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): May 12, 2016

 

 

PTC Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

MASSACHUSETTS   1-18059   04-2866152

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

  (Commission File Number)  

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

140 Kendrick Street

Needham, Massachusetts

02494-2714

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

(781) 370-5000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

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

 

 

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

 

¨ 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))


Section 1 – Registrant’s Business and Operations

 

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On May 12, 2016, PTC Inc. (the “Company”) sold $500 million aggregate principal amount of its 6.000% Senior Notes due 2024 (the “Senior Notes”). The Senior Notes were offered pursuant to the Prospectus Supplement dated May 4, 2016 to the Prospectus dated May 2, 2016, filed as part of the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-211049) that became effective when filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 2, 2016.

Attached as Exhibits 4.1 and 4.2 hereto are the Indenture relating to the Debt Securities of the Company, dated as of May 12, 2016, between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (the “Trustee”) (the “Indenture”), and the First Supplemental Indenture relating to the Senior Notes, dated as of May 12, 2016, entered into between the Company and the Trustee (the “First Supplemental Indenture”). Attached as Exhibit 4.3 hereto is the form of the Senior Notes. The Indenture, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, governs the terms of the Senior Notes. The foregoing descriptions of the Indenture, the First Supplemental Indenture and the form of the Senior Notes are qualified in their entirety by reference to the Indenture, the First Supplemental Indenture and the form of the Senior Notes, copies of which are attached hereto as Exhibits 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3, respectively, and incorporated herein by reference.

Section 9 – Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

4.1    Indenture, dated as of May 12, 2016, by and between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee
4.2    First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 12, 2016, by and between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee
4.3    6.000% Senior Notes due 2024


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.

 

    PTC INC.
May 18, 2016     By:   /s/ Catherine Gorecki
   

Name:

Title:

 

Catherine Gorecki

Senior Vice President


Exhibit Index

 

4.1    Indenture, dated as of May 12, 2016, by and between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee
4.2    First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 12, 2016, by and between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee
4.3    6.000% Senior Notes due 2024

Exhibit 4.1

EXECUTION VERSION

 

 

INDENTURE

Dated as of May 12, 2016

between

PTC INC.

AND

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,

as Trustee

DEBT SECURITIES

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         Page  

ARTICLE I.

    
 

DEFINITIONS

     1   

Section 1.01.

 

Definitions of Terms.

     1   

ARTICLE II.

    
 

ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, TERMS, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE OF SECURITIES

     8   

Section 2.01.

 

Designation and Terms of Securities.

     8   

Section 2.02.

 

Form of Securities and Trustee’s Certificate.

     11   

Section 2.03.

 

Denominations; Provisions for Payment.

     13   

Section 2.04.

 

Execution and Authentications.

     14   

Section 2.05.

 

Transfer and Exchange.

     15   

Section 2.06.

 

Temporary Securities.

     22   

Section 2.07.

 

Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Securities.

     22   

Section 2.08.

 

Cancellation.

     23   

Section 2.09.

 

Benefits of Indenture.

     23   

Section 2.10.

 

Authenticating Agent.

     23   

Section 2.11.

 

Global Securities.

     24   

Section 2.12.

 

CUSIP Numbers.

     24   

Section 2.13.

 

Securities Denominated in Foreign Currencies.

     24   

Section 2.14.

 

Wire Transfers.

     24   

Section 2.15.

 

Designated Currency.

     25   

ARTICLE III.

    
 

REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES AND SINKING FUND PROVISIONS

     25   

Section 3.01.

 

Redemption.

     25   

Section 3.02.

 

Notice of Redemption; Partial Redemption.

     25   

Section 3.03.

 

Payment Upon Redemption.

     26   

Section 3.04.

 

Sinking Fund.

     27   

Section 3.05.

 

Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.

     27   

Section 3.06.

 

Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.

     27   

ARTICLE IV.

    
 

CERTAIN COVENANTS

     28   

Section 4.01.

 

Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.

     28   

Section 4.02.

 

Maintenance of Office or Agency.

     28   

Section 4.03.

 

Paying Agents; Security Registrar

     28   

Section 4.04.

 

Statement by Officers as to Default.

     29   

Section 4.05.

 

Appointment to Fill Vacancy in Office of Trustee.

     29   

Section 4.06.

 

Waiver of Certain Covenants.

     29   

 

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ARTICLE V.

    
 

SECURITYHOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE

     30   

Section 5.01.

 

Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Securityholders.

     30   

Section 5.02.

 

Preservation of Information; Communications with Securityholders.

     30   

Section 5.03.

 

Reports by the Company.

     30   

Section 5.04.

 

Reports by the Trustee.

     31   

ARTICLE VI.

    
 

REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS ON EVENT OF DEFAULT

     31   

Section 6.01.

 

Events of Default.

     31   

Section 6.02.

 

Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.

     33   

Section 6.03.

 

Application of Funds Collected.

     35   

Section 6.04.

 

Limitation on Suits.

     35   

Section 6.05.

 

Rights and Remedies Cumulative; Delay or Omission not Waiver.

     36   

Section 6.06.

 

Control by Securityholders.

     36   

Section 6.07.

 

Undertaking to Pay Costs.

     36   

Section 6.08.

 

Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension of Laws.

     37   

ARTICLE VII.

    
 

CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE

     37   

Section 7.01.

 

Certain Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee.

     37   

Section 7.02.

 

Certain Rights of Trustee.

     38   

Section 7.03.

 

Trustee not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.

     40   

Section 7.04.

 

May Hold Securities.

     40   

Section 7.05.

 

Funds Held in Trust.

     40   

Section 7.06.

 

Compensation and Reimbursement.

     40   

Section 7.07.

 

Reliance on Officer’s Certificate.

     41   

Section 7.08.

 

Disqualification; Conflicting Interests.

     41   

Section 7.09.

 

Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.

     41   

Section 7.10.

 

Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.

     41   

Section 7.11.

 

Acceptance of Appointment By Successor.

     42   

Section 7.12.

 

Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.

     43   

Section 7.13.

 

Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Company.

     44   

ARTICLE VIII.

    
 

CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS

     44   

Section 8.01.

 

Evidence of Action by Securityholders.

     44   

Section 8.02.

 

Proof of Execution by Securityholders.

     44   

Section 8.03.

 

Who May be Deemed Owners.

     45   

Section 8.04.

 

Certain Securities Owned by Company Disregarded.

     45   

Section 8.05.

 

Actions Binding on Future Securityholders.

     45   

 

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ARTICLE IX.

    
 

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

     46   

Section 9.01.

 

Supplemental Indentures Without the Consent of Securityholders.

     46   

Section 9.02.

 

Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Securityholders.

     47   

Section 9.03.

 

Effect of Supplemental Indentures.

     48   

Section 9.04.

 

Securities Affected by Supplemental Indentures.

     48   

Section 9.05.

 

Execution of Supplemental Indentures.

     48   

ARTICLE X.

    
 

SUCCESSOR

     49   

Section 10.01.

 

Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets by the Company.

     49   

Section 10.02.

 

Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets by a Guarantor.

     50   

ARTICLE XI.

    
 

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

     50   

Section 11.01.

 

Applicability of Article.

     50   

Section 11.02.

 

Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.

     50   

Section 11.03.

 

Defeasance and Discharge of Obligations; Covenant Defeasance.

     51   

Section 11.04.

 

Deposited Funds to be Held in Trust.

     53   

Section 11.05.

 

Payment of Funds Held by Paying Agents.

     53   

Section 11.06.

 

Repayment to the Guarantors or the Company.

     53   

Section 11.07.

 

Reinstatement.

     54   

ARTICLE XII.

    
 

IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS AND EMPLOYEES

     54   

Section 12.01.

 

No Recourse.

     54   

ARTICLE XIII.

    
 

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

     55   

Section 13.01.

 

Effect on Successors and Assigns.

     55   

Section 13.02.

 

Actions by Successor.

     55   

Section 13.03.

 

Notices.

     55   

Section 13.04.

 

Governing Law.

     56   

Section 13.05.

 

Compliance Certificates and Opinions.

     56   

Section 13.06.

 

Payments on Business Days.

     56   

Section 13.07.

 

Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.

     57   

Section 13.08.

 

Counterparts.

     57   

Section 13.09.

 

Separability.

     57   

Section 13.10.

 

No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.

     57   

Section 13.11.

 

Table of Contents, Headings, Etc.

     57   

Section 13.12.

 

Consent to Jurisdiction and Service of Process.

     57   

Section 13.13.

 

Waiver of Jury Trial.

     58   

Section 13.14.

 

USA Patriot Act.

     58   

Section 13.15.

 

FATCA.

     58   

 

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ARTICLE XIV.

    
 

GUARANTEES

     58   

Section 14.01.

 

Guarantees.

     58   

Section 14.02.

 

Limitation on Guarantor Liability.

     60   

Section 14.03.

 

Execution and Delivery.

     60   

Section 14.04.

 

Subrogation.

     60   

Section 14.05.

 

Benefits Acknowledged.

     61   

Section 14.06.

 

Releases of Guarantees.

     61   

EXHIBITS:

 

Exhibit A       Form of Certificate of Transfer
Exhibit B       Form of Certificate of Exchange
Exhibit C       Form of Certificate from Acquiring Institutional Accredited Investor

 

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Cross-Reference Table*

 

Section of Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended

  

Section of

Indenture

310(a)

   7.09

310(b)

   7.08, 7.10

311(a)

   7.13

311(b)

   7.13

312(a)

   5.01, 5.02(a)

312(b)

   5.02(b)

312(c)

   5.02(b)

313(a)

   5.04(a)

313(b)

   5.04(b)

313(c)

   5.04(a), 5.04(b)

313(d)

   5.04(b)

314(a)

   5.03

314(b)

   Inapplicable

314(c)

   13.06

314(d)

   Inapplicable

314(e)

   13.06

314(f)

   Inapplicable

315(a)

   7.01

315(b)

   6.01(f)

315(c)

   7.01(a)

315(d)

   7.01(b)

315(e)

   6.07

316(a)

   6.06, 8.04

316(b)

   6.04

316(c)

   8.01

317(a)

   6.02

317(b)

   4.03

318(a)

   13.08

 

* This Cross-Reference Table does not constitute part of the Indenture and shall not have any bearing on the interpretation of any of its terms or provisions.

 

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THIS INDENTURE is dated as of May 12, 2016 between PTC INC., a Massachusetts corporation (the “ Company ”), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, a New York banking corporation, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”).

RECITALS

A. This Indenture provides for the issuance of unsecured debt securities (the “ Securities ”), in an unlimited aggregate principal amount to be issued from time to time in one or more series, to be authenticated by the Trustee, and for the issuance of guarantees of the Securities by the Guarantors, if any (as hereinafter defined).

B. This Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act (as defined below) that are deemed to be incorporated into this Indenture and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.

C. All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid and binding agreement, in accordance with its terms, have been done.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed as follows for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of Securities:

ARTICLE I.

DEFINITIONS

 

Section 1.01. Definitions of Terms .

The terms defined in this Section 1.01 (except as in this Indenture otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires) for all purposes of this Indenture and of any indenture supplemental hereto shall have the respective meanings specified in this Section 1.01 and shall include the plural as well as the singular. All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined in the Trust Indenture Act or that are by reference in the Trust Indenture Act defined in the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”) (except as herein otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires), shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Trust Indenture Act and in the Securities Act as in force at the date of the execution of this instrument. All accounting terms used herein and not expressly defined shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in accordance with GAAP.

144A Global Security ”, with respect to any series of Securities, means one or more Global Securities, bearing the Private Placement Legend, that will be issued in an aggregate amount of denominations equal in total to the outstanding principal amount of the Securities of such series sold in global form in reliance on Rule 144A.

Affiliate ”, with respect to 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 Person means the power to direct 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 ”, with respect to any transfer or exchange of or for beneficial interests in any Global Security for a series of Securities, means the rules and procedures of the Depositary, Euroclear and Clearstream that apply to such transfer or exchange at the relevant time.

Authenticating Agent ” means an authenticating agent with respect to all or any of the series of Securities appointed with respect to all or any series of the Securities by the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.10.

beneficial ownership ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, and “ beneficial owner ” has a corresponding meaning.

Board of Directors ” means the Board of Directors of the Company or any Guarantor or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such Board.

Board Resolution ” means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary, an Assistant Secretary or any member of the Board of Directors of the Company or any Guarantor, as the case may be, to have been duly adopted by its Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification.

Business Day ”, with respect to any series of Securities, means each day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which the Trustee or commercial banking institutions are authorized or required by law to close in New York City.

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

Clearstream ” means Clearstream Banking S.A., or its successors.

Commission ” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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

Company ” means PTC Inc., a Massachusetts corporation, until a successor entity shall have become such pursuant to Article X, and thereafter “Company” shall mean such successor entity.

Corporate Trust Office ” means the office of the Trustee at which, at any particular time, its corporate trust business shall be administered. The Corporate Trust Office for the Trustee as of the date of the execution of this Indenture is located at 101 Barclay Street, Floor 7E, New York, New York 10286, Attention: Corporate Trust, or such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to Holders and the Company.

Currency ” means Dollars or Foreign Currency.

Debt ” means any indebtedness for money borrowed evidenced by loans, bonds, notes, debentures, letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances, Hedging Obligations or instruments similar to the foregoing, in each case to the extent such indebtedness would appear as a liability on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP.

 

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

Defaulted Interest ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.03.

Definitive Security ” means a certificated Security registered in the name of the Securityholder thereof and issued in accordance with Section 2.05.

Depositary ”, with respect to Securities of any series issued in whole or in part as a Global Security, means The Depository Trust Company (“ DTC ”), New York, New York, another clearing agency, or any successor registered as a clearing agency under the Exchange Act, and any other applicable U.S. or foreign statute or regulation, which, in each case, shall be designated by the Company pursuant to Section 2.01.

Designated Currency ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.15.

Distribution Compliance Period ” means the restricted period as defined in Rule 903(b)(3) under the Securities Act.

Dollar ” or “ $ ” means such currency of the United States as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

Dollar Equivalent ” means, with respect to any monetary amount in a Foreign Currency, at any time for the determination thereof, the amount of Dollars obtained by converting such Foreign Currency involved in such computation into Dollars at the spot rate for the purchase of Dollars with the applicable Foreign Currency as quoted by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (unless another comparable financial institution is designated by the Company) in New York, New York, at approximately 11:00 a.m. (New York time) on the date two Business Days prior to such determination.

Euroclear ” means Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., or its successor, as operator of the Euroclear System.

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

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

Foreign Currency ” means a currency issued by the government of any country other than the United States or a composite currency the value of which is determined by reference to the values of the currencies of any group of countries.

Foreign Paying Agent ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.13.

GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as in effect as of the Issue Date, including those set forth in (i) the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, (ii) statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board; and (iii) such other statements by such other entity as approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession.

Global Security ”, with respect to any series of Securities, means a Security executed by the Company and delivered by the Trustee to the Depositary or pursuant to the Depositary’s instruction, all in accordance with this Indenture, which shall be registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee.

 

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Government Securities ” means securities that are (1) direct obligations of the United States for the timely payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged or (2) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States the timely payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation of the United States, which, in either case, are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include a depositary receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act), as custodian with respect to any such Government Securities or a specific payment of principal of or interest on any such Government Securities held by such custodian for the account of the holder of such depositary receipt; provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depositary receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the Government Securities or the specific payment of principal of or interest on the Government Securities evidenced by such depositary receipt.

guarantee ” means a guarantee (other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business), direct or indirect, in any manner (including, without limitation, letters of credit and reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), of all or any part of any Debt.

Guarantee ” means, individually, any guarantee of payment of any series of Securities and the Company’s other Obligations under this Indenture by a Guarantor pursuant to the terms of this Indenture and any indenture supplemental hereto with respect to such series, and, collectively, all such Guarantees.

Guarantor ” to the extent provided for in any indenture supplemental hereto relating to any series of Securities, means any Person that incurs a Guarantee of a series of the Securities; provided that upon the release and discharge of such Person from its Guarantee in accordance with this Indenture or any indenture supplemental hereto, such Person shall cease to be a Guarantor.

Hedging Obligations ” of any Person means the obligations of such Person pursuant to any interest rate agreement, currency agreement or commodity agreement.

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

including ” means including without limitation.

Indenture ” means this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into in accordance with the terms hereof.

Indirect Participant ” means any entity that, with respect to DTC, clears through or maintains a direct or indirect, custodial relationship with a Participant.

Institutional Accredited Investor ” means an institution that is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) (1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act, who is not also a QIB.

Interest Payment Date ”, when used with respect to any installment of interest on a Security of a particular series, means the date specified herein, in such Security or in a Board Resolution or in an indenture supplemental hereto with respect to such series as the fixed date on which an installment of interest with respect to Securities of that series is due and payable.

 

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Issue Date ” means, with respect to any series of Securities, the date on which the Securities of such series was first issued.

Lien ” means any mortgage, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, lien or charge of any kind (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement or lease in the nature thereof). For the avoidance of doubt, the grant by any Person of a non-exclusive license to use intellectual property owned by, licensed to, or developed by such Person and such license activity shall not constitute a grant by such Person of a Lien on such intellectual property.

Obligations ” means any principal, 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), other monetary obligations, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements (including reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit and banker’s acceptances), damages and other liabilities, and guarantees of payment of such principal, interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities, payable under the documentation governing any Debt.

Officer ” means the chairman of the Board of Directors, the chief executive officer, the president, the chief financial officer, any executive vice president, senior vice president or vice president, the treasurer or any assistant treasurer or the secretary or any assistant secretary of the Company or any Guarantor, as the case may be.

Officer’s Certificate ” means a certificate, signed by any Officer of the Company or any Guarantor, as the case may be, that is delivered to the Trustee in accordance with the terms hereof. Each such certificate shall include the statements provided for in Section 13.05, if and to the extent required by the provisions thereof.

Opinion of Counsel ” means an opinion in writing of legal counsel, who may be an Officer or employee of or counsel for the Company or any Guarantor, as the case may be, or other counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, that is delivered to the Trustee in accordance with the terms hereof. Each such opinion shall include the statements provided for in Section 13.05, if and to the extent required by the provisions thereof.

Original Issue Discount Security ” means a Security that provides for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.01.

Outstanding ”, when used with reference to Securities of any series, subject to the provisions of Section 8.04, means, as of any particular time, all Securities of such series authenticated by the Trustee under this Indenture, except:

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

(b) Securities, or portions thereof, for the payment or redemption of which funds in the necessary amount shall have been deposited in trust with the Trustee or with any paying agent other than the Company, or, if the Company shall act as its own paying agent, shall have been set aside, segregated and held in trust by the Company for the Holders of such Securities, provided that if such Securities, or portions thereof, are to be redeemed prior to the maturity thereof, notice of such redemption shall have been given as herein provided, or provision satisfactory to the Trustee shall have been made for giving such notice; and

(c) Securities in substitution for which other Securities shall have been authenticated and delivered, or which shall have been paid, pursuant to the terms of Section 2.07, except with respect to any such Security as to which proof satisfactory to the Trustee is presented that such Security is held by a person in whose hands such Security is a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company.

 

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In determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of any series have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purposes shall be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such determination upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.01 and the principal amount of a Security denominated in one or more currencies that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purposes shall be based on the Dollar Equivalent as determined by the Company on the date of original issuance of such Security, of the principal amount of such Security; provided, that any Securities of such series owned by the Company, or by any Affiliate of the Company, shall be considered as though not Outstanding.

Participant ”, with respect to the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, means a Person who has an account with the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, respectively (and, with respect to DTC, shall include Euroclear and Clearstream).

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

Preferred Stock ,” as applied to the Capital Stock of any corporation, means Capital Stock of any class or classes (however designated) which is preferred as to the payment of dividends, or as to the distributions of assets upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation or dissolution of such corporation, over shares of capital of any other class of such corporation.

Private Placement Legend ” means the legend set forth in Section 2.02(b) to be placed on all Restricted Securities issued under this Indenture or pursuant to a Board Resolution or an indenture supplemental hereto with respect to a series of Securities, except where specifically stated otherwise by the provisions of this Indenture, such Board Resolution or such supplemental indenture.

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

Regulation S ” means Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act, as it may be amended from time to time, and any successor provision thereto.

Regulation S Global Security ” means, with respect to any series of Securities, a Regulation S Temporary Global Security of such series, if required by Rule 903 of Regulation S, or a Regulation S Permanent Global Security of such series, as the case may be.

Regulation S Permanent Global Security ”, with respect to any series of Securities, means one or more permanent Global Securities, bearing the Private Placement Legend, that will be issued in an aggregate amount of denominations equal in total to the outstanding principal amount of the Securities of such series initially sold or, if required by Rule 903 of Regulation S, of the Regulation S Temporary Global Security of such series upon expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period with respect to such series, as the case may be.

 

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Regulation S Temporary Global Security ”, with respect to any series of Securities, means one or more temporary Global Securities, bearing the Private Placement Legend, and the Regulation S Temporary Global Security Legend issued in an aggregate amount of denominations equal in total to the outstanding principal amount of the Securities of such series initially sold, if required by Rule 903 of Regulation S.

Regulation S Temporary Global Security Legend ” means the legend set forth in Section 2.02(d), which is required to be placed on all Regulation S Temporary Global Securities issued under this Indenture.

Responsible Officer ” means any vice president, any trust officer, any assistant trust officer, any assistant vice president, any assistant treasurer, or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by the Persons who at the time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.

Restricted Definitive Security ”, with respect to any series of Securities, means one or more Definitive Securities of such series bearing the Private Placement Legend issued under this Indenture.

Restricted Global Security ”, with respect to any series of Securities, means one or more Global Securities of such series bearing the Private Placement Legend, issued under this Indenture.

Restricted Security ”, with respect to any series of Securities, means a Security of such series, unless or until it has been (i) effectively registered under the Securities Act and disposed of in accordance with a registration statement with respect to such series or (ii) distributed to the public pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act (or any similar provision then in force).

Rule 144A ” means Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act, as it may be amended from time to time, and any successor provision thereto.

Securities ” means the securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.

Securityholder ,” “ Holder ,” “ holder ,” “ holder of Securities ,” “ registered holder ,” or other similar term, means the Person or Persons in whose name or names a particular Security shall be registered on the books of the Company kept for that purpose in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.

Security Register ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(a).

Security Registrar ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(a).

Significant Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary of the Company that would be a “significant subsidiary” of the Company within the meaning of Rule 1-02 under Regulation S-X promulgated by the Commission.

Stated Maturity ” means, with respect to any Security, the date specified in such Security as the fixed date on which the final payment of principal of such Security is due and payable, including pursuant to any mandatory redemption provision (but excluding any provision providing for the repurchase of such security at the option of the holder thereof upon the happening of any contingency unless such contingency has occurred).

 

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Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, association, partnership, limited liability company or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Voting Stock is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by (i) such Person, (ii) such Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such Person; or (iii) one or more Subsidiaries of such Person.

Subsidiary Guarantor ” means any Guarantor that is a Subsidiary of the Company.

Trustee ” means The Bank of New York Mellon and, subject to the provisions of Article VII, shall include its successors and assigns. The term “Trustee” as used with respect to a particular series of the Securities shall mean the trustee with respect to that series.

Trust Indenture Act ” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, as in effect at the date of execution of this instrument subject to the provisions of Sections 9.01, 9.02, 10.01 and 10.02.

Unrestricted Definitive Security ”, with respect to any series of Securities, means one or more Definitive Securities representing such series of Securities that do not bear and are not required to bear the Private Placement Legend, issued under this Indenture.

Unrestricted Global Security ”, with respect to any series of Securities, means one or more permanent Global Securities representing such series of Securities that do not bear and are not required to bear the Private Placement Legend, issued under this Indenture.

Unrestricted Securities ”, with respect to any series of Securities, means a Security (i) effectively registered under the Securities Act and disposed of in accordance with a registration statement with respect to such series or (ii) distributed to the public pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act (or any similar provision then in force).

Voting Stock ” of a Person means all classes of Capital Stock or other interests (including partnership interests) of such Person then outstanding and normally entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof (or the controlling managing member or general partner, as applicable).

ARTICLE II.

ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, TERMS, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION AND

EXCHANGE OF SECURITIES

 

Section 2.01. Designation and Terms of Securities .

(a) The aggregate principal amount of Securities that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The Securities may be issued in one or more series up to the aggregate principal amount of Securities of that series from time to time authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution of the Company or pursuant to one or more indentures supplemental hereto. Prior to the initial issuance of Securities of any series, there shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution of the Company, and set forth in an Officer’s Certificate of the Company, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, with respect to the Securities of the series:

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

 

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(2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of that series that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of, transfer of, or in exchange for or in lieu of, other Securities of that series);

(3) the date or dates on which the principal and premium, if any, of the Securities of the series is payable;

(4) the rate or rates (which may be fixed or variable) at which the Securities of the series shall bear interest or the manner of calculation of such rate or rates, if any (including any procedures to vary or reset such rate or rates), and the basis upon which interest will be calculated if other than that of a 360 day year of twelve 30-day months;

(5) the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest will be payable or the manner of determination of such Interest Payment Dates, and the record date for the determination of Holders to whom interest is payable on any such Interest Payment Dates;

(6) any trustees, authenticating agents or paying agents with respect to such series, if different from those set forth in this Indenture;

(7) the right, if any, to extend the interest payment periods or defer the payment of interest and the duration of such extension or deferral;

(8) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which, Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company;

(9) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem, purchase or repay Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions (including payments made in cash in anticipation of future sinking fund obligations) or at the option of a Holder thereof and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which, and the terms and conditions upon which, Securities of the series shall be redeemed, purchased or repaid, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;

(10) the form of the Securities of the series including the form of the Trustee’s certificate of authentication for such series;

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

(12) the Currency or Currencies in which payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, Securities of the series shall be payable;

(13) if the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of Securities of the series will not be determinable as of any one or more dates prior to such Stated Maturity, the amount which will be deemed to be such principal amount as of any such date for any purpose, including the principal amount thereof which will be due and payable upon any

 

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maturity other than the Stated Maturity or which will be deemed to be Outstanding as of any such date (or, in any such case, the manner in which such deemed principal amount is to be determined);

(14) the terms of any repurchase or remarketing rights;

(15) if the Securities of the series shall be issued in whole or in part in the form of a Global Security or Securities, the type of Global Security to be issued; the terms and conditions, if different from those contained in this Indenture, upon which such Global Security or Securities may be exchanged in whole or in part for other individual Securities in definitive registered form; the Depositary for such Global Security or Securities; and the form of any legend or legends to be borne by any such Global Security or Securities in addition to or in lieu of the legends referred to in Section 2.02;

(16) whether the Securities of the series will be convertible into or exchangeable for other Securities, common shares or other securities of any kind of the Company or another obligor, and, if so, the terms and conditions upon which such Securities will be so convertible or exchangeable, including the initial conversion or exchange price or rate or the method of calculation, how and when the conversion price or exchange ratio may be adjusted, whether conversion or exchange is mandatory, at the option of the Holder or at the Company’s option, the conversion or exchange period, and any other provision in addition to or in lieu of those described herein;

(17) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of Securities of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.01;

(18) any additional restrictive covenants or Events of Default that will apply to the Securities of the series, or any changes to the restrictive covenants set forth in Article IV or the Events of Default set forth in Section 6.01 that will apply to the Securities of the series, which may consist of establishing different terms or provisions from those set forth in Article IV or Section 6.01 or eliminating any such restrictive covenant or Event of Default with respect to the Securities of the series;

(19) any provisions granting special rights to Holders when a specified event occurs;

(20) if the amount of principal or any premium or interest on Securities of a series may be determined with reference to an index or pursuant to a formula, the manner in which such amounts will be determined;

(21) any special tax implications of the Securities, including provisions for Original Issue Discount Securities, if offered;

(22) whether and upon what terms Securities of a series may be defeased if different from the provisions set forth in this Indenture;

(23) with regard to the Securities of any series that do not bear interest, the dates for certain required reports to the Trustee;

 

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(24) whether the Securities of the series will be issued as Unrestricted Securities or Restricted Securities, and, if issued as Restricted Securities, the rule or regulation promulgated under the Securities Act in reliance on which they will be sold; and

(25) any and all additional, eliminated or changed terms that shall apply to the Securities of the series, including any terms that may be required by or advisable under United States laws or regulations (including the Securities Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder) or advisable in connection with the marketing of Securities of that series.

(b) All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical, except that Securities of any particular series may be issued at various times, in different denominations, with different currency of payments due thereunder, with different dates on which the principal or any installment of principal is payable, with different rates of interest, if any, or different methods by which rates of interest may be determined, with different dates from which such interest may accrue or on which such interest may be payable, and with different redemption dates, and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to any such Board Resolution or in any supplemental indenture. If any of the terms of the series are established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution of the Company, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officer’s Certificate of the Company setting forth the terms of the series. The terms of the Securities of any series may provide that such Securities shall be authenticated and delivered by the Trustee upon original issuance from time to time upon written order of persons designated in such Board Resolution or supplemental indenture and that such persons are authorized to determine, consistent with such Board Resolution or supplemental indenture, such terms and conditions of the Securities of such series.

 

Section 2.02. Form of Securities and Trustee’s Certificate .

(a) The Securities of any series and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication to be borne by such Securities shall be substantially of the tenor as set forth in an indenture supplemental hereto or as provided in a Board Resolution of the Company and as set forth in an Officer’s Certificate of the Company and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification or designation and such legends or endorsements printed, lithographed or engraved thereon as the Company may deem appropriate and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, any Board Resolution or any indenture supplemental hereto, or as may be required to comply with any law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of any stock exchange on which Securities of that series may be listed, or to conform to usage.

(b) Each Restricted Security (and all Restricted Securities issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall bear a Private Placement Legend in substantially the following form:

“THIS SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 (THE “SECURITIES ACT”). THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM. EACH PURCHASER OF THIS SECURITY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER OF THIS SECURITY MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER.

 

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THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT (A) THIS SECURITY MAY BE OFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, ONLY (I) IN THE UNITED STATES TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (II) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (III) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF AVAILABLE), OR (IV) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, IN EACH OF CASES (I) THROUGH (IV) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES, AND (B) THE HOLDER WILL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO, NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER OF THIS SECURITY FROM IT OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS REFERRED TO IN (A) ABOVE.”

(c) To the extent required by the Depositary for particular series of Securities, each Global Security of such series shall bear legends in substantially the following forms:

“THIS GLOBAL SECURITY IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS SECURITY) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (I) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE ANY SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO THE INDENTURE, (II) THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.05(C) OF THE INDENTURE, (III) THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO THE INDENTURE AND (IV) THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY.”

“UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR SECURITIES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR TO ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF ANY ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO SUCH ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.”

 

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(d) To the extent required by the Depositary, each Regulation S Temporary Global Security shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:

“THE RIGHTS ATTACHING TO THIS REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL SECURITY, AND THE CONDITIONS AND PROCEDURES GOVERNING ITS EXCHANGE FOR DEFINITIVE SECURITIES, ARE AS SPECIFIED IN THE INDENTURE (AS DEFINED HEREIN). NEITHER THE HOLDER NOR THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS OF THIS REGULATION S TEMPORARY SECURITY SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE CASH PAYMENTS OF INTEREST DURING THE PERIOD WHICH SUCH HOLDER HOLDS THIS SECURITY. NOTHING IN THIS LEGEND SHALL BE DEEMED TO PREVENT INTEREST FROM ACCRUING ON THIS SECURITY.”

 

Section 2.03. Denominations; Provisions for Payment .

The Securities shall be issuable as registered Securities and in the denominations of $1,000 or any integral multiple thereof, subject to Section 2.01(a)(11). The Securities of a particular series shall bear interest payable on the dates and at the rate specified as provided in Section 2.01 with respect to that series. The principal of and the interest on the Securities of any series, as well as any premium thereon in case of redemption thereof prior to maturity, shall be payable in Dollars except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 2.01(a)(12), at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose pursuant to Section 4.02. If any of the Securities of any series is no longer represented by a Global Security, payment of interest on Definitive Securities may, at the option of the Company, be made by (i) check mailed directly to Holders of such Securities at their addresses set forth in the Security Register or (ii) upon request of any Holder of at least $1,000,000 principal amount of such Securities, wire transfer to an account located in the United States maintained by the payee. Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication. Unless otherwise specified with respect to a series of Securities in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.01(a)(4), interest on the Securities shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year composed of twelve 30-day months.

The interest installment on any Security that is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date for Securities of that series shall be paid to the Person in whose name said Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the regular record date for such interest installment. In the event that any Security of a particular series or portion thereof is called for redemption and the redemption date is subsequent to a regular record date with respect to any Interest Payment Date and prior to such Interest Payment Date, interest on such Security will be paid upon presentation and surrender of such Security as provided in Section 3.03.

Unless otherwise set forth in a Board Resolution or one or more indentures supplemental hereto establishing the terms of any series of any Securities pursuant to Section 2.01, the term “regular record date” as used in this Section 2.03 with respect to a series of Securities shall mean a date 15 days immediately preceding any Interest Payment Date. Subject to the provisions of this Section 2.03, each Security of a series delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security of such series shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, that were carried by such other Security.

 

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Unless otherwise specified with respect to a series of Securities in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.01, any interest on any Security that is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date for such Security (“ Defaulted Interest ”) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the registered Holder on the relevant regular record date, and such Defaulted Interest shall be paid by the Company, at the rate provided for in such series of Securities and at its election, as provided in clause (1) or clause (2) below.

(1) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on Securities to the Persons in whose names such Securities (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner: the Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each such Security and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee funds in an amount equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such funds when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as provided in this clause (1). Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall not be more than 15 nor less than ten days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than ten days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee promptly shall notify the Company of such special record date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the special record date therefor to be mailed, first class postage prepaid (or otherwise delivered in accordance with the procedures of DTC), to each Securityholder at his or her address as it appears in the Security Register, not less than ten days prior to such special record date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the special record date therefor having been mailed or otherwise delivered as aforesaid, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names such Securities (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered on such special record date and shall not be payable pursuant to the following clause (2).

(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on any Securities in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange.

 

Section 2.04. Execution and Authentications .

The Securities shall be signed on behalf of the Company by any member of the Board of Directors of the Company or by any of its president, chief financial officer, vice president, secretary or treasurer of the Company. Signatures may be in the form of a manual or facsimile signature. In the case of Definitive Securities of any series, such signatures may be imprinted or otherwise reproduced on such Securities. The Securities may contain such notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage. Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.

A Security shall not be valid until authenticated manually by an authorized signatory of the Trustee or by an Authenticating Agent. Such signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Security so authenticated has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and that the Holder is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture. At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a written order of the Company for the authentication and delivery of such Securities, signed by an Officer (an “ Authentication Order ”), and the Trustee in accordance with such written order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities.

 

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In authenticating such Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the Trustee shall receive from the Company, and, subject to Section 7.01, shall be fully protected in relying upon:

(a) a copy of the Board Resolution in or pursuant to which the terms and form of the Securities were established, and if the terms and form of such Securities are established by an Officer’s Certificate pursuant to general authorization of the Board of Directors, such Officer’s Certificate;

(b) an executed supplemental indenture, if any;

(c) an Officer’s Certificate delivered in accordance with Section 13.05; and

(d) an Opinion of Counsel delivered in accordance with Section 13.05, which shall also state:

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

(2) that the terms of such Securities have been established in accordance with Section 2.01 and in conformity with the other provisions of this Indenture; and

(3) that such Securities, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights and to general equity principles.

 

Section 2.05. Transfer and Exchange .

(a) Registration of Transfer and Exchange . The Company shall keep, or cause to be kept, at its office or agency designated for such purpose as provided in Section 4.02, a register or registers (the “ Security Register ”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall register the Securities and the transfers of Securities as provided in this Article II and which at all reasonable times shall be open for inspection by the Trustee. The registrar for the purpose of registering Securities and the transfer of Securities as herein provided shall be appointed as authorized by Board Resolution (the “ Security Registrar ”). If the Company fails to appoint or maintain another entity as Security Registrar, the Trustee shall act as such. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act as Security Registrar.

To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company shall execute a new Security or Securities of the same series as the Security presented for a like aggregate principal amount and in authorized denominations and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver such Security or Securities upon receipt of an Authentication Order. The Trustee shall not be required to register the transfer of or exchange any Security selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.

All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities shall be the valid Obligations of the Company evidencing the same indebtedness, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange. Prior to such due presentment for the registration of a transfer of any Security, the Trustee, the Company, any paying agent and the Security Registrar may deem and treat the Person in whose name any Security is registered as the absolute owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and interest on such Securities and for all other purposes, and none of the Trustee, the Company, the paying agent or the

 

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Security Registrar shall be affected by notice to the contrary. The Company is not required to transfer or exchange any Security of any series selected for redemption during a period of 15 days before mailing or otherwise delivering a notice of redemption of Securities of such series to be redeemed.

All certifications, certificates and opinions of counsel required to be submitted to the Trustee pursuant to this Section 2.05 to effect a registration of transfer or exchange may be submitted by electronic transmission or facsimile with an original of each document to follow.

(b) Service Charge . No service charge shall be payable by a Holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Security or by a Holder of a Definitive Security for any exchange or registration of transfer of Securities, or for any issue of new Securities in case of partial redemption of any series, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax, assessment or other similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such taxes or other governmental charge payable upon exchange or registration of transfer pursuant to Sections 2.06, 3.03(b) and 9.04).

(c) Transfer and Exchange of Global Securities . A Global Security may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary for a series of the Securities to a nominee of such Depositary, by a nominee of such Depositary to such Depositary or to another nominee of such Depositary or by such Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary for a series of the Securities or a nominee of such successor Depositary. If at any time the Depositary for a series of the Securities notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such series or if at any time the Depositary for such series shall no longer be registered or in good standing under the Exchange Act or other applicable statute or regulation, and a successor Depositary for such series is not appointed by the Company within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such condition, the provisions of Section 2.11 shall no longer be applicable to the Securities of such series. In addition, the Company may at any time determine that the Securities of any series shall no longer be represented by a Global Security and that the provisions of Section 2.11 shall no longer apply to the Securities of such series. In either such event the Company will execute the Definitive Securities of such series, in authorized denominations, and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Security of such series and subject to this Section 2.05 the Trustee, upon receipt of an Officer’s Certificate evidencing such determination by the Company, if applicable, an Authentication Order, an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, will authenticate and deliver such Definitive Securities in exchange for such Global Security. Upon the exchange of the Global Security of such series for such Definitive Securities of such series, the Global Security shall be canceled by the Trustee. Such Definitive Securities shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the Depositary, pursuant to instructions from its Participants or Indirect Participants or otherwise, shall in writing instruct the Trustee. The Trustee shall deliver such Securities pursuant to the Depositary’s written instructions for delivery to the Persons in whose names such Securities are so registered.

Except as provided in Sections 2.06 and 2.07, a Global Security may not be exchanged for another Security other than as provided in this Section 2.05(c); however, beneficial interests in a Global Security may be transferred and exchanged as provided in Section 2.05(d) or (e). The provisions of this Section 2.05(c) are subject to Section 2.11.

 

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(d) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the Global Securities . The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Securities of a series shall be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture, any Board Resolution specifying the terms of such Securities and any one or more indentures supplemental hereto, and the Applicable Procedures. Beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Securities of a series shall be subject to restrictions on transfer comparable to those set forth herein to the extent required by the Securities Act. Transfers of beneficial interests in the Global Securities also shall require compliance with either subparagraph (1) or (2) below, as applicable, as well as one or more of the other following subparagraphs, as applicable:

(1) Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Security . Beneficial interests in any Restricted Global Security of a series may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the same Restricted Global Security in accordance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Private Placement Legend. Beneficial interests in any Unrestricted Global Security of a series may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security of such series. Subject to Section 2.05(e)(4), no written orders or instructions shall be required to be delivered to the Security Registrar to effect the transfers described in this Section 2.05(d)(1).

(2) All Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in Global Securities . In connection with all transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests that are not subject to Section 2.05(d)(1) above, the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the Security Registrar, as applicable, either:

(A)(1) an order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the relevant Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in another Global Security of such series in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and (2) instructions given in accordance with the relevant Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the Participant account to be credited with such increase; or

(B)(1) an order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the relevant Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to cause to be issued a Definitive Security of such series in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and (2) instructions given by the Depositary to the Security Registrar containing information regarding the Person in whose name such Definitive Security shall be registered to effect the transfer or exchange referred to in (B)(1) above;

provided that in no event shall Definitive Securities of a series be issued upon the transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global Security of such series prior to (y) the expiration of the relevant Distribution Compliance Period and (z) the receipt by the Security Registrar of any certificates identified by the Company or its counsel to be required pursuant to Rule 903 and Rule 904 under the Securities Act. Upon satisfaction of all the requirements for transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in Global Securities of a series contained in this Indenture, any Board Resolution specifying the terms of such Securities, or one or more indentures supplemental hereto and the Securities of such series or otherwise applicable under the Securities Act, the Trustee shall adjust the principal amount of the relevant Global Security or Securities of such series pursuant to Section 2.05(h).

(3) Transfer of Beneficial Interests to Another Restricted Global Security . A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Security of a series may be transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Restricted Global Security of the same series if the transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.05(d)(2) and the Security Registrar receives a completed certificate in the form of Exhibit A.

 

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(4) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Security for Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Security . A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Security of any series may be exchanged by any Holder thereof for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security of such series or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security of such series if the exchange or transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.05(d)(2) above and the Security Registrar receives a completed certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit A or Exhibit B, as applicable, and an opinion of counsel in form, and from legal counsel, reasonably acceptable to the Security Registrar and the Company to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

If any such transfer is effected at a time when an Unrestricted Global Security of such series has not yet been issued, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.04, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Securities of such series in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of beneficial interests so transferred. Beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global Security of a series cannot be exchanged for, or transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of, a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security of such series.

(e) Transfer or Exchange of Beneficial Interests for Definitive Securities .

(1) Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Securities to Restricted Definitive Securities . If any Holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security of a series proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Security of such series or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Security of such series, then, upon receipt by the Security Registrar of a completed certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit A or Exhibit B, as applicable, and certificates and opinions of counsel, if applicable, the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Restricted Global Security of such series to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.05(h), and the Company shall execute a Restricted Definitive Security of such series in the appropriate principal amount and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order pursuant to Section 2.04, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the instructions such Restricted Definitive Security. Any Restricted Definitive Security of such series issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security of such series pursuant to this Section 2.05(e) shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the Holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the Security Registrar through instructions from the Depositary for such series and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall deliver such Restricted Definitive Securities of such series to the Persons in whose names such Securities are so registered. Any Restricted Definitive Security of such series issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security of such series pursuant to this Section 2.05(e)(1) shall bear the Private Placement Legend and shall be subject to all restrictions on transfer contained therein.

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such series or may transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Security of such series only if the Security Registrar receives a completed certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit A or Exhibit B, as applicable, and an opinion of counsel in form, and from legal counsel, reasonably acceptable to the Security Registrar and the Company to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

(3) Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Securities to Unrestricted Definitive Securities . If any Holder of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security of a series proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Security of such series or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Security of such series, then, upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 2.05(d)(2), the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Unrestricted Global Security of such series to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.05(h), and the Company shall execute an Unrestricted Definitive Security of such series in the appropriate principal amount and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.04, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the instructions such Unrestricted Definitive Security. Any Unrestricted Definitive Security issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.05(e)(3) shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the Holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the Security Registrar through instructions from the Depositary for such series and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall deliver such Unrestricted Definitive Securities to the Persons in whose names such Securities are so registered. Any Unrestricted Definitive Security issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.05(e)(3) shall not bear the Private Placement Legend.

(4) Transfer or Exchange of Regulation S Temporary Global Securities . Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section 2.05, a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Temporary Global Security of a series may not be (A) exchanged for a Definitive Security of such series prior to (y) the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period with respect to such series (unless such exchange is effected by the Company, does not require an investment decision on the part of the Holder thereof and does not violate the provisions of Regulation S) and (z) the receipt by the Security Registrar of any certificates identified by the Company or its counsel to be required pursuant to Rule 903(b)(3)(ii)(B) under the Securities Act or (B) transferred to a U.S. person (as such term is defined in Regulation S) or for the account or benefit of a U.S. person (other than an initial purchaser of such Regulation S Temporary Global Security) or a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Security of such series prior to the events set forth in clause (A) above or unless the transfer is pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 903 or 904.

(f) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Securities for Beneficial Interests .

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series or to transfer such Restricted Definitive Securities of such series to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security of such series, then, upon receipt by the Trustee of the following documentation:

(A) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Security of such series proposes to exchange such Security for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security of such series, a completed certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit B; or

(B) if such Restricted Definitive Security is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act or to a non-U.S. person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or 904 under the Securities Act, a completed certificate to that effect set forth in Exhibit A,

the Trustee shall cancel the Restricted Definitive Security of such series, increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of, in the case of clause (A) above, the appropriate Restricted Global Security of such series and, in the case of clause (B) above, the 144A Global Security of such series or the Regulation S Global Security of such series as applicable.

(2) Restricted Definitive Securities to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Securities . A Holder of a Restricted Definitive Security of a series may exchange such Security for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security of such series or transfer such Restricted Definitive Security of such series to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security of such series only if the Security Registrar receives a completed certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit A or Exhibit B, as applicable, and an opinion of counsel in form, and from legal counsel, reasonably acceptable to the Security Registrar and the Company to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon satisfaction of the conditions of any of the subparagraphs in this Section 2.05(f)(2), the Trustee shall cancel the Restricted Definitive Securities of such series so transferred or exchanged and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of the Unrestricted Global Security of such series.

(3) Unrestricted Definitive Securities to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Securities . A Holder of an Unrestricted Definitive Security of a series may exchange such Security for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security of such series or transfer such Definitive Securities of such series to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security of such series at any time. Upon receipt of a written request for such an exchange or transfer, the Trustee shall cancel the applicable Unrestricted Definitive Security and increase or cause or be increased the aggregate principal amount of one of the Unrestricted Global Securities of such series. If any such exchange or transfer from a Definitive Security of a series to a beneficial interest is effected pursuant to subparagraphs (2) or (3) of this Section 2.05(f) at a time when an Unrestricted Global Security of such series has not yet been issued, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.04, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Securities of such series in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of Definitive Securities of such series so transferred.

 

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(g) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Securities for Definitive Securities . Upon written request by a Holder of Definitive Securities of a series and such Holder’s compliance with the provisions of this Section 2.05(g), the Trustee shall register the transfer or exchange of Definitive Securities of such series pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.05(a). In addition to the requirements set forth in Section 2.05(a), the requesting Holder shall provide any additional certifications, documents, and information, as applicable, required pursuant to the following provisions of this Section 2.05(g).

(1) Restricted Definitive Securities to Restricted Definitive Securities . Any Restricted Definitive Security of a series may be transferred to and registered in the name of Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Security of such series if the Trustee receives a completed certificate in the form of Exhibit A, including the certifications, certificates and opinions of counsel required by item (3) thereof, if applicable.

(2) Restricted Definitive Securities to Unrestricted Definitive Securities . Any Restricted Definitive Security of a series may be exchanged by the Holder thereof for an Unrestricted Definitive Security of such series or transferred to a Person or Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Security of such series if the Security Registrar receives a completed certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit A or Exhibit B, as applicable and an opinion of counsel in form, and from legal counsel, reasonably acceptable to the Trustee and the Company to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

(3) Unrestricted Definitive Securities to Unrestricted Definitive Securities . A Holder of Unrestricted Definitive Securities of a series may transfer such Securities to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Security of such series in accordance with subsection 2.05(a). Upon receipt of a request to register such a transfer, the Security Registrar shall register the Unrestricted Definitive Securities of such series pursuant to the instructions from the Holder thereof.

(h) Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Securities . At such time as all beneficial interests in a particular Global Security of a series have been exchanged for Definitive Securities of such series or a particular Global Security of a series has been redeemed, repurchased or cancelled in whole and not in part, each such Global Security of such series shall be returned to or retained and cancelled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.08. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Security of such series is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Security of such series or for Definitive Securities of such series, the principal amount of Securities of such series represented by such Global Security shall be reduced accordingly and an endorsement may be made on such Global Security by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Security of such series, such other Global Security shall be increased accordingly and an endorsement may be made on such Global Security by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.

(i) No Exchange or Transfer . The Company shall not be required (i) to issue, exchange or register the transfer of any Securities during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing (or otherwise delivery in accordance with the procedures of DTC) of a notice of redemption of less than all the Outstanding Securities of the same series and ending at the close

 

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of business on the day of such mailing or other delivery, (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any Securities of any series or portions thereof called for redemption, nor (iii) to register the transfer of or exchange a Security of any series between the applicable record date pursuant to Section 2.01(a)(5) and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date.

 

Section 2.06. Temporary Securities .

Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the Company may execute temporary Securities (printed, lithographed or typewritten) of any authorized denomination and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver such Securities. Such temporary Securities shall be substantially in the form of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they are issued, but with such omissions, insertions and variations as may be appropriate for temporary Securities, all as may be determined by the Company. Every temporary Security of any series shall be executed by the Company and be authenticated by the Trustee upon the same conditions and in substantially the same manner, and with like effect, as the definitive Securities of such series. Without unnecessary delay the Company will execute and will furnish definitive Securities of such series and thereupon any or all temporary Securities of such series may be surrendered in exchange therefor without charge to the Holders, at the office or agency of the Company maintained pursuant to Section 4.02 for the purpose of exchanges of Securities of such series, and the Trustee shall authenticate and such office or agency shall deliver in exchange for such temporary Securities an equal aggregate principal amount of definitive Securities of such series, unless the Company advises the Trustee to the effect that definitive Securities need not be executed and furnished until further notice from the Company. Until so exchanged, temporary Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series authenticated and delivered hereunder.

 

Section 2.07. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Securities .

In case any temporary or definitive Security shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company (subject to the next succeeding sentence) shall execute a new Security of the same series, bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding in exchange and substitution for the mutilated Security, or in lieu of and in substitution for the Security so destroyed, lost or stolen and upon the Company’s written request the Trustee (subject to the next succeeding sentence) shall authenticate and deliver, such Security. In every case the applicant for a substituted Security shall furnish to the Company and the Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless, and, in every case of destruction, loss or theft, the applicant shall also furnish to the Company and the Trustee evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of the applicant’s Security and of the ownership thereof. The Trustee may authenticate any such substituted Security and deliver the same upon the written request or authorization of any Officer. Upon the issuance of any substituted Security, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith. In case any Security that has matured or is about to mature shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company, instead of issuing a substitute Security, may pay or authorize the payment of the same (without surrender thereof except in the case of a mutilated Security) if the applicant for such payment shall furnish to the Company and the Trustee such security or indemnity as they may require to save them harmless, and, in case of destruction, loss or theft, evidence to the satisfaction of the Company and the Trustee of the destruction, loss or theft of such Security and of the ownership thereof.

Every replacement Security issued pursuant to the provisions of this Section 2.07 shall constitute an additional contractual obligation of the Company whether or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be found at any time, or be enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of

 

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this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities of the same series duly issued hereunder. All Securities shall be held and owned upon the express condition that the foregoing provisions are exclusive with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities, and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) any and all other rights or remedies, notwithstanding any law or statute existing or hereafter enacted to the contrary with respect to the replacement or payment of negotiable instruments or other securities without their surrender.

 

Section 2.08. Cancellation .

All Securities surrendered for the purpose of payment, redemption, exchange or registration of transfer, if surrendered to the Company or any paying agent, shall be delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, or, if surrendered to the Trustee, shall be cancelled by it, and no Securities shall be issued in lieu thereof except as expressly required or permitted by any of the provisions of this Indenture. On written request of the Company at the time of such surrender, the Trustee shall deliver to the Company canceled Securities held by the Trustee. If the Company shall otherwise acquire any of the Securities, however, such acquisition shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness represented by such Securities unless and until the same are delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.

 

Section 2.09. Benefits of Indenture .

Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, shall give or be construed to give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and the Holders of the Securities, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Indenture, or under any covenant, condition or provision herein contained; all such covenants, conditions and provisions being for the sole benefit of the parties hereto and of the Holders of the Securities.

 

Section 2.10. Authenticating Agent .

So long as any of the Securities of any series remain Outstanding, there may be an Authenticating Agent for any or all such series of Securities which the Company shall have the right to appoint. The Authenticating Agent shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such series, including Securities issued upon exchange, registration of transfer or partial redemption thereof, and Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. All references in this Indenture to the authentication of Securities by the Trustee shall be deemed to include authentication by an Authenticating Agent for such series. Each Authenticating Agent shall be a corporation that has a combined capital and surplus, as most recently reported or determined by it, sufficient under the laws of any jurisdiction under which it is organized or in which it is doing business to conduct a trust business, and that is otherwise authorized under such laws to conduct such business and is subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authorities. If at any time any Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with these provisions, it shall resign immediately. Any Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice of resignation to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee at any time may, and upon request by the Company shall, terminate the agency of any Authenticating Agent by giving written notice of termination to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon resignation, termination or cessation of eligibility of any Authenticating Agent, the Company may appoint an eligible successor Authenticating Agent. Any successor Authenticating Agent, upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder, shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent pursuant hereto.

 

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Section 2.11. Global Securities .

(a) General . If the Company shall establish pursuant to Section 2.01 that the Securities of a particular series are to be issued as a Global Security, then the Company shall execute one or more Global Securities that (i) shall represent, and shall be denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of, all of the Outstanding Securities of such series, (ii) shall be registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee and (iii) shall be delivered to the Trustee as custodian for the Depositary or otherwise delivered pursuant to the Depositary’s instructions and the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.04 shall authenticate such Global Security or Global Securities.

(b) Euroclear and Clearstream Procedures Applicable . The provisions of the “Operating Procedures of the Euroclear System” and the “Terms and Conditions Governing Use of Euroclear” and the “General Terms and Conditions” and “Customer Handbook” of Clearstream, respectively, in effect at the relevant time shall be applicable to transfers of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Global Securities of such series that are held by Participants through Euroclear or Clearstream.

 

Section 2.12. CUSIP Numbers .

The Company in issuing the Securities of a series may use “CUSIP” numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Securityholders; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any change in the “CUSIP” numbers.

 

Section 2.13. Securities Denominated in Foreign Currencies .

Except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 2.01 for Securities of any series, payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, Securities of such series denominated in any Foreign Currency will be made in such Foreign Currency by one or more paying agents appointed by the Company (each, a “ Foreign Paying Agent ”).

In the event any Foreign Currency or Currencies in which any payment with respect to any series of Securities may be made ceases to be a freely convertible Currency on United States Currency markets, for any date thereafter on which payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Securities of a series is due, the Company shall select the Currency of payment for use on such date, all as provided in the Securities of such series, in a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto. In such event, the Company shall notify the Foreign Paying Agent of the Currency which it has selected to constitute the funds necessary to meet the Company’s Obligations on such payment date and of the amount of such Currency to be paid. Such amount shall be determined as provided in the Securities of such series, in a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto. The payment with respect to such payment date shall be deposited with the Foreign Paying Agent by the Company solely in the Currency so selected.

 

Section 2.14. Wire Transfers .

Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary in this Indenture, the Company shall make any payment required to be deposited with the Trustee on account of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, the Securities by any method of wire transfer to an account designated in writing by the Trustee such that funds are available at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date such payment is to be made to the Holders of the Securities in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

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Section 2.15. Designated Currency .

The Company may provide pursuant to Section 2.01 for Securities of any series that:

(a) the obligation, if any, of the Company to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities of any series in a Foreign Currency or Dollars (the “ Designated Currency ”) as may be specified pursuant to Section 2.01(a)(12) is of the essence and agree that, to the fullest extent possible under applicable law, judgments in respect of Securities of such series shall be given in the Designated Currency;

(b) the obligation of the Company to make payments in the Designated Currency of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on such Securities shall be discharged, notwithstanding any payment in any other Currency (whether pursuant to a judgment or otherwise), only to the extent of the amount in the Designated Currency that the Securityholder receiving such payment, in accordance with normal banking procedures, may purchase with the amount paid in such other Currency after any premium and cost of exchange on the business day in the country of issue of the Designated Currency or in the international banking community immediately following the day on which such Securityholder receives such payment;

(c) if the amount in the Designated Currency that may be so purchased for any reason falls short of the amount originally due, the Company shall pay such additional amounts as may be necessary to compensate for such shortfall; and

(d) any obligation of the Company not discharged by such payment shall be due as a separate and independent obligation and, until discharged as provided herein, shall continue in full force and effect.

ARTICLE III.

REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES AND SINKING FUND PROVISIONS

 

Section 3.01. Redemption .

The Company may redeem the Securities of any series issued hereunder on and after the dates and in accordance with the terms established for such series pursuant to Section 2.01.

 

Section 3.02. Notice of Redemption; Partial Redemption .

(a) If the Company desires to exercise such right to redeem all or, as the case may be, a portion of the Securities of any series, the Company shall, or shall instruct the Trustee in writing to, give notice prepared by the Company of such redemption to Holders of the Securities of such series to be redeemed by mailing (or delivered by electronic transmission in accordance with the applicable procedures of DTC), first class postage prepaid, a notice of such redemption not less than 30 days and not more than 60 days before the date fixed for redemption of that series to such Holders at their last addresses as they shall appear upon the Security Register (unless a shorter period is specified in the Securities to be redeemed) or otherwise in accordance with the applicable procedures of DTC, except that notices of redemption may be mailed or sent more than 60 days before the date fixed for redemption if the notice is issued in connection with Article XI. Any notice that is mailed (or otherwise delivered) in the

 

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manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the registered Holder receives the notice. In any case, failure duly to give such notice to the Holder of any Security of any series designated for redemption in whole or in part, or any defect in the notice, shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Securities of such series or any other series. In the case of any redemption of Securities prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officer’s Certificate evidencing compliance with any such restriction.

(b) Each such notice of redemption shall identify the Securities to be redeemed (including CUSIP and ISIN numbers, if applicable), specify the date fixed for redemption and the redemption price at which Securities of that series are to be redeemed, and shall state that: (i) payment of the redemption price of such Securities to be redeemed will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose or at the office of the paying agent (and such notice shall state the name and address of the paying agent), upon presentation and surrender of such Securities; (ii) interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption will be paid as specified in said notice; (iii) from and after said date interest will cease to accrue, unless the Company defaults in the payment of the redemption price and accrued interest with respect to any Security or portion thereof to be redeemed; (iv) the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case; and (v) no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP or ISIN numbers, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Securities. If less than all the Securities of a series are to be redeemed, the notice to the Holders of Securities of that series to be redeemed in whole or in part shall specify the particular Securities to be so redeemed. In case any Security is to be redeemed in part only, the notice that relates to such Security shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed, and shall state that on and after the redemption date, upon surrender of such Security, a new Security or Securities of such series in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued.

(c) The Company shall give the Trustee at least 45 days’ written notice (unless a shorter period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee) in advance of the date fixed for redemption as to the aggregate principal amount of Securities of the series to be redeemed. If less than all the Securities are to be redeemed, the Securities will be selected from those of such series Outstanding not previously called for redemption, and will be selected on a pro rata basis, by lot or by such other method as the Trustee in its sole discretion shall deem to be fair and appropriate; provided, however, that Global Securities will be selected in accordance with the applicable procedures of the Depositary.

(d) The Company, if and whenever it shall so elect, by delivery of instructions signed on its behalf by any of its Officers, may instruct the Trustee or any paying agent to call all or any part of the Securities of a particular series for redemption and to give notice of redemption in the manner set forth in this Section 3.02, such notice to be in the name of the Company.

 

Section 3.03. Payment Upon Redemption .

(a) If the giving of notice of redemption shall have been completed as above provided, the Securities or portions of Securities of the series to be redeemed specified in such notice shall become due and payable on the date and at the place stated in such notice at the applicable redemption price, together with interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption, in each case as established pursuant to Section 2.01. Interest on such Securities or portions of Securities shall cease to accrue on and after the date fixed for redemption, unless the Company shall default in the payment of such redemption price and accrued interest with respect to any such Security or portion thereof. On presentation and surrender of such Securities on or after the date fixed for redemption at the place of payment specified in the notice, such Securities shall be paid and redeemed at the applicable redemption price for such series, together with interest accrued thereon to the date fixed for redemption (but if the

 

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date fixed for redemption is an Interest Payment Date, the interest installment payable on such date shall be payable to the registered Holder at the close of business on the applicable record date pursuant to Section 2.01).

(b) Upon presentation of any Security of such series that is to be redeemed in part only, the Company shall execute a new Security of the same series and tenor of authorized denominations in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the Security so presented and the Trustee shall authenticate, and the office or agency where the Security is presented shall deliver to the Holder thereof, at the expense of the Company, such Security; except that if a Global Security is so surrendered, the Company shall execute a new Global Security of like tenor in a denomination equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Global Security so surrendered and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order requesting authentication and delivery, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Depositary for such Global Security, without service charge, such Global Security.

 

Section 3.04. Sinking Fund .

The provisions of Sections 3.04, 3.05 and 3.06 shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of Securities of a series, except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.01 for Securities of such series.

The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is referred to as a “mandatory sinking fund payment,” and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is referred to as an “optional sinking fund payment.” If provided for by the terms of Securities of any series, the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 3.05. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities of any series as provided for by the terms of Securities of such series.

 

Section 3.05. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities .

The Company (i) may deliver Outstanding Securities of a series (other than any Securities previously called for redemption) and (ii) may apply as a credit Securities of a series that have been redeemed either at the election of the Company pursuant to the terms of such Securities or through the application of permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such Securities, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund payment with respect to the Securities of such series required to be made pursuant to the terms of such Securities, provided that such Securities have not been previously so credited. Such Securities shall be received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the redemption price specified in such Securities for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.

 

Section 3.06. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund .

Not less than 30 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any series of Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for that series pursuant to the terms of the series, the portion thereof, if any, that is to be satisfied by payment of cash in the Currency in which the Securities of such series are denominated (except as provided pursuant to Section 2.01), the portion thereof, if any, that is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities of that series pursuant to Section 3.05 and the basis for such credit. Together with such Officer’s Certificate, the Company will deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so delivered. Not less than 30 days before each such sinking fund payment date the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 3.02

 

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and cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the Company in the manner provided in Section 3.02. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Section 3.03.

ARTICLE IV.

CERTAIN COVENANTS

The following covenants shall apply to the Securities, except with respect to any series of Securities for which the supplemental indenture or resolution of the Board of Directors under which such series of Securities is issued or in the form of Security for such series expressly provides that any such covenant shall not apply to such series of Securities:

 

Section 4.01. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest .

The Company will pay or cause to be paid the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities of a series at the time and place and in the manner provided herein and established with respect to such Securities. Principal of, premium, if any and interest shall be considered paid on the date due if the paying agent, if other than one of the Company or a Subsidiary, holds as of 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date due, money deposited by the Company in immediately available funds and designated for and sufficient to pay the principal of, or premium, if any, and interest then due.

 

Section 4.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency .

So long as any series of the Securities remain Outstanding, the Company will maintain for such series an office or agency where Securities of such series may be presented or surrendered for payment, where Securities of such series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of such series and this Indenture may be given or served. Such designation will continue with respect to each office or agency until the Company, by written notice signed by any Officer and delivered to the Trustee, shall designate some other office or agency for such purposes or any of them. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all presentations, surrenders, notices and demands. Unless otherwise specified in accordance with Section 2.01 with respect to a series of Securities, the Company initially designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee as the office to be maintained by it for each such purpose.

 

Section 4.03. Paying Agents; Security Registrar

(a) The Company may appoint one or more paying agents, other than the Trustee, for all or any series of the Securities. If the Company fails to appoint or maintain another entity as paying agent, the Trustee shall act as such. The Company, any Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries may act as paying agent. The Company hereby appoints the Trustee as the initial paying agent and the initial Security Registrar.

(b) The Company shall require each paying agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that the paying agent will hold in trust for the benefit of Securityholders or the Trustee all funds held by the paying agent for the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest on the Securities, and will promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any default by the Company in making any such payment. While any such default continues, the Trustee may require a paying agent to pay all funds held by it to the

 

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Trustee. The Company at any time may require a paying agent to pay all funds held by it to the Trustee. Upon payment over to the Trustee, the paying agent (if other than the Company, a Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries) shall have no further liability for the funds. If the Company, any Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries acts as paying agent, it shall segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of the Securityholders all funds held by it as paying agent.

(c) Notwithstanding anything in this Section to the contrary, (i) the agreement to hold funds in trust as provided in this Section 4.03 is subject to the provisions of Section 11.06, and (ii) the Company at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge or defeasance of this Indenture or for any other purpose, may pay, or direct any paying agent to pay, to the Trustee all funds held in trust by the Company or such paying agent, such funds to be held by the Trustee upon the same terms and conditions as those upon which such funds were held by the Company or such paying agent. Upon such payment by any paying agent to the Trustee, such paying agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such funds.

 

Section 4.04. Statement by Officers as to Default .

So long as any of the Securities remain outstanding, the Company will furnish to the Trustee within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year a brief certificate (which need not comply with Section 13.05) executed by the principal executive, financial or accounting officer of the Company or any member of the Board of Directors of the Company indicating whether the signers of such certificate know of any Default under this Indenture that occurred during the previous year. Such certificate need not include a reference to any Default that has been fully cured prior to the date as of which such certificate speaks.

The Company shall provide written notice to the Trustee within 30 days of the occurrence of any event, act or condition that would constitute a Default, describing the status of such Event of Default and describing what action the Company is taking or proposing to take with respect thereto.

 

Section 4.05. Appointment to Fill Vacancy in Office of Trustee .

The Company, whenever necessary to avoid or to fill a vacancy in the office of Trustee, will appoint, in the manner provided in Section 7.10, a Trustee, so that there shall be at all times a Trustee hereunder.

 

Section 4.06. Waiver of Certain Covenants .

Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.01 in respect of the Securities of such series and a continuing Event of Default in the payment of interest or premium on, or principal of the Securities of such series, the Company may, with respect to Securities of any series, omit in any particular instance to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in any covenant provided pursuant to this Article IV and any additional covenants added pursuant to Section 2.01 or Article IX for the benefit of the Holders of such series, if before the time for such compliance the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, either waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such term, provision or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such term, provision or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the Obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in full force and effect.

 

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ARTICLE V.

SECURITYHOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE

 

Section 5.01. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Securityholders .

The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee (a) semi-annually at least seven Business Days before each Interest Payment Date for a series of Securities (and in all events at intervals of not more than six months) a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders of each series of Securities as of such date, provided that the Company shall not be obligated to furnish or cause to furnish such list at any time that the list shall not differ in any respect from the most recent list furnished to the Trustee by the Company and (b) at such other times as the Trustee may require in writing within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished; provided, however, that, in either case, no such list need be furnished for any series for which the Trustee shall be the Security Registrar.

 

Section 5.02. Preservation of Information; Communications with Securityholders .

(a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, all information as to the names and addresses of the Holders of Securities contained in the most recent list furnished to it as provided in Section 5.01 and as to the names and addresses of Holders of Securities received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar (if acting in such capacity).

(b) Securityholders may communicate as provided in Section 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act with other Securityholders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Securities.

 

Section 5.03. Reports by the Company .

(a) Notwithstanding that the Company may not be subject to the reporting requirements of Sections 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Company will file with the Commission within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and regulations that are then applicable to the Company (or if the Company is not then subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, then the time periods for filing applicable to a filer that is not an “accelerated filer” as defined in such rules and regulations) and make available to the Trustee and noteholders within 15 days thereafter, such annual reports and such information, documents and other reports as are specified in Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act and applicable to a U.S. corporation subject to such sections; provided, however, that the Company shall not be so obligated to file such reports with the Commission if the Commission does not permit such filing, in which event the Company will make available such information to the Trustee and noteholders within 15 days after the time the Company would be required to file such information with the Commission if it were subject to Sections 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

(b) Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants under this Indenture or the Securities (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officer’s Certificates). The Company will be deemed to have furnished such reports referred to in this section to the Trustee and the noteholders if the Company has filed such reports with the Commission via the EDGAR filing system (or any successor electronic delivery procedure) and such reports are publicly available.

 

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Section 5.04. Reports by the Trustee .

(a) Any Trustee’s report required under Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act shall be transmitted on or before April 15 in each year following the date hereof (commencing in 2017), so long as any Securities are outstanding hereunder, and shall be dated as of a date convenient to the Trustee no more than 60 nor less than 45 days prior thereto.

(b) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Securityholders, be filed by the Trustee with the Company, with any stock exchange upon which any Securities are listed and with the Commission. The Company agrees to notify the Trustee when any Securities become listed on any stock exchange or delisted therefrom.

ARTICLE VI.

REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS ON

EVENT OF DEFAULT

 

Section 6.01. Events of Default .

(a) Whenever used herein with respect to Securities of a particular series, “ Event of Default ” means any one or more of the following events that has occurred and is continuing, except with respect to any series of Securities for which the supplemental indenture or resolution of the Board of Directors under which such series of Securities is issued or in the form of Security for such series expressly provides that any such Event of Default shall not apply to such series of Securities:

(1) a default in any payment of interest on any of the Securities of such series as and when the same shall become due, which continues for 30 days; or

(2) a default in the payment of principal of or premium, if any, on any of the Securities of such series when due at its stated maturity date, upon redemption, upon required purchase, upon declaration of acceleration or otherwise; or

(3) a default in the payment of any sinking fund installment as and when the same shall become due and payable by the terms of the Securities of such series; or

(4) a failure by the Company or any Guarantor to comply with its obligations under Article X;

(5) a failure by the Company to comply for 120 days after notice with any of its obligations in the covenant described above under Section 5.03; or

(6) a failure by the Company or any Guarantor to comply for 60 days after notice with its other agreements contained in this Indenture; or

(7) Debt of the Company, any Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary is not paid within any applicable grace period after final maturity or is accelerated by the Holders thereof because of a default and the total amount of such Debt unpaid or accelerated exceeds $50,000,000 million; or

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involuntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee or sequestrator (or similar official) of the Company, any Guarantor or such Significant Subsidiary or for any substantial part of its property or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs (or any similar relief is granted under any foreign laws); or

(9) the Company, any Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary shall commence a voluntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or consent to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law, or consent to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee or sequestrator (or similar official) of the Company, any Guarantor or such Significant Subsidiary or for any substantial part of its property, or make any general assignment for the benefit of creditors (or takes any comparable action under any foreign laws relating to bankruptcy or insolvency); or

(10) any final judgment or decree for the payment of money (other than judgments which are covered by enforceable insurance policies issued by solvent carriers) in excess of $50,000,000 is entered against the Company, any Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary, remains outstanding for a period of 60 consecutive days following such judgment becoming final and is not discharged, waived or stayed within 30 days after notice; or

(11) any Guarantee ceases to be in full force and effect (except as contemplated by the terms of this Indenture) or is declared null and void in a judicial proceeding or any Guarantor denies or disaffirms its obligations under this Indenture or its Guarantee; and

(12) any other Event of Default provided in the supplemental indenture or resolution of the Board of Directors under which such series of Securities is issued or in the form of Security for such series.

However, a default under Section 6.01(a)(5), Section 6.01(a)(6) and Section 6.01(a)(10) will not constitute an Event of Default until the Trustee or Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities notify the Company (with a copy to the Trustee if given by the holders) of the default and the Company does not cure such default within the time specified after receipt of such notice. In the event of any Event of Default specified under Section 6.01(a)(7), such Event of Default and all consequences thereof (excluding any resulting payment default, other than as a result of acceleration of Securities) shall be annulled, waived and rescinded, automatically and without any action by the Trustee or the holders, if within 30 days after such Event of Default arose: (a) Holders thereof have rescinded or waived the acceleration, notice or action (as the case may be) giving rise to such Event of Default or (b) the default that is the basis for such Event of Default has been cured.

(b) The foregoing will constitute an Event of Default whatever the reason for any such Event of Default and whether it is voluntary or involuntary or is effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body.

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of the Outstanding Securities of that series may by written notice to the Company (and to the Trustee if notice is given by the Holders) declare the principal of and premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest on, all Securities of that series to be due and payable. Upon this declaration, principal and premium, if any, and interest will be immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default described in Section 6.01(a)(8) or Section 601(a)(9) occurs and is continuing, the principal of and premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest on all Securities of that series shall become immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holders of the Securities.

(d) At any time after the principal of the Securities of that series shall have been so declared due and payable, and before any judgment or decree for the payment of the amount due shall have been obtained or entered as hereinafter provided, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of that series then Outstanding hereunder, by written notice to the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if: (i) the Company has or has caused to be paid or deposited with the Trustee an amount sufficient to pay all matured installments of interest upon all the Securities of that series and the principal of and premium, if any, on any and all Securities of that series that shall have become due otherwise than by acceleration (with interest upon such principal and premium, if any, and, to the extent that such payment is enforceable under applicable law, upon overdue installments of interest, at the rate expressed in the Securities of that series to the date of such payment or deposit), and (ii) any and all Events of Default under this Indenture with respect to such series, other than the nonpayment of principal on Securities of that series that shall not have become due by their terms, shall have been remedied or waived as provided in Section 6.06.

No such rescission and annulment shall extend to or shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.

(e) In case the Trustee shall have proceeded to enforce any right with respect to Securities of that series under this Indenture and such proceedings shall have been discontinued or abandoned because of such rescission or annulment or for any other reason or shall have been determined adversely to the Trustee, then and in every such case the Company and the Trustee shall be restored respectively to their former positions and rights hereunder, and all rights, remedies and powers of the Company and the Trustee shall continue as though no such proceedings had been taken.

(f) The Trustee shall give to the Securityholders of any series, as the names and addresses of such Holders appear on the Security Register, notice by mail (or delivery by electronic transmission in accordance with the applicable procedures of DTC) of all defaults known to the Trustee that have occurred and are continuing with respect to such series, such notice to be transmitted within 90 days after it is known to the Trustee; provided that, except in the case of default in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any of the Securities of such series, or in the payment of any sinking or purchase fund installment with respect to the Securities of such series, the Trustee may withhold such notice if in good faith a Responsible Officer determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Securityholders of such series.

 

Section 6.02. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee .

(a) The Company covenants that (i) in case it shall default in the payment of any installment of interest on any of the Securities of a series, or any payment required by any sinking or analogous fund established with respect to that series as and when the same shall have become due and payable, and such default shall have continued for a period of 30 days, or (ii) in case it shall default in the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, on any of the Securities of a series when the same shall have become due and payable, whether upon maturity of the Securities of a series or upon redemption or upon declaration or otherwise, then, upon demand of the Trustee, the Company will pay to the Trustee,

 

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for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities of that series, the whole amount that then shall have been become due and payable on all such Securities for principal, premium, if any, or interest, or both, with interest upon the overdue principal, premium, if any, and (to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law) upon overdue installments of interest at the rate expressed in the Securities of that series; and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, and the amount payable to the Trustee under Section 7.06.

(b) If the Company shall fail to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, shall be entitled and empowered to institute any action or proceedings at law or in equity for the collection of the amounts so due and unpaid, and may prosecute any such action or proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce any such judgment or final decree against the Company or any Guarantor and collect the amounts adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company or such Guarantor, wherever situated.

(c) In case of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, readjustment, arrangement, composition or judicial proceedings affecting the Company or any Guarantor or its respective creditors or property, the Trustee shall have power to intervene in such proceedings and take any action therein that may be permitted by the court and, except as otherwise provided by law, shall be entitled to file such proofs of claim and other papers and documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee and of the Holders of Securities of such series allowed for the entire amount due and payable by the Company under this Indenture at the date of institution of such proceedings and for any additional amount that may become due and payable by the Company after such date, and to collect and receive any funds or other property payable or deliverable on any such claim, and to distribute the same in accordance with Section 6.03. Any receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization is hereby authorized by each of the Holders of Securities of such series to make such payments to the Trustee, and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to such Securityholders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it under Section 7.06.

(d) All rights of action and of asserting claims under this Indenture, or under any of the terms established with respect to Securities of that series, may be enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of such Securities, or the production thereof at any trial or other proceeding relative thereto. Any such suit or proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for payment to the Trustee of any amounts due under Section 7.06, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities of such series.

In case of an Event of Default, the Trustee in its discretion may proceed to protect and enforce the rights vested in it by this Indenture by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any of such rights, either at law or in equity or in bankruptcy or otherwise, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement contained in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted in this Indenture, or to enforce any other legal or equitable right vested in the Trustee by this Indenture or by law.

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

 

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Section 6.03. Application of Funds Collected .

Any funds collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article VI with respect to a particular series of Securities shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such funds on account of principal, premium, if any, or interest, upon presentation of the Securities of that series, and notation thereon the payment, if only partially paid, and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:

FIRST: To the payment of costs and expenses of collection and of all amounts payable to the Trustee under Section 7.06;

SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid upon Securities of such series for principal, premium, if any, and interest, in respect of which or for the benefit of which such funds have been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Securities for principal, premium, if any, and interest, respectively; and

THIRD: To the Company or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct in a final, non-appealable judgment.

 

Section 6.04. Limitation on Suits .

If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing with respect to any series of Securities, the Trustee, in conformity with its duties under this Indenture, shall exercise all rights or powers under this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders of such Securities, provided, that such Holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity or security satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense. Except to enforce the right to receive payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest when due, no Holder of Securities of such Series may pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or such Securities unless (i) such Holder has previously given the Trustee written notice that an Event of Default is continuing; (ii) Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series have requested the Trustee in writing to pursue the remedy; (iii) the requesting Holders of Securities of such Series have offered the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense; (iv) the Trustee has not complied with such Holder’s request within 60 days after the receipt of the request and the offer of security or indemnity; and (v) the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series have not given the Trustee a written direction inconsistent with the request within the 60-day period.

Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, any other provisions of this Indenture, the right of any Holder of any Security to receive payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on such Security, as therein provided, on or after the respective due dates expressed in such Security (or in the case of redemption, on the redemption date), or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates or redemption date, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder. By accepting a Security hereunder it is expressly understood, intended and covenanted by the taker and Holder of every Security of such series with every other such taker and Holder and the Trustee, that no one or more Holders of Securities of such series shall have any right in any manner whatsoever by virtue or by availing of any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of the Holders of any other of such Securities, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference to any other such Holder, or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal, ratable and common benefit of all Holders of Securities of such series. For the protection and enforcement of the provisions of this Section 6.04, each Securityholder and the Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or in equity.

 

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Section 6.05. Rights and Remedies Cumulative; Delay or Omission not Waiver .

(a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.07, all powers and remedies given by this Article VI to the Trustee or to the Securityholders, to the extent permitted by law, shall be deemed cumulative and not exclusive of any other powers and remedies available to the Trustee or the Holders of the Securities, by judicial proceedings or otherwise, to enforce the performance or observance of the covenants and agreements contained in this Indenture or otherwise established with respect to such Securities.

(b) No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any of the Securities to exercise any right or power accruing upon any Event of Default occurring and continuing shall impair any such right or power, or shall be construed to be a waiver of any such default or on acquiescence therein. Subject to the provisions of Section 6.04, every power and remedy given by this Article VI or by law to the Trustee or the Securityholders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as shall be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Securityholders.

 

Section 6.06. Control by Securityholders .

The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any series at the time Outstanding, determined in accordance with Section 8.04, shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee with respect to such series. The Trustee may, however, refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture or that the Trustee determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of any other Holder of Securities (it being understood that the Trustee does not have any affirmative duty to ascertain whether or not any such directions are unduly prejudicial to any other Holder of Securities) or that would involve the Trustee in personal liability.

The Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any series at the time Outstanding affected thereby, determined in accordance with Section 8.04, on behalf of the Holders of all of the Securities of such series may waive any past Default in the performance of any of the covenants contained herein or established pursuant to Section 2.01 with respect to such series and its consequences, except a Default (1) in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, any of the Securities of that series as and when the same shall become due by the terms of such Securities otherwise than by acceleration and (2) in respect of a covenant or provision of this Indenture that cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Security of such series. Upon any such waiver, the Default covered thereby shall be deemed to be cured for every purpose of this Indenture and the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities of such series shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder, respectively; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

 

Section 6.07. Undertaking to Pay Costs .

All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Securities by such Holder’s acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section 6.07 shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Securityholder, or group

 

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of Securityholders, holding more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, or to any suit instituted by any Securityholder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Security of such series, on or after the respective due dates expressed in such Security or established pursuant to this Indenture.

 

Section 6.08. Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension of Laws .

Each of the Company and the Guarantors covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any usury, stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company and each Guarantor (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law and covenants that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.

ARTICLE VII.

CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE

 

Section 7.01. Certain Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee .

(a) Prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of a series and after the curing or waiving of all such Events of Default with respect to that series that may have occurred:

(1) the duties and obligations of the Trustee shall with respect to the Securities of such series be determined solely by the express provisions of this Indenture, and the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to the Securities of such series except for the performance of such duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and

(2) in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Trustee, the Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of any such certificates or opinions that by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical computations or other facts stated therein).

(b) In case an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of a series has occurred (that has not been cured or waived), the Trustee shall exercise with respect to Securities of that series such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs.

 

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(c) No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:

(1) this subsection shall not be construed to limit the effect of subsection (a) of this Section 7.01;

(2) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer or Responsible Officer of the Trustee, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;

(3) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Securities of any series at the time Outstanding relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee under this Indenture with respect to the Securities of that series or in connection with the direction of Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities as per Section 6.01(c) herein; and

(4) none of the provisions contained in this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur personal financial liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if there is reasonable ground for believing that the repayment of such funds or liability is not reasonably assured to it under the terms of this Indenture or adequate indemnity against such risk is not reasonably assured to it.

(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section 7.01.

 

Section 7.02. Certain Rights of Trustee .

Except as otherwise provided in Section 7.01:

(a) The Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be fully protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond, security or other paper or document (whether in its original or facsimile form) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties.

(b) Any request, direction, order or demand of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution or an instrument signed in the name of the Company by an Officer (unless other evidence in respect thereof is specifically prescribed herein).

(c) The Trustee may consult with counsel of its own selection and the advice of such counsel or any opinion of counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or suffered or omitted hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon.

(d) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request, order or direction of any of the Securityholders, pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture, unless such Securityholders shall have offered to the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities that may be incurred therein or thereby.

 

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(e) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith and believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture.

(f) The Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond, security or other papers or documents, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry into such matters as it may see fit, and if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney at the sole cost of the Company and shall incur no liability or additional liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation.

(g) The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event which is in fact such a default is received by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.

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

(i) The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder.

(j) The Trustee may request that the Company deliver an Officer’s 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 Officer’s Certificate may be signed by any person authorized to sign an Officer’s Certificate, including any person specified as so authorized in any such certificate previously delivered and not superseded.

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

(l) The Trustee shall not be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations under this Indenture arising out of or caused, directly or indirectly, by circumstances beyond its reasonable control, including without limitation, acts of God; earthquakes, fires; floods, wars; civil or military disturbances; sabotage; epidemics; riots; interruptions; loss or malfunctions of utilities, computer (hardware or software) or communications services, accidents; labor disputes; acts of civil or military authority or governmental actions (it being understood that the Trustee shall use its best efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances).

 

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Section 7.03. Trustee not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities .

(a) The recitals contained herein and in the Securities shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness of the same.

(b) The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities.

(c) The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of any of the Securities or of the proceeds of such Securities, or for the use or application of any funds paid over by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture or established pursuant to Section 2.01, or for the use or application of any funds received by any paying agent other than the Trustee.

 

Section 7.04. May Hold Securities .

The Trustee or any paying agent or Security Registrar, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, paying agent or Security Registrar. However, the Trustee is subject to Sections 7.09 and 7.13.

 

Section 7.05. Funds Held in Trust .

Subject to the provisions of Section 11.06, all funds received by the Trustee, until used or applied as herein provided, shall be held in trust for the purposes for which they were received, but need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any funds received by it hereunder except such as it may agree with the Company to pay thereon.

 

Section 7.06. Compensation and Reimbursement .

(a) The Company shall pay to the Trustee, and the Trustee shall be entitled to be paid, such compensation (which shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust), as the Company and the Trustee from time to time may agree in writing, for all services rendered by it in the execution of the trusts hereby created and in the exercise and performance of any of the powers and duties hereunder of the Trustee. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Company will pay or reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses and disbursements incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any of the provisions of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its counsel and of all Persons not regularly in its employ) except any such expense or disbursement as shall be determined to have been caused by its own negligence or bad faith. The Company and each Guarantor, jointly and severally, shall indemnify the Trustee (and its officers, agents, directors and employees) for, and shall hold it harmless against, any and all loss, liability, claim, damage or expense, including taxes (other than taxes based upon, measured by or determined by the income of the Trustee) incurred without negligence or bad faith on the part of the Trustee and arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim of liability (whether asserted by the Company, any Holder or any other Person) or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of its powers or duties hereunder, or in connection with enforcing the provisions of this Section 7.06.

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disbursements shall: (i) be secured by a lien prior to that of the Securities upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust for the benefit of the Holders of particular Securities; and (ii) survive the termination of this Indenture and resignation or removal of the Trustee.

(c) When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in Sections 6.01(a)(8) or (9) occurs, the expenses (including the reasonable fees and expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law.

 

Section 7.07. Reliance on Officer’s Certificate .

Except as otherwise provided in Section 7.01, whenever in the administration of the provisions of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it necessary or desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking or suffering or omitting to take any action hereunder, such matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed), in the absence of negligence or bad faith on the part of the Trustee, may be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee and such certificate, in the absence of negligence or bad faith on the part of the Trustee, shall be full warrant to the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it under the provisions of this Indenture upon the faith thereof.

 

Section 7.08. Disqualification; Conflicting Interests .

If the Trustee has or shall acquire any “conflicting interest” within the meaning of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee and the Company shall in all respects comply with the provisions of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.

 

Section 7.09. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility .

There shall at all times be a Trustee with respect to the Securities issued hereunder which shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States or any State or Territory thereof or of the District of Columbia, or a corporation or other Person permitted to act as trustee by the Commission, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $100,000,000, and subject to supervision or examination by Federal, State, Territorial, or District of Columbia authority. If such corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section 7.09 the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. The Company may not, nor may any Affiliate of the Company, serve as Trustee. In case at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 7.09, the Trustee shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 7.10.

 

Section 7.10. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor .

(a) The Trustee or any successor hereafter appointed may resign at any time, upon 30 days’ written notice, with respect to the Securities of one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the Company and by transmitting notice of resignation to the Securityholders of such series, as their names and addresses appear upon the Security Register. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Company promptly shall appoint a successor trustee with respect to Securities of such series. If no successor trustee shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns, the retiring Trustee, at the expense of the Company, or the Company may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee with respect to Securities of

 

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such series, or any Securityholder of that series who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security or Securities for at least six months may on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any such court for the appointment of a successor trustee. Such court may thereupon after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, appoint a successor trustee.

(b) In case at any time any one of the following shall occur, the Company may remove, upon 30 days’ written notice, the Trustee with respect to all or any series of Securities and appoint a successor trustee, or, unless the Trustee’s duty to resign is stayed as provided herein, any Securityholder who has been a bona fide holder of a Security or Securities for at least six months, on behalf of that Holder and all others similarly situated, may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor trustee. Such court may thereupon after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee:

(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of Section 7.08 after written request therefor by the Company or by any Securityholder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security or Securities for at least six months; or

(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of Section 7.09 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any such Securityholder; or

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

If an instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of removal, the Trustee being removed may petition, at the expense of the Company, any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.

(c) The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any series at the time Outstanding at any time may remove, upon 30 days’ written notice, the Trustee with respect to such series by so notifying the Trustee and the Company and may appoint a successor Trustee for such series with the consent of the Company.

(d) Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor trustee with respect to the Securities of a series pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section shall become effective upon acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee as provided in Section 7.11.

(e) Any successor trustee appointed pursuant to this Section 7.10 may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more series or all of such series, and at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the Securities of any particular series.

 

Section 7.11. Acceptance of Appointment By Successor .

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resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee. On the request of the Company or the successor trustee, such retiring Trustee, upon payment of its charges, shall execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor trustee all the rights, powers, and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall assign, transfer and deliver to such successor trustee all property and funds held by such retiring Trustee hereunder.

(b) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the retiring Trustee and each successor trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein each successor trustee shall accept such appointment and which (i) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor trustee relates, (ii) shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and (iii) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust, that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee and that no Trustee shall be responsible for any act or failure to act on the part of any other Trustee hereunder. Upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein, and such retiring Trustee shall have no further responsibility with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor trustee relates for the exercise of rights and powers or for the performance of the duties and obligations vested in the Trustee under this Indenture. Each such successor trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor trustee relates. On request of the Company or any successor trustee, such retiring Trustee shall assign, transfer and deliver to such successor trustee, to the extent contemplated by such supplemental indenture, the property and funds held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor trustee relates.

(c) Upon request of any such successor trustee, the Company may execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in Section 7.11(a) or 7.11(b), as the case may be.

(d) No successor trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this Article VII.

(e) Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee as provided in this Section 7.11, the successor trustee shall cause a notice of its succession to be transmitted to Securityholders.

 

Section 7.12. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business .

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business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided that such corporation shall be qualified under the provisions of Section 7.08 and eligible under the provisions of Section 7.09, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding. In case any Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities.

 

Section 7.13. Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Company .

The Trustee shall comply with Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, excluding any creditor relationship described in Section 311(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act to the extent included therein.

ARTICLE VIII.

CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS

 

Section 8.01. Evidence of Action by Securityholders .

Whenever in this Indenture it is provided that the Holders of a majority or specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of a particular series may take any action (including the making of any demand or request, the giving of any notice, consent or waiver or the taking of any other action), the fact that at the time of taking any such action the Holders of such majority or specified percentage of that series have joined therein may be evidenced by any instrument or any number of instruments of similar tenor executed by such Holders of Securities of that series in Person or by agent or proxy appointed in writing.

If the Company shall solicit from the Securityholders of any series any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, the Company, at its option, as evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate, may fix in advance a record date for such series for the determination of Securityholders entitled to give such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, but the Company shall have no obligation to do so. If such a record date is fixed, such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action may be given before or after the record date, but only the Securityholders of record at the close of business on the record date shall be deemed to be Securityholders for the purposes of determining whether Securityholders of the requisite proportion of Outstanding Securities of that series have authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, and for that purpose the Outstanding Securities of that series shall be computed as of the record date; provided, however, that no such authorization, agreement or consent by such Securityholders on the record date shall be deemed effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later than six months after the record date.

 

Section 8.02. Proof of Execution by Securityholders .

Subject to the provisions of Section 7.01, proof of the execution of any instrument by a Securityholder (such proof will not require notarization) or his agent or proxy and proof of the holding by any Person of any of the Securities shall be sufficient if made in the following manner:

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(b) The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security Register of such Securities or by a certificate of the Security Registrar thereof.

(c) The Trustee may require such additional proof of any matter referred to in this Section as it shall deem necessary.

 

Section 8.03. Who May be Deemed Owners .

Prior to the due presentment for registration of transfer of any Security, the Company, the Trustee, any paying agent and any Security Registrar may deem and treat the Person in whose name such Security shall be registered upon the books of the Company as the absolute owner of such Security (whether or not such Security shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notice of ownership or writing thereon made by anyone other than the Security Registrar) for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the principal of, premium, if any, and (subject to Section 2.03) interest on such Security and for all other purposes; and neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any paying agent nor any Security Registrar shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

None of the Company, the Trustee, any paying agent or the Security Registrar will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests in a Global Security or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests.

 

Section 8.04. Certain Securities Owned by Company Disregarded .

In determining whether the Holders of the requisite aggregate principal amount of Securities of a particular series have concurred in any direction, consent of waiver under this Indenture, the Securities of that series that are owned by the Company, any Guarantor or any other obligor on the Securities of that series or by an Affiliate of the Company or any Guarantor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding for the purpose of any such determination, except that for the purpose of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, consent or waiver, only Securities of such series that a Responsible Officer of the Trustee knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. The Securities so owned that have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding for the purposes of this Section, if the pledgee shall establish to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not an Affiliate. In case of a dispute as to such right, any decision by the Trustee taken upon the advice of counsel shall be full protection to the Trustee. Upon request of the Trustee, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee promptly an Officer’s Certificate listing and identifying all Securities of a particular series, if any known by the Company or a Guarantor to be owned or held by or for the account of any of the above described Persons and, subject to Sections 7.01 and 7.02, the Trustee shall be entitled to accept such Officer’s Certificate as conclusive evidence of the facts therein set forth and of the fact that all Securities of such particular series not listed therein are Outstanding for the purpose of any such determination.

 

Section 8.05. Actions Binding on Future Securityholders .

At any time prior to the evidencing to the Trustee, as provided in Section 8.01, of the taking of any action by the Holders of the majority or percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of a particular series specified in this Indenture in connection with such action, any Holder of a Security of that series that is shown by the evidence to be included in the Securities the Holders of which have consented to such action, by filing written notice with the Trustee, and upon proof of holding as provided in Section 8.02, may revoke such action so far as concerns such Security. Except as aforesaid any such action taken by the Holder of any Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all

 

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future Holders and owners of such Security, and of any Security issued in exchange therefor, on registration of transfer thereof or in place thereof, irrespective of whether or not any notation in regard thereto is made upon such Security. Any action taken by the Holders of the majority or percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of a particular series specified in this Indenture in connection with such action shall be conclusively binding upon the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of all the Securities of that series.

ARTICLE IX.

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

 

Section 9.01. Supplemental Indentures Without the Consent of Securityholders .

In addition to any supplemental indenture otherwise authorized by this Indenture, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee from time to time and at any time may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto (which shall conform to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect), without the consent of the Securityholders, for one or more of the following purposes:

(a) to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency herein or in the Securities of any series, as determined in good faith by the Company;

(b) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company or a Guarantor and the assumption by any such successor Person of the obligations of the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be, pursuant to Article X;

(c) to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place of certificated Securities (provided that the uncertificated Securities are issued in registered form for purposes of Section 163(f) of the Code);

(d) to add Guarantors with respect to any series of Securities, to add security to or for the benefit of any series of Securities, or to release Guarantors from the Guarantees of Securities or to release or discharge any Lien with respect to or securing any series of Securities, in each case in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and the applicable series of Securities;

(e) to add any additional Events of Default for the benefit of the Holders of all or any outstanding series of Securities (and if such Events of Default are to be applicable to less than all outstanding series, stating that such Events of Default are expressly being included solely to be applicable to such series);

(f) to add to the covenants of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company for the benefit of the Holders of all or any outstanding series of Securities (and if such covenants are to be for the benefit of less than all outstanding series of Securities, stating that such covenants are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series) or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company;

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

 

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(h) to conform the provisions of this Indenture, the Guarantees or the Securities to the “Description of Notes” section of any prospectus prepared in connection with the issuance of any particular series of Securities, as determined in good faith by the Company, provided, that such amendment only affects such series;

(i) to make any change that does not materially adversely affect the rights of any Securityholder of Outstanding Securities, as determined in good faith by the Company; or

(j) to make any amendment to the provisions of this Indenture relating to the transfer and legending of Securities as permitted by this Indenture, including, without limitation, to facilitate the issuance and administration of Securities; provided, however, that (A) compliance with this Indenture as so amended would not result in Securities being transferred in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable securities law and (B) such amendment does not materially and adversely affect the rights of Securityholders of Outstanding Securities to transfer Outstanding Securities, as determined in good faith by the Company.

Upon the request of the Company and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 9.05, the Trustee shall join with the Company and the Guarantors in the execution of any such supplemental indenture, and to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained, but the Trustee shall not be obligated to enter into any such supplemental indenture that affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.

Any supplemental indenture authorized by the provisions of this Section 9.01 may be executed by the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee without the consent of the Holders of any of the Securities at the time Outstanding, notwithstanding any of the provisions of Section 9.02.

 

Section 9.02. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Securityholders .

With the consent (evidenced as provided in Section 8.01) of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of a series at the time Outstanding affected by such supplemental indenture or indentures, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee from time to time and at any time may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto (which shall conform to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect) for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner not covered by Section 9.01 the rights of the Holders of the Securities of such series under this Indenture; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture, without the consent of the Holders of each Security of such series then Outstanding and affected thereby, shall (i) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, the consent of whose Holders is required to amend, modify or supplement this Indenture; (ii) reduce the rate of or extend the time for payment of interest on any Security of such series; (iii) reduce the principal of or extend the Stated Maturity of any Security of such series; (iv) change the coin or currency in which the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Securities of such series is payable; (v) impair the right of any Holder of any Security of such series to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to such Holder’s Securities after any interest payment date, the stated maturity or any redemption date, as applicable, of any Securities of such series; (vi) change the ranking or priority of any Security of such series or any Guarantee that would adversely affect the Securityholders of a series affected thereby; (vii) modify any of the provisions of Section 4.06 or Section 6.06, except to increase any percentage vote required or to provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby, (viii) release any Guarantor from its Guarantee, except as provided in this Indenture, or (ix) modify any of the provisions of this Section 9.02.

 

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

It shall not be necessary for the consent of Securityholders of a series affected thereby under this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof.

Promptly after the execution by the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Section 9.02, the Company shall mail or caused to be mailed (or otherwise deliver in accordance with the procedures of DTC) a notice thereof by first class mail to the Holders of Securities of each series affected thereby at their addresses as they shall appear on the Security Register, setting forth in general terms the substance of such supplemental indenture. Any failure of the Company to mail or otherwise deliver such notice, or any defect therein, shall not in any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture.

 

Section 9.03. Effect of Supplemental Indentures .

Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article IX or Article X, this Indenture shall be and be deemed to be modified and amended with respect to such series in accordance therewith and the respective rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities under this Indenture of the Trustee, the Company, the Guarantors and the Holders of Securities of the series affected thereby shall thereafter be determined, exercised and enforced hereunder subject in all respects to such modifications and amendments, and all the terms and conditions of any such supplemental indenture shall be and be deemed to be part of the terms and conditions of this Indenture for any and all purposes.

 

Section 9.04. Securities Affected by Supplemental Indentures .

Securities of any series affected by a supplemental indenture and authenticated and delivered after the execution of such supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article IX or of Article X may bear a notation in form approved by the Company, provided such form meets the requirements of any exchange upon which such series may be listed, as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine, new Securities of that series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Board of Directors of the Company, to any modification of this Indenture contained in any such supplemental indenture may be prepared by the Company, authenticated by the Trustee and delivered in exchange for the Securities of that series then Outstanding.

 

Section 9.05. Execution of Supplemental Indentures .

Upon the request of the Company and, if applicable, upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence of the consent of Securityholders required to consent thereto as aforesaid, the Trustee shall join with the Company and the Guarantors in the execution of such supplemental indenture unless such supplemental indenture affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee in its discretion may but shall not be obligated to enter into such supplemental indenture. The Trustee shall receive and, subject to the provisions of Section 7.01, shall be fully protected in relying upon an Opinion of Counsel and Officer’s Certificate stating that any supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article IX is authorized or permitted by, and conforms to, the terms of this Indenture.

 

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Promptly after the execution by the Company and the Trustee of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Section 9.05, the Trustee shall transmit a notice, setting forth in general terms the substance of such supplemental indenture, to the Securityholders of each series affected thereby as their names and addresses appear upon the Security Register. Any failure of the Trustee to transmit such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture.

ARTICLE X.

SUCCESSOR

 

Section 10.01. Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets by the Company .

The Company may not consolidate or merge with or into any other entity or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any entity, unless:

(i) the Company is the successor entity, or the successor or transferee entity, if other than the Company, is a Person (if such Person is not a corporation, then such successor or transferee shall include a corporate co-issuer) organized and existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia (except if the Company determines in good faith that such requirement is not in the best interests of the Company and its Subsidiaries or that complying with such requirement would not be advisable for tax planning purposes or to improve tax efficiencies) and expressly assumes by a supplemental indenture executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of, any premium on and any interest on all the Outstanding Securities and the performance of every covenant and obligation in this Indenture to be performed or observed by the Company;

(ii) immediately after giving effect to the transaction, no Event of Default, as defined in this Indenture, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default, has happened and is continuing; and

(iii) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each in the form required by this Indenture and stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture comply with the foregoing provisions relating to such transaction, and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company or successor entity, as applicable, subject to customary exceptions.

In case of any such consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer (but not lease), the successor entity will succeed to and be substituted for the Company as obligor on the Securities with the same effect as if it had been named in this Indenture as the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 10.01 will not apply to a merger, transfer or conveyance or other disposition of assets between or among the Company and the Guarantors.

 

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Section 10.02. Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets by a Guarantor .

No Guarantor may consolidate or merge with or into any other entity or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any entity, unless:

(i) a Guarantor is the successor entity, or the successor or transferee entity, if not a Guarantor prior to such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease, is a Person organized and existing under the laws of the jurisdiction under which such Guarantor was organized or under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, and expressly assumes by a supplemental indenture executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, all the Obligations of such Guarantor under its Guarantee; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not apply in the case of a Guarantor (x) that has been, or will be as a result of the subject transaction, disposed of in its entirety to another Person (other than to the Company or an Affiliate of the Company), whether through a merger or consolidation or (y) that, as a result of the disposition of all or a portion of its Capital Stock, ceases to be a Subsidiary;

(ii) immediately after giving effect to the transaction, no Event of Default, as defined in this Indenture, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default, has happened and is continuing; and

(iii) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each in the form required by this Indenture and stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture comply with the foregoing provisions relating to such transaction and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Guarantor or successor entity, as applicable, subject to customary exceptions.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 10.02 will not apply to a merger, transfer or conveyance or other disposition of assets between or among the Company and the Guarantors.

ARTICLE XI.

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

 

Section 11.01. Applicability of Article .

If the Securities of a series are denominated and payable only in Dollars (except as provided pursuant to Section 2.01), then the provisions of this Article XI relating to defeasance of Securities shall be applicable except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 2.01 for Securities of such series. Defeasance provisions, if any, for Securities denominated in a Foreign Currency may be specified pursuant to Section 2.01.

 

Section 11.02. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture .

If at any time:

(a) the Company or any Guarantor shall have delivered or shall have caused to be delivered to the Trustee for cancellation all Securities of a series theretofore authenticated (other than any Securities that shall have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that shall have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.07) and Securities for whose payment funds or Government Securities have theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company or such Guarantor (and thereupon repaid to the Company or such Guarantor or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 11.06); or

 

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(b) (i) all such Securities of a particular series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation shall have become due and payable by reason of the giving of a notice of redemption or otherwise or are by their terms to become due and payable within one year or are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company, and the Company or any Guarantor has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee, as trust funds in trust solely for the benefit of the Holders, cash in U.S. dollars, Government Securities, or a combination thereof (except as otherwise provided pursuant to Section 2.01), in such amounts as will be sufficient, without consideration of any reinvestment of interest, to pay and discharge the entire Debt on the Securities of such series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation for principal, premium, if any, and accrued interest to the date of maturity or redemption, as the case may be; (ii) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the date of such deposit or will occur as a result of such deposit (other than a Default or an Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to make such deposit and any similar and simultaneous deposit relating to other Debt and, in each case, the granting of Liens in connection therewith); (iii) the Company or any Guarantor has paid or caused to be paid all sums payable by the Company under this Indenture; and (iv) the Company has delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee to apply the deposited money toward the payment of the Securities at maturity or the redemption date, as the case may be,

then this Indenture shall cease to be of further effect with respect to such series except for the provisions of Sections 2.05, 2.06, 2.07, 4.02, 4.03, 7.05, 7.10, 11.04 and 11.05, that shall survive until the date of maturity or redemption date, as the case may be, and Sections 7.06 and 11.06, that shall survive to such date and thereafter, and the Trustee, on demand of the Company and at the cost and expense of the Company shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction of and discharging this Indenture with respect to such series.

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

 

Section 11.03. Defeasance and Discharge of Obligations; Covenant Defeasance .

(a) The Company and the Guarantors shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in clause (c) of this Section 11.03, be deemed to have been discharged from their Obligations with respect to all Outstanding Securities of a series issued under this Indenture and Guarantees of such series issued under this Indenture on the date the conditions set forth below in clauses (i) through (vi) of Section 11.03(c) are satisfied with respect to such series (“ legal defeasance ”). For this purpose, legal defeasance means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by the Outstanding Securities of such series, which shall thereafter be deemed to be “Outstanding” only for the purposes of Section 11.04 and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to below, and to have satisfied all its other Obligations under such Securities and this Indenture, including the Obligations of the Guarantors (and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the provisions of Sections 2.05, 2.06, 2.07, 4.02, 7.05, 7.06, 7.10, 11.04, 11.05 and 11.06, which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged under this Indenture.

Subject to compliance with this Article 11, the Company may exercise its legal defeasance option under this clause (a) notwithstanding the prior exercise of its covenant defeasance option under clause (b) of this Section 11.03.

 

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(b) In addition, the Company, at its option and at any time, by written notice executed by an Officer delivered to the Trustee, may subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth in clause (c) of this Section 11.03, elect to have its obligations and the obligations of the Guarantors, to the extent applicable to each, under Section 4.04 and Section 5.03, and any other covenant contained in the Board Resolution or supplemental indenture relating to such series pursuant to Section 2.01, discharged with respect to all Outstanding Securities of a series, this Indenture and any indentures supplemental to this Indenture insofar as such Securities are concerned (“ covenant defeasance ”), such discharge to be effective on the date the conditions set forth in clauses (i) through (vi) of clause (c) of this Section 11.03 are satisfied with respect to such series, and such Securities shall thereafter be deemed to be not “Outstanding” for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration of Securityholders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but shall continue to be “Outstanding” for all other purposes under this Indenture. For this purpose, such covenant defeasance means that, with respect to the Outstanding Securities of a series, the Company and each Guarantor may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply shall not constitute an Event of Default under clauses (5), (6) (only with respect to covenants that are released as a result of such covenant defeasance), (7), (8) (solely with respect to Significant Subsidiaries), (9) (solely with respect to Significant Subsidiaries), (10) and (11) of Section 6.01(a) shall no longer apply to such series, but except as specified in this Section 11.03(b), the remainder of the Company’s and the Guarantors’ obligations under the Securities of such series, this Indenture, and any indentures supplemental to this Indenture with respect to such series shall be unaffected thereby.

(c) The following shall be the conditions to the application of Section 11.03 to the Outstanding Securities of the applicable series:

(i) the Company must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders, Dollars, Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in amounts as will be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants, a nationally recognized investment bank or a nationally recognized appraisal or valuation firm delivered to the Trustee, without consideration of any reinvestment of interest, to pay the principal, premium, if any, and interest due on the outstanding Notes on the Stated Maturity or on the applicable redemption date, as the case may be, and the Company must specify whether the Notes are being defeased to maturity or to a particular redemption date;

(ii) in the case of legal defeasance, the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel confirming that, subject to customary assumptions and exclusions, (a) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or (b) since the Issue Date, there has been a change in the applicable U.S. federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel will confirm that the beneficial owners of the Securities will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such legal defeasance had not occurred;

(iii) in the case of covenant defeasance, the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel confirming that, subject to customary assumptions and exclusions, the beneficial owners of the Securities will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such covenant defeasance had not occurred;

 

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(iv) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the date of such deposit or will occur as a result of such deposit (other than a Default or an Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to make such deposit and any similar and simultaneous deposit relating to other Debt and, in each case, the granting of Liens in connection therewith) and the deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any material agreement or material debt instrument (other than this Indenture) to which the Company or any Guarantor is a party or by which the Company or any Guarantor is bound;

(v) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel (which Opinion of Counsel may be subject to customary assumptions and exclusions), each stating that all conditions precedent relating to the legal defeasance or the covenant defeasance, as the case may be, have been complied with; and

(vi) the Company has delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee to apply the deposited money toward the payment of the Securities at maturity or the redemption date, as the case may be.

After such irrevocable deposit made pursuant to this Section 11.03 and satisfaction of the other conditions set forth herein, the Trustee upon request shall acknowledge in writing the discharge of the Company’s and the Guarantors’ obligations pursuant to this Section 11.03.

 

Section 11.04. Deposited Funds to be Held in Trust .

All funds or Government Securities deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Sections 11.02 or 11.03 shall be held in trust and shall be available for payment as due, either directly or through any paying agent (including the Company or any Guarantor acting as its own paying agent), to the Holders of the particular series of Securities for the payment or redemption of which such funds or Government Securities have been deposited with the Trustee.

 

Section 11.05. Payment of Funds Held by Paying Agents .

In connection with the provisions of Section 11.02 or 11.03, all funds or Government Securities then held by any paying agent under the provisions of this Indenture shall, upon demand of the Company or any Guarantor, be paid to the Trustee and thereupon such paying agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such funds or Government Securities.

 

Section 11.06. Repayment to the Guarantors or the Company .

Any funds or Government Securities deposited with any paying agent or the Trustee, or then held by the Company or any Guarantor, in trust for payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Securities of a particular series that are not applied but remain unclaimed by the Holders of such Securities for at least two years after the date upon which the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on such Securities shall have respectively become due and payable, shall be repaid to the Company or such Guarantor, as applicable, or if then held by the Company or any Guarantor shall be discharged from such trust; and thereafter, the paying agent and the Trustee shall be released from all further liability with respect to such funds or Government Securities, and the Holder of any of the Securities entitled to receive such payment shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company or the Guarantors, as applicable, for the payment thereof. Anything in this Article XI to the contrary notwithstanding, subject to Section 7.06, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company or the Guarantors, as applicable, from time to time upon request by the Company or the Guarantors any funds or Government Securities (or other property and any proceeds therefrom) held by it as provided in Sections

 

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11.02 or 11.03 which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be required to be deposited to effect a defeasance or covenant defeasance, as the case may be, in accordance with this Article XI.

 

Section 11.07. Reinstatement .

If the Trustee or paying agent is unable to apply any funds or Government Securities in accordance with Section 11.02 or 11.03 by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Company’s and each Guarantor’s obligations under this Indenture, any indentures supplemental to this Indenture with respect to the applicable series of Securities and the Securities of such series shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 11.02 or 11.03, as the case may be, until such time as the Trustee or paying agent is permitted to apply all such funds or Government Securities in accordance with Section 11.02 or 11.03, as the case may be; provided, however, that if the Company or any Guarantor has made any payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest on any Securities of such series following the reinstatement of its obligations as aforesaid, the Company or such Guarantor, as applicable, shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Securities of such series to receive such payment from the funds or Government Securities held by the Trustee or paying agent.

ARTICLE XII.

IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS,

OFFICERS, DIRECTORS AND EMPLOYEES

 

Section 12.01. No Recourse .

No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of this Indenture, or of any Security, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, shall be had against any incorporator, shareholder, officer, director, employee, member or partner, past, present or future as such, of the Company or any Guarantor or of any predecessor or successor corporation (other than the Company in respect of the Securities and each Guarantor in respect of its Guarantee), either directly or through the Company or the Guarantors or any such predecessor or successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly understood that this Indenture and the Obligations issued hereunder are solely corporate obligations, and that no such personal liability whatever shall attach to, or is or shall be incurred by, the incorporators, shareholders, officers, directors, employees, members or partners as such, of the Company or any Guarantor or of any predecessor or successor corporation, or any of them, because of the creation of the indebtedness hereby authorized, or under or by reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities or implied therefrom; and that any and all such personal liability of every name and nature, either at common law or in equity or by constitution or statute, of, and any and all such rights and claims against, every such incorporator, shareholder, officer, director, employee, member or partner as such, because of the creation of the indebtedness hereby authorized, or under or by reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities or implied therefrom, are hereby expressly waived and released as a condition of, and as a consideration for, the execution of this Indenture and the issuance of such Securities.

 

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ARTICLE XIII.

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

 

Section 13.01. Effect on Successors and Assigns .

All the agreements of the Company and each Guarantor in this Indenture or the Securities shall bind its respective successor whether so expressed or not. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successor whether so expressed or not.

 

Section 13.02. Actions by Successor .

Any act or proceeding by any provision of this Indenture authorized or required to be done or performed by any board, committee or officer of the Company or any Guarantor shall and may be done and performed with like force and effect by the corresponding board, committee or officer of any corporation that shall at the time be the lawful sole successor of the Company or such Guarantor, as applicable.

 

Section 13.03. Notices .

Any notice or communication by the Company, the Guarantors or the Trustee to the others is duly given if in writing and delivered in person or mailed by first-class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), telex, telecopier or overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to the other’s address:

 

If to the Company   
or any Guarantor:    PTC Inc.
   140 Kendrick Street
   Needham, Massachusetts 02494
   Attention: General Counsel
   Phone: (781) 370-5000
   Facsimile: (781) 370-5735
If to the Trustee:    The Bank of New York Mellon
   101 Barclay Street, 7E
   New York, New York 10286
   Facsimile: (212) 815-5595

The Company, the Guarantors or the Trustee by notice to the others may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.

Any notice or communication to a Securityholder shall be mailed (or otherwise delivered in accordance with the procedures of DTC) by first-class mail, certified or registered, return receipt requested, to his address shown on the Security Register. Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Securityholder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Securityholders.

In the event of suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give notice by mail, then such notification as shall be given with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute sufficient notice for every purpose hereunder.

 

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If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above within the time prescribed, it is conclusively presumed duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.

The Trustee agrees to accept and act upon instructions or directions pursuant to this Indenture sent by unsecured e-mail, pdf, facsimile transmission or other similar unsecured electronic methods, provided, however, that the Trustee shall have received an incumbency certificate listing persons designated to give such instructions or directions and containing specimen signatures of such designated persons, which incumbency certificate shall be amended and replaced whenever a person is to be added or deleted from the listing. If the Company elects to give the Trustee e-mail or facsimile instructions or directions (or instructions or directions by a similar electronic method) and the Trustee in its discretion elects to act upon such instructions or directions, the Trustee’s understanding of such instructions or directions shall be deemed controlling. The Trustee shall not be liable for any losses, costs or expenses arising directly or indirectly from the Trustee’s reasonable reliance upon and compliance with such instructions notwithstanding such instructions or directions conflict or are inconsistent with a subsequent written instruction or direction. The Company agrees to assume all risks arising out of the use of such electronic methods to submit instructions and directions to the Trustee, including without limitation the risk of the Trustee acting on unauthorized instructions and directions, and the risk or interception and misuse by third parties.

 

Section 13.04. Governing Law .

This Indenture and each Security shall be deemed to be a contract made under the internal laws of the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of said State. This Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are required to be part of this Indenture and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.

 

Section 13.05. Compliance Certificates and Opinions .

(a) Upon any application or demand by the Company or any Guarantor to the Trustee to take any action under any of the provisions of this Indenture, the Company or such Guarantor shall furnish to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that, in the opinion of the signer, all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent have been complied with.

(b) Each certificate or opinion provided for in this Indenture and delivered to the Trustee with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant in this Indenture shall include: (1) a statement that the Person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition; (2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based; (3) a statement that, in the opinion of such Person, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and (4) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.

 

Section 13.06. Payments on Business Days .

Except as provided pursuant to Section 2.01 pursuant to a Board Resolution, and as set forth in an Officer’s Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental to this Indenture, in any case where the date of maturity of interest or principal of any Security or the date of redemption of any Security shall not be a Business Day, then payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest or principal

 

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and premium, if any, may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the date that payment was due, and no interest shall accrue on that payment for the period from and after that interest or other payment date, as the case may be, to the date of that payment on the next succeeding Business Day.

 

Section 13.07. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act .

If and to the extent that any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by Sections 310 to 317, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act, such imposed duties shall control.

 

Section 13.08. Counterparts .

This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

 

Section 13.09. Separability .

In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Indenture or in the Securities of any series shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions of this Indenture or of such Securities, but this Indenture and such Securities shall be construed as if such invalid or illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein or therein.

 

Section 13.10. No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements .

This Indenture may not be used to interpret another indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Company, any Guarantor or a Subsidiary. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.

 

Section 13.11. Table of Contents, Headings, Etc.

The Table of Contents, Cross-Reference Table and Headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part hereof and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

 

Section 13.12. Consent to Jurisdiction and Service of Process .

The Company and each of the Guarantors agrees that any legal suit, action or proceeding brought by any party to enforce any rights under or with respect to this Indenture, any Security and any Guarantee or any other document or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby may be instituted in any state or federal court in The City of New York, State of New York, United States of America, irrevocably waives to the fullest extent permitted by law any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such suit, action or proceeding, irrevocably waives to the fullest extent permitted by law any claim that and agrees not to claim or plead in any court that any such action, suit or proceeding brought in such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum and irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any such court in any such suit, action or proceeding or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof. The Company and the Guarantors agree that a final non-appealable judgment in any such suit, action or proceedings shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law.

 

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To the extent that the Company or the Guarantors has or hereafter may acquire any immunity from jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process (whether through service of notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution, execution or otherwise) with respect to itself or its property or assets, this Indenture, the Securities, the Guarantees or any other documents or actions to enforce judgments in respect of any thereof, then each of Company and each of the Guarantors hereby irrevocably waives such immunity, and any defense based on such immunity, in respect of its obligations under the above-referenced documents and the transactions contemplated thereby, to the extent permitted by law.

 

Section 13.13. Waiver of Jury Trial .

EACH OF THE COMPANY, EACH GUARANTOR AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE SECURITIES OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 

Section 13.14. USA Patriot Act .

The parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the USA Patriot Act the Trustee, like all financial institutions and in order to help fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering, is required to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account with The Bank of New York Mellon. 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 USA Patriot Act.

 

Section 13.15. FATCA .

In order to comply with applicable tax laws, rules and regulations (inclusive of directives, guidelines and interpretations promulgated by competent authorities) in effect from time to time (“Applicable Law”), that a foreign financial institution, issuer, trustee, paying agent, holder or other institution is or has agreed to be subject to related to this Indenture, the Company agrees (i) upon reasonable written request of the Trustee, to provide to the Trustee sufficient information about Holders or other applicable parties and/or transactions related to this Indenture and the Securities (including any modification to the terms of such transactions) so that the Trustee may determine whether it has tax-related obligations under Applicable Law, and (ii) that the Trustee shall be entitled to make any withholding or deduction from payments under this Indenture to the extent necessary to comply with Applicable Law for which the Trustee shall not have any liability. The terms of this Section 13.15 shall survive the termination of this Indenture.

ARTICLE XIV.

GUARANTEES

 

Section 14.01. Guarantees .

Any series of Securities may be guaranteed by any one or more of the Guarantors, the terms of which guarantees will be governed by this Article XIV and the supplemental indenture related to such series. Each Guarantor hereby fully and unconditionally, and jointly and severally with each other Guarantor, guarantees (i) to each Holder of each Security that is authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, and (ii) to the Trustee on behalf of such Holder, the due and punctual payment of the principal of,

 

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premium, if any, and interest on such Security when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, in accordance with the terms of such Security and of this Indenture and such other Obligations under such Security and this Indenture. In case of the failure of the Company punctually to make any such payment, each Guarantor hereby agrees to cause such payment to be made punctually when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the stated maturity or by acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, and as if such payment were made by the Company. The Guarantors, jointly and severally, agree to pay, in addition to the amount stated above, any and all costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by the Trustee or any Holder in enforcing any rights under the Guarantees.

Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its obligations hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional, irrespective of, and shall be unaffected by, the validity, regularity or enforceability of such Security or this Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same or any release, amendment, waiver or indulgence granted to the Company or such Guarantor or any consent to departure from any requirement of any other guarantee of all or any of the Securities or any other circumstances which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a surety or guarantor. Each Guarantor hereby waives the benefits of diligence, presentment, demand for payment, any requirement that the Trustee or any of the Holders protect, secure, perfect or insure any security interest in or other lien on any property subject thereto or exhaust any right or take any action against the Company or any other Person or any collateral, 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 or notice with respect to such Security or the indebtedness evidenced thereby and all demands whatsoever, and covenants that this Guarantee will not be discharged in respect of such Security except by complete performance of the obligations contained in such Security and in such Guarantee. Each Guarantor agrees that if, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Trustee or any of the Holders of the applicable series of Securities are prevented by applicable law from exercising their respective rights to accelerate the maturity of such Securities, to collect interest on such Securities, or to enforce or exercise any other right or remedy with respect to such Securities, each Guarantor agrees to pay to the Trustee for the account of such Holders, upon demand therefor, the amount that would otherwise have been due and payable had such rights and remedies been permitted to be exercised by the Trustee or any of such Holders.

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

Any term or provision of the Guarantee to the contrary notwithstanding, the aggregate amount of the Obligations guaranteed hereunder shall be reduced to the extent necessary to prevent such Guarantee from violating or becoming voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally.

In case any provision of any Guarantee shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality, and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. Each payment to be made by a Guarantor in respect of its Guarantee shall be made without set-off, counterclaim, reduction or diminution of any kind or nature.

 

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Section 14.02. Limitation on Guarantor Liability .

Each Guarantor, and by its acceptance of a Security, each Holder, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the Guarantee of such Guarantor not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of any bankruptcy or insolvency law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar U.S. federal or state law to the extent applicable to any Guarantee. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Trustee, the Holders and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree that the Obligations of each Guarantor shall be limited to the maximum amount as 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 XIV, result in the Obligations of such Guarantor under its Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer under applicable law. Each Guarantor that makes a payment under its Guarantee shall be entitled upon payment in full of all guaranteed Obligations under this Indenture to a contribution from each other Guarantor in an amount equal to such other Guarantor’s pro rata portion of such payment based on the respective net assets of all the Guarantors at the time of such payment determined in accordance with GAAP.

 

Section 14.03. Execution and Delivery .

To evidence its Guarantee set forth in Section 14.01 hereof, each Guarantor hereby agrees that this Indenture (or an indenture supplemental hereto) shall be executed on behalf of such Guarantor by any member of its Board of Directors, its chief executive officer, the president, the chief financial officer or any vice president.

Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its Guarantee set forth in Section 14.01 hereof shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the absence of the endorsement of any notation of such Guarantee on any Security.

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

The delivery of any Security by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of the Guarantee set forth in this Indenture on behalf of the Guarantors.

If required by this Indenture or in accordance with Section 2.01 pursuant to a Board Resolution, and as set forth in an Officer’s Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental to this Indenture, the Company shall cause any Subsidiary required to become a Guarantor hereunder to comply with the provisions of this Article XIV, to the extent applicable.

 

Section 14.04. Subrogation .

Each Guarantor shall be subrogated to all rights of Holders of the Securities against the Company in respect of any amounts paid by any Guarantor pursuant to the provisions of Section 14.01 hereof; provided that, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, no Guarantor shall be entitled to enforce or receive any payments arising out of, or based upon, such right of subrogation until all amounts then due and payable by the Company under this Indenture or such series of Securities shall have been paid in full.

 

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Section 14.05. Benefits Acknowledged .

Each Guarantor acknowledges that it will receive direct and indirect benefits from the financing arrangements contemplated by this Indenture and that the guarantee and waivers made by it pursuant to its Guarantee are knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits.

 

Section 14.06. Releases of Guarantees .

A Guarantee by a Guarantor shall be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged, and no further action by such Guarantor, the Company or the Trustee is required for the release of such Guarantor’s Guarantee, upon any of the following events, except with respect to any series of Securities for which the supplemental indenture or resolution of the Board of Directors under which such series of Securities is issued or in the form of Security for such series expressly provides that any such event shall not apply or any other event shall apply:

 

  (a) in the case of a Subsidiary Guarantor, any sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, exchange or other disposition (by merger, consolidation or otherwise) of Capital Stock or other interests of such Subsidiary Guarantor after which the applicable Subsidiary Guarantor is no longer a Subsidiary of the Company, which sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, exchange or other disposition is made in compliance with the provisions of this Indenture (including Section 10.02); provided that all guarantees and other Obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of all other Debt of the Company or any Guarantor that required such Guarantee of the Securities shall terminate upon consummation of such transaction;

 

  (b) upon the sale or disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of a Subsidiary Guarantor, which sale or disposition is made in compliance with the provisions of this Indenture (including Section 10.02); provided that all guarantees and other Obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of all other Debt of the Company or any Guarantor that required such Guarantee of the Securities shall terminate upon consummation of such transaction;

 

  (c) the Company’s exercise of its legal defeasance option or covenant defeasance option as described under Section 11.03; or

 

  (d) pursuant to Article IX.

in the case of clause (a) or (b), other than to the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company and as permitted by this Indenture.

 

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

 

PTC INC.
By:  

/s/ Andrew D. Miller

  Name: Andrew D. Miller
  Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

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THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Trustee
By:  

/s/ Francine Kincaid

  Name: Francine Kincaid
  Title: Vice President

 

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EXHIBIT A

FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER

PTC Inc.

140 Kendrick Street

Needham, Massachusetts 02494

Attention: General Counsel

The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee

101 Barclay Street, 7E

New York, New York 10286

Re: [insert description of Securities]

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of May 12, 2016, between PTC Inc. (the “ Company ”) and The Bank of New York Mellon, a New York banking corporation, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”), [as supplemented by that certain supplemental indenture dated as of          ] [and the Board Resolution adopted          ] (together, the “ Indenture ”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.         (the “ Transferor ”) owns and proposes to transfer the          Security or Securities or interest[s] in such Security or Securities specified in Annex A hereto, in the principal amount of $          in such Security or Securities or interest[s] (the “ Transfer ”), to(the “ Transferee ”), as further specified in Annex A hereto. In connection with the Transfer, the Transferor hereby certifies that:

[CHECK ALL THAT APPLY

1. Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in the 144A Global Security or a Definitive Security Pursuant to Rule 144A. The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144A under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that the beneficial interest or Definitive Security is being transferred to a Person that the Transferor reasonably believed and believes is purchasing the beneficial interest or Definitive Security for its own account, or for one or more accounts with respect to which such Person exercises sole investment discretion, and such Person and each such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A (a “ QIB ”) in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A and such Transfer is in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any State of the United States. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Security will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the 144A Global Security and/or the Definitive Security and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

2. Check if Transferee will t ake delivery of a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Security or a Definitive Security pursuant to Regulation S . The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that (i) the Transfer is not being made to a person in the United States and (y) at the time the buy order was originated, the Transferee was outside the United States or such Transferor and any Person acting on its behalf reasonably believed and believes that the Transferee was outside the United States or (z) the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market and neither such Transferor nor any Person acting on its behalf knows that the

 

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transaction was prearranged with a buyer in the United States, (ii) no directed selling efforts have been made in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or Rule 904 (b) of Regulation S under the Securities Act, (iii) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act and (iv) if the proposed Transfer is being made prior to the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, the Transfer is not being made to a U.S. person (as such is defined in Regulation S) or for the account or benefit of a U.S. person (other than an initial purchaser of the Securities) and the interest transferred will be held immediately thereafter through Euroclear or Clearstream. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Security will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Regulation S Global Security and/or the Definitive Security and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

3. Check and complete if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in a Definitive Security pursuant to any provision of the Securities Act other than Rule 144A or Regulation S. The Transfer is being effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to beneficial interests in Restricted Global Securities and Restricted Definitive Securities and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any State of the United States, and accordingly the Transferor hereby further certifies that (check one):

(a) Such Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act; or

(b) Such Transfer is being effected to the Company or a subsidiary thereof; or

(c) Such Transfer is being effected pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and in compliance with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act; or

(d) Such Transfer is being effected to an Institutional Accredited Investor and pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 144A, Rule 144 or Rule 904, and the Transferor hereby further certifies that it has not engaged in any general solicitation within the meaning of Regulation D under the Securities Act and the Transfer complies with the transfer restrictions applicable to beneficial interests in a Restricted Global Security or Restricted Definitive Security and the requirements of the exemption claimed, which certification is supported by a certificate executed by the Transferee in the form attached as Exhibit C to the Indenture. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the Definitive Security will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Definitive Security and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

4. Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security or of an Unrestricted Definitive Security .

(a) Check if Transfer is pursuant to Rule 144 . (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any State of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Security will no longer be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Securities, on Restricted Definitive Securities and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

 

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(b) Check if Transfer is Pursuant to Regulation S . (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any State of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Security will no longer be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Securities, on Restricted Definitive Securities and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

(c) Check if Transfer is Pursuant to Other Exemption . (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in compliance with an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 144, Rule 903 or Rule 904 and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any State of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Security will not be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Securities or Restricted Definitive Securities and in the Indenture.

This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Company.

 

Dated:  

 

 

[Insert Name of Transferor]
By:  

 

  Name
  Title

 

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ANNEX A TO CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER

 

1. The Transferor owns and proposed to transfer the following:

[CHECK ONE OF (a) OR (b)]

 

  (a) a beneficial interest in the:

 

  (i) 144A Global Security (CUSIP    ), or

 

  (ii) Regulation S Global Security (CUSIP    ), or

 

  (b) a Restricted Definitive Security.

 

2. After the transfer the Transferee will hold:

 

  (a) a beneficial interest in the:

 

  (i) 144A Global Security (CUSIP    ), or

 

  (ii) Regulation S Global Security (CUSIP    ), or

 

  (iii) Unrestricted Global Security (CUSIP    ); or

 

  (b) a Restricted Definitive Security; or

 

  (c) an Unrestricted Definitive Security, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.

 

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EXHIBIT B

FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE

PTC Inc.

140 Kendrick Street

Needham, Massachusetts 02494

Attention: General Counsel

The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee

101 Barclay Street, 7E

New York, New York 10286

Re: [insert description of Securities]

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of May 12, 2016, between PTC Inc., a Massachusetts corporation (the “ Company ”) and The Bank of New York Mellon, a New York banking corporation, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”) [as supplemented by that certain supplemental indenture dated as of                     ] [and the Board Resolution adopted         ] (together, the “ Indenture ”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.

, (the “ Owner ”) owns and proposes to transfer the Security or Securities or interest[s] in such Security or Securities specified herein, in the principal amount of $         in such Security or Securities or interest[s] (the “ Exchange ”). In connection with the Transfer, the Transferor hereby certifies that:

1. Exchange of Restricted Definitive Securities or Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Security for Unrestricted Definitive Securities or Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Security.

(a) Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security to beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security . In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security in an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Global Securities and pursuant to and in accordance with the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any State of the United States.

(b) Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security to Unrestricted Definitive Security. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security for an Unrestricted Definitive Security in an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Definitive Security is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Restricted Global Securities and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the Definitive Security is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any State of the United States.

 

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(c) Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Security to beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security. In connection with the Owner’s Exchange of a Restricted Definitive Security for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Definitive Securities and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any State of the United States.

(d) Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Security to Unrestricted Definitive Security. In connection with the Owner’s Exchange of a Restricted Definitive Security for an Unrestricted Definitive Security, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Unrestricted Definitive Security is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Definitive Securities and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the Unrestricted Definitive Security is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any State of the United States.

2. Exchange of Restricted Definitive Securities or Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Securities for Restricted Definitive Securities or Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Securities.

(a) Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security to Restricted Definitive Security. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security for a Restricted Definitive Security with an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies that the Restricted Definitive Security is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the Restricted Definitive Security issued will continue to be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the B-2 Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Definitive Security and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

(b) Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Security to beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s Restricted Definitive Security for a beneficial interest in the: [CHECK ONE] 144A Global Security or. Regulation S Global Security with an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer and (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Global Securities and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, and in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any State of the United States. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the beneficial interest issued will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the relevant Restricted Global Security and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Company.

 

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[Insert Name of Owner]
By:  

 

  Name  
  Title  
  Dated:  

 

 

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EXHIBIT C

FORM OF CERTIFICATE FROM ACQUIRING

INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR

PTC Inc.

140 Kendrick Street

Needham, Massachusetts 02494

Attention: General Counsel

The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee

101 Barclay Street, 7E

New York, New York 10286

Re: [insert description of Securities]

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of May 12, 2016, between PTC Inc., a Massachusetts corporation (the “ Company ”) and The Bank of New York Mellon, a New York banking corporation, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”) [as supplemented by that certain supplemental indenture dated as of                     ] [and the Board Resolution adopted         ] (together, the “ Indenture ”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.

In connection with our proposed purchase of $         aggregate principal amount of: (a) a beneficial interest in a Global Security, or (b) a Definitive Security, we confirm that:

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

2. We understand that the offer and sale of the Securities have not been registered under the Securities Act, and that the Securities and any interest therein may not be offered or sold except as permitted in the following sentence. We agree, on our own behalf and on behalf of any accounts for which we are acting as hereinafter stated, that if we should sell the Securities or any interest therein, we will do so only (1) in the United States to a person whom the seller reasonably believes is a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act) in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A, (2) outside the United States in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 904 under the Securities Act, (3) pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act provided by Rule 144 thereunder (if available) or (4) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, in each of cases (1) through (4) in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States, and we further agree to notify any purchaser of the Securities from us of the resale restrictions referred to above.

3. We understand that, on any proposed resale of the Securities or beneficial interest therein, we will be required to furnish to you and the Company such certifications, legal opinions and other information as you and the Company may reasonably require to confirm that the proposed sale complies with the foregoing restrictions. We further understand that any subsequent transfer by us of the Securities or beneficial interest therein acquired by us must be effected through one of the initial purchasers of the Securities.

 

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4. We are an institutional “accredited investor” (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act) and have such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of our investment in the Securities, and we and any accounts for which we are acting are each able to bear the economic risk of our or its investment.

5. We are acquiring the Securities or beneficial interest therein purchased by us for our own account or for one or more accounts (each of which is an institutional “accredited investor”) as to each of which we exercise sole investment discretion.

You and the Company are entitled to rely upon this letter and are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceedings or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby.

 

Dated:

 

 

[Insert Name of Accredited Investor]
By:  

 

  Name
  Title

 

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Exhibit 4.2

EXECUTION VERSION

 

 

FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

Dated as of May 12, 2016

Between

PTC INC.

AND

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,

as Trustee

$500,000,000 of 6.000% Senior Notes due 2024

 

 


THIS FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE is dated as of May 12, 2016 between PTC INC., a Massachusetts corporation (the “ Company ”) and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, a New York banking corporation, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”).

RECITALS

A. The Company and the Trustee executed and delivered an Indenture, dated as of May 12, 2016 (the “ Base Indenture ”, as supplemented by this First Supplemental Indenture, the “ Indenture ”), to provide for the issuance by the Company from time to time of unsubordinated debt securities (the “ Securities ”) evidencing its unsecured indebtedness and for the issuance of guarantees of the Securities.

B. Pursuant to a Board Resolution, the Company has authorized the issuance of $500,000,000 of 6.000% Senior Notes due 2024 (the “ Offered Securities ”).

C. The entry into this First Supplemental Indenture by the parties hereto is in all respects authorized by the provisions of the Base Indenture.

D. The Company desires to enter into this First Supplemental Indenture pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Base Indenture to establish the terms of the Offered Securities in accordance with Section 2.01 of the Base Indenture and to establish the form of the Offered Securities in accordance with Section 2.02 of the Base Indenture.

E. All things necessary to make this First Supplemental Indenture a valid indenture and to make the Offered Securities, each when executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, the valid obligations of the Company, have been done.

NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the foregoing premises, the Company and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and proportionate benefit of the respective Holders from time to time of the Offered Securities as follows:

ARTICLE I

 

  Section 1.1 Terms of Offered Securities .

The following terms relate to the Offered Securities:

(1) The Offered Securities constitute a series of Securities having the title “6.000% Senior Notes due 2024”.

(2) The initial aggregate principal amount of the Offered Securities that may be authenticated and delivered under the Indenture (except for Offered Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of, transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Offered Securities pursuant to Section 2.05, 2.06, 2.07, 2.11 or 3.03 of the Base Indenture) is $500,000,000 (the “ Initial Offered Securities ”).

The Company may, without the consent of the Holders of the Offered Securities, issue Additional Offered Securities (as defined below) having the same terms as, and ranking equally and ratably with, the Offered Securities in all respects (other than with respect to the date of issuance, public offering price and amount of interest payable on the first payment date applicable thereto); provided that if the Additional Offered Securities are not fungible with the Offered Securities for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the Additional Offered Securities will have one or more separate CUSIP numbers. Such Additional Offered Securities may be consolidated and form a single series with, and shall have the same terms as to ranking, redemption, waivers, amendments and otherwise as, the Offered Securities, and shall vote together as one class on all matters with respect to the Offered Securities.


(3) The entire outstanding principal of the Offered Securities shall be payable on May 15, 2024.

(4) The rate at which Offered Securities shall bear interest shall be 6.000% per year. The date from which interest shall accrue on the Offered Securities shall be May 12, 2016, or the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for. The Interest Payment Dates for the Offered Securities shall be May 15 and November 15 of each year, beginning November 15, 2016. Interest shall be payable on each Interest Payment Date to the Holders of record at the close of business on May 1 and November 1, as the case may be, immediately preceding the relevant Interest Payment Date (a “ regular record date ”). The basis upon which interest shall be calculated shall be that of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months. Principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Offered Securities shall be payable, and the Offered Securities may be exchanged or transferred, at the office or agency maintained by the Company pursuant to Section 4.02 of the Base Indenture. The Company will pay or cause to be paid the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Offered Securities pursuant to Section 4.01 of the Base Indenture.

(5) The Offered Securities shall be issuable in whole in the form of one or more registered Global Securities, and the Depositary for such Global Securities shall be The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York. The Offered Securities shall be substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, the terms of which are herein incorporated by reference. The Offered Securities shall be issuable in denominations of $2,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. The Offered Securities shall be issued as Unrestricted Securities.

(6) (a)Prior to May 15, 2019, the Company may redeem the Offered Securities, in whole or, from time to time, in part, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice mailed or delivered by electronic transmission in accordance with the applicable procedures of DTC, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the Offered Securities plus the Applicable Premium, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to but excluding the applicable redemption date. The Company shall be solely responsible for the calculation of the Applicable Premium.

(b) Prior to May 15, 2019, the Company may on any one or more occasions redeem up to 40% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Offered Securities (calculated after giving effect to any issuance of Additional Offered Securities) with the Net Cash Proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice mailed or delivered by electronic transmission in accordance with the applicable procedures of DTC, at a redemption price equal to 106.000% of the aggregate principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to but excluding the applicable redemption date; provided that (1) at least 60% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Offered Securities (calculated after giving effect to any issuance of Additional Offered Securities) remains outstanding after each such redemption (unless all of such Offered Securities are redeemed) and (2) such redemption occurs within 90 days after the closing of any such Equity Offering.

 

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(c) On and after May 15, 2019, the Company may redeem the Offered Securities in whole or, from time to time, in part, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice mailed or delivered by electronic transmission in accordance with the applicable procedures of DTC, at the redemption prices (expressed as a percentage of the principal amount of the Offered Securities to be redeemed) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Offered Securities, if any, to but excluding the applicable redemption date, if redeemed during the 12-month period beginning on May 15, 2019 of the years indicated below:

 

Year

   Percentage  

2019

     104.500

2020

     103.000

2021

     101.500

2022 and thereafter

     100.000

(d) If the optional redemption date is on or after a regular record date but on or prior to the related Interest Payment Date, then any accrued and unpaid interest in respect of Offered Securities subject to redemption will be paid on the redemption date to the Person in whose name the Offered Security is registered at the close of business, on such regular record date, and no additional interest will be payable to Holders whose Offered Securities will be subject to redemption by the Company.

(e)Notice of any redemption of the Offered Securities in connection with a transaction or an event (including a Change of Control or completion of an Equity Offering) may, at the Company’s discretion, be given prior to the completion or the occurrence thereof and any such redemption or notice may, at the Company’s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent, including, but not limited to, completion or occurrence of the related transaction or event.

(f) Any redemption pursuant to this Section 1.1(6) shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.01 through 3.03 of the Base Indenture.

(g) As used herein:

Applicable Premium ” means, with respect to an Offered Security on any date of redemption, the greater of (1) 1.0% of the principal amount of such Offered Security, and (2) the excess, if any, of (a) the present value as of such date of redemption of (i) the redemption price of such Offered Security on May 15, 2019 as set forth in paragraph (c) of this Section 1.1(6), plus (ii) all required interest payments due on such Offered Security through May 15, 2019 (excluding accrued but unpaid interest to the date of redemption), computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate as of such date of redemption plus 50 basis points, over (b) the then-outstanding principal amount of such Offered Security.

Treasury Rate ” means as of any date of redemption of Offered Securities the yield to maturity at such date of U.S. 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 (but not more than five Business Days) prior to such redemption date (or, if such Statistical Release is no longer published, any publicly available source or similar market data selected by the Company in good faith)) most nearly equal to the period from such redemption date to May 15, 2019; provided, however , that if the period from such redemption date to May 15, 2019 is not equal to the constant maturity of a U.S. Treasury security for which a weekly average yield is given, the Treasury Rate shall be obtained by linear interpolation (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth of a year) from the weekly average yields of U.S. Treasury securities for which such yields are given, except that if the period from the redemption date to May 15, 2019 is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded U.S. Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year will be used.

(7) The Offered Securities will not have the benefit of any sinking fund.

(8) Payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, the Offered Securities shall be payable in U.S. dollars.

 

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(9) Except as provided herein, the Holders of the Offered Securities shall have no special rights in addition to those provided in the Base Indenture upon the occurrence of any particular events.

(10) The Offered Securities will be senior unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of the Company and will rank equally among themselves with all other existing and future unsecured and unsubordinated debt obligations of the Company.

(11) The Offered Securities are not convertible into Common Stock or other securities of the Company.

(12) The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may at any time and from time to time purchase the Offered Securities in the open market or otherwise.

(13) The additional covenants, Event of Default and actions requiring the consent of Holders set forth in Sections 1.4, 1.5, 1.6 and 1.7 of this First Supplemental Indenture shall be applicable to the Offered Securities.

 

  Section 1.2 Additional Defined Terms .

The following definitions in Section 1.01 “Definitions of Terms” of the Base Indenture are hereby amended and restated in their entirety or added to Section 1.01 if not therein, as applicable. As used herein, the following defined terms shall have the following meanings with respect to the Offered Securities only:

Acquired Debt ” means Debt (1) of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary of the Company, or is merged with or into the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company, or (2) assumed in connection with the acquisition of assets from such Person. Acquired Debt shall be deemed to have been incurred, with respect to clause (1) of the preceding sentence, on the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary of the Company and, with respect to clause (2) of the preceding sentence, on the date of consummation of such acquisition of assets.

Additional Offered Securities ” means additional Offered Securities (other than the Initial Offered Securities) issued under an indenture supplemental to the Base Indenture in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, as part of the same series as the Initial Offered Securities.

Asset Acquisition ” means:

(1) an Investment by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in any other Person pursuant to which such Person shall become a Subsidiary of the Company, or shall be merged with or into the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; or

(2) the acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of the assets of any Person which constitute all or substantially all of the assets of such Person, any company, division, operating unit, segment, business, group of related assets or line of business of such Person or any other properties or assets of such Person other than in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practices.

 

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Asset Sale ” means any transfer, conveyance, sale, lease or other disposition (including, without limitation, dispositions pursuant to any consolidation or merger) by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any Person in any single transaction or series of transactions of:

(1) Capital Stock in another Person (other than directors’ qualifying shares or shares or interests required to be held by foreign nationals pursuant to local law); or

(2) any other property or assets or any company, division, operating unit, segment, business, group of related assets or line of business (other than in the normal course of business, including any sale or other disposition of obsolete or permanently retired equipment);

provided, however , that the term “Asset Sale” shall exclude:

(1) any asset disposition permitted by the provisions described under Section 10.01 of the Base Indenture that constitutes a disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole;

(2) any transfer, conveyance, sale, lease or other disposition of property or assets, the gross proceeds of which (exclusive of indemnities) do not exceed in any one or related series of transactions the greater of (x) $75.0 million and (y) 3.5% of Consolidated Total Assets;

(3) sales or other dispositions of cash or Eligible Cash Equivalents;

(4) the sale and leaseback of any assets within 90 days of the acquisition thereof;

(5) the disposition of assets that, in the good faith judgment of the Company, are no longer used or useful in the business of such entity;

(6) a Restricted Payment or Investment that is otherwise permitted by the Indenture;

(7) any trade-in of equipment in exchange for other equipment; provided, however , that in the good faith judgment of the Company, the Company or such Subsidiary receives equipment having a fair market value equal to or greater than the equipment being traded in;

(8) the creation of a Lien (but not the sale or other disposition of the property subject to such Lien);

(9) leases or subleases in the ordinary course of business to third Persons not interfering in any material respect with the business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and otherwise in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture;

(10) any disposition by a Subsidiary of the Company to the Company or by the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company to a Subsidiary of the Company;

(11) dispositions of accounts receivable in connection with the collection or compromise thereof in the ordinary course of business;

(12) licensing or sublicensing of intellectual property or other general intangibles in accordance with industry practice in the ordinary course of business;

(13) any transfer of accounts receivable, or a fractional undivided interest therein, by a Receivable Subsidiary in a Qualified Receivables Transaction;

(14) sales of accounts receivable to a Receivable Subsidiary pursuant to a Qualified Receivables Transaction for the fair market value thereof as determined by the Company in good

 

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faith; including cash or other financial accommodation, such as the provision of letters of credit by such Receivable Subsidiary on behalf of or for the benefit of the transferor of such accounts receivable, in an amount at least equal to 75% of the fair market value thereof as determined by the Company in good faith (for the purposes of this clause (14), Purchase Money Notes will be deemed to be cash); or

(15) sales or other dispositions of accounts receivable the gross proceeds of which do not exceed $75.0 million in any fiscal year.

For purposes of this definition, any series of related transactions that, if effected as a single transaction, would constitute an Asset Sale, shall be deemed to be a single Asset Sale effected when the last such transaction which is a part thereof is effected.

Attributable Debt ” in respect of a Sale/Leaseback Transaction means, as at the time of determination, the present value (discounted at the interest rate borne by the Offered Securities, compounded annually) of the total obligations of the lessee for rental payments during the remaining term of the lease included in such Sale/Leaseback Transaction (including any period for which such lease has been extended) (other than amounts required to be paid on account of property taxes, maintenance, repairs, insurance, water rates and other items which do not constitute payments for property rights); provided , however , that if such Sale/Leaseback Transaction results in a Capital Lease Obligation, the amount of Debt represented thereby will be determined in accordance with the definition of “Capital Lease Obligation.”

Average Life ” means, as of any date of determination, with respect to any Debt, the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the sum of the products of (x) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) from the date of determination to the dates of each successive scheduled principal payment (including any sinking fund or mandatory redemption payment requirements) of such Debt multiplied by (y) the amount of such principal payment by (ii) the sum of all such principal payments.

Capital Lease Obligation ” means an obligation that is required to be classified and accounted for as a capital lease for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP, and the amount of Debt represented by such obligation shall be the capitalized amount of such obligation determined in accordance with GAAP; and the Stated Maturity thereof shall be the date of the last payment of rent or any other amount due under such lease prior to the first date upon which such lease may be terminated by the lessee without payment of a penalty. For purposes of Section 1.4(2) of this First Supplemental Indenture, a Capital Lease Obligation will be deemed to be secured by a Lien on the property being leased.

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

(1) any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act or any successor provision) is or becomes the beneficial owner (as such term is used in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act or any successor provision), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company;

(2) the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of the Company;

(3) the merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person or the merger of another Person with or into the Company or the sale of all or substantially all the assets of the Company (determined on a consolidated basis) to another Person, other than a transaction following which in the case of a merger or consolidation transaction, holders of securities that

 

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represented 100% of the Voting Stock of the Company immediately prior to such transaction (or other securities into which such securities are converted as part of such merger or consolidation transaction) own, directly or indirectly, at least a majority of the voting power of the Voting Stock of the surviving Person in such merger or consolidation transaction immediately after such transaction; or

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

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transaction will not be deemed to involve a Change of Control if (a) the Company becomes a direct Subsidiary of a holding company, (b) such holding company owns no assets other than the Capital Stock of the Company and (c) upon completion of such transaction, the ultimate beneficial ownership of the Company has not been modified by such transaction.

Common Stock ” shall mean the common stock of the Company.

Consolidated Debt Ratio ” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (1) the aggregate amount of Debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries then outstanding as of such date of determination to (2) EBITDA for the Four Quarter Period ending prior to the date of determination, in each case with pro forma and other adjustments to each of Debt and EBITDA to reflect any incurrences or repayments of Debt and any Asset Sales or Asset Acquisitions since the beginning of such Four Quarter Period (which pro forma and other adjustments will be determined in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Company and shall not be required to be made in accordance with Regulation S-X promulgated by the Commission).

Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio ” means, with respect to any Person, the ratio of EBITDA of such Person during the Four Quarter Period ending prior to the date of the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio (the “ Transaction Date ”) to Consolidated Fixed Charges of such Person for the Four Quarter Period. In addition to and without limitation of the foregoing, for purposes of this definition, “EBITDA” and “Consolidated Fixed Charges” shall be calculated after giving effect on a pro forma basis for the period of such calculation to:

(1) the incurrence of any Debt of such Person or any of its Subsidiaries (and the application of the proceeds thereof) and the repayment of other Debt, other than the incurrence or repayment of Debt in the ordinary course of business for working capital purposes pursuant to working capital facilities, occurring during the Four Quarter Period or at any time subsequent to the last day of the Four Quarter Period and on or prior to the Transaction Date, as if such incurrence or repayment, as the case may be (and the application of the proceeds thereof), occurred on the first day of the Four Quarter Period; and

(2) any Asset Sales or Asset Acquisitions (including, without limitation, any Asset Acquisition giving rise to the need to make such calculation as a result of such Person or one of its Subsidiaries (including any Person who becomes a Subsidiary as a result of the Asset Acquisition) incurring, assuming or otherwise being liable for Acquired Debt and also including any EBITDA attributable to the assets which are the subject of the Asset Acquisition) occurring during the Four Quarter Period or at any time subsequent to the last day of the Four Quarter Period and on or prior to the Transaction Date, as if such Asset Sale or Asset Acquisition (including the incurrence, assumption or liability for any such Acquired Debt) occurred on the first day of the Four Quarter Period.

 

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For purposes of this definition, pro forma calculations shall be made in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Company and shall not be required to be made in accordance with Regulation S-X promulgated under the Securities Act, and such pro forma calculations may also include operating expense reductions for such period resulting from the Asset Sale or Asset Acquisition (as determined in good faith by senior management of the Company) for which pro forma effect is being given (A) that have been realized or (B) for which steps have been taken or are reasonably expected to be taken within six months of the date of such transaction and are supportable and quantifiable and, in each case, including, but not limited to (a) reduction in personnel expenses, (b) reduction of costs related to administrative functions, (c) reduction of costs related to leased or owned properties and (d) reductions from the consolidation of operations and streamlining of corporate overhead.

Furthermore, in calculating “Consolidated Fixed Charges” for purposes of determining the denominator (but not the numerator) of this “Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio”:

(1) interest on outstanding Debt determined on a fluctuating basis as of the Transaction Date and which will continue to be so determined thereafter shall be deemed to have accrued at a fixed rate per annum equal to the rate of interest on such Debt in effect on the Transaction Date;

(2) if interest on any Debt actually incurred on the Transaction Date may optionally be determined at an interest rate based upon a factor of a prime or similar rate, a eurocurrency interbank offered rate, or other rates, then the interest rate in effect on the Transaction Date will be deemed to have been in effect during the Four Quarter Period; and

(3) notwithstanding clause (1) or (2) of this definition, interest on Debt determined on a fluctuating basis, to the extent such interest is covered by agreements relating to Hedging Obligations, shall be deemed to accrue at the rate per annum resulting after giving effect to the operation of such agreements.

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

(1) Consolidated Interest Expense; and

(2) the product of (a) all dividends and other distributions accrued during such period in respect of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock of such Person and its Subsidiaries (other than dividends paid in Qualified Capital Interests), times (b) a fraction, the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is one minus the then current combined federal, state and local statutory tax rate of such Person, expressed as a decimal.

Consolidated Interest Expense ” means, with respect to any Person for any period, without duplication, the sum of:

(1) the total interest expense of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, including, without limitation:

(a) any amortization of debt discount;

(b) the net cost under any Hedging Obligation or Swap Contract in respect of interest rate protection (including any amortization of discounts);

 

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(c) the interest portion of any deferred payment obligation;

(d) all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to financing activities or similar activities; and

(e) all accrued interest;

(2) the interest component of Capital Lease Obligations paid, accrued and/or scheduled to be paid or accrued by such Person and its Subsidiaries during such period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; and

(3) all capitalized interest of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period; less interest income of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period; provided , however , that Consolidated Interest Expense will exclude (I) the amortization or write-off of debt issuance costs and deferred financing fees, commissions, fees and expenses and (II) any expensing of interim loan commitment and other financing fees.

Consolidated Net Income ” means, for any period, the net income or loss of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided , however , that there shall be excluded:

(1) the income of any such consolidated Subsidiary to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by such consolidated Subsidiary of that income is not at the time permitted by operation of the terms of the charter, by-laws or similar governing document of such Subsidiary; and

(2) the income or loss of any Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a consolidated Subsidiary of the Company or is merged into or consolidated with the Company or any of its consolidated Subsidiaries or the date that such Person’s assets are acquired by the Company or any of its consolidated Subsidiaries;

provided further , however, that Consolidated Net Income for any period shall be determined after excluding the effects of adjustments (including the effects of such adjustments pushed down to the Company and its Subsidiaries) in any line item in the Company’s consolidated financial statements in such period pursuant to GAAP resulting from the application of purchase accounting in relation to any completed acquisition.

Consolidated Secured Debt Ratio ” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (1) the aggregate amount of Funded Debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries then outstanding that is secured by Liens as of such date of determination to (2) EBITDA for the most recent Four Quarter Period, in each case with pro forma and other adjustments to each of Funded Debt and EBITDA to reflect any incurrences or repayments of Funded Debt (which pro forma and other adjustments will be determined in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Company and shall not be required to be made in accordance with Regulation S-X promulgated by the Commission) and any Asset Sales or Asset Acquisitions since the beginning of such Four Quarter Period; provided , however , that for purposes of calculating the amount under clause (1) of this definition on any date of determination, amounts of revolving credit Debt committed pursuant to the Credit Agreement or any Debt Facility that may be incurred by the Company or its Subsidiaries and which, upon incurrence, will be secured by a Lien, shall be deemed to be outstanding at all times and subsequent borrowings, reborrowings, renewals, replacements and extensions of such revolving credit Debt, up to such maximum committed amount, shall not be deemed additional incurrences of Funded Debt requiring calculations under this definition (but

 

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subsequent incremental borrowings in connection with increases in such maximum committed amount shall require calculations under this definition or shall otherwise comply with Sections 1.4(1) and 1.4(2) of this First Supplemental Indenture.

Consolidated Total Assets ” means the total consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, as shown on the most recent consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries, determined on a pro forma basis.

Continuing Director ” means, as of any date of determination, any member of the Company’s Board of Directors who (i) was a member of such Board of Directors on the first date that any of the Offered Securities were issued or (ii) was nominated for election or elected to the Company’s Board of Directors with the approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of the Company’s Board of Directors at the time of such nomination or election.

Credit Agreement ” means the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of November 4, 2015, among PTC Inc., the foreign subsidiary borrowers from time to time party thereto, the lenders party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, and the other agents party thereto, together with the related documents thereto (including the term loans and revolving loans thereunder, any guarantees and security documents), as amended, amended and restated, extended, renewed, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified (in whole or in part, and without limitation as to amount, terms, conditions, covenants and other provisions) from time to time, and any agreement (and related document) governing Debt, including an indenture, incurred to refinance, in whole or in part, the borrowings and commitments then outstanding or permitted to be outstanding under such Credit Agreement or a successor Credit Agreement.

Debt ” means, with respect to any Person on any date of determination (without duplication):

(1) the principal of and premium (if any) in respect of indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money;

(2) the principal of and premium (if any) in respect of obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments;

(3) the principal component of all obligations of such Person in respect of letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances or other similar instruments (including reimbursement obligations with respect thereto except to the extent such reimbursement obligation relates to a trade payable and such obligation is satisfied within 30 days of incurrence);

(4) the principal component of all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred and unpaid purchase price of property (including earn-out obligations), which purchase price is due after the date of placing such property in service or taking delivery and title thereto, except (a) any such balance that constitutes a trade payable or similar obligation to a trade creditor, in each case accrued in the ordinary course of business, and (b) any earn-out obligation until the amount of such obligation becomes a liability on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP;

(5) Capital Lease Obligations and all Attributable Debt of such Person (whether or not such items would appear on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP);

 

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(6) the greater of the maximum mandatory redemption or repurchase price (not including, in either case, any redemption or repurchase premium) or the principal component or liquidation preference of all obligations of such Person with respect to the redemption, repayment or other repurchase of any Disqualified Stock or, with respect to any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary, any Preferred Stock (but excluding, in each case, any accrued dividends);

(7) the principal component of all Debt of other Persons secured by a Lien on any asset of such Person, whether or not such Debt is assumed by such Person; provided , however , that the amount of such Debt will be the lesser of (a) the fair market value of such asset at such date of determination as determined by the Company in good faith and (b) the amount of such Debt of such other Persons;

(8) the principal component of Debt of other Persons to the extent guaranteed by such Person (whether or not such items would appear on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP);

(9) to the extent not otherwise included in this definition, net obligations of such Person under Hedging Obligations (the amount of any such obligations to be equal at any time to the termination value of such agreement or arrangement giving rise to such obligation that would be payable by such Person at such time); and

(10) to the extent not otherwise included in this definition, the Receivables Transaction Amount outstanding relating to a Qualified Receivables Transaction.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, money borrowed and set aside at the time of the incurrence of any Debt in order to pre-fund the payment of interest on such Debt shall not be deemed to be “Debt;” provided that such money is held to secure the payment of such interest.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the amount of any Debt outstanding as of any date shall (i) be the accreted value thereof in the case of any Debt issued with original issue discount or the aggregate principal amount outstanding in the case of Debt issued with interest payable in kind and (ii) include any interest (or in the case of Preferred Stock, dividends) thereon that is more than 30 days past due. Except to the extent provided in the preceding sentence, the amount of any Debt that is convertible into or exchangeable for Capital Stock of the Company outstanding as of any date shall be deemed to be equal to the principal and premium, if any, in respect of such Debt, notwithstanding the provisions of GAAP (including Accounting Standards Codification Topic 470-20, Debt—Debt with Conversion and Other Options ).

Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing to the contrary, Debt shall not include trade payables or accrued expenses for property or services incurred in the ordinary course of business, any liability for federal, state, local or other taxes, any settlements or judgments relating to governmental litigations and/or investigations or contingent obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business.

In addition, “Debt” of any Person shall include Debt described in the preceding paragraph that would not appear as a liability on the balance sheet of such Person if:

(1) such Debt is the obligation of a partnership or joint venture that is not a Subsidiary of such Person (a “ Joint Venture ”);

(2) such Person or a Subsidiary of such Person is a general partner of the Joint Venture (a “ General Partner ”); and

 

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(3) there is recourse, by contract or operation of law, with respect to the payment of such Debt to property or assets of such Person or a Subsidiary of such Person; and then such Debt shall be included in an amount not to exceed:

(a) the lesser of (i) the net assets of the General Partner and (ii) the amount of such obligations to the extent that there is recourse, by contract or operation of law, to the property or assets of such Person or a Subsidiary of such Person; or

(b) if less than the amount determined pursuant to clause (a) immediately above, the actual amount of such Debt that is recourse to such Person or a Subsidiary of such Person, if the Debt is evidenced by a writing and is for a determinable amount.

Debt Facilities ” means one or more debt facilities (including, without limitation, the Credit Agreement) or commercial paper facilities, securities purchase agreements, indentures or similar agreements, in each case, with banks or other institutional lenders or investors providing for revolving loans, term loans, receivables financing (including through the sale of receivables to lenders or to special purpose entities formed to borrow from lenders against such receivables), letters of credit or the issuance of debt securities, including any related notes, guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, and, in each case, as amended, restated, replaced (whether upon or after termination or otherwise), refinanced, supplemented, modified or otherwise changed (in whole or in part, and without limitation as to amount, terms, conditions, covenants and other provisions) from time to time.

Designated Non-cash Consideration ” means the fair market value as determined in good faith by the Company of non-cash consideration received by the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company in connection with an Asset Sale that is so designated as Designated Non-cash Consideration pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee, setting forth the basis of such valuation less the amount of cash or Eligible Cash Equivalents received in connection with a subsequent sale of or collection on such Designated Non-cash Consideration.

Disqualified Stock ” means, with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock which by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable at the option of the holder) or upon the happening of any event:

(1) matures (excluding any maturities as a result of an optional redemption by the issuer thereof) or is mandatorily redeemable pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise;

(2) is convertible or exchangeable at the option of the holder for Debt or Disqualified Stock; or

(3) is mandatorily redeemable or must be purchased upon the occurrence of certain events or otherwise, in whole or in part;

 

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in each case on or prior to 91 days after the earlier of the Stated Maturity of the Offered Securities or the date the Offered Securities are no longer outstanding; provided , however , that if such Capital Stock is issued to any employee or to any plan for the benefit of employees of the Company or its Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Capital Stock shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased by the Company or its Subsidiaries in order to satisfy obligations as a result of such employee’s death or disability; provided , further , however , that any Capital Stock that would not constitute Disqualified Stock but for provisions thereof giving holders thereof the right to require such Person to purchase or redeem such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of a “change of control” occurring on or prior to 91 days after the Stated Maturity of the Offered Securities shall not constitute Disqualified Stock if:

(1) the “change of control” provisions applicable to such Capital Stock are not more favorable to the holders of such Capital Stock than the terms applicable to the Offered Securities and described under Section 1.4(7) of this First Supplemental Indenture; and

(2) any such requirement only becomes operative after compliance with such terms applicable to the Offered Securities, including the purchase of any Offered Securities tendered pursuant thereto.

EBITDA ” for any period means Consolidated Net Income for such period plus

(a) without duplication and to the extent deducted in determining such Consolidated Net Income, the sum of

(i) Consolidated Interest Expense for such period,

(ii) consolidated income tax expense for such period,

(iii) consolidated depreciation and amortization for such period,

(iv) any costs, expenses or charges (including advisory, legal and professional fees) related to any Equity Offering, investments, acquisition, disposition, recapitalization or incurrence of any Debt (including a refinancing thereof (whether or not successful)), including (A) such fees, expenses or charges related to the offering of the Offered Securities and any Debt Facilities and (B) any amendment or modification of the Offered Securities or any Debt Facility,

(v) any restructuring expenses or charges for such period, including charges or expenses related to employee severance or facilities consolidation,

(vi) any unusual or non-recurring fees, expenses or charges for such period, in each case, representing transaction or integration costs incurred in connection with acquisitions,

(vii) all other non-cash losses, expenses and charges of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such period (excluding (x) the write down of current assets and (y) any such non-cash charge to the extent that it represents an accrual of or reserve for cash expenditures in any future period),

(viii) any non-cash compensation expense, including expenses recorded from grants of stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options, restricted stock or other rights to officers, directors or employees, and in connection with options, restricted stock, restricted stock units or other equity level awards under any Company incentive plan,

 

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(ix) any losses attributable to sales of assets out of the ordinary course of business,

(x) any net after tax losses on disposal of discontinued operations,

(xi) any modifications to pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans, settlement costs incurred to annuitize retirees or facilitate lump-sum buyout offers under pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans or mark-to-market adjustments under pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans, provided that for any period of calculation after March 31, 2017 amounts under this clause (xi) shall not comprise more than 5% of EBITDA for such period,

(xii) costs and expenses, including any settlement amounts and any fines or penalties, for such period relating to settlements with government agencies of previously disclosed regulatory matters, or any third party legal proceedings related to such previously disclosed regulatory matters, in an amount not to exceed $60.0 million in the aggregate for all such periods,

(xiii) the net increase in the amount, if any, of consolidated deferred revenue as reflected on the annual or interim balance sheets of the Company during the eight consecutive full fiscal quarters following the Issue Date, and

(xiv) any net noncash unrealized loss resulting in such period from Hedging Obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business and made in accordance with ASC No. 815— Derivatives and Hedging ; minus

(b) without duplication

(i) consolidated income tax benefit for such period,

(ii) any gains attributable to sales of assets out of the ordinary course of business,

(iii) the net decrease in the amount, if any, of consolidated deferred revenue as reflected on the annual or interim balance sheets of the Company during the eight consecutive full fiscal quarters following the Issue Date,

(iv) any net after tax gains on disposal of discontinued operations, and

(v) any net noncash unrealized gain resulting in such period from Hedging Obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business and made in accordance with ASC No. 815— Derivatives and Hedging .

 

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Eligible Bank ” means a bank or trust company that (i) is licensed, chartered or organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, or any state, territory, province or possession thereof, (ii) as of the time of the making or acquisition of an Investment in such bank or trust company, has combined capital and surplus in excess of $500.0 million and (iii) the senior Debt of which is rated at least “A-2” by Moody’s or at least “A” by S&P.

Eligible Cash Equivalents ” means any of the following Investments: (i) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof (provided that the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support thereof) maturing not more than one year after the date of acquisition; (ii) time deposits in and certificates of deposit of any Eligible Bank, provided that such Investments have a maturity date not more than two years after date of acquisition and that the Average Life of all such Investments is one year or less from the respective dates of acquisition; (iii) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than 180 days for underlying securities of the types described in clause (i) of this definition entered into with any Eligible Bank; (iv) direct obligations issued by any state of the United States or any political subdivision or public instrumentality thereof, provided that such Investments mature, or are subject to tender at the option of the holder thereof, within 365 days after the date of acquisition and, at the time of acquisition, have a rating of at least A from S&P or A-2 from Moody’s (or an equivalent rating by any other nationally recognized rating agency); (v) commercial paper of any Person other than an affiliate of the Company and other than structured investment vehicles, provided that such Investments have one of the two highest ratings obtainable from either S&P or Moody’s and mature within 180 days after the date of acquisition; (vi) overnight and demand deposits in and bankers’ acceptances of any Eligible Bank and demand deposits in any bank or trust company to the extent insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation against the Bank Insurance Fund; (vii) money market funds 95% of the assets of which comprise Investments of the types described in clauses (i) through (vi); and (viii) instruments equivalent to those referred to in clauses (i) through (vi) of this definition or funds equivalent to those referred to in clause (vii) of this definition denominated in U.S. dollars, Euros or any other foreign currency comparable in credit quality and tender to those referred to in such clauses and customarily used by corporations for cash management purposes in jurisdictions outside the United States to the extent reasonably required in connection with any business conducted by any Subsidiary of the Company organized in such jurisdiction, all as determined in good faith by the Company.

Equity Offering ” means any primary offering of Capital Stock of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock) to Persons who are not Subsidiaries of the Company other than (1) public offerings with respect to the Company’s Common Stock registered on Form S-4 or Form S-8 and (2) issuances upon exercise of options by employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

First Supplemental Indenture ” means the First Supplemental Indenture dated as of even date between the Company and the Trustee.

Foreign Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary that (1) is not organized under the laws of any state of the United States or the District of Columbia or (2) is organized under the laws of any state of the United States or the District of Columbia and is a Subsidiary of a Subsidiary described in the foregoing clause (1).

Four Quarter Period ” means the most recent four consecutive fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements of the Company are available.

Free Cash Flow ” means, for the most recent Four Quarter Period, cash provided by operating activities less capital expenditures (other than acquisitions), each as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

 

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Funded Debt ” means all Debt having a maturity of more than 12 months from the date as of which the determination is made or having a maturity of 12 months or less but by its terms being renewable or extendable beyond 12 months from such date at the option of the borrower, excluding any Debt owed to the Company or its Subsidiaries.

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

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

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

(3) such other statements by such other entity as approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession;

provided , however , lease liabilities and associated expenses recorded by the Company and its Subsidiaries pursuant to ASU 2016-02, Leases, shall not be treated as Debt and shall not be included in Consolidated Interest Expense or Consolidated Fixed Charges, unless the lease liabilities would have been treated as capital lease obligations under GAAP as in effect prior to the adoption of ASU 2016-02, Leases (in which case such lease liabilities and associated expenses shall be treated as Capital Lease Obligations and included in Consolidated Interest Expense and Consolidated Fixed Charges under the Indenture).

Guarantee ” means a guarantee by a Subsidiary of the Company’s obligations with respect to the Offered Securities.

Guarantor ” means each Subsidiary of the Company that hereafter executes a supplemental indenture substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B providing its Guarantee pursuant to the terms of the Indenture.

Investment ” by any Person means any direct or indirect loan, advance, guarantee for the benefit of (or other extension of credit) or capital contribution to (by means of any transfer of cash or other property or assets to another Person or any other payments for property or services for the account or use of another Person) another Person, including, without limitation, the following: (i) the purchase or acquisition of any Capital Stock or other evidence of beneficial ownership in another Person; (ii) the purchase, acquisition or guarantee of the Debt of another Person; and (iii) the purchase or acquisition of the business or assets of another Person substantially as an entirety but shall exclude: (a) accounts receivable and other extensions of trade credit in accordance with the Company’s customary practices; (b) the acquisition of property and assets from suppliers and other vendors in the normal course of business; and (c) prepaid expenses and workers’ compensation, utility, lease and similar deposits, in the normal course of business.

Investment Grade Rating ” means a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) and BBB– (or the equivalent) by Moody’s and S&P.

Issue Date ” means May 12, 2016.

Material Capital Markets Debt ” means any Debt consisting of bonds, debentures, notes or other similar debt securities issued in (a) a public offering registered under the Securities Act, (b) a private placement to institutional investors that is resold in accordance with Rule 144A or Regulation S

 

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of the Securities Act, or (c) a placement to institutional investors, in each case in aggregate principal amount of $50.0 million or more. The term “Material Capital Markets Debt” shall not include any Debt under commercial bank facilities or similar Debt or any other type of Debt incurred in a manner not customarily viewed as a “securities offering.”

Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (or any successor to the rating agency business thereof).

Net Cash Proceeds ” means, with respect to Asset Sales of any Person, cash and Eligible Cash Equivalents received, net of: (i) all out-of-pocket costs and expenses of such Person incurred in connection with such a sale, including, without limitation, all legal, accounting, title and recording tax expenses, commissions and other fees and expenses incurred and all federal, state, foreign and local taxes arising in connection with such an Asset Sale that are paid or required to be accrued as a liability under GAAP by such Person; (ii) all payments made by such Person on any Debt that is secured by such properties or other assets in accordance with the terms of any Lien upon or with respect to such properties or other assets or that must, by the terms of such Lien or such Debt, or in order to obtain a necessary consent to such transaction or by applicable law, be repaid to any other Person (other than the Company or a Subsidiary thereof) in connection with such Asset Sale; and (iii) all contractually required distributions and other payments made to minority interest holders in Subsidiaries of such Person as a result of such transaction; provided, however, that: (a) in the event that any consideration for an Asset Sale (which would otherwise constitute Net Cash Proceeds) is required by (I) contract to be held in escrow pending determination of whether a purchase price adjustment will be made or (II) GAAP to be reserved against other liabilities in connection with such Asset Sale, such consideration (or any portion thereof) shall become Net Cash Proceeds only at such time as it is released to such Person from escrow or otherwise; and (b) any non-cash consideration received in connection with any transaction, which is subsequently converted to cash, shall become Net Cash Proceeds only at such time as it is so converted.

Non-Guarantor Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Guarantor.

Offered Securities ” means the Initial Offered Securities and any Additional Offered Securities that may be issued under an indenture supplemental to the Base Indenture; provided that if the Additional Offered Securities are not fungible with the Offered Securities for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the Additional Offered Securities will have one or more separate CUSIP numbers.

Permitted Asset Swap ” means the concurrent purchase and sale or exchange of properties or assets (other than securities) that are used or useful in a Permitted Business or a combination of such assets and cash or Eligible Cash Equivalents between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and another Person; provided, however , that any cash and Eligible Cash Equivalents must be applied in accordance with the covenant described under Section 1.4(5) of this First Supplemental Indenture.

Permitted Business ” means any business similar in nature to any business conducted by the Company and the Subsidiaries of the Company on the Issue Date and any business reasonably ancillary, incidental, complementary or related to, or a reasonable extension, development or expansion of, the business conducted by the Company and the Subsidiaries of the Company on the Issue Date, in each case, as determined in good faith by the Company.

Permitted Debt ” means

(1) Debt incurred by the Company or any Guarantor pursuant to any Debt Facilities in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the greater of (x)

 

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$1,250.0 million minus any amount used to permanently repay such obligations (or permanently reduce commitments with respect thereto) pursuant to the covenant described under Section 1.4(5) of this First Supplemental Indenture and (y) an amount of Debt that at the time of incurrence does not cause the Consolidated Secured Debt Ratio to exceed 3.00 to 1.00 ( provided that any Debt incurred pursuant to this clause (y) shall be deemed to be secured Debt solely for the purpose of such calculation);

(2) Debt under the Offered Securities issued on the Issue Date;

(3) Guarantees of the Offered Securities;

(4) Debt of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company outstanding on the Issue Date (other than Debt incurred pursuant to clauses (1), (2) or (3) of this definion);

(5) guarantees incurred by the Company of Debt of a Subsidiary of the Company otherwise permitted to be incurred under the Indenture;

(6) guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Company of Debt of the Company or any other Subsidiary of the Company, including guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Company of Debt under the Credit Agreement; provided, however , that (a) such Debt is permitted to be incurred under the Indenture and (b) if the Debt being guaranteed is subordinated in right of payment to the Offered Securities, such guarantees are subordinated to the Guarantees to the same extent, if any, as the Debt being guaranteed;

(7) Debt incurred in respect of (a) workers’ compensation claims and self-insurance obligations, and, for the avoidance of doubt, indemnity, value added or other tax, bid, performance, warranty, release, appeal, surety and similar bonds, (b) completion guarantees provided or incurred (including guarantees thereof) by the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company in the ordinary course of business, (c) the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practices; provided, however , that such Debt is extinguished within five Business Days of incurrence, (d) customer deposits and advance payments received in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practices from customers for goods or services purchased in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practices, (e) letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances, guarantees or other similar instruments or obligations issued or relating to liabilities or obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practices, and (f) any customary cash management, cash pooling or netting or setting off arrangements in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practices;

(8) Debt under Swap Contracts and Hedging Obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes;

(9) Debt owed by the Company to any of its Subsidiaries, or by any Subsidiary of the Company to the Company or to any other Subsidiary of the Company, provided that if for any reason such Debt ceases to be held by the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company, as applicable, such Debt shall cease to be Permitted Debt under this clause (9) and shall be deemed incurred as Debt of the Company for purposes of the Indenture;

(10) Debt of the Company or a Guarantor pursuant to Capital Lease Obligations, synthetic lease obligations and Purchase Money Debt and any Refinancing Debt that refinances

 

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any Debt incurred pursuant to this clause (10); provided, however , that the aggregate principal amount of all Debt incurred under this clause (10) and outstanding at any time may not exceed the greater of (x) $75.0 million and (y) 3.5% of Consolidated Total Assets in the aggregate;

(11) Debt arising from agreements of the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company providing for indemnification, contribution, earnout, adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations, in each case, incurred or assumed in connection with the acquisition or disposition of any business, assets or Capital Stock of a Subsidiary of the Company otherwise permitted under the Indenture;

(12) the issuance by any of the Company’s Subsidiaries to the Company or to any of its Subsidiaries of shares of Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock; provided, however , that:

 

  (a) any subsequent issuance or transfer of Capital Stock that results in any such Disqualified Stock being held by a Person other than the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company; and

 

  (b) any sale or other transfer of any such Disqualified Stock to a Person that is not either the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company;

shall be deemed, in each case, to constitute an issuance of such Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock by such Subsidiary of the Company that was not permitted by this clause (12);

(13) Debt arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business; provided, however , that such Debt is extinguished within five Business Days of incurrence;

(14) Debt of the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company not otherwise permitted pursuant to this definition and any Refinancing Debt that refinances any Debt incurred pursuant to this clause (14), in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the greater of (x) $100.0 million and (y) 5.0% of Consolidated Total Assets at any time outstanding;

(15) Debt of Foreign Subsidiaries and any Refinancing Debt that refinances any Debt incurred pursuant to this clause (15) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the greater of (x) $100.0 million and (y) 5.0% of Consolidated Total Assets at any one time outstanding;

(16) (x) Debt of the Company or any Guarantor incurred or issued to finance an acquisition or (y) Acquired Debt; provided, however , that after giving pro forma effect to such acquisition, merger or consolidation, and the incurrence of such Debt (including pro forma application of the proceeds thereof), either:

 

  (a) the Company would be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Coverage Debt pursuant to the first paragraph of the covenant described under Section 1.4(1) of this First Supplemental Indenture;

 

  (b) the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the Company and its Subsidiaries would not be lower than such ratio immediately prior to such acquisition, merger or consolidation; or

 

  (c)

such Debt constitutes Acquired Debt (other than Debt incurred in contemplation of the transaction or series of transactions pursuant to

 

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  which such Person became a Subsidiary of the Company or was otherwise acquired by the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company); provided that the only obligors with respect to such Debt shall be those Persons who were obligors of such Debt prior to such acquisition, merger or consolidation;

(17) Refinancing Debt that Refinances Coverage Debt or Debt incurred pursuant to clauses (2), (4), (16) or this clause (17) of this definition of “Permitted Debt;”

(18) Debt representing the obligation of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to make payments to any current or former employee, director or consultant of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or permitted transferees, assigns, estates or heirs of such employee, director or consultant), to finance the purchase or redemption of Capital Stock of the Company that is permitted by Section 1.4(4) of this First Supplemental Indenture; and

(19) Debt of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries consisting of the financing of insurance premiums incurred in the ordinary course of business.

Permitted Investments ” means:

(1) Investments in existence on the Issue Date;

(2) Investments required pursuant to any agreement or obligation of the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company, in effect on the Issue Date, to make such Investments;

(3) Investments in cash and Eligible Cash Equivalents;

(4) Investments in property and other assets, owned or used by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in the normal course of business;

(5) Investments by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company;

(6) Investments by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in a Person, if as a result of such Investment (A) such Person becomes a Subsidiary of the Company or (B) such Person is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated or wound-up into, the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company;

(7) Swap Contracts and Hedging Obligations;

(8) receivables owing to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and advances to suppliers, in each case if created, acquired or made in the ordinary course of business and payable or dischargeable in accordance with customary trade terms;

(9) Investments received in settlement of obligations owed to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company and as a result of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings or upon the foreclosure or enforcement of any Lien in favor of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company;

 

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(10) Investments by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company not otherwise permitted under this definition, in an aggregate amount not to exceed the greater of (x) $200.0 million and (y) 10.0% of Consolidated Total Assets at any one time outstanding;

(11) loans and advances to officers, directors and employees of the Company and Subsidiaries of the Company in an aggregate amount not to exceed $10.0 million in the aggregate at any one time outstanding, for travel, entertainment, relocation and analogous ordinary business purposes;

(12) Investments the payment for which consists solely of Capital Stock of the Company;

(13) any Investment in any Person to the extent such Investment represents the non-cash portion of the consideration received in connection with an Asset Sale consummated in compliance with the covenant described under Section 1.4(5) of this First Supplemental Indenture or any other disposition of property not constituting an Asset Sale;

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

(15) guarantees by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of Debt of the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company (other than a Receivables Subsidiary) of Debt otherwise permitted by the covenant described under Section 1.4(1) of this First Supplemental Indenture;

(16) any Investment by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in a Receivable Subsidiary or any Investment by a Receivable Subsidiary in any other Person in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction, so long as any Investment in a Receivable Subsidiary is in the form of a Purchase Money Note or an Investment in Capital Stock; and

(17) other Investments in any Person that is a joint venture engaged in a Permitted Business having an aggregate fair market value as determined by the Company in good faith (measured on the date each such Investment was made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value), when taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (17) since the Issue Date and existing at the time of the Investment, which is the subject of the determination, was made, not to exceed the greater of (x) $50.0 million and (y) 2.5% of Consolidated Total Assets.

Property ” means any property or asset, whether real, personal or mixed, including current assets, but excluding deposit or other control accounts, owned on the Issue Date or thereafter acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company.

Purchase Money Debt ” means Debt

(1) incurred to finance the purchase or construction (including additions and improvements thereto) of any assets (other than Capital Stock) of such Person or any Subsidiary of the Company; and

(2) that is secured solely by a Lien on the assets so purchased or constructed (or any facility which such assets constitute a part of);

 

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in either case, that does not exceed 100% of the cost.

Purchase Money Note ” means a promissory note of a Receivable Subsidiary issued to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, to pay all or a portion of the purchase price of receivables and assets related thereto described in the definition of “Qualified Receivables Transaction” that are purchased in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction. The repayment of a Purchase Money Note may be subordinated to the repayment of other liabilities of the Receivable Subsidiary on terms determined in good faith by the Company to be substantially consistent with market practice in connection with Qualified Receivables Transactions.

Qualified Capital Interests ” in any Person means a class of Capital Stock other than Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock of a Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor.

Qualified Receivables Transaction ” means any transaction or series of transactions entered into by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to which the Company or such Subsidiary transfers to (a) a Receivable Subsidiary (in the case of a transfer by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) or (b) any other Person (in the case of a transfer by a Receivable Subsidiary), or grants a security interest in, any accounts receivable (whether now existing or arising in the future) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and any assets related thereto, including, without limitation, all collateral securing such accounts receivable, all contracts and all guarantees or other obligations in respect of such accounts receivable, proceeds of such accounts receivable and other assets which are customarily transferred or in respect of which security interests are customarily granted in connection with an accounts receivable financing transaction; provided such transaction is on market terms as determined in good faith by the Company at the time the Company or such Subsidiary enters into such transaction.

Rating Agencies ” means S&P and Moody’s.

Receivable Subsidiary ” means a Subsidiary of the Company:

(1) that is formed solely for the purpose of, and that engages in no activities other than activities in connection with, financing accounts receivable of the Company and/or its Subsidiaries, including providing letters of credit on behalf of or for the benefit of the Company and/or its Subsidiaries;

(2) that is designated by the Board of Directors of the Company as a Receivable Subsidiary pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate that is delivered to the Trustee;

(3) no portion of the Debt or any other obligation (contingent or otherwise) of which (a) is at any time guaranteed by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (excluding guarantees of obligations (other than any guarantee of Debt) pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings), (b) is at any time recourse to or obligates the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in any way, other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings or (c) subjects any asset of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, directly or indirectly, contingently or otherwise, to the satisfaction thereof, other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings;

(4) with which neither the Company nor any Subsidiary of the Company has any material contract, agreement, arrangement or understanding other than (a) contracts, agreements, arrangements and understandings entered into in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction, (b) fees payable in the ordinary course of business in connection with servicing

 

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accounts receivable in connection with such a Qualified Receivables Transaction as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company and (c) any Purchase Money Note issued by such Receivable Subsidiary to the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company or any letters of credit provided by such Receivable Subsidiary on behalf of or for the benefit of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; and

(5) with respect to which neither the Company nor any Subsidiary of the Company has any obligation (a) to subscribe for additional shares of Capital Stock therein or make any additional capital contribution or similar payment or transfer thereto except in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction or (b) to maintain or preserve the solvency or any balance sheet term, financial condition, level of income or results of operations thereof.

Receivables Transaction Amount ” means the amount of obligations outstanding under the legal documents entered into as part of such Qualified Receivables Transaction on any date of determination that would be characterized as principal if such Qualified Receivables Transaction were structured as a secured lending transaction rather than as a purchase.

refinance ” means, in respect of any Debt, to refinance, extend, renew, refund, repay, prepay, redeem, defease or retire, or to issue other Debt in exchange or replacement for, such Debt. “ Refinanced ” and “ refinancing ” shall have correlative meanings.

Refinancing Debt ” means Debt that refinances any Debt incurred by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, whether involving the same or any other lender or creditor or group of lenders or creditors, but only to the extent that

(1) if the Debt being refinanced is subordinated in right of payment to the Offered Securities or the Guarantees, the Refinancing Debt is subordinated to the Offered Securities or the Guarantees to at least the same extent as the Debt being refinanced if such Debt was subordinated to the Offered Securities or the Guarantees,

(2) the Refinancing Debt is scheduled to mature either (a) no earlier than the Debt being refinanced or (b) if earlier, at least 91 days after the maturity date of the Offered Securities,

(3) the Refinancing Debt has an Average Life at the time such Refinancing Debt is incurred that is equal to or greater than the Average Life of the Debt being refinanced,

(4) such Refinancing Debt is in an aggregate principal amount (or if incurred with original issue discount, an aggregate issue price) that is equal to or less than the aggregate principal amount (or if incurred with original issue discount, the aggregate accreted value) then outstanding (plus all accrued interest and the amount of all fees and expenses, including any premium and defeasance costs) with respect to the Debt being Refinanced, and

(5) Refinancing Debt shall not include Debt of a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary that refinances Debt of the Company or a Guarantor.

Restricted Payment ” is defined to mean any of the following:

(1) any dividend or other distribution declared and paid on the Capital Stock of the Company or on the Capital Stock of any Subsidiary of the Company that is held by, or declared and paid to, any Person other than the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company (other than (i) dividends, distributions or payments made solely in Qualified Capital Interests of the Company and (ii) dividends or distributions payable to the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company or to other holders of Capital Stock of a Subsidiary of the Company on a pro rata basis);

 

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(2) any payment (including, without limitation, in connection with a merger, consolidation or amalgamation) made by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to purchase, redeem, acquire or retire for value any Capital Stock of the Company (including the conversion into, or exchange for, Debt, of any Capital Stock) other than any such Capital Stock owned by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than a payment made solely in Qualified Capital Interests of the Company);

(3) any payment made by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than a payment made solely in Qualified Capital Interests of the Company) to redeem, repurchase, defease (including an in substance or legal defeasance) or otherwise acquire or retire for value (including pursuant to mandatory repurchase covenants), prior to any scheduled maturity, scheduled sinking fund or mandatory redemption payment, Debt of the Company or any Guarantor that is subordinate in right of payment to the Offered Securities or Guarantees (excluding any Debt owed to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company); except payments of principal and interest in anticipation of satisfying a sinking fund obligation, principal installment or final maturity, in each case, within one year of the due date thereof; and

(4) any Investment by the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company in any Person, other than a Permitted Investment.

S&P ” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group (or any successor to the rating agency business thereof).

Sale/Leaseback Transaction ” means an arrangement relating to a Property owned by the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company on the Issue Date or thereafter acquired by the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company whereby the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company transfers such property to a Person and the Company or the Subsidiary of the Company leases it from such Person.

Standard Securitization Undertakings ” means representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities entered into by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company which are reasonably customary in an accounts receivable securitization transaction as determined in good faith by the Company, including guarantees by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of any of the foregoing obligations of the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company.

Swap Contract ” means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing, whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a “ Master Agreement ”), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.

 

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  Section 1.3 Guarantees .

(1) The Initial Offered Securities when issued will not be guaranteed by any Subsidiary. The Offered Securities shall have the benefit of Guarantees by each of the Guarantors who become Guarantors in accordance with Section 1.6 of this First Supplemental Indenture, on the terms set forth in Article XIV of the Base Indenture, until such Guarantor is released as a Guarantor in accordance with Section 14.06 of the Base Indenture as amended by clause (2) of this Section 1.3.

(2) Section 14.06 of the Base Indenture is hereby amended by deleting that section thereof in its entirety and replacing with the following:

“Each Guarantee of the Offered Securities shall be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged upon:

(a) any sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, exchange or other disposition (by merger, consolidation or otherwise) of Capital Stock or other interests of such Guarantor after which the applicable Guarantor is no longer a Subsidiary of the Company, which sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, exchange or other disposition is made in compliance with the provisions of the Indenture (including Section 10.02 of the Base Indenture);

(b) upon the sale or disposition of all or substantially all the assets of a Guarantor, which sale or disposition is made in compliance with the provisions of the Indenture (including Section 10.02 of the Base Indenture);

(c) at such time as such Guarantor no longer is a guarantor of any (i) Debt of the Company or any other Guarantor under a Debt Facility with an aggregate principal amount or commitments of $50.0 million or more (including, without limitation, the Credit Agreement) or (ii) Material Capital Markets Debt of the Company or any other Guarantor;

(d) the Company’s exercise of its legal defeasance option or covenant defeasance option as described under Section 11.03 of the Base Indenture; or

(e) pursuant to Article IX of the Base Indenture and Section 1.8 of the First Supplemental Indenture,

in the case of clause (a) or (b), other than to the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company and as permitted by the Indenture.”

 

  Section 1.4 Additional Covenants .

The following additional covenants shall apply with respect to the Offered Securities so long as any of the Offered Securities remain Outstanding (but subject to defeasance, as provided in Section 11.03 of the Base Indenture):

 

  (1) Limitation on Debt.

(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary of the Company to, incur any Debt (including Acquired Debt); provided, however , that the Company and any Subsidiary that in the future becomes a Guarantor may incur Debt (including Acquired Debt) if, immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such Debt and the receipt and application of the proceeds therefrom:

(i) the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the Company and its Subsidiaries would be greater than 2.00 to 1.00, and

(ii) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time or as a consequence of the incurrence of such Debt

 

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(any Debt incurred pursuant to this provision being herein referred to as “ Coverage Debt ”).

(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this Section 1.4(1), the Company and its Subsidiaries may incur Permitted Debt.

(c) For purposes of determining any particular amount of Debt under this Section 1.4(1):

(i) Debt outstanding under the Credit Agreement on the Issue Date shall at all times be treated as incurred pursuant to clause (1) of the definition of “Permitted Debt” and shall not be permitted to be reclassified, and

(ii) guarantees or obligations with respect to letters of credit supporting Debt otherwise included in the determination of such particular amount shall not be included.

(d) Except as provided in this Section 1.4(1), for purposes of determining compliance with this Section 1.4(1), in the event that an item of Debt meets the criteria of more than one of the types of Debt described in this Section 1.4(1), including any Coverage Debt and any category of Permitted Debt, the Company, in its sole discretion, shall classify, and from time to time may reclassify, all or any portion of such item of Debt in any manner that complies with this covenant. For purposes of determining compliance of any non-U.S. dollar-denominated Debt with this covenant, the amount outstanding under U.S. dollar-equivalent principal amount of Debt denominated in a foreign currency shall at all times be calculated by the Company based on the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date such Debt was incurred, in the case of any term Debt, or first committed, in the case of any revolving credit Debt; provided, however , that if such Debt is incurred to refinance other Debt denominated in the same or different currency, and such refinancing would cause the applicable U.S. dollar-denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date of such refinancing, such U.S. dollar-denominated restriction shall be deemed not to have been exceeded so long as the principal amount of such Refinancing Debt does not exceed the principal amount of such Debt being refinanced.

(e) The accrual of interest, the accretion or amortization of original issue discount and the payment of interest on Debt in the form of additional Debt with the same terms will not be deemed to be an incurrence of Debt for purposes of this covenant.

 

  (2) Limitation on Liens .

The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary of the Company to, create, incur, issue, assume or guarantee any Debt secured by a Lien upon (a) any Property of the Company or such Subsidiary, or (b) any shares of Capital Stock or Debt issued by any Subsidiary of the Company and owned by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, whether owned on the Issue Date or thereafter acquired, without effectively providing concurrently that the Offered Securities then outstanding under the Indenture are secured equally and ratably with or, at the option of the Company, prior to such Debt so long as such Debt shall be so secured.

 

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The foregoing restriction shall not apply to, and there shall be excluded from Debt (or any guarantee thereof) in any computation under such restriction, Debt (or any guarantee thereof) secured by:

(1) Liens on any property existing at the time of the acquisition thereof;

(2) Liens on property of a Person existing at the time such Person is merged into or consolidated with the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company or at the time of a sale, lease or other disposition of the properties of such Person (or a division thereof) as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company; provided that any such Lien does not extend to any property owned by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company immediately prior to such merger, consolidation, sale, lease or disposition;

(3) Liens on property of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary of the Company;

(4) Liens in favor of the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company;

(5) Liens to secure all or part of the cost of acquisition, construction, development or improvement of the underlying property, or to secure Debt incurred to provide funds for any such purpose; provided that the commitment of the creditor to extend the credit secured by any such Lien shall have been obtained no later than 270 days after the later of (a) the completion of the acquisition, construction, development or improvement of such property or (b) the placing in operation of such property; provided , further , that such Liens do not extend to any property other than such property subject to acquisition, construction, development or improvement;

(6) Liens in favor of the United States of America or any State thereof, or any department, agency or instrumentality or political subdivision thereof, to secure partial, progress, advance or other payments;

(7) Liens existing on the Issue Date or any extension, renewal, replacement or refunding of any Debt (or any guarantee thereof) secured by a Lien existing on the Issue Date or referred to in clauses (1)-(3) or (5) of this Section 1.4(2); provided that any such extension, renewal, replacement or refunding of such Debt (or any guarantee thereof) shall be created within 270 days of repaying the Debt (or any guarantee thereof) secured by the Lien referred to in clauses (1)-(3) or (5) of this Section 1.4(2) and the principal amount of the Debt (or any guarantee thereof) secured thereby and not otherwise authorized by clauses (1)-(3) or (5) of this Section 1.4(2) shall not exceed the principal amount of Debt (or any guarantee thereof), plus any premium or fee payable in connection with any such extension, renewal, replacement or refunding, so secured at the time of such extension, renewal, replacement or refunding; provided that neither the Credit Agreement nor any extension, renewal, replacement or refunding thereof shall be secured pursuant to this clause (7);

(8) Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the greater of (x) $50.0 million and (y) 2.5% of Consolidated Total Assets;

(9) Liens in favor of the Offered Securities and the Guarantees; and

(10) Liens securing Hedging Obligations entered into in the ordinary course of business.

 

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Notwithstanding the restrictions described in this Section 1.4(2), the Company and any Subsidiaries of the Company may create, incur, issue, assume or guarantee Debt secured by Liens (including, without limitation, Liens securing Debt and other obligations under the Credit Agreement, related Hedging Obligations and related banking services or cash management obligations) without equally and ratably securing the Offered Securities then outstanding if, at the time of such creation, incurrence, issuance, assumption or guarantee, after giving effect thereto and to the retirement of any Debt which is concurrently being retired,

 

(A) the aggregate amount of all such Debt secured by Liens which would otherwise be subject to such restrictions (other than any Debt (or any guarantee thereof) secured by Liens permitted as described in clauses (1)-(10) of this Section 1.4(2) plus

 

(B) all Attributable Debt of the Company and the Subsidiaries of the Company in respect of Sale/Leaseback Transactions with respect to Properties (with the exception of such transactions that are permitted under clauses (1)-(4) of the first sentence of the first paragraph under Section 1.4(3) of this First Supplemental Indenture)

would not exceed the greater of (x) $1,250.0 million and (y) the amount that would cause the Consolidated Secured Debt Ratio to exceed 3.00 to 1.00.

 

  (3) Limitation on Sale/Leaseback Transactions .

The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary of the Company to, enter into any Sale/Leaseback Transaction with respect to any Property unless:

(1) the Sale/Leaseback Transaction is solely with the Company or another Subsidiary of the Company;

(2) the lease is for a period not in excess of 36 months (or which may be terminated by the Company or such Subsidiary), including renewals;

(3) the Company or such Subsidiary would (at the time of entering into such arrangement) be entitled as described in clauses (1)-(10) of the second paragraph under Section 1.4(2) of this First Supplemental Indenture, without equally and ratably securing the Offered Securities then outstanding under the Indenture, to create, incur, issue, assume or guarantee Debt secured by a Lien on such Property in the amount of the Attributable Debt arising from such Sale/Leaseback Transaction;

(4) the Company or such Subsidiary within 360 days after the sale of such Property in connection with such Sale/Leaseback Transaction is completed, applies an amount equal to the net proceeds of the sale of such Property to (a) the retirement of Offered Securities, other Funded Debt of the Company ranking on a parity with the Offered Securities (or the Guarantees of the Offered Securities) or Funded Debt of a Subsidiary of the Company, (b) the purchase of Property; or (c) a combination thereof; or

(5) (a) the Attributable Debt of the Company and Subsidiaries of the Company in respect of such Sale/Leaseback Transaction and all other Sale/Leaseback Transactions entered into after the Issue Date (other than any such Sale/Leaseback Transaction as would be permitted as described in clauses (1)-(4) of this sentence), plus

(b) the aggregate principal amount of Debt secured by Liens on Properties then outstanding (not including any such Debt secured by Liens described in clauses (1)-(10) of the second paragraph under Section 1.4(2) of this First Supplemental Indenture) that are not equally and ratably secured with the outstanding Offered Securities (or secured on a basis junior to the outstanding Offered Securities), would not exceed the greater of (x) $1,250.0 million and (y) the amount that would cause the Consolidated Secured Debt Ratio to exceed 3.00 to 1.00.

 

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  (4) Limitation on Restricted Payments .

(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary of the Company to, directly or indirectly, make any Restricted Payment unless, at the time of and after giving effect to the proposed Restricted Payment:

(1) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or will occur as a consequence thereof;

(2) after giving effect to such Restricted Payment on a pro forma basis, the Company would be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of Coverage Debt under Section 1.4(1) of this First Supplemental Indenture; and

(3) after giving effect to such Restricted Payment on a pro forma basis, the aggregate amount of all Restricted Payments made after the Issue Date (excluding (x) Restricted Payments permitted by clauses (2) through (7) of paragraph (b) of this Section 1.4(4) and (y) Restricted Payments permitted by clause (9)(x) of paragraph (b) of this Section 1.4(4) to the extent that the amount available for Restricted Payments under this clause (3) would be reduced to less than zero as a result of payments made under such clause (9)(x)) shall not exceed the sum (without duplication) of

(a) 50% of the Consolidated Net Income (or, if Consolidated Net Income shall be a deficit, minus 100% of such deficit) of the Company accrued on a cumulative basis during the period (taken as one accounting period) from the beginning of the fiscal quarter during which the Issue Date occurs and ending on the last day of the fiscal quarter immediately preceding the date of such proposed Restricted Payment, plus

(b) 100% of the aggregate net proceeds (including the fair market value of property other than cash as determined by the Company in good faith) received by the Company subsequent to the initial issuance of the Offered Securities either (i) as a contribution to its common equity capital or (ii) from the issuance and sale (other than to a Subsidiary) of its Qualified Capital Interests, including Qualified Capital Interests issued upon the conversion of Debt, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of the Company, and from the exercise of options, warrants or other rights to purchase such Qualified Capital Interests (other than, in each case, Capital Stock or Debt sold to a Subsidiary of the Company), plus

(c) to the extent that any Investment (other than Permitted Investments and Investments made pursuant to clause (9) of paragraph (b) of this Section 1.4(4)) that was made on or after the Issue Date is sold for cash or otherwise disposed of, liquidated, redeemed, repurchased or repaid for cash or other assets, or to the extent that the Company otherwise realizes any proceeds on the sale of such Investment or proceeds representing the return of capital on such Investment, the lesser of (i) the initial amount of such Investment, or (ii) to the extent not otherwise included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income of the Company for such period, the net cash return of capital or net fair market value of return of capital as determined by the Company in good faith with respect to such Investment, less the cost of any such disposition or liquidation.

 

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(b) Notwithstanding whether the foregoing provisions would prohibit the Company and its Subsidiaries from making a Restricted Payment, the Company and its Subsidiaries may make the following Restricted Payments:

(1) the payment of any dividend on Capital Stock of the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company within 60 days after declaration thereof if at the declaration date such payment was permitted by the provisions of this covenant;

(2) the purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement of any Qualified Capital Interests of the Company by conversion into, or by or in exchange for, Qualified Capital Interests, or out of net cash proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the Company) of other Qualified Capital Interests of the Company;

(3) the redemption, defeasance, repurchase or acquisition or retirement for value of any Debt of the Company or a Guarantor that is subordinate in right of payment to the Offered Securities or the applicable Guarantee out of the net cash proceeds of a substantially concurrent issue and sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the Company) of (x) new subordinated Debt of the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be, incurred in accordance with the Indenture or (y) Qualified Capital Interests of the Company;

(4) the purchase, redemption, cancellation, retirement or other acquisition for value of Capital Stock of the Company held by employees or former employees of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (or their estates or beneficiaries under their estates) upon death, disability, retirement or termination of employment or alteration of employment status or pursuant to the terms of any agreement under which such Capital Stock was issued; provided , however , that the aggregate cash consideration paid for such purchase, redemption, retirement or other acquisition of such Capital Stock does not exceed $10.0 million in any calendar year; provided further , however , that any unused amounts in any calendar year may be carried forward to one or more future periods subject to a maximum aggregate amount of repurchases made pursuant to this clause (4) not to exceed $20.0 million in any calendar year; provided , however , that such amount in any calendar year may be increased by an amount not to exceed (A) the cash proceeds received by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from the sale of Qualified Capital Interests of the Company to employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries that occurs after the Issue Date; provided , however , that the amount of such cash proceeds utilized for any such repurchase, retirement, other acquisition or dividend will not increase the amount available for Restricted Payments under clause (3) of paragraph (a) of this Section 1.4(4); plus (B) the cash proceeds of key man life insurance policies received by the Company and its Subsidiaries after the Issue Date ( provided , however , that the Company may elect to apply all or any portion of the aggregate increase contemplated by the proviso of this clause (4) in any calendar year);

(5) the repurchase, redemption, cancellation or other acquisition of Capital Stock deemed to occur upon the exercise or vesting of stock options, warrants, restricted stock units or other convertible or exchangeable securities and the repurchase, redemption, cancellation or other acquisition of Capital Stock made in lieu of withholding taxes resulting from the exercise or vesting of stock options, warrants, restricted stock units or other convertible or exchangeable securities;

 

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(6) cash payment, in lieu of issuance of fractional shares in connection with the exercise of warrants, options or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for the Capital Stock of the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company;

(7) upon the occurrence of a Change of Control or an Asset Sale, the defeasance, redemption, repurchase or other acquisition of any subordinated Debt pursuant to provisions substantially similar to those described under Sections 1.4(5) and 1.4(7) of this First Supplemental Indenture at a purchase price not greater than 101% of the principal amount thereof (in the case of a Change of Control) or at a percentage of the principal amount thereof not higher than the principal amount applicable to the Offered Securities (in the case of an Asset Sale), plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon; provided , however , that prior to or contemporaneously with such defeasance, redemption, repurchase or other acquisition, the Company has made a Change of Control Offer or an Asset Sale Offer with respect to the Offered Securities and has repurchased all Offered Securities validly tendered for payment and not withdrawn in connection therewith;

(8) to the extent no Default in any payment in respect of principal, premium, if any, or interest under the Offered Securities or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or will occur as a consequence thereof, other Restricted Payments not in excess of $100.0 million in the aggregate;

(9) to the extent no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or will occur as a consequence thereof, (x) any Restricted Payment so long as on the date of such Restricted Payment, after giving pro forma effect thereto and to any related transactions as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the Company’s most recent Four Quarter Period, the Consolidated Debt Ratio would not exceed 3.25 to 1.00 or (y) if the Consolidated Debt Ratio is equal to or greater than 3.25 to 1.00 and less than 3.75 to 1.00, Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed 50.0% of Free Cash Flow for the most recent Four Quarter Period, provided , this clause (y) shall only be available for four consecutive fiscal quarters in any five consecutive fiscal quarter period; and

(10) payments and distributions to dissenting stockholders (that are not Affiliates of the Company) pursuant to applicable law, pursuant to or in connection with a consolidation, merger or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries that complies with the terms of the Indenture, including Section 10.01 of the Base Indenture; provided that payments and distributions shall be permitted under this clause (10) only to the extent they are not otherwise permitted under this Section 1.4(4).

(c) If any Person in which an Investment is made, which Investment constitutes a Restricted Payment when made, thereafter becomes a Subsidiary of the Company in accordance with the Indenture, all such Investments previously made in such Person shall no longer be counted as Restricted Payments for purposes of calculating the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments pursuant to clause (3) of paragraph (a) of this Section 1.4(4), in each case to the extent such Investments would otherwise be so counted.

(d) For purposes of this covenant, if a particular Restricted Payment involves a non-cash payment, including a distribution of assets, then such Restricted Payment shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the cash portion of such Restricted Payment, if any, plus an amount equal to the fair market value of the non-cash portion of such Restricted Payment as determined by the Company in good faith.

 

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(e) For the avoidance of doubt, this covenant shall not restrict the making of any “AHYDO catch-up payment” with respect to, and required by the terms of any Debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries permitted to be incurred in accordance with the Indenture.

 

  (5) Limitation on Asset Sales .

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

(1) the Company (or the Subsidiary, as the case may be) receives consideration at the time of the Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value of the assets or Capital Stock issued or sold or otherwise disposed of as determined by the Company in good faith; and

(2) except in the case of a Permitted Asset Swap, at least 75% of the consideration received in the Asset Sale by the Company or such Subsidiary is in the form of cash or Eligible Cash Equivalents. For purposes of this provision, each of the following will be deemed to be cash:

(a) any liabilities, as shown on the most recent consolidated balance sheet of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than contingent liabilities and liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Offered Securities or any Guarantee) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets pursuant to a customary assignment and assumption agreement that releases the Company or such Subsidiary from further liability;

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

(c) any Designated Non-cash Consideration received by the Company or such Subsidiary in such Asset Sale, taken together with all other Designated Non-cash Consideration received pursuant to this clause (c) that is at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of (x) $100.0 million and (y) 5.0% of Consolidated Total Assets at the time of the receipt of such Designated Non-cash Consideration, with the fair market value of each item of Designated Non-cash Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value.

Within 360 days after the receipt of any Net Cash Proceeds from an Asset Sale, the Company (or the applicable Subsidiary, as the case may be) may apply such Net Cash Proceeds at its option:

 

  (i) to permanently repay (a) Debt under the Credit Agreement and, if the obligation repaid is revolving credit Debt, to correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto and/or (b) other unsecured Debt ranking pari passu in right of payment with the Offered Securities ( provided that if the Company shall so reduce obligations under such other unsecured Debt, the Company will (x) equally and ratably reduce obligations under the Offered Securities under any applicable optional redemption provisions or by open market purchases or (y) make an offer (in accordance with the procedures set forth below for an Asset Sale Offer) to all Holders to purchase, in each case, at a purchase price no less than 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, the pro rata principal amount of Offered Securities);

 

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  (ii) to acquire all or substantially all of the assets of, or any Capital Stock of, another Permitted Business, if, after giving effect to any such acquisition of Capital Stock, the Permitted Business is or becomes a Subsidiary of the Company;

 

  (iii) to make a capital expenditure in or that is used or useful in a Permitted Business or to make expenditures for maintenance, repair or improvement of existing properties and assets;

 

  (iv) to acquire other assets (other than current assets) that are used or useful in a Permitted Business;

 

  (v) to repay or repurchase Debt secured by a lien on assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; or

 

  (vi) any combination of the foregoing;

provided that in the case of an investment pursuant to clauses (ii), (iii) or (iv) of this Section 1.4(5), a binding commitment shall be treated as a permitted application of such Net Cash Proceeds from the date of such commitment so long as such investment is consummated within 180 days of such 360th day.

Any Net Cash Proceeds from Asset Sales that are not applied, invested or subject to an offer to repurchase as provided in the preceding paragraph of this covenant will constitute “ Excess Proceeds .” When the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $75.0 million, the Company will, within 30 days, make an offer to purchase to all Holders of Offered Securities (an “ Asset Sale Offer ”), and to all holders of other Debt containing provisions similar to those set forth in the Indenture with respect to assets sales, the maximum aggregate principal amount of Offered Securities and such other Debt that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds. The offer price for the Offered Securities in any Asset Sale Offer will be equal to 100% of the principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the date of purchase, and will be payable in cash. If any Excess Proceeds remain after consummation of an Asset Sale Offer in respect of the Offered Securities, the Company may use those funds for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by the Indenture and they will no longer constitute Excess Proceeds. If the aggregate principal amount of Offered Securities and other Debt tendered into such Asset Sale Offer exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Excess Proceeds will be allocated by the Company between the Offered Securities and such other Debt based on the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of Offered Securities and such other Debt tendered and the Trustee will select the Offered Securities to be purchased on a pro rata basis among all Offered Securities tendered (subject to DTC procedures). Upon completion of each Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds will be reset at zero.

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 the repurchase of any Offered Securities as a result of an Asset Sale Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the Asset Sale Offer provisions of the Offered Securities, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the Asset Sale Offer provisions of the Offered Securities by virtue of such conflict.

 

  (6) Future Guarantors .

After the Issue Date, the Company will cause each domestic Subsidiary of the Company that in the future becomes a guarantor of (i) any Debt of the Company or any Guarantor under a Debt Facility

 

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with an aggregate principal amount or commitments of $50.0 million or more or (ii) any Material Capital Markets Debt issued by the Company or any Guarantor to, within 30 days of the incurrence of such guarantee, execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture to the Indenture pursuant to which such Subsidiary will guarantee payment of the Offered Securities on the same terms and conditions as those set forth in the Indenture. A domestic Subsidiary that in the future becomes a Guarantor may be released from its Guarantee without the consent of the Holders of the Offered Securities under the circumstances described in Section 14.06 of the Base Indenture as amended by Section 1.3 of this First Supplemental Indenture.

 

  (7) Change of Control .

(a) Within 30 days following the occurrence of a Change of Control, each Holder shall have the right to require that the Company make an offer to purchase such Holder’s Offered Securities at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof on the date of purchase plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to but excluding the date of purchase.

(b) If the Change of Control purchase date is on or after a regular record date and on or before the related Interest Payment Date, any accrued and unpaid interest to the Change of Control purchase date will be paid on the Change of Control purchase date to the Person in whose name an Offered Security is registered at the close of business on such record date.

(c) Within 30 days following the occurrence of a Change of Control, unless the Company has exercised its option to redeem all the Offered Securities as described under Section 1.1(6) of this First Supplemental Indenture, the Company will mail (or deliver by electronic transmission in accordance with the applicable procedures of DTC) a notice to each Holder with a copy to the Trustee (the “ Change of Control Offer ”) stating:

(1) that a Change of Control has occurred and that such Holder has the right to require us to purchase such Holder’s Offered Securities at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof on the date of purchase, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to but excluding the date of purchase;

(2) the circumstances that constitute or may constitute such Change of Control;

(3) the purchase date (which shall be no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is sent); and

(4) the instructions, as determined by the Company, consistent with this covenant, that a Holder must follow in order to have its Offered Securities purchased.

(d) The Company will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer following a Change of Control if a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in the Indenture applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by the Company and purchases all Offered Securities validly tendered and not withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer or if the Company has exercised its option to redeem all the Offered Securities pursuant to the provisions described under Section 1.1(6) of this First Supplemental Indenture.

(e) The Company will comply, to the extent applicable, with the requirements of Section 14(e) of the Exchange Act and any other securities laws or regulations in connection with

 

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the purchase of Offered Securities as a result of a Change of Control. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this covenant, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this covenant by virtue of its compliance with such securities laws or regulations.

(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, a Change of Control Offer may be made in advance of a Change of Control, conditional upon such Change of Control, if a definitive agreement is in place for the Change of Control at the time of making of such Change of Control Offer.

(g) The provisions under the Indenture relative to the Company’s obligation to make an offer to purchase the Offered Securities as a result of a Change of Control may be waived or modified with the written consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Offered Securities.

 

  (8) Effectiveness of Covenants.

(a) Following the first day (such date, a “ Suspension Date ”):

(1) the Offered Securities have an Investment Grade Rating from both of the Rating Agencies; and

(2) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing under the Indenture,

the Company and its Subsidiaries will not be subject to the provisions of Sections 1.4(1), 1.4(4), 1.4(5) and 1.4(6) of this First Supplemental Indenture and clause (iii) under Section 10.01 of the Base Indenture (which provision is included in Section 1.6 of this First Supplemental Indenture) (collectively, the “ Suspended Covenants ”).

(b) If at any time the Offered Securities’ credit rating is downgraded from an Investment Grade Rating by any Rating Agency or if a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing, then the Suspended Covenants will thereafter be reinstated as if such covenants had never been suspended (the “ Reinstatement Date ”) and be applicable pursuant to the terms of the Indenture (including in connection with performing any calculation or assessment to determine compliance with the terms of the Indenture), unless and until the Offered Securities subsequently attain an Investment Grade Rating from both of the Rating Agencies and no Default or Event of Default is in existence (in which event the Suspended Covenants shall no longer be in effect for such time that the Offered Securities maintain an Investment Grade Rating from both of the Rating Agencies and no Default or Event of Default is in existence); provided , however , that no Default, Event of Default or breach of any kind shall be deemed to exist under the Indenture, the Offered Securities or the Guarantees with respect to the Suspended Covenants based on, and none of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall bear any liability for, any actions taken or events occurring during the Suspension Period (as defined below) or any actions taken at any time pursuant to any contractual obligation arising during the Suspension Period, regardless of whether such actions or events would have been permitted if the applicable Suspended Covenants remained in effect during such period. The period of time between the Suspension Date and the Reinstatement Date is referred to as the “ Suspension Period .”

 

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(c) On the Reinstatement Date, all Debt incurred during the Suspension Period will be classified to have been incurred or issued pursuant to paragraph (a) of Section 1.4(1) of this First Supplemental Indenture or one of the clauses set forth under the definition of “Permitted Debt” (in each case to the extent such Debt would be permitted to be incurred thereunder as of the Reinstatement Date and after giving effect to Debt incurred prior to the Suspension Period and outstanding on the Reinstatement Date). To the extent such Debt would not be so permitted to be incurred pursuant to the paragraph (a) of Section 1.4(1) of this First Supplemental Indenture or one of the clauses set forth under the definition of “Permitted Debt,” such Debt will be deemed to have been outstanding on the Issue Date, so that it is classified under clause (4) of the definition of “Permitted Debt.” Calculations made after the Reinstatement Date of the amount available to be made as Restricted Payments under Section 1.4(4) of this First Supplemental Indenture will be made as though Section 1.4(4) of this First Supplemental Indenture had been in effect since the Issue Date and throughout the Suspension Period. Accordingly, Restricted Payments made during the Suspension Period will reduce the amount available to be made as Restricted Payments under Section 1.4(4)(a) of this First Supplemental Indenture and the items specified under paragraphs (3)(a) through (3)(c) of Section 1.4(4)(a) of this First Supplemental Indenture will increase the amount available to be made as Restricted Payments under the first paragraph of Section 1.4(4) of this First Supplemental Indenture. For the purpose of determining compliance with Section 1.4(5) of this First Supplemental Indenture, on the Reinstatement Date, the Excess Proceeds from all Asset Sales not applied in accordance with such covenant shall be deemed to be reset to zero.

(d) Promptly following the occurrence of any Suspension Date or Reinstatement Date, the Company will provide an Officer’s Certificate to the Trustee, together with a notice to the Holders, regarding such occurrence. The Trustee shall have no obligation to independently determine or verify if a Suspension Date or Reinstatement Date has occurred or notify the Holders of any Suspension Date or Reinstatement Date. The Trustee shall provide a copy of such notice to the Holders of the Offered Securities.

 

  Section 1.5 Additional Event of Default .

The following additional event shall be established and shall constitute an “Event of Default” under Section 6.01(a)(12) of the Base Indenture with respect to the Offered Securities so long as any of the Offered Securities remain Outstanding:

“The failure by the Company or any Guarantor, as the case may be, to comply for 45 days after notice with any of its obligations under Section 1.4(7) (other than a failure to purchase Offered Securities) or under Sections 1.4(1), 1.4(2), 1.4(3), 1.4(4), 1.4(5) (other than a failure to purchase the Offered Securities) or 1.4(6) of this First Supplemental Indenture.”

This Event of Default will not constitute an Event of Default until the Trustee or Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities notify the Company (with a copy to the Trustee if given by the Holders) of the default and the Company does not cure such default within the time specified after receipt of such notice.

This Event of Default shall no longer apply to the Offered Securities upon the Company’s exercise of its covenant defeasance option in accordance with Section 11.03 of the Base Indenture.

 

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  Section 1.6 Addition to Merger Covenant .

Section 10.01 of the Base Indenture is hereby amended:

(a) By deleting “and” at the end of Section 10.01(ii) of the Base Indenture;

(b) By deleting Section 10.01(iii) thereof in its entirety and replacing it with the following:

“(iii) immediately after giving effect to the transaction and any related financing transactions, as if such transactions had occurred at the beginning of the applicable Four Quarter Period,

 

  (a) the successor entity would be able to incur at least $1.00 of Coverage Debt under Section 1.4(1) of the First Supplemental Indenture, or

 

  (b) the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the successor entity and its Subsidiaries would be greater than such ratio for the Company and its Subsidiaries immediately prior to such transaction; and”; and

 

  (c) By adding the following Section 10.01(iv) to the Base Indenture:

“(iv) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each in the form required by this Indenture and stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture comply with the foregoing provisions relating to such transaction, and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company or successor entity, as applicable, subject to customary exceptions.”

 

  Section 1.7 Addition to Covenant Defeasance .

Section 11.03(b) of the Base Indenture is hereby amended by providing that the additional “Event of Default” under Section 6.01(a)(12) of the Base Indenture as established and specified in Section 1.5 of the First Supplemental Indenture shall not constitute an Event of Default if the Company exercises its covenant defeasance option under Section 11.03(b) of the Base Indenture with respect to the Offered Securities, and the conditions for such covenant defeasance have been satisfied.

 

  Section 1.8 Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Securityholders .

No supplemental indenture shall change the optional redemption dates or prices or calculations from those described under Section 1.1(6) of this First Supplemental Indenture without the consent of the Holders of each Offered Security then Outstanding and affected thereby under Section 9.02 of the Base Indenture with respect to the Offered Securities so long as any of the Offered Securities remain Outstanding.

ARTICLE II

MISCELLANEOUS

 

  Section 2.1 Definitions .

Capitalized terms used but not defined in this First Supplemental Indenture shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Base Indenture.

 

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  Section 2.2 Confirmation of Indenture .

The Base Indenture, as supplemented and amended by this First Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and the Base Indenture, this First Supplemental Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto with respect to the Offered Securities shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument; provided that the provisions of this First Supplemental Indenture and any such indentures supplemental thereto apply solely with respect to the Offered Securities.

 

  Section 2.3 Concerning the Trustee .

In carrying out the Trustee’s responsibilities hereunder, the Trustee shall have all of the rights, protections and immunities which it possesses under the Base Indenture. The recitals contained herein and in the Offered Securities, except the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this First Supplemental Indenture or of the Offered Securities. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of the Offered Securities or the proceeds thereof.

 

  Section 2.4 Governing Law .

This First Supplemental Indenture and the Offered Securities shall be deemed to be a contract made under the internal laws of the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of said State.

 

  Section 2.5 Separability .

In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this First Supplemental Indenture or in the Offered Securities shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions of this First Supplemental Indenture or of the Offered Securities, but this First Supplemental Indenture and the Offered Securities shall be construed as if such invalid or illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein or therein.

 

  Section 2.6 Counterparts .

This First Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

 

  Section 2.7 No Benefit .

Nothing in this First Supplemental Indenture or in the Offered Securities, express or implied, shall give or be construed to give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and the Holders of the Offered Securities, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this First Supplemental Indenture or the Base Indenture or under any covenant, condition or provision herein or therein contained; all such covenants, conditions and provisions being for the sole benefit of the parties hereto and of the Holders of the Offered Securities.

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

 

PTC INC.
By:  

/s/ Andrew D. Miller

  Name: Andrew D. Miller
  Title: Chief Financial Officer


THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Trustee
By:  

/s/ Francine Kincaid

  Name: Francine Kincaid
  Title: Vice President

[ Signature Page to First Supplemental Indenture ]


EXHIBIT A

FORM OF 6.000% SENIOR NOTES

[ Insert the Private Placement Legend and/or the Global Security legend, as applicable ]

6.000% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2024

 

No. R-[]      $[]

CUSIP No. 69370CAA8

ISIN No. US69370CAA80

PTC INC.

promises to pay to Cede & Co. or registered assigns, the principal sum of [    ] Dollars on May 15, 2024.

Interest Payment Dates: May 15 and November 15

Regular Record Dates: May 1 and November 1

Each Holder of this Security (as defined below), by accepting the same, agrees to and shall be bound by the provisions hereof and of the Indenture described herein, and authorizes and directs the Trustee described herein on such Holder’s behalf to be bound by such provisions. Each Holder of this Security hereby waives all notice of the acceptance of the provisions contained herein and in the Indenture and waives reliance by such Holder upon said provisions.

This Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture, or be valid or become obligatory for any purpose, until the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been signed by or on behalf of the Trustee. The provisions of this Security are continued on the reverse side hereof, and such continued provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be signed in accordance with Section 2.04 of the Indenture.

Date: [                    ]

 

PTC INC.
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

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CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

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

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Trustee
By:  

 

  Authorized Signatory
Dated:   [                    ]

 

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PTC Inc.

6.000% Senior Notes due 2024

This security is one of a duly authorized series of debt securities of PTC Inc., a Massachusetts corporation (the “ Company ”), issued or to be issued in one or more series under and pursuant to an Indenture for the Company’s debt securities, dated as of May 12, 2016 (the “ Base Indenture ”), duly executed and delivered by and between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 12, 2016 (the “ First Supplemental Indenture ”), between the Company and the Trustee. The Base Indenture as supplemented and amended by the First Supplemental Indenture is referred to herein as the “ Indenture .” By the terms of the Base Indenture, the debt securities issuable thereunder are issuable in series that may vary as to amount, date of maturity, rate of interest and in other respects as provided in the Base Indenture. This security is one of the series designated on the face hereof (individually, a “ Security ,” and collectively, the “ Securities ”), and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities of the Trustee, the Company, the Guarantors (if any) and the holders of the Securities (the “ Holders ”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings given them in the Base Indenture or the First Supplemental Indenture, as applicable.

1. Interest . The Company promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Security at an annual rate of 6.000%. The Company will pay interest semi-annually on May 15 and November 15 of each year (each such day, an “ Interest Payment Date ”). If the date of maturity of interest or principal of this Security or the date of redemption of this Security shall not be a Business Day, then payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest or principal and premium, if any, may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the date that payment was due, and no interest shall accrue on that payment for the period from and after that interest or other payment date, as the case may be, to the date of that payment on the next succeeding Business Day. Interest on the Securities will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for or, if no interest has been paid, from the date of issuance; provided that, the first Interest Payment Date shall be November 15, 2016. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

2. Method of Payment . The Company will pay interest on the Securities (except defaulted interest), if any, to the Persons in whose name such Securities are registered at the close of business on the regular record date referred to on the facing page of this Security for such interest installment. In the event that the Securities or a portion thereof are called for redemption and the redemption date is subsequent to a regular record date with respect to any Interest Payment Date and prior to such Interest Payment Date, interest on such Securities will be paid upon presentation and surrender of such Securities as provided in the Indenture. The principal of and the interest on the Securities shall be payable in the coin or currency of the United States of America that at the time is legal tender for public and private debt, at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in accordance with the Indenture.

3. Paying Agent and Registrar . Initially, The Bank of New York Mellon, the Trustee, will act as paying agent and Security Registrar. The Company may change or appoint any paying agent or Security Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act in any such capacity.

4. Indenture . The terms of the Securities include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “ Trust Indenture Act ”), as in effect on the date the Indenture is qualified. The Securities are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and the Trust Indenture Act for a statement of such terms.

 

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The Securities are unsecured senior obligations of the Company and constitute the series designated on the face hereof as the “6.000% Senior Notes due 2024”, initially limited to $500,000,000 in aggregate principal amount. The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Base Indenture and the First Supplemental Indenture. Requests may be made to: PTC Inc., 140 Kendrick Street, Needham, Massachusetts, 02494, Attention: General Counsel.

5. Redemption and Repurchase . The Securities are subject to optional redemption, and may be the subject of a Change of Control Offer or Asset Sale Offer, as further described in the Indenture. The Company shall not be required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Offered Securities.

6. Denominations, Transfer, Exchange . The Securities are in registered form without coupons in the denominations of $2,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. The transfer of Securities may be registered and Securities may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Securities may be exchanged or transferred at the office or agency maintained by the Company pursuant to Section 4.02 of the Base Indenture. No service charge shall be payable by a Holder for any exchange or registration of transfer of this Security, or for any issue of new Securities in case of partial redemption, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax, assessment or other similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such taxes or other governmental charge payable upon exchange or registration of transfer pursuant to Sections 2.06, 3.03(b) and 9.04 of the Base Indenture). If the Securities are to be redeemed, the Company will not be required (i) to issue, exchange or register the transfer of any Securities during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing (or otherwise delivery in accordance with the procedures of DTC) of a notice of redemption of less than all the Outstanding Securities and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing or other delivery; (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any Securities or portions thereof called for redemption; nor (iii) to register the transfer of or exchange a Security between the applicable record date and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date.

7. Persons Deemed Owners . The registered Holder may be treated as its owner for all purposes.

8. Repayment to the Company or the Guarantors . Any funds or Government Securities deposited with any paying agent or the Trustee, or then held by the Company or any Guarantor, in trust for payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Securities that are not applied but remain unclaimed by the Holders of such Securities for at least two years after the date upon which the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on such Securities shall have respectively become due and payable, shall be repaid to the Company or such Guarantor, as applicable, or if then held by the Company or any Guarantor shall be discharged from such trust; and thereafter, the paying agent and the Trustee shall be released from all further liability with respect to such funds or Government Securities, and the Holder of any of the Securities entitled to receive such payment shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company or the Guarantors, as applicable, for the payment thereof.

9. Amendments, Supplements and Waivers . The Indenture or the Securities may be amended or supplemented as provided in the Indenture. The Base Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities, on behalf of all of the Holders of the Securities, to waive any past Default under the Indenture and its consequences, except a Default (1) in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Security as and when the same shall become due by the terms of such Security otherwise than by acceleration and (2) in respect of a covenant or provision of the Indenture that cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security. Any such consent or waiver by the registered Holder shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders and

 

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owners of this Security and of any Security issued in exchange for this Security or in place hereof (whether by registration of transfer or otherwise), irrespective of whether or not any notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.

10. Defaults and Remedies . The Events of Default relating to the Offered Securities are defined in Section 6.01 of the Base Indenture and Section 1.5 of the First Supplemental Indenture. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, the rights and obligations of the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders shall be as set forth in the applicable provisions of the Indenture.

11. Defeasance and Discharge of Indenture . The Indenture contains certain provisions pertaining to defeasance and discharge, which provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth herein.

12. Authentication . This Security shall not be valid until the Trustee signs the certificate of authentication attached to the other side of this Security.

13. Guarantees . On the date of issuance, this Security is not guaranteed. In certain circumstances, as provided in the Indenture, all payments by the Company under the Indenture and this Security may become fully and unconditionally guaranteed to the Holder of this Security by the Guarantors.

14. Abbreviations . Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).

15. Governing Law . The Base Indenture, the First Supplemental Indenture and this Security shall be deemed to be a contract made under the internal laws of the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of said State.

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Security, fill in the form below: (I) or (we) assign and transfer this Security to

(Insert assignee’s social security or tax I.D. number)

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

and irrevocably appoint agent to transfer this Security on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

 

Date:   

 

     
      Your Signature:  

 

      (Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Security)

 

Signature Guarantee:  

 

 
  (Signature must be guaranteed by aparticipant in a recognized signatureguarantee medallion program)  

 

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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE

If you want to elect to have this Security purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 1.4(7) of the First Supplemental Indenture, check the box:

¨  1.4(7) Change of Control

If you want to elect to have only part of this Security purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 1.4(7) of the First Supplemental Indenture, state the amount: $                .

 

    Date:   

 

     
          Your Signature:  

 

          (Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Security)
          Tax I.D. number:

 

Signature Guarantee:  

 

 
  (Signature must be guaranteed by aparticipant in a recognized signatureguarantee medallion program)  

 

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EXHIBIT B

FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

TO BE DELIVERED BY SUBSEQUENT GUARANTORS

Supplemental Indenture (this “ Supplemental Indenture ”), dated as of [                    ], 20[    ], among                      (the “ Guaranteeing Subsidiary ”), a subsidiary of PTC Inc., a Massachusetts corporation (the “ Company ”), and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”).

W I T N E S S E T H

WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an Indenture, dated as of May 12, 2016 (the “ Base Indenture ,” as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 12, 2016, between the Company and the Trustee, the “ Indenture ”), providing for the issuance by the Company from time to time of unsubordinated debt securities (the “ Securities ”) evidencing its unsecured indebtedness and for the issuance of guarantees of the Securities;

WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall unconditionally Guarantee all of the Company’s Obligations under the Securities and the Indenture on the terms and conditions set forth herein and under the Indenture; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Base Indenture, the Trustee is authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture.

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders as follows:

1. Capitalized Terms . Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

2. Guarantor . The Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereby agrees to be a Guarantor under the Indenture and to be bound by the terms of the Indenture applicable to Guarantors, including Article XIV of the Base Indenture.

3. Governing Law . THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WILL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

4. Waiver of Jury Trial . EACH OF THE GUARANTEEING SUBSIDIARY AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, THE INDENTURE, THE SECURITIES, THE GUARANTEES OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY.

5. 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.

 

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6. Headings . The headings of the Sections of this Supplemental Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part of this Supplemental Indenture and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

7. The Trustee makes no representation or warranty as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or as to the accuracy of the recitals to this Supplemental Indenture.

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

 

[NAME OF GUARANTEEING SUBSIDIARY]
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Trustee
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

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Exhibit 4.3

THIS GLOBAL SECURITY IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS SECURITY) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (I) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE ANY SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO THE INDENTURE, (II) THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.05(C) OF THE INDENTURE, (III) THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO THE INDENTURE AND (IV) THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY.

UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR SECURITIES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR TO ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF ANY ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO SUCH ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

6.000% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2024

 

No. R-1      $500,000,000
CUSIP No. 69370CAA8     
ISIN No. US69370CAA80     

PTC INC.

promises to pay to Cede & Co. or registered assigns, the principal sum of Five Hundred Million Dollars on May 15, 2024.

Interest Payment Dates: May 15 and November 15

Regular Record Dates: May 1 and November 1

Each Holder of this Security (as defined below), by accepting the same, agrees to and shall be bound by the provisions hereof and of the Indenture described herein, and authorizes and directs the Trustee described herein on such Holder’s behalf to be bound by such provisions. Each Holder of this Security hereby waives all notice of the acceptance of the provisions contained herein and in the Indenture and waives reliance by such Holder upon said provisions.

This Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture, or be valid or become obligatory for any purpose, until the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been signed by or on behalf of the Trustee. The provisions of this Security are continued on the reverse side hereof, and such continued provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be signed in accordance with Section 2.04 of the Indenture.

Date: May 12, 2016

 

PTC INC.
By:  

/s/ Andrew D. Miller

  Name: Andrew D. Miller
  Title: EVP, Chief Financial Officer

 

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CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

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

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Trustee
By:  

/s/ Francine Kincaid

  Authorized Signatory
Dated: May 12, 2016

 

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PTC Inc.

6.000% Senior Notes due 2024

This security is one of a duly authorized series of debt securities of PTC Inc., a Massachusetts corporation (the “ Company ”), issued or to be issued in one or more series under and pursuant to an Indenture for the Company’s debt securities, dated as of May 12, 2016 (the “ Base Indenture ”), duly executed and delivered by and between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 12, 2016 (the “ First Supplemental Indenture ”), between the Company and the Trustee. The Base Indenture as supplemented and amended by the First Supplemental Indenture is referred to herein as the “ Indenture .” By the terms of the Base Indenture, the debt securities issuable thereunder are issuable in series that may vary as to amount, date of maturity, rate of interest and in other respects as provided in the Base Indenture. This security is one of the series designated on the face hereof (individually, a “ Security ,” and collectively, the “ Securities ”), and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities of the Trustee, the Company, the Guarantors (if any) and the holders of the Securities (the “ Holders ”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings given them in the Base Indenture or the First Supplemental Indenture, as applicable.

Interest . The Company promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Security at an annual rate of 6.000%. The Company will pay interest semi-annually on May 15 and November 15 of each year (each such day, an “ Interest Payment Date ”). If the date of maturity of interest or principal of this Security or the date of redemption of this Security shall not be a Business Day, then payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest or principal and premium, if any, may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the date that payment was due, and no interest shall accrue on that payment for the period from and after that interest or other payment date, as the case may be, to the date of that payment on the next succeeding Business Day. Interest on the Securities will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for or, if no interest has been paid, from the date of issuance; provided that, the first Interest Payment Date shall be November 15, 2016. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

Method of Payment . The Company will pay interest on the Securities (except defaulted interest), if any, to the Persons in whose name such Securities are registered at the close of business on the regular record date referred to on the facing page of this Security for such interest installment. In the event that the Securities or a portion thereof are called for redemption and the redemption date is subsequent to a regular record date with respect to any Interest Payment Date and prior to such Interest Payment Date, interest on such Securities will be paid upon presentation and surrender of such Securities as provided in the Indenture. The principal of and the interest on the Securities shall be payable in the coin or currency of the United States of America that at the time is legal tender for public and private debt, at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in accordance with the Indenture.

Paying Agent and Registrar . Initially, The Bank of New York Mellon, the Trustee, will act as paying agent and Security Registrar. The Company may change or appoint any paying agent or Security Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act in any such capacity.

Indenture . The terms of the Securities include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “ Trust Indenture Act ”), as in effect on the date the Indenture is qualified. The Securities are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and the Trust Indenture Act for a statement of such terms. The Securities are unsecured senior obligations of the Company and constitute the series designated on the

 

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face hereof as the “6.000% Senior Notes due 2024”, initially limited to $500,000,000 in aggregate principal amount. The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Base Indenture and the First Supplemental Indenture. Requests may be made to: PTC Inc., 140 Kendrick Street, Needham, Massachusetts, 02494, Attention: General Counsel.

Redemption and Repurchase . The Securities are subject to optional redemption, and may be the subject of a Change of Control Offer or Asset Sale Offer, as further described in the Indenture. The Company shall not be required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Offered Securities.

Denominations, Transfer, Exchange . The Securities are in registered form without coupons in the denominations of $2,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. The transfer of Securities may be registered and Securities may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Securities may be exchanged or transferred at the office or agency maintained by the Company pursuant to Section 4.02 of the Base Indenture. No service charge shall be payable by a Holder for any exchange or registration of transfer of this Security, or for any issue of new Securities in case of partial redemption, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax, assessment or other similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such taxes or other governmental charge payable upon exchange or registration of transfer pursuant to Sections 2.06, 3.03(b) and 9.04 of the Base Indenture). If the Securities are to be redeemed, the Company will not be required (i) to issue, exchange or register the transfer of any Securities during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing (or otherwise delivery in accordance with the procedures of DTC) of a notice of redemption of less than all the Outstanding Securities and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing or other delivery; (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any Securities or portions thereof called for redemption; nor (iii) to register the transfer of or exchange a Security between the applicable record date and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date.

Persons Deemed Owners . The registered Holder may be treated as its owner for all purposes.

Repayment to the Company or the Guarantors . Any funds or Government Securities deposited with any paying agent or the Trustee, or then held by the Company or any Guarantor, in trust for payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Securities that are not applied but remain unclaimed by the Holders of such Securities for at least two years after the date upon which the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on such Securities shall have respectively become due and payable, shall be repaid to the Company or such Guarantor, as applicable, or if then held by the Company or any Guarantor shall be discharged from such trust; and thereafter, the paying agent and the Trustee shall be released from all further liability with respect to such funds or Government Securities, and the Holder of any of the Securities entitled to receive such payment shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company or the Guarantors, as applicable, for the payment thereof.

Amendments, Supplements and Waivers . The Indenture or the Securities may be amended or supplemented as provided in the Indenture. The Base Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities, on behalf of all of the Holders of the Securities, to waive any past Default under the Indenture and its consequences, except a Default (1) in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Security as and when the same shall become due by the terms of such Security otherwise than by acceleration and (2) in respect of a covenant or provision of the Indenture that cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security. Any such consent or waiver by the registered Holder shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders and owners of this Security and of any Security issued in exchange for this Security or in place hereof (whether by registration of transfer or otherwise), irrespective of whether or not any notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.

 

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Defaults and Remedies . The Events of Default relating to the Offered Securities are defined in Section 6.01 of the Base Indenture and Section 1.5 of the First Supplemental Indenture. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, the rights and obligations of the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders shall be as set forth in the applicable provisions of the Indenture.

Defeasance and Discharge of Indenture . The Indenture contains certain provisions pertaining to defeasance and discharge, which provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth herein.

Authentication . This Security shall not be valid until the Trustee signs the certificate of authentication attached to the other side of this Security.

Guarantees . On the date of issuance, this Security is not guaranteed. In certain circumstances, as provided in the Indenture, all payments by the Company under the Indenture and this Security may become fully and unconditionally guaranteed to the Holder of this Security by the Guarantors.

Abbreviations . Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).

Governing Law . The Base Indenture, the First Supplemental Indenture and this Security shall be deemed to be a contract made under the internal laws of the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of said State.

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Security, fill in the form below: (I) or (we) assign and transfer this Security to

(Insert assignee’s social security or tax I.D. number)

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

and irrevocably appoint agent to transfer this Security on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

 

Date:  

 

     
      Your Signature:  

 

      (Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Security)

 

Signature Guarantee:  

 

 
  (Signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a recognized signature guarantee medallion program)  

 

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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE

If you want to elect to have this Security purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 1.4(7) of the First Supplemental Indenture, check the box:

¨ 1.4(7) Change of Control

If you want to elect to have only part of this Security purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 1.4(7) of the First Supplemental Indenture, state the amount: $            .

 

  Date:  

 

     
        Your Signature:  

 

        (Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Security)
        Tax I.D. number:

 

Signature Guarantee:  

 

 
  (Signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a recognized signature guarantee medallion program)  

 

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