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                                                              Exhibit 4.1

 

DST Systems, Inc.

$370,000,000

4.19% Series A Senior Notes due August 9, 2015

4.86% Series B Senior Notes due  August 9, 2017

5.06% Series C Senior Notes due August 9, 2018

5.42% Series D Senior Notes due August 9, 2020

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Note Purchase Agreement

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Dated August 9, 2010

 

 

  

  

  

Table of Contents

 

	
Section                                                                                                                                            Heading          

	
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Section 1.Authorization of Notes

	
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Section 2.Sale and Purchase of Notes

	
  3

	  	  
	
Section 3.Closing

	
  3

	  	  
	
Section 4.Conditions to Closing

	
  3

	
       Section 4.1.Representations and Warranties

	
  3

	
       Section 4.2.Performance; No Default

	
  3

	
       Section 4.3.Compliance Certificates

	
  4

	
       Section 4.4.Opinions of Counsel

	
  4

	
       Section 4.5.Purchase Permitted By Applicable Law, Etc

	
  4

	
       Section 4.6.Sale of Other Notes

	
  4

	
       Section 4.7.Payment of Special Counsel Fees

	
  4

	
       Section 4.8.Private Placement Number

	
  5

	
       Section 4.9.Changes in Corporate Structure

	
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       Section 4.10.Funding Instructions

	
  5

	
       Section 4.11.Proceedings and Documents

	
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Section 5.Representations and Warranties of the Company

	
  5

	
       Section 5.1.Organization; Power and Authority

	
  5

	
       Section 5.2.Authorization, Etc        

	
  5

	
       Section 5.3.Disclosure

	
  6  

	
       Section 5.4.Organization and Ownership of Shares of Subsidiaries;

                                           Directors and Officers       

	
 

  6

	
       Section 5.5.Financial Statements; Material Liabilities

	
  7

	
       Section 5.6.Compliance with Laws, Other Instruments, Etc

	
  7

	
       Section 5.7.Governmental Authorizations, Etc

	
  7

	
       Section 5.8.Litigation; Observance of Agreements, Statutes and Orders

	
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       Section 5.9.Taxes

	
  8

	
       Section 5.10.Title to Property; Leases

	
  8

	
       Section 5.11.Licenses, Permits, Etc

	
  8

	
       Section 5.12.Compliance with ERISA

	
  8

	
       Section 5.13.Private Offering by the Company

	
  9

	
       Section 5.14.Use of Proceeds; Margin Regulations

	
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       Section 5.15.Existing Indebtedness; Future Liens

	
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       Section 5.16.Foreign Assets Control Regulations, Etc

	
10

	
       Section 5.17.Status under Certain Statutes

	
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       Section 5.18.Environmental Matters

	
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Section 6.Representations of the Purchasers

	
11

	
       Section 6.1.Purchase for Investment

	
11

	
       Section 6.2.Source of Funds

	
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       Section 6.3.Investor Status

	
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       Section 6.4.Brokers or Finders

	
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Section 7.Information as to Company

	
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       Section 7.1.Financial and Business Information

	
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       Section 7.2.Officer’s Certificate

	
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       Section 7.3.Visitation

	
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Section 8.Payment and Prepayment of the Notes

	
17

	
      Section 8.1.Maturity

	
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      Section 8.2.Optional Prepayments with Make-Whole Amount

	
17

	
      Section 8.3.Allocation of Partial Prepayments

	
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      Section 8.4.Maturity; Surrender, Etc.

	
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      Section 8.5.Purchase of Notes

	
18

	
      Section 8.6.Make-Whole Amount

	
18

	
      Section 8.7.Change in Control

	
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Section 9.Affirmative Covenants

	
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       Section 9.1.Compliance with Law

	
22

	
       Section 9.2.Insurance       

	
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       Section 9.3.Maintenance of Properties

	
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       Section 9.4.Payment of Taxes and Claims

	
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       Section 9.5.Corporate Existence, Etc

	
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       Section 9.6.Books and Records

	
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       Section 9.7.Notes to Rank Pari Passu

	
24

	
       Section 9.8.Subsidiary Guarantors

	
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       Section 9.9.Significant Subsidiaries

	
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Section 10.Negative Covenants

	
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       Section 10.1.Consolidated Funded Indebtedness to Consolidated EBITA

	
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       Section 10.2.Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio

	
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       Section 10.3.Priority Indebtedness

	
25

	
       Section 10.4.Limitation on Liens

	
25

	
       Section 10.5.Sales of Assets

	
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       Section 10.6.Merger and Consolidation

	
29

	
       Section 10.7.Transactions with Affiliates

	
30

	
       Section 10.8.Line of Business

	
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       Section 10.9.Terrorism Sanctions Regulations

	
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Section 11. Events of Default

	
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Section 12. Remedies on Default, Etc

	
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       Section 12.1.Acceleration

	
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       Section 12.2.Other Remedies

	
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       Section 12.3.Rescission

	
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       Section 12.4.No Waivers or Election of Remedies, Expenses, Etc

	
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Section 13.Registration; Exchange; Substitution of Notes

	
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       Section 13.1.Registration of Notes

	
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       Section 13.2.Transfer and Exchange of Notes

	
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       Section 13.3.Replacement of Notes

	
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Section 14.Payments on Notes

	
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       Section 14.1.Place of Payment

	
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       Section 14.2.Home Office Payment

	
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Section 15.Expenses, Etc

	
36

	
       Section 15.1.Transaction Expenses

	
36

	
       Section 15.2.Survival

	
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Section 16.Survival of Representations and Warranties; Entire Agreement

	
36

	  	  
	
Section 17.Amendment and Waiver

	
37

	
       Section 17.1.Requirements

	
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       Section 17.2.Solicitation of Holders of Notes

	
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       Section 17.3.Binding Effect, etc

	
37

	
       Section 17.4.Notes Held by Company, etc

	
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Section 18.Notices

	
38

	  	  
	
Section 19.Reproduction of Documents

	
38

	  	  
	
Section 20.Confidential Information

	
39

	  	  
	
Section 21.Substitution of Purchaser

	
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Section 22.Miscellaneous

	
40

	
       Section 22.1.Successors and Assigns

	
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       Section 22.2.Payments Due on Non-Business Days

	
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       Section 22.3.Accounting Terms

	
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       Section 22.4.Severability

	
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       Section 22.5.Construction, etc

	
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       Section 22.6.Counterparts

	
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       Section 22.7.Governing Law

	
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       Section 22.8.Jurisdiction and Process; Waiver of Jury Trial

	
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Signature

	
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Schedule A—Information Relating to Purchasers

Schedule B—Defined Terms

Schedule 5.3  — Disclosure Materials

Schedule 5.4  — Subsidiaries of the Company and Ownership of Subsidiary Stock

Schedule 5.5  — Financial Statements

Schedule 5.15 — Existing Indebtedness

Schedule 10.4 — Existing Liens

Exhibit 1   — Form of 4.19% Series A Senior Note due August 9, 2015

Exhibit 2   — Form of 4.86% Series B Senior Note due August 9, 2017

Exhibit 3   — Form of 5.06% Series C Senior Note due August 9, 2018

Exhibit 4   — Form of 5.42% Series D Senior Note due August 9, 2020

Exhibit 4.4(a) — Form of Opinion of General Counsel to the Company

Exhibit 4.4(b) — Form of Opinion of Special Counsel to the Company

Exhibit 4.4(c) — Form of Opinion of Special Counsel to the Purchasers

Exhibit 7.2(a) — Form of Compliance Certificate

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DST Systems, Inc.

 

333 West 11th Street

 

Kansas City, Missouri 64105

$40,000,000 4.19% Series A Senior Notes due August 9, 2015

$105,000,000 4.86% Series B Senior Notes due August 9, 2017

$65,000,000 5.06% Series C Senior Notes due August 9, 2018

$160,000,000 5.42% Series D Senior Notes due  August 9, 2020

August 9, 2010

To Each of the Purchasers Listed in

Schedule A Hereto:

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

DST Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), agrees with each of the purchasers whose names appear at the end hereof (each, a “Purchaser” and, collectively, the “Purchasers”) as follows:

 

	
 

	
 

Section 1.       Authorization of Notes.

 

The Company has authorized the issue and sale of (i) $40,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 4.19% Series A Senior Notes due August 9, 2015 (the “Series A Notes”), (ii) $105,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 4.86% Series B Senior Notes due August 9, 2017 (the “Series B Notes”), (iii) $65,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5.06% Series C Senior Notes due August 9, 2018 (the “Series C Notes”), and (iv) $160,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5.42% Series D Senior Notes due August 9, 2020 (the “Series D Notes” and, together with the Series A Notes, the Series B Notes and the Series C Notes, the “Notes”, such term to include any such notes issued in substitution therefor pursuant to Section 13).  The Series A Notes, the Series B Notes, Series C Notes and the Series D Notes shall be substantially in the forms set out in Exhibit 1, Exhibit 2, Exhibit 3 and Exhibit 4, respectively.  Certain capitalized and other terms used in this Agreement are defined in Schedule B; and references to a “Schedule” or an “Exhibit” are, unless otherwise specified, to a Schedule or an Exhibit attached to this Agreement.

 

  

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Section 2.       Sale and Purchase of Notes.

 

Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Company will issue and sell to each Purchaser and each Purchaser will purchase from the Company, at the Closing provided for in Section 3, Notes in the principal amount specified opposite such Purchaser’s name in Schedule A at the purchase price of 100% of the principal amount thereof.  The Purchasers’ obligations hereunder are several and not joint obligations and no Purchaser shall have any liability to any Person for the performance or non-performance of any obligation by any other Purchaser hereunder.

 

	
 

	
 

Section 3.       Closing.

 

The sale and purchase of the Notes to be purchased by each Purchaser shall occur at the offices of Chapman and Cutler LLP, 111 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois, 60603, at 10:00 a.m., Chicago time, at a closing (the “Closing”) on August 9, 2010 or on such other Business Day thereafter on or prior to August 31, 2010 as may be agreed upon by the Company and the Purchasers.  At the Closing the Company will deliver to each Purchaser the Notes to be purchased by such Purchaser in the form of a single Note (or such greater number of Notes in denominations of at least $10,000 (provided that no Note shall be issued in an amount less than $100,000) as such Purchaser may request) dated the date of the Closing and registered in such Purchaser’s name (or in the name of its nominee), against delivery by such Purchaser to the Company or its order of immediately available funds in the amount of the purchase price therefor by wire transfer of immediately available funds for the account of the Company to account number 9801088572 at UMB Bank, NA, 1010 Grand Boulevard, Kansas City, Missouri, ABA 101000695.  If at the Closing the Company shall fail to tender such Notes to any Purchaser as provided above in this Section 3, or any of the conditions specified in Section 4 shall not have been fulfilled to such Purchaser’s satisfaction, such Purchaser shall, at its election, be relieved of all further obligations under this Agreement, without thereby waiving any rights such Purchaser may have by reason of such failure or such nonfulfillment.

 

	
  

	 

Section 4.       Conditions to Closing.

 

Each Purchaser’s obligation to purchase and pay for the Notes to be sold to such Purchaser at the Closing is subject to the fulfillment to such Purchaser’s reasonable satisfaction, prior to or at the Closing, of the following conditions:

 

Section 4.1. Representations and Warranties.  The representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement shall be correct when made and at the time of the Closing.

 

Section 4.2. Performance; No Default. The Company shall have performed and complied with all agreements and conditions contained in this Agreement required to be performed or complied with by it prior to or at the Closing and after giving effect to the issue and sale of the Notes (and the application of the proceeds thereof as contemplated by Section 5.14) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.  Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary shall have entered into any transaction since the date of the Memorandum that would have been prohibited by any covenant in Section 10 had any such covenants applied since such date.

 

  

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Section 4.3. Compliance Certificates.

 

(a)Officer’s Certificate.  The Company shall have delivered to such Purchaser an Officer’s Certificate, dated the date of the Closing, certifying that the conditions specified in Sections 4.1, 4.2 and 4.9 have been fulfilled.

 

(b)Secretary’s Certificate.  The Company shall have delivered to such Purchaser a certificate of its Secretary or Assistant Secretary, dated the date of Closing, certifying as to the resolutions attached thereto and other corporate proceedings relating to the authorization, execution and delivery of the Notes and this Agreement.

 

     Section 4.4. Opinions of Counsel.  Such Purchaser shall have received opinions in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Purchaser, dated the Closing Date (a) from Randall D. Young, General Counsel of the Company, covering the matters set forth in Exhibit 4.4(a), (b) from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher, Flom LLP, special counsel for the Company, covering the matters set forth in Exhibit 4.4(b), and (c) from Chapman and Cutler, LLP, the Purchasers’ special counsel in connection with such transactions, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit 4.4(c) and covering such other matters incident to such transactions as such Purchaser may reasonably request.

 

Section 4.5. Purchase Permitted By Applicable Law, Etc.  On the date of the Closing such Purchaser’s purchase of Notes shall (a) be permitted by the laws and regulations of each jurisdiction to which such Purchaser is subject, without recourse to provisions (such as section 1405(a)(8) of the New York Insurance Law) permitting limited investments by insurance companies without restriction as to the character of the particular investment, (b) not violate any applicable law or regulation (including, without limitation, Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) and (c) not subject such Purchaser to any tax, penalty or liability under or pursuant to any applicable law or regulation, which law or regulation was not in effect on the date hereof.  If requested by such Purchaser, such Purchaser shall have received an Officer’s Certificate certifying as to such matters of fact as such Purchaser may reasonably specify to enable such Purchaser to determine whether such purchase is so permitted.

 

Section 4.6. Sale of Other Notes.  Contemporaneously with the Closing the Company shall sell to each other Purchaser and each other Purchaser shall purchase the Notes to be purchased by it at the Closing as specified in Schedule A.

 

Section 4.7. Payment of Special Counsel Fees.  Without limiting the provisions of Section 15.1, the Company shall have paid on or before the Closing the fees, charges and disbursements of the Purchasers’ special counsel referred to in Section 4.4 to the extent reflected in a statement of such counsel rendered to the Company at least three Business Days prior to the Closing.

 

  

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Section 4.8. Private Placement Number.  A Private Placement Number issued by Standard & Poor’s CUSIP Service Bureau (in cooperation with the SVO) shall have been obtained for the Notes.

 

Section 4.9. Changes in Corporate Structure.  The Company shall not have changed its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization, as applicable, or been a party to any merger or consolidation or succeeded to all or any substantial part of the liabilities of any other entity, at any time following the date of the most recent financial statements referred to in Schedule 5.5.  

 

Section 4.10. Funding Instructions.  At least three Business Days prior to the date of the Closing, each Purchaser shall have received written instructions signed by an officer of the Company on letterhead of the Company (which may be delivered via electronic mail) confirming the information specified in Section 3 including (i) the name and address of the transferee bank, (ii) such transferee bank’s ABA number and (iii) the account name and number into which the purchase price for the Notes is to be deposited.

 

Section 4.11. Proceedings and Documents.  All corporate and other proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and all documents and instruments incident to such transactions and required by this Agreement shall be reasonably satisfactory to such Purchaser and its special counsel, and such Purchaser and its special counsel shall have received all such counterpart originals or certified or other copies of such documents as such Purchaser or such special counsel may reasonably request.

 

	
  

	
 

Section 5.       Representations and Warranties of the Company.

 

The Company represents and warrants to each Purchaser that:

 

Section 5.1. Organization; Power and Authority.  The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation, and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required by law, other than those jurisdictions as to which the failure to be so qualified or in good standing could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  The Company has the corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and the Notes and to perform the provisions hereof and thereof.  The Company also has the corporate power and authority to own or hold under lease the properties it purports to own or hold under lease, to transact the business it transacts and proposes to transact, except where the failure to have such power and authority could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 5.2. Authorization, Etc.  This Agreement and the Notes have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company, and this Agreement constitutes, and upon execution and delivery thereof each Note against payment therefor will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and (ii) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

 

  

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Section 5.3. Disclosure.  The Company, through its agents, RBS Securities, Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC,  has delivered to each Purchaser a copy of a Private Placement Memorandum, dated June 30, 2010 (the “Memorandum”), relating to the transactions contemplated hereby.  The Memorandum fairly describes, in all material respects, the general nature of the business and principal properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries.  This Agreement, the Memorandum and the documents, certificates or other writings delivered to the Purchasers by or on behalf of the Company in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and identified in Schedule 5.3, and the financial statements listed in Schedule 5.5 (this Agreement, the Memorandum and such documents, certificates or other writings identified in Schedule 5.3 being referred to, collectively, as the “Disclosure Documents”), taken as a whole, do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances under which they were made.  Except as disclosed in the Disclosure Documents, since December 31, 2009, there has been no change in the financial condition, operations, business or properties of the Company or any Subsidiary except changes that individually or in the aggregate could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  There is no fact known to the Company that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect that has not been set forth herein or in the Disclosure Documents.

 

Section 5.4. Organization and Ownership of Shares of Subsidiaries; Directors and Officers.  (a) Schedule 5.4 contains (except as noted therein) complete and correct lists (i) of the Company’s Subsidiaries, showing, as to each Subsidiary, the correct name thereof, the jurisdiction of its organization, and the percentage of shares of each class of its capital stock or similar equity interests outstanding owned by the Company and each other Subsidiary, and (ii) of the Company’s directors and “named executive officers” as such term is defined in Item 4.02 of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

(b)All of the outstanding shares of capital stock or similar equity interests of each Significant Subsidiary shown in Schedule 5.4 as being owned by the Company and its Subsidiaries have been validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and are owned by the Company or another Subsidiary free and clear of any Lien (except as otherwise disclosed in Schedule 5.4 or as permitted under Section 10.4 hereof).

 

(c)Each Significant Subsidiary identified in Schedule 5.4 is a corporation or other legal entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation or other legal entity and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required by law, other than those jurisdictions as to which the failure to be so qualified or in good standing could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  Each such Significant Subsidiary has the corporate or other power and authority to own or hold under lease the properties it purports to own or hold under lease and to transact the business it transacts and proposes to transact.

 

  

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(d)No Significant Subsidiary is a party to, or otherwise subject to any legal, regulatory, contractual or other restriction (other than this Agreement, the agreements listed on Schedule 5.4 and customary limitations imposed by corporate law or similar statutes) restricting the ability of such Significant Subsidiary to pay dividends out of profits or make any other similar distributions of profits to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that owns outstanding shares of capital stock or similar equity interests of such Significant Subsidiary.

 

Section 5.5. Financial Statements; Material Liabilities.  The Company has delivered to each Purchaser copies of the financial statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries listed on Schedule 5.5.  All of said financial statements (including in each case the related schedules and notes) fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the respective dates or the periods presented as specified in such financial statements and the consolidated results of their operations and cash flows for the respective periods so specified and have been prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the periods involved except as set forth in the notes thereto (subject, in the case of any interim financial statements, to normal year-end adjustments).   The Company and its Subsidiaries do not have any Material liabilities that are not disclosed on such financial statements or otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Documents.

 

Section 5.6. Compliance with Laws, Other Instruments, Etc.  The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the Notes will not (i) contravene, result in any breach of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation of any Lien in respect of any property of the Company or any Subsidiary under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan, purchase or credit agreement, lease, corporate charter or by-laws, or any other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any Subsidiary is bound or by which the Company or any Subsidiary or any of their respective properties may be bound or affected, (ii) conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any order, judgment, decree, or ruling of any court, arbitrator or Governmental Authority applicable to the Company or any Subsidiary or (iii) violate in any material respect any provision of any statute or other rule or regulation of any Governmental Authority applicable to the Company or any Subsidiary. 

 

Section 5.7. Governmental Authorizations, Etc.  No consent, approval or authorization of, or registration, filing or declaration with, any Governmental Authority that has not been obtained or made is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by the Company of this Agreement or the Notes.

 

Section 5.8. Litigation; Observance of Agreements, Statutes and Orders.  (a) There are no actions, suits, investigations or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any Subsidiary or any property of the Company or any Subsidiary in any court or before any arbitrator of any kind or before or by any Governmental Authority that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b)Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in default under any term of any agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound, or any order, judgment, decree or ruling of any court, arbitrator or Governmental Authority or is in violation of any applicable law, ordinance, rule or regulation (including without limitation Environmental Laws or the USA Patriot Act) of any Governmental Authority, which default or violation, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

  

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Section 5.9. Taxes.  The Company and its Subsidiaries have filed all Material tax returns that are required to have been filed in any jurisdiction, and have paid all taxes shown to be due and payable on such returns and all other taxes and assessments levied upon them or their properties, assets, income or franchises, to the extent such taxes and assessments have become due and payable and before they have become delinquent, except for any taxes and assessments (i) the amount of which is not individually or in the aggregate Material or (ii) the amount, applicability or validity of which is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which the Company or a Subsidiary, as the case may be, has established adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP.  The Company knows of no basis for any other tax or assessment that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  The charges, accruals and reserves on the books of the Company and its Subsidiaries in respect of Federal, state or other taxes for all fiscal periods are adequate.  The Federal income tax liabilities of the Company and its Subsidiaries have been finally determined (whether by reason of completed audits or the statute of limitations having run) for all fiscal years up to and including the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001.

 

Section 5.10. Title to Property; Leases.  The Company and its Subsidiaries have good and sufficient title to their respective properties that individually or in the aggregate are Material, including all such properties reflected in the most recent audited balance sheet referred to in Section 5.5 or purported to have been acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary after said date (except as sold or otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course of business), in each case free and clear of Liens prohibited by this Agreement.  All leases that individually or in the aggregate are Material are valid and subsisting and are in full force and effect in all material respects. 

 

Section 5.11. Licenses, Permits, Etc.  (a) The Company and its Subsidiaries own or possess all licenses, permits, franchises, authorizations, patents, copyrights, proprietary software, service marks, trademarks and trade names, or rights thereto, that individually or in the aggregate are Material, without known conflict with the rights of others.

 

(b)To the best knowledge of the Company, no Material product of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries infringes in any Material respect any license, permit, franchise, authorization, patent, copyright, proprietary software, service mark, trademark, trade name or other right owned by any other Person.

 

(c)To the best knowledge of the Company, there is no Material violation by any Person of any right of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to any patent, copyright, proprietary software, service mark, trademark, trade name or other right owned or used by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

Section 5.12. Compliance with ERISA.  (a)  The Company and each ERISA Affiliate have operated and administered each Plan in compliance with all applicable laws except for such instances of noncompliance as have not resulted in and could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.   Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred any liability pursuant to Title I or IV of ERISA or the penalty or excise tax provisions of the Code relating to employee benefit plans (as defined in section 3 of ERISA), and no event, transaction or condition has occurred or exists that could reasonably be expected to result in the incurrence of any such liability by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate, or in the imposition of any Lien on any of the rights, properties or assets of the Company or any ERISA Affiliate, in either case pursuant to Title I or IV of ERISA or to such penalty or excise tax provisions or to section 401(a)(29) or 412 of the Code or section 4068 of ERISA, other than such liabilities or Liens as would not be individually or in the aggregate Material.

 

  

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(b)Neither the Company nor any of its ERISA Affiliates sponsors, participates in or has any liability with respect to a Plan that is subject to section 412 of the Code or Title IV of ERISA. 

 

(c)The Company and its ERISA Affiliates have not incurred withdrawal liabilities (and are not subject to contingent withdrawal liabilities) under section 4201 or 4204 of ERISA in respect of Multiemployer Plans that individually or in the aggregate are Material.

 

(d)The expected postretirement benefit obligation (determined as of the last day of the Company’s most recently ended fiscal year in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 106, without regard to liabilities attributable to continuation coverage mandated by section 4980B of the Code) of the Company and its Subsidiaries is not Material.

 

(e)The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the issuance and sale of the Notes hereunder will not involve any transaction that is subject to the prohibitions of section 406 of ERISA or in connection with which a tax could be imposed pursuant to section 4975(c)(1)(A)-(D) of the Code.  The representation by the Company to each Purchaser in the first sentence of this Section 5.12(e) is made in reliance upon and subject to the accuracy of such Purchaser’s representation in Section 6.2 as to the sources of the funds used to pay the purchase price of the Notes to be purchased by each such Purchaser.

 

Section 5.13. Private Offering by the Company.  Neither the Company nor anyone acting on its behalf has offered the Notes or any similar securities for sale to, or solicited any offer to buy any of the same from, or otherwise approached or negotiated in respect thereof with, any person other than not more than sixty five (65) Institutional Investors (including the Purchasers), each of which has been offered the Notes at a private sale for investment.  Neither the Company nor anyone acting on its behalf has taken, or will take, any action that would subject the issuance or sale of the Notes to the registration requirements of Section 5 of the Securities Act or to the registration requirements of any securities or blue sky laws of any applicable jurisdiction.

 

Section 5.14. Use of Proceeds; Margin Regulations.  The Company will apply the proceeds of the sale of the Notes to refinance existing Indebtedness of the Company and/or for general corporate purposes.  No part of the proceeds from the sale of the Notes hereunder will be used, directly or indirectly, for the purpose of buying or carrying any margin stock within the meaning of Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (12 CFR 221) in violation of such Regulation U, or for the purpose of buying or carrying or trading in any securities under such circumstances as to involve the Company in a violation of Regulation X of said Board (12 CFR 224) or to involve any broker or dealer in a violation of Regulation T of said Board (12 CFR 220).  Margin stock does not constitute more than 20% of the fair value of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries as determined in good faith by or under the direction of the Company’s senior management, and the Company does not have any present intention that margin stock will constitute more than 20% of the fair value of such assets.  As used in this Section, the terms “margin stock” and “purpose of buying or carrying” shall have the meanings assigned to them in said Regulation U.

 

  

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Section 5.15. Existing Indebtedness; Future Liens.  (a) Except as described therein, Schedule 5.15 sets forth a complete and correct list of all outstanding Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries (other than intercompany Indebtedness) as of June 30, 2010 (including a description of the obligors and obligees, principal amount outstanding and collateral therefor, if any, and Guaranty thereof, if any), since which date there has been no Material increase in the amounts or change in interest rates, sinking funds, installment payments or maturities of the Indebtedness of the Company or its Subsidiaries.  Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in default and no waiver of default is currently in effect, in the payment of any principal or interest on any Indebtedness of the Company or such Subsidiary and no event or condition exists with respect to any Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary that would permit (or that with notice or the lapse of time, or both, would permit) one or more Persons to cause such Indebtedness to become due and payable before its stated maturity or before its regularly scheduled dates of payment (other than the right of holders of the Company’s existing senior debentures to put such Indebtedness on regularly scheduled put dates).

 

(b)Except as disclosed in Schedule 5.15, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has agreed or consented to cause or permit in the future (upon the happening of a contingency or otherwise) any of its property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, to be subject to a Lien not permitted by Section 10.4.

 

(c)Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is a party to, or otherwise subject to any provision contained in, any instrument evidencing Indebtedness of the Company or such Subsidiary, any agreement relating thereto or any other agreement (including, but not limited to, its charter or other organizational document) which limits the amount of, or otherwise imposes restrictions on the incurring of, Indebtedness of the Company, except such Indebtedness indicated in Schedule 5.15.

 

Section 5.16. Foreign Assets Control Regulations, Etc.  (a) Neither the sale of the Notes by the Company hereunder nor its use of the proceeds thereof will violate the Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended, or any of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department (31 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended) or any enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto except any violation caused by the Purchasers, as to which no representation is made.  

 

(b)Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary (i) is a Person described or designated in the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List of the Office of Foreign Assets Control or in Section 1 of the Anti-Terrorism Order or (ii) knowingly engages in any dealings or transactions with any such Person.  The Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance, in all material respects, with the USA Patriot Act to the extent applicable to the Company and its Subsidiaries. 

 

  

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(c)No part of the proceeds from the sale of the Notes hereunder will be used, directly or indirectly, for any payments to any governmental official or employee, political party, official of a political party, candidate for political office, or anyone else acting in an official capacity, in order to obtain, retain or direct business or obtain any improper advantage, in violation of the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, assuming in all cases that such Act applies to the Company. 

 

Section 5.17. Status under Certain Statutes.  Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is or is required to be registered as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or is restricted in its ability to incur Indebtedness under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005, as amended, the ICC Termination Act of 1995, as amended, or the Federal Power Act, as amended.

 

Section 5.18. Environmental Matters.  (a) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has actual knowledge of any claim or has received any written notice of any claim, and no proceeding has been instituted raising any claim against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective real properties now or formerly owned, leased or operated by any of them or other assets, alleging any damage to the environment or violation of any Environmental Laws, except, in each case, such as could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. 

 

(b)Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has actual knowledge of any facts which would give rise to any claim, public or private, of violation of Environmental Laws or damage to the environment emanating from, occurring on or in any way related to real properties now or formerly owned, leased or operated by any of them or to other assets or their use, except, in each case, such as could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(c)Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has stored any Hazardous Materials on real properties now or formerly owned, leased or operated by any of them in violation of applicable Environmental Laws and has not disposed of any Hazardous Materials in a manner contrary to any Environmental Laws in each case in any manner that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; and

 

(d)All buildings on all real properties now owned, leased or operated by the Company or any Subsidiary are in compliance with applicable Environmental Laws, except where failure to comply could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

	
  

	 

Section 6.       Representations of the Purchasers.

 

Section 6.1. Purchase for Investment.  Each Purchaser severally represents that it is purchasing the Notes for its own account or for one or more separate accounts maintained by such Purchaser or for the account of one or more pension or trust funds and not with a view to the distribution thereof, provided that the disposition of such Purchaser’s or their property shall at all times be within such Purchaser’s or their control.  Each Purchaser understands that the Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws and may be resold only if registered pursuant to the provisions of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or if an exemption from registration is available, except under circumstances where neither such registration nor such an exemption is required by law, and that the Company is not required to register the Notes.

 

  

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Section 6.2. Source of Funds.  Each Purchaser severally represents that at least one of the following statements is an accurate representation as to each source of funds (a “Source”) to be used by such Purchaser to pay the purchase price of the Notes to be purchased by such Purchaser hereunder:

 

(a)the Source is an “insurance company general account” (as the term is defined in the United States Department of Labor’s Prohibited Transaction Exemption (“PTE”) 95-60) in respect of which the reserves and liabilities (as defined by the annual statement for life insurance companies approved by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (the “NAIC Annual Statement”)) for the general account contract(s) held by or on behalf of any employee benefit plan together with the amount of the reserves and liabilities for the general account contract(s) held by or on behalf of any other employee benefit plans maintained by the same employer (or affiliate thereof as defined in PTE 95-60) or by the same employee organization in the general account do not exceed 10% of the total reserves and liabilities of the general account (exclusive of separate account liabilities) plus surplus as set forth in the NAIC Annual Statement filed with such Purchaser’s state of domicile; or

 

(b)the Source is a separate account that is maintained solely in connection with such Purchaser’s fixed contractual obligations under which the amounts payable, or credited, to any employee benefit plan (or its related trust) that has any interest in such separate account (or to any participant or beneficiary of such plan (including any annuitant)) are not affected in any manner by the investment performance of the separate account; or

 

(c)the Source is either (i) an insurance company pooled separate account, within the meaning of PTE 90-1 or (ii) a bank collective investment fund, within the meaning of the PTE 91-38 and, , no employee benefit plan or group of plans maintained by the same employer or employee organization beneficially owns more than 10% of all assets allocated to such pooled separate account or collective investment fund; or

 

(d)the Source constitutes assets of an “investment fund” (within the meaning of Part V of PTE 84-14 (the “QPAM Exemption”)) managed by a “qualified professional asset manager” or “QPAM” (within the meaning of Part V of the QPAM Exemption), and (i) no employee benefit plan’s assets that are included in such investment fund, when combined with the assets of all other employee benefit plans established or maintained by the same employer or by an affiliate (within the meaning of Part V(c)(1) of the QPAM Exemption) of such employer or by the same employee organization and managed by such QPAM, exceed (A) 20% of the total client assets managed by such QPAM, or (B) 10% of the assets of such investment fund, (ii) Company is not "related" to the QPAM within the meaning of Part V(h) of the QPAM Exemption, and (iii) the conditions of Part I(c) and (g) of the QPAM Exemption are satisfied; or

 

  

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(e)the Source constitutes assets of a “plan(s)” (within the meaning of Section IV of PTE 96-23 (the “INHAM Exemption”)) managed by an “in-house asset manager” or “INHAM” (within the meaning of Part IV(a) of the INHAM Exemption), the conditions of Part I(a), (g) and (h) of the INHAM Exemption are satisfied, and neither the INHAM nor a person controlling or controlled by the INHAM (applying the definition of “control” in Part IV(d) of the INHAM Exemption) owns a 5% or more interest in the Company); or

 

(f)the Source is a governmental plan; or

 

(g)the Source is an employee benefit plan and the use of its assets will not constitute a non-exempt prohibited transaction under Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code; or

 

(h)the Source does not include assets of any employee benefit plan, other than a plan exempt from the coverage of ERISA.

 

As used in this Section 6.2, the terms “employee benefit plan,” “governmental plan,” and “separate account” shall have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in section 3 of ERISA.

 

Section 6.3. Investor Status.  Each Purchaser certifies and represents to the Company that it is an institutional “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) promulgated under the Securities Act and was not organized for the purpose of acquiring the Notes.  Each Purchaser further represents that its financial condition is such that it is able to bear the risk of holding the Notes for an indefinite period of time and the risk of loss of its entire investment, and that it has sufficient knowledge and experience in investing in companies similar to the Company so as to be able to evaluate the risk and merits of its investment in the Company.  Each Purchaser further represents and warrants that it has received a copy of the Memorandum and such other materials or information as it has deemed necessary in connection with its purchase of Notes hereunder and that it is not purchasing the Notes as a result of any general solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of Regulation D under the Securities Act.

 

Section 6.4. Brokers or Finders.  Each Purchaser represents that it has not nor has any of its subsidiaries incurred, nor will either of them incur, directly or indirectly, any liability for brokerage or finders’ fees or agents’ commissions or investment bankers’ fees or any similar charges in connection with their purchase of the Notes pursuant to this Agreement.

 

  

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Section 7.       Information as to Company.

 

Section 7.1. Financial and Business Information.  The Company shall deliver to each holder of Notes that is an Institutional Investor:

 

(a)Quarterly Statements — within 60 days (or such shorter period as is 15 days greater than the period applicable to the filing of the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (the “Form 10-Q”) with the SEC; including any extensions of such date granted by the SEC or automatically effective upon the filing of a notice with the SEC, regardless of whether the Company is subject to the filing requirements thereof) after the end of each quarterly fiscal period in each fiscal year of the Company (other than the last quarterly fiscal period of each such fiscal year), duplicate copies of,

 

(i)an unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such quarter, and

 

(ii)unaudited consolidated statements of income, changes in shareholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries, for such quarter and (in the case of the second and third quarters) for the portion of the fiscal year ending with such quarter,

 

setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding periods in the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail, prepared in accordance with GAAP applicable to quarterly financial statements generally, and certified by a Senior Financial Officer as fairly presenting, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the Company and its results of operations and cash flows, subject to changes resulting from year-end adjustments, provided that delivery within the time period specified above of copies of the Company’s Form 10-Q prepared in compliance with the requirements therefor and filed with the SEC shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of this Section 7.1(a), provided, further, that the Company shall be deemed to have made such delivery of such Form 10-Q if it shall have made such Form 10-Q available on “EDGAR” in the time period specified by this Section 7.1(a) (such availability thereof being referred to as “Electronic Delivery”);

 

(b)Annual Statements — within 105 days (or such shorter period as is 15 days greater than the period applicable to the filing of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K (the “Form 10-K”) with the SEC, including any extensions of such date granted by the SEC or automatically effective upon the filing of an notice with the SEC, regardless of whether the Company is subject to the filing requirements thereof) after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, duplicate copies of

 

(i)a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such year, and

 

(ii)consolidated statements of income, changes in shareholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such year,

 

  

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setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail, prepared in accordance with GAAP, and accompanied by an opinion thereon of independent public accountants of recognized national standing, which opinion shall state that such financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the Company and its results of operations and cash flows and have been prepared in conformity with GAAP, and that the examination of such accountants in connection with such financial statements has been made in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, and that such audit provides a reasonable basis for such opinion in the circumstances;

 

provided that the delivery within the time period specified above of the Company’s Form 10-K for such fiscal year (excluding such information as is permitted to be incorporated by reference to the Company’s annual report to shareholders, if any, prepared pursuant to Rule 14a-3 under the Exchange Act) prepared in accordance with the requirements therefor and filed with the SEC shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of this Section 7.1(b), provided, further, that the Company shall be deemed to have made such delivery of such Form 10-K if it shall have timely made Electronic Delivery thereof;

 

(c)SEC and Other Reports — promptly upon their becoming available, one copy of (i) each financial statement, report, notice or proxy statement sent by the Company to its public securities holders generally, and (ii) each regular or periodic report filed by the Company with the SEC; provided that the Company shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of this Section 7.1(c) and made such delivery thereof if it shall have timely made Electronic Delivery thereof;

 

(d)Notice of Default or Event of Default — promptly, and in any event within ten days after a Responsible Officer becoming aware of the existence of any Default or Event of Default or that any Person has given any notice or taken any action with respect to a claimed Default hereunder or that any Person has given any notice or taken any action with respect to a claimed Default of the type referred to in Section 11(f), a written notice specifying the nature and period of existence thereof and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto;

 

(e)ERISA Matters — promptly, and in any event within ten days after a Responsible Officer becoming aware of any ERISA Event, provide a written notice setting forth the nature thereof and the Action, if any that the Company or the applicable ERISA Affiliate proposes to take with respect thereto.

 

(f)Notices from Governmental Authority — promptly, and in any event within 30 days of receipt thereof, copies of any notice to the Company or any Subsidiary from any Federal or state Governmental Authority relating to any order, ruling, statute or other law or regulation that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and

 

  

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(g)Requested Information — subject to Section 20 hereof with reasonable promptness, such other data and information relating to the business, operations, affairs, financial condition, assets or properties of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or relating to the ability of the Company to perform its obligations hereunder and under the Notes as from time to time may be reasonably requested by any such holder of Notes.

 

Section 7.2.    Officer’s Certificate.  Each set of financial statements delivered to a holder of Notes pursuant to Section 7.1(a) or Section 7.1(b) shall be accompanied by a certificate of a Senior Financial Officer, the form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 7.2(a), setting forth (which, in the case of Electronic Delivery of any such financial statements, shall be by separate concurrent delivery of such certificate to each holder of Notes):

 

(a)Covenant Compliance — the information (including detailed calculations) required in order to establish whether the Company was in compliance with the requirements of Sections 10.1, 10.2, 10.3 and 10.5, during the quarterly or annual period covered by the statements then being furnished (including with respect to each such Section, where applicable, the calculations of the maximum or minimum amount, ratio or percentage, as the case may be, permissible under the terms of such Sections, and the calculation of the amount, ratio or percentage then in existence); and

 

(b)Event of Default — a statement that such Senior Financial Officer has reviewed the relevant terms hereof and has made, or caused to be made, under his or her supervision, a review of the transactions and conditions of the Company and its Subsidiaries from the beginning of the quarterly or annual period covered by the statements then being furnished to the date of the certificate and that such review shall not have disclosed the existence during such period of any condition or event that constitutes a Default or an Event of Default or, if any such condition or event existed or exists specifying the nature and period of existence thereof and what action the Company shall have taken or proposes to take with respect thereto.

 

Section 7.3.    Visitation.  Subject to Section 20 hereof, the Company shall permit the representatives of each holder of Notes that is an Institutional Investor:

 

(a)No Default — if no Default or Event of Default then exists, at the expense of such holder and upon reasonable prior notice to the Company and during normal business hours and not more often than once during any calendar year, to visit the principal executive office of the Company, to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the Company and its Subsidiaries with the Company’s officers, and (with the consent of the Company, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld) to visit the other offices and properties of the Company and each Subsidiary, all at such reasonable times and as often as may be reasonably requested in writing; and

 

(b)Default — if a Default or Event of Default then exists, at the reasonable expense of the Company to visit and inspect any of the offices or properties of the Company or any Subsidiary upon reasonable prior notice to the Company and during normal business hours, to examine all their respective books of account, records, reports and other papers, to make copies and extracts therefrom, and to discuss their respective affairs, finances and accounts with their respective officers (and by this provision the Company authorizes said accountants to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the Company and its Subsidiaries), all at such reasonable times and as often as may be reasonably requested.

 

  

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Section 8.       Payment and Prepayment of the Notes.

 

Section 8.1. Maturity.  (a)  As provided therein, the entire unpaid principal balance of the Series A Notes shall be due and payable on the stated maturity date thereof.

 

(b)As provided therein, the entire unpaid principal balance of the Series B Notes shall be due and payable on the stated maturity date thereof.

 

(c)As provided therein, the entire unpaid principal balance of the Series C Notes shall be due and payable on the stated maturity date thereof.

 

(d)As provided therein, the entire unpaid principal balance of the Series D Notes shall be due and payable on the stated maturity date thereof.

 

Section 8.2. Optional Prepayments with Make-Whole Amount.  The Company may, at its option, upon notice as provided below, prepay at any time all, or from time to time any part of, the Notes, in an amount not less than 10% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding in the case of a partial prepayment, at 100% of the principal amount so prepaid, and the Make-Whole Amount determined for the prepayment date with respect to such principal amount.  The Company will give each holder of Notes written notice of each optional prepayment under this Section 8.2 not less than 15 days and not more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for such prepayment.  Each such notice shall specify such date (which shall be a Business Day), the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be prepaid on such date, the principal amount of each Note held by such holder to be prepaid (determined in accordance with Section 8.3), and the interest to be paid on the prepayment date with respect to such principal amount being prepaid, and shall be accompanied by a certificate of a Senior Financial Officer as to the estimated Make-Whole Amount due in connection with such prepayment (calculated as if the date of such notice were the date of the prepayment), setting forth the details of such computation.  Two Business Days prior to such prepayment, the Company shall deliver to each holder of Notes a certificate of a Senior Financial Officer specifying the calculation of such Make-Whole Amount as of the specified prepayment date.

 

Section 8.3. Allocation of Partial Prepayments.  In the case of each partial prepayment of the Notes (other than in accordance with Section 8.7 or Section 10.5 hereof), the principal amount of the Notes to be prepaid shall be allocated among all of the Notes at the time outstanding in proportion, as nearly as practicable, to the respective unpaid principal amounts thereof not theretofore called for prepayment.

 

Section 8.4. Maturity; Surrender, Etc.   In the case of each prepayment of Notes pursuant to this Section 8, the principal amount of each Note to be prepaid shall mature and become due and payable on the date fixed for such prepayment (which shall be a Business Day), together with interest on such principal amount accrued to but not including such date and the applicable Make-Whole Amount, if any.  From and after such date, unless the Company shall fail to pay such principal amount when so due and payable, together with the interest and Make-Whole Amount, if any, as aforesaid, interest on such principal amount shall cease to accrue.  Any Note paid or prepaid in full shall be surrendered to the Company and cancelled and shall not be reissued, and no Note shall be issued in lieu of any prepaid principal amount of any Note.

 

  

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Section 8.5. Purchase of Notes.  The Company will not and will not permit any Affiliate Controlled by the Company to purchase, redeem, prepay or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any of the outstanding Notes except upon the payment or prepayment of the Notes in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Notes.  The Company will promptly cancel all Notes acquired by it or any Affiliate Controlled by the Company pursuant to any payment or prepayment of Notes pursuant to any provision of this Agreement and no Notes may be issued in substitution or exchange for any such Notes.

 

Section 8.6. Make-Whole Amount.

 

“Make-Whole Amount” means, with respect to any Note, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the Discounted Value of the Remaining Scheduled Payments with respect to the Called Principal of such Note over the amount of such Called Principal, provided that the Make-Whole Amount may in no event be less than zero.  For the purposes of determining the Make-Whole Amount, the following terms have the following meanings:

 

“Called Principal” means, with respect to any Note, the principal of such Note that is to be prepaid pursuant to Section 8.2 or has become or is declared to be immediately due and payable pursuant to Section 12.1, as the context requires.

 

“Discounted Value” means, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note, the amount obtained by discounting all Remaining Scheduled Payments with respect to such Called Principal from their respective scheduled due dates to the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal, in accordance with accepted financial practice and at a discount factor (applied on the same periodic basis as that on which interest on the Notes is payable) equal to the Reinvestment Yield with respect to such Called Principal.

 

“Reinvestment Yield” means, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note, 0.50% over the yield to maturity implied by (i) the yields reported as of 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the second Business Day preceding the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal, on the display designated as “Page PX1” (or such other display as may replace Page PX1) on Bloomberg Financial Markets for the most recently issued actively traded on the run U.S. Treasury securities having a maturity equal to the Remaining Average Life of such Called Principal as of such Settlement Date, or (ii) if such yields are not reported as of such time or the yields reported as of such time are not ascertainable (including by way of interpolation), the Treasury Constant Maturity Series Yields reported, for the latest day for which such yields have been so reported as of the second Business Day preceding the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal, in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (or any comparable successor publication) for U.S. Treasury securities having a constant maturity equal to the Remaining Average Life of such Called Principal as of such Settlement Date.  

 

  

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In the case of each determination under clause (i) or clause (ii), as the case may be, of the preceding paragraph, such implied yield will be determined, if necessary, by (a) converting U.S. Treasury bill quotations to bond equivalent yields in accordance with accepted financial practice and (b) interpolating linearly between (1) the applicable U.S. Treasury security with the maturity closest to and greater than such Remaining Average Life and (2) the applicable U.S. Treasury security with the maturity closest to and less than such Remaining Average Life.  The Reinvestment Yield shall be rounded to the number of decimal places as appears in the interest rate of the applicable Note.

 

“Remaining Average Life” means, with respect to any Called Principal, the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth year) obtained by dividing (i) such Called Principal into (ii) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (a) the principal component of each Remaining Scheduled Payment with respect to such Called Principal by (b) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth year) that will elapse between the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal and the scheduled due date of such Remaining Scheduled Payment.

 

“Remaining Scheduled Payments” means, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note, all payments of such Called Principal and interest thereon that would be due after the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal if no payment of such Called Principal were made prior to its scheduled due date, provided that if such Settlement Date is not a date on which interest payments are due to be made under the terms of the Notes, then the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment will be reduced by the amount of interest accrued to such Settlement Date and required to be paid on such Settlement Date pursuant to Section 8.2 or Section 12.1.

 

“Settlement Date” means, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note, the date on which such Called Principal is to be prepaid pursuant to Section 8.2 or has become or is declared to be immediately due and payable pursuant to Section 12.1, as the context requires.

 

Section 8.7. Change in Control.   (a) Notice of Change in Control or Control Event. The Company will, within 15 Business Days after any Responsible Officer has knowledge of the occurrence of any Change in Control or Control Event, give written notice of such Change in Control of the Company to each holder of Notes unless notice in respect of such Change in Control shall have been given pursuant to subparagraph (b) of this Section 8.7.  If a Change in Control has occurred, such notice shall contain and constitute an offer to prepay Notes of each Series as described in subparagraph (c) of this Section 8.7 and shall be accompanied by the notice described in subparagraph (g) of this Section 8.7.

 

(b)Condition to Company Action.  The Company may, at its option, after a Control Event has occurred but prior to taking any action that consummates or finalizes a Change in Control (i) give written notice to each holder of Notes at least 20 Business Days prior to consummating or finalizing such Change in Control, which notice shall contain and constitute an offer to prepay Notes as described in subparagraph (c) of this Section 8.7 and be accompanied by the notice described in subparagraph (g) of this Section 8.7, and (ii) contemporaneously with consummating or finalizing such Change in Control, prepay all Notes required to be prepaid in accordance with this Section 8.7.

 

  

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(c)Offer to Prepay Notes.  The offer to prepay Notes contemplated by subparagraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 8.7 shall be an offer to prepay, in accordance with and subject to this Section 8.7, all, but not less than all, the Notes held by each holder (in this case only, “holder” in respect of any Note registered in the name of a nominee for a disclosed beneficial owner shall mean such beneficial owner) on a date specified in such offer (the “Proposed Prepayment Date”).  If such Proposed Prepayment Date is in connection with an offer contemplated by subparagraph (a) of this Section 8.7, such date shall be not less than 20 Business Days and not more than 30 Business Days after the date of such offer (if the Proposed Prepayment Date shall not be specified in such offer, the Proposed Prepayment Date shall be the 20th Business Day after the date of such offer).

 

(d)Acceptance; Rejection.  A holder of Notes may accept or reject the offer to prepay made pursuant to this Section 8.7 by causing a notice of such acceptance or rejection to be delivered to the Company at least 3 Business Days prior to the Proposed Prepayment Date.  A failure by a holder of Notes to respond to an offer to prepay made pursuant to this Section 8.7 shall be deemed to constitute a rejection of such offer by such holder.

 

(e)Prepayment.  Prepayment of the Notes to be prepaid pursuant to this Section 8.7 shall be at 100% of the principal amount of such Notes, together with interest on such Notes accrued to but not including, the date of prepayment (and without any Make-Whole Amount). The prepayment shall be made on the Proposed Prepayment Date except as provided in subparagraph (f) of this Section 8.7.

 

(f)Deferral Pending Change in Control.  The obligation of the Company to prepay Notes pursuant to the offers required by subparagraph (b) and accepted in accordance with subparagraph (d) of this Section 8.7 is subject to the occurrence of the Change in Control in respect of which such offers and acceptances shall have been made.  In the event that such Change in Control does not occur on the Proposed Prepayment Date in respect thereof, the prepayment shall be deferred until and shall be made on the date on which such Change in Control occurs.  The Company shall keep each holder of Notes reasonably and timely informed (which shall be deemed to be satisfied by any public announcements by the Company, including the public filing of a Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC) of (i) any such deferral of the date of prepayment, (ii) the date on which such Change in Control and the prepayment are expected to occur, and (iii) any determination by the Company that efforts to effect such Change in Control have ceased or been abandoned (in which case the offers and acceptances made pursuant to this Section 8.7 in respect of such Change in Control shall be deemed rescinded).

 

(g)Notice. Each offer to prepay the Notes pursuant to this Section 8.7 shall be accompanied by a written notice dated the date of such offer, specifying: (i) the Proposed Prepayment Date; (ii) that such offer is made pursuant to this Section 8.7; (iii) the principal amount of each Note offered to be prepaid; (iv) the interest that would be due on each Note offered to be prepaid, accrued to but not including the Proposed Prepayment Date; and (v) in reasonable detail, the nature and date or proposed date of the Change in Control.

 

  

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(h)Effect on Required Payments.  The amount of each payment of the aggregate principal of the Notes made pursuant to this Section 8.7 shall be applied against and reduce each of the then remaining aggregate principal payments due pursuant to Section 8.1 by a percentage equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Notes so paid divided by the aggregate principal amount of the Notes outstanding immediately prior to such payment.

 

(i)“Change in Control” Defined.  “Change in Control” means any of the following events or circumstances:

 

(A)any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934), but excluding any employee benefit plan of such person or its subsidiaries, and any person or entity acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan, becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except that a person or group shall be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all securities that such person or group has the right to acquire (such right, an “option right”), whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), directly or indirectly, of 35% or more of the equity securities of such Person entitled to vote for members of the board of directors or equivalent governing body of such Person on a fully-diluted basis (and taking into account all such securities that such person or group has the right to acquire pursuant to any option right); 

 

(B)during any period of 12 consecutive months, a majority of the members of the board of directors or other equivalent governing body of such Person cease to be composed of individuals (i) who were members of that board or equivalent governing body on the first day of such period, (ii) whose election or nomination to that board or equivalent governing body was approved by individuals referred to in clause (i) above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a majority of that board or equivalent governing body or (iii) whose election or nomination to that board or other equivalent governing body was approved by individuals referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a majority of that board or equivalent governing body (excluding, in the case of both clause (ii) and clause (iii), any individual whose initial nomination for, or assumption of office as, a member of that board or equivalent governing body occurs as a result of an actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents for the election or removal of one or more directors by any person or group other than a solicitation for the election of one or more directors by or on behalf of the board of directors); or

 

  

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(C)there shall have occurred under any indenture or other instrument evidencing Indebtedness in excess of $40,000,000, any “change of control” (as defined in such indenture or other evidence of Indebtedness) obligating the Company to repurchase, redeem or repay all or any part of the Indebtedness or Capital Stock provided for therein.

 

(j)“Control Event” Defined.  “Control Event” means:

 

(i)the execution by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates of any agreement or letter of intent with respect to any proposed transaction or event or series of transactions or events which, individually or in the aggregate, may reasonably be expected to result in a Change in Control,

 

(ii)the execution of any written agreement which, when fully performed by the parties thereto, would result in a Change in Control, or

 

(iii)the making of any written offer by any person (as such term is used in section 13(d) and section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act as in effect on the date of the Closing) or related persons constituting a group (as such term is used in Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act as in effect on the date of the Closing) to the holders of the common stock of the Company, which offer, if accepted by the requisite number of holders, would result in a Change in Control.

 

	
  

	 

Section 9.       Affirmative Covenants.

 

The Company covenants that so long as any of the Notes are outstanding:

 

Section 9.1. Compliance with Law.  Without limiting Section 10.9, the Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, comply with all laws, ordinances or governmental rules or regulations to which each of them is subject to the extent applicable to it or its business or property, including, without limitation, ERISA, the USA Patriot Act and Environmental Laws, and will obtain and maintain in effect all licenses, certificates, permits, franchises and other governmental authorizations necessary to the ownership of their respective properties or to the conduct of their respective businesses, expect for such as are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and, in each case to the extent necessary to ensure that non-compliance with such laws, ordinances or governmental rules or regulations or failures to obtain or maintain in effect such licenses, certificates, permits, franchises and other governmental authorizations could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

  

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Section 9.2. Insurance.  The Company will maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurers, insurance with respect to the properties and businesses of the Company and its Significant Subsidiaries against such casualties and contingencies, of such types, on such terms and in such amounts (including deductibles, co-insurance and self-insurance, if adequate reserves are maintained with respect thereto) as is customary in the case of entities of established reputations engaged in the same or a similar business and similarly situated.

 

Section 9.3. Maintenance of Properties.  The Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, maintain and keep, or cause to be maintained and kept, their respective properties in good repair, working order and condition (other than ordinary wear and tear), so that the business carried on in connection therewith may be properly conducted at all times, provided that this Section shall not prevent the Company or any Subsidiary from discontinuing the operation and the maintenance of any of its properties if such discontinuance is desirable in the conduct of its business and the Company has concluded that such discontinuance could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 9.4. Payment of Taxes and Claims.  The Company will, and will cause each of its Significant Subsidiaries to, file all tax returns required to be filed in any jurisdiction and to pay and discharge all taxes shown to be due and payable on such returns and all other taxes, assessments, governmental charges, or levies imposed on them or any of their properties, assets, income or franchises, to the extent the same have become due and payable and before they have become delinquent and all claims for which sums have become due and payable that have or might become a Lien on properties or assets of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary, provided that neither the Company nor any Subsidiary need pay any such tax, assessment, charge, levy or claim if (i) the amount, applicability or validity thereof is contested by the Company or such Subsidiary on a timely basis in good faith and in appropriate proceedings, and the Company or a Subsidiary has established adequate reserves therefor in accordance with GAAP on the books of the Company or such Subsidiary or (ii) the nonpayment of all such taxes, assessments, charges, levies and claims in the aggregate could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 

 

Section 9.5. Corporate Existence, Etc.  Subject to Section 10.6, the Company will at all times preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence.  Subject to Sections 10.5 and 10.6, the Company will at all times preserve and keep in full force and effect the existence of each of its Significant Subsidiaries (unless merged into the Company or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary) and all rights and franchises of the Company and its Significant Subsidiaries unless, in the good faith judgment of the Company, the termination of or failure to preserve and keep in full force and effect such corporate existence, right or franchise could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 

 

Section 9.6. Books and Records.  The Company will, and will cause each of its Significant Subsidiaries to, maintain proper books of record and account in conformity with GAAP and all applicable requirements of any Governmental Authority having legal or regulatory jurisdiction over the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be.

 

  

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Section 9.7. Notes to Rank Pari Passu. The Notes and all other obligations under this Agreement of the Company are and at all times shall remain direct and unsecured obligations of the Company ranking pari passu as against the assets of the Company with all other Notes from time to time issued and outstanding hereunder without any preference among themselves and pari passu with all Indebtedness outstanding under the Bank Credit Agreement and all other present and future unsecured Indebtedness (actual or contingent) of the Company, in each case which is not expressed to be subordinate or junior in rank to any other unsecured Indebtedness of the Company.

 

Section 9.8. Subsidiary Guarantors.  (a) The Company will cause any Subsidiary which is required by the terms of the Bank Credit Agreement or any Debt Agreement of the Company representing Indebtedness, individually or in the aggregate, in excess of $100 million to become a party to, or otherwise guarantee, Indebtedness in respect of the Bank Credit Agreement or such Debt Agreement, to enter into a Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement which shall be in a form comparable to and not materially more restrictive as a whole than such guarantee and otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Required Holders providing for a guarantee of the obligations of the Company under the Notes and this Agreement (a “Subsidiary Guaranty”) and deliver to each of the holders of the Notes (substantially concurrently with the incurrence of any such obligation pursuant to the Bank Credit Agreement or such Debt Agreement) the following items:

 

(i)a certificate signed by an authorized Responsible Officer of the Company making representations and warranties substantially to the effect of those contained in Sections 5.4, 5.6 and 5.7, with respect to such Subsidiary and the Subsidiary Guaranty, as applicable; and

 

(ii)an opinion of counsel (who may be in-house counsel for the Company) addressed to each of the holders of the Notes reasonably satisfactory to the Required Holders, to the effect that the Subsidiary Guaranty by such Person has been duly authorized, executed and delivered and that the Subsidiary Guaranty constitutes the legal, valid and binding contract and agreement of such Person enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as an enforcement of such terms may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance and similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles.

 

(b)At any time in which a Subsidiary Guaranty shall be in existence, the holders of the Notes agree to discharge and release any Subsidiary Guarantor from such Subsidiary Guaranty upon receipt of written notice from the Company, provided that (i) such Subsidiary Guarantor has been released and discharged (or will be released and discharged concurrently with the release of such Subsidiary Guarantor under such Subsidiary Guaranty) as an obligor and guarantor under and in respect of the Bank Credit Agreement and each Debt Agreement of the Company and the Company so certifies to the holders of the Notes in a certificate of a Responsible Officer, (ii) at the time of such release and discharge, the Company shall deliver a certificate of a Responsible Officer to the holders of the Notes stating that no Default or Event of Default exists, and (iii) if any fee or other form of consideration is given to any holder of Indebtedness of the Company expressly for the purpose of such release, holders of the Notes shall receive substantially equivalent consideration.

 

  

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Section 9.9. Significant Subsidiaries.  If, on the last day of any fiscal quarter after the Closing Date, the assets of Subsidiaries which as of such date are not Significant Subsidiaries (each such entity, a ÒNonSignificant SubsidiaryÓ) represent in the aggregate more than 25% of the Consolidated Total Assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, then the Company shall designate, by written notice to the holders, one or more NonSignificant Subsidiaries as Significant Subsidiaries in order that the assets of NonSignificant Subsidiaries after such designation, do not in the aggregate represent more than 25% of Consolidated Total Assets but if on any subsequent measurement date such original Significant Subsidiaries constitute in excess of 25% of such Consolidated Total Assets, such designation shall be reversed.

 

	
  

	 

Section 10.       Negative Covenants.

 

The Company covenants that so long as any of the Notes are out­standing:

 

Section 10.1. Consolidated Funded Indebtedness to Consolidated EBITDA.  The Company will not permit the Consolidated Leverage Ratio, calculated on a Pro Forma Basis, as of the end of any fiscal quarter to exceed 3.50 to 1.00.

 

Section 10.2. Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio.  The Company will not permit the Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio, calculated on a Pro Forma Basis, as of the end of any fiscal quarter to be less than 3.25 to 1.00.

 

Section 10.3. Priority Indebtedness. The Company will not at any time permit the aggregate amount of all Priority Indebtedness to exceed 15% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets (Consolidated Net Tangible Assets to be determined as of the end of the then most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Company).

 

Section 10.4. Limitation on Liens.   The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly create, incur, assume or permit to exist (upon the happening of a contingency or otherwise) any Lien on or with respect to any property or asset (including, without limitation, any document or instrument in respect of goods or accounts receivable) of the Company or any such Subsidiary, whether now owned or held or hereafter acquired, or any income or profits therefrom, or assign or otherwise convey any right to receive income or profits, except:

 

(a)Liens existing as of the Closing Date and reflected in Schedule 10.4;

 

(b) Liens for taxes, assessments and other governmental charges or levies not yet due or as to which the period of grace, if any, related thereto has not expired or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings if adequate reserves are maintained to the extent required by GAAP;

 

  

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(c) Liens of materialmen, mechanics, carriers, warehousemen, processors or landlords for labor, materials, supplies or rentals and other Liens imposed by law so long as such Liens secure claims incurred in the ordinary course of business, (i) which are not overdue for a period of more than thirty (30) days or (ii) which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings if adequate reserves are maintained to the extent required by GAAP;

 

(d) Liens consisting of deposits or pledges made in the ordinary course of business (i) in connection with, or to secure payment of, obligations under workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance or similar legislation or obligations under customer service contracts or (ii) to secure the performance of letters of credit, bids, tenders, sales, contracts, leases, statutory obligations, surety, appeal and performance bonds and other similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business, in each case not incurred in connection with the borrowing of money or the payment of the deferred purchase price of property;

 

(e) Liens constituting encumbrances in the nature of zoning restrictions, easements and rights or restrictions of record on the use of real property, which in the aggregate are not substantial in amount and which do not, in any case, materially detract from the value of any material parcel of real property or impair the use thereof in the ordinary conduct of business;

 

(f) Liens on the property or assets of any Subsidiary existing at the time such Subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary of the Company and not incurred in contemplation thereof, as long as the outstanding principal amount of the Indebtedness secured thereby is not voluntarily increased by such Subsidiary after the date such Subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary of the Company;

 

(g) Liens on the property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary securing Indebtedness which is incurred to finance or refinance the acquisition of such property or assets, provided that (i) each such Lien shall be created substantially simultaneously with the acquisition of the related property or assets; (ii) each such Lien does not at any time encumber any property other than the related property or assets financed by such Indebtedness and the proceeds thereof; (iii) the principal amount of Indebtedness secured by each such Lien is not increased; and (iv) the principal amount of Indebtedness secured by each such Lien shall at no time exceed 100% of the original purchase price of such related property or assets at the time acquired;

 

(h) Liens consisting of judgment or judicial attachment Liens, provided that (i) the claims giving rise to such Liens are being diligently contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (ii) reasonable reserves for the obligations secured by such Liens have been established and (iii) enforcement of such Liens has been stayed;

 

(i) any Lien on any specific fixed asset of any corporation existing at the time such corporation is merged or consolidated with or into any Company or a consolidated Subsidiary of the Company and not created in contemplation of such event;

 

  

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(j) any Lien arising out of the refinancing, extension, renewal or refunding of any Indebtedness secured by any Lien permitted by any of the foregoing clauses of this Section, provided that (i) such Indebtedness is not secured by any additional assets, and (ii) the amount of such Indebtedness (together with any accrued interest thereon and closing costs and premiums relating thereto) secured by any such Lien is not materially increased;

 

(k) Liens on Marketable Securities and/or other securities and property of West Side or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of West Side to secure obligations owing by West Side under the West Side Credit Agreement; provided that no more than $50,000,000 of the principal amount of such obligations may be secured pursuant to this Section 10.4(k), it being agreed that the principal amount of such Indebtedness and other obligations under the West Side Credit Agreement secured by such property may exceed $50,000,000 so long as any Liens securing such obligations thereunder in excess of $50,000,000 are otherwise permitted under this Section 10.4;

 

(l) any interest of title of a buyer in connection with, and Liens arising pursuant to, a Permitted Securitization Transaction; 

 

(m) Liens arising pursuant to a Permitted Monetization Transaction;

 

                 (n)(i) leases, licenses, subleases and sublicenses granted in the ordinary course of business and that do not interfere in any material respect with the business of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or (ii) the rights reserved or vested in any Person by the terms of any lease, license, franchise, grant or permit held by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or by Law to terminate any such lease, license, franchise, grant or permit or to require annual or periodic payments as a condition to the continuance thereof;

 

(o) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for sale of goods entered into by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;

 

(p) Liens for account fees (or similar fees) or rights of set-off in favor of a bank or financial institution in respect of a bank account or margin account maintained with such bank or financial institution or brokerage;

 

(q)Liens incurred after the Closing Date to secure the obligations under the Bank Credit Agreement, provided the Company makes effective provision at the same time whereby the Notes will be equally and ratably secured with any and all other obligations thereby secured, such Liens to be given pursuant to an agreement or agreements reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Required Holders; and

 

(r)Liens securing Priority Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary, provided that the aggregate principal amount of any such Priority Indebtedness shall be permitted by Section 10.3 and provided further that no Liens permitted by this Section 10.4(r) may secure the obligations under the Bank Credit Agreement.  

 

  

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Section 10.5. Sales of Assets.  The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, sell, lease or otherwise dispose of any substantial part (as defined below) of the assets used or useful in the conduct of their business (other than cash and cash equivalents) of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; provided, however, that the Company or any Subsidiary may sell, lease or otherwise dispose of assets constituting a substantial part of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries if such assets are sold in an arms length transaction and, at such time and after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and an amount equal to the Net Cash Proceeds received from such sale, lease or other disposition (but only such Net Cash Proceeds with respect to that portion of such assets that exceeds the definition of “substantial part” set forth below) shall be used within 365 days of such sale, lease or disposition, in any combination:

 

(1)for capital expenditures or to acquire assets used or useful in carrying on the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries; and/or

 

(2)to prepay or retire Senior Indebtedness of the Company and/or its Subsidiaries, provided that (i) the Company shall offer to prepay each outstanding Note in a principal amount which equals the Ratable Portion for such Note, and (ii) any such prepayment of the Notes shall be made at 100%, together with accrued interest thereon to but not including the date of such prepayment, but without the payment of any Make-Whole Amount.  Any offer of prepayment of the Notes pursuant to this Section 10.5 shall be given to each holder of the Notes by written notice that shall be delivered not less than twenty Business Days and not more than sixty (60) days prior to the proposed prepayment date.  Each such notice shall state that it is given pursuant to this Section and that the offer set forth in such notice must be accepted by such holder in writing and shall also set forth (i) the prepayment date, (ii) a description of the circumstances which give rise to the proposed prepayment and (iii) a calculation of the Ratable Portion for such holder’s Notes.  Each holder of the Notes which desires to have its Notes prepaid shall notify the Company in writing delivered not less than five (5) Business Days prior to the proposed prepayment date of its acceptance of such offer of prepayment.  For the purposes of this subparagraph 2, the Company shall be deemed to have satisfied its obligations to prepay Senior Indebtedness to the extent that the Company has offered to prepay the Senior Notes or any other Senior Indebtedness with similar prepayment requirements and any holders have declined such offer of prepayment.

 

As used in this Section 10.5, a sale, lease or other disposition of assets (including a sale of any Receivable) shall be deemed to be a “substantial part” of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, if the book value of such assets, when added to the book value of all other assets sold, leased or otherwise disposed of by the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, during the period of 12 consecutive months ending on the date of such sale, lease or other disposition, exceeds 20% of the book value of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets, determined as of the end of the fiscal quarter immediately preceding such sale, lease or other disposition; provided that there shall be excluded from any determination of a “substantial part” any (i) sale or disposition of assets in the ordinary course of business of the Company or its Subsidiaries, (ii) any transfer of assets from the Company to any Subsidiary or from any Subsidiary to the Company or a Subsidiary, (iii) sales of accounts receivable pursuant to Permitted Securitization Transactions, (iv) any sale or transfer of property acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary after the date of this Agreement to any Person within 365 days following the acquisition or construction of such property by the Company or any Subsidiary if the Company or a Subsidiary shall concurrently with such sale or transfer, lease such property, as lessee, (v) sales of assets no longer used or useful in the business of the Company and any of its Subsidiaries, (vi) Involuntary Dispositions, and (vii) any sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company made pursuant to the terms of Section 10.6(2).  For purposes of clarification, a sale or other disposition of any Investment (other than a sale of any Investment of any Subsidiary that is a regulated insurance company in the ordinary course of its business) shall be a “sale of assets” subject to the limitations set forth in this Section 10.5.   

 

  

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Section 10.6. Merger and Consolidation.  The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, consolidate with or merge with any other Person or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its assets in a single transaction or series of transactions to any Person; provided that: 

 

(1)any Subsidiary of the Company may (x) consolidate with or merge with, or convey, transfer or lease substantially all of its assets in a single transaction or series of transactions to, (i) the Company or a Subsidiary so long as in any merger or consolidation involving the Company, the Company shall be the surviving or continuing corporation or (ii) any other Person so long as the survivor is the Subsidiary or such other Person becomes a Subsidiary, or (y) convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its assets in compliance with the provisions of Section 10.5; and 

 

(2)the foregoing restriction does not apply to the consolidation or merger of the Company with, or the conveyance, transfer or lease of substantially all of the assets of the Company in a single transaction or series of transactions to, any Person so long as:

 

(a)the successor formed by such consolidation or the survivor of such merger or the Person that acquires by conveyance, transfer or lease substantially all of the assets of the Company as an entirety, as the case may be (the “Successor Corporation”), shall be an entity organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia;

 

(b)if the Company is not the Successor Corporation, such Successor Corporation shall have executed and delivered to each holder of Notes its assumption of the due and punctual performance and observance of each covenant and condition of this Agreement and the Notes (pursuant to such agreements and instruments as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Required Holders), and the Successor Corporation shall have caused to be delivered to each holder of Notes an opinion of counsel, to the effect that all agreements or instruments effecting such assumption are enforceable in accordance with their terms; and

 

  

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(c)immediately after giving effect to such transaction no Default or Event of Default would exist (it being agreed that, for purposes of determining compliance with Section 10.1 and 10.2, such transaction shall be treated on a pro forma basis for the relevant period as having been consummated as of the last day of the immediately preceding fiscal quarter). 

 

Section 10.7. Transactions with Affiliates.  The Company will not and will not permit any Subsidiary to directly or indirectly do any of the following, except pursuant to the reasonable requirements of its business and upon fair and reasonable terms that are no less favorable to it than it would obtain in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person not its Affiliate and except for (i) transactions which are not Material either individually or in the aggregate or (ii) loans or advances to any Affiliate made by the Company or its Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount not to exceed $50,000,000:

 

(a)make any loan or advance to, or purchase or assume any note or other obligation to or from, any of its officers, directors, shareholders or Affiliates, or to or from any member of the immediate family of any of its officers, directors, shareholders or Affiliates, other than (i) loans, advances or other transactions between the Company and its Subsidiaries otherwise permitted under this Agreement and (ii) any other loan or advance or assumption that would not cause the aggregate amount of all such loans and advances and assumed notes and advances to exceed $500,000 or

 

(b)enter into, or be a party to, any subcontract of any operations or other transaction with any of its Affiliates.

 

Section 10.8. Line of Business.  The Company will not and will not permit any Significant Subsidiary to engage in any business if, as a result, the general nature of the business in which the Company and its Significant Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, would then be engaged would be substantially changed from the general nature of the business in which the Company and its Significant Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, are engaged on the date of this Agreement as described in the Memorandum.

 

Section 10.9. Terrorism Sanctions Regulations.  The Company will not and will not permit any Subsidiary to (a) become a Person described or designated in the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List of the Office of Foreign Assets Control or in Section 1 of the Anti-Terrorism Order or (b) engage in any dealings or transactions with any such Person known to the Company or such Subsidiary to be such a person.

 

	
  

	
 

Section 11.       Events of Default.

 

An “Event of Default” shall exist if any of the following conditions or events shall occur and be continu­ing:

 

(a)the Company defaults in the payment of any principal or Make-Whole Amount, if any, on any Note when the same becomes due and payable, whether at maturity or at a date fixed for prepayment or by declaration or otherwise; or

 

  

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(b)the Company defaults in the payment of any interest on any Note for more than five Business Days after the same becomes due and payable; or

 

(c)the Company defaults in the performance of or compliance with any term contained in Section 7.1(d), Section 8.7 or Sections 10.1 through 10.6, inclusive; or

 

(d)the Company defaults in the perfor­mance of or compliance with any term contained herein (other than those referred to in Sections 11(a), (b) and (c)) and such default is not remedied within 30 days after the earlier of (i) a Responsible Officer obtaining actual knowledge of such default and (ii) the Company receiving written notice of such default from any holder of a Note (any such written notice to be identified as a “notice of default” and to refer specifically to this Section 11(d)); or

 

(e)any representation or warranty made in writing by or on behalf of the Company or by any officer of the Company in this Agreement or in any writing furnished in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby proves to have been false or incorrect in any material respect on the date as of which made; or

 

(f)(i) the Company or any Subsidiary is in default (as principal or as guarantor or other surety) in the payment of any principal of or premium or make-whole amount or interest on any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness hereunder) that is outstanding in an aggregate principal amount of at least $40,000,000 beyond any period of grace provided with respect thereto, or (ii) the Company or any Subsidiary is in default in the performance of or compliance with any term of any evidence of any Indebtedness in an aggregate outstanding principal amount of at least $40,000,000 or of any mortgage, indenture or other agreement relating thereto or any other condition exists, and as a consequence of such default or condition such Indebtedness has become, or has been declared (or one or more Persons are entitled to declare such Indebtedness to be), due and payable before its stated maturity or before its regularly scheduled dates of payment, or (iii) as a consequence of the occurrence or continuation of any event or condition (other than the passage of time or the right of the holder of Indebtedness to convert such Indebtedness into equity interests or other than the right of holders of the Company’s existing senior debentures to put such Indebtedness on regularly scheduled put dates), (x) the Company or any Subsidiary has become obligated to purchase or repay Indebtedness before its regular maturity or before its regularly scheduled dates of payment in an aggregate outstanding principal amount of at least $40,000,000, or (y) one or more Persons have the right to require the Company or any Subsidiary so to purchase or repay such Indebtedness; or

 

(g)the Company or any Significant Subsidiary (i) is generally not paying, or admits in writing its inability to pay, its debts as they become due, (ii) files, or consents by answer or otherwise to the filing against it of, a petition for relief or reorganization or arrangement or any other petition in bankruptcy, for liquidation or to take advantage of any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar law of any jurisdiction, (iii) makes an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, (iv) consents to the appointment of a custodian, receiver, trustee or other officer with similar powers with respect to it or with respect to any substantial part of its property, (v) is adjudicated as insolvent or to be liquidated, or (vi) takes corporate action for the purpose of any of the foregoing; or

 

  

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(h)a court or Governmental Authority of competent jurisdiction enters an order appointing, without consent by the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries, a custodian, receiver, trustee or other officer with similar powers with respect to it or with respect to any substantial part of its property, or constituting an order for relief or approving a petition for relief or reorganization or any other petition in bankruptcy or for liquidation or to take advantage of any bankruptcy or insolvency law of any jurisdiction, or ordering the dissolution, winding-up or liquidation of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries, or any such petition shall be filed against the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries and such petition shall not be dismissed within 60 days; or

 

(i)a non-appealable final judgment or judgments for the payment of money aggregating in excess of $40,000,000 (to the extent not covered by independent third-party insurance) are rendered against one or more of the Company and its Subsidiaries and which judgments are not, within 60 days after entry thereof, bonded, discharged or stayed pending appeal, or are not discharged within 60 days after the expiration of such stay; or

 

(j)if (i) any Plan shall fail to satisfy the minimum funding standards of ERISA or the Code for any plan year or part thereof or a waiver of such standards or extension of any amortization period is sought or granted under section 412 of the Code, (ii) a notice of intent to terminate any Plan shall have been or is reasonably expected to be filed with the PBGC or the PBGC shall have instituted proceedings under ERISA section 4042 to terminate or appoint a trustee to administer any Plan or the PBGC shall have notified the Company or any ERISA Affiliate that a Plan may become a subject of any such proceedings, (iii) the aggregate “amount of unfunded benefit liabilities” (within the meaning of section 4001(a)(18) of ERISA) under all Plans, determined in accordance with Title IV of ERISA, shall exceed $40,000,000, (iv) the Company or any ERISA Affiliate shall have incurred or is reasonably expected to incur any liability pursuant to Title I or IV of ERISA or the penalty or excise tax provisions of the Code relating to employee benefit plans, (v) the Company or any ERISA Affiliate withdraws from any Multiemployer Plan, or (vi) the Company or any Subsidiary establishes or amends any employee welfare benefit plan that provides post-employment welfare benefits in a manner that would increase the liability of the Company or any Subsidiary thereunder; provided, however, any such event or events described in clauses (i) through (vi) above, shall be an Event of Default only if either individually or together with any other such event or events, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 

 

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Section 12.       Remedies on Default, Etc.

 

Section 12.1. Acceleration.  (a)  If an Event of Default with respect to the Company described in Section 11(g) or (h) (other than an Event of Default described in clause (i) of Section 11(g) or described in clause (vi) of Section 11(g) by virtue of the fact that such clause encompasses clause (i) of Section 11(g)) has occurred, all the Notes then outstanding shall automatically become immediately due and payable.

 

(b)If any other Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Required Holders may at any time at its or their option, by notice or notices to the Company, declare all the Notes then outstanding to be immediately due and payable.

 

(c)If any Event of Default described in Section 11(a) or (b) has occurred and is continuing, any holder or holders of Notes at the time outstanding affected by such Event of Default may at any time, at its or their option, by notice or notices to the Company, declare all the Notes held by it or them to be immediately due and payable.

 

Upon any Notes becoming due and payable under this Section 12.1, whether automatically or by declaration, such Notes will forthwith mature and the entire unpaid principal amount of such Notes, plus (x) all accrued and unpaid interest thereon (including, but not limited to, interest accrued thereon at the Default Rate) and (y) the Make-Whole Amount determined in respect of such principal amount (to the full extent permitted by applicable law), shall all be immediately due and payable, in each and every case without presentment, demand, protest or further notice, all of which are hereby waived.  The Company acknowledges, and the parties hereto agree, that each holder of a Note has the right to maintain its investment in the Notes free from repayment by the Company (except as herein specifically provided for) and that the provision for payment of a Make-Whole Amount by the Company in the event that the Notes are prepaid or are accelerated as a result of an Event of Default, is intended to provide compensation for the deprivation of such right under such circumstances.

 

Section 12.2. Other Remedies.  If any Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and irrespective of whether any Notes have become or have been declared immediately due and payable under Section 12.1, the holder of any Note at the time outstanding may proceed to protect and enforce the rights of such holder by an action at law, suit in equity or other appropriate proceeding, whether for the specific performance of any agreement contained herein or in any Note, or for an injunction against a violation of any of the terms hereof or thereof, or in aid of the exercise of any power granted hereby or thereby or by law or otherwise.

 

Section 12.3. Rescission.  At any time after any Notes have been declared due and payable pursuant to Section 12.1(b) or (c), the Required Holders with respect to Section 12.1(b) or the holder or holders who have made such declaration with respect to an Event of Default under Section 12.1(c), by written notice to the Company, may rescind and annul any such declaration and its consequences if (a) the Company has paid all overdue interest on the Notes, all principal of and Make-Whole Amount, if any, on any Notes that are due and payable and are unpaid other than by reason of such declaration, and all interest on such overdue principal and Make-Whole Amount, if any, and (to the extent permitted by applicable law) any overdue interest in respect of the Notes, at the Default Rate, (b) neither the Company nor any other Person shall have paid any amounts which have become due solely by reason of such declaration, (c) all Events of Default and Defaults, other than non-payment of amounts that have become due solely by reason of such declaration, have been cured or have been waived pursuant to Section 17, and (d) no judgment or decree has been entered for the payment of any monies due pursuant hereto or to the Notes.  No rescission and annulment under this Section 12.3 will extend to or affect any subsequent Event of Default or Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

 

  

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Section 12.4. No Waivers or Election of Remedies, Expenses, Etc.  No course of dealing and no delay on the part of any holder of any Note in exercising any right, power or remedy shall operate as a waiver thereof or otherwise prejudice such holder’s rights, powers or remedies.  No right, power or remedy conferred by this Agreement or by any Note upon any holder thereof shall be exclusive of any other right, power or remedy referred to herein or therein or now or hereafter available at law, in equity, by statute or otherwise.  Without limiting the obligations of the Company under Section 15, the Company will pay to the holder of each Note on demand such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover all reasonable and customary costs and expenses of such holder incurred in any enforcement or collection under this Section 12, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees, expenses and disbursements.

 

	
  

	 

Section 13.       Registration; Exchange; Substitution of Notes.

 

Section 13.1. Registration of Notes.  The Company shall keep at its principal executive office a register for the registration and registration of transfers of Notes.  The name and address of each holder of one or more Notes, each transfer thereof and the name and address of each transferee of one or more Notes shall be registered in such register.  Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer, the Person in whose name any Note shall be registered shall be deemed and treated as the owner and holder thereof for all purposes hereof, and the Company shall not be affected by any notice or knowledge to the contrary.  The Company shall give to any holder of a Note that is an Institutional Investor promptly upon request therefor, a complete and correct copy of the names and addresses of all registered holders of Notes.

 

Section 13.2. Transfer and Exchange of Notes.  (a)  Upon surrender of any Note to the Company at the address and to the attention of the designated officer (all as specified in Section 18(iii)), for registration of transfer or exchange (and in the case of a surrender for registration of transfer accompanied by a written instrument of transfer duly executed by the registered holder of such Note or such holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing and accompanied by the relevant name, address and other information for notices of each transferee of such Note or part thereof), within ten Business Days thereafter, the Company shall execute and deliver, at the Company’s expense (except as provided below), one or more new Notes (as requested by the holder thereof) in exchange therefor, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the unpaid principal amount of the surrendered Note.  Each such new Note shall be payable to such Person as such holder may request and shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit 1.  Each such new Note shall be dated and bear interest from the date to which interest shall have been paid on the surrendered Note or dated the date of the surrendered Note if no interest shall have been paid thereon.  The Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any stamp tax or governmental charge imposed in respect of any such transfer of Notes.  Notes may not be transferred in a principal amount of less than $100,000 and incremental denominations thereafter of $10,000, provided that if necessary to enable the registration of transfer by a holder of its entire holding of Notes, one Note may be in a principal amount less than $100,000 and/or in a denomination of less than $10,000.  Any transferee, by its acceptance of a Note registered in its name (or the name of its nominee), shall be deemed to have made the representation set forth in (i) the last sentence of Section 6.1 and (ii) Section 6.2.  

 

  

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(b)Each holder agrees that it will not sell or otherwise transfer any Note to a Competitor.

 

Section 13.3. Replacement of Notes.  Upon receipt by the Company at the address and to the attention of the designated officer (all as specified in Section 18(iii)) of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the ownership of and the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any Note (which evidence shall be, in the case of an Institutional Investor, notice from such Institutional Investor of such ownership and such loss, theft, destruction or mutilation), and

 

(a)in the case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it (provided that if the holder of such Note is, or is a nominee for, an original Purchaser or another holder of a Note with a minimum net worth of at least $40,000,000 or a Qualified Institutional Buyer, such Person’s own unsecured agreement of indemnity shall be deemed to be satisfactory), or

 

(b)in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation thereof,

 

within ten Business Days thereafter, the Company at its own expense shall execute and deliver, in lieu thereof, a new Note, dated and bearing interest from the date to which interest shall have been paid on such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Note or dated the date of such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Note if no interest shall have been paid thereon.

 

	
  

	 

Section 14.       Payments on Notes.

 

Section 14.1. Place of Payment.  Subject to Section 14.2, payments of principal, Make-Whole Amount, if any, and interest becoming due and payable on the Notes shall be made in New York, New York at the principal office of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association in such jurisdiction.  The Company may at any time, by notice to each holder of a Note, change the place of payment of the Notes so long as such place of payment shall be either the principal office of the Company in New York, New York or the principal office of a bank or trust company in New York, New York.

 

Section 14.2. Home Office Payment.  So long as any Purchaser or its nominee shall be the holder of any Note, and notwithstanding anything contained in Section 14.1 or in such Note to the contrary, the Company will pay all sums becoming due on such Note for principal, Make-Whole Amount, if any, and interest by the method and at the address specified for such purpose below such Purchaser’s name in Schedule A, or by such other method or at such other address as such Purchaser shall have from time to time specified to the Company in writing for such purpose, without the presentation or surrender of such Note or the making of any notation thereon, except that upon written request of the Company made concurrently with or reasonably promptly after payment or prepayment in full of any Note, such Purchaser shall surrender such Note for cancellation, reasonably promptly after any such request, to the Company at its principal executive office or at the place of payment most recently designated by the Company pursuant to Section 14.1.  Prior to any sale or other disposition of any Note held by a Purchaser or its nominee, such Purchaser will, at its election, either endorse thereon the amount of principal paid thereon and the last date to which interest has been paid thereon or surrender such Note to the Company in exchange for a new Note or Notes pursuant to Section 13.2.  The Company will afford the benefits of this Section 14.2 to any Institutional Investor that is the direct or indirect transferee of any Note purchased by a Purchaser under this Agreement and that has made the same agreement relating to such Note as the Purchasers have made in this Section 14.2.

 

  

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Section 15.       Expenses, Etc.

 

Section 15.1. Transaction Expenses.  Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated, the Company will pay all reasonable and customary costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees of a special counsel and, if reasonably required by the Required Holders, one local counsel) incurred by the Purchasers and each other holder of a Note in connection with such transactions and in connection with any amendments, waivers or consents under or in respect of this Agreement or the Notes (whether or not such amendment, waiver or consent becomes effective), including, without limitation: (a) the costs and expenses incurred in enforcing or defending (or determining whether or how to enforce or defend) any rights under this Agreement or the Notes or in responding to any subpoena or other legal process or informal investigative demand issued in connection with this Agreement or the Notes, or by reason of being a holder of any Note, (b) the costs and expenses, including financial advisors’ fees, incurred in connection with the insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company or any Subsidiary or in connection with any work-out or restructuring of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the Notes and (c) the costs and expenses incurred in connection with the initial filing of this Agreement and all related documents and financial information with the SVO provided, that such costs and expenses under this clause (c) shall not exceed $3,500 in the aggregate.  The Company will pay, and will save each Purchaser and each other holder of a Note harmless from, all claims in respect of any fees, costs or expenses, if any, of brokers and finders (other than those, if any, retained by a Purchaser or other holder in connection with its purchase of the Notes).

 

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Section 16.       Survival of Representations and Warranties; Entire Agreement.

 

All representations and warranties contained herein shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Notes, the purchase or transfer by any Purchaser of any Note or portion thereof or interest therein and the payment of any Note, and may be relied upon by any subsequent holder of a Note, regardless of any investigation made at any time by or on behalf of such Purchaser or any other holder of a Note and provided that it is acknowledged that such representations and warranties shall only be deemed to be true as of the date they were made.  All statements contained in any certificate or other instrument executed and delivered by or on behalf of the Company pursuant to this Agreement  shall be deemed representations and warranties of the Company under this Agreement.  Subject to the preceding sentence, this Agreement and the Notes embody the entire agreement and understanding between each Purchaser and the Company and supersede all prior agreements and understandings relating to the subject matter hereof.

 

  

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Section 17.       Amendment and Waiver.  

 

Section 17.1. Requirements.  This Agreement and the Notes may be amended, and the observance of any term hereof or of the Notes may be waived (either retroactively or prospectively), with (and only with) the written consent of the Company and the Required Holders, except that (a) no amendment or waiver of any of the provisions of Section 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 21 hereof, or any defined term (as it is used therein), will be effective as to any Purchaser unless consented to by such Purchaser in writing, and (b) no such amendment or waiver may, without the written consent of the holder of each Note at the time outstanding affected thereby, (i) subject to the provisions of Section 12 relating to acceleration or rescission, change the amount or time of any prepayment or payment of principal of, or reduce the rate or change the time of payment or method of computation of interest or of the Make-Whole Amount on, the Notes, (ii) change the percentage of the principal amount of the Notes the holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or waiver, or (iii) amend any of Sections 8, 11(a), 11(b), 12, 17 or 20.

 

Section 17.2. Solicitation of Holders of Notes.

 

(a)Solicitation. The Company will provide each holder of the Notes (irrespective of the amount of Notes then owned by it) with sufficient information, sufficiently far in advance of the date a decision is required, to enable such holder to make a reasonably informed and considered decision with respect to any proposed amendment, waiver or consent in respect of any of the provisions hereof or of the Notes.  The Company will deliver executed or true and correct copies of each amendment, waiver or consent effected pursuant to the provisions of this Section 17 to each holder of outstanding Notes promptly following the date on which it is executed and delivered by, or receives the consent or approval of, the requisite holders of Notes.

 

(b)Payment. The Company will not directly or indirectly pay or cause to be paid any remuneration, whether by way of supplemental or additional interest, fee or otherwise, or grant any security or provide other credit support, to any holder of Notes as consideration for or as an inducement to the entering into by any holder of Notes of any waiver or amendment of any of the terms and provisions hereof unless such remuneration is concurrently paid, or security is concurrently granted or other credit support concurrently provided, on the same terms, ratably to each holder of Notes then outstanding even if such holder did not consent to such waiver or amendment.

 

Section 17.3. Binding Effect, etc.  Any amendment or waiver consented to as provided in this Section 17 applies equally to all holders of Notes and is binding upon them and upon each future holder of any Note and upon the Company without regard to whether such Note has been marked to indicate such amendment or waiver.  No such amendment or waiver will extend to or affect any obligation, covenant, agreement, Default or Event of Default not expressly amended or waived or impair any right consequent thereon.  No course of dealing between the Company and the holder of any Note nor any delay in exercising any rights hereunder or under any Note shall operate as a waiver of any rights of any holder of such Note.  As used herein, the term "this Agreement" and references thereto shall mean this Agreement as it may from time to time be amended or supplemented.

 

  

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Section 17.4. Notes Held by Company, etc. Solely for the purpose of determining whether the holders of the requisite percentage of the aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding approved or consented to any amendment, waiver or consent to be given under this Agreement or the Notes, or have directed the taking of any action provided herein or in the Notes to be taken upon the direction of the holders of a specified percentage of the aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding, Notes directly or indirectly owned by the Company or any of its Affiliates shall be deemed not to be outstanding.

 

	
  

	 

Section 18.       Notices.

 

All notices and communications provided for hereunder shall be in writing and sent (a) by telecopy or email if the sender on the same day sends a confirming copy of such notice by a recognized overnight delivery service (charges prepaid), or (b) by registered or certified mail with return receipt requested (postage prepaid), or (c) by a recognized overnight delivery service (with charges prepaid).  Any such notice must be sent:

 

(i)if to any Purchaser or its nominee, to such Purchaser or nominee at the address specified for such communications in Schedule A, or at such other address as such Purchaser or nominee shall have specified to the Company in writing,

 

(ii)if to any other holder of any Note, to such holder at such address as such other holder shall have specified to the Company in writing, or

 

(iii)if to the Company, to the Company at its address set forth at the beginning hereof to the attention of Kenneth V. Hager, or at such other address as the Company shall have specified to the holder of each Note in writing.

 

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Section 19.       Reproduction of Documents.

 

This Agreement and all documents relating thereto, including, without limitation, (a) consents, waivers and modifications that may hereafter be executed, (b) documents received by any Purchaser at the Closing (except the Notes themselves), and (c) financial statements, certificates and other information previously or hereafter furnished to any Purchaser, may be reproduced by such Purchaser by any photographic, photostatic, electronic, digital, or other similar process and such Purchaser may destroy any original document so reproduced.  The Company agrees and stipulates that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, any such reproduction shall be admissible in evidence as the original itself in any judicial or administrative proceeding (whether or not the original is in existence and whether or not such reproduction was made by such Purchaser in the regular course of business) and any enlargement, facsimile or further reproduction of such reproduction shall likewise be admissible in evidence.  This Section 19 shall not prohibit the Company or any other holder of Notes from contesting any such reproduction to the same extent that it could contest the original, or from introducing evidence to demonstrate the inaccuracy of any such reproduction.

 

  

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Section 20.       Confidential Information.

 

For the purposes of this Section 20, “Confidential Information” means information delivered to any Purchaser by or on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary in connection with the transactions contemplated by or otherwise pursuant to this Agreement, provided that such term does not include information that (a) was publicly known or otherwise known to such Purchaser prior to the time of such disclosure (on a non-confidential basis through means other than the Company), (b) subsequently becomes publicly known through no act or omission by such Purchaser or any person acting on such Purchaser’s behalf, (c) otherwise becomes known to such Purchaser other than through disclosure by the Company or any Subsidiary or (d) constitutes financial statements delivered to such Purchaser under Section 7.1 that are otherwise publicly available.  Each Purchaser will maintain the confidentiality of such Confidential Information in accordance with procedures adopted by such Purchaser in good faith to protect confidential information of third parties delivered to such Purchaser, provided that such Purchaser may deliver or disclose Confidential Information to (i) its directors, officers, employees, agents, attorneys, trustees and affiliates (to the extent such disclosure reasonably relates to the administration of the investment represented by its Notes), (ii) its financial advisors and other professional advisors who agree to hold confidential the Confidential Information substantially in accordance with the terms of this Section 20, (iii) any other holder of any Note, (iv) any Institutional Investor to which it sells or offers to sell such Note or any part thereof or any participation therein (if such Person has agreed in writing prior to its receipt of such Confidential Information to be bound by the provisions of this Section 20), (v) any Person from which it offers to purchase any security of the Company (if such Person has agreed in writing prior to its receipt of such Confidential Information to be bound by the provisions of this Section 20), (vi) any federal or state regulatory authority having jurisdiction over such Purchaser, (vii) the NAIC or the SVO or, in each case, any similar organization, or any nationally recognized rating agency that requires access to information about such Purchaser’s investment portfolio, or (viii) any other Person to which such delivery or disclosure may be necessary or appropriate (w) to effect compliance with any law, rule, regulation or order applicable to such Purchaser, (x) in response to any subpoena or other legal process, (y) in connection with any litigation to which such Purchaser is a party or (z) if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, to the extent such Purchaser may reasonably determine such delivery and disclosure to be necessary or appropriate in the enforcement or for the protection of the rights and remedies under such Purchaser’s Notes and this Agreement.  Each holder of a Note, by its acceptance of a Note, will be deemed to have agreed to be bound by and to be entitled to the benefits of this Section 20 as though it were a party to this Agreement.  On reasonable request by the Company in connection with the delivery to any holder of a Note of information required to be delivered to such holder under this Agreement or requested by such holder (other than a holder that is a party to this Agreement or its nominee), such holder will enter into an agreement with the Company embodying the provisions of this Section 20.

 

  

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Section 21.       Substitution of Purchaser.

 

Each Purchaser shall have the right to substitute any one of its Affiliates as the purchaser of the Notes that it has agreed to purchase hereunder, by written notice to the Company, which notice shall be signed by both such Purchaser and such Affiliate, shall contain such Affiliate’s agreement to be bound by this Agreement and shall contain a confirmation by such Affiliate of the accuracy with respect to it of the representations set forth in Section 6.  Upon receipt of such notice, any reference to such Purchaser in this Agreement (other than in this Section 21), shall be deemed to refer to such Affiliate in lieu of such original Purchaser.  In the event that such Affiliate is so substituted as a Purchaser hereunder and such Affiliate thereafter transfers to such original Purchaser all of the Notes then held by such Affiliate, upon receipt by the Company of notice of such transfer, any reference to such Affiliate as a “Purchaser” in this Agreement (other than in this Section 21), shall no longer be deemed to refer to such Affiliate, but shall refer to such original Purchaser, and such original Purchaser shall again have all the rights of an original holder of the Notes under this Agreement.

 

	
  

	 

Section 22.       Miscellaneous.

 

Section 22.1. Successors and Assigns.  All covenants and other agreements contained in this Agreement by or on behalf of any of the parties hereto bind and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns (including, without limitation, any subsequent holder of a Note) whether so expressed or not.

 

Section 22.2. Payments Due on Non-Business Days.  Anything in this Agreement or the Notes to the contrary notwithstanding (but without limiting the requirement in Section 8.4 that the notice of any optional prepayment specify a Business Day as the date fixed for such prepayment), any payment of principal of or Make-Whole Amount or interest on any Note that is due on a date other than a Business Day shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day without including the additional days elapsed in the computation of the interest payable on such next succeeding Business Day; provided that if the maturity date of any Note is a date other than a Business Day, the payment otherwise due on such maturity date shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and shall include the additional days elapsed in the computation of interest payable on such next succeeding Business Day.

 

Section 22.3. Accounting Terms.   All accounting terms used herein which are not expressly defined in this Agreement have the meanings respectively given to them in accordance with GAAP.  Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, (i) all computations made pursuant to this Agreement shall be made in accordance with GAAP, and (ii) all financial statements shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP.   For purposes of determining compliance with the covenants set out in this Agreement, any election by the Company to measure an item of Indebtedness using fair value (as permitted by Statement of Financial Accounting Standards Nos. 157 or 159) shall be disregarded and such determination shall be made by valuing indebtedness at 100% of the outstanding principal thereof. 

 

  

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Section 22.4. Severability.  Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall (to the full extent permitted by law) not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

Section 22.5. Construction, etc.  Each covenant contained herein shall be construed (absent express provision to the contrary) as being independent of each other covenant contained herein, so that compliance with any one covenant shall not (absent such an express contrary provision) be deemed to excuse compliance with any other covenant.  Where any provision herein refers to action to be taken by any Person, or which such Person is prohibited from taking, such provision shall be applicable whether such action is taken directly or indirectly by such Person.

 

For the avoidance of doubt, all Schedules and Exhibits attached to this Agreement shall be deemed to be a part hereof.

 

Section 22.6. Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original but all of which together shall constitute one instrument.  Each counterpart may consist of a number of copies hereof, each signed by less than all, but together signed by all, of the parties hereto.

 

Section 22.7. Governing Law.  This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and the rights of the parties shall be governed by, the law of the State of New York excluding choice-of-law principles of the law of such State that would permit the application of the laws of a jurisdiction other than such State.

 

Section 22.8. Jurisdiction and Process; Waiver of Jury Trial.  (a) Each Purchaser and the Company irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any New York State or federal court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, over any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the Notes.  To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each Purchaser and the Company irrevocably waives and agrees not to assert, by way of motion, as a defense or otherwise, any claim that it is not subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court and any claim that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

 

(b)Each Purchaser and the Company consents to process being served by or on behalf of any holder of Notes in any suit, action or proceeding of the nature referred to in Section 22.8(a) by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, return receipt requested, to it at its address specified in Section 18 or at such other address of which such holder shall then have been notified pursuant to said Section.  Each Purchaser and the Company agrees that such service upon receipt (i) shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon it in any such suit, action or proceeding and (ii) shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, be taken and held to be valid personal service upon and personal delivery to it.  Notices hereunder shall be conclusively presumed received as evidenced by a delivery receipt furnished by the United States Postal Service or any reputable commercial delivery service.

 

  

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(c)Nothing in this Section 22.8 shall affect the right of the Company or any holder of a Note to serve process in any manner permitted by law, or limit any right that the Company or the holders of any of the Notes may have to bring proceedings against the other in the courts of any appropriate jurisdiction or to enforce in any lawful manner a judgment obtained in one jurisdiction in any other jurisdiction.

 

(d)The parties hereto hereby waive trial by jury in any action brought on or with respect to this Agreement, the Notes or any other document executed in connection herewith or therewith.

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If you are in agreement with the foregoing, please sign the form of agreement on a counterpart of this Agreement and return it to the Company, whereupon this Agreement shall become a binding agreement between you and the Company.

	
  

	
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Accepted as of the date first written above.

	
  

	
The Prudential Insurance Company of America

	
  

	
By     /s/Brian E. Lemons

	
  

	
Brian E. Lemons

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Pruco Life Insurance Company

	
  

	
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Brian E. Lemons

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Gibraltar Life Insurance Co., Ltd.

	
  

	
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By:Prudential Investment Management, Inc., as Sub-Adviser

	
  

	
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            Brian E. Lemons

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Prudential Retirement Insurance and Annuity Company

	
  

	
By:Prudential Investment Management, Inc., as investment manager

	
  

	
By     /s/Brian E. Lemons

	
  

	
            Brian E. Lemons

            Vice President

  

44

  

Accepted as of the date first written above.

	
  

	
Universal Prudential Arizona Reinsurance Company

	
  

	
By:Prudential Investment Management, Inc., as investment manager

	
  

	
By     /s/Brian E. Lemons

	
  

	
             Brian E. Lemons

             Vice President

	
  

	
Forethought Life Insurance Company

	
  

	
By:Prudential Private Placement Investors, L.P. (as Investment Advisor)

	
  

	
By:Prudential Private Placement Investors, Inc. (as its General Partner)

	
  

	
By     /s/Brian E. Lemons

	
  

	
            Brian E. Lemons

            Vice President

	
  

	
Zurich American Insurance Company

	
  

	
By:Prudential Private Placement Investors, L.P. (as Investment Advisor)

	
  

	
By:Prudential Private Placement Investors, Inc. (as its General Partner)

	
  

	
By     /s/Brian E. Lemons

	
  

	
            Brian E. Lemons

            Vice President

  

45

  

 

Accepted as of the date first written above.

	
  

	
BCBSM, Inc. DBA Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota

	
  

	
By:Prudential Private Placement Investors, L.P. (as Investment Advisor)

	
  

	
By:Prudential Private Placement Investors, Inc. (as its General Partner)

By     /s/Brian E. Lemons  

	
  

	
Brian E. Lemons

Vice President

  

46

  

 

Accepted as of the date first written above.

	
  

	
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company

	
  

	
By:Babson Capital Management LLC as Investment Adviser

	
  

	
By     /s/Thomas P. Shea

	
  

	
Name: Thomas P. Shea

	
  

	
Title:   Managing Director

	
  

	
C.M. Life Insurance Company

	
  

	
By:Babson Capital Management LLC as Investment Adviser

	
  

	
By     /s/Thomas P. Shea

	
  

	
Name: Thomas P. Shea

	
  

	
Title:   Managing Director

  

47

  

Accepted as of the date first written above.

	
  

	
Aviva Life and Annuity Company

	
  

	
By:Aviva Investors North America, Inc., Its authorized attorney-in-fact

	
  

	
By     /s/Steven J. Sweeney

	
  

	
Name:  Steven J. Sweeney

	
  

	
Title:    VP, Sr. PM-Private Fixed Income

  

48

  

 

Accepted as of the date first written above.

	
  

	
AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company

	
  

	
By      /s/Amy Judd

	
  

	
Name:  Amy Judd

	
  

	
Title:    Investment Officer

	
  

	
MONY Life Insurance Company

	
  

	
By      /s/Amy Judd

	
  

	
  Name:  Amy Judd

	
  

	
Title:    Investment Officer

  

49

  

 

Accepted as of the date first written above.

	
  

	
The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, a Wisconsin corporation

	
  

	
By    /s/Jerome R. Baier

	
  

	
Name:  Jerome R. Baier

	
  

	
Its Authorized Representative

  

50

  

 

Accepted as of the date first written above.

	
  

	
Bankers Life and Casualty Company

	
  

	
Conseco Life Insurance Company

	
  

	
Conseco Health Insurance Company

	
  

	
Colonial Penn Life Insurance Company

	
  

	
By:40|86 Advisors, Inc., acting as Investment Advisor:

	
  

	
By     /s/Jesse E. Horsfall

	
  

	
            Name:  Jesse E. Horsfall

	
  

	
            Title:    Sr. Vice President

  

51

  

Accepted as of the date first written above.

	
  

	
American National Insurance Company (ANICO)

	
  

	
By     /s/Gordon Dixon

	
  

	
Name:  Gordon Dixon

	
  

	
Title:    Senior Vice President

  

52

  

 

Accepted as of the date first written above.

	
  

	
Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America

	
  

	
By:Allianz of America, Inc. as the authorized signatory and investment manager

	
  

	
By     /s/Gary Brown

	
  

	
            Name:  Gary Brown

	
  

	
            Title:    Chief Investment Officer – Fixed          

	
  

	
                                     Income

  

53

  

 

Accepted as of the date first written above.

	
  

	
Companion Life Insurance Company

	
  

	
By     /s/Curtis R. Caldwell

	
  

	
Name:  Curtis R. Caldwell

	
  

	
Title:    An Authorized Signer

	
  

	
Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company

	
  

	
By     /s/Curtis R. Caldwell

	
  

	
Name:  Curtis R. Caldwell

	
  

	
Title:    Senior Vice President

	
  

	
United of Omaha Life Insurance Company

	
  

	
By     /s/Curtis R. CaldwellName:  Curtis R. Caldwell

	
  

	
Title:    Senior Vice President

  

54

  

 

Accepted as of the date first written above.

	
  

	
Pacific Life Insurance Company

	
  

	
(Nominee:  Mac & Co)

	
  

	
By     /s/Violet Osterberg

	
  

	
Name:  Violet Osterberg

	
  

	
Title:    Assistant Vice President

	
  

	
By     /s/Cathy Schwartz

	
  

	
Name:  Cathy Schwartz

	
  

	
Title:    Assistant Secretary

  

55

  

 

Accepted as of the date first written above.

	
  

	
CUNA Mutual Insurance Society

	
  

	
By:  MEMBERS Capital Advisors, Inc. acting as Investment Advisor

	
  

	
By:     /s/Allen R. Cantrell

  Name:  Allen R. Cantrell

  Title:    Director, Investments

  

56

  

Accepted as of the date first written above.

	
  

	
The Ohio National Life Insurance Company

	
  

	
By     /s/Jed R. Martin

	
  

	
Name:  Jed R. Martin

	
  

	
Title:    Vice President, Private Placements

	
  

	
Ohio National Life Assurance Corporation

	
  

	
By     /s/Jed R. Martin

	
  

	
Name:  Jed R. Martin

	
  

	
Title:    Vice President, Private Placements

  

57

  

Accepted as of the date first written above.

	
  

	
Continental Casualty Company

	
  

	
By     /s/Marilou R. McGirr

	
  

	
Name:  Marilou R. McGirr

	
  

	
Title:    Vice President and Assistant Treasurer

  

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[Form of Series A Note]

 

DST Systems, Inc.

 

4.19% Series A Senior Note Due August 9, 2015

 

No. [_____][Date]

$[_______]PPN 233326 B*7

 

For Value Received, the undersigned, DST Systems, Inc. (herein called the “Company”), a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, hereby promises to pay to [____________], or registered assigns, the principal sum of [_____________________] Dollars (or so much thereof as shall not have been prepaid) on August 9, 2015, with interest (computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months) (a) on the unpaid balance hereof at the rate of 4.19% per annum from the date hereof, payable semiannually, on the 9th day of February and August in each year, commencing with the February 9 or August 9 next succeeding the date hereof, until the principal hereof shall have become due and payable, and (b) to the extent permitted by law, on any overdue payment of interest and, during the continuance of an Event of Default, on such unpaid balance and on any overdue payment of any Make-Whole Amount, at a rate per annum from time to time equal to the greater of (i) 6.19% or (ii) 2% over the rate of interest publicly announced by Wells Fargo Bank, National Association from time to time in New York, New York as its “base” or “prime” rate, payable semiannually as aforesaid (or, at the option of the registered holder hereof, on demand).

 

Payments of principal of, interest on and any Make-Whole Amount with respect to this Note are to be made in lawful money of the United States of America at the principal office of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association or at such other place as the Company shall have designated by written notice to the holder of this Note or as otherwise provided in the Note Purchase Agreement referred to below.

 

This Note is one of a series of Senior Notes (herein called the “Notes”) issued pursuant to the Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 9, 2010 (as from time to time amended, the “Note Purchase Agreement”), between the Company and the respective Purchasers named therein and is entitled to the benefits thereof.  Each holder of this Note will be deemed, by its acceptance hereof, to have (i) agreed to the confidentiality provisions set forth in Section 20 of the Note Purchase Agreement and (ii) made the representation set forth in (a) the last sentence of Section 6.1 and (b) Section 6.2 of the Note Purchase Agreement.  Unless otherwise indicated, capitalized terms used in this Note shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Note Purchase Agreement.

 

This Note is a registered Note and, as provided in the Note Purchase Agreement, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer accompanied by a written instrument of transfer duly executed, by the registered holder hereof or such holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, a new Note for a like principal amount will be issued to, and registered in the name of, the transferee.  Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer, the Company may treat the person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for the purpose of receiving payment and for all other purposes, and the Company will not be affected by any notice to the contrary.

 

The Company will make required prepayments of principal on the dates and in the amounts specified in the Note Purchase Agreement.  This Note is also subject to optional prepayment, in whole or from time to time in part, at the times and on the terms specified in the Note Purchase Agreement, but not otherwise.

 

If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the principal of this Note may be declared or otherwise become due and payable in the manner, at the price (including any applicable Make-Whole Amount) and with the effect provided in the Note Purchase Agreement.

 

This Note shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and the rights of the Company and the holder of this Note shall be governed by, the law of the State of New York excluding choice-of-law principles of the law of such State that would permit the application of the laws of a jurisdiction other than such State.

	
  

	
DST Systems, Inc.

	
  

	
By 

	
  

	
[Title]

  

  

  

 

[Form of Series B Note]

 

DST Systems, Inc.

 

4.86% Series B Senior Note Due August 9, 2017

 

No. [_____][Date]

$[_______]PPN 233326 B@5

 

For Value Received, the undersigned, DST Systems, Inc. (herein called the “Company”), a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, hereby promises to pay to [____________], or registered assigns, the principal sum of [_____________________] Dollars (or so much thereof as shall not have been prepaid) on August 9, 2017, with interest (computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months) (a) on the unpaid balance hereof at the rate of 4.86% per annum from the date hereof, payable semiannually, on the 9th day of February and August in each year, commencing with the February 9 or August 9 next succeeding the date hereof, until the principal hereof shall have become due and payable, and (b) to the extent permitted by law, on any overdue payment of interest and, during the continuance of an Event of Default, on such unpaid balance and on any overdue payment of any Make-Whole Amount, at a rate per annum from time to time equal to the greater of (i) 6.86% or (ii) 2% over the rate of interest publicly announced by Wells Fargo Bank, National Association from time to time in New York, New York as its “base” or “prime” rate, payable semiannually as aforesaid (or, at the option of the registered holder hereof, on demand).

 

Payments of principal of, interest on and any Make-Whole Amount with respect to this Note are to be made in lawful money of the United States of America at the principal office of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association or at such other place as the Company shall have designated by written notice to the holder of this Note or as otherwise provided in the Note Purchase Agreement referred to below.

 

This Note is one of a series of Senior Notes (herein called the “Notes”) issued pursuant to the Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 9, 2010 (as from time to time amended, the “Note Purchase Agreement”), between the Company and the respective Purchasers named therein and is entitled to the benefits thereof.  Each holder of this Note will be deemed, by its acceptance hereof, to have (i) agreed to the confidentiality provisions set forth in Section 20 of the Note Purchase Agreement and (ii) made the representation set forth in (a) the last sentence of Section 6.1 and (b) Section 6.2 of the Note Purchase Agreement.  Unless otherwise indicated, capitalized terms used in this Note shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Note Purchase Agreement.

 

This Note is a registered Note and, as provided in the Note Purchase Agreement, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer accompanied by a written instrument of transfer duly executed, by the registered holder hereof or such holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, a new Note for a like principal amount will be issued to, and registered in the name of, the transferee.  Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer, the Company may treat the person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for the purpose of receiving payment and for all other purposes, and the Company will not be affected by any notice to the contrary.

 

The Company will make required prepayments of principal on the dates and in the amounts specified in the Note Purchase Agreement.  This Note is also subject to optional prepayment, in whole or from time to time in part, at the times and on the terms specified in the Note Purchase Agreement, but not otherwise.

 

If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the principal of this Note may be declared or otherwise become due and payable in the manner, at the price (including any applicable Make-Whole Amount) and with the effect provided in the Note Purchase Agreement.

 

This Note shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and the rights of the Company and the holder of this Note shall be governed by, the law of the State of New York excluding choice-of-law principles of the law of such State that would permit the application of the laws of a jurisdiction other than such State.

	
  

	
DST Systems, Inc.

	
  

	
By 

	
  

	
[Title]

  

  

  

 

[Form of Series C Note]

 

DST Systems, Inc.

 

5.06% Series C Senior Note Due August 9, 2018

 

No. [_____][Date]

$[_______]PPN 233326 B#3

 

For Value Received, the undersigned, DST Systems, Inc. (herein called the “Company”), a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, hereby promises to pay to [____________], or registered assigns, the principal sum of [_____________________] Dollars (or so much thereof as shall not have been prepaid) on August 9, 2018, with interest (computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months) (a) on the unpaid balance hereof at the rate of 5.06% per annum from the date hereof, payable semiannually, on the 9th day of February and August in each year, commencing with the February 9 or August 9 next succeeding the date hereof, until the principal hereof shall have become due and payable, and (b) to the extent permitted by law, on any overdue payment of interest and, during the continuance of an Event of Default, on such unpaid balance and on any overdue payment of any Make-Whole Amount, at a rate per annum from time to time equal to the greater of (i) 7.06% or (ii) 2% over the rate of interest publicly announced by Wells Fargo Bank, National Association from time to time in New York, New York as its “base” or “prime” rate, payable semiannually as aforesaid (or, at the option of the registered holder hereof, on demand).

 

Payments of principal of, interest on and any Make-Whole Amount with respect to this Note are to be made in lawful money of the United States of America at the principal office of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association or at such other place as the Company shall have designated by written notice to the holder of this Note or as otherwise provided in the Note Purchase Agreement referred to below.

 

This Note is one of a series of Senior Notes (herein called the “Notes”) issued pursuant to the Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 9, 2010 (as from time to time amended, the “Note Purchase Agreement”), between the Company and the respective Purchasers named therein and is entitled to the benefits thereof.  Each holder of this Note will be deemed, by its acceptance hereof, to have (i) agreed to the confidentiality provisions set forth in Section 20 of the Note Purchase Agreement and (ii) made the representation set forth in (a) the last sentence of Section 6.1 and (b) Section 6.2 of the Note Purchase Agreement.  Unless otherwise indicated, capitalized terms used in this Note shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Note Purchase Agreement.

 

This Note is a registered Note and, as provided in the Note Purchase Agreement, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer accompanied by a written instrument of transfer duly executed, by the registered holder hereof or such holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, a new Note for a like principal amount will be issued to, and registered in the name of, the transferee.  Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer, the Company may treat the person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for the purpose of receiving payment and for all other purposes, and the Company will not be affected by any notice to the contrary.

 

The Company will make required prepayments of principal on the dates and in the amounts specified in the Note Purchase Agreement.  This Note is also subject to optional prepayment, in whole or from time to time in part, at the times and on the terms specified in the Note Purchase Agreement, but not otherwise.

 

If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the principal of this Note may be declared or otherwise become due and payable in the manner, at the price (including any applicable Make-Whole Amount) and with the effect provided in the Note Purchase Agreement.

 

This Note shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and the rights of the Company and the holder of this Note shall be governed by, the law of the State of New York excluding choice-of-law principles of the law of such State that would permit the application of the laws of a jurisdiction other than such State.

	
  

	
DST Systems, Inc.

	
  

	
By 

	
  

	
[Title]

  

  

  

 

[Form of Series D Note]

 

DST Systems, Inc.

 

5.42% Series D Senior Note Due August 9, 2020

 

No. [_____][Date]

$[_______]PPN 233326 C*6

 

For Value Received, the undersigned, DST Systems, Inc. (herein called the “Company”), a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, hereby promises to pay to [____________], or registered assigns, the principal sum of [_____________________] Dollars (or so much thereof as shall not have been prepaid) on August 9, 2020, with interest (computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months) (a) on the unpaid balance hereof at the rate of 5.42% per annum from the date hereof, payable semiannually, on the 9th day of February and August in each year, commencing with the February 9 or August 9 next succeeding the date hereof, until the principal hereof shall have become due and payable, and (b) to the extent permitted by law, on any overdue payment of interest and, during the continuance of an Event of Default, on such unpaid balance and on any overdue payment of any Make-Whole Amount, at a rate per annum from time to time equal to the greater of (i) 7.42% or (ii) 2% over the rate of interest publicly announced by Wells Fargo Bank, National Association from time to time in New York, New York as its “base” or “prime” rate, payable semiannually as aforesaid (or, at the option of the registered holder hereof, on demand).

 

Payments of principal of, interest on and any Make-Whole Amount with respect to this Note are to be made in lawful money of the United States of America at the principal office of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association or at such other place as the Company shall have designated by written notice to the holder of this Note or as otherwise provided in the Note Purchase Agreement referred to below.

 

This Note is one of a series of Senior Notes (herein called the “Notes”) issued pursuant to the Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 9, 2010 (as from time to time amended, the “Note Purchase Agreement”), between the Company and the respective Purchasers named therein and is entitled to the benefits thereof.  Each holder of this Note will be deemed, by its acceptance hereof, to have (i) agreed to the confidentiality provisions set forth in Section 20 of the Note Purchase Agreement and (ii) made the representation set forth in (a) the last sentence of Section 6.1 and (b) Section 6.2 of the Note Purchase Agreement.  Unless otherwise indicated, capitalized terms used in this Note shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Note Purchase Agreement.

 

This Note is a registered Note and, as provided in the Note Purchase Agreement, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer accompanied by a written instrument of transfer duly executed, by the registered holder hereof or such holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, a new Note for a like principal amount will be issued to, and registered in the name of, the transferee.  Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer, the Company may treat the person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for the purpose of receiving payment and for all other purposes, and the Company will not be affected by any notice to the contrary.

 

The Company will make required prepayments of principal on the dates and in the amounts specified in the Note Purchase Agreement.  This Note is also subject to optional prepayment, in whole or from time to time in part, at the times and on the terms specified in the Note Purchase Agreement, but not otherwise.

 

If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the principal of this Note may be declared or otherwise become due and payable in the manner, at the price (including any applicable Make-Whole Amount) and with the effect provided in the Note Purchase Agreement.

 

This Note shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and the rights of the Company and the holder of this Note shall be governed by, the law of the State of New York excluding choice-of-law principles of the law of such State that would permit the application of the laws of a jurisdiction other than such State.

	
  

	
DST Systems, Inc.

	
  

	
By 

	
  

	
[Title]form8k_081110ex101.htm

  

  

  

                                                                                Exhibit 10.1

FIRST AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”) dated as of August 9, 2010 to the Credit Agreement referenced below is by and among DST Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the Lenders identified on the signature pages hereto and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”), L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender.

W I T N E S S E T H

WHEREAS, a $600 million credit facility has been established in favor of the Borrower pursuant to the terms of that certain Credit Agreement dated as of April 16, 2010 (as amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) among the Borrower, the Lenders identified therein (the “Lenders”) and the Administrative Agent;

WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the Lenders amend the Credit Agreement to modify certain provisions contained therein; and

WHEREAS, the Required Lenders have agreed to amend the Credit Agreement on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.

NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the premises and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1.           Defined Terms.  Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings provided to such terms in the Credit Agreement (including as amended hereby).

2.           Amendment.  Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 3 hereof, the Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

(a)           Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is amended by adding the following new definitions in the appropriate alphabetical order:

“Note Purchase Agreement” means that certain Note Purchase Agreement to be dated on or about August 9, 2010 among the Borrower and the Purchasers referred to therein with respect to $370 million in original principal amount of Notes (issued in the following series: 4.19% Series A Senior Notes due on or about August 9, 2015; 4.86% Series B Senior Notes due on or about August 9, 2017; 5.06% Series C Senior Notes due on or about August 9, 2018; and 5.42% Series D Senior Notes due on or about August 9, 2020), as amended, modified, restated, amended and restated or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.

  

  

  

“Redemption Event” has the meaning specified in Section 7.12(b).

(b)           Section 7.09(b) of the Credit Agreement is restated in its entirety to read as follows:

(b)           Neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary (other than an Immaterial Subsidiary, which shall not be subject to the restrictions contained in this Section 7.09(b)) shall enter into any Contractual Obligation that prohibits or otherwise restricts the existence of any Lien upon any of its Property in favor of the Administrative Agent (for the benefit of the Lenders) for the purpose of securing the Obligations, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or requiring the grant of any security for any obligation if such Property is given as security for the Obligations, except (i) any document or instrument governing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 7.03(c), provided that any such restriction contained therein relates only to the asset or assets constructed, acquired or financed in connection therewith, (ii) in connection with any Permitted Lien or any document or instrument governing any Permitted Lien, provided that any such restriction contained therein relates only to the asset or assets subject to such Permitted Lien, (iii) pursuant to customary restrictions and conditions contained in any agreement relating to the sale of any Property permitted under Section 7.05, pending the consummation of such sale and (iv) the restrictions set forth in Section 10.4 of the Note Purchase Agreement so long as the Note Purchase Agreement permits the Borrower to grant Liens to secure the obligations under this Agreement provided the Borrower makes effective provisions at the same time Liens are granted to secure the obligations under this Agreement to equally and ratably secure the Indebtedness under the Note Purchase Agreement.

 

(c)           Section 7.12 of the Credit Agreement is amended by (i) restating clause (b) thereof in its entirety and (ii) adding a new clause (c), in each case to read as follows:

(b)           if any Default has occurred and is continuing or would be directly or indirectly caused as a result thereof, after the issuance thereof, to (i) amend or modify any of the terms of any Indebtedness of such Person (other than Indebtedness arising under the Loan Documents but including the Convertible Senior Debentures and any Refinancing Indebtedness with respect thereto) if such amendment or modification would add or change any terms in a manner adverse in any material respect to such Person or to the Lenders, or (ii) shorten the final maturity or average life to maturity thereof or require any payment thereon to be made sooner than originally scheduled or increase the interest rate applicable thereto, or (iii) make (or give any notice with respect thereto) any voluntary or optional payment or prepayment thereof, or make (or give any notice with respect thereto) any other voluntary or optional repayment, redemption or acquisition for value or defeasance (including without limitation, by way of depositing money or securities with the trustee with respect thereto before due for the purpose of paying when due, but excluding any payment in the form of Capital Stock of the Borrower), refund, refinance or exchange with respect thereto (each of the foregoing actions under this subclause (iii), a “Redemption Event”); and

  

  

  

(c)                with respect to the Convertible Senior Debentures (and whether or not any Default has occurred and is continuing or would be directly or indirectly caused as a result thereof), to consummate (or give any notice with respect thereto) any Redemption Event with respect to which the related payment is financed, directly or indirectly, by the Borrower using the proceeds of additional Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness under this Agreement) (the “Refinancing Indebtedness”), unless such Refinancing Indebtedness does not (i) have a maturity date (which, for the purposes hereof in the case of any Back-Stopped Bridge Facility, shall be the maturity date of any rollover or other extension financing specified with respect thereto), or otherwise require any payment of principal thereon to be made in cash, on or before the date that is six months after the Maturity Date, or (ii) have covenants or other terms that, taken as a whole, are more adverse in any material respect to the Borrower than those set forth in this Agreement; provided that this clause (c) shall no longer apply or be deemed binding on the Borrower to the extent that (x) all of the remaining Series A Debentures and Series B Debentures have been repurchased, redeemed and cancelled in full (with the proceeds of the Indebtedness under the Note Purchase Agreement or otherwise) and (y) as of the date the Borrower has repurchased, redeemed and cancelled all of the remaining Series A Debentures and Series B Debentures in full, the outstanding principal amount of the Series C Debentures is $166 million or less (it being understood and agreed that such Indebtedness issued under the Note Purchase Agreement constitutes permitted Refinancing Indebtedness hereunder).

3.           Conditions Precedent.  This Amendment shall become effective upon the satisfaction of the following conditions:

(a)           Execution of Counterparts of Amendment.  Receipt by the Administrative Agent of counterparts of this Amendment duly executed by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders; and

(b)           Fees and Expenses.  The payment by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent (or its Affiliates) of all fees and reasonable expenses relating to this Amendment which are due and payable on the date hereof including all reasonable out of pocket costs and expenses of the Administrative Agent in connection with the preparation, execution and delivery of this Amendment, including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and expenses of Moore & Van Allen PLLC, special counsel to the Administrative Agent.

(c)           Closing of Private Placement.  The closing and effectiveness of the Note Purchase Agreement and the issuance by the Borrower of the Notes thereunder (it being understood that, so long as the other conditions precedent set forth in this Section 3 have been satisfied, this Amendment shall become effective automatically upon such closing and effectiveness of the Note Purchase Agreement and the issuance by the Borrower of the Notes thereunder).

  

  

  

4.           Representations and Warranties.  The Borrower hereby represents and warrants that (a) it has the requisite corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform this Amendment, (b) it is duly authorized to, and has been authorized by all necessary corporate action to, execute, deliver and perform this Amendment, (c) no consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing, registration or qualification with, any court or governmental authority or third party is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by it of this Amendment, (d) the execution, delivery and performance by it of this Amendment do not and will not conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute a default under the articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational documents of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any indenture or other material agreement or instrument to which any such Person is a party or by which any of its properties may be bound or the approval of any Governmental Authority relating to such Person except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (e) the representations and warranties contained in Article V of the Credit Agreement are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date hereof as though made on and as of such date (except for those which expressly relate to an earlier date) and (f) no Default or Event of Default exists under the Credit Agreement on and as of the date hereof and after giving effect to this Amendment, or will occur as a result of the transactions contemplated hereby.

5.           No Other Changes; Ratification.  Except as expressly modified or waived hereby, all of the terms and provisions of the Credit Agreement (including schedules and exhibits thereto) and the other Loan Documents shall remain in full force and effect.  The term “this Agreement” or “Credit Agreement” and all similar references as used in each of the Loan Documents shall hereafter mean the Credit Agreement as amended by this Amendment.  Except as herein specifically agreed, the Credit Agreement is hereby ratified and confirmed and shall remain in full force and effect according to its terms.  This Amendment shall be effective only to the extent specifically set forth herein and shall not (i) be construed as a waiver of any breach or default other than as specifically waived herein nor as a waiver of any breach or default of which the Lenders have not been informed by the Borrower, (ii) affect the right of the Lenders to demand compliance by the Borrower with all terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement in all other instances, (iii) be deemed a waiver of any transaction or future action on the part of the Borrower requiring the Lenders’ or the Required Lenders’ consent or approval under the Credit Agreement, or (iv) be deemed or construed to be a wavier or release of, or a limitation upon, the Administrative Agent’s or the Lenders’ exercise of any rights or remedies under the Credit Agreement or any other document executed or delivered in connection therewith, whether arising as a consequence of any Event of Default which may now exist or otherwise, all such rights and remedies hereby being expressly reserved.

6.           Counterparts; Facsimile/Email.  This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original and it shall not be necessary in making proof of this Amendment to produce or account for more than one such counterpart.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Amendment by telecopy or electronic mail by any party hereto shall be effective as such party’s original executed counterpart.

  

  

  

7.           Governing Law.  This Amendment shall be deemed to be a contract made under, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

8.           Entirety. This Amendment and the other Loan Documents embody the entire agreement between the parties and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, if any, relating to the subject matter hereof.  These Loan Documents represent the final agreement between the parties and may not be contradicted by evidence of prior, contemporaneous or subsequent oral agreements of the parties.  There are no oral agreements between the parties.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused a counterpart of this Amendment to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.

BORROWER:                                           DST SYSTEMS, INC.,

a Delaware corporation

By:           /s/ Kenneth V. Hager                                                                           

Name:           Kenneth V. Hager

Title:             Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

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ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

	
AND LENDERS:

	
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

	
  

	
as Administrative Agent

By:           /s/ Mollie S. Canup                                           

Name:           Mollie S. Canup

Title:             Vice President

  

  

  

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

as a Lender, L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender

By:           /s/ Aileen Supeña                                           

Name:           Aileen Supenña

Title:             Vice President

  

  

  

COMPASS BANK

By:           /s/ Eric J. Paul                                           

Name:           Eric J. Paul

Title:             Senior Vice President

  

  

  

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

By:           /s/ Brian McDougal                                           

Name:           Brian McDougal

Title:             Senior Vice President

  

  

  

COMMERCE BANK, N.A.

By:           /s/ Craig D. Sciara                                           

Name:           Craig D. Sciara

Title:             Vice President

  

  

  

THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC

By:           /s/ L. Peter Yetman                                           

Name:           L. Peter Yetman

Title:             SVP

  

  

  

UMB BANK, N.A.

By:           /s/ Douglas F. Page                                           

Name:           Douglas F. Page

Title:             Executive Vice President

  

  

  

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

By:           /s/ Christine Dean                                           

Name:           Christine Dean

Title:             Vice President

  

  

  

 BANK OF BLUE VALLEY

By:           /s/ Kevin Klamm                                           

Name:           Kevin Klamm

Title:             Commercial Loan Officer

  

  

  

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.

By:           /s/ Tammy R. Henke                                                      

Name:           Tammy R. Henke

Title:             Vice President

  

  

  

MIZUHO CORPORATE BANK, LTD.

By:           /s/ Bertram H. Tang                                           

Name:           Bertram H. Tang

Title:           Authorized Signatory

  

  

  

THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD.

By:           /s/ Victor Pierzchalski                                                      

Name:           Victor Pierzchalski

Title:             Authorized Signatory

  

  

  

THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA

By:           /s/ David Schwartzbard                                                      

Name:           David Schwartzbard

Title:             Director

  

  

  

BANK OF THE WEST

By:           /s/ Tim Kyndeseu                                           

Name:           Tim Kyndeseu

Title:             Senior Vice President

  

  

  

CITIBANK, N.A.

By:           /s/ Dane Graham                                           

Name:           Dane Graham

Title:           Vice President

  

  

  

SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING

CORPORATION

By:           /s/ Yasuhiko Imai                                           

Name:           Yasuhiko Imai

Title:             Senior Vice President

  

  

  

BANK OF CHINA, LOS ANGELES BRANCH

By:           /s/ Feng Chang                                           

Name:           Feng Chang

Title:             Branch Manager and FVP

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