19) of the definition of “Permitted Investments”;

(7) transactions pursuant to agreements or arrangements as in effect on the Issue Date, or any amendment, modification, or supplement thereto or replacement thereof (so long as such agreement or arrangement, as so amended, modified or supplemented or replaced, is not materially more disadvantageous, taken as a whole, than such agreement or arrangement as in effect on the Issue Date, as determined in good faith by the Company);

(8) transactions between the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and any Person that is an Affiliate of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary solely because a director of such Person is also a director of the Company or any direct or indirect parent entity thereof, provided that such director abstains from voting as a director of the Company or any direct or indirect parent entity of the Company, as the case may be, on any matter involving such other Person;

(9) purchases or sales of goods and/or services in the ordinary course of business on terms that are no less favorable to the Company or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary than those that would have been obtained in a comparable transaction by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary with a Person that is not an Affiliate of the Company;

(10) if such Affiliate Transaction is with an Affiliate in its capacity as a holder of Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, a transaction in which such Affiliate is treated no more favorably than the other holders of Indebtedness of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary;

(11) transactions with any joint venture engaged in a Permitted Business; provided that all the outstanding ownership interests of such joint venture are owned only by the Company, its Restricted Subsidiaries and Persons that are not Affiliates of the Company;

(12) any Investment of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries existing on the Issue Date listed on Schedule II hereto, and any extension, modification or renewal of such existing Investments, to the extent not involving any additional Investment other than as the result of the accrual or accretion of interest or original issue discount or the issuance of pay-in-kind securities, in each case, pursuant to the terms of such Investments as in effect on the Issue Date;

(13) the formation and maintenance of any consolidated group or subgroup for tax, accounting or cash pooling or management purposes in the ordinary course of business or transactions undertaken in good faith for the purpose of improving the consolidated tax efficiency of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and not for the purpose of circumventing any provision of this Indenture;

 

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(14) any merger, consolidation or reorganization of the Company with an Affiliate of the Company solely for the purpose of (a) forming or collapsing a holding company structure or (b) reincorporating the Company in a new jurisdiction;

(15) entering into one or more agreements that provide registration rights to the security holders of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company or amending such agreement with security holders of the Company or any direct or any indirect parent of the Company and the performance of such agreements;

(16) any (x) purchase of any class of Indebtedness from, or lending of any class of Indebtedness to, the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries by an Affiliate of the Company, so long as the aggregate principal amount of such class of Indebtedness purchased or loaned by such Affiliates does not exceed the aggregate principal amount of such class of Indebtedness purchased by non-Affiliate investors; and (y) repurchases, redemptions or other retirements for value by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness of any class held by any Affiliate of the Company, so long as such repurchase, redemption or other retirement for value is on the same terms as are made available to investors holding such class of Indebtedness generally, and Affiliates have an economic interest in no more than 50% of the aggregate principal amount of such class of Indebtedness; and

(17) advances to employees of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company made in the ordinary course of business and in a manner that is consistent with past practice.

Section 4.17 Liens .

The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien of any kind on any asset now owned or hereafter acquired, except Permitted Liens.

Section 4.18 Additional Note Guarantees .

If, after the date of this Indenture, (i) the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company forms or acquires any U.S. Subsidiary that is a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Company (other than an Excluded Subsidiary), (ii) any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Guarantor guarantees, is an obligor of, or provides credit support for, any Senior Lien Obligation or any Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligation or (iii) either (x) an Excluded Subsidiary no longer constitutes an Excluded Subsidiary pursuant to the definition thereof or (y) the aggregate total assets or total revenues of one or more Immaterial Subsidiaries exceeds the thresholds set forth in the definition thereof, cause such Excluded Subsidiary (in the case of preceding clause (x)) or one or more Excluded Subsidiaries selected by the Company to the extent not otherwise an Excluded Subsidiary (other than by virtue solely of clause (b) of the definition thereof) (in the case of preceding clause (y)) to take the actions specified above in this Section 4.18 on the basis that each such Excluded Subsidiary ceased to be an Excluded Subsidiary hereunder, in each case to the extent that such Excluded Subsidiary is a U.S. Subsidiary and a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company; provided , however , in the case of

 

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preceding clause (y), such actions shall only be required to the extent that, after giving effect to such actions, the aggregate total assets and total revenues of all then remaining Immaterial Subsidiaries do not exceed the thresholds set forth in the second sentence of the definition thereof), then the Company shall cause such Restricted Subsidiary, within 30 Business Days after the date of such event:

(1) execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E pursuant to which such Restricted Subsidiary shall unconditionally guarantee all of the Company’s obligations under the Notes on the terms set forth in this Indenture;

(2) execute and deliver all supplements or joinders, as applicable, to the applicable Security Documents in order to grant a Lien in the Collateral owned by such Restricted Subsidiary to the same extent as that set forth in this Indenture and the Security Documents and take all actions required by the Security Documents to perfect such Lien; and

(3) deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel that such supplemental indenture and the other documents described in clause (2) above have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such Restricted Subsidiary and constitute a valid and legally binding and enforceable obligations of such Restricted Subsidiary, subject to customary exceptions.

Thereafter, such Restricted Subsidiary shall be a Guarantor for all purposes.

Section 4.19 Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries .

As of the Issue Date, all of the Subsidiaries of the Company are Restricted Subsidiaries and all of the Immaterial Subsidiaries of the Company are listed on Schedule IV hereto. The Company may at any time after the Issue Date (a) designate any Restricted Subsidiary to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary and (b) redesignate any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary; provided , that immediately before and after any such designation, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing. If a Restricted Subsidiary is designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, the aggregate Fair Market Value of all outstanding Investments owned by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the Restricted Subsidiary designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary will be deemed to be an Investment made as of the time of the designation and will reduce the amount available for Restricted Payments pursuant to Section 4.12 or under one or more clauses of the definition of “Permitted Investments,” as determined by the Company. That designation will only be permitted if the Investment would be permitted at that time and if such Restricted Subsidiary otherwise meets the definition of an “Unrestricted Subsidiary.” The Company may redesignate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary if that redesignation would not cause a Default.

Any designation of a Subsidiary of the Company as an Unrestricted Subsidiary will be evidenced to the Trustee by filing with the Trustee a certified copy of a resolution of the Board of Directors giving effect to such designation and an Officers’ Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the preceding conditions and was permitted by Section 4.12. If, at

 

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any time, any Unrestricted Subsidiary would fail to meet the preceding requirements as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, it will thereafter cease to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary for purposes of this Indenture and any Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary will be deemed to be incurred by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company as of such date and, if such Indebtedness is not permitted to be incurred as of such date under Section 4.14, the Company will be in default of such covenant. The Board of Directors may at any time designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, provided that such designation will be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of any outstanding Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary, and such designation will only be permitted if (1) such Indebtedness is permitted under Section 4.14, calculated on a pro forma basis as if such designation had occurred at the beginning of the four-quarter period referred to in such Section; and (2) no Default or Event of Default would be in existence following such designation.

Section 4.20 After-Acquired Property.

Subject to Section 14.01 of this Indenture and the Security Documents, if at any time after the Issue Date the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that is a Guarantor own any property (other than Excluded Property and Excluded Real Property), the Company or such Guarantor shall, as promptly as practicable after such property is acquired or such Subsidiary becomes a 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 property and to have such property added to the Collateral, and thereupon all provisions of this Indenture relating to the Collateral shall be deemed to relate to such property to the same extent and with the same force and effect.

Section 4.21 Limitation on Issuance of Equity Interests.

No Guarantor shall issue any Equity Interest of such Guarantor (including by way of sales of treasury stock or the issuance of any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Equity Interest of such Guarantor) to any Person other than (i) to the Company or any other Guarantor or (ii) in connection with the transfer of all of the Equity Interests of such Guarantor otherwise permitted under this Indenture.

Article 5

CONSOLIDATION, MERGER AND SALE OF ASSETS

Section 5.01 Company May Consolidate, Merge or Sell Its Assets Only on Certain Terms . The Company will not, directly or indirectly, (1) consolidate with or merge with or into, or (2) sell, convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its properties and assets to, any other Person (any such transaction, a “ Reorganization Event ”), unless:

(a) either:

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(ii) the resulting, surviving or transferee Person (if other than the Company) of such Reorganization Event (the “ Reorganization Successor Corporation ”):

(I) is a corporation organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia; and

(II) expressly assumes, by executing and delivering a supplemental indenture to the Trustee that is reasonably satisfactory in form to the Trustee in accordance with Section 9.03 hereof and any other agreements reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent, all of the obligations of the Company under the Notes, this Indenture and the Security Documents;

(b) immediately after giving effect to such Reorganization Event, no Default will have occurred and be continuing;

(c) either (i) the Company or the Reorganization Successor Corporation would, on the date of such transaction after giving pro forma effect thereto and any related financing transactions as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test and the Total Leverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.14(a); or (ii) the Company or the Reorganization Successor Corporation would have (x) a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio equal to or greater than the actual Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the Company for the four-quarter period immediately prior to such transaction and (y) a Total Leverage Ratio equal to or less than the actual Total Leverage Ratio of the Company immediately prior to such transaction; and

(d) prior to the effective date of such Reorganization Event, the Company delivers to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that:

(i) such Reorganization Event and such supplemental indenture and agreements entered into by the Company or the Reorganization Successor Corporation comply with Section 5.01(a) hereof; and

(ii) all conditions precedent to such Reorganization Event provided in this Indenture have been satisfied.

Section 5.02 Successor Substituted . If any Reorganization Event occurs that complies with Sections 5.01(a)(ii), 5.01(b) and 5.01(c) hereof, and the Company has complied with Section 5.01(d) hereof:

(a) from and after the date of such Reorganization Event, the Reorganization Successor Corporation for such Reorganization Event will succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such Reorganization Successor Corporation had been named as the Company herein; and

(b) except in the case of a Reorganization Event that is a conveyance, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets (other than a conveyance or transfer of all of the Company’s assets other than assets with a Fair Market Value of less than $2.5 million), the

 

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Person named as the “Company” in the first paragraph of this Indenture or any successor (other than such Reorganization Successor Corporation) that will thereafter have become such in the manner prescribed in this Article 5 will be released from its obligations under this Indenture.

Article 6

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

Section 6.01 Events of Default .

(a) General . Each of the following events will be an “ Event of Default ”:

(i) the Company fails to pay the principal of the Notes (including any Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, the Net Proceeds Offer Price or Redemption Price) when due at maturity, upon Redemption, repurchase upon a Fundamental Change, declaration of acceleration or otherwise;

(ii) the Company fails to pay any interest when due and such failure continues for a period of 30 days after the applicable due date;

(iii) the Company fails to give any Fundamental Change Notice, Redemption Notice, notice of a Net Proceeds Offer or notice of a Fundamental Change or Make-Whole Fundamental Change, in each case, when due;

(iv) the Company fails to comply with its obligation to convert a Note in accordance with Article 10 hereof upon a Holder’s exercise of its conversion rights with respect to such Note;

(v) the Company fails to comply with its obligations under Article 5 hereof or any Guarantor fails to comply with its obligations under Section 12.04 hereof;

(vi) the Company fails to perform or observe any of its covenants or warranties in this Indenture or in the Notes (other than a covenant or agreement specifically addressed in clauses (i) through (v) above) and such failure continues for a period of 30 days after (A) the Company receives notice of such failure from the Trustee or (B) the Company and the Trustee receive notice of such failure from Holders of at least 25% of the aggregate principal amount of then outstanding Notes;

(vii) the default by the Company or any Subsidiary with respect to any mortgage, agreement or other instrument under which there may be outstanding, or by which there may be secured or evidenced, any indebtedness for money borrowed by the Company and/or any Subsidiaries in excess of $5.0 million in the aggregate, whether such indebtedness exists as of the Issue Date or is later created, if that default:

(A) results in such indebtedness becoming or being declared due and payable (prior to its express maturity); or

(B) constitutes a failure to pay the principal of, or interest on, such indebtedness when due and payable at its Stated Maturity, upon required repurchase, upon declaration or otherwise;

 

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(viii) a final judgment for the payment of $5.0 million or more (excluding any amounts covered by insurance) is rendered against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and such judgment is not discharged or stayed within 60 days after (i) the date on which all rights to appeal such judgment have expired if no appeal has commenced, or (ii) the date on which all rights to appeal have been extinguished;

(ix) unless all of the Collateral has been released from the Note Liens in accordance with the provisions of the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement, the default, repudiation or disaffirmation by the Company or any of the Guarantors of any of their obligations under the Security Documents (other than by reason of (a) a release of such obligation or Lien related thereto in accordance with this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement or (b) the failure of the Collateral Agent to maintain possession of certificates, instruments or other documents actually delivered to it representing securities or other possessory collateral pledged under the Security Documents), which default, repudiation or disaffirmation results in Collateral having an aggregate Fair Market Value in excess of $2.5 million not being subject to a valid, perfected security interest in favor of the Collateral Agent under any applicable law (other than the law of any foreign jurisdiction) (to the extent required under the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement), or a determination in a judicial proceeding that the Security Documents are unenforceable or invalid against the Company or any of the Guarantors for any reason with respect to Collateral having an aggregate Fair Market Value of $2.5 million or more, provided that such default, repudiation, disaffirmation or determination is not rescinded, stayed or waived by the Persons having such authority pursuant to the Security Documents or otherwise cured within 60 days after the Company receives written notice thereof specifying such occurrence from the Trustee or the holders of at least 25% of the outstanding principal amount of the Notes demanding that such default be remedied;

(x) failure by the Company or any Guarantor to comply with the terms of any Security Document, after giving effect to any applicable grace periods or time periods for performance specified therein or, in the absence of any grace periods or time periods for performance specified therein, failure by the Company or any Guarantor, for 30 days after written notice (demanding that such default be remedied) from the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding has been received by the Company, to comply with the terms of the applicable Security Document;

(xi) any Note Guarantee of a Guarantor ceases to be in full force and effect, other than in accordance the terms of this Indenture, or a Guarantor denies or disaffirms its obligations under its Note Guarantee;

(xii) the Company, any Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary, pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:

(A) commences a voluntary case;

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

 

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(C) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for any substantial part of its property;

(D) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors;

(E) takes any comparable action under any foreign laws relating to insolvency; or

(F) generally is not paying its debts as they become due; or

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

(A) is for relief against the Company, any Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case or proceeding;

(B) appoints a Custodian of the Company, any Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary, or for any substantial part of the property of the Company, any Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary;

(C) orders the winding up or liquidation of the Company, any Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary; or

(D) grants any similar relief under any foreign laws;

and, in each such case, the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 days.

(b) Cause Irrelevant . Each of the events enumerated in Section 6.01(a) hereof will constitute an Event of Default whatever the cause and regardless of whether voluntary or involuntary or 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.

Section 6.02 Acceleration .

(a) Automatic Acceleration in Certain Circumstances . If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(a)(xii) or 6.01(a)(xiii) hereof occurs with respect to the Company, the principal amount of, and all accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on, all of the then outstanding Notes will immediately become due and payable without any further action or notice by any party.

(b) Optional Acceleration . If any other Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee, by delivering a written notice to the Company, or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, by delivering a written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may declare the principal amount of, and all accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all then outstanding Notes immediately due and payable, and upon such declaration, the principal amount of, and all accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all then outstanding Notes will immediately become due and payable.

 

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(c) Rescission of Acceleration . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture, the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may, on behalf of the Holders of all of the then outstanding Notes, rescind any acceleration of the Notes and its consequences hereunder by delivering notice to the Trustee if (i) such rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction and (ii) all existing Events of Default (other than the nonpayment of the principal of, interest, if any, on, or the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, the Net Proceeds Offer Price or the Redemption Price for, the Notes that has become due solely as a result of acceleration) have been cured or waived. No such rescission will affect any subsequent Default or impair any right consequent thereto.

Section 6.03 Other Remedies . If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy to collect the payment of principal, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, or payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, the Net Proceeds Offer Price or Redemption Price for, the Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Notes or this Indenture regarding any other matter.

The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Notes or does not produce any of the Notes 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 will not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. No remedy is exclusive of any other remedy. All available remedies are cumulative.

Section 6.04 [Reserved] .

Section 6.05 Waiver of Past Defaults . If an Event of Default described in Sections 6.01(a)(i), 6.01(a)(ii), 6.01(a)(iii), 6.01(a)(iv) or 6.01(a)(vi) (which, in the case of Section 6.01(a)(vi) only, relates to a covenant that cannot be amended without the consent of each affected Holder) or a Default that would lead to such an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, such Event of Default or Default may be waived only with the consent of each affected Holder. Every other Event of Default or Default may be waived by the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of then outstanding Notes. Whenever any Event of Default is so waived, it will cease to exist, and whenever any Default is so waived, it will be deemed cured and any Event of Default arising therefrom will be deemed not to occur. However, no such waiver will extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any consequent right.

Section 6.06 Control by Majority . At any time, the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of then outstanding Notes may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or for 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 hereof, that the Trustee determines to be unduly prejudicial to the rights of a Holder or to the Trustee, or that would potentially involve the Trustee in personal liability unless the Trustee is offered indemnity or security

 

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satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense to the Trustee that may result from the Trustee’s instituting such proceeding as the Trustee. Prior to taking any action hereunder, the Trustee will be entitled to indemnification satisfactory to it against all losses, liabilities and expenses caused by taking or not taking such action.

Section 6.07 Limitation on Suits . Except to enforce (i) its rights to receive the principal of, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, the Net Proceeds Offer Price or the Redemption Price for, interest, if any, on, a Note, or (ii) the failure of the Company to comply with its obligations under Article 10 to convert any Note, no Holder may pursue a remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Notes unless:

(a) such Holder has previously delivered to the Trustee written notice that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;

(b) the Holders of at least 25% of the aggregate principal amount of then-outstanding Notes deliver to the Trustee a written request that the Trustee pursue a remedy with respect to such Event of Default;

(c) such Holder or Holders have offered and, if requested, provided, to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or other expense of compliance with such written request;

(d) the Trustee has not complied with such written request within 60 days after receipt of such written request and offer of security or indemnity; and

(e) during such 60-day period, the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of then outstanding Notes did not deliver to the Trustee a direction inconsistent with such written request.

A Holder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of any other Holder or to obtain a preference or priority over any other Holder, it being understood that the Trustee does not have any affirmative duty to ascertain whether any usage of this Indenture by a Holder is unduly prejudicial to such other Holders.

Section 6.08 Rights of Holders to Receive Payment . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder to receive payment of the principal of, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, the Net Proceeds Offer Price or the Redemption Price for, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on, and any consideration due under Article 10 upon conversion of, its Note, on or after the respective due date, or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment and/or delivery on or after the respective due date, will not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder and will not be subject to the requirements of Section 6.07 hereof.

Section 6.09 Collection Suit by Trustee . If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(a)(i), 6.01(a)(ii), 6.01(a)(iii) or 6.01(a)(iv) hereof occurs and is continuing, the Trustee is authorized to recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company for the whole amount of principal of, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, the Net Proceeds Offer Price or the Redemption Price for, interest, if any, on, and the Conversion

 

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Consideration, if any, due upon conversion of, the Notes, and, to the extent lawful, any Default Interest on any Defaulted Amounts, and such further amount as is sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection provided for under Section 7.06 hereof.

Section 6.10 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim . The Trustee is authorized to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable to have the claims of the Trustee and the Holders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company, its creditors or its property and, unless prohibited by law or applicable regulations, will be entitled to collect, receive and distribute any money or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims, and any Custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee, and in the event that the Trustee consents to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.06 hereof. To the extent that the payment of any such compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.06 hereof out of the estate in any such proceeding, will be denied for any reason, payment of the same will be secured by a lien on, and will be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, money, securities and other properties that the Holders may be entitled to receive in such proceeding whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise. Nothing herein contained will be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to, or to accept or to adopt on behalf of any Holder, any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.

Section 6.11 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 6 (including proceeds from the exercise of any remedies on the Collateral), it will pay out the money or property in the following order:

FIRST: to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent, their agents and attorneys for amounts due under Section 7.06 hereof, including payment of all compensation, expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee or the Collateral Agent and the costs and expenses of collection;

SECOND: to the Holders, for any amounts due and unpaid on the principal of, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, the Net Proceeds Offer Price or the Redemption Price for, accrued and unpaid interest on, and any Conversion Consideration due upon the conversion of, any Note, without preference or priority of any kind, according to such amounts due and payable on all of the Notes; and

THIRD: the balance, if any, to the Company or to such other party as a court of competent jurisdiction directs.

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Collateral Agent, as the case may be, so fixes a record date and a payment date, at least 15 days prior to such record date, the Company will deliver to each Holder and the Trustee a written notice, which notice will state such record date, such payment date and the amount of such payment.

Section 6.12 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 6.12 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder pursuant to Section 6.08 hereof or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes.

Article 7

TRUSTEE

Section 7.01 Duties of Trustee .

(a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee will exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise as a prudent Person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such 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 will be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and

(ii) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture.

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

(i) this paragraph does not limit the effect of Section 7.01(b) hereof;

(ii) the Trustee will not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Trust Officer unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and

(iii) the Trustee will not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Sections 6.06, 15.03 or 15.04 hereof.

 

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(d) Whether herein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to Sections 7.01(a), (b) and (c) hereof.

(e) The Trustee will not be liable for interest on any money received by it or risk or expend any of its own funds.

(f) Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

(g) No provision of this Indenture will require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers.

(h) Every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee will be subject to the provisions of this Article 7, and the provisions of this Article 7 will apply to the Trustee, Collateral Agent, Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent.

(i) The Trustee will not be deemed to have notice of a Default or an Event of Default unless (i) a Trust Officer of the Trustee has received written notice at its Corporate Trust Office thereof from the Company or any Holder or (ii) a Trust Officer has actual knowledge thereof.

Section 7.02 Rights of Trustee .

(a) The Trustee may conclusively rely upon any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document. The Trustee may, however, in its discretion make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit and, if the Trustee determines to make such further inquiry or investigation, it will be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney and at the expense of the Company, and will incur no liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation.

(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officers’ Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel or both. The Trustee will not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on the Officers’ Certificate or Opinion of Counsel.

(c) The Trustee may act through agents, attorneys or custodians and will not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent, attorney or custodian appointed with due care.

(d) So long as the Trustee’s conduct does not constitute willful misconduct or negligence, the Trustee will not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith that it believes to be authorized or within the rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture.

(e) 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 will be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect to any action taken, omitted or suffered by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel.

 

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(f) The permissive rights of the Trustee to do things enumerated in this Indenture will not be construed as a duty unless so specified herein.

(g) The Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities that 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 will be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder, including the Collateral Agent, Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent.

(i) The Trustee may request that the Company deliver an Officers’ Certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture, which Officers’ Certificate may be signed by any Person authorized to sign an Officers’ Certificate, including any Person specified as so authorized in any such certificate previously delivered and not superseded.

(j) In no event will the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, indirect, punitive or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.

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. However, if the Trustee acquires any conflicting interest it must eliminate the conflict within 90 days or resign. Any Paying Agent, Registrar, Conversion Agent or co-registrar may do the same with like rights. However, the Trustee must comply with Section 7.09 hereof.

Section 7.04 Trustee s Disclaimer . The Trustee will not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity, priority or adequacy of this Indenture or the Notes, it will not be accountable for the Company’s use of the proceeds from the Notes, and it will not be responsible for any statement of the Company in this Indenture or in any document issued in connection with the sale of the Notes or in the Notes other than the Trustee’s certificate of authentication.

Section 7.05 Notice of Defaults . If a Default occurs and is continuing and (i) is known to the Trustee, the Trustee will send to each Holder notice of the Default within the earlier of 90 days after such Default first occurs and 30 days after such Default is actually known to a Trust Officer or written notice of such Default is received by the Trustee, and, (ii) if it is not known to the Trustee at such time, the Trustee will send to each Holder notice of the Default as soon as practicable after it is known to the Trustee; provided , however , that except in the case of a

 

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Default that is, or would lead to, an Event of Default described in Section 6.01(a)(i), 6.01(a)(ii), 6.01(a)(iii) or 6.01(a)(iv) hereof, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as a committee of its Trust Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of Holders.

Section 7.06 Compensation and Indemnity .

(a) The Company will pay to the Trustee, from time to time, such compensation as will be agreed upon, from time to time, in writing for its services. The Trustee’s compensation will not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Company will reimburse the Trustee upon request for all reasonable out-of-pocket fees and expenses incurred or made by it, including costs of collection, in addition to the compensation for its services. Such expenses will include the reasonable compensation, fees and expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee’s agents, counsel, accountants and experts. The Company will fully indemnify the Trustee against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage or expense (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by it in connection with the acceptance and administration of this trust and the performance of its duties hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim (whether asserted by the Company, any Holder or any other Person). The Trustee will notify the Company promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Trustee to so notify the Company of any claim for which it may seek indemnity of which a Trust Officer has actually received written notice will not relieve the Company of its obligations hereunder except to the extent such failure is adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction to have materially prejudiced the Company. The Company will defend the claim and the Trustee will cooperate in the defense. If the Trustee is advised by counsel that it may have available to it defenses that are in conflict with the defenses available to the Company, then the Trustee may have separate counsel, and the Company will pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. The Company will pay the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel to the Trustee incurred in evaluating whether such defense and/or conflict exists. The Company need not reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss, liability or expense incurred by the Trustee through the Trustee’s own willful misconduct or negligence. The Company need not pay for any settlement made by the Trustee without the Company’s consent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld. All indemnifications and releases from liability granted hereunder to the Trustee will extend to its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys, custodians, successors and assigns.

(b) To secure the Company’s payment obligations under this Section 7.06, the Trustee will have a senior claim to which the Notes are hereby made subordinate on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, other than money or property held in trust to pay the principal, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, or payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, the Net Proceeds Offer Price or Redemption Price on particular Notes.

(c) The Company’s payment obligations pursuant to this Section 7.06 will survive the resignation or removal of the Trustee and the discharge of this Indenture. If the Trustee incurs expenses after the occurrence of a Default specified in Sections 6.01(a)(xii) or 6.01(a)(xiii) hereof with respect to the Company, the expenses are intended to constitute expenses of administration under the Bankruptcy Law.

 

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Section 7.07 Replacement of Trustee .

(a) The Trustee or the Collateral Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Company, in writing, at least 30 days prior to the proposed resignation. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of then outstanding Notes may remove the Trustee by notifying the Trustee, in writing. The Company may remove the Trustee if:

(i) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.09 hereof;

(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 aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, 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 will promptly appoint a successor Trustee.

(c) A successor Trustee will deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Thereupon, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee will become effective, and the successor Trustee will have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. The successor Trustee will send a notice of its succession to Holders. The retiring Trustee will, upon payment of all of its costs and the costs of its agents and counsel, promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, subject to the lien provided for in Section 7.06 hereof.

(d) If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Company or the Holders of at least 10% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may petition, at the expense of the Company, any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.

(e) If the Trustee, after written request by any Holder, fails to comply with Section 7.09 hereof, such Holder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.

(f) Notwithstanding the replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.07, the Company’s obligations under Section 7.06 hereof will continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.

Section 7.08 Successor Trustee by Merger .

(a) If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all its corporate trust business or assets to, another corporation or banking association, the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation or banking association without any further act will be the successor Trustee.

 

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(b) In case at the time such successor or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation to the Trustee succeeds to the trusts created by this Indenture, any of the Notes 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 have not been authenticated, any such successor to the Trustee may authenticate such Notes, either in the name of any predecessor Trustee hereunder or in the name of the successor to the Trustee.

Section 7.09 Eligibility; Disqualification . The Trustee will have (or, in the case of a corporation included in a bank holding company system, the related bank holding company will have) a combined capital and surplus of at least $100,000,000, as set forth in its (or its related bank holding company’s) most recent published annual report of condition.

Section 7.10 Trustee s Application for Instructions from the Company . Any application by the Trustee for written instructions from the Company may, at the option of the Trustee, set forth in writing any action proposed to be taken or omitted by the Trustee under this Indenture and the date on and/or after which such action will be taken or such omission will be effective. The Trustee will not be liable to the Company for any action taken by, or omission of, the Trustee in accordance with a proposal included in such application on or after the date specified in such application (which date will not be less than three Business Days after the date any Officer actually receives such application, unless any such Officer has consented in writing to any earlier date), unless prior to taking any such action (or the effective date in the case of any omission), the Trustee has received written instructions in response to such application specifying the action to be taken or omitted.

Article 8

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

Section 8.01 Discharge of Liability on Notes . When (a)(i) the Company delivers to the Registrar all outstanding Notes (other than Notes replaced pursuant to Section 2.11 hereof) for cancellation or (ii) all outstanding Notes have become due and payable, by reason of the issuance of a Redemption Notice or otherwise, and the Company irrevocably deposits with the Trustee or delivers to the Holders, as applicable, cash and/or shares of Common Stock (or, if applicable, Reference Property) and cash (in lieu of fractional shares of Common Stock or, if applicable, Reference Property Units) (solely to satisfy amounts due and owing as a result of conversions of the Notes), sufficient to pay all amounts due and owing on all outstanding Notes (other than Notes replaced pursuant to Section 2.11 hereof), (b) the Company pays all other sums payable by it under this Indenture with respect to the then outstanding Notes and (c) the Company delivers to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all of the applicable conditions precedent to the discharge of this Indenture described in this section have been satisfied, then, subject to Section 7.06 hereof, this Indenture will cease to be of further effect with respect to the Notes and the Holders and the Trustee will acknowledge the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to the Notes.

Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, (i) any obligation of the Company to any Holder under Article 10 hereof with respect to the conversion of any Note or to the Trustee under Article 7 hereof with respect to compensation or indemnity, and (ii) any obligation of the Trustee with respect to money deposited with the Trustee under this Article 8 and Section 15.02 hereof will survive.

 

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Section 8.02 Repayment to the Company . Subject to any applicable unclaimed property law, the Trustee and the Paying Agent, upon receiving a written request from the Company, will promptly turn over to the Company any cash, securities, including shares of Common Stock, or other property held for payment on the Notes that remains unclaimed two years (unless a shorter period is provided for in this Indenture) after the date on which such payment was due. After the Trustee and the Paying Agent return such cash and securities, including shares of the Common Stock, to the Company, the Trustee and the Paying Agent will have no further liability to any Holder with respect to such cash, securities, including shares of Common Stock, or other property, and any Holder entitled to the payment of such cash, securities, including shares of Common Stock, or other property under the Notes or this Indenture must look to the Company for payment as a general creditor of the Company.

Article 9

AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS

Section 9.01 Without Consent of Holders . The Company, the Trustee and the Collateral Agent may amend or supplement this Indenture, the Notes, the Note Guarantees, the Intercreditor Agreement or any Security Documents without the consent of any Holder:

(a) to add guarantees or additional obligors with respect to the Company’s obligations under this Indenture or the Notes;

(b) to allow any Guarantor to execute a supplemental Indenture or a Note Guarantee with respect to the Notes or to release a Guarantor as provided in this Indenture;

(c) to provide for the assumption of the Company’s or a Guarantor’s obligations under this Indenture and under the Notes or Note Guarantees, as applicable, by a Reorganization Successor Corporation as described in Article 5 or Article 12 hereof;

(d) to provide for the assumption of the Company’s obligations under this Indenture and under the Notes by a Merger Successor Corporation as described in Section 10.08 or to modify the conversion rights of the Holders in accordance with Section 10.08 hereof upon the occurrence of a Merger Event;

(e) to surrender any right or power conferred upon the Company or a Guarantor under this Indenture;

(f) to add to the Company’s or a Guarantor’s covenants for the benefit of the Holders;

(g) to cure any ambiguity or correct any inconsistency or defect in this Indenture or in the Notes that does not adversely affect Holders;

(h) to comply with any requirement of the SEC in connection with any qualification of this Indenture or a supplement hereto under the TIA;

 

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(i) to evidence the acceptance of appointment by a successor Trustee with respect to this Indenture;

(j) to comply with the rules of any applicable depositary;

(k) to make, complete, confirm or add any grant of Collateral permitted or required by this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreement or any of the Security Documents or any release of Collateral that is permitted under this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documents;

(l) to provide for the issuance of Additional Notes in accordance with the limitations set forth in this Indenture as of the date hereof;

(m) to secure any Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations under the Security Documents and to appropriately include the same in the Intercreditor Agreement; or

(n) to make any other change; provided that such change individually, or in the aggregate with all other such changes, does not have, and will not have, an adverse effect on the interest of the Holders.

In addition, the Trustee and the Collateral Agent will be authorized to amend the Intercreditor Agreement or the Security Documents to add additional secured parties holding Senior Lien Obligations permitted by this Indenture with the same Lien priorities and rights as provided in the Intercreditor Agreement or to enter into intercreditor arrangements with the holders of any such Indebtedness so long as the terms of such intercreditor arrangements are not less favorable to the Holders than the intercreditor provisions contained in the Security Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreement.

Section 9.02 With Consent of Holders . With the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding (including consents obtained in connection with a repurchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, Notes), by Act of such Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company and the Guarantors, when authorized by a Board Resolution, may amend or supplement this Indenture, the Notes, the Note Guarantees, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement (provided that amendments to the Intercreditor Agreement shall also comply with the requirements therefor set forth in the Intercreditor Agreement) or waive compliance with any provision of this Indenture, the Notes, the Note Guarantees, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement (provided that waivers of compliance with any provision of the Intercreditor Agreement shall also comply with the requirements therefor set forth in the Intercreditor Agreement); provided , however , that, without the consent of each affected Holder, no amendment or supplement to, or waiver of, any provision of this Indenture, the Notes, the Note Guarantees, the Intercreditor Agreement or any Security Documents, may:

(a) reduce the principal amount of, or change the Maturity Date of, any Note;

(b) reduce the rate of, or extend the stated time for payment of, interest on any Note;

 

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(c) reduce the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, the Net Proceeds Offer Price or the Redemption Price of any Note or change the time at which, or the circumstances under which, the Notes may, or will be, redeemed or repurchased;

(d) impair the right of any Holder to institute suit for any payment on any Note, including with respect to any consideration due upon conversion of a Note;

(e) make any Note payable in a currency other than that stated in the Note;

(f) make any change that impairs or adversely affects the conversion rights of any Holder under Article 10 hereof or otherwise reduces the number of shares of Common Stock, amount of cash or any other property receivable by a Holder upon conversion;

(g) change the ranking of the Notes;

(h) reduce any voting requirements included in this Indenture;

(i) make any change to any amendment, modification or waiver provision of this Indenture that requires the consent of each affected Holder;

(j) reduce the percentage of the aggregate principal amount of then outstanding Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment of this Indenture or a waiver of a past default; or

(k) release any Guarantor from any of its obligations under its Note Guarantee or this Indenture, except in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.

In addition, (x) subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, any amendment to, or waiver of, the provisions of this Indenture, the Notes, the Note Guarantees, the Intercreditor Agreement or any Security Document that has the effect of releasing all or substantially all of the Collateral from the Note Liens or (y) any changes in the provisions of 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 exercise of remedies with respect to such Collateral that adversely affects the Holders, shall require the consent of the Holders of at least 66 and 2/3% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding under this Indenture (including any consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange for the Notes).

It will 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 will be sufficient if such consent approves the substance of such proposed amendment.

Section 9.03 Execution of Supplemental Indentures . Upon the request of the Company, the Trustee will sign any supplemental indenture authorized pursuant to this Article 9 if the amendment contained therein does not affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee under this Indenture. If the supplemental indenture adversely affects the Trustee’s rights, duties, liabilities or immunities under this Indenture, then the Trustee may, but need not, sign such supplemental indenture. In executing any such supplemental indenture, the Trustee

 

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will be provided with, and, subject to the provisions of Section 7.01 hereof, will be fully protected in conclusively relying upon, an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that such supplemental indenture is authorized and permitted under this Indenture.

Section 9.04 Notices of Supplemental Indentures and Intercreditor Agreement .

(a) After an amendment or supplement to this Indenture or the Notes pursuant to Sections 9.01 or 9.02 hereof becomes effective, the Company will promptly deliver notice to the Trustee, which notice will briefly describe the substance of such amendment or supplement to this Indenture in reasonable detail and state the effective date of such amendment or supplement. The Company, or the Trustee, at the direction of the Company, will then promptly deliver a copy of such notice to each Holder. The failure to deliver such notice to each Holder, or any defect in such notice, will not impair or affect the validity of such amendment or supplement to this Indenture.

(b) After an amendment to the Intercreditor Agreement pursuant to Sections 9.01 or 9.02 hereof becomes effective, the Collateral Agent will promptly deliver such amendment to the Company. The failure to deliver such notice to the Company will not impair or affect the validity of such amendment to the Intercreditor Agreement.

Section 9.05 Effect of Supplemental Indentures. Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article 9:

(a) this Indenture will be modified in accordance therewith;

(b) such supplemental indenture will form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and

(c) every Holder of Notes theretofore, or thereafter, authenticated and delivered hereunder will be bound thereby.

Section 9.06 Revocation and Effect of Consents, Waivers and Actions .

(a) Revocation . Until an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder is a continuing consent by the Holder, and every subsequent Holder of a Note or portion of a Note that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Note, even if notation of the consent is not made on any Note. However, any such Holder, or subsequent Holder, may revoke the consent as to its Note or portion of a Note if the Trustee receives the notice of revocation before the date the amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective.

(b) Special Record Dates . The Company may, but is not 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 those Persons who were Holders at such record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only those Persons, will be entitled to give such consent, to revoke any consent previously given or to take any such action, regardless of whether such Persons continue to be Holders after such record date. No such consent will be valid or effective for more than 120 days after such record date.

 

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(c) Binding Effect . After an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, it will bind every applicable Holder. Any amendment or supplement will become effective in accordance with the terms of the supplemental indenture relating thereto, which will become effective upon the execution thereof by the Trustee.

Section 9.07 Notation on, or Exchange of, Notes . If any amendment, supplement or waiver changes the terms of a Note, the Trustee may require the Holder of such Note to deliver such Note to the Trustee. The Trustee may place an appropriate notation on such Note about 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, will issue and the Trustee will authenticate a new Note that reflects the changed terms.

Section 9.08 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 any other Note Document 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.

Article 10

CONVERSIONS

Section 10.01 Right To Convert .

(a) In General . Subject to, and upon compliance with, the provisions of this Article 10, at any time prior to the Close of Business on the Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Maturity Date, a Holder may, at its option, convert any Note, or any portion of any Note having a principal amount equal to $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof (so long as the remaining aggregate principal amount of such Note equals $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof), into Conversion Consideration, as provided in this Article 10, based on the Conversion Rate. Notes may not be converted after the Close of Business on the Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Maturity Date.

(b) Closed Periods . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture, (i) if the Company calls the Notes for redemption in accordance with Article 11 hereof, a Holder may not convert its Notes after the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately preceding the applicable Redemption Date except to the extent the Company fails to pay the Redemption Price for such Notes in accordance with Section 11.05 hereof; (ii) if a Holder tenders a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice with respect to its Notes in accordance with Article 3 hereof, such Notes may not be converted except to the extent (A) such Notes are not subject to such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice; (B) such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice is withdrawn in accordance with Article 3 hereof; or (C) the Company fails to pay the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for such Notes in accordance with Section 3.08 hereof; and (iii) if a Holder tenders a Note (or a portion thereof) for repurchase pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer in accordance with Section 4.15(c), such Note may not be converted except the portion thereof not subject to such repurchase and except to the extent such Note is not repurchased pursuant to Section 4.15(c) or the Company fails to pay the Net Proceeds Offer Price therefor.

 

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Section 10.02 Conversion Procedures.

(a) General . To exercise its conversion right with respect to a beneficial interest in a Global Note, the owner of such beneficial interest must (i) comply with the Applicable Procedures for converting such beneficial interest; (ii) pay any funds equal to interest payable on the next Interest Payment Date that such Holder is required to pay under clause (d) of this Section 10.02; and (iii) pay any taxes or duties that such Holder is required to pay under the proviso to clause (e) of this Section 10.02.

To exercise its conversion right with respect to a Definitive Note, the Holder of such Note must (i) complete and manually sign the conversion notice on the back of the Note, or a facsimile of such conversion notice (such notice, or such facsimile, the “ Conversion Notice ”); (ii) deliver such signed and completed Conversion Notice and such Note to the Conversion Agent at its office; (iii) furnish any endorsements and transfer documents that the Company, Conversion Agent, Trustee or Transfer Agent may require; (iv) pay any funds equal to interest payable on the next Interest Payment Date that such Holder is required to pay under clause (d) of this Section 10.02; and (v) pay any taxes or duties that such Holder is required to pay under the proviso to clause (e) of this Section 10.02.

The first Business Day on which a Holder satisfies the foregoing requirements with respect to a Note and on which conversion of such Note is not otherwise prohibited under this Indenture will be the “ Conversion Date ” for such Note.

The conversion of any Note will be deemed to occur at the Close of Business on the Conversion Date for such Note, and any converted Note or portion thereof will cease to be outstanding upon conversion.

(b) Holder of Record . If a Holder surrenders the entire principal amount of a Note for conversion, such Person will no longer be the Holder of such Note as of the Close of Business on the Conversion Date for such Note.

The person in whose name any shares of Common Stock shall be issuable upon conversion of any Note will become the holder of record of such shares as of the Close of Business on the Conversion Date for such conversion.

(c) Conversions in Part . If a Holder surrenders only a portion of the principal amount of a Definitive Note for conversion, promptly after the Conversion Date for such portion, the Company will, in accordance with Section 2.05 hereof, execute and deliver to the Trustee, and the Trustee will, upon receipt of a Company Order and the documents required by Sections 15.03 and 15.04 hereof, in accordance with Section 2.05 hereof, authenticate and deliver to such Holder a new Definitive Note in an authorized denomination, having a principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the unconverted portion of the Definitive Note surrendered for conversion and bearing registration numbers not contemporaneously outstanding and any restrictive legends that such Definitive Note must bear under Section 2.10 hereof.

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such Global Note by the principal amount of the converted beneficial interest. If all of the beneficial interests in a Global Note are so converted, such Global Note will be deemed surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation, and the Trustee will cause such Global Note to be cancelled in accordance with the Applicable Procedures.

(d) Reimbursement of Interest upon Conversion . If a Holder converts a Note after the Close of Business on a Regular Record Date, but prior to the Open of Business on the Interest Payment Date corresponding to such Regular Record Date, then (x) the Holder of such Note at the Close of Business on such Regular Record Date shall be entitled, notwithstanding such conversion, to receive, on such Interest Payment Date, the unpaid interest that has accrued on such Note to, but excluding, such Interest Payment Date; and (y) the Holder of such Note must, upon surrender of such Note for conversion, accompany such Note with an amount of cash equal to the amount of interest that will be payable on such Note on such Interest Payment Date; provided , however , that a Holder need not make such payment (A) for conversions following the Regular Record Date immediately preceding the Maturity Date; (B) if the Company has specified a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, or a date on which Notes are to be repurchased pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer, that is after a Regular Record Date and on or prior to the Business Day immediately following the corresponding Interest Payment Date and the Holder converts its Note after the Close of Business on such Regular Record Date and on or prior to the Open of Business on such Interest Payment Date; (C) if the Company has specified a Redemption Date that is after a Regular Record Date and on or prior to the Business Day immediately following the Interest Payment Date corresponding to such Regular Record Date and such Holder surrenders such Note for conversion after such Regular Record Date and prior to the Open of Business on such Interest Payment Date; or (D) to the extent of any overdue interest, if any overdue interest exists at the time of conversion with respect to such Note.

(e) Taxes and Duties . If a Holder converts a Note, the Company will pay any documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer tax due on the issue of any shares of the Common Stock upon the conversion; provided , however , that if any tax is due because the converting Holder requested that shares of Common Stock be issued in a name other than its own, such Holder will pay such tax and the Conversion Agent, until having received a sum sufficient to pay such tax, may refuse to deliver any certificates representing the shares of Common Stock being issued in a name other than that of such Holder.

(f) Notices . Whenever a Conversion Date occurs with respect to a Note, the Conversion Agent will, as promptly as possible, and in no event later than the Business Day immediately following such Conversion Date, deliver to the Company and the Trustee notice that a Conversion Date has occurred, which notice will state such Conversion Date, the principal amount of Notes converted on such Conversion Date and the names of the Holders that converted Notes on such Conversion Date.

Section 10.03 Settlement Upon Conversion.

(a) Conversion Obligation.

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principal amount of a Note to be converted shall consist of (I) a whole number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate in effect on the Conversion Date for such conversion (which, if not a whole number, shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number); and (II) if such Conversion Rate is not a whole number, cash in lieu of the related fractional share in an amount equal to the product of (x) the Daily VWAP on such Conversion Date (or, if such Conversion Date is not a Trading Day, the immediately preceding Trading Day) and (y) the fractional portion of such Conversion Rate.

(ii) Delivery of Conversion Consideration . Except as set forth in Section 10.05, the Company shall pay or deliver, as the case may be, the Conversion Consideration due upon the conversion of any Note to the Holder thereof on the third (3rd) Business Day immediately following the Conversion Date for such conversion.

(b) Conversion of Multiple Notes by a Single Holder . If a Holder converts more than one Note on a single Conversion Date, the Conversion Consideration due in respect of such conversion will be computed based on the total principal amount of Notes converted on such Conversion Date by such Holder.

(c) Settlement of Accrued Interest and Deemed Payment of Principal . If a Holder converts a Note, the Company will not adjust the Conversion Rate to account for any accrued and unpaid interest on the Note, and the Company’s delivery of the Conversion Consideration due upon such conversion will be deemed to satisfy and discharge in full the Company’s obligation to pay the principal of such Note and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on, such Note to, but excluding the Conversion Date; provided , however , that if a Holder converts a Note after a Regular Record Date and prior to the Open of Business on the corresponding Interest Payment Date, the Company will still be obligated to pay the interest due on such Interest Payment Date to the Holder of such Note as of the Close of Business on such Regular Record Date. As a result, except as otherwise provided in the proviso to the immediately preceding sentence, any accrued and unpaid interest, if any, with respect to a converted Note will be deemed to be paid in full rather than cancelled, extinguished or forfeited. In addition, if both cash and shares of the Common Stock are delivered upon the conversion of a Note, accrued and unpaid interest will be deemed to be paid first out of the amount of cash so delivered.

Section 10.04 Common Stock Issued Upon Conversion.

(a) Prior to issuing of any shares of Common Stock under this Article 10, and from time to time thereafter as may be necessary, the Company will reserve out of its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock a number of shares of Common Stock sufficient to permit the conversion of all then-outstanding Notes.

(b) Any shares of Common Stock delivered upon the conversion of the Notes will be newly issued shares or treasury shares, duly and validly issued, fully paid, nonassessable, free from preemptive rights and free of any lien or adverse claim (except to the extent of any lien or adverse claim created by the action or inaction of the Holder or other Person to whom such shares of Common Stock will be delivered). In addition, the Company will endeavor to comply promptly with all federal and state securities laws regulating the offer and delivery of any shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes, provided that the Company will not be

 

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obligated to register the offer and sale of such Common Stock under the Securities Act or any other applicable securities laws. The Company will also use commercially reasonable efforts to cause any shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of a Note to be listed on whatever stock exchange(s) the Common Stock is listed on the date the converting Holder becomes a record holder of such Common Stock.

(c) If any shares of the Common Stock issued upon conversion will, upon delivery as part of the conversion obligation, be “restricted securities” (within the meaning of Rule 144 or any successor provision in effect at such time), such shares of Common Stock (i) will be issued in physical, certificated form (or, at the option of the Company, through electronic, direct registration with the Transfer Agent); (ii) will not be held in book-entry form through the facilities of the Depositary; and (iii) will bear any restrictive legends the Company or the Transfer Agent deem necessary to comply with applicable law.

Section 10.05 Adjustment of Conversion Rate . The Company will adjust the Conversion Rate from time to time as described in this Section 10.05, except that the Company will not make an adjustment to the Conversion Rate if each Holder participates (other than in a share split or share combination), at the same time and upon the same terms as holders of the Common Stock, and solely as a result of holding the Notes, in the relevant transaction described in this Section 10.05 without having to convert its Notes and as if it held number of shares of the Common Stock equal to the product of (i) the Conversion Rate in effect on the applicable record date, Effective Date or expiration date, as applicable, and (ii) the aggregate principal amount (express in thousands) of Notes held by such Holder on such date.

(a) Stock Dividends and Share Splits . If the Company exclusively issues to all or substantially all holders of the Common Stock shares of Common Stock as a dividend or distribution on shares of the outstanding Common Stock, or if the Company effects a share split of the Common Stock or a share combination of the Common Stock, the Conversion Rate will be adjusted based on the following formula:

 

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    where

 

CR 0 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date of such dividend or distribution, or immediately prior to the Open of Business on the Effective Date of such share split or share combination, as applicable;
CR 1 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Open of Business on such Ex-Dividend Date or the Open of Business on such Effective Date;
OS 0 = the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Open of Business on such Ex-Dividend Date or Effective Date; and
OS 1 = the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such dividend, distribution, share split or share combination.

 

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If any dividend, distribution, share split or share combination of the type described in this Section 10.05(a) is declared, but not so paid or made, the Conversion Rate will be immediately readjusted, effective as of the date the Board of Directors determines not to pay such dividend or distribution or to effect such share split or share combination, to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend, distribution, share split or share combination had not been declared or announced.

(b) Rights, Options and Warrants . If the Company issues, to all or substantially all holders of its outstanding Common Stock, rights, options or warrants entitling such holders, for a period of not more than 60 calendar days after the record date of such issuance, to subscribe for, or purchase, shares of Common Stock, at a price per share less than the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock for the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of announcement of such issuance, the Conversion Rate will be increased based on the following formula:

 

 

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    where

 

CR 0 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such issuance;
CR 1 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Open of Business on such Ex-Dividend Date;
OS 0 = the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Open of Business on such Ex-Dividend Date;
X = the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to such rights, options or warrants; and
Y = the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the quotient of (i) the aggregate price payable to exercise such rights, options or warrants, over (ii) the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of announcement of the issuance of such rights, options or warrants.

To the extent that shares of Common Stock are not delivered after the expiration of such rights, options or warrants, including because the issued rights, options or warrants were not exercised, the Conversion Rate will be readjusted to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had the increase with respect to the issuance of such rights, options or warrants been made on the

 

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basis of delivery of only the number of shares of Common Stock actually delivered. If such rights, options or warrants are not so issued, the Conversion Rate will be readjusted to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if the Ex-Dividend Date for such issuance had not occurred.

For purposes of this Section 10.05(b), in determining whether any rights, options or warrants entitle holders of the Common Stock to subscribe for, or purchase, shares of Common Stock at a price per share less than the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of Common Stock for the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of announcement for an issuance, and in determining the aggregate price payable to exercise such rights, options or warrants, there will be taken into account any consideration received by the Company for such rights, options or warrants and any amount payable on exercise thereof, the value of such consideration, if other than cash, to be determined by the Board of Directors.

(c) Spin-Offs and Other Distributed Property .

(i) If the Company distributes shares of its Capital Stock, evidences of its indebtedness or other assets or property of the Company, or rights, options or warrants to acquire Capital Stock of the Company or other securities, to all or substantially all holders of the Common Stock, excluding:

(A) dividends, distributions, rights, options or warrants for which an adjustment was effected pursuant to Section 10.05(a) hereof or Section 10.05(b) hereof, as applicable;

(B) dividends or distributions paid exclusively in cash for which an adjustment was effected pursuant to Section 10.05(d) hereof; and

(C) Spin-Offs for which the provisions set forth in Section 10.05(c)(ii) hereof will apply,

then the Conversion Rate will be increased based on the following formula:

 

 

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where

 

CR 0    =    the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such
distribution;

CR 1

   =    the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Open of Business on such Ex-Dividend Date;

SP 0

   =    the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution; and
FMV    =    the fair market value (as determined by the Company’s Board of Directors) of the shares of Capital Stock,
evidences of indebtedness, assets, property, rights, options or warrants distributed with respect to each
outstanding share of Common Stock on the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution.

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, if “FMV” (as defined above) is equal to or greater than the “SP 0 ” (as defined above), in lieu of the foregoing increase, each Holder will receive, for each $1,000 principal amount of Notes held on the record date for the distribution, at the same time and upon the same terms as holders of the Common Stock, the amount and kind of shares of Capital Stock, evidences of indebtedness, assets or property, rights, options or warrants or other securities that such Holder would have received if such Holder had owned a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate in effect on the record date for such distribution.

If such distribution is not so paid or made, or if any rights, options or warrants are not exercised before their expiration date, the Conversion Rate will be readjusted to be the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such distribution had not been declared.

(ii) With respect to an adjustment pursuant to this Section 10.05(c) where there has been a payment of a dividend or other distribution on the Common Stock of shares of Capital Stock of any class or series, or similar equity interest, of or relating to an Affiliate, a Subsidiary or other business unit of the Company, and such Capital Stock or similar equity interest is listed or quoted (or will be listed or quoted upon the consummation of the transaction) on a national securities exchange or a reasonably comparable non-U.S. equivalent (a “Spin-Off”), the Conversion Rate will be increased based on the following formula:

 

 

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where

 

CR 0

= the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such Spin-Off;
CR 1 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Open of Business on such Ex-Dividend Date;
FMV 0 = the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Capital Stock or similar equity interest distributed to holders of the Common Stock applicable to one share of Common Stock (determined for purposes of the definition of “Last Reported Sale Price” as if such Capital Stock or similar equity interest were the Common Stock) over the first 10 consecutive Trading Day period after, and including, the Ex-Dividend Date of the Spin-Off (the “ Valuation Period ”); and
MP 0 = the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the Valuation Period.

 

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The adjustment to the Conversion Rate under this Section 10.05(c)(ii) will be calculated as of the Close of Business on the last Trading Day of the Valuation Period but will be given effect as of immediately after the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date of the Spin-Off, with retroactive effect. The Company shall delay the settlement of any conversion of Notes where the Conversion Date occurs during the Valuation Period until the third Business Day after the last day of the Valuation Period. If any distribution of the type described in this Section 10.05(c)(ii) is declared but not so made, the Conversion Rate shall be immediately readjusted, effective as of the date the Board of Directors determines not to make such distribution, to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such distribution had not been declared.

For the purposes of this Section 10.05(c) and subsections (a) and (b) of this Section 10.05, any dividend or distribution to which this Section 10.05(c) applies and which dividend or distribution also includes one or both of:

(A) a dividend or distribution of shares of Common Stock to which Section 10.05(a) hereof applies (a “ Clause A Distribution ”); or

(B) a dividend or distribution of rights, options or warrants to which Section 10.05(b) hereof applies (a “ Clause B Distribution )

(any such distribution, a “ Multi-Clause Distribution ”), then (i) the portion of such Multi-Clause Distribution that is not a Clause A Distribution or a Clause B Distribution will be deemed to be a dividend or distribution to which this Section 10.05(c) applies (a “ Clause C Distribution ”), and any Conversion Rate adjustment required by this Section 10.05(c) with respect to such Clause C Distribution will be made without considering any shares of Common Stock issuable as part of the portion of such Multi-Clause Distribution that is a Clause A Distribution or a Clause B Distribution, as applicable, (ii) the portion of such Multi-Clause Distribution that is a Clause B Distribution, if any, will be deemed to be distributed immediately following the Clause C Distribution, and any Conversion Rate adjustment required by Section 10.05(b) hereof with respect to such Clause B Distribution will be made, with any shares of Common Stock issuable as part of the portion of such Multi-Clause Distribution that is a Clause C Distribution deemed to be “outstanding immediately prior to the Open of Business on such Ex-Dividend Date” for the purposes of making such adjustment and (iii) the portion of such Multi-Clause Distribution that is a Clause A Distribution, if any, will be deemed to be distributed immediately following the Clause B Distribution or Clause C Distribution, as the case may be, and any Conversion Rate adjustment required by Section 10.05(a) hereof with respect to such Clause A Distribution will be made, with any shares of Common Stock issuable as part of the portion of such Multi-Clause Distribution that is either a Clause C Distribution or a Clause B Distribution deemed to be “outstanding immediately prior to the Open of Business on such Ex-Dividend Date or Effective Date” for the purposes of making such adjustment.

(d) Cash Dividends or Distributions. If any cash dividend or distribution (other than a distribution as to which an adjustment to the Conversion Rate was effected pursuant to Section

 

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10.05(e)) is made to all or substantially all holders of the Common Stock, the Conversion Rate will be increased based on the following formula:

 

 

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where

 

CR 0

= the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution;

CR 1

= the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution;

SP 0

= the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution; and

C

= the amount in cash per share the Company distributes to holders of Common Stock.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if “C” (as defined above) is equal to or greater than “SP 0 ” (as defined above), in lieu of the foregoing increase, each Holder will receive, for each $1,000 principal amount of Notes held on the record date for such cash dividend or distribution, at the same time and upon the same terms as holders of the Common Stock, the amount of cash that such Holder would have received if such Holder had owned a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate in effect on such record date. If any such dividend or distribution is declared but not so paid or made, the Conversion Rate will be readjusted to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared.

(e) Tender Offers or Exchange Offers. If the Company or any of its Subsidiaries makes a payment in respect of a tender offer or exchange offer for the Common Stock, to the extent that the cash and value of any other consideration included in the payment per share of Common Stock exceeds the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day next succeeding the last date on which tenders or exchanges may be made pursuant to such tender offer or exchange offer (as it may be amended), the Conversion Rate will be increased based on the following formula:

 

 

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where

 

CR 0 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Expiration Time;

CR 1

=

the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Expiration Time;

 

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AC = the aggregate value of all cash and any other consideration (as determined by the Board of Directors) paid or
payable for shares purchased in such tender or exchange offer;

OS0

= the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the time (the “ Expiration Time ”) on the date such tender or exchange offer expires (prior to giving effect to the purchase of all shares accepted for purchase or exchange in such tender or exchange offer);

OS1

= the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after the Expiration Time (after giving effect to the purchase of all shares accepted for purchase or exchange in such tender or exchange offer); and

SP1

= the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period (the “ Averaging Period ”) commencing on the Trading Day next succeeding the date such tender or exchange offer expires.

The adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to this Section 10.05(e) will be calculated as of the Close of Business on the last Trading Day of the Averaging Period but will be given effect as of immediately after the Expiration Time, with retroactive effect. The Company shall delay the settlement of any conversion of Notes where the Conversion Date occurs during the Averaging Period until the third (3rd) Business Day after the last day of the Averaging Period.

(f) Successive Adjustments . After an adjustment to the Conversion Rate under this Article 10, any subsequent event requiring an adjustment under this Article 10 will cause an adjustment to the Conversion Rate as so adjusted, without duplication.

(g) Adjustments Not Yet Effective . If a Holder converts a Note and, as of the Conversion Date for such Note, any distribution or transaction that requires an adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to Sections 10.05(a) through (e) hereof has occurred but has not yet resulted in an adjustment to the Conversion Rate and the shares of Common Stock, if any, that such Holder will receive upon settlement of its converted Note are not entitled to participate in the relevant distribution or transaction (because they were not held on a related record date or otherwise), then the Company will adjust the number of shares of Common Stock that it delivers to such Holder to reflect the relevant distribution or transaction.

(h) Conversion Rate Adjustments where Converting Holders Participate in the Relevant Dividend, Distribution or other Transaction. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in the Notes, if a Conversion Rate adjustment becomes effective on any Ex-Dividend Date pursuant to Section 10.05, and a Holder that has converted its Notes on or after such Ex-Dividend Date and on or prior to the related record date would be treated, on such record date, as the record holder of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion based on an adjusted Conversion Rate for such Ex-Dividend Date, then the Conversion Rate adjustment relating to such Ex-Dividend Date will not be made for such converting holder. Instead, such Holder will be treated as if such Holder were, as of such record date, the record owner of such shares of Common Stock on an unadjusted basis and will participate in the related dividend, distribution or other event giving rise to such adjustment.

 

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(i) Stockholder Rights Plans . If the Company adopts a rights plan and such rights plan is in effect when a Holder converts a Note, the Company will deliver to such Holder, in addition to any shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable to such Holder upon conversion of such Note, any rights that, under the rights plan, would be applicable to a share of Common Stock, unless prior to the Conversion Date for such Note, the rights have separated from the Common Stock, in which case, and only in such case, the Conversion Rate will be adjusted pursuant to Section 10.05(c)(i) as if, at the time of such separation, the Company had distributed to all holders of the Common Stock shares of its Capital Stock, evidences of its indebtedness, other assets or property of the Company or rights, options or warrants to acquire its Capital Stock, subject to readjustment in the event of the expiration, termination or redemption of such rights.

(j) Other Adjustments . Whenever any provision of this Indenture requires the calculation of the Last Reported Sale Price or a function thereof over a period of multiple days (including the Stock Price for purposes of a Make-Whole Fundamental Change), the Company will make appropriate adjustments to the Last Reported Sale Price or such function thereof to account for any adjustment to the Conversion Rate that becomes effective, or any event requiring an adjustment to the Conversion Rate where the Ex-Dividend date, Effective Date or expiration date of the event occurs, at any time during such period.

(k) Restrictions on Adjustments . Except as a result of a reverse share split, share combination subject to Section 10.05(a), and except for readjustments pursuant to the last paragraph of Section 10.05(a), readjustments pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 10.05(b), readjustments pursuant to the last paragraph of Section 10.05(c)(i), readjustments pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 10.05(c)(ii) and readjustments pursuant to the last paragraph of Section 10.05(d), in no event will the Conversion Rate be adjusted downward pursuant to Sections 10.05(a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) hereof.

In addition, notwithstanding anything to the contrary elsewhere in this Indenture, the Conversion Rate will not be adjusted:

(i) upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to any present or future plan providing for the reinvestment of dividends or interest payable on the Company’s securities and the investment of additional optional amounts in shares of Common Stock under any plan;

(ii) upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock or options or rights to purchase those shares pursuant to any present or future employee, director or consultant benefit plan or program of, or assumed by, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;

(iii) upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to any option, warrant, right or exercisable, exchangeable or convertible security not described in the preceding clause and outstanding as of the date of the Issue Date;

(iv) for a change in the par value of the Common Stock; or

 

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(v) for accrued and unpaid interest.

(l) Deferral of Adjustments . The Company may defer any adjustment to the Conversion Rate unless such adjustment would increase or decrease the Conversion Rate by at least 1% of the Conversion Rate in effect at the time the Company would otherwise be required to make such adjustment; provided, however, that if the Company defers an adjustment pursuant to this Section 10.05(l), then the Company must carry forward such adjustment and take it into account in any future adjustment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) on each Conversion Date, (ii) on the occurrence of any Fundamental Change or Make-Whole Fundamental Change and (iii) on every one-year anniversary of the Issue Date, the Company will give effect to all Conversion Rate adjustments that have otherwise been deferred pursuant to this Section 10.05(l), and such adjustments will no longer be carried forward and taken into account in any future adjustment.

(m) Miscellaneous .

(i) Certain Definitions .

(I) For purposes of this Section 10.05, (1) the number of shares outstanding at any time will include shares issuable in respect of scrip certificates issued in lieu of fractions of shares of Common Stock, but, (2) so long as the Company does not pay any dividend or make any distribution on shares of Common Stock held in the treasury of the Company, will not include shares of Common Stock held in the treasury of the Company.

(II) For purposes of this Section 10.05, the term “ Effective Date ” will mean the first date on which the Common Stock trades on the applicable exchange or in the applicable market, regular way, reflecting the relevant share split or share combination, as applicable.

(III) For purposes of this Article 10, the term “ Ex-Dividend Date ” will mean the first date on which the shares of the Common Stock trade on the applicable exchange or in the applicable market, regular way, without the right to receive the issuance, dividend or distribution in question.

(ii) Notices . Upon the public announcement of any event that will require the Company to make an adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to this Section 10.05, the Company will deliver to each Holder a written notice, which notice will include (i) a brief description of such event, (ii) the date on which the Company anticipates that such event will occur, (iii) the date on which the Company anticipates that the adjustment to the Conversion Rate will become effective, and (iv) if any record date, expiration date, Ex-Dividend Date or Effective Date is applicable to such event, such record date, expiration date, Ex-Dividend Date or Effective Date. Neither the failure to give such notice, nor any defect therein, will affect the legality or validity of such action by the Company.

Whenever the Company adjusts the Conversion Rate pursuant to this Section 10.05, the Company will promptly deliver to each Holder a written notice, which notice will include (i) a brief description of the event requiring adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to this Section 10.05, (ii) the effective time of such adjustment, (iii) the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after such adjustment is made and (iv) a schedule explaining, in reasonable detail,

 

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how the Company calculated such adjustment. On the same day the Company delivers such notice to each Holder, the Company will deliver to the Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent an Officers’ Certificate that includes all of the information contained in such notice, which Officers’ Certificate each of the Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent may treat as conclusive evidence that the adjustment specified in such Officers’ Certificate is correct and will be in effect as of the effective time specified in such Officers’ Certificate. The failure to deliver such notice will not affect the legality or validity of any such adjustment.

Section 10.06 Voluntary Adjustments .

(a) Best Interest Increases . Subject to the limitations of Section 10.10 hereof, the Company may, from time to time, to the extent permitted by law, increase the Conversion Rate by any amount if (i) the Board of Directors determines that such increase is in the best interest of the Company, (ii) such increase is in effect for a period of at least 20 Business Days, and (iii) during such period, such increase is irrevocable.

(b) Tax-Related Increases . Subject to the limitations of Section 10.10 hereof, the Company may (but is not required to) increase the Conversion Rate if the Board of Directors determines that such increase is advisable to avoid, or diminish, any income tax imposed on holders of the Common Stock or rights to purchase the Common Stock as a result of any dividend or distribution of shares (or rights to acquire shares) or similar event treated as such for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

(c) Notices . Whenever the Board of Directors determines that the Company will increase the Conversion Rate pursuant to this Section 10.06, the Company will mail to each Holder notice of such increase at least 15 Business Days before such increase will take effect, which notice will state the increase to be made and the period during which such increase will be in effect.

Section 10.07 Adjustments Upon Certain Fundamental Changes .

(a) General . If (i) a Fundamental Change (determined after giving effect to the paragraph immediately following clause (iv) of the definition thereof, but without regard to the exclusion in clause (ii)(II) of the definition thereof) occurs or (ii) the Company calls the Notes for redemption pursuant to Article 11 (either such event, a “ Make-Whole Fundamental Change ”), and a Holder elects to convert its Notes in connection with such Make-Whole Fundamental Change, the Company will, in the circumstances described in this Section 10.07, and subject to Section 10.10, increase the Conversion Rate for such Notes by the number of additional shares of Common Stock (the “ Additional Shares ”) set forth in this Section 10.07. For purposes of this Section 10.07, a conversion of Notes will be deemed to be “in connection with”:

(i) a Make-Whole Fundamental Change described in clause (i) of the definition of “Make-Whole Fundamental Change” if the applicable Conversion Date occurs during the period from, and including, the effective date of the Make-Whole Fundamental Change up to, and including, the Business Day immediately prior to the related Fundamental

 

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Change Repurchase Date (or, in the case of a Make-Whole Fundamental Change that would have been a Fundamental Change but for the exclusion in clause (ii)(II) of the definition thereof, the 35th Trading Day immediately following the effective date of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change).

(ii) a Make-Whole Fundamental Change described in clause (ii) of the definition of “Make-Whole Fundamental Change” if the Conversion Notice for such Notes is received by the Conversion Agent during the period beginning on, and including, the Redemption Notice Date and ending on the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Redemption Date.

No later than one Business Day immediately after the effective date of a Make-Whole Fundamental Change described in clause (i) of the definition of “Make-Whole Fundamental Change” contained in this Section 10.07, the Company will notify the Holders of such effective date and issue a press release announcing such effective date.

(b) Determination of Additional Shares . The number of Additional Shares by which the Conversion Rate will be increased if a Holder converts a Note in connection with a Make-Whole Fundamental Change will be determined by reference to the table below, and will be based on the Make-Whole Fundamental Change Effective Date and the Stock Price for such Make-Whole Fundamental Change. For any Make-Whole Fundamental Change, the “ Make-Whole Fundamental Change Effective Date ” will mean, (i) if such Make-Whole Fundamental Change is of the type described in clause (i) of the definition of “Make-Whole Fundamental Change” contained in Section 10.07(a) hereof, the date on which such Make-Whole Fundamental Change occurs or becomes effective, and (ii) if such Make-Whole Fundamental Change is of the type described in clause (ii) of the definition of “Make-Whole Fundamental Change” contained in Section 10.07(a) hereof, the applicable Redemption Notice Date.

(c) Adjustment of Stock Prices and Additional Shares . The Stock Prices set forth in the first row (i.e., the column headers) of the table below will be adjusted on each date on which the Conversion Rate must be adjusted pursuant to Section 10.05. The adjusted Stock Prices will equal the Stock Prices in effect immediately prior to such adjustment, multiplied by a fraction, (i) the numerator of which is the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the adjustment giving rise to the share price adjustment, and (ii) the denominator of which is the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the adjustment. The numbers of Additional Shares set forth in the table below will be adjusted in the same manner, at the same time and for the same events for which the Conversion Rate is adjusted pursuant to Section 10.05 hereof.

(d) Additional Shares Table . The following table sets forth hypothetical Make-Whole Fundamental Change Effective Dates, Stock Prices and the number of Additional Shares by which the Conversion Rate will be increased per $1,000 principal amount of Notes for a Holder that converts a Note in connection with a Make-Whole Fundamental Change having such Make-Whole Fundamental Change Effective Date and Stock Price.

 

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     Stock Price  

Effective Date

   $8.36      $10.50      $11.70      $14.00      $16.38      $20.00      $30.00      $40.00      $50.00      $75.00  

March 2, 2015

     34.1471         34.1471         34.1471         25.8448         20.3391         15.1569         9.4000         6.7549         5.2996         3.4943   

May 1, 2015

     34.1471         34.1471         34.1471         24.5957         19.2663         14.4164         8.7902         6.3185         4.9640         3.2770   

May 1, 2016

     34.1471         34.1471         33.3196         19.5104         14.7656         11.9693         7.7540         5.6154         4.4546         2.9558   

May 1, 2017

     34.1471         34.1471         28.2212         13.3534         9.8023         7.5550         4.8841         3.3717         2.5571         1.5154   

May 1, 2018

     34.1471         25.6779         21.0012         6.7418         4.9041         3.9783         2.5925         1.8792         1.4753         0.9449   

May 1, 2019

     34.1471         9.7680         0.0000         0.0000         0.0000         0.0000         0.0000         0.0000         0.0000         0.0000   

(e) Use of Additional Shares Table . If the Stock Price and/or Make-Whole Fundamental Change Effective Date for a Make-Whole Fundamental Change are not set forth in the table above, then:

(1) if the Stock Price is between two Stock Prices in the table or the Make-Whole Fundamental Change Effective Date is between two Make-Whole Fundamental Change Effective Dates in the table, the number of Additional Shares by which the Conversion Rate will be increased for a Holder that converts a Note in connection with such Make-Whole Fundamental Change will be determined by a straight-line interpolation between the numbers of Additional Shares set forth for the higher and lower Stock Prices listed in the table and the earlier and the later Make-Whole Fundamental Change Effective Dates listed in the table, as applicable, based on a 365- or 366-day year, as applicable;

(2) if the Stock Price is greater than $75.00 per share (subject to adjustment in the same manner as the Stock Prices set forth in the column headings of the table), no Additional Shares will be added to the Conversion Rate; and

(3) if the Stock Price is less than $8.36 per share (subject to adjustment in the same manner as the Stock Prices set forth in the column headings of the table), no Additional Shares will be added to the Conversion Rate.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event will the Conversion Rate be increased as a result of this Section 10.07 to exceed the Conversion Rate Cap.

(f) Settlement or Conversion . If a Holder converts a Note in connection with a Make-Whole Fundamental Change, the Company will settle such conversion by delivering Conversion Consideration in accordance with Section 10.03 hereof; provided , however , that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 10.03 hereof, if a Holder converts a Note in connection with a Make-Whole Fundamental Change described in clause (ii) of the definition of “Fundamental Change” in which the holders of the Common Stock receive only cash in consideration for their shares of Common Stock, the Company will settle such conversion by delivering to such Holder an amount of cash, for each $1,000 principal amount of such Note converted, equal to the product of (i) the Conversion Rate on the Conversion Date applicable to such Note (including any Additional Shares added to such Conversion Rate pursuant to this Section 10.07) and (ii) the Stock Price for such Make-Whole Fundamental Change.

Section 10.08 Effect of Recapitalization, Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger or Sale .

(a) General . If any of the following events occur:

(1) any recapitalization, reclassification or change of the Common Stock (other than changes resulting from a subdivision or combination or change only in par value or from par value to no par value or no par value to par value);

 

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(2) any consolidation, merger or combination involving the Company;

(3) any sale, lease or other transfer to a third party of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries substantially as an entirety; or

(4) any statutory share exchange,

and, in each case, as a result of which the Common Stock would be converted into, or exchanged for, or represent solely the right to receive, stock, other securities, other property or assets (including cash or any combination thereof) (such stock, other securities, other property or assets, the “ Reference Property ,” and the amount and kind of Reference Property that a holder of one share of Common Stock would be entitled to receive on account of such transaction, a “ Reference Property Unit ”), then, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in the Notes, at the effective time of such transaction, the Conversion Consideration due upon conversion of any Notes, and the conditions to any such conversion, will be determined in the same manner as if each reference to any number of shares of Common Stock in this Article 10 were instead a reference to the same number of Reference Property Units. For these purposes, the Daily VWAP or Last Reported Sale Price of any Reference Property Unit or portion thereof that does not consist of a class of securities will be the fair value of such Reference Property Unit or portion thereof, as applicable, determined in good faith by the Company (or, in the case of cash denominated in U.S. dollars, the face amount thereof). An event requiring a change to the Conversion Consideration as provided in the immediately preceding sentence is herein referred to as a “ Merger Event ,” and the resulting, surviving or transferee Person (if other than the Company) of such Merger Event is herein referred to as the “ Merger Successor Corporation .” At or before the effective date of such Merger Event, the Company and such Merger Successor Corporation will execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to Section 9.03 hereof, which supplemental indenture will (i) comply with the TIA as in force on the date such supplemental indenture is executed (if this Indenture is then qualified under the TIA and such supplemental indenture is required by law to so comply); (ii) provide for subsequent conversions of Notes in the manner set forth in the first sentence of this Section 10.08(a); and (iii) provide for subsequent adjustments to the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 10.05 in a manner that would have an economic effect on the Holders as nearly equivalent as practicable to the economic effect the adjustments provided by Section 10.05 hereof would have had on the Holders but for such Merger Event.

If the Reference Property consists of more than a single type of consideration (determined based in part upon any form of stockholder election), then the composition of the Reference Property Unit will be deemed to be the weighted average, per share of Common Stock, of the types and amounts of consideration received by the holders of Common Stock that affirmatively make such an election. The Company shall notify Holders of the weighted average as soon as practicable after such determination is made.

 

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If the Reference Property Unit for a Merger Event includes shares of stock or other securities or assets of a Person other than the Merger Successor Corporation for such Merger Event, then such other company will also execute such supplemental indenture and such supplemental indenture will contain whatever additional provisions the Board of Directors considers to be reasonably necessary to protect the Holders and to calculate the value of a Reference Property Unit.

(b) Notices .

(i) As soon as practicable upon learning the anticipated or actual effective date of any Merger Event, the Company will deliver written notice of such Merger Event to each Holder and the Trustee. Such Notice will include:

(A) a brief description of such Merger Event;

(B) the Conversion Rate in effect on the date the Company delivers such notice;

(C) the anticipated effective date for the Merger Event;

(D) that, on and after the effective date for the Merger Event, the Notes will be convertible into Reference Property Units and cash in lieu of fractional Reference Property Units; and

(E) the composition of the Reference Property Unit for such Merger Event.

(ii) As promptly as practicable after executing a supplemental indenture in accordance with Section 10.08(a) hereof, the Company will:

(A) file with the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate briefly describing the reasons therefor, the composition of the Reference Property Unit for such Merger Event, any adjustment to be made with respect thereto and that all conditions precedent under this Indenture to such Merger Event have been complied with; and

(B) cause to be sent to each Holder a notice of the execution of such supplemental indenture and the composition of the Reference Property Unit for such Merger Event; provided that the failure to deliver such notice to any Holder will not affect the validity or legality of such supplemental indenture.

(c) Successive Merger Events. If more than one Merger Event occurs, this Section 10.08 will apply successively to each Merger Event.

(d) Compliance Covenant . The Company will not become a party to any Merger Event unless its terms are consistent with this Section 10.08.

 

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Section 10.09 No Responsibility of Trustee or Conversion Agent . The Trustee and the Conversion Agent will not have any duty or responsibility to any Holder to determine whether any facts exist that require an adjustment of the Conversion Rate, or with respect to the nature or extent or calculation of any such adjustment when made, or with respect to the method employed in making the same. Neither the Trustee nor the Conversion Agent will be responsible for any failure of the Company to deliver the Conversion Consideration due upon the surrender of any Notes for the purpose of conversion or to comply with any of the duties, responsibilities or covenants of the Company contained in this Article 10. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, neither the Trustee nor the Conversion Agent will be under any responsibility to determine the correctness of any provisions contained in any supplemental indenture entered into pursuant to Section 10.08 hereof, including with respect to the calculation of the amount of Conversion Consideration receivable by Holders upon the conversion of their Notes after any Merger Event, and each, subject to the provisions of Article 7, may accept as conclusive evidence of the correctness of any such provisions, and will be protected in relying upon, the Officers’ Certificate (which the Company will be obligated to file with the Trustee prior to the execution of any such supplemental indenture) with respect thereto.

Section 10.10 NASDAQ Compliance . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in the Notes, the Company will not increase the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 10.06 or Section 10.07 or engage in any transaction, or take any voluntary action, which would result in an increase to the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 10.05 or Section 10.07 without complying with the applicable stockholder approval rules of The NASDAQ Global Select Market; provided that, in connection with any inaction or non-voluntary action by the Company where the increase to the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 10.06 or Section 10.07 is not permitted pursuant to this Section 10.10, the Company will (i) increase the Conversion Rate to the extent such increase does not violate the applicable stockholder approval rules of The NASDAQ Global Select Market and (ii) use commercially reasonable efforts (including by calling a vote of the Company’s stockholders) to cause any additional shares which would have been issued pursuant to Section 10.06 or 10.07 but for this Section 10.10 to be issued, as soon as commercially reasonable, in a manner that complies with the applicable stockholder approval rules of The NASDAQ Global Select Market. At any time when the entire increase in the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 10.07 is not permitted under this Section 10.10, the Company will not call the Notes for redemption pursuant to Article 11. The restrictions set forth in this Section 10.10 will apply at any time when the Notes are outstanding, regardless of whether the Company then has a class of securities listed on The NASDAQ Global Select Market.

Section 10.11 Ownership Limit . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in the Notes, no Holder shall be entitled to convert the Notes into shares of Common Stock that, when added to Common Stock Beneficially Owned by such Holder immediately prior to the proposed conversion of such Notes, would cause such Holder to Beneficially Own an aggregate number of shares of Common Stock in excess of nine and nine-tenths percent (9.9%) of the Common Stock then outstanding after giving effect to such proposed conversion (the “ Ownership Limit ”). Any purported conversion of Notes by a Holder shall be void and have no effect to the extent (but only to the extent) that such conversion would cause such Holder to Beneficially Own an aggregate number of shares of Common Stock in excess of the Ownership Limit.

 

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Article 11

REDEMPTION AT THE OPTION OF THE COMPANY

Section 11.01 No Sinking Fund . No sinking fund is provided for the Notes.

Section 11.02 Right To Redeem the Notes .

(a) General . At any time and from time to time prior to the Maturity Date, the Company may redeem (a “ Redemption ”) all, but not less than all, of the Notes on the Redemption Date for an amount equal to the Redemption Price for such Redemption Date; provided , however , that no such Redemption shall be permitted for a Redemption Date that will not occur during an Open Redemption Period unless the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock equals or exceeds 140% of the Conversion Price in effect on each of at least 20 Trading Days during the 30 consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the date on which the Company delivers the Redemption Notice for such redemption pursuant to Section 11.03 hereof.

(b) The “ Redemption Price ” means, for any Notes to be redeemed on a Redemption Date, (x) if such Redemption Date is not during an Open Redemption Period, a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on such Notes to, but excluding, such Redemption Date; or (y) if such Redemption Date is during an Open Redemption Period, a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on such Notes to, but excluding, such Redemption Date, plus the Applicable Premium; provided , however , that, in each case, if the Redemption Date occurs after a Regular Record Date, but on or prior to the Interest Payment Date corresponding to such Regular Record Date, then the Redemption Price for any Notes to be redeemed will not include accrued and unpaid interest on such Notes to, but excluding, such Redemption Date, and accrued and unpaid interest on such Notes to, but excluding, such Interest Payment Date will instead be payable, on such Interest Payment Date, to the Holder of such Notes at the Close of Business on such Regular Record Date.

(c) The “ Redemption Date ” means, for any redemption, the date specified as such on the Redemption Notice for such redemption, which date must be a Business Day and must be not less than 30 calendar days, nor more than 45 calendar days, immediately following the date on which the Company delivers such Redemption Notice.

(d) The “ Applicable Premium ” means, for any Note to be redeemed on a Redemption Date that occurs during an Open Redemption Period, an amount equal to the present value, as of such Redemption Date, of the following: (i) in the case of the Open Redemption Period ending on August 14, 2018, all regularly scheduled interest payments due on such Note on each Interest Payment Date occurring after such Redemption Date and on or before August 15, 2018 (assuming, solely for purposes of this clause (i), that August 15, 2018 were an Interest Payment Date); and (ii) in the case of the Open Redemption Period ending on April 30, 2019, all regularly scheduled interest payments due on such Note on each Interest Payment Date occurring after such Redemption Date and on or before May 1, 2019, in each case computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate as of such Redemption Date plus fifty (50) basis points.

 

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(e) “ Treasury Rate ” means, as of any Redemption Date, the yield to maturity as of such Redemption Date of United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) that has become publicly available at least two business days prior to such Redemption Date (or, if such Statistical Release is no longer published, any publicly available source of similar market data)) most nearly equal to the period from such Redemption Date to August 15, 2018 (in the case of the Open Redemption Period ending on August 14, 2018) or May 1, 2019 (in the case of the Open Redemption Period ending on April 30, 2019); provided, however , that if such period is less than one (1) year, then the weekly average yield on actually traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year will be used.

(f) “ Open Redemption Period ” means each of the periods (i) commencing on February 15, 2018 and ending on (and including) August 14, 2018 and (ii) commencing on November 1, 2018 and ending on April 30, 2019.

Section 11.03 Redemption Notice . At least 30 calendar days but not more than 45 calendar days prior to any Redemption Date, the Company will send to each Holder (and to any beneficial owner of a Global Note, as required by applicable law) a written notice of redemption (the “ Redemption Notice ,” and the date of such sending, the “ Redemption Notice Date ”) and, substantially contemporaneously therewith, the Company will issue a press release announcing such redemption.

For any redemption, the Redemption Notice corresponding to such redemption will specify:

(1) briefly, a description of the Company’s redemption right under this Indenture;

(2) the Redemption Price for such Redemption Date (for each $1,000 principal amount of Notes);

(3) the Redemption Date for such redemption;

(4) the name and address of the Paying Agent and of the Conversion Agent;

(5) that Notes called for redemption may be converted at any time before the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Redemption Date;

(6) the Conversion Rate in effect on the Redemption Notice Date for such redemption and the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the Redemption Notice Date;

(7) any Additional Shares by which the Conversion Rate will be increased pursuant to Section 10.07 hereof for a Holder that converts a Note “in connection with” the Company’s election to redeem the Notes;

(8) that Notes must be surrendered to the Paying Agent on or before the Redemption Date to collect the Redemption Price;

 

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(9) that, unless the Company defaults in paying the Redemption Price on the Redemption Date, interest, if any, on a Note will cease to accrue on and after the Redemption Date; and

(10) the CUSIP and ISIN number(s) of the Notes.

On any Redemption Notice Date, the Company will also furnish to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate, which Officers’ Certificate will set forth the aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding and include a copy of the Redemption Notice delivered by the Company on such Redemption Notice Date.

Section 11.04 Effect of Redemption Notice . After the Company has delivered a Redemption Notice, each Holder will have the right to receive payment of the Redemption Price for its Notes on the later of (i) the Redemption Date and (ii)(a) if the Notes are Definitive Notes, delivery of its Notes to the Paying Agent or (b) if the Notes are Global Notes, compliance with the Applicable Procedures relating to the redemption and delivery of the beneficial interests to be redeemed to the Paying Agent; provided , however , that, until the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately preceding such Redemption Date, Holders may convert their Notes, regardless of whether they have been delivered to the Paying Agent for redemption, by complying with the requirements for conversion set forth in Article 10.

Section 11.05 Deposit of Redemption Price . Prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Redemption Date, the Company will deposit with the Paying Agent (or, if the Company or a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of either of them is acting as the Paying Agent, will segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 2.07 hereof) an amount of immediately available funds sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of all of the then-outstanding Notes (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any Notes tendered for conversion pursuant to Article 10 hereof).

Section 11.06 Effect of Deposit . If, as of 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on any Redemption Date, the Company, in accordance with Section 11.05 hereof, has deposited with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price for every Note validly delivered in accordance with Section 11.04 hereof (and not converted before such Redemption Date), then, at the Close of Business on such Redemption Date:

(1) every Note outstanding immediately prior to the Close of Business on such Redemption Date will cease to be outstanding and interest, if any, on such Notes will cease to accrue (regardless of whether such Notes were delivered to the Paying Agent or book-entry transfer has been made, as applicable), except to the extent provided in the proviso to Section 11.02(b); and

(2) all other rights of the Holders of such Notes with respect to such Notes (other than the right to receive payment of the Redemption Price or, in the case of Notes surrendered for conversion in accordance with Article 10 hereof, the right to receive the Conversion Consideration due upon conversion of such Notes, and other than as provided in the proviso to Section 11.02(b)) and the Security Documents will terminate.

 

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Section 11.07 Covenant Not to Redeem Notes Upon Certain Events of Default .

(a) General . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article 11, the Company will not redeem any Notes under this Article 11 if the principal amount of the Notes has been accelerated and such acceleration has not been rescinded on, or prior to, the Redemption Date (except in the case of an acceleration resulting from a default by the Company that would be cured by the Company’s payment of the Redemption Price for such Notes).

(b) Return of Notes . If a Holder delivers a Note for redemption pursuant to Section 11.04 and, on the Redemption Date, pursuant to this Section 11.07, the Company is not permitted to redeem such Note, the Paying Agent will (i) if such Note is a Definitive Note, return such Note to such Holder, and (ii) if such Note is held in book-entry form, in compliance with the Applicable Procedures, deem to be cancelled any instructions for book-entry transfer of such Note.

Section 11.08 Repayment to the Company. Subject to any applicable property laws, if, six months after the Redemption Date, any cash held by the Paying Agent remains unclaimed, the Paying Agent will promptly return such cash to the Company; provided , however , that, to the extent that the aggregate amount of cash deposited by the Company pursuant to Section 11.05 exceeds the aggregate Redemption Price of every Note outstanding (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any Notes tendered for conversion pursuant to Article 10 hereof), then as soon as practicable following the Redemption Date, the Trustee will return such excess to the Company.

Article 12

NOTE GUARANTEES

Section 12.01 Note Guarantees .

(a) Subject to this Article 12, each of the Guarantors hereby, jointly and severally, unconditionally guarantees to each Holder of a Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns, irrespective of the validity and enforceability of this Indenture, the Notes or the obligations of the Company hereunder or thereunder, that:

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

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

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

 

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

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

(d) Each Guarantor agrees that it will not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all obligations guaranteed hereby. Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (1) the maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 for the purposes of this Note Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby, and (2) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article 6, such obligations (whether or not due and payable) will forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantors for the purpose of this Note Guarantee.

(e) All Guarantors desire to allocate among themselves (collectively, the “ Contributing Guarantors ”), in a fair and equitable manner, their obligations arising under this Indenture. Accordingly, in the event any payment or distribution is made on any date by a Guarantor (a “ Funding Guarantor ”) under its guarantee of the Notes such that its Aggregate Payments exceed its Fair Share as of such date, such Funding Guarantor shall be entitled to a contribution from each of the other Contributing Guarantors in an amount sufficient to cause each Contributing Guarantor’s Aggregate Payments to equal its Fair Share as of such date. “ Fair Share ” means, with respect to a Contributing Guarantor as of any date of determination, an amount equal to (a) the ratio of (i) the Fair Share Contribution Amount with respect to such Contributing Guarantor, to (ii) the aggregate of the Fair Share Contribution Amounts with respect to all Contributing Guarantors, multiplied by (b) the aggregate amount paid or distributed on or before such date by all Funding Guarantors under its guarantee of the Notes in respect of the obligations guaranteed. “ Fair Share Contribution Amount ” means, with respect to a Contributing Guarantor as of any date of determination, the maximum aggregate amount of the obligations of such Contributing Guarantor under its guarantee of the Notes that would not render its obligations hereunder or thereunder subject to avoidance as a fraudulent transfer or conveyance under Section 548 of the Bankruptcy Code or any comparable applicable provisions of state law, provided that solely for purposes of calculating the Fair Share Contribution Amount

 

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with respect to any Contributing Guarantor for purposes of this Section 12.01, any assets or liabilities of such Contributing Guarantor arising by virtue of any rights to subrogation, reimbursement or indemnification or any rights to or obligations of contribution hereunder shall not be considered as assets or liabilities of such Contributing Guarantor. “ Aggregate Payments ” means, with respect to a Contributing Guarantor as of any date of determination, an amount equal to (1) the aggregate amount of all payments and distributions made on or before such date by such Contributing Guarantor in respect of its guarantee of the Notes (including in respect of this Section 12.01), minus (2) the aggregate amount of all payments received on or before such date by such Contributing Guarantor from the other Contributing Guarantors as contributions under this Section 12.01. The amounts payable as contributions hereunder shall be determined as of the date on which the related payment or distribution is made by the applicable Funding Guarantor. Each Guarantor is a third party beneficiary to the contribution agreement set forth in this Section 12.01.

Section 12.02 Limitation on Guarantor Liability .

Each Guarantor, and by its acceptance of Notes, each Holder, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the Note Guarantee of such Guarantor not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of applicable Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar federal or state law to the extent applicable to any Note Guarantee. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Trustee, the Holders and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of such Guarantor will be limited to the maximum amount that will, after giving effect to such maximum amount and all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Guarantor that are relevant under such laws, and after giving effect to any collections from, rights to receive contribution from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Guarantor under this Article 12, result in the obligations of such Guarantor under its Note Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.

Section 12.03 Execution and Delivery of Note Guarantee .

To evidence its Note Guarantee set forth in Section 12.01, each Guarantor hereby agrees that a notation of such Note Guarantee substantially in the form attached as Exhibit D hereto will be endorsed by an Officer of such Guarantor on each Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and that this Indenture will be executed on behalf of such Guarantor by one of its Officers (but the failure to execute such notation shall not affect the validity of any Note Guarantee).

Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its Note Guarantee set forth in Section 12.01 will remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse on each Note a notation of such Note Guarantee.

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

 

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The delivery of any Note by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, will be deemed to constitute due delivery of the Note Guarantee set forth in this Indenture on behalf of the Guarantors.

Section 12.04 Guarantors May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms .

Except as otherwise provided in Section 12.05, a Guarantor may not, directly or indirectly, (1) consolidate with or merge with or into, or (2) sell, convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its properties and assets to (whether or not such Guarantor is the surviving Person), any other Person, other than the Company or another Guarantor, unless:

(1) immediately after giving effect to that transaction, no Default or Event of Default exists; and

(2) either:

(a) the Person acquiring the property in any such sale or disposition or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company or another Guarantor) expressly assumes, by executing and delivering a supplemental indenture to the Trustee that is satisfactory in form to the Trustee in accordance with Section 9.03 hereof and any other agreements reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent, all of the obligations of that Guarantor under its Note Guarantee, this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreement and all appropriate Security Documents; or

(b) such transaction is permitted by Section 4.15.

In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or lease and upon the assumption by the successor Person, by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee and satisfactory in form to the Trustee, of the Note Guarantee of such Guarantor and the due and punctual performance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be performed by such Guarantor, such successor Person will succeed to and be substituted for the Guarantor with the same effect as if it had been named herein as a Guarantor. Such successor Person thereupon may cause to be signed any or all of the Note Guarantees to be endorsed upon all of the Notes issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee; provided , however , that the Note Guarantee of such successor Person will remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse on each Note a notation of such Note Guarantee. All the Note Guarantees so issued will in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this Indenture as the Note Guarantees theretofore and thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all of such Note Guarantees had been issued at the date of the execution.

Except as set forth in Article 4 and Article 5, and notwithstanding clauses (1) and (2)(a) and (b) above, nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the Notes will prevent any consolidation, amalgamation or merger of a Guarantor with or into the Company or another Guarantor, or will prevent any sale or conveyance of the property of a Guarantor as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to the Company or another Guarantor.

 

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Section 12.05 Releases .

The Note Guarantee of any Guarantor, and the Collateral Agent’s Lien on the Collateral of such Guarantor, will be released:

(1) in connection with any sale or other disposition of all, of the assets of a Guarantor (including by way of merger or consolidation) to such Person that is not (either before or after giving effect to such transaction) the Company or a Subsidiary if the sale or other disposition does not violate Section 4.15 (for the avoidance of doubt, it is understood that the acquiror of such assets only shall be released from the Note Gaurantee and not the seller or other transferor of such assets);

(2) in connection with any sale or other disposition of Capital Stock of that Guarantor to a Person that is not (either before or after giving effect to such transaction) the Company or a Subsidiary, if the sale or other disposition does not violate Section 4.15 and the Guarantor ceases to be a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company as a result of the sale or other disposition;

(3) if the Guarantor becomes an Excluded Subsidiary;

(4) with respect to a Guarantor that is a Foreign Subsidiary, if such Foreign Subsidiary ceases to, directly or indirectly be liable, contingently or otherwise, for any Indebtedness with, or guarantee any Indebtedness of, the Company or any of the Company’s U.S. Subsidiaries; or

(5) upon the liquidation or dissolution of such Guarantor following the transfer of all of its assets to the Company or another Guarantor.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Guarantor shall be released from its Guarantee for so long as such Guarantor guarantees, is an obligor of, or provides credit support for, any Senior Lien Obligation or any Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligation. If the Note Guarantee of any Guarantor is released, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating the identity of the released Guarantor, the basis for release in reasonable detail and that such release complies with this Indenture. Upon delivery by the Company to the Trustee of an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the conditions of any of clauses (1) through (6) of this Section 12.05 have been met with respect to a Guarantor in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture, including without limitation, in the case Section 12.05(1) hereof, Section 4.15 hereof, the Trustee will execute any documents reasonably required in order to evidence the release of such Guarantor from its obligations under its Note Guarantee. Any Guarantor not released from its obligations under its Note Guarantee as provided in this Section 12.05 will remain liable for the full amount of principal of and interest and premium, if any, on the Notes and for the other obligations of any Guarantor under this Indenture as provided in this Article 12.

Article 13

INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT

Each Holder, by accepting a Note, agrees that the Note Liens and the Senior Liens are subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement. Each Holder, by accepting a Note, hereby authorizes and directs the Trustee to enter into the Intercreditor Agreement on behalf of the

 

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Holder and agrees that such Holder shall comply with the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement applicable to it in its capacity as such to the same extent as if such Holder were a party thereto. The Intercreditor Agreement will define the relative rights of holders of Liens securing Note Obligations and Senior Lien Obligations. Nothing in this Indenture or the Intercreditor Agreement will:

(a) impair, as between the Company and Holders, the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay principal of, and interest on, 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) 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 its rights or remedies as a secured party as provided in the Intercreditor Agreement or otherwise in a manner inconsistent with, or that would result in a violation of, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement); or

(c) restrict the right of the Trustee, the Collateral Agent or any Holder (in each case except as provided in the Intercreditor Agreement):

(i) to make, support or oppose any request for an order for dismissal, abstention or conversion in any Insolvency Proceeding (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement);

(ii) to make, support or oppose, in any Insolvency Proceeding (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement), 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;

(iii) to seek the creation of, or appointment to, any official committee representing creditors (or certain of the creditors) in any Insolvency Proceeding (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) and, if appointed, to serve and act as a member of such committee;

(iv) to seek or object to the appointment of any professional person to serve in any capacity in any Insolvency Proceeding (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement)or to support or object to any request for compensation made by any professional person or others therein;

(v) to make, support or oppose any request for an order appointing a trustee or examiner in any Insolvency Proceeding (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement); or

(vi) otherwise file in any Insolvency Proceeding (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) any pleadings, objections, motions or agreements that assert rights available to unsecured creditors of an obligor arising under bankruptcy law or applicable non-bankruptcy law, to the extent consistent with the terms and provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement, including filings in respect of any disclosure statement, plan of reorganization or liquidation or other matters relating to the administration of an Insolvency Proceeding (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement).

 

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Article 14

COLLATERAL

Section 14.01 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 Guarantor pursuant to its Note Guarantee, the payment of all other Obligations and the performance of all other obligations of the Company and the Guarantors under the Note Documents and any Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations 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 Guarantors and the Collateral Agent (and, to the extent applicable, the Trustee and the representatives of the holders of Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations) as required or permitted by this Indenture.

(b) The Company shall, and shall cause each Guarantor to, and each Guarantor shall execute the Security Agreement and each other Security Document necessary to create a Lien in all the assets of the Company and each Guarantor securing the Senior Lien Obligations on the Issue Date (other than Excluded Property) 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 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 Guarantor on the Issue Date that is subject to a mortgage that secures the Senior Lien Obligations, the Company or such Guarantor, as applicable, shall also deliver the following within 120 days of closing (collectively, “ Mortgage Deliverables ”), but, if Senior Lien Obligations are in effect when mortgages were put in place to secure Senior Lien Obligations, only to the extent such deliverables were provided to the holders of the Senior Lien Obligations in connection with their mortgage on such property: (i) a fully paid policy or policies or marked-up unconditional binder having the same effect of lender’s title insurance, paid for by the Company and the Guarantors, in an amount equal to the amount of title insurance obtained pursuant to the Senior Lien Obligations, 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 Senior Lien Obligations, (iii) a customary opinion of counsel addressing such matters as were addressed in the comparable opinion provided to the holders of Senior 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) If the Company or any Guarantor acquires any property that is required to be Collateral pursuant to this Indenture or the Security Documents, or any Restricted Subsidiary becomes a Guarantor that is required to pledge its assets as Collateral pursuant to this Indenture or the Security Documents, the Company or such 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 (to the extent required by the Security Documents), subject to no prior Liens other than Permitted Liens (including the Senior Liens on such assets). To the extent that the Company or such Guarantor is 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 Senior Lien Obligations, the Company or such 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, or the applicable perfection requirements, consistent with the terms of the Security Documents, the Intercreditor Agreement 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.

(d) The Company and each 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 (to the extent required by the Security Documents) with the priority required by the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement, all at the expense of the Company and 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.

(e) With respect to all Commercial Motor Vehicles covered by a certificate of title or ownership, in each case with an individual Fair Market Value of $25,000.00 or more per Commercial Motor Vehicle (it being understood and agreed that, for the avoidance of doubt, in determining the Fair Market Value of any such Commercial Motor Vehicle, the Fair Market Value of any equipment installed thereon shall be included in any such determination), use commercially reasonable efforts to:

(i) within 120 days after the Issue Date, cause to be delivered to the applicable governmental authority a duly completed application, pay any applicable fees and take any other actions within its control necessary in order to cause the certificate of title for such Commercial Motor Vehicle at all times to be registered with the applicable governmental authority showing “U.S. Bank National Association, as Collateral Agent” as lienholder, other than those Commercial Motor Vehicles registered in a state that prohibits a second lien being noted on the certificate of title or ownership with respect to such Commercial Vehicle,

(ii) if necessary to perfect in any jurisdiction, cause the Liens of the Collateral Agent to be identified on a notice of lien or other filing made in the appropriate filing office in the applicable jurisdiction and pay all applicable fees in connection therewith, and

 

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(iii) deliver the original certificates of title for such Commercial Motor Vehicles and any document evidencing official notification from the applicable governmental authority of the perfection of the Security Interest in any Commercial Motor Vehicles to the Collateral Agent or its agent, including any service company for purposes of effecting the requirements of this clause (e).

(f) Within the time period provided in Section 3.4(b) of the Security Agreement, with respect to each Deposit Account (as defined in the Security Agreement) listed on Schedule 15(a) to the Perfection Certificate (as defined in the Security Agreement), enter into and deliver a Deposit Account Control Agreement (as defined in the Security Agreement) to the extent possible after using commercially reasonable efforts.

Section 14.02 Collateral Agent.

(a) The Collateral Agent shall have all the rights and protections provided in the Security Documents and, additionally, shall have all the rights and protections in its dealings under the Security Documents as are provided to the Trustee under Article 7.

(b) Subject to Section 7.01, none of the Collateral Agent, Trustee, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent, Registrar or transfer 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, validity, perfection, priority, sufficiency, protection or enforcement of any Note Liens or any other security interest in the Collateral, or any defect or deficiency as to any such matters.

(c) Except as required or permitted by the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement, the Holders, by accepting a Note, acknowledge that the Collateral Agent will not be obligated:

(1) to act upon directions purported to be delivered to it by any Person, except in accordance with the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement;

(2) to foreclose upon or otherwise enforce any Note Lien; or

(3) to take any other action whatsoever with regard to any or all of the Note Liens, Security Documents or Collateral.

(d) The Collateral Agent is authorized and empowered to appoint one or more sub-agents as it deems necessary or appropriate.

(e) If the Company (i) incurs Senior Lien Obligations at any time when no Intercreditor Agreement is in effect or at any time when Indebtedness constituting Senior 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 Senior Lien Obligations so incurred, the Collateral Agent shall (and is hereby authorized and directed to) enter into such Intercreditor Agreement and bind

 

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the Holders on the terms set forth therein and perform and observe its obligations thereunder; provided that such Intercreditor Agreement (x) is entered into within 90 days after such Intercreditor Agreement referred to in clause (i) ceased to be in effect or was retired and (y) contains terms no less favorable to the Holders than such Intercreditor Agreement referred to in clause (i).

Section 14.03 Authorization of Actions to Be Taken.

(a) Each Holder of Notes, by its acceptance thereof, (i) consents and agrees to the terms of each Security Document and the Intercreditor Agreement, as originally in effect and as amended, supplemented or replaced from time to time in accordance with its terms or the terms of this Indenture, (ii) authorizes and directs the Trustee and the Collateral Agent to enter into the Security Documents to which it is a party, (iii) authorizes and empowers the Trustee and the Collateral Agent to execute and deliver the Intercreditor Agreement and (iv) authorizes and empowers the Trustee and the Collateral Agent to bind the Holders of Notes 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 Trustee is authorized and empowered to receive for the benefit of the Holders of Notes any funds collected or distributed to the Collateral Agent under the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement to which the Trustee is a party and, subject to the terms of the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement, 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 and Section 7.02, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement, the Trustee may (but shall not be obligated to), 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:

(1) foreclose upon or otherwise enforce any or all of the Note Liens;

(2) enforce any of the terms of the Security Documents to which the Collateral Agent or the Trustee is a party (subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement); or

(3) collect and receive payment of any and all Obligations hereunder.

Subject to the Intercreditor Agreement and at the Company’s sole cost and expense, the Trustee is hereby authorized and empowered by each Holder of Notes (by its acceptance thereof) to institute and maintain, or direct the Collateral Agent to institute and maintain, such suits and proceedings as it may deem reasonably expedient to protect or enforce the Note 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 or this Indenture, and such suits and proceedings as the Trustee may deem reasonably expedient, at the Company’s sole cost and expense, to preserve or protect its interests and the interests of the Holders in the Collateral, including power to institute and maintain suits or proceedings to restrain the enforcement of or compliance with any legislative or other

 

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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 Note Liens or be prejudicial to the interests of Holders or the Trustee.

Section 14.04 Release of Collateral.

(a) Collateral may be released from the Lien and security interest created by the Security Documents at any time or from time to time in accordance with the provisions of the Security Documents and in accordance with Article 9. In addition, the Company and the Guarantors will be entitled to the release of assets included in the Collateral from the Note Liens, and the Trustee shall (or, if the Trustee is not then the Collateral Agent, shall direct the Collateral Agent to) release the same from such Liens at the Company’s sole cost and expense, under any one or more of the following circumstances without the need for any further action (other than as provided for by this Section 14.04) by any Person:

(i) pursuant to an amendment or waiver in accordance with Article 9;

(ii) in whole or in part, as applicable, as to all or any portion of property subject to such Note Liens which has been taken by eminent domain, condemnation or other similar circumstances;

(iii) in part, as to any property that (1) is sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of by the Company or any Guarantor (other than to the Company or another Guarantor) in a transaction not prohibited by this Indenture at the time of such sale, transfer or disposition, (2) is owned or at any time acquired by a Guarantor that has been released from its guarantee pursuant to Section 12.05, concurrently with the release of such guarantee or (3) is or becomes Excluded Property; and

(iv) as to property that constitutes less than all or substantially all of the Collateral securing the Notes, with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting as a single class (which consent may be obtained in connection with an exchange offer or tender offer and associated consent solicitation); and

(v) upon the release of all Liens on such property or assets securing Senior Lien Obligations in accordance with Section 3(b)(2) of the Intercreditor Agreement; provided , however , that (i) in the case of a sale or Disposition (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) pursuant to clause (A) of such Section 3(b)(2), if the proceeds thereof are not applied in accordance with Section 9(c) of the Intercreditor Agreement to repay the Senior Lien Obligations or Note Obligations, such sale or Disposition (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) is permitted pursuant to the terms of the Note Documents, and (ii) in the case of a release pursuant to clause (A) of such Section 3(b)(2) (other than in connection with a sale or Disposition (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) pursuant to, and in accordance with, clause (v)(i) above), if such release is of property or assets that has a value, together with the aggregate value of all prior releases of property or assets pursuant to this clause (v), that is in excess of $15.0 million (excluding, for purposes of the $15.0 million cap, any Environmental Sensitive Real Property (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement)) such release is permitted pursuant to the terms of the Note Documents.

 

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With respect to any release of Collateral requiring the Trustee’s consent or other release hereunder, upon receipt of an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that all conditions precedent under this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement to such release have been met and that it is proper for the Trustee or Collateral Agent to execute and deliver the documents requested by the Company in connection with such release, and any necessary or proper instruments of termination, satisfaction or release prepared by the Company, the Trustee shall, or shall cause the Collateral Agent to, execute, deliver or acknowledge (at the Company’s expense) such instruments or releases to evidence the release of any Collateral permitted to be released pursuant to this Indenture or the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement. Neither the Trustee nor the Collateral Agent shall be liable for any such release undertaken in reliance upon any such Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel, and the Trustee and the Collateral Agent shall not be under any obligation to release any such Lien and security interest, or execute and deliver any such instrument of release, satisfaction or termination, unless and until it receives such Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) 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, if the Trustee is not then the Collateral Agent, 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 and (ii) if any asset of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that was released from the Note Liens pursuant to this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreement or the Security Documents is subsequently subject to any Lien to secure Senior Lien Obligations, such Company or Restricted Subsidiary shall concurrently grant a Lien on such asset to secure the Note Obligations.

Section 14.05 Use of Collateral; Compliance with Section 314(d) of the TIA .

(a) Unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Collateral Agent shall have commenced enforcement of remedies under the Security Documents, except to the extent otherwise provided in the Security Documents, this Indenture or the Senior Credit Agreement or other Senior Facility Documents, the Company and the Guarantors will have the right to remain in possession and retain exclusive control of the Collateral to alter or repair the Collateral, to freely operate the Collateral and to collect, invest and dispose of any income thereon.

(b) The release of any Collateral from the terms of this Indenture will not be deemed to impair the security under this Indenture in contravention of provisions hereof if and to the extent the Collateral is released pursuant to the terms hereof. To the extent applicable, the Company will comply with Section 314(d) of the TIA relating to the release of property or securities subject to the Lien of the Security Documents. Any certificate or opinion required by Section 314(d) of the TIA may be made by an Officer of the Company except in cases where Section 314(d) of the TIA requires that such certificate or opinion be made by an independent Person, which Person will be an independent engineer, appraiser or other expert selected by the

 

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Company. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this paragraph, the Company will not be required to comply with all or any portion of Section 314(d) of the TIA if it determines, in good faith based on advice of counsel, that under the terms of Section 314(d) of the TIA and/or any interpretation or guidance as to the meaning thereof of the SEC and its staff, including “no action” letters or exemptive orders, all or any portion of Section 314(d) of the TIA is inapplicable to the released Collateral.

Section 14.06 Powers Exercisable by Receiver or Trustee.

In case the Collateral shall be in the possession of a receiver or trustee, lawfully appointed, the powers conferred in this Article 14 upon the Company or a Guarantor with respect to the release, sale or other disposition of such property may be exercised by such receiver or trustee, and an instrument signed by such receiver or trustee shall be deemed the equivalent of any similar instrument of the Company or a Guarantor or of any officer or officers thereof required by the provisions of this Article 14; and if the Trustee or the Collateral Agent shall be in the possession of the Collateral under any provision of this Indenture, then such powers may be exercised by the Trustee or the Collateral Agent, as the case may be.

Section 14.07 Voting.

In connection with any matter under the Security Agreement requiring a vote of holders of Secured Obligations (as defined in the Security Agreement), the holders of such Secured Obligations shall be treated as a single class and the Holders shall cast their votes in accordance with this Indenture. The amount of the Notes to be voted by the Holders will equal the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Notes. Following and in accordance with the outcome of the applicable vote under this Indenture, the Trustee shall vote the total amount of the Notes as a block in respect of any vote under the Security Agreement.

Section 14.08 Appointment and Authorization of U.S. Bank National Association as Collateral Agent.

(a) U.S. Bank National Association is hereby designated and appointed as the Collateral Agent of the Holders under the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement, and is authorized as the Collateral Agent for such Holders to execute and enter into each of the Security Documents, the Intercreditor Agreement and all other instruments relating to the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement and (i) to take action and exercise such powers and remedies as are expressly required or permitted hereunder and under the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement and all instruments relating hereto and thereto and (ii) to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are, in each case, expressly delegated to the Collateral Agent by the terms hereof and thereof, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental hereto and thereto.

(b) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreement or the Security Documents, the Collateral Agent shall not have (i) any duties or responsibilities except those expressly set forth herein or therein or (ii) any fiduciary relationship with any Holder, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreement or any Security Document or otherwise exist against the Collateral Agent.

 

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The Collateral Agent may consult with counsel of its selection and the advice or opinion of such counsel as to matters of law shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of any action taken, omitted or suffered by it hereunder or under the Intercreditor Agreement or the Security Documents in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel.

Section 14.09 Recordings and Opinions .

(a) The Company and the Guarantors shall furnish to the Collateral Agent and the Trustee on January 31 of each year, commencing January 31, 2016, an Opinion of Counsel, dated as of such date, stating that:

(1) in the opinion of such counsel, (A) no further action was necessary to maintain the perfection of the security interest in the Collateral described in both the applicable UCC-1 financing statement and the Security Agreement and for which perfection under the UCC of the Company’s or applicable Guarantor’s jurisdiction of organization may occur by the filing of a UCC-1 financing statement with the appropriate filing office of the applicable party’s jurisdiction of organization, and (B) based on relevant laws as in effect on the date of such Opinion of Counsel, all financing statements and continuation statements have been executed and filed that are necessary as of such date and during the succeeding 12 months fully to preserve and perfect the Note Liens, to the extent the Note Liens can be perfected by such; and

(2) in the opinions of such counsel, no further action is necessary to maintain such Liens as effective and perfected.

Section 14.10 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 Officers’ 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, 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.

Section 14.11 Bonded Contracts .

(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in the Security Documents, if, pursuant to the terms of any Surety Bond, the Surety issuing such Surety Bond is required or has elected to complete the performance of the related Bonded Contract on behalf of

 

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the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (a “ Bonded Contract Default ”), any Lien in favor of such Surety, whether existing on the Issue Date or thereafter created, in any Surety Priority Collateral securing such Surety Bond shall be senior to the Liens under the Security Documents in such Surety Priority Collateral.

(b) In the event of a Bonded Contract Default:

(1) neither the Trustee nor the Collateral Agent shall take any action to foreclose or otherwise realize upon, or take any other enforcement action with respect to the Surety Priority Collateral related to such Bonded Contract until the earliest to occur of:

(A) completion of the projects under such Bonded Contract and reimbursement to the Surety of all reimbursement obligations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries relating to such projects under such Bonded Contract, and

(B) if the Surety is released from any obligations with respect to such Bonded Contract or the related project (because of the termination or cancellation of the project or Bonded Contract or any release or settlement of any obligations the Surety may have with respect to such project or otherwise), reimbursement to such Surety of all reimbursement obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company relating to such projects.

(2) the Surety shall be entitled to use, solely for the purpose of completing such Bonded Contract, any inventory of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that was purchased specifically for the completion of such Bonded Contract.

(c) If no Senior Credit Agreement is then in effect, the Collateral Agent shall, upon the request of any Surety that has issued a Surety Bond for the account of the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company, to enter into an Equipment Utilization Agreement with such Surety.

(d) Each Surety issuing a Surety Bond for the account of the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company for any Bonded Contract secured by Surety Priority Collateral shall be a third party beneficiary of this Section 14.11.

Article 15

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 15.01 Trust Indenture Act Controls . Except as expressly provided for herein, if any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies, or conflicts with another provision that is required to be included in this Indenture by the TIA, the required provision will control.

Section 15.02 Notices . Any request, demand, authorization, notice, waiver, consent or communication will be in writing and delivered in Person or mailed by first-class mail, postage prepaid, addressed as follows or transmitted by facsimile transmission, electronic mail or other similar means of unsecured electronic methods to the following:

 

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if to the Company or a Guarantor:

Layne Christensen Company

1800 Hughes Landing Boulevard

Suite 700

The Woodlands, TX, 77380

Facsimile: (281) 475-2733

Attention: Chief Financial Officer

with a copy to:

Layne Christensen Company

1800 Hughes Landing Boulevard

Suite 700

The Woodlands, TX, 77380

Facsimile: (281) 475-2758

Attention: General Counsel

if to the Trustee, Collateral Agent, Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent:

U.S. Bank National Association

333 Commerce Street, Suite 800

Nashville, TN 37201

Facsimile: (615) 251-0737

Attn: Global Corporate Trust Services

The Company, the Guarantors or the Trustee, by notice given to the other in the manner provided above, may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.

Any notice or communication given to a Holder will be mailed to the Holder, by first class mail, postage prepaid, at the Holder’s address as it appears on the registration books of the Registrar and will be deemed given on the date of such mailing; provided , however , that with respect to any Global Note, such notice or communication will be sent to the Holder thereof pursuant to the Applicable Procedures.

Failure to mail or send a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it will not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders. If a notice or communication is mailed or sent in the manner provided above, it is duly given, whether or not received by the addressee.

If the Company or any Guarantor mails or sends a notice or communication to the Holders, it will, at the same time, mail a copy to the Trustee and each of the Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent.

If the Company or any Guarantor is required under this Indenture to give a notice to the Holders, in lieu of delivering such notice to the Holders, the Company or such Guarantor may deliver such notice to the Trustee and cause the Trustee, at the Company’s or Guarantor’s

 

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expense, as applicable, to have delivered such notice to the Holders on or prior to the date on which the Company or such Guarantor would otherwise have been required to deliver such notice to the Holders. In such a case, the Company or such Guarantor will also cause the Trustee to mail a copy of the notice to each of the Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee) at the same time it sends the notice to the Holders.

Section 15.03 Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent . Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under this Indenture other than the authentication of the initial Global Note on the Issue Date, the Company will furnish to the Trustee:

(a) an Officers’ Certificate stating that, in the judgment or 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 stating that, in the judgment or opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent relating to the proposed action (to the extent of legal conclusions and subject to reasonable assumptions and exclusions) have been complied with.

Section 15.04 Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion . Each Officers’ Certificate or Opinion of Counsel with respect to compliance with a covenant or condition (except for such Officers’ Certificate required to be delivered pursuant to Section 4.05 hereof) provided for in this Indenture will include:

(a) a statement that each Person making such Officers’ Certificate or Opinion of Counsel 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, judgments or opinions contained in such Officers’ Certificate or Opinion of Counsel are based;

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

(d) a statement that, in the judgment or opinion of such Person, such covenant or condition has been complied with.

Section 15.05 Separability Clause . In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Notes will be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions will not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

Section 15.06 Rules by Trustee . The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by, or a meeting of, Holders.

Section 15.07 Governing Law and Waiver of Jury Trial . THE INDENTURE AND EACH NOTE AND NOTE GUARANTEE WILL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED

 

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IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. EACH OF THE COMPANY, THE GUARANTORS, THE TRUSTEE AND THE COLLATERAL AGENT 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 TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

Section 15.08 No Recourse Against Others . A director, officer, employee, member, manager or stockholder, as such, of the Company or any Guarantor will not have any liability for any obligations of the Company or the Guarantors under the Notes, this Indenture, the Note Guarantees, the Intercreditor Agreement or the Security Documents or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. By accepting a Note, each Holder waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of the Notes and the Note Guarantees.

Section 15.09 Calculations . Except as otherwise provided in this Indenture, the Company will be responsible for making all calculations called for under the Notes and this Indenture. These calculations include, but are not limited to, determinations of the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock or any other security, the amount and type of Conversion Consideration due upon the conversion of any Note, accrued interest payable on the Notes and the Conversion Rate in effect on any Conversion Date.

The Company will make all calculations in good faith and, absent manifest error, its calculations will be final and binding on all Holders. The Company will provide a schedule of its calculations to each of the Trustee and the Conversion Agent, and each of the Trustee and Conversion Agent is entitled to rely conclusively upon the accuracy of the Company’s calculations without independent verification. If any Holder requests from the Trustee a copy of such schedule, the Trustee will promptly forward a copy of such schedule to such Holder.

All calculations will be made to the nearest cent (with 0.5 of a cent rounded upward) or to the nearest 1/10,000th of a share (with 5/100,000ths rounded upward), as the case may be.

Section 15.10 Successors . All agreements of the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee, the Collateral Agent, the Registrar, the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent in this Indenture and the Notes will bind their respective successors.

Section 15.11 Multiple Originals . The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy will be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. One signed copy is enough to prove this Indenture. The exchange of copies of this Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmission will constitute effective execution and delivery of this Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF will be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.

Section 15.12 Table of Contents; Headings . The table of contents 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 will not modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

 

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Section 15.13 Force Majeure . The Trustee, Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent will not incur any liability for not performing any act or fulfilling any duty, obligation or responsibility hereunder by reason of any occurrence beyond the control of such Person (including, but not limited to, any act or provision of any present or future law or regulation or governmental authority, any act of God or war, civil unrest, local or national disturbance or disaster, any act of terrorism, or the unavailability of the Federal Reserve Bank wire or facsimile or other wire or communication facility).

Section 15.14 Submission to Jurisdiction . Each of the Company and Guarantors: (a) agrees that any suit, action or proceeding against it arising out of or relating to this Indenture or the Notes, as the case may be, may be instituted in any U.S. federal court with applicable subject matter jurisdiction sitting in The City of New York; (b) waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such suit, action or proceeding, and any claim that any suit, action or proceeding in such a court has been brought in an inconvenient forum; and (c) submits to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of such courts in any suit, action or proceeding.

Section 15.15 Legal Holidays . If the Maturity Date or any Interest Payment Date, Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, date upon which any Notes are to be repurchased pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer, Redemption Date or Conversion Date is not a Business Day, then any action to be taken on such date need not be taken on such date, but may be taken on the immediately following Business Day with the same force and effect as if taken on such date, and no interest will accrue for the period from and after such date.

Section 15.16 Benefits of Indenture . Except as provided in Section 14.11, nothing in this Indenture or in the Notes or the Note Guarantees, expressed or implied, will give to any Person, other than the parties hereto, any Paying Agent, Conversion Agent, Registrar, and their successors hereunder, and the Holders any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.

Section 15.17 U.S.A. Patriot Act . The parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the U.S.A. Patriot Act, the Trustee, like all financial institutions, in order to help fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering, is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account with the Trustee. The parties to this Indenture agree that they will provide the Trustee with such information as it may request in order for the Trustee to satisfy the requirements of the U.S.A. Patriot Act.

Section 15.18 Tax Withholding . Nothing herein shall preclude any tax withholding required by law or regulation. In addition, if the Company or other applicable withholding agent pays withholding taxes on behalf of a Holder or beneficial owner of a Note as a result of an adjustment to the Conversion Rate, the Company or other applicable withholding agent may, at its option, set off such payments against payments of cash and shares of Common Stock on the Note.

 

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[ Signature Pages Follow ]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed as a deed the day and year first before written.

L AYNE C HRISTENSEN C OMPANY , as Issuer

 

By:

/s/ Andrew T. Atchison

Name: Andrew T. Atchison
Title: Chief Financial Officer

BENCOR CORPORATION OF AMERICA - FOUNDATION SPECIALIST

BOYLES BROS. DRILLING COMPANY

CHRISTENSEN BOYLES CORPORATION

COLLECTOR WELLS INTERNATIONAL, INC.

FENIX SUPPLY, LLC

INLINER TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

INTERNATIONAL DIRECTIONAL SERVICES, L.L.C.

LAYNE HEAVY CIVIL, INC.

LAYNE INLINER, LLC

LAYNE INTERNATIONAL, LLC

LAYNE SOUTHWEST, INC.

LAYNE TRANSPORT CO.

LINER PRODUCTS, LLC

MEADORS CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.

MID-CONTINENT DRILLING COMPANY

REYNOLDS WATER ISLAMORADA, LLC

VIBRATION TECHNOLOGY, INC.

W.L. HAILEY & COMPANY, INC.,

as Guarantors

 

By:

/s/ Andrew T. Atchison

Name: Andrew T. Atchison
Title: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Signature Page

8.00% Senior Secured Second Lien Convertible Notes Indenture


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being duly authorized, has executed this Indenture as of the day and year first before written.

 

U.S. B ANK  N ATIONAL  A SSOCIATION , as Trustee and

Collateral Agent

By:  

/s/ Wally Jones

Name:    Wally Jones
Title:   Vice President

Signature Page

8.00% Senior Secured Second Lien Convertible Notes Indenture


EXHIBIT A

FORM OF NOTE

[FORM OF FACE OF NOTE]

NO AFFILIATE (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) OF THE COMPANY MAY PURCHASE OR OTHERWISE ACQUIRE THIS NOTE OR ANY BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN.

[ Include the following legend for Global Notes only (the Global Notes Legend ”): ]

THIS IS A GLOBAL NOTE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, WHICH MAY BE TREATED BY THE COMPANY, THE TRUSTEE AND ANY AGENT THEREOF AS OWNER AND HOLDER OF THIS NOTE FOR ALL PURPOSES.

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

TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE WILL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE, AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE WILL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN ARTICLE 2 OF THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF.

[ Include the following legend on all Notes that are Restricted Notes (the Restricted Notes Legend ) : ]

THE SALE OF THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, PRIOR TO THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE (AS DEFINED BELOW), THIS NOTE (AND ANY BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN) MAY NOT BE OFFERED, RESOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, EXCEPT:

 

  (A) TO THE COMPANY OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF;

 

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  (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT HAS BECOME EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT;

 

  (C) TO A PERSON THAT YOU REASONABLY BELIEVE TO BE A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT; OR

 

  (D) UNDER ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT (INCLUDING, IF AVAILABLE, THE EXEMPTION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT).

THE “RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE” MEANS THE DATE: (A) THAT IS AT LEAST ONE YEAR AFTER THE LAST ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE OF THE COMPANY’S 8.00% SENIOR SECURED SECOND LIEN CONVERTIBLE NOTES; AND (B) ON WHICH THE COMPANY HAS INSTRUCTED THE TRUSTEE THAT THIS LEGEND WILL NO LONGER APPLY, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE FOR THE NOTES.

PRIOR TO ANY TRANSFER PURSUANT TO THE FOREGOING CLAUSE (D), THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF SUCH CERTIFICATIONS, LEGAL OPINIONS OR OTHER INFORMATION AS THEY MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE AND MAY RELY UPON TO CONFIRM THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS BEING MADE PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.

 

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No.: [                 ]

CUSIP:              [                 ]*

ISIN:                  [                 ]*

Principal Amount $ [        ]

[as revised by the Schedule of Increases

and Decreases of Global Note attached hereto] 1

Layne Christensen Company

8.00% Senior Secured Second Lien Convertible Notes

Layne Christensen Company, a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), promises to pay to [                ] , 2 or registered assigns, the principal amount of $ [        ] [ (as revised by the Schedule of Increases and Decreases of Global Note attached hereto) ] 3 on the Maturity Date (as defined in the within-mentioned Indenture).

Interest Payment Dates: May 1 and November 1, beginning [May 1, 2015].

Regular Record Dates: April 15 and October 15 of each year, beginning [April 15, 2015].

Additional provisions of this Note are set forth on the other side of this Note.

 

* Upon the removal of the Restricted Notes Legend in accordance with the within-mentioned Indenture, these CUSIP and ISIN numbers will be deemed removed and replaced with CUSIP number [                ] and ISIN number [                ] .

 

1   Include for Global Notes only.
2   Insert Cede & Co. for Global Notes.
3 Include for Global Notes only.

 

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L AYNE C HRISTENSEN C OMPANY
By:

 

Name: 

Title:

Dated:

 

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TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

U.S. B ANK N ATIONAL A SSOCIATION , as Trustee, certifies that this is one of the Notes referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

By:

 

Authorized Signatory
Dated:

 

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[ FORM OF REVERSE OF NOTE ]

Layne Christensen Company

8.00% Senior Secured Second Lien Convertible Notes

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of notes of Layne Christensen Company (the “ Company ”), designated as its 8.00% Senior Secured Second Lien Convertible Notes (the “ Notes ”), all issued or to be issued under and pursuant to an indenture dated as of the Issue Date (the “ Indenture ”), among the Company, the guarantors party thereto (the “ Guarantors ”) and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”) and collateral agent (the “ Collateral Agent ”), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Collateral Agent, the Company, the Guarantors and the Holders. Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein have the meanings ascribed to them in the Indenture, and the terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those incorporated into the Indenture. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, to the extent that any provision of this Note conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture will govern and control. The Notes and the related Note Guarantees are secured obligations of the Company and the relevant Guarantors. The Notes and the related Note Guarantees are secured by the Collateral pursuant to the Security Documents referred to in the Indenture, subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement. The Note Liens, which secure the Notes and the related Note Guarantees, and the Senior Liens are subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement. Each Holder, by accepting a Note agrees that the Note Liens and the Senior Liens are subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement. The Holders, by accepting a Note, hereby authorize and direct the Trustee and the Collateral Agent to enter into the Intercreditor Agreement on behalf of the Holders and agree that the Holders shall comply with the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement applicable to them in their capacities as such to the same extent as if the Holders were parties thereto.

 

1. Interest .

This Note will bear interest at a rate equal to 8.00% per annum. Interest on this Note will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or provided for, or, if no interest has been paid or provided for, [ February 26, 2015 ] . Interest will be payable semiannually in arrears on May 1 and November 1 of each year, beginning on [ May 1, 2015 ] . Each payment of cash interest on this Note will include interest accrued for the period commencing on and including the immediately preceding Interest Payment Date (or, if none, [February 26, 2015]) through, and including, the day before the applicable Interest Payment Date.

Pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Indenture, in certain circumstances, the Company will pay Additional Interest on this Note.

Pursuant to Section 2.04 of the Indenture, in certain circumstances, the Company will pay Default Interest on Defaulted Amounts with respect to this Note.

 

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2. Method of Payment .

The Company will promptly make all payments on this Note on the dates and in the manner provided herein and in the Indenture. Payments on Notes represented by a Global Note (including principal and interest) will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by Depositary. The Company will pay principal of, and any Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, Net Proceeds Offer Price or Redemption Price for, Definitive Notes at the office or agency designated by the Company for such purpose. Interest on Definitive Notes will be made by check or by wire transfer, as described in Section 2.04, except that any payment of Interest due on the Maturity Date will be made at the office or agency designated by the Company for such purpose. All payments on this Note will be made in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.

 

3. Paying Agent, Conversion Agent and Registrar .

Initially, U.S. Bank National Association will act as the Trustee, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent and Registrar. The Company may appoint and change any Paying Agent, Conversion Agent or Registrar, provided that the Company will maintain at least one Paying Agent, Conversion Agent and Registrar in the continental United States. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their Affiliates may act as Paying Agent, Conversion Agent or Registrar.

 

4. Repurchase By the Company at the Option of the Holder .

At the option of the Holder, and subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, upon the occurrence of a Fundamental Change, each Holder will have the right, at its option, to require the Company to repurchase for cash all of its Notes, or any portion of its Notes having a principal amount equal to $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof (so long as the remaining portion of any such Notes equals $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof), at a Fundamental Change Repurchase Price equal to 100% of the principal amount of Notes to be purchased plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to but excluding, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, unless the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date occurs after a Regular Record Date and on or prior to the Interest Payment Date corresponding to such Regular Record Date, in which case the Company will pay the accrued and unpaid interest on such Notes, on such Interest Payment Date, to the Holder of such Notes as of the Close of Business on such Regular Record Date, and the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price shall not include such accrued and unpaid interest. To exercise its purchase right, a Holder must comply with the procedures set forth in Article 3 of the Indenture.

Upon the occurrence of an Asset Sale or Casualty or Condemnation Event, the Company may be obligated to make an offer to purchase the Notes from the Holders with Excess Proceeds of such Asset Sale or Casualty or Condemnation Event at a purchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount of such Notes plus accrued interest on such principal amount to the date of purchase, as provided in, and subject to the terms of, the Indenture.

 

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5. Redemption at the Option of the Company .

At any time and from time to time prior to the Maturity Date, the Company may redeem all, but not less than all, of the Notes; provided , however , that no such redemption shall be permitted for a Redemption Date that will not occur during an Open Redemption Period unless the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock equals or exceeds 140% of the Conversion Price in effect on each of at least 20 Trading Days during the 30 consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately prior to the date the Company delivers the Redemption Notice for such redemption. Any Redemption Date must be at least 30, but not more than 45, calendar days after the date on which the Company delivers the applicable Redemption Notice. The Redemption Price that the Company will pay for any Notes that it redeems will equal to 100% of the principal amount of Notes to be purchased plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the Redemption Date (plus, in the case of a Redemption Date that is during an Open Redemption Period, the Applicable Premium); provided , however , that if the Redemption Date occurs after a Regular Record Date and on or before the Interest Payment Date corresponding to such Regular Record Date, then the Redemption Price for any Notes to be redeemed on such Redemption Date will not include accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, such Redemption Date, and accrued and unpaid interest on such notes to, but excluding, such Interest Payment Date will be paid, on such Interest Payment Date, to the Holder of such Notes at the Close of Business on such Regular Record Date.

 

6. Conversion .

Subject to, and upon compliance with, the provisions of Article 10 of the Indenture, a Holder may, at its option, convert all of its Notes, or any portion of its Notes having a principal amount equal to $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof (so long as the remaining portion of any such Notes equals $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof), into Conversion Consideration, as provided in Article 10 of the Indenture, based on the Conversion Rate. Notes may not be converted after the Close of Business on the Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Maturity Date.

 

7. Ranking and Collateral .

The Notes and the Note Guarantees are general senior secured obligations of the Company and the Guarantors, respectively, and are pari passu in right of payment with all existing and future Indebtedness of the Company and the Guarantors that is not, by its terms, expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or Note Guarantees. The security interests securing the Notes and the Note Guarantees will be, pursuant to the Intercreditor Agreement, second in priority to any and all security interests at any time granted to secure the Senior Lien Obligations.

 

8. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange .

The Notes are in fully registered form, without coupons, in minimum denominations of $2,000 of principal amount and in integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder may transfer or exchange Notes in accordance with the Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not transfer or exchange any Notes (i) in respect of which a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice

 

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has been given and not withdrawn (except, in the case of a Note to be repurchased in part, the portion of the Note not to be repurchased), (ii) that is to be repurchased pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer (except, in the case of a Note to be repurchased in part, the portion of the Note not to be repurchased), (iii) after the Company has delivered a Notice of Redemption (except to the extent that Notes are converted or the Company fails to pay the Redemption Price in accordance with Article 11 of the Indenture) or (iv) in respect of which a Conversion Notice has been given (except, in the case of a Note to be converted in part, the portion of the Note not to be converted).

 

9. Amendment, Supplement and Waiver .

Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture permits the Indenture, the Notes, the Note Guarantees, the Intercreditor Agreement and any Security Documents to be amended or supplemented with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes. In certain circumstances, the Company and the Trustee may also amend or supplement the Indenture, the Notes, the Note Guarantees, the Intercreditor Agreement or any Security Documents without the consent of any Holder. Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture permits the waiver of certain Events of Default or the noncompliance with certain provisions of the Indenture, the Notes, the Note Guarantees, the Intercreditor Agreement and any Security Documents with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes.

In addition, (x) subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, any amendment to, or waiver of, the provisions of the Indenture, the Notes, the Note Guarantees, the Intercreditor Agreement or any Security Document that has the effect of releasing all or substantially all of the Collateral from the Note Liens or (y) any changes in the provisions of 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 exercise of remedies with respect to such Collateral that adversely affects the Holders, shall require the consent of the Holders of at least 66 and 2/3% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding under the Indenture (including any consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange for the Notes).

 

10. Defaults and Remedies .

Subject to the immediately following paragraph, if an Event of Default specified in the Indenture occurs and is continuing, the Trustee, by delivering a written notice to the Company, or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, by delivering a written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may declare all the Notes to be due and payable immediately by delivering notice to the Company. In addition, certain specified Events of Default will cause the Notes to become immediately due and payable without the Trustee or Holders taking any action.

Holders may not enforce the Indenture, the Notes, the Note Guarantees, the Intercreditor Agreement and any Security Documents except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may refuse to enforce the Indenture, the Notes, the Note Guarantees, the Intercreditor Agreement and any Security Documents unless it receives indemnity or security satisfactory to it. Holders of a

 

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majority of the principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power, subject to certain limitations set forth in the Indenture. Subject to certain exceptions, the Trustee may withhold from Holders notice of any continuing Event of Default or Default if it determines that withholding notice is in their interest.

 

11. Persons Deemed Owners .

The Holder of this Note will be treated as the owner of this Note for all purposes.

 

12. Unclaimed Money or Notes .

The Trustee and the Paying Agent will return to the Company upon written request any money or securities held by them for the payment of any amount with respect to the Notes that remain unclaimed for two years, subject to applicable unclaimed property law. After return to the Company, Holders entitled to the money or securities must look to the Company for payment as general creditors, unless an applicable abandoned property law designates another Person.

 

13. Trustee Dealings with the Company .

The Trustee, 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 the Trustee.

 

14. Calculations in Respect of Notes .

Except as otherwise provided in the Indenture, the Company will be responsible for making all calculations called for under the Notes and the Indenture. These calculations include, but are not limited to, determinations of the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock or any other security, the amount and type of Conversion Consideration due upon the conversion of any Note, accrued interest payable on the Notes and the Conversion Rate in effect on any Conversion Date.

The Company will make all these calculations in good faith and, absent manifest error, its calculations will be final and binding on all Holders.

 

15. No Recourse Against Others .

A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company or any Guarantor will not have any liability for any obligations of the Company or the Guarantors under the Notes or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. By accepting a Note, each Holder waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of the Notes

 

16. Authentication .

This Note will not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee manually signs the Trustee’s certificate of authentication on the other side of this Note.

 

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17. Abbreviations .

Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gift to Minors Act).

 

18. GOVERNING LAW .

THE INDENTURE AND THE NOTES WILL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

19. CUSIP and ISIN Numbers .

Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Note Identification Procedures and the International Securities Identification Numbers Organisation, the Company has caused CUSIP and ISIN numbers to be printed on the Notes, and the Trustee may use CUSIP and ISIN numbers in any notices as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice, and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.

The Company will furnish to any Holder, upon written request and without charge, a copy of the Indenture which has in it the text of this Note. Requests may be made to:

Layne Christensen Company

1800 Hughes Landing Boulevard

Suite 700

The Woodlands, TX, 77380

Attention: Chief Financial Officer

 

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CONVERSION NOTICE

LAYNE CHRISTENSEN COMPANY

8.00% SENIOR SECURED SECOND LIEN CONVERTIBLE NOTES

To convert this Note, check the box   ¨

To convert the entire principal amount of this Note, check the box   ¨

To convert only a portion of the principal amount of this Note, check the box   ¨ and here specify the principal amount to be converted, which principal amount must equal $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof (so long as the remaining portion of this Note equals $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof):

 

$

 

Signature Guaranteed

 

Participant in a Recognized Signature
Guarantee Medallion Program
By:

 

Authorized Signatory

 

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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE

U.S. Bank National Association

333 Commerce Street, Suite 800

Nashville, TN 37201

Attention: Global Corporate Trust Services

The undersigned registered owner of this Note hereby acknowledges receipt of a notice from Layne Christensen Company (the “ Company ”) as to the occurrence of a Fundamental Change or Asset Sale or Casualty or Condemnation Event with respect to the Company and specifying the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date or the date (the “ Net Proceeds Offer Settlement Date ”) that Notes will be purchased pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer, as applicable, and requests and instructs the Company to pay to the Holder hereof in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Indenture referred to in this Note (1) the entire principal amount of this Note, or the portion thereof (that is equal to $1,000 principal amount or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof (so long as the remaining portion of this Note equals $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof)) below designated, and (2) if such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date or the Net Proceeds Offer Settlement Date, as applicable, does not occur during the period after a Regular Record Date and on or prior to the corresponding Interest Payment Date, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon to, but excluding, such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date or Net Proceeds Offer Settlement Date, as applicable. The amount the Company is required to repurchase in the case of a Net Proceeds Offer is subject to reduction as and to the extent provided in Section 4.15 of the Indenture.

Principal amount to be repaid (if less than all): $        ,000

Signature Guaranteed

 

 

Participant in a Recognized Signature

Guarantee Medallion Program

By:

 

Authorized Signatory

 

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[ Include for Global Note ]

SCHEDULE OF INCREASES AND DECREASES OF GLOBAL NOTE

Initial Principal Amount of Global Note: $[        ]

 

Date

   Amount of Increase
in Principal
Amount of Global
Note
   Amount of
Decrease in
Principal Amount
of Global Note
   Principal Amount
of Global Note
After Increase or
Decrease
   Notation by
Registrar or Note
Custodian
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           

 

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EXHIBIT B

FORM OF TRANSFER CERTIFICATE

LAYNE CHRISTENSEN COMPANY

8.00% SENIOR SECURED SECOND LIEN CONVERTIBLE NOTES

Transfer Certificate

In connection with any transfer of any of this Note, the undersigned registered owner of this Note hereby certifies, with respect to $         principal amount of the above-captioned Notes presented or surrendered on the date hereof (the “ Surrendered Note ”) for registration of transfer, or for exchange or conversion where the securities issuable upon such exchange or conversion are to be registered in a name other than that of the undersigned registered owner (each such transaction being a “ Transfer ”), that such Transfer complies with the restrictive legend set forth on the face of the Surrendered Note for the reason checked below:

¨ The Transfer of the Surrendered Note is being made to the Company or a Subsidiary thereof; or

¨ The Transfer of the Surrendered Note complies with Rule 144A under the Securities Act; or

¨ The Transfer of the Surrendered Note is being made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act; or

¨ The Transfer of the Surrendered Note is being made pursuant to another available exemption from the registration requirement of the Securities Act.

 

Date:

 

By:

 

(If the registered owner is a corporation, partnership or fiduciary, the title of the Person signing on behalf of such registered owner must be stated.)

 

Signature Guaranteed

 

Participant in a Recognized Signature

Guarantee Medallion Program
By:

 

Authorized Signatory

 

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EXHIBIT C

[FORM OF RESTRICTED STOCK LEGEND]

THE SALE OF THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”) OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND, ACCORDINGLY, PRIOR TO THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE (AS DEFINED BELOW), THIS SECURITY (AND ANY BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN) MAY NOT BE OFFERED, RESOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, EXCEPT:

 

  (A) TO THE COMPANY OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF;

 

  (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT HAS BECOME EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT;

 

  (C) TO A PERSON THAT YOU REASONABLY BELIEVE TO BE A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT; OR

 

  (D) UNDER ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT (INCLUDING, IF AVAILABLE, THE EXEMPTION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT).

THE “RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE” MEANS THE DATE: (A) THAT IS AT LEAST ONE YEAR AFTER THE LAST ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE OF THE COMPANY’S 8.00% SENIOR SECURED SECOND LIEN CONVERTIBLE NOTES; AND (B) SUCH LATER DATE, IF ANY, AS MAY BE REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW.

PRIOR TO ANY TRANSFER PURSUANT TO THE FOREGOING CLAUSE (D), THE COMPANY AND THE TRANSFER AGENT RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF SUCH CERTIFICATIONS, LEGAL OPINIONS OR OTHER INFORMATION AS THEY MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE AND MAY RELY UPON TO CONFIRM THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS BEING MADE PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.

 

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EXHIBIT D

FORM OF NOTATION OF GUARANTEE

For value received, each Guarantor (which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture) has, jointly and severally, unconditionally guaranteed, to the extent set forth in the Indenture and subject to the provisions in the Indenture dated as of March 2, 2015 (the “ Indenture ”) among Layne Christensen Company (the “ Company ”), the Guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”) and collateral agent (the “ Collateral Agent ”), (a) the due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, the Notes, whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, the due and punctual payment of interest on overdue principal of and interest on the Notes, if any, if lawful, and the due and punctual performance of all other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee or Collateral Agent all in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the Notes, the Note Guarantees, the Intercreditor Agreement and any Security Documents and (b) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, that the same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. The obligations of the Guarantors to the Holders and to the Trustee and Collateral Agent pursuant to the Indenture, the Notes, the Note Guarantees, the Intercreditor Agreement and any Security Documents are expressly set forth in Article 12 of the Indenture, and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for the precise terms of the Note Guarantee.

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.

 

[GUARANTORS]
By:

 

Name:
Title:

 

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EXHIBIT E

[FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE]

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “ Supplemental Indenture ”) dated as of [                    ], among [NEW GUARANTOR] (the “ New Guarantor ”), a subsidiary of LAYNE CHRISTENSEN COMPANY (or its successor), a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”) and collateral agent under the indenture referred to below.

WHEREAS the Company (or its successor) has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, the “ Indenture ”) dated as of March 2, 2015, providing for the issuance of the Company’s 8.00% Senior Secured Second Lien Convertible Notes (the “ Notes ”), initially in an aggregate principal amount of ninety-nine million eight hundred ninety-eight thousand dollars ($99,898,000);

WHEREAS Section 4.18 of the Indenture provides that, under certain circumstances, the Company is required to cause the New Guarantor to execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the New Guarantor shall unconditionally guarantee all the obligations of the Company under the Notes and the Indenture pursuant to a Note Guarantee on the terms and conditions set forth herein; and

WHEREAS pursuant to Section 9.01(b) of the Indenture, the Trustee and the Company 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 Guarantor, the Company and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders (as defined in the Indenture) 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. 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 Guarantor hereby agrees, jointly and severally with all existing Guarantors (if any), to unconditionally guarantee the Obligations of the Company under the Notes and the Indenture on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in Article 12 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 guarantor under the Indenture.

3. Notices . All notices or other communications to the New Guarantor shall be given as provided in Section 15.02 of the Indenture.

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

 

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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 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.

6. Trustee Makes No Representation . The Trustee makes no 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.

 

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

 

LAYNE CHRISTENSEN COMPANY
By:

 

Name:
Title:
[NEW GUARANTOR]
By:

 

Name:
Title:

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee and collateral agent

By:

 

Name:
Title:

 

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EXHIBIT F

[FORM OF EQUIPMENT UTILIZATION AGREEMENT]

 

I. Parties :

 

  1.01 Contractor (as defined in Section 2.01);

 

  1.02 Collateral Agent (as defined in Section 2.01); and

 

  1.03 [INSERT NAME OF SURETY COMPANY], any co-surety, any successor surety, any of their present or future direct or indirect parent companies, any of the respective present or future direct or indirect affiliates or subsidiaries of such companies and parent companies, and/or any of the aforementioned entities’ successors or assigns (hereinafter collectively referred to as “Surety”).

 

II. Definitions :

2.01 In addition to the capitalized terms defined elsewhere in this agreement, the following terms when utilized in this agreement, unless the context otherwise requires, shall have the meanings indicated in this section, which meanings shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such terms:

Bond ” shall mean any surety agreements, undertakings, or instruments of guarantee signed by Surety on behalf of Contractor, whether executed before or after the execution of this agreement.

Bonded Contract ” shall mean any contract referred to or described in any Bond issued by Surety on behalf of Contractor.

Collateral Agent ” means U.S. Bank National Association, as Collateral Agent under the Indenture.

Commercial Rate ” shall mean that rate established in the most recent edition and applicable volume(s) , as may be modified over time in subsequent editions and volume(s), of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Civil Works Engineer Pamphlets, EP 1110-1-8, for any piece of Equipment (“Corps Manual”). If there is no rate specified in the Corps Manual for any piece of Equipment, then the rate shall be that rate specified in the most recently edition of the AGC Manual known as the Contractors’ Equipment Cost Guide for that piece of Equipment (“CECG”). If there is no rate specified in the CECG for a piece of Equipment, then the rate shall that rate specified in the most recent edition of Equipment Watch’s Rental Rate Blue Book (“Blue Book”). If there is no rate specified in the Corps Manual, the CECG or the Blue Book for any given piece of Equipment, then the rate shall be determined using one or more of the following methods: (i) use a rate most similar (relying on such characteristics as manufacturer, capacity, horsepower, and fuel type) to the model found in the applicable Blue Book, (ii) the prevailing rental rate for that piece of Equipment in the geographic area where the Surety will use it, or (iii) a rate agreed upon by the parties. Even if Collateral Agent and Surety are unable to agree upon a rate in accordance with (ii) or (iii) for any given piece of Equipment, Surety shall nonetheless be entitled to use that Equipment as provided herein.

 

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Contractor ” means, Layne Christensen Company and/or its affiliates and subsidiaries, and the Guarantors named in the Indenture. The term “Contractor” shall also include any joint venture entered into by Layne Christensen Company and/or its affiliates and subsidiaries.

Default ” shall mean: (a) any event of default and/or termination of any Bonded Contract which results in Surety being required, or electing, to remedy such default by completing the Bonded Contract(s), or otherwise arranging for the completion of the Bonded Contract(s) whether through Contractor or another entity; or (b) an acknowledgement by Contractor that it is in default of any Bonded Contract.

Equipment ” shall mean the following equipment owned by the Contractor and utilized in connection with a Bonded Contract, generally described as follows, and as more specifically identified in the schedules attached here as Exhibit A, as updated by Contractor on a monthly basis, and incorporated herein: [            ] 1

Indenture ” shall mean that certain Indenture dated as of March 2, 2015 among Layne Christensen Company, as issuer, the Guarantors party thereto, and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee and collateral agent, relating to the Company’s 8.00% Senior Secured Second Lien Convertible Notes, as amended, supplemented or modified, from time to time.

Indenture Default ” means a default by Contractor or a Subsidiary or affiliate of Contractor under the Indenture that results in Collateral Agent taking affirmative actions to foreclose on or exercise other remedies with respect to, its lien on the Equipment.

 

III. Recital :

3.01 Contractor has obtained Bonds from Surety and may from time to time in the future request that Surety execute Bonds on its or another’s behalf.

3.02 Contractor has issued its 8.00% Senior Secured Second Lien Convertible Notes under the Indenture, which notes are secured by liens on, among other things, Contractor’s Equipment.

3.03 Surety has conditioned its willingness to consider providing future Bonds for Contractor upon Contractor’s and Collateral Agent’s agreement that the Equipment can be utilized by Surety to complete Bonded Contracts in the event that Contractor Defaults on any Bonded Contract.

3.04 Contractor and Collateral Agent desire Surety to furnish Bonds as requested by Contractor and as an inducement therefor enter into the following agreement.

 

IV. Covenants :

4.01 Equipment Use . In the event of Default under any Bonded Contract, Contractor agrees and does hereby grant to Surety the option to use Contractor’s Equipment to complete the work remaining to be performed under the Bonded Contract(s); provided, however, that such option must be exercised within forty-five (45) days following each event

 

 

1  

To be completed by parties for each Equipment Utilization Agreement, as appropriate.

 

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of Default, and shall be exercisable only to the extent that Equipment is needed (as determined by Surety in its sole discretion) to complete the work to be performed as a result of Contractor’s Default under any Bonded Contract. Surety shall give written notice to Contractor and Collateral Agent of its election to use Contractor’s Equipment. Surety shall be entitled to use the Equipment until it no longer needs the Equipment to discharge its obligations under the Bond(s).

4.02 Equipment Use/Indenture Default . Should there be an Indenture Default, Collateral Agent shall notify Contractor and Surety of that default. Surety shall have forty-five (45) days from the date it receives notification from Collateral Agent to notify Collateral Agent and Contractor of its intent to exercise its option to use Contractor’s Equipment. In the event that Surety elects to use Contractor’s Equipment after being notified of an Indenture Default, Surety agrees to lease the Equipment needed (as determined by Surety in its sole discretion) to complete the work to be performed as a result of Contractor’s Default and to pay Collateral Agent (a) the Commercial Rate for each piece of Equipment leased on a periodic basis acceptable to the Collateral Agent and the Surety. The lease term shall commence on the date the Indenture Default notification is received by Surety, or on the date Surety notifies Collateral Agent and Contractor that it is exercising its option to use the Equipment, whichever occurs later. The lease of Equipment shall be on a month-to-month basis until Surety is released from liability under all Bonds or until Surety no longer needs the Equipment. Surety may return individual items of Equipment to Collateral Agent or Contractor. Surety is under no obligation to return all of the Equipment at the same time but will return all equipment when it is released from its liability under all Bonds. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this paragraph 4.02 shall apply to any Equipment being used by or held by Surety pursuant to paragraph 4.01 at the time of an Indenture Default.

4.03 Insurance Coverage . While using any of Contractor’s Equipment as provided herein, Surety shall, at the Surety’s cost, preserve and maintain the Equipment in good repair, and shall return the Equipment to Collateral Agent or Contractor in as good a condition as when received by Surety, ordinary wear and tear excepted. In addition, Surety, or its designee, shall maintain insurance coverage relative to the Equipment during the time frame within which it is using that Equipment with the proceeds payable to Collateral Agent, Surety and Contractor as their respective interests may appear.

4.04 Continuing Right To Use Equipment . Surety’s option to use Contractor’s Equipment as provided herein shall continue in full force and effect until Surety has been released from liability under all Bonds.

4.05 Intent of Parties . This agreement is intended to grant Surety the limited right, at its sole option, to use the Equipment needed to perform its obligations under Bond(s) in the event of Default by Contractor, and is not intended to limit the disposition or use of Equipment by Contractor or Collateral Agent that is not needed by Surety to discharge its obligations under the Bond(s).

4.06 Foreclosure by Collateral Agent . The Collateral Agent shall have sole discretion to determine the timing, manner and amount that may be received from the sale or other disposition of the Equipment in connection with the enforcement of Collateral Agent security interest in the Equipment; provided that any person acquiring title to the Equipment shall assume the Collateral Agent’s obligations under this agreement. The Collateral Agent shall have no duty to sell the Equipment, provide Contractor with notice of its intent to sell the Equipment or provide Contractor with notice of its intent to release its lien on any of the Equipment.

 

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4.07 Surety Bonds . Contractor is not obligated to obtain new Bonds from Surety and may replace or cancel those Bonds written by Surety on which the liability of Surety can be terminated. Surety may become surety on new Bonds, extend, renew, increase or modify Bonds at Contractor’s request and may at any time for any reason decline to do so without notice to Collateral Agent.

4.08 Termination . Contractor and Collateral Agent may terminate this agreement as a continuing inducement to Surety for the furnishing of Bonds upon providing notice to Surety of not less than thirty (30) days, whereupon this agreement will remain in effect until Surety’s obligations under the following Bonds have been discharged as a matter of law: (a) Bonds executed or Bonds authorized before the effective date of the notice and any Modifications to such Bonds; (b) Bonds executed pursuant to bid or proposal Bonds executed or authorized prior to the effective date of the notice and any Modifications to such Bonds; (c) Bonds Surety is obligated to write pursuant to a written letter executed prior to the effective date of the notice wherein Surety agrees, subject to certain conditions, to write Bonds if a contract is awarded to Contractor; and (d) any maintenance or guarantee Bonds thereafter executed incidental to any other Bond which is executed prior to the effective date of the notice, and any Modifications to such Bonds. For the purpose of this agreement, the term “effective date of the notice” shall mean thirty (30) days after the date that Surety receives the notice from each of Contractor and Collateral Agent, and the term “Modification” shall include, but not be limited to, renewals, substitutions, riders, endorsements, reinstatements, increases or decreases in penal sum, continuations, and extensions.

4.09 Notice . All notices required or permitted to be given under this agreement shall be in writing and may be given by any method of delivery that provides evidence or confirmation of receipt, including personal delivery, express courier (such as Federal Express), facsimile, and prepaid certified or registered mail with return receipt requested. Notices shall be deemed to have been given and received on the date of actual receipt or, if any of the following dates is applicable and is earlier, then on such earlier date: on the business day actually sent if sent by facsimile; one (1) business day after sending if send via express courier; or three (3) business days after deposit in the U.S. mail, if sent by certified or registered mail. Notices shall be given or addressed to the respective parties at the following addresses:

 

SURETY: [INSERT NAME OF SURETY COMPANY]
____________________________
____________________________
Attention: ____________________________
Phone Number: _______________________
Fax Number: ____________________________
CONTRACTOR: Layne Christensen Company
1800 Hughes Landing Boulevard
Suite 700
The Woodlands, TX 77380
Attention: General Counsel
Phone Number: 281/475-2626
Fax Number: 281/475-2739

 

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COLLATERAL AGENT: U.S. Bank National Association
____________________________
____________________________
____________________________
Attention: ____________________________
Phone Number: ____________________________
Fax Number: ____________________________

Any party may change the address to which notices regarding this agreement are to be sent by giving the other parties to this agreement written notice of his/her/its new address in the manner notice is to be provided herein. Unless notified in writing of a change of address, any notice sent to any party to this agreement at the addresses set forth above shall be deemed received by the person to whom the notice is addressed within the applicable time frame set forth above.

4.10 Interpretation . No provision of this agreement shall be interpreted for or against a party because that party or party’s legal representative drafted such provision, and this agreement shall be interpreted as if jointly prepared by all of the parties.

4.11 Additional Rights . The rights afforded Surety under this agreement are in addition to, and not in substitution of, any and all other rights which Surety has or acquires against Contractor under the terms of any other agreement(s), by operation of law or otherwise. All rights of Surety, including the rights acquired under this agreement, shall extend to the benefit of Surety’s co-sureties and reinsurers, and their respective successor and assigns.

Dated this      day of                 , 201    .

 

LAYNE CHRISTENSEN COMPANY

By:

 

Its:

 

[INSERT NAME OF SURETY COMPANY]

By:

 

Its:

 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

By:

 

Its:

 

 

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SCHEDULE I

SCHEDULE OF EXISTING INDEBTEDNESS

 

  1. Layne Christensen Company/Layne Heavy Civil, Inc. 1

 

  a. Capital leases with GE Capital with an outstanding balance of approximately US$188,917 .

 

  b. Capital leases with Key Equipment Finance and Avamar with an outstanding balance of approximately US$60,808 .

 

  c. Capital leases with Capital Finance Australia with an outstanding balance of approximately US$45,559 .

 

  d. Capital leases with Hyster Capital with an outstanding balance of approximately US$8,012 .

 

 

1   Amounts as of 12/31/2014.

 

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SCHEDULE II

SCHEDULE OF EXISTING INVESTMENTS

1. The following Affiliates and Joint Ventures:

 

N AME OF A FFILIATE

  

J URISDICTION   OF
I NCORPORATION

  

P ERCENTAGE   OF  V OTING
S TOCK OWNED BY C OMPANY

Bencor Case Joint Venture    N/A (general partnership)    Managed jointly by general partner
Bencor-Recon Joint Venture    N/A (general partnership)    Managed jointly by general partner
Boyles Bros., Diamantina S.A.    Peru    35.375%
Boytec Panama S.A.    Panama    50%
Boytec S.A. (a/k/a Boyles Bros. Servicios Tecnicos Geologicos S.A.)    Panama    50%
Boytec Sondajes de Mexico, S.A. de C.V.    Mexico    50%
Camken-Reynolds, LLC    Delaware    51%
Case – Bencor Joint Venture    N/A (general partnership)    Managed jointly by general partner
Centro Internacional de Formacion S.A.    Chile    50%
Christensen Chile S.A.    Chile    50%
Christensen Comercial S.A.    Chile    50%
Christensen Comercial S.A.    Peru    35.375%
Diamantina Christensen Trading, Inc.    Panama    42.687%
Geo Estrella S.A.    Chile    25%
Geotec Boyles Bros. S.A.    Chile    50%

 

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N AME OF A FFILIATE

   J URISDICTION   OF
I NCORPORATION
   P ERCENTAGE   OF  V OTING
S TOCK OWNED BY
C OMPANY

Geotec S.A.

   Peru    35.375%

I.F.M.T.

   Panama    50%

Layne-Bowen, LLC

   Delaware    51%

Layne Geo Chile S.A.

   Chile    50%

Layne T & J Joint Venture, LLC

   Georgia    80%

MDF Columbia S.A.S.

   Columbia    12.5%

MDF S.A.

   Chile    12.5%

Mining Drilling Fluids Inc.

   Panama    25%

Mining Drilling Fluids Mexico S.A. de C.V.

   Mexico    12.5%

Mining Drilling Fluids Peru S.A.

   Peru    10.6%

Pan Asia-Layne Joint Venture, LLC

   South
Korea
   51%

Plantel Industrial Ltda.

   Chile    50%

Sondajes Colombia S.A.

   Colombia    50%

2. The following Subsidiaries:

 

N AME

   J URISDICTION   OF
I NCORPORATION
   P ERCENTAGE   OF  V OTING
S TOCK OWNED   BY

A DMINISTRATIVE
B ORROWER 1

Cherryvale Pipeline, LLC

   Kansas    100%

Discretionary Trust

   Zimbabwe    100%

ESEMES (Mauritius) Limited

   Mauritius    100%

Fursol Informatica S.r.l.

   Italy    100%

 

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Directly or indirectly through its subsidiaries, nominees or trustees. Unless otherwise noted in this Schedule II, all companies have only a single class of equity interests.

 

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N AME

   J URISDICTION OF
I NCORPORATION
   P ERCENTAGE   OF  V OTING
S TOCK   OWNED   BY
A DMINISTRATIVE
B ORROWER 1

G & K Properties Pty Ltd

   Australia    100%

Inliner American, Inc.

   Delaware    100%

International Directional Services de Mexico, Ltd.

   Mexico    100%

International Directional Services of Canada, Ltd.

   Ontario,
Canada
   100%

International Mining Services Pty Ltd

   Australia    100%

International Water Consultants, Inc.

   Ohio    100%

Inversiones Christensen SpA

   Chile    100%

Inversiones Layne Chile Cinco Ltda.

   Chile    100%

Inversiones Layne Chile Cuatro Ltda.

   Chile    100%

Inversiones Layne Chile Dos Ltda.

   Chile    100%

Inversiones Layne Chile Tres Ltda.

   Chile    100%

Inversiones Layne Chile Uno Ltda.

   Chile    100%

Inversiones Layne Energy Limitada

   Chile    100%

Inversiones Layne SpA

   Chile    100%

Layne Christensen Australia Pty Limited

   Australia    100%

Layne Christensen Canada Limited

   Alberta,
Canada
   100%

Layne de Bolivia S.R.L.

   Bolivia    100%

Layne de Mexico, S.A. de C.V.

   Hermosillo,
Sonora, Mexico
   100%

Layne do Brasil Sondagens Ltda.

   Brazil    100%

Layne Drilling (RDC) SPRL

   DRC    100%

Layne Drilling Burkina Faso SARL

   Burkina Faso    100%

Layne Drilling Guinee SARL

   Guinea    100%

Layne Drilling Mali SARL

   Mali    100%

 

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N AME

   J URISDICTION
OF  I NCORPORATION
   P ERCENTAGE   OF  V OTING
S TOCK OWNED BY
A DMINISTRATIVE
B ORROWER 1

Layne Drilling Mauritania Sarl

   Mauritania    100%

Layne Drilling Pty Ltd

   Australia    100%

Layne Drilling Tanzania Limited

   Tanzania    100%

Layne Energia Chile S.A.

   Chile    85%

Layne Energy Cherryvale Pipeline, LLC

   Delaware    100%

Layne Energy Cherryvale, LLC

   Delaware    100%

Layne Energy Holding, LLC

   Delaware    100%

Layne Energy Operating, LLC

   Delaware    100%

Layne Energy Osage, LLC

   Delaware    100%

Layne Energy Pipeline, LLC

   Delaware    100%

Layne Energy Production, LLC

   Delaware    100%

Layne Energy Resources, Inc.

   Delaware    100%

Layne Energy Sycamore Pipeline, LLC

   Delaware    100%

Layne Energy Sycamore, LLC

   Delaware    100%

Layne Energy, Inc.

   Delaware    100%

Layne New Zealand, Inc.

   New Zealand    100%

Layne Puerto Rico, Inc.

   Puerto Rico    100%

Layne Texas, Incorporated

   Delaware    100%

Layne Water Development and Storage, L.L.C.

   Delaware    100%

Lenity Investments (Pty) Ltd

   Zimbabwe    100%

Mag Con, Inc.

   Louisiana    100%

PT Layne Christensen Indonesia

   Indonesia    100%

Shawnee Oil & Gas, L.L.C.

   Delaware    100%

 

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N AME

   J URISDICTION
OF  I NCORPORATION
   P ERCENTAGE   OF  V OTING
S TOCK OWNED BY
A DMINISTRATIVE
B ORROWER 1

SMS Holdings Pty Ltd

   Australia    100%

SMS Offshore Pty Ltd

   Australia    100%

Stamm-Scheele Incorporated

   Louisiana    100%

Stanley Mining Services (Botswana) (Pty) Ltd

   Botswana    100%

Stanley Mining Services (Uganda) Ltd

   Uganda    100%

Stanley Mining Services Pty Ltd

   Australia    100%

Stanley Mining Services Zimbabwe (Pty) Ltd

   Zimbabwe    100%

West Africa Holdings Pty Ltd

   Australia    100%

West African Drilling Services (No. 2) Pty Ltd

   Australia    100%

West African Drilling Services Pty Ltd

   Australia    100%

Windsor Resources Pipeline, LLC

   Delaware    100%

Windsor Resources, LLC

   Delaware    100%

 

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3. A promissory note in the principal amount of $4,423,759.00, due on July 31, 2024, plus interest on the unpaid balance of the purchase price at the rate of 2.50% per annum, payable to Layne Christensen Company by Aldo Corda, Holub Sociedad Anonima, Diberil Sociedad Anonima, Costa Fortuna S.A., Costa Fortuna Fundacoes Construcoes Ltda. and GeoBrasil Equipamento de Fundacoes Ltda. The promissory note represents the purchase price for Holub S.A.

 

4. A promissory note in the principal amount of $1,276,241.00, due on July 31, 2024, plus interest on the unpaid balance of the purchase price at the rate of 2.50% per annum, payable to Layne Christensen Company by Aldo Corda, Holub Sociedad Anonima, Diberil Sociedad Anonima, Costa Fortuna S.A., Costa Fortuna Fundacoes Construcoes Ltda. and GeoBrasil Equipamento de Fundacoes Ltda. The promissory note represents an intercompany receivable owed by Costa Fortuna.

 

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SCHEDULE III

SCHEDULE OF EXISTING LIENS

 

1. A lien on certain equipment leased by Layne Christensen Company as evidenced by UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 20888432 filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on March 22, 2002 by Gelco Corporation DBA GE Capital Fleet Services.

 

2. A lien on certain equipment leased by Layne Christensen Company as evidenced by UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 21369234 filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on May 10, 2002 by Gelco Corporation DBA GE Capital Fleet Services.

 

3. A lien on certain equipment leased by Layne Christensen Company as evidenced by UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 51085670 filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on April 8, 2005 by Gelco Corporation DBA GE Capital Fleet Services.

 

4. A lien on certain products and goods owned by Layne Christensen Company as evidenced by UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 51113829 filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on April 12, 2005 by Les Schwab Tire Centers of Utah, Inc.

 

5. A lien on certain equipment leased by Layne Christensen Company as evidenced by UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 51704387 filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on June 3, 2005 by Gelco Corporation DBA GE Capital Fleet Services.

 

6. A lien on certain equipment leased by Layne Christensen Company as evidenced by UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 51826537 filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on June 14, 2005 by Gelco Corporation DBA GE Capital Fleet Services.

 

7. A lien on certain equipment leased by Layne Christensen Company as evidenced by UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 53620318 filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on November 15, 2005 by General Electric Capital Corporation.

 

8. A lien on certain equipment leased by Layne Christensen Company as evidenced by UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 60306035 filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on January 19, 2006 by General Electric Capital Corporation.

 

9. A lien on certain equipment leased by Layne Christensen Company as evidenced by UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 61040732 filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on March 28, 2006 by General Electric Capital Corporation.

 

10. A lien on certain equipment leased by Layne Christensen Company as evidenced by UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 62619674 filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on July 28, 2006 by Gelco Corporation DBA GE Capital Fleet Services.

 

11. A lien on certain equipment leased by Layne Christensen Company as evidenced by UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 63215746 filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on September 18, 2006 by Gelco Corporation DBA GE Capital Fleet Services.

 

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12. A lien on certain equipment leased by Layne Christensen Company as evidenced by UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 63234473 filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on September 19, 2006 by Gelco Corporation DBA GE Capital Fleet Services.

 

13. A lien on certain equipment leased by Layne Christensen Company as evidenced by UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 63556008 filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on October 13, 2006 by Gelco Corporation DBA GE Capital Fleet Services.

 

14. A lien on certain equipment leased by Layne Christensen Company as evidenced by UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 63901360 filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on November 8, 2006 by General Electric Capital Corporation.

 

15. A lien on certain equipment leased by Layne Christensen Company as evidenced by UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 63972320 filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on November 14, 2006 by Gelco Corporation DBA GE Capital Fleet Services.

 

16. A lien on certain equipment leased by Layne Christensen Company as evidenced by UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 64223327 filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on December 5, 2006 by Gelco Corporation DBA GE Capital Fleet Services.

 

17. A lien on certain equipment leased by Layne Christensen Company as evidenced by UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 70488089 filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on February 7, 2007 by Gelco Corporation DBA GE Capital Fleet Services.

 

18. A lien on certain equipment leased by Layne Christensen Company as evidenced by UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 70550326 filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on February 12, 2007 by Gelco Corporation DBA GE Capital Fleet Services.

 

19. A lien on certain equipment leased by Layne Christensen Company as evidenced by UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 71052785 filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on March 21, 2007 by Gelco Corporation DBA GE Capital Fleet Services.

 

20. A lien on certain equipment leased by Layne Christensen Company as evidenced by UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 71172088 filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on March 29, 2007 by Gelco Corporation DBA GE Capital Fleet Services.

 

21. A lien on certain equipment leased by Layne Christensen Company as evidenced by UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 71234219 filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on April 3, 2007 by Gelco Corporation DBA GE Capital Fleet Services.

 

22. A lien on certain equipment leased by Layne Christensen Company as evidenced by UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 71718989 filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on May 7, 2007 by Gelco Corporation DBA GE Capital Fleet Services.

 

23. A lien on certain equipment leased by Layne Christensen Company as evidenced by UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 72124864 filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on June 6, 2007 by Gelco Corporation DBA GE Capital Fleet Services.

 

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24. A lien on certain equipment leased by Layne Christensen Company as evidenced by UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 72600384 filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on July 10, 2007 by Gelco Corporation DBA GE Capital Fleet Services.

 

25. A lien on certain equipment leased by Layne Christensen Company as evidenced by UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 72600418 filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on July 10, 2007 by Gelco Corporation DBA GE Capital Fleet Services.

 

26. A lien on certain equipment leased by Layne Christensen Company as evidenced by UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 73107652 filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on August 15, 2007 by Gelco Corporation DBA GE Capital Fleet Services.

 

27. A lien on certain equipment leased by Layne Christensen Company as evidenced by UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 73297693 filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on August 29, 2007 by Gelco Corporation DBA GE Capital Fleet Services.

 

28. A lien on certain equipment leased by Layne Christensen Company as evidenced by UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 73365425 filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on September 5, 2007 by Gelco Corporation DBA GE Capital Fleet Services.

 

29. A lien on certain equipment leased by Layne Christensen Company as evidenced by UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 73579801 filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on September 21, 2007 by Gelco Corporation DBA GE Capital Fleet Services.

 

30. A lien on certain equipment leased by Layne Christensen Company as evidenced by UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 73677134 filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on September 28, 2007 by General Electric Capital Corporation.

 

31. A lien on certain equipment leased by Layne Christensen Company as evidenced by UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 74744792 filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on December 17, 2007 by Gelco Corporation DBA GE Capital Fleet Services.

 

32. A lien on certain equipment leased by Layne Christensen Company as evidenced by UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 80042075 filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on January 4, 2008 by Gelco Corporation DBA GE Capital Fleet Services.

 

33. A lien on certain equipment leased by Layne Christensen Company as evidenced by UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 80609469 filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on February 20, 2008 by Gelco Corporation DBA GE Capital Fleet Services.

 

34. A lien on certain equipment leased by Layne Christensen Company as evidenced by UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 80760536 filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on March 3, 2008 by Gelco Corporation DBA GE Capital Fleet Services.

 

35. A lien on certain equipment leased by Layne Christensen Company as evidenced by UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 81130283 filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on April 1, 2008 by Gelco Corporation DBA GE Capital Fleet Services.

 

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36. A lien on certain equipment leased by Layne Christensen Company as evidenced by UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 82180071 filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on June 25, 2008 by Gelco Corporation DBA GE Capital Fleet Services.

 

37. A lien on certain equipment leased by Layne Christensen Company as evidenced by UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 82676326 filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on August 5, 2008 by Gelco Corporation DBA GE Capital Fleet Services.

 

38. A lien on certain equipment leased by Layne Christensen Company as evidenced by UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 82979936 filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on September 3, 2008 by Gelco Corporation DBA GE Capital Fleet Services.

 

39. A lien on certain equipment leased by Layne Christensen Company as evidenced by UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 83224076 filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on September 23, 2008 by Gelco Corporation DBA GE Capital Fleet Services.

 

40. A lien on certain equipment leased by Layne Christensen Company as evidenced by UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 83569694 filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on October 23, 2008 by Gelco Corporation DBA GE Capital Fleet Services.

 

41. A lien on certain equipment leased by Layne Christensen Company as evidenced by UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 83898267 filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on November 21, 2008 by Gelco Corporation DBA GE Capital Fleet Services.

 

42. A lien on certain equipment leased by Layne Christensen Company as evidenced by UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 93230395 filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on September 29, 2009 by Atlas Copco Constructions Mining Technique USA Inc.

 

43. A lien on certain equipment leased by Layne Christensen Company as evidenced by UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 94191604 filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on December 31, 2009 by IBM Credit LLC.

 

44. A lien on certain equipment leased by Layne Christensen Company as evidenced by UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 02843757 filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on August 13, 2010 by Tennessee Commerce Bank.

 

45. A lien on certain equipment leased by Layne Christensen Company as evidenced by UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 02843823 filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on August 13, 2010 by Tennessee Commerce Bank.

 

46. A lien on certain equipment leased by Layne Christensen Company as evidenced by UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 02843856 filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on August 13, 2010 by Tennessee Commerce Bank.

 

47. A lien on certain equipment leased by Layne Christensen Company as evidenced by UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 04214650 filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on December 1, 2010 by Toyota Motor Credit Corp.

 

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48. A lien on certain equipment leased by Layne Christensen Company as evidenced by UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 10089899 filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on January 10, 2011 by Lead Bank.

 

49. A lien on certain equipment leased by Layne Christensen Company as evidenced by UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 12589508 filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on July 6, 2011 by Key Equipment Finance Inc.

 

50. A lien on certain equipment leased by Layne Christensen Company as evidenced by UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 13049445 filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on August 8, 2011 by United Rentals (North America).

 

51. A lien on certain equipment leased by Layne Christensen Company as evidenced by UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 13049452 filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on on August 8, 2011 by United Rentals (North America).

 

52. A lien on certain equipment leased by Layne Christensen Company as evidenced by UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 13049478 filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on August 8, 2011 by United Rentals (North America).

 

53. A lien on certain equipment leased by Layne Christensen Company as evidenced by UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 14203108 filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on October 31, 2011 by U.S. Bancorp Equipment Finance, Inc.

 

54. A lien on certain equipment leased by Layne Christensen Company as evidenced by UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 14437375 filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on November 17, 2011 by Vermeer Pacific.

 

55. A lien on certain equipment leased by Layne Christensen Company as evidenced by UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 14500297 filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on November 23, 2011 by RDO Equipment Company.

 

56. A lien on certain equipment leased by Layne Christensen Company as evidenced by UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 22220301 filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on June 8, 2012 by Wagner Equipment Company.

 

57. A lien on certain equipment leased by Layne Christensen Company as evidenced by UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 23307040 filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on August 27, 2012 by NMHG Financial Services, Inc.

 

58. A lien on certain equipment leased by Layne Christensen Company as evidenced by UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 25100179 filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on December 31, 2012 by U.S. Bank Equipment Finance, a division of U.S. Bank National Association.

 

59. A lien on certain equipment and fixtures leased by Layne Christensen Company as evidenced by UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 32804350 filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on July 20, 2013 by Lease Finance Partners, Inc.

 

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60. A lien on certain equipment leased by Layne Christensen Company as evidenced by UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 33158061 filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on August 13, 2013 by Wells Fargo Financial Leasing, Inc.

 

61. A lien on certain equipment leased by Layne Christensen Company as evidenced by UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 40288431 filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on January 23, 2014 by Wagner Equipment.

 

62. A lien on certain equipment leased by Layne Christensen Company as evidenced by UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 40442822 filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on February 3, 2014 by U.S. Bank Equipment Finance.

 

63. A lien on certain equipment leased by Layne Christensen Company as evidenced by UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 40933333 filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on March 11, 2014 by Teck Alaska Incorporated.

 

64. A lien on certain equipment leased by Layne Christensen Company as evidenced by UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 43394616 filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on August 25, 2014 by Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation.

 

65. A lien on certain equipment leased by Layne Christensen Company as evidenced by UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 43394624 filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on August 25, 2014 by Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation.

 

66. A lien on certain equipment leased by Layne Christensen Company as evidenced by UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 44036463 filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on October 7, 2014 by U.S. Bank Equipment Finance.

 

67. A lien on certain equipment leased by Layne Christensen Company as evidenced by UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 44202792 filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on October 9, 2014 by Toyota Motor Credit Corporation and Hugg and Hall Equipment Company.

 

68. A lien on certain equipment leased by Layne Christensen Company as evidenced by UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 20150330513 filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on January 26, 2015 by Wagner Equipment Company.

 

69. A lien on certain equipment leased by Layne Christensen Company as evidenced by UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 20150462746 filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on February 3, 2015 by Deere Credit, Inc.

 

70. A lien on certain equipment leased by Layne Heavy Civil, Inc. (f/k/a Reynolds, Inc.), as evidenced by that certain UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 201000000759559 filed with the Secretary of State of Indiana on January 25, 2010 by R.W. Moore Equipment Company, Inc.

 

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71. A lien on certain equipment leased by Layne Heavy Civil, Inc. (f/k/a Reynolds, Inc.), as evidenced by that certain UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 201200001053105 filed with the Secretary of State of Indiana on February 2, 2012 by Whayne Supply Company

 

72. A lien on certain equipment leased by Layne Heavy Civil, Inc. (f/k/a Reynolds, Inc.), as evidenced by that certain UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 201200001143993 filed with the Secretary of State of Indiana on February 6, 2012 by Whayne Supply Company

 

73. A lien on certain equipment leased by Layne Heavy Civil, Inc. (f/k/a Reynolds, Inc.), as evidenced by that certain UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 201200001461047 filed with the Secretary of State of Indiana on February 15, 2012 by Whayne Supply Company

 

74. A lien on certain equipment leased by Layne Heavy Civil, Inc. (f/k/a Reynolds, Inc.), as evidenced by that certain UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 201200001796694 filed with the Secretary of State of Indiana on February 27, 2012 by Whayne Supply Company

 

75. A lien on certain equipment leased by Layne Heavy Civil, Inc. (f/k/a Reynolds, Inc.), as evidenced by that certain UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 201200002107277 filed with the Secretary of State of Indiana on March 7, 2012 by Whayne Supply Company

 

76. A lien on certain equipment leased by Layne Heavy Civil, Inc. (f/k/a Reynolds, Inc.), as evidenced by that certain UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 201200002295467 filed with the Secretary of State of Indiana on March 13, 2012 by Whayne Supply Company

 

77. A lien on certain equipment leased by Layne Heavy Civil, Inc. (f/k/a Reynolds, Inc.), as evidenced by that certain UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 201300007572188 filed with the Secretary of State of Indiana on August 16, 2013 by VFS Leasing Company

 

78. A lien on certain equipment leased by Layne Heavy Civil, Inc. (f/k/a Reynolds, Inc.), as evidenced by that certain UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 201300009584153 filed with the Secretary of State of Indiana on October 25, 2013 by Wagner Equipment Company

 

79. A lien on certain equipment leased by Layne Heavy Civil, Inc. (f/k/a Reynolds, Inc.), as evidenced by that certain UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 201400005541911 filed with the Secretary of State of Indiana on July 9, 2014 by Wagner Equipment Company

 

80. A lien on certain equipment leased by Layne Heavy Civil, Inc. (f/k/a Reynolds, Inc.), as evidenced by that certain UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 201400008800831 filed with the Secretary of State of Indiana on November 6, 2014 by Whayne Supply Company

 

81. A lien on certain equipment leased by W.L. Hailey & Company, Inc., as evidenced by that certain UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 309-021825 filed with the Secretary of State of Tennessee on April 29, 2009 by Reliable Tractor Inc. d/b/a Stafford

 

82. A lien on certain equipment leased by W.L. Hailey & Company, Inc., as evidenced by that certain UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 310-004947 filed with the Secretary of State of Tennessee on January 26, 2010 by De Lage Landen Financial Services Inc.

 

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83. A lien on certain equipment leased by W.L. Hailey & Company, Inc., as evidenced by that certain UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 310-011342 filed with the Secretary of State of Tennessee on March 1, 2010 by United Rentals (North America) Inc.

 

84. A lien on certain equipment leased by W.L. Hailey & Company, Inc., as evidenced by that certain UCC-1 Financing Statement File No. 212-008406 filed with the Secretary of State of Tennessee on February 15, 2012 by United Rentals Northwest Inc.

 

85. Lien on the assets subject to the Capital Leases listed on Schedule I

 

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SCHEDULE IV

SCHEDULE OF IMMATERIAL SUBSIDIARIES

 

1. Cherryvale Pipeline, LLC, a Kansas limited liability company

 

2. Inliner American, Inc., a Delaware corporation

 

3. International Water Consultants, Inc., an Ohio corporation

 

4. Layne Energy Cherryvale Pipeline, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

 

5. Layne Energy Cherryvale, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

 

6. Layne Energy Holding, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

 

7. Layne Energy Operating, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

 

8. Layne Energy Osage, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

 

9. Layne Energy Pipeline, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

 

10. Layne Energy Production, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

 

11. Layne Energy Resources, Inc., a Delaware corporation

 

12. Layne Energy Sycamore Pipeline, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

 

13. Layne Energy Sycamore, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

 

14. Layne Energy, Inc., a Delaware corporation

 

15. Layne Puerto Rico, Inc., a Puerto Rico corporation

 

16. Layne Texas, Incorporated, a Delaware corporation

 

17. Layne Water Development and Storage, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

 

18. Mag Con, Inc., a Louisiana corporation

 

19. Shawnee Oil & Gas, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company

 

20. Windsor Resources Pipeline, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

 

21. Windsor Resources, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

 

22. Stamm-Scheele Incorporated

 

SIV-1

Exhibit 4.2

EXECUTION VERSION

 

 

 

SECURITY AGREEMENT

By

LAYNE CHRISTENSEN COMPANY,

as Issuer

and

CERTAIN OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES,

as Pledgors,

and

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Collateral Agent

Dated as of March 2, 2015

Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the liens and security interests securing the obligations evidenced by this agreement, and the exercise of any right or remedy with respect hereto, are subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor and Subordination Agreement dated as of March 2, 2015 (as amended, restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Subordination Agreement ”), by and among PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (“ PNC ”) and each other Senior Claimholder from time to time (as such terms are defined in the Subordination Agreement), and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (the “ Subordinated Creditor ”). In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Subordination Agreement and this agreement, the terms of the Subordination Agreement shall govern and control.

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

          Page (s)  

ARTICLE I

  

DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

     2   

SECTION 1.1

  

Definitions

     2   

SECTION 1.2

  

Interpretation

     11   

SECTION 1.3

  

Resolution of Drafting Ambiguities

     11   

SECTION 1.4

  

Perfection Certificate

     11   

SECTION 1.5

  

References to Enforceability of Security Interests

     11   

ARTICLE II

  

GRANT OF SECURITY AND SECURED OBLIGATIONS

     11   

SECTION 2.1

  

Grant of Security Interest

     11   

SECTION 2.2

  

Filings

     12   

SECTION 2.3

  

Second Priority Nature of Liens

     14   

ARTICLE III

  

PERFECTION; SUPPLEMENTS; FURTHER ASSURANCES; USE OF PLEDGED COLLATERAL

     15   

SECTION 3.1

  

Delivery of Certificated Securities Collateral

     15   

SECTION 3.2

  

Perfection of Uncertificated Securities Collateral

     15   

SECTION 3.3

  

Financing Statements and Other Filings; Maintenance of Perfected Security Interest

     15   

SECTION 3.4

  

Other Actions

     16   

SECTION 3.5

  

Joinder of Additional Guarantors

     20   

SECTION 3.6

  

Supplements; Further Assurances

     21   

ARTICLE IV

  

REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS

     21   

SECTION 4.1

  

Title

     21   

SECTION 4.2

  

Validity of Security Interest

     21   

SECTION 4.3

  

Defense of Claims; Transferability of Pledged Collateral

     22   

SECTION 4.4

  

Other Financing Statements

     22   

SECTION 4.5

  

Chief Executive Office; Change of Name; Jurisdiction of Organization, etc.

     22   

SECTION 4.6

  

Location of Equipment

     23   

SECTION 4.7

  

Corporate Names; Prior Transactions

     23   

SECTION 4.8

  

Due Authorization and Issuance

     23   

SECTION 4.9

  

Consents, etc.

     23   

SECTION 4.10

  

Pledged Collateral

     23   

SECTION 4.11

  

Insurance

     23   

SECTION 4.12

  

Payment of Taxes; Compliance with Legal Requirements; Contesting Liens; Charges

     24   

SECTION 4.13

  

Access to Pledged Collateral

     24   

 

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ARTICLE V

CERTAIN PROVISIONS CONCERNING SECURITIES COLLATERAL

  24   

SECTION 5.1

Pledge of Additional Securities Collateral

  24   

SECTION 5.2

Voting Rights; Distributions; etc.

  25   

SECTION 5.3

Organizational Documents

  26   

SECTION 5.4

Default

  26   

SECTION 5.5

Certain Agreements of Pledgors as Issuers and Holders of Equity Interests

  26   

ARTICLE VI

CERTAIN PROVISIONS CONCERNING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COLLATERAL

  26   

SECTION 6.1

Registration

  26   

SECTION 6.2

No Violations or Proceedings

  27   

SECTION 6.3

Maintenance of Registration

  27   

SECTION 6.4

Licenses and Assignments

  27   

SECTION 6.5

Protection of Collateral Agent’s Security

  27   

SECTION 6.6

After-Acquired Property

  28   

SECTION 6.7

Litigation

  28   

SECTION 6.8

Intent-to-Use Trademark and Service Mark Applications

  29   

ARTICLE VII

CERTAIN PROVISIONS CONCERNING ACCOUNTS

  29   

SECTION 7.1

Special Representation and Warranties

  29   

SECTION 7.2

Maintenance of Records

  30   

SECTION 7.3

Legend

  30   

SECTION 7.4

Modification of Terms, etc.

  30   

SECTION 7.5

Collection

  30   

ARTICLE VIII

REMEDIES

  31   

SECTION 8.1

Remedies

  31   

SECTION 8.2

Notice of Sale

  32   

SECTION 8.3

Waiver of Notice and Claims; Other Waivers; Marshalling

  32   

SECTION 8.4

Standards for Exercising Rights and Remedies

  33   

SECTION 8.5

Certain Sales of Pledged Collateral

  34   

SECTION 8.6

No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies

  35   

SECTION 8.7

Certain Additional Actions Regarding Intellectual Property

  35   

ARTICLE IX

APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS

  36   

SECTION 9.1

Application of Proceeds

  36   

ARTICLE X

MISCELLANEOUS

  37   

SECTION 10.1

Concerning Collateral Agent

  37   

SECTION 10.2

Collateral Agent May Perform; Collateral Agent Appointed Attorney-in-Fact

  38   

SECTION 10.3

Continuing Security Interest; Assignment

  39   

SECTION 10.4

Termination; Release

  39   

 

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SECTION 10.5

Modification in Writing

  39   

SECTION 10.6

Notices

  40   

SECTION 10.7

Governing Law, Consent to Jurisdiction and Service of Process; Waiver of Jury Trial

  40   

SECTION 10.8

Severability of Provisions

  40   

SECTION 10.9

Execution in Counterparts

  40   

SECTION 10.10

Business Days

  40   

SECTION 10.11

Waiver of Stay

  40   

SECTION 10.12

No Credit for Payment of Taxes or Imposition

  41   

SECTION 10.13

No Claims Against Collateral Agent

  41   

SECTION 10.14

No Release

  41   

SECTION 10.15

Overdue Amounts

  41   

SECTION 10.16

Obligations Absolute

  42   

SECTION 10.17

Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations

  42   

SECTION 10.18

Collateral Agent’s Right and Remedies Subject to the Intercreditor Agreement

  42   

SCHEDULES

 

Schedule 1 Perfection Steps

EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit 1 Issuer’s Acknowledgment
Exhibit 2 Securities Pledge Amendment
Exhibit 3 Copyright Security Agreement
Exhibit 4 Patent Security Agreement
Exhibit 5 Trademark Security Agreement
Exhibit 6 Additional Pari Passu Joinder Agreement
Exhibit 7 Joinder Agreement
Exhibit 8 Closing Date Intercompany Note

 

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SECURITY AGREEMENT

This SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of March 2, 2015 (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the provisions hereof, this “ Agreement ”), made by LAYNE CHRISTENSEN COMPANY, a Delaware corporation (the “ Issuer ”) and certain of its Subsidiaries from time to time party hereto by execution of this Agreement or otherwise by execution of a Joinder Agreement, as pledgors, assignors and debtors (the Issuer and such Subsidiaries, collectively, in such capacities and together with any successors in such capacities, the “ Pledgors ,” and each, a “ Pledgor ”), in favor of U.S. Bank National Association, in its capacity as Trustee and Collateral Agent pursuant to the Indenture (as hereinafter defined), as pledgee, assignee and secured party (in such capacities and together with any successors in such capacities, the “ Collateral Agent ”).

R E C I T A L S :

A. On the date hereof, the Issuer is issuing $99,898,000 aggregate principal amount of 8.00% Senior Secured Second Lien Convertible Notes pursuant to that certain Indenture dated as of the date hereof, among the Issuer, certain Subsidiaries of the Issuer party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee and Collateral Agent (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its terms, the “ Indenture ”).

B. From time to time after the date hereof, the Issuer may, subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture and the Security Documents, incur Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations (including Additional Notes issued under the Indenture), that the Issuer desires to secure by the Pledged Collateral on a pari passu basis with the Notes.

C. The Guarantors have, pursuant to the Indenture, agreed to be bound by the Note Guarantees.

D. The Issuer and the Guarantors will receive substantial benefits from the execution and delivery of the Indenture and the other Note Documents, and from the performance of the Secured Obligations, and are, therefore, willing to enter into this Agreement.

E. Each Pledgor is, or as to Pledged Collateral acquired by such Pledgor after the date hereof will be, the legal and/or beneficial owner of the Pledged Collateral pledged by it hereunder.

F. This Agreement is given by each Pledgor in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties to secure the payment and performance of all of the Secured Obligations.

G. It is a condition to the issuance of the Notes that each Pledgor execute and deliver this Agreement.

A G R E E M E N T :

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, each Pledgor and the Collateral Agent hereby agree as follows:

 

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ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

SECTION 1.1 Definitions .

(a) Unless otherwise defined herein or in the Indenture, capitalized terms used herein that are defined in the UCC shall have the meanings assigned to them in the UCC.

(b) Terms used but not otherwise defined herein that are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.

(c) The following terms shall have the following meanings:

Additional Pari Passu Agent ” shall mean the Person appointed to act as trustee, agent or representative for the holders of Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations pursuant to any Additional Pari Passu Agreement.

Additional Pari Passu Agreement ” shall mean the indenture, credit agreement or other agreement under which any Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations (other than Additional Notes) are incurred and any notes or other instruments representing such Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations.

Additional Pari Passu Debt Documents ” shall mean any document or instrument executed and delivered with respect to any Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations.

Additional Pari Passu Joinder Agreement ” shall mean an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit 6 hereto.

Additional Pledged Interests ” shall mean, collectively, with respect to each Pledgor, (i) all options, warrants, rights, agreements, additional membership interests, partnership interests or other equity interests of whatever class in any issuer of Initial Pledged Interests or any other interest in any such issuer, together with all rights, privileges, authority and powers of such Pledgor relating to such interests in each such issuer or under any Organizational Document of any such issuer, and the certificates, instruments and agreements representing such membership, partnership or other interests and any and all interest of such Pledgor in the entries on the books of any financial intermediary pertaining to such membership, partnership or other equity interests from time to time acquired by such Pledgor in any manner and (ii) all membership, partnership or other equity interests, as applicable, of each limited liability company, partnership or other entity (other than a corporation) hereafter acquired or formed by such Pledgor and all options, warrants, rights, agreements, additional membership, partnership or other equity interests of whatever class of such limited liability company, partnership or other entity, together with all rights, privileges, authority and powers of such Pledgor relating to such interests or under any Organizational Document of any such issuer, and the certificates, instruments and agreements representing such membership, partnership or other equity interests and any and all interest of such Pledgor in the entries on the books of any financial intermediary pertaining to such membership, partnership or other interests, from time to time acquired by such Pledgor in any manner.

Additional Pledged Shares ” shall mean, collectively, with respect to each Pledgor, (i) all options, warrants, rights, Equity Interests, agreements, additional shares of capital stock of whatever class of any issuer of the Initial Pledged Shares or any other equity interest in any such issuer, together with all rights, privileges, authority and powers of such Pledgor relating to such interests issued by any such issuer under

 

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any Organizational Document of any such issuer, and the certificates, instruments and agreements representing such interests and any and all interest of such Pledgor in the entries on the books of any financial intermediary pertaining to such interests, from time to time acquired by such Pledgor in any manner and (ii) all the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of each corporation hereafter acquired or formed by such Pledgor and all options, warrants, rights, agreements or additional shares of capital stock of whatever class of such corporation, together with all rights, privileges, authority and powers of such Pledgor relating to such shares or under any Organizational Document of such corporation, and the certificates, instruments and agreements representing such shares and any and all interest of such Pledgor in the entries on the books of any financial intermediary pertaining to such shares, from time to time acquired by such Pledgor in any manner.

Agreement ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Preamble hereof.

Charges ” shall mean any and all property and other taxes, assessments and special assessments, levies, fees and governmental charges imposed upon or assessed against, and any and all claims (including any landlords’, carriers’, mechanics’, workmen’s, repairmen’s, laborers’, materialmen’s, suppliers’ and warehousemen’s Liens and other charges arising by operation of law) against, all or any portion of the Pledged Collateral.

Closing Date Intercompany Note ” shall mean a promissory note substantially in the form of Exhibit 8 .

Collateral Agent ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Preamble.

Commercial Motor Vehicles ” shall mean motor vehicles used primarily for commercial purposes.

Commodity Account Control Agreement ” shall mean a commodity account control agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent.

Contracts ” shall mean, collectively, with respect to each Pledgor, all sale, service, performance, equipment or property lease contracts, agreements and grants and all other contracts, agreements or grants (in each case, whether written or oral, or third party or intercompany), to which such Pledgor is a party, and all assignments, amendments, restatements, supplements, extensions, renewals, replacements or modifications thereof.

Control ” shall mean (i) in the case of each Deposit Account, “control,” as such term is defined in Section 9-104 of the UCC, (ii) in the case of any Security Entitlement (including any Securities Account), “control,” as such term is defined in Section 8-106 of the UCC and (iii) in the case of any Commodity Contract, “control,” as such term is defined in Section 9-106 of the UCC.

Control Agreements ” shall mean, collectively, the Deposit Account Control Agreement(s), the Securities Account Control Agreement(s) and the Commodity Account Control Agreement(s).

Control Collateral ” means any Pledged Collateral consisting of a certificated security (as defined in the UCC), investment property (as defined in the UCC) and any other Pledged Collateral as to which a Lien may be perfected through physical possession by the secured party, or any agent therefor.

Copyright Security Agreement ” shall mean an agreement substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit 3 .

 

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Copyrights ” shall mean, collectively, with respect to each Pledgor, all works of authorship (whether protected by statutory or common law copyright, whether established or registered in the United States or any other country or any political subdivision thereof, whether registered or unregistered and whether published or unpublished) and all copyright registrations and applications made by such Pledgor, in each case, whether now owned or hereafter created or acquired by or assigned to such Pledgor, including the copyrights, registrations and applications listed on Schedule 13(c) to the Perfection Certificate, together with any and all (i) rights and privileges arising under applicable Legal Requirements with respect to such Pledgor’s use of such copyrights, (ii) renewals and extensions thereof, (iii) income, fees, royalties, damages, claims and payments now or hereafter due and/or payable with respect thereto, including damages and payments for past, present or future infringements thereof, (iv) rights corresponding thereto throughout the world and (v) rights to sue for past, present or future infringements thereof.

Default ” or “ Event of Default ” shall mean a “default” or “event of default” (or such other similar terms denoting similar events) under the Indenture or under any Additional Pari Passu Agreement.

Default Rate ” shall mean, with respect to any date of determination, the greater of (i) the then applicable rate per annum at which Default Interest shall accrue on Defaulted Amounts under the Indenture and (ii) the then applicable equivalent rate under any then extant Additional Pari Passu Agreement (and, with respect to this clause (ii), if more than one Additional Pari Passu Agreement is then in effect, the highest such rate under all then existing Additional Pari Passu Agreements).

Deposit Account ” shall mean a demand, time, savings, passbook or like account with a bank, savings and loan association, credit union or like organization, other than an account evidenced by a negotiable certificate of deposit.

Deposit Account Bank ” shall mean a financial institution (a) reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent or (b) with whom one or more of the Pledgors shall have, prior to the date hereof, entered into an existing deposit account control agreement with Senior Agent.

Deposit Account Control Agreement ” shall mean a deposit account control agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent executed by the relevant Obligor, the Collateral Agent and the relevant Deposit Account Bank.

Discharge of the Senior Obligations ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Intercreditor Agreement.

Distributions ” shall mean, collectively, with respect to each Pledgor, all dividends, cash, options, warrants, rights, instruments, distributions, returns of capital or principal, income, interest, profits and other property, interests (debt or equity) or proceeds, including as a result of a split, revision, reclassification or other like change of the Pledged Securities, from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed to such Pledgor in respect of or in exchange for any or all of the Pledged Securities or Intercompany Notes.

Domain Names ” shall mean all Internet domain names and associated uniform resource locator addresses, including those listed on Schedule 13(d) to the Perfection Certificate.

Excluded Deposit Account ” shall mean any Deposit Account that is (a) exclusively a payroll account, zero balance employee benefit account or other employee wage and benefit payment account that the Issuer or any Guarantor may hold in trust for the benefit of an unaffiliated third party, (b) used exclusively for payment of payroll taxes or (c) an individual account that has an average monthly balance of less than $100,000, provided, that, the aggregate average monthly balance of all accounts under this clause (c) shall not exceed $500,000.

 

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Excluded Property ” shall mean:

(a) any lease, license, contract, property rights or agreement to which any Pledgor is a party or any of its rights or interests thereunder if and for so long as the grant of such security interest shall constitute or result in a breach or termination pursuant to the terms of, or a default under, any such lease, license, contract, property rights or agreement (other than to the extent that any such term would be rendered ineffective pursuant to Sections 9-406, 9-407, 9-408 or 9-409 of the UCC (or any successor provision or provisions) of any relevant jurisdiction or any other applicable Legal Requirement or principles of equity), provided , however , that such security interest shall attach immediately and automatically at such time as the condition causing such abandonment, invalidation or unenforceability shall be remedied and, to the extent severable, shall attach immediately to any portion of such lease, license, contract, property rights or agreement that does not result in any of the consequences specified above in this clause (a) including any Proceeds of such lease, license, contract, property rights or agreement;

(b) all Equity Interests issued by a Foreign Subsidiary (except that, in the case of Equity Interests issued by a first-tier Foreign Subsidiary, such Equity Interests shall be Excluded Property only to the extent the pledge thereof would result in the Collateral Agent having a Lien in more than sixty-five (65%) percent of all outstanding Equity Interests of such Foreign Subsidiary constituting “stock entitled to vote” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.956-2(c)(2));

(c) (i) any asset or property, the granting of a security interest in which would (A) require any governmental consent, approval, license or authorization, (B) be prohibited by enforceable anti-assignment provisions of applicable law, except, in the case of this clause (B), to the extent such prohibition would be rendered ineffective under the UCC or other applicable law notwithstanding such prohibition, or (C) result in materially adverse tax consequences to any Pledgor as reasonably determined by the Issuer with notice to the Collateral Agent and (ii) any governmental licenses or state or local franchises, charters or authorizations that are not permitted to be pledged and/or have a security interest granted therein under applicable law;

(d) any leasehold real estate;

(e) any interests in partnerships, joint ventures and non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries;

(f) the Deposit Account established with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as part of the Refinancing (as defined in the Senior Credit Agreement as in effect of the date hereof) to hold cash collateral with respect to certain outstanding letters of credit issued by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.; and

(g) any specifically identified asset with respect to which the Collateral Agent and the Issuer shall have reasonably determined that the cost, burden, difficulty or consequence of obtaining or perfecting a security interest therein outweighs the benefit of a security interest to the Secured Parties afforded thereby.

Foreign Subsidiary ” shall mean (a) a Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States or any state thereof or the District of Columbia or (b) any direct or indirect Subsidiary that is treated as a disregarded entity for United States federal income tax purposes if substantially all of its assets consist of Equity Interests of one or more direct or indirect Subsidiaries described in clause (a) of this definition.

 

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General Intangibles ” shall mean, collectively, with respect to each Pledgor, all “general intangibles,” as such term is defined in the UCC, of such Pledgor and, in any event, shall include (i) all of such Pledgor’s rights, title and interest in, to and under all insurance policies and coverages and Contracts, (ii) all know-how and warranties relating to any of the Pledged Collateral or any of the Mortgaged Property, (iii) any and all other rights, claims, choses-in-action and causes of action of such Pledgor against any other person and the benefits of any and all collateral or other security given by any other person in connection therewith (other than Commercial Tort Claims), (iv) all guarantees, endorsements and indemnifications on, or of, any of the Pledged Collateral or any of the Mortgaged Property, (v) all lists, books, records, correspondence, ledgers, printouts, files (whether in printed form or stored electronically), tapes and other papers or materials containing information relating to any of the Pledged Collateral or any of the Mortgaged Property, including all customer or tenant lists, identification of suppliers, data, plans, blueprints, specifications, designs, drawings, appraisals, recorded knowledge, surveys, studies, engineering reports, test reports, manuals, standards, processing standards, performance standards, catalogs, research data, computer and automatic machinery software and programs and the like, field repair data, accounting information pertaining to such Pledgor’s operations or any of the Pledged Collateral or any of the Mortgaged Property and all media in which or on which any of the information or knowledge or data or records may be recorded or stored and all computer programs used for the compilation or printout of such information, knowledge, records or data, (vi) all licenses, consents, permits, variances, certifications, authorizations and approvals, however characterized, of any Governmental Authority (or any person acting on behalf of a Governmental Authority) now or hereafter acquired or held by such Pledgor pertaining to operations now or hereafter conducted by such Pledgor or any of the Pledged Collateral or any of the Mortgaged Property including building permits, certificates of occupancy, environmental certificates, industrial permits or licenses and certificates of operation and (vii) all rights to reserves, payment intangibles, deferred payments, deposits, refunds or indemnification claims to the extent the foregoing relate to any Pledged Collateral or any Mortgaged Property and claims for tax or other refunds against any Governmental Authority relating to any Pledged Collateral or any of the Mortgaged Property.

Governmental Authority ” shall mean any federal, state, local or foreign (whether civil, administrative, criminal, military or otherwise) court, central bank or governmental agency, tribunal, authority, instrumentality, regulatory or self-regulatory, body or any subdivision thereof or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers of or pertaining to any government or any court, in each case whether associated with a state of the United States, the United States, or a foreign entity or government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).

Indenture ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Recital A hereof.

Initial Pledged Interests ” shall mean, with respect to each Pledgor, all membership interests, partnership interests or other Equity Interests (other than in a corporation), as applicable, of each issuer described in Schedule 10 to the Perfection Certificate, together with all rights, privileges, authority and powers of such Pledgor in and to each such issuer or under any Organizational Document of each such issuer, and the certificates, instruments and agreements representing such membership, partnership or other interests and any and all interest of such Pledgor in the entries on the books of any financial intermediary pertaining to such membership, partnership or other interests.

Initial Pledged Shares ” shall mean, collectively, with respect to each Pledgor, the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of each issuer that is a corporation described in Schedule 10 to the Perfection Certificate, together with all rights, privileges, authority and powers of such Pledgor relating to such interests in each such issuer or under any Organizational Document of each such issuer, and the certificates, instruments and agreements representing such shares of capital stock and any and all interest of such Pledgor in the entries on the books of any financial intermediary pertaining to the Initial Pledged Shares.

 

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Instruments ” shall mean, collectively, with respect to each Pledgor, all “instruments,” as such term is defined in Article 9, rather than Article 3, of the UCC, and shall include all promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange or acceptances.

Intellectual Property ” shall mean, collectively, the Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Trade Secrets, Licenses, Software and Domain Names.

Intellectual Property Collateral ” shall mean the Intellectual Property held or owned by each Pledgor or on a Pledgor’s behalf, including the Intellectual Property listed on Schedules 13(a), 13(b), 13(c) or 13(d) to the Perfection Certificate.

Intercompany Notes ” shall mean, with respect to each Pledgor, the Closing Date Intercompany Note and all intercompany notes held or hereafter acquired by such Pledgor and all certificates, instruments or agreements evidencing the Closing Date Intercompany Note and such intercompany notes, and all assignments, amendments, restatements, supplements, extensions, renewals, replacements or modifications thereof to the extent permitted pursuant to the terms hereof.

Intercreditor Agreement ” shall mean the Intercreditor and Subordination Agreement dated as of March 2, 2015, among PNC Bank, N.A., as Senior Agent, U.S. Bank National Association, as Collateral Agent, and for certain limited purposes accepted and agreed to by the Issuer and certain of its affiliates referred to therein.

Investment Property ” shall mean a security, whether certificated or uncertificated, Security Entitlement, Securities Account, Commodity Contract or Commodity Account, excluding, however, the Securities Collateral.

Issuer ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Preamble.

Joinder Agreement ” shall mean an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit 7 to this Agreement.

Legal Requirements ” shall mean, as to any person, any treaty, law (including the common law), statute, ordinance, code, rule, regulation, guidelines, license, permit requirement, judgment, decree, verdict, order, consent order, consent decree, writ, declaration or injunction, policies and procedures, Order or determination of an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority, and the interpretation or administration thereof, in each case applicable to or binding upon such person or any of its property or to which such person or any of its property is subject, in each case whether or not having the force of law.

Licenses ” shall mean, collectively, with respect to each Pledgor, all license and distribution agreements with, and covenants not to sue, any other party with respect to any Intellectual Property, whether such Pledgor is a licensor or licensee, distributor or distributee under any such license or distribution agreement, together with any and all (i) renewals, extensions, supplements and continuations thereof, (ii) income, fees, royalties, damages, claims and payments now and hereafter due and/or payable thereunder and with respect thereto including damages and payments for past, present or future infringements or violations thereof, (iii) rights to sue for past, present and future infringements or violations thereof and (iv) other rights to use, exploit or practice any or all of the Intellectual Property.

Material IP Collateral ” shall mean Intellectual Property that is material to the use and operation of the business of any Pledgor.

 

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Mortgaged Property ” shall mean each fee owned real property owned by the Issuer or any Guarantor which shall be subject to a mortgage or deed of trust delivered pursuant to Section 14.01 of the Indenture.

Notes ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Indenture.

Order ” shall mean any judgment, decree, verdict, order, consent order, consent decree, writ, declaration or injunction.

Patent Security Agreement ” shall mean an agreement substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit 4 .

Patents ” shall mean, collectively, with respect to each Pledgor, all patents issued or assigned to and all patent applications and registrations made by such Pledgor (whether established or registered or recorded in the United States or any other country or any political subdivision thereof), including those listed on Schedule 13(a) to the Perfection Certificate, together with any and all (i) rights and privileges arising under applicable Legal Requirements with respect to such Pledgor’s use of any patents, (ii) inventions and improvements described and charged therein, (iii) reissues, divisions, continuations and continuations in part thereof, (iv) income, fees, royalties, damages, claims and payments now or hereafter due and/or payable thereunder and with respect thereto including damages and payments for past, present or future infringements thereof, (v) rights corresponding thereto throughout the world and (vi) rights to sue for past, present or future infringements thereof.

Perfection Certificate ” shall mean that certain perfection certificate dated the date hereof, executed and delivered by each Pledgor party thereto in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and each other Perfection Certificate (which shall be in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent) executed and delivered by the applicable Pledgor in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of each Joinder Agreement executed in accordance with Section 3.5 .

Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.17 .

Pledged Collateral ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.1 .

Pledged Interests ” shall mean, collectively, the Initial Pledged Interests and the Additional Pledged Interests.

Pledged Securities ” shall mean, collectively, the Pledged Interests, the Pledged Shares and the Successor Interests.

Pledged Shares ” shall mean, collectively, the Initial Pledged Shares and the Additional Pledged Shares.

Pledgor ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Preamble hereof.

Response ” shall mean (a) “response” as such term is defined in CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. §9601(25) or any words of similar import defined under other applicable Environmental Law, or (b) all other actions required by any Governmental Authority to (i) clean up, remove, treat, remediate, contain, assess, abate, or monitor any Hazardous Materials at, in, on, under or from any Mortgaged Property, or otherwise in the Environment, (ii) prevent, stop, control or minimize the Release or threat of Release, or minimize the further Release, of any Hazardous Material, or (iii) perform studies, investigations, maintenance or monitoring in connection with, following, or as a precondition to or to determine the necessity of, the actions set forth in clause (i) or (ii) above.

 

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Second Priority ” shall mean, with respect to any Lien purported to be created in any Collateral pursuant to this Agreement or any other Security Document, that such Lien is the most senior Lien to which such Collateral is subject (subject only to (a) non-consensual Permitted Liens that arise under any Legal Requirements, (b) customary landlords’ Liens (other than on receivables and any proceeds thereof) that are Permitted Liens pursuant to clause (28) of the definition of Permitted Liens and (c) Liens on assets that are Permitted Liens pursuant to clauses (2), (4), (5), (6) (in the case of Liens securing Surety Bonds, with respect to Surety Priority Collateral only), (7), (8), (13), (14) (in the case of Liens securing Surety Bonds, with respect to Surety Priority Collateral only), (15), (18), (19), (22), (23), (24), (26) and (31) (but with respect to clause (31) only to the extent that such Permitted Lien would otherwise be a Permitted Lien described in any of the foregoing clauses (a), (b) or (c)) of the definition of “Permitted Liens” in the Indenture; provided , however , except for Liens that are Permitted Liens pursuant to clauses (2), (4) and (5) of the definition of “Permitted Liens” in the Indenture, such Liens shall not include Liens on receivables or any proceeds thereof).

Secured Obligations ” means (a) any principal, premium, interest (including any interest accruing subsequent to the filing of a petition in bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding at the rate provided for in the documentation with respect thereto, whether or not such interest is an allowed claim under applicable state, federal or foreign law), fees, indemnifications and other liabilities and obligations, and guarantees of payment of such principal, interest, fees, indemnifications and other liabilities, payable under any of (i) the Indenture, the Notes and the other Note Documents (including, without limitation, the Note Obligations) and (ii) any Additional Pari Passu Agreement and other documentation relating to any other Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations; provided that no obligations in respect of Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations (other than Additional Notes) shall constitute “Secured Obligations” unless the Additional Pari Passu Agent for the holders of such Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations has executed an Additional Pari Passu Joinder Agreement in the form of Exhibit 6 hereto and has become a party to the Intercreditor Agreement, and (b) the obligations of each Pledgor to perform all of the covenants and other agreements of any kind whatsoever applicable to it under the Note Documents or other applicable documents referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) of the foregoing clause (a).

Secured Parties ” shall mean, collectively, the Collateral Agent, the Trustee, each Holder, each Additional Pari Passu Agent, each holder of Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations that constitute Secured Obligations and any other Person to whom any of the Secured Obligations are owing and which are or are purported to be secured by the Collateral under the terms of the Security Documents.

Securities Account Control Agreement ” shall mean a securities account control agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent.

Securities Collateral ” shall mean, collectively, the Pledged Securities, the Intercompany Notes and the Distributions.

Securities Pledge Amendment ” shall mean an agreement substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit 2 .

Senior Agent ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Intercreditor Agreement.

Senior Obligations ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Intercreditor Agreement.

 

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Senior Security Agreement ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Intercreditor Agreement.

Senior Credit Agreement ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Indenture.

Senior Lien ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Intercreditor Agreement.

Software ” shall mean computer programs, object code, source code and supporting documentation, including, without limitation, “software” as such term is defined in the UCC and computer programs that may be construed as included in the definition of “goods” in the UCC, all licensed rights to the foregoing, and all media on which any such programs, code, documentation or associated data may be stored.

Successor Interests ” shall mean, collectively, with respect to each Pledgor, all shares of each class of the capital stock of the successor corporation or interests or certificates of the successor limited liability company, partnership or other entity owned by such Pledgor (unless such successor is either (x) such Pledgor itself or (y) is no longer a Subsidiary of the Issuer or has been Disposed of in a Disposition permitted by the Indenture) formed by or resulting from any consolidation or merger in which any person listed on Schedule 1(a) to the Perfection Certificate is not the surviving entity.

Taxes ” shall mean (a) any and all present or future taxes, duties, levies, imposts, assessments, fees, deductions, withholdings or other similar charges, imposed by a Governmental Authority, whether computed on a separate, consolidated, unitary, combined or other basis and any and all liabilities (including interest, fines, penalties or additions with respect to any of the foregoing) with respect to the foregoing, and (b) any transferee, successor, joint and several, contractual or other liability (including liability pursuant to Treasury Regulation § 1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of state, local or non-U.S. law)) in respect of any item described in clause (a).

Trademark Security Agreement ” shall mean an agreement substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit 5 .

Trademarks shall mean, collectively, with respect to each Pledgor, all trademarks (including service marks), slogans, logos, certification marks, trade dress, corporate names and trade names, whether registered or unregistered, owned by or assigned to such Pledgor and all registrations and applications for the foregoing (whether statutory or common law and whether established or registered in the United States or any other country or any political subdivision thereof), including those listed on Schedule 13(b) to the Perfection Certificate together with any and all (i) rights and privileges arising under applicable Legal Requirements with respect to such Pledgor’s use of any trademarks, (ii) goodwill associated therewith, (iii) renewals thereof, (iv) income, fees, royalties, damages and payments now and hereafter due and/or payable thereunder and with respect thereto, including damages, claims and payments for past, present or future infringements thereof, (v) rights corresponding thereto throughout the world and (vi) rights to sue for past, present and future infringements thereof.

Trade Secrets ” shall mean all trade secrets or other proprietary and confidential information including unpatented inventions, invention disclosures, financial data, technical data, personal information, customer lists, supplier lists, business plans, know-how, formulae, methods (whether or not patentable), designs, processes, procedures, source code, object code, and data collections, personally identifiable information, and all rights to sue at law or in equity for any infringement or other impairment thereof, including the right to receive all proceeds and damages therefrom.

UCC ” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York; provided , however , that if by reason of mandatory provisions of applicable Legal Requirements, any or all

 

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of the attachment, perfection or priority of the Collateral Agent’s and the other Secured Parties’ security interest in any item or portion of the Pledged Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code in a jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the term “UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such attachment, perfection or priority and for purposes of definitions relating to such provisions.

SECTION 1.2 Interpretation . The rules of interpretation specified in the Indenture (including Section 1.03 ) shall be applicable to this Agreement.

SECTION 1.3 Resolution of Drafting Ambiguities . Each Pledgor acknowledges and agrees that it was represented by counsel in connection with the execution and delivery hereof, that it and its counsel reviewed and participated in the preparation and negotiation hereof and that any rule of construction to the effect that ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party shall not be employed in the interpretation hereof.

SECTION 1.4 Perfection Certificate . The Perfection Certificate and all descriptions of Pledged Collateral, schedules, amendments and supplements thereto are and shall at all times remain a part of this Agreement.

SECTION 1.5 References to Enforceability of Security Interests . Each reference in this Agreement to a security interest being enforceable is qualified as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws relating to or limiting creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles relating to enforceability.

ARTICLE II

GRANT OF SECURITY AND SECURED OBLIGATIONS

SECTION 2.1 Grant of Security Interest . As collateral security for the payment and performance in full of all the Secured Obligations, each Pledgor hereby pledges and grants to the Collateral Agent for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a lien on and security interest in and to all of the right, title and interest of such Pledgor in, to and under the following assets, properties and rights, wherever located, whether now existing or hereafter arising or acquired from time to time (collectively, the “Pledged Collateral”):

(i) all Accounts;

(ii) all Equipment (including Commercial Motor Vehicles), Goods, Inventory and Fixtures;

(iii) all Documents, Instruments and Chattel Paper;

(iv) all Letter-of-Credit Rights (whether or not the letter of credit is evidenced by a writing);

(v) all Securities Collateral;

(vi) all Investment Property;

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(viii) the Commercial Tort Claims described on Schedule 14 to the Perfection Certificate;

(ix) all General Intangibles;

(x) all Deposit Accounts;

(xi) all Money;

(xii) all Supporting Obligations;

(xiii) all books and records pertaining to the Pledged Collateral;

(xiv) to the extent not covered by clauses (i) through (xiii) of this sentence, choses in action and all other personal property of such Pledgor, whether tangible or intangible; and

(xv) all Proceeds and products of each of the foregoing and all accessions to, substitutions and replacements for, and rents, profits and products of, each of the foregoing, and any and all Proceeds of any insurance, indemnity, warranty or guaranty payable to such Pledgor from time to time with respect to any of the foregoing.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in clauses (i) through (xv) above, (a) the security interest created by this Agreement shall not extend to any Excluded Property, and (b) the terms “Pledged Collateral”, “Initial Pledged Interests”, “Initial Pledged Shares”, “Additional Pledged Interests”, “Additional Pledged Shares”, “Successor Interests”, “Deposit Accounts” and any other relevant terms shall not include, any Excluded Property.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, immediately upon the ineffectiveness, lapse or termination of any restriction or condition causing or resulting in such personal property or other assets to constitute Excluded Property, the Pledged Collateral shall include, and each Pledgor shall be deemed to have granted a security in, all relevant previously restricted or conditioned right, title and interest in, to and under the personal property or other assets referred to in such paragraph, as the case may be, as if such restriction or condition had never been in effect.

SECTION 2.2 Filings .

(a) Each Pledgor hereby irrevocably authorizes the Collateral Agent (but the Collateral Agent is not obligated) at any time and from time to time to file in any relevant jurisdiction any initial financing statements (including fixture filings), continuation statements and amendments thereto that contain the information required by Article 9 of the UCC of each applicable jurisdiction for the filing of any financing statement, continuation statement or amendment relating to the Pledged Collateral, including (i) whether such Pledgor is an organization, the type of organization and any organizational identification number issued to such Pledgor, and (ii) in the case of a financing statement filed as a fixture filing or covering Pledged Collateral constituting minerals or the like to be extracted or timber to be cut, a sufficient description of the real property to which such Pledged Collateral relates; provided, however, such authorization shall not relieve any Pledgor from its respective obligations to take all actions required by the terms of this Agreement and the Indenture to perfect and maintain the perfection of the Collateral Agent’s Lien on the Collateral. Each Pledgor agrees to provide all information described in the immediately preceding sentence to the Collateral Agent promptly upon reasonable request. Such financing statements may describe the collateral in the same manner as

 

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described herein or may contain a description of collateral that describes such property in any other manner as the Collateral Agent may determine, in its sole discretion, is necessary or reasonably advisable or prudent to ensure the perfection or priority of the security interest in the collateral granted to the Collateral Agent in connection herewith, including describing such property as “all assets whether now owned or hereafter acquired” or “all personal property whether now owned or hereafter acquired” or similar language (regardless of whether any particular asset comprised in the Pledged Collateral falls within the scope of Article 9 of the UCC).

(b) Each Pledgor hereby ratifies its authorization for the Collateral Agent to file in any relevant jurisdiction any initial financing statements or amendments thereto relating to the Pledged Collateral if filed prior to the date hereof.

(c) Each Pledgor hereby further authorizes the Collateral Agent (but the Collateral Agent is not obligated) to file filings with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office (or any successor office or any similar office in any other country), including this Agreement, the Copyright Security Agreement, the Patent Security Agreement and the Trademark Security Agreement, or other documents for the purpose of perfecting, confirming, continuing, enforcing or protecting the pledge and security interest granted by such Pledgor hereunder in its Intellectual Property Collateral registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office (or any successor office or any similar office in any other country), without the signature of such Pledgor, and naming such Pledgor, as debtor, and the Collateral Agent, as secured party; provided, however, such authorization shall not relieve any Pledgor from its respective obligations to take all actions required by the terms of this Agreement and the Indenture to perfect and maintain the perfection of the Collateral Agent’s Lien on the Collateral.

(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no Pledgor shall be required to take any action to perfect a security interest in any of the following property except to the extent that such perfection can be accomplished by the filing of a UCC financing statement under the applicable provisions of the UCC (and all representations, warranties and covenants contained herein shall be deemed modified to reflect that no such steps have been, or are required to be, taken): (i) any Excluded Deposit Accounts; (ii) any Commercial Motor Vehicles covered by a certificate of title or ownership, (x) in each case, with an individual Fair Market Value of less than $25,000 per Commercial Motor Vehicle (it being understood and agreed that, for the avoidance of doubt, in determining the Fair Market Value of any such Commercial Motor Vehicle, the Fair Market Value of any equipment installed thereon shall be included in any such determination) or (y) if the Lien of the Senior Agent is listed on the certificate of title or ownership and the listing of a second Lien is not permitted by applicable Legal Requirements (provided other arrangements to perfect the liens of the Collateral Agent in such Commercial Motor Vehicles are satisfactory to the Collateral Agent hereunder (the Collateral Agent acknowledges that the arrangements in the Intercreditor Agreement are satisfactory to the Collateral Agent)); and (iii) any assets located outside of the United States except for Deposit Accounts, Securities Accounts and Equity Interests of a Foreign Subsidiary not constituting Excluded Property (but, in the case of the Equity Interests of a Foreign Subsidiary not constituting Excluded Property, each Pledgor shall be required to comply with the provisions of Sections 3.1 and, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, 3.2 ); provided , that , so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, no Pledgor shall be required to enter into any agreement or take any action to

 

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perfect any Lien hereunder in the Equity Interests of a Foreign Subsidiary in accordance with applicable Legal Requirements of any jurisdiction other than the United States or any state, county, municipality or other political subdivision thereof or the District of Columbia.

(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or the Indenture, including but not limited to the authorization contained this Section 2.2, each Pledgor is hereby obligated and directed to file on the Collateral Agent’s behalf for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties, financing or continuation statements or documents necessary for creation, perfection or maintenance of the security interests granted hereby to the extent required by the terms of this Agreement and the Indenture, and the Collateral Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, make such filings and the Collateral Agent shall have no responsibility or liability for the foregoing.

SECTION 2.3 Second Priority Nature of Liens .

(a) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Lien and security interest granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Agreement shall be a Second Priority Lien on and security interest in the Pledged Collateral and the exercise of any right or remedy by the Collateral Agent hereunder is subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, until Discharge of the Senior Obligations, no Pledgor shall be required to deliver any Control Collateral (or any certificates, agreements or instruments representing or evidencing the Control Collateral) to the Collateral Agent, (or to execute and deliver any related stock powers or instruments of transfer, assignment or endorsement to the Collateral Agent) if such Collateral (or any such certificates, agreements or instruments or related instruments of transfer, assignment or endorsement) is required to be delivered to the Senior Agent under the Senior Credit Agreement and has been so delivered to the Senior Agent (and all representations, warranties and covenants contained herein shall be deemed modified to reflect that no such steps have been, or are required to be, taken). Any obligation of a Pledgor to segregate and hold Pledged Collateral in trust for the benefit of the Collateral Agent shall, until Discharge of the Senior Obligations, be subject to the prior rights of the Senior Agent in such Pledged Collateral as provided in the Intercreditor Agreement.

(b) Except as expressly provided in the second sentence of Section 2.3(a) of this Agreement, each Pledgor agrees that, in the event any Pledgor, pursuant to the Senior Credit Agreement (including the Senior Security Agreement), takes (or has taken prior to the date hereof) any action to grant or perfect a Lien in favor of the Senior Agent in any assets, such Pledgor shall also take such substantially similar action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable Legal Requirements) to grant or perfect a Lien in such assets (subject to the Intercreditor Agreement) in favor of the Collateral Agent to secure the Secured Obligations without request of the Collateral Agent, including with respect to any personal property and real property in which the Senior Agent directs (or so directed prior to the date hereof) a Pledgor to grant or perfect a Lien or take such other action under the Senior Credit Agreement (including the Senior Security Agreement).

 

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ARTICLE III

PERFECTION; SUPPLEMENTS; FURTHER ASSURANCES;

USE OF PLEDGED COLLATERAL

SECTION 3.1 Delivery of Certificated Securities Collateral . Each Pledgor represents and warrants that all certificates, agreements or instruments representing or evidencing the Securities Collateral in existence on the date hereof have been delivered to the Collateral Agent in suitable form for transfer by delivery or accompanied by duly executed instruments of transfer or assignment in blank and that the Collateral Agent has a valid, enforceable, perfected Second Priority security interest therein. Each Pledgor hereby agrees that all certificates, agreements or instruments representing or evidencing Securities Collateral acquired by such Pledgor after the date hereof shall promptly (and in any event within 10 Business Days) after receipt thereof by such Pledgor (as such date may be extended by the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion) be delivered to and held by or on behalf of the Collateral Agent pursuant hereto. All certificated Securities Collateral shall be in suitable form for transfer by delivery or shall be accompanied by duly executed instruments of transfer or assignment in blank, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent. The Collateral Agent shall have the right, after the Discharge of the Senior Obligations, at any time upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default to endorse, assign or otherwise transfer to or to register in the name of the Collateral Agent or any of its nominees or endorse for negotiation any or all of the Securities Collateral, without any indication that such Securities Collateral is subject to the security interest hereunder. In addition, after the Discharge of the Senior Obligations, the Collateral Agent shall have the right at any time to exchange certificates representing or evidencing Securities Collateral for certificates of smaller or larger denominations.

SECTION 3.2 Perfection of Uncertificated Securities Collateral . Each Pledgor represents and warrants that the Collateral Agent has a valid, enforceable, perfected Second Priority security interest in all uncertificated Pledged Securities pledged by it hereunder that are in existence on the date hereof. Each Pledgor hereby agrees that if any issuer of Pledged Securities is organized in a jurisdiction that does not require the use of certificates to evidence equity ownership or any of the Pledged Securities are at any time not evidenced by certificates of ownership, then each applicable Pledgor shall, (i) if necessary to perfect a Second Priority security interest in such Pledged Securities (or if such action was taken or is being taken in favor of the Senior Agent under the Senior Credit Facilities (including the Senior Security Agreement)), cause such pledge to be recorded on the equityholder register or the books of the issuer, cause the issuer to execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent an acknowledgment of the pledge of such Pledged Securities substantially in the form of Exhibit 1 annexed hereto, execute any customary pledge forms or other documents reasonably necessary or appropriate to complete the pledge and, after Discharge of the Senior Obligations, give the Collateral Agent the right to transfer such Pledged Securities under the terms hereof and, upon the Collateral Agent’s reasonable request (or if provided or being provided to the Senior Agent), provide to the Collateral Agent an opinion of counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, confirming such pledge and perfection thereof and (ii) subject to Section 2.3(a), upon the Collateral Agent’s reasonable request, cause such Pledged Securities to become certificated and delivered to the Collateral Agent in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.1.

SECTION 3.3 Financing Statements and Other Filings; Maintenance of Perfected Security Interest . Each Pledgor represents and warrants that the only UCC-1 financing statements and intellectual property filings necessary to perfect the security interest granted by each Pledgor to the Collateral Agent in respect of the Pledged Collateral (to the extent a UCC financing statement or intellectual property filing can perfect such security interest) are listed on Schedule 1 hereto. All such UCC-1 financing statements and intellectual property filings are completed and, to the extent necessary or appropriate, duly executed

 

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form for filing in each applicable governmental, municipal or other office specified in Schedule 1 hereto. Each Pledgor agrees that at the sole cost and expense of the Pledgors, (i) such Pledgor will take all action that is necessary so as to at all times maintain the security interest created by this Agreement in the Pledged Collateral of such Pledgor as a valid, enforceable, perfected Second Priority security interest (subject to the requirements of this Agreement), and shall defend such security interest against the claims and demands of all persons (other than the holders of such Permitted Liens that are expressly permitted hereunder to be senior in relative lien priority to the Liens of the Collateral Agent), (ii) such Pledgor shall furnish to the Collateral Agent from time to time statements and schedules further identifying and describing the Pledged Collateral and such other reports in connection with the Pledged Collateral as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request, all in reasonable detail and (iii) at any time and from time to time, upon the written reasonable request of the Collateral Agent, such Pledgor shall promptly and duly execute and deliver, and file and have recorded, such further instruments and documents and take such further action as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request for the purpose of obtaining or preserving the full benefits of this Agreement and the rights and powers herein granted, including (x) the filing of any financing statements, continuation statements and other documents (including this Agreement) under the UCC (or other similar laws) in effect in any jurisdiction with respect to the security interest created hereby and (y) the execution and delivery of Control Agreements, all in form reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and in such offices (including the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office) wherever required by applicable Legal Requirements to perfect (to the extent a security interest in such Pledged Collateral may be so perfected under applicable Legal Requirements), continue and maintain a valid, enforceable, Second Priority security interest, in the Pledged Collateral as provided (and to the extent required) herein and to preserve the Second Priority Liens and related rights and interests granted to the Collateral Agent hereunder, as against third parties claiming a prior security interest in the Pledged Collateral (other than the holders of such Permitted Liens that are expressly permitted hereunder to be senior in relative lien priority to the Liens of the Collateral Agent), with respect to the Pledged Collateral.

SECTION 3.4 Other Actions . In order to further ensure the attachment, perfection and priority of, and the ability of the Collateral Agent to enforce, the Collateral Agent’s security interest in the Pledged Collateral, each Pledgor represents and warrants and covenants as follows, in each case at such Pledgor’s own expense, to take the following actions with respect to the following Pledged Collateral:

(a) Instruments and Tangible Chattel Paper . As of the date hereof, Pledgors hereby represent and warrant that (i) no amounts in excess of $200,000 in any one case or $1,000,000 in the aggregate payable under or in connection with any of the Pledged Collateral are evidenced by any Instrument or Tangible Chattel Paper other than the Intercompany Note, checks to be deposited in the ordinary course of business and the Instruments and Tangible Chattel Paper listed on Schedule 11 to the Perfection Certificate, (ii) the Intercompany Note has been properly assigned and delivered to the Senior Agent, accompanied by an endorsement to the Intercompany Note in the form attached thereto duly executed in blank by each Pledgor, and (iii) each such Instrument and each such item of Tangible Chattel Paper in excess of $200,000 in any one case or $1,000,000 in the aggregate for all such Instruments and Tangible Chattel Paper of Pledgors, has been properly endorsed, assigned and delivered to the Senior Agent, accompanied by instruments of transfer or assignment duly executed in blank. Subject to Section 2.3, if any amount, in excess of $200,000 in any one case or $1,000,000 in the aggregate for all such Instruments and Tangible Chattel Paper other than the Intercompany Note, then payable under or in connection with any of the Pledged Collateral shall be evidenced by any Instrument or Tangible Chattel Paper (other than checks to be deposited in the ordinary course of business), the Pledgor acquiring such Instrument or Tangible Chattel Paper shall promptly (and in any event within 10 Business

 

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Days as such date may be extended by the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion) endorse, assign and deliver the same to the Collateral Agent, accompanied by such instruments of transfer or assignment duly executed in blank as the Collateral Agent may from time to time specify; provided , however , that so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, upon written reasonable request by the applicable Pledgor, the Collateral Agent shall promptly return such Instrument (other than the Intercompany Note) or Tangible Chattel Paper to the applicable Pledgor from time to time, to the extent reasonably necessary for collection in the ordinary course of such Pledgor’s business.

(b) Deposit Accounts . Pledgors hereby represent and warrant that (i) as of the date hereof, Pledgors have neither opened nor maintain any Deposit Accounts (other than any Excluded Deposit Account) in which Pledgors maintain an average monthly balance of $100,000 or more in any one Deposit Account (other than any Excluded Deposit Account), or $500,000 in the aggregate for all such Deposit Accounts (other than any Excluded Deposit Account) of Pledgors, other than the accounts listed on Schedule 15 to the Perfection Certificate. The Collateral Agent has a Second Priority Lien in each such Deposit Account (other than any Excluded Deposit Account), which security interest will be, upon the execution and delivery of a Deposit Account Control Agreement with respect thereto (which execution and delivery is required to be effected within 60 days from the date hereof (as such date may be extended by the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion) to the extent possible after using commercially reasonable efforts) perfected by Control. No Pledgor shall hereafter establish and maintain any Deposit Account (other than any Excluded Deposit Account) in which Pledgors maintain an average monthly balance of $100,000 or more in any one Deposit Account (other than any Excluded Deposit Account), or $500,000 in the aggregate for all such Deposit Accounts (other than any Excluded Deposit Account) of Pledgors unless (1) the applicable Pledgor shall have given the Collateral Agent 30 days’ prior written notice (or such shorter time as may be agreed to by the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion) of its intention to establish such new Deposit Account with a Deposit Account Bank and (2) such Deposit Account Bank and such Pledgor shall have duly executed and delivered to the Collateral Agent a Deposit Account Control Agreement (or an amendment to an existing Deposit Account Control Agreement) with respect to such Deposit Account, in each case, to the extent an existing Deposit Account Control Agreement does not already cover such Deposit Account. The Collateral Agent agrees with each Pledgor that the Collateral Agent shall not give any instructions (or, in the case of Deposit Accounts for which the Collateral Agent is the Deposit Account Bank, take similar internal administrative action) directing the disposition of funds from time to time credited to any Deposit Account or withhold any withdrawal rights from such Pledgor with respect to funds from time to time credited to any Deposit Account unless (i) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and (ii) the Discharge of the Senior Obligations has occurred. Each Pledgor agrees that once the Collateral Agent sends an instruction or notice to a Bank exercising its Control over any Deposit Account such Pledgor shall not give any instructions or orders with respect to such Deposit Account including, without limitation, instructions for distribution or transfer of any funds in such Deposit Account. No Pledgor shall grant Control of any Deposit Account (other than an Excluded Deposit Account) to any person other than the Collateral Agent and the Senior Agent.

(c) Securities Accounts and Commodity Accounts . (i) Pledgors hereby represent and warrant that as of the date hereof, (1) Pledgors have neither opened nor maintain any Securities Accounts or Commodity Accounts in which the amount and/or fair market value of the financial assets and/or commodity contracts, as the case may be,

 

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held from time to time in all such accounts is greater than $100,000 in any one such account or $500,000 in the aggregate for all such accounts of Pledgors and (2) they do not hold, own or have any interest in any certificated securities or uncertificated securities other than those constituting Excluded Property and Pledged Securities. If Pledgors shall at any time hold or acquire any certificated securities constituting Investment Property (other than Excluded Property) and having a fair market value of $100,000 or more in any one case or $500,000 in the aggregate for all such certificated securities of Pledgors, the applicable Pledgor shall promptly (and in any event within 10 Business Days of acquiring such security as such date may be extended by the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion) (a) endorse, assign and deliver the same to the Collateral Agent, accompanied by such instruments of transfer or assignment duly executed in blank, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent or (b) deliver such securities into a Securities Account with respect to which a Control Agreement is in effect in favor of the Collateral Agent. If any securities now or hereafter acquired by Pledgors constituting Investment Property (other than Excluded Property) and having a fair market value of $100,000 or more in any one case or $500,000 in the aggregate for all such securities of Pledgors are uncertificated and are issued to any Pledgor or its nominee directly by the issuer thereof, the applicable Pledgor shall promptly (and in any event within 10 Business Days of acquiring such security as such date may be extended by the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion) notify the Collateral Agent thereof and pursuant to an agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, either (a) cause the issuer to agree to comply with Entitlement Orders or other instructions from the Collateral Agent as to such securities, without further consent of any Pledgor or such nominee, (b) cause a Security Entitlement with respect to such uncertificated security to be held in a Securities Account (other than an Excluded Deposit Account) with respect to which the Collateral Agent has Control or (c) after Discharge of the Senior Obligations, arrange for the Collateral Agent to become the registered owner of the securities. The Pledgors shall not hereafter establish and maintain any Securities Account or Commodity Account with any Securities Intermediary or Commodity Intermediary unless (1) the applicable Pledgor shall have given the Collateral Agent 30 days’ prior written notice (or such shorter time as may be agreed to by the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion) of its intention to establish such new Securities Account or Commodity Account with such Securities Intermediary or Commodity Intermediary and (2) such Securities Intermediary or Commodity Intermediary, as the case may be, and such Pledgor shall have duly executed and delivered a Control Agreement with respect to such Securities Account or Commodity Account, as the case may be. The Collateral Agent agrees with each Pledgor that the Collateral Agent shall not give any Entitlement Orders or instructions or directions (or, in the case of Securities Accounts and Commodities Accounts for which the Collateral Agent is the Securities Intermediary or Commodity Intermediary, take similar internal administrative action) to any issuer of uncertificated securities, Securities Intermediary or Commodity Intermediary, and shall not withhold its consent to the exercise of any withdrawal or dealing rights by such Pledgor, unless (i) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or, after giving effect to any such investment and withdrawal rights, would occur and (ii) the Discharge of the Senior Obligations has occurred. Each Pledgor agrees that once the Collateral Agent sends an instruction or notice to a Securities Intermediary or Commodity Intermediary exercising its Control over any Securities Account and Commodity Account such Pledgor shall not give any instructions or orders with respect to such Securities Account and Commodity Account including, without limitation, instructions for investment, distribution or transfer of any Investment Property or financial asset maintained in such Securities Account or Commodity Account. No Pledgor shall grant Control over any Investment Property to any person other than the Collateral Agent and the Senior Agent.

 

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(ii) As between the Collateral Agent and the Pledgors, the Pledgors shall bear the investment risk with respect to the Investment Property and Pledged Securities, and the risk of loss of, damage to, or the destruction of the Investment Property and Pledged Securities, whether in the possession of, or maintained as a security entitlement or deposit by, or subject to the control of, the Collateral Agent, a Securities Intermediary, a Commodity Intermediary, any Pledgor or any other person; provided , however , that nothing contained in this Section 3.4(c) shall release or relieve any Securities Intermediary or Commodity Intermediary of its duties and obligations to the Pledgors or any other person under any Control Agreement or under applicable Legal Requirements; provided , further , that nothing herein shall relieve the Collateral Agent from any liability to the extent resulting from the Collateral Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable decision. Each Pledgor shall promptly pay all Charges and fees of whatever kind or nature with respect to the Investment Property and Pledged Securities pledged by it under this Agreement, except for Charges that are immaterial or are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which such Pledgor has set aside on its books adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP. In the event any Pledgor shall fail to make such payment contemplated in the immediately preceding sentence, the Collateral Agent may do so for the account of such Pledgor and the Pledgors shall promptly reimburse and indemnify the Collateral Agent from all costs and expenses incurred by the Collateral Agent under this Section 3.4(c) in accordance with the Indenture.

(d) Electronic Chattel Paper and Transferable Records. If any amount, individually or in the aggregate, in excess of $100,000 payable under or in connection with any of the Pledged Collateral is evidenced by any Electronic Chattel Paper or any “transferable record” (as that term is defined in Section 201 of the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, or in Section 16 of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act as in effect in any relevant jurisdiction), the Pledgor acquiring such Electronic Chattel Paper or transferable record shall promptly notify the Collateral Agent thereof and shall take such action as is reasonably necessary to vest in the Collateral Agent control under UCC Section 9-105 of such Electronic Chattel Paper or control under Section 201 of the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act or, as the case may be, Section 16 of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, as so in effect in such jurisdiction, of such transferable record. The Collateral Agent agrees that the Pledgors, pursuant to procedures not adverse to the Collateral Agent or the Secured Parties and so long as such procedures will not result in the Collateral Agent’s loss of control, may make such alterations to the Electronic Chattel Paper or transferable record permitted under Section 9-105 of the UCC or, as the case may be, Section 201 of the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act or Section 16 of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, as determined by the Issuer, unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would occur after taking into account any action by such Pledgors with respect to such Electronic Chattel Paper or transferable record.

(e) Letter-of-Credit Rights. If Pledgors are, at any time, a beneficiary under a Letter of Credit now or hereafter issued in favor of Pledgors in an amount in excess of $200,000 in any one case or $1,000,000 in the aggregate for such Letters of Credit of Pledgors, other than a Letter of Credit that is a “supporting obligation” (as defined in Section 9-102 of the UCC) with respect to other Pledged Collateral in which the Collateral Agent has a valid, enforceable, perfected Second Priority security interest, each applicable Pledgor shall promptly (and in any event within 10 Business Days of

 

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becoming a beneficiary thereunder as such date may be extended by the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion) notify the Collateral Agent thereof and such applicable Pledgor shall use commercially reasonable efforts to, at the reasonable request of the Collateral Agent, pursuant to an agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, either (i) arrange for the issuer and any confirmer or other nominated person of such Letter of Credit to consent to an assignment to the Collateral Agent of the proceeds of any drawing under the Letter of Credit or (ii) arrange for the Collateral Agent to become the transferee beneficiary of such Letter of Credit, with the Collateral Agent agreeing, in each case, that the proceeds of any drawing under the Letter of Credit are to be applied as provided in Section 9.1; provided, however, the Collateral Agent shall not exercise any rights with respect to such Letters of Credit until after the Discharge of the Senior Obligations.

(f) Commercial Tort Claims . As of the date hereof, Pledgors hereby represent and warrant that Pledgors do not hold any Commercial Tort Claims having a value reasonably believed by Pledgors to be in excess of $200,000 in any one case or $1,000,000 in the aggregate for all Commercial Tort Claims of Pledgors, other than those listed on Schedule 14 to the Perfection Certificate. If Pledgors shall at any time bring a Commercial Tort Claim having a value reasonably believed by Pledgors to be in excess of $200,000 in any one case or $1,000,000 in the aggregate for all Commercial Tort Claims of Pledgors, each applicable Pledgor shall promptly (and in any event within 10 Business Days of bringing such Commercial Tort Claim as such date may be extended by the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion) notify the Collateral Agent in writing signed by such applicable Pledgor of the brief details thereof and grant to the Collateral Agent in such writing a security interest therein and in the Proceeds thereof, all upon the terms of this Agreement, with such writing to be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent.

(g) Pledged Collateral in the Possession of a Third Party . If any Equipment of Pledgors with a fair market value in excess of $200,000 in any one case or $1,000,000 in the aggregate for all Equipment of Pledgors is in possession or control of any third party (excluding Equipment located on a job site), including any warehouseman, landlord, lessor, bailee or agent, each applicable Pledgor shall promptly (and in any event within 30 Business Days thereof as such date may be extended by the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion) notify the Collateral Agent thereof and, upon the request of the Collateral Agent, notify the third party of the Collateral Agent’s security interest therein and use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain an acknowledgment from such third party that (i) it is holding the Equipment for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and (ii) such party will comply with instructions from the Collateral Agent with respect to such Pledged Collateral, without further consent of such applicable Pledgor; it being understood that, whether or not Collateral Agent has made such request, in the event that such a third party acknowledgment has been (or is being) obtained for the benefit of the Senior Agent, then such applicable Pledgor shall use commercially reasonable efforts also obtain a substantially similar third party acknowledgment for the benefit of the Collateral Agent. The Collateral Agent agrees not to issue any such instructions until after Discharge of the Senior Obligations.

SECTION 3.5 Joinder of Additional Guarantors . The Pledgors shall cause each Subsidiary of the Issuer that, from time to time, after the date hereof shall be required to become a Guarantor and pledge any assets to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to Section 4.18 of the Indenture, to execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent (i) a Joinder Agreement within 30 days after

 

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the date on which it was acquired or created (as such date may be extended by the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion) and (ii) a Perfection Certificate within 30 days after the date on which it was acquired or created (as such date may be extended by the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion) and, in each case, upon such execution and delivery, such Subsidiary shall constitute a “Pledgor” for all purposes hereunder with the same force and effect as if originally named as a Pledgor herein. The execution and delivery of such Joinder Agreement shall not require the consent of any Pledgor hereunder. The rights and obligations of each Pledgor hereunder shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the addition of any new Pledgor as a party to this Agreement or any other Note Document.

SECTION 3.6 Supplements; Further Assurances . Each Pledgor shall take such further actions, and execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent such additional assignments, agreements, supplements, powers and instruments, as each of the Collateral Agent or such Pledgor may in its reasonable judgment deem necessary, wherever required by applicable Legal Requirements, in order to perfect, preserve and protect the security interest in the Pledged Collateral as provided herein and the rights and interests granted to the Collateral Agent hereunder, to carry into effect the purposes hereof or better to assure and confirm unto the Collateral Agent the Pledged Collateral or permit the Collateral Agent (subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement) to exercise and enforce its rights, powers and remedies hereunder with respect to any Pledged Collateral. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Pledgor shall make, execute, endorse, acknowledge, file or refile and/or deliver to the Collateral Agent from time to time upon reasonable request such lists, descriptions and designations of the Pledged Collateral, copies of warehouse receipts, receipts in the nature of warehouse receipts, bills of lading, documents of title, vouchers, invoices, schedules, confirmatory assignments, supplements, additional security agreements, conveyances, financing statements, transfer endorsements, powers of attorney, certificates, reports and other assurances or instruments as the Collateral Agent shall reasonably request (subject to the limitations contained in this Agreement). If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, in addition to the rights and remedies available to the Collateral Agent pursuant to Article VIII hereof and in the other Note Documents, the Collateral Agent may institute and maintain, in its own name or in the name of any Pledgor, such suits and proceedings as the Collateral Agent may be advised by counsel shall be necessary or reasonably expedient to prevent any impairment of the security interest in the Pledged Collateral or the perfection or priority thereof. All of the foregoing shall be at the sole cost and expense of the Pledgors.

ARTICLE IV

REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS

Each Pledgor represents, warrants and covenants as follows:

SECTION 4.1 Title . Except for the security interest granted to the Collateral Agent for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to this Agreement and Permitted Liens, such Pledgor owns (or has a License to, in the case of Intellectual Property) and, as to Pledged Collateral acquired by it from time to time after the date hereof, will own the rights in each item of Pledged Collateral pledged by it hereunder free and clear of any and all Liens or claims of others.

SECTION 4.2 Validity of Security Interest . The security interest in and Lien on the Pledged Collateral granted to the Collateral Agent for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties hereunder constitutes (a) a legal and valid security interest in all the Pledged Collateral securing the payment and performance of the Secured Obligations, and (b) subject to the filings described in Schedule 1 hereto, a valid, enforceable, perfected Second Priority security interest in all the Pledged Collateral to the extent a security interest in such Pledged Collateral can be perfected pursuant to such filings. Each Pledgor hereby covenants to file or cause to be filed the filings described in Schedule 1 hereto. The security interest and Lien granted to the Collateral Agent for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to this

 

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Agreement in and on the Pledged Collateral will at all times constitute a valid, enforceable, perfected (subject to the limitations herein and in the Indenture), continuing Second Priority security interest therein.

SECTION 4.3 Defense of Claims; Transferability of Pledged Collateral . Each Pledgor shall, at its own cost and expense, defend title to the Pledged Collateral pledged by it hereunder and the Second Priority security interest therein granted to the Collateral Agent against all claims and demands of all persons, at its own cost and expense, at any time claiming any interest therein adverse to the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party, other than such claims and demands brought by holders of Permitted Liens. Except as permitted by the Indenture, (a) there is no agreement that restricts the transferability of any of the Pledged Collateral or otherwise impairs or conflicts with any Pledgor’s obligations or the rights of the Collateral Agent hereunder, and (b) the Pledgors shall not enter into any agreement or take any other action that would restrict the transferability of any of the Pledged Collateral or otherwise impair or conflict with any Pledgor’s obligations or the rights of the Collateral Agent hereunder.

SECTION 4.4 Other Financing Statements . No Pledgor has filed, nor authorized any third party to file, any valid or effective financing statement (or similar statement or instrument of registration under the law of any jurisdiction) covering or purporting to cover any interest of any kind all or any part of the Pledged Collateral of record in any public office, except such as have been filed in favor of the Senior Lien Agent pursuant to the Senior Security Agreement or in favor of the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Agreement or as are permitted by the Indenture (including with respect to Permitted Liens) or financing statements or public notices relating to the termination statements listed on Schedule 8(a) to the Perfection Certificate. No person other than the Collateral Agent has, or will have, control or possession of all or any part of the Pledged Collateral, except as expressly permitted by the Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreement or this Agreement (including Section 3.4(g) of this Agreement) and no Pledgor shall execute or authorize to be filed in any public office any financing statement (or similar statement or instrument of registration under the law of any jurisdiction) relating to any Pledged Collateral, except financing statements and other statements and instruments filed or to be filed in favor of the Senior Lien Agent pursuant to the Senior Security Agreement or in favor of the Collateral Agent or as permitted by the Indenture (including with respect to Permitted Liens).

SECTION 4.5 Chief Executive Office; Change of Name; Jurisdiction of Organization, etc . Such Pledgor shall, (i) unless it shall have given the Collateral Agent not less than 20 days’ prior written notice (or such shorter period as may be agreed to by the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion) (in the form of an Officers’ Certificate), not change its name, legal structure (whether by merger, consolidation, change in corporate form or otherwise), type of organization or jurisdiction of organization and (ii) take all actions necessary or reasonably advisable to maintain the continuous validity, perfection and the same or better priority of the Collateral Agent’s security interest in the Pledged Collateral granted or intended to be granted hereunder, which in the case of any merger or other change in organizational structure shall include delivering a written notice (in the form of an Officers’ Certificate) upon completion of such merger or other change in organizational structure confirming the grant of the security interest under this Agreement. The Collateral Agent may rely on opinions of counsel as to whether any or all UCC financing statements of the Pledgors need to be amended as a result of any of the changes described in this Section 4.5 . The Collateral Agent shall not be liable or responsible to any party for any failure to maintain a valid, enforceable, perfected security interest with the priority required hereunder in such Pledgor’s property constituting Pledged Collateral. The Collateral Agent shall have no duty to inquire about such changes, the parties acknowledging and agreeing that it would not be feasible or practical for the Collateral Agent to search for information on such changes if such information is not provided by any Pledgor.

 

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SECTION 4.6 Location of Equipment . As of the date hereof, all owned Equipment (other than Commercial Motor Vehicles) of such Pledgor (excluding Equipment located on a job site) with a Fair Market Value in excess of $200,000 in any one case or $1,000,000 in the aggregate is located at the chief executive office or such other location listed on Schedules 2(a), 2(b), 2(c), 2(d) and 2(e) to the Perfection Certificate. Such Pledgor shall notify Collateral Agent of any move of any owned Equipment (other than Commercial Motor Vehicles) (excluding Equipment located on a job site) with a Fair Market Value in excess of $200,000 in any one case or $1,000,000 in the aggregate to any other location within 30 days or such longer period as may be agreed by the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion (in the form of an Officers’ Certificate) of doing so, clearly describing such new location within the continental United States and (ii) with respect to such new location, such Pledgor shall have taken all action necessary to maintain the perfection and priority of the security interest of the Collateral Agent in the Pledged Collateral intended to be granted hereby (subject to the requirements contained herein).

SECTION 4.7 Corporate Names; Prior Transactions . Except as set forth in Schedules 1(a), 1(b), 1(c) and 3 to the Perfection Certificate, such Pledgor has not, during the past five years, been known by or used any other corporate or fictitious name or been a party to any merger or consolidation, or acquired all or substantially all of the assets of any person, or acquired any material portion of its property or assets out of the ordinary course of business.

SECTION 4.8 Due Authorization and Issuance . To such Pledgor’s knowledge (in the case of Pledged Shares issued by a person other than a Subsidiary of such Pledgor), all of the Initial Pledged Shares have been, and to the extent any Pledged Shares are hereafter issued, such Pledged Shares will be, upon such issuance, duly authorized, validly issued and fully paid and non-assessable. All of the Initial Pledged Interests have been fully paid for, and there is no amount or other obligation owing by any Pledgor to any issuer of the Initial Pledged Interests in exchange for or in connection with the issuance of the Initial Pledged Interests or any Pledgor’s status as a partner or a member of any issuer of the Initial Pledged Interests.

SECTION 4.9 Consents, etc . No consent of any party (including equityholders or creditors of such Pledgor) and no consent, authorization, approval, license or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any Governmental Authority or regulatory body or other person is required for the exercise by the Collateral Agent of (i) the voting or other rights provided for in this Agreement or (ii) the remedies in respect of the Pledged Collateral pursuant to this Agreement other than the Senior Agent as contemplated by the Intercreditor Agreement. In the event that the Collateral Agent desires following the Discharge of the Senior Obligations to exercise any remedies, voting or consensual rights or attorney-in-fact powers set forth in this Agreement upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default and reasonably determines it necessary to obtain any approvals or consents of any Governmental Authority or regulatory body or any other person therefor, then, upon the reasonable request of the Collateral Agent, each Pledgor agrees to assist and aid the Collateral Agent to obtain as soon as practicable any necessary approvals or consents for the exercise of any such remedies, rights and powers.

SECTION 4.10 Pledged Collateral . All information set forth herein, including the schedules annexed hereto, and all information contained in any documents, schedules and lists heretofore delivered that is required to be delivered pursuant to any Note Document to any Secured Party, including the Perfection Certificate and the schedules thereto, in connection with this Agreement, in each case, relating to the Pledged Collateral, is accurate and complete in all material respects when so delivered.

SECTION 4.11 Insurance . In the event that the proceeds of any insurance claim are paid after the Collateral Agent has exercised its right to foreclose during the existence of an Event of Default, such Net Proceeds shall be paid to the Collateral Agent to satisfy any deficiency remaining after such foreclosure. The Collateral Agent shall retain its interest in the insurance policies and coverages required to be maintained pursuant to the Indenture during any redemption period.

 

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SECTION 4.12 Payment of Taxes; Compliance with Legal Requirements; Contesting Liens; Charges . Each Pledgor may at its own expense contest the validity, amount or applicability of any Charges so long as the contest thereof shall be conducted in accordance with, and permitted pursuant to the provisions of, the Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, (i) no contest of any such obligation may be pursued by such Pledgor if such contest would expose the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to (A) any possible criminal liability or (B) any civil liability for failure to comply with such obligations unless such Pledgor shall have furnished a bond or other security therefor reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, or such Secured Party, as the case may be, and (ii) if at any time payment or performance of any obligation contested by such Pledgor pursuant to this Section 4.12 shall become necessary to prevent the imposition of remedies because of non-payment, such Pledgor shall pay or perform the same in sufficient time to prevent the imposition of remedies in respect of such default or prospective default.

SECTION 4.13 Access to Pledged Collateral. Books and Records; Other Information . Each Pledgor shall permit representatives of the Collateral Agent to visit and inspect its financial records and any of its properties at reasonable times and as often as reasonably requested and to make extracts from and copies of such financial records, and permit such representatives to discuss the affairs, finances, accounts and condition of any Pledgor with the officers and employees thereof and advisors therefor (including independent accountants). Such Pledgor shall, at any and all times, within a reasonable time after written request by the Collateral Agent, furnish or cause to be furnished to the Collateral Agent, in such manner and in such detail as may be reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent, additional information with respect to the Pledged Collateral. If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Collateral Agent shall have the right, but not the obligation, to access any Mortgaged Property to undertake any Response that the Collateral Agent in its reasonable discretion deems appropriate at the sole cost and expense of the Pledgors.

ARTICLE V

CERTAIN PROVISIONS CONCERNING SECURITIES COLLATERAL

SECTION 5.1 Pledge of Additional Securities Collateral . Each Pledgor shall, upon obtaining any Pledged Securities or intercompany notes of any person (other than Excluded Property), accept the same in trust for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and promptly (and in any event within 10 Business Days thereafter as such date may be extended by the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion) deliver to the Collateral Agent a Securities Pledge Amendment, duly executed by such Pledgor, and the certificates and other documents required under Section 3.1 and Section 3.2 in respect of the additional Pledged Securities or intercompany notes that are to be pledged pursuant to this Agreement, and confirming the attachment of the Lien hereby created on and in respect of such additional Pledged Securities or intercompany notes. Each Pledgor hereby authorizes the Collateral Agent to attach each Securities Pledge Amendment to this Agreement and agrees that all Pledged Securities or intercompany notes listed on any Securities Pledge Amendment delivered to the Collateral Agent shall for all purposes hereunder be considered Pledged Collateral.

 

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SECTION 5.2 Voting Rights; Distributions; etc .

(i) So long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing:

(A) Each Pledgor shall be entitled to exercise any and all voting and other consensual rights pertaining to the Securities Collateral or any part thereof for any purpose not inconsistent with the terms or purposes hereof, the other Note Documents or any other document evidencing the Secured Obligations; provided , however , that no Pledgor shall in any event exercise such rights in any manner that is disadvantageous to the Collateral Agent or any Holder in any material respect (it being understood that exercising such voting rights to approve a transaction that is permitted by the Indenture will not be deemed to be disadvantageous to any Collateral Agent or Holder); and

(B) Each Pledgor shall be entitled to receive and retain, and to utilize free and clear of the Lien hereof, any and all Distributions, but only if and to the extent made in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture; provided , however , that any and all such Distributions consisting of rights or interests in the form of Pledged Securities or Intercompany Notes shall promptly (and in any event within 10 Business Days after receipt thereof as such date may be extended by the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion) be delivered to the Collateral Agent to hold as Pledged Collateral and shall, if received by any Pledgor, be received in trust for the benefit of the Collateral Agent, be segregated from the other property or funds of such Pledgor and be forthwith delivered to the Collateral Agent as Pledged Collateral in the same form as so received (with any necessary or reasonably requested endorsement).

(ii) After the Discharge of the Senior Obligations, upon receipt of notice from the Collateral Agent after the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default (although no such notice shall be required in the case of an Event of Default under Section 6.01(a)(xii) or 6.01(a)(xiii) of the Indenture):

(A) All rights of each Pledgor to exercise the voting and other consensual rights it would otherwise be entitled to exercise pursuant to Section 5.2(i)(A) shall cease, and (subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement) all such rights shall thereupon become vested in the Collateral Agent, which shall thereupon have the sole right to exercise such voting and other consensual rights until the applicable Event of Default is no longer continuing, in which case the Collateral Agent’s rights under this Section 5.2(ii)(A) shall cease to be effective, subject to revesting in the event of a subsequent Event of Default that is continuing; and

(B) All rights of each Pledgor to receive Distributions that it would otherwise be authorized to receive and retain pursuant to Section 5.2(i)(B) without further action shall cease and (subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement) all such rights shall thereupon become vested in the Collateral Agent, which shall thereupon have the sole right to receive and hold as Pledged Collateral such Distributions until the applicable Event of Default is no longer continuing, in which case the Collateral Agent’s rights under this Section 5.2(ii)(B) shall cease to be effective, subject to revesting in the event of a subsequent Event of Default that is continuing.

(iii) After Discharge of the Senior Obligations, each Pledgor shall, at its sole cost and expense, from time to time execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent appropriate instruments as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request in order to permit the Collateral Agent to exercise the voting and other rights which it may be entitled to exercise pursuant to Section 5.2(ii)(A) and to receive all Distributions which it may be entitled to receive under Section 5.2(ii)(B) .

 

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(iv) All Distributions that are received by any Pledgor contrary to the provisions of Section 5.2(ii)(B) shall be received in trust for the benefit of the Collateral Agent, shall be segregated from the other funds of such Pledgor and (subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement) shall immediately be paid over to the Collateral Agent as Pledged Collateral in the same form as so received (with any necessary or reasonably requested endorsement).

SECTION 5.3 Organizational Documents . As of the date hereof, each Pledgor has delivered to the Collateral Agent true, correct and complete copies of the Organizational Documents of such Pledgor. As of the date hereof, the Organizational Documents of each Pledgor are in full force and effect, have not as of the date hereof been amended or modified except as disclosed in writing to the Collateral Agent, and there is no existing default by any party thereunder or any event which, with the giving of notice or passage of time or both, would constitute a default under any such Organizational Documents. No Pledgor will terminate or agree to terminate any Organizational Documents except as permitted by the Indenture.

SECTION 5.4 Default . As of the date hereof, each Pledgor is not in default in the payment of any portion of any mandatory capital contribution, if any, required to be made under any agreement to which such Pledgor is a party relating to the Pledged Securities pledged by it hereunder, and such Pledgor is not in violation of any other material provisions of any such agreement to which such Pledgor is a party, or otherwise in default or violation thereunder. As of the date hereof, no Securities Collateral pledged by each Pledgor is subject to any defense, offset or counterclaim, nor have any of the foregoing been asserted or alleged against such Pledgor by any person with respect thereto, and as of the date hereof, there are no certificates, instruments, documents or other writings (other than the certificates, if any, delivered to the Collateral Agent) which evidence any Pledged Securities of such Pledgor.

SECTION 5.5 Certain Agreements of Pledgors as Issuers and Holders of Equity Interests .

(i) In the case of each Pledgor that is an issuer of Securities Collateral, such Pledgor agrees to be bound by the terms of this Agreement relating to the Securities Collateral issued by it and will comply with such terms insofar as such terms are applicable to it.

(ii) In the case of each Pledgor that is a partner, member or holder of any Equity Interests in a partnership, limited liability company or other entity the Equity Interests of which are not Excluded Property, such Pledgor hereby consents to the extent required by the applicable Organizational Documents of such Pledgor to the pledge by each other Pledgor, pursuant to the terms hereof, of the Pledged Interests in such partnership, limited liability company or other entity and, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default after the Discharge of the Senior Obligations, to the transfer of such Pledged Interests to the Collateral Agent or its nominee and to the substitution of the Collateral Agent or its nominee as a substituted partner, member or holder of Equity Interests in such partnership, limited liability company or other entity with all the rights, powers and duties of a general partner, a limited partner, member or holder of Equity Interests, as the case may be.

ARTICLE VI

CERTAIN PROVISIONS CONCERNING INTELLECTUAL

PROPERTY COLLATERAL

SECTION 6.1 Registration . Each Pledgor represents and warrants that as of the date hereof: (i) the Intellectual Property set forth on Schedules 13(a), 13(b), 13(c) and 13(d) to the Perfection Certificate

 

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constitutes all of the registrations or applications for registration of Intellectual Property in the offices covered by those schedules owned or held by any Pledgor as of the date hereof; (ii) except as set forth in Schedules 13(a), 13(b), 13(c) and 13(d) to the Perfection Certificate or as otherwise permitted by the Indenture, it is the true, lawful and exclusive owner of all registrations and applications for registration of Intellectual Property listed in such Schedules to the Perfection Certificate hereto; (iii) all registrations listed on Schedules 13(a), 13(b), 13(c) and 13(d) to the Perfection Certificate are valid and in full force and effect; and (iv) except as set forth on Schedules 13(a), 13(b), 13(c) and 13(d) to the Perfection Certificate or as otherwise permitted by the Indenture, no Pledgor has granted to a third party any license rights to any Intellectual Property Collateral other than in the ordinary course of business.

SECTION 6.2 No Violations or Proceedings . Each Pledgor represents and warrants that since December 31, 2013, it has not received any third party claim, and no such claim is pending, that alleges any aspect of such Pledgor’s present business operations may infringe, violate, misuse, dilute, or misappropriate any Intellectual Property right of any other person, in each case, that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Each Pledgor represents and warrants that except as set forth in Schedules 13(a), 13(b), 13(c) and 13(d) to the Perfection Certificate or as otherwise permitted by the Indenture, (a) the Intellectual Property set forth in such Schedules to the Perfection Certificate has not been canceled, (b) such Pledgor is not aware of any third-party claim challenging the validity of, or Pledgor’s rights to, such registrations and applications, and (c) no Pledgor is aware of any material basis for such claims or any material reason that any of said applications will not mature into registrations.

SECTION 6.3 Maintenance of Registration . Each Pledgor shall, at its own expense, diligently process all documents reasonably required to maintain all registrations and applications for registration of its Material IP Collateral (other than with respect to registrations and applications deemed by such Pledgor in its reasonable business judgment to be no longer used in or useful for its business), including (i) the prompt filing of affidavits of use and applications for renewals of registration in the United States Patent and Trademark Office for all of its registered Trademarks that constitute Material IP Collateral, (ii) the timely payment of all fees and disbursements in connection therewith as well as any post-issuance fees due in connection with Patents that constitute Material IP Collateral, and (iii) refraining from the abandonment of any filing of affidavit of use or any application of renewal prior to the exhaustion of all administrative and judicial remedies without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent (other than with respect to registrations and applications deemed by such Pledgor in its reasonable business judgment to be no longer prudent to pursue). At its own cost and expense, each Pledgor shall diligently prosecute all applications for registrations of Material IP Collateral and shall not abandon any such application prior to exhaustion of all administrative and judicial remedies, absent prior written consent of the Collateral Agent or as otherwise permitted by the Indenture (other than with respect to registrations and applications deemed by such Pledgor in its reasonable business judgment to be no longer prudent to pursue).

SECTION 6.4 Licenses and Assignments . Except as otherwise permitted by the Indenture, each Pledgor hereby agrees not to divest itself of any Material IP Collateral or allow any material License to terminate or lapse prior to its scheduled expiration absent prior written approval of the Collateral Agent (other than where deemed by such Pledgor in its reasonable business judgment to be no longer used in or useful for its business).

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Pledgor’s claim of ownership in or right to use any of the Material IP Collateral, its right to register such Intellectual Property Collateral or its right to keep and maintain such registration in full force and effect, (ii) maintain and protect the Material IP Collateral used in or useful for the Pledgor’s business in a manner consistent with Sections 6.3 and 6.4 and as otherwise required by the Indenture, (iii) during the continuance of an Event of Default after the Discharge of the Senior Obligations, within five Business Days after written notice from the Collateral Agent, make available to the Collateral Agent, to the extent within such Pledgor’s reasonable power and authority, such personnel in such Pledgor’s employ on the date of such Event of Default as the Collateral Agent may reasonably designate, by name, title or job responsibility, to permit such Pledgor to continue, directly or indirectly, to produce, advertise and sell the products and services sold or delivered by such Pledgor under or in connection with the Intellectual Property Collateral, such persons to be available to perform their prior functions on the Collateral Agent’s behalf, (iv) not settle any pending or future material litigation or material administrative proceeding with respect to such Material IP Collateral without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent, (v) upon such Pledgor obtaining knowledge thereof, promptly notify the Collateral Agent in writing of any event that could reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the value or utility of the Material IP Collateral, the ability of such Pledgor or the Collateral Agent to dispose of such Material IP Collateral or any material portion thereof or the rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent in relation thereto including a levy or written threat of levy or any material legal process against such Material IP Collateral owned or licensed by such Pledgor or any portion thereof, (vi) not license the Material IP Collateral other than licenses entered into by such Pledgor in, or incidental to, the ordinary course of business, or amend or permit the amendment of any of the licenses in a manner that materially and adversely affects the right to receive payments thereunder to the extent such rights to receive payments are material to the business of such Pledgor, or in any manner that would materially impair the value of the Material IP Collateral taken as a whole or the Lien on and security interest in the Material IP Collateral intended to be granted to the Collateral Agent for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent, (vii) diligently keep adequate records respecting the registered Material IP Collateral and (viii) furnish to the Collateral Agent from time to time upon the Collateral Agent’s reasonable request therefor reasonably detailed statements and amended schedules further identifying and describing the Material IP Collateral and such other materials evidencing or reports pertaining to the Material IP Collateral as the Collateral Agent may from time to time reasonably request.

SECTION 6.6 After-Acquired Property . If any Pledgor shall, at any time before the Secured Obligations have been paid and performed in full (other than contingent indemnification obligations for which no claim or demand has been made and that, pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture or this Agreement, survive the termination thereof), (i) obtain any rights to any additional Material IP Collateral or (ii) become entitled to the benefit of any additional Material IP Collateral or any renewal or extension thereof, including any reissue, division, continuation, or continuation-in-part of any Material IP Collateral, any filing of a statement of use for any Trademark application, or any improvement on any Material IP Collateral, the provisions hereof shall automatically apply thereto and any such item enumerated in clause (i) or (ii) of this sentence with respect to such Pledgor shall automatically constitute Intellectual Property Collateral if such would have constituted Intellectual Property Collateral at the time of execution hereof and be subject to the Lien and security interest created by this Agreement without further action by any party (excluding any Intellectual Property Collateral that constitutes Excluded Property). Further, each Pledgor authorizes the Collateral Agent to modify this Agreement by amending Schedules 13(a), 13(b), 13(c) and 13(d) to the Perfection Certificate to include any Material IP Collateral acquired or arising after the date hereof of such Pledgor.

SECTION 6.7 Litigation . Unless there shall occur and be continuing any Event of Default, each Pledgor shall have the right to commence and prosecute in its own name, as the party in interest, for its own benefit and at the sole cost and expense of the Pledgors, such applications for protection of the Intellectual Property Collateral and suits, proceedings or other actions to prevent the infringement,

 

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counterfeiting, unfair competition, dilution, diminution in value or other damage as are necessary to protect the Intellectual Property Collateral. After Discharge of the Senior Obligations, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, the Collateral Agent shall have the right but shall in no way be obligated to file applications for registration of the Intellectual Property Collateral and/or bring suit in the name of any Pledgor, the Collateral Agent or the Secured Parties to enforce the Intellectual Property Collateral and any license thereunder. In the event of such suit, each Pledgor shall, at the reasonable request of the Collateral Agent, do any and all lawful acts and execute any and all documents requested by the Collateral Agent in aid of such enforcement and the Pledgors shall promptly reimburse and indemnify the Collateral Agent for all costs and expenses incurred by the Collateral Agent in the exercise of its rights under this Section 6.7 in accordance with Section 14.02(a) of the Indenture. In the event that the Collateral Agent shall elect not to bring such suit to enforce the Intellectual Property Collateral while an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, each Pledgor agrees, at the reasonable request of the Collateral Agent, to take all actions necessary, whether by suit, proceeding or other action, to prevent the material infringement, counterfeiting, unfair competition, dilution, diminution in value of or other material damage to any of the Intellectual Property Collateral by others and for that purpose agrees to diligently maintain to the extent commercially reasonable to do so, any suit, proceeding or other action against any person so infringing necessary to prevent such infringement.

SECTION 6.8 Intent-to-Use Trademark and Service Mark Applications . In connection with any intent-to-use trademark or service mark applications whether listed on Schedule 13(b) to the Perfection Certificate or otherwise with respect to any Material IP Collateral (including any unused trademark or service mark applications that are expected to become Material IP Collateral), the relevant Pledgor shall file a bona fide statement of use and shall take such other actions or steps as shall be required by the United States Patent and Trademark Office reasonably promptly following the date of first use in commerce of the mark that is the subject of such application, unless such Pledgor decides otherwise subject to Sections 6.3 and 6.4 herein. Upon acceptance of such bona fide statement of use by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, such application shall automatically become subject to the security interest granted herein. The Pledgors shall execute any further documents and instruments as the Collateral Agent may deem necessary or appropriate to confirm, implement, or enforce the Collateral Agent’s security interest in such applications. If the Pledgors fail to execute such further documents and instruments within five days of presentment, the Collateral Agent may, in the name of, and on behalf of, the Pledgors, execute such documents and instruments and make appropriate disposition of same, and the Pledgors hereby irrevocably appoint the Collateral Agent as their lawful attorney-in-fact with full power to do so. The foregoing power of attorney is coupled with an interest and such appointment shall be irrevocable for the term hereof.

ARTICLE VII

CERTAIN PROVISIONS CONCERNING ACCOUNTS

SECTION 7.1 Special Representation and Warranties . As of the time when each of its Accounts arises, each Pledgor shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that such Account and all records, papers and documents relating thereto (i) are in all material respects genuine and correct and what they purport to be, (ii) to the Pledgor’s knowledge, represent the legal, valid and binding obligation of the account debtor, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws relating to or limiting creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles relating to enforceability, evidencing indebtedness unpaid and owed by such account debtor, arising out of the performance of labor or services or the sale, lease, license, assignment or other disposition and delivery of the goods or other property listed therein or out of an advance or a loan, (iii) will, in the case of an Account, except for the original or duplicate original invoice sent to purchaser evidencing such purchaser’s account, be the only original writing evidencing and embodying such obligation of the account debtor named therein and (iv) are in all material respects in compliance and conform with all applicable Legal Requirements.

 

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SECTION 7.2 Maintenance of Records . Each Pledgor shall keep and maintain at its own cost and expense complete records of each Account, in a manner consistent with prudent business practice, including records of all payments received, all credits granted thereon, all merchandise returned and all other documentation relating thereto. Each Pledgor shall, at such Pledgor’s sole cost and expense, upon the Collateral Agent’s demand made at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default and the Discharge of the Senior Obligations, deliver all tangible evidence of Accounts, including all documents evidencing Accounts and any books and records relating thereto to the Collateral Agent or to its representatives (copies of which evidence and books and records may be retained by such Pledgor). Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, the Collateral Agent may transfer a full and complete copy of any Pledgor’s books, records, credit information, reports, memoranda and all other writings relating to the Accounts to and for the use by any person that has acquired or is contemplating acquisition of an interest in the Accounts or the Collateral Agent’s security interest therein without the consent of any Pledgor.

SECTION 7.3 Legend . At the request of the Collateral Agent and in form and manner reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, each Pledgor shall legend the Accounts and the other books, records and documents of such Pledgor evidencing or pertaining to the Accounts with an appropriate reference to the fact that the Accounts have been assigned to the Collateral Agent for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties and that the Collateral Agent has a security interest therein.

SECTION 7.4 Modification of Terms, etc . Except in the ordinary course of business consistent with its collection practices as in effect from time to time, no Pledgor shall rescind or cancel any obligations evidenced by any Account or modify any term thereof or make any adjustment with respect thereto, or extend or renew any such obligations or compromise or settle any dispute, claim, suit or legal proceeding relating thereto or sell any Account or interest therein without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent. Each Pledgor shall timely fulfill in all material respects all obligations on its part to be fulfilled under or in connection with the Accounts.

SECTION 7.5 Collection . Each Pledgor shall cause to be collected from the account debtor of each of the Accounts, as and when due in the ordinary course of business consistent with its collection practices as in effect from time to time (including Accounts that are delinquent, such Accounts to be collected in accordance with such Pledgors collection practices as in effect from time to time), any and all amounts owing under or on account of such Account, and apply forthwith upon receipt thereof all such amounts as are so collected to the outstanding balance of such Account, except that any Pledgor may, with respect to an Account, allow in the ordinary course of business (i) a refund or credit due as a result of returned or damaged or defective merchandise and (ii) such extensions of time to pay amounts due in respect of Accounts and such other modifications of payment terms or settlements in respect of Accounts as shall be commercially reasonable in the circumstances, all in accordance with such Pledgor’s ordinary course of business consistent with its collection practices as in effect from time to time. The costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) of collection, in any case, whether incurred by any Pledgor, the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party, shall be paid by the Pledgors.

 

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ARTICLE VIII

REMEDIES

SECTION 8.1 Remedies . Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, and subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, the Collateral Agent may from time to time exercise in respect of the Pledged Collateral, in addition to the other rights and remedies provided for herein or otherwise available to it under the Note Documents, applicable law or otherwise, the following remedies:

(i) Personally, or by agents or attorneys, immediately take possession of the Pledged Collateral or any part thereof, from any Pledgor or any other person who then has possession of any part thereof with or without notice or process of law, and for that purpose may enter upon any Pledgor’s premises where any of the Pledged Collateral is located, remove such Pledged Collateral, remain present at such premises to receive copies of all communications and remittances relating to the Pledged Collateral and use in connection with such removal and possession any and all services, supplies, aids and other facilities of any Pledgor;

(ii) Demand, sue for, collect or receive any money or property at any time payable or receivable in respect of the Pledged Collateral including instructing the obligor or obligors on any agreement, instrument or other obligation constituting part of the Pledged Collateral to make any payment required by the terms of such agreement, instrument or other obligation directly to the Collateral Agent, and in connection with any of the foregoing, compromise, settle, extend the time for payment and make other modifications with respect thereto; provided , however , that in the event that any such payments are made directly to any Pledgor, such Pledgor shall segregate all amounts received pursuant thereto in trust for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and shall promptly (but in no event later than one Business Day after receipt thereof) pay such amounts to the Collateral Agent;

(iii) Sell, assign, grant a license to use or otherwise liquidate, or direct any Pledgor to sell, assign, grant a license to use or otherwise liquidate, any and all investments made in whole or in part with the Pledged Collateral or any part thereof, and take possession of the proceeds of any such sale, assignment, license or liquidation;

(iv) Take possession of the Pledged Collateral or any part thereof, by directing any Pledgor in writing to deliver the same to the Collateral Agent at any place or places so reasonably designated by the Collateral Agent, in which event such Pledgor shall at its own expense: (A) forthwith cause the same to be moved to the place or places reasonably designated by the Collateral Agent and therewith delivered to the Collateral Agent, (B) store and keep any Pledged Collateral so delivered to the Collateral Agent at such place or places pending further action by the Collateral Agent and (C) while the Pledged Collateral shall be so stored and kept, provide such security and maintenance services as shall be reasonably necessary to protect the same and to preserve and maintain them in good condition. Each Pledgor’s obligation to deliver the Pledged Collateral as contemplated in this Section 8.1(iv) is of the essence hereof. Upon application to a court of equity having jurisdiction, the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to decree requiring specific performance by any Pledgor of such obligation;

(v) Withdraw all moneys, instruments, securities and other property in any bank, financial securities, deposit or other account of any Pledgor constituting Pledged Collateral;

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(vii) Exercise any and all rights as beneficial and legal owner of the Pledged Collateral, including perfecting assignment of and exercising any and all voting, consensual and other rights and powers with respect to any Pledged Collateral; and

(viii) Exercise all the rights and remedies of a secured party on default under the UCC (whether or not the UCC applies to the affected Pledged Collateral), and the Collateral Agent may also in its sole discretion, without notice except as specified in Section 8.2 , sell, assign, transfer or grant a license to use the Pledged Collateral or any part thereof in one or more parcels at public or private sale, at any exchange, broker’s board or at any of the Collateral Agent’s offices or elsewhere, for cash, on credit or for future delivery, and at such price or prices and upon such other terms as the Collateral Agent may deem commercially reasonable. The Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party or any of their respective Affiliates may be the purchaser, licensee, assignee or recipient of any or all of the Pledged Collateral at any such sale to the extent permitted by applicable Legal Requirements and shall be entitled, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Pledged Collateral sold, assigned or licensed at such sale, to use and apply any of the Secured Obligations owed to such person as a credit on account of the purchase price of any Pledged Collateral payable by such person at such sale. Each purchaser, assignee, licensee or recipient at any such sale shall acquire the property sold, assigned or licensed absolutely free from any claim or right on the part of any Pledgor, and each Pledgor hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Legal Requirements, all rights of redemption, stay and/or appraisal that it now has or may at any time in the future have under any Legal Requirement now existing or hereafter enacted. The Collateral Agent shall not be obligated to make any sale of Pledged Collateral regardless of notice of sale having been given. The Collateral Agent may adjourn any public or private sale from time to time by announcement at the time and place fixed therefor, and such sale may, without further notice, be made at the time and place to which it was so adjourned. Each Pledgor hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Legal Requirements, any claims against the Collateral Agent arising by reason of the fact that the price at which any Pledged Collateral may have been sold, assigned or licensed at such a private sale was less than the price which might have been obtained at a public sale, even if the Collateral Agent accepts the first offer received and does not offer such Pledged Collateral to more than one offeree.

SECTION 8.2 Notice of Sale . Each Pledgor acknowledges and agrees that, to the extent notice of sale or other disposition of Pledged Collateral shall be required by any Legal Requirement, 10 days prior notice to such Pledgor of the time and place of any public sale or of the time after which any private sale or other intended disposition is to take place shall be commercially reasonable notification of such matters unless the Pledged Collateral is perishable or threatens to decline speedily in value or is of a type customarily sold on a recognized market (in which case no such prior notice shall be required). No notification need be given to any Pledgor if it has signed, after the occurrence of an Event of Default, a statement renouncing or modifying any right to notification of sale or other intended disposition.

SECTION 8.3 Waiver of Notice and Claims; Other Waivers; Marshalling .

(i) Each Pledgor hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Legal Requirements, notice of judicial hearing in connection with the Collateral Agent’s taking possession or the Collateral Agent’s disposition of any of the Pledged Collateral, including any and all prior notice and hearing for any prejudgment remedy or remedies and any such right which such Pledgor would otherwise have under any Legal Requirement, and each Pledgor hereby further waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Legal Requirements (i) all damages occasioned by such taking of possession, except to the extent resulting solely from the Collateral Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable decision, (ii) all other requirements as to the time, place and terms of sale or other requirements with respect to the enforcement of the Collateral Agent’s rights hereunder and (iii) all rights of redemption, appraisal, valuation, stay,

 

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extension or moratorium now or hereafter in force under any applicable Legal Requirements. The Collateral Agent shall not be liable for any incorrect or improper payment made pursuant to this Article VIII except to the extent resulting solely from the Collateral Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable decision. Any sale of, or the grant of options to purchase, or any other realization upon, any Pledged Collateral shall operate to divest all right, title, interest, claim and demand, either at law or in equity, of the applicable Pledgor therein and thereto, and shall be a perpetual bar both at law and in equity or otherwise against such Pledgor and against any and all persons claiming or attempting to claim the Pledged Collateral so sold, optioned or realized upon, or any part thereof, from, through or under such Pledgor.

(ii) Each Pledgor hereby waives demand, notice, protest, notice of acceptance of this Agreement, notice of Credit Extensions, Pledged Collateral received or delivered or any other action taken in reliance hereon and all other demands and notices of any description.

(iii) The Collateral Agent shall not be required to marshal any present or future collateral security (including the Pledged Collateral) for, or other assurances of payment of, the Secured Obligations or any of them or to resort to such collateral security or other assurances of payment in any particular order. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable Legal Requirements, each Pledgor hereby agrees that it will not invoke any Legal Requirement relating to the marshalling of collateral and hereby irrevocably waives the benefits of all such Legal Requirements.

SECTION 8.4 Standards for Exercising Rights and Remedies . To the extent that applicable Legal Requirements impose duties on the Collateral Agent to exercise remedies in a commercially reasonable manner, each Pledgor acknowledges and agrees that it is not commercially unreasonable for the Collateral Agent (i) to fail to incur expenses reasonably deemed significant by the Collateral Agent to prepare Pledged Collateral for disposition or otherwise to fail to complete raw material or work in process into finished goods or other finished products for disposition, (ii) to fail to obtain third party consents for access to Pledged Collateral to be disposed of, or to obtain or, if not required by other Legal Requirements, to fail to obtain consents for Governmental Authorities or third parties for the collection or disposition of Pledged Collateral to be collected or disposed of, (iii) to fail to exercise collection remedies against account debtors or other persons obligated on Pledged Collateral or to fail to remove liens or encumbrances on or any adverse claims against Pledged Collateral, (iv) to exercise collection remedies against account debtors and other persons obligated on Pledged Collateral directly or through the use of collection agencies and other collection specialists, (v) to advertise dispositions of Pledged Collateral through publications or media of general circulation, whether or not the Pledged Collateral is of a specialized nature, (vi) to contact other persons, whether or not in the same business as any Pledgor, for expressions of interest in acquiring all or any portion of the Pledged Collateral, (vii) to hire one or more professional auctioneers to assist in the disposition of Pledged Collateral, whether or not the collateral is of a specialized nature, (viii) to dispose of Pledged Collateral by utilizing Internet sites that provide for the auction of assets of the types included in the Pledged Collateral or that have the reasonable capability of doing so, or that match buyers and sellers of assets, (ix) to dispose of assets in wholesale rather than retail markets, (x) to disclaim or modify disposition warranties, (xi) to purchase insurance or credit enhancements to insure the Collateral Agent against risks of loss, collection or disposition of Pledged Collateral or to provide to the Collateral Agent a guaranteed return from the collection or disposition of Pledged Collateral, or (xii) to the extent deemed appropriate by the Collateral Agent, to obtain the services of other brokers, investment bankers, consultants and other professionals to assist the Collateral Agent in the collection or disposition of any of the Pledged Collateral. The Pledgors acknowledge that the purpose of this Section 8.4 is to provide non-exhaustive indications of what actions or omissions by the Collateral Agent would fulfill the Collateral Agent’s duties under the UCC or other Legal Requirements of the State or any other relevant jurisdiction in the Collateral Agent’s exercise of remedies against the Pledged Collateral and that other actions or omissions by the Collateral Agent shall not be

 

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deemed to fail to fulfill such duties solely on account of not being indicated in this Section 8.4. Without limiting the foregoing, nothing contained in this Section 8.4 shall be construed to grant any rights to any Pledgor or to impose any duties on the Collateral Agent that would not have been granted or imposed by this Agreement or by applicable Legal Requirements in the absence of this Section 8.4.

SECTION 8.5 Certain Sales of Pledged Collateral .

(i) Each Pledgor recognizes that, by reason of certain prohibitions contained in Legal Requirements, the Collateral Agent may be compelled, with respect to any sale of all or any part of the Pledged Collateral, to limit purchasers to those who meet the requirements of a Governmental Authority. Each Pledgor acknowledges that any such sales may be at prices and on terms less favorable to the Collateral Agent than those obtainable through a public sale without such restrictions, and, notwithstanding such circumstances, agrees that any such restricted sale shall be deemed to have been made in a commercially reasonable manner and that, except as may be required by applicable Legal Requirements, the Collateral Agent shall have no obligation to engage in public sales.

(ii) Each Pledgor recognizes that, by reason of certain prohibitions contained in the Securities Act and applicable state or foreign securities’ laws, the Collateral Agent may be compelled, with respect to any sale or disposition of all or any part of the Securities Collateral and Investment Property, to limit purchasers to persons who will agree, among other things, to acquire such Securities Collateral or Investment Property for their own account, for investment and not with a view to the distribution or resale thereof. Each Pledgor acknowledges that any such private sales may be at prices and on terms less favorable to the Collateral Agent than those obtainable through a public sale without such restrictions (including a public offering made pursuant to a registration statement under the Securities Act), and, notwithstanding such circumstances, agrees that any such private sale shall be deemed to have been made in a commercially reasonable manner and that the Collateral Agent shall have no obligation to engage in public sales and no obligation to delay the sale of any Securities Collateral or Investment Property for the period of time necessary to permit the issuer thereof to register it for a form of public sale requiring registration under the Securities Act or under applicable state or foreign securities laws, even if such issuer would agree to do so.

(iii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Pledgor shall, after the Discharge of the Senior Obligations, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, at the request of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties, cause any registration, qualification under or compliance with any federal, state or foreign securities law or laws to be effected with respect to all or any part of the Securities Collateral as soon as practicable and at the sole cost and expense of the Pledgors. Each Pledgor will cause such registration to be effected (and be kept effective) and cause such qualification and compliance to be effected (and be kept effective) as may be so requested and as would permit or facilitate the sale and distribution of such Securities Collateral including registration under the Securities Act (or any similar statute then in effect), appropriate qualifications under applicable blue sky or other state or foreign securities laws and appropriate compliance with all other requirements of any Governmental Authority. Each Pledgor shall cause the Collateral Agent to be kept advised in writing as to the progress of each such registration, qualification or compliance and as to the completion thereof, shall furnish to the Collateral Agent such number of prospectuses, offering circulars or other documents incident thereto as the Collateral Agent from time to time may request, and shall indemnify and shall cause the issuer of the Securities Collateral to indemnify the Collateral Agent against all claims, losses, damages and liabilities caused by any untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a material fact contained therein (or in any related registration statement, notification or the like) or by any omission (or alleged omission) to state therein (or in any related registration statement, notification or the like) a material fact required to be stated therein or reasonably necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.

 

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(iv) If the Collateral Agent determines to exercise its right to sell any or all of the Securities Collateral or Investment Property, upon written request, the applicable Pledgor shall, and shall cause each issuer of Securities Collateral and Investment Property to be sold hereunder to, from time to time furnish to the Collateral Agent all such information as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request in order to determine the number and nature or interest, of securities or other instruments included in the Securities Collateral or Investment Property which may be sold by the Collateral Agent as exempt transactions under the Securities Act and the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder, as the same are from time to time in effect.

(v) Each Pledgor further agrees that a breach of any of the covenants contained in this Section 8.5 will cause irreparable injury to the Collateral Agent and other Secured Parties, that the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties have no adequate remedy at law in respect of such breach and, as a consequence, that each and every covenant contained in this Section 8.5 shall be specifically enforceable against such Pledgor, and such Pledgor hereby waives and agrees not to assert any defenses against an action for specific performance of such covenants.

SECTION 8.6 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies .

(i) No failure on the part of the Collateral Agent to exercise, no course of dealing with respect to, and no delay on the part of the Collateral Agent in exercising, any right, power or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, power or remedy hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy; nor shall the Collateral Agent be required to look first to, enforce or exhaust any other security, collateral or guaranties. The remedies herein provided are cumulative and are not exclusive of any remedies provided by applicable Legal Requirements, in equity or otherwise.

(ii) In the event that the Collateral Agent shall have instituted any proceeding to enforce any right, power or remedy under this Agreement by foreclosure, sale, entry or otherwise, and such proceeding shall have been discontinued or abandoned for any reason or shall have been determined adversely to the Collateral Agent, then and in every such case, the Pledgors, the Collateral Agent and each other Secured Party shall be restored to their respective former positions and rights hereunder with respect to the Pledged Collateral, and all rights, remedies and powers of the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties shall continue as if no such proceeding had been instituted.

SECTION 8.7 Certain Additional Actions Regarding Intellectual Property . For the purpose of enabling the Collateral Agent, during the continuance of an Event of Default, to exercise rights and remedies under this Article VIII at such time as the Collateral Agent shall be lawfully entitled to exercise such rights and remedies, and for no other purpose, each Pledgor hereby grants to the Collateral Agent, to the extent licensable, exercisable solely upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default after the Discharge of the Senior Obligations, an irrevocable, non-exclusive worldwide license (exercisable without payment of royalty or other compensation to any Pledgor) to use, assign, license, sublicense or otherwise dispose of the Intellectual Property Collateral now owned or hereafter acquired by such Pledgor (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any License that by its terms is prohibited from being so licensed to the extent constituting Excluded Property), wherever the same may be located. Such license shall include access to all media in which any of the licensed items may be recorded or stored and to all computer programs used for the compilation or printout hereof. Subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, if an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the Collateral Agent may, by written notice to the relevant Pledgor, take any or all of the following actions: (i) declare the entire right, title and interest of such Pledgor in and to the Intellectual Property Collateral, vested in the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in which event such right, title and interest shall immediately vest, in the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to

 

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exercise the power of attorney referred to in Section 10.2 hereof to execute, cause to be acknowledged and notarized and record said absolute assignment with the applicable agency or registrar; (ii) take and use or sell the Intellectual Property Collateral along with any goodwill of such Pledgor’s business symbolized by any Trademarks that are included in such Intellectual Property; and (iii) direct such Pledgor to refrain, in which event such Pledgor shall refrain, from using the Intellectual Property Collateral in any manner whatsoever, directly or indirectly. Such Pledgor shall execute such further documents that the Collateral Agent may reasonably request to further confirm this and to transfer ownership of the Intellectual Property Collateral and registrations and any pending applications in the United States Copyright Office, United States Patent and Trademark Office, equivalent office in a state of the United States or a foreign jurisdiction or applicable Domain Name registrar to the Collateral Agent.

ARTICLE IX

APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS

SECTION 9.1 Application of Proceeds .

(i) The proceeds received by the Collateral Agent in respect of any sale of, collection from or other realization upon all or any part of the Collateral pursuant to the exercise by the Collateral Agent of its remedies, subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, shall be applied, together with any other sums then held by the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Agreement, as follows:

first , to amounts owing to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent, their agents and attorneys, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture;

second , to amounts owing to any Additional Pari Passu Agent in its capacity as such in accordance with the terms of such Additional Pari Passu Agreement;

third , ratably to amounts owing to the holders of Secured Obligations in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and Additional Pari Passu Agreements; and

fourth , to the Issuer and/or other persons entitled thereto.

(ii) In making the determination and allocations required by this Section 9.1, the Collateral Agent may conclusively rely upon information supplied by the applicable Additional Pari Passu Agent as to the amounts of unpaid principal and interest and other amounts outstanding with respect to such Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations and the Collateral Agent shall have no liability to any of the Secured Parties for actions taken in reliance on such information.

(iii) If, despite the provisions of this Agreement, any Secured Party shall receive any payment or other recovery in excess of its portion of payments on account of the Secured Obligations to which it is then entitled in accordance with this Agreement, such Secured Party shall hold such payment or other recovery in trust for the benefit of all Secured Parties hereunder for distribution in accordance with this Section 9.1.

 

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ARTICLE X

MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 10.1 Concerning Collateral Agent .

(i) The Collateral Agent has been appointed as Collateral Agent pursuant to the Indenture. The actions of the Collateral Agent hereunder are subject to the provisions of the Indenture. The Collateral Agent shall have the right hereunder to make demands, to give notices, to exercise or refrain from exercising any rights, and to take or refrain from taking action (including the release or substitution of the Pledged Collateral), in accordance with this Agreement and the Indenture. Each Secured Party, by its acceptance of the benefits hereof, agrees that it shall have no right individually to realize upon any of the Pledged Collateral hereunder, it being understood and agreed by such Secured Party that all rights and remedies hereunder may be exercised solely by the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. The Collateral Agent may employ agents and attorneys-in-fact in connection herewith and shall not be liable for the negligence or misconduct of any such agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it in good faith. The Collateral Agent may resign and a successor Collateral Agent may be appointed in the manner provided in the Indenture. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as the Collateral Agent by a successor Collateral Agent, that successor Collateral Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Collateral Agent under this Agreement, and the retiring Collateral Agent shall thereupon be discharged from its duties and obligations under this Agreement. After any retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation, the provisions hereof shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it under this Agreement while it was the Collateral Agent.

(ii) Except for the exercise of reasonable care in the custody of any Pledged Collateral in its possession and the accounting for moneys actually received by it hereunder, the Collateral Agent shall have no duty as to any Pledged Collateral or as to the taking of any necessary steps to preserve rights against prior parties or any other rights pertaining to any Pledged Collateral. The Collateral Agent shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody and preservation of the Pledged Collateral in its possession if such Pledged Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equivalent to that which the Collateral Agent, in its individual capacity, accords its own property consisting of similar instruments or interests; provided that neither the Collateral Agent nor any of the other Secured Parties nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees or agents shall have responsibility for (x) ascertaining or taking action with respect to calls, conversions, exchanges, maturities, tenders or other matters relating to any Securities Collateral, whether or not the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party has or is deemed to have knowledge of such matters, (y) failing to demand, collect or realize upon all or any part of the Pledged Collateral or for any delay in doing so or (z) failing to take any necessary steps to preserve rights against any person with respect to any Pledged Collateral.

(iii) The Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely upon any written notice, statement, certificate, order or other document or any telephone message believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper person, and, with respect to all matters pertaining to this Agreement and its duties hereunder, upon advice of counsel selected by it.

(iv) If any item of Pledged Collateral also constitutes collateral granted to the Collateral Agent under any other deed of trust, mortgage, security agreement, pledge or instrument of any type, in the event of any conflict between the provisions hereof and the provisions of such other deed of trust, mortgage, security agreement, pledge or instrument of any type in respect of such collateral, the provisions hereof shall control.

(v) The Collateral Agent will not be liable for interest on any money received by it or risk or expend any of its own funds. No provision of this Agreement will 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.

 

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(vi) In the event that the Collateral Agent is required to acquire title to an asset for any reason, or take any managerial action of any kind in regards thereto, in order to carry out any fiduciary or trust obligation for the benefit of another, which in the Collateral Agent’s sole discretion may cause it to be considered an “owner or operator” under the provisions of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (“CERCLA”), 42 U.S.C. §9601, et. Seq., or otherwise cause it to incur liability under CERCLA or any other federal, state or local law, the Collateral Agent reserves the right, instead of taking such action, to either resign or arrange for the transfer of the title or control of the asset to a court-appointed receiver. The Collateral Agent shall not be liable to any Person for any environmental claims or contribution action under any federal, state or local law, rule or regulation by reason of the Collateral Agent’s actions and conduct as authorized, empowered and directed hereunder or under the other Note Documents or relating to the discharge, release or threatened release of hazardous materials into the environment. If at any time it is necessary or advisable for the Collateral to be possessed, owned, operated or managed by any Person other than a Pledgor, a majority in interest of the Secured Parties shall direct the Collateral Agent to appoint an appropriately qualified Person who they shall designate to possess, own, operate or manage, as they case may be, the Collateral.

(vii) The parties hereto agree that the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to reimbursement of its expenses incurred hereunder as provided in Article 7 and Section 14.02 of the Indenture. Without limitation (or duplication) of its indemnification obligations under the other Note Documents, each Pledgor jointly and severally agrees to indemnify the Collateral Agent against, and hold harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses, including reasonable and documented counsel fees, charges and disbursements, incurred by or asserted against Collateral Agent arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (a) the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement or any other Note Document to which such Pledgor is a party or any agreement on instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties hereto and thereto of their respective obligations thereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or (b) any claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, or to the Collateral (including , any environmental claims or contribution actions under any federal, state or local law, rule or regulation), whether or not the Collateral Agent is a party thereto; provided, however, that such indemnity shall not 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 the Collateral Agent.

SECTION 10.2 Collateral Agent May Perform; Collateral Agent Appointed Attorney-in-Fact . If any Pledgor shall fail to perform any covenants contained in this Agreement and such failure constitutes an Event of Default (including such Pledgor’s covenants to (i) pay the premiums in respect of all required insurance policies hereunder, (ii) pay Charges as required herein, (iii) make repairs, or (iv) discharge Liens or pay or perform any obligations of such Pledgor under any Pledged Collateral) or if any representation or warranty on the part of any Pledgor contained herein shall be breached, the Collateral Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) do the same or cause it to be done or remedy any such breach, and may expend funds for such purpose; provided, however, that the Collateral Agent shall in no event be bound to inquire into the validity of any tax, lien, imposition or other obligation which such Pledgor fails to pay or perform as and when required hereby and which such Pledgor does not contest in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.12 hereof. Any and all amounts so expended by the Collateral Agent shall be paid by the Pledgors in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture. Neither the provisions of this Section 10.2 nor any action taken by the Collateral Agent pursuant to the provisions of this Section 10.2 shall prevent any such failure to observe any covenant contained in this Agreement nor any breach of representation or warranty from constituting an Event of Default. Each Pledgor hereby appoints the Collateral Agent its attorney-in-fact, with full authority in the place and stead of such Pledgor and in the name of such Pledgor, or otherwise, from time to time in the Collateral Agent’s discretion to take any action and to execute any instrument consistent with the terms of the Indenture, this Agreement and the

 

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other Note Documents which the Collateral Agent may deem necessary or reasonably advisable to accomplish the purposes hereof. The foregoing grant of authority is a power of attorney coupled with an interest and such appointment shall be irrevocable for the term hereof. Each Pledgor hereby ratifies all that such attorney shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

SECTION 10.3 Continuing Security Interest; Assignment . This Agreement shall create a continuing security interest in the Pledged Collateral and shall (i) be binding upon the Pledgors, their respective successors and assigns and (ii) inure, together with the rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent hereunder, to the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties and each of their respective successors, transferees and assigns. No other persons (including any other creditor of any Pledgor) shall have any interest herein or any right or benefit with respect hereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing clause (ii), any Secured Party may assign or otherwise transfer any obligations held by it secured by this Agreement to any other person, and such other person shall thereupon become vested with all the benefits in respect thereof granted to such Secured Party, herein or otherwise, subject however, to the provisions of the Indenture.

SECTION 10.4 Termination; Release . When all the Secured Obligations have been paid in full (other than contingent indemnification obligations for which no claim or demand has been made and that, pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture or the Security Documents, survive the termination thereof), this Agreement shall terminate. Upon termination hereof, the security interests granted hereby shall terminate and all rights to the Pledged Collateral shall revert to the applicable Pledgor or to such other person as may be entitled thereto pursuant to any Order or other applicable Legal Requirement. Upon termination hereof or any release of Pledged Collateral in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture, the Collateral Agent shall promptly, upon the written request and at the sole cost and expense of the Pledgors, assign, transfer and deliver to the Pledgors, against receipt and without recourse to or warranty of any kind (either express or implied) by the Collateral Agent (except that the Collateral Agent has not assigned or otherwise transferred its security interest in the Pledged Collateral), such of the Pledged Collateral to be released (in the case of a release) as may be in possession or control of the Collateral Agent and as shall not have been sold or otherwise applied pursuant to the terms hereof, and, with respect to any other Pledged Collateral, with such endorsements or proper documents and instruments (including UCC-3 termination statements or releases) acknowledging the termination hereof or the release of such Pledged Collateral, as the case may be.

Without limiting the foregoing, the Liens securing the obligations under the Indenture (including, without limitation, the Note Obligations) will be released, in whole or in part, as provided in Article 14 of the Indenture (including, without limitation, Sections 14.04 and 14.10 thereof).

The Liens securing Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations of any series will be released, in whole or in part, as provided in Additional Pari Passu Agreement governing such obligations.

SECTION 10.5 Modification in Writing . No amendment, modification, supplement, termination or waiver of or to any provision hereof, nor consent to any departure by any Pledgor therefrom, shall be effective unless the same shall be made in accordance with the terms of the Indenture (and each applicable Additional Pari Passu Agreement) and unless in writing and signed by the Collateral Agent (and Additional Pari Passu Agent, if applicable). The Collateral Agent shall be entitled to receive an Opinion of Counsel and Officers’ Certificate stating that such amendment, modification, supplement, termination or waiver is authorized or permitted by the Indenture, this Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement and any Additional Pari Passu Agreement, and that all conditions precedent to the execution of such have been satisfied. Any amendment, modification or supplement of or to any provision hereof, any waiver of any provision hereof and any consent to any departure by any Pledgor from the terms of any provision hereof in each case shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific

 

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purpose for which made or given. Except where notice is specifically required by this Agreement or any other document evidencing the Secured Obligations (including any Additional Pari Passu Agreement), no notice to 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.

SECTION 10.6 Notices . Unless otherwise provided herein or in the Indenture, any notice or other communication herein required or permitted to be given shall be given in the manner and become effective as set forth in the Indenture, as to any Pledgor, addressed to it at the address of the Issuer set forth in the Indenture, as to the Collateral Agent, addressed to it at the address set forth in the Indenture, and as to any Additional Pari Passu Agent, addressed to is at the address set forth in the applicable Additional Pari Passu Joinder Agreement, or in each case at such other address as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to the other party complying as to delivery with the terms of this Section 10.6 .

SECTION 10.7 Governing Law, Consent to Jurisdiction and Service of Process; Waiver of Jury Trial .

(a) THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. EACH OF THE ISSUER, THE PLEDGORS, THE GUARANTORS, THE TRUSTEE AND THE COLLATERAL AGENT HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

(b) Each of the Issuer, Guarantors and Pledgors: (a) agrees that any suit, action or proceeding against it arising out of or relating to this Agreement, may be instituted in any U.S. federal court with applicable subject matter jurisdiction sitting in The City of New York; (b) waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such suit, action or proceeding, and any claim that any suit, action or proceeding in such a court has been brought in an inconvenient forum; and (c) submits to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of such courts in any suit, action or proceeding.

SECTION 10.8 Severability of Provisions . Any provision hereof which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.

SECTION 10.9 Execution in Counterparts . This Agreement and any amendments, waivers, consents or supplements hereto may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by telecopy or other electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.

SECTION 10.10 Business Days . In the event any time period or any date provided in this Agreement ends or falls on a day other than a Business Day, then such time period shall be deemed to end and such date shall be deemed to fall on the immediately preceding Business Day, and performance herein may be made on such Business Day, with the same force and effect as if made on such other day.

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involuntary proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law or such Pledgor shall otherwise be a party to any federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium or similar proceeding to which the provisions relating to the automatic stay under any Bankruptcy Law or any similar provision in any such Legal Requirement is applicable, then, in any such case, whether or not the Collateral Agent has commenced foreclosure proceedings under this Agreement, such Pledgor shall not, and each Pledgor hereby expressly waives its right to (to the extent it may lawfully do so) at any time insist upon, plead or in any whatsoever, claim or take the benefit or advantage of any such automatic stay or such similar provision as it relates to the exercise of any of the rights and remedies (including any foreclosure proceedings) available to the Collateral Agent as provided in this Agreement, in any other Note Document or any other document evidencing the Secured Obligations. Each Pledgor further covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power granted herein to the Collateral Agent, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no law relating to any stay or similar provision had been enacted.

SECTION 10.12 No Credit for Payment of Taxes or Imposition . No Pledgor shall be entitled to any credit against the principal, premium, if any, or interest payable under the Indenture, and such Pledgor shall not be entitled to any credit against any other sums which may become payable under the terms thereof or hereof, by reason of the payment of any Tax on the Pledged Collateral or any part thereof.

SECTION 10.13 No Claims Against Collateral Agent . Nothing contained in this Agreement shall constitute any consent or request by the Collateral Agent, express or implied, for the performance of any labor or services or the furnishing of any materials or other property in respect of the Pledged Collateral or any part thereof, nor as giving any Pledgor any right, power or authority to contract for or permit the performance of any labor or services or the furnishing of any materials or other property in such fashion as would permit the making of any claim against the Collateral Agent in respect thereof or any claim that any Lien based on the performance of such labor or services or the furnishing of any such materials or other property is prior to the Lien hereof.

SECTION 10.14 No Release . Nothing set forth in this Agreement shall relieve any Pledgor from the performance of any term, covenant, condition or agreement on such Pledgor’s part to be performed or observed under or in respect of any of the Pledged Collateral or from any liability to any person under or in respect of any of the Pledged Collateral or shall impose any obligation on the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to perform or observe any such term, covenant, condition or agreement on such Pledgor’s part to be so performed or observed or shall impose any liability on the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party for any act or omission on the part of such Pledgor relating thereto or for any breach of any representation or warranty on the part of such Pledgor contained in this Agreement, the Indenture or the other Note Documents, or under or in respect of the Pledged Collateral or made in connection herewith or therewith. The obligations of each Pledgor contained in this Section 10.14 shall survive the termination hereof and the discharge of such Pledgor’s other obligations under this Agreement, the Indenture or the other Note Documents.

SECTION 10.15 Overdue Amounts . Until paid, all amounts due and payable under this Agreement (other than contingent indemnification obligations for which no claim or demand has been made after the payment in full of all other Secured Obligations) shall constitute Secured Obligations and shall bear interest, whether before or after judgment, at the Default Rate. For the avoidance of doubt, the requirement to pay interest at the Default Rate pursuant to this Section 10.15 does not apply to amounts payable for principal or interest with respect to the Notes or Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations.

 

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SECTION 10.16 Obligations Absolute . All obligations of each Pledgor hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional irrespective of:

(i) any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, arrangement, readjustment, composition, liquidation or the like of any Pledgor;

(ii) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Note Document, or any other agreement or instrument relating thereto against any Pledgor;

(iii) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of, all or any of the Secured Obligations, or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to any departure from any Note Document or any other agreement or instrument relating thereto;

(iv) any pledge, exchange, release or non-perfection or loss of priority of any other collateral, or any release or amendment or waiver of or consent to any departure from any guarantee, for all or any of the Secured Obligations;

(v) any exercise, non-exercise or waiver of any right, remedy, power or privilege under or in respect hereof, or any Note Document; or

(vi) any other circumstances which might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any Pledgor other than the payment in full in cash of the Secured Obligations.

SECTION 10.17 Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations .

(i) On or after the Issue Date, the Issuer may from time to time designate additional obligations as Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations by delivering to the Collateral Agent, the Trustee and each Additional Pari Passu Agent (a) a certificate signed by the chief financial officer of the Issuer (i) identifying the obligations so designated, the aggregate principal amount or face amount thereof and the terms and Additional Pari Passu Debt Documents governing such obligations, and stating that such obligations are designated as “Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations” for purposes hereof, (ii) representing that such designation complies with the terms of the Indenture, the other Note Documents and each then extant Additional Pari Passu Agreement, (iii) specifying the name and address of the Additional Pari Passu Agent for such obligations (if other than the Trustee) and (iv) stating that the Pledgors have complied with their obligations under Section 3.4; (b) except in the case of Additional Notes, a fully executed Additional Pari Passu Joinder Agreement (in the form attached as Exhibit 6 hereto), (c) an Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the designation of such obligations as “Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations” does not violate the terms of the Indenture, the other Note Documents and each then extant Additional Pari Passu Agreement (upon which the Collateral Agent may conclusively and exclusively rely) and (d) evidence that the Additional Pari Passu Agent for the applicable series of Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations has entered into an agency agreement with the Collateral Agent that is acceptable to the Collateral Agent, acting in its sole discretion.

(ii) Notwithstanding the delivery of the Additional Pari Passu Joinder Agreement set forth above, the Collateral Agent shall not be obligated to act as Collateral Agent for any New Secured Parties (as such term is defined in Exhibit 6 hereto) whatsoever or to execute any document whatsoever (including any agency agreement) if in the sole judgment of the Collateral Agent doing so would impose, purport to impose or might reasonably be expected to impose upon the Collateral Agent any obligation or liability for which the Collateral Agent is not in its sole discretion fully protected. In no event shall the Collateral Agent be subject to any document that it has not executed. The Additional Pari Passu Joinder Agreement shall not be effective until it has been accepted in writing by the Collateral Agent.

SECTION 10.18 Collateral Agent’s Right and Remedies Subject to the Intercreditor Agreement . Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, all of the rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent under this Agreement are subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and

 

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may only be exercised by the Collateral Agent at the times, in the manner and subject to the conditions set forth in the Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and this Agreement, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Pledgors and the Collateral Agent have caused this Security Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by their duly authorized officers as of the date first above written.

 

LAYNE CHRISTENSEN COMPANY,
as a Pledgor
By:

/s/ Andrew T. Atchison

Name: Andrew T. Atchison
Title: Chief Financial Officer
BENCOR CORPORATION OF AMERICA-FOUNDATION SPECIALIST
COLLECTOR WELLS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
FENIX SUPPLY LLC
INLINER TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
INTERNATIONAL DIRECTIONAL SERVICES, L.L.C.
LAYNE HEAVY CIVIL, INC.
LAYNE INLINER, LLC
LAYNE TRANSPORT CO.
LINER PRODUCTS, LLC
REYNOLDS WATER ISLAMORADA, LLC
VIBRATION TECHNOLOGY, INC.
W.L. HAILEY & COMPANY, INC.
BOYLES BROS. DRILLING COMPANY
CHRISTENSEN BOYLES CORPORATION
LAYNE INTERNATIONAL, LLC
LAYNE SOUTHWEST, INC.
MEADORS CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.

MID-CONTINENT DRILLING COMPANY

each as a Pledgor

By:

/s/ Andrew T. Atchison

Name: Andrew T. Atchison
Title: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Collateral Agent
By:

/s/ Wally Jones

Name: Wally Jones
Title: Vice President

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SCHEDULE 1

PERFECTION STEPS

Filings/Filing Offices

 

Type of Filings

  

Entity

  

Applicable

Security

Document

  

Jurisdictions

UCC-1    Layne Christensen Company    Security Agreement    Delaware
UCC-1    Bencor Corporation of America-Foundation Specialist    Security Agreement    Delaware
UCC-1    Boyles Bros. Drilling Company    Security Agreement    Utah
UCC-1    Christensen Boyles Corporation    Security Agreement    Delaware
UCC-1    Collector Wells International, Inc.    Security Agreement    Ohio
UCC-1    Fenix Supply, LLC    Security Agreement    Delaware
UCC-1    Inliner Technologies, LLC    Security Agreement    Indiana
UCC-1    International Directional Services, L.L.C.    Security Agreement    Delaware
UCC-1    Layne Heavy Civil, Inc.    Security Agreement    Indiana
UCC-1    Layne Inliner, LLC    Security Agreement    Indiana
UCC-1    Layne International, LLC    Security Agreement    Delaware
UCC-1    Layne Southwest, Inc.    Security Agreement    New Mexico
UCC-1    Layne Transport Co.    Security Agreement    Indiana

Schedule 1 to Security Agreement


UCC-1 Liner Products, LLC Security Agreement Indiana
UCC-1 Meadors Construction Co., Inc. Security Agreement Florida
UCC-1 Mid-Continent Drilling Company Security Agreement Delaware
UCC-1 Reynolds Water Islamorada, LLC Security Agreement Delaware
UCC-1 Vibration Technology, Inc. Security Agreement Delaware
UCC-1 W. L. Hailey & Company, Inc. Security Agreement Tennessee
Patent Security Agreement Layne Christensen Company Security Agreement USPTO
Patent Security Agreement Inliner Technologies, LLC Security Agreement USPTO
Patent Security Agreement Christensen Boyles Corporation Security Agreement USPTO
Patent Security Agreement Layne Inliner, LLC Security Agreement USPTO
Trademark Security Agreement Layne Christensen Company Security Agreement USPTO
Trademark Security Agreement Inliner Technologies, LLC Security Agreement USPTO
Trademark Security Agreement Bencor Corporation of America-Foundation Specialist Security Agreement USPTO
Trademark Security Agreement Layne Heavy Civil, Inc. Security Agreement USPTO
Trademark Security Agreement Liner Products, LLC Security Agreement USPTO


EXHIBIT 1

[Form of]

ISSUER’S ACKNOWLEDGMENT

The undersigned hereby (i) acknowledges receipt of (a) that certain Security Agreement (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Senior Security Agreement ”), dated as of April 15, 2014, made by Layne Christen Company, a Delaware corporation (the “ Administrative Borrower ”), the Subsidiaries of the Administrative Borrower from time to time party thereto as Co-Borrowers, the Subsidiary Guarantors from time to time party thereto and PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as administrative agent (in such capacity and together with any successors in such capacity, the “ Administrative Agent ”), and (b) that certain Security Agreement, dated as of March 2, 2015 (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Security Agreement ” ; and together with the Senior Security Agreement, the “ Security Agreements ”), made by LAYNE CHRISTENSEN COMPANY, a Delaware corporation (the “ Issuer ”), the Guarantors from time to time party thereto and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Collateral Agent (in such capacity and together with any successors in such capacity, the “ Collateral Agent ”; and together with the Administrative Agent, the “ Agents ”; capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Security Agreements), (ii) agrees promptly to note on its books the security interests granted to the Agents and confirmed under the Security Agreements, (iii) agrees that it will comply with instructions of the Administrative Agent or, following the receipt by it of a Notice of Termination of First Lien Obligations in the form of Annex A hereto from the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, with respect to the applicable Securities Collateral (including all Equity Interests of the undersigned) without further consent by the applicable Pledgor, (iv) agrees that the “issuer’s jurisdiction” (as defined in Section 8-110 of the UCC) is the State of             , U.S.A., (v) agrees to notify the Agents upon obtaining knowledge of any interest in favor of any person in the applicable Securities Collateral that is adverse to the interest of the Agents therein (other than Permitted Liens) and (vi) waives any right or requirement at any time hereafter to receive a copy of the Security Agreements in connection with the (a) registration of any Securities Collateral thereunder in the name of the Administrative Agent or, following the receipt by it of a Notice of Termination of First Lien Obligations in the form of Annex A hereto, the Collateral Agent, or their respective nominees or (b) the exercise of voting rights by the Administrative Agent or, following the receipt by it of a Notice of Termination of First Lien Obligations in the form of Annex A hereto, the Collateral Agent, or their respective nominees.

 

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By:

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

Issuer’s Acknowledgment


Annex A

[Name of Issuer]

[Address]

[                                         ]

Re: Notice of Termination of First Lien Obligations

Ladies and Gentlemen:

You are hereby notified that the Senior Security Agreement has been terminated. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Issuer’s Acknowledgement, dated as of                  , 201    , by you issued pursuant to that certain Security Agreement dated as of March 2, 2015 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Second Lien Security Agreement”), among Layne Christensen Company, a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”), the Guarantors party thereto and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as trustee and collateral agent (in such capacity and together with any successors in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”).

 

PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Administrative Agent
By:

 

Name:

 

Title:

 


EXHIBIT 2

[Form of]

SECURITIES PLEDGE AMENDMENT

Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the liens and security interests securing the obligations evidenced by this agreement, and the exercise of any right or remedy with respect hereto, are subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor and Subordination Agreement dated as of March 2, 2015 (as amended, restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Subordination Agreement”), by and among PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (“PNC”) and each other Senior Claimholder from time to time (as such terms are defined in the Subordination Agreement), and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (the “Subordinated Creditor”). In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Subordination Agreement and this agreement, the terms of the Subordination Agreement shall govern and control.

This Security Pledge Amendment, dated as of                  , 201     (the “ Pledge Amendment ”) is delivered pursuant to Section 5.1 of that certain Security Agreement dated as of January     , 2015 (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Security Agreement ”; capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Security Agreement), among LAYNE CHRISTENSEN COMPANY, a Delaware corporation (the “ Issuer ”), the Guarantors from time to time party thereto and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Collateral Agent (in such capacity and together with any successors in such capacity, the “ Collateral Agent ”). The undersigned hereby agrees that this Pledge Amendment may be attached to the Security Agreement and that the Pledged Securities and/or Intercompany Notes listed on this Pledge Amendment shall be deemed to be and shall become part of the Pledged Collateral and shall secure all Secured Obligations.

 

[                                         ]
By:

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

AGREED TO AND ACCEPTED:

 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Collateral Agent
By:

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

 

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PLEDGED SECURITIES

 

ISSUER

   CLASS OF
STOCK OR
INTERESTS
   PAR
VALUE
   CERTIFICATE
NO(S).
   NUMBER
OF
SHARES
OR
INTERESTS
   PERCENTAGE OF
ALL ISSUED
CAPITAL OR
OTHER EQUITY
INTERESTS OF
ISSUER
              
              
              

INTERCOMPANY NOTES

 

ISSUER

   PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT
   DATE OF
ISSUANCE
   INTEREST
RATE
   MATURITY
DATE
           
           
           

 

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EXHIBIT 3

[Form of]

COPYRIGHT SECURITY AGREEMENT

This Copyright Security Agreement (this “ Copyright Security Agreement ”), dated as of [                 ], 20[    ], by [            ], a [            ][            ] (the “ Pledgor ”) and U.S. Bank National Association, in its capacity as Collateral Agent (in such capacity, the “ Collateral Agent ”) pursuant to the Indenture dated as of March 2, 2015, among Layne Christensen Company, as Issuer, certain Subsidiaries of the Issuer party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee and Collateral Agent (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Indenture ”).

W I T N E S S E T H :

WHEREAS, the Pledgor is a party to a Second Lien Security Agreement of even date with the Indenture (the “ Security Agreement ”) in favor of the Collateral Agent pursuant to which the Pledgor is required to execute and deliver this Copyright Security Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and to induce the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, to enter into the Indenture, the Pledgor hereby agrees with the Collateral Agent as follows:

SECTION 1. Defined Terms . Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Security Agreement and used herein have the meaning given to them in the Security Agreement.

SECTION 2. Grant of Security Interest in Copyright Collateral . The Pledgor hereby pledges and grants to the Collateral Agent for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties a lien on and security interest in and to all of its right, title and interest in, to and under all the following Pledged Collateral of such Pledgor (collectively, the “ Copyright Collateral ”):

 

  (a) Copyrights of such Pledgor, including as listed on Schedule 1 attached hereto;

 

  (b) all Proceeds of any and all of the foregoing (other than Excluded Property); and

 

  (c) all causes of action arising prior to or after the date hereof for infringement of any of the Copyrights or unfair competition regarding the same.

SECTION 3. Security Agreement . The security interest granted pursuant to this Copyright Security Agreement is granted in conjunction with the security interest granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Agreement, and the Pledgor hereby acknowledges and affirms that the rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent with respect to the security interest in the Copyright Collateral made and granted hereby are more fully set forth in the Security Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are incorporated by reference herein as if fully set forth herein. In the event that any provision of this Copyright Security Agreement is deemed to conflict with the Security Agreement, the provisions of the Security Agreement shall control.

 

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SECTION 4. Termination . Upon the full payment and performance of the Secured Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations for which no claim or demand has been made and that, pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture or the Security Agreement, survive the termination thereof), upon written request of the Pledgor, the Collateral Agent shall (at Pledgor’s sole cost and expense) execute, acknowledge, and deliver to the Pledgors an instrument in writing in recordable form releasing the collateral pledge, grant, assignment, lien and security interest in the Copyrights under this Copyright Security Agreement.

Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the liens and security interests securing the obligations evidenced by this agreement, and the exercise of any right or remedy with respect hereto, are subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor and Subordination Agreement dated as of March 2, 2015 (as amended, restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Subordination Agreement”), by and among PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (“PNC”) and each other Senior Claimholder from time to time (as such terms are defined in the Subordination Agreement), and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (the “Subordinated Creditor”). In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Subordination Agreement and this agreement, the terms of the Subordination Agreement shall govern and control.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Pledgor has caused this Copyright Security Agreement to be executed and delivered by its duly authorized offer as of the date first set forth above.

 

[PLEDGOR]
By:

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

 

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Accepted and Agreed:

 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Collateral Agent
By:

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

 

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SCHEDULE 1

to

COPYRIGHT SECURITY AGREEMENT

COPYRIGHT REGISTRATIONS AND COPYRIGHT APPLICATIONS

 

TITLE

  

REGISTRATION NO.

  

OWNER

     

Schedule 1 to Copyright Security Agreement


EXHIBIT 4

[Form of]

PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT

This Patent Security Agreement (this “ Patent Security Agreement ”), dated as of [                 ], 20[    ], by [            ], a [            ][            ] (each, a “ Pledgor ” and, collectively, the “ Pledgors ”) and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, in its capacity as Collateral Agent (in such capacity, the “ Collateral Agent ”) pursuant to the Indenture dated as of March 2, 2015, among Layne Christensen Company, as Issuer, certain Subsidiaries of the Issuer party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee and Collateral Agent (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Indenture ”).

W I T N E S S E T H :

WHEREAS, the Pledgor is a party to a Second Lien Security Agreement of even date with the Indenture (the “ Security Agreement ”) in favor of the Collateral Agent pursuant to which the Pledgor is required to execute and deliver this Patent Security Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and to induce the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, to enter into the Indenture, the Pledgor hereby agrees with the Collateral Agent as follows:

SECTION 1. Defined Terms . Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Security Agreement and used herein have the meaning given to them in the Security Agreement.

SECTION 2. Grant of Security Interest in Patent Collateral . The Pledgor hereby pledges and grants to the Collateral Agent for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties a lien on and security interest in and to all of its right, title and interest in, to and under all the following Pledged Collateral of such Pledgor (collectively, the “ Patent Collateral ”):

 

  (a) Patents of such Pledgor, including as listed on Schedule 1 attached hereto;

 

  (b) all Proceeds of any and all of the foregoing (other than Excluded Property); and

 

  (c) all causes of action arising prior to or after the date hereof for infringement of any of the Patents or unfair competition regarding the same.

SECTION 3. Security Agreement . The security interest granted pursuant to this Patent Security Agreement is granted in conjunction with the security interest granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Agreement, and the Pledgor hereby acknowledges and affirms that the rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent with respect to the security interest in the Patent Collateral made and granted hereby are more fully set forth in the Security Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are incorporated by reference herein as if fully set forth herein. In the event that any provision of this Patent Security Agreement is deemed to conflict with the Security Agreement, the provisions of the Security Agreement shall control.

SECTION 4. Termination . Upon the full payment and performance of the Secured Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations for which no claim or demand has been made and that,

 

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pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture or the Security Agreement, survive the termination thereof), upon written request of the Pledgor, the Collateral Agent shall (at Pledgor’s sole cost and expense) execute, acknowledge, and deliver to the Pledgor an instrument in writing in recordable form releasing the collateral pledge, grant, assignment, lien and security interest in the Patents under this Patent Security Agreement.

Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the liens and security interests securing the obligations evidenced by this agreement, and the exercise of any right or remedy with respect hereto, are subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor and Subordination Agreement dated as of March 2, 2015 (as amended, restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Subordination Agreement”), by and among PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (“PNC”) and each other Senior Claimholder from time to time (as such terms are defined in the Subordination Agreement), and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (the “Subordinated Creditor”). In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Subordination Agreement and this agreement, the terms of the Subordination Agreement shall govern and control.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Pledgor has caused this Patent Security Agreement to be executed and delivered by its duly authorized offer as of the date first set forth above.

 

[PLEDGOR]
By:

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

 

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Accepted and Agreed:

 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Collateral Agent
By:

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

 

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SCHEDULE 1

to

PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT

PATENT REGISTRATIONS AND APPLICATIONS

 

Title

  

Patent No.

  

Issue Date

  

Application No.

  

Filing Date

           

Schedule 1 to Patent Security Agreement


EXHIBIT 5

[Form of]

TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT

This Trademark Security Agreement (this “ Trademark Security Agreement ”), dated as of [                 ], 20[    ], by [            ], a [            ][            ] (each, a “ Pledgor ” and collectively, the “Pledgors”) and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, in its capacity as Collateral Agent (in such capacity, the “ Collateral Agent ”) pursuant to the Indenture dated as of March 2, 2015 among Layne Christensen Company, as the Issuer, certain Subsidiaries of the Issuer party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee and Collateral Agent (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Indenture ”).

W I T N E S S E T H :

WHEREAS, the Pledgor is a party to a Second Lien Security Agreement of even date with the Indenture (the “ Security Agreement ”) in favor of the Collateral Agent pursuant to which the Pledgor is required to execute and deliver this Trademark Security Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and to induce the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, to enter into the Indenture, the Pledgor hereby agrees with the Collateral Agent as follows:

SECTION 1. Defined Terms . Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Security Agreement and used herein have the meaning given to them in the Security Agreement.

SECTION 2. Grant of Security Interest in Trademark Collateral . The Pledgor hereby pledges and grants to the Collateral Agent for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties a lien on and security interest in and to all of its right, title and interest in, to and under all the following Pledged Collateral of such Pledgor (collectively, the “ Trademark Collateral ”):

 

  (a) Trademarks of such Pledgor, including as listed on Schedule 1 attached hereto;

 

  (b) all goodwill associated with such Trademarks;

 

  (c) all Proceeds of any and all of the foregoing (other than Excluded Property); and

 

  (d) all causes of action arising prior to or after the date hereof for infringement of any of the trademarks or unfair competition regarding the same.

SECTION 3. Security Agreement . The security interest granted pursuant to this Trademark Security Agreement is granted in conjunction with the security interest granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Agreement, and the Pledgor hereby acknowledges and affirms that the rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent with respect to the security interest in the Trademark Collateral made and granted hereby are more fully set forth in the Security Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are incorporated by reference herein as if fully set forth herein. In the event that any provision of this Trademark Security Agreement is deemed to conflict with the Security Agreement, the provisions of the Security Agreement shall control.

 

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SECTION 4. Termination . Upon the full payment and performance of the Secured Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations for which no claim or demand has been made and that, pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture or the Security Agreement, survive the termination thereof), upon written request of the Pledgor, the Collateral Agent shall (at Pledgor’s sole cost and expense) execute, acknowledge, and deliver to the Pledgor an instrument in writing in recordable form releasing the collateral pledge, grant, assignment, lien and security interest in the Trademarks under this Trademark Security Agreement.

Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the liens and security interests securing the obligations evidenced by this agreement, and the exercise of any right or remedy with respect hereto, are subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor and Subordination Agreement dated as of March 2, 2015 (as amended, restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Subordination Agreement”), by and among PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (“PNC”) and each other Senior Claimholder from time to time (as such terms are defined in the Subordination Agreement), and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (the “Subordinated Creditor”). In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Subordination Agreement and this agreement, the terms of the Subordination Agreement shall govern and control.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Pledgor has caused this Trademark Security Agreement to be executed and delivered by its duly authorized offer as of the date first set forth above.

 

[PLEDGOR]
By:

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

 

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Accepted and Agreed:

 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Collateral Agent
By:

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

 

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SCHEDULE 1

to

TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT

TRADEMARK REGISTRATIONS AND APPLICATIONS

 

Trademark

  

Application No.

  

Application Date

  

Registration No.

  

Registration Date

           

Schedule 1 to Trademark Security Agreement


EXHIBIT 6

[Form of]

ADDITIONAL PARI PASSU JOINDER AGREEMENT

The undersigned is the agent for Persons wishing to become “Secured Parties” (the “ New Secured Parties ”) under the Security Agreement, dated as of March 2, 2015 (as amended and/or supplemented, the “ Security Agreement ” (terms used without definition herein have the meanings assigned to such terms by the Security Agreement)) among Layne Christensen Company, the other Pledgors party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as Collateral Agent (the “ Collateral Agent ”) and the other Security Documents.

In consideration of the foregoing, the undersigned hereby:

(i) represents that the Additional Pari Passu Agent has been authorized by the New Secured Parties to become a party to the Security Agreement on behalf of the New Secured Parties under that [DESCRIBE OPERATIVE AGREEMENT] (the “ New Secured Obligations ”) and to act as the Additional Pari Passu Agent for the New Secured Parties hereunder;

(ii) acknowledges that the New Secured Parties have received a copy of the Security Agreement;

(iii) irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Collateral Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under the Security Agreement and the other Security Documents as are delegated to the Collateral Agent by the terms thereof, together with all such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto; and

(iv) accepts and acknowledges the terms of the Security Agreement applicable to it and the New Secured Parties and agrees to serve as Additional Pari Passu Agent 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 Security Agreement and the other Security Documents applicable to holders of Obligations, 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 Security Agreement.

The name and address of the representative for purposes of Section 10.6 of the Security Agreement are as follows:

[name and address of Additional Pari Passu Agent]

Sections 15.07 and 15.14 of the Indenture is incorporated herein, mutatis mutandis , as if a part hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Additional Pari Passu Joinder Agreement to be duly executed by its authorized officer as of the      day of             , 201    .

[NAME]

 

By:
Name:
Title:


AGREED TO AND ACCEPTED:

The Collateral Agent hereby acknowledges its acceptance of this Additional Pari Passu Joinder Agreement and agrees to act as Collateral Agent for the New Secured Parties, subject to the terms of the [agency agreement, dated as of                    ].

U.S. Bank National Association, as Collateral Agent

 

By:
Name:
Title:

 

7


EXHIBIT 7

[Form of]

JOINDER AGREEMENT

Reference is made to the Security Agreement (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Security Agreement ;” capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Security Agreement), dated as of March [ ] , 2015, made by Layne Christensen Company, a Delaware corporation (the “ Issuer ”), the Guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, in its capacity as collateral agent pursuant to the Indenture (in such capacity and together with any successors in such capacity, the “ Collateral Agent ”).

This Joinder Agreement supplements the Security Agreement and is delivered by the undersigned, [                    ] (the “ New Pledgor ”), pursuant to Section 3.5 of the Security Agreement. The New Pledgor hereby agrees to be bound as a Guarantor and as a Pledgor party to the Security Agreement by all of the terms, covenants and conditions set forth in the Security Agreement to the same extent that it would have been bound if it had been a signatory to the Security Agreement on the date of the Security Agreement. The New Pledgor also hereby agrees to be bound as a party by all of the terms, covenants and conditions applicable to it set forth in Article 14 of the Indenture to the same extent that it would have been bound if it had been a signatory to the Indenture on the execution date of the Indenture. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the New Pledgor hereby grants and pledges to the Collateral Agent, as collateral security for the full, prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the Secured Obligations, a Lien on and security interest in, all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the Pledged Collateral and expressly assumes all obligations and liabilities of a Guarantor and Pledgor thereunder. The New Pledgor hereby makes each of the representations and warranties and agrees to each of the covenants applicable to the Pledgors contained in the Security Agreement.

Annexed hereto are supplements to each of the schedules to the Perfection Certificate with respect to the New Pledgor.

This Joinder Agreement and any amendments, waivers, consents or supplements hereto may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

Sections 15.07 and 15.14 of the Indenture are incorporated herein, mutatis mutandis , as if a part hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the New Pledgor has caused this Joinder Agreement to be executed and delivered by its duly authorized officer as of the date first above written.

[NEW PLEDGOR]

 

By:
Name:
Title:

 

8


AGREED TO AND ACCEPTED:

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

as Collateral Agent

 

By:
Name:
Title:

[Schedules to be attached]

 

9


EXHIBIT 8

FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED INTERCOMPANY SUBORDINATED

DEMAND PROMISSORY NOTE

 

Note Number:         

Dated: as of March 2, 2015

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the Administrative Borrower (as defined below), and each of its Restricted Subsidiaries (collectively, the “ Group Members ” and each, a “ Group Member ”) which is a party to this first amended and restated intercompany subordinated demand promissory note (this “ Promissory Note ”) as a Payor (as defined below) promises to pay to the order of such other Group Member that makes loans or advances to such Group Member (each Group Member which borrows money pursuant to this Promissory Note is referred to herein as a “ Payor ” and each Group Member which makes loans and advances pursuant to this Promissory Note is referred to herein as a “ Payee ”), on demand, in lawful money of the United States of America, in immediately available funds and at the appropriate office of the applicable Payee, the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all loans and advances heretofore and hereafter made by such Payee to such Payor and any other indebtedness now or hereafter owing by such Payor to such Payee as shown in the books and records of such Payee. The failure to show any such indebtedness or any error in showing such indebtedness shall not affect the obligations of any Payor hereunder. Unless otherwise defined herein or stated otherwise herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement (as hereinafter defined) and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of April 15, 2014 (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”), among Layne Christensen Company, a Delaware corporation (the “ Administrative Borrower ”), certain Subsidiaries of the Administrative Borrower from time to time party thereto as borrowers (the “ Co-Borrowers ” and, together with the Administrative Borrower, the “ Borrowers ”), the Subsidiary Guarantors from time to time party thereto, the Lenders from time to time party thereto, Jefferies Finance LLC, as lead arranger and book running manager (in such capacity, the “ Arranger ”), Jefferies Finance LLC, as syndication agent (in such capacity, the “ Syndication Agent ”), PNC Bank, National Association, as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “ Agent ”), PNC Bank, National Association and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as co-collateral agents for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “ Co-Collateral Agents ”), PNC Bank, National Association, as swingline lender (in such capacity, the “ Swingline Lender ”), and PNC Bank, National Association, as issuing bank for the Lenders (in such capacity, “ Issuing Bank ”).

The unpaid principal amount hereof from time to time outstanding shall bear interest at a rate equal to the rate as may be agreed upon in writing from time to time by the relevant Payor and Payee. Each Payor and any endorser of this Promissory Note hereby waives presentment, demand, protest and notice of any kind. No failure to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any rights hereunder on the part of the holder hereof shall operate as a waiver of such rights.

This Promissory Note has been pledged by (x) each Payee that is a Loan Party to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, as security for such Payee’s Secured Obligations under the Credit Agreement, the Security Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Payee is a party, and (y) the Administrative Borrower and each other Payee that is a Guarantor (as defined in the Senior Secured Notes Indenture) to the Collateral Agent (under and as defined in the Senior Secured Notes Indenture), for the benefit of the Holders (as defined in the Senior Secured Notes Indenture), as security for such Payee’s Obligations (as defined in the Senior Secured Notes Indenture) under the Senior Secured Notes Documents. Each Payor acknowledges and agrees that, (x) upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, the Collateral Agent may, subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement (if then in effect), exercise all the rights of the Payees that are Loan Parties under this Promissory Note in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement, the Security Agreement and the other Loan Documents and will not be subject to any abatement, reduction, recoupment, defense, setoff or counterclaim available to such Payor, and (y) upon the occurrence and during the


continuation of an Event of Default (as defined in the Senior Secured Notes Indenture), the Collateral Agent and the Trustee (under and as defined in the Senior Secured Notes Indenture) may, subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, exercise all rights of the Payees that are either the Administrative Borrower or a Guarantor (as defined in the Senior Secured Notes Indenture) under this Promissory Note in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Senior Secured Notes Documents and will not be subject to any abatement, reduction, recoupment, defense, setoff or counterclaim available to such Payee.

Each Payee agrees that any and all claims of such Payee against any Payor that is a Loan Party or a Guarantor (as defined in the Senior Secured Notes Indenture) or any endorser of the obligations of any Payor that is a Loan Party or a Guarantor (as defined in the Senior Secured Notes Indenture) under this Promissory Note, or against any of their respective properties (including upon any distribution of assets of any Payor upon any dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization of such Payor (whether in bankruptcy, insolvency or receivership proceedings or upon an assignment for the benefit of creditors or otherwise)), shall be subordinate and subject in right of payment to the (x) Secured Obligations until all of the Secured Obligations have been performed and paid in full in immediately available funds (other than contingent indemnification obligations for which no claim or demand has been made and that, pursuant to the provisions of the Credit Agreement or the Security Documents, survive the termination thereof), no Letters of Credit are outstanding and the Commitments have been terminated; provided , that each Payor may make payments to the applicable Payee so long as no such Payor has received a written notice from the Administrative Agent that an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, and (y) the Note Obligations (as defined in the Senior Secured Notes Indenture) until all of the Note Obligations (as defined in the Senior Secured Notes Indenture) have been performed and paid in full in immediately available funds (other than contingent indemnification obligations for which no claim or demand has been made and that, pursuant to the provisions of the Senior Secured Notes Documents, survive the termination thereof); provided , that each Payor may make payments to the applicable Payee so long as no such Payor has received a written notice from the Trustee (under and as defined in the Senior Secured Notes Indenture) that an Event of Default (as defined in the Senior Secured Notes Indenture) shall have occurred and be continuing. Notwithstanding any right of any Payee to ask, demand, sue for, take or receive any payment from any Payor, all rights, Liens and security interests of such Payee (including during any distribution of assets of any Payor upon any dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization of such Payor (whether in bankruptcy, insolvency or receivership proceedings or upon an assignment for the benefit of creditors or otherwise)), whether now or hereafter arising and howsoever existing, in any assets of any Payor that is a Loan Party or a Guarantor (as defined in the Senior Secured Notes Indenture) (whether constituting part of the security or collateral given to the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party to secure payment of all or any part of the Note Obligations (as defined in the Senior Secured Notes Indenture) or otherwise) shall be and hereby are subordinated to the rights of (x) the Administrative Agent or any Secured Party in such assets and (y) the Collateral Agent (under and as defined in the Senior Secured Notes Indenture) or any Holder (as defined in the Senior Secured Notes Indenture) in such assets. Except as expressly permitted by the Credit Agreement and the Senior Secured Notes Indenture, the Payees shall have no right to possession of any such asset or to foreclose upon, or exercise any other remedy in respect of, any such asset, whether by judicial action or otherwise, unless and until all of (x) the Secured Obligations shall have been performed and paid in full in immediately available funds (other than contingent indemnification obligations for which no claim or demand has been made and that, pursuant to the provisions of the Credit Agreement or the Security Documents, survive the termination thereof), no Letters of Credit are outstanding (or, if any are outstanding, all such Letters of Credit have been Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement) and the Commitments under the Credit Agreement have been terminated, and (y) the Note Obligations (as defined in the Senior Secured Notes Indenture) shall have been performed and paid in full in immediately available funds (other than contingent indemnification obligations for which no claim or demand has been made and that, pursuant to the provisions of the Senior Secured Notes Documents, survive the termination thereof).


This Promissory Note shall be binding upon each Payor and its successors and assigns, and the terms and provisions of this Promissory Note shall inure to the benefit of each Payee and their respective successors and assigns, including subsequent holders hereof. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in any other Loan Document or in any other promissory note or other instrument, this Promissory Note (i) replaces and supersedes any and all promissory notes or other instruments which create or evidence any loans or advances made before the date hereof by any Payee to any other Group Member, including, but not limited to, the Intercompany Subordinated Demand Promissory Note, which this Promissory Note amends and restates in its entirety, and (ii) shall not be deemed replaced, superseded or in any way modified by any promissory note or other instrument entered into on or after the date hereof which purports to create or evidence any loan or advance by any Payee to any other Group Member.

Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the liens and security interests securing the obligations evidenced by this Promissory Note, and the exercise of any right or remedy with respect hereto, are subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor and Subordination Agreement dated as of March 2, 2015 (as amended, restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Subordination Agreement”), by and among PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (“PNC”) and each other Senior Claimholder from time to time (as such terms are defined in the Subordination Agreement), and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (the “Subordinated Creditor”). In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Subordination Agreement and this Promissory Note, the terms of the Subordination Agreement shall govern and control.

THIS PROMISSORY NOTE AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS PROMISSORY NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

The terms and provisions of this Promissory Note are severable, and if any term or provision shall be determined to be superseded, illegal, invalid or otherwise unenforceable in whole or in part pursuant to applicable Legal Requirements by a Governmental Authority having jurisdiction, such determination shall not in any manner impair or otherwise affect the validity, legality or enforceability of that term or provision in any other jurisdiction or any of the remaining terms and provisions of this Promissory Note in any jurisdiction.

From time to time after the date hereof, additional Subsidiaries of the Administrative Borrower may become parties hereto (as Payor and/or Payee, as the case may be) by executing a counterpart signature page to this Promissory Note (each additional Subsidiary, an “ Additional Party ”). Upon delivery of such counterpart signature page to the Payees, notice of which is hereby waived by the other Payors, each Additional Party shall be a Payor and/or a Payee, as the case may be, and shall be as fully a party hereto as if such Additional Party were an original signatory hereof. Each Payor expressly agrees that its obligations arising hereunder shall not be affected or diminished by the addition or release of any other Payor or Payee hereunder. This Promissory Note shall be fully effective as to any Payor or Payee that is or becomes a party hereto regardless of whether any other person becomes or fails to become or ceases to be a Payor or Payee hereunder.

This Promissory Note is not intended to, nor shall it be construed to, constitute a novation of the indebtedness due under the Credit Agreement.

This Promissory Note may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Promissory Note by telecopy or other electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Promissory Note.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Payor and Payee has caused this Intercompany Subordinated Demand Promissory Note to be executed and delivered by its proper and duly authorized officer as of the date set forth above.

 

LAYNE CHRISTENSEN COMPANY

BENCOR CORPORATION OF AMERICA—

FOUNDATION SPECIALIST

BOYLES BROS. DRILLING COMPANY
CHRISTENSEN BOYLES CORPORATION
COLLECTOR WELLS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
FENIX SUPPLY LLC
INLINER TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
INTERNATIONAL DIRECTIONAL SERVICES, L.L.C.
LAYNE HEAVY CIVIL, INC.
LAYNE INLINER, LLC
LAYNE INTERNATIONAL, LLC
LAYNE SOUTHWEST, INC.
LAYNE TRANSPORT CO.
LINER PRODUCTS, LLC
MEADORS CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.
MID-CONTINENT DRILLING COMPANY
REYNOLDS WATER ISLAMORADA, LLC
VIBRATION TECHNOLOGY, INC.

W.L. HAILEY & COMPANY, INC.

Each as a Payor and Payee

By:  
Name: Andrew Atchison
Title: Vice President for each of the above entities

[Signature page to Intercompany Note]


ENDORSEMENT

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, each of the undersigned does hereby sell, assign and transfer to PNC Bank, National Association, as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “ Agent ”), all of its right, title and interest in and to the First Amended and Restated Intercompany Subordinated Demand Promissory Note, dated as of March 2, 2015 (as amended, supplemented, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Promissory Note ”), made by the Administrative Borrower and each Restricted Subsidiary thereof or any other person that becomes a party thereto, and payable to the undersigned. This endorsement is intended to be attached to the Promissory Note and, when so attached, shall constitute an endorsement thereof.

The initial undersigned shall be the Group Members (as defined in the Promissory Note) that are Loan Parties or a Guarantor (as defined in the Senior Secured Notes Indenture) on the date of the Promissory Note. From time to time after the date thereof, additional Subsidiaries of the Group Members shall become parties to the Promissory Note (each, an “ Additional Payee ”) and, if such Subsidiaries are or will become Loan Parties or a Guarantor (as defined in the Senior Secured Notes Indenture), a signatory to this endorsement by executing a counterpart signature page to the Promissory Note and to this endorsement. Upon delivery of such counterpart signature page to the Payors, notice of which is hereby waived by the other Payees, each Additional Payee shall be a Payee and shall be as fully a Payee under the Promissory Note and a signatory to this endorsement as if such Additional Payee were an original Payee under the Promissory Note and an original signatory hereof. Each Payee expressly agrees that its obligations arising under the Promissory Note and hereunder shall not be affected or diminished by the addition or release of any other Payee under the Promissory Note or hereunder. This endorsement shall be fully effective as to any Payee that is or becomes a signatory hereto regardless of whether any other person becomes or fails to become or ceases to be a Payee under the Promissory Note or hereunder.

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Dated:                               , 20         

 

LAYNE CHRISTENSEN COMPANY

BENCOR CORPORATION OF AMERICA—

FOUNDATION SPECIALIST

BOYLES BROS. DRILLING COMPANY
CHRISTENSEN BOYLES CORPORATION
COLLECTOR WELLS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
FENIX SUPPLY LLC
INLINER TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
INTERNATIONAL DIRECTIONAL SERVICES, L.L.C.
LAYNE HEAVY CIVIL, INC.
LAYNE INLINER, LLC
LAYNE INTERNATIONAL, LLC
LAYNE SOUTHWEST, INC.
LAYNE TRANSPORT CO.
LINTER PRODUCTS, LLC
MEADORS CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.
MID-CONTINENT DRILLING COMPANY
REYNOLDS WATER ISLAMORADA, LLC
VIBRATION TECHNOLOGY, INC.
W.L. HAILEY & COMPANY, INC.

Each as a Payee

By:  
Name: Andrew Atchison
Title: Vice President for each of the above entities

[Signature page to Endorsement]

Exhibit 4.3

EXECUTION VERSION

INTERCREDITOR AND SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT

This INTERCREDITOR AND SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “ Agreement ”) is dated as of March 2, 2015, and is entered into by and between PNC B ANK , N ATIONAL A SSOCIATION (in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders (as hereinafter defined), the “ Agent ”; the Agent and such Lenders, collectively, the “ Senior Creditors ” and each individually, a “ Senior Creditor ”), for and on behalf of the Senior Creditors and each other Senior Claimholder (as hereinafter defined) from time to time, and U.S. B ANK N ATIONAL A SSOCIATION (in its capacity as trustee for the Subordinated Noteholders (as hereinafter defined), the “ Subordinated Creditor ”) for and on behalf of the Subordinated Claimholders (as hereinafter defined) from time to time.

RECITALS

A. The Agent, Jefferies Finance LLC, as syndication agent, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as co-collateral agent, certain other financial institutions party to the Senior Credit Agreement (as hereinafter defined) as lenders from time to time (the “ Lenders ”), Layne Christensen Company, a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and each other Person joined to the Senior Credit Agreement as a borrower from time to time (together with the Company and each additional borrower set forth on Schedule 1.01(b) to the Senior Credit Agreement, collectively, the “ Borrowers ”, and each a “ Borrower ”) and each Person joined to the Senior Credit Agreement as a guarantor from time to time (collectively, the “ Guarantors ”), have entered into a certain Credit Agreement dated as of April 15, 2014 as amended by the First Amendment to Credit Agreement dated July 29, 2014, the Second Amendment to Credit Agreement dated September 15, 2014, the Third Amendment to Credit Agreement dated October 28, 2014, the Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated January 30, 2015 and the Fifth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated March 2, 2015 (as further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Senior Credit Agreement ”);

B. The Company, as issuer, the Guarantors and the Subordinated Creditor, as trustee for the holders of the Notes (as defined in the Indenture referred to below) (such holders, the “ Subordinated Noteholders ”), are entering into that certain Indenture dated as of March 2, 2015 (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Indenture ”);

C. The obligations of the Obligors (as hereinafter defined) under the Senior Credit Agreement are secured on a senior priority basis by liens on all or substantially all of the assets of Obligors, pursuant to the terms of certain of the Senior Loan Documents;

D. The obligations of the Obligors under the Indenture are secured on a junior priority basis by liens on all or substantially all of the assets of Obligors, pursuant to the terms of certain of the Subordinated Loan Documents;

E. One of the conditions to the continued effectiveness of the Senior Credit Agreement is that the priority of Senior Creditors’ security interests in and liens on the Collateral be senior and prior to the Subordinated Creditor’s security interests in and liens on the Collateral as set forth in this Agreement; and


F. Subordinated Creditor and the other Subordinated Claimholders have agreed to the subordination of their Liens to the Liens of Senior Creditors upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement.

The Agent, on behalf of the Senior Creditors, and the Subordinated Creditor, on behalf of the Subordinated Claimholders, hereby agree as follows:

1. Definitions .

(a) Defined Terms . As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

Bankruptcy Code ” means Title 11 of the United States Code entitled “Bankruptcy”, as now or hereafter in effect, any successor statute, or any analogous statute in any foreign jurisdiction.

Bankruptcy Law ” means the Bankruptcy Code and any other federal, state, provincial or foreign law for the relief of debtors.

Borrowers ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

Business Day ” means any day other than Saturday or Sunday or a legal holiday on which commercial banks are authorized or required by law to be closed for business in East Brunswick, New Jersey.

Cash Collateral ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5(b) .

Collateral ” means all assets and property (whether real, personal, or mixed) now owned or hereafter acquired by any Obligor in or upon which a Lien is granted under any of the Senior Loan Documents or any of the Subordinated Loan Documents and all products and Proceeds of any of the foregoing.

Collection Action ” means (a) any demand or request for any payment or Distribution, any commencement of (or participation with others in the commencement of) any litigation or other similar proceeding, or the commencement of any other remedy, in each case in an effort to collect the Subordinated Obligations (provided that any such action does not (i) relate to the enforcement or exercise by the Subordinated Creditor or any other Subordinated Claimholder of rights or remedies in its capacity as a secured creditor or otherwise in a manner inconsistent with, or that would result in a violation of, the terms of this Agreement or (ii) include any commencement of, or joinder with any creditor in commencing, any Insolvency Proceeding against any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries or any assets of any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries), (b) any acceleration of any Subordinated Obligations, (c) the imposition of default interest (and interest on interest) under the Subordinated Loan Documents, (d) the receipt

 

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of any payment or Distribution under or pursuant to a plan of reorganization which has been confirmed pursuant to a final, non-appealable order in a case under the Bankruptcy Code (provided that such payment or Distribution is made in a manner consistent with this Agreement or is made solely on account of its status as an unsecured creditor), (e) the filing and pursuit of a lawsuit against the Senior Creditors and/or any of the Senior Claimholders for breach or non-performance of the payment obligations pursuant to and as set forth in Section 9(c) or (f) the exercise of any right or remedy available to an unsecured creditor (whether under the Subordinated Loan Documents, applicable law or otherwise, and whether before or after the occurrence and continuance of a Default or Event of Default) to the extent such exercise is not inconsistent with, and does not constitute or result in a violation of, the terms of this Agreement (including clause (a) of this definition).

Conforming Amendment ” means any amendment to a provision of any Subordinated Loan Document that is substantively identical to a corresponding amendment to a comparable provision of a comparable Senior Loan Document.

Control Collateral ” means any Collateral consisting of a certificated security (as defined in the UCC), investment property (as defined in the UCC), a deposit account (as defined in the UCC), and any other Collateral as to which a Lien may be perfected through physical possession or control by the secured party, or any agent therefor.

Default ” means, as the context may require, a “Default” (as defined in the Senior Credit Agreement) or a “Default” (as defined in the Indenture).

DIP Financing ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5(b) .

Discharge of the Senior Obligations ” means

(a) cash payment in full of the principal of and interest (including interest accruing on or after the commencement of an Insolvency Proceeding, whether or not such interest would be allowed in such proceeding) on all outstanding indebtedness included in the Senior Obligations (including termination or cash collateralization of Letters of Credit in an amount equal to 103% of the aggregate undrawn amount of all then outstanding Letters of Credit (or such lesser amount agreed to by the Issuing Bank),

(b) termination or expiration of any commitments to extend credit that would be Senior Obligations in accordance with the terms of the Senior Loan Documents (other than pursuant to cash management documents or swap contracts, in each case as to which reasonably satisfactory arrangements have been made with the Senior Creditors as provided in clauses (c) and ( d ) below),

(c) termination or cash collateralization (in an amount reasonably satisfactory to Agent) or other arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Agent of all swap obligations and the related swap contracts,

(d) termination or cash collateralization (in an amount reasonably satisfactory to Agent) or other arrangements reasonably satisfactory to Agent of all cash management obligations and the related cash management documents,

 

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(e) cash collateralization or other arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Agent for any indemnification obligations provided for under the Senior Loan Documents which are not yet due and payable but for which a claim or demand has been made against Senior Creditors or Agent, and

(f) cash payment in full of all other Senior Obligations that are due and payable or otherwise accrued and owing at or prior to the time principal and interest described in clause (a) are paid (other than indemnification obligations for which no claim or demand for payment, whether oral or written, has been made at such time).

Disposition ” or “ Dispose ” means the sale, assignment, transfer, license, lease (as lessor), or other disposition of any property by any person (or the granting of any option or other right to do any of the foregoing).

Distribution ” means any payment or distribution by any Person in respect of the Senior Obligations or the Subordinated Obligations, as the case may be, of assets of any kind or character (whether in cash, securities, assets, by set-off, recoupment, or otherwise and including by purchase redemption or other acquisition of such Senior Obligations or Subordinated Obligations).

Dollars ” or “ $ ” means United States dollars.

Event of Default ” means, as the context may require, an “Event of Default” (as defined in the Senior Credit Agreement) or an “Event of Default” (as defined in the Indenture).

Environmentally Sensitive Real Property ” means any Collateral consisting of Real Property that is released by the Senior Creditors as a result of the Agent determining that maintaining a Lien on such Real Property is likely to cause the Senior Claimholders to be subject to potential liability under Environmental Laws.

Exercise any Secured Creditor Remedies ” or “ Exercise of Secured Creditor Remedies ” means (a) the taking of any action to enforce any Lien in respect of all or any portion of the Collateral, including the institution of any foreclosure proceedings or the noticing of any public or private sale or other Disposition pursuant to Article 9 of the UCC, (b) the exercise of any right or remedy provided to a secured creditor, in its capacity as such, under the Senior Loan Documents or the Subordinated Loan Documents (including, in either case, any delivery of any notice to seek to obtain payment directly from any account debtor of any Obligor or the taking of any action or the exercise of any right or remedy in respect of the setoff or recoupment against all or any portion of the Collateral or Proceeds of all or any portion of the Collateral), under applicable law, at equity, in an Insolvency Proceeding or otherwise, including the acceptance of all or any portion of the Collateral in full or partial satisfaction of a Lien, (c) the sale, assignment, transfer, lease, license or other Disposition of all or any portion of the Collateral, by private or public sale or any other means, in each case upon foreclosure, (d) the exercise of any other enforcement right (accorded to a secured creditor, in its capacity as such) relating to all or any portion of the Collateral (including the exercise of any voting rights relating to any capital stock constituting a portion of the Collateral) whether under the Senior Loan Documents, the Subordinated Loan Documents, under applicable law of any jurisdiction, in equity, in an

 

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Insolvency Proceeding (other than a request for adequate protection permitted by this Agreement), or otherwise, (e) the pursuit of Senior Default Dispositions, or (f) the setoff or recoupment against or foreclosure on all or any portion of the Collateral or the Proceeds of all or any portion of the Collateral.

Governmental Authority ” shall mean any federal, state, local or foreign (whether civil, administrative, criminal, military or otherwise) court, central bank or governmental agency, tribunal, authority, instrumentality, regulatory or self-regulatory, body or any subdivision thereof or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers of or pertaining to any government or any court, in each case whether associated with a state of the United States, the United States, or a foreign entity or government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).

Guarantors ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

Insolvency Proceeding ” means (a) any case, action or proceeding before any court or other Governmental Authority relating to bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, liquidation, receivership, dissolution, winding-up or relief of debtors, or (b) any general assignment for the benefit of creditors, formal or informal moratorium, composition, marshaling of assets for creditors or other, similar arrangement in respect of creditors generally or any substantial portion of creditors, in each case, undertaken under United States federal or state or non-United States Legal Requirements, including the Bankruptcy Code of the United States.

Lien ” shall mean, with respect to any property, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien (statutory or other), judgment liens, pledge, encumbrance, claim, charge, assignment, hypothecation, deposit arrangement, security interest or encumbrance of any kind or any arrangement to provide priority or preference, including any easement, servitude, right-of-way or other encumbrance on title to Real Property, in each of the foregoing cases whether voluntary or imposed or arising by operation of law, and any agreement to give any of the foregoing, (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement and any lease in the nature thereof and any option, call, trust, contractual, statutory, UCC or similar right relating to such property, (c) in the case of securities, any purchase option, call or similar right of a third party with respect to such securities, and (d) any other arrangement having the effect of providing security.

Legal Requirements ” shall mean, as to any person, any treaty, law (including the common law), statute, ordinance, code, rule, regulation, guidelines, license, permit requirement, judgment, decree, verdict, order, consent order, consent decree, writ, declaration or injunction, policies and procedures or determination of an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority, and the interpretation or administration thereof, in each case applicable to or binding upon such person or any of its property or to which such person or any of its property is subject, in each case whether or not having the force of law.

Obligors ” means the Borrowers, the Guarantors, and each other Person that may from time to time execute and deliver a Senior Loan Document or a Subordinated Loan Document as a “debtor”, “borrower”, “guarantor”, “obligor”, “grantor”, or “pledgor” (or the equivalent thereof), and “ Obligor ” means any one of them.

 

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Person ” and “ person ” shall mean any natural person, corporation, business trust, joint venture, trust, association, company (whether limited in liability or otherwise), partnership (whether limited in liability or otherwise) or Governmental Authority, or any other entity, in any case, whether acting in a personal, fiduciary or other capacity.

Proceeds ” means (i) all “proceeds” as defined in Article 9 of the UCC with respect to the Collateral, and (ii) whatever is recoverable or recovered when Collateral is sold, exchanged, collected, or Disposed of, whether voluntarily or involuntarily.

Real Property ” shall mean, collectively, all right, title and interest (including any leasehold, fee, mineral or other estate) in and to any and all parcels of or interests in real property owned, leased or operated by any Person, whether by lease, license or other means, together with, in each case, all easements, hereditaments and appurtenances relating thereto, all improvements and appurtenant fixtures and equipment, all general intangibles and contract rights and other property and rights incidental to the ownership, lease or operation thereof.

Refinance ” means, in respect of any indebtedness, to refinance, extend, exchange, renew, defease, supplement, restructure, replace, refund or repay, or to issue other indebtedness in exchange or replacement for such indebtedness, in whole or in part, whether with the same or different lenders, arrangers or agents. “ Refinanced ” and “ Refinancing ” shall have correlative meanings.

Senior Creditor ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

Senior Claimholders ” means, at any relevant time, individually and collectively, Senior Creditors, the Senior Lenders, or any other holders of the Senior Obligations at that time.

Senior Collateral Documents ” means the Security Agreement, the Mortgages, each Deposit Account Control Agreement, each Securities Account Control Agreement (each as defined in the Senior Credit Agreement) and any other agreement, document, or instrument pursuant to which a Lien is granted securing any Senior Obligation or under which rights or remedies with respect to such Liens are governed, in each case, as the same may be amended, amended and restated, supplemented, modified, replaced, substituted or renewed from time to time or Refinanced.

Senior Credit Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

Senior Default Disposition ” means any private or public Disposition of all or any Collateral by one or more Obligors with the consent of Senior Creditor, on behalf of the requisite Senior Claimholders, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default.

Senior Default Notice ” has the meaning set forth in Section 7(c) of this Agreement.

Senior DIP Cap ” means, at any time of determination, the sum (which sum shall be increased by the amount of all interest, fees, costs, expenses, indemnities and other amounts accrued or charged with respect to any of the Senior Obligations or any DIP Financing as and

 

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when the same accrues or becomes due and payable, but only to the extent the foregoing are added to the principal amount of the Senior Obligations or such DIP Financing and including the same as would accrue and become due but for the commencement of an Insolvency Proceeding, whether or not such amounts are allowed or allowable, in whole or in part, in any such Insolvency Proceeding) of:

(a) $150,000,000, plus

(b) an amount equal to fifteen percent (15%) of the amount determined under the preceding clause (a), plus

(c) all Bank Product Obligations (as defined in the Senior Credit Agreement) or substantively similar obligations as they may be defined in any successor agreement and in the documents evidencing the DIP Financing.

Senior Lenders ” means the Lenders as defined in the Senior Credit Agreement.

Senior Loan Documents ” means the Senior Credit Agreement, the Senior Collateral Documents and each of the Loan Documents (as defined in the Senior Credit Agreement), together with any agreement or other document executed or delivered in connection with any DIP Financing provided by a Senior Claimholder, in each case, as the same may be amended, amended and restated, supplemented, modified, replaced, substituted or renewed from time to time or Refinanced.

Senior Obligations ” means, collectively, all Obligations (as defined in the Senior Credit Agreement).

Senior Recovery ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5(h) .

Subordinated Claimholders ” means, at any relevant time, individually and collectively, the Subordinated Creditor, Subordinated Noteholders or any other holders of the Subordinated Obligations from time to time.

Subordinated Collateral Documents ” means the Security Agreement and the other Security Documents (each as defined in the Indenture), including the Mortgages and Control Agreements (each as defined in said Security Agreement), and any other agreement, document, or instrument pursuant to which a Lien is granted securing any Subordinated Obligation or under which rights or remedies with respect to such Liens are governed, in each case, as the same may be amended, amended and restated, supplemented, modified, replaced, substituted or renewed from time to time or Refinanced.

Subordinated Creditor ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

Subordinated Loan Documents ” means the Indenture, the Subordinated Note Subscription Agreement, the Subordinated Collateral Documents and all instruments, agreements and documents executed in connection therewith, in each case, as the same may be amended, amended and restated, supplemented, modified, replaced, substituted or renewed from time to time or Refinanced.

 

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Subordinated Noteholders ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

Subordinated Note Subscription Agreement ” means each of the Exchange and Subscription Agreements, dated as of February 4, 2015, between the Company and each Subordinated Noteholder.

Subordinated Obligations ” means, collectively, all Note Obligations (as defined in the Indenture).

Subsidiary ” of a person means a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or other entity in which that person directly or indirectly owns or controls the shares of capital stock having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors (or appoint other comparable managers) of such corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or other entity.

UCC ” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of New York.

(b) Terms Defined in the Senior Credit Agreement . Except to the extent expressly provided herein to the contrary, any term used in this Agreement and not defined in this Agreement has the meaning set forth in the Senior Credit Agreement in effect on the date hereof.

(c) Rules of Construction . The definitions of terms in this Agreement 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.” The term “or” shall be construed to have, except where otherwise indicated, the inclusive meaning represented by the phrase “and/or.” Unless the context requires otherwise: (1) 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, restated, modified or Refinanced in accordance with the terms of this Agreement; (2) any definition of or reference to Senior Obligations or the Subordinated Obligations herein shall be construed as referring to the Senior Obligations or the Subordinated Obligations (as applicable) as from time to time amended, restated, modified or Refinanced in accordance with the terms of this Agreement; (3) any reference herein to any person shall be construed to include such person’s successors and assigns; (4) 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; (5) all references herein to Sections shall be construed to refer to Sections of this Agreement; (6) 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 (7) any reference to any agreement,

 

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instrument, or other document herein “as in effect on the date hereof” shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument, or other document without giving effect to any amendment, restatement, supplement, modification, or Refinance after the date hereof.

2. Reserved .

3. Lien Subordination .

(a) Acknowledgement; Consent; and Subordination . The Subordinated Creditor and each of the other Subordinated Claimholders hereby (x) acknowledges that the Obligors, either prior to the date hereof or concurrently herewith, have granted or are granting Liens on the Collateral in favor of Senior Creditors to secure the Senior Obligations and (y) consents, anything to the contrary contained in any Subordinated Loan Document, or other agreement to which any Subordinated Claimholder may now or hereafter be a party notwithstanding, to the grant by the Obligors of the Liens on the Collateral to secure the Senior Obligations. The Senior Creditor and each of the other Senior Claimholders hereby (x) acknowledges that the Obligors, either prior to the date hereof or concurrently herewith, have granted or are granting Liens on the Collateral in favor of Subordinated Creditors to secure the Subordinated Obligations and (y) consents, anything to the contrary contained in any Senior Loan Document, or other agreement to which any Senior Claimholder may now or hereafter be a party notwithstanding, to the grant by the Obligors of the Liens on the Collateral to secure the Subordinated Obligations. Notwithstanding (i) the date, time, method, manner or order of grant, attachment, or perfection of any Liens granted to Senior Creditors (or any Senior Lender) or any Subordinated Claimholder in respect of all or any portion of the Collateral, (ii) the order or time of filing or recordation of any document or instrument for perfecting the Liens in favor of Senior Creditors (or any Senior Lender) or any Subordinated Claimholder in any Collateral, (iii) any provision of the UCC, any other applicable law, any of the Senior Loan Documents or any of the Subordinated Loan Documents, (iv) whether the Liens securing the Senior Obligations are valid, enforceable, void, avoidable, subordinated, disputed, or allowed, (v) whether or not any such Liens securing any Senior Obligations or any Subordinated Obligations are perfected, unperfected, avoided, set aside, or subordinated to any Lien securing any other obligation or debt of any Obligor or any other Person, (vi) any defect or deficiency or alleged defect or deficiency in any of the foregoing, or (vii) any other circumstance whatsoever, Agent, on behalf of itself and the Senior Creditors, and each of the Subordinated Claimholders hereby agree that, until the Discharge of the Senior Obligations occurs:

(1) any Lien with respect to all or any portion of the Collateral securing any Senior Obligations now or hereafter held by or on behalf of, or created for the benefit of, any Senior Claimholder or any agent or trustee therefor, regardless of how acquired, whether by grant, possession, statute, operation of law, subrogation, or otherwise, shall be senior and prior in all respects to all Liens with respect to all or any portion of the Collateral securing any Subordinated Obligations;

(2) any Lien with respect to all or any portion of the Collateral securing any Subordinated Obligations now or hereafter held by or on behalf of, or created for the benefit of any Subordinated Claimholder or any agent or trustee therefor, regardless of how acquired, whether by grant, possession, statute, operation of law, subrogation, or otherwise, shall be junior and subordinate in all respects to all Liens with respect to all or any portion of the Collateral securing any Senior Obligations; and

 

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(3) the Lien priority provisions set forth in this Agreement shall be effective at all times and for all purposes.

(b) Disposition of Collateral; Release of Liens .

(1) Exclusive Rights of Senior Creditor . Until the Discharge of the Senior Obligations occurs, Senior Creditor, on behalf of the Senior Claimholders, shall have the exclusive right to make determinations regarding the release or Disposition of any Collateral pursuant to the terms of the applicable Senior Loan Documents and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, in each case without any consultation with, consent of or notice to Subordinated Creditor or any other Subordinated Claimholder.

(2) Lien Release Upon Disposition of Collateral . Until the Discharge of the Senior Obligations occurs, upon any release, sale or Disposition of any Collateral (A) permitted pursuant to the terms of the Senior Loan Documents (and (i) in the case of a sale or Disposition (x) such sale or Disposition is made on an arm’s-length basis to a Person that is not affiliated with any Senior Claimholder or any Obligor and (y)(1) the proceeds thereof are applied in accordance with Section 9(c) to repay Senior Obligations or Subordinated Obligations or (2) such sale or Disposition is permitted pursuant to the terms of the Subordinated Loan Documents, and (ii) in the case of a release (not involving a sale or Disposition) of any Collateral with a value, together with the aggregate value of all prior releases of Collateral pursuant to this clause (A)(ii), that is in excess of $15.0 million excluding, for purposes of the $15.0 million cap in this clause (A)(ii), any Environmentally Sensitive Real Property), such release is permitted pursuant to the terms of the Subordinated Loan Documents); (B) resulting from the Exercise of Secured Creditor Remedies by any Senior Creditor; or (C) resulting from any Senior Default Disposition and, in the case of each of clauses (A), (B) and (C) provided that the Agent shall have concurrently released its Lien in such Collateral (i) the Lien securing the Subordinated Obligations on such Collateral (excluding any portion of the proceeds of such Collateral remaining after the Discharge of the Senior Obligations occurs to which Subordinated Claimholders would otherwise be entitled) (and in the case of any release, sale or Disposition of all or substantially all of the equity interests or assets of any Obligor that has guaranteed any Subordinated Obligations, such Obligor’s liability in respect of the Subordinated Obligations (provided that the Agent has concurrently released such Obligor’s liability in respect of the Senior Obligations)) shall be automatically, unconditionally, and simultaneously released with no further consent or action of any Person, and (ii) the Subordinated Claimholders shall be deemed to have consented under the Subordinated Loan Documents to such release, sale or Disposition of such Collateral (and in the case of any release, sale or Disposition of all or substantially all of the equity interests or assets of any Obligor that has guaranteed any Subordinated Obligations, the release of such Obligor’s liability in respect of the Subordinated Obligations (provided that the Agent has concurrently released such Obligor’s liability in respect of the Senior Obligations)), and to have waived the provisions of the Subordinated Loan Documents to the extent necessary to permit such release, sale or Disposition (and in the case of any release, sale or Disposition of all or substantially all of the equity interests or assets of any Obligor that has guaranteed any Subordinated Obligations, the release of such Obligor’s liability

 

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in respect of the Subordinated Obligations (provided that the Agent has concurrently released such Obligor’s liability in respect of the Senior Obligations)). The Subordinated Creditor shall promptly execute and deliver such release documents and instruments and shall take such further actions as the Senior Creditors shall reasonably request to evidence any release of the Lien securing Subordinated Obligations or any release of the applicable Obligor of the Subordinated Obligations.

(3) Until the Discharge of the Senior Obligations occurs, each Subordinated Claimholder hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints Agent and any officer or agent of 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 such Subordinated Claimholder or in Agent’s own name, from time to time in Agent’s discretion, for the purpose of carrying out the terms of this Section 3(b) , to take any and all appropriate action in connection therewith and to execute any and all documents and instruments that may be necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes of this Section 3(b) , including any endorsements or other instruments of transfer or release.

(c) Waiver of Right to Contest Obligations and Liens. Agent, for itself and on behalf of each other Senior Claimholder, and each Subordinated Claimholder, for itself, agrees that it will not (and hereby waives any right to), directly or indirectly, contest or support any other person in contesting, in any proceeding (including any Insolvency Proceeding), (a) the validity, priority, enforceability or allowance of any claims of any of the Senior Claimholders or any of the Subordinated Claimholders, as the case may be, (b) the priority, validity, or enforceability of a Lien held by or on behalf of any of the Senior Claimholders in any assets of any of the Obligors or (subject to the terms of this Agreement) by or on behalf of any of the Subordinated Claimholders in any assets of any of the Obligors, as the case may be, or (c) the validity or enforceability of the provisions of this Agreement, provided , however that nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent or impair the rights of Senior Creditors, any other Senior Claimholder, Subordinated Creditor or any other Subordinated Claimholder to enforce the terms of this Agreement.

(d) Similar Liens and Agreements . The parties hereto intend that a Lien be granted to each of the Agent, for its benefit and for the benefit of the Senior Creditors, and Subordinated Creditor, for its benefit and for the benefit of the Subordinated Claimholders, in the same assets and properties of the Obligors, and therefore the parties hereto agree, subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, upon request by the Agent or the Subordinated Creditor, as the case may be, to advise the other from time to time of the Collateral for which such party has taken steps to perfect its Liens and to identify the parties obligated under the Senior Loan Documents or Subordinated Loan Documents, as the case may be.

(e) Agent for Perfection .

(1) Control Collateral . Senior Creditors and Subordinated Creditor each agree to hold (or cause to be held) all Control Collateral in their respective possession, custody, or control, including “control” within the meaning of 9-104 of the UCC (or in the possession, custody, or control of their respective agents, bailees, or other similar third parties) as non-fiduciary agent or sub-agent for perfection, or gratuitous bailee for the other solely for the

 

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purpose of perfecting the security interest granted to each in such Control Collateral subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement (such bailment and agency (or sub-agency) being intended, among other things, to satisfy the requirements of Section 8-106(d)(3), 8-301(a)(2), 9-313(c), 9-104, 9-105, 9-106, and 9-107 of the UCC). None of the Senior Claimholders or the Subordinated Claimholders, as applicable, shall have any obligation whatsoever to the others to assure that the Control Collateral is genuine or owned by any Obligor or any other Person or to preserve their respective rights or benefits or those of any other Person. The duties or responsibilities of Senior Creditors and Subordinated Creditor under this subsection (e) are and shall be limited solely to holding or maintaining control of the Control Collateral as non-fiduciary agent or sub-agent for perfection, or gratuitous bailee, for the other for purposes of perfecting the Lien held by Senior Creditors or Subordinated Creditor, as applicable. No Senior Creditor is, and no Senior Creditor shall be deemed to be, a fiduciary of any kind for Subordinated Creditor or any other Person. No Subordinated Creditor is, and no Subordinated Creditor shall be deemed to be, a fiduciary of any kind for the Senior Creditors or any other Person. Upon the Discharge of the Senior Obligations, Senior Creditors shall, at the expense of Obligors, deliver the remaining Control Collateral (if any) together with any necessary endorsements or assignments, first, to Subordinated Creditor to the extent Subordinated Obligations remain outstanding as confirmed in writing by Subordinated Creditor, and, to the extent that Subordinated Creditor confirms no Subordinated Obligations are outstanding, second, to Borrowers to the extent no Senior Obligations or Subordinated Obligations remain outstanding (in each case, so as to allow such person to obtain possession or control of such Control Collateral).

(2) Motor Vehicles . With respect to all Collateral consisting of motor vehicles, Agent shall act as sub-collateral agent for and on behalf of Subordinated Creditor solely with respect to perfecting the Lien granted to Subordinated Creditor in such Collateral to secure the Subordinated Obligations which Agent has perfected its Lien on by being noted as a lienholder on the applicable certificates of title.

(f) Insurance . Until the Discharge of the Senior Obligations occurs, (i) Senior Creditors and the other Senior Claimholders shall have the sole and exclusive right, subject to the rights of the Obligors under the Senior Loan Documents, to adjust and settle any claim under any insurance policy covering the Collateral in the event of any loss thereunder and to approve any award granted in any condemnation or similar proceeding (or any deed in lieu of condemnation) affecting the Collateral; and (ii) all Proceeds of any such insurance policy and any such award (or any payments with respect to a deed in lieu of condemnation) shall be paid, subject to the rights of the Obligors under the Senior Loan Documents, first in accordance with the priorities set forth in Section 9(c) , until paid in full in cash, and second , 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 Subordinated Claimholder shall, at any time, receive any Proceeds of any such insurance policy or any such award or payment in contravention of this subsection (f) , it shall pay such Proceeds over to Senior Creditors in accordance with the terms of Section 9(c) .

 

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4. Exercise of Remedies .

(a) Collateral Enforcement . Until the Discharge of the Senior Obligations, whether or not any Insolvency Proceeding has been commenced by or against any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries, no Subordinated Claimholder shall:

(1) exercise any Secured Creditor Remedies (other than if an Insolvency Proceeding has been commenced, seeking adequate protection, to the extent permitted by this Agreement);

(2) contest, protest, or object to any Exercise of Secured Creditor Remedies by any Senior Claimholder and no Subordinated Claimholder shall have any right to direct the Exercise of any Secured Creditor Remedies or other action by any Senior Claimholder (other than as expressly provided for herein); and

(3) object to (and hereby waives any and all claims with respect to) the forbearance by any Senior Claimholder from Exercising any Secured Creditor Remedies.

(b) Exclusive Enforcement Rights . Until the Discharge of the Senior Obligations, whether or not any Insolvency Proceeding has been commenced by or against any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries, the Senior Claimholders shall have the exclusive right to enforce rights as a secured creditor, Exercise Secured Creditor Remedies and make determinations regarding the Disposition of, or restrictions with respect to, the Collateral without any consultation with or the consent of any Subordinated Claimholder. The Senior Claimholders shall have the right to enforce the provisions of the Senior Loan Documents and exercise remedies thereunder, all in such order and in such manner as they may determine in the exercise of their sole discretion and subject to the terms hereof. Such exercise and enforcement shall include the rights of an agent appointed by them to sell or otherwise Dispose of Collateral, to incur expenses in connection with such Disposition, and to exercise all the rights and remedies of a secured creditor under the laws of any applicable jurisdiction, including without limitation the right to Exercise Secured Creditor Remedies.

(c) Permitted Actions by Subordinated Claimholders . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, Subordinated Creditor and any other Subordinated Claimholder may take each of the following actions, none of which shall constitute the Exercise of Secured Creditor Remedies:

(1) if an Insolvency Proceeding has been commenced by or against any Obligor, file a claim or statement of interest with respect to the Subordinated Obligations;

(2) take any action (not adverse to the priority status, taking into account the subordination provisions of Section 3(a) hereof, of the Liens on the Collateral securing any of the Senior Obligations, or the rights of any Senior Claimholder to Exercise any Secured Creditor Remedies) in order to create, preserve, perfect or protect (but not enforce) its Lien in and to the Collateral to the extent not prohibited by Section 3(d) ;

(3) file any 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 Subordinated Creditor or any Subordinated Claimholder, including any claims secured by the Collateral, if any;

 

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(4) vote on any plan of reorganization and file any proof of claim with respect to the Subordinated Obligations; provided , that, in any Insolvency Proceeding, without the consent of the Agent, no Subordinated Claimholder shall support or vote for any plan of reorganization or disclosure statement of any Obligor unless (x) such plan provides for the payment in full in cash of all Senior Obligations (including all post-petition interest, fees and expenses) on the effective date of such plan of reorganization, or (y) such plan is accepted by the requisite holders of Senior Obligations voting thereon;

(5) make any filing that may be necessary to prevent expiration of or toll the running of any applicable statute of limitations (so long as such filing is not made earlier than thirty days prior to the expiration of any applicable statute of limitations); and

(6) take any Collection Action.

(d) For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Agreement shall restrict the right of any Subordinated Claimholder (in each case except as otherwise provided in this Agreement):

(1) to make, support or oppose any request for an order for dismissal, abstention or conversion in any Insolvency Proceeding;

(2) to make, support or oppose, in any Insolvency 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;

(3) to seek the creation of, or appointment to, any official committee representing creditors (or certain of the creditors) in any Insolvency Proceeding and, if appointed, to serve and act as a member of such committee;

(4) to seek or object to the appointment of any professional person to serve in any capacity in any Insolvency Proceeding or to support or object to any request for compensation made by any professional person or others therein;

(5) to make, support or oppose any request for an order appointing a trustee or examiner in any Insolvency Proceeding; or

(6) otherwise file in any Insolvency Proceeding any pleadings, objections, motions or agreements that assert rights available to unsecured creditors of an Obligor arising under Bankruptcy Law or applicable non-bankruptcy law, to the extent consistent with the terms and provisions of this Agreement, including filings in respect of any disclosure statement, plan of reorganization or liquidation or other matters relating to the administration of an Insolvency Proceeding.

(e) Collateral or Proceeds Received by the Senior Claimholders or Subordinated Claimholders from the Exercise of Secured Creditor Remedies . Senior Creditor and each Subordinated Claimholder agrees that until the Discharge of the Senior Obligations has occurred, any Collateral or Proceeds thereof received by the Senior Claimholders or Subordinated Claimholders from any Exercise of Secured Creditor Remedies will be subject to Section 9 .

 

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(f) No Hindrance . Each Subordinated Claimholder hereby:

(1) agrees that Subordinated Creditor and the other Subordinated Claimholders will not take any action, other than as expressly permitted under this Agreement, that would restrain, hinder, limit, delay, or otherwise interfere with the Exercise of Secured Creditor Remedies by Senior Creditors or any other Senior Claimholder, or any action that is otherwise prohibited hereunder;

(2) waives any and all rights Subordinated Creditor or any other Subordinated Claimholder may have as a junior lien creditor or otherwise, to object to the manner in which Senior Creditors or any of the other Senior Claimholders, seek to enforce or collect the Senior Obligations or the Liens securing the Senior Obligations granted in any of the Collateral undertaken in good faith in accordance with this Agreement, regardless of whether any action or failure to act by or on behalf of Senior Creditors or any other Senior Claimholder is adverse to the interest of Subordinated Creditor or any other Subordinated Claimholder; and

(3) acknowledges and agrees that no covenant, agreement or restriction contained in the Subordinated Loan Documents (other than this Agreement) shall be deemed to restrict in any way the rights and remedies of Senior Creditors or the other Senior Claimholders, with respect to the Collateral as set forth in this Agreement and the Senior Loan Documents.

(g) Judgment Liens . In the event that any Subordinated Claimholder becomes a judgment Lien creditor in respect of Collateral as a result of its enforcement of its rights as an unsecured creditor, to the extent permitted herein, with respect to the Subordinated Obligations, such judgment Lien shall be subject to the terms of this Agreement for all purposes (including in relation to the Senior Obligations) as the other Liens securing the Subordinated Obligations are subject to this Agreement.

(h) Rights As Unsecured Creditors . The Subordinated Creditor and each of the other Subordinated Claimholders may exercise rights and remedies as an unsecured creditor against the Company or any Obligor in accordance with the terms of the applicable Subordinated Loan Documents and applicable law to the extent such exercise is not inconsistent with, and does not constitute or result in a violation of, the terms of this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit the receipt by the Subordinated Creditor or any other Subordinated Claimholders of the required payments of interest and principal so long as such receipt is not the direct or indirect result of the exercise by the Subordinated Creditor or any other Subordinated Claimholder of rights or remedies as a secured creditor in respect of Collateral or enforcement in contravention of this Agreement of any Lien in respect of Subordinated Obligations held by any of them or is otherwise in violation of this Agreement. In the event any Subordinated Creditor or any other Subordinated Claimholder becomes a judgment lien creditor in respect of Collateral as a result of its enforcement of its rights as an unsecured creditor in respect of Subordinated Obligations, such judgment lien shall be subordinated to the Liens securing Senior Obligations on the same basis as the other Liens securing the Subordinated Obligations are so subordinated to such Liens securing Senior Obligations under this Agreement.

 

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5. Insolvency Proceeding .

(a) Enforceability and Continuing Priority . This Agreement shall be applicable both before and after the commencement of any Insolvency Proceeding and all converted or succeeding cases in respect thereof. The relative rights of the Senior Claimholders and the Subordinated Claimholders in or to any Distributions shall continue after the commencement of any Insolvency Proceeding. Accordingly, the provisions of this Agreement are intended to be and shall be enforceable as a subordination agreement within the meaning of Section 510 of the Bankruptcy Code.

(b) Financing . Until the Discharge of the Senior Obligations occurs, if any Obligor shall be subject to any Insolvency Proceeding and Senior Creditors consent to the use of cash collateral (as such term is defined in Section 363(a) of the Bankruptcy Code; herein, “ Cash Collateral ”), on which any Senior Creditor has a Lien or permits any Obligor to obtain financing provided by any one or more Senior Claimholders or any other Person under Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code or any similar Bankruptcy Law (such financing, together with any Cash Collateral use, collectively a “ DIP Financing ”), then each Subordinated Claimholder agrees that it will (A) consent, and will be deemed to have consented, to the use of such cash collateral or to such DIP Financing, as applicable, (B) raise no objection to, nor support any other Person objecting to, the use of such cash collateral or to such DIP Financing, (C) not request or accept adequate protection or any other relief in connection with the use of such cash collateral or such DIP Financing, except as set forth in Section 5(e) below, (D) and will be deemed to have, subordinated hereunder the Liens securing Subordinated Obligations to (x) such DIP Financing, (y) any adequate protection provided to the Senior Claimholders, and (z) any “carve-out” agreed to by the Senior Creditors or the other Senior Claimholders, in the case of each of clauses (x), (y), and (z) above, with such subordination to be on the same terms as the Liens securing Senior Obligations that are subordinated thereto, but on a basis junior to the Liens securing the DIP Financing provided by the Senior Claimholders (such subordination will not alter in any manner the terms of this Agreement), and (E) agree, and will be deemed to have agreed, that notice received two calendar days prior to the entry of an order approving such usage of the Cash Collateral or approving such DIP Financing shall be adequate notice. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subordinated Claimholders shall not be deemed to have consented to, and may object to, any DIP Financing if the sum of (a) the principal amount of such DIP Financing (including the undrawn amount of any letters of credit issued or deemed issued under the DIP Financing) and, without duplication, any unfunded commitments under the DIP Financing (after giving effect to any Refinancing or “roll-up” of Senior Obligations), plus (b) the outstanding principal amount of the Senior Obligations (including the undrawn amount of any Letters of Credit) that will not be “rolled up” into the DIP Financing, exceeds the Senior DIP Cap as of the date such Insolvency Proceeding has commenced. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any one or more Subordinated Claimholders may propose, or support any other Person in proposing, DIP Financing that provides for the Discharge of the Senior Obligations.

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or oppose a motion to Dispose of, any Collateral free and clear of the Liens or other claims in favor of Subordinated Creditor or any other Subordinated Claimholder under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code, if the requisite Senior Claimholders or Senior Creditors, on behalf of the requisite Senior Claimholders, have consented to such Disposition of such assets; provided , however , that the proceeds of such Disposition of Collateral are applied to the Senior Obligations or the Subordinated Obligations in accordance with the terms of Section 9 hereof; provided further , however , that the Subordinated Claimholders may assert and prosecute any objection to the proposed bidding procedures or protections to be utilized in connection with any such sale or Disposition that may be asserted by any unsecured creditor. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing contained in this Agreement (including this Section 5(c)) shall be deemed to restrict the right of the Subordinated Claimholders, in connection with a sale of Collateral under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code, or similar law, or pursuant to a plan of reorganization, to “credit bid” the amount of the Subordinated Obligations, so long as a Discharge of the Senior Obligations occurs in connection with and substantially contemporaneously with the consummation of such credit bid.

(d) Relief from the Automatic Stay . Until the Discharge of the Senior Obligations occurs, each Subordinated Claimholder agrees that it shall not (i) seek (or support any other person seeking) relief from the automatic stay or any other stay in any Insolvency Proceeding or take any action in derogation thereof, in each case, in respect of the Collateral, without the prior written consent of Senior Creditor, on behalf of the requisite Senior Claimholders, or (ii) oppose or take any other action in derogation of any request by any Senior Creditor or any other Senior Claimholder for relief from the automatic stay or any other stay in any Insolvency Proceeding in respect of the Collateral.

(e) Adequate Protection .

(1) Senior Claimholders . In any Insolvency Proceeding involving an Obligor, each Subordinated Claimholder agrees that it shall not contest or object (or support any other person contesting or objecting) to:

(A) any request by any Senior Creditor or any of the other Senior Claimholders for adequate protection (whether in the form of Distributions, liens, priority administrative expense claims, or otherwise) or any adequate protection provided to any Senior Creditor or any of the other Senior Claimholders; or

(B) any objection by any Senior Creditor or any of the other Senior Claimholders to any motion, relief, action, or proceeding based on a claim of lack of adequate protection (whether in the form of payments, liens, a priority administrative expense claim, or otherwise); or

(C) the payment of interest, fees, expenses or other amounts to any Senior Creditor or any other Senior Claimholders under Section 506(b) or Section 506(c) of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise.

 

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(2) Subordinated Claimholders . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in any Insolvency Proceeding involving an Obligor:

(i) If any one or more Senior Claimholders are granted adequate protection in the form of periodic cash payments or in the form of an additional or replacement Lien (on existing or future assets of the Obligors) in connection with any DIP Financing, then the Subordinated Claimholders may seek or request, without objection from the Senior Claimholders, adequate protection in the form of an additional or replacement Lien (on existing or future assets of the Obligors), which additional or replacement Lien, if obtained, shall be subordinate to the Liens securing the Senior Obligations and the Liens securing such DIP Financing on the same basis as the other Liens securing the Subordinated Obligations are subordinate to the Liens securing the Senior Obligations under this Agreement.

(ii) In the event that any of the Subordinated Claimholders are granted adequate protection in the form of an additional or replacement Lien (on existing or future assets of the Obligors), then the Subordinated Claimholders agree that Senior Creditors shall also be entitled to seek, without objection from the Subordinated Claimholders, a senior adequate protection Lien on such existing or future assets of the Obligors as security for the Senior Obligations and for any DIP Financing provided by one or more of the Senior Claimholders. Any adequate protection Lien on such existing or future assets securing the Subordinated Obligations shall be subordinated (i) to the Lien on such collateral securing the Senior Obligations and any such DIP Financing provided by the Senior Claimholders, and (ii) to any other Liens granted to the Senior Claimholders as adequate protection on the same basis as the other Liens securing the Subordinated Obligations are so subordinated to such Senior Obligations under this Agreement.

(iii) If any one or more Senior Claimholders are granted adequate protection in the form a superpriority administrative claim, then the Subordinated Claimholders may seek or request, without objection from the Senior Claimholders, adequate protection in the form of a junior superpriority administrative claim subordinated to the Senior Obligations and all adequate protection superpriority administrative claims granted in the Insolvency Proceeding to the Senior Claimholders.

(3) Allowance of Postpetition Accrual . Neither Subordinated Creditor nor any other Subordinated Claimholder shall object to, oppose, or challenge any claim by any Senior Claimholder for allowance in any Insolvency Proceeding of Senior Obligations consisting of post-petition interest, fees, or expenses.

(f) Section 1111(b) of the Bankruptcy Code . None of the Subordinated Claimholders shall object to, oppose, support any objection, or take any other action to impede the right of any Senior Claimholder to make an election under Section 1111(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code. Each Subordinated Claimholder waives any claim it may hereafter have against any Senior Claimholder arising out of the election by any Senior Claimholder of the application of Section 1111(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code. Until the Discharge of the Senior Obligations has occurred, each Subordinated Claimholder agrees that it shall not exercise any right it may have to make an election under Section 1111(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code except pursuant to or in connection with a plan of reorganization that the Subordinated Claimholders are permitted to vote to accept pursuant to this Agreement.

 

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(g) No Waiver . Nothing contained herein shall prohibit or in any way limit any Senior Claimholder from objecting in any Insolvency Proceeding involving an Obligor to any action taken by Subordinated Creditor or any of the other Subordinated Claimholders which is inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement, including, if it is inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement, the seeking by any Subordinated Claimholder of adequate protection or the assertion by any Subordinated Claimholder of any of their rights and remedies under the Subordinated Loan Documents.

(h) Avoidance Issues . If any Senior Claimholder is required in any Insolvency Proceeding or otherwise to turn over, disgorge or otherwise pay to the estate of any Obligor any amount paid in respect of the Senior Obligations (a “ Senior Recovery ”), then such Senior Claimholder shall be entitled to a reinstatement of Senior Obligations with respect to all such recovered amounts, and all rights, interests, priorities and privileges recognized in this Agreement shall apply with respect to any such Senior Recovery. If this Agreement shall have been terminated prior to such Senior 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 from such date of reinstatement.

(i) Distributions of Debt Obligations . If, in any Insolvency Proceeding involving an Obligor, debt obligations of the reorganized debtor, secured by Liens upon any property of the reorganized debtor, are distributed pursuant to a plan of reorganization or similar dispositive restructuring plan, on account of both the Senior Obligations and Subordinated Obligations, then, to the extent the debt obligations distributed on account of the Senior Obligations and the Subordinated Obligations are secured by Liens on the same property, the provisions of this Agreement will survive the distribution of such debt obligations pursuant to such plan and will apply with like effect to the Liens securing such debt obligations.

6. Waivers by Senior Claimholders and Subordinated Claimholders.

(a) Senior Obligations.

(1) All Senior Obligations at any time incurred by any Obligor shall be deemed to have been incurred, and all Senior Obligations held by any Senior Claimholder shall be deemed to have been extended, acquired or obtained, as applicable, in reliance upon this Agreement, and each Subordinated Claimholder hereby waives (A) notice of acceptance, or proof of reliance, by any of the Senior Claimholders of this Agreement, and (B) notice of the existence, renewal, extension, accrual, creation, or non-payment of all or any part of the Senior Obligations. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall preclude any of the Senior Claimholders from discontinuing the extension of credit to any Obligor (whether under the Senior Loan Documents or otherwise) or from taking (without notice to any Subordinated Claimholder, any Obligor, or any other Person) any other action in respect of the Senior Obligations or the Collateral which such Senior Claimholder is otherwise entitled to take with respect to the Senior Obligations or the Collateral.

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any obligation to sell or otherwise Dispose of any Collateral or Proceeds thereof or to take any other action whatsoever with regard to the Collateral or any part or Proceeds thereof. If any Senior Claimholder honors (or fails to honor) a request by Borrowers for an extension of credit pursuant to any of the Senior Loan Documents, whether any Senior Claimholder has knowledge that the honoring of (or failure to honor) any such request would constitute a default under the terms of the Subordinated Loan Documents or an act, condition, or event that, with the giving of notice or the passage of time, or both, would constitute such a default, or if such Senior Claimholder otherwise should exercise any of its contractual rights or remedies under the Senior Loan Documents (subject to the express terms and conditions hereof), no Senior Claimholder shall have any liability whatsoever to any Subordinated Claimholder as a result of such action, omission, or exercise. Each Senior Claimholder will be entitled to manage and supervise its loans and extensions of credit under the Senior Loan Documents as such Senior Claimholder may, in its sole discretion, deem appropriate, and each Senior Claimholder may manage such loans and extensions of credit without regard to any rights or interests that any Subordinated Claimholder may have in the Collateral or otherwise except as otherwise expressly set forth in this Agreement. Each Subordinated Claimholder agrees that no Senior Claimholder shall incur any liability as a result of a sale, lease, license, application or other Disposition of all or any portion of the Collateral or any part or Proceeds thereof, except to the extent that such Disposition is in direct violation of the provisions of this Agreement. Any Senior Claimholder may, from time to time, enter into agreements and settlements with Obligors as it may determine in its sole discretion without impairing any of the subordinations, priorities, rights or obligations of the parties under this Agreement, including, without limitation, substituting Collateral, releasing any Lien and releasing any Obligor. Each Subordinated Claimholder waives any and all rights it may have to require any Senior Claimholder to marshal assets, to exercise rights or remedies in a particular manner, or to forbear from exercising such rights and remedies in any particular manner or order.

(b) Notice of Acceptance and Other Waivers .

(1) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each Subordinated Claimholder hereby waives: (i) notice of acceptance hereof; (ii) notice of any loans or other financial accommodations made or extended under any of the Senior Loan Documents, or the creation or existence of any Senior Obligations; (iii) notice of the amount of the Senior Obligations; (iv) notice of any adverse change in the financial condition of any Obligor or of any other fact that might increase Subordinated Creditor’s or any other Subordinated Claimholder’s risk hereunder; (v) notice of presentment for payment, demand, protest, and notice thereof as to any instrument among the Senior Loan Documents; (vi) notice of any Default or Event of Default under the Senior Loan Documents or otherwise relating to the Senior Obligations (other than any notice that may be required by the express terms of this Agreement); (vii) all other notices (except if such notice is specifically required to be given to Subordinated Creditor under this Agreement) and demands to which Subordinated Creditor or any other Subordinated Claimholder might otherwise be entitled.

(2) Each Senior Claimholder hereby waives: (i) notice of acceptance hereof; (ii) notice of any loans or other financial accommodations made or extended under any of the Subordinated Loan Documents, or the creation or existence of any Subordinated Obligations; (iii) notice of the amount of the Subordinated Obligations; (iv) notice of any adverse change in

 

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the financial condition of any Obligor or of any other fact that might increase Senior Creditor’s or any other Senior Claimholder’s risk hereunder; (v) notice of presentment for payment, demand, protest, and notice thereof as to any instrument among the Subordinated Loan Documents; (vi) notice of any Default or Event of Default under the Subordinated Loan Documents or otherwise relating to the Subordinated Obligations (other than any notice that may be required by the express terms of this Agreement); (vii) notice of the existence, renewal, extension, accrual, creation, or non-payment of all or any part of the Subordinated Obligations, or (viii) all other notices (except if such notice is specifically required to be given to Senior Creditors under this Agreement) and demands to which Senior Creditor or any other Senior Claimholder might otherwise be entitled.

(c) Lawsuits; Defenses; Setoff. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each Subordinated Claimholder (i) waives the right by statute or otherwise to require any Senior Claimholder to institute suit against any Obligor or to exhaust any rights and remedies which any Senior Claimholder has or may have against any Obligor; (ii) waives any defense arising by reason of any disability or other defense of any Obligor or by reason of the cessation from any cause whatsoever of the liability of such Obligor in respect thereof, (iii) waives any rights to assert against any Senior Claimholder any defense (legal or equitable), set-off, counterclaim, or claim which Subordinated Creditor or any Subordinated Claimholder may now or at any time hereafter have against any Obligor or any other party liable to Senior Creditor, any other Senior Claimholder, Subordinated Creditor or any other Subordinated Claimholder, and (iv) waives any defense, set-off, counterclaim, or claim, of any kind or nature, arising directly or indirectly from the present or future lack of perfection, sufficiency, validity, or enforceability of any Senior Obligations, any Subordinated Obligations or any security for either.

(d) Subrogation . Subordinated Creditor and the other Subordinated Claimholders shall be subrogated to the rights of the Senior Claimholders with respect to all Distributions (and any other payments or distribution in cash, property or other assets) otherwise payable to the Subordinated Claimholders that have been paid over and applied to the payment of the Senior Obligations in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement; provided , that, the Subordinated Creditor, on behalf of itself and the Subordinated Claimholders, hereby agrees not to assert or enforce any such rights of subrogation it may acquire as a result of any such payment or other distribution hereunder until the Discharge of the Senior Obligations has occurred. No Senior Claimholder has, and no Senior Claimholder shall have, any obligation or duty to protect any Subordinated Claimholder’s rights of subrogation arising pursuant to this Agreement or under any applicable law, and no Senior Claimholder is, and no Senior Claimholder shall be, liable for any loss to, or impairment of, any subrogation rights held by any Subordinated Claimholder.

(e) ELECTION OF REMEDIES . WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF ANY OTHER WAIVER OR OTHER PROVISION SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT, EACH SUBORDINATED CLAIMHOLDER WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ALL RIGHTS AND DEFENSES ARISING OUT OF AN ELECTION OF REMEDIES BY ANY SENIOR CLAIMHOLDER, EVEN THOUGH THAT ELECTION OF REMEDIES HAS DESTROYED THE RIGHTS OF SUBROGATION OF SUBORDINATED CREDITOR AND THE OTHER SUBORDINATED CLAIMHOLDERS AND REIMBURSEMENT AGAINST ANY OBLIGOR BY THE OPERATION OF ANY APPLICABLE LAW.

 

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7. Amendments; Refinancing, Notice of Default.

(a) Subordinated Loan Documents . Until Discharge of the Senior Obligations, each Subordinated Claimholder agrees that none of the Subordinated Loan Documents or any other document, instrument, or agreement evidencing all or any part of the Subordinated Obligations may be amended, restated, supplemented, Refinanced, or otherwise modified, and no new document, instrument or agreement may be entered into, without the prior written consent of Senior Creditors, on behalf of the requisite Senior Claimholders, to the extent that such amendment, restatement, Refinancing, supplement, other modification or new document, instrument or agreement, would, directly or indirectly (i) increase the maximum principal amount of the Subordinated Obligations in excess of $105,000,000 (excluding the amount of any interest or fees thereon that have been capitalized in accordance with the terms of the Subordinated Loan Documents or in connection with a Refinancing thereof), (ii) (w) add or increase the rate of interest (paid in cash) on any of the Subordinated Obligations to a rate in excess of 2.00% per annum above the interest rate (paid in cash) set forth in the Indenture (as in effect on the date hereof) (excluding, without limitation, the imposition of a default rate), (x) add or increase the rate of interest (paid in kind) on any of the Subordinated Obligations to a rate in excess of 2.00% per annum above the interest rate (paid in kind) set forth in the Indenture (as in effect on the date hereof) (excluding, without limitation, the imposition of a default rate), (y) add or increase the default rate of interest above the default interest rate set forth in the Indenture (as in effect on the date hereof), or (z) add or increase any fee set forth in the Indenture (as in effect on the date hereof) (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, customary trustee fees, collateral agent fees or similar administrative fees), (iii) change or add any event of default or any covenant with respect to the Subordinated Obligations in a manner which would be materially more restrictive to any Obligor or to the interests of any of the Senior Claimholders; provided , that, solely with respect to this Section 7(a)(iii), to the extent that (x) the covenants in the Senior Loan Document are added or amended in a manner that is more restrictive to any Obligor and (y) such Conforming Amendment to the applicable Subordinated Loan Document maintains an equivalent proportionate difference between dollar amounts or ratios, as the case may be, in the relevant provision in the such Subordinated Loan Document and those in the corresponding covenant in the Senior Loan Document (to the extent that such difference exists between such Subordinated Loan Document and such Senior Loan Document immediately prior to giving effect to such Conforming Amendment), then a Conforming Amendment to such Subordinated Loan Document may be made, (iv) change or amend any term of any Subordinated Loan Document if such change or amendment would result in an “Event of Default” under any of the Senior Loan Documents, (v) contravene the provisions of this Agreement, (vi) change (to an earlier date) the date upon which any scheduled payments of principal or interest on the Subordinated Obligations are due or change (to an earlier date) any redemption or prepayment provisions of the Subordinated Obligations to require any such payments of principal or interest on the Subordinated Obligations on or prior to the date that is 91 days after the final maturity date (after giving effect to any “springing” maturity) of the Senior Obligations set forth in the Senior Credit Agreement (as in effect on the date hereof), (vii) require any scheduled principal amortization in excess of the amounts set forth in the Indenture (as in effect on the date hereof), (viii) except as contemplated by Section 3(b)(2)(A)(ii), add, expand or accept, regardless of how

 

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acquired, whether by grant, possession, statute, operation of law, subrogation, or otherwise, any Lien or security interest on any asset of any Obligor, except to the extent such Obligor has agreed to grant the Senior Creditors a first priority Lien with respect to such asset, (ix) add or amend to make more restrictive any restrictions or limitations on any Person’s ability to make payment on the Senior Obligations which would otherwise be permitted under the Subordinated Loan Documents as in effect on the date hereof, or (x) add or modify (to make more restrictive) any restrictions on the ability to amend or modify any Senior Loan Document. Any assignee or transferee of Subordinated Creditor or any other Subordinated Claimholder shall bind themselves in a writing addressed to Senior Creditors, for the benefit of the Senior Claimholders, to the terms of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the failure to execute or deliver any such agreement described in this Section 7(a) , this Agreement shall survive any sale, assignment, disposition or other transfer of all or any portion of the Subordinated Obligations, and the terms of this Agreement shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of Subordinated Creditor and each other Subordinated Claimholder, as provided in Section 19 below.

(b) Senior Loan Documents . Each Senior Claimholder agrees that none of the Senior Loan Documents or any other document, instrument, or agreement evidencing all or any part of the Senior Obligations may be amended, restated, supplemented, Refinanced, or otherwise modified, and no document, instrument or agreement may be entered into, without the prior written consent of Subordinated Creditor, to the extent that such amendment, restatement, Refinancing, supplement, other modification or new document, instrument or agreement, directly or indirectly, (i) imposes prohibitions and restrictions on any Obligor’s rights to make payments on the loans under the Indenture that are in addition to the prohibitions and restrictions on such rights set forth in the Senior Loan Documents as in effect on the date hereof, (ii) contravenes the provisions of this Agreement, (iii) adds, expands or accepts, regardless of how acquired, whether by grant, possession, statute, operation of law, subrogation, or otherwise, any Lien or security interest on any asset of any Obligor, except to the extent such Obligor has agreed to grant Subordinated Creditors a second priority Lien with respect to such asset, or (iv) adds or increases the rate of interest or all-in yield (after giving effect, without limitation, to any original issue discount, upfront fees, exit fees or any other fees) on any of the Senior Obligations, including by increasing the “applicable margin” or similar component of the interest rate or by modifying the method of computing interest, to a rate in excess of 4.00% per annum above the interest rate set forth in the Senior Credit Agreement (as in effect on the date hereof) (excluding, without limitation, the effect of imposition of a default rate (as in effect on the date hereof) and increases in the underlying reference rate not caused by a modification or Refinancing of the Senior Obligations); provided , however , that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in clause (i) above, solely in connection with a Refinancing of the Senior Obligations in whole permitted under this Agreement and the Subordinated Loan Documents, the Senior Loan Documents may be amended, restated or otherwise modified or a new agreement entered into provided that such amended, restated, modified or new Senior Loan Documents expressly permit (A) the Subordinated Claimholders to receive regularly scheduled interest payments when due under the Subordinated Loan Documents, (B) conversion of the Notes (as defined in the Indenture) into common stock of the Company (and receipt of cash for fractional shares) in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, (C) payment of the principal of the Notes (as defined in the Indenture) and accrued and unpaid interest thereon upon maturity thereof so long as no event of default (as defined in such Senior Loan Documents) occurs prior and after giving effect to such payment on a pro forma basis, (D) payment of the Subordinated Obligations with the proceeds of Permitted

 

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Refinancing Indebtedness (as defined in the Indenture as in effect on the date hereof) and (E) any payment of the Subordinated Obligations (including, without limitation, principal and interest) including any voluntary prepayment or mandatory payment, so long as the Company satisfies a “payment condition”, leverage ratio, fixed charge coverage ratio or other customary condition similar to the “payment condition” set forth in the Senior Loan Documents as of the date hereof taking into account the form of the amended, modified or replaced Senior Loan Document. Any assignee or transferee of Senior Creditor or any other Senior Claimholder shall bind themselves in a writing addressed to Subordinated Creditors, for the benefit of the Subordinated Claimholders, to the terms of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the failure to execute or deliver any such agreement described in this Section 7(b) , this Agreement shall survive any sale, assignment, disposition or other transfer of all or any portion of the Senior Obligations, and the terms of this Agreement shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of each Senior Claimholder, as provided in Section 19 below.

(c) Notice of Event of Default . Subordinated Creditor shall endeavor to give Senior Creditors prompt written notice of the occurrence of any Event of Default under any Subordinated Loan Document upon the earlier to occur of (i) the date of receipt by Subordinated Creditor of notice of such Event of Default from any Obligor or any other Person and (ii) the date on which Subordinated Creditor obtains knowledge of the existence of such Event of Default; provided , however , that the failure to give such notice shall not result in a breach or default under this Agreement and shall not give any Senior Claimholder any claim against any Subordinated Claimholder as a result of such failure. Agent shall endeavor to give Subordinated Creditor prompt written notice of the occurrence of any Event of Default under any Senior Loan Document upon the earlier to occur of (i) the date of receipt by Agent of notice of such Event of Default from any Obligor or any other Person and (ii) the date on which Agent obtains knowledge of the existence of such Event of Default (such notice, a “ Senior Default Notice ”); provided , however , that the failure to give such notice shall not result in a breach or default under this Agreement and shall not give any Subordinated Claimholder any claim against any Senior Claimholder as a result of such failure.

8. When Discharge of the Senior Obligations Deemed to Not Have Occurred .

(a) If any Obligor enters into any Refinancing of any Senior Obligations permitted under this Agreement and the Subordinated Loan Documents, and the Company gives the Subordinated Credit prior notice (it being understood that the failure to provide such notice shall not render clause 8(a) ineffective), then (i) a Discharge of the Senior Obligations shall automatically be deemed not to have occurred for all purposes of this Agreement, (ii) the obligations under such Refinancing of such Senior Obligations shall automatically be treated as Senior Obligations for all purposes of this Agreement, including for purposes of the Lien priorities and rights in respect of Collateral set forth herein, (iii) the agent and lenders under the loan documents in respect of such Refinancing of such Senior Obligations shall be Senior Creditors for all purposes of this Agreement and (iv) such new Senior Creditors shall agree in writing addressed to the Subordinated Creditor to be bound by the terms of this Agreement; provided , however , that the failure of such new Senior Creditors to agree in writing to be bound by this Agreement shall not constitute a material breach of this Agreement or impact the subordination effected hereby, and the terms of this Agreement shall continue to be binding upon each Subordinated Claimholder.

 

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(b) If any Obligor enters into any Refinancing of any Subordinated Obligations permitted under this Agreement and the Senior Loan Documents, and the Company gives the Agent prior written notice thereof (it being understood that the failure to provide such notice shall not render clause 8(b) ineffective), then (i) the obligations under such Refinancing of such Subordinated Obligations shall automatically be treated as Subordinated Obligations for all purposes of this Agreement, including for purposes of the Lien priorities and rights in respect of Collateral set forth herein, (ii) the trustee and noteholders under the documents in respect of such Refinancing of such Subordinated Obligations shall be Subordinated Creditors for all purposes of this Agreement and (iv) such new Subordinated Creditors shall agree in writing addressed to the Agent and the other Senior Creditors to be bound by the terms of this Agreement.

9. Payments Held In Trust; Turnover; Application of Proceeds.

(a) Payments Held in Trust/Turnover . In the event that any Subordinated Claimholder receives any Distribution prohibited at such time by this Agreement, such Distribution shall be held in trust for the benefit of and shall be paid over to or delivered to, as applicable, the Agent, for the benefit of the Senior Claimholders.

(b) Turnover . Whether or not any Insolvency Proceeding has been commenced by or against any Obligor, any Collateral or Proceeds thereof (including assets or Proceeds subject to Liens referred to in Section 3(d) ) received by Subordinated Creditor or any other Subordinated Claimholder in violation hereof shall be segregated and held in trust and forthwith paid over to Agent, for the benefit of the Senior Claimholders, in the same form as received, with any necessary endorsements or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct. The Agent is hereby authorized to make any such endorsements as agent for any Subordinated Claimholder. This authorization is coupled with an interest and is irrevocable until the Discharge of the Senior Obligations.

(c) Application of Proceeds . Whether or not any Insolvency Proceeding has been commenced by or against any Obligor, any Collateral or Proceeds thereof received in connection with any Exercise of Secured Creditor Remedies, Senior Default Disposition or Proceeds of Collateral received pursuant to Section 3(b) , Section 3(f) , Section 4(e) or Section 5(c) (in the case of clause (i)(y)(2) of the parenthetical in Section 3(b) and Section 3(f) , to the extent the Obligors are required to apply such proceeds to the Senior Obligations or the Subordinated Obligations pursuant to the terms of the Senior Credit Agreement or the Indenture, as applicable), shall (at such time as such Collateral or Proceeds has been monetized) be applied: (i)  first , to the payment in full in cash the Senior Obligations in accordance with the terms of the Senior Loan Documents until the Discharge of Senior Obligations, (ii)  second , to the payment in full in cash of the Subordinated Obligations in accordance with the Subordinated Loan Documents, and (iii)  thereafter , to Borrowers or such other Person entitled thereto under applicable law. If any Exercise of Secured Creditor Remedies with respect to the Collateral produces non-cash Proceeds, or if non-cash Proceeds are received pursuant to Section 3(b) or Section 4(e) , then the Senior Creditors shall have the right, but not the obligation, to hold such non-cash Proceeds as additional Collateral and, at such time as such non-cash Proceeds are monetized, shall be applied as set forth above.

 

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10. Representations . Each Senior Creditor represents and warrants to Subordinated Creditor and the other Subordinated Claimholders that (i) it has the requisite power and authority to enter into, execute, deliver, and carry out the terms of this Agreement and (ii) this Agreement, when executed and delivered, will constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of Senior Creditors enforceable against such Senior Creditors in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by equitable principles. Each Subordinated Claimholder represents and warrants to the Senior Claimholders that (i) it has the requisite power and authority to enter into, execute, deliver, and carry out the terms of this Agreement and (ii) this Agreement, when executed and delivered, will constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of such Subordinated Claimholder enforceable against such Subordinated Claimholder in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by equitable principles.

11. Amendments . No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement nor consent to any departure by any party hereto shall be effective unless it is in a written agreement executed by Agent (for itself and on behalf of the other Senior Claimholders) and Subordinated Creditor (for itself and on behalf of the other Subordinated Claimholders), and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given.

12. Instrument Legends . Any promissory note or other instrument or agreement evidencing any of the Subordinated Obligations shall at all times include the following language:

“Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the liens and security interests securing the obligations evidenced by this [promissory note]/[instrument]/[agreement], and the exercise of any right or remedy with respect hereto, are subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor and Subordination Agreement dated as of March 2, 2015 (as amended, restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Subordination Agreement ”), by and among PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (“ PNC ”) and each other Senior Claimholder from time to time (as such terms are defined in the Subordination Agreement), and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (the “ Subordinated Creditor ”). In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Subordination Agreement and this [promissory note]/[instrument]/[agreement], the terms of the Subordination Agreement shall govern and control.”

13. Further Assurances . Upon Senior Creditors’ request, Subordinated Creditor and each other Subordinated Claimholder will promptly take all actions which Senior Creditors may request to carry out the purposes and provisions of this Agreement. Upon Subordinated Creditor’s request, Senior Creditor and each other Senior Claimholder will promptly take all actions which Subordinated Credit may request to carry out the purposes and provisions of this Agreement.

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nonpayment of the Senior Obligations and agrees that Subordinated Creditor and the other Subordinated Claimholders have and shall have no duty to advise any Senior Claimholder of information known to Subordinated Creditor or any other Subordinated Claimholder regarding such condition or any such circumstances. In the event that Subordinated Claimholder, in its sole discretion, undertakes, at any time or from time to time, to provide any such information to Agent, then such Subordinated Claimholder shall not be under any obligation (i) to provide any such information to Agent on any subsequent occasion, (ii) to undertake any investigation, or (iii) to disclose any information which, pursuant to its commercial finance practices, such Subordinated Claimholder wishes to maintain confidential. Agent, for itself and the other Senior Creditors, acknowledges and agrees that neither Subordinated Creditor nor any other Subordinated Claimholder has made any warranties or representations with respect to the legality, validity, enforceability, collectability or perfection of the Subordinated Obligations or any liens or security interests held in connection therewith.

(b) Each Subordinated Claimholder hereby assumes responsibility for keeping itself informed of the financial condition of the Obligors and of all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the Subordinated Obligations, and agrees that no Senior Creditor has and no Senior Creditor shall have any duty to advise Subordinated Creditor or any other Subordinated Claimholder of information known to any Senior Claimholder regarding such condition or any such circumstances. In the event that Senior Creditors, in their sole discretion, undertake, at any time or from time to time, to provide any such information to Subordinated Creditor or any Subordinated Claimholder, then Senior Creditors shall not be under any obligation (i) to provide any such information to Subordinated Creditor or any other Subordinated Claimholder on any subsequent occasion, (ii) to undertake any investigation, or (iii) to disclose any information which, pursuant to its commercial finance practices, Senior Creditors wish to maintain confidential. Each Subordinated Claimholder acknowledges and agrees that no Senior Claimholder has made any warranties or representations with respect to the legality, validity, enforceability, collectability or perfection of the Senior Obligations or any liens or security interests held in connection therewith.

15. Third Party Beneficiaries . This Agreement is solely for the benefit of Senior Creditor, the other Senior Claimholders, Subordinated Creditor, and the other Subordinated Claimholders, and no other Person (including any Obligor) is intended to be a third party beneficiary hereunder. Senior Creditors and Subordinated Creditor shall have the right to modify or terminate this Agreement at any time without notice to or approval of any Obligor or any other Person (other than, in the case of Senior Creditor, the requisite Senior Claimholders under the Senior Credit Agreement, and in the case of Subordinated Creditor, the requisite Subordinated Claimholders under the Indenture).

 

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16. Notices . Unless otherwise provided in this Agreement, all notices or demands relating to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be personally delivered or sent by registered or certified mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested), overnight courier, electronic mail (at such email addresses as a party may designate in accordance herewith), or facsimile. In the case of notices or demands to Senior Creditors or Subordinated Creditor, as the case may be, they shall be sent to the respective address set forth below:

IF TO ANY SENIOR CREDITOR:

 

To:

PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

340 Madison Avenue, 11th Floor

New York, NY 10173

Attn: Robert Anchundia

Fax No.: (212) 303-0060

with copies to:

PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

PNC Agency Services

PNC Firstside Center

500 First Avenue, 4th Floor

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219

Attn: Lisa Pierce

Fax No.: (412) 762-8672

and

Blank Rome LLP

The Chrysler Building

405 Lexington Avenue

New York, New York 10174-0208

Attention: Lawrence F. Flick II

Fax No.: (215) 832-5556

IF TO ANY SUBORDINATED CREDITOR:

 

To:

U.S. Bank National Association

333 Commerce Street, Suite 800

Nashville, Tennessee 37201

Attn: Global Corporate Trust Services

Fax No.: (615) 251-0737

Any party hereto may change the address at which it is to receive notices hereunder, by notice in writing in the foregoing manner given to the other party. All notices or demands sent in accordance with this Section 16 , shall be deemed received on the earlier of the date of actual receipt or three (3) Business Days after the deposit thereof in the mail; provided, that (a) notices sent by overnight courier service shall be deemed to have been given when received, (b) notices by telefacsimile or other electronic method of transmission shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient) and (c) notices by electronic mail shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgment from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return email or other written acknowledgment).

 

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17. Purchase Option .

(a) If there is (i) an acceleration of the Senior Obligations in accordance with the Senior Credit Agreement, (ii) an Event of Default arising from the failure of the Company to make any payment in respect of principal, interest or fees (other than administrative agency or collateral agency fees) under the Senior Credit Agreement that is not waived by the Senior Creditors within 60 days of its occurrence, or (iii) the commencement of an Insolvency Proceeding (each a “ Purchase Event ”), then Subordinated Claimholders may, within 10 Business Days of any such Purchase Event, and not afterwards, deliver a Purchase Notice (as defined below) to purchase all, but not less than all, of the Senior Obligations and unfunded commitments under the Senior Loan Documents that if funded would constitute Senior Obligations (collectively, the “ Purchase Obligations ”) for the Purchase Price. Notwithstanding anything in the Senior Loan Documents to the contrary, no consent of any Obligor to such purchase shall be required. Such purchase will (1) include all principal of, and all accrued and unpaid interest, fees, and expenses in respect of, all Senior Obligations, and all other Senior Obligations and unfunded commitments under the Senior Loan Documents that if funded would constitute Senior Obligations, outstanding at the time of purchase, (2) be made pursuant to an “Assignment” (as such term is defined in the Senior Credit Agreement, but including only those representations and warranties of the Assignor thereunder as are specified in Section 17(b) ), whereby the Subordinated Claimholders will assume all funding commitments and Senior Obligations of the Senior Creditors under the Senior Loan Documents, and (3) otherwise be subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 17 . Each Senior Claimholder will retain all rights to indemnification provided in the relevant Senior Loan Documents for all claims and other amounts relating to facts and circumstances relating to such Senior Claimholder’s holdings of the Senior Obligations (except to the extent such claims and other amounts were included in the Purchase Price), and such rights shall be secured by the Liens securing the Senior Obligations. No amendment, modification or waiver following any purchase under this Section 17 of any indemnification provisions under the Senior Loan Documents shall be effective as to any Senior Claimholder or any Affiliate or officer, director, employee or other related indemnified person of such Senior Creditor (“Indemnified Senior Person”) without the prior written consent of such Indemnified Senior Person, and such indemnification provisions shall continue in full force and effect for the benefit of the Indemnified Senior Persons whether or not any Senior Loan Documents otherwise remain in effect.

(b) (1) The Subordinated Claimholders desiring to purchase all of the Purchase Obligations (the “ Purchasing Creditors ”) will deliver a written notice (the “ Purchase Notice ”) to the Agent in accordance with Section 17 (a) above that (1) is signed by the Purchasing Creditors, (2) states that it is a Purchase Notice under this Section 17 , (3) states that each Purchasing Creditor is irrevocably electing to purchase, in accordance with this Section 17 , the percentage of all of the Purchase Obligations stated in the Purchase Notice for that Purchasing Creditor, which percentages must aggregate exactly 100% for all Purchasing Creditors, and (4) designates a purchase date (the “ Purchase Date ”) on which the purchase will occur, that is (x) at least 5 but not more than 10 Business Days after the Agent’s receipt of the Purchase Notice, and (y) not more than 20 Business Days after the Purchase Event. A Purchase Notice will be ineffective if it is received by the Agent after the occurrence giving rise to the Purchase Event is waived, cured, or otherwise ceases to exist.

 

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(2) Upon the Agent’s receipt of an effective Purchase Notice conforming to this Section 17(b) , the Purchasing Creditors will be irrevocably obligated to purchase, and the Senior Claimholders will be irrevocably obligated to sell, the Purchase Obligations in accordance with and subject to this Section 17 . If so instructed by the Subordinated Claimholders in the Purchase Notice, the Senior Claimholders shall not complete any Exercise of Secured Creditor Remedies (other than (1) the exercise of control over any Obligor’s deposit or securities accounts, (2) the collection of proceeds of accounts and payment intangibles and (3) the termination of the commitment under the Senior Credit Agreement and the refusal to make additional advances thereunder to the extent an Event of Default then exists or the Agent is otherwise then entitled to do so in accordance with the terms of the Senior Credit Agreement) as long as the purchase and sale of the Purchase Obligations provided for in this Section 17 shall have closed within 10 Business Days of the Subordinated Claimholder’s delivery of a Purchase Notice to the Senior Creditors and the Senior Creditors shall have received payment in full of the Senior Obligations as provided for in Section 17 within such 10 Business Day period.

(c) The purchase price (“ Purchase Price ”) for the Purchase Obligations will equal the sum of (i) the principal amount of all loans, advances, or similar extensions of credit included in the Purchase Obligations (including unreimbursed amounts drawn on letters of credit that are Senior Obligations (such letters of credit, “ Letters of Credit ”), but excluding the undrawn amount of outstanding Letters of Credit), and all accrued and unpaid fees and interest thereon through the Purchase Date (including any acceleration prepayment penalties or premiums and breakage costs that would be required to be paid to the Senior Creditors if the Senior Obligations were prepaid on the Purchase Date), (ii) all accrued and unpaid fees, expenses, indemnities, and other amounts owed to the Senior Creditors under the Senior Loan Documents on the Purchase Date, and (iii) amounts according to the good faith estimate of the Agent of contingent obligations in respect of claims which are known to the Agent or Senior Creditors. After giving effect to the purchase described above, in the event that any Subordinated Claimholder receives any early termination fee, prepayment fee or other similar fee payable pursuant to the Senior Credit Agreement within 12 months of the Purchase Date, then such proceeds shall be segregated and held in trust and promptly paid over to the Agent, for the benefit of the Senior Creditors, in the same form as received, with any necessary endorsements, and each Subordinated Claimholder hereby authorizes the Agent to make any such endorsements as agent for the Agent (which authorization, being coupled with an interest, is irrevocable).

(d) On the Purchase Date, (i) the Purchasing Creditors will execute and deliver the Assignment, (ii) the Purchasing Creditors will pay the Purchase Price to Agent by wire transfer of immediately available funds, (iii) the Purchasing Creditors will deposit with Agent or its designee by wire transfer of immediately available funds, 103% of the aggregate undrawn amount of all then outstanding Letters of Credit and the aggregate facing and similar fees that will accrue thereon through the stated maturity of the Letters of Credit (assuming no drawings thereon before stated maturity) (subject to reduction in Senior Creditors’ sole determination), (iv) the Purchasing Creditors will furnish cash collateral to Agent in such amounts as Agent and the applicable Senior Creditors determine is reasonably necessary to secure Senior Creditors in connection with any Bank Product Obligations (or at the option of Senior Creditors with respect to such Bank Product Obligations, terminate the applicable Bank Product Agreements and make all payments pursuant thereto, as applicable), (v) each of the

 

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Purchasing Creditors will execute and deliver to the Agent a waiver and release of, and covenant not to sue in respect of, all claims arising out of this Agreement, the relationship between the Senior Creditors and the Subordinated Claimholders in connection with the Senior Loan Documents and the Subordinated Loan Documents, and the transactions contemplated hereby as a result of exercising the purchase option contemplated by this Section 17 and (vi) the Subordinated Claimholders will agree to reimburse Senior Creditors for any reasonable and documented loss, cost, damage or expense (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and legal expenses) in connection with any commissions, fees, costs or expenses related to any issued and outstanding letters of credit, banker’s acceptances or similar instruments as described above and any checks or other payments provisionally credited to the Senior Obligations, and/or as to which Senior Creditors have not yet received final payment.

(e) Promptly after the closing of the purchase of all Purchase Obligations, the Agent will distribute the Purchase Price to the Senior Creditors in accordance with the terms of the Senior Loan Documents. The Agent will apply cash collateral to reimburse Letter of Credit issuers for drawings under Letters of Credit, any customary fees charged by the issuer in connection with such draws, and facing or similar fees. When all Letters of Credit have been cancelled with the consent of the beneficiary thereof, expired, or been fully drawn, and after all payments from the account described above have been made, any remaining cash collateral will be returned to the Purchasing Creditors, as their interests appear. If for any reason other than the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Agent (as determined in a final, non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction), the cash collateral is less than the amount owing with respect to a Letter of Credit described in the sentence, then the Purchasing Creditors will, in proportion to their interests determined as of the time of demand for such reimbursement, promptly reimburse the Agent (who will then pay the applicable Senior Creditors) the amount of the deficiency.

(f) No Recourse or Warranties; Defaulting Creditors .

(1) The Senior Creditors will be entitled to rely on the statements, representations, and warranties in the Purchase Notice without investigation, even if the Senior Creditors are notified that any such statement, representation, or warranty is not or may not be true.

(2) The purchase and sale of the Purchase Obligations under this Section 17 will be without recourse and without any representation or warranty whatsoever by the Senior Creditors, except that the Senior Creditors shall represent and warrant that on the Purchase Date, immediately before giving effect to the purchase, the Senior Creditors own the Purchase Obligations free and clear of all Liens.

(3) The obligations of the Senior Creditors to sell their respective Purchase Obligations under this Section 17 are several and not joint and several. If a Senior Creditor breaches its obligation to sell its Purchase Obligations under this Section 17 (a “ Defaulting Creditor ”), no other Senior Creditor will be obligated to purchase the Defaulting Creditor’s Purchase Obligations for resale to the holders of the Subordinated Obligations. A Senior Creditor that complies with this Section 17 will not be in default of this Agreement or otherwise be deemed liable for any action or inaction of any Defaulting Creditor, provided that nothing in this subsection (c) will affect the Purchasing Creditors’ obligation to purchase all of the Purchase Obligations.

(4) Each Obligor hereby consents to any assignment effected to one or more Purchasing Creditors pursuant to this Section 17 .

 

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18. CHOICE OF LAW AND VENUE; JURY TRIAL WAIVER.

(a) THE VALIDITY OF THIS AGREEMENT, THE CONSTRUCTION, INTERPRETATION, AND ENFORCEMENT HEREOF AND THEREOF, AND THE RIGHTS OF THE PARTIES HERETO AND THERETO WITH RESPECT TO ALL MATTERS ARISING HEREUNDER OR THEREUNDER OR RELATED HERETO OR THERETO SHALL BE DETERMINED UNDER, GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

(b) THE PARTIES AGREE THAT ALL ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE TRIED AND LITIGATED ONLY IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, FEDERAL, COURTS LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF NEW YORK, STATE OF NEW YORK. EACH SENIOR CLAIMHOLDER AND EACH SUBORDINATED CLAIMHOLDER HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT EACH MAY HAVE TO ASSERT THE DOCTRINE OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS OR TO OBJECT TO VENUE TO THE EXTENT ANY PROCEEDING IS BROUGHT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION 18(b) .

(c) TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, EACH SENIOR CLAIMHOLDER AND EACH SUBORDINATED CLAIMHOLDER 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 OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREIN, INCLUDING CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS, AND ALL OTHER COMMON LAW OR STATUTORY CLAIMS. EACH SENIOR CLAIMHOLDER AND EACH SUBORDINATED CLAIMHOLDER REPRESENTS THAT EACH HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER AND EACH KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL. IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, A COPY OF THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE FILED AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO A TRIAL BY THE COURT.

19. Successors and Assigns . This Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of each of the parties hereto, each of the Senior Claimholders and the Subordinated Claimholders, and each of their respective successors and assigns, and nothing herein is intended, or shall be construed to give, any other Person (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Obligor or Subsidiary thereof) any right, remedy or claim under, to or in respect of this Agreement or any Collateral.

 

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20. Integrated Agreement . This Agreement reflects the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby and shall not be contradicted or qualified by any other agreement, oral or written, before the date hereof.

21. Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties on separate counterparts, each of which, when executed and delivered, shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which, when taken together, shall constitute but one and the same Agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Agreement by facsimile or other electronic method of transmission shall be equally as effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Agreement. Any party delivering an executed counterpart of this Agreement by facsimile or other electronic method of transmission also shall deliver an original executed counterpart of this Agreement but the failure to deliver an original executed counterpart shall not affect the validity, enforceability, and binding effect of this Agreement (and shall not result in a breach or default under this Agreement).

22. Headings . Headings and numbers have been set forth herein for convenience only. Unless the contrary is compelled by the context, everything contained in each Section applies equally to this entire Agreement.

23. Effectiveness; Continuing Nature of this Agreement; Severability . This Agreement shall become effective when executed and delivered by the parties hereto. This is a continuing agreement of lien subordination and Senior Claimholders may continue (subject to the terms hereof), at any time and without notice to Subordinated Creditor or any other Subordinated Claimholder, to extend credit and other financial accommodations to or for the benefit of any Obligor constituting Senior Obligations in reliance hereof. Each Senior Creditor, other Senior Claimholders, Subordinated Creditor and each other Subordinated Claimholder hereby waives any right it may have under applicable law to revoke this Agreement or any of the provisions of this Agreement. The terms of this Agreement shall survive, and shall continue in full force and effect, in any Insolvency Proceeding. Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable 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. All references to any Obligor shall include such Obligor as debtor and debtor in possession and any receiver or trustee for such Obligor in any Insolvency Proceeding.

24. Conflicts . Subject to Section 26 , to the extent that there is a conflict between any provision hereof, on the one hand, and any provision of any Senior Loan Document or Subordinated Loan Document, on the other hand, this Agreement shall control and prevail.

25. Termination . This Agreement shall continue in full force and effect until the Discharge of the Senior Obligations shall have occurred and shall thereafter be revived to the extent provided for in Section 5(h) .

 

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26. 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 Senior Claimholders on the one hand and the Subordinated Claimholders on the other hand. None of the Company, any other Obligor or any other creditor thereof shall have any rights hereunder and neither the Company nor any other Obligor may rely on the terms hereof. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to or shall impair the obligations of the Company or any other Obligor, which are absolute and unconditional, to pay the Senior Obligations and the Subordinated Obligations as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with their terms, and to perform all other obligations applicable to the Company and other Obligor under the Senior Loan Documents and Subordinated Loan Documents (in each case, other than as set forth in this Agreement).

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION , for itself and as agent for the Senior Creditors
By:

/s/ Robert Anchundia

Name:

Robert Anchundia

Title: Senior Vice President
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION , for itself and as agent for the Subordinated Noteholders
By:

/s/ Wally Jones

Name: Wally Jones
Title: Vice President

Signature Pages Continue


Accepted and agreed to with respect to Section 17(f)(4):

 

COMPANY
LAYNE CHRISTENSEN COMPANY
By:

/s/ Andrew T. Atchison

Name: Andrew T. Atchison
Title: Chief Financial Officer
BORROWERS
BENCOR CORPORATION OF AMERICA-
FOUNDATION SPECIALIST
COLLECTOR WELLS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
FENIX SUPPLY LLC
INLINER TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
INTERNATIONAL DIRECTIONAL SERVICES, L.L.C.
LAYNE HEAVY CIVIL, INC.
LAYNE INLINER, LLC
LAYNE TRANSPORT CO.
LINER PRODUCTS, LLC
REYNOLDS WATER ISLAMORADA, LLC
VIBRATION TECHNOLOGY, INC.
W.L. HAILEY & COMPANY, INC.
By:

/s/ Andrew T. Atchison

Name: Andrew T. Atchison
Title: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
GUARANTORS
BOYLES BROS. DRILLING COMPANY
CHRISTENSEN BOYLES CORPORATION
LAYNE INTERNATIONAL, LLC
LAYNE SOUTHWEST, INC.
MEADORS CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.
MID-CONTINENT DRILLING COMPANY
By:

/s/ Andrew T. Atchison

Name: Andrew T. Atchison
Title: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Exhibit 4.4

EXECUTION VERSION

FOURTH AMENDMENT AND CONSENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

This Fourth Amendment and Consent to Credit Agreement, dated the 30th day of January, 2015, by and among Layne Christensen Company, a Delaware corporation (the “Administrative Borrower”), each Co-Borrower (as defined in the Credit Agreement (as defined below)), the Guarantors (as defined in the Credit Agreement), the Lenders (as defined in the Credit Agreement) from time to time party thereto and PNC Bank, National Association, as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “Agent”) (the “Fourth Amendment”).

W I T N E S S E T H :

WHEREAS, the Administrative Borrower, each Co-Borrower, the Guarantors, the Lenders party thereto, the Co-Collateral Agents (as defined in the Credit Agreement), the Agent, the Swingline Lender (as defined in the Credit Agreement), the Issuing Bank (as defined in the Credit Agreement), the Arranger (as defined in the Credit Agreement) and the Syndication Agent (as defined in the Credit Agreement) entered into that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of April 15, 2014 (as amended by that certain First Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated July 29, 2014, as further amended by that certain Second Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated September 15, 2014, as further amended by that certain Third Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated October 28, 2014, and as further amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), pursuant to which, among other things, the Lenders, the Swingline Lender and the Issuing Bank, as applicable, agreed to extend credit to Borrowers (as defined in the Credit Agreement); and

WHEREAS, the Borrowers and the Guarantors desire to amend certain provisions of the Credit Agreement and the Agent and the Required Lenders desire to permit such amendments pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth herein.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises contained herein and other valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1. Capitalized Terms . All capitalized terms used herein which are defined in the Credit Agreement shall have the same meaning herein as in the Credit Agreement unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

2. Amendments . The effective date of this Fourth Amendment shall be the date on which this Fourth Amendment becomes effective in accordance with Section 4 below (the “Effective Date”). As of the Effective Date, the Credit Agreement is amended as follows:

(a) Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following new definitions in the appropriate alphabetical order:

Fourth Amendment Closing Date ” shall mean January 23, 2015.


(b) The definition of “Equipment Reserve” as currently defined in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

Equipment Reserve ” shall mean, at any time of determination, an amount equal to the Net Book Value of all Equipment listed on the most recently delivered Schedule 1.01(g); provided , however, that on the Equipment Reserve Release Date, the Equipment Reserve shall automatically be reduced to $0.00.

(c) The definition of “Equipment Reserve Release Date” as currently defined in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

Equipment Reserve Release Date ” shall mean the first day immediately after the day all Equipment Utilization Agreements are terminated and all obligations of Contractor and Bank (as each term is defined in each Equipment Utilization Agreement), and all rights of Surety (as defined in each Equipment Utilization Agreement), are terminated and released.

(d) The definition of “Equipment Utilization Agreement” as currently defined in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

Equipment Utilization Agreement ” and “ Equipment Utilization Agreements ” shall mean (i) that certain Equipment Utilization Agreement entered into by and among Administrative Borrower, Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America and Co-Collateral Agents, dated as of September 15, 2014, (ii) that certain Equipment Utilization Agreement entered into by and among Administrative Borrower, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company and Co-Collateral Agents, dated as of January 30, 2015 and (iii) any other equipment utilization agreement or similar agreement, contract, undertaking or instrument entered into among any Borrower, Co-Collateral Agents and any other Person that may issue to any Borrower surety bonds or other instruments or suretyship, in form and substance satisfactory to Co-Collateral Agents in their sole discretion.


(e) Section 5.18 is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

Section 5.18 Equipment Schedule . Until the Equipment Reserve Release Date occurs, deliver to Agent a new Schedule 1.01(g) on each of the following dates, with each such Schedule 1.01(g) indicating all Equipment which is, as of such date, subject to an Equipment Utilization Agreement and the Net Book Value thereof:

(a) On each date on which a Borrowing Base Certificate is required to be delivered hereunder; and

(b) On the date which is five (5) Business Days after entering into any surety bond agreement, bonded receivables agreement, equipment utilization agreement or similar agreement, contract, undertaking or instrument of guaranty pursuant to which any Person shall issue any Borrower surety bonds or other instruments of suretyship.

Each Lender consents to the amendment from time to time of Schedule 1.01(g) in the manner described in this Section 5.18.

3. Reserved .

4. Conditions to Effectiveness . The provisions of Section 2 of this Fourth Amendment shall not become effective until the Agent has received the following, each in form and substance acceptable to the Agent:

(a) this Fourth Amendment, duly executed by the Borrowers, the Guarantors, the Required Lenders and the Agent;

(b) payment of all fees and expenses owed to the Lenders, the Agent and the Agent’s counsel in connection with this Fourth Amendment; and

(c) such other documents as may be reasonably requested by the Agent.

The authorization of the Agent and the Lenders to release their executed signature page for this Fourth Amendment shall constitute their acknowledgment that all of the above conditions have been satisfied.

5. Reaffirmation . The Loan Parties hereby reconfirm and reaffirm that each of the representations and warranties made by any Loan Party set forth in Article III of the Credit Agreement or in any other Loan Document are true and correct in all material respects (or true and correct in all respects in the case of representations and warranties qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect) as of the date of this Fourth Amendment (or, to the extent any such representations or warranties relate to an earlier date, such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects (or true and correct in all respects in the case of representations and warranties qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect) on and as of such earlier date).


6. Security Grant . The Loan Parties acknowledge and agree that at all times the Security Documents continue to secure prompt payment when due of the Obligations and the Guarantees remain in full force and effect.

7. Representations and Warranties . Each Loan Party hereby represents and warrants to the Lenders and the Agent that (i) this Fourth Amendment and the transactions to be entered into by each Loan Party in connection herewith are within such Loan Party’s powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action on the part of such Loan Party; (ii) the execution and delivery hereof by the Loan Parties and the performance and observance by the Loan Parties of the provisions hereof and of the Credit Agreement and all documents executed or to be executed therewith, do not violate the Organizational Documents of any Loan Party or any material Legal Requirement in any material respect; and (iii) this Fourth Amendment, the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents executed or to be executed by the Loan Parties in connection herewith or therewith, when executed by such Loan Party, will constitute a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, 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. The Loan Parties represent and warrant that (i) no Default or Event of Default exists under the Credit Agreement, nor will any occur as a result of the execution and delivery and effectiveness of this Fourth Amendment or the performance or observance of any provision hereof and (ii) they presently have no claims or actions of any kind at law or in equity against the Lenders or the Agent arising out of or in any way relating to the Credit Agreement or the Loan Documents.

8. Miscellaneous .

(a) Each reference to the Credit Agreement that is made in the Credit Agreement or any other document executed or to be executed in connection therewith shall hereafter be construed as a reference to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby.

(b) The agreements contained in this Fourth Amendment are limited to the specific agreements contained herein. Except as amended hereby, all of the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement and the Loan Documents shall remain in full force and effect. This Fourth Amendment amends the Credit Agreement and is not a novation thereof.

(c) The headings of any paragraph of this Fourth Amendment are for convenience only and shall not be used to interpret any provision hereof.

(d) This Fourth Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the different parties hereto on separate counterparts each of which, when so executed, shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall constitute but one and the same instrument.

 

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(e) This Fourth Amendment shall be governed by, and shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York. This Fourth Amendment is a Loan Document.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, and intending to be legally bound, the parties hereto, have caused this Fourth Amendment to be duly executed by their duly authorized officers on the day and year first above written.

 

ADMINISTRATIVE BORROWER
LAYNE CHRISTENSEN COMPANY
By:

/s/ Andrew T. Atchison

Name: Andy Atchison
Title: SVP & CFO
CO-BORROWERS
BENCOR CORPORATION OF AMERICA-
FOUNDATION SPECIALIST
COLLECTOR WELLS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
FENIX SUPPLY LLC
INLINER TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
INTERNATIONAL DIRECTIONAL SERVICES, L.L.C.
LAYNE HEAVY CIVIL, INC.
LAYNE INLINER, LLC
LAYNE TRANSPORT CO.
LINER PRODUCTS, LLC
REYNOLDS WATER ISLAMORADA, LLC
VIBRATION TECHNOLOGY, INC.
W.L. HAILEY & COMPANY, INC.
By:

/s/ Andrew T. Atchison

Name: Andy Atchison
Title: SVP & CFO
GUARANTORS
BOYLES BROS. DRILLING COMPANY
CHRISTENSEN BOYLES CORPORATION
LAYNE INTERNATIONAL, LLC
LAYNE SOUTHWEST, INC.
MEADORS CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.
MID-CONTINENT DRILLING COMPANY
By:

/s/ Andrew T. Atchison

Name: Andy Atchison
Title: SVP & CFO

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO FOURTH AMENDMENT]


PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ,
as Agent and as a Lender
By:

/s/ Robert Anchundia

Name:

Robert Anchundia

Title:

Senior Vice President

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. ,

as a Lender

By:

/s/ Michael P. Henry

Name:

Michael P. Henry

Title:

Duly Authorized Signatory

JFIN BUSINESS CREDIT FUND I, LLC ,

as a Lender

By:

/s/ J. Paul McDonnell

Name:

J. Paul McDonnell

Title:

Managing Director

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO FOURTH AMENDMENT]

Exhibit 4.5

EXECUTION VERSION

FIFTH AMENDMENT AND CONSENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

This Fifth Amendment and Consent to Credit Agreement, dated the 2nd day of March, 2015, by and among Layne Christensen Company, a Delaware corporation (the “Administrative Borrower”), each Co-Borrower (as defined in the Credit Agreement (as defined below)), the Guarantors (as defined in the Credit Agreement), the Lenders (as defined in the Credit Agreement) from time to time party thereto and PNC Bank, National Association, as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “Agent”) (the “Fifth Amendment”).

W I T N E S S E T H :

WHEREAS, the Administrative Borrower, each Co-Borrower, the Guarantors, the Lenders party thereto, the Co-Collateral Agents (as defined in the Credit Agreement), the Agent, the Swingline Lender (as defined in the Credit Agreement), the Issuing Bank (as defined in the Credit Agreement), the Arranger (as defined in the Credit Agreement) and the Syndication Agent (as defined in the Credit Agreement) entered into that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of April 15, 2014 (as amended by that certain First Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated July 29, 2014, as further amended by that certain Second Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated September 15, 2014, as further amended by that certain Third Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated October 28, 2014, as further amended by that certain Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated January 30, 2015, and as further amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), pursuant to which, among other things, the Lenders, the Swingline Lender and the Issuing Bank, as applicable, agreed to extend credit to Borrowers (as defined in the Credit Agreement); and

WHEREAS, the Borrowers and the Guarantors desire to amend certain provisions of the Credit Agreement and the Agent and the Required Lenders desire to permit such amendments pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth herein.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises contained herein and other valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1. Capitalized Terms . All capitalized terms used herein which are defined in the Credit Agreement shall have the same meaning herein as in the Credit Agreement unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

2. Amendments . The effective date of this Fifth Amendment shall be the date on which this Fifth Amendment becomes effective in accordance with Section 5 below (the “Effective Date”). As of the Effective Date, the Credit Agreement is amended as follows:

(a) Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following new definitions in the appropriate alphabetical order:

Availability Block ” shall mean an amount equal to $15,000,000, which amount shall be reduced to $0 immediately upon (and including) the first date after the Fifth Amendment Closing Date


on which (a) no Default or Event of Default exists and (b) the Agent shall have received the financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(b) (or pursuant to Section 5.01(a) if applicable) and corresponding Compliance Certificate for any fiscal quarter commencing after the Fifth Amendment Effective Date, if such financial statements and Compliance Certificate for such fiscal quarter and for the immediately preceding fiscal quarter demonstrate that the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio has been equal to or greater than 1.00 to 1.00 for each of the Test Periods ending with such fiscal quarters.

Effectively Discharged ” or “ Effective Discharge ” means, with respect to the Existing Convertible Notes, that (i) the Administrative Borrower shall have irrevocably deposited with the trustee of the Senior Unsecured Notes, for the benefit of the holders of the Existing Convertible Notes, cash in an amount equal to the sum of all remaining interest and principal payments due on the Existing Convertible Notes (together with the “Conversion Consideration” (as defined in the Senior Unsecured Notes Agreement) due in respect of each conversion of Existing Convertible Notes that has not been fully settled as of the time of such deposit) and shall have irrevocably directed the trustee of the Senior Unsecured Notes to make such payments to the holders of the Existing Convertible Notes as the same becomes due in accordance with the Senior Unsecured Notes Agreement ( provided , however , that such deposit may be subject to arrangements whereby any cash amounts not necessary to pay amounts due on the Existing Convertible Notes as they become due may be returned to the Administrative Borrower after none of the Existing Convertible Notes remain outstanding); (ii) the Administrative Borrower shall have paid all other amounts due under the Senior Unsecured Notes Agreement; (iii) the Administrative Borrower shall have irrevocably elected, pursuant to Section 9.01(i) of the Senior Unsecured Notes Agreement, that the “Settlement Method” applicable to all subsequent conversions of the Existing Convertible Notes shall be either “Physical Settlement” or “Combination Settlement” with a “Specified Dollar Amount” (as such terms are defined in the Senior Unsecured Notes Agreement) of no more than $1,000 per $1,000 principal amount of Existing Convertible Notes; and (iv) the Administrative Borrower shall have delivered to the trustee of the Senior Secured Notes an Officers’ Certificate (as defined in the Senior Secured Notes Indenture) to the effect that clauses (i) through (iii) above have been satisfied and an Opinion of Counsel (as defined in the Senior Secured Notes Indenture) to the effect that the conditions precedent to the Existing Convertible Notes being Effectively Discharged have been satisfied.

 

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Existing Convertible Notes ” shall mean the Senior Unsecured Notes outstanding on the Issue Date (as defined in the Senior Secured Notes Indenture), after giving effect to the issuance of the Senior Secured Notes.

Fifth Amendment Closing Date ” shall mean March 2, 2015.

Intercreditor Agreement ” shall mean that certain Intercreditor and Subordination Agreement dated March 2, 2015 between Agent and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee for the purchasers of the Senior Secured Notes.

JPM Cash Collateral Account ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.19 .

Senior Secured Notes ” shall mean, collectively, Administrative Borrower’s 8.00% Senior Secured Second Lien Convertible Notes issued pursuant to the Senior Secured Notes Indenture in the aggregate original principal face amount of $99,898,000.

Senior Secured Notes Indenture ” shall mean that certain Indenture, dated as March 2, 2015, by and among Administrative Borrower, the guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee and collateral agent, as amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time to the extent permitted by Section 6.11 .

Senior Secured Notes Documents ” shall mean the Senior Secured Notes Indenture, the Senior Secured Notes, the Security Documents (as defined in the Senior Secured Notes Indenture) and any and all other agreements, instruments and documents executed and delivered in connection with the Senior Secured Notes Indenture.

(b) Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the following definitions in their entirety: “Designated Real Property”, “Eligible Real Property”, “Eligible Real Property Availability Conditions”, “Environmental Compliance Reserves”, “Real Property Appraisal”, “Real Property Availability”, “Real Property Sublimit”, “Realty Reserves” and “Qualified Real Property Appraisal”.

 

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(c) The definition of “Applicable Commitment Fee Percentage” as currently defined in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

Applicable Commitment Fee Percentage ” shall mean one-half of one percent (0.50%).

(d) Clause (a) of the definition of “Applicable Margin” as currently defined in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

(a) subject to clause (b) below, the applicable percentage (on a per annum basis) set forth in the chart below as to Eurodollar Loans and ABR Loans, respectively, that will result, in accordance with such chart, if the Quarterly Average Undrawn Availability for the immediately preceding fiscal quarter of the Administrative Borrower is in an amount within the range indicated in the chart below for such percentage:

 

Tier

  

Quarterly Average

Undrawn

Availability

   Eurodollar
Loans
    ABR
Loans
 

I

  

£  33.3% of Total

Revolving Commitments

     3.75     2.75

II

  

> 33.3% but  £  66.7%

of Total Revolving

Commitments

     3.50     2.50

III

  

> 66.7% of Total

Revolving

Commitments

     3.25     2.25

(e) The definition of “Borrowing Base” as currently defined in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

Borrowing Base ” shall mean, at any time and from time to time, an amount equal to the sum of:

(a) eighty-five (85%) percent of Eligible Receivables of the Borrowers, plus

(b) sixty percent (60%) of Eligible Unbilled Receivables of the Borrowers, plus

(c) Equipment Availability, minus

(d) the Supplemental Reserve, minus

 

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(e) the Equipment Reserve, minus

(f) any Reserves established from time to time by the Co-Collateral Agents in the exercise of their Permitted Discretion;

provided , however , that no more than twenty percent (20%) of the aggregate sum of clauses (a) and (b) above at any time may be attributable to Eligible Unbilled Receivables (and with any portion in excess thereof to be disregarded).

(f) Clause (c) of the definition of “Change in Control” as currently defined in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

(c) any change in control or similar event (however denominated) occurs under the Senior Secured Notes Documents or the Senior Unsecured Notes Documents or any documentation governing the Additional Unsecured Notes.

(g) Clause (b) of the definition of “Consolidated Net Income” as currently defined in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

(b) the net income of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Administrative Borrower during such period to the extent that the declaration and/or payment of dividends or similar distributions by such Restricted Subsidiary of that income is not permitted by operation of the terms of its Organizational Documents or any agreement (other than any Loan Document, the Senior Secured Notes Documents or the Senior Unsecured Notes Documents), instrument, Order or other Legal Requirement applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its equityholders during such period, except that the Administrative Borrower’s equity in the net loss of any such Restricted Subsidiary for such period shall be included in determining Consolidated Net Income;

(h) The definition of “Eligible Equipment” as currently defined in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the “and” at the end of clause (g), replacing the “.” at the end of clause (h) with “; and”, and adding a new clause (i) thereto as follows:

(i) Equipment that has been sold since the Co-Collateral Agents’ receipt of the most recent Equipment Appraisal.

 

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(i) The definition of “Equity Interest” as currently defined in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

Equity Interest ” shall mean, with respect to any person, any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options, participations or other equivalents, including membership interests (however designated, whether voting or nonvoting), of equity of such person, including, if such person is a partnership, partnership interests (whether general or limited), or if such person is a limited liability company, membership interests, and 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 property of, such partnership, whether outstanding on the date hereof or issued on or after the Closing Date, but excluding debt securities convertible or exchangeable into such equity (unless and until so converted). For the avoidance of doubt, the Senior Secured Notes and the Senior Unsecured Notes are not Equity Interests (or options or warrants with respect to Equity Interests) (unless and until the same shall have been converted to Equity Interests).

(j) The definition of “First Priority” as currently defined in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

First Priority ” shall mean, with respect to any Lien purported to be created in any Collateral pursuant to any Security Document, that such Lien is the most senior Lien to which such Collateral is subject (subject only to (a) non-consensual Permitted Liens that arise under any Legal Requirements, (b) customary contractual landlords’ Liens (other than on Receivables and any proceeds thereof) that are Permitted Liens pursuant to Section 6.02(b) and (c) Liens on assets (other than on Receivables and any proceeds thereof) that are Permitted Liens pursuant to Sections 6.02 (f), (g), (i), (j), (k), (l), (n), (q), (r), (u)  and (v) ), but, with respect to Section 6.02(v), only to the extent that such Permitted Lien would otherwise be a Permitted Lien described in any of the foregoing clauses (a), (b) or (c).

(k) The definition of “Immaterial Subsidiary” as currently defined in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

Immaterial Subsidiary ” shall mean, as of any date of determination, any Subsidiary of the Administrative Borrower which is a Restricted Subsidiary (a) whose total assets (on a consolidated basis including its Subsidiaries) as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b)  did not exceed two (2%) percent of Consolidated Total Assets as of such

 

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date or (b) whose gross revenues (on a consolidated basis including its Subsidiaries) for such Test Period did not exceed two (2%) percent of the consolidated gross revenues of the Administrative Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period; provided , however , (i) a Subsidiary of the Borrower that no longer meets the foregoing requirements of this definition or is otherwise required to become a Loan Party pursuant to Section 5.10 shall no longer constitute an Immaterial Subsidiary for purposes of this Agreement and (ii) notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrative Borrower may elect to cause an Immaterial Subsidiary to become a Loan Party pursuant to Section 5.10 , in which case such Immaterial Subsidiary shall, upon satisfaction of the provisions of such Section, no longer constitute an Immaterial Subsidiary. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (A) the total assets of all Immaterial Subsidiaries shall not exceed five (5%) percent of the Consolidated Total Assets, (B) the gross revenues of all Immaterial Subsidiaries shall not exceed five (5%) percent of the consolidated gross revenues of Administrative Borrower and its Subsidiaries and (C) any Subsidiary of the Administrative Borrower that guarantees or is an obligor of the Indebtedness incurred under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or the Indebtedness under the Senior Secured Notes, the Additional Unsecured Notes or the Senior Unsecured Notes shall not be deemed an Immaterial Subsidiary.

(l) The definition of “Loan Documents” as currently defined in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

Loan Documents ” shall mean this Agreement, the Notes, if any, the Security Documents, the Intercreditor Agreement, each Joinder Agreement, any documents or certificates executed by any Borrower in favor of the Issuing Bank relating to Letters of Credit, the Letters of Credit and all other documents, certificates, instruments or agreements executed by or on behalf of a Loan Party for the benefit of the Agent, the Co-Collateral Agents, the Issuing Bank or any Lender in connection herewith on or after the date hereof and, except for purposes of Section 11.02(b) , the Agent Fee Letter. Any reference in this Agreement or any other Loan Document to a Loan Document shall include all appendices, exhibits or schedules thereto, and all amendments, restatements, supplements or other modifications thereto, and shall refer to this Agreement or such Loan Document as the same may be in effect at any and all times such reference becomes operative.

 

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(m) The definition of “Maturity Date” as currently defined in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

Maturity Date ” shall mean April 15, 2019; provided , however , that , the Maturity Date shall mean May 15, 2018 unless by May 15, 2018, (i)(x) all of the Senior Secured Notes (or any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof) are converted into Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) (excluding cash for fractional shares) or (y) the scheduled maturity date of the Senior Secured Notes (or any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof) is extended to a date which is after October 15, 2019 and (ii)(x) all of the Senior Unsecured Notes (or any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof) are converted into Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) (excluding any cash for fractional shares), (y) the scheduled maturity date of the Senior Unsecured Notes (or any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof) is extended to a date which is after October 15, 2019 or (z) the Senior Unsecured Notes have been Effectively Discharged.

(n) Clause (c) of the definition of “Payment Conditions” as currently defined in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

(c) in the case of any Restricted Payments or prepayments, payments, repurchases or redemptions, retirements, defeasances or acquisitions for value of the Senior Secured Notes permitted pursuant to Sections 6.08(d) or (f)  or 6.11(a) , respectively, (i) the Supplemental Reserve shall be $0, (ii) Thirty-Day Excess Availability and Excess Availability on the date of the action or proposed action (in each case calculated on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to the Borrowing of any Loans or issuance of any Letters of Credit in connection with the action or proposed action (and assuming that such Loans and Letters of Credit had remained outstanding throughout the applicable 30-day (or shorter, as the case may be) period for which Thirty-Day Excess Availability is to be determined)) shall be equal to or exceed the greater of (A) twenty-two and one-half (22.5%) percent of the Total Availability and (B) $30,000,000 at such time and (iii) the Administrative Borrower shall be in compliance, on a Pro Forma Basis, with a Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of not less than 1.10:1.00.

(o) The definition of “Reserves” as currently defined in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

Reserves ” shall mean such reserves as the Co-Collateral Agents may from time to time establish in their Permitted Discretion,

 

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including reserves for (a) matters that could adversely affect the Collateral, its value or the amount that the Agent and the Lenders might receive from the sale or other disposition thereof or the ability of the Agent to realize thereon, (b) sums that any Borrower is required to pay under any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise (such as taxes, assessments, payroll, insurance premiums, amounts owing to customs brokers, or, in the case of license agreements, royalties or other amounts payable under such license agreements), (c) amounts owing by any Borrower to any person to the extent secured by a Lien on, or trust over, any of the Collateral, (d) amounts believed by the Co-Collateral Agents to be necessary to provide for possible inaccuracies in any report or in any information provided to the Co-Collateral Agents pursuant to this Agreement, (e) dilution with respect to the Receivables of any Borrower (based on the ratio of the aggregate amount of non-cash reductions in the Receivables of the Borrowers for any period to the aggregate dollar amount of sales of the Borrowers for such period) calculated by the Co-Collateral Agents for any period that is or is reasonably anticipated to be greater than five (5%) percent, and (f) Bank Product Obligations to the extent that such Bank Product Obligations constitute Secured Obligations or otherwise receive the benefit of the security interest of the Agent in any Collateral. The amount of any Reserve established by the Co-Collateral Agents shall have a reasonable relationship to the event, condition or other matter which is the basis for such reserve as determined by the Co-Collateral Agents in their Permitted Discretion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as no Default then exists, the Co-Collateral Agents shall provide the Administrative Borrower with three (3) Business Days’ prior notice of (A) the establishment of any new category of Reserves with respect to which the Co-Collateral Agents had not previously implemented any Reserves, or (B) any change in the methodology utilized by the Co-Collateral Agents in establishing any then existing category of Reserves.

(p) The definition of “Total Availability” as currently defined in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

Total Availability ” shall mean, at any time, the lesser of (a) the Total Revolving Commitments at such time (minus the Availability Block) and (b) the Borrowing Base at such time.

 

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(q) The first sentence of Section 2.05(a) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

The Borrowers, jointly and severally, agree to pay to the Agent for the account of each Lender a commitment fee (a “ Commitment Fee ”) computed at a rate per annum equal to the Applicable Commitment Fee Percentage of the average daily unused amount of the Revolving Commitment (minus the Availability Block) of such Lender during the period from and including the date hereof to but excluding the date on which such Revolving Commitment terminates.

(r) Section 2.09(b) is hereby amended by adding the following the following new Section 2.09(b)(vii) in the appropriate numerical order:

(vii) If, as of the end of any Business Day when any Revolving Loans are outstanding, Borrowers have cash or Cash Equivalents (less any outstanding or uncleared checks and electronic funds transfers) in excess of $15,000,000 (excluding any cash or Cash Equivalents in Deposit Accounts described in clauses (a) and (b) of the definition of “Excluded Deposit Account”), the Administrative Borrower shall, by the end of the next Business Day, apply an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of such excess to make prepayments in accordance with Section 2.09(d).

(s) Section 2.09(d) is hereby amended by deleting the last sentence of such Section.

(t) The first sentence of Section 2.09(e) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

The Administrative Borrower shall notify the Agent (and, in the case of prepayment of a Swingline Loan, the Swingline Lender) by written notice of any prepayment hereunder (i) in the case of prepayment of a Eurodollar Borrowing, not later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day before the date of prepayment, (ii) in the case of prepayment of an ABR Borrowing (other than a Swingline Borrowing), not later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time, one Business Day before the date of prepayment and (iii) in the case of prepayment of a Swingline Loan, not later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date of prepayment; provided , however that no such prepayment notice shall be required with respect to any prepayment made pursuant to Sections 2.09(b)(iii), (v), (vi) and (vii).

 

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(u) The first sentence of Section 2.17(a) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Administrative Borrower may request the Issuing Bank, and the Issuing Bank agrees, to issue Letters of Credit for the Administrative Borrower’s account or the account of a Co-Borrower or another Wholly Owned Subsidiary, in each case to support payment and performance obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business by the Administrative Borrower and its Wholly Owned Subsidiaries (other than obligations in respect of the Senior Secured Notes, the Senior Unsecured Notes, Subordinated Indebtedness or Equity Interests) in a form reasonably acceptable to the Agent and the Issuing Bank, at any time and from time to time during the Revolving Availability Period ( provided, that , each Borrower shall be a co-applicant, and be jointly and severally liable, with respect to each Letter of Credit issued for the account of any Borrower or another Wholly Owned Subsidiary).

(v) Section 2.20(c)(vi) is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

(vi) Agent shall have received evidence satisfactory to Agent in its sole discretion that all Obligations at any time arising hereunder, after giving effect to such increase in the Total Revolving Commitments, shall constitute permitted indebtedness under the Senior Secured Notes Documents, the Senior Unsecured Notes Documents or any documents executed and delivered in connection with any Additional Unsecured Notes.

(w) Clause (x) of Section 5.01(d) is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

(x) Co-Collateral Agents shall receive (i) the Borrowing Base Certificate for March 2014, by May 15, 2014 (such Borrowing Base Certificate being referred to herein as the “ Initial Borrowing Base Certificate ”) and for each month after March 2014, no later than 20 days after the end of each month, commencing with the month of April 2014, and (ii) commencing with February 2015, no later than 20 days after the beginning of each month, Borrowers’ forecasted cash flows for the thirteen-week period commencing on the first day of such month, and

(x) Section 5.01(e) is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

(e) Collateral Reporting . (x) No later than 20 days after the end of each month and (y) at any time during a Cash Dominion Period within three Business Days after the end of each week, a

 

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report in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the Co-Collateral Agents (i) summarizing all Receivables of the Borrowers as of the last Business Day of the immediately preceding month (in the case of a report delivered pursuant to preceding clause (x)) or week (in the case of a report delivered pursuant to preceding clause (y)), which shall include the amount and age of each such Receivable, showing separately those that are less than 30 days old, and more than 30, 60 and 90 days old and such other information as the Co-Collateral Agents may reasonably request, (ii) at any time during a Cash Dominion Period, identifying each contract with any domestic Governmental Authority that has any outstanding billed or unbilled Receivables that, as of the last Business Day of the immediately preceding month or week, as applicable, met the Compliance Threshold, (iii) agings of accounts receivable (together with a reconciliation to the previous month’s aging and the general ledger), (iv) summary aging of outstanding accounts payable, (v) a summary report of any Eligible Equipment sold during such period, together with the Net Cash Proceeds received in respect thereof; and (vi) such other schedules, documents, reports and information as to the Collateral and Borrowing Base as the Co-Collateral Agents shall reasonably request from time to time including, trial balances and test verifications. The Co-Collateral Agents, in the exercise of their Permitted Discretion, shall have the right to confirm and verify all Receivables by any manner and through any medium it considers advisable;

(y) The first sentence of Section 5.01(j) is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

Promptly, from time to time, such other information regarding the operations, business affairs and financial condition of any Company, or compliance with the terms of any Loan Document, as the Agent, the Co-Collateral Agents or any Lender may reasonably request.

(z) Section 5.13(b) is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

(b) Upon Co-Collateral Agents’ request, Borrowers shall, at their expense, deliver or cause to be delivered to Co-Collateral Agents (i) an Equipment Appraisal, but so long as no Event of Default shall exist or have occurred and be continuing, no more than three (3) such Equipment Appraisals shall be at the cost and expense of Borrowers in any twelve (12) consecutive month period; except, that, during a Cash Dominion Period that continues

 

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for more than forty-five (45) consecutive days, one (1) additional Equipment Appraisal may be conducted during such twelve (12) consecutive month period at the cost and expense of Borrowers and (ii) an Inventory Appraisal, but so long as no Event of Default shall exist or have occurred and be continuing, no more than one (1) such Inventory Appraisal shall be at the cost and expense of Borrowers in any twelve (12) consecutive month period.

(aa) Article V of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following new Section 5.19 in the appropriate numerical order:

Section 5.19 Transfer of Funds . Within sixty (60) days after the Fifth Amendment Closing Date, (i) transfer all funds on deposit in any domestic Deposit Accounts maintained at JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (other than funds maintained in the Deposit Account identified in writing by the Administrative Borrower to the Agent to cash collateralize certain existing letters of credit, in an amount not to exceed $4,200,000 in the aggregate (the “JPM Cash Collateral Account”)) to another Deposit Account Bank and (ii) provide evidence to Agent that such domestic Deposit Accounts maintained at JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (other than the JPM Cash Collateral Account) have been closed. Notwithstanding the foregoing and for the avoidance of doubt, any funds maintained by Borrowers in any Deposit Accounts maintained at JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., including funds maintained in the JPM Cash Collateral Account, shall be subject to Borrowers’ prepayment obligations set forth in Section 2.09(b)(vii) herein.

(bb) Section 6.01(b) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

(b) Indebtedness of the Loan Parties pursuant to (i) the Senior Unsecured Notes Documents in an aggregate principal face amount not to exceed $75,000,000 and (ii) the Senior Secured Notes Documents in an aggregate principal face amount not to exceed $105,000,000 (as each may be reduced by any repayments, prepayments or redemptions of principal thereof after the Fifth Amendment Closing Date) and Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;

(cc) Section 6.02 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding a new Section 6.02(t) and (u) thereto and renumbering the existing Section 6.02(t) to Section 6.02(v):

(t) subordinated Liens on the Collateral granted pursuant to the Senior Secured Notes Documents (and Permitted Refinancing

 

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Indebtedness in respect thereof) subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement; provided , that no Borrower shall grant or permit any additional Liens on any asset to secure the Indebtedness under the Senior Secured Notes Documents (or the security documents for any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof) unless such Borrower concurrently grants a Lien on such asset to secure the Obligations;

(u) any cash deposit made by the Administrative Borrower to the account of the trustee of the Senior Unsecured Notes, for the benefit of the holders of the Existing Convertible Notes, solely in connection with an Effective Discharge;

(dd) Section 6.08 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the “and” at the end of Section 6.08(e), adding a new Section 6.08(f) thereto and renumbering the existing Section 6.08(f) to Section 6.08(g):

(f) the Administrative Borrower may pay cash in lieu of fractional shares in connection with the conversion of the Senior Secured Notes or the Senior Unsecured Notes into Equity Interests that are not Disqualified Capital Stock; and

(ee) Sections 6.11(a) and (b) of the Credit Agreement are hereby amended and restated in their entirety as follows:

(a) make or offer to make (or give any notice in respect thereof) any voluntary or optional payment or prepayment on or redemption, retirement, defeasance, or acquisition for value of, or any prepayment, repurchase or redemption, retirement, defeasance as a result of any asset sale, change in control or similar event of, any Subordinated Indebtedness, any Senior Secured Notes, any Senior Unsecured Notes or any Additional Unsecured Notes other than (i) in connection with Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness with respect to such Indebtedness, (ii) solely with respect to the Senior Secured Notes, so long as the Payment Conditions are satisfied, (iii) the exchange of Senior Unsecured Notes for Senior Secured Notes in connection with the initial issuance of the Senior Secured Notes, (iv) any conversion into, or exchange for, Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) plus cash for fractional shares and (v) the Effective Discharge of the Senior Unsecured Notes if the Effective Discharge is funded with the proceeds of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness with respect to the Senior Unsecured Notes or from the net cash proceeds from the issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Capital Stock);

 

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(b) amend or modify, or permit the amendment or modification of, any provision of (x) any Transaction Document or any Material Indebtedness (including the Senior Secured Notes Documents, the Senior Unsecured Notes Documents and the documents governing the Additional Unsecured Notes) in any manner that is, or could reasonably be expected to be, adverse in any material respect to the interests of the Agent, the Co-Collateral Agents or any Lender (it being understood that any amendment, modification, supplement or restatement permitted by the Intercreditor Agreement shall not be prohibited by this Section 6.11(b); or

(ff) Section 6.12(c) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

(c) the Senior Secured Notes Documents, the Senior Unsecured Notes Documents or any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;

(gg) Section 6.17 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

Section 6.17 No Further Negative Pledge . Enter into any agreement, instrument, deed or lease which prohibits or limits the ability of any Company to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its properties or revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or which requires the grant of any security for an obligation if security is granted for another obligation, except the following: (a) this Agreement and the other Loan Documents; (b) covenants in documents creating Liens permitted by Section 6.02 prohibiting further Liens on the properties encumbered thereby; (c) the Senior Secured Notes Documents and the Senior Unsecured Notes Documents; (d) the documents governing the Additional Unsecured Notes; and (e) any prohibition or limitation that (i) exists pursuant to applicable Legal Requirements, (ii) consists of customary restrictions and conditions contained in any agreement relating to the sale of any property pending the consummation of such sale; provided , that , (x) such restrictions apply only to such property to be sold or disposed of, and (y) such sale is permitted hereunder, or (iii) consists of customary provisions in leases and other contracts restricting subletting or assignment of any lease governing a leasehold interest of the Administrative Borrower or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries.

 

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(hh) Section 10.12(a) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

(a) Each Secured Party hereby further authorizes the Agent on behalf of and for the benefit of the Secured Parties, to be the agent for and representative of the Secured Parties with respect to the Guarantees, the Collateral and the Loan Documents; provided that the Agent shall not owe any fiduciary duty, duty of loyalty, duty of care, duty of disclosure or any other obligation whatsoever to any holder of Bank Product Obligations with respect to any Bank Product Agreement. Subject to Section 11.02 , without further written consent or authorization from any Secured Party, the Agent may execute any documents or instruments necessary to (i) in connection with a sale or disposition of assets permitted by this Agreement, release any Lien encumbering any item of Collateral that is the subject of such sale or other disposition of assets or to which the Required Lenders (or such other Lenders as may be required to give such consent under Section 11.02 ) have otherwise consented or (ii) release any Guarantor from the Guarantees pursuant to Section 7.09 or with respect to which the Required Lenders (or such other Lenders as may be required to give such consent under Section 11.02 ) have otherwise consented, if such Person (A) ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted hereunder, (B) becomes an Unrestricted Subsidiary or (C) becomes an Excluded Subsidiary; provided , that , no such release shall occur with respect to an entity that ceases to be a Subsidiary if such Guarantor continues to be a guarantor in respect of the Senior Secured Notes or the Senior Unsecured Notes unless and until each Guarantor is (or is being simultaneously) released from its guarantee with respect to the Senior Secured Notes or the Senior Unsecured Notes, as applicable.

(ii) Exhibit D of the Credit Agreement is hereby superseded by and replaced with the Exhibit D attached hereto.

3. Amendment to Security Agreement . That certain Security Agreement (the “Security Agreement”), dated as of April 15, 2014, by and among Administrative Borrower, certain of its Subsidiaries, as pledgors, and Agent, in its capacity as secured party, is hereby amended as follows:

(a) The last sentence of Section 3.4(b) of the Security Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

“No Pledgor has granted or shall grant Control of any Deposit Account (other than any Excluded Deposit Account) to any person other than the Agent and Subordinated Creditor (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement).”

 

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(b) The last sentence of Section 3.4(c) of the Security Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

“No Pledgor shall grant Control over any Investment Property to any person other than the Agent and Subordinated Creditor (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement).”

4. Amendment Fee . In consideration for the Agent and Lenders entering into this Fifth Amendment, Borrowers shall be obligated to pay Agent a non-refundable fee in cash, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders in the amount of Six Hundred and Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars ($675,000) (the “ Amendment Fee ”).

5. Conditions to Effectiveness . The provisions of Sections 2 and 4 of this Fifth Amendment shall not become effective until the Agent has received the following, each in form and substance acceptable to the Agent:

(a) this Fifth Amendment, duly executed by the Borrowers, the Guarantors, the Required Lenders and the Agent;

(b) the Intercreditor Agreement, duly executed by the Agent and U.S. Bank National Association;

(c) the First Amendment to Trademark Security Agreement, duly executed by the Agent, the Administrative Borrower and each Co-Borrower party thereto;

(d) the First Amendment to Patent Security Agreement, duly executed by the Agent, the Administrative Borrower and each Co-Borrower party thereto;

(e) executed copies of the Senior Secured Notes Documents;

(f) payment of all fees and expenses owed to the Lenders, the Agent and the Agent’s counsel in connection with this Fifth Amendment, including but not limited to the Amendment Fee pursuant to Section 4; and

(g) such other documents as may be reasonably requested by the Agent.

The authorization of the Agent and the Lenders to release their executed signature page for this Fifth Amendment shall constitute their acknowledgment that all of the above conditions have been satisfied.

6. Reaffirmation . The Loan Parties hereby reconfirm and reaffirm that each of the representations and warranties made by any Loan Party set forth in Article III of the Credit Agreement or in any other Loan Document are true and correct in all material respects (or true and correct in all respects in the case of representations and warranties qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect) as of the date of this Fifth Amendment (or, to the extent any such representations or warranties relate to an earlier date, such representations and warranties shall

 

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have been true and correct in all material respects (or true and correct in all respects in the case of representations and warranties qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect) on and as of such earlier date).

7. Security Grant . The Loan Parties acknowledge and agree that at all times the Security Documents continue to secure prompt payment when due of the Obligations and the Guarantees remain in full force and effect.

8. Representations and Warranties . Each Loan Party hereby represents and warrants to the Lenders and the Agent that (i) this Fifth Amendment and the transactions to be entered into by each Loan Party in connection herewith are within such Loan Party’s powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action on the part of such Loan Party; (ii) the execution and delivery hereof by the Loan Parties and the performance and observance by the Loan Parties of the provisions hereof and of the Credit Agreement and all documents executed or to be executed therewith, do not violate the Organizational Documents of any Loan Party or any material Legal Requirement in any material respect; and (iii) this Fifth Amendment, the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents executed or to be executed by the Loan Parties in connection herewith or therewith, when executed by such Loan Party, will constitute a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, 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. The Loan Parties represent and warrant that (i) no Default or Event of Default exists under the Credit Agreement, nor will any occur as a result of the execution and delivery and effectiveness of this Fifth Amendment or the performance or observance of any provision hereof and (ii) they presently have no claims or actions of any kind at law or in equity against the Lenders or the Agent arising out of or in any way relating to the Credit Agreement or the Loan Documents.

9. Miscellaneous .

(a) Each reference to the Credit Agreement that is made in the Credit Agreement or any other document executed or to be executed in connection therewith shall hereafter be construed as a reference to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby.

(b) The agreements contained in this Fifth Amendment are limited to the specific agreements contained herein. Except as amended hereby, all of the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement and the Loan Documents shall remain in full force and effect. This Fifth Amendment amends the Credit Agreement and is not a novation thereof.

(c) The headings of any paragraph of this Fifth Amendment are for convenience only and shall not be used to interpret any provision hereof.

(d) This Fifth Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the different parties hereto on separate counterparts each of which, when so executed, shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall constitute but one and the same instrument.

 

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(e) This Fifth Amendment shall be governed by, and shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York. This Fifth Amendment is a Loan Document.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, and intending to be legally bound, the parties hereto, have caused this Fifth Amendment to be duly executed by their duly authorized officers on the day and year first above written.

 

ADMINISTRATIVE BORROWER
LAYNE CHRISTENSEN COMPANY
By:

/s/ Andrew T. Atchison

Name: Andrew T. Atchison
Title: Chief Financial Officer
CO-BORROWERS
BENCOR CORPORATION OF AMERICA-
FOUNDATION SPECIALIST
COLLECTOR WELLS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
FENIX SUPPLY LLC
INLINER TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
INTERNATIONAL DIRECTIONAL SERVICES, L.L.C.
LAYNE HEAVY CIVIL, INC.
LAYNE INLINER, LLC
LAYNE TRANSPORT CO.
LINER PRODUCTS, LLC
REYNOLDS WATER ISLAMORADA, LLC
VIBRATION TECHNOLOGY, INC.
W.L. HAILEY & COMPANY, INC.
By:

/s/ Andrew T. Atchison

Name: Andrew T. Atchison
Title: Senior Vice President and CFO
GUARANTORS
BOYLES BROS. DRILLING COMPANY
CHRISTENSEN BOYLES CORPORATION
LAYNE INTERNATIONAL, LLC
LAYNE SOUTHWEST, INC.
MEADORS CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.
MID-CONTINENT DRILLING COMPANY
By:

/s/ Andrew T. Atchison

Name: Andrew T. Atchison
Title: Senior Vice President and CFO

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO FIFTH AMENDMENT]


PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ,
as Agent and as a Lender
By:

/s/ Robert Anchundia

Name:

Robert Anchundia

Title:

Senior Vice President

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. ,

as a Lender

By:

/s/ Michael P. Henry

Name:

Michael P. Henry

Title:

Duly Authorized Signatory

JFIN BUSINESS CREDIT FUND I, LLC ,

as a Lender

By: Jefferies Finance LLC, as Collateral Manager
By:

/s/ Brian Buoye

Name:

Brian Buoye

Title:

Managing Director

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO FIFTH AMENDMENT]


EXHIBIT D