Document:

Exhibit 4.1

 

Execution Version

 

 

ORBITAL ATK, INC.

 

and each of the Subsidiary Guarantors named herein

 

5.50% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2023

 

 

Indenture

 

Dated as of September 29, 2015

 

 

The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.

 

Trustee

 

 

 

 

CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE*

 

	
Trust Indenture Act Section
    	
 
    	
Indenture Section
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
310
    	
(a)(1)
    	
 
    	
7.10
    
	
 
    	
(a)(2)
    	
 
    	
7.10
    
	
 
    	
(a)(3)
    	
 
    	
N.A.
    
	
 
    	
(a)(4)
    	
 
    	
N.A.
    
	
 
    	
(a)(5)
    	
 
    	
7.10
    
	
 
    	
(b)
    	
 
    	
7.10
    
	
311
    	
(a)
    	
 
    	
7.11
    
	
 
    	
(b)
    	
 
    	
7.11
    
	
312
    	
(a)
    	
 
    	
2.06
    
	
 
    	
(b)
    	
 
    	
12.03
    
	
 
    	
(c)
    	
 
    	
12.03
    
	
313
    	
(a)
    	
 
    	
7.06
    
	
 
    	
(b)(1)
    	
 
    	
7.06
    
	
 
    	
(b)(2)
    	
 
    	
7.06
    
	
 
    	
(c)
    	
 
    	
7.06, 12.02
    
	
 
    	
(d)
    	
 
    	
7.06
    
	
314
    	
(a)(4)
    	
 
    	
4.04, 12.05
    
	
 
    	
(b)
    	
 
    	
N.A.
    
	
 
    	
(c)(1)
    	
 
    	
12.04
    
	
 
    	
(c)(2)
    	
 
    	
12.04
    
	
 
    	
(c)(3)
    	
 
    	
N.A.
    
	
 
    	
(d)
    	
 
    	
N.A.
    
	
 
    	
(e)
    	
 
    	
12.05
    
	
 
    	
(f)
    	
 
    	
N.A.
    
	
315
    	
(a)
    	
 
    	
7.01(b)
    
	
 
    	
(b)
    	
 
    	
7.05
    
	
 
    	
(c)
    	
 
    	
7.01(a)
    
	
 
    	
(d)
    	
 
    	
7.01(c)
    
	
 
    	
(e)
    	
 
    	
6.11
    
	
316
    	
(a) (last sentence)
    	
 
    	
2.10
    
	
 
    	
(a)(1)(A)
    	
 
    	
6.05
    
	
 
    	
(a)(1)(B)
    	
 
    	
6.04
    
	
 
    	
(a)(2)
    	
 
    	
N.A.
    
	
 
    	
(b)
    	
 
    	
6.07
    
	
 
    	
(c)
    	
 
    	
12.13
    
	
317
    	
(a)(1)
    	
 
    	
6.08
    
	
 
    	
(a)(2)
    	
 
    	
6.09
    
	
 
    	
(b)
    	
 
    	
2.05
    
	
318
    	
(a)
    	
 
    	
N.A.
    
	
 
    	
(b)
    	
 
    	
N.A.
    
	
 
    	
(c)
    	
 
    	
12.01
    

 

*                 N.A. means not applicable.
 This Cross-Reference Table is not part of this Indenture.

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
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ARTICLE ONE
    
	
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 1.01.
    	
 
    	
Definitions
    	
 
    	
1
    
	
Section 1.02.
    	
 
    	
Other Definitions
    	
 
    	
26
    
	
Section 1.03.
    	
 
    	
Incorporation by Reference of TIA
    	
 
    	
26
    
	
Section 1.04.
    	
 
    	
Rules of Construction
    	
 
    	
27
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE TWO
    
	
THE NOTES
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 2.01.
    	
 
    	
Form and Dating
    	
 
    	
27
    
	
Section 2.02.
    	
 
    	
Execution and Authentication
    	
 
    	
28
    
	
Section 2.03.
    	
 
    	
Methods of Receiving Payments on the Notes
    	
 
    	
28
    
	
Section 2.04.
    	
 
    	
Registrar, Paying Agent and Depositary
    	
 
    	
29
    
	
Section 2.05.
    	
 
    	
Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust
    	
 
    	
29
    
	
Section 2.06.
    	
 
    	
Holder Lists
    	
 
    	
29
    
	
Section 2.07.
    	
 
    	
Transfer and Exchange
    	
 
    	
29
    
	
Section 2.08.
    	
 
    	
Replacement Notes
    	
 
    	
40
    
	
Section 2.09.
    	
 
    	
Outstanding Notes
    	
 
    	
40
    
	
Section 2.10.
    	
 
    	
Treasury Notes
    	
 
    	
40
    
	
Section 2.11.
    	
 
    	
Temporary Notes
    	
 
    	
40
    
	
Section 2.12.
    	
 
    	
Cancellation
    	
 
    	
41
    
	
Section 2.13.
    	
 
    	
Defaulted Interest
    	
 
    	
41
    
	
Section 2.14.
    	
 
    	
CUSIP Numbers
    	
 
    	
41
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE THREE
    
	
REDEMPTION AND OFFERS   TO PURCHASE
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 3.01.
    	
 
    	
Notices to Trustee
    	
 
    	
41
    
	
Section 3.02.
    	
 
    	
Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed
    	
 
    	
42
    
	
Section 3.03.
    	
 
    	
Notice of Redemption
    	
 
    	
42
    
	
Section 3.04.
    	
 
    	
Effect of Notice of Redemption
    	
 
    	
43
    
	
Section 3.05.
    	
 
    	
Deposit of Redemption Price
    	
 
    	
43
    
	
Section 3.06.
    	
 
    	
Notes Redeemed in Part
    	
 
    	
43
    
	
Section 3.07.
    	
 
    	
Optional Redemption
    	
 
    	
43
    
	
Section 3.08.
    	
 
    	
No Mandatory Redemption or Sinking Fund
    	
 
    	
44
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE FOUR
    
	
COVENANTS
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 4.01.
    	
 
    	
Payment of Notes
    	
 
    	
44
    
	
Section 4.02.
    	
 
    	
Maintenance of Office or Agency
    	
 
    	
44
    
	
Section 4.03.
    	
 
    	
SEC Reports
    	
 
    	
45
    
	
Section 4.04.
    	
 
    	
Compliance Certificate
    	
 
    	
45
    
	
Section 4.05.
    	
 
    	
Taxes
    	
 
    	
45
    
	
Section 4.06.
    	
 
    	
Stay, Extension and Usury Laws
    	
 
    	
45
    
	
Section 4.07.
    	
 
    	
Limitation on Restricted Payments
    	
 
    	
45
    
	
Section 4.08.
    	
 
    	
Limitation on Restrictions on Distributions from   Restricted Subsidiaries
    	
 
    	
49
    
	
Section 4.09.
    	
 
    	
Limitations on Indebtedness
    	
 
    	
50
    
	
Section 4.10.
    	
 
    	
Limitation on Sales of Assets and Subsidiary Stock
    	
 
    	
53
    

 

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Section 4.11.
    	
 
    	
Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates
    	
 
    	
56
    
	
Section 4.12.
    	
 
    	
Limitation on Liens
    	
 
    	
57
    
	
Section 4.13.
    	
 
    	
Change of Control
    	
 
    	
57
    
	
Section 4.14.
    	
 
    	
Corporate Existence
    	
 
    	
58
    
	
Section 4.15.
    	
 
    	
Future Subsidiary Guarantors
    	
 
    	
59
    
	
Section 4.16.
    	
 
    	
Suspension of Covenants
    	
 
    	
59
    
	
Section 4.17.
    	
 
    	
Additional Interest Notice
    	
 
    	
60
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE FIVE
    
	
SUCCESSORS
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 5.01.
    	
 
    	
Merger and Consolidation
    	
 
    	
60
    
	
Section 5.02.
    	
 
    	
Successor Company Substituted
    	
 
    	
61
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE SIX
    
	
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 6.01.
    	
 
    	
Events of Default
    	
 
    	
62
    
	
Section 6.02.
    	
 
    	
Acceleration
    	
 
    	
63
    
	
Section 6.03.
    	
 
    	
Other Remedies
    	
 
    	
63
    
	
Section 6.04.
    	
 
    	
Waiver of Past Defaults
    	
 
    	
64
    
	
Section 6.05.
    	
 
    	
Control by Majority
    	
 
    	
64
    
	
Section 6.06.
    	
 
    	
Limitation on Suits
    	
 
    	
64
    
	
Section 6.07.
    	
 
    	
Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment
    	
 
    	
64
    
	
Section 6.08.
    	
 
    	
Collection Suit by Trustee
    	
 
    	
64
    
	
Section 6.09.
    	
 
    	
Trustee May File Proofs of Claim
    	
 
    	
65
    
	
Section 6.10.
    	
 
    	
Priorities
    	
 
    	
66
    
	
Section 6.11.
    	
 
    	
Undertaking for Costs
    	
 
    	
66
    
	
Section 6.12.
    	
 
    	
Power and Remedies Cumulative; Delay or Omission Not   Waiver
    	
 
    	
66
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE SEVEN
    
	
TRUSTEE
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 7.01.
    	
 
    	
Duties of Trustee
    	
 
    	
67
    
	
Section 7.02.
    	
 
    	
Certain Rights of Trustee
    	
 
    	
67
    
	
Section 7.03.
    	
 
    	
Individual Rights of Trustee
    	
 
    	
69
    
	
Section 7.04.
    	
 
    	
Trustee’s Disclaimer
    	
 
    	
69
    
	
Section 7.05.
    	
 
    	
Notice of Defaults
    	
 
    	
69
    
	
Section 7.06.
    	
 
    	
Reports by Trustee to Holders of the Notes
    	
 
    	
69
    
	
Section 7.07.
    	
 
    	
Compensation and Indemnity
    	
 
    	
69
    
	
Section 7.08.
    	
 
    	
Replacement of Trustee
    	
 
    	
70
    
	
Section 7.09.
    	
 
    	
Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc.
    	
 
    	
71
    
	
Section 7.10.
    	
 
    	
Eligibility; Disqualification
    	
 
    	
71
    
	
Section 7.11.
    	
 
    	
Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company
    	
 
    	
71
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE EIGHT
    
	
LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND   COVENANT DEFEASANCE
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 8.01.
    	
 
    	
Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant   Defeasance
    	
 
    	
71
    
	
Section 8.02.
    	
 
    	
Conditions to Defeasance
    	
 
    	
71
    
	
Section 8.03.
    	
 
    	
Deposited Money and Government Obligations to Be   Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions
    	
 
    	
72
    
	
Section 8.04.
    	
 
    	
Repayment to the Company
    	
 
    	
72
    
	
Section 8.05.
    	
 
    	
Reinstatement
    	
 
    	
73
    

 

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ARTICLE NINE
    
	
AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT   AND WAIVER
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 9.01.
    	
 
    	
Without Consent of Holders of Notes
    	
 
    	
73
    
	
Section 9.02.
    	
 
    	
With Consent of Holders of Notes
    	
 
    	
74
    
	
Section 9.03.
    	
 
    	
Compliance with TIA
    	
 
    	
75
    
	
Section 9.04.
    	
 
    	
Revocation and Effect of Consents and Waivers
    	
 
    	
75
    
	
Section 9.05.
    	
 
    	
Notation on or Exchange of Notes
    	
 
    	
75
    
	
Section 9.06.
    	
 
    	
Trustee to Sign Amendments, Etc.
    	
 
    	
76
    
	
Section 9.07.
    	
 
    	
Payments for Consents
    	
 
    	
76
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE TEN
    
	
SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 10.01.
    	
 
    	
Subsidiary Guarantees
    	
 
    	
76
    
	
Section 10.02.
    	
 
    	
Limitation on Liability
    	
 
    	
77
    
	
Section 10.03.
    	
 
    	
Subsidiary Guarantee Under Indenture
    	
 
    	
78
    
	
Section 10.04.
    	
 
    	
Contribution
    	
 
    	
78
    
	
Section 10.05.
    	
 
    	
Release of Subsidiary Guarantor
    	
 
    	
78
    
	
Section 10.06.
    	
 
    	
Successors and Assigns
    	
 
    	
79
    
	
Section 10.07.
    	
 
    	
No Waiver
    	
 
    	
79
    
	
Section 10.08.
    	
 
    	
Modification
    	
 
    	
79
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE ELEVEN
    
	
SATISFACTION AND   DISCHARGE
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 11.01.
    	
 
    	
Satisfaction and Discharge
    	
 
    	
79
    
	
Section 11.02.
    	
 
    	
Deposited Money   and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous   Provisions
    	
 
    	
80
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE TWELVE
    
	
MISCELLANEOUS
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 12.01.
    	
 
    	
TIA Controls
    	
 
    	
80
    
	
Section 12.02.
    	
 
    	
Notices
    	
 
    	
80
    
	
Section 12.03.
    	
 
    	
Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders   of Notes
    	
 
    	
81
    
	
Section 12.04.
    	
 
    	
Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent
    	
 
    	
81
    
	
Section 12.05.
    	
 
    	
Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion
    	
 
    	
82
    
	
Section 12.06.
    	
 
    	
Rules by Trustee and Agents
    	
 
    	
82
    
	
Section 12.07.
    	
 
    	
No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers,   Employees and Stockholders
    	
 
    	
82
    
	
Section 12.08.
    	
 
    	
Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial
    	
 
    	
82
    
	
Section 12.09.
    	
 
    	
No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements
    	
 
    	
83
    
	
Section 12.10.
    	
 
    	
Successors
    	
 
    	
83
    
	
Section 12.11.
    	
 
    	
Severability
    	
 
    	
83
    
	
Section 12.12.
    	
 
    	
Counterpart Originals
    	
 
    	
83
    
	
Section 12.13.
    	
 
    	
Acts of Holders
    	
 
    	
83
    
	
Section 12.14.
    	
 
    	
Benefit of Indenture
    	
 
    	
84
    
	
Section 12.15.
    	
 
    	
Table of Contents, Headings, Etc.
    	
 
    	
84
    
	
Section 12.16.
    	
 
    	
Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA)
    	
 
    	
84
    

 

	
EXHIBITS
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Exhibit A
    	
 
    	
FORM OF NOTE
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Exhibit B
    	
 
    	
FORM OF   CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

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Exhibit C
    	
 
    	
FORM OF   CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Exhibit D
    	
 
    	
FORM OF   SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE TO BE DELIVERED BY SUBSEQUENT GUARANTORS
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Exhibit E
    	
 
    	
FORM OF   CERTIFICATE FROM ACQUIRING INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

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INDENTURE dated as of September 29, 2015 among Orbital ATK, Inc., a Delaware corporation, the Subsidiary Guarantors (as defined below) listed on the signature pages hereto and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., a national banking association, as Trustee (as defined below).

 

The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its 5.50% Senior Notes due 2023 to be issued in one or more series as provided in this Indenture.  The initial Subsidiary Guarantors have duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for a guarantee of the Notes and of certain of the Company’s obligations hereunder.  All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company and the initial Subsidiary Guarantors, in accordance with its terms, have been done.

 

The Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee agree as follows for the benefit of each other and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders (as defined below) of the Company’s 5.50% Senior Notes due 2023:

 

ARTICLE ONE
 DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

 

Section 1.01.                          Definitions.

 

“144A Global Note” means a global Note substantially in the form of Exhibit A bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of, and registered in the name of, the Depositary or its nominee, that shall be issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding original principal amount of the Notes sold in reliance on Rule 144A.

 

“Acquired Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or that is assumed in connection with an asset acquisition from such Person by a Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that Indebtedness of such Person that is redeemed, defeased, retired or otherwise repaid at the time of or immediately upon consummation of the transactions by which such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or such asset acquisition shall not be Acquired Indebtedness. Acquired Indebtedness shall be deemed to have been Incurred on the date such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or on the date of consummation of such asset acquisition or other acquisition of assets.

 

“Additional Assets” means:

 

(1)                                 any property or assets (other than Indebtedness and Capital Stock) to be used by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in a Permitted Business;

 

(2)                                 the Capital Stock of a Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of the acquisition of such Capital Stock by the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary; or

 

(3)                                 Capital Stock constituting a minority interest in any Person that at such time is a Restricted Subsidiary;

 

provided, however, that any such Restricted Subsidiary described in clause (2) or (3) above is primarily engaged in a Permitted Business.

 

“Additional Interest” has the meaning assigned to that term pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

“Additional Notes” means Notes (other than the Initial Notes) issued under this Indenture in accordance with Section 2.02 and subject to the limitations of Section 4.09.

 

“Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person, directly or indirectly, controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person.  For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person,

 

 

directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

 

“Agent” means any Registrar or Paying Agent, or the Custodian.

 

“Applicable Premium” means, with respect to a Note at any date of redemption, the greater of (i) 1.0% of the principal amount of such Note and (ii) the excess of (A) the present value at such date of redemption of (1) the redemption price of such Note at October 1, 2018 (such redemption price being described under Section 3.07) plus (2) all remaining required interest payments due on such Note through October 1, 2018 (excluding accrued but unpaid interest to the date of redemption), computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate plus 50 basis points, over (B) the principal amount of such Note.  The Applicable Premium shall be determined by the Company.

 

“Applicable Procedures” means, with respect to any payment, tender, redemption, transfer or exchange of or for beneficial interests in any Global Note, the rules and procedures of the Depositary, Euroclear and Clearstream that apply to such payment, tender, redemption, transfer or exchange.

 

“Asset Disposition” means any sale, lease, transfer or other disposition (or series of related sales, leases, transfers or dispositions) by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, including any disposition by means of a merger, consolidation, or similar transaction (each referred to for the purposes of this definition as a “disposition”), of:

 

(1)                                 any shares of Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary (other than directors’ qualifying shares or shares required by applicable law to be held by a Person other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary);

 

(2)                                 all or substantially all the assets of any division or line of business of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; or

 

(3)                                 any other assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary outside of the ordinary course of business of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary,

 

other than:

 

(A)                               any disposition by a Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary to a Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(B)                               for purposes of Section 4.10 only, a disposition subject to (and permitted by) Section 4.07;

 

(C)                               a disposition of assets or issuance or sale of Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary with a Fair Market Value of less than $25.0 million;

 

(D)                               any disposition of surplus, discontinued or worn-out equipment or other immaterial assets no longer used in the ongoing business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

(E)                                (A) any disposition of cash or Temporary Cash Investments or readily marketable securities or (B) any disposition resulting from the liquidation or dissolution of any Restricted Subsidiary to the extent made ratably in accordance with the relative Equity Interests held by, or capital accounts of, the owners thereof;

 

(F)                                 any transaction that constitutes a Permitted Investment;

 

(G)                               the creation of any Permitted Lien or a Lien permitted by this Indenture;

 

(H)                              the unwinding of any Hedging Obligation;

 

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(I)                                   any disposition arising from foreclosure, condemnation or similar action with respect to any property or other assets, or under any lease, license, concession or other agreement or eminent domain;

 

(J)                                   a sale, contribution, conveyance or other transfer of Receivables and related assets of the type specified in the definition of Qualified Receivables Transaction by or to a Receivables Subsidiary in a Qualified Receivables Transaction;

 

(K)                               any disposition of securities of any Unrestricted Subsidiary;

 

(L)                                dispositions of accounts receivable in connection with the compromise, settlement or collection thereof;

 

(M)                            the grant of licenses to third parties in respect of intellectual property in the ordinary course of business of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, as applicable; and

 

(N)                               concurrently with the acquisition of any fixed or capital assets, a Sale/Leaseback Transaction with respect to such asset, so long as such lease is an operating lease and such acquisition and Sale/Leaseback Transaction was entered into to obtain favorable government pricing of such assets.

 

“Attributable Debt” in respect of a Sale/Leaseback Transaction means, as at the time of determination, the present value, discounted at the interest rate implicit in such transaction determined in accordance with GAAP, compounded annually, of the total obligations of the lessee for rental payments during the remaining term of the lease included in such Sale/Leaseback Transaction including any period for which such lease has been extended.  For purposes hereof such present value shall be calculated using a discount rate equal to the rate of interest implicit in such Sale/Leaseback Transaction, determined by lessee in good faith on a basis consistent with comparable determinations of Capitalized Lease Obligations under GAAP; provided, however, that if such Sale/Leaseback Transaction results in a Capitalized Lease Obligation, the amount of Indebtedness represented thereby will be determined in accordance with the definition of “Capitalized Lease Obligations.”

 

“Average Life” means, as of the date of determination, with respect to any Indebtedness or Preferred Stock, the quotient obtained by dividing:

 

(1)                                 the sum of the products of (x) the numbers of years from the date of determination to the dates of each successive scheduled principal payment of such Indebtedness or scheduled redemption or similar payment with respect to such Preferred Stock multiplied by (y) the amount of such payment by

 

(2)                                 the sum of all such payments.

 

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

 

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

 

“Board Resolution” means a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification.

 

“Business Day” means each day that is not a Legal Holiday.

 

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

 

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“Capitalized Lease Obligations” means an obligation that is required to be classified and accounted for as a capitalized lease for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP, and the amount of Indebtedness represented by such obligation shall be the capitalized amount of such obligation determined in accordance with GAAP; and the Stated Maturity thereof shall be the date of the last payment of rent or any other amount due under such lease prior to the first date upon which such lease may be prepaid by the lessee without payment of a penalty.

 

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

 

(1)                                 any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company (for the purposes of this clause (1), a person shall be deemed to beneficially own any Voting Stock of an entity held by any other entity (the “parent entity”), if such person is the beneficial owner (as defined in this clause (1)), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the voting power of the Voting Stock of the parent entity);

 

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

 

(3)                                 the merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person or the merger of another Person with or into the Company or the sale of all or substantially all the assets of the Company to another Person and, in the case of any such merger, consolidation or sale, the securities of the Company that are outstanding immediately prior to such transaction and which represent 100% of the aggregate voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company are changed into or exchanged for cash, securities or property, unless pursuant to such transaction such securities are changed into or exchanged for, in addition to any other consideration, securities of the surviving Person or transferee that represent, immediately after such transaction, at least a majority of the aggregate voting power of the Voting Stock of the surviving Person or transferee.

 

“Clearstream” means Clearstream Banking S.A. and any successor thereto.

 

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

 

“Commodity Agreement” means, with respect to any Person, any contract designed to protect the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary against fluctuations in commodity prices.

 

“Company” means Orbital ATK, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and any successors thereto.

 

“Consolidated Coverage Ratio” as of any date of determination means the ratio of:

 

(1)                                 the aggregate amount of Consolidated EBITDA for the period of the most recent four consecutive fiscal quarters for which financial statements are then publicly available to

 

(2)                                 Consolidated Interest Expense for such four fiscal quarters;

 

provided, however, that:

 

(A)                               if the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary has Incurred any Indebtedness since the beginning of such period that remains outstanding on such date of determination, other than Indebtedness Incurred under any revolving credit facility or similar arrangement to finance seasonal fluctuations in working capital needs, or if the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated Coverage Ratio is an Incurrence of Indebtedness, Consolidated EBITDA and Consolidated Interest Expense for such period shall be calculated after giving effect on a pro forma basis to such Indebtedness as if such Indebtedness had been Incurred on the first day of such period and the discharge of any other Indebtedness repaid, repurchased, defeased or otherwise discharged with the proceeds of such new Indebtedness as if such discharge had occurred on the first day of such period; provided, however, that with respect to Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to a revolving credit or similar arrangement referred to above, calculations shall be made using the

 

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average daily balance of such Indebtedness for such period unless such Indebtedness is projected, in the reasonable judgment of senior management of the Company, to remain outstanding for a period in excess of twelve months from the date of Incurrence of such Indebtedness, in which case such calculations will be made on a pro forma basis as if such Indebtedness had been Incurred on the first day of such period,

 

(B)                               if the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary has repaid, repurchased, defeased or otherwise discharged any Indebtedness since the beginning of such period or if any Indebtedness is to be repaid, repurchased, defeased or otherwise discharged (in each case other than Indebtedness Incurred under any revolving credit facility or similar arrangement to finance seasonal fluctuations in working capital needs, unless such Indebtedness has been permanently repaid and the related commitment has been terminated and not been replaced) on the date of the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated Coverage Ratio, Consolidated EBITDA and Consolidated Interest Expense for such period shall be calculated on a pro forma basis as if such discharge had occurred on the first day of such period,

 

(C)                               if since the beginning of such period the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary shall have made any Asset Disposition, the Consolidated EBITDA for such period shall be reduced by an amount equal to the Consolidated EBITDA, if positive, directly attributable to the assets that are the subject of such Asset Disposition for such period or increased by an amount equal to the Consolidated EBITDA (if negative) directly attributable thereto for such period and Consolidated Interest Expense for such period shall be reduced by an amount equal to the Consolidated Interest Expense directly attributable to any Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary repaid, repurchased, defeased or otherwise discharged with respect to the Company and its continuing Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such Asset Disposition for such period or, if the Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary is sold, the Consolidated Interest Expense for such period directly attributable to the Indebtedness of such Restricted Subsidiary to the extent the Company and its continuing Restricted Subsidiaries are no longer liable for such Indebtedness after such sale,

 

(D)                               if since the beginning of such period the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, by merger or otherwise, shall have made an Investment in any Restricted Subsidiary or any Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or an acquisition of assets, including any acquisition of assets occurring in connection with a transaction causing a calculation to be made hereunder, which constitutes all or substantially all of an operating unit of a business, Consolidated EBITDA and Consolidated Interest Expense for such period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto, including the Incurrence of any Indebtedness as if such Investment or acquisition occurred on the first day of such period, and

 

(E)                                if since the beginning of such period any Person that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged with or into the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary since the beginning of such period, shall have made any Asset Disposition or any Investment or acquisition of assets that would have required an adjustment pursuant to clause (C) or (D) above if made by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary during such period, Consolidated EBITDA and Consolidated Interest Expense for such period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Asset Disposition, Investment or acquisition of assets occurred on the first day of such period.

 

For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to any transaction under this definition, the pro forma calculations shall be determined in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting Officer of the Company and shall comply with the requirements of Rule 11-02 of Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC, but may also include, in the case of sales of assets, Investments or acquisitions referred to above, the net reduction in costs that have been realized or are reasonably anticipated to be realized in good faith with respect to such sale of assets, Investment or acquisition within twelve months of the date thereof and that are reasonable and factually supportable, as if all such reductions in costs had been effected as of the beginning of such period, decreased by any incremental expenses incurred or to be incurred during such four-quarter period in order to achieve such reduction in costs, as set forth in an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee that outlines the specific actions taken or to be taken and the net reduction in costs achieved or to be achieved from each such action and that certifies that such cost reductions meet the criteria set forth in this sentence.

 

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If any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest and is being given pro forma effect, the interest expense on such Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the rate in effect on the date of determination had been the applicable rate for the entire period, taking into account any Interest Rate Agreement applicable to such Indebtedness if such Interest Rate Agreement has a remaining term as at the date of determination in excess of twelve months.  If the interest on any such Indebtedness may be determined based on rates chosen by the Company, pro forma interest expense may be determined based on such optional rate chosen as the Company may designate.

 

“Consolidated EBITDA” for any period means the Consolidated Net Income for such period, plus, without duplication, the following to the extent deducted in calculating such Consolidated Net Income:

 

(1)                                 income tax expense of the Company and its Consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries accrued in accordance with GAAP,

 

(2)                                 Consolidated Interest Expense,

 

(3)                                 depreciation expense of the Company and its Consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries,

 

(4)                                 amortization expense of the Company and its Consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries (excluding amortization expense attributable to a prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior period),

 

(5)                                 offering costs in connection with the offering of the Notes,

 

(6)                                 the income or expense attributable to transactions involving derivative instruments that do not qualify as hedge accounting in accordance with GAAP, and

 

(7)                                 all other non-cash charges of the Company and its Consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries (excluding any such non-cash charge to the extent it represents an accrual of or reserve for cash expenditures in any future period) less all nonrecurring non-cash gains of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in each case for such period.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provision for taxes based on the income or profits of, and the depreciation and amortization and non-cash charges of, a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company shall be added to Consolidated Net Income to compute Consolidated EBITDA only to the extent (and in the same proportion) that the net income of such Restricted Subsidiary was included in calculating Consolidated Net Income and only if a corresponding amount would be permitted at the date of determination to be dividended to the Company by such Restricted Subsidiary without prior approval (that has not been obtained), pursuant to the terms of its charter and all agreements, instruments, judgments, decrees, orders, statutes, rules and governmental regulations applicable to such Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders.

 

“Consolidated Interest Expense” means, for any period, the total interest expense (excluding any interest in respect of Indebtedness of any Receivables Subsidiary) of the Company and its Consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries, plus, to the extent Incurred by the Company and its Consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries in such period but not included in such interest expense, without duplication:

 

(1)                                 interest expense attributable to Capitalized Lease Obligations and the interest expense attributable to leases constituting part of a Sale/Leaseback Transaction,

 

(2)                                 amortization of debt discount and debt issuance costs,

 

(3)                                 capitalized interest,

 

(4)                                 non-cash interest expense,

 

(5)                                 commissions, discounts and other fees and charges attributable to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptance financing,

 

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(6)                                 interest accruing on any Indebtedness of any other Person to the extent such Indebtedness is Guaranteed by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary,

 

(7)                                 net payments, if any, under Interest Rate Agreements,

 

(8)                                 all dividends in respect of all Disqualified Stock of the Company and all Preferred Stock of any of the Subsidiaries of the Company (other than dividends payable solely in Capital Stock of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock) or to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary), and

 

(9)                                 the cash contributions to any employee stock ownership plan or similar trust to the extent such contributions are used by such plan or trust to pay interest or fees to any Person (other than the Company) in connection with Indebtedness Incurred by such plan or trust.

 

“Consolidated Net Income” means, for any period, the net income of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for such period; provided, however, that there shall not be included in such Consolidated Net Income:

 

(1)                                 any net income, or loss, of any Person (other than the Company) if such Person is not a Restricted Subsidiary, except that:

 

(A)                               the Company’s equity in the net income of any such Person for such period shall be included in such Consolidated Net Income up to the aggregate amount of cash actually distributed by such Person during such period to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary as a dividend or other distribution (subject, in the case of a dividend or other distribution made to a Restricted Subsidiary, to the limitations contained in clause (3) below) and

 

(B)                               the Company’s equity in a net loss of any such Person for such period shall be included in determining such Consolidated Net Income;

 

(2)                                 except as contemplated by the definition of Consolidated Coverage Ratio, any net income, or loss, of any Person acquired by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company for any period prior to the date of such acquisition;

 

(3)                                 any net income, or loss, of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor if the terms of such Restricted Subsidiary’s charter, by-laws or other organizational document or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to such Restricted Subsidiary restricts, directly or indirectly, the payment of dividends or the making of distributions by such Restricted Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, to the Company, except to the extent such restriction has been legally and validly waived; provided, that the Company’s equity in the net income of any such Restricted Subsidiary for such period shall be included in such Consolidated Net Income up to the aggregate amount of cash actually distributed by such Restricted Subsidiary during such period (or after such period and prior to the applicable calculation date) to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary as a dividend or other distribution (subject, in the case of a dividend or other distribution made to another Restricted Subsidiary, to the limitation contained in this clause);

 

(4)                                 any after-tax gain, or loss, realized upon the sale or other disposition of any asset of the Company or its Consolidated Subsidiaries, including pursuant to any Sale/Leaseback Transaction, that is not sold or otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course of business and any after-tax gain or loss realized upon the sale or other disposition of any Capital Stock of any Person;

 

(5)                                 any extraordinary after-tax gain or loss;

 

(6)                                 any nonrecurring non-cash charges relating to a restructuring program approved by the Board of Directors;

 

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(7)                                 any fees and expenses, or any amortization or writeoff thereof, incurred in connection with any acquisition, investment, asset disposition, issuance or repayment of debt, issuance of equity securities, refinancing transaction (including the Transactions) or amendment or other modification of any debt instrument; and any charges incurred as a result of any such transaction;

 

(8)                                 non-cash charges related to the issuance of stock options or restricted stock or other non-cash stock-based compensation expense; and

 

(9)                                 the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the purpose of Section 4.07 only, there shall be excluded from Consolidated Net Income any dividends, repayments of loans or advances or other transfers of assets from Unrestricted Subsidiaries to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary to the extent such dividends, repayments or transfers increase the amount of Restricted Payments permitted under such covenant pursuant to Section 4.07(a)(4)(C)(v) thereof.

 

“Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination with respect to any Person, the ratio of:

 

(1)                                 the Total Indebtedness of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, less unrestricted cash and cash equivalents of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries in an amount not to exceed $100.0 million, in each case, as of the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements are then publicly available immediately preceding such date of determination, to

 

(2)                                 the aggregate amount of Consolidated EBITDA of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries for the period of the most recent four consecutive fiscal quarters for which financial statements are then publicly available immediately preceding such date of determination.

 

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

 

“Consolidated Senior Secured Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination with respect to any Person, the ratio of:

 

(1)                                 the Total Indebtedness of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries that is secured by a Lien on any property or assets of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, less unrestricted cash and cash equivalents of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries not to exceed $100.0 million, in each case, as of the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements are then publicly available immediately preceding such date of determination, to

 

(2)                                 the aggregate amount of Consolidated EBITDA of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries for the period of the most recent four consecutive fiscal quarters for which financial statements are then publicly available immediately preceding such date of determination.

 

The Consolidated Senior Secured Leverage Ratio shall be calculated in a manner consistent with the definition of “Consolidated Coverage Ratio,” including any pro forma adjustments to Indebtedness and Consolidated EBITDA.

 

“Consolidated Tangible Assets” as of any date of determination, means the total amount of assets, less accumulated depreciation and amortization, allowances for doubtful receivables, other applicable reserves and other properly deductible items, which would appear on a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries, determined on a Consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, and after giving effect to purchase accounting and after deducting therefrom, to the extent otherwise included, the amounts of:

 

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(1)                                 minority interests in Consolidated Subsidiaries held by Persons other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(2)                                 unamortized debt discount and expenses and other unamortized deferred charges, goodwill, patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, licenses, organization or developmental expenses and other intangible items;

 

(3)                                 treasury stock;

 

(4)                                 cash set apart and held in a sinking or other analogous fund established for the purpose of redemption or other retirement of Capital Stock; and

 

(5)                                 Investments in, and assets of, Unrestricted Subsidiaries.

 

“Consolidation” means the consolidation of the accounts of each of the Restricted Subsidiaries with those of the Company in accordance with GAAP consistently applied; provided, however, that “Consolidation” will not include consolidation of the accounts of any Unrestricted Subsidiary, but the interest of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in an Unrestricted Subsidiary will be accounted for as an investment.  The term “Consolidated” has a correlative meaning.

 

“Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee” means the designated corporate trust office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered, which office at the date of execution of this Indenture is located at 2 North LaSalle Street, Suite 1020, Chicago, IL 60602, Attn:  Corporate Trust Administration, or such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Company, or the principal corporate trust office of any successor Trustee (or such other address as such successor Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Company).

 

“Credit Agreement” means the Credit Agreement, to be dated as of the Issue Date, among the Company, as borrower, each lender from time to time party thereto and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, as such agreement may be amended, restated, supplemented, waived, replaced, whether or not upon termination, and whether with the original lenders or otherwise, refinanced, restructured or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

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

 

“Currency Agreement” means, with respect to any Person, any foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreements or other similar agreement or arrangement to which such Person is a party or of which it is a beneficiary.

 

“Custodian” means the Trustee as custodian with respect to the Global Notes or any successor entity thereto.

 

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

 

“Definitive Note” means a certificated Note registered in the name of the Holder thereof and issued in accordance with Section 2.07, substantially in the form of Exhibit A, except that such Note shall not bear the Global Note Legend and shall not have the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto.

 

“Depositary” means, with respect to the Notes issuable or issued in whole or in part in global form, the Person specified in Section 2.04 as the Depositary with respect to the Notes, and any and all successors thereto appointed as depositary hereunder and having become such pursuant to the applicable provision of this Indenture.

 

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

 

“Disqualified Stock” means, with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock that by its terms, or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable or exercisable, or upon the happening of any event:

 

(1)                                 matures or is mandatorily redeemable pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise,

 

(2)                                 is convertible or exchangeable for Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock, excluding Capital Stock convertible or exchangeable solely at the option of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that any such conversion or exchange shall be deemed an Incurrence of Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock, as applicable, or

 

(3)                                 is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part,

 

in the case of each of clauses (1), (2) and (3), on or prior to the date that is 91 days after the Stated Maturity of the Notes; provided, however, that any Capital Stock that would not constitute Disqualified Stock but for provisions thereof giving holders thereof the right to require such Person to repurchase or redeem such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of an “asset sale” or “change of control” occurring prior to the date that is 91 days after the Stated Maturity of the Notes shall not constitute Disqualified Stock if the “asset sale” or “change of control” provisions applicable to such Capital Stock are not more favorable to the holders of such Capital Stock than the provisions of Section 4.13 and Section 4.10.

 

“Equity Interests” means Capital Stock and all warrants, options or other rights to acquire Capital Stock (but excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock).

 

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

 

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

 

“Exchange Notes” means the notes issued in the Exchange Offer pursuant to Section 2.07(f).

 

“Exchange Offer” has the meaning set forth for such term in the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

“Exchange Offer Registration Statement” has the meaning set forth for such term in the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

“Fair Market Value” means, with respect to any asset or property, the price that could be negotiated in an arm’s-length, free market transaction, for cash, between a willing seller and a willing and able buyer, neither of whom is under undue pressure or compulsion to complete the transaction.

 

“Foreign Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is not organized under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof or the District of Columbia unless it Guarantees Indebtedness of the Company.

 

“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as in effect as of the Issue Date, including those set forth in:

 

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

 

(2)                                 statements and pronouncements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board,

 

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(3)                                 such other statements by such other entities as approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession, and

 

(4)                                 the rules and regulations of the SEC governing the inclusion of financial statements (including pro forma financial statements) in periodic reports required to be filed pursuant to Section 13 of the Exchange Act, including opinions and pronouncements in staff accounting bulletins and similar written statements from the accounting staff of the SEC;

 

provided, that the Company may, at any time in its sole discretion, by written notice to the Trustee, elect to modify GAAP for all purposes of this Indenture to give effect to any changes in generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America with respect to revenue recognition, including as a result of the adoption of any proposals set forth in Proposed Accounting Standards Update, Revenue Recognition (Topic 605) issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board and any successor or related proposal thereto; provided, further, that any such election, once made, shall be irrevocable.

 

All ratios and computations based on GAAP contained in this Indenture shall be computed in conformity with GAAP.

 

“Global Note Legend” means the legend set forth in Section 2.07(g)(ii), which is required to be placed on all Global Notes issued under this Indenture.

 

“Global Notes” means, individually and collectively, each of the Restricted Global Notes and the Unrestricted Global Notes, substantially in the form of Exhibit A, issued in accordance with Section 2.01 or Section 2.07.

 

“Government Contract” means any contract (as that term is defined in 48 C.F.R. § 2.101) between any Person and any Governmental Party; provided that unless otherwise specified, all references to “Government Contract” or to “Government Contracts” shall refer to such contracts between the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor and any Governmental Party.

 

“Governmental Party” means the United States Government (as used in 31 U.S.C. § 3727), the Government (as used in 48 C.F.R. subpart 32.8), the United States of America, the executive branch of the United States of America or any department or agency of any of the foregoing.

 

“Guarantee” means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of any Person directly or indirectly guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person and any obligation, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, of such Person:

 

(1)                                 to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation of such other Person (whether arising by virtue of partnership arrangements, or by agreement to keep-well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services, to take-or-pay, or to maintain financial statement conditions or otherwise) or

 

(2)                                 entered into for purposes of assuring in any other manner the obligee of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part);

 

provided, however, that the term “Guarantee” shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business.  The term “Guarantee” used as a verb has a corresponding meaning.  The term “Guarantor” shall mean any Person Guaranteeing any obligation.

 

“Hedging Obligations” of any Person means the obligations of such Person pursuant to any Interest Rate Agreement, Currency Agreement or Commodity Agreement.

 

“Holder” means the Person in whose name a Note is registered on the Registrar’s books.

 

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“IAI Global Note” means a global note substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of, and registered in the name of, the Depositary or its nominee that shall be issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes resold to IAIs.

 

“IAI Notes” means any Notes issued on the Issue Date and any Additional Notes, in each case that are resold to IAIs.

 

“IAIs” means institutional “accredited investors” (as defined in Rules 501(a)(1), (2), (3) and (7) under the Securities Act) who are not also QIBs.

 

“Incur” means issue, assume, Guarantee, incur or otherwise become liable for; provided, however, that any Indebtedness or Capital Stock of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary (whether by merger, consolidation, acquisition or otherwise) shall be deemed to be Incurred by such Person at the time it becomes a Subsidiary.  The term “Incurrence” when used as a noun shall have a correlative meaning.  The accretion of principal of a non-interest bearing or other discount security or accrual of payment-in-kind interest shall not be deemed the Incurrence of Indebtedness.

 

“Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person on any date of determination, without duplication:

 

(1)                                 the principal in respect of indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money;

 

(2)                                 the principal in respect of obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, Notes or other similar instruments;

 

(3)                                 all obligations of such Person in respect of letters of credit or other similar instruments (including reimbursement obligations with respect thereto);

 

(4)                                 all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred and unpaid purchase price of property or services (except Trade Payables), which purchase price is due more than six months after the date of placing such property in service or taking delivery and title thereto or the completion of such services;

 

(5)                                 all Capitalized Lease Obligations and all Attributable Debt of such Person;

 

(6)                                 the amount of all obligations of such Person with respect to the redemption, repayment or other repurchase of any Disqualified Stock or, with respect to any Subsidiary of such Person, any Preferred Stock (but excluding, in each case, any accrued dividends);

 

(7)                                 all Indebtedness of other Persons secured by a Lien on any asset of such Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such Person; provided, however, that the amount of Indebtedness of such Person shall be the lesser of:

 

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

 

(B)                               the amount of such Indebtedness of such other Persons;

 

(8)                                 Hedging Obligations of such Person; and

 

(9)                                 all obligations of the type referred to in clauses (1) through (8) of other Persons and all dividends of other Persons for the payment of which, in either case, such Person is responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise, including by means of any Guarantee (excluding Permitted Non-Recourse Guarantees until such time as they become unconditional obligations of such Person or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries).

 

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The amount of Indebtedness of any Person at any date shall be the outstanding balance at such date of all unconditional obligations as described above and the maximum liability, upon the occurrence of the contingency giving rise to the obligation, of any contingent obligations at such date.

 

“Indenture” means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time.

 

“Indirect Participant” means a Person who holds a beneficial interest in a Global Note through a Participant.

 

“Initial Notes” means the $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.50% Senior Notes due 2023 of the Company issued on the Issue Date.

 

“Initial Purchasers” means, collectively, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc., SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc., Fifth Third Securities, Inc., KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., Regions Securities LLC, PNC Capital Markets LLC and SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc.

 

“interest” means, with respect to the Notes, the cash interest (including any Additional Interest) payable on the Notes.

 

“Interest Payment Date” means April 1 and October 1 of each year, commencing April 1, 2016.

 

“Interest Rate Agreement” means, with respect to any Person, any interest rate protection agreement, interest rate future agreement, interest rate option agreement, interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate collar agreement, interest rate hedge agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement to which such Person is party or of which it is a beneficiary.

 

“Investment” by a specified person in any other Person means any direct or indirect advance, loan (other than advances to customers in the ordinary course of business that are recorded as accounts receivable on the balance sheet of the lender) or other extension of credit (including by way of Guarantee or similar arrangement) or capital contribution to (by means of any transfer of cash or other property to others or any payment for property or services for the account or use of others), or any purchase or acquisition of Capital Stock, Indebtedness or other similar instruments issued by such other Person.  For purposes of the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary” and Section 4.07:

 

(1)                                 “Investment” shall include the portion (proportionate to the Company’s Equity Interest in such Subsidiary) of the Fair Market Value of the net assets of any Subsidiary of the Company at the time that such Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that upon a redesignation of such Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, the Company shall be deemed to continue to have a permanent “Investment” in an Unrestricted Subsidiary in an amount (if positive) equal to:

 

(A)                               the Company’s “Investment” in such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation less,

 

(B)                               the portion (proportionate to the Company’s Equity Interest in such Subsidiary) of the Fair Market Value of the net assets of such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation;

 

(2)                                 any property transferred to or from an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be valued at its Fair Market Value at the time of such transfer; and

 

(3)                                 if the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company sells or otherwise disposes of any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect Restricted Subsidiary of the Company such that, after giving effect to any such sale or disposition, such Person is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company,

 

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the Company will be deemed to have made an Investment on the date of any such sale or disposition equal to the Fair Market Value of the Investment in such Subsidiary not sold or disposed of.

 

“Issue Date” means the date on which the Initial Notes are originally issued under this Indenture.

 

“Legal Holiday” means a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banking institutions are not required by law or regulation to be open in the State of New York.

 

“Legended Regulation S Global Note” means a global Note in the form of Exhibit A bearing the Global Note Legend, the Private Placement Legend and the Regulation S Global Note Legend and deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount at maturity of the Notes initially sold in reliance on Rule 903 of Regulation S.

 

“Letter of Transmittal” means the letter of transmittal contemplated by the Exchange Offer Registration Statement to be prepared by the Company and sent to all Holders of the Notes for use by such Holders in connection with the Exchange Offer.

 

“Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, lien or charge of any kind (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement or lease in the nature thereof).

 

“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investor’s Service, Inc.

 

“Net Available Cash” from an Asset Disposition means cash consideration received (including any cash payments received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a Note or installment receivable or otherwise and proceeds from the sale or other disposition of any securities received as consideration, but only as and when received, but excluding any other consideration received in the form of assumption by the acquiring Person of Indebtedness or other obligations relating to the properties or assets that are the subject of such Asset Disposition or received in any other non-cash form) therefrom, in each case net of:

 

(1)                                 all legal, title and recording tax expenses, commissions and other fees and expenses incurred, and all Federal, state, provincial, foreign and local taxes required to be paid or accrued as a liability under GAAP, as a consequence of such Asset Disposition,

 

(2)                                 all payments made on any Indebtedness which is secured by any assets subject to such Asset Disposition, in accordance with the terms of any Lien upon or other security agreement of any kind with respect to such assets, or which must by its terms, or in order to obtain a necessary consent to such Asset Disposition, or by applicable law be repaid out of the proceeds from such Asset Disposition,

 

(3)                                 all distributions and other payments required to be made to minority interest holders in Subsidiaries or joint ventures as a result of such Asset Disposition,

 

(4)                                 payments of unassumed liabilities relating to the assets sold at the time of, or within 60 days after, the date of such sale to the extent required by any agreement or contract relating to such liabilities, and

 

(5)                                 appropriate amounts to be provided by the seller as a reserve against any liabilities associated with the property or other assets disposed of in such Asset Disposition and retained by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary after such Asset Disposition, including indemnification obligations associated with such Asset Disposition.

 

“Net Cash Proceeds,” with respect to any issuance or sale of Capital Stock, means the cash proceeds of such issuance or sale net of attorneys’ fees, accountants’ fees, underwriters’ or placement agents’ fees, discounts or commissions and brokerage, consultant and other fees actually incurred in connection with such issuance or sale and net of taxes paid or payable as a result thereof.

 

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“Non-U.S. Person” means a Person who is not a U.S. Person.

 

“Notes” means the Initial Notes and any Additional Notes.  The Initial Notes and the Additional Notes, if any, shall be treated as a single class for all purposes under this Indenture, except as specifically noted otherwise herein.  Unless the context requires otherwise, all references to the Notes shall include the Initial Notes and any Additional Notes.

 

“Officer” means the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the President, any Vice President, the Treasurer or the Secretary of the Company or of a Subsidiary Guarantor, as appropriate.

 

“Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by two Officers.

 

“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion from legal counsel.  The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor.

 

“Pari Passu Indebtedness” means Indebtedness that ranks equally in right of payment to the Notes, in the case of the Company, or the applicable Subsidiary Guarantee, in the case of any Subsidiary Guarantor (without giving effect to collateral arrangements).

 

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

 

“Permitted Business” means the businesses engaged in by the Company and its Subsidiaries on the Issue Date and any Related Business.

 

“Permitted Investment” means an Investment by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in:

 

(1)                                 the Company, a Restricted Subsidiary or a Person that will, upon the making of such Investment, become a Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(2)                                 another Person if as a result of such Investment such other Person is merged or consolidated with or into, or transfers or conveys all or substantially all its assets to, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(3)                                 cash or Temporary Cash Investments or the Notes or the Exchange Notes;

 

(4)                                 receivables owing to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary if created or acquired in the ordinary course of business and payable or dischargeable in accordance with customary trade terms; provided, however, that such trade terms may include such concessionary trade terms as the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary deems reasonable under the circumstances;

 

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

 

(6)                                 relocation and other loans or advances to employees made in the ordinary course of business of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary and not exceeding $5.0 million in the aggregate at any one time outstanding;

 

(7)                                 stock, obligations or securities received in settlement of debts created in the ordinary course of business and owing to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or in satisfaction of judgments;

 

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(8)                                 any Person to the extent such Investment represents the non-cash portion of the consideration received for an Asset Disposition (without regard to clause (C) or (D) of the definition thereof) that was made pursuant to and in compliance with Section 4.10;

 

(9)                                 lease, utility, workers compensation, performance and other similar deposits in the ordinary course of business;

 

(10)                          Investments to the extent paid for in Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company;

 

(11)                          Investments acquired by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary (a) as a result of a foreclosure by, or other transfer of title to, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary with respect to a secured Investment or (b) in exchange for any other Investment or accounts receivable or rents receivable held by the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with or as a result of a bankruptcy, workout, reorganization or recapitalization of the issuer of such other Investment or accounts receivable or rents receivable;

 

(12)                          Investments, in joint ventures and other business entities (in each case that are not Subsidiaries of the Company) that are engaged in a Permitted Business, having an aggregate Fair Market Value (measured on the date each such Investment was made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value), when taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (12) that are at the time outstanding not to exceed the greater of (x) $50.0 million and (y) 1.5% of Consolidated Tangible Assets;

 

(13)                          Investments, in any Person, having an aggregate Fair Market Value (measured on the date each such Investment was made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value), when taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (13) that are at the time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of (x) $350.0 million and (y) 12.0% of Consolidated Tangible Assets;

 

(14)                          Investments by any captive insurance Restricted Subsidiary, in the ordinary course of business, of a nature and type described under Temporary Cash Investments, provided, that the maturity of such Investments from the date of acquisition does not exceed five years;

 

(15)                          Guarantees by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness permitted to be Incurred by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary under Section 4.09;

 

(16)                          extensions of credit to customers and suppliers in the ordinary course of business;

 

(17)                          Investments in a Receivables Subsidiary or any Investment by a Receivables Subsidiary in any other Person in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction, including Investments of funds held in accounts permitted or required by the arrangements governing such Qualified Receivables Transaction or any related Indebtedness;

 

(18)                          Hedging Obligations otherwise permitted under this Indenture;

 

(19)                          any Investment consisting of a loan or advance to employees or directors of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (a) in connection with the purchase by such Persons of Capital Stock of the Company or (b) for additional purposes made in the ordinary course of business;

 

(20)                          any Investment existing on the Issue Date or made pursuant to a binding commitment in each case, in effect on the Issue Date or an Investment consisting of any extension, modification, replacement or renewal of any such Investment or binding commitment existing on the Issue Date;

 

(21)                          entering into Permitted Non-Recourse Guarantees (it being understood that any payments or other transfers made pursuant to such Permitted Non-Recourse Guarantees will not be permitted by this clause (21));

 

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(22)                          Investments in respect of , including by way of contribution to, any employee benefit plan or arrangement (including pension and retirement plans);

 

(23)                          any transaction to the extent it constitutes an Investment that is permitted and made in accordance with Section 4.11(b) (except transactions described in clause (1) or (9) of such Section); and

 

(24)                          Investments of Foreign Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the greater of (i) $75.0 million and (ii) 2.5% of Consolidated Tangible Assets.

 

“Permitted Liens” means:

 

(1)                                 Liens securing Indebtedness under a Credit Facility permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.09(b)(1);

 

(2)                                 Liens outstanding on the Issue Date (other than Liens referred to in clause (1) above) and any Replacement Liens thereof;

 

(3)                                 Liens imposed by law, such as carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business which are not overdue for a period of more than 60 days or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and Liens arising out of judgments or awards against the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary with respect to which the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary shall then be proceeding with an appeal or other proceedings for review if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the Company in accordance with GAAP;

 

(4)                                 deposits in connection with bids, tenders, contracts (other than for the payment of Indebtedness for borrowed money) or leases to which the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is a party, or deposits to secure public or statutory obligations of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or deposits of cash or U.S. government bonds to secure surety or appeal bonds to which the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is a party, or deposits as security for contested taxes or import duties or for the payment of rent, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business;

 

(5)                                 Liens on property of any entity (including shares of stock owned by such entity) that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company after the date on which the Notes are originally issued or is merged with or into the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary; provided, that such Liens are in existence at the time such entity becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or is merged with the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary and were not created in anticipation thereof and do not extend to any other property of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(6)                                 Liens upon property acquired after the date on which the Notes are originally issued (by purchase, construction or otherwise) by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, any of which Liens existed on such property before the time of its acquisition and were not created in anticipation thereof; provided, that no such Lien shall extend to or cover any property of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary other than the property so acquired and improvements thereon; and provided, further, that the principal amount of Indebtedness secured by any such Lien shall not exceed (at the time of incurrence) 100% of the Fair Market Value of such property at the time it was acquired (by purchase, construction or otherwise);

 

(7)                                 any Liens arising as a result of the sale of property owned by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company which property is, immediately following such sale, leased back to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(8)                                 Liens in favor of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;

 

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(9)                                 Liens securing Hedging Obligations of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries permitted to be incurred under this Indenture;

 

(10)                          Liens on property necessary to defease Indebtedness that was not Incurred in violation of this Indenture;

 

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

 

(12)                          Liens on equipment, inventory and goods, including supplies, materials and work in process, created in the ordinary course of business in favor of a Governmental Party by operation of Parts 32 and 45 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, all implementing contract provisions at Part 52, and any corresponding provisions in any applicable agency Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement in connection with the performance by the Company and its Subsidiaries under a Government Contract (and not arising out of a default under such Government Contract);

 

(13)                          Liens that are contractual rights of set-off (i) relating to the establishment of depository relations with banks or other financial institutions not given in connection with the issuance of Indebtedness or (ii) relating to pooled deposit or sweep accounts of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

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

 

(15)                          Liens securing (i) Indebtedness permitted to be Incurred pursuant to Section 4.09(b)(6) or (ii) Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;

 

(16)                          Liens on the property of Foreign Subsidiaries to secure Indebtedness of Foreign Subsidiaries permitted to be Incurred under this Indenture;

 

(17)                          Uniform Commercial Code filings in respect of Liens permitted under this definition;

 

(18)                          Liens securing Indebtedness, so long as, on the date of Incurrence and after giving effect to the Incurrence thereof (including, without limitation, the Incurrence of any Indebtedness secured by such Liens), the Consolidated Senior Secured Leverage Ratio of the Company would not exceed 2.75 to 1.0, and Liens securing Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of any such Indebtedness;

 

(19)                          Replacement Liens in respect of Permitted Liens of the type described in clauses (5), (6), (7), (9) and (14) of this definition;

 

(20)                          Liens securing the Notes or the Exchange Notes and the Guarantees thereof;

 

(21)                          any pledge of the Capital Stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary to secure Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary;

 

(22)                          Liens on Receivables and related assets of the type specified in the definition of Qualified Receivables Transaction Incurred in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction;

 

(23)                          pledges or deposits under workmen’s compensation laws, unemployment insurance laws or similar legislation, securing deductibles, self-insurance, co-payment, co-insurance retention and similar obligations to providers of insurance;

 

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(24)                          survey exceptions, encumbrances, easements or reservations of, or rights of others for, licenses, rights of way, sewers, electric lines, telegraph and telephone lines and other similar purposes, or zoning or other restrictions as to the use of real properties or liens incidental to the conduct of the business of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary or to the ownership of its properties which do not in the aggregate materially adversely affect the value of said properties or materially impair their use in the operation of the business of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary;

 

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

 

(26)                          Liens under licensing agreements for use of intellectual property entered into in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice, including, without limitation, the licensing of any intellectual property that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries determine to no longer utilize;

 

(27)                          Liens upon, and defects of title to, property, including any attachment of property or other legal process prior to adjudication of a dispute on the merits if either (x) no amounts are due and payable and no Lien has been filed or agreed to, or (y) the validity or amount thereof is being contested in good faith by lawful proceedings, reserve or other provision required by GAAP has been made, and levy and execution thereon have been (and continue to be) stayed or payment thereof is covered in full (subject to the customary deductible) by insurance;

 

(28)                          Liens on assets pursuant to merger agreements, stock or asset purchase agreements and similar agreements in respect of the disposition of such assets;

 

(29)                          any encumbrance or restriction (including put and call arrangements) with respect to Capital Stock of any joint venture or similar arrangement pursuant to any joint venture or similar agreement;

 

(30)                          Liens with respect of taxes, assessments, governmental charges or levies which are not yet due, or  have become due but are not overdue for a period of more than 60 days, or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings; and

 

(31)                          other Liens securing obligations at any one time outstanding in an aggregate amount not to exceed the greater of (i) $250.0 million and (ii) 9% of Consolidated Tangible Assets.

 

“Permitted Non-Recourse Guarantees” means customary indemnities or Guarantees (including by means of separate indemnification agreements or carve-out guarantees) provided in the ordinary course of business by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in financing transactions that are non-recourse to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary except for such indemnities and limited contingent guarantees as are consistent with customary industry practice (such as environmental indemnities and recourse triggers based on violation of transfer restrictions).

 

“Permitted Securities” means, with respect to any Asset Disposition, Voting Stock of a Person primarily engaged in a Permitted Business, provided, that after giving effect to the Asset Disposition such Person shall become a Restricted Subsidiary.

 

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

 

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

 

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“Private Placement Legend” means the legend set forth in Section 2.07(g)(i) to be placed on all Notes issued under this Indenture except where otherwise permitted by the provisions of this Indenture.

 

“Purchase Money Indebtedness” means Indebtedness:

 

(1)                                 consisting of the deferred purchase price of an asset, conditional sale obligations, obligations under any title retention agreement and other purchase money obligations, in each case where the maturity of such Indebtedness does not exceed the anticipated useful life of the asset being financed, and

 

(2)                                 Incurred to finance the acquisition by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of such asset, including cost of construction, additions and improvements;

 

provided, however, that such Indebtedness is incurred within 180 days after the acquisition (or completion of construction or improvement) by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary of such asset.

 

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

 

“Qualified Equity Offering” means an offering for cash by the Company of its common stock.

 

“Qualified Receivables Transaction” means any transaction or series of transactions that may be entered into by the Company, any Restricted Subsidiary or any Receivables Subsidiary in which the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary or such Receivables Subsidiary may sell, contribute, convey or otherwise transfer to, or grant a security interest in for the benefit of, (1) a Receivables Subsidiary (in the case of a transfer by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiaries) and (2) any other Person (in the case of a transfer by a Receivables Subsidiary), any Receivables (whether now existing or arising in the future) of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, and any related assets, including, without limitation, all collateral securing such Receivables, all contracts and all guarantees or other obligations in respect of such Receivables, proceeds of such Receivables and other assets (including contract rights) which are customarily transferred or in respect of which security interests are customarily granted in connection with asset securitization transactions involving Receivables.

 

“Receivable” means any Indebtedness and other payment obligations owed to the Company, any Restricted Subsidiary or any Receivables Subsidiary, whether constituting an account, chattel paper, payment intangible, instrument or general intangible, in each case arising in connection with (a) the sale of goods or the rendering of service or (b) the lease, license, rental or use of equipment, facilities or software, including the obligation to pay any finance charges, fees and other charges with respect thereto.

 

“Receivables Subsidiary” means a wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company (or another Person formed for the purpose of engaging in a Qualified Receivables Transaction with the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in which the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company makes an Investment and to which the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company transfers Receivables) that engages in no activities other than in connection with the financing of Receivables, all proceeds thereof and all rights (contractual or other), collateral and other assets relating thereto, and any business or activities incidental or reasonably related to such business, and that is designated by the Company’s Board of Directors (as provided below) as a Receivables Subsidiary and:

 

(1)                                 no portion of the Indebtedness or any other obligations (contingent or otherwise) of which:

 

(a)                                 is guaranteed by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (excluding guarantees of obligations (other than the principal of, and interest on, Indebtedness) pursuant to representations, warranties, covenants, indemnities and performance guarantees that are reasonably customary in an accounts receivables financings);

 

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(b)                                 is recourse to or obligates the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in any way other than pursuant to representations, warranties, covenants, indemnities and performance guarantees that are reasonably customary in accounts receivables financings; or

 

(c)                                  subjects any property or asset of the Company or of any Restricted Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, contingently or otherwise, to the satisfaction thereof, other than pursuant to representations, warranties, covenants, indemnities and performance guarantees reasonably customary in accounts receivables financings and other than any interest in the Receivables (whether in the form of an Equity Interest in such Receivables payable primarily from such Receivables) retained or acquired by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

(2)                                 with which neither the Company nor any Restricted Subsidiary has any material contract, agreement, arrangement or understanding other than on terms no less favorable to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons who are not Affiliates of the Company, other than fees payable in the ordinary course of business in connection with servicing Receivables; and

 

(3)                                 with which neither the Company nor any Restricted Subsidiary has any obligation to maintain or preserve such Receivables Subsidiary’s financial condition (other than customary requirements for the maintenance of a minimum net worth) or cause such Receivables Subsidiary to achieve certain levels of operating results.

 

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

 

“Refinancing Indebtedness” means Indebtedness that is Incurred to Refinance any Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary Incurred in compliance with this Indenture; provided, however, that:

 

(1)                                 the Refinancing Indebtedness has a Stated Maturity no earlier than the earlier of (x) the maturity date of the Notes or (y) the Stated Maturity of the Indebtedness being Refinanced;

 

(2)                                 the Refinancing Indebtedness has an Average Life at the time such Refinancing Indebtedness is Incurred that is equal to or greater than the lesser of (x) the maturity date of the Notes or (y) the Average Life of the Indebtedness being Refinanced;

 

(3)                                 such Refinancing Indebtedness is Incurred in an aggregate principal amount (or if issued with original issue discount, an aggregate issue price) that is equal to or less than the aggregate principal amount (or if issued with original issue discount, the aggregate accreted value) then outstanding of the Indebtedness being Refinanced (plus all accrued interest thereon and the amount of any reasonably determined premium necessary to accomplish the Refinancing and such reasonable expenses incurred in connection therewith); and

 

(4)                                 (A) if the Indebtedness being Refinanced is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or any Subsidiary Guarantee, such Refinancing Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantee at least to the same extent as the Indebtedness being Refinanced and (B) if the Indebtedness being Refinanced is pari passu in right of payment with the Notes or any Subsidiary Guarantee, such Refinancing Indebtedness is pari passu with or subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or such Subsidiary Guarantee;

 

provided further, however, that Refinancing Indebtedness shall not include:

 

(A)                               Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor that Refinances Indebtedness of the Company, or

 

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(B)                               Indebtedness of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary that Refinances Indebtedness of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

 

“Registration Rights Agreement” means the Registration Rights Agreement, dated the Issue Date, among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the representative of the Initial Purchasers.

 

“Regulation S” means Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

“Regulation S Global Note” means a Legended Regulation S Global Note or an Unlegended Regulation S Global Note, as appropriate.

 

“Regulation S Global Note Legend” means the legend set forth in Section 2.07(h), which is required to be placed on all Regulation S Global Notes issued under this Indenture.

 

“Related Business” means any business reasonably similar, incidental or complementary to the businesses of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries on the Issue Date and reasonable extensions thereof.

 

“Replacement Lien” means, with respect to any Lien, any modifications, replacements, refinancings, renewals or extensions of such Lien, provided that (A) the property covered thereby is not changed other than the addition of proceeds, products, accessions and improvements to such property on customary terms, (B) the amount of Indebtedness, if any, secured thereby is not increased unless permitted under Section 4.09 and (C) any modification, replacement, refinancing, renewal or extension of the Indebtedness, if any, secured or benefited thereby is permitted by Section 4.09(b)(4).

 

“Responsible Officer,” when used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer within the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee (or any successor group of the Trustee) or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers who at the time shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of such person’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

 

“Restricted Definitive Note” means a Definitive Note bearing the Private Placement Legend.

 

“Restricted Global Note” means a Global Note bearing the Private Placement Legend.

 

“Restricted Period” means the 40-day distribution compliance period as defined in Regulation S.

 

“Restricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Company other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

 

“Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

“Rule 144A” means Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

“Rule 903” means Rule 903 promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

“Rule 904” means Rule 904 promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Service, a division of the McGraw Hill Companies, Inc.

 

“Sale/Leaseback Transaction” means an arrangement relating to property now owned or hereafter acquired by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary whereby the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary transfers such property to a Person and the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary leases it from such Person, other than leases between the Company and a Restricted Subsidiary or between Restricted Subsidiaries.

 

“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

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

 

“Secured Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness of the Company secured by a Lien.  “Secured Indebtedness” of a Subsidiary Guarantor has a correlative meaning.

 

“Shelf Registration Statement” has the meaning set forth for such term in the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

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

 

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

 

“Subordinated Obligation” means any Indebtedness of the Company (whether outstanding on the Issue Date or thereafter Incurred) that is subordinate or junior in right of payment to the Notes pursuant to a written agreement.  “Subordinated Obligation” of a Subsidiary Guarantor has a correlative meaning.

 

“Subsidiary” of any Person means any corporation, association, partnership or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock or other interests (including partnership interests) entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by:

 

(1)                                 such Person,

 

(2)                                 such Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such Person or

 

(3)                                 one or more Subsidiaries of such Person.

 

“Subsidiary Guarantee” means each Guarantee of the obligations with respect to the Notes issued by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.

 

“Subsidiary Guarantor” means any Restricted Subsidiary that has issued a Subsidiary Guarantee and its successors and assigns until released from its obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.

 

“Temporary Cash Investments” means any of the following:

 

(1)                                 United States dollars, Canadian dollars, euros or any national currency of any participating member state of the EMU or such local currencies held by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries from time to time in the ordinary course of business,

 

(2)                                 any investment in direct obligations of the United States of America or any agency thereof or obligations Guaranteed by the United States of America or any agency thereof,

 

(3)                                 investments in demand deposits and in time deposit accounts, certificates of deposit, and money market deposits maturing within 365 days of the date of acquisition thereof issued by a bank or trust company that is organized under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or any foreign country recognized by the United States of America having capital, surplus and undivided profits aggregating in excess of $100,000,000 (or the foreign currency equivalent thereof) and whose long-term debt is rated “A” (or such similar equivalent rating) or higher by at least one nationally recognized statistical rating organization (as defined in Rule 436 under the Securities Act),

 

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(4)                                 repurchase obligations with a term of not more than 90 days for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (2) and (3) above entered into with a bank meeting the qualifications described in clause (3) above,

 

(5)                                 investments in commercial paper, maturing not more than 180 days after the date of acquisition, issued by a corporation (other than an Affiliate of the Company) organized and in existence under the laws of the United States of America or any foreign country recognized by the United States of America with a rating at the time as of which any investment therein is made of “P-2” (or higher) according to Moody’s or “A-2” (or higher) according to S&P,

 

(6)                                 investments in securities with maturities of twelve months or less from the date of acquisition issued or fully guaranteed by any state, commonwealth or territory of the United States of America, or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof, and rated at least “A” by S&P or “A” by Moody’s, and

 

(7)                                 investment funds investing 95% of their assets in securities of the types described in clauses (1) through (6) above.

 

“TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. §§77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the Issue Date.

 

“Total Indebtedness” means, as of any date of determination, the sum (without duplication) of all Indebtedness (other than letters of credit or bank guarantees, to the extent undrawn) consisting of Capitalized Lease Obligations, Indebtedness for borrowed money, Disqualified Stock and Indebtedness in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries and all Guarantees of the foregoing, determined on a Consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, based upon the most recent fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding such date of determination.

 

“Trade Payables” means, with respect to any Person, any accounts payable or any indebtedness or monetary obligation to trade creditors created, assumed or Guaranteed by such Person arising in the ordinary course of business in connection with the acquisition of goods or services.

 

“Transactions” means (i) the issuance and sale of the Notes, (ii) the incurrence of Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement and (iii) the use of a portion of the proceeds from borrowings under the Credit Agreement to repay and terminate the Company’s existing credit agreement.

 

“Treasury Rate” means the yield to maturity at the time of computation of United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) which has become publicly available at least two Business Days prior to the date fixed for redemption (or, if such Statistical Release is no longer published, any publicly available source for similar market data)) most nearly equal to the then remaining term of the Notes to October 1, 2018; provided, however, that if the then remaining term of the Notes to October 1, 2018 is not equal to the constant maturity of a United States Treasury security for which a weekly average yield is given, the Treasury Rate will be obtained by linear interpolation (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth of a year) from the weekly average yields of United States Treasury securities for which such yields are given, except that if the then remaining term of the Notes to October 1, 2018 is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year will be used.  The Company or its agent shall obtain the Treasury Rate.

 

“Trustee” means the party named as such in this Indenture until a successor replaces it and, thereafter, means the successor.

 

“Trust Officer” means, when used with respect to the Trustee, any officer within the corporate trust department of the Trustee, including any vice president, assistant vice president, senior associate, assistant secretary, assistant treasurer, trust officer or any other officer of the Trustee who customarily performs functions similar to those performed by the Persons who at the time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust

 

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matter is referred because of such person’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.

 

“Unlegended Regulation S Global Note” means a permanent Global Note (other than a Legended Regulation S Global Note) in the form of Exhibit A bearing the Global Note Legend, deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee and issued upon expiration of the Restricted Period.

 

“Unrestricted Definitive Note” means one or more Definitive Notes that do not bear and are not required to bear the Private Placement Legend.

 

“Unrestricted Global Note” means a permanent Global Note substantially in the form of Exhibit A that bears the Global Note Legend, that has the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto, that is deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary, representing all or a portion of the Notes, and that does not bear the Private Placement Legend.

 

“Unrestricted Subsidiary” means:

 

(1)                                 any Subsidiary of the Company that at the time of determination shall be designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary by the Board of Directors in the manner provided below, and

 

(2)                                 any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

 

The Board of Directors may designate any Subsidiary of the Company, including any newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary of the Company, to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary unless such Subsidiary or any of its Subsidiaries owns any Capital Stock or Indebtedness of, or owns or holds any Lien on any property of, the Company or any other Subsidiary of the Company that is not either a Subsidiary of the Subsidiary to be so designated or an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that either:

 

(A)                               the Subsidiary to be so designated has total Consolidated assets of $1,000 or less or

 

(B)                               if such Subsidiary has Consolidated assets greater than $1,000, then such designation would be permitted under Section 4.07.

 

The Board of Directors may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that immediately after giving effect to such designation:

 

(x)                                 the Company could Incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness under Section 4.09(a) or the Company would have a Consolidated Coverage Ratio equal to or greater than the Consolidated Coverage Ratio of the Company immediately prior to such transaction, and

 

(y)                                 no Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

 

Any such designation of a Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary or Unrestricted Subsidiary by the Board of Directors shall be evidenced to the Trustee by promptly filing with the Trustee a copy of the resolution of the Board of Directors giving effect to such designation and an Officers’ Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing provisions.

 

“U.S. Government Obligations” means direct obligations (or certificates representing an ownership interest in such obligations) of the United States of America (including any agency or instrumentality thereof) for the payment of which the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged and which are not callable or redeemable at the issuer’s option.

 

“U.S. Person” means a U.S. person as defined in Rule 902(o) under the Securities Act.

 

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“Voting Stock” of a Person means all classes of Capital Stock or other interests (including partnership interests) of such Person then outstanding and normally entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or Trustees thereof.

 

Section 1.02.                          Other Definitions.

 

	
Term
    	
 
    	
Defined in Section
    
	
“Act”
    	
 
    	
12.13
    
	
“Affiliate Transaction”
    	
 
    	
4.11
    
	
“Asset Sale Offer”
    	
 
    	
4.10
    
	
“Asset Sale Offer Amount”
    	
 
    	
4.10
    
	
“Asset Sale Offer Period”
    	
 
    	
4.10
    
	
“Applicable Law”
    	
 
    	
12.16
    
	
“Authentication Order”
    	
 
    	
2.02
    
	
“Change of Control Offer”
    	
 
    	
4.13
    
	
“covenant defeasance   option”
    	
 
    	
8.01
    
	
“Covenant Suspension   Event”
    	
 
    	
4.16
    
	
“DTC”
    	
 
    	
2.01
    
	
“Event of Default”
    	
 
    	
6.01
    
	
“Guaranteed Obligations”
    	
 
    	
10.01
    
	
“legal defeasance option”
    	
 
    	
8.01
    
	
“offshore transaction”
    	
 
    	
2.07
    
	
“Paying Agent”
    	
 
    	
2.04
    
	
“Purchase Date”
    	
 
    	
4.10
    
	
“purchase price”
    	
 
    	
4.10
    
	
“Registrar”
    	
 
    	
2.04
    
	
“Restricted Payment”
    	
 
    	
4.07
    
	
“Reversion Date”
    	
 
    	
4.16
    
	
“Successor Company”
    	
 
    	
5.01
    
	
“Successor Guarantor”
    	
 
    	
5.01
    
	
“Suspended Covenants”
    	
 
    	
4.16
    
	
“Suspension Date”
    	
 
    	
4.16
    
	
“Suspension Period”
    	
 
    	
4.16
    

 

Section 1.03.                          Incorporation by Reference of TIA.

 

Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture.

 

The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:

 

“indenture securities” means the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees;

 

“indenture security Holder” means a Holder of a Note;

 

“indenture to be qualified” means this Indenture;

 

“indenture Trustee” or “institutional Trustee” means the Trustee; and

 

“obligor” on the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees means the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors, respectively, and any successor obligor upon the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees, respectively.

 

All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by an SEC rule promulgated under the TIA have the meanings so assigned to them.

 

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Section 1.04.                          Rules of Construction.

 

Unless the context otherwise requires:

 

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

 

(b)                                 an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;

 

(c)                                  “or” is not exclusive;

 

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

 

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

 

(f)                                   all references to Sections or Articles or Exhibits refer to Sections or Articles or Exhibits of or to this Indenture unless otherwise indicated; and

 

(g)                                  references to sections of or rules under the Securities Act shall be deemed to include amended, substitute, replacement or successor sections or rules adopted by the SEC from time to time.

 

ARTICLE TWO
 THE NOTES

 

Section 2.01.                          Form and Dating.

 

(a)                                 General.  The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A.  The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage.  Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication.  The Notes shall be issued in registered global form in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.

 

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

 

In any case where an Interest Payment Date or any other Stated Maturity of any payment required to be made on the Notes shall not be a Business Day, then each such payment need not be made on such date, but shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on such Interest Payment Date or Stated Maturity of such payment and no additional interest shall be payable as a result of such delay in payment.

 

(b)                                 Global Notes.  Notes issued in global form shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A (and shall include the Global Note Legend thereon and the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto).  Notes issued in definitive form shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A (but without the Global Note Legend thereon and without the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto).  Each Global Note shall represent such of the outstanding Notes as shall be specified therein and each shall provide that it represents the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges and redemptions.  Any endorsement of a Global Note on the Schedule of Exchanges and Interests to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee or, if the Custodian and the Trustee are not the same Person, by the Custodian at the direction of the Trustee, in accordance with instructions given by the Holder thereof as required by Section 2.07 hereof.

 

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(c)                                  Regulation S Global Notes.  Notes offered and sold in reliance on Regulation S shall be issued initially in the form of a Legended Regulation S Global Note, which shall be deposited on behalf of the purchasers of the Notes represented thereby with the Trustee, as custodian for The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), and registered in the name of the Depositary or the nominee of the Depositary for the accounts of designated agents holding on behalf of Euroclear or Clearstream, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided.  Following the termination of the Restricted Period, beneficial interests in the Legended Regulation S Global Note may be exchanged for beneficial interests in Unlegended Regulation S Global Notes pursuant to Section 2.07 and the Applicable Procedures.  Simultaneously with the authentication of Unlegended Regulation S Global Notes, the Trustee shall cancel the Legended Regulation S Global Note.  The aggregate principal amount of the Regulation S Global Notes may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee and the Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, in connection with transfers of interest as hereinafter provided.

 

(d)                                 Euroclear and Clearstream Procedures Applicable.  The provisions of the “Operating Procedures of the Euroclear System” and “Terms and Conditions Governing Use of Euroclear” and the “General Terms and Conditions of Clearstream Banking” and “Customer Handbook” of Clearstream shall be applicable to transfers of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Global Notes that are held by Participants through Euroclear or Clearstream.

 

Section 2.02.                          Execution and Authentication.

 

At least one Officer of the Company shall sign the Notes for the Company by manual or facsimile signature.

 

If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at the time a Note is authenticated, the Note shall nevertheless be valid.

 

A Note shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee.  Such signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Note has been authenticated under this Indenture.

 

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

 

The Company may, subject to Article Four of this Indenture and applicable law, issue Additional Notes under this Indenture.  The Initial Notes which shall be in an aggregate principal amount of $400,000,000, and any Additional Notes subsequently issued shall be treated as a single class for all purposes under this Indenture; provided, that any series of Additional Notes that are not fungible with the Initial Notes for U.S. Federal income tax purposes may trade under a separate CUSIP and may be treated as a separate class for purposes of transfers and exchanges.

 

At any time and from time to time after the execution of this Indenture, the Trustee shall, upon receipt of a written order of the Company signed by an Officer of the Company (an “Authentication Order”), authenticate Notes for original issue in an aggregate principal amount specified in such Authentication Order; provided, that the Trustee shall be entitled to receive an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel of the Company in connection with such authentication of such Notes.  The Authentication Order shall specify the amount of Notes to be authenticated and the date on which the Notes are to be authenticated.

 

The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Company to authenticate Notes.  An authenticating agent may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so.  Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent.  An authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with Holders or an Affiliate of the Company.

 

Section 2.03.                          Methods of Receiving Payments on the Notes.

 

All payments on Notes shall be made at the office or agency of the Paying Agent and Registrar unless the Company elects to make interest payments by check mailed to the Holders at their addresses set forth in the register of Holders.

 

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The Company shall pay all principal, interest and premium, if any, on Global Notes in immediately available funds to the Depositary, as the registered Holder of such Global Notes.

 

Section 2.04.                          Registrar, Paying Agent and Depositary.

 

(a)                                 The Company shall maintain a registrar with an office or agency where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (“Registrar”) and a paying agent with an office or agency where Notes may be presented for payment (“Paying Agent”).  The Registrar shall keep a register of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange.  The Company may appoint one or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents.  The term “Registrar” includes any co-registrar and the term “Paying Agent” includes any additional paying agent.  The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder.  The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any Agent not a party to this Indenture.  If the Company fails to appoint or maintain another entity as Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such.  The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.

 

(b)                                 The Company initially appoints DTC to act as Depositary with respect to the Global Notes.

 

(c)                                  The Company initially appoints the Trustee to act as the Registrar and Paying Agent and to act as Custodian with respect to the Global Notes.

 

(d)                                 The Company shall be responsible for making calculations called for under the Notes, including but not limited to determination of redemption price, premium, if any, and any additional amounts or other amounts payable on the Notes.  The Company will make the calculations in good faith.  The Company will provide a schedule of its calculations to the Trustee when requested by the Trustee, and the Trustee is entitled to rely conclusively on the accuracy of the Company’s calculations without independent verification.

 

Section 2.05.                          Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.

 

The Company shall require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that the Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal of, premium on, if any, or interest on the Notes, and shall notify the Trustee of any default by the Company in making any such payment.  While any such default continues, the Trustee may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee.  The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee.  Upon payment over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent (if other than the Company or one of its Subsidiaries) shall have no further liability for the money.  If the Company or one of its Subsidiaries acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders all money held by it as Paying Agent.  Upon any bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings relating to the Company, the Trustee shall serve as Paying Agent for the Notes.

 

Section 2.06.                          Holder Lists.

 

The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of all Holders and shall otherwise comply with TIA Section 312(a).  If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee at least seven Business Days before each Interest Payment Date and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Holders of Notes and the Company shall otherwise comply with TIA Section 312(a).

 

Section 2.07.                          Transfer and Exchange.

 

(a)                                 Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes.  A Global Note may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary, by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or to another nominee of the Depositary, or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary.  All Global Notes shall be exchanged by the Company for Definitive Notes if (i) the Depositary (A) notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue to act as Depositary for the Global Notes

 

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or (B) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act; and in either case, the Company fails to appoint a successor Depositary within 90 days after becoming aware of such condition; (ii) the Company, at its option, notifies the Trustee in writing that it elects to cause the issuance of Definitive Notes in exchange for Global Notes (in whole but not in part); provided that in no event shall the Legended Regulation S Global Note be exchanged by the Company for Definitive Notes prior to (A) the expiration of the Restricted Period and (B) the receipt by the Registrar of any certificates required pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act; or (iii) there shall have occurred and be continuing a Default or Event of Default with respect to the Notes and the Depositary requests Definitive Notes.  Upon the occurrence of any of the preceding events in (i), (ii) or (iii) above, Definitive Notes shall be issued in such names as the Depositary shall instruct the Trustee.  Global Notes also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Sections 2.08 and 2.11 hereof.  Except as otherwise provided above in this Section 2.07(a), every Note authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or in lieu of, a Global Note or any portion thereof, pursuant to this Section 2.07 or Section 2.08 or 2.11 hereof, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Note.  A Global Note may not be exchanged for another Note other than as provided in this Section 2.07(a); however, beneficial interests in a Global Note may be transferred and exchanged as provided in Section 2.07(b), (c) or (f) hereof.

 

(b)                                 Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the Global Notes.  The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Notes shall be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the Applicable Procedures.  Beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Notes shall be subject to restrictions on transfer comparable to those set forth herein to the extent required by the Securities Act.  Transfers of beneficial interests in the Global Notes also shall require compliance with either subparagraph (i) or (ii) below, as applicable, as well as one or more of the other following subparagraphs, as applicable:

 

(i)                  Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Note.  Beneficial interests in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the same Restricted Global Note in accordance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Private Placement Legend; provided, however, that prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, transfers of beneficial interests in a Legended Regulation S Global Note may not be made to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person (other than an Initial Purchaser).  Beneficial interests in any Unrestricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note.  No written orders or instructions shall be required to be delivered to the Registrar to effect the transfers described in this Section 2.07(b)(i).

 

(ii)               All Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes.  In connection with all transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests that are not subject to Section 2.07(b)(i) above, the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the Registrar either (A) (1) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in another Global Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and (2) instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the Participant account to be credited with such increase or (B) (1) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to cause to be issued a Definitive Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and (2) instructions given by the Depositary to the Registrar containing information regarding the Person in whose name such Definitive Note shall be registered to effect the transfer or exchange referred to in (1) above; provided that in no event shall Definitive Notes be issued upon the transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in the Legended Regulation S Global Note prior to (A) the expiration of the Restricted Period and (B) the receipt by the Registrar of any certificates or other satisfactory evidence pursuant to Rule 903.  Upon consummation of an Exchange Offer by the Company in accordance with Section 2.07(f) hereof, the requirements of this Section 2.07(b)(ii) shall be deemed to have been satisfied upon receipt by the Registrar of the instructions contained in the Letter of Transmittal delivered by the holder of such beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Notes.  Upon satisfaction of all of the requirements for transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in Global Notes contained in this Indenture and the Notes or otherwise applicable under the Securities Act, the Trustee shall adjust the principal amount at maturity of the relevant Global Notes pursuant to Section 2.07(i).

 

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(iii)            Transfer of Beneficial Interests to Another Restricted Global Note.  A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Restricted Global Note if the transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.07(b)(ii) above and the Registrar receives the following:

 

(A)                               if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in a 144A Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;

 

(B)                               if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in a Legended Regulation S Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof; or

 

(C)                               if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in the IAI Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certification in item (3) thereof, if applicable and the transferee must deliver to the Registrar a signed letter substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto.

 

(iv)           Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note for Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Note.  A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be exchanged by any Holder thereof for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note if the exchange or transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.07(b)(ii) above and:

 

(A)                               such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to an Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the holder of the beneficial interest to be transferred, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not (1) a broker-dealer, (2) a Person participating in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or (3) a Person who is an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company;

 

(B)                               such transfer is effected pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;

 

(C)                               such transfer is effected by a broker-dealer pursuant to an Exchange Offer Registration Statement and such broker-dealer complies with the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement; or

 

(D)                               the Registrar receives the following:

 

(y)                                 if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(a) thereof; or

 

(z)                                  if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the applicable certifications in item (4) thereof;

 

and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the Registrar or the Company so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar and the Company to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private 

 

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Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

 

If any such transfer is effected pursuant to subparagraph (B) or (D) above at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of beneficial interests transferred pursuant to subparagraph (B) or (D) above.

 

Beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global Note cannot be exchanged for, or transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of, a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note.

 

(c)                                  Transfer or Exchange of Beneficial Interests for Definitive Notes.

 

(i)                               Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes.  If any holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note, then, upon receipt by the Registrar of the following documentation:

 

(A)                               if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C, including the certifications in item (2)(a) thereof;

 

(B)                               if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;

 

(C)                               if such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof;

 

(D)                               if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an “offshore transaction” in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof;

 

(E)                                if such beneficial interest is being transferred to an Institutional Accredited Investor in reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than those listed in subparagraphs (B) through (D) above, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3) thereof, if applicable, and the transferee must deliver to the Registrar a signed letter substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto;

 

(F)                                 if such beneficial interest is being transferred to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof; or

 

(G)                               if such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(c) thereof,

 

the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.07(i) hereof, and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount.  Any Restricted Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.07 shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the Registrar through instructions from the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant.  The Trustee shall deliver such Restricted Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered.  Any Restricted Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global

 

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Note pursuant to this Section 2.07(c)(i) shall bear the Private Placement Legend and shall be subject to all restrictions on transfer contained therein.

 

(ii)                                 Beneficial Interests in Legended Regulation S Global Note to Definitive Notes.  Notwithstanding Sections 2.07(c)(i)(A) and (D) hereof, a beneficial interest in the Legended Regulation S Global Note may not be exchanged for a Definitive Note or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note prior to (A) the expiration of the Restricted Period and (B) the receipt by the Registrar of any certificate or other satisfactory evidence pursuant to Rule 903(b)(3)(ii)(B) of the Securities Act, except in the case of a transfer pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 903 or Rule 904.

 

(iii)                                 Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes.  Subject to Section 2.07(a), a holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note may exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or may transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note only if:

 

(A)                               such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to an Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the holder of the beneficial interest, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not (1) a broker-dealer, (2) a Person participating in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or (3) a Person who is an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company;

 

(B)                               such transfer is effected pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;

 

(C)                               such transfer is effected by a broker-dealer pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and such broker-dealer complies with the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement; or

 

(D)                               the Registrar receives the following:

 

(y)                                 if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Definitive Note that does not bear the Private Placement Legend, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(b) thereof; or

 

(z)                                  if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note that does not bear the Private Placement Legend, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the applicable certifications in item (4) thereof;

 

and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the Registrar or the Company so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar and the Company to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

 

(iv)                               Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes.  If any holder of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note, then, upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 2.07(b)(ii) above, the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.07(i) below, and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount.  Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.07(c)(iv) shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the Registrar through instructions from or through the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant.  The Trustee shall deliver such Definitive Notes

 

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to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered.  Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.07(c)(iv) shall not bear the Private Placement Legend.

 

(d)                                 Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Beneficial Interests.

 

(i)                               Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes.  If any Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note or to transfer such Restricted Definitive Note to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, then, upon receipt by the Registrar of the following documentation:

 

(A)                               if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (2)(b) thereof;

 

(B)                               if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;

 

(C)                               if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an “offshore transaction” in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B, including the certifications in item (2) thereof;

 

(D)                               if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof; or

 

(E)                                if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to an Institutional Accredited Investor in reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than those listed in subparagraphs (B) through (D) above, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3) thereof, if applicable, and the transferee must deliver to the Register a signed letter substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto;

 

(F)                                 if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof; or

 

(G)                               if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(c) thereof,

 

the Trustee shall cancel the Restricted Definitive Note, and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of, in the case of clause (A) above, the appropriate Restricted Global Note, in the case of clause (B) above, the 144A Global Note, and in the case of clause (C) above, the Regulation S Global Note, and in all other cases, the IAI Global Note.

 

(ii)                                 Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes.  A Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Restricted Definitive Note to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note only if:

 

(A)                               such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to an Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the Holder, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not (1) a broker-dealer, (2) a Person participating in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or (3) a Person who is an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company;

 

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(B)                               such transfer is effected pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;

 

(C)                               such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to an Exchange Offer Registration Statement and such broker-dealer complies with the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement; or

 

(D)                               the Registrar receives the following:

 

(y)                                 if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(c) thereof; or

 

(z)                                  if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Note proposes to transfer such Note to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the applicable certifications in item (4) thereof;

 

and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the Registrar or the Company so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar and the Company to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

 

Upon satisfaction of the conditions of any of the subparagraphs in this Section 2.07(d)(ii), the Trustee shall cancel the applicable Definitive Notes and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of the Unrestricted Global Note.

 

(iii)                                 Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes.  A Holder of an Unrestricted Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Unrestricted Definitive Note to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note at any time.  Upon receipt of a request for such an exchange or transfer, the Trustee shall cancel the applicable Unrestricted Definitive Note and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of one of the Unrestricted Global Notes.

 

If any such exchange or transfer from a Definitive Note to a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note is effected pursuant to Section 2.07(d)(ii)(B), (d)(ii)(D) or (d)(iii) above at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of Definitive Notes so transferred.

 

(e)                                  Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Definitive Notes.  Upon request by a Holder of Definitive Notes and such Holder’s compliance with the provisions of this Section 2.07(e), the Registrar shall register the transfer or exchange of Definitive Notes.  Prior to such registration of transfer or exchange, the requesting Holder shall present or surrender to the Registrar the Definitive Notes duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by such Holder or by its attorney, duly authorized in writing.  In addition, the requesting Holder shall provide any additional certifications, documents and information, as applicable, required pursuant to the following provisions of this Section 2.07(e).

 

(i)                               Restricted Definitive Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes.  Any Restricted Definitive Note may be transferred to and registered in the name of Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note if the Registrar receives the following:

 

(A)                               if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 144A, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;

 

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(B)                               if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 903 or Rule 904, then a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof; or

 

(C)                               if the transfer will be made pursuant to any other exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications, and Opinion of Counsel required by item (3) thereof, if applicable.

 

(ii)                                 Restricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes.  Any Restricted Definitive Note may be exchanged by the Holder thereof for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or transferred to a Person or Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note if:

 

(A)                               such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to an Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the Holder, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not (1) a broker-dealer, (2) a Person participating in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or (3) a Person who is an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company;

 

(B)                               such transfer is effected pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;

 

(C)                               such transfer is effected by a broker-dealer pursuant to an Exchange Offer Registration Statement and such broker-dealer complies with the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement; or

 

(D)                               the Registrar receives the following:

 

(y)                                 if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(d) thereof; or

 

(z)                                  if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Note proposes to transfer such Note to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the applicable certifications in item (4) thereof;

 

and, in each such case set forth in subparagraph (D) above, if the Registrar so requests, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Company to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

 

(iii)                                 Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes.  A Holder of Unrestricted Definitive Notes may transfer such Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note.  Upon receipt of a request to register such a transfer, the Registrar shall register the Unrestricted Definitive Notes pursuant to the instructions from the Holder thereof.

 

(f)                                   Exchange Offer.  Upon the occurrence of the Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate (i) one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Notes tendered for acceptance in an Exchange Offer by Persons that make the representations in the applicable Letters of Transmittal required by Section 6(a)(ii) of the Registration Rights Agreement, and accepted for exchange in an Exchange Offer and (ii) subject to Section 2.07(a), Unrestricted Definitive Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Restricted Definitive Notes accepted for exchange in an Exchange Offer by Persons that make the representations in the applicable Letters of Transmittal required by Section 6(a)(ii) of the Registration Rights Agreement, and accepted for exchange in an Exchange Offer.  Concurrently with the issuance of such Notes, the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Restricted Global Notes to be reduced accordingly, 

 

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and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Persons designated by the Holders of Restricted Definitive Notes so accepted Unrestricted Definitive Notes in the appropriate principal amounts.

 

(g)                                  Legends.  The following legends shall appear on the face of all Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued under this Indenture unless specifically stated otherwise in the applicable provisions of this Indenture.

 

(i)                  Private Placement Legend.  Except as permitted below, each Global Note and each Definitive Note (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall bear the legend in substantially the following form:

 

THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION.  NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, SUCH REGISTRATION.  THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, AGREES ON ITS OWN BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF ANY INVESTOR ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT HAS PURCHASED SECURITIES, TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH SECURITY, PRIOR TO THE DATE (THE “RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE”) THAT IS IN THE CASE OF RULE 144A NOTES:  ONE YEAR (OR SUCH SHORTER PERIOD THEN REQUIRED UNDER RULE 144 OR ITS SUCCESSOR RULE) OR IN THE CASE OF REGULATION S NOTES:  40 DAYS AFTER THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE HEREOF AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH THE ISSUER OR ANY AFFILIATE OF THE ISSUER WAS THE OWNER OF THIS SECURITY (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF SUCH SECURITY), ONLY (A) TO THE ISSUER, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) FOR SO LONG AS THE SECURITIES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (D) PURSUANT TO OFFERS AND SALES THAT OCCUR OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (E) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT IS AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR ACQUIRING THE SECURITY FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF SUCH AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR, IN EACH CASE IN A MINIMUM PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THE SECURITIES OF $250,000, FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO OR FOR OFFER OR SALE IN CONNECTION WITH ANY DISTRIBUTION IN VIOLATION OF THE SECURITIES ACT OR (F) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO THE ISSUER’S AND THE TRUSTEE’S RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSES (D), (E) OR (F) TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM.  THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE REQUEST OF THE HOLDER AFTER THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE.  IN THE CASE OF REGULATION S NOTES: BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER HEREOF REPRESENTS THAT IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON NOR IS IT

 

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PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A U.S. PERSON AND IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Global Note or Definitive Note issued pursuant to subparagraph (b)(iv), (c)(iii), (c)(iv), (d)(ii), (d)(iii), (e)(ii) or (e)(iii) or (f) of this Section 2.07 (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall not bear the Private Placement Legend.

 

(ii)               Global Note Legend.  Each Global Note shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:

 

THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (I) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.07 OF THE INDENTURE, (II) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.07(a) OF THE INDENTURE, (III) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.12 OF THE INDENTURE AND (IV) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY.  UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY, UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (570 WASHINGTON BOULEVARD, JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY 07310) (“DTC”) TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO.  OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO.  OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.”

 

(h)                                 Legended Regulation S Global Note Legend.  The Legended Regulation S Global Note shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:

 

BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER HEREOF REPRESENTS THAT IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON NOR IS IT PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A U.S. PERSON AND IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.

 

(i)                                     Cancellation or Adjustment of Global Notes.  At such time as all beneficial interests in a particular Global Note have been exchanged for Definitive Notes or a particular Global Note has been redeemed, repurchased or canceled in whole and not in part, each such Global Note shall be returned to or retained and canceled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.12 hereof.  At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note or for Definitive Notes, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note shall be reduced accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on the Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in

 

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such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note, such other Global Note shall be increased accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.

 

(j)                                    General Provisions Relating to Transfers and Exchanges.

 

(i)                               To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof or at the Registrar’s request.

 

(ii)                                No service charge shall be made to a holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note or to a Holder of a Definitive Note for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Holder will be required to pay a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes or similar governmental charges payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections 2.11, 3.06, 3.07, 4.10, 4.13 and 9.05).

 

(iii)                               The Registrar shall not be required to register the transfer of or exchange any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part, except for the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part.

 

(iv)                               All Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Global Notes or Definitive Notes shall be the valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Global Notes or Definitive Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.

 

(v)                              The Company shall not be required (A) to issue, to register the transfer of or to exchange any Notes during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of any selection of Notes for redemption under Section 3.02 hereof and ending at the close of business on the day of selection, (B) to register the transfer of or to exchange any Note so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part, (C) to register the transfer of or to exchange a Note between a record date and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date or (D) to register the transfer of or to exchange a Note tendered and not withdrawn in connection with a Change of Control Offer or an Asset Sale Offer.

 

(vi)                               Subject to the rights of Holders as of the relevant record date to receive interest on the corresponding Interest Payment Date and Section 2.13, prior to due presentment for the registration of a transfer of any Note, the Trustee, any Agent and the Company may deem and treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered as the absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and interest on such Notes and for all other purposes, and none of the Trustee, any Agent or the Company shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

(vii)                                The Trustee shall authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.02.

 

(viii)                                 All certifications, certificates and Opinions of Counsel required to be submitted to the Registrar pursuant to this Section 2.07 to effect a registration of transfer or exchange may be submitted by facsimile or electronically.

 

(ix)                               The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Notes (including any transfers between or among the Depositary’s participants or beneficial owners of interests in any Global Note) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation as expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by, the terms of this Indenture and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.

 

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Section 2.08.         Replacement Notes.

 

(a)           If any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee or the Company or the Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Note, the Company shall issue and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, shall authenticate a replacement Note if the Trustee’s and the Company’s requirements are met.  If required by the Trustee or the Company, an indemnity bond must be supplied by or on behalf of the Holder that is sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee and the Company to protect the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Trustee, any Agent and any authenticating agent from any loss that any of them may suffer if a Note is replaced.  The Company may charge for its expenses in replacing a Note.

 

(b)           Every replacement Note is an additional obligation of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors and shall be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with all other Notes duly issued hereunder.

 

Section 2.09.         Outstanding Notes.

 

(a)           The Notes outstanding at any time are all the Notes authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation, those reductions in the interest in a Global Note effected by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions hereof, and those described in this Section 2.09 as not outstanding.  Except as set forth in Section 2.10, a Note does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the Company holds the Note; provided, however, that Notes held by the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company shall be deemed to be not outstanding for purposes of Section 3.07(b) or as otherwise provided in this Indenture.

 

(b)           If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.08, it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Note is held by a bona fide purchaser.

 

(c)           If the principal amount of any Note is considered paid under Section 4.01, it ceases to be outstanding and interest on it ceases to accrue.

 

(d)           If the Company has deposited with the Trustee or Paying Agent (other than the Company, a Subsidiary of the Company or an Affiliate of any of the foregoing) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of Notes money sufficient to pay such Notes upon redemption or maturity, then on and after that date such Notes shall be deemed to be no longer outstanding and shall cease to accrue interest; provided that, if such Notes are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made.

 

Section 2.10.         Treasury Notes.

 

In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Notes owned by the Company, or by any Affiliate of the Company, shall be considered as though not outstanding, except that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Notes that a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so disregarded.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, Notes that are to be acquired by the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company or an Affiliate of the Company pursuant to an exchange offer, tender offer or other similar agreement shall not be deemed to be owned by the Company, a Subsidiary of the Company or an Affiliate of the Company until legal title to such Notes passes to the Company, such Subsidiary or such Affiliate, as the case may be.

 

Section 2.11.         Temporary Notes.

 

Pending the preparation of definitive Notes, the Company may execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery temporary Notes, which may be printed, typewritten or otherwise reproduced, in each case in form reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.  Temporary Notes may be issued in any authorized denomination and substantially in the form of the definitive Notes but with such omissions, insertions and variations as may be appropriate for temporary Notes, all as may be determined by the Company with the reasonable concurrence of

 

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the Trustee.  Temporary Notes may contain such reference to any provisions of this Indenture as may be appropriate.  Every temporary Note shall be executed by the Company and be authenticated by the Trustee upon the same conditions and in substantially the same manner, and with like effect, as the definitive Notes.  Without unreasonable delay the Company shall execute and shall furnish definitive Notes and thereupon temporary Notes may be surrendered in exchange therefor without charge at each office or agency to be maintained by the Company for that purpose pursuant to Section 4.02, and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery in exchange for such temporary Notes a like aggregate principal amount of definitive Notes of authorized denominations.  Until so exchanged, the temporary Notes shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Notes.

 

Section 2.12.         Cancellation.

 

The Company at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation.  The Registrar and Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment.  The Trustee and no one else shall cancel all Notes surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and shall dispose of canceled Notes in accordance with its procedures for the disposition of canceled securities in effect as of the date of such disposition (subject to the record retention requirement of the Exchange Act).  Certification of the disposition of all canceled Notes shall be delivered to the Company upon cancellation.  The Trustee shall provide the Company a list of all Notes that have been canceled from time to time.  The Company may not issue new Notes to replace Notes that it has paid or that have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.

 

Section 2.13.         Defaulted Interest.

 

If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes, it shall pay the defaulted interest in any lawful manner plus, to the extent lawful, interest payable on the defaulted interest, to the Persons who are Holders on a subsequent special record date, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes and in Section 4.01.  The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of defaulted interest proposed to be paid on each Note and the date of the proposed payment.  The Company shall fix or cause to be fixed each such special record date and payment date; provided, that no such special record date shall be less than 10 days prior to the related payment date for such defaulted interest.  At least 15 days before the special record date, the Company (or, upon the written request of the Company, the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company) shall mail or cause to be mailed to Holders a notice that states the special record date, the related payment date and the amount of such interest to be paid.

 

Section 2.14.         CUSIP Numbers.

 

The Company in issuing the Notes may use “CUSIP” numbers if then generally in use and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders.  Any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes.  No such redemption shall be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers.  The Company promptly shall notify the Trustee of any change in the CUSIP numbers.

 

ARTICLE THREE
 REDEMPTION AND OFFERS TO PURCHASE

 

Section 3.01.         Notices to Trustee.

 

If the Company elects to redeem Notes pursuant to the optional redemption provisions of Section 3.07, it shall furnish to the Trustee, at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, an Officers’ Certificate setting forth (i) the clause of this Indenture pursuant to which the redemption shall occur, (ii) the redemption date, (iii) the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed and (iv) the redemption price (or manner of calculation if not then known).  If the redemption price is not known at the time such notice is to be given, the actual redemption price, calculated as described in the terms of the Notes, will be set forth in a certificate of an Officer of the Company delivered to the Trustee no later than two Business Days prior to the redemption date.

 

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Section 3.02.         Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed.

 

(a)           If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed at any time, and the Notes are Global Notes, they will be selected for redemption in accordance with applicable Depositary procedures.  If the Notes are not Global Notes, the Trustee shall select the Notes to be redeemed among the Holders of the Notes (1) in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange, if any, on which the Notes are listed or (2) if the Notes are not so listed, on a pro rata basis, by lot or in accordance with the procedures of the applicable Depositary.  In the event of partial redemption by lot, the particular Notes to be redeemed shall be selected, unless otherwise provided herein, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the redemption date by the Trustee from the outstanding Notes not previously called for redemption.

 

(b)           The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Notes selected for redemption and, in the case of any Note selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.  No Notes in amounts of $2,000 or less shall be redeemed in part.  Notes and portions of Notes selected shall be in amounts of $2,000 or whole multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof; except that if all of the Notes of a Holder are to be redeemed, the entire outstanding amount of Notes held by such Holder, even if not a multiple of $1,000, shall be redeemed.  Except as provided in the preceding sentence, provisions of this Indenture that apply to Notes called for redemption also apply to portions of Notes called for redemption.

 

Section 3.03.         Notice of Redemption.

 

(a)           At least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, the Company shall (1) in the case of Global Notes send or cause to be sent in accordance with Depositary procedures or (2) in the case of Notes that are not Global Notes, mail or cause to be mailed by first class mail, a notice of redemption to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address, except that redemption notices may be sent or mailed more than 60 days prior to a redemption date if the notice is issued in connection with a defeasance of the Notes or a satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.

 

The notice shall identify the Notes to be redeemed and shall state:

 

(i)            the redemption date;

 

(ii)           the redemption price (or manner of calculation if not then known);

 

(iii)          if any Note is being redeemed in part, the portion of the principal amount of such Note to be redeemed and that, after the redemption date upon surrender of such Note, a new Note or Notes in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the original Note shall be issued in the name of the Holder thereof upon cancellation of the original Note (or if the Note is a Global Note, an adjustment shall be made to the schedule attached thereto);

 

(iv)          the name and address of the Paying Agent;

 

(v)           that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price and become due on the date fixed for redemption;

 

(vi)          that, unless the Company defaults in making such redemption payment, interest, if any, on Notes called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the redemption date;

 

(vii)         the paragraph of the Notes and/or Section of this Indenture pursuant to which the Notes called for redemption are being redeemed; and

 

(viii)        that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP number, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Notes.

 

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(b)           At the Company’s request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Company’s name and at its expense; provided, however, that the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee, at least 45 days prior to the redemption date (unless a shorter period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), an Officers’ Certificate requesting that the Trustee give such notice and setting forth the information to be stated in such notice as provided in the preceding paragraph.  The notice, if mailed in the manner provided herein shall be presumed to have been given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice.

 

(c)           Any notice of redemption in connection with any Qualified Equity Offering or other securities offering or any other financing, or in connection with a transaction (or series of related transactions) that constitutes a Change of Control, may, at the Company’s discretion, be given prior to the completion thereof and be subject to one or more conditions precedent, including completion of the related Qualified Equity Offering, securities offering, financing or Change of Control.

 

Section 3.04.         Effect of Notice of Redemption.

 

Once notice of redemption is sent or mailed in accordance with Section 3.03 hereof, Notes called for redemption, subject to any conditions precedent imposed by the Company and included in the applicable notice of redemption, become irrevocably due and payable on the redemption date at the redemption price.  Interest, if any, on Notes called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the redemption date, unless the Company defaults in making the applicable redemption payment.

 

Section 3.05.         Deposit of Redemption Price.

 

(a)           Not later than 12:00 noon Eastern Time on the redemption date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all Notes to be redeemed on that date.  The Trustee or the Paying Agent shall promptly return to the Company any money deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent by the Company in excess of the amounts necessary to pay the redemption price of, and accrued and unpaid interest on, all Notes to be redeemed.

 

(b)           If the Company complies with the provisions of the preceding paragraph, on and after the redemption date, interest shall cease to accrue on the Notes or the portions of Notes called for redemption.  If a Note is redeemed on or after an interest record date but on or prior to the related Interest Payment Date, then any accrued and unpaid interest shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Note was registered at the close of business on such record date.  If any Note called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender for redemption because of the failure of the Company to comply with the preceding paragraph, interest shall be paid on the unpaid principal from the redemption date until such principal is paid and to the extent lawful on any interest not paid on such unpaid principal, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes and in Section 4.01.

 

Section 3.06.         Notes Redeemed in Part.

 

Upon surrender and cancellation of a Note that is redeemed in part, the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate for the Holder, at the expense of the Company, a new Note equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Note surrendered, subject to the provisions applicable to Global Notes.

 

Section 3.07.         Optional Redemption.

 

(a)           Except as set forth in Sections 3.07(b), (c) and (d), the Notes may not be redeemed by the Company.

 

(b)           At any time prior to October 1, 2018, the Company may redeem, on one or more occasions, up to a maximum of 35% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes, calculated after giving effect to any issuance of Additional Notes, with the Net Cash Proceeds of one or more Qualified Equity Offerings at a redemption price equal to 105.50% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the redemption date, subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date; provided, however, that after giving effect to any such redemption:

 

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(i)            at least 65% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes remains outstanding immediately after such redemption; and

 

(ii)           any such redemption by the Company must be completed within 90 days of completion of such Qualified Equity Offering and must be made in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Indenture.

 

(c)           At any time prior to October 1, 2018, the Company may redeem all or part of the Notes at a redemption price equal to the sum of (i) 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus (ii) the Applicable Premium as of the date of redemption, plus (iii) accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption, subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date.

 

(d)           At any time on or after October 1, 2018, the Company may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at the following redemption prices, expressed as percentages of principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the redemption date, subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date, if redeemed during the twelve-month period commencing on October 1 of the years set forth below:

 

	
Year
    	
 
    	
Percentage
    	
 
    
	
2018
    	
 
    	
104.125
    	
%
    
	
2019
    	
 
    	
102.750
    	
%
    
	
2020
    	
 
    	
101.375
    	
%
    
	
2021 and   thereafter
    	
 
    	
100.000
    	
%
    

 

(e)           Any redemption pursuant to this Section 3.07 shall be made in accordance with the provisions of Sections 3.01 through 3.06.

 

Section 3.08.         No Mandatory Redemption or Sinking Fund.

 

The Company is not required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes.

 

ARTICLE FOUR
 COVENANTS

 

Section 4.01.         Payment of Notes.

 

The Company shall pay or cause to be paid the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in the Notes.  Principal, premium, if any, and interest shall be considered paid on the date due if the Paying Agent, if other than the Company or one of its Subsidiaries, holds as of 12:00 noon Eastern Time on the due date money deposited by the Company in immediately available funds and designated for and sufficient to pay all principal, premium, if any, and interest then due.

 

The Company shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal at the rate equal to 1% per annum in excess of the then applicable interest rate on the Notes to the extent lawful; it shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace period) at the same rate to the extent lawful.

 

Section 4.02.         Maintenance of Office or Agency.

 

So long as any of the Notes remain outstanding, the Company shall maintain the following:  an office or agency where the Notes may be presented for payment or conversion; where the Notes may be presented for registration of transfer and for exchange; and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes or of this Indenture may be served.  The Company shall give to the Trustee written notice of the location of any such

 

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office or agency and of any change of location thereof.  In case the Company shall fail to so designate or maintain any such office or agency or shall fail to give such notice of the location or of any change in the location thereof, presentations and demands may be made and notices may be served at the Corporate Trust Office.

 

Section 4.03.         SEC Reports.

 

(a)           For so long as any Notes are outstanding, if the Company is subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or any successor provision, the Company will provide the Trustee and Holders and prospective Holders (upon request) within 15 days after it files them with the SEC, copies of its annual report and the information, documents and other reports that are specified in Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act; provided, that for purposes of this covenant, such information, documents and other reports shall be deemed to have been furnished to the Trustee, Holders and prospective Holders if they are electronically available via the SEC’s EDGAR System.  If the Company is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or any successor provision, and for so long as any Notes are outstanding, the Company will deliver to the Trustee the quarterly and annual financial statements that would be required to be contained in annual reports on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q required to be filed with the SEC if the Company was subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or any successor provision, within 15 days of the filing date that would be applicable to the Company at that time pursuant to applicable SEC rules and regulations.  The Company also will comply with the other provisions of Section 314(a) of the TIA.

 

(b)           Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company will not be deemed to have failed to comply with any of its obligations under this Section 4.03 for purposes of Section 6.01(a)(5) until 90 days after the date any report hereunder is due.

 

Section 4.04.         Compliance Certificate.

 

The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, an Officers’ Certificate indicating whether the officers signing such Officers’ Certificate on behalf of the Company know of any Default with respect to the Notes that occurred during the previous year.  The Company shall also deliver to the Trustee, within 30 days after the occurrence thereof, written notice of any Event of Default with respect to the Notes, the status and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take in respect thereof.

 

Section 4.05.         Taxes.

 

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

 

Section 4.06.         Stay, Extension and Usury Laws.

 

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

 

Section 4.07.         Limitation on Restricted Payments.

 

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

 

(1)           declare or pay any dividend, make any distribution on or in respect of its Capital Stock or make any similar payment (including any payment in connection with any merger or consolidation involving the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company) to the direct or indirect holders of its Capital Stock, except (x) dividends or distributions payable solely in its Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) and

 

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(y) dividends or distributions payable to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary (and, if such Restricted Subsidiary has shareholders other than the Company or other Restricted Subsidiaries, to its other shareholders on a pro rata basis or on a basis more favorable to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries than pro rata);

 

(2)           purchase, repurchase, redeem, retire or otherwise acquire for value any Capital Stock of the Company held by Persons other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(3)           purchase, repurchase, redeem, retire, defease or otherwise acquire for value, prior to scheduled maturity, scheduled repayment or scheduled sinking fund payment, any Subordinated Obligations (other than the purchase, repurchase, redemption, retirement, defeasance or other acquisition for value of Subordinated Obligations acquired in anticipation of satisfying a sinking fund obligation, principal installment or final maturity, in each case due within one year of the date thereof or intercompany Subordinated Indebtedness between or among the Company and any of the Subsidiary Guarantors); or

 

(4)           make any Investment (other than a Permitted Investment) in any Person

 

(any such dividend, distribution, payment, purchase, redemption, repurchase, defeasance, retirement, other acquisition or Investment being herein referred to as a “Restricted Payment”) if at the time the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary makes such Restricted Payment:

 

(A)          a Default shall have occurred and be continuing (or would result therefrom);

 

(B)          the Company could not Incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness under Section 4.09(a); or

 

(C)          the aggregate amount of such Restricted Payment and all other Restricted Payments (the amount so expended, if other than in cash, to be determined in good faith by the Company, whose determination will be conclusive) declared or made subsequent to April 1, 2001 (other than Restricted Payments excluded pursuant to paragraph (b) below) would exceed the sum, without duplication, of:

 

(i)            50% of the Consolidated Net Income accrued during the period (treated as one accounting period) from April 1, 2001, to the end of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements are publicly available prior to the date of such Restricted Payment (or, in case such Consolidated Net Income is a deficit, minus 100% of such deficit);

 

(ii)           the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds received by the Company from the issue or sale of its Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) subsequent to April 1, 2001 (other than an issuance or sale to (x) a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or (y) an employee stock ownership plan or other trust established by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries);

 

(iii)          the aggregate Fair Market Value of any assets or property received by the Company from the issue or sale of its Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) subsequent to March 15, 2006 (other than an issuance or sale to (x) a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or (y) an employee stock ownership plan or other trust established by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries);

 

(iv)          the amount by which Indebtedness of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries issued after April 1, 2001 is reduced on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet upon the conversion or exchange of such Indebtedness for Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company (less the amount of any cash or the Fair Market Value of other property distributed by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary upon such conversion or exchange); and

 

(v)           with respect to Investments (other than Permitted Investments) made by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries after April 1, 2001, an amount equal to the net reduction

 

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in such Investments in any Person resulting from repayments of loans or advances, or other transfers of assets, in each case to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or from the net cash proceeds from the sale of any such Investment (except, in each case, to the extent any such payment or proceeds are included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income), from dividends or other distributions or payments on such Investments, or from the release of any Guarantee (except to the extent any amounts are paid under such Guarantee) or from redesignations of Unrestricted Subsidiaries as Restricted Subsidiaries, not to exceed, in each case, the amount of such Investments previously made by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in such Person or Unrestricted Subsidiary after April 1, 2001.

 

(b)           The provisions of paragraph (a) will not prohibit:

 

(1)           any dividend or distribution in respect of, or any purchase, repurchase, redemption, retirement or other acquisition for value of, Capital Stock of the Company or Subordinated Obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor made by exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale of, Capital Stock of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock and other than Capital Stock issued or sold to a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or an employee stock ownership plan or other trust established by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries); provided, however, that:

 

(A)          such dividend, distribution, purchase, repurchase, redemption, retirement or other acquisition for value will be excluded in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments, and

 

(B)          the Net Cash Proceeds or the Fair Market Value of any assets or property received from such sale applied in the manner set forth in this clause (1) will be excluded from the calculation of amounts under 4.07(a)(4)(C)(ii) or (C)(iii), as applicable.

 

(2)           any prepayment, repayment, purchase, repurchase, redemption, retirement, defeasance or other acquisition for value of Subordinated Obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor made by exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale of, Refinancing Indebtedness; provided, however, that such prepayment, repayment, purchase, repurchase, redemption, retirement, defeasance or other acquisition for value will be excluded in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments;

 

(3)           the payment of dividends or distributions in respect of, or making repurchases of, Capital Stock of the Company in an aggregate amount not to exceed $100.0 million in any fiscal year; provided, that such payments and repurchases shall be excluded from the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments;

 

(4)           the payment of any dividend, the making of any distribution or the redemption of any securities within 60 days after the date of declaration thereof or the giving of formal notice by the Company of such redemption if, at such date of declaration or notice, such payment, distribution or redemption would have complied with this covenant; provided, however, that such payment, distribution or redemption (without duplication) will be included in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments;

 

(5)           any purchase, repurchase, redemption, retirement or other acquisition for value of shares of, or options to purchase shares of, Capital Stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from employees, former employees, directors or former directors, or consultants or former consultants of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or permitted transferees of such employees, former employees, directors or former directors, consultants or former consultants), pursuant to the terms of agreements (including employment agreements) or plans (or amendments thereto) approved by the Board of Directors under which such individuals purchase or sell or are granted the option to purchase or sell, shares of such Capital Stock; provided, however, that the aggregate amount of such purchases, repurchases, redemptions, retirements and other acquisitions for value will not exceed $20.0 million in any calendar year; provided further, however, that such purchases, repurchases, redemptions, retirements and other acquisitions for value shall be excluded in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments;

 

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(6)           the repurchase of Capital Stock deemed to occur upon the exercise of options or warrants to the extent that such Capital Stock represents all or a portion of the exercise price thereof or any withholding or similar taxes payable in connection with such exercise; provided, however, that such repurchases shall be excluded from the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments;

 

(7)           the declaration and payment of regularly scheduled or accrued dividends to holders of any class or series of Disqualified Stock of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company issued on or after the Issue Date in accordance with Section 4.09; provided, however, that such payment shall be excluded from the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments;

 

(8)           payments or distributions to dissenting stockholders or dissenting holders of other Capital Stock of the Company pursuant to applicable law pursuant to or in connection with a consolidation, merger or transfer of assets that complies with Section 5.01; provided, however, that such repurchases shall be excluded from the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments;

 

(9)           the payment of cash (A) in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares of Capital Stock upon exercise, conversion, redemption or exchange of securities exercisable or convertible into or exchangeable for Capital Stock of the Company and (B) in lieu of the issuance of whole shares of Capital Stock upon conversion or exchange of securities convertible into or exchangeable for Capital Stock of the Company; provided, however, that such repurchases shall be excluded from the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments;

 

(10)         the repayment, defeasance, redemption, repurchase or other acquisition or retirement of Subordinated Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (a) at a purchase price not greater than 101% of the principal amount of such Subordinated Indebtedness or 101% of the stated or liquidation value of such Disqualified Stock (plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest or dividends, as the case may be) pursuant to a required offer to purchase (or similar offer) arising from a Change of Control (or similarly defined term relating to such Subordinated Indebtedness) or (b) at a purchase price not greater than 100% of the principal amount of such Subordinated Indebtedness or 100% of the stated or liquidation value of such Disqualified Stock (plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest or dividends, as the case may be) pursuant to a required offer to purchase (or similar offer) arising from an Asset Disposition (or similarly defined term relating to such Subordinated Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock), as the case may be; provided, that such repayment, defeasance, repurchase, redemption, acquisition or retirement occurs after the Company has made a related offer to purchase under this Indenture and all Notes tendered by Holders in connection with such related offer to purchase have been repurchased, redeemed or acquired for value in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture; provided, however, that such repurchases shall be excluded from the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments;

 

(11)         other Restricted Payments, if, at the time of the making of such Restricted Payment, and after giving effect thereto (including, without limitation, the incurrence of any Indebtedness to finance such Restricted Payment), the Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio of the Company would not exceed 3.50 to 1.00; provided, that such payments shall be included in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments; and

 

(12)         other Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed $175.0 million; provided, however, that such Restricted Payments shall be excluded from the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments.

 

(c)           The amount of all Restricted Payments (other than cash) shall be the Fair Market Value on the date of the Restricted Payment of the asset(s) or securities proposed to be transferred or issued to or by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to the Restricted Payment.

 

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Section 4.08.         Limitation on Restrictions on Distributions from Restricted Subsidiaries.

 

The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, create or otherwise cause or permit to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to:

 

(1)           pay dividends or make any other distributions on its Capital Stock or pay any Indebtedness or other obligations owed to the Company;

 

(2)           make any loans or advances to the Company; or

 

(3)           transfer any of its property or assets to the Company,

 

except:

 

(A)          any encumbrance or restriction pursuant to applicable law, rule, regulation or order or an agreement in effect at or entered into on the Issue Date;

 

(B)          any encumbrance or restriction with respect to a Restricted Subsidiary, or assets of a Restricted Subsidiary, pursuant to an agreement relating to any Indebtedness Incurred by such Restricted Subsidiary prior to the date on which such Restricted Subsidiary was acquired by or merged with the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or the date the assets were acquired by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than Indebtedness Incurred as consideration in, in contemplation of, or to provide all or any portion of the funds or credit support utilized to consummate the transaction or series of related transactions pursuant to which such Restricted Subsidiary became a Restricted Subsidiary or was otherwise acquired by or merged with the Company) and outstanding on such date;

 

(C)          in the case of clause (3), any encumbrance or restriction:

 

(i)            that restricts in a customary manner the subletting, assignment or transfer of any property or asset that is a lease, license or similar contract;

 

(ii)           contained in security agreements or mortgages securing Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary to the extent such encumbrance or restriction restricts the transfer of the property subject to such security agreements or mortgages;

 

(iii)          existing under, by reason of or with respect to (x) Purchase Money Indebtedness for property acquired in the ordinary course of business or (y) Capitalized Lease Obligations or operating leases that impose encumbrances or restrictions on the property so acquired or covered thereby; or

 

(iv)          arising or agreed to in the ordinary course of business, not relating to any Indebtedness, and that does not, individually or in the aggregate, detract from the value of property or assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof in any manner material to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof;

 

(D)          any encumbrance or restriction on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers or lessors or required by insurance, surety or bonding companies, in each case under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business;

 

(E)           with respect to a Restricted Subsidiary, any encumbrance or restriction imposed pursuant to an agreement entered into for the sale or disposition of all or substantially all the Capital Stock or assets of such Restricted Subsidiary pending the closing of such sale or disposition;

 

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(F)           provisions limiting the disposition or distribution of assets or property in joint venture, partnership or operating agreements, asset sale agreements, construction, service or supply agreements, sale-leaseback agreements, stock sale agreements and other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business;

 

(G)          any encumbrance or restriction existing under, by reason of or with respect to Indebtedness Incurred by any Restricted Subsidiary permitted to be Incurred under Section 4.09, provided that the Company determines in good faith at the time such Indebtedness is Incurred that such encumbrance or restriction would not impair the ability of the Company to make payments of interest and principal on the Notes when due;

 

(H)          any encumbrance or restriction in any agreement or instrument of a Receivables Subsidiary governing or in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction; provided that such restrictions apply only to such Receivables Subsidiary or the Receivables that are subject to such Qualified Receivables Transaction;

 

(I)            any encumbrance or restriction existing under or by reason of Permitted Liens;

 

(J)            any encumbrance or restriction with respect to a Restricted Subsidiary which was previously an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to or by reason of an agreement that such Subsidiary is a party to or entered into before the date on which such Subsidiary became a Restricted Subsidiary; provided, that such agreement was not entered into in anticipation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary becoming a Restricted Subsidiary and any such encumbrance or restriction does not extend to any assets or property of the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary other than the assets and property of such Subsidiary;

 

(K)          any encumbrance or restriction contained in any license, permit or other accreditation with a regulatory authority entered into in the ordinary course of business;

 

(L)           any encumbrance or restriction which prohibits the payment or making of dividends or other distributions other than on a pro rata basis;

 

(M)         existing under, by reason of or with respect to Indebtedness Incurred by Foreign Subsidiaries permitted to be Incurred under Section 4.09; or

 

(N)          any encumbrance or restriction in connection with and pursuant to permitted refinancings, extensions, renewals or replacements of any encumbrance or restriction imposed pursuant to clauses (A) through (M) of this covenant; provided, however, that the encumbrances and restrictions contained in any such refinancings, extensions, renewals or replacements, taken as a whole, are not materially less favorable to the Holders than the encumbrances and restrictions contained in such predecessor agreements.

 

Section 4.09.         Limitations on Indebtedness.

 

(a)           The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, Incur, directly or indirectly, any Indebtedness; provided, however, that the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary may Incur Indebtedness if on the date of such Incurrence and after giving effect thereto and to the application of the net proceeds therefrom the Consolidated Coverage Ratio would be greater than 2.0:1.0.

 

(b)           Notwithstanding paragraph (a), the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries may Incur the following Indebtedness:

 

(1)           Indebtedness under Credit Facilities in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $2,710.0 million, less the aggregate amount of all Net Available Cash from Asset Dispositions applied by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof to permanently repay any such Indebtedness pursuant to Section 4.10;

 

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(2)           Indebtedness of the Company owed to and held by any Restricted Subsidiary or Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary owed to and held by the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that (A) any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event that results in any such Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any subsequent transfer of any such Indebtedness (except to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) shall be deemed, in each case, to constitute an Incurrence of such Indebtedness by the issuer thereof not permitted by this clause (2), (B) if the Company is the obligor on such Indebtedness, such Indebtedness is expressly subordinated to all obligations with respect to the Notes and (C) if a Subsidiary Guarantor is the obligor on such Indebtedness, such Indebtedness is expressly subordinated to all obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor with respect to its Subsidiary Guarantee;

 

(3)           Indebtedness (A) represented by the Initial Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees (including the Exchange Notes and any Guarantees thereof) or (B) outstanding on the Issue Date (other than the Indebtedness described in clause (1) or (2) above) after giving effect to the use of proceeds from the Notes;

 

(4)           the Incurrence by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of Refinancing Indebtedness in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to Refinance, Indebtedness (other than intercompany Indebtedness) that was permitted by this Indenture to be Incurred under Section 4.09(a) or clause (3) (including the Exchange Notes and any Guarantees thereof), (4), (6), (7), (11), (12), (16) or (17) of Section 4.09(b);

 

(5)           Indebtedness (A) in respect of workers’ compensation claims, self-insurance obligations, performance bonds, bankers’ acceptances, letters of credit, surety or appeal bonds, completion guarantees or similar arrangements provided by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of their business, and (B) under Hedging Obligations entered into for bona fide hedging purposes of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and not for speculation;

 

(6)           Purchase Money Indebtedness and Capitalized Lease Obligations in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding, including any Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to Refinance any Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to this clause (6), not to exceed of the greater of (A) $350.0 million and (B) 12.0% of Consolidated Tangible Assets;

 

(7)           Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries arising from (A) agreements providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations, or from guarantees, letters of credit, surety bonds or performance bonds securing any obligations of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case incurred or assumed in connection with the disposition of any business or assets, other than Guarantees of Indebtedness by, or other credit support provided by, the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in contemplation of, in connection with, as consideration in, or to provide all or any portion of the funds or credit support utilized to consummate, such transaction; provided, that the maximum aggregate liability in respect of all such Indebtedness permitted by this clause (7) shall at no time exceed the gross proceeds actually received by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries from the sale of such business or assets; and (B) agreements providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or earnout or similar obligations, in each case incurred or assumed in connection with the acquisition of any business or assets;

 

(8)           Indebtedness consisting of Guarantees by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary otherwise permitted under this covenant;

 

(9)           Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business, provided, however, that such Indebtedness is extinguished within 30 days of its Incurrence;

 

(10)         Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries constituting reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit issued in the ordinary course of business; provided

 

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that, upon the drawing of such letters of credit or the Incurrence of such Indebtedness, such obligations are reimbursed within 30 days following such drawing or Incurrence;

 

(11)         Indebtedness of the Company (and Guarantees thereof by any Subsidiary Guarantor) to the extent that the net proceeds thereof are promptly deposited to defease, redeem or to satisfy and discharge the Notes or repurchase Notes tendered in an offer made in connection with a Change of Control;

 

(12)         the Incurrence by a Receivables Subsidiary of Indebtedness in a Qualified Receivables Transaction that is without recourse (other than pursuant to representations, warranties, covenants, indemnities and performance guarantees customarily entered into in connection with a Receivables financings) to the Company or to any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or its assets (other than such Receivables Subsidiary and its subsidiaries and assets), in an amount not to exceed $200.0 million in aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding;

 

(13)         Indebtedness in respect of netting services, automated clearinghouse arrangements, employee credit card programs and other cash management and similar arrangements Incurred in the ordinary course of business;

 

(14)         Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary consisting of financing of insurance premiums incurred in the ordinary course of business;

 

(15)         customer deposits and advance payments received from customers in the ordinary course of business;

 

(16)         the Incurrence of Acquired Indebtedness by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with the acquisition of any Person (whether by merger, consolidation, acquisition of Capital Stock or otherwise) or asset acquisition by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, that any Person that is so acquired (including pursuant to an asset acquisition) is primarily engaged in a Permitted Business and becomes, upon such acquisition, a Restricted Subsidiary or is merged into the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary and any assets so acquired are used or useful in a Permitted Business; provided, further, that, immediately after giving effect to such acquisition and the Incurrence of such Acquired Indebtedness, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing (or would result therefrom) and either (i) the Consolidated Coverage Ratio would be greater than the Consolidated Coverage Ratio immediately prior to such transactions, or (ii) the Company would be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness under paragraph (a) of this covenant;

 

(17)         Indebtedness with respect of (i) taxes, assessments, governmental charges or levies and (ii) claims for labor, materials and supplies Incurred in the ordinary course of business by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

(18)         Indebtedness of Foreign Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the greater of (x) $75.0 million and (y) 3.0% of Consolidated Tangible Assets; and

 

(19)         Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness permitted to be Incurred pursuant to Section 4.09(a) or any other clause of this paragraph (b)) in an aggregate principal amount on the date of Incurrence that, when added to all other Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to this clause (19) and then outstanding, will not exceed the greater of (i) $250.0 million and (ii) 9% of Consolidated Tangible Assets.

 

(c)           Notwithstanding any other provision of this covenant, the maximum amount of Indebtedness that the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary may Incur pursuant to this covenant shall not be deemed to be exceeded solely as a result of fluctuations in the exchange rates of currencies.  For purposes of determining the outstanding amount of any particular Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to this Section 4.09:

 

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(1)           Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to the Credit Agreement prior to or on the Issue Date shall be treated as Incurred pursuant to clause (1) of Section 4.09(b);

 

(2)           Indebtedness permitted by this covenant need not be permitted solely by reference to one provision permitting such Indebtedness but may be permitted in part by one such provision and in part by one or more other provisions of this Section 4.09 permitting such Indebtedness;

 

(3)           Guarantees, Liens or obligations with respect to letters of credit supporting Indebtedness otherwise included in the determination of such particular amount will not be included; and

 

(4)           in the event that Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of the types of Indebtedness described in this covenant, the Company, in its sole discretion, shall classify (and, except as provided in clause (1) of this Section 4.09(c), may later reclassify) such Indebtedness and only be required to include the amount of such Indebtedness in one of such clauses.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(3)           in the case where the Indebtedness of a Person arises by reason of such Person having Guaranteed Indebtedness of another Person and the maximum amount payable under such Guarantee is limited to an amount less than the entire amount of the Indebtedness so Guaranteed, then the amount of the Indebtedness represented by such Guarantee shall be limited to the maximum amount payable under such Guarantee.

 

The Company will not Incur any Indebtedness if such Indebtedness is subordinate or junior in ranking in any respect to any other Indebtedness unless such Indebtedness is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Notes to the same extent.  No Subsidiary Guarantor will Incur any Indebtedness if such Indebtedness is subordinate or junior in ranking in any respect to any other Indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor unless such Indebtedness is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Subsidiary Guarantee of such Subsidiary Guarantor to the same extent.  For purposes of the foregoing, no Indebtedness will be deemed to be subordinated in right of payment to any other Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor, as applicable, solely by reason of any Liens or Guarantees arising or created in respect of such other Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor or by virtue of the fact that the holders of any Secured Indebtedness have entered into intercreditor agreements giving one or more of such holders priority over the other holders in the collateral held by them.

 

Section 4.10.         Limitation on Sales of Assets and Subsidiary Stock.

 

(a)           The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, make any Asset Disposition unless:

 

(1)           the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary receives consideration (including by way of relief from, or by any other Person assuming sole responsibility for, any liabilities, contingent or otherwise) at the time of such Asset Disposition at least equal to the Fair Market Value of the shares and assets subject to such Asset Disposition;

 

(2)           at least 75% of the consideration thereof received by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary is in the form of cash, Temporary Cash Investments, assets useful in a Permitted Business or Permitted Securities; provided, that the amount of any Designated Noncash Consideration received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in such Asset Disposition shall be deemed to be cash for the purposes of this provision (but for no other purpose) so long as such amount, taken together with the Fair Market Value when received of all other Designated Noncash Consideration that is at that time outstanding

 

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(i.e., that has not been sold for or otherwise converted into cash or Permitted Securities), does not exceed $50.0 million; provided,  further, that with respect to the sale of one or more properties, up to 75% of the consideration may consist of Indebtedness of the purchaser of such properties so long as such Indebtedness is secured by a first priority Lien on the properties sold; and

 

(3)           an amount equal to 100% of the Net Available Cash from such Asset Disposition is applied by the Company (or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be) within 540 days after the later of the date of such Asset Disposition and the receipt of such Net Available Cash:

 

(A)          to prepay, repay, purchase, repurchase, redeem, retire, defease or otherwise acquire for value Secured Indebtedness of the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor or Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor, in each case other than Indebtedness owed to the Company or an Affiliate of the Company;

 

(B)          to reinvest in Additional Assets (including by means of an Investment in Additional Assets by a Restricted Subsidiary with Net Available Cash received by the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary) or make one or more capital expenditures; or

 

(C)          (i) to redeem the Notes or make open market purchases thereof at a price not less than 100% of the principal amount thereof or (ii) to make an Asset Sale Offer to purchase Notes pursuant to and subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b) of this Section 4.10; provided, however, that if the Company elects (or is required by the terms of any Pari Passu Indebtedness), such Asset Sale Offer may be made ratably (determined based upon the respective principal amounts of the Notes and such Pari Passu Indebtedness being purchased or repaid) to purchase the Notes and to purchase or otherwise repay such Pari Passu Indebtedness;

 

provided that pending final application of any such Net Available Cash in accordance with clause (A), (B) or (C) above, the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries may temporarily reduce revolving Indebtedness outstanding under the Credit Agreement or otherwise invest such Net Available Cash in any manner not prohibited by this Indenture.

 

To the extent of the balance of such Net Available Cash after application in accordance with clauses (A), (B) and (C) above, the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, may use such balance for any general corporate purpose not prohibited by the terms of this Indenture.  In connection with any prepayment, repayment, purchase, repurchase, redemption, retirement, defeasance or other acquisition for value of Indebtedness pursuant to clause (A) or (C) above, the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, will retire such Indebtedness and will cause the related loan commitment (if any) to be permanently reduced in an amount equal to the principal amount so prepaid, repaid, purchased, repurchased, redeemed, retired, defeased or otherwise acquired for value.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 4.10, the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries will not be required to apply any Net Available Cash in accordance with this covenant except to the extent that the aggregate Net Available Cash from all Asset Dispositions that is not applied in accordance with this covenant exceeds $50.0 million.

 

For the purposes of this Section 4.10, the following are deemed to be cash:

 

(x)           the assumption of Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and the release of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary from all liability on such Indebtedness in connection with such Asset Disposition; and

 

(y)           securities received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary from the transferee that are converted by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash or Temporary Cash Investments within 180 days.

 

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(b)           In the event of an Asset Disposition that requires the purchase of Notes pursuant to Section 4.10(a)(3)(C)(ii), the Company will be required:

 

(i)            to purchase Notes tendered pursuant to an offer by the Company for the Notes (the “Asset Sale Offer”) at a purchase price of 100% of their principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, thereon to the date of purchase (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date) in accordance clause (c) below, and

 

(ii)           to purchase or otherwise repay Pari Passu Indebtedness of the Company on the terms and to the extent contemplated thereby at the purchase price set forth in the relevant documentation (including accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any,  to the date of acquisition, the “purchase price”), provided that to the extent the purchase price of any such Pari Passu Indebtedness exceeds 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any,  thereon to the date of acquisition, the Company shall not use any Net Available Cash to pay such purchase price, except as permitted by the next sentence.  If the aggregate purchase price of Notes and Pari Passu Indebtedness tendered pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer is less than the Net Available Cash allotted to the purchase of the Notes and other Pari Passu Indebtedness, the Company will apply the remaining Net Available Cash for any general corporate purpose not prohibited by the terms of this Indenture.  The Company will not be required to make an Asset Sale Offer for Notes and Pari Passu Indebtedness pursuant to this Section 4.10 if the Net Available Cash available therefor (after application of the proceeds as provided in Section 4.10(a)(3)(A), (B) and (C)(i)) is less than $50.0 million for any particular Asset Disposition (which lesser amount will be carried forward for purposes of determining whether an Asset Sale Offer is required with respect to the Net Available Cash from any subsequent Asset Disposition).  Upon consummation of any Asset Sale Offer, the Net Available Cash in respect of any Asset Disposition(s) shall be reduced to zero.

 

(c)           (i)  Promptly, and in any event within 30 days after the Company becomes obligated to make an Asset Sale Offer, the Company shall be obligated to deliver to the Trustee and send or, at the request of the Company have the Trustee send, in the name and on behalf of the Company, by first-class mail to each Holder, a written notice stating that the Holder may elect to have its Notes purchased by the Company either in whole or in part (subject to prorating as hereinafter described in the event the Asset Sale Offer is oversubscribed) in denominations of $2,000 of principal amount or any greater integral multiple of $1,000 thereof, at the applicable purchase price.  The notice shall specify a purchase date not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days after the date of such notice (the “Purchase Date”) and the information set forth in Section 3.03(a).

 

(ii)           Not later than the date upon which written notice of an Offer is delivered to the Trustee as provided above, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate as to (1) the amount of the Asset Sale Offer (the “Asset Sale Offer Amount”), (2) the allocation of the Net Available Cash from the Asset Dispositions pursuant to which such Asset Sale Offer is being made and (3) the compliance of such allocation with the provisions of Section 4.10(a) and (b).  On the Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Date, the Company shall irrevocably deposit with the Trustee or with a paying agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own paying agent, segregate and hold in trust) an amount equal to the Asset Sale Offer Amount to be invested, at the Company’s written directions, in Temporary Cash Investments and to be held for payment in accordance with the provisions of this Section.  Upon the expiration of the period for which the Asset Sale Offer remains open (the “Asset Sale Offer Period”), the Company shall deliver to the Trustee for cancellation the Notes or portions thereof that have been properly tendered to and are to be accepted by the Company.  The Trustee (or the Paying Agent, if not the Trustee) shall, on the Purchase Date, mail or deliver payment to each tendering Holder in the amount of the purchase price.  In the event that the Asset Sale Offer Amount delivered by the Company to the Trustee is greater than the purchase price of the Notes tendered, the Trustee shall deliver the excess to the Company promptly after the expiration of the Asset Sale Offer Period for application in accordance with this Section 4.10.

 

(iii)           Holders electing to have a Note purchased shall be required to surrender the Note, with an appropriate form duly completed, to the Company at the address specified in the notice at least three Business Days prior to the Purchase Date.  Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their election if the Trustee or the Company receives not later than one Business Day prior to the Purchase Date, a facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Note which was delivered by the Holder for purchase and a statement that

 

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such Holder is withdrawing its election to have such Note purchased.  If at the expiration of the Asset Sale Offer Period the aggregate principal amount of Notes surrendered by holders thereof plus the purchase price of other Pari Passu Indebtedness of the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantors being purchased or otherwise repaid exceeds the amount of Net Available Cash, the Company shall select the Notes and other Pari Passu Indebtedness to be purchased on a pro rata basis (with such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate by the Company so that only Notes and other Pari Passu Indebtedness in denominations of $2,000, or integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof, shall be purchased).  Holders whose Notes are purchased only in part will be issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered.

 

(iv)          At the time the Company delivers Notes to the Trustee which are to be accepted for purchase, the Company shall also deliver an Officers’ Certificate stating that such Notes are to be accepted by the Company pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of this Section.  A Note shall be deemed to have been accepted for purchase at the time the Trustee, directly or through an agent, mails or delivers payment therefor to the surrendering Holder.

 

(v)          The Company shall comply, to the extent applicable, with the requirements of Section 14(e) of the Exchange Act and any other securities laws or regulations in connection with the repurchase of Notes pursuant to this Section 4.10.  To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with provisions of this Section 4.10, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 4.10 by virtue thereof.

 

Section 4.11.         Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates.

 

(a)           The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, enter into or conduct any transaction or series of related transactions (including the purchase, sale, lease or exchange of any property or the rendering of any service) with any Affiliate of the Company (an “Affiliate Transaction”) involving an aggregate amount in excess of $10.0 million unless such transaction is on terms:

 

(1)           that are no less favorable to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, than those that could be obtained at the time of such transaction in arm’s length dealings with a Person who is not such an Affiliate; and

 

(2)           that, in the event such Affiliate Transaction involves an aggregate amount in excess of $50.0 million, have been approved by a majority of the members of the Board of Directors having no personal stake in such Affiliate Transaction.

 

(b)           The provisions of the foregoing paragraph (a) will not prohibit:

 

(1)           any Permitted Investment or any Restricted Payment permitted to be paid or made pursuant to Section 4.07;

 

(2)           any employment, consulting, severance or termination agreements, employee benefit plans or arrangements (including pension plans, health and life insurance plans, retiree medical plans, deferred compensation plans, indemnification agreements, stock options and restricted stock and stock ownership plans) or related trust agreements or similar arrangements, and any grant or issuance of securities, or other payments, awards or grants in cash, securities or otherwise pursuant to, or the funding of, any of the foregoing;

 

(3)           loans or advances to employees in the ordinary course of business of the Company, but in any event not to exceed $5.0 million in the aggregate at any one time outstanding;

 

(4)           the payment of reasonable fees to directors of the Company or its Subsidiaries;

 

(5)           any transaction between the Company and a Restricted Subsidiary or between Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

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(6)           the provision by Persons who may be deemed Affiliates of the Company of investment advisory services to the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to the Company’s or its Restricted Subsidiaries’ employee benefit plans;

 

(7)           transactions pursuant to any contract, agreement or instrument in effect on the Issue Date, as amended, modified or replaced from time to time, so long as the amended, modified or new agreements, taken as a whole, are no less favorable to the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries than those in effect on the Issue Date;

 

(8)           sales, contributions, conveyances and other transfers of Receivables and related assets of the type specified in the definition of Qualified Receivables Transaction to a Receivables Subsidiary or any other similar transactions in connection with any Qualified Receivables Transaction;

 

(9)           transactions with customers, clients, suppliers or purchasers or sellers of goods or services in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past business practices;

 

(10)         any transaction with any Person who is not an Affiliate immediately before the consummation of such transaction that becomes an Affiliate as a result of such transaction;

 

(11)         any transaction with a joint venture, partnership, limited liability company or other entity that would constitute an Affiliate Transaction solely because the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary owns an Equity Interest in such joint venture, partnership, limited liability company or other entity;

 

(12)         any merger, consolidation or reorganization of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary (otherwise permitted by this Indenture) with a Restricted Subsidiary solely for the purpose of changing the domicile of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary; or

 

(13)         pledges of Equity Interests of Unrestricted Subsidiaries.

 

Section 4.12.         Limitation on Liens.

 

The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary Guarantor to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien securing Indebtedness on any property or asset now owned or hereafter acquired by the Company or such Subsidiary Guarantor, except Permitted Liens, without making effective provision whereby any and all Notes and Subsidiary Guarantees then or thereafter outstanding will be secured by a Lien equally and ratably with or prior to any and all other obligations thereby secured for so long as any such Indebtedness shall be so secured.

 

Any Lien created for the benefit of Holders pursuant to the preceding paragraph shall be deemed automatically and unconditionally released and discharged upon the release and discharge of the Lien securing such other Indebtedness.

 

Section 4.13.         Change of Control.

 

(a)           Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, each Holder will have the right to require the Company to purchase all or any part of such Holder’s Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of purchase, subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date; provided, however, that notwithstanding the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Company shall not be obligated to purchase the Notes pursuant to this section in the event that it has exercised its right to redeem all the Notes under Section 3.07.

 

(b)           Within 45 days following any Change of Control, the Company shall send a notice to each Holder with a copy to the Trustee (the “Change of Control Offer”) stating:

 

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(1)           that a Change of Control has occurred and that such Holder has the right to require the Company to purchase all or a portion of such Holder’s Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, to the date of purchase (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest on the relevant Interest Payment Date);

 

(2)           the material circumstances and relevant facts regarding such Change of Control;

 

(3)           the purchase date, which shall be no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is sent; and

 

(4)           the instructions determined by the Company, consistent with this covenant, that a Holder must follow in order to have its Notes purchased.

 

(c)           Holders electing to have a Note purchased shall be required to surrender the Note, with an appropriate form duly completed, to the Company at the address specified in the notice at least three Business Days prior to the purchase date.  Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their election if the Trustee or the Company receives not later than one Business Day prior to the purchase date a facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Note which was delivered for purchase by the Holder and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Note purchased.  Holders whose Notes are purchased only in part shall be issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered.

 

(d)           On the purchase date, all Notes purchased by the Company under this Section 4.13 shall be delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, and the Company shall pay the purchase price plus accrued and unpaid interest to the Holders entitled thereto.

 

(e)           Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 4.13, the Company shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of Control if a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in this Section 4.13 applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by the Company and purchases all Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer.  A Change of Control Offer may be made in advance of a Change of Control, with the obligation to pay and the timing of payment conditioned upon the consummation of the Change of Control, if a definitive agreement to effect a Change of Control is in place at the time of the Change of Control Offer.

 

(f)            At the time the Company delivers Notes to the Trustee which are to be accepted for purchase, the Company shall also deliver an Officers’ Certificate stating that such Notes are to be accepted by the Company pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of this Section 4.13.  A Note shall be deemed to have been accepted for purchase at the time the Trustee, directly or through an agent, mails or delivers payment therefor to the surrendering Holder.

 

(g)           Prior to any Change of Control Offer, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that all conditions precedent contained herein to the right of the Company to make such offer have been complied with.

 

(h)           The Company will comply, to the extent applicable, with the requirements of Section 14(e) of the Exchange Act and any other securities laws or regulations in connection with the repurchase of Notes pursuant to this Section.  To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with provisions of this Section 4.13, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 4.13 by virtue thereof.

 

Section 4.14.         Corporate Existence.

 

Subject to Article Five hereof, the Company shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect:

 

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(a)           its corporate existence, and the corporate, partnership or other existence of each of its Restricted Subsidiaries, in accordance with the respective organizational documents (as the same may be amended from time to time) of the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary (it being understood that legal name changes may be made upon reasonable discretion of the Company); and

 

(b)           the rights (charter and statutory), licenses and franchises of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right, license or franchise, or the corporate, partnership or other existence of any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, if the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;

 

provided further, that this Section 4.14 shall not prohibit any transaction otherwise permitted by Section 4.10.

 

Section 4.15.         Future Subsidiary Guarantors.

 

The Company will cause each Restricted Subsidiary (other than Foreign Subsidiaries) which guarantees any Indebtedness of the Company under the Credit Agreement or any capital markets debt securities of the Company to become a Subsidiary Guarantor and, if applicable, execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture in the form set forth in this Indenture pursuant to which such Subsidiary will Guarantee payment of the Notes.  Each Subsidiary Guarantee will be limited to an amount not to exceed the maximum amount that can be Guaranteed by that Subsidiary Guarantor, without rendering the Subsidiary Guarantee, as it relates to such Subsidiary Guarantor, voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally.

 

Section 4.16.         Suspension of Covenants.

 

(a)           If on any date (the “Suspension Date”) following the date of this Indenture:

 

(1)           the Notes are rated Baa3 or better by Moody’s and BBB- or better by S&P (or, if either such entity ceases to rate the Notes for reasons outside of the control of the Company, the equivalent investment grade credit rating from any other “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) under the Exchange Act selected by the Company as a replacement agency); and

 

(2)           no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing (the occurrence of the events described in the foregoing clause (1) and this clause (2) being collectively referred to as a “Covenant Suspension Event”),

 

then, beginning on that day and subject to the provisions of the following paragraph, the covenants in Sections 4.07, 4.08, 4.09, 4.10, 4.11 and 5.01(a)(3) will be suspended (such suspended covenants, collectively, the “Suspended Covenants”).

 

(b)           Upon the occurrence of a Covenant Suspension Event, the amount of Net Available Cash that has not been applied as provided under Section 4.10 shall be set at zero.  During the period of time commencing on and after the Suspension Date and ending prior to the Reversion Date (as defined below) (such period, the “Suspension Period”), the Company’s Board of Directors may not designate any of its Subsidiaries as Unrestricted Subsidiaries pursuant to the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary.”

 

(c)           Notwithstanding the foregoing, if on any date (the “Reversion Date”) subsequent to any Suspension Date, the rating on the Notes assigned by either such rating agency should subsequently decline to below Baa3 or BBB-, respectively, the Suspended Covenants will be reinstituted as of and from the Reversion Date.  On the Reversion Date, all Indebtedness Incurred during the Suspension Period will be classified as having been incurred in compliance with Section 4.09(a) or, to the extent such Indebtedness would not be so permitted to be Incurred in compliance with Section 4.09(a), such Indebtedness will be deemed outstanding on the Issue Date, so that it is classified as permitted under Section 4.09(b)(3)(B).  On the Reversion Date, the amount of Net Available Cash that has

 

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not been applied pursuant to Section 4.10 shall be set at zero.  Calculations made after the Reversion Date of the amount available to be made as Restricted Payments under the reinstated Section 4.07 will be made as if Section 4.07 had been in effect since the date of this Indenture.  Accordingly, Restricted Payments made during the Suspension Period will reduce the amount available to be made as Restricted Payments under Section 4.07(a) to the extent set forth in such covenant; provided, however, that the amount available to be made as a Restricted Payment on any payment date shall not be reduced to below zero solely as a result of such Restricted Payments, but may be reduced to below zero as a result of the Consolidated Net Income being a deficit during the Suspension Period for the purpose of Section 4.07(a)(4)(C)(i) and (y) the items specified in Section 4.07(a)(4)(C)(i) through (v) shall increase the amount available to be made as Restricted Payments under Section 4.07(a)(4)(C).  In addition, for purposes of the reinstated Section 4.11, all agreements and arrangements entered into by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary with an Affiliate of the Company during the Suspension Period will be deemed to have been existing as of the Issue Date.  Also, any encumbrance or restriction of the type referred to in Section 4.08 incurred during the Suspension Period will be deemed to have been in effect on the Issue Date.  Notwithstanding the reinstatement of the Suspended Covenants, no Default or Event of Default will be deemed to have occurred solely as a result of a failure to comply with the Suspended Covenants during the Suspension Period (or upon termination of the Suspension Period or thereafter based solely on events that occurred during the Suspension Period).

 

Section 4.17.         Additional Interest Notice.

 

In the event that the Company is required to pay Additional Interest to Holders of Notes pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company will provide written notice (an “Additional Interest Notice”) to the Trustee of its obligation to pay Additional Interest no later than fifteen days prior to the proposed payment date for the Additional Interest, and the Additional Interest Notice shall set forth the amount of Additional Interest to be paid by the Company on such payment date.  The Trustee shall not at any time be under any duty or responsibility to any Holder of Notes to determine the Additional Interest, or with respect to the nature, extent, or calculation of the amount of Additional Interest owed, or with respect to the method employed in such calculation of the Additional Interest.

 

ARTICLE FIVE
 SUCCESSORS

 

Section 5.01.         Merger and Consolidation.

 

(a)           The Company will not consolidate with or merge with or into, or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its assets and its Subsidiaries’ assets (taken as a whole) to, any Person, unless:

 

(1)           the resulting, surviving or transferee Person (the “Successor Company”) will be a corporation, limited partnership or limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, and the Successor Company (if not the Company) will expressly assume, by a supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, all the obligations of the Company under the Notes, this Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement; provided that in the case where the Successor Company is not a corporation, a co-obligor on the Notes is a corporation;

 

(2)           immediately after giving effect to such transaction (and treating any Indebtedness that becomes an obligation of the Successor Company or any Restricted Subsidiary as a result of such transaction as having been Incurred by the Successor Company or such Restricted Subsidiary at the time of such transaction), no Default shall have occurred and be continuing;

 

(3)           immediately after giving effect to such transaction, the Successor Company would have a Consolidated Coverage Ratio equal to or greater than the Consolidated Coverage Ratio of the Company immediately prior to such transaction or would be able to Incur an additional $1.00 of Indebtedness under Section 4.09(a) provided that this clause (3) will not be applicable to any merger with a Subsidiary solely for the purpose and with the sole effect of reincorporating the Company in another jurisdiction; and

 

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(4)           the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger or transfer and such supplemental indenture (if any) comply with this Indenture.

 

The Successor Company will succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under the Notes, this Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement, and the predecessor Company (except in the case of a lease of all or substantially all its assets) will be released from the obligation to pay the principal of and interest on the Notes.

 

(b)           In addition, the Company will not permit any Subsidiary Guarantor to consolidate with or merge with or into, or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its assets to any Person unless:

 

(1)           immediately after giving effect to such transaction (and, in the case of 5.01(b)(2)(x) below, treating any Indebtedness that becomes an obligation of the Successor Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary as a result of such transaction as having been Incurred by the Successor Guarantor or such Restricted Subsidiary at the time of such transaction), no Default shall have occurred and be continuing;

 

(2)           either:

 

(x)           the resulting, surviving or transferee Person (the “Successor Guarantor”) will be a corporation, limited partnership or limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, and, other than in the case of a transaction as part of which the Subsidiary Guarantee is being released as otherwise permitted by this Indenture, such Person (if not such Subsidiary Guarantor) will expressly assume, by a supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, all the obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee; or

 

(y)           such consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer complies with the provisions set forth under Section 4.10; and

 

(3)           the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger or transfer and such supplemental indenture (if any) comply with this Indenture.

 

In the case of Section 5.01(b)(2)(x) above, the Successor Guarantor will succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, such Subsidiary Guarantor under the Notes, this Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement, and the predecessor Subsidiary Guarantor (except in the case of a lease of all or substantially all its assets) will be released from the obligation to pay the principal of and interest on the Notes.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Restricted Subsidiary may consolidate with, merge into or transfer all or part of its properties and assets to the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor and any Subsidiary Guarantor may (i) convert into a corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company or trust organized under the laws of the jurisdiction of organization of such Subsidiary Guarantor or (ii) engage in a merger or transaction the principal purpose of which is to change the state of domicile of the Subsidiary Guarantor.

 

Section 5.02.         Successor Company Substituted.

 

In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, lease or conveyance, and following such an assumption by the Successor Company, such Successor Company shall succeed to and be substituted for the Company, with the same effect as if it had been named herein.  Such Successor Company may cause to be signed, and may issue either in its own name or in the name of the Company prior to such succession, any or all of the Notes issuable hereunder that shall not have been signed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee; and, upon the order of such Successor Company instead of the Company and subject to all the terms, conditions and limitations in this Indenture, the Trustee shall authenticate and shall make available for delivery any Notes that shall have been signed and delivered by

 

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the officers of the Company to the Trustee for authentication, and any Notes which such Successor Company thereafter shall cause to be signed and delivered to the Trustee for that purpose.  All of the Notes so issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this Indenture as the Notes theretofore or thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all of such Notes had been issued at the date of the execution hereof.

 

In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, lease or conveyance such changes in phraseology and form (but not in substance) may be made in the Notes thereafter to be issued as may be appropriate.

 

In the event of any such sale or conveyance (except in the case of a lease of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company) the Company shall be discharged from all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Notes and may be liquidated and dissolved.

 

ARTICLE SIX
 DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

 

Section 6.01.         Events of Default.

 

(a)           Each of the following is an “Event of Default”:

 

(1)           a default in any payment of interest and Additional Interest, if any, on any Note when due and payable continued for 30 days;

 

(2)           a default in the payment of principal of any Note when due and payable at its Stated Maturity, upon required redemption or repurchase, upon declaration or otherwise;

 

(3)           the failure by the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor to comply with its obligations under Section 5.01;

 

(4)           the failure by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to comply for 45 days after receipt of the written notice referred to in Section 6.01(b) with any of its obligations under Sections 4.10 and 4.13 (in each case other than a failure to purchase Notes);

 

(5)           the failure by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to comply for 60 days after receipt of the written notice referred to in Section 6.01(b) with its other agreements contained in the Notes or this Indenture;

 

(6)           the failure by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to pay any Indebtedness within any applicable grace period after final maturity or the acceleration of any such Indebtedness by the holders thereof because of a default if the total amount of such Indebtedness unpaid or accelerated exceeds $50.0 million or its foreign currency equivalent and such failure continues for 10 days after receipt of the written notice referred to in Section 6.01(b);

 

(7)           (A) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:  (i) commences a voluntary case; (ii) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case; (iii) consents to the appointment of a custodian of it or for any substantial part of its property; (iv) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors; or (v) takes any comparable action under any foreign laws relating to insolvency; or (B) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:  (i) is for relief against the Company or any Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case; (ii) appoints a custodian of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary or for any substantial part of its property; (iii) orders the winding up or liquidation of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary; or (iv) any similar relief is granted under any foreign laws and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 consecutive days;

 

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(8)           the rendering of any judgment or decree for the payment of money in excess of $50.0 million or its foreign currency equivalent (in excess of the amount for which liability for payment is covered by enforceable insurance policies issued by solvent third party insurers) against the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary if:

 

(A)          an enforcement proceeding thereon is commenced by any creditor or

 

(B)          such judgment or decree remains outstanding for a period of 90 days following such judgment and is not paid, discharged, waived or stayed; or

 

(9)           any Subsidiary Guarantee of a Subsidiary Guarantor holding more than 5% of the Company’s Consolidated assets or generating more than 5% of the Company’s Consolidated sales or net income as of and for the twelve months ended on the end of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements are publicly available ceases to be in full force and effect (except as contemplated by the terms thereof) or any such Subsidiary Guarantor or Person acting by or on behalf of any such Subsidiary Guarantor denies or disaffirms such Subsidiary Guarantor’s obligations under this Indenture or any Subsidiary Guarantee and such Default continues for 10 days after receipt of the notice specified in this Indenture.

 

(b)           A Default under Section 6.01(a)(4), (5) or (6) above will not constitute an Event of Default until the Trustee notifies the Company or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding notify the Company and the Trustee of the Default and the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantor, as applicable, does not cure such Default within the time specified in Section 6.01(a)(4), (5) or (6) above after receipt of such notice.

 

Section 6.02.         Acceleration.

 

If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default relating to Section 6.01(a)(7) as it relates to the Company) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes by notice to the Company may declare the principal of and accrued but unpaid interest on all the Notes to be due and payable.  Upon such a declaration, such principal and interest will be due and payable immediately.  If an Event of Default occurs under Section 6.01(a)(7) as it relates to the Company, the principal of and interest on all the Notes will become immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holders.

 

The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes by notice to the Trustee may rescind an acceleration and its consequences if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree and if all existing Events of Default have been cured or waived except nonpayment of principal or interest that has become due solely because of acceleration.  No such rescission shall affect any subsequent Default or impair any right consequent thereto.

 

Section 6.03.         Other Remedies.

 

If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy to collect the payment of principal of, premium on and interest, if any, on the Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Notes or this Indenture.

 

The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Notes or does not produce any of them in the proceeding.  A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder of a Note in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default.  All remedies are cumulative to the extent permitted by law.

 

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Section 6.04.         Waiver of Past Defaults.

 

The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all the Notes, may waive any past default hereunder or its consequences, except a default in the payment of the principal of or interest on any of the Notes.

 

Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist and be deemed to have been cured and not to have occurred, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured and not to have occurred for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

 

Section 6.05.         Control by Majority.

 

The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes shall have the right to direct the time, method, and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred by this Indenture on the Trustee.  The Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if (i) such direction shall conflict with law or the provisions of this Indenture or any indenture supplemental hereto, (ii) the Trustee shall determine that the action or proceedings so directed would involve the Trustee in personal liability or (iii) the Trustee in good faith shall so determine that the actions or forbearances specified in or pursuant to such direction would be unduly prejudicial to the interests of Holders of the Notes so affected not joining in the giving of said direction, it being understood that the Trustee shall have no duty to ascertain whether or not such actions or forbearances are unduly prejudicial to such Holders.

 

Section 6.06.         Limitation on Suits.

 

No Holder of any Notes shall have any right, by virtue or by availing of any provision of this Indenture, to institute any action or proceeding at law or in equity or in bankruptcy or otherwise with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official or for any other remedy hereunder, unless:  (i) such Holder previously shall have given to the Trustee written notice of an Event of Default and of the continuance thereof; (ii) the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes shall have made written request upon the Trustee to institute such action or proceedings in its own name as trustee hereunder; (iii) such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it as it may require, against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby; (iv) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of security or indemnity shall have failed to institute any such action or proceeding; and (v) no direction inconsistent with such written request shall have been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding; it being understood and intended, and being expressly covenanted by every Holder of a Note with every other Holder of a Note and the Trustee, that no one or more Holders of Notes shall have any right in any manner whatever, by virtue or by availing of any provision of this Indenture, to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other such Holder of Notes, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference to any other such Holder or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal, ratable and common benefit of all Holders of the Notes.

 

Section 6.07.         Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment.

 

Notwithstanding any provision in this Indenture and any provision of any Notes, the right of any Holder of any Notes to receive payment of the principal of and interest on such Note at the respective rates, in the respective amount on or after the respective due dates expressed in such Note, or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.

 

Section 6.08.         Collection Suit by Trustee.

 

If the Company shall fail to pay any installment of interest on any of the Notes when such interest shall have become due and payable, and such default shall have continued for a period of 30 days or shall fail to pay the principal of any of the Notes when the same shall have become due and payable, whether upon maturity of the Notes

 

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or upon any redemption or by declaration or otherwise, then upon demand of the Trustee, the Company will pay to the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders the whole amount that then shall have become due and payable on all Notes for principal of or interest and Additional Interest, as the case may be (with such interest to the date of such payment upon the overdue principal and, to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law, on overdue installments of interest at the same rate as the rate of interest specified in the Notes) and such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including reasonable compensation to and expenses incurred by the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee and their respective agents, attorneys and counsel.

 

Until such demand is made by the Trustee, the Company may pay the principal of and interest and Additional Interest, if any, on the Notes to the persons entitled thereto, whether or not the principal of and interest and Additional Interest, if any, on the Notes are overdue.

 

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

 

All rights of action and of asserting claims under this Indenture or under any of the Notes may be enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Notes or the production thereof at any trial or other proceedings relative thereto.  Any such action or proceedings instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust.  Any recovery of judgment, subject to the payment of the expenses, disbursements and compensation of the Trustee, each predecessor Trustee and their respective agents and attorneys, shall be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes in respect of which such action was taken.

 

In any proceedings brought by the Trustee for the Notes, the Trustee shall be held to represent all the Holders of the Notes in respect of which such action was taken, and it shall not be necessary to make any Holders of the Notes parties to any such proceedings.

 

Section 6.09.         Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.

 

If (i) there shall be pending proceedings relative to the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Notes under any Bankruptcy Law, (ii) a receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization, liquidator, sequestrator or similar official shall have been appointed for or taken possession of the Company or its property, any Subsidiary Guarantor or its property or such other obligor or (iii) any other comparable judicial proceedings relative to the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or other obligor under the Notes, or to the creditors or property of the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or such other obligor, shall be pending, and irrespective of whether the principal of the Notes shall then be due and payable or whether the Trustee shall have made any demand, the Trustee shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceedings or otherwise:

 

(a)           to file and prove a claim or claims for the whole amount of principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Notes and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for reasonable compensation to, and expenses incurred by, the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee, and their respective agents, attorneys and counsel) and of the Holders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or other obligor upon all Notes, or to the creditors or property of the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or such other obligor; and

 

(b)           to collect and receive any funds or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims, and to distribute all amounts received with respect to the claims of the Holders and of the Trustee on their behalf; and any trustee, receiver, or liquidator, custodian or other similar official is hereby authorized by each of the Holders to make payments to the Trustee for the Notes, and, in the event that such Trustee shall consent to the making of payments directly to the Holders, to pay to such Trustee such amounts as

 

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shall be sufficient to cover reasonable compensation to and expenses incurred by such Trustee, each predecessor Trustee and their respective agents, attorneys and counsel and all other amounts due to such Trustee or any predecessor Trustee pursuant to Section 7.07.

 

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

 

Section 6.10.         Priorities.

 

Any amounts collected by the Trustee for the Notes pursuant to this Article Six shall be applied in the following order at the date or dates fixed by such Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such amounts on account of principal or interest, upon presentation of the Notes in respect of which amounts have been collected and stamping or otherwise noting thereon the payment, or issuing Notes in reduced principal amounts in exchange for the presented Notes if only partially paid, or upon surrender thereof if fully paid:

 

FIRST:  To the payment of costs and expenses applicable to the Notes in respect of which amounts have been collected, including reasonable compensation to and expenses incurred by the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee and their respective agents and attorneys and all other amounts due to the Trustee or any predecessor Trustee pursuant to Section 7.07;

 

SECOND:  To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of and interest on the Notes in respect of which amounts have been collected, such payments to be made ratably to the persons entitled thereto, without discrimination or preference, according to the amounts then due and payable on such Notes and any such debt for principal and interest; and

 

THIRD:  To the payment of the remainder, if any, to the Company.

 

Section 6.11.         Undertaking for Costs.

 

Any court in its discretion may require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit.  Any such court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant.  The provisions of this Section 6.11 shall not apply, however, to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder or group of Holders of Notes holding more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes or to any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of or interest on any Notes on or after the due date expressed in such Note.

 

Section 6.12.         Power and Remedies Cumulative; Delay or Omission Not Waiver.

 

Except as provided in Section 6.06, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy, to the extent permitted by law, shall be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise.  The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.

 

No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder to exercise any right or power accruing upon any Event of Default occurring and continuing as aforesaid shall impair any such right or power or shall be construed to be a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein.  Subject to Section 6.06, every power and remedy given by this Indenture or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as shall be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or the Holders.

 

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ARTICLE SEVEN
 TRUSTEE

 

Section 7.01.         Duties of Trustee.

 

(a)           If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to the Notes, the Trustee shall exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs.

 

(b)           Except during the continuance of an Event of Default with respect to the Notes:

 

(i)            the Trustee need perform only those duties that are specifically set forth in this Indenture and the Trustee shall not be liable except for the performance of such duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(iii)          the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section 6.05.

 

(d)           Every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (e) of this Section 7.01.

 

(e)           No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to extend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability unless it receives indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense.

 

(f)            Amounts held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.  The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any amounts received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed in writing with the Company.

 

Section 7.02.         Certain Rights of Trustee.

 

(a)           The Trustee may conclusively rely on, and shall be fully protected in relying upon, any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper person.  The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.

 

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

 

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(c)           Subject to the provisions of Section 7.01(c), the Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith which it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(g)           Prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default hereunder, and after the curing or waiving of all Events of Default, the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, Officers’ Certificate or other certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, appraisal, bond, debenture, note, coupon, security or other paper or document unless requested in writing so to do by the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes; provided that, if the payment within a reasonable time to the Trustee of the costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making of such investigation, in the opinion of the Trustee, is not reasonably assured to the Trustee by the security afforded to it by the terms of this Indenture, the Trustee may require reasonable indemnity against such expenses or liabilities as a condition to proceeding.

 

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

 

(i)            The Trustee shall not be bound to ascertain or inquire as to the performance or observance of any covenants, conditions or agreements on the part of the Company, except as otherwise set forth herein, but the Trustee may require of the Company full information and advice as to the performance of the covenants, conditions and agreements contained herein and shall be entitled in connection herewith to examine the books, records and premises of the Company.

 

(j)            The permissive rights of the Trustee to do things enumerated in this Indenture shall not be construed as a duty and the Trustee shall not be answerable for other than its negligence or willful misconduct.

 

(k)           Except for (i) a default under Section 6.01(a)(1) or (2) or (ii) any other event of which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge and which event, with the giving of notice or the passage of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default under this Indenture, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any default or event unless specifically notified in writing of such event by the Company or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes.  The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Covenant Suspension Event, Suspension Date or Reversion Date unless notified thereof in writing by the Company.

 

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

 

(m)          The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder.

 

(n)           In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including,

 

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without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and hardware) services; it being understood that the Trustee shall use reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.

 

Section 7.03.         Individual Rights of Trustee.

 

The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Company or its affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.  Any Paying Agent, registrar or co-registrar may do the same with like rights.  However, the Trustee must comply with Sections 7.10 and 7.11.

 

Section 7.04.         Trustee’s Disclaimer.

 

The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Notes.  The Trustee shall not be accountable for the Company’s use of the proceeds from the Notes and shall not be responsible for any statement in any registration statement for the Notes filed with the SEC under the Securities Act (other than any Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1) or in this Indenture (other than its eligibility under Section 7.10) or the Notes (other than its certificate of authentication).

 

Section 7.05.         Notice of Defaults.

 

If a Default occurs and is continuing and is known to the Trustee, the Trustee shall send to each Holder of the Notes notice of such Default within the earlier of 90 days after such Default occurs and 30 days after such Default is actually known to a Trust Officer or written notice of such Default is received by the Trustee.  Except in the case of a Default in the payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes, including payments pursuant to the redemption provisions of the Notes, the Trustee may withhold notice if and so long as a committee of its Responsible Officers in good faith determines that withholding such notice is in the interests of Holders of the Notes.

 

Section 7.06.         Reports by Trustee to Holders of the Notes.

 

(a)           Within 60 days after each March 15 beginning with the March 15 following the date of this Indenture, the Trustee shall mail to each Holder of Notes and each other Person specified in Section 313(c) of the TIA a brief report dated as of such March 15 that complies with Section 313(a) of the TIA to the extent required thereby.  The Trustee also shall comply with Section 313(b) of the TIA.

 

(b)           The Trustee will file a copy of each report, at the time of its mailing to Holders of any Notes, with the SEC and each securities exchange on which the Notes are listed.  The Company promptly will notify the Trustee whenever the Notes become listed on any securities exchange and of any delisting thereof.

 

Section 7.07.         Compensation and Indemnity.

 

The Company:

 

(a)           will pay to the Trustee from time to time, and the Trustee shall be entitled to, such compensation as shall be agreed to in writing between the Company and the Trustee for all services rendered by it hereunder, which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust;

 

(b)           will reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture, including the reasonable compensation and expenses of its agents and counsel, except to the extent any such compensation or expense shall be determined to have been caused by its own negligence or willful misconduct; and

 

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(c)           will fully indemnify the Trustee and its agents for, and hold them harmless against, any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust or the performance of its duties hereunder, including the reasonable costs and expenses of defending itself against or investigating any claim (whether asserted by the Company, any Holder or any other Person) or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder, or in connection with enforcing the provisions of this Section, except to the extent that any such loss, liability or expense shall be determined to have been caused by its own negligence or willful misconduct.

 

As security for the performance of the Company’s obligations under this Section 7.07, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Notes on all funds or property held or collected by the Trustee, except for those funds that are held in trust to pay the principal of or interest, if any, on the Notes.

 

“Trustee” for purpose of this Section 7.07 includes any predecessor trustee; provided that the negligence or bad faith of any Trustee shall not be attributable to any other Trustee.

 

The Company’s payment obligations pursuant to this Section 7.07 shall survive the discharge of this Indenture and resignation or removal of the Trustee.  When the Trustee incurs expenses after the occurrence of a default specified in Sections 6.01(a)(7), such expenses, including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel, are intended to constitute expenses of administration under Bankruptcy Law.

 

Section 7.08.         Replacement of Trustee.

 

The Trustee may resign at any time upon at least 31 days notice by so notifying the Company.  No such resignation, however, shall be effective until a successor Trustee has accepted its appointment pursuant to this Section 7.08.  The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes may remove the Trustee upon 31 days’ prior written notice by so notifying the Trustee and the Company.  The Company shall remove the Trustee if:

 

(a)           the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10;

 

(b)           the Trustee is adjudged bankrupt or insolvent;

 

(c)           a receiver or public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or

 

(d)           the Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of acting.

 

If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason, with respect to the Notes, the Company shall promptly appoint, by resolution of its Board of Directors, a successor Trustee with respect to the Notes.

 

A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company.  Thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture.  The successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to Holders of the Notes.  The retiring Trustee shall upon payment of its charges hereunder promptly transfer all funds and property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, subject to the lien provided for in Section 7.07.

 

If a successor Trustee does not take office within 31 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Company or the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes may petition at the expense of the Company any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.

 

If the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10, any Holder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.

 

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Section 7.09.         Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc.

 

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

 

Section 7.10.         Eligibility; Disqualification.

 

The Trustee shall at all times satisfy the requirements of Section 310(a)(1) of the TIA.  The Trustee shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition.  Neither the Company nor any person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Company shall serve as Trustee hereunder.  The Trustee shall comply with Section 310(b) of the TIA; provided, however, that there shall be excluded from the operation of Section 310(b)(1) of the TIA any indenture or indentures under which other securities or certificates of interest or participation in other securities of the Company are outstanding if the requirements for such exclusion set forth in Section 310(b)(1) of the TIA are met.

 

Section 7.11.         Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.

 

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

 

ARTICLE EIGHT
 LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

 

Section 8.01.         Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

 

(a)           Subject to Sections 8.01(b) and 8.02, the Company at any time may terminate (i) all of its obligations under the Notes and this Indenture (“legal defeasance option”) or (ii) its obligations under Sections 4.03, 4.07, 4.08, 4.09, 4.10, 4.11, 4.12, 4.13 (including the obligations of its Restricted Subsidiaries), and 4.14, Sections 6.01(a)(6) and 6.01(a)(7) with respect to Significant Subsidiaries only, Section 6.01(a)(4), Section 6.01(a)(8) and Section 5.01(a)(3) and Section 5.01(a)(4) (“covenant defeasance option”). The Company may exercise its legal defeasance option notwithstanding its prior exercise of its covenant defeasance option.  In the event that the Company terminates all of its obligations under the Notes and this Indenture by exercising its legal defeasance option, the obligations under the Subsidiary Guarantees shall each be terminated simultaneously with the termination of such obligations.

 

If the Company exercises its legal defeasance option, payment of the Notes may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default.  If the Company exercises its covenant defeasance option, payment of the Notes may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default specified in Sections 6.01(a)(4), 6.01(a)(5), 6.01(a)(6), 6.01(a)(7) (with respect only to Significant Subsidiaries), 6.01(a)(8) (with respect only to Restricted Subsidiaries), 6.01(a)(9) or because of the failure of the Company to comply with 5.01(a)(3) or 5.01(a)(4).

 

Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth herein and upon request of the Company, the Trustee shall acknowledge in writing the discharge of those obligations that the Company terminates.

 

(b)           Notwithstanding clause (a) above, the Company’s obligations in Sections 2.04, 2.05, 2.06, 2.07, 2.08, 2.09, 4.02 and 7.07 and in this Article Eight shall survive until the Notes have been paid in full.  Thereafter, the Company’s obligations in Sections 7.07 and 8.03 and the Trustee’s obligations under Section 8.04 shall survive.

 

Section 8.02.         Conditions to Defeasance.

 

The Company may exercise its legal defeasance option or its covenant defeasance option only if:

 

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(a)           the Company irrevocably deposits in trust with the Trustee money in an amount sufficient or U.S. Government Obligations, the principal of and interest on which will be sufficient, or a combination thereof sufficient, in the written opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent accountants or investment bank delivered to the Trustee, to pay the principal of, and premium (if any) and interest and Additional Interest, if any, on the Notes when due at maturity or redemption, as the case may be, including interest thereon to maturity or such redemption date;

 

(b)           in the case of the legal defeasance option, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that (1) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or (2) since the date of this Indenture there has been a change in the applicable Federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the Holders of such Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit and defeasance and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such deposit and defeasance had not occurred;

 

(c)           in the case of the covenant defeasance option, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders of such Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit and defeasance and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such deposit and defeasance had not occurred;

 

(d)           the deposit does not constitute a default under any other agreement binding on the Company; and

 

(e)           the Company delivers to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent to the defeasance and discharge of the Securities as contemplated by this Article Eight have been complied with.

 

Section 8.03.         Deposited Money and Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions.

 

(a)           Subject to Section 8.04, all money and U.S. Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.02 in respect of the outstanding Notes shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Notes of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal, premium, if any, and interest, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

 

(b)           The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the money or U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 8.02 or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of the outstanding Notes.

 

(c)           Anything in this Article Eight to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon the request of the Company any money or U.S. Government Obligations held by it as provided in Section 8.02 which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee (which may be the opinion delivered under Section 8.02(a)), are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent legal defeasance option or covenant defeasance option.

 

Section 8.04.         Repayment to the Company.

 

Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after

 

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such principal, premium, if any, and interest has become due and payable shall, subject to compliance with applicable abandoned property law, be paid to the Company on its request or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Note shall thereafter look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as Trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company, cause to be published once, in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal (national edition), notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such notification or publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining shall be repaid to the Company.

 

Section 8.05.         Reinstatement.

 

If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with Section 8.02, as the case may be, by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the Company’s and the Subsidiary Guarantors’ obligations under this Indenture and the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.02 until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with Section 8.02, as the case may be; provided, however, that, if the Company makes any payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Note following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

 

ARTICLE NINE
 AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER

 

Section 9.01.         Without Consent of Holders of Notes.

 

(a)           Notwithstanding Section 9.02, the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture, the Notes (including the Exchange Notes) or the Subsidiary Guarantees without the consent of any Holder of a Note to:

 

(1)           convey, transfer, assign, mortgage or pledge any property or assets to the Trustee as security for the Notes;

 

(2)           evidence the succession of another Person to the Company, or successive successions, and the assumption by the successor Person of the covenants, agreements and obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor under this Indenture, the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantees pursuant to the provisions described under Article Five;

 

(3)           add to the covenants of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors such further covenants, restrictions, conditions or provisions for the protection of the Holders of Notes;

 

(4)           cure any ambiguity or correct or supplement any provision contained in this Indenture, the Notes (including the Exchange Notes) or the Subsidiary Guarantees that may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision contained in this Indenture;

 

(5)           make such other provisions in regard to matters or questions arising under this Indenture as the Company may deem necessary or desirable and that shall not materially and adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Notes;

 

(6)           evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment under this Indenture by a successor Trustee with respect to the Notes and add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts under this Indenture by more than the one Trustee pursuant to the requirements of this Indenture;

 

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(7)           provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes (provided, however, that the uncertificated Notes are issued in registered form for purposes of Section 163(f) of the Code, or in a manner such that the uncertificated Notes are described in Section 163(f)(2)(B) of the Code);

 

(8)           add additional Guarantees with respect to the Notes and release any Subsidiary Guarantor in accordance with this Indenture;

 

(9)           provide for the issuance of Additional Notes;

 

(10)         conform the text of this Indenture or the Notes (including the Exchange Notes) or the Subsidiary Guarantees to any provision of the Description of Notes in the offering memorandum related to the Notes issued on the Issue Date;

 

(11)         comply with any requirement of the SEC in connection with the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA;

 

(12)         make any change that provides for additional rights or benefits to the Holders of the Notes or does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder in any material respect;

 

(13)         make any amendment to the provisions of this Indenture relating to the transfer and legending of Notes; provided, however, that (i) compliance with this Indenture as so amended would not result in Notes being transferred in violation of the Securities Act or any other applicable securities law and (ii) such amendment does not materially and adversely affect the rights of Holders to transfer Notes;

 

(14)         supplement any of the provisions of this Indenture to the extent necessary to permit or facilitate defeasance and discharge of the Notes; provided, that the action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Notes in any material respect;

 

(15)         provide for a reduction in the minimum denominations of the Notes; or

 

(16)         comply with the rules of any applicable Depositary.

 

(b)           Upon the request of the Company accompanied by a Board Resolution authorizing the execution of any such amended or supplemental Indenture, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described under Section 9.06 hereof, the Trustee shall join with the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors in the execution of any amended or supplemental Indenture authorized or permitted by the terms of this Indenture and to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained, but the Trustee shall not be obligated to enter into such amended or supplemental indenture that affects its own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any supplemental indenture executed pursuant to Section 9.01(a)(7) may be executed by the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantor providing such Subsidiary Guarantee and the Trustee.

 

Section 9.02.         With Consent of Holders of Notes.

 

(a)           Except as otherwise provided in this Section 9.02, this Indenture and the Notes may be amended with the written consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding and any past default or compliance with any provision may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding (including consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, the Notes).  However, without the consent of each Holder of an outstanding Note affected, no amendment may:

 

(1)           reduce the amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment;

 

(2)           reduce the rate of or extend the time for payment of interest and Additional Interest, if any, on any Note;

 

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(3)           reduce the principal of or extend the Stated Maturity of any Note;

 

(4)           reduce the premium payable upon the redemption of any Note or change the time at which any Note may be redeemed as described under Section 3.07;

 

(5)           make any Note payable in money other than that stated in the Note;

 

(6)           impair the right of any Holder to receive payment of principal of, and interest and Additional Interest, if any, on, such Holder’s Notes on or after the due dates therefor or to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to such Holder’s Notes;

 

(7)           make any change in the amendment provisions which require each Holder’s consent or in the waiver provisions; or

 

(8)           modify any Subsidiary Guarantee in any manner materially adverse to the Holders.

 

(b)           The consent of the Holders will not be necessary to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment.  It will be sufficient if such consent approves the substance of the proposed amendment.

 

(c)           After an amendment becomes effective, the Company shall mail to Holders a notice briefly describing such amendment.  However, the failure to give such notice to all Holders, or any defect therein, will not impair or affect the validity of the amendment.

 

Section 9.03.         Compliance with TIA.

 

Every amendment to this Indenture or the Notes shall comply with the TIA as then in effect.

 

Section 9.04.         Revocation and Effect of Consents and Waivers.

 

(a)           A consent to an amendment or a waiver by a Holder of a Note shall bind the Holder and every subsequent Holder of that Note or portion of the Note that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Note, even if notation of the consent or waiver is not made on the Note.  However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent or waiver as to such Holder’s Note or portion of the Note if the Trustee receives the notice of revocation before the date on which the Trustee receives an Officers’ Certificate from the Company certifying that the requisite number of consents have been received.  After an amendment or waiver becomes effective, it shall bind every Holder.  An amendment or waiver becomes effective upon the (i) receipt by the Company or the Trustee of the requisite number of consents, (ii) satisfaction of conditions to effectiveness as set forth in this Indenture and any indenture supplemental hereto containing such amendment or waiver and (iii) execution of such amendment or waiver (or supplemental indenture) by the Company and the Trustee.

 

(b)           The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to give their consent or take any other action described above or required or permitted to be taken pursuant to this Indenture.  If a record date is fixed, then notwithstanding Section 9.04(a), those Persons who were Holders at such record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only those Persons, shall be entitled to give such consent or to revoke any consent previously given or to take any such action, whether or not such Persons continue to be Holders after such record date.

 

Section 9.05.         Notation on or Exchange of Notes.

 

If an amendment changes the terms of a Note, the Trustee may require the Holder of the Note to deliver it to the Trustee.  The Trustee may place an appropriate notation on the Note regarding the changed terms and return it to the Holder.  Alternatively, if the Company or the Trustee so determines, the Company in exchange for the Note shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a new Note that reflects the changed terms.  Failure to make the appropriate notation or to issue a new Note shall not affect the validity of such amendment.

 

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Section 9.06.         Trustee to Sign Amendments, Etc.

 

The Trustee shall sign any amendment or supplemental indenture authorized pursuant to this Article Nine if the amendment or supplemental indenture does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee.  If, in the reasonable judgment of the Trustee, it does, the Trustee may but need not sign it.  In signing such amendment the Trustee shall receive indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it and receive, and (subject to Section 7.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that such amendment or supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture and that such amendment or supplemental indenture is the valid and binding obligation of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors enforceable against them in accordance with its terms, subject to customary exceptions, and complies with the provisions hereof.

 

Section 9.07.         Payments for Consents.

 

Neither the Company nor any Affiliate of the Company shall, directly or indirectly, pay or cause to be paid any consideration, whether by way of interest, fee or otherwise, to any Holder for or as an inducement to any consent, waiver or amendment of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture or the Notes unless such consideration is offered to be paid to all Holders that so consent, waive or agree to amend in the time frame set forth in solicitation documents relating to such consent, waiver or agreement.

 

ARTICLE TEN
 SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES

 

Section 10.01.      Subsidiary Guarantees.

 

(a)           Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby jointly and severally irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees, as a primary obligor and not merely as a surety, to each Holder and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns (i) the full and punctual payment when due, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, of all obligations of the Company under this Indenture (including obligations to the Trustee) and the Notes, whether for payment of principal of, or premium or interest on the Notes and all other monetary obligations of the Company under this Indenture and the Notes and (ii) the full and punctual performance within applicable grace periods of all other obligations of the Company whether for fees, expenses, indemnification or otherwise under this Indenture and the Notes (all the foregoing being hereinafter collectively called the “Guaranteed Obligations”).  Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that the Guaranteed Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice or further assent from each such Subsidiary Guarantor, and that each such Subsidiary Guarantor shall remain bound under this Article Ten notwithstanding any extension or renewal of any Guaranteed Obligation.

 

(b)           Each Subsidiary Guarantor waives presentation to, demand of payment from and protest to the Company of any of the Guaranteed Obligations and also waives notice of protest for nonpayment.  Each Subsidiary Guarantor waives notice of any Default under the Notes or the Guaranteed Obligations.  The obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder shall not be affected by (i) the failure of any Holder or the Trustee to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy against the Company or any other Person under this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement or otherwise; (ii) any extension or renewal of any thereof; (iii) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement; (iv) the release of any security held by any Holder or the Trustee for the Guaranteed Obligations or any of them; (v) the failure of any Holder or Trustee to exercise any right or remedy against any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations; or (vi) any change in the ownership of such Subsidiary Guarantor, except as provided in Section 5.01(b) or Section 10.05.

 

(c)           Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby waives any right to which it may be entitled to have its obligations hereunder divided among the Subsidiary Guarantors, such that such Subsidiary Guarantor’s obligations would be less than the full amount claimed.  Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby waives any right to which it may be entitled to have the assets of the Company first be used and depleted as payment of the Company’s or such Subsidiary Guarantor’s obligations hereunder prior to any amounts being claimed from or paid by such Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder.  Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby waives any right to which it may be entitled to require that the Company be sued prior to an action being initiated against such Subsidiary Guarantor.

 

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(d)           Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that its Subsidiary Guarantee herein constitutes a guarantee of payment, performance and compliance when due (and not a guarantee of collection) and waives any right to require that any resort be had by any Holder or the Trustee to any security held for payment of the Guaranteed Obligations.

 

(e)           Except as expressly set forth in Section 8.01(a), this Article Ten and Article Eleven, the obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason, including any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise, and shall not be subject to any defense of setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever or by reason of the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations or otherwise.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor herein shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by the failure of any Holder or the Trustee to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any remedy under this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement, by any waiver or modification of any thereof, by any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of the obligations, or by any other act or thing or omission or delay to do any other act or thing which may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of any Subsidiary Guarantor or would otherwise operate as a discharge of any Subsidiary Guarantor as a matter of law or equity.

 

(f)            Except as otherwise provided herein, each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that its Subsidiary Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect until payment in full of all the Guaranteed Obligations.  Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that its Subsidiary Guarantee herein shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of principal of or interest on any Guaranteed Obligation is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by any Holder or the Trustee upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company or otherwise.

 

(g)           In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right which any Holder or the Trustee has at law or in equity against any Subsidiary Guarantor by virtue hereof, upon the failure of the Company to pay the principal of or interest on any Guaranteed Obligation when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, or to perform or comply with any other Guaranteed Obligation, each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby promises to and shall, upon receipt of written demand by the Trustee, forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, in cash, to the Holders or the Trustee an amount equal to the sum of (i) the unpaid principal amount of such Guaranteed Obligations, (ii) accrued and unpaid interest on such Guaranteed Obligations (but only to the extent not prohibited by law) and (iii) all other monetary obligations of the Company to the Holders and the Trustee.

 

(h)           Each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that it shall not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all Guaranteed Obligations.  Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that, as between it, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, the maturity of the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article Six for the purposes of any Subsidiary Guarantee herein, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby, and (ii) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such Guaranteed Obligations as provided in Article Six of this Indenture, such Guaranteed Obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by such Subsidiary Guarantor for the purposes of this Section 10.01.

 

(i)            Each Subsidiary Guarantor also agrees to pay any and all costs and expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses) incurred by the Trustee or any Holder in enforcing any rights under this Section 10.01.

 

(j)            Upon request of the Trustee, each Subsidiary Guarantor shall execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the purpose of this Indenture.

 

Section 10.02.      Limitation on Liability.

 

(a)           Any term or provision of this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, the maximum aggregate amount of the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereunder by any Subsidiary Guarantor shall not exceed the maximum amount that can be hereby guaranteed without rendering this Indenture, as it relates to such Subsidiary 

 

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Guarantor, voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally.

 

(b)           As provided in Section 10.05(b), at the request of the Company, the Trustee shall execute and deliver an appropriate instrument, in the form provided by the Company, evidencing the release of any Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to Section 10.05(a).

 

Section 10.03.      Subsidiary Guarantee Under Indenture.

 

(a)           If an Officer whose signature is on this Indenture no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Note, the Subsidiary Guarantee provided for herein shall be valid nevertheless.

 

(b)           The delivery of any Note by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of the Subsidiary Guarantee provided for herein on behalf of the Subsidiary Guarantors.

 

(c)           If required by Section 4.15, the Company shall cause its Subsidiaries to execute supplemental indentures to this Indenture substantially in the form of Exhibit D to this Indenture providing for additional Subsidiary Guarantees in accordance with Section 4.15 and this Article Ten, to the extent applicable.

 

Section 10.04.      Contribution.

 

Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees that to the extent that any such Subsidiary Guarantor shall have paid more than its proportionate share of any payment made on the obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee, then upon payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations under this Indenture such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be entitled to seek and receive contribution from and against the Company or any other Subsidiary Guarantor who has not paid its proportionate share of such payment.  The provisions of this Section 10.04 shall in no respect limit the obligations and liabilities of each Subsidiary Guarantor to the Trustee and the Holders and each Subsidiary Guarantor shall remain liable to the Trustee and the Holders for the full amount guaranteed by such Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder.

 

Section 10.05.      Release of Subsidiary Guarantor.

 

(a)           The Subsidiary Guarantee of a Subsidiary Guarantor shall be automatically released without any action required by the Trustee or Holders:

 

(i)      in the event the Capital Stock of a Subsidiary Guarantor is sold by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary and the sale complies with the provisions set forth in Section 4.10 and if as a result of such sale, such Subsidiary Guarantor ceases to be a Restricted Subsidiary (it being understood that only such portion of the Net Cash Proceeds as is or is required to be applied on or before the date of such release in accordance with the terms of this Indenture needs to be so applied before such release);

 

(ii)     upon the designation of any Subsidiary Guarantor to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary in compliance with the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary”;

 

(iii)    upon legal defeasance or satisfaction and discharge of the Notes in compliance with the provisions of this Indenture described under Article Eight and Article Eleven, respectively; or

 

(iv)    if such Subsidiary Guarantor shall have been released from its guarantee of Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement and all capital markets debt securities of the Company.

 

(b)           At the request of the Company, and upon delivery to the Trustee of an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel that a release complies with this Indenture, the Trustee shall execute and deliver an appropriate instrument, prepared by the Company and reasonably acceptable to the Trustee, acknowledging the release of such Subsidiary Guarantor from its Subsidiary Guarantee (it being understood that the failure to obtain any such instrument shall not impair any automatic release pursuant to Section 10.05(a)).  Any Subsidiary Guarantor not released from its obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee as provided above or pursuant to Section 9.02 shall remain liable

 

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for the full amount of principal and interest, if any, on the Notes and for the other obligations of any Subsidiary Guarantor under this Indenture as provided in this Article Ten.

 

Section 10.06.      Successors and Assigns.

 

Subject to Article Five, this Article Ten shall be binding upon each Subsidiary Guarantor and its successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Trustee and the Holders and, in the event of any transfer or assignment of rights by any Holder or the Trustee, the rights and privileges conferred upon that party in this Indenture and in the Notes shall automatically extend to and be vested in such transferee or assignee, all subject to the terms and conditions of this Indenture.

 

Section 10.07.      No Waiver.

 

Neither a failure nor a delay on the part of either the Trustee or the Holders in exercising any right, power or privilege under this Article Ten shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall a single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise of any right, power or privilege.  The rights, remedies and benefits of the Trustee and the Holders herein expressly specified are cumulative and not exclusive of any other rights, remedies or benefits which either may have under this Article Ten at law, in equity, by statute or otherwise.

 

Section 10.08.      Modification.

 

No modification, amendment or waiver of any provision of this Article Ten, nor the consent to any departure by any Subsidiary Guarantor therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Trustee, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given.  No notice to or demand on any Subsidiary Guarantor in any case shall entitle such Subsidiary Guarantor to any other or further notice or demand in the same, similar or other circumstances.

 

ARTICLE ELEVEN
 SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

 

Section 11.01.      Satisfaction and Discharge.

 

(a)           This Indenture (including the Subsidiary Guarantees) will be discharged and will cease to be of further effect (except as to surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Notes, as expressly provided for in this Indenture) as to all Notes issued hereunder when:

 

(1)           all outstanding Notes (other than Notes replaced or paid) have been canceled or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or

 

(2)           all outstanding Notes have become due and payable, whether at maturity or as a result of the mailing of a notice of redemption, or will become due and payable within one year, and the Company irrevocably deposits with the Trustee Temporary Cash Investments in an amount sufficient or U.S. Government Obligations, the principal of and interest on which will be sufficient, or a combination thereof sufficient, in the written opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants delivered to the Trustee (which opinion shall only be required to be delivered if U.S. Government Obligations have been so deposited), to pay the principal of and interest and Additional Interest, if any, on the outstanding Notes when due at maturity or upon redemption of, including interest and Additional Interest, if any, thereon to maturity or such redemption date (other than Notes replaced or paid); and, in either case

 

(3)           the Company pays all other sums payable under this Indenture by it.

 

(b)           The Trustee shall acknowledge satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture on demand of the Company accompanied by an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel and at the cost and expense of the Company.

 

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Section 11.02.      Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions.

 

Subject to Section 8.04 hereof, all funds and U.S. Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 11.01 hereof in respect of the outstanding Notes shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Notes of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal, premium, if any, and interest, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

 

ARTICLE TWELVE
 MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 12.01.      TIA Controls.

 

If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by TIA Section 318(c), the imposed duties shall control.

 

Section 12.02.      Notices.

 

(a)           Any notice or communication by the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor, on the one hand, or the Trustee, on the other hand, to the other, is duly given if in writing and delivered in Person or mailed by first class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), facsimile or overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to the others’ address:

 

If to the Company and/or any Subsidiary Guarantor:

 

Orbital ATK, Inc.
 45101 Warp Drive
 Dulles, Virginia  20166
 Fax:  (703) 406-5572
 Attention:  Thomas E. McCabe, General Counsel

 

with a copy to:

 

Hogan Lovells US LLP
 Columbia Square
 555 Thirteenth Street, NW
 Washington, DC 20004

 

Facsimile:  (202) 637-5910
 Attention:  Eve N. Howard

 

If to the Trustee:

 

The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. 
 2 North La Salle Street
 Suite 1020
 Chicago, IL  60602
 Facsimile:  (312) 827-8542
 Attention:  Corporate Trust Services

 

(or such other address or facsimile number as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Company).

 

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

 

(c)           All notices and communications (other than those sent to Holders) shall be deemed to have been duly given:  at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; three Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt is acknowledged, if telecopied; and the next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery.

 

(d)           Any notice or communication to a Holder shall be mailed by first class mail, certified or registered, return receipt requested, or by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery to its address shown on the register kept by the Registrar.  Any notice or communication shall also be so mailed to any Person described in TIA Section 313(c), to the extent required by the TIA.  Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders.  When the Notes are in the form of Global Notes, all notices to Holders will be sent pursuant to Applicable Procedures, and when done so, such notices will be deemed to have been delivered for purposes of this Indenture.

 

(e)           Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice.  Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance on such waiver.

 

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

 

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

 

(h)           If the Company receives a notice or communication from Holders, or mails a notice or communication to Holders, it shall mail a copy to the Trustee and each Agent at the same time.

 

(i)            The Trustee may agree to accept and act upon notices, instructions or directions pursuant to this Indenture sent by unsecured e-mail, pdf, facsimile transmission or other similar unsecured electronic methods.  If the Company elects to give the Trustee e-mail or facsimile instructions (or instructions by a similar electronic method) and the Trustee in its discretion elects to act upon such instructions, the Trustee’s understanding of such instructions shall be deemed controlling. The Trustee shall not be liable for any losses, costs or expenses arising directly or indirectly from the Trustee’s reliance upon and compliance with such instructions. The Company agrees to assume all risks arising out of the use of such electronic methods to submit instructions and directions to the Trustee, including without limitation the risk of the Trustee acting on unauthorized instructions, and the risk of interception and misuse by third parties.

 

Section 12.03.      Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes.

 

Holders may communicate pursuant to TIA Section 312(b) with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Notes.  The Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Trustee, the Registrar and any other Person shall have the protection of TIA Section 312(c).

 

Section 12.04.      Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.

 

Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee:

 

(i)            an Officers’ Certificate in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee (which shall include the statements set forth in Section 12.05 hereof) stating that, in the opinion of the 

 

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signers, all conditions precedent and covenants, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been satisfied; and

 

(ii)           an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee (which shall include the statements set forth in Section 12.05 hereof) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel (who may rely upon an Officers’ Certificate as to matters of fact), all such conditions precedent and covenants have been satisfied.

 

Section 12.05.      Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.

 

(a)           Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than a certificate provided pursuant to Section 4.04 hereof or TIA Section 314(a)(4)) shall comply with the provisions of TIA Section 314(e) and shall include:

 

(i)            a statement that the Person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition;

 

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

 

(iii)          a statement that, in the opinion of such Person, he or she has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him or her to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and

 

(iv)          a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.

 

Section 12.06.      Rules by Trustee and Agents.

 

The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of Holders.  The Registrar or Paying Agent may make reasonable rules and set reasonable requirements for its functions.

 

Section 12.07.      No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders.

 

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

 

Section 12.08.      Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial.

 

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

 

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

 

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Section 12.09.      No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.

 

This Indenture may not be used to interpret any other indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or of any other Person.  Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.

 

Section 12.10.      Successors.

 

All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Notes shall bind its successors.  All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors.  All agreements of each Subsidiary Guarantor in this Indenture shall bind such Subsidiary Guarantor’s successors, except as otherwise provided in Sections 5.01(b) and 5.02.

 

Section 12.11.      Severability.

 

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

 

Section 12.12.      Counterpart Originals.

 

The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture.  Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.

 

Section 12.13.      Acts of Holders.

 

(a)           Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by the Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agents duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company.  Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments.  Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company if made in the manner provided in this Section 12.13.

 

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

 

(c)           Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 12.13, the principal amount and serial numbers of Notes held by any Holder, and the date of holding the same, shall be proved by the register of the Notes maintained by the Registrar as provided in Section 2.04.

 

(d)           If the Company shall solicit from the Holders of the Notes any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, the Company may, at its option, by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, fix in advance a record date for the determination of Holders entitled to give such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, but the Company shall have no obligation to do so.  Notwithstanding TIA Section 316(c), such record date shall be the record date specified in or pursuant to such resolution, which shall be a date not earlier than the date 30 days prior to the first solicitation of Holders generally in connection therewith or the date of the most recent list of Holders forwarded to the Trustee prior to such solicitation pursuant to Section 2.06 and not later than the date such solicitation is completed.  If such a record date is fixed, such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act may be given before or after such record date, but only

 

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the Holders of record at the close of business on such record date shall be deemed to be Holders for the purposes of determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of the then outstanding Notes have authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, and for that purpose the then outstanding Notes shall be computed as of such record date; provided that no such authorization, agreement or consent by the Holders on such record date shall be deemed effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later than eleven months after the record date.

 

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

 

(f)            Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder to take any action hereunder with regard to any particular Note may do so itself with regard to all or any part of the principal amount of such Note or by one or more duly appointed agents each of which may do so pursuant to such appointment with regard to all or any part of such principal amount.

 

Section 12.14.      Benefit of Indenture.

 

Except as otherwise described herein, nothing in this Indenture, the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantees shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto, any Paying Agent, any Registrar and its successors hereunder, and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.

 

Section 12.15.      Table of Contents, Headings, Etc.

 

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

 

Section 12.16.      Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA).

 

In order to assist the Trustee with its compliance with Section 1471 through 1474 of the Code (the “Applicable Law”) the Company agrees (i) to provide the Trustee and any Paying Agent reasonably available information collected and stored in the ordinary course of business regarding Holders of the Notes (solely in their capacity as such) and which is necessary for the Trustee’s and any Paying Agent’s determination of whether it has tax related obligations under Applicable Law and (ii) that the Trustee and any Paying Agent shall be entitled to make any withholding or deduction from payments under the Indenture and the Notes to the extent necessary to comply with Applicable Law.  Nothing in the immediately preceding sentence shall be construed as obligating the Company to make any “gross up” payment or similar reimbursement in connection with a payment in respect of which amounts are so withheld or deducted.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Indenture as of the date first above written.

 

	
 
    	
ORBITAL ATK, INC.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ Garrett E. Pierce
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Garrett E. Pierce
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Chief Financial Officer
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS OPERATIONS LLC,
    
	
 
    	
ATK LAUNCH SYSTEMS INC.,
    
	
 
    	
ATK SPACE SYSTEMS INC.,
    
	
 
    	
ORBITAL SCIENCES CORPORATION,
    
	
 
    	
as Subsidiary Guarantors
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ Garrett E. Pierce
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Garrett E. Pierce
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Chief Financial Officer
    

 

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THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ R. Tarnas
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Name: R. Tarnas
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:    Vice President
    

 

[Signature Page to Indenture]

 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

[Face of Note]

 

[Include Applicable Legends]

 

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CUSIP No.          
  ISIN No.          

 

No.

 

ORBITAL ATK, INC.

 

5.50% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2023

 

Issue Date:

 

Orbital ATK, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company,” which term includes any successor under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or its registered assigns, the principal sum of                                  ($          ), or such other principal sum as shall be set forth in the Schedule of Exchanges of Interests attached hereto, on October 1, 2023.

 

Interest Payment Dates:  April 1 and October 1, commencing April 1, 2016.

 

Record Dates:   March 15 and September 15.

 

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

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.

 

	
 
    	
ORBITAL ATK, INC.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
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This is one of the Notes referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

	
 
    	
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Authorized Signatory
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Dated:
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
					

 

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[Reverse Side of Note]

 

ORBITAL ATK, INC.

 

5.50% Senior Notes due 2023

 

Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture referred to below unless otherwise indicated.

 

1.                                      Interest.  ORBITAL ATK, INC., a Delaware corporation (such corporation, and its successors and assigns under the Indenture hereinafter referred to, being herein called the “Company”), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at 5.50% per annum from September 29, 2015.  The Company shall pay interest semiannually on April 1 and October 1 of each year, commencing April 1, 2016.  Interest on the Notes shall accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for or, if no interest has been paid or duly provided for, from September 29, 2015 until the principal hereof is due.  Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.  The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal at the rate borne by the Notes plus 1% per annum, and it shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the same rate to the extent lawful.

 

2.                                      Method of Payment.  The Company shall pay interest on the Notes (except defaulted interest) to the Persons who are registered Holders at the close of business on the March 15 or September 15 next preceding the Interest Payment Date even if Notes are canceled after the record date and on or before the Interest Payment Date.  Holders must surrender Notes to a Paying Agent to collect principal payments.  The Company shall pay principal, premium, if any, and interest in money of the United States of America that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.  Payments in respect of the Notes represented by a Global Note (including principal, premium and interest) shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Depositary or any successor depositary.  The Company will make all payments in respect of a Definitive Note (including principal, premium, if any, and interest), at the office of the Paying Agent, except that, at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be made by mailing a check to the registered address of each Holder thereof.

 

3.                                      Paying Agent and Registrar.  Initially, THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., a national banking association (the “Trustee”), will act as Paying Agent and Registrar.  The Company may appoint and change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice.  The Company or any of its domestically incorporated Restricted Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.

 

4.                                      Indenture.  The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of September 29, 2015, among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee.  The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. §§ 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the Issue Date (the “TIA”), except as set forth in the Indenture.  Terms defined in the Indenture and not defined herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture.  The Notes are subject to all terms and provisions of the Indenture, and Holders (as defined in the Indenture) are referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of such terms and provisions.

 

The Notes are senior unsubordinated unsecured obligations of the Company limited initially to $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount, which amount may be increased at the option of the Company if it determines to sell Additional Notes (subject to the terms of the Indenture).  The Indenture imposes certain limitations on the ability of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries to, among other things, make certain Investments and other Restricted Payments, pay dividends and other distributions, incur Indebtedness, enter into consensual restrictions upon the payment of certain dividends and distributions by such Restricted Subsidiaries, enter into or permit certain transactions with Affiliates and make Asset Dispositions.  The Indenture also imposes limitations on the ability of the Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor to consolidate or merge with or into any other Person or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its property.

 

To guarantee the due and punctual payment of the principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes and all other amounts payable by the Company under the Indenture and the Notes when and as the same shall be due and

 

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payable, whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, according to the terms of the Notes and the Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantors have, jointly and severally, unconditionally guaranteed the Guaranteed Obligations on a senior unsubordinated unsecured basis pursuant to the terms of the Indenture.

 

5.                                      Optional Redemption.

 

(a)                                 Except as set forth in this Section 5, the Notes may not be redeemed by the Company.

 

(b)                                 At any time prior to October 1, 2018, the Company may redeem, on one or more occasions, up to a maximum of 35% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes, calculated after giving effect to any issuance of Additional Notes, with the Net Cash Proceeds of one or more Qualified Equity Offerings at a redemption price equal to 105.50% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the redemption date, subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date; provided, however, that after giving effect to any such redemption:

 

(i)                                at least 65% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes remains outstanding immediately after such redemption; and

 

(ii)                                any such redemption by the Company must be completed within 90 days of completion of such Qualified Equity Offering and must be made in accordance with the applicable procedures set forth in the Indenture.

 

(c)                                  At any time prior to October 1, 2018, the Company may redeem all or part of the Notes at a redemption price equal to the sum of (i) 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus (ii) the Applicable Premium as of the date of redemption, plus (iii) accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date.

 

(d)                                 At any time on or after October 1, 2018, the Company may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at the following redemption prices, expressed as percentages of principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the redemption date, subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date, if redeemed during the twelve month period commencing on October 1 of the years set forth below:

 

	
Year
    	
 
    	
Percentage
    	
 
    
	
2018
    	
 
    	
104.125
    	
%
    
	
2019
    	
 
    	
102.750
    	
%
    
	
2020
    	
 
    	
101.375
    	
%
    
	
2021 and   thereafter
    	
 
    	
100.000
    	
%
    

 

(e)                                  Any notice of redemption in connection with any Qualified Equity Offering or other securities offering or any other financing, or in connection with a transaction (or series of related transactions) that constitutes a Change of Control, may, at the Company’s discretion, be given prior to the completion thereof and be subject to one or more conditions precedent, including completion of the related Qualified Equity Offering, securities offering, financing or Change of Control.

 

6.                                      Sinking Fund.  The Notes are not subject to any sinking fund.

 

7.                                      Notice of Redemption.  At least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date, notice of redemption will be sent, in the case of Global Notes, in accordance with the Depositary’s procedures, and in the case of Notes that are not Global Notes, mailed by first-class mail to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed at his or her registered address.  Notes may be redeemed in part in whole multiples of $2,000 or any whole multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.  If notice of redemption has been given, the Notes or portions of Notes specified in such notice shall become due and payable on the date and at the place stated in such notice at the applicable redemption price, together with interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption, and on and after said date (unless the Company

 

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shall default in the payment of such Notes at the redemption price, together with interest accrued to said date) interest on the Notes or portions of Notes so called for redemption shall cease to accrue.

 

8.                                      Repurchase at Option of Holder.  Upon a Change of Control, any Holder of Notes will have the right, subject to certain conditions specified in the Indenture, to cause the Company to repurchase all or any part of the Notes of such Holder at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount of the Notes to be repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of repurchase (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date that is on or prior to the date of purchase) as provided in, and subject to the terms of, the Indenture; provided, however, the Company shall not be obligated to purchase the Notes upon a Change of Control in the event that it has optionally redeemed all the Notes.

 

In accordance with Section 4.10 of the Indenture, the Company will be required to offer to purchase Notes upon the occurrence of certain events.

 

9.                                      Denominations, Transfer, Exchange.  The Notes are in fully registered form in denominations of $2,000 and any whole multiple of $1,000.  A Holder may transfer or exchange Notes in accordance with the Indenture.  Upon any transfer or exchange, the Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements or transfer documents and to pay any taxes required by law or permitted by the Indenture.  The Company will not be required to transfer or exchange any outstanding Notes selected for redemption or purchase or to transfer or exchange any outstanding Notes for a period of 15 days prior to the selection of Notes to be redeemed or purchased or between a record date and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date.

 

10.                               Persons Deemed Owners.  The registered Holder of this Note will be treated as the owner of it for all purposes.

 

11.                               Unclaimed Money.  If money for the payment of principal or interest remains unclaimed for two years, the Trustee and the Paying Agent shall pay the money back to the Company at its written request unless an abandoned property law designates another Person.  After any such payment, Holders entitled to the money must look to the Company for payment as general creditors and the Trustee and the Paying Agent shall have no further liability with respect to such monies.

 

12.                               Discharge and Defeasance.  Subject to certain conditions, the Company at any time may terminate some of or all its obligations under the Notes and the Indenture if the Company deposits with the Trustee money or U.S. Government Obligations for the payment of principal and interest on the Notes to redemption or maturity, as the case may be.

 

13.                               Amendment, Waiver.  Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, the Indenture or the Notes may be amended with the written consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding and any past default or compliance with any provisions may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding (including consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for the Notes).  Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, without the consent of any Holder, the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee may amend the Indenture to (i) convey, transfer, assign, mortgage or pledge any property or assets to the Trustee as security for the Notes; (ii) evidence the succession of another Person to the Company, or successive successions, and the assumption by the successor Person of the covenants, agreements and obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor under the Indenture, the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantees pursuant to the provisions described under Article Five of the Indenture; (iii) add to the covenants of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors such further covenants, restrictions, conditions or provisions for the protection of the Holders of Notes; (iv) cure any ambiguity or correct or supplement any provision contained in the Indenture, the Notes (including the Exchange Notes) or the Subsidiary Guarantees that may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision contained in the Indenture; (v) make such other provisions in regard to matters or questions arising under the Indenture as the Company may deem necessary or desirable and that shall not materially and adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Notes; (vi) evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment under the Indenture by a successor Trustee with respect to the Notes and add to or change any of the provisions of the Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts under the Indenture by more than the one Trustee pursuant to the requirements of the Indenture; (vii) provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes (provided, however, that

 

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the uncertificated Notes are issued in registered form for purposes of Section 163(f) of the Code, or in a manner such that the uncertificated Notes are described in Section 163(f)(2)(B) of the Code); (viii) add additional Guarantees with respect to the Notes and release any Subsidiary Guarantor in accordance with the Indenture; (ix) provide for the issuance of Additional Notes; (x) conform the text of this Indenture or the Notes (including the Exchange Notes) or the Subsidiary Guarantees to any provision of the Description of Notes in the offering memorandum related to the Notes issued on the Issue Date; (xi) comply with any requirement of the SEC in connection with the qualification of the Indenture under the TIA; (xii) to make any change that provides for additional rights or benefits to the Holders of the Notes or does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder in any material respect; (xiii) to make any amendment to the provisions of the Indenture relating to the transfer and legending of Notes, subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture; (xiv) to supplement any of the provisions of the Indenture to the extent necessary to permit or facilitate defeasance and discharge of the Notes; provided, that the action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Notes in any material respect; (xv) to provide for a reduction in the minimum denominations of the Notes; or (xvi) to comply with the rules of any applicable Depositary.

 

14.                               Defaults and Remedies.  If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default relating to certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Company) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes by notice to the Company may declare the principal of and accrued but unpaid interest on all the Notes to be due and payable.  Upon such a declaration, such principal and interest will be due and payable immediately.  If an Event of Default relating to certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Company occurs, the principal of and interest on all the Notes will become immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holders.  Under certain circumstances, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes may rescind any such acceleration with respect to the Notes and its consequences.

 

No Holder of any Notes shall have any right, by virtue or by availing of any provision of this Indenture, to institute any action or proceeding at law or in equity or in bankruptcy or otherwise with respect to the Indenture, or for the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official or for any other remedy hereunder, unless such Holder previously shall have given to the Trustee written notice of an Event of Default and of the continuance thereof and the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes shall have made written request upon the Trustee to institute such action or proceedings in its own name as trustee hereunder and shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it as it may require, against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby and the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of security or indemnity shall have failed to institute any such action or proceeding and no direction inconsistent with such written request shall have been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding; it being understood and intended, and being expressly covenanted by the Holder of every Notes with every other Holder of a Note and the Trustee, that no one or more Holders of Notes shall have any right in any manner whatever, by virtue or by availing of any provision of this Indenture, to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other such Holder of Notes, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference to any other such Holder or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal, ratable and common benefit of all Holders of the Notes.

 

15.                               Trustee Dealings with Company.  Subject to certain limitations imposed by the TIA, the Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with and collect obligations owed to it by the Company or its Affiliates and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.

 

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

 

17.                               Authentication.  This Note shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee (or an authenticating agent) manually signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of this Note.

 

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18.                               Abbreviations.  Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as TEN COM (=tenants in common), TEN ENT (=tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (=joint tenants with rights of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (=custodian), and U/G/M/A (=Uniform Gift to Minors Act).

 

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

 

20.                               CUSIP and ISIN Numbers.  The Company has caused CUSIP and ISIN numbers to be printed on the Notes and has directed the Trustee to use CUSIP and ISIN numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders.  No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

 

To assign this Note, fill in the form below:

 

	
(I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
(INSERT ASSIGNEE’S LEGAL NAME)
    

 

	
 
    
	
(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)
    
	
 
    
	
 
    
	
 
    
	
 
    
	
(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)
    

 

	
and irrevocably appoint
    	
 
    

to transfer this Note on the books of the Company.  The agent may substitute another to act for him.

 

	
Date:
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

	
 
    	
Your Signature:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)
    

 

	
Signature Guarantee*:
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

* Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).

 

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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE

 

If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.10 (Sale of Assets) or Section 4.13 (Change of Control) of the Indenture, check the appropriate box below:

 

o Section 4.10                                                              o Section 4.13

 

If you want to elect to have only part of the Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.10 or Section 4.13 of the Indenture, state the amount you elect to have purchased ($1,000 or an integral multiple thereof):

 

$                                

 

	
Date:
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

	
 
    	
Your Signature:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)
    

 

	
Signature Guarantee*:
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

* Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).

 

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[To be inserted for Rule 144A Global Note]

 

SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE

 

The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for an interest in another Global Note or for a Definitive Note, or exchanges of a part of another Global Note or Definitive Note for an interest in this Global Note, have been made:

 

	
Date of Exchange
    	
 
    	
Amount of Decrease
   in Principal Amount
   at Maturity of this
   Global Note
    	
 
    	
Amount of Increase
   in Principal Amount
   at Maturity of this
   Global Note
    	
 
    	
Principal Amount at
   Maturity of this Global
   Note Following such
   Decrease (or increase)
    	
 
    	
Signature of
   Authorized Signatory
   of Trustee or Custodian
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

[To be inserted for Regulation S Global Note]

 

SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE

 

The following exchanges of a part of this Regulation S Global Note for an interest in another Global Note or of other Restricted Global Notes for an interest in this Regulation S Global Note, have been made:

 

	
Date of Exchange
    	
 
    	
Amount of Decrease
   in Principal Amount
   at Maturity of this
   Global Note
    	
 
    	
Amount of Increase
   in Principal Amount
   at Maturity of this
   Global Note
    	
 
    	
Principal Amount at
   Maturity of this Global
   Note Following such
   Decrease (or increase)
    	
 
    	
Signature of
   Authorized Signatory
   of Trustee or Custodian
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

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EXHIBIT B

 

FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER

 

Orbital ATK, Inc.
 45101 Warp Drive
 Dulles, Virginia  20166
 Fax:  (703) 406-5572
 Attention:  Thomas E. McCabe, General Counsel

 

The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.
 2 North La Salle Street
 Suite 1020
 Chicago, IL  60602
 Attention:  Corporate Trust Services

 

Re:  5.50% Senior Notes due 2023

 

Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of September 29, 2015 (the “Indenture”), among Orbital ATK, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the Subsidiary Guarantors, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee.  Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.

 

(the “Transferor”) owns and proposes to transfer the Note[s] or interest in such Note[s] specified in Annex A hereto, in the principal amount of $              in such Note[s] or interests (the “Transfer”), to                             (the “Transferee”), as further specified in Annex A hereto.  In connection with the Transfer, the Transferor hereby certifies that:

 

[CHECK ALL THAT APPLY]

 

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

 

o                                    2.                                      Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in a Legended Regulation S Global Note or a Definitive Note pursuant to Regulation S.  The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that (i) the Transfer is not being made to a person in the United States and (x) at the time the buy order was originated, the Transferee was outside the United States or such Transferor and any Person acting on its behalf reasonably believed and believes that the Transferee was outside the United States or (y) the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market and neither such Transferor nor any Person acting on its behalf knows that the transaction was prearranged with a buyer in the United States, (ii) no directed selling efforts have been made in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or Rule 904(b) of Regulation S under

 

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the Securities Act, (iii) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act and (iv) if the proposed transfer is being made prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, the transfer is not being made to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person (other than an Initial Purchaser).  Upon consummation of the proposed transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Legended Regulation S Global Note and/or the Definitive Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

o                                    (d)                                 such Transfer is being effected to an Institutional Accredited Investor and pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 144A, Rule 144, Rule 903 or Rule 904, and the Transferor hereby further certifies that it has not engaged in any general solicitation within the meaning of Regulation D under the Securities Act and the Transfer complies with the transfer restrictions applicable to beneficial interests in an Restricted Global Note or Restricted Definitive Notes and the requirements of the exemption claimed, which certification is supported by (1) a certificate executed by the Transferee in the form of Exhibit E to the Indenture and (2) if such Transfer is in respect of a principal amount of Notes at the time of transfer of less than $250,000, an Opinion of Counsel provided by the Transferor or the Transferee (a copy of which the Transferor has attached to this certification), to the effect that such Transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act.  Upon consummation of the proposed transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the IAI Global Note or the Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

 

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

 

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

 

o                                    (b)                                 Check if Transfer is pursuant to Regulation S.  (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.  Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with

 

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the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will no longer be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes, on Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.

 

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

 

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

 

	
Dated:
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
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By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    

 

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ANNEX A TO CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER

 

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

 

[CHECK ONE OF (a) OR (b)]

 

	
o
    	
(a)
    	
a beneficial interest in the:
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
(i)
    	
144A Global Note (CUSIP             ); or
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Regulation S Global Note (CUSIP              ); or
    
	
 
    
	
IAI Global Note (CUSIP            );   or
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
o
    	
(b)
    	
a Restricted Definitive Note.
    

 

2.                                      After the Transfer the Transferee will hold:

 

[CHECK ONE]

 

	
o
    	
(a)
    	
a beneficial interest in the:
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
(i)
    	
144A Global Note (CUSIP              ); or
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
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IAI Global Note (CUSIP              ); or
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
o
    	
(b)
    	
a Restricted Definitive Note; or
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
o
    	
(c)
    	
an Unrestricted Definitive Note,
    

 

in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.

 

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EXHIBIT C

 

FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE

 

Orbital ATK, Inc.
 45101 Warp Drive
 Dulles, Virginia  20166
 Fax:  (703) 406-5572
 Attention:  Thomas E. McCabe, General Counsel

 

The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.
 2 North La Salle Street
 Suite 1020
 Chicago, IL  60602
 Attention:  Corporate Trust Services

 

Re:  5.50% Senior Notes due 2023

 

Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of September 29, 2015 (the “Indenture”), among Orbital ATK, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the Subsidiary Guarantors, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee.  Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.

 

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

 

1.                                      Exchange of Restricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note for Unrestricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Note.

 

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

 

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

 

o                                    (c)                                  Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Note to beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note.  In connection with the Owner’s Exchange of a Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the

 

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Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

o                                    (b)                                 Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Note to beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note.  In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in the [CHECK ONE]:

 

o                                    144A Global Note

 

o                                    Regulation S Global Note

 

with an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer and (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Restricted Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, and in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.  Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the beneficial interest issued will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the relevant Restricted Global Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

 

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

 

	
Dated:
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
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EXHIBIT D

 

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

 

[ ] SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “[ ] Supplemental Indenture”) dated as of [ ], among [GUARANTOR] (the “New Guarantor”), a subsidiary of Orbital ATK, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the [Initial][Existing] Guarantors (as defined below) and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee under the Indenture referred to below (the “Trustee”).

 

W I T N E S S E T H :

 

WHEREAS the Company and certain subsidiaries of the Company listed in Schedule II attached hereto (the “Initial Guarantors”) have heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an Indenture, dated as of September 29, 2015 (the “[Base] Indenture”), providing for the issuance of the Company’s 5.50% Senior Notes due 2023 (the “Notes”), [as amended and supplemented by the [   ] Supplemental Indenture (together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), dated [   ], 20[  ], among the Company the Initial Guarantors and certain subsidiaries of the Company listed in Schedule I attached hereto (the “Subsequent Guarantors” and, together with the Initial Guarantors, the “Existing Guarantors”)], and the Trustee;

 

WHEREAS Section 4.15 of the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Company is required to cause the New Guarantor to execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the New Guarantors shall unconditionally guarantee all the Company’s obligations under the Notes pursuant to a Subsidiary Guarantee on the terms and conditions set forth herein; and

 

WHEREAS pursuant to Section 9.01(a)(8) of the Indenture, the Trustee, the Company and the Existing Guarantors are authorized to execute and deliver this [ ] Supplemental Indenture.

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the New Guarantor, the Company, the [Initial][Existing] Guarantors and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows:

 

1.                                      AGREEMENT TO GUARANTEE.  The New Guarantor hereby agrees, jointly and severally with all the [Initial][Existing] Guarantors, to unconditionally guarantee the Company’s obligations under the Notes on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in Article Ten of the Indenture and to be bound by all other applicable provisions of the Indenture and the Notes.

 

2.                                      RATIFICATION OF INDENTURE; SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES PART OF INDENTURE.  Except as expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect.  This [   ]Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every Holder of Notes heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby.

 

3.                                      GOVERNING LAW.  THIS [ ] SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

4.                                      TRUSTEE.  The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this [ ] Supplemental Indenture or the Subsidiary Guarantee or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by the New Guarantor, the [Initial][Existing] Guarantors and the Company.  All of the provisions contained in the Indenture in respect of the rights, privileges, protections, immunities, powers and duties of the Trustee shall be applicable in respect of this [ ] Supplemental Indenture as fully and with like force and effect as though fully set forth in full herein.

 

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5.                                      COUNTERPARTS.  The parties may sign any number of copies of this [ ] Supplemental Indenture.  Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.

 

6.                                      EFFECT OF HEADINGS.  The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not effect the construction thereof.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this [ ] Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

 

	
 
    	
[NEW GUARANTOR]
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
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ORBITAL ATK, INC.,
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
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[INITIAL GUARANTORS][EXISTING GUARANTORS]
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
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Title:
    

 

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Schedule I

 

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Schedule II

 

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EXHIBIT E

 

FORM OF CERTIFICATE FROM 
 ACQUIRING INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR

 

Orbital ATK, Inc.
 45101 Warp Drive
 Dulles, Virginia  20166
 Fax:  (703) 406-5572
 Attention:  Thomas E. McCabe, General Counsel

 

The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.
 2 North LaSalle Street
 Suite 1020
 Chicago, IL  60602
 Attention:  Corporate Trust Services

 

Re:  5.50% Senior Notes due 2023

 

Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of September 29, 2015 (the “Indenture”), among Orbital ATK, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the Subsidiary Guarantors, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee.  Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.

 

In connection with our proposed purchase of $            aggregate principal amount of:

 

(a)                                 o                                    a beneficial interest in a Global Note, or

 

(b)                                 o                                    a Definitive Note,

 

we confirm that:

 

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

 

2.                                      We understand that the offer and sale of the Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act, and that the Notes and any interest therein may not be offered or sold except as permitted in the following sentence.  We agree, on our own behalf and on behalf of any accounts for which we are acting as hereinafter stated, that if we should sell the Notes or any interest therein, we will do so only (A) to the Company or any subsidiary thereof, (B) in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act to a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined therein), (C) to an institutional “accredited investor” (as defined below) that, prior to such transfer, furnishes (or has furnished on its behalf by a U.S. broker-dealer) to you and to the Company a signed letter substantially in the form of this letter and, if such transfer is in respect of a principal amount of Notes, at the time of transfer of less than $250,000, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Company to the effect that such transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act, (D) outside the United States in accordance with Rule 904 of Regulation S under the Securities Act, (E) pursuant to the provisions of Rule 144 under the Securities Act or (F) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, and we further agree to provide to any Person purchasing the Definitive Note or beneficial interest in a Global Note from us in a transaction meeting the requirements of clauses (A) through (E) of this paragraph a notice advising such purchaser that resales thereof are restricted as stated herein.

 

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3.                                      We understand that, on any proposed resale of the Notes or beneficial interest therein, we will be required to furnish to you and the Company such certifications, legal opinions and other information as you and the Company may reasonably require to confirm that the proposed sale complies with the foregoing restrictions.  We further understand that the Notes purchased by us will bear a legend to the foregoing effect.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
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E-2Exhibit 4.3

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

by and among

 

Orbital ATK, Inc.,
 the Guarantors named herein,

 

and

 

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, 
 as Representative of the several Initial Purchasers

 

Dated as of September 29, 2015

 

 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

This Registration Rights Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of September 29, 2015, by and among Orbital ATK, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the subsidiaries of the Company named in Schedule A hereto, and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representative (the “Representative”) of the several initial purchasers named in Schedule B hereto (collectively, the “Initial Purchasers”), each of whom has agreed to purchase the Company’s 5.50% Senior Notes due 2023 (the “Initial Notes”) fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Guarantors (the “Guarantees”) pursuant to the Purchase Agreement (as defined below).  The Initial Notes and the Guarantees attached thereto are herein collectively referred to as the “Initial Securities.”

 

This Agreement is made pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, dated September 22, 2015 (the “Purchase Agreement”), among the Company, the Guarantors and the Representative (i) for the benefit of the Initial Purchasers and (ii) for the benefit of the holders from time to time of the Initial Securities, including the Initial Purchasers.  In order to induce the Initial Purchasers to purchase the Initial Securities, the Company has agreed to provide the registration rights set forth in this Agreement.  The execution and delivery of this Agreement is a condition to the obligations of the Initial Purchasers set forth in Section 5(f) of the Purchase Agreement.

 

The parties hereby agree as follows:

 

SECTION 1.                   Definitions.  As used in this Agreement, the following capitalized terms shall have the following meanings:

 

Additional Interest:  As defined in Section 5(a) hereof.

 

Agreement:  As defined in the preamble hereto.

 

Broker-Dealer:  Any broker or dealer registered under the Exchange Act.

 

Business Day:  Any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or U.S. federal holiday or a day on which banking institutions or trust companies located in New York, New York are authorized or obligated to be closed.

 

Closing Date:  The date of this Agreement.

 

Commission:  The Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Company:  As defined in the preamble hereto.

 

Consummate:  A registered Exchange Offer shall be deemed “Consummated” for purposes of this Agreement upon the occurrence of (i) the filing and effectiveness under the Securities Act of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement relating to the Exchange Securities to be issued in the Exchange Offer, (ii) subject to any Suspension Period, the maintenance of such Registration Statement continuously effective and the keeping of the Exchange Offer open for a period not less than the minimum period required pursuant to Section 3(b) hereof and (iii) the delivery by the Company to the Registrar under the Indenture of Exchange Securities in the same

 

 

aggregate principal amount as the aggregate principal amount of Initial Securities that were validly tendered by Holders thereof pursuant to, and in accordance with the terms of, the Exchange Offer.

 

Exchange Act:  The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

Exchange Offer:  The registration by the Company under the Securities Act of the Exchange Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement pursuant to which the Company offers the Holders of all outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities the opportunity to exchange all such outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities held by such Holders for Exchange Securities in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities validly tendered in such exchange offer by such Holders.

 

Exchange Offer Registration Statement:  The Registration Statement relating to the Exchange Offer, including the related Prospectus.

 

Exchange Securities:  The 5.50% Senior Notes due 2023, of the same series under the Indenture as the Initial Notes and the Guarantees related thereto, to be issued to Holders in exchange for Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to this Agreement.

 

FINRA:  The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.

 

Guarantees:  As defined in the preamble hereto.

 

Guarantors:  The subsidiaries of the Company named in Schedule A hereto.

 

Holders:  As defined in Section 2(b) hereof.

 

Indemnified Holder:  As defined in Section 8(a) hereof.

 

Indenture:  The Indenture, dated as of the Closing Date, by and among the Company, the Guarantors and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”), pursuant to which the Securities are to be issued, as such Indenture is amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.

 

Initial Notes:  As defined in the preamble hereto.

 

Initial Placement:  The issuance and sale by the Company of the Initial Securities to the Initial Purchasers pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.

 

Initial Purchasers:  As defined in the preamble hereto.

 

Initial Securities:  As defined in the preamble hereto.

 

Person:  An individual, partnership, corporation, trust or unincorporated organization, or a government or agency or political subdivision thereof.

 

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Prospectus:  The prospectus included in a Registration Statement, as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement and by all other amendments thereto, including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference into such prospectus.

 

Purchase Agreement:  As defined in the preamble hereto.

 

Registration Default:  As defined in Section 5(a) hereof.

 

Registration Statement:  Any registration statement of the Company relating to (a) an offering of Exchange Securities pursuant to an Exchange Offer or (b) the registration for resale of Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, which is filed pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, in each case, including the Prospectus included therein, all amendments and supplements thereto (including post-effective amendments) and all exhibits and material incorporated by reference therein.

 

Representative:  As defined in the preamble hereto.

 

Securities:  The Initial Securities and the Exchange Securities.

 

Securities Act:  The Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

Shelf Filing Deadline:  As defined in Section 4(a) hereof.

 

Shelf Registration Statement:  As defined in Section 4(a) hereof.

 

Suspension Period:  As defined in Section 5(b) hereof.

 

Transfer Restricted Securities:  Each Initial Security, until the earliest to occur of (a) the date on which such Initial Security is exchanged in the Exchange Offer for an Exchange Security entitled to be resold to the public by the Holder thereof without complying with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act, (b) the date on which such Initial Security has been effectively registered under the Securities Act and disposed of in accordance with a Shelf Registration Statement and (c) the date on which such Initial Security is distributed to the public by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the “Plan of Distribution” contemplated by the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (including delivery of the Prospectus contained therein).

 

Trust Indenture Act:  The Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules, regulations, and forms promulgated thereunder.

 

Underwritten Registration or Underwritten Offering:  A registration in which securities of the Company are sold to an underwriter for reoffering to the public.

 

SECTION 2.                   Securities Subject to this Agreement.

 

(a)           Transfer Restricted Securities.  The securities entitled to the benefits of this Agreement are the Transfer Restricted Securities.

 

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(b)           Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities.  A Person is deemed to be a holder of Transfer Restricted Securities (each, a “Holder”) whenever such Person owns Transfer Restricted Securities.

 

SECTION 3.                   Registered Exchange Offer.

 

(a)           Unless the Exchange Offer shall not be permissible under applicable law or Commission policy, each of the Company and the Guarantors shall (i) use their reasonable best efforts to cause a Registration Statement under the Securities Act relating to the Exchange Securities and the Exchange Offer to become effective not later than 240 days after the Closing Date (or if such 240th day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day), (ii) in connection with the foregoing, use their reasonable best efforts to (A) file all pre-effective amendments to such Registration Statement as may be necessary in order to cause such Registration Statement to become effective, (B) if applicable, file a post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430A under the Securities Act and (C) cause all necessary filings in connection with the registration and qualification of the Exchange Securities to be made under the state securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as are necessary to permit the Consummation of the Exchange Offer, and (iii) upon the effectiveness of such Registration Statement, commence the Exchange Offer.  The Exchange Offer Registration Statement shall be on the appropriate form permitting registration of the Exchange Securities to be offered in exchange for the Transfer Restricted Securities and to permit resales of Initial Securities held by Broker-Dealers as contemplated by Section 3(c) hereof.

 

(b)           Subject to any Suspension Period, the Company and the Guarantors shall use their reasonable best efforts to cause the Exchange Offer Registration Statement to be effective continuously and shall keep the Exchange Offer open for a period of not less than the minimum period required under applicable federal and state securities laws to Consummate the Exchange Offer.  The Company shall cause the Exchange Offer to comply with all applicable federal and state securities laws.  No securities other than the Exchange Securities shall be included in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement.  The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Exchange Offer to be Consummated on the earliest practicable date after the Exchange Offer Registration Statement has become effective, but in no event later than 270 days after the Closing Date (or if such 270th day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day).

 

(c)           The Company shall indicate in a “Plan of Distribution” section contained in the Prospectus forming a part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement that any Broker-Dealer who holds Initial Securities that are Transfer Restricted Securities and that were acquired for its own account as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities (other than Transfer Restricted Securities acquired directly from the Company), may exchange such Initial Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer; however, such Broker-Dealer may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act and must, therefore, deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resales of the Exchange Securities received by such Broker-Dealer in the Exchange Offer, which prospectus delivery requirement may be satisfied by the delivery by such Broker-Dealer of the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement.  Such “Plan of Distribution” section shall also contain all other information with respect to such resales by Broker-Dealers that the

 

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Commission may require in order to permit such resales pursuant thereto, but such “Plan of Distribution” shall not name any such Broker-Dealer or disclose the amount of Initial Securities held by any such Broker-Dealer except to the extent required by the Commission as a result of a change in policy after the date of this Agreement.

 

Subject to any Suspension Period, each of the Company and the Guarantors shall use its reasonable best efforts to keep the Exchange Offer Registration Statement continuously effective, supplemented and amended as required by the provisions of Section 6(c) hereof to the extent necessary to ensure that it is available for resales of Initial Securities acquired by Broker-Dealers for their own accounts as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, and to ensure that it conforms with the requirements of this Agreement, the Securities Act and the policies, rules and regulations of the Commission as announced from time to time, for a period ending on the earlier of (i) 180 days from the date on which the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is declared effective and (ii) the date on which a Broker-Dealer is no longer required to deliver a prospectus in connection with market-making or other trading activities.

 

The Company shall provide sufficient copies of the latest version of such Prospectus to Broker-Dealers promptly upon request at any time during such 180-day (or shorter as provided in the foregoing sentence) period in order to facilitate such resales.

 

SECTION 4.                   Shelf Registration.

 

(a)           Shelf Registration.  If (i) the Company is not required to file an Exchange Offer Registration Statement or to Consummate the Exchange Offer because the Exchange Offer is not permitted by applicable law or Commission policy, (ii) for any reason the Exchange Offer is not Consummated within 270 days after the Closing Date (or if such 270th day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day), or (iii) with respect to any Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities (A) such Holder is prohibited by applicable law or Commission policy from participating in the Exchange Offer, (B) such Holder does not receive freely tradeable Exchange Securities in exchange for the Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer (in the case of the Initial Purchasers, constituting any portion of an unsold allotment) (it being understood that the requirement that an Initial Purchaser deliver a prospectus in connection with sales of the Exchange Securities acquired in the Exchange Offer for Transfer Restricted Securities that such Initial Purchaser acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities shall not result in such Exchange Securities not being “freely tradeable” for purposes of this Section 4) or (C) such Holder is a Broker-Dealer and holds Initial Securities acquired directly from the Company or one of its affiliates, then (in the case of clause (iii), upon such Holder’s request), the Company and the Guarantors shall

 

(x)           cause to be filed a shelf registration statement pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act, which may be an amendment to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (in either event, the “Shelf Registration Statement”), on or prior to the earliest to occur of (1) the 30th day after the date on which the Company determines that it is not required to file the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, (2) the 30th day after the date on which the Company receives notice from a Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities as contemplated by clause (iii) above, and (3) the 270th day after the Closing Date (or if

 

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such 270th day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day) (such earliest date being the “Shelf Filing Deadline”), which Shelf Registration Statement shall provide for resales of all Transfer Restricted Securities the Holders of which shall have provided the information required pursuant to Section 4(b) hereof; and

 

(y)           use their reasonable best efforts to cause such Shelf Registration Statement to be declared effective by the Commission on or before the 30th day after the Shelf Filing Deadline (or if such 30th day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day).

 

Subject to any Suspension Period, each of the Company and the Guarantors shall use its reasonable best efforts to keep such Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective, supplemented and amended as required by the provisions of Sections 6(b) and (c) hereof to the extent necessary to ensure that it is available for resales of Initial Securities by the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities entitled to the benefit of this Section 4(a), and to ensure that it conforms with the requirements of this Agreement, the Securities Act and the policies, rules and regulations of the Commission as announced from time to time, for a period of at least one year following the effective date of such Shelf Registration Statement (or shorter period that will terminate when all the Initial Securities covered by such Shelf Registration Statement have been sold pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement).

 

(b)           Provision by Holders of Certain Information in Connection with the Shelf Registration Statement.  No Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities may include any of its Transfer Restricted Securities in any Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to this Agreement unless and until such Holder furnishes to the Company in writing, within 20 Business Days after receipt of a request therefor, such information as the Company may reasonably request for use in connection with any Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus included therein.  Each Holder as to which any Shelf Registration Statement is being effected agrees to furnish promptly to the Company all information required to be disclosed in order to make the information previously furnished to the Company by such Holder not materially misleading.

 

SECTION 5.                   Additional Interest.

 

(a)           If (i) the Exchange Offer has not been Consummated prior to the 270th day after the Closing Date (or if such 270th day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day), (ii) any Shelf Registration Statement required by this Agreement has not been declared effective by the Commission on or prior to the 30th day after the Shelf Filing Deadline (or if such 30th day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day) or (iii) at any time such Registration Statement required by this Agreement is filed and declared effective but shall thereafter cease to be effective or fail to be usable for its intended purpose (except as permitted in Section 5(b) hereof) without being succeeded immediately by a post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement that cures such failure and that is itself immediately declared effective (each such event referred to in clauses (i) through (iii), a “Registration Default”), the Company hereby agrees that the interest rate borne by the Transfer Restricted Securities shall be increased by 0.25% per annum during the 90-day period immediately following the occurrence of any Registration Default and shall increase by 0.25% per annum at the end of each subsequent

 

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90-day period (any such increased interest, “Additional Interest”), but in no event shall such increase exceed 0.50% per annum.  Following the cure of all Registration Defaults relating to any particular Transfer Restricted Securities, the interest rate borne by the relevant Transfer Restricted Securities will be reduced to the original interest rate borne by such Transfer Restricted Securities; provided, however, that, if after any such reduction in interest rate, a different Registration Default occurs, the interest rate borne by the relevant Transfer Restricted Securities shall again be increased pursuant to the foregoing provisions.

 

All obligations of the Company and the Guarantors set forth in the preceding paragraph that are outstanding with respect to any Transfer Restricted Security at the time such security ceases to be a Transfer Restricted Security shall survive until such time as all such obligations with respect to such security shall have been satisfied in full.

 

(b)           Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 5(a), for one or more periods of up to 60 days in the aggregate in any 12-month period (each a “Suspension Period”), a Registration Default referred to in Section 5(a)(iii) hereof shall be deemed not to have occurred and be continuing in relation to any Registration Statement or the related Prospectus if (i) such Registration Default has occurred solely as a result of (x) the filing of a post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement to incorporate annual audited financial information or other information required by the Commission with respect to the Company where such post-effective amendment is not yet effective and needs to be declared effective to permit Holders to use the related Prospectus or (y) the existence of any fact of the kind described in Section 6(c)(iii)(D) hereof (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the existence of any material event with respect to the Company or any of its subsidiaries that would need to be described in such Registration Statement or the related Prospectus) and (ii) in the case of clause (y), the Company is proceeding promptly as reasonably practicable and in good faith to amend or supplement such Registration Statement and related Prospectus to describe such events.

 

SECTION 6.                   Registration Procedures.

 

(a)           Exchange Offer Registration Statement.

 

(i)            In connection with the Exchange Offer, the Company and the Guarantors shall comply with all of the provisions of Section 6(c) hereof, shall use their reasonable best efforts to effect such exchange to permit the sale of Transfer Restricted Securities being sold in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution thereof.

 

(ii)           As a condition to its participation in the Exchange Offer pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities shall furnish, upon the request of the Company, prior to the Consummation thereof, a written representation to the Company (which may be contained in the letter of transmittal contemplated by the Exchange Offer Registration Statement) to the effect that (A) it is not an affiliate of the Company, (B) it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, and has no arrangement or understanding with any Person to participate in, a distribution of the Exchange Securities to be issued in the Exchange Offer and (C) it is acquiring the Exchange Securities in its ordinary course of business.  In addition, all such Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities shall otherwise cooperate in the Company’s preparations for the Exchange Offer.  Each

 

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Holder hereby acknowledges and agrees that any Broker-Dealer and any such Holder using the Exchange Offer to participate in a distribution of the securities to be acquired in the Exchange Offer (1) could not under Commission policy as in effect on the date of this Agreement rely on the position of the Commission enunciated in Morgan Stanley and Co., Inc. (available June 5, 1991) and Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (available May 13, 1988), as interpreted in the Commission’s letter to Shearman & Sterling dated July 2, 1993, and similar no-action letters, and (2) must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with a secondary resale transaction and that such a secondary resale transaction should be covered by an effective registration statement containing the selling security holder information required by Item 507 or 508, as applicable, of Regulation S-K if the resales are of Exchange Securities obtained by such Holder in exchange for Initial Securities acquired by such Holder directly from the Company.

 

(b)           Shelf Registration Statement.  In connection with the Shelf Registration Statement, each of the Company and the Guarantors shall comply with all the provisions of Section 6(c) hereof and shall use its reasonable best efforts to effect such registration to permit the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities being sold in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution thereof, and pursuant thereto each of the Company and the Guarantors will, prior to the Shelf Filing Deadline, prepare and file with the Commission a Registration Statement relating to the registration on any appropriate form under the Securities Act, which form shall be available for the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution thereof.

 

(c)           General Provisions.  In connection with any Registration Statement and any Prospectus required by this Agreement to permit the sale or resale of Transfer Restricted Securities (including, without limitation, any Registration Statement and the related Prospectus required to permit resales of Initial Securities by Broker-Dealers), each of the Company and the Guarantors shall:

 

(i)      subject to Section 5(b) hereof, use its reasonable best efforts to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective and provide all requisite financial statements (including, if required by the Securities Act or any regulation thereunder, financial statements of the Guarantors) for the period specified in Section 3 or 4 hereof, as applicable; upon the occurrence of any event that would cause any such Registration Statement or the Prospectus contained therein not to be effective and usable for resale of Transfer Restricted Securities during the period required by this Agreement, the Company shall file promptly an appropriate amendment to such Registration Statement and use its reasonable best efforts to cause such amendment to be declared effective and such Registration Statement and the related Prospectus to become usable for their intended purpose(s) as soon as practicable thereafter;

 

(ii)     prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and post-effective amendments to the applicable Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep the Registration Statement effective for the applicable period set forth in Section 3 or 4 hereof, as applicable, or such shorter period as will terminate when all Transfer

 

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Restricted Securities covered by such Registration Statement have been sold; cause the Prospectus to be supplemented by any required Prospectus supplement, and as so supplemented to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act, and to comply fully with the applicable provisions of Rules 424 and 430A under the Securities Act in a timely manner; and comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such Registration Statement during the applicable period in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution by the sellers thereof set forth in such Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus;

 

(iii)            advise the underwriter(s), if any, and selling Holders promptly and, if requested by such Persons, to confirm such advice in writing, (A) when the Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed, and, with respect to any Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto, when the same has become effective, (B) of any request by the Commission for amendments to the Registration Statement or amendments or supplements to the Prospectus or for additional information relating thereto, (C) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement under the Securities Act or of the suspension by any state securities commission of the qualification of the Transfer Restricted Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation of any proceeding for any of the preceding purposes, and (D) of the existence of any fact or the happening of any event that makes any statement of a material fact made in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any amendment or supplement thereto untrue, or that requires the making of any additions to or changes in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein not misleading.  If at any time the Commission shall issue any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, or any state securities commission or other regulatory authority shall issue an order suspending the qualification or exemption from qualification of the Transfer Restricted Securities under state securities or blue sky laws, each of the Company and the Guarantors shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the withdrawal or lifting of such order at the earliest possible time;

 

(iv)            furnish without charge to each of the Initial Purchasers, each selling Holder named in any Registration Statement, and each of the underwriter(s), if any, before filing with the Commission, copies of any Registration Statement or any Prospectus included therein or any amendments or supplements to any such Registration Statement or Prospectus (including all documents incorporated by reference after the initial filing of such Registration Statement), which Registration Statement or Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) will be subject to the review and comment of such Holders and underwriter(s) in connection with such sale, if any, for a period of at least three Business Days, and the Company will not file any such Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to any such Registration Statement or Prospectus to which an Initial Purchaser of Transfer Restricted Securities covered by such Registration Statement or the underwriter(s), if any, shall reasonably object in writing within three Business Days after the receipt thereof (such objection to be deemed timely made upon confirmation of facsimile transmission within such period).  The objection of an Initial Purchaser or underwriter, if any, shall be deemed to be reasonable

 

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if such Registration Statement, amendment, Prospectus or supplement, as applicable, as proposed to be filed, contains a material misstatement or omission;

 

(v)             promptly prior to the filing of any document that is to be incorporated by reference into a Registration Statement or Prospectus, provide copies of such document to the Initial Purchasers, each selling Holder named in any Registration Statement, and to the underwriter(s), if any, make the Company’s and the Guarantors’ representatives available for discussion of such document and other customary due diligence matters, and include such information in such document prior to the filing thereof as such selling Holders or underwriter(s), if any, reasonably may request;

 

(vi)            make available at reasonable times for inspection by the Initial Purchasers, the managing underwriter(s), if any, participating in any disposition pursuant to such Registration Statement and any attorney or accountant retained by such Initial Purchasers or any of the underwriter(s), all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties, in each case subject to customary confidentiality provisions in such documents, of each of the Company and the Guarantors as shall be reasonably requested to enable them to exercise any applicable due diligence responsibilities, and cause the Company’s and the Guarantors’ officers, directors and employees to supply all information reasonably requested by any such Holder, underwriter, attorney or accountant in connection with such Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto subsequent to the filing thereof and prior to its effectiveness and to participate in meetings with investors to the extent requested by the managing underwriter(s), if any;

 

(vii)           if requested by any selling Holders or the underwriter(s), if any, promptly incorporate in any Registration Statement or Prospectus, pursuant to a supplement or post-effective amendment if necessary, such information as such selling Holders and underwriter(s), if any, may reasonably request to have included therein, including, without limitation, information relating to the “Plan of Distribution” of the Transfer Restricted Securities, information with respect to the principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities being sold to such underwriter(s), the purchase price being paid therefor and any other terms of the offering of the Transfer Restricted Securities to be sold in such offering; and make all required filings of such Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment as soon as practicable after the Company is notified of the matters to be incorporated in such Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment;

 

(viii)          use reasonable best efforts to (A) if the Initial Securities have been rated prior to the initial sale of such Initial Securities, confirm such ratings will apply to the Initial Securities covered by a Registration Statement, or (B) if the Initial Securities were not previously rated, cause the Initial Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be rated with the appropriate rating agencies, in each case if so requested by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Securities covered thereby or the underwriter(s), if any;

 

(ix)            furnish to each Initial Purchaser, each selling Holder and each of the underwriter(s), if any, without charge, at least one copy of the Registration Statement, as

 

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first filed with the Commission, and of each amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, all documents incorporated by reference therein and all exhibits (including exhibits incorporated therein by reference);

 

(x)             deliver to each selling Holder and each of the underwriter(s), if any, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus (including each preliminary prospectus) and any amendment or supplement thereto as such Persons reasonably may request in writing; each of the Company and the Guarantors hereby consents to the use of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders and each of the underwriter(s), if any, in connection with the offering and the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto;

 

(xi)            enter into such customary agreements (including a customary underwriting agreement), and make such customary representations and warranties, and take all such other customary actions in connection therewith in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of the Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to any Registration Statement contemplated by this Agreement, all to such extent as may be reasonably requested by any Initial Purchaser or by any Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities or underwriter in connection with any sale or resale pursuant to any Registration Statement contemplated by this Agreement; and whether or not an underwriting agreement is entered into and whether or not the registration is an Underwritten Registration, each of the Company and the Guarantors shall:

 

(A)          furnish to each Initial Purchaser, each selling Holder and each underwriter, if any, in such substance and scope as they may reasonably request and as are customarily made by issuers to underwriters in primary underwritten offerings, upon the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement:

 

(1)           a certificate, dated the date of effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement, signed by (y) the President or any Vice President and (z) a principal financial or accounting officer of each of the Company and the Guarantors, confirming, as of the date thereof, the matters set forth in paragraphs (i), (ii) and (iii) of Section 5(e) of the Purchase Agreement and such other matters as such parties may reasonably request;

 

(2)           an opinion, dated the date of effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement, of counsel(s) for the Company and the Guarantors, covering the matters set forth in Section 5(c) of the Purchase Agreement (to the extent such matters are applicable in the context of the Consummation of the Exchange Offer or the date of effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement, as the case may be) and such other matter as such parties may reasonably request, and in any event including a customary statement to the effect that such counsel has participated in conferences with officers and other representatives of the Company and the Guarantors, representatives of the independent public accountants for the Company and the Guarantors, representatives of the underwriter(s), if

 

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any, and counsel to the underwriter(s), if any, in connection with the preparation of such Shelf Registration Statement and the related Prospectus and have considered the matters required to be stated therein and the statements contained therein, although such counsel has not independently verified the accuracy, completeness or fairness of such statements; and that such counsel advises that, on the basis of the foregoing, no facts came to such counsel’s attention that caused such counsel to believe that the Shelf Registration Statement, at the time such Shelf Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto became effective, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or that the Prospectus contained in such Registration Statement as of its date, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading.  Without limiting the foregoing, such counsel may state further that such counsel assumes no responsibility for, and has not independently verified, the accuracy, completeness or fairness of, the financial statements, notes and schedules and other financial data included in the Shelf Registration Statement contemplated by this Agreement or the related Prospectus; and

 

(3)           a customary comfort letter, dated the date of effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement, from the Company’s independent accountants, in the customary form and covering matters of the type customarily requested to be covered in comfort letters by underwriters in connection with primary underwritten offerings, and covering or affirming the matters set forth in the comfort letters delivered pursuant to Section 5(a) of the Purchase Agreement, without exception;

 

(B)          set forth in full or incorporate by reference in the underwriting agreement, if any, the indemnification provisions and procedures of Section 8 hereof with respect to all parties to be indemnified pursuant to said Section; and

 

(C)          deliver such other documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested by such parties to evidence compliance with Section 6(c)(xi)(A) hereof and with any customary conditions contained in the underwriting agreement or other agreement entered into by the Company or any of the Guarantors pursuant to this Section 6(c)(xi), if any.

 

If at any time the representations and warranties of the Company and the Guarantors contemplated in Section 6(c)(xi)(A)(1) hereof cease to be true and correct, the Company or the Guarantors shall so advise the Initial Purchasers and the underwriter(s), if any, and each selling Holder promptly and, if requested by such Persons, shall confirm such advice in writing;

 

(xii)           prior to any public offering of Transfer Restricted Securities, cooperate with the selling Holders, the underwriter(s), if any, and their respective counsel in

 

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connection with the registration and qualification of the Transfer Restricted Securities under the state securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as the selling Holders or underwriter(s), if any, may reasonably request and do any and all other reasonable acts or things necessary or advisable to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement; provided, however, that none of the Company or the Guarantors shall be required to register or qualify as a foreign corporation where it is not then so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to the service of process in suits or to taxation, other than as to matters and transactions relating to the Registration Statement, in any jurisdiction where it is not then so subject;

 

(xiii)          issue, upon the request of any Holder of Initial Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement, Exchange Securities having an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of Initial Securities surrendered to the Company by such Holder in exchange therefor or being sold by such Holder; such Exchange Securities to be registered in the name of such Holder or in the name of the purchaser(s) of such Securities, as the case may be; in return, the Initial Securities held by such Holder shall be surrendered to the Company for cancellation;

 

(xiv)         cooperate with the selling Holders and the underwriter(s), if any, to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Transfer Restricted Securities to be sold and not bearing any restrictive legends; and enable such Transfer Restricted Securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as the Holders or the underwriter(s), if any, may request at least two Business Days prior to any sale of Transfer Restricted Securities made by such Holders or underwriter(s);

 

(xv)          use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary to enable the seller or sellers thereof or the underwriter(s), if any, to consummate the disposition of such Transfer Restricted Securities, subject to the proviso contained in Section 6(c)(xii) hereof;

 

(xvi)         if any fact or event contemplated by Section 6(c)(iii)(D) hereof shall exist or have occurred, prepare, as soon as practicable thereafter, a supplement or post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or related Prospectus or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of Transfer Restricted Securities, the Prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading;

 

(xvii)        provide a CUSIP number for all Securities not later than the effective date of the Registration Statement covering such Securities and provide the Trustee under the Indenture with printed certificates for such Securities which are in a form eligible for deposit with the Depository Trust Company and take all other action necessary to ensure that all such Securities are eligible for deposit with the Depository Trust Company;

 

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(xviii)       cooperate and assist in any filings required to be made with FINRA and in the performance of any due diligence investigation by any underwriter (including any “qualified independent underwriter”) that is required to be retained in accordance with the rules and regulations of FINRA;

 

(xix)         otherwise use its reasonable best efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission, and make generally available to its security holders, as soon as practicable, a consolidated earnings statement meeting the requirements of Rule 158 (which need not be audited) for the twelve-month period (A) commencing at the end of any fiscal quarter in which Transfer Restricted Securities are sold to underwriters in a firm commitment or best efforts Underwritten Offering or (B) if not sold to underwriters in such an offering, beginning with the first month of the Company’s first fiscal quarter commencing after the effective date of the Registration Statement;

 

(xx)          cause the Indenture to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act not later than the effective date of the first Registration Statement required by this Agreement, and, in connection therewith, cooperate with the Trustee and the Holders of Securities to effect such changes to the Indenture as may be required for such Indenture to be so qualified in accordance with the terms of the Trust Indenture Act; and to execute and use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Trustee to execute, all documents that may be required to effect such changes and all other forms and documents required to be filed with the Commission to enable such Indenture to be so qualified in a timely manner;

 

(xxi)         cause all Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be listed on each securities exchange or automated quotation system on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed if requested by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Initial Securities or the managing underwriter(s), if any; and

 

(xxii)        provide promptly to each Holder upon request each document filed with the Commission pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 and Section 15 of the Exchange Act; provided that for purposes of this covenant, such documents shall be deemed to have been provided to the Holders if they are electronically available via the Commission’s EDGAR System.

 

Each Holder agrees by acquisition of a Transfer Restricted Security that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the existence of any fact of the kind described in Section 6(c)(iii)(D) hereof (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the existence of any material event with respect to the Company or any of its subsidiaries that would need to be described in such Registration Statement or the related Prospectus), such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to the applicable Registration Statement until such Holder’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 6(c)(xvi) hereof, or until it is advised in writing (the “Advice”) by the Company that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed, and has received copies of any additional or supplemental filings that are incorporated by reference in the Prospectus.  If so directed by the Company, each Holder will deliver to the Company (at the Company’s expense)

 

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all copies, other than permanent file copies then in such Holder’s possession, of the Prospectus covering such Transfer Restricted Securities that was current at the time of receipt of such notice.  In the event the Company shall give any such notice, the time period regarding the effectiveness of such Registration Statement set forth in Section 3 or 4 hereof, as applicable, shall be extended by the number of days during the period from and including the date of the giving of such notice pursuant to Section 6(c)(iii)(D) hereof to and including the date when each selling Holder covered by such Registration Statement shall have received the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 6(c)(xvi) hereof or shall have received the Advice; provided, however, that no such extension shall be taken into account in determining whether Additional Interest is due pursuant to Section 5(a) hereof, except as contemplated by Section 5(b) hereof, or the amount of such Additional Interest, it being agreed that, subject to the Suspension Period, the Company’s option to suspend use of a Registration Statement pursuant to this paragraph shall be treated as a Registration Default for purposes of this Agreement.

 

SECTION 7.         Registration Expenses.

 

(a)           All expenses incident to the Company’s and the Guarantors’ performance of or compliance with this Agreement will be borne by the Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, regardless of whether a Registration Statement becomes effective, including, without limitation:  (i) all registration and filing fees and expenses (including filings made by any Initial Purchaser or Holder with FINRA (and, if applicable, the reasonable fees and expenses of any “qualified independent underwriter” and its counsel that may be required by the rules and regulations of FINRA)); (ii) all fees and expenses of compliance with federal securities and state securities or blue sky laws; (iii) all expenses of printing (including printing certificates for the Exchange Securities to be issued in the Exchange Offer and printing of Prospectuses), messenger and delivery services and telephone; (iv) all fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, the Guarantors and, subject to Section 7(b) hereof, one counsel for the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities; (v) all application and filing fees in connection with listing the Exchange Securities on a securities exchange or automated quotation system pursuant to the requirements thereof; and (vi) all fees and disbursements of independent certified public accountants of the Company and the Guarantors (including the expenses of any special audit and comfort letters required by or incident to such performance).

 

Each of the Company and the Guarantors will, in any event, bear its internal expenses (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expenses of any annual audit and the fees and expenses of any Person, including special experts, retained by the Company or the Guarantors.

 

(b)           In connection with any Registration Statement required by this Agreement (including, without limitation, the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and, to the extent required to be filed pursuant to Section 4(a) hereof, the Shelf Registration Statement), the Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, will reimburse the Initial Purchasers and the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities being tendered in the Exchange Offer and/or resold pursuant to the “Plan of Distribution” contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or registered pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement (if any), as applicable, for the reasonable fees and disbursements of not more than one counsel, who shall be Cahill Gordon & Reindel

 

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LLP or such other counsel as may be chosen by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities for whose benefit such Registration Statement is being prepared.

 

SECTION 8.         Indemnification.

 

(a)           The Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, agree to indemnify and hold harmless (i) each Holder and (ii) each Person, if any, who controls (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) any Holder (any of the Persons referred to in this clause (ii) being hereinafter referred to as a “controlling person”) and (iii) the respective officers, directors, partners, employees, representatives and agents of any Holder or any controlling person (any Person referred to in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) may hereinafter be referred to as an “Indemnified Holder”), to the fullest extent lawful, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, judgments, actions and expenses (including, without limitation, and as incurred, reimbursement of all reasonable costs of investigating, preparing, pursuing, settling, compromising, paying or defending any claim or action, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, including the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel to any Indemnified Holder), joint or several, directly or indirectly caused by, related to, based upon, arising out of or in connection with any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement or Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses are caused by an untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission that is made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any of the Holders furnished in writing to the Company by any of the Holders expressly for use therein.  This indemnity agreement shall be in addition to any liability which the Company or any of the Guarantors may otherwise have.

 

In case any action or proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation or proceeding) shall be brought or asserted against any of the Indemnified Holders with respect to which indemnity may be sought against the Company or the Guarantors, such Indemnified Holder (or the Indemnified Holder controlled by such controlling person) shall promptly notify the Company and the Guarantors in writing; provided, however, that the failure to give such notice shall not relieve any of the Company or the Guarantors of its obligations pursuant to this Agreement except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced by such failure (through the forfeiture of substantive rights and defenses) and shall not relieve the Company and the Guarantors from any liability that the Company and the Guarantors may have to an Indemnified Holder other than under this Section 8.  In case any such action or proceeding is brought or asserted against any Indemnified Holder and such Indemnified Holder seeks or intends to seek indemnity from the Company or any Guarantor, the Company will be entitled to participate in and, to the extent that it shall elect, jointly with the Guarantors similarly notified, by written notice delivered to such Indemnified Holder promptly after receiving the aforesaid notice from such Indemnified Holder, to assume the defense thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Holder; provided, however, that if the defendants in any such action include both such Indemnified Holder and the Company and/or any Guarantor and such Indemnified

 

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Holder shall have reasonably concluded that a conflict may arise between the positions of the Company or any Guarantor and such Indemnified Holder in conducting the defense of any such action or that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other Indemnified Holders which are different from or additional to those available to the Company or any Guarantor, such Indemnified Holder shall have the right to select separate counsel to assume such legal defenses and to otherwise participate in the defense of such action on behalf of such Indemnified Holder and such other Indemnified Holders.  Upon receipt by such Indemnified Holder of notice from the Company of its election to assume the defense of such action and approval by such Indemnified Holder of counsel, neither the Company nor any Guarantor will be liable to such Indemnified Holder under this Section 8 for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such Indemnified Holder in connection with the defense thereof unless (i) such Indemnified Holder shall have employed separate counsel in accordance with the proviso to the immediately preceding sentence (it being understood, however, that neither the Company nor any Guarantor shall be liable for the expenses of more than one separate counsel (together with local counsel (in each jurisdiction)), which shall be selected by the Representative (in the case of counsel representing the Initial Purchasers, their respective controlling persons or the officers, directors, partners, employees, representatives or agents of any of the foregoing Persons), representing the Indemnified Holders who are parties to such action) or (ii) the Company shall not have employed counsel satisfactory to such Indemnified Holder to represent such Indemnified Holder within a reasonable time after notice of commencement of the action, in each of which cases the fees and expenses of counsel shall be at the expense of the Company and the Guarantors.  The Company and the Guarantors shall be liable for any settlement of any such action or proceeding effected with the Company’s and the Guarantors’ prior written consent, which consent shall not be withheld unreasonably, and each of the Company and the Guarantors agrees to indemnify and hold harmless any Indemnified Holder from and against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense by reason of any settlement of any action effected with the written consent of the Company and the Guarantors.  The Company and the Guarantors shall not, without the prior written consent of each Indemnified Holder, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of judgment in or otherwise seek to terminate any pending or threatened action, claim, litigation or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not any Indemnified Holder is a party thereto), unless such settlement, compromise, consent or termination includes an unconditional release of each Indemnified Holder from all liability arising out of such action, claim, litigation or proceeding and does not include any statements as to or any findings of fault, culpability or failure to act by or on behalf of any Indemnified Holder.

 

(b)           Each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, the Guarantors and their respective directors and officers who sign a Registration Statement, and any Person controlling (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) the Company or any of the Guarantors, and the respective officers, directors, partners, employees, representatives and agents of each such Person, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company and the Guarantors to each of the Indemnified Holders, but only with respect to claims and actions based on information relating to such Holder furnished in writing by such Holder expressly for use in any Registration Statement.  In case any action or proceeding shall be brought against the Company, the Guarantors or their respective directors or officers or any such controlling person

 

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in respect of which indemnity may be sought against a Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities, such Holder shall have the rights and duties given the Company and the Guarantors, and the Company, the Guarantors, their respective directors and officers and such controlling person shall have the rights and duties given to each Holder by the preceding paragraph.

 

(c)           If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is unavailable to an indemnified party under Section 8(a) or (b) hereof (other than by reason of exceptions provided in those Sections) in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities, judgments, actions or expenses referred to therein, then each applicable indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders, on the other hand, from the Initial Placement (which in the case of the Company and the Guarantors shall be deemed to be equal to the total net proceeds (before deducting expenses) to the Company and the Guarantors from the Initial Placement), the amount of Additional Interest which did not become payable hereunder as a result of the filing of the Registration Statement resulting in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities, judgments, actions or expenses, and such Registration Statement, or if such allocation is not permitted by applicable law, the relative fault of the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.  The relative fault of the Company on the one hand and of the Indemnified Holder on the other shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or any of the Guarantors, on the one hand, or the Indemnified Holders, on the other hand, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.  The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in the second paragraph of Section 8(a) hereof, any legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with investigating or defending any action or claim.

 

The Company, the Guarantors and each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 8(c) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Holders were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph.  The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim.  Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8, none of the Holders (and their respective related Indemnified Holders) shall be required to contribute, in the aggregate, any amount in excess of the amount by which the total discount received by such Holder with respect to the Initial Securities exceeds the amount of any damages which such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.  No Person guilty of

 

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fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.  The Holders’ obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 8(c) are several in proportion to the respective principal amount of Initial Securities held by each of the Holders hereunder and not joint.

 

SECTION 9.         Rule 144A.  Each of the Company and the Guarantors hereby agrees with each Holder, for so long as any Transfer Restricted Securities remain outstanding, to make available to any Holder or beneficial owner of Transfer Restricted Securities in connection with any sale thereof and any prospective purchaser of such Transfer Restricted Securities from such Holder or beneficial owner, the information required by Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act in order to permit resales of such Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act.

 

SECTION 10.       Participation in Underwritten Registrations.  No Holder may participate in any Underwritten Registration hereunder unless such Holder (a) agrees to sell such Holder’s Transfer Restricted Securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the Persons entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements and (b) completes and executes all reasonable questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements, lock-up letters and other documents required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements.

 

SECTION 11.       Selection of Underwriters.  The Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement who desire to do so may sell such Transfer Restricted Securities in an Underwritten Offering.  In any such Underwritten Offering, the investment banker(s) and managing underwriter(s) that will administer such offering will be selected by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities included in such offering; provided, however, that such investment banker(s) and managing underwriter(s) must be reasonably satisfactory to the Company.

 

SECTION 12.       Miscellaneous.

 

(a)           Remedies.  Each of the Company and the Guarantors hereby agrees that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of the provisions of this Agreement and hereby agrees to waive the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.

 

(b)           No Inconsistent Agreements.  Each of the Company and the Guarantors will not on or after the date of this Agreement enter into any agreement with respect to its securities that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof.  Neither the Company nor any of the Guarantors has previously entered into any agreement granting any registration rights with respect to the Initial Securities to any Person.  The rights granted to the Holders hereunder do not in any way conflict with and are not inconsistent with the rights granted to the holders of the Company’s or any of the Guarantors’ securities under any agreement in effect on the date hereof.

 

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(c)                                  Adjustments Affecting the Securities.  Other than as set forth in Section 5(b) hereof, the Company will not take any action, or permit any change to occur, with respect to the Securities that would materially and adversely affect the ability of the Holders to Consummate any Exchange Offer.

 

(d)                                 Amendments and Waivers.  The provisions of this Agreement may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to or departures from the provisions hereof may not be given unless the Company has (i) in the case of Section 5 hereof and this Section 12(d)(i), obtained the written consent of Holders of all outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities and (ii) in the case of all other provisions hereof, obtained the written consent of Holders of a majority of the outstanding principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities (excluding any Transfer Restricted Securities held by the Company or its Affiliates).  Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent to departure from the provisions hereof that relates exclusively to the rights of Holders whose securities are being tendered pursuant to the Exchange Offer and that does not affect directly or indirectly the rights of other Holders whose securities are not being tendered pursuant to such Exchange Offer may be given by the Holders of a majority of the outstanding principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities being tendered or registered; provided, however, that, with respect to any matter that directly or indirectly affects the rights of any Initial Purchaser hereunder, the Company shall obtain the written consent of each such Initial Purchaser with respect to which such amendment, qualification, supplement, waiver, consent or departure is to be effective.

 

(e)                                  Notices.  All notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, first-class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), facsimile, or air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery:

 

(i)                                          if to a Holder, at the address set forth on the records of the Registrar under the Indenture, with a copy to the Registrar under the Indenture; and

 

(ii)                                       if to the Company:

 

Orbital ATK, Inc.

45101 Warp Drive

Dulles, VA  20166

Facsimile: (703) 406-5572

Attention: Thomas E. McCabe, General Counsel

Email: tom.mccabe@orbitalatk.com

 

With a copy to:

 

Hogan Lovells US LLP
 Columbia Square

555 Thirteenth Street, NW

Washington, DC 20004

Facsimile: (202) 637-5910
 Attention: Eve N. Howard

Email: eve.howard@hoganlovells.com

 

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All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given:  at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt acknowledged, if faxed; and on the next Business Day, if timely delivered to an air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery.

 

Copies of all such notices, demands or other communications shall be concurrently delivered by the Person giving the same to the Trustee at the address specified in the Indenture.

 

(f)                                   Successors and Assigns.  This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and assigns of each of the parties, including, without limitation, and without the need for an express assignment, subsequent Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities; provided, however, that this Agreement shall not inure to the benefit of or be binding upon a successor or assign of a Holder unless and to the extent such successor or assign acquired Transfer Restricted Securities from such Holder.

 

(g)                                  Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

(h)                                 Headings.  The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

 

(i)                                     Governing Law.  THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAW RULES THEREOF.

 

(j)                                    Severability.  In the event that any one or more of the provisions contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstance, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not be affected or impaired thereby.

 

(k)                                 Entire Agreement.  This Agreement is intended by the parties as a final expression of their agreement and intended to be a complete and exclusive statement of the agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained herein.  There are no restrictions, promises, warranties or undertakings, other than those set forth or referred to herein with respect to the registration rights granted by the Company and the Guarantors with respect to the Transfer Restricted Securities.  This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings between the parties with respect to such subject matter.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

	
 
    	
ORBITAL ATK, INC.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/   Garrett E. Pierce
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Garrett E. Pierce
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Chief Financial Officer
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS OPERATIONS LLC,
    
	
 
    	
ATK LAUNCH SYSTEMS INC.,
    
	
 
    	
ATK SPACE SYSTEMS INC.,
    
	
 
    	
ORBITAL SCIENCES CORPORATION,
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
as Guarantors
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/   Garrett E. Pierce
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Garrett E. Pierce
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Chief Financial Officer
    

 

Registration Rights Agreement

 

 

The foregoing Registration Rights Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written:

 

	
 
    	
WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/   Nicholas Grocholski
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Nicholas Grocholski
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Vice President
    

 

Registration Rights Agreement

 

 

Schedule A

 

Alliant Techsystems Operations LLC

ATK Launch Systems Inc.

ATK Space Systems Inc.

 

Orbital Sciences Corporation

 

 

Schedule B

 

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

Incorporated

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc.

SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc.

U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.

Fifth Third Securities, Inc.

KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc.

PNC Capital Markets LLC

Regions Securities LLC

SMBC Nikko Capital Markets Limited

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