Document:

Exhibit
4.4

 

EXECUTION
COPY

 

THIRD
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

 

dated
as of March 16, 2004

 

to
the

 

INDENTURE

 

dated
as of February 5, 2003

 

among

 

CASCADES
INC.,

 

as
the Company,

 

THE
SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS named therein, and

 

THE
BANK OF NEW YORK,

 

as
Trustee,

 

as
amended

 

 

THIRD
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Third Supplemental
Indenture”), dated as of March 16, 2004, among CASCADES INC. (the “Company”), CASCADES TISSUE GROUP - TENNESSEE INC., a
Delaware corporation (the “New Subsidiary Guarantor”),
the existing Subsidiary Guarantors under the Indenture referred to below (the “Existing Subsidiary Guarantors”), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
a national banking corporation, as trustee under the Indenture referred to
below (the “Trustee”).

 

W I T N E S S E T H :

 

WHEREAS,
the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture,
dated as of February 5, 2003, as amended by the First Supplemental Indenture,
dated as of May 20, 2003, and the Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of
December 30, 2003 (as so amended, the “Indenture”),
providing for the issuance of the Company’s 71⁄4% Senior Notes due 2013 (the “Notes”);

 

WHEREAS,
the Company has issued and outstanding $550,000,000 of Notes under the
Indenture;

 

WHEREAS,
Section 4.19(a) of the Indenture provides that the Company shall cause each of
its Canadian and U.S. Restricted Subsidiaries to execute and deliver to the
Trustee Subsidiary Guarantees;

 

WHEREAS,
the New Subsidiary Guarantor is a U.S. Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;

 

WHEREAS,
Section 9.01 of the Indenture provides that the Company and the Trustee may
amend or supplement the Indenture without the consent of any holder of a Note
to add additional Subsidiary Guarantees with respect to the Notes as provided
or permitted under the Indenture; and

 

WHEREAS,
pursuant to Sections 4.19(a), 9.01, 9.06 and 10.03 of the Indenture, the
Trustee, the Company, the Existing Subsidiary Guarantors and the New Subsidiary
Guarantor 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 Company, the
Existing Subsidiary Guarantors, the New Subsidiary Guarantor, and the Trustee
mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of
the Notes as follows:

 

1.             Definitions.
(a) Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

(b)           For
all purposes of this Third Supplemental Indenture, except as otherwise herein
expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:  (i) the terms and expressions used herein
shall have the same meanings as corresponding terms and expressions used in the
Indenture; and (ii) the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereby” and other words
of similar import used in this Third Supplemental Indenture refer to this Third
Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to any particular section hereof.

 

 

2.             Agreement
to Guarantee.  The New Subsidiary
Guarantor hereby agrees, jointly and severally with all other Subsidiary
Guarantors, to guarantee the Company’s obligations under the Notes on the terms
and subject to the conditions set forth in Article 10 of the Indenture and to
be bound by all other applicable provisions of the Indenture.  From and after the date hereof, the New
Subsidiary Guarantor shall be a Subsidiary Guarantor for all purposes under the
Indenture and the Notes.

 

3.             Ratification
of Indenture; Third Supplemental Indenture 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 Third 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.

 

4.             Miscellaneous.

 

4.1           Governing
Law.  THIS THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF
THE STATE OF NEW YORK BUT WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF
CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER
JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.

 

4.2           Trustee
Makes No Representation.  The Trustee
makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this Third
Supplemental Indenture, or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein.

 

4.3           Counterparts.  The parties may sign any number of copies of
this Third Supplemental Indenture.  Each
signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same
agreement.

 

4.4           Effect
of Headings.  The Article and Section
headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction
thereof.

 

4.5           Conflict
with TIA.  If any provision of this
Third Supplemental Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with any provision
of the TIA, that is required under the TIA to be part of and govern any
provision of this Third Supplemental Indenture, the provision of the TIA shall
control.  If any provision of this Third
Supplemental Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the TIA that may
be so modified or excluded, the provisions of the TIA shall be deemed to apply
to the Indenture as so modified or to be excluded by this Third Supplemental
Indenture, as the case may be.

 

4.6           Severability.  In case any provision of this Third
Supplemental Indenture shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the
validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in
any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

4.7           No
Third Party Beneficiaries.  Nothing
in this Third Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture, or the Notes, express or
implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and thereto
and their successors hereunder and thereunder, and the Holders of the

 

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Notes, any benefit
of any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under the Indenture, this
Third Supplemental Indenture or the Notes.

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused
this Third Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first
above written.

 

	
   

  	
  Company:

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  CASCADES INC.

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   

  	
  /s/ Robert F. Hall

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Name:

  	
  Robert F. Hall 

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title:

  	
  Vice President, Legal
  Affairs and

  Corporate Secretary

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  New
  Subsidiary Guarantor:

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  CASCADES
  TISSUE GROUP - TENNESSEE INC.

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   

  	
  /s/ Suzanne Blanchet

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Name:

  	
  Suzanne Blanchet

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title:

  	
  President

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Existing Subsidiary
  Guarantors:

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  CADMUS AND CASCADES
  RECYCLING, INC.

  
	
   

  	
  CASCADES AGRI-PAK, INC.

  
	
   

  	
  CASCADES AUBURN FIBER
  INC.

  
	
   

  	
  CASCADES DIAMOND, INC.

  
	
   

  	
  CASCADES MOULDED PULP,
  INC.

  
	
   

  	
  CASCADES PLASTICS INC.

  
	
   

  	
  CASCADES SPG HOLDING
  INC.

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   

  	
  /s/ Pierre Brochu

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Name:

  	
  Pierre Brochu

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title:

  	
  Secretary or Assistant
  Secretary

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  CASCADES
  BOXBOARD GROUP INC.

  
	
   

  	
  CASCADES
  BOXBOARD U.S. HOLDINGS, INC.

  
	
   

  	
  CASCADES
  BOXBOARD U.S., INC.

  
	
   

  	
  CASCADES CANADA INC.

  
	
   

  	
  CASCADES FINE PAPERS
  GROUP (SALES) INC.

  
	
   

  	
  CASCADES FINE PAPERS
  GROUP (USA) INC.

  
	
   

  	
  CASCADES FINE PAPERS
  GROUP INC.

  
	
   

  	
  CASCADES FINE PAPERS
  GROUP THUNDER BAY INC.

  
	
   

  	
  CASCADES TISSUE GROUP -
  ARIZONA INC.

  

 

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  CASCADES TISSUE GROUP -
  IFC DISPOSABLES INC.

  
	
   

  	
  CASCADES TISSUE GROUP -
  MECHANICVILLE INC.

  
	
   

  	
  CASCADES TISSUE GROUP -
  NEW YORK INC.

  
	
   

  	
  CASCADES TISSUE GROUP -
  NORTH CAROLINA INC.

  
	
   

  	
  CASCADES TISSUE GROUP -
  OREGON INC.

  
	
   

  	
  CASCADES TISSUE GROUP -
  PENNSYLVANIA INC.

  
	
   

  	
  CASCADES TISSUE GROUP -
  WISCONSIN INC.

  
	
   

  	
  CASCADES
  TRANSPORT INC.

  
	
   

  	
  CASCADES
  USA INC.

  
	
   

  	
  MARATHON GRAPHIC ART
  DISTRIBUTOR INC.

  
	
   

  	
  W.H. SMITH PAPER
  CORPORATION

  
	
   

  	
  WOOD WYANT INC.

  
	
   

  	
  3815285 CANADA INC.

  
	
   

  	
  3815315 CANADA INC.

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   

  	
  /s/ Robert F. Hall

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Name:

  	
  Robert F. Hall 

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title:

  	
  Secretary or Assistant
  Secretary

  

 

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  Trustee:

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  THE BANK OF NEW YORK

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   

  	
  /s/ Peter Pavlyshin

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Name:

  	
  Peter Pavlyshin

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title:

  	
  Assistant Vice
  President

  

 

6Exhibit
4.5

 

FOURTH
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

 

dated
as of July 8, 2004

 

to
the

 

INDENTURE

 

dated
as of February 5, 2003

among

 

CASCADES
INC.,

as
the Company,

THE
SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS named therein, and

 

THE
BANK OF NEW YORK,

 

as
Trustee,

as
amended

 

 

FOURTH
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Fourth Supplemental
Indenture”), dated as of July 8, 2004, among CASCADES INC. (the “Company”), SCIERIE LEMAY INC., a Quebec company (the “New Subsidiary Guarantor”), the existing Subsidiary
Guarantors under the Indenture referred to below (the “Existing
Subsidiary Guarantors”), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK, a national
banking corporation, as trustee under the Indenture referred to below (the “Trustee”).

 

W I T N E S S E T H :

 

WHEREAS,
the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture,
dated as of February 5, 2003, as amended by the First Supplemental Indenture,
dated as of May 20, 2003, the Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of
December 30, 2003, and the Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 16,
2004 (as so amended, the “Indenture”),
providing for the issuance of the Company’s 71⁄4% Senior Notes due 2013 (the “Notes”);

 

WHEREAS,
the Company has issued and outstanding $550,000,000 of Notes under the
Indenture;

 

WHEREAS,
Section 4.19(a) of the Indenture provides that the Company shall cause each of
its Canadian and U.S. Restricted Subsidiaries to execute and deliver to the
Trustee Subsidiary Guarantees;

 

WHEREAS,
the New Subsidiary Guarantor is a Canadian Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;

 

WHEREAS,
Section 9.01 of the Indenture provides that the Company and the Trustee may
amend or supplement the Indenture without the consent of any holder of a Note
to add additional Subsidiary Guarantees with respect to the Notes as provided
or permitted under the Indenture; and

 

WHEREAS,
pursuant to Sections 4.19(a), 9.01, 9.06 and 10.03 of the Indenture, the
Trustee, the Company, the Existing Subsidiary Guarantors and the New Subsidiary
Guarantor 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 Company, the
Existing Subsidiary Guarantors, the New Subsidiary Guarantor, and the Trustee
mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of
the Notes as follows:

 

1.             Definitions.
(a) Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

(b)           For
all purposes of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture, except as otherwise herein
expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:  (i) the terms and expressions used herein
shall have the same meanings as corresponding terms and expressions used in the
Indenture; and (ii) the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereby” and other words
of

 

 

similar import
used in this Fourth Supplemental Indenture refer to this Fourth Supplemental
Indenture as a whole and not to any particular section hereof.

 

2.             Agreement
to Guarantee.  The New Subsidiary
Guarantor hereby agrees, jointly and severally with all other Subsidiary
Guarantors, to guarantee the Company’s obligations under the Notes on the terms
and subject to the conditions set forth in Article 10 of the Indenture and to
be bound by all other applicable provisions of the Indenture.  From and after the date hereof, the New
Subsidiary Guarantor shall be a Subsidiary Guarantor for all purposes under the
Indenture and the Notes.

 

3.             Ratification
of Indenture; Fourth Supplemental Indenture 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 Fourth 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.

 

4.             Miscellaneous.

 

4.1           Governing
Law.  THIS FOURTH SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF
THE STATE OF NEW YORK BUT WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF
CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER
JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.

 

4.2           Trustee
Makes No Representation.  The Trustee
makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this Fourth
Supplemental Indenture, or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein.

 

4.3           Counterparts.  The parties may sign any number of copies of
this Fourth Supplemental Indenture.  Each
signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same
agreement.

 

4.4           Effect
of Headings.  The Article and Section
headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction
thereof.

 

4.5           Conflict
with TIA.  If any provision of this
Fourth Supplemental Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with any provision
of the TIA, that is required under the TIA to be part of and govern any
provision of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture, the provision of the TIA shall
control.  If any provision of this Fourth
Supplemental Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the TIA that may
be so modified or excluded, the provisions of the TIA shall be deemed to apply
to the Indenture as so modified or to be excluded by this Fourth Supplemental
Indenture, as the case may be.

 

4.6           Severability.  In case any provision of this Fourth
Supplemental Indenture shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the
validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in
any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

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4.7           No
Third Party Beneficiaries.  Nothing
in this Fourth Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture, or the Notes, express or
implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and thereto
and their successors hereunder and thereunder, and the Holders of the Notes,
any benefit of any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under the
Indenture, this Fourth Supplemental Indenture or the Notes.

 

 

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intentionally blank]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused
this Fourth Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first
above written.

 

	
   

  	
  Company:

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  CASCADES INC.

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   

  	
  /s/ Robert F. Hall 

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Name:

  	
  Robert F. Hall 

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title:

  	
  Vice President, Legal
  Affairs and

  Corporate Secretary

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  New
  Subsidiary Guarantor:

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  SCIERIE LEMAY INC.

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   

  	
  /s/ Robert F. Hall 

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Name:

  	
  Robert F. Hall 

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title:

  	
   

  

 

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  Existing Subsidiary
  Guarantors:

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  CADMUS AND CASCADES
  RECYCLING, INC.

  
	
   

  	
  CASCADES AGRI-PAK, INC.

  
	
   

  	
  CASCADES AUBURN FIBER
  INC.

  
	
   

  	
  CASCADES
  BOXBOARD GROUP INC.

  
	
   

  	
  CASCADES
  BOXBOARD U.S. HOLDINGS, INC.

  
	
   

  	
  CASCADES
  BOXBOARD U.S., INC.

  
	
   

  	
  CASCADES CANADA INC.

  
	
   

  	
  CASCADES DIAMOND, INC.

  
	
   

  	
  CASCADES FINE PAPERS
  GROUP (SALES) INC.

  
	
   

  	
  CASCADES FINE PAPERS
  GROUP (USA) INC.

  
	
   

  	
  CASCADES FINE PAPERS
  GROUP INC.

  
	
   

  	
  CASCADES FINE PAPERS
  GROUP THUNDER BAY INC.

  
	
   

  	
  CASCADES MOULDED PULP,
  INC.

  
	
   

  	
  CASCADES PLASTICS INC.

  
	
   

  	
  CASCADES SPG HOLDING
  INC.

  
	
   

  	
  CASCADES TISSUE GROUP -
  ARIZONA INC.

  
	
   

  	
  CASCADES TISSUE GROUP -
  IFC DISPOSABLES INC.

  
	
   

  	
  CASCADES TISSUE GROUP -
  MECHANICVILLE INC.

  
	
   

  	
  CASCADES TISSUE GROUP -
  NEW YORK INC.

  
	
   

  	
  CASCADES TISSUE GROUP -
  NORTH CAROLINA INC.

  
	
   

  	
  CASCADES TISSUE GROUP -
  OREGON INC.

  
	
   

  	
  CASCADES TISSUE GROUP -
  PENNSYLVANIA INC.

  
	
   

  	
  CASCADES TISSUE GROUP -
  TENNESSEE INC.

  
	
   

  	
  CASCADES TISSUE GROUP -
  WISCONSIN INC.

  
	
   

  	
  CASCADES
  TRANSPORT INC.

  
	
   

  	
  CASCADES
  USA INC.

  
	
   

  	
  MARATHON GRAPHIC ART
  DISTRIBUTOR INC.

  
	
   

  	
  W.H. SMITH PAPER
  CORPORATION

  
	
   

  	
  WOOD WYANT INC.

  
	
   

  	
  3815285 CANADA INC.

  
	
   

  	
  3815315 CANADA INC.

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   

  	
  /s/ Robert F. Hall 

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Name:

  	
  Robert F. Hall 

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title:

  	
  Secretary or Assistant
  Secretary

  

 

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  Trustee:

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  THE BANK OF NEW YORK

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   

  	
  /s/ Luis Perez

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Name:

  	
  Luis Perez

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title:

  	
  Assistant Vice
  President

  

 

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