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PILGRIM BANK

EXECUTIVE AND DIRECTOR DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

ARTICLE I

PURPOSE

 

The purpose of this Executive and Director Deferred Compensation Plan (the “Plan”) is for Pilgrim Bank (the “Bank”) to provide current tax planning opportunities as well as supplemental funds for retirement for directors and certain key members of its management with deferred compensation.  The Plan shall be effective June 1, 2015.  The Plan is intended to comply with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) and the regulations promulgated thereunder.  The Plan is also intended to qualify as a “top hat” plan for purposes of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

 

ARTICLE II

DEFINITIONS

 

For the purposes of this Plan, the following terms may have the meanings indicated, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

 

Account.  “Account” means the account maintained under the Plan by the Bank in the Participant’s name.

 

Account Balance.  “Account Balance” means the balance of the Participant’s Account as of the applicable distribution date.

 

Bank.  “Bank” means Pilgrim Bank, or any successor to the business thereof, and any affiliated or subsidiary corporations designated by the Board.

 

Base Salary.  “Base Salary” means the Participant’s annual base salary rate, as established by the Bank.

 

Beneficiary.  “Beneficiary” means the person or persons (and their heirs) designated as Beneficiary by the Participant to whom the deceased Participant’s benefits are payable.  If no Beneficiary is so designated, then the Participant’s spouse, if living, will be deemed the Beneficiary.  If the Participant’s spouse is not living, then the children of the Participant will be deemed the Beneficiaries and will take on a per stirpes basis.  If there are no living children, then the estate of the Participant will be deemed the Beneficiary.

 

Board.  “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Bank and the Company.

 

Bonus.  “Bonus” means the additional cash remuneration payable to a Participant annually pursuant to the Bank’s performance compensation program or any other plan, program or arrangement under which the Bank pays an amount of cash remuneration to a Participant above, or in addition to, Participant’s Base Salary.

 

Change in Control. “Change in Control” shall mean (a) a change in the ownership of the Bank, (b) a change in the effective control of the Bank, or (c) a change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the Bank as defined in accordance with Code Section 409A.  For purposes of this definition, the term “Bank” shall be defined to include the Company or any successor thereto.

 

  

  

  

 

(a)           A change in the ownership of a corporation occurs on the date that any one person, or more than one person acting as a group (as defined in Treasury Regulation 1.409A-3(i)(5)(v)(B)), acquires ownership of stock of the Bank that, together with stock held by such person or group, constitutes more than 50 percent of the total fair market value or total voting power of the stock of such corporation.

 

(b)           A change in the effective control of the Bank occurs on the date that either (i) any one person, or more than one person acting as a group (as defined in Treasury Regulation 1.409A-3(i)(5)(vi)(D)) acquires (or has acquired during the 12-month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such person or persons) ownership of stock of the Bank possessing 30 percent or more of the total voting power of the stock of the Bank, or (ii) a majority of the members of the Board is replaced during any 12-month period by directors whose appointment or election is not endorsed by a majority of the members of the Board prior to the date of the appointment or election, provided that this subsection “(ii)” is inapplicable where a majority shareholder of the Bank is another corporation.

 

(c)           A change in a substantial portion of the Bank’s assets occurs on the date that any one person or more than one person acting as a group (as defined in Treasury Regulation 1.409A-3(i)(5)(vii)(C)) acquires (or has acquired during the 12-month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such person or persons) assets from the Bank that have a total gross fair market value equal to or more than 40 percent of the total gross fair market value of (i) all of the assets of the Bank, or (ii) the value of the assets being disposed of, either of which is determined without regard to any liabilities associated with such assets.  For all purposes hereunder, the definition of Change in Control shall be construed to be consistent with the requirements of Treasury Regulation 1.409A-3(i)(5), except to the extent that such regulations are superseded by subsequent guidance.

 

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

 

Committee.  “Committee” means the Committee appointed to administer the Plan pursuant to Section 6.1 below.

 

Company.  “Company” means Pilgrim Bancshares, Inc., the stock holding company of the Bank, or any successor.

 

Deferral Contribution.  “Deferral Contribution” means the amount of Base Salary, Bonus and/or Director Fees a Participant elects to defer under Article IV of the Plan.

 

Director Fees.  “Director Fees” means the annual and periodic fees paid to the Participant for services rendered on the Board or any Board committee.

 

Disability.  “Disability” means the Participant:

 

(a)           is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death, or last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months; or

 

(b)           by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death, or last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months, is receiving income replacement benefits for a period of not less than three months under an accident and health plan covering employees of the Participant’s employer.

 

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(c)           is determined to be disabled by the Social Security Administration.

 

Election Form.  “Election Form” means the election form attached to this Plan as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Participant.  “Participant” means an executive officer who is designated by the Board to participate in the Plan or any member of the Board who also completes an Election Form.

 

Plan Year.  “Plan Year” means the period from January 1 to December 31.

 

Separation from Service.  “Separation from Service” or “Separates from Service” means the Participant’s retirement or any other termination of employment or service with the Bank within the meaning of Code Section 409A.  No Separation from Service shall be deemed to occur due to military leave, sick leave or other bona fide leave of absence if the period of such leave does not exceed six (6) months or, if longer, so long as the Participant’s right to reemployment is provided by law or contract.  If the leave exceeds six (6) months and the Participant’s right to reemployment is not provided by law or by contract, then the Participant shall have a Separation from Service on the first date immediately following such six-month period.

 

Whether a Separation from Service has occurred is determined based on whether the facts and circumstances indicate that the Bank and the Participant reasonably anticipated that no further services would be performed after a certain date or that the level of bona fide services the employee would perform after such date (whether as an employee or as an independent contractor) would permanently decrease to an amount less than 50% of the average level of bona fide services performed over the immediately preceding 36 months (or such lesser period of time in which the Participant performed services for the Bank).  The determination of whether a Participant has had a Separation from Service shall be made by applying the presumptions set forth in the Treasury Regulations under Code Section 409A.

 

Unforeseeable Emergency.  “Unforeseeable Emergency” means a severe hardship to the Participant resulting from:

 

(a)           an illness or accident of –

 

(i) the Participant,

 

(ii) the Participant’s spouse, or

 

(iii) the Participant’s “dependent” (as defined in Code Section 152(a));

 

(b)           loss of the Participant’s property due to casualty; or

 

(c)           other similar extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result of events beyond the Participant’s control.  The term “Unforeseeable Emergency” shall be construed consistent with Code Section 409A and the Treasury Regulations and other guidance issued thereunder.

 

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ARTICLE III

ELIGIBILITY AND VESTING

 

3.1           Eligibility.  The Plan is available to members of the Board and a select group of management and/or highly compensated employees of the Bank, determined from time to time by the Committee.  Each director or employee who is eligible to participate in the Plan shall enroll in the Plan by completing the Election Form.  A director or eligible employee’s participation in the Plan shall commence as of the date specified in the Election Form.

 

3.2           Vesting.  Each Participant shall be 100% vested in his or her Account Balance.

 

ARTICLE IV

DEFERRAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACCOUNT

 

4.1           Initial Deferral Election.  Each Participant shall have the right to elect to defer a fixed percentage of the Base Salary, Bonus, and/or Director Fees to which the Participant would otherwise be entitled, with such Deferral Contribution to be deferred and paid at the times and in the manner herein stated.  Each new Participant electing to make a Deferral Contribution shall execute and deliver to the Bank the Election Form.  Such election shall be applicable only to Base Salary, Bonus and/or Director Fees earned for services rendered after the date of such election.

4.2           Changes to Deferral Election.  Each Participant’s Deferral Contribution shall continue in effect until revoked, provided, however, that every election to defer Base Salary, Bonus and/or Director Fees shall be irrevocable as to Base Salary, Bonus and Director Fees earned for services performed prior to the date of such revocation.  Changes or revocation of the Participant’s Deferral Contribution shall made in writing in the form of Notice of Adjustment of Deferral Contribution attached hereto as Exhibit B, which shall be effective upon the January 1st of the year stated therein, provided this form is executed and delivered to the Bank by December 15th of the previous calendar year.

4.3           Account.  The Bank shall maintain for each Participant an Account to which the Participant’s Deferral Contributions shall be credited thereto as of the last day of the month during which the Base Salary, Bonus or Director Fees (as applicable) would have been paid to the Participant, if not deferred.

 

4.4           Earnings or Investment.  As of the last day of the Plan Year, the Bank shall credit each Participant’s Account with interest equal to a rate established by the Committee on the first day of the Plan Year, compounded annually.  The interest rate for the initial Plan Year shall be based on the Five Year Treasury Note (as reported by the U.S Department of the Treasury), plus 100 basis points, and shall adjust annually as of the first business day of each Plan Year thereafter.  In lieu of the foregoing, the Participant shall have right to invest his or her Account Balance in an alternative investment option made available by the Committee.

 

4.5           Unsecured Creditor.  The Participant’s interest in his or her Account is limited to the right to receive payments under the Plan, and the Participant’s position is that of a general unsecured creditor of the Bank.

 

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ARTICLE V

DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS

 

5.1           Distribution of Account Balance.  The Participant’s Account Balance shall be distributed to the Participant in accordance with this Article V, and shall commence or be paid within 30 days following the event that triggers distribution, provided, however that if a Participant is a “specified employee” (i.e., a “key employee” of a publicly traded company within the meaning of Code Section 409A and the final regulations issued thereunder) and payment of the Account Balance is triggered due to the Participant’s Separation from Service (other than due to Disability or death), then solely to the extent necessary to avoid penalties under Code Section 409A, no payment shall be made during the first six (6) months following the Participant’s Separation from Service.  Rather, any payment which would otherwise be paid to the Participant during such period shall be accumulated and paid to the Participant in a lump sum on the first day of the seventh month following such Separation from Service.  All subsequent payments of the Participant’s Account Balance shall be paid in the manner specified in the Plan.  All distributions under the Plan shall be made in cash.

 

5.2           Election of Time and Form of Distribution.

 

(a)           Time of Payment.  Subject to Section 5.1, the Participant may elect for the payment of his or her Account Balance to be triggered upon either: (i) the Participant’s Separation from Service; or (ii) a specified date by completing the Election Form.  If the Participant does not designate a time of payment pursuant to this Section 5.2(a), then the distribution of the Participant’s Account Balance shall be triggered upon his or her Separation from Service.

 

(b)           Form of Payment.  Subject to Section 5.1, the Participant may elect for his or her Account Balance be distributed following his or her Separation from Service or specified date in either a lump sum or equal monthly installments over a designated period by completing the Election Form.   If the Participant does not designate the manner in which his or her Account Balance will be paid, the Account Balance shall be distributed to the Participant in a lump sum.

 

5.3           Death, Disability and Change in Control.  In the event of the earlier of: (i) the Participant’s death; (ii) the Participant’s Disability or (iii) a Change in Control prior to the Participant’s Separation from Service or specified date elected by the Participant pursuant to Section 5.2, the Participant (or the Participant’s Beneficiary) shall be paid his or her Account Balance in a lump sum within 30 days thereafter.

 

5.4           Hardship Distributions.  Upon a finding that the Participant has suffered an Unforeseeable Emergency, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, make distributions from the Participant’s Account prior to the time specified for payment of benefits under the Plan.  The amount of such distribution shall be limited to the amount necessary to satisfy the Unforeseeable Emergency, plus amounts necessary to pay taxes reasonably anticipated as a result of the distribution.  The amounts necessary to satisfy the Unforeseeable Emergency will be determined after taking into account the extent to which the hardship is, or can be, relieved through reimbursement or compensation by insurance or otherwise, or by liquidation of the Participant’s assets, to the extent that the asset liquidation would not itself cause severe financial hardships.  If a hardship distribution is approved, it shall be paid in a lump-sum within 30 days following the Unforeseeable Emergency event which triggers payment, and the Participant’s Account Balance shall be reduced by an amount equal to the hardship distribution.

 

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5.5           Modification of Time and Form of Payment of Account Balance.  In the event a Participant desires to modify the time or form of payment of his or her Account Balance, the Participant may do so on a written form provided by the Bank, provided that:

 

(a)           the subsequent election shall not be effective for at least 12 months after the date on which the subsequent election is made;

 

(b)           except for payments upon the Participant’s death, Disability, the first of a stream of payments for which the subsequent election is made shall be deferred for a period of not less than five (5) years from the date on which such payment would otherwise have been made; and

 

(c)           for payments scheduled to be made on a specified date or to commence under a fixed schedule, the subsequent election must be made at least 12 months before the date of the first scheduled payment.

 

5.6           Code Section 409A.  The Plan shall be interpreted to comply with or be exempt from Code Section 409A, and all provisions of the Plan shall be construed in a manner consistent with the requirements for avoiding taxes or penalties under Code Section 409A.  Each payment that is payable pursuant to this Plan is intended to constitute a “separate payment” for purposes of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-2(b)(2)(iii).

 

ARTICLE VI

ADMINISTRATION

 

6.1           Committee; Duties.  This Plan shall be administered by the Committee, which, unless otherwise provided by the Board, shall be the Benefits Committee.  The Committee shall have the authority to make, amend, interpret, and enforce all appropriate rules and regulations for the administration of this Plan and decide or resolve any and all questions, including interpretations of this Plan, as may arise in connection with the Plan.  A majority vote of the Committee members shall control any decision.

 

6.2           Agents.  The Committee may, from time to time, employ other agents and delegate to them such administrative duties as it sees fit, and may from time to time consult with counsel who may be counsel to the Bank.

 

6.3           Binding Effect of Decisions.  The decision or action of the Committee in respect to any question arising out of or in connection with the administration, interpretation and application of the Plan and the rules of regulations promulgated hereunder shall be final, conclusive and binding upon all persons having any interest in the Plan.

 

6.4           Indemnity of Committee.  The Bank shall indemnify and hold harmless the members of the Committee against any and all claims, loss, damage, expense or liability arising from any action or failure to act with respect to this Plan, except in the case of gross negligence or willful misconduct.

 

ARTICLE VII

CLAIMS PROCEDURE

 

7.1           Claim.  Any person claiming a benefit, requesting an interpretation or ruling under the Plan, or requesting information under the Plan shall present the request in writing to the Committee, which shall respond in writing within 30 days.

 

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7.2           Denial of Claim.  If the claim or request is denied, the written notice of denial shall state:

 

(a)           The reasons for denial, with specific reference to the Plan provisions on which the denial is based.

 

(b)           A description of any additional material or information required and an explanation of why it is necessary.

 

(c)           An explanation of the Plan’s claim review procedure.

 

7.3           Review of Claim.  Any person whose claim or request is denied or who has not received a response within 30 days may request review by notice given in writing to the Committee.  The claim or request shall be reviewed by the Committee who may, but shall not be required to, grant the claimant a hearing.  On review, the claimant may have representation, examine pertinent documents, and submit issues and comments in writing.

 

7.4           Final Decision.  The decision on review shall normally be made within 60 days.  If an extension of time is required for a hearing or other special circumstances, the claimant shall be notified and the time limit shall be 120 days.  The decision shall be in writing and shall state the reasons and the relevant Plan provisions.

 

7.5           Arbitration. If a claimant continues to dispute the benefit denial based upon completed performance of this Plan or the meaning and effect of the terms and conditions thereof, then the claimant may submit the dispute to mediation, administered by the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) (or a mediator selected by the parties) in accordance with the AAA’s Commercial Mediation Rules.  If mediation is not successful in resolving the dispute, it shall be settled by arbitration administered by the AAA under its Commercial Arbitration Rules, and judgment on the award rendered by the arbitrator(s) may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof.

 

ARTICLE VIII

AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION OF PLAN

 

8.1           Amendment.  Notwithstanding anything herein contained to the contrary, the Board reserves the exclusive right to freeze or to amend the Plan at any time, provided that no amendment to the Plan shall be effective to decrease or to restrict the amount accrued to the date of such amendment.

 

8.2           Complete Termination.  Subject to the requirements of Code Section 409A, in the event of complete termination of the Plan, the Plan shall cease to operate and the Bank shall pay out to the Participant his or her entire Account Balance as of the date of termination of the Plan.   Such complete termination of the Plan shall occur only under the following circumstances and conditions:

 

(a)           The Board may terminate the Plan within 12 months of a corporate dissolution taxed under Code Section 331, or with approval of a bankruptcy court pursuant to 11 U.S.C. §503(b)(1)(A), provided that the amounts deferred under the Plan are included in the Participant’s gross income in the latest of: (i) the calendar year in which the Plan terminates; (ii) the calendar year in which the amount is no longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture; or (iii) the first calendar year in which the payment is administratively practicable.

 

(b)           The Board may terminate the Plan by irrevocable action within the 30 days preceding, or 12 months following, a Change in Control, provided that the Plan shall only be treated as terminated if all substantially similar arrangements sponsored by the Bank are terminated so that the Participant and all participants under substantially similar arrangements are required to receive all amounts of compensation deferred under the terminated arrangements within 12 months of the date of the irrevocable termination of the arrangements.  For these purposes, “Change in Control” shall be defined in accordance with the Treasury Regulations under Code Section 409A.

 

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(c)           The Board may terminate the Plan provided that: (i) the termination and liquidation does not occur proximate to a downturn in the financial health of the Bank, (ii) all arrangements sponsored by the Bank that would be aggregated with this Plan under Treasury Regulations Section 1.409A-1(c) if the Participant covered by this Plan was also covered by any of those other arrangements are also terminated; (iii) no payments other than payments that would be payable under the terms of the arrangement if the termination had not occurred are made within 12 months of the termination of the arrangement; (iv) all payments are made within 24 months of the termination of the arrangements; and (v) the Bank does not adopt a new arrangement that would be aggregated with any terminated arrangement under Treasury Regulations Section 1.409A-1(c) if the Participant participated in both arrangements, at any time within three years following the date of termination of the arrangement.

 

ARTICLE IX

MISCELLANEOUS

 

9.1           Unfunded Plan.  This Plan is intended to be an unfunded plan maintained primarily to provide deferred compensation benefits for members of the Board and a select group of management or highly compensated employees.  This Plan is not intended to create an investment contract, but to provide tax planning opportunities and retirement benefits to eligible individuals who have elected to participate in the Plan.  Participants are members of the Board and select members of management who, by virtue of their position, are uniquely informed as to the Bank’s operations and have the ability to materially affect the Bank’s profitability and operations.

 

9.2           Trust Fund.  The Bank shall be responsible for the payment of all benefits provided under the Plan.  At its discretion, the Bank may establish one or more rabbi trusts, with such trustees as the Board may approve, for the purpose of providing for the payment of such benefits.  Such rabbi trust or trusts may be irrevocable, but the assets thereof shall be subject to the claims of the Bank’s creditors.  To the extent any benefits provided under the Plan are actually paid from any such trust, the Bank shall have no further obligation with respect thereto, but to the extent not so paid, such benefits shall remain the obligation of, and shall be paid by, the Bank.

 

9.3           Payment to Participant, Legal Representative or Beneficiary.  Any payment to any Participant or the legal representative, Beneficiary, or to any guardian or committee appointed for such Participant or Beneficiary in accordance with the provisions hereof, shall, to the extent thereof, be in full satisfaction of all claims hereunder against the Bank, which may require the Participant, legal representative, Beneficiary, guardian or committee, as a condition precedent to such payment, to execute a receipt and release thereof in such form as shall be determined by the Bank.

 

9.4           Nonassignability.  Neither a Participant nor any other person shall have any right to commute, sell, assign, transfer, hypothecate or convey in advance of actual receipt the amounts, if any, payable hereunder, or any part thereof, which are, and all rights to which are, expressly declared to be unassignable and nontransferable.  No part of the amounts payable shall, prior to actual payment, be subject to seizure or sequestration for the payment of any debts, judgments, alimony or separate maintenance owed by a Participant or any other person, nor be transferable by operation of law in the event of a Participant’s or any other person’s bankruptcy or insolvency.

 

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9.5           Validity.  In case any provision of this Plan shall be held illegal or invalid for any reason, said illegality or invalidity shall not affect the remaining parts hereof, but this Plan shall be construed and enforced as if such illegal and invalid provision had never been inserted herein.

 

9.6           Notice.  Any notice or filing required or permitted to be given to the Committee under the Plan shall be sufficient if in writing and hand delivered, or sent by registered or certified mail, to any member of the Committee or the Secretary of the Bank.  Such notice shall be deemed given as of the date of delivery or, if delivery is made by mail, as of the date shown on the postmark on the receipt for registration or certification.

 

9.7           Successors.  The provisions of this Plan shall bind and inure to the benefit of the Bank and its successors and assigns.  The term “successors” as used herein shall include any corporate or other business entity which shall, whether by merger, consolidation, purchase or otherwise acquire all or substantially all of the business and assets of the Bank, and successors of any such corporation or other business entity.

 

9.8           Payment of Employment and Code Section 409A Taxes.  Any distribution under this Plan shall be reduced by the amount of any taxes required to be withheld from such distribution.  This Plan shall permit the acceleration of the time or schedule of a payment to pay employment related taxes as permitted under Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(j) or to pay any taxes that may become due at any time that the arrangement fails to meet the requirements of Code Section 409A and the regulations and other guidance promulgated thereunder.  In the latter case, such payments shall not exceed the amount required to be included in income as the result of the failure to comply with the requirements of Code Section 409A.

 

9.9           Acceleration of Payments.  Except as specifically permitted herein or in other sections of this Plan, no acceleration of the time or schedule of any payment may be made hereunder.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, payments may be accelerated hereunder by the Bank, in accordance with the provisions of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(j)(4) and any subsequent guidance issued by the United States Department of the Treasury.  Accordingly, payments may be accelerated, in accordance with requirements and conditions of the Treasury Regulations (or subsequent guidance) in the following circumstances: (i) as a result of certain domestic relations orders; (ii) in compliance with ethics agreements with the federal government; (iii) in compliance with ethics laws or conflicts of interest laws; (iv) in limited cash-outs (but not in excess of the limit under Code Section 402(g)(1)(B)); (v) to apply certain offsets in satisfaction of a debt of the Participant to the Bank; (vi) in satisfaction of certain bona fide disputes between the Participant and the Bank; or (vii) for any other purpose set forth in the Treasury Regulations and subsequent guidance.

 

9.10           12 U.S.C. § 1828(k).  Any payments made to the Participant pursuant to this Plan or otherwise are subject to and conditioned upon compliance with 12 U.S.C. § 1828(k) and 12 C.F.R. Part 359 Golden Parachute and Indemnification Payments or any other rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

9.11           Governing Law. The Plan is established under, and will be construed according to, the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, to the extent such laws are not preempted by the ERISA or the Code and regulations published thereunder.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Bank, acting through its authorized officer, has adopted this Plan.

PILGRIM BANK

June 1, 2015                                                                                          By: /s/ Francis E. Campbell

Date                                                                           

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Exhibit A

PILGRIM BANK

EXECUTIVE AND DIRECTOR DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

ELECTION FORM

Instructions:  Use this form to elect to defer receipt of Base Salary, Bonus and/or Director Fees that are ordinarily payable to you during the year as such compensation is earned, and to designate how you wish to receive your benefits from the Pilgrim Bank Executive and Director Deferred Compensation Plan (the “Plan”).

Individuals who first participate in the Plan during a Plan year must complete this form within 30 days after the date that he or she became eligible to participate in the Plan.

Any capitalized terms used in this Election Form but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Plan.

Participant Name:                                                                                                                                          

 

Date of Participation:

PART I:                      DEFERRAL CONTRIBUTION

Employees (Complete this Section):

I hereby elect to make an irrevocable election to defer the receipt of Base Salary and Bonus earned following the date of this Election Form as follows:

	
  

	
_____ % of my Base Salary

                _____ % of my Bonus*

I understand that my election to defer receipt of Base Salary and/or Bonus shall continue for subsequent years in accordance with this Election Form until such time a I submit a “Notice of Adjustment of Deferral Contribution (Exhibit B hereto) to the Committee at least 15 days prior to January 1 of any Plan Year.  Such adjustment will only take effect January 1 of the calendar year following the year in which such notice is executed.

*For the 2015 Plan Year, an election to defer a Bonus (which is not considered performance-based compensation as defined under Code Section 409A) that is earned based on the Participant’s services during 2015 (even if paid in 2016) will be applied to no more than an amount equal to the total amount of the Bonus multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days remaining during the 2015 calendar year commencing on the effective date of this Election Form and the denominator of which is 365.

For the 2015 Plan Year, an election to defer a Bonus (which is considered performance-based compensation as defined under Code Section 409A) that is earned based on the Participant’s services during 2015 (even if paid in 2016) will be applied to 100% of the Bonus if made on or before June 30, 2015, provided that the Participant performs services to the Bank continuously during the 2015 calendar year and the election to defer the Bonus is made before the Bonus has become readily ascertainable (i.e., it is substantially certain that the performance requirement(s) related to the Bonus will be met).

 

 

  

  

  

Directors (complete this section):

I hereby elect to make an irrevocable election to defer the receipt of Director Fees (which includes both board and committee fees) earned following the date of this Election Form as follows:

	
  

	
_____ % of my Director Fees

I understand that my election to defer receipt of Director Fees shall continue for subsequent years in accordance with this Election Form until such time a I submit a “Notice of Adjustment of Deferral Contribution (Exhibit B hereto) to the Committee at least 15 days prior to January 1 of any Plan Year.  Such adjustment will only take effect January 1 of the calendar year following the year in which such notice is executed.

PART II:                      DISTRIBUTION ELECTIONS (Executives and Directors to Complete)

Except as provided in Section 5.3 of the Plan, I understand and agree that my Account Balance shall be paid at the time and in the manner that I select below, and that such election shall be irrevocable, unless it is modified in accordance with Section 5.5 of the Plan.  I also understand and agree that if I fail to select a time and form of benefit payment, I will be deemed to have elected for my Account Balance to be distributed in a lump sum within 30 days after my Separation from Service for purposes of Section 5.2 of the Plan.

Please Select either (A) or (B) below:

	
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(A)                   Separation from Service Election

 

Pursuant to Section 5.2 of the Plan, in the event of my Separation from Service, I hereby elect to receive my Account Balance in the following form: (check one):

_____           lump sum distribution

_____           substantially equal monthly installments over a period of ____ years

	
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(B)        Specified Date Election

 

Pursuant to Section 5.2 of the Plan, I hereby elect to receive (or begin to receive) my Account Balance on ______________ (enter month, day and year).

Further, I hereby elect to receive my Account Balance in the following form (check one):

_____           lump sum distribution

_____           substantially equal monthly installments over a period of ____ years

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           I understand that I am entitled to review or obtain a copy of the Plan, at any time, and may do so by contacting the Committee.

This Election Form shall become effective upon execution (below) by both the Participant and a duly authorized officer of the Bank.

Dated this ___________ day of ________________, 20__.

(Bank’s duly authorized officer)                                                                                     Participant’s Signature

 

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PILGRIM BANK

EXECUTIVE AND DIRECTOR DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

ELECTION FORM

PART III:                      BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION

In accordance with the terms of the Plan, I hereby designate the following Beneficiary(ies) to receive any death benefits under the Agreement:

 

PRIMARY BENEFICIARY:

 

Name:_________________________________                                                                                     % of Benefit:___________________

 

Name:_________________________________                                                                                     % of Benefit:___________________

 

Name:_________________________________                                                                                     % of Benefit:___________________

SECONDARY BENEFICIARY (if all Primary Beneficiaries pre-decease the Participant):

 

Name:_________________________________                                                                                     % of Benefit:___________________

 

Name:_________________________________                                                                                     % of Benefit:___________________

 

Name:_________________________________                                                                                     % of Benefit:___________________

This Beneficiary Designation hereby revokes any prior Beneficiary Designation which may have been in effect and this Beneficiary Designation is revocable.

 

 

                                                                   

Date                                                                           Participant’s Signature

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Exhibit B

PILGRIM BANK

EXECUTIVE AND DIRECTOR DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

NOTICE OF ADJUSTMENT OF DEFERRAL CONTRIBUTION

The undersigned Participant of the Pilgrim Bank Executive and Director Deferred Compensation Plan (the “Plan”) does hereby adjust the deferral of his or her Base Salary, Bonus and/or Director Fees under the Plan.  The undersigned Participant acknowledges that this election is only revocable with respect to compensation earned for services in the subsequent calendar year following the date of this notice.

Any capitalized terms used in this form but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Plan.

Adjustment of Deferral Contribution to take effect as of January 1, 20__

Employees (Complete this Section):

I hereby elect to make an irrevocable election to defer the receipt of Base Salary and/or Bonus earned following the date of this Election Form as follows (to discontinue deferral, enter “0”):

_____ % of my Base Salary

_____ % of my Bonus

Directors (Complete this Section):

I hereby elect to make an irrevocable election to defer the receipt of Director Fees earned following the date of this Election Form as follows (to discontinue deferral, enter “0”):

_____ % of my Director Fees

Dated this ___________ day of ________________, 20__.

(Bank’s duly authorized officer)                                                                                     Participant’s SignatureExhibit 4.1

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

AMC ENTERTAINMENT INC.

 

AND

 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

AS TRUSTEE

 

5.75% SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2025

 

INDENTURE

 

DATED AS OF JUNE 5, 2015

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

	
 
    	
 
    	
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ARTICLE I Definitions and   Incorporation by Reference
    	
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Section 1.01.
    	
Definitions
    	
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Section 1.02.
    	
Other Definitions
    	
19
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 1.03.
    	
Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act
    	
19
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 1.04.
    	
Rules of Construction
    	
20
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE II The Securities
    	
20
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 2.01.
    	
Amount of Securities; Issuable in Series
    	
20
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 2.02.
    	
Form and Dating
    	
21
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 2.03.
    	
Execution and Authentication
    	
21
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 2.04.
    	
Registrar and Paying Agent
    	
22
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 2.05.
    	
Paying Agent To Hold Money in Trust
    	
22
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 2.06.
    	
Holder Lists
    	
22
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 2.07.
    	
Replacement Securities
    	
23
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 2.08.
    	
Outstanding Securities
    	
23
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 2.09.
    	
Temporary Securities
    	
23
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 2.10.
    	
Cancellation
    	
23
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 2.11.
    	
Defaulted Interest
    	
24
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 2.12.
    	
CUSIP Numbers, Common Codes or ISINs
    	
24
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 2.13.
    	
Computation of Interest
    	
25
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE III Redemption
    	
25
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 3.01.
    	
Notices to Trustee
    	
25
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 3.02.
    	
Selection of Securities To Be Redeemed
    	
25
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 3.03.
    	
Notice of Redemption
    	
25
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 3.04.
    	
Effect of Notice of Redemption
    	
26
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 3.05.
    	
Deposit of Redemption Price
    	
26
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 3.06.
    	
Securities Redeemed in Part
    	
26
    

 

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ARTICLE IV Covenants
    	
26
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 4.01.
    	
Payment of Securities
    	
26
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 4.02.
    	
Corporate Existence
    	
27
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 4.03.
    	
Payment of Taxes and Other Claims
    	
27
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 4.04.
    	
Maintenance of Properties
    	
27
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 4.05.
    	
Limitation on Consolidated Indebtedness
    	
28
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 4.06.
    	
Limitation on Restricted Payments
    	
28
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 4.07.
    	
Limitation on Liens
    	
31
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 4.08.
    	
Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates
    	
31
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 4.09.
    	
Limitation on Senior Subordinated Indebtedness
    	
32
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 4.10.
    	
Future Guarantors
    	
32
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 4.11.
    	
Change of Control
    	
32
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 4.12.
    	
Provision of Financial Information
    	
33
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 4.13.
    	
Statement as to Compliance
    	
34
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 4.14.
    	
Waiver of Certain Covenants
    	
34
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 4.15.
    	
Further Instruments and Acts
    	
34
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 4.16.
    	
Payment for Consent
    	
34
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE V Successor Company
    	
34
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 5.01.
    	
Consolidation
    	
34
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 5.02.
    	
Successor Substituted
    	
35
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE VI Defaults and   Remedies
    	
35
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 6.01.
    	
Events of Default
    	
35
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 6.02.
    	
Acceleration; Rescission and Annulment
    	
37
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 6.03.
    	
Other Remedies
    	
38
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 6.04.
    	
Waiver of Past Defaults
    	
38
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 6.05.
    	
Control by Majority
    	
38
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 6.06.
    	
Limitation on Suits
    	
39
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 6.07.
    	
Rights of Holders to Receive Payment
    	
39
    

 

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Section 6.08.
    	
Collection Suit by Trustee
    	
39
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 6.09.
    	
Trustee May File Proofs of Claim
    	
39
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 6.10.
    	
Priorities
    	
40
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 6.11.
    	
Undertaking for Costs
    	
40
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 6.12.
    	
Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws
    	
40
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE VII Trustee
    	
40
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 7.01.
    	
Duties of Trustee
    	
40
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 7.02.
    	
Rights of Trustee
    	
41
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 7.03.
    	
Individual Rights of Trustee
    	
42
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 7.04.
    	
Trustee’s Disclaimer
    	
42
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 7.05.
    	
Notice of Defaults
    	
42
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 7.06.
    	
Reports by Trustee to Holders
    	
42
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 7.07.
    	
Compensation and Indemnity
    	
43
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 7.08.
    	
Replacement of Trustee
    	
43
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 7.09.
    	
Successor Trustee by Merger
    	
44
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 7.10.
    	
Eligibility; Disqualification
    	
44
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 7.11.
    	
Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company
    	
44
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE VIII Discharge of   Indenture; Defeasance
    	
45
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 8.01.
    	
Discharge of Liability on Securities; Defeasance
    	
45
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 8.02.
    	
Conditions to Defeasance
    	
46
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 8.03.
    	
Application of Trust Money
    	
47
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 8.04.
    	
Repayment to Company
    	
47
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 8.05.
    	
Indemnity for Government Obligations
    	
47
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 8.06.
    	
Reinstatement
    	
47
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE IX Amendments
    	
47
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 9.01.
    	
Without Consent of Holders
    	
47
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 9.02.
    	
With Consent of Holders
    	
48
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 9.03.
    	
Compliance with Trust Indenture Act
    	
48
    

 

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Section 9.04.
    	
Revocation and Effect of Consents and Waivers
    	
49
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 9.05.
    	
Notation on or Exchange of Securities
    	
49
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 9.06.
    	
Trustee To Sign Amendments
    	
49
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE X Subordination
    	
49
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 10.01.
    	
Agreement To Subordinate
    	
49
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 10.02.
    	
Liquidation, Dissolution, Bankruptcy
    	
50
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 10.03.
    	
Default on Senior Indebtedness
    	
51
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 10.04.
    	
Payment Permitted
    	
52
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 10.05.
    	
Subrogation
    	
52
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 10.06.
    	
Relative Rights
    	
52
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 10.07.
    	
Subordination May Not Be Impaired by Company
    	
52
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 10.08.
    	
Rights of Trustee and Paying Agent
    	
53
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 10.09.
    	
Distribution or Notice to Representative
    	
53
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 10.10.
    	
Article Ten Not To Prevent Events of Default or Limit   Right To Accelerate
    	
53
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 10.11.
    	
Trust Moneys Not Subordinated
    	
53
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 10.12.
    	
Trustee Entitled To Rely
    	
54
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 10.13.
    	
Trustee To Effectuate Subordination
    	
54
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 10.14.
    	
Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Indebtedness
    	
54
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 10.15.
    	
Reliance by Holders of Senior Indebtedness Upon   Subordination Provisions
    	
54
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE XI Guarantee
    	
54
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 11.01.
    	
Subsidiary Guarantee
    	
54
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 11.02.
    	
Execution and Delivery of Subsidiary Guarantee for Future   Guarantors
    	
56
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 11.03.
    	
Limitation on Liability; Termination, Release and Discharge
    	
56
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 11.04.
    	
Right of Contribution
    	
57
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 11.05.
    	
No Subrogation
    	
57
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE XII Subordination of   Guarantees
    	
58
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 12.01.
    	
Agreement To Subordinate
    	
58
    

 

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Section 12.02.
    	
Liquidation, Dissolution, Bankruptcy
    	
58
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 12.03.
    	
Default on Senior Indebtedness of a Guarantor
    	
59
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 12.04.
    	
Subrogation
    	
59
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 12.05.
    	
Relative Rights
    	
60
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 12.06.
    	
Subordination May Not Be Impaired by Guarantor
    	
60
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 12.07.
    	
Rights of Trustee and Paying Agent
    	
61
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 12.08.
    	
Distribution or Notice to Representative
    	
61
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 12.09.
    	
Article Twelve Not To Prevent Events of Default or   Limit Right To Accelerate
    	
61
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 12.10.
    	
Trustee Entitled To Rely
    	
61
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 12.11.
    	
Trustee To Effectuate Subordination
    	
61
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 12.12.
    	
Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Indebtedness of   Guarantors
    	
62
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 12.13.
    	
Reliance by Holders of Senior Indebtedness of a Guarantor   Upon Subordination Provisions
    	
62
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE XIII Miscellaneous
    	
62
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 13.01.
    	
Trust Indenture Act Controls
    	
62
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 13.02.
    	
Notices
    	
62
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 13.03.
    	
Communication by Holders with Other Holders
    	
63
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 13.04.
    	
Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions
    	
63
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 13.05.
    	
Statements Required in Certificate or Opinions
    	
63
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 13.06.
    	
When Securities Disregarded
    	
64
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 13.07.
    	
Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent and Registrar
    	
64
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 13.08.
    	
Legal Holidays
    	
64
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 13.09.
    	
Governing Law
    	
64
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 13.10.
    	
No Recourse Against Others
    	
64
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 13.11.
    	
Successors
    	
64
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 13.12.
    	
Separability Clause
    	
64
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 13.13.
    	
Reliance on Financial Data
    	
64
    

 

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Section 13.14.
    	
Multiple Originals
    	
65
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 13.15.
    	
Table of Contents; Headings
    	
65
    

 

	
Exhibit A
    	
Provisions   Relating to Initial Securities and Exchange Securities
    
	
Appendix   I to Exhibit A
    	
Form of   Initial Security
    
	
Exhibit B
    	
Form of   Certificate to Be Delivered in Connection with Transfers Pursuant to   Regulation S
    
	
Exhibit C
    	
Form of   Supplemental Indenture to Add Guarantors
    
	
Exhibit D
    	
Form of   Subsidiary Guarantee
    

 

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INDENTURE dated as of June 5, 2015, among AMC ENTERTAINMENT INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the Guarantors party hereto from time to time and U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association, as Trustee (the “Trustee”).

 

For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof, each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of (i) the Company’s 5.75% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2025, issued on the date hereof and the guarantees thereof by certain of the Company’s subsidiaries (the “Initial Securities”), (ii) if and when issued, an unlimited principal amount of additional 5.75% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2025 that may be offered from time to time in one or more series subsequent to the Issue Date as provided for in this Indenture and the guarantees thereof by certain of the Company’s subsidiaries (the “Additional Securities”) and (iii) if and when issued, the Company’s 5.75% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2025 and the guarantees thereof by certain of the Company’s subsidiaries, that may be issued from time to time in exchange for Initial Securities or for Additional Securities each in offers registered under the Securities Act as provided in a Registration Rights Agreement (as hereinafter defined) (the “Exchange Securities”) or if and when issued pursuant to a private exchange of Initial Securities or Additional Securities (the “Private Exchange Securities”, and together with the Exchange Securities, the Initial Securities and Additional Securities, the “Securities”):

 

ARTICLE I

 

Definitions and Incorporation by Reference

 

Section 1.01.        Definitions.

 

“Acquired Indebtedness” of any particular Person means Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such other Person merged or consolidated with or into or became a Subsidiary of such particular Person or assumed by such particular Person in connection with the acquisition of assets from any other Person, and not incurred by such other Person in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person merging with or into such particular Person or becoming a Subsidiary of such particular Person or such acquisition.

 

“Adjusted Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any redemption date, (i) the yield, under the heading which represents the average for the immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated “H.15(519)” or any successor publication which is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity under the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities” for the maturity corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue with respect to the Securities called for redemption (if no maturity is within three months before or after June 15, 2020, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue shall be determined and the Adjusted Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight line basis, rounding to the nearest month) or (ii) if such release (or any successor release) is not published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not contain such yields, the rate per year equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such redemption date, in each case calculated on the third business day immediately preceding the redemption date, plus, in the case of each of clause (i) and (ii), 0.50%.

 

“Affiliate” means, with respect to any specified Person: (i) any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person; or (ii) any other Person that owns, directly or indirectly, 10% or more of such Person’s Capital Stock or any officer or director of any such Person or other Person or with respect to any natural

 

 

Person, any person having a relationship with such Person by blood, marriage or adoption not more remote than first cousin.  For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

 

“Applicable Premium” means, at any redemption date, the excess of (i) the present value at such redemption date of (a) the redemption price of the Securities on June 15, 2020 (as set forth in as set forth in paragraph 5 of the Securities) plus (b) all required remaining scheduled interest payments due on the Securities through June 15, 2020 (excluding accrued and unpaid interest), computed using a discount rate equal to the Adjusted Treasury Rate, over (ii) the principal amount of the Securities on such redemption date.

 

“Bankruptcy Laws” means the bankruptcy laws of the United States and the law of any other jurisdiction relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, winding up, liquidation, reorganization or relief of debtors.

 

“Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors of the Company or any committee of such Board of Directors duly authorized to act under this Indenture.

 

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

 

“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday or Sunday or other day on which banks in New York, New York, Leawood, Kansas, or the city in which the Trustee’s office is located are authorized or required to be closed, or, if no Security is outstanding, the city in which the principal corporate trust office of the Trustee is located.

 

“Capital Lease Obligations” of any Person means any obligations of such Person and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis under any capital lease or financing lease of real or personal property which, in accordance with GAAP, has been recorded as a capitalized lease obligation (together with Indebtedness in the form of operating leases entered into by the Company or its Subsidiaries after May 21, 1998 and required to be reflected on a consolidated balance sheet pursuant to EITF 97-10 or any subsequent pronouncement having similar effect).

 

“Capital Stock” of any Person means any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of such Person’s capital stock, including preferred stock, any rights (other than debt securities convertible into capital stock), warrants or options to acquire such capital stock, whether now outstanding or issued after the date of this Indenture.

 

“Cash Equivalents” means:

 

(i)            United States dollars;

 

(ii)           securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States government or any agency or instrumentality;

 

(iii)          certificates of deposit and eurodollar time deposits with maturities of six months or less from the date of acquisition, bankers’ acceptances with maturities not exceeding six months and overnight bank deposits, in each case with any United States domestic commercial bank having capital and surplus in excess of $500.0 million and a Keefe Bank Watch Rating of “B” or better;

 

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(iv)          repurchase obligations with a term of not more than seven days for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (ii) and (iii) above entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (iii) above;

 

(v)           commercial paper having one of the two highest rating categories obtainable from Moody’s or S&P in each case maturing within six months after the date of acquisition;

 

(vi)          readily marketable direct obligations issued by any State of the United States of America or any political subdivision thereof having one of the two highest rating categories obtainable from Moody’s or S&P; and

 

(vii)         investments in money market funds which invest at least 95% of their assets in securities of the types described in clauses (i) through (vi) of this definition.

 

“Change of Control” means the occurrence of, after the date of this Indenture, any of the following events:

 

(i)            any “person” or “group” as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act other than one or more Permitted Holders is or becomes the “beneficial owner”(as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that such person or group shall be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all shares that any such person or group has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), directly or indirectly, by way of merger, consolidation or other business combination or purchase of 50% or more of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company;

 

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

 

(iii)          the sale, lease, transfer or other conveyance, in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Person other than one or more Permitted Holders; or

 

(iv)          a change of control under any of the indentures relating to the Existing Notes (to the extent obligations under such Existing Notes are outstanding at such time) unless waived by the requisite holders of such Existing Notes.

 

“Company” means the Person named as the “Company” in the first paragraph of this Indenture, until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Company” shall mean such successor Person.  To the extent necessary to comply with the requirements of the provisions of Sections 310 through 317 of the TIA as they are applicable to the Company, the term “Company” shall include any other obligor with respect to the Securities for the purposes of complying with such provisions.

 

“Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by the Quotation Agent as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term from the redemption date to June 15, 2020, that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of a maturity most nearly equal to June 15, 2020.

 

“Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any redemption date, if clause (ii) of the Adjusted Treasury Rate is applicable, the average of three, or such lesser number as is obtained by the Trustee, Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for the redemption date.

 

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“Consolidated EBITDA” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income (Loss) of such Person for such period increased (to the extent deducted in determining Consolidated Net Income (Loss)) by the sum of:

 

(i)            all income taxes of such Person and its Subsidiaries paid or accrued in accordance with GAAP for such period (other than income taxes attributable to extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring gains or losses);

 

(ii)           Consolidated Interest Expense of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period;

 

(iii)          depreciation expense of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period;

 

(iv)          amortization expense of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period including amortization of capitalized debt issuance costs;

 

(v)           any other non-cash charges of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period (including non-cash expenses recognized in accordance with Financial Accounting Standard Number 106), all determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; and

 

(vi)          any fees, expenses, charges or premiums relating to any issuance of Capital Stock or issuance, repayment, refinancing, amendment or modification of Indebtedness (in each case, whether or not successful), including, without limitation any fees, expenses or charges related to the offering of the Securities;

 

provided, however, that corporate overhead expenses payable by a parent entity described in Section 4.06(b)(iv)(B), the funds of which are provided by the Company and/or its Subsidiaries shall be deducted in calculating the Consolidated EBITDA of the Company.

 

For purposes of this definition, all transactions involving the acquisition of any Person or motion picture theatre by another Person shall be accounted for on a “pooling of interests” basis and not as a purchase; provided, further, that, solely with respect to calculations of the Consolidated EBITDA Ratio:

 

(i)            Consolidated EBITDA shall include the effects of incremental contributions the Company reasonably believes in good faith could have been achieved during the relevant period as a result of a Theatre Completion had such Theatre Completion occurred as of the beginning of the relevant period; provided, however, that such incremental contributions were identified and quantified in good faith in an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee at the time of any calculation of the Consolidated EBITDA Ratio;

 

(ii)           Consolidated EBITDA shall be calculated on a pro forma basis after giving effect to any motion picture theatre or screen that was permanently or indefinitely closed for business at any time on or subsequent to the first day of such period as if such theatre or screen was closed for the entire period; and

 

(iii)          All preopening expense and theatre closure expense which reduced/(increased) Consolidated Net Income (Loss) during any applicable period shall be added to Consolidated EBITDA.

 

“Consolidated EBITDA Ratio” of any Person means, for any period, the ratio of Consolidated EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense for such period (other than any non-cash Consolidated Interest Expense attributable to any amortization or write-off of deferred financing costs); provided that, in making such computation:

 

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(i)            if the Company or any Subsidiary:

 

(a)           has Incurred any Indebtedness since the beginning of such period that remains outstanding on such date of determination or if the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated EBITDA Ratio is an Incurrence of Indebtedness, Indebtedness at the end of such period, Consolidated EBITDA and Consolidated Interest Expense for such period will 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 (except that in making such computation, the amount of Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility outstanding on the date of such calculation will be deemed to be:

 

(1)           the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during such four fiscal quarters or such shorter period for which such facility was outstanding; or

 

(2)           if such facility was created after the end of such four fiscal quarters, the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during the period from the date of creation of such facility to the date of such calculation);

 

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; or

 

(b)           has repaid, repurchased, defeased or otherwise discharged any Indebtedness since the beginning of the period that is no longer outstanding on such date of determination or if the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated EBITDA Ratio involves a discharge of Indebtedness (in each case other than Indebtedness Incurred under any revolving credit facility unless such Indebtedness has been permanently repaid and the related commitment terminated), Indebtedness, Consolidated EBITDA and Consolidated Interest Expense for such period will be calculated after giving effect on a pro forma basis to such discharge of such Indebtedness, including with the proceeds of such new Indebtedness, as if such discharge had occurred on the first day of such period;

 

(ii)           the Consolidated Interest Expense attributable to interest on any Indebtedness computed on a pro forma basis and bearing a floating interest rate shall be computed as if the rate in effect on the date of computation had been the applicable rate for the entire period; and

 

(iii)          with respect to any Indebtedness which bears, at the option of such Person, a fixed or floating rate of interest, such Person shall apply, at its option, either the fixed or floating rate.

 

“Consolidated Interest Expense” of any Person means, without duplication, for any period, as applied to any Person:

 

(i)            the sum of:

 

(a)           the aggregate of the interest expense on Indebtedness of such Person and its consolidated Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis, including, without limitation:

 

(1)           amortization of debt discount;

 

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(2)           the net cost under Interest Rate Protection Agreements (including amortization of discounts);

 

(3)           the interest portion of any deferred payment obligation; and

 

(4)           accrued interest; plus

 

(b)           the interest component of the Capital Lease Obligations paid, accrued and/or scheduled to be paid or accrued by such Person and its consolidated Subsidiaries during such period, minus

 

(ii)           the cash interest income (exclusive of deferred financing fees) of such Person and its consolidated Subsidiaries during such period, in each case as determined in accordance with GAAP consistently applied.

 

“Consolidated Net Income (Loss)” of any Person means, for any period, the consolidated net income (loss) of such Person and its consolidated Subsidiaries for such period as determined in accordance with GAAP, adjusted, to the extent included in calculating such net income (loss), by excluding all extraordinary gains or losses (net of reasonable fees and expenses relating to the transaction giving rise thereto) of such Person and its Subsidiaries.

 

“Consolidated Net Tangible Assets” of any Person as of any date means the total assets of such Person and its Subsidiaries as of the Company’s most recent fiscal quarter end for which a consolidated balance sheet of such Person and its Subsidiaries is available, minus all current liabilities of such Person and its Subsidiaries reflected on such balance sheet and minus total goodwill and other intangible assets of such Person and its Subsidiaries reflected on such balance sheet, all calculated on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

 

“Construction Indebtedness” means Indebtedness incurred by the Company or its Subsidiaries in connection with the construction of motion picture theatres or screens.

 

“Corporate Trust Office” means the office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be principally administered, which office at the date of execution of this Indenture is located at 60 Livingston Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55107-1419, Attention: Donald T. Hurrelbrink.

 

“Credit Agreement” means that certain Credit Agreement, dated April 30, 2013, among the Company, as Borrower, the lenders and issuers party thereto, Citicorp North America, Inc., as administrative agent, Bank of America, N.A., as syndication agent, Barclays Bank PLC, CS Securities (USA) LLC and HSBC Bank USA, N.A. as co-documentation agents, and any related notes, collateral documents, letters of credit, guarantees and other documents, and any appendices, exhibits or schedules to any of the foregoing, as any or all of such agreements may be amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time, together with any extensions, revisions, increases, refinancings, renewals, refundings, restructurings or replacements thereof.

 

“Credit Facilities” means one or more (i) debt facilities or commercial paper facilities, providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, receivables financing (including through the sale of receivables to lenders or to special purpose entities formed to borrow from lenders against such receivables) or letters of credit, including, without limitation, the Credit Agreement, (ii) debt securities, indentures or other forms of debt financing (including convertible or exchangeable debt instruments or bank guarantees or bankers’ acceptances), or (iii) instruments or agreements evidencing any other Indebtedness, in each case, with the same or different borrowers or issuers and, in each case, as amended, supplemented, modified, extended, restructured, renewed, refinanced, restated, replaced or refunded in whole or in part from time to time.

 

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“Currency Hedging Obligations” means the obligations of any Person pursuant to an arrangement designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in currency exchange rates.

 

“Debt Rating” means the rating assigned to the Securities by Moody’s or S&P, as the case may be.

 

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

 

“Designated Senior Indebtedness” means:

 

(i)            all Senior Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement; and

 

(ii)           any other Senior Indebtedness:

 

(a)           which at the time of determination exceeds $30.0 million in aggregate principal amount;

 

(b)           which is specifically designated in the instrument evidencing such Senior Indebtedness as “Designated Senior Indebtedness” by the Company or any Guarantor, as applicable; and

 

(c)           as to which the Trustee has been given written notice of such designation.

 

“Digital Projector Financing” means any financing arrangement in respect of digital projector equipment for use in the ordinary course of business in theatres owned, leased or operated by the Company and its Subsidiaries.

 

“DTC” means The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation, and its successors.

 

“Equity Offering” means a public or private sale for cash by the Company or of a direct or indirect parent of the Company (the proceeds of which have been contributed to the Company) of common stock or preferred stock (other than Redeemable Capital Stock), or options, warrants or rights with respect to such Person’s common stock or preferred stock (other than Redeemable Capital Stock), other than public offerings with respect to such Person’s common stock, preferred stock (other than Redeemable Capital Stock), or options, warrants or rights, registered on Form S-4 or S-8.

 

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

 

“Existing Notes” means the Company’s 5.875% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2022 and the Company’s 9.75% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2020.

 

“Fair Market Value” means, with respect to any asset or property, the sale value that would be obtained in an arm’s-length transaction between an informed and willing seller under no compulsion to sell and an informed and willing buyer under no compulsion to buy.

 

“Generally Accepted Accounting Principles” or “GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States as in effect on the Issue Date, consistently applied.

 

“Government Securities” means direct obligations (or certificates representing an ownership interest in such obligations) of, or obligations guaranteed by, 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.

 

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“Guarantee” means, with respect to any Person, any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person directly or indirectly guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any obligation, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, of such Person:

 

(i)            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 agreements to keep-well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services, to take-or-pay, or to maintain financial statement conditions or otherwise); or

 

(ii)           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 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.

 

“Guaranteed Indebtedness” of any Person means, without duplication, all Indebtedness of any other Person referred to in the definition of Indebtedness and all dividends of other Persons for the payment of which, in either case, such Person is directly or indirectly responsible or liable as obligor, guarantor or otherwise.

 

“Guarantor” means each Subsidiary of the Company that provides a Subsidiary Guarantee on the Issue Date and any other Subsidiary of the Company that provides a Subsidiary Guarantee in accordance with this Indenture; provided that upon the release or discharge of such Subsidiary from its Subsidiary Guarantee in accordance with this Indenture, such Subsidiary shall cease to be a Guarantor.

 

“Guarantor Subordinated Obligation” means, with respect to a Guarantor, any Indebtedness of such Guarantor (whether outstanding on the Issue Date or thereafter Incurred) which is expressly subordinate in right of payment to the obligations of such Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee pursuant to a written agreement.

 

“Holder” means the Person in whose name a Security is registered on the Security register described in Section 2.04 as the registered holder of any Security.

 

“Incur” means, with respect to any Indebtedness or other obligation of any Person, to create, issue, incur (by merger, conversion, exchange or otherwise), extend, assume, Guarantee or become liable in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation or the recording, as required pursuant to GAAP or otherwise, of any such Indebtedness or obligation on the balance sheet of such Person (and “Incurrence” and “Incurred” shall have meanings correlative to the foregoing); provided, however, that a change in GAAP that results in an obligation (including, without limitation, preferred stock, temporary equity, mezzanine equity or similar classification) of such Person that exists at such time, and is not theretofore classified as Indebtedness, becoming Indebtedness shall not be deemed an Incurrence of such Indebtedness; provided further, however, that any Indebtedness or other obligations 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 Subsidiary at the time it becomes a Subsidiary; and provided further, however, that solely for purposes of determining compliance with Section 4.05, amortization of debt discount shall not be deemed to be the Incurrence of Indebtedness, provided that in the case of Indebtedness sold at a discount, the amount of such Indebtedness Incurred shall at all times be the aggregate principal amount at stated maturity.

 

“Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person, without duplication:

 

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(i)            all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money or for the deferred purchase price of property or services, excluding any trade payables and other accrued current liabilities Incurred in the ordinary course of business, but including, without limitation, all obligations of such Person in connection with any letters of credit and acceptances issued under letter of credit facilities, acceptance facilities or other similar facilities, now or hereafter outstanding;

 

(ii)           all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or other similar instruments;

 

(iii)          all indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement with respect to property acquired by such Person (even if the rights and remedies of the seller or lender under such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property), but excluding trade accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of business;

 

(iv)          every obligation of such Person issued or contracted for as payment in consideration of the purchase by such Person or a Subsidiary of such Person of the Capital Stock or substantially all of the assets of another Person or in consideration for the merger or consolidation with respect to which such Person or a Subsidiary of such Person was a party;

 

(v)           all indebtedness referred to in clauses (i) through (iv) above of other Persons and all dividends of other Persons, the payment of which is secured by (or for which the holder of such indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien upon or in property (including, without limitation, accounts and contract rights) owned by such Person, even though such Person has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such indebtedness;

 

(vi)          the principal component of all obligations, or liquidation preference, of such Person with respect to any Redeemable Capital Stock or, with respect to any Subsidiary, any Preferred Stock (but excluding, in each case, any accrued dividends);

 

(vii)         all Guaranteed Indebtedness of such Person;

 

(viii)        all obligations under Interest Rate Protection Agreements of such Person;

 

(ix)          all Currency Hedging Obligations of such Person;

 

(x)           all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person; and

 

(xi)          any amendment, supplement, modification, deferral, renewal, extension or refunding of any liability of the types referred to in clauses (i) through (x) above.

 

“Indenture” means this instrument as originally executed (including all exhibits and schedules hereto) and as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof.

 

“Interest Rate Protection Agreement” means 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, option or future contract or other similar agreement or arrangement designed to protect the Company or any of its Subsidiaries against fluctuations in interest rates.

 

“Issue Date” means June 5, 2015.

 

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“Lien” means, with respect to any property or asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such property or asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law, including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof and any filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction.

 

“Maturity” means, with respect to any Security, the date on which the principal of such Security becomes due and payable as provided in such Security or this Indenture, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.

 

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

 

“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, listing fees, discounts or commissions and brokerage, consultant and other fees and charges actually Incurred in connection with such issuance or sale and net of taxes paid or payable as a result of such issuance or sale (after taking into account any available tax credit or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements).

 

“Non-Payment Default” means any event of default with respect to any Designated Senior Indebtedness (other than a Payment Default) pursuant to which the maturity thereof may be accelerated.

 

“Non-Recourse Indebtedness” means Indebtedness as to which:

 

(i)            none of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries:

 

(a)           provides credit support (including any undertaking, agreement or instrument which would constitute Indebtedness); or

 

(b)           is directly or indirectly liable; and

 

(ii)           no default with respect to such Indebtedness (including any rights which the holders thereof may have to take enforcement action against the relevant Unrestricted Subsidiary or its assets) would permit (upon notice, lapse of time or both) any holder of any other Indebtedness of the Company or its Subsidiaries (other than Non-Recourse Indebtedness) to declare a default on such other Indebtedness or cause the payment thereof to be accelerated or payable prior to its stated maturity.

 

“Obligations” means any principal (including reimbursement obligations and guarantees), premium, if any, interest (including interest accruing on or after the filing of, or which would have accrued but for the filing of, any petition in bankruptcy or for reorganization relating to the Company whether or not a claim for post-filing interest is allowed in such proceedings), penalties, fees, expenses, indemnifications, reimbursements, claims for rescission, damages, gross-up payments and other liabilities payable under the documentation governing any Indebtedness or otherwise.

 

“Officer” means the Chairman of the Board, any Co-Chairman of the Board, President, the Chief Executive Officer, any Executive Vice President, any Senior Vice President and the Chief Financial Officer of the Company.

 

“Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by two Officers.  Each such certificate shall include the statements provided for in TIA Section 314(e) to the extent applicable.

 

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“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel to the Company or any other Person reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee.

 

“Parent” means AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc.

 

“Payment Default” means any default in payment (whether at stated maturity, upon scheduled installment, by acceleration or otherwise) of principal of, premium, if any, or interest in respect of any Senior Indebtedness beyond any applicable grace period.

 

“Permitted Business” means the lines of business conducted by the Company and its Subsidiaries on the Issue Date and any business incidental or reasonably related thereto or which is a reasonable extension thereof as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company and the Parent.

 

“Permitted Holder” means (i) any member of the Wanda Group; and (ii) any “group” as such term is used in Section 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act of which members of the Wanda Group are members, but only if and for so long as members of the Wanda Group beneficially own (without giving effect to any beneficial ownership of shares of other members of such group) more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company.

 

“Permitted Indebtedness” means the following:

 

(i)            Indebtedness of the Company in respect of the Initial Securities and the Indebtedness of the Guarantors in respect of the Subsidiary Guarantees, in each case issued on the Issue Date, and upon an exchange of such Initial Securities for Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities, or upon an exchange of such Subsidiary Guarantees for exchange Subsidiary Guarantees issued in any registered exchange offer pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement;

 

(ii)           Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor under Credit Facilities together with the Guarantees thereunder and the issuance and creation of letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances thereunder (with letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances being deemed to have a principal amount equal to the face amount thereof) in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed $1,250.0 million;

 

(iii)          Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor under the Existing Notes and the Guarantees thereof;

 

(iv)          Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries outstanding on the Issue Date (other than the Existing Notes or Indebtedness outstanding under the Credit Agreement);

 

(v)           Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries consisting of Permitted Interest Rate Protection Agreements;

 

(vi)          Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any one or the other of them;

 

(vii)         Indebtedness Incurred to renew, extend, refinance or refund (each, a “refinancing”) the Existing Notes or any other Indebtedness outstanding on the Issue Date, including the Securities, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the principal amount of the Indebtedness so refinanced plus the amount of any premium required to be paid in connection with such refinancing pursuant to the terms of the Indebtedness so refinanced or the amount of any premium reasonably determined by the Company as necessary to accomplish

 

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such refinancing by means of a tender offer or privately negotiated repurchase, plus the expenses of the Company incurred in connection with such refinancing;

 

(viii)        Indebtedness of any Subsidiary Incurred in connection with the Guarantee of any Indebtedness of the Company or the Guarantors in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture; provided that in the event such Indebtedness that is being Guaranteed is a Subordinated Obligation or Guarantor Subordinated Obligation, then the related Guarantee shall be subordinated in right of payment to the Subsidiary Guarantee;

 

(ix)          Indebtedness relating to Currency Hedging Obligations entered into solely to protect the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from fluctuations in currency exchange rates and not to speculate on such fluctuations;

 

(x)           Capital Lease Obligations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;

 

(xi)          Indebtedness incurred by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to finance the purchase, lease or improvement of property (real or personal) or equipment (other than software) that is used or useful in a Permitted Business (but excluding the purchase of Capital Stock of any Person), provided that the aggregate amount of Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (xi) does not exceed the greater of (a) $100.0 million and (b) 7.5% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets (determined as of the time of such incurrence) at any time outstanding;

 

(xii)         Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with one or more standby letters of credit or performance bonds issued in the ordinary course of business or pursuant to self-insurance obligations;

 

(xiii)        Indebtedness represented by property, liability and workers’ compensation insurance (which may be in the form of letters of credit);

 

(xiv)        Acquired Indebtedness; provided that after giving effect to such acquisition, merger or consolidation, either (a) the Company would be permitted to Incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Consolidated EBITDA Ratio test set forth in Section 4.05(a) herein or (b) the Consolidated EBITDA Ratio of the Company would be equal to or greater than immediately prior to such acquisition, merger or consolidation;

 

(xv)         Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to an Unrestricted Subsidiary for money borrowed; provided that such Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to the Securities and the Weighted Average Life of such Indebtedness is greater than the Weighted Average Life of the Securities;

 

(xvi)        Construction Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount that does not exceed $100.0 million at any time outstanding;

 

(xvii)       Indebtedness incurred by the Company or any Subsidiary with respect to Digital Projector Financing in an aggregate principal amount incurred not to exceed (i) $70.0 million during the period from the Issue Date to the first anniversary thereof; (ii) $70.0 million during the period from the first anniversary of the Issue Date to the second anniversary of the Issue Date and (iii) $60.0 million after the second anniversary of the Issue Date; provided that any unused or repaid amounts may be carried forward and used in subsequent periods without limitation; and

 

(xviii)      Indebtedness of the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor not otherwise permitted to be Incurred pursuant to clauses (i) through (xvii) above which, together with any

 

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other Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to this clause (xviii), has an aggregate principal amount that does not exceed $350.0 million at any time outstanding.

 

“Permitted Interest Rate Protection Agreements” means, with respect to any Person, Interest Rate Protection Agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business by such Person that are designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in interest rates with respect to Permitted Indebtedness and that have a notional amount no greater than the payment due with respect to Permitted Indebtedness hedged thereby.

 

“Permitted Junior Securities” means equity securities or subordinated securities of the Company or any successor obligor provided for by a plan of reorganization or readjustment that, in the case of any such subordinated securities, are subordinated in right of payment to all Senior Indebtedness that may at the time be outstanding to at least the same extent as the Securities are so subordinated as provided in this Indenture.

 

“Permitted Liens” means:

 

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

 

(ii)           Liens on property of a Person existing at the time such Person is merged with or into or consolidated with the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; provided that such Liens were in existence prior to the contemplation of such merger or consolidation and do not extend to any assets other than those of the Person merged into or consolidated with the Company or the Subsidiary;

 

(iii)          Liens on property existing at the time of acquisition of the property by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; provided that such Liens were in existence prior to the contemplation of such acquisition and do not extend to any other assets;

 

(iv)          Liens to secure the performance of statutory obligations, surety or appeal bonds, performance bonds or other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business and related letters of credit;

 

(v)           Liens to secure Indebtedness (including Capital Lease Obligations) permitted by clauses (x) and (xi) of the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness” covering only the assets, accessions, improvements and proceeds acquired with such Indebtedness;

 

(vi)          Liens existing on the Issue Date (excluding Liens relating to obligations under Credit Facilities);

 

(vii)         Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or claims that are not yet delinquent or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted, provided that any reserve or other appropriate provision as is required in conformity with GAAP has been made therefor;

 

(viii)        Liens on the Capital Stock of Unrestricted Subsidiaries;

 

(ix)          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, building codes or other restrictions (including, without limitation, minor defects or irregularities in title and similar encumbrances) as to the use of real properties or liens incidental to the conduct of the business of the Company or such Subsidiary or to the ownership or leasing of its properties which, in the aggregate, do not materially detract from

 

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the value of the property subject thereto or materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Company or such Subsidiary;

 

(x)           leases or subleases granted to others that do not materially interfere with the ordinary course of business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;

 

(xi)          landlords’, carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s or the like Liens arising by contract or statute in the ordinary course of business and with respect to amounts which are not yet delinquent or are not more than 60 days past due or are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings; provided that any reserve or other appropriate provision as is required in conformity with GAAP has been made therefor;

 

(xii)         pledges or deposits made in the ordinary course of business (A) in connection with bids, tenders, leases, performance bonds and similar obligations, or (B) in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security or similar legislation;

 

(xiii)        Liens encumbering property or assets under construction arising from progress or partial payments by a customer of the Company or its Subsidiaries relating to such property or assets;

 

(xiv)        Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods;

 

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

 

(xvi)        the rights of film distributors under film licensing contracts entered into by the Company or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business on a basis customary in the movie exhibition industry;

 

(xvii)       any attachment or judgment Lien that does not constitute an Event of Default;

 

(xviii)      Liens in favor of the Trustee for its own benefit and for the benefit of the holders of the Securities;

 

(xix)        Liens incurred or deposits made to secure the performance of tenders, bids, leases, statutory or regulatory obligations, banker’s acceptances, surety and appeal bonds, government contracts, performance and return-of-money bonds and other obligations of a similar nature incurred in the ordinary course of business (exclusive of obligations for the payment of borrowed money);

 

(xx)         Liens securing Currency Hedging Obligations;

 

(xxi)        Liens arising from filing Uniform Commercial Code financing statements with respect to leases;

 

(xxii)       Liens arising solely by virtue of any statutory or common law provisions and ordinary course of business contractual provisions, in each case, relating to banker’s Liens, rights of set-off or similar rights and remedies as to deposit accounts or other funds maintained with a depositary institution or brokerage;

 

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(xxiii)      Liens on property or shares of stock of a Person at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary; provided, however, that such Liens are not created, incurred or assumed in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary; provided further, however, that any such Lien may not extend to any other property owned by the Company or any Subsidiary;

 

(xxiv)     Liens securing the Securities and the Subsidiary Guarantees;

 

(xxv)      Liens securing Indebtedness incurred to refinance Indebtedness that was previously so secured; provided that any such Lien is limited to all or part of the same property or assets (plus improvements, accessions, proceeds or dividends or distributions in respect thereof) that secured (or, under the written arrangements under which the original Lien arose, could secure) the Indebtedness being refinanced;

 

(xxvi)     leases, licenses, subleases and sublicenses of assets (including, without limitation, real property and intellectual property rights) which do not materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;

 

(xxvii)    Liens arising under the Indenture in favor of the Trustee for its own benefit and similar Liens in favor of other trustees, agents and representatives arising under instruments governing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred or outstanding under the Indenture, provided that such Liens are solely for the benefit of the trustees, agents and representatives in their capacities as such and not for the benefit of the holders of such Indebtedness;

 

(xxviii) Liens arising from the deposit of funds or securities in trust for the purpose of decreasing or defeasing Indebtedness; and

 

(xxix)     Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Company or any Guarantor with respect to obligations that do not exceed $50.0 million at any one time outstanding.

 

In each case set forth above, notwithstanding any stated limitation on the assets that may be subject to such Lien, a Permitted Lien on a specified asset or group or type of assets may include Liens on all improvements, additions and accessions thereto and all products and proceeds thereof, including dividends, distributions, interest and increases in respect thereof.

 

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

 

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

 

“Quotation Agent” means the Reference Treasury Dealer selected by the Company.

 

“Redeemable Capital Stock” means any Capital Stock that, either by its terms, by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or exchangeable or otherwise, is or upon the happening of an event or passage of time would be required to be redeemed prior to the final Stated Maturity of the Securities or is mandatorily redeemable at the option of the holder thereof at any time prior to such final Stated Maturity (except for any such Capital Stock that would be required to be redeemed or is redeemable at the option of the holder if the issuer thereof may redeem such Capital Stock for consideration consisting solely of Capital Stock that is not Redeemable Capital Stock), or is

 

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convertible into or exchangeable for debt securities at any time prior to such final Stated Maturity at the option of the holder thereof.

 

“Reference Treasury Dealer” means any three nationally recognized investment banking firms selected by the Company that are primary dealers of Government Securities.

 

“Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the average, as determined by the Company, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue with respect to the Securities, expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount, quoted in writing to the Company by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third business day immediately preceding the redemption date.

 

“Registration Rights Agreement” means the registration rights agreement among the Company, the Guarantors, and the Initial Purchasers entered into on the Issue Date regarding the Securities and any similar registration rights agreement executed in connection with an offering of any additional Securities.

 

“Representative” means the trustee, agent or representative expressly authorized to act in such capacity, if any, for an issue of Senior Indebtedness.

 

“Restricted Payments” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.06.

 

“Restricted Payments Computation Period” means the period (taken as one accounting period) from January 1, 2014, to the last day of the Company’s fiscal quarter preceding the date of the applicable proposed Restricted Payment.

 

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

 

“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

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

 

“Senior Indebtedness” means, whether outstanding on the Issue Date or thereafter issued, created, Incurred or assumed, all amounts payable by the Company and its Subsidiaries under or in respect of Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries, including the Securities and premiums and accrued and unpaid interest (including interest accruing on or after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or for reorganization relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries at the rate specified in the documentation with respect thereto whether or not a claim for post filing interest is allowed in such proceeding) and fees relating thereto; provided, however, that Senior Indebtedness will not include:

 

(i)            any obligation of the Company to any Subsidiary or any obligation of a Subsidiary to the Company or another Subsidiary;

 

(ii)           any liability for Federal, state, foreign, local or other taxes owed or owing by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;

 

(iii)          any accounts payable or other liability to trade creditors arising in the ordinary course of business (including Guarantees thereof or instruments evidencing such liabilities);

 

(iv)          any Indebtedness, Guarantee or obligation of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that is expressly subordinate or junior in right of payment to any other Indebtedness, Guarantee or obligation of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, as the case

 

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may be, including, without limitation, any Subordinated Obligations or Guarantor Subordinated Obligations;

 

(v)           any Capital Stock; or

 

(vi)          the Securities or the Existing Notes.

 

“Senior Subordinated Indebtedness” means (i) with respect to the Company, the Securities, the Existing Notes and any other Indebtedness of the Company that specifically provides that such Indebtedness is to have the same ranking as the Securities in right of payment and is not subordinated by its terms in right of payment to any Indebtedness or other obligation of the Company which is not Senior Indebtedness and (ii) with respect to any Guarantor, the Subsidiary Guarantees, the Guarantees of the Existing Notes and any other Indebtedness of such Guarantor that specifically provides that such Indebtedness is to have the same ranking as the Subsidiary Guarantees in right of payment and is not subordinated by its terms in right of payment to any Indebtedness or other obligation of such Guarantor which is not Senior Indebtedness.

 

“Significant Subsidiary” means any 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.

 

“Special Interest” means the additional interest, if any, to be paid on the Initial Securities or any Additional Securities pursuant to any Registration Rights Agreement as described in Exhibit A.

 

“Stated Maturity,” when used with respect to any Security or any installment of interest thereof, means the date specified in such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such installment of interest is due and payable.

 

“Subordinated Obligation” means any Indebtedness of the Company (whether outstanding on the Issue Date or thereafter Incurred) which is subordinate or junior in right of payment to the Securities pursuant to a written agreement.

 

“Subsidiary” of any person means:

 

(i)            any corporation of which more than 50% of the outstanding shares of Capital Stock having ordinary voting power for the election of directors is owned directly or indirectly by such Person; and

 

(ii)           any partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture or other entity in which such Person, directly or indirectly, has more than a 50% equity interest, and, except as otherwise indicated herein, references to Subsidiaries shall refer to Subsidiaries of the Company.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes hereof, an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall not be deemed a Subsidiary of the Company other than for purposes of the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary” unless the Company shall have designated in writing to the Trustee an Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Subsidiary.  A designation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Subsidiary may not thereafter be rescinded.

 

“Subsidiary Guarantee” means, individually, any Guarantee of payment of the Securities and Exchange Securities issued in a registered exchange offer for the Securities pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement and this Indenture by a Guarantor and any supplemental indenture applicable thereto (including pursuant to Exhibit C), and, collectively, all such Guarantees.  Each such Subsidiary Guarantee will be in the form prescribed in this Indenture.

 

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“Surviving Entity” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01.

 

“Tax Payment Agreement” means the Tax Payment Agreement, dated as of October 15, 2013, among Wanda America Investment Holding Co. Ltd, the Parent and American Multi-Cinema Inc.

 

“Theatre Completion” means any motion picture theatre or screen which was first opened for business by the Company or a Subsidiary during any applicable period.

 

“TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the Issue Date; provided, however, that, in the event the TIA is amended after such date, “TIA” means, to the extent required by any such amendments, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.

 

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

 

“Trustee” means the Person named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this instrument, until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean such successor Trustee.

 

“U.S. Dollars,” “United States Dollars,” “US$” and the symbol “$” each mean currency of the United States of America.

 

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

 

“Unrestricted Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary of the Company designated in writing to the Trustee:

 

(i)            whose properties and assets, to the extent they secure Indebtedness, secure only Non-Recourse Indebtedness;

 

(ii)           that has no Indebtedness other than Non-Recourse Indebtedness; and

 

(iii)          that has no Subsidiaries other than Unrestricted Subsidiaries.

 

“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.

 

“Wanda” means Dalian Wanda Group Co., Ltd., a Chinese private conglomerate.

 

“Wanda Group” means Wanda and any Affiliate of Wanda.

 

“Weighted Average Life” means, as of any date, with respect to any debt security, the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the sum of the products of the number of years from such date to the dates of each successive scheduled principal payment (including any sinking fund payment requirements) of such debt security multiplied by the amount of such principal payment, by (ii) the sum of all such principal payments.

 

“Wholly Owned Subsidiary” of any Person means a Subsidiary of such Person, all of the Capital Stock (other than directors’ qualifying shares) or other ownership interests of which shall at the time be owned by such Person or by one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person or by such Person and one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.

 

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Section 1.02.        Other Definitions.

 

	
Term
    	
 
    	
Defined in Section
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
“Additional   Securities”
    	
 
    	
Preamble   and Exhibit A
    
	
“Bankruptcy   Order”
    	
 
    	
6.01
    
	
“Change   of Control Offer”
    	
 
    	
4.11
    
	
“Change   of Control Payment Date”
    	
 
    	
4.11
    
	
“Change   of Control Purchase Price”
    	
 
    	
4.11
    
	
“covenant   defeasance option”
    	
 
    	
8.01
    
	
“Custodian”
    	
 
    	
6.01
    
	
“Event   of Default”
    	
 
    	
6.01
    
	
“Exchange   Securities”
    	
 
    	
Preamble   and Exhibit A
    
	
“Global   Security”
    	
 
    	
Exhibit A
    
	
“Guarantor   Obligations”
    	
 
    	
11.01
    
	
“Initial   Blockage Period”
    	
 
    	
10.03
    
	
“legal   defeasance option”
    	
 
    	
8.01
    
	
“Legal   Holiday”
    	
 
    	
13.08
    
	
“OID”
    	
 
    	
2.01
    
	
“Paying   Agent”
    	
 
    	
2.04
    
	
“Payment   Blockage Period”
    	
 
    	
10.03
    
	
“Private   Exchange Securities”
    	
 
    	
Preamble   and Exhibit A
    
	
“QIB”
    	
 
    	
Exhibit A
    
	
“Registered   Exchange Offer”
    	
 
    	
Exhibit A
    
	
“Registrar”
    	
 
    	
2.04
    
	
“Restricted   Payments”
    	
 
    	
4.06
    
	
“Securities   Custodian”
    	
 
    	
Exhibit A
    
	
“Securities   Obligations”
    	
 
    	
10.01
    
	
“Shelf   Registration Statement”
    	
 
    	
Exhibit A
    
	
“Special   Interest Payment Date”
    	
 
    	
2.11
    
	
“Special   Record Date”
    	
 
    	
2.11
    
	
“Surviving   Entity”
    	
 
    	
5.01
    

 

Section 1.03.        Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.

 

Prior to the effectiveness of the registration statement relating to the Registered Exchange Offer or the Shelf Registration Statement, this Indenture shall incorporate and be governed by the provisions of the TIA.  After the effectiveness of either the registration statement relating to the Registered Exchange Offer or the Shelf Registration Statement, this Indenture shall be subject to the provisions of the TIA that are required to be a part of this Indenture and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.  The following TIA terms have the following meanings:

 

“Commission” means the SEC.

 

“Indenture securities” means the Securities.

 

“indenture Security Holder” means a Holder.

 

“indenture to be Qualified” means this Indenture.

 

“Indenture Trustee” or “institutional Trustee” means the Trustee.

 

“obligor” on the indenture securities means the Company and any other obligor on the indenture securities.

 

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

 

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)           “including” means including without limitation;

 

(e)           words in the singular include the plural and words in the plural include the singular;

 

(f)            unsecured Indebtedness shall not be deemed to be subordinate or junior to secured Indebtedness merely by virtue of its nature as unsecured Indebtedness; and

 

(g)           the principal amount of any non-interest bearing or other discount security at any date shall be the principal amount thereof that would be shown on a balance sheet of the issuer dated such date prepared in accordance with GAAP.

 

ARTICLE II

 

The Securities

 

Section 2.01.        Amount of Securities; Issuable in Series.

 

As provided for in Exhibit A hereto, the aggregate principal amount of the Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.  All Securities shall be substantially identical in all respects other than issue prices, issuance dates and denominations.  The Securities may be issued in one or more series; provided, however, that any Securities issued with original issue discount (“OID”) for Federal income tax purposes shall not be issued as part of the same series as any Securities that are issued with a different amount of OID or are not issued with OID.

 

Subject to Section 2.03, the Trustee shall authenticate Initial Securities for original issue on the Issue Date in the aggregate principal amount of $600,000,000.  With respect to any Securities issued after the Issue Date (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for, or in lieu of, Initial Securities pursuant to Section 2.07, 2.09 or 3.06 or Exhibit A), there shall be established in or pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors, and subject to Section 2.03, set forth, or determined in the manner provided in an Officers’ Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of such Securities:

 

(a)           whether such Securities shall be issued as part of a new or existing series of Securities and the title of such Securities (which shall distinguish the Securities of the series from Securities of any other series);

 

(b)           the aggregate principal amount of such Securities that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (which shall be calculated without reference to any Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other

 

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Securities of the same series pursuant to Section 2.07, 2.09 or 3.06 or Exhibit A or any Securities which, pursuant to Section 2.03, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder);

 

(c)           the issue price and issuance date of such Securities, including the date from which interest on such Securities shall accrue;

 

(d)           if applicable, that such Securities shall be issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities and, in such case, the respective depositories for such Global Securities, the form of any legend or legends that shall be borne by any such Global Security in addition to or in lieu of that set forth in Appendix I to Exhibit A and any circumstances in addition to or in lieu of those set forth in Section 2.3 of Exhibit A in which any such Global Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for Securities registered, and any transfer of such Global Security in whole or in part may be registered, in the name or names of Persons other than the depository for such Global Security or a nominee thereof; and

 

(e)           if applicable, that such Securities shall not be issued in the form of Initial Securities or Additional Securities, but shall be issued in the form of Private Exchange Securities or Exchange Securities.

 

If any of the terms of any series are established by action taken pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officers’ Certificate or the trust indenture supplemental hereto setting forth the terms of the series.

 

Section 2.02.        Form and Dating.

 

Provisions relating to the Securities are set forth in Exhibit A, which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made part of this Indenture.  The Securities of each series and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form of Appendix I to Exhibit A which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made a part of this Indenture.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Securities offered and sold to QIBs in reliance on Rule 144A shall include the form of assignment set forth in Appendix I to Exhibit A and Securities offered and sold in offshore transactions in reliance on Regulation S (other than Initial Securities offered on the Issue Date) shall include the form of certificate set forth in Exhibit B.  The Securities of each series may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule, agreements to which the Company is subject, if any, or usage; provided that any such notation, legend or endorsement is in a form reasonably acceptable to the Company.  Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.  The terms of the Securities of each series set forth in Appendix I to Exhibit A are part of the terms of this Indenture.

 

Section 2.03.        Execution and Authentication.

 

Two Officers (or one Officer and the Vice President and Secretary of the Company) shall sign the Securities for the Company by manual or facsimile signature.

 

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

 

At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a written order of the Company in the form of an Officers’ Certificate for the authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in accordance with such written order of the Company shall authenticate and deliver such Securities.

 

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A Security shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee manually signs the certificate of authentication on the Security.  The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Security has been authenticated under this Indenture.

 

The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent reasonably acceptable to the Company to authenticate the Securities.  Unless limited by the terms of such appointment, an authenticating agent may authenticate Securities 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 any Registrar, Paying Agent or agent for service of notices and demands.

 

The Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Securities if the issue thereof will adversely affect the Trustee’s own rights, duties, indemnities or immunities under the Securities and this Indenture.

 

Section 2.04.        Registrar and Paying Agent.

 

The Company shall maintain an office or agency where Securities may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (the “Registrar”) and an office or agency where Securities may be presented for payment (the “Paying Agent”).  The Registrar shall keep a register of the Securities and of their transfer and exchange.  The Company may have one or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents.  The term “Paying Agent” includes any additional paying agent and “Registrar” includes any co-registrar.

 

The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Registrar or Paying Agent not a party to this Indenture, which shall incorporate the terms of the TIA.  The agreement shall implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such agent.  The Company shall notify the Trustee of the name and address of any such agent.  If the Company fails to maintain a Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such and shall be entitled to appropriate compensation therefor pursuant to Section 7.07.  The Company or any of its domestic Wholly Owned Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent, Registrar or transfer agent.

 

The Company initially appoints the Trustee as Registrar and Paying Agent in connection with the Securities.

 

Section 2.05.        Paying Agent To Hold Money in Trust.  Prior to each due date of the principal and interest on any Security, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay such principal and interest so becoming due.  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 or interest on the Securities and shall notify the Trustee of any default by the Company or any Guarantor in making any such payment.  If the Company or a domestic Wholly Owned Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate the money held by it as Paying Agent and hold it as a separate trust fund.  The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee and to account for any funds disbursed by the Paying Agent.  Upon complying with this Section, the Paying Agent (if other than the Company or a domestic Wholly Owned Subsidiary) shall have no further liability for the money delivered to the Trustee.

 

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 Holders and shall otherwise comply with TIA Section 312(a).  If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company on its own behalf and on the behalf of each of the Guarantors shall furnish to the Trustee, in writing at least five 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

 

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names and addresses of Holders and the Company and the Guarantors shall otherwise comply with TIA Section 312(a).

 

Section 2.07.        Replacement Securities.  If a mutilated security is surrendered to the Registrar or if the Holder of a Security claims that such Security has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a replacement Security if the requirements of Section 8-405 of the Uniform Commercial Code are met and the Holder satisfies any other reasonable requirements of the Trustee.  If required by the Trustee or the Company, such Holder shall furnish an indemnity bond sufficient in the judgment of the Company and the Trustee to protect the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Registrar and any co-registrar from any loss which any of them may suffer if a Security is replaced.  The Company and the Trustee may charge the Holder for their expenses in replacing a Security.

 

Every replacement Security is an additional obligation of Company.

 

Section 2.08.        Outstanding Securities.  Securities outstanding at any time are all Securities authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation and those described in this Section as not outstanding.  A Security does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the Company holds the Security.

 

If a Security is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07, it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee and the Company receive proof satisfactory to them that the replaced Security is held by a protected purchaser.

 

If the Paying Agent segregates and holds in trust, in accordance with this Indenture, on a redemption date or maturity date money sufficient to pay all principal and interest payable on that date with respect to the Securities (or portions thereof) to be redeemed or maturing, as the case may be, and the Paying Agent is not prohibited from paying such money to the Holders on that date pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, then on and after that date such Securities (or portions thereof) cease to be outstanding and interest, on them ceases to accrue.

 

Section 2.09.        Temporary Securities.  Until definitive Securities are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Securities.  Temporary Securities shall be substantially in the form of definitive Securities but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary Securities.  Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate definitive Securities and deliver them in exchange for temporary Securities.  After the preparation of definitive Securities, the temporary Securities shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities upon surrender of the temporary Securities at any office or agency maintained by the Company for that purpose and such exchange shall be without charge to the Holder.  Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery in exchange therefor, one or more definitive Securities representing an equal principal amount of Securities.  Until so exchanged, the Holder of temporary Securities shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as a Holder of definitive Securities.

 

Section 2.10.        Cancellation.  The Company at any time may deliver Securities to the Trustee for cancellation.  The Registrar and the Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Securities surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment.  The Trustee and no one else shall cancel (subject to the record retention requirements of the Exchange Act) all Securities surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment or cancellation and deliver cancelled Securities to the Company upon a written direction of the Company.  Except as expressly permitted herein, the Company may not issue new Securities to replace Securities it has redeemed, paid or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.

 

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If the Company or any Guarantor acquires any of the Securities, such acquisition shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the Indebtedness represented by such Securities unless and until the same are surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation pursuant to this Section 2.10.  The Company may not issue new Securities to replace Securities it has paid or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation for any reason other than in connection with a registration of transfer or exchange of such Securities.

 

At such time as all beneficial interests in a Global Security have either been exchanged for definitive Securities, transferred, redeemed, repurchased or canceled, such Global Security shall be returned by DTC to the Trustee for cancellation or retained and canceled by the Trustee.  At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Security is exchanged for definitive Securities, transferred in exchange for an interest in another Global Security, redeemed, repurchased or canceled, the principal amount of Securities represented by such Global Security shall be reduced and an adjustment shall be made on the books and records of the Trustee (if it is then the Securities Custodian for such Global Security) with respect to such Global Security, by the Trustee or the Securities Custodian, to reflect such reduction.

 

Section 2.11.        Defaulted Interest.  If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Securities, the Company shall pay the defaulted interest (plus interest on such defaulted interest at the rate borne by the Securities to the extent lawful) in any lawful manner.  The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of defaulted interest proposed to be paid on each Security and the date (not less than 30 days after such notice) of the proposed payment (the “Special Interest Payment Date”), and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such defaulted interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such defaulted interest as in this clause provided.  Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a record date (the “Special Record Date”) for the payment of such defaulted interest, which date shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the Special Interest Payment Date and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment.  The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date, and in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such defaulted interest and the Special Record Date and Special Interest Payment Date therefor to be given in the manner provided for in Section 13.02, not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date.  Notice of the proposed payment of such defaulted interest and the Special Record Date and Special Interest Payment Date therefor having been so given, such defaulted interest shall be paid on the Special Interest Payment Date to the Persons in whose names the Securities (or their respective predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable.

 

The Company may make payment of any defaulted interest in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.

 

Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of, transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Security.

 

Section 2.12.        CUSIP Numbers, Common Codes or ISINs.  The Company in issuing the Securities may use “CUSIP” numbers, “Common Codes” or “ISINs” (if then generally in use) and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” numbers, “Common Codes” or “ISINs” in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided, however, that neither the Company nor the Trustee shall have any

 

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responsibility for any defect in the “CUSIP” number, “Common Code” or “ISIN” that appears on any Security, check, advice of payment or redemption notice, and any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers.  The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any change in the CUSIP number, Common Code or ISIN.

 

Section 2.13.        Computation of Interest.  Interest on the Securities shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

 

ARTICLE III

 

Redemption

 

Section 3.01.        Notices to Trustee.  If the Company elects to redeem Securities pursuant to paragraph 5 of the Securities, it shall notify the Trustee in writing of the redemption date, the principal amount of Securities to be redeemed, the redemption price and that such redemption is being made pursuant to paragraph 5 of the Securities.

 

The Company shall give notice to the Trustee provided for in this Section 3.01 at least 45 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date unless the Trustee consents to a shorter period.  Such notice shall be accompanied by an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel from the Company to the effect that such redemption will comply with the conditions herein.

 

Section 3.02.        Selection of Securities To Be Redeemed.  If less than all the Securities are to be redeemed at any time, not more than 60 days prior to the redemption date, the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed pro rata, by lot or by any other method that complies with applicable legal and securities exchange requirements, if any, and that the Trustee in its sole discretion deems fair and appropriate and in accordance with methods generally used at the time of selection by fiduciaries in similar circumstances.  The Trustee shall make the selection from outstanding Securities not previously called for redemption.  The Trustee may select for redemption portions of the principal of Securities that have denominations larger than $2,000.  Securities and portions of them the Trustee selects shall be in amounts of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 (but in any event not less than $2,000).  Provisions of this Indenture that apply to Securities called for redemption also apply to portions of Securities called for redemption.  The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of the Securities or portions of Securities to be redeemed.

 

Section 3.03.        Notice of Redemption.  At least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a date for redemption of Securities, the Company shall send a notice of redemption electronically or by first-class mail, with a copy to the Trustee, to each Holder of Securities to the address of such Holder appearing in the security register or otherwise in accordance with the procedures of DTC.  Notice of any redemption upon any Equity Offering may be given prior to the completion of the related Equity Offering.

 

The notice shall identify the Securities (or portion thereof) to be redeemed (including CUSIP numbers if any) and shall state:

 

(a)           the redemption date;

 

(b)           the redemption price;

 

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

 

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(d)           that Securities called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price;

 

(e)           if fewer than all the outstanding Securities are to be redeemed, or if a Security is to be redeemed in part only, the identification and principal amounts of the particular Securities (or portion thereof) to be redeemed;

 

(f)            that, unless the Company defaults in making such redemption payment or the Paying Agent is prohibited from making such payment pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, interest on Securities (or portion thereof) called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the redemption date; and

 

(g)           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 Securities.

 

At the Company’s written request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Company’s name and at the Company’s expense.  In such event, the Company shall provide the Trustee with the information required by this Section at least 45 days before the redemption date, unless the Trustee consents to a shorter period.

 

Section 3.04.        Effect of Notice of Redemption.  Once notice of redemption is mailed, Securities called for redemption become due and payable on the redemption date and at the redemption price stated in the notice.  Upon surrender to the Paying Agent, such Securities shall be paid at the redemption price stated in the notice, plus accrued interest to the redemption date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the related interest payment date that is on or prior to the date of redemption).  Failure to give notice or any defect in the notice to any Holder shall not affect the validity of the notice to any other Holder.

 

Section 3.05.        Deposit of Redemption Price.  Prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the redemption date, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent (or, if the Company or a domestic Wholly Owned Subsidiary is the Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in trust) money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the related interest payment date that is on or prior to the date of redemption) on all Securities to be redeemed on that date other than Securities or portions of Securities called for redemption that have been delivered by the Company to the Trustee for cancellation.

 

Section 3.06.        Securities Redeemed in Part.  Upon surrender and cancellation of a Security that is redeemed in part, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate for the Holder (at the Company’s expense) a new Security equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Security surrendered.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

Covenants

 

Section 4.01.        Payment of Securities.  The Company shall promptly pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities, in immediately available funds, on the dates and in the manner provided in the Securities and in this Indenture.  Principal, premium, if any, and interest shall be considered paid on the date due if on such date the Trustee or the Paying Agent holds in accordance with this Indenture money sufficient to pay all principal, premium, if any, and interest then due and the Trustee or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, is not prohibited from paying such money to the Holders on that date pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.

 

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The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal at the rate specified therefore in the Securities, and it shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the rate borne by the Securities to the extent lawful.

 

The Company and the Guarantors will pay any present or future stamp, court or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies that arise in any jurisdiction from the execution, delivery, enforcement or registration of the Securities, the Subsidiary Guarantees, this Indenture or any other document or instrument in relation thereof, or the receipt of any payments with respect to the Securities or the Subsidiary Guarantees, excluding such taxes, charges or similar levies imposed by any jurisdiction outside of the United States, the jurisdiction of incorporation of any successor of the Company or any Guarantor or any jurisdiction in which a Paying Agent is located, other than those resulting from, or required to be paid in connection with, the enforcement of the Securities, the Subsidiary Guarantees or any other such document or instrument following the occurrence of any Event of Default with respect to the Securities.  The Company or the Guarantors will indemnify the Holders for any such taxes paid by such Holders.

 

Section 4.02.        Corporate Existence.  Subject to Article Five, the Company will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect the corporate existence and corporate power and authority of the Company and each Subsidiary; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such corporate existence and corporate power and authority if the Company shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.

 

Section 4.03.        Payment of Taxes and Other Claims.  The Company will pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged, before the same shall become delinquent,

 

(a)           all material taxes, assessments and governmental charges levied or imposed upon the Company or any Subsidiary or upon the income, profits or property of the Company or any Subsidiary; and

 

(b)           all material lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies, which, if unpaid, might by law become a Lien upon the property of the Company or any Subsidiary that could produce a material adverse effect on the consolidated financial condition of the Company; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged any such tax, assessment, charge or claim whose amount, applicability or validity is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings.

 

Section 4.04.        Maintenance of Properties.  The Company will cause all properties owned by the Company or any Subsidiary or used or held for use in the conduct of its business or the business of any Subsidiary to be maintained and kept in good condition, repair and working order and supplied with all necessary equipment and will cause to be made all necessary repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments and improvements thereof, all as in the judgment of the Company may be necessary so that the business carried on in connection therewith may be properly and advantageously conducted at all times, except, in every case, as and to the extent that the Company may be prevented by fire, strikes, lockouts, acts of God, inability to obtain labor or materials, governmental restrictions, enemy action, civil commotion or unavoidable casualty or similar causes beyond the control of the Company; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 4.04 shall prevent the Company from discontinuing the maintenance of any such properties if such discontinuance is, in the judgment of the Company, desirable in the conduct of its business or the business of any Subsidiary and not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders.

 

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Section 4.05.        Limitation on Consolidated Indebtedness.

 

(a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, Incur any Indebtedness unless after giving effect to such event on a pro forma basis, the Company’s Consolidated EBITDA Ratio for the four full fiscal quarters immediately preceding such event for which internal financial statements are available, taken as one period, is greater than or equal to 2.00 to 1.00 (such condition not being applicable to the Incurrence of Permitted Indebtedness).

 

(b)           For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.05, in the event that an item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of one or more of the categories of Permitted Indebtedness or is entitled to be Incurred pursuant to the ratio set forth in Section 4.05(a) hereof, the Company is entitled to Incur such Indebtedness in part under any combination thereof, and the Company shall, in its sole discretion, classify or reclassify, or later divide, classify or reclassify, such item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) in any manner that complies with this Section 4.05; provided that all Indebtedness outstanding on the Issue Date under the Credit Agreement shall be deemed to have been incurred on the Issue Date pursuant to clause (2) of the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness” and the Company shall not be permitted to later reclassify all or any portion of such Indebtedness outstanding on the Issue Date under the Credit Agreement.

 

(c)           Accrual of interest, the accretion of accreted value, amortization of original issue discount, the payment of interest in the form of additional Indebtedness with the same terms or in the form of common stock of the Company, the payment of dividends on Preferred Stock in the form of additional shares of Preferred Stock of the same class, the accretion of original issue discount or liquidation preference and increases in the amount of Indebtedness outstanding solely as a result of fluctuations in the exchange rate of currencies or increases in the value of property securing Indebtedness described in clause (iii) of the definition of “Indebtedness” will not be deemed to be an Incurrence of Indebtedness for purposes of this covenant.  Guarantees of, or obligations in respect of letters of credit relating to, Indebtedness which is otherwise included in the determination of a particular amount of Indebtedness shall not be included in the determination of such amount of Indebtedness; provided, however, that the Incurrence of the Indebtedness represented by such guarantee or letter of credit, as the case may be, was in compliance with this Section 4.05.

 

Section 4.06.        Limitation on Restricted Payments.

 

(a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:

 

(i)            declare or pay any dividend on, or make any distribution in respect of, any shares of the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s Capital Stock (excluding dividends or distributions payable in shares of the Company’s Capital Stock or in options, warrants or other rights to purchase such Capital Stock, but including dividends or distributions payable in Redeemable Capital Stock or in options, warrants or other rights to purchase Redeemable Capital Stock (other than dividends on such Redeemable Capital Stock payable in shares of such Redeemable Capital Stock)) held by any Person other than the Company or any of its Wholly Owned Subsidiaries; or

 

(ii)           purchase, redeem or acquire or retire for value any Capital Stock of the Company or any Affiliate thereof (other than any Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company and except for investments in Capital Stock of entities which are or become Affiliates as a result of the Company’s ownership of equity interests in such entities) or any options, warrants or other rights to acquire such Capital Stock;

 

(such payments or any other actions described in (i) and (ii) above are collectively referred to as “Restricted Payments”) unless at the time of and after giving effect to the proposed Restricted Payment (the amount of any such Restricted Payment, if other than cash, as determined by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be conclusive and evidenced by a Board Resolution): (A) no

 

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Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; (B) the Company could incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness (other than Permitted Indebtedness) under the provisions of Section 4.05; and (C) the aggregate amount of all Restricted Payments (other than Restricted Payments permitted by Section 4.06(b)(iv), (v), (vii) and (viii)) declared or made after January 1, 2014 (including the proposed Restricted Payment) does not exceed the sum of:

 

(1)           (x) Consolidated EBITDA for the Restricted Payments Computation Period, minus (y) 1.70 times Consolidated Interest Expense for the Restricted Payments Computation Period (which commenced on January 1, 2014); plus

 

(2)           the aggregate net proceeds, including the Fair Market Value of property other than cash (as determined by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be conclusive, except that for any property whose Fair Market Value exceeds $25.0 million such Fair Market Value shall be confirmed by an independent appraisal obtained by the Company), received after January 1, 2014, by the Company from a contribution of its common equity capital or the issuance or sale (other than to any of its Subsidiaries) of shares of Capital Stock of the Company (other than Redeemable Capital Stock) or warrants, options or rights to purchase such shares of Capital Stock; plus

 

(3)           the aggregate net proceeds, including the Fair Market Value of property other than cash (as determined by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be conclusive, except that for any property whose Fair Market Value exceeds $25.0 million such Fair Market Value shall be confirmed by an independent appraisal obtained by the Company), received after January 1, 2014, by the Company from debt securities that have been converted into or exchanged for Capital Stock of the Company (other than Redeemable Capital Stock) to the extent such debt securities were originally sold for such net proceeds plus the aggregate cash received by the Company at the time of such conversion; plus

 

(4)           $327.0 million.

 

(b) Notwithstanding Section 4.06(a), the Company or any of its Subsidiaries may:

 

(i)            pay dividends on its Capital Stock within 60 days of the declaration thereof if, on the declaration date, such dividends could have been paid in compliance with the foregoing limitation;

 

(ii)           acquire, redeem or retire Capital Stock in exchange for, or in connection with a substantially concurrent issuance of, Capital Stock of the Company (other than Redeemable Capital Stock);

 

(iii)          in the case of a Subsidiary, pay dividends (or in the case of any partnership or limited liability company, any similar distribution) to the holders of its Capital Stock on a pro rata basis;

 

(iv)          make any purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement of Capital Stock of the Company (A) deemed to occur upon the exercise of stock options to the extent such Capital Stock represents a portion of the exercise price of such options or (B) in connection with the terms of any restricted stock agreement awarded to any employee, officer or director of the Company or its Subsidiaries;

 

(v)           make Restricted Payments in amounts equal to:

 

(A)          the amounts required for any direct or indirect parent to pay franchise taxes and other fees required to maintain its legal existence;

 

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(B)          amounts required to be paid to any direct or indirect parent pursuant to the Tax Payment Agreement;

 

(C)          foreign, federal, state and local income and other taxes, to the extent such taxes are attributable to the income, revenue, receipts, capital or margin of the Company and its Subsidiaries; provided that the amount of such payments in any fiscal year does not exceed the amount that the Company and its Subsidiaries would be required to pay in respect of foreign, federal, state and local taxes for such fiscal year were the Company and its Subsidiaries to pay such taxes separately from any parent entity;

 

(D)          general corporate operating and overhead costs and expenses of any parent entity to the extent such costs and expenses are directly or indirectly attributable to the ownership or operation of the Company and its Subsidiaries, including the Company’s proportionate share of the expenses relating to any parent entity being a public company; and

 

(E)           customary salary, bonus and other benefits payable to officers, directors and employees of any parent entity to the extent such salaries, bonuses and other benefits are directly or indirectly attributable to the ownership or operation of the Company and its Subsidiaries, including the Company’s proportionate share of such amounts relating to any parent entity being a public company, including directors’ fees;

 

(vi)          the payment of dividends on the Company’s common stock (or a Restricted Payment to any direct or indirect parent of the Company to fund the payment by such direct or indirect parent of the Company of dividends on such entity’s common stock) of up to 6% per annum of the net proceeds received by the Company from any public offering of common stock of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company, including without limitation the initial public offering of the Parent’s Class A common stock completed on December 23, 2013, other than public offerings with respect to the Company’s (or such direct or indirect parent’s) common stock registered on Form S-4 or Form S-8;

 

(vii)         the purchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Capital Stock of the Company or any parent entity held by any current or former employee, director or consultant of the Company, any parent entity or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries (or any permitted transferee of any of the foregoing) pursuant to any management equity subscription agreement, stock option agreement, stock plan or similar agreement; provided that the aggregate price paid for all such purchased, redeemed, acquired or retired Capital Stock may not exceed $7.5 million in any 12-month period (with unused amounts in any 12-month period after the Issue Date, being carried over to succeeding 12-month periods subject to a maximum carry-over amount of $15.0 million (without giving effect to the following proviso)); provided further that such amount in any calendar year may be increased by an amount not to exceed:

 

(A)          the cash proceeds from the sale of Capital Stock (other than Redeemable Capital Stock) of the Company and, to the extent contributed to the Company, Capital Stock of any parent entity, in each case to current or former employees, directors or consultants of the Company, any parent entity or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries that occurs after the Issue Date, to the extent the cash proceeds from the sale of such Capital Stock have not otherwise been applied to the payment of Restricted Payments by virtue of clause (c)(ii) of the preceding paragraph; plus

 

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(B)          the cash proceeds of key man life insurance policies received by the Company, its Subsidiaries and to the extent contributed to the Company, any parent entity or the Company after the Issue Date; less

 

(C)          the amount of any Restricted Payments made in any prior calendar year pursuant to clauses (a) and (b) of this clause (vii); and

 

(viii)        make other Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed $400.0 million.

 

Section 4.07.        Limitation on Liens.  The Company will not and will not permit any Guarantor to create, incur, assume or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) of any kind securing Indebtedness ranking pari passu in right of payment with or subordinated in right of payment to the Securities or such Guarantor’s Guarantee, as the case may be, upon any of their property or assets (including Capital Stock of Subsidiaries of the Company), now owned or hereafter acquired, unless contemporaneously with the incurrence of such Lien effective provision is made to secure the Obligations due under the Indenture and the Securities or, in respect any Lien on any Guarantor’s property or assets, any Guarantee of such Guarantor, (i) in the case of Liens securing Indebtedness that is pari passu in right of payment with the Securities or any Subsidiary Guarantee, on an equal and ratable basis with (or, if the Company so elects, on a senior basis to) the obligations so secured until such time as such obligations are no longer secured by a Lien and (ii) in the case of Liens securing Indebtedness that is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Securities or any Guarantee, on a senior basis to the obligations so secured with the same relative priority as the Securities or such Guarantee, as the case may be, will have to that subordinated Indebtedness until such time as such obligations are no longer secured by a Lien. The foregoing restriction shall not apply to Liens securing Senior Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor.

 

Any Lien created for the benefit of Holders of the Securities pursuant to this Section 4.07 shall be deemed automatically and unconditionally released and discharged upon the release and discharge of each of the Liens described in clauses (i) and (ii) in the preceding paragraph.

 

Section 4.08.        Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates.

 

(a)           The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into or suffer to exist any transaction or series of related transactions (including, without limitation, the sale, purchase, exchange or lease of assets, property or services) with any Affiliate of the Company (other than a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company) involving aggregate consideration in excess of $10.0 million, unless: (i) such transaction or series of transactions is on terms that are no less favorable to the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, than would be available at the time of such transaction or series of transactions in a comparable transaction in an arm’s-length dealing with an unaffiliated third party; (ii) such transaction or series of transactions is in the best interests of the Company; and (iii) with respect to a transaction or series of transactions involving aggregate payments equal to or greater than $50.0 million, a majority of disinterested members of the Board of Directors determines that such transaction or series of transactions complies with clauses (i) and (ii) above, as evidenced by a Board Resolution.

 

(b)           Notwithstanding the foregoing limitation, the Company and its Subsidiaries may enter into or suffer to exist the following:

 

(i)            any transaction pursuant to any contract in existence on the Issue Date;

 

(ii)           any Restricted Payment permitted to be made pursuant to the provisions of Section 4.06;

 

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(iii)          any transaction or series of transactions between the Company and one or more of its Subsidiaries or between two or more of its Subsidiaries (provided that no more than 5% of the equity interest in any such Subsidiary is owned, directly or indirectly (other than by direct or indirect ownership of an equity interest in the Company), by any Affiliate of the Company other than a Subsidiary);

 

(iv)          the payment of compensation (including amounts paid pursuant to employee benefit plans) for the personal services of officers, directors and employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; and

 

(v)           the existence of, or the performance by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of its obligations under the terms of, any agreements that are described in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 or the Parent’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (file number 333-190904) and any amendments thereto; provided, however, that the existence of, or the performance by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of its obligations under, any future amendment to such agreements shall only be permitted by this clause (v) to the extent that the terms of any such amendment, taken as a whole, are not more disadvantageous to the Holders of the Securities in any material respect than the terms of such agreements in effect on the Issue Date.

 

Section 4.09.        Limitation on Senior Subordinated Indebtedness.  The Company will not Incur any Indebtedness that is subordinate or junior in right of payment to any Senior Indebtedness and senior in right of payment to the Securities.  No Guarantor will Incur any Indebtedness that is subordinate or junior in right of payment to any Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor and senior in right of payment to such Guarantor’s Subsidiary Guarantee.

 

Section 4.10.        Future Guarantors.  After the Issue Date, the Company will cause each Subsidiary which guarantees obligations under the Credit Agreement, the Existing Notes or any other Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor to execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture, within 30 days of the date of such Subsidiary’s guarantee of such other Indebtedness, pursuant to which such Guarantor will unconditionally Guarantee, on a joint and several basis, the full and prompt payment of the principal of, premium, if any, interest and Special Interest, if any, on the Securities on a senior subordinated basis.  Each Subsidiary Guarantee will be limited to an amount not to exceed the maximum amount that can be guaranteed by that Subsidiary without rendering the Subsidiary Guarantee as it relates to such Subsidiary, voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Guarantor is released and discharged in full from its obligations under its Guarantees of (a) the Credit Agreement and related documentation and (b) all other Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries, then the Subsidiary Guarantee of such Guarantor shall be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged.

 

Section 4.11.        Change of Control.  Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, unless the Company has previously or concurrently delivered a redemption notice (that may only be conditional upon the occurrence of such Change of Control) with respect to all the outstanding Securities pursuant to Section 3.03 herein, the Company will be required to make an offer (a “Change of Control Offer”) to purchase all outstanding Securities at a purchase price (the “Change of Control Purchase Price”) equal to 101% of their principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, 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).

 

Within 30 days following the date upon which the Change of Control occurred, the Company must send, electronically or by first class mail to the address of such Holder appearing in the security register or otherwise in accordance with the procedures of the Depository, a notice to each Holder,

 

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with a copy to the Trustee, which notice shall govern the terms of the Change of Control Offer.  Such notice will state, among other things, the purchase date, which must be no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed, other than as may be required by law (the “Change of Control Payment Date”).  The Change of Control Offer is required to remain open for at least 20 Business Days and until the close of business on the Change of Control Payment Date.

 

The Company will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer following a Change of Control if (i) 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 Indenture applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by the Company and purchases all Securities validly tendered and not withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer, (ii) a notice of redemption to the Holders of the Securities has been given pursuant to the Indenture pursuant to Section 3.03 herein or (iii) in the event that upon the consummation of such Change of Control, the Company defeases or discharges the Securities as provided for under Article Seven herein.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, a Change of Control Offer may be made in advance of a Change of Control, conditional upon such Change of Control, if a definitive agreement is in place for the Change of Control at the time of making of the Change of Control Offer.

 

In the event that the Company makes a Change of Control Offer to purchase the Securities pursuant to this Section 4.11, the Company will comply with any applicable securities laws and regulations, including any applicable requirements of Section 14(e) of, and Rule 14e-1 under, the Exchange Act.

 

Section 4.12.        Provision of Financial Information.

 

(a)           Notwithstanding that the Company may not be subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15 (d) of the Exchange Act, the Company shall file with the SEC and provide the Trustee and the Holders with such annual reports and such information, documents and other reports as are specified in Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act and applicable to a U.S. corporation subject to such Sections, such information, documents and reports to be so filed and provided at the times specified for the filing of such information, documents and reports under such Sections; provided, however, (i) that the Company shall not be so obligated to file such information, documents and reports with the SEC if the SEC does not permit such filings but shall still be obligated to provide such information, documents and reports to the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and (ii) that the Company’s obligations under this Section 4.12 shall be satisfied with respect to financial information relating to the Company by furnishing annual and quarterly reports prepared by the Parent and filed with the Commission; provided that the same is accompanied by consolidating financial information that explains in reasonable detail the differences between the information relating to the Parent, on the one hand, and the information relating to the Company and the Subsidiaries on a standalone basis, on the other hand.  Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from any information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers’ Certificates).

 

(b)           In addition, unless it is then subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13(d) or 15 of the Exchange Act, the Company will, upon request, furnish to any prospective purchaser of Securities or beneficial owner of Securities in connection with any sale thereof the information required by Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act, until such time as the Company has either exchanged the Securities for the Exchange Securities or until such time as the Holders thereof have disposed of such Securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement.

 

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Section 4.13.        Statement as to Compliance.  The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year ending after the date hereof, a brief certificate of its principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer stating whether, to such officer’s knowledge, the Company is in compliance with all covenants and conditions to be complied with by it under this Indenture in accordance with TIA Section 314(a)(4).  For purposes of this Section 4.13, such compliance shall be determined without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice under this Indenture.

 

When a Default has occurred and is continuing or if the Trustee, any Holder or the trustee for or the holder of any other evidence of Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary gives any notice or takes any other action with respect to a claimed Default, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate specifying such Default, notice or other action within 10 Business Days of its occurrence.

 

Section 4.14.        Waiver of Certain Covenants.  The Company may omit in any particular instance to comply with any covenant or condition set forth in Sections 4.03 to 4.11 and Section 4.12(a), if before the time for such compliance, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time outstanding shall, by written direction of such Holders, waive such compliance in such instance with such covenant or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such covenant or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such covenant or condition shall remain in full force and effect.

 

Section 4.15.        Further Instruments and Acts.  Upon request of the Trustee, the Company 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 4.16.        Payment for Consent.  The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, 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 Securities 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. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment of consideration for, or as an inducement to, any consent, waiver or amendment of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture, the Securities or any Guarantees in connection with an exchange offer, the Company and any of its Subsidiaries may exclude (i) Holders or beneficial owners of the Securities that are not “qualified institutional buyers” as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act, “non-U.S. Persons” as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act, or institutional “accredited investors” as defined in subparagraphs (a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Rule 501 under the Securities Act and (ii) Holders or beneficial owners of the Securities in any jurisdiction (other than the United States) where the inclusion of such Holders or beneficial owners would require the Company or any such Subsidiary to comply with the registration requirements or other similar requirements under any securities laws of such jurisdiction, or the solicitation of such consent, waiver or amendment from, or the granting of such consent or waiver, or the approval of such amendment by, Holders or beneficial owners in such jurisdiction would be unlawful, in each case as determined by the Company in its sole discretion.

 

ARTICLE V

 

Successor Company

 

Section 5.01.        Consolidation.  The Company shall not, in a single transaction or through a series of related transactions, consolidate with or merge with or into any other Person (other than any

 

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Wholly Owned Subsidiary) or sell, assign, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person (other than any Wholly Owned Subsidiary) or group of affiliated Persons unless at the time and after giving effect thereto:

 

(a)           either: (i) the Company shall be the continuing corporation; or (ii) the Person (if other than the Company) formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance, transfer, lease or disposition the properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety (the “Surviving Entity”) shall be a corporation duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia and shall, in either case, expressly assume all the Obligations of the Company under the Securities and the Indenture;

 

(b)           immediately after giving effect to such transaction on a pro forma basis, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;

 

(c)           immediately after giving effect to such transaction and any related financing transactions as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, except in the case of the consolidation or merger of any Subsidiary with or into the Company, the Company (or the Surviving Entity if the Company is not the continuing corporation) will (i) be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Consolidated EBITDA Ratio set forth in Section 4.05(a) or (ii) have a Consolidated EBITDA Ratio equal to or greater than the Consolidated EBITDA Ratio immediately prior to such transaction;

 

(d)           each Guarantor (unless it is the other party to the transactions above, in which case clause (a)(ii) shall apply) shall have by supplemental indenture confirmed that its Subsidiary Guarantee shall apply to such Person’s obligations in respect of the Securities outstanding and the Indenture and its obligations under any Registration Rights Agreement shall continue to be in effect.

 

In connection with any consolidation, merger, transfer or lease contemplated hereby, the Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, transfer or lease and the supplemental indenture in respect thereto comply with the provisions described herein and that all conditions precedent herein provided for or relating to such transaction have been complied with.

 

Section 5.02.        Successor Substituted.  Upon any consolidation or merger or any transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company in accordance with Section 5.01, the successor corporation formed by such a consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to which such transfer is made shall succeed to, shall be substituted for and may exercise every right and power of the Company under the Securities and this Indenture, with the same effect as if such successor corporation had been named as the Company herein.  In the event of any transaction (other than a lease) described and listed in Section 5.01 in which the Company is not the continuing corporation, the successor Person formed or remaining shall succeed to, be substituted for and may exercise every right and power of the Company, and the Company shall be discharged from all obligations and covenants under the Securities and this Indenture.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

Defaults and Remedies

 

Section 6.01.        Events of Default.  “Event of Default,” wherever used herein, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):

 

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(a)           default in the payment of any interest (including any Special Interest) on any Security when it becomes due and payable, whether or not such payment shall be prohibited by Article Ten, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days;

 

(b)           default in the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, on any Security at its Maturity (upon acceleration, optional redemption, required purchase or otherwise), whether or not such payment, redemption or purchase shall be prohibited by Article Ten;

 

(c)           failure to comply with the requirements of Article Five;

 

(d)           default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or warranty of the Company contained in this Indenture (other than a default in the performance, or breach, of a covenant or warranty which is specifically dealt with in clause (a), (b) or (c) above) and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 60 days after written notice shall have been given to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding;

 

(e)           (i) one or more defaults in the payment of principal of or premium, if any, on Indebtedness of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary, aggregating $25.0 million or more, when the same becomes due and payable at the stated maturity thereof, and such default or defaults shall have continued after any applicable grace period and shall not have been cured or waived or (ii) Indebtedness of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary, aggregating $25.0 million or more, shall have been accelerated or otherwise declared due and payable, or required to be prepaid or repurchased (other than by regularly scheduled prepayment) prior to the stated maturity thereof;

 

(f)            any holder of any Indebtedness in excess of $25.0 million in the aggregate of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary shall notify the Trustee of the intended sale or disposition of any assets of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary that have been pledged to or for the benefit of such Person to secure such Indebtedness or shall commence proceedings, or take action (including by way of set-off) to retain in satisfaction of any such Indebtedness, or to collect on, seize, dispose of or apply, any such asset of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary pursuant to the terms of any agreement or instrument evidencing any such Indebtedness of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary or in accordance with applicable law;

 

(g)           one or more final judgments or orders shall be rendered against the Company or any Significant Subsidiary for the payment of money, either individually or in an aggregate amount, in excess of $25.0 million and shall not be discharged and either (i) an enforcement proceeding shall have been commenced by any creditor upon such judgment or order or (ii) there shall have been a period of 60 consecutive days during which a stay of enforcement of such judgment or order, by reason of a pending appeal or otherwise, was not in effect;

 

(h)           the Company or any Significant Subsidiary pursuant to or under or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:

 

(i)            commences a voluntary case or proceeding;

 

(ii)           consents to the entry of a Bankruptcy Order in an involuntary case or proceeding or the commencement of any case against it;

 

(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 files a proposal or other scheme of arrangement involving the rescheduling or composition of its indebtedness;

 

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(v)           files a petition in bankruptcy or an answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief; or

 

(vi)          consents to the filing of such petition in bankruptcy or the appointment of or taking possession by a Custodian;

 

(i)            a court of competent jurisdiction in any involuntary case or proceeding enters a Bankruptcy Order against the Company or any Significant Subsidiary, and such Bankruptcy Order remains unstayed and in effect for 60 consecutive days;

 

(j)            a Custodian shall be appointed out of court with respect to the Company or any Significant Subsidiary, or with respect to all or any substantial part of the property of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary; and

 

(k)           except as permitted by this Indenture, the Guarantee of any Significant Subsidiary shall be held in any judicial proceeding to be unenforceable or invalid or cease for any reason to be in full force and effect or any Guarantor, or any Person acting on behalf of any Guarantor, shall deny or disaffirm its obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee.

 

“Custodian” means any receiver, interim receiver, receiver and manager, trustee, assignee, liquidator, sequestrate or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law or any other person with like powers.  “Bankruptcy Order” means any court order made in a proceeding pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law, containing an adjudication of bankruptcy or insolvency, or providing for liquidation, winding up, dissolution or reorganization, or appointing a Custodian of a debtor or of all or any substantial part of a debtor’s property, or providing for the staying, arrangement, adjustment or composition of indebtedness or other relief of a debtor.

 

Section 6.02.        Acceleration; Rescission and Annulment.

 

(a)           If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(h), (i) or (j)) occurs and is continuing, then and in every such case the Trustee, by notice to the Company, or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities outstanding, by notice to the Company and the Trustee, may declare the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on, all the Securities to be due and payable; provided, however, that so long as any Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to the Credit Agreement shall be outstanding (including letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances), any such acceleration shall not become effective until the earlier of: (i) five (5) Business Days following delivery of written notice to the Company and the agent under the Credit Agreement; and (ii) the acceleration of any such Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement.  If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(h), (i) or (j) occurs and is continuing, then the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on, all the Securities shall automatically become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder.  The Company will deliver to the Trustee, within 10 days after the occurrence thereof, notice of any default or acceleration referred to in Sections 6.01(d) and 6.01(e).

 

(b)           At any time after a declaration of acceleration has been made, but before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as provided hereinafter in this Article, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities outstanding, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if:

 

(i)            the Company has paid or deposited, or caused to be paid or deposited, with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay:

 

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(A)                               all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel;

 

(B)                               all overdue interest (including Special Interest) on all Securities;

 

(C)                               the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Securities that has become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and interest thereon at the rate borne by the Securities; and

 

(D)                               to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest upon overdue interest at the rate borne by the Securities; and

 

(ii)           all Events of Default, other than the non-payment of principal of the Securities which have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 6.04.

 

No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.

 

(c)           Notwithstanding clause (b) above, in the event of a declaration of acceleration in respect of the Securities because an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(e) shall have occurred and be continuing, such declaration of acceleration shall be automatically annulled if the Indebtedness that is the subject of such Event of Default (i) is Indebtedness in the form of an operating lease entered into by the Company or its Subsidiaries after May 21, 1998 and required to be reflected on a consolidated balance sheet pursuant to EITF 97-10 or any subsequent pronouncement having similar effect, (ii) has been discharged or the holders thereof have rescinded their declaration of acceleration in respect of such Indebtedness, and (iii) written notice of such discharge or rescission, as the case may be, shall have been given to the Trustee by the Company and countersigned by the holders of such Indebtedness or a trustee, fiduciary or agent for such holders, within 30 days after such declaration of acceleration in respect of the Securities, and no other Event of Default has occurred during such 30-day period which has not been cured or waived during such period.

 

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 or interest on the Securities or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Securities or this Indenture.

 

The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Securities or does not produce any of them in the proceeding.  A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default.  No remedy is exclusive of any other remedy.  All available remedies are cumulative.

 

Section 6.04.        Waiver of Past Defaults.  Subject to Section 6.02, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding by notice to the Trustee may waive an existing Default and its consequences except (a) a Default in the payment of the principal of or interest on a Security, (b) a Default arising from a failure to make or consummate a Change of Control Offer in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.11, or (c) a Default in respect of a provision that under Section 9.02 cannot be amended without the consent of each Holder affected.  When a Default is waived, it is deemed cured, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any consequent right.

 

Section 6.05.        Control by Majority.  The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding

 

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for any remedy available to the Trustee or of exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee with respect to the Securities.  However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture or, subject to Section 7.01, that the Trustee determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of other Holders or would involve the Trustee in personal liability; provided, however, that subject to Section 315 of the TIA, the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee that is not inconsistent with such direction.  Prior to taking any action hereunder, the Trustee shall be entitled to reasonable indemnification against all losses and expenses caused by taking or not taking such action.

 

Section 6.06.        Limitation on Suits.  A Holder may not pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Securities unless:

 

(a)           such Holder shall have previously given to the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default;

 

(b)           the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding shall have made a written request, and such Holder of or Holders shall have offered reasonably satisfactory indemnity against any costs, liabilities or expenses (including attorneys’ fees) to be incurred in compliance with such request, to the Trustee to pursue such proceeding as trustee; and

 

(c)           the Trustee has failed to institute such proceeding and has not received from the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, within 60 days after such notice, request and offer.

 

The foregoing limitations on the pursuit of remedies by a Holder shall not apply to a suit instituted by a Holder of Securities for the enforcement of payment of the principal of or interest on such Security on or after the applicable due date specified in such Security.  A Holder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Holder or to obtain a preference or priority over another Holder.

 

Section 6.07.        Rights of Holders to Receive Payment.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder to receive payment of principal of and interest on the securities held by such Holder, on or after the respective due dates expressed in the Securities, or to bring 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 an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(a) or (b) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company for the whole amount then due and owing (together with interest on any unpaid interest to the extent lawful) and the amounts provided for in Section 7.07.

 

Section 6.09.        Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.  The Trustee may file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee and the Holders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company, its creditors or its property and, unless prohibited by law or applicable regulations, may vote on behalf of the Holders in any election of a trustee in bankruptcy or other Person performing similar functions, and any Custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and its counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07.

 

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Section 6.10.        Priorities.  If the Trustee collects any money or property pursuant to this Article Six, it shall pay out the money or property in the following order:

 

FIRST: to the Trustee for amounts due under Section 7.07;

 

SECOND: to holders of Senior Indebtedness to the extent required by Article Ten;

 

THIRD: to Holders for amounts due and unpaid on the securities for principal and interest, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Securities for principal and interest respectively; and

 

FOURTH: to the Company.

 

The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders pursuant to this Section.  At least 15 days before such record date, the Company shall mail to each Holder and the Trustee a notice that states the record date, the payment date and amount to be paid.

 

Section 6.11.        Undertaking for Costs.  In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant.  This Section does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder pursuant to Section 6.07 or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities.

 

Section 6.12.        Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws.  The Company (to the extent it may lawfully do so) shall not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension 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 (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and shall not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but shall suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.

 

ARTICLE VII

 

Trustee

 

Section 7.01.        Duties of Trustee.

 

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

 

(b)           Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:

 

(i)            the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no implied covenants or obligations 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, and will be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture.  However, the Trustee shall

 

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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 subsection (c) does not limit the effect of subsection (b) of this Section;

 

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

 

(iii)          the Trustee 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 subsections (a), (b) and (c) of this Section.

 

(e)           The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company.

 

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

 

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

 

(h)           Every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section and to the provisions of the TIA, and the provisions of this Article Seven shall apply to the Trustee in its role as Registrar, Paying Agent and Security Custodian.

 

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

 

Section 7.02.        Rights of Trustee.  Subject to 315(a) through 315(d) of the TIA:

 

(a)           The Trustee may rely on any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper person.  The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.  The Trustee may, however, in its discretion make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney.

 

(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 the Officers’ Certificate or Opinion of Counsel.

 

(c)           The Trustee may act through agents and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due care.

 

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(d)           The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith that it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers; provided, however, that the Trustee’s conduct does not constitute willful misconduct or negligence.

 

(e)           The Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by the Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders, unless such Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities (including attorneys’ fees) that might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction.

 

(f)            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.

 

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

 

(h)           The Trustee shall not be required to give a note, bond or surety in respect of the trusts and powers under this Indenture.

 

(i)            The Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection, and the advice or opinion of counsel with respect to legal matters relating to this Indenture and the Securities shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect to any action taken, omitted or suffered by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel.

 

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

 

Section 7.03.        Individual Rights of Trustee.  The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliate 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 shall not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity, priority or adequacy of this Indenture or the Securities, it shall not be accountable for the Company’s use of the proceeds from the Securities, and it shall not be responsible for any statement of the Company in this Indenture or in any document issued in connection with the sale of the Securities or in the Securities other than the Trustee’s certificate of authentication.

 

Section 7.05.        Notice of Defaults.  If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing and if it is known to a Trust Officer of the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to each Holder notice of the Default or Event of Default within 90 days after it is known to a Trust Officer or written notice of it is received by the Trustee.  Except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in payment of principal of or interest on any Security, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as a committee of its Trust Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of Holders.

 

Section 7.06.        Reports by Trustee to Holders.  As promptly as practicable after each December 31 beginning with December 31, 2015, and in any event prior to March 31 in each year thereafter, the Trustee shall mail to each Holder a brief report dated as of March 31 each year that complies with TIA Section 313(a), if and to the extent required by such subsection.  The Trustee shall also comply with TIA Section 313(b) and (c).

 

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A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Holders shall be filed with the SEC and each stock exchange (if any) on which the Securities are listed.  The Company agrees to notify promptly the Trustee whenever the Securities become listed on any stock exchange and of any delisting thereof.

 

Section 7.07.        Compensation and Indemnity.  The Company shall pay to the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee from time to time such compensation for its services as shall from time to time be agreed to in writing by the Company and the Trustee.  The Trustee’s compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust.  The Company shall reimburse the Trustee upon request for all documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred or made by it, including costs of collection, in addition to the compensation for its services.  Such expenses shall include the documented compensation and expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee’s agents, counsel, accountants and experts.  The Company shall indemnify the Trustee against any and all loss, liability or expense (including documented attorneys’ fees) incurred by it in connection with the acceptance and administration of this trust and the performance of its duties hereunder.  The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity.  Failure by the Trustee to so notify the Company shall not relieve the Company of its obligations hereunder.  The Company shall defend the claim and the Trustee may have separate counsel and the Company shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel.  The Company need not reimburse any expenses or indemnify against any loss, liability or expense incurred by the Trustee through the Trustee’s own willful misconduct, negligence or bad faith.  The Company need not pay for any settlement made by the Trustee without the Company’s consent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld.  All indemnifications and releases from liability granted hereunder to the Trustee shall extend to its officers, directors, employees, agents, successors and assigns.

 

To secure the Company’s payment obligations in this Section, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee other than money or property held in trust to pay principal of and interest on particular Securities.

 

The Company’s payment obligations pursuant to this Section shall survive the resignation or removal of the Trustee and the discharge of this Indenture.  When the Trustee incurs expenses after the occurrence of a Default specified in Section 6.01(h), (i) or (j) with respect to the Company, the expenses are intended to constitute expenses of administration under the Bankruptcy Law.

 

The provisions of this Section shall survive the resignation or removal of the Trustee and the termination of this Indenture.

 

Section 7.08.        Replacement of Trustee.  The Trustee may resign at any time by so notifying the Company.  The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding may remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and may appoint a successor Trustee.  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 other public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or

 

(d)           the Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of acting.

 

If the Trustee resigns, is removed by the Company or by the Holders a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding and such Holders do not reasonably promptly appoint a successor Trustee, or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason (the Trustee in such event being referred to herein as the retiring Trustee), the Company shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee.

 

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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.  The retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all 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 30 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee or the Holders of 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.

 

If the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.

 

Notwithstanding the replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section, the Company’s obligations under Section 7.07 shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.

 

Section 7.09.        Successor Trustee by Merger.  If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all its corporate trust business or assets to, another corporation or banking association, the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation or banking association without any further act shall be the successor Trustee.  In case at the time such successor or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation to the Trustee shall succeed to the trusts created by this Indenture any of the Securities shall have been authenticated but not delivered, any such successor to the Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor trustee, and deliver such Securities so authenticated; and in case at that time any of the Securities shall not have been authenticated; any such successor to the Trustee may authenticate such Securities either in the name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor to the Trustee; and in all such cases such certificates shall have the full force which it is anywhere in the Securities or in this Indenture provided that the certificate of the Trustee shall have.

 

Section 7.10.        Eligibility; Disqualification.  The Trustee shall at all times satisfy the requirements of TIA Section 310(a).  The Trustee shall have (or, in the case of a corporation included in a bank holding company system, the related bank holding company shall have) a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 as set forth in its (or its related bank holding company’s) most recent published annual report of condition.  The Trustee shall comply with TIA Section 310(b), subject to the penultimate paragraph thereof; provided, however, that there shall be excluded from the operation of TIA Section 310(b)(1) 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 TIA Section 310(b)(1) are met.

 

For purposes of this Section 7.10 and clause (i) of the first proviso contained in TIA Section 310(b); the indenture, dated as of December 15, 2010, as amended, among AMC Entertainment Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association providing for the issuance of the 9.75% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2020; and the indenture, dated as of February 7, 2014, as amended, among AMC Entertainment Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association providing for the issuance of the 5.875% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2022 are hereby deemed to be specifically described.

 

Section 7.11.        Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.  The Trustee shall comply with TIA Section 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA Section 311(6): A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA Section 311(a) to the extent indicated.

 

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ARTICLE VIII

 

Discharge of Indenture; Defeasance

 

Section 8.01.        Discharge of Liability on Securities; Defeasance.

 

(a)           When (i) either (A) all outstanding Securities that have been authenticated (other than Securities replaced pursuant to Section 2.07 and Securities for whose payment money has been deposited in trust and thereafter repaid to the Company) have been delivered by the Company to the Trustee for cancellation or (B) all outstanding Securities that have not been delivered by the Company to the Trustee for cancellation have become due and payable, whether at Maturity or upon redemption or will become due and payable within one year or are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption pursuant to Article Three and the Company irrevocably deposits or causes to be deposited with the Trustee funds in trust solely for the benefit of the Holders cash in U.S. dollars, non-callable Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient without consideration of any reinvestment of interest, to pay and discharge the entire Indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation for principal, premium, if any, and accrued interest (including Special Interest, if any) to the date of Maturity or redemption; (ii) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit or shall occur as a result of such deposit and such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other instrument to which the Company or any Guarantor is a party or by which the Company or any Guarantor is bound; (iii) the Company or any Guarantor has paid or caused to be paid all sums payable by it under this Indenture and the Securities; and (iv) the Company has delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee under this Indenture to apply the deposited money toward the payment of such Securities at Maturity or the redemption date, as the case may be, then upon demand of the Company (accompanied by an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, at the cost and expense of the Company, to the Trustee stating that all conditions precedent specified herein relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with) this Indenture shall cease to be of further effect with respect to the Securities and the Trustee shall acknowledge satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.

 

(b)           Subject to Sections 8.01(c) and 8.02, the Company may, at its option, and at any time elect to terminate (i) all of its and the Guarantors’ obligations under the Securities, the Subsidiary Guarantees and this Indenture (“legal defeasance option”) or (ii) its and the Guarantors’ obligations under Section 5.01(c) and Sections 4.05, 4.06, 4.07, 4.08, 4.09, 4.10, 4.11, and 4.12 and the operation of Section 6.01(c) (with respect to an Event of Default due to a failure to meet obligations under Section 5.01(c)) and Sections 6.01(d), (e), (f) and (g) (“covenant defeasance option”).  The Company may exercise its legal defeasance option notwithstanding its prior exercise of its covenant defeasance option.

 

If the Company exercises its legal defeasance option, payment of the Securities may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default.  If the Company exercises its covenant defeasance option, payment of the Securities may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default specified in Sections 6.01(d) (with respect to Sections 4.05, 4.06, 4.07, 4.08, 4.09, 4.10, 4.11, 4.12(a) and 5.01(c)), (e), (f) or (g).

 

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.

 

(c)           Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b) above, the Company’s obligations in Sections 2.03, 2.04, 2.05, 2.06, 2.07, 2.08, 2.09, 4.01, 4.02, 4.03, 4.13, 7.07, 7.08, 8.03, 8.04, 8.05 and 8.06

 

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shall survive until the Securities have been paid in full.  Thereafter, the Company’s obligations in Sections 7.07, 8.04, 8.05 and 8.06 shall survive.

 

Section 8.02.        Conditions to Defeasance.  The Company may exercise its legal defeasance option or its covenant defeasance option only if:

 

(a)           The Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee satisfying the requirements of Section 7.10 who shall agree to comply with the provisions of this Article Eight applicable to it) as trust funds in trust for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities, cash in U.S. Dollars, non-callable Government Securities or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge and which shall be applied by the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee) to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest (including any Special Interest) on the outstanding Securities on the Stated Maturity (or redemption date, if applicable) of such principal (and premium, if any) or installment of interest; provided that the Trustee shall have been irrevocably instructed to apply such money or the proceeds of such Government Securities to said payments with respect to the Securities.  Before such a deposit, the Company may give the Trustee, in accordance with Section 3.01 hereof, a notice of its election to redeem all of the outstanding Securities at a future date in accordance with Article Three, which notice shall be irrevocable;

 

(b)           No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit or, insofar as Section 6.01(h), (i) or (j) is concerned, at any time during the period ending on the 91st day after the date of such deposit (it being understood that this condition shall not be deemed satisfied until the expiration of such period);

 

(c)           the deposit does not constitute a default hereunder or under any other material agreement binding on the Company and is not prohibited by Article Ten;

 

(d)           the Company delivers to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the trust resulting from the deposit does not constitute, or is qualified as, a regulated investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940;

 

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

 

(f)            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 will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. Federal income tax purposes as a result of such covenant defeasance and will be subject to U.S. Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such covenant defeasance had not occurred; and

 

(g)           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.

 

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Section 8.03.        Application of Trust Money.

 

The Trustee shall hold in trust money or Government Securities deposited with it pursuant to this Article Eight.  It shall apply the deposited money and the money from Government Securities through the Paying Agent and in accordance with this Indenture to the payment of principal of and interest on the Securities.  Money and Securities so held in trust are not subject to Article Ten.

 

Section 8.04.        Repayment to Company.  The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall promptly turn over to the Company upon request any excess money or securities held by them at any time.

 

Subject to any applicable abandoned property law, the Trustee and the Paying Agent shall pay to the Company upon request any money held by them for the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest that remains unclaimed for two years, and, thereafter, Holders entitled to the money must look to the Company for payment as general creditors.

 

Section 8.05.        Indemnity for Government Obligations.  The Company shall pay and shall indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against deposited Government Securities or the principal and interest received on such Government Securities.

 

Section 8.06.        Reinstatement.  If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or Government Securities in accordance with this Article Eight by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Company’s obligations under this Indenture and the Securities shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article Eight until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money or Government Securities in accordance with this Article Eight; provided, however, that, if the Company has made any payment of interest on or principal of any Securities because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money or Government Securities held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

Amendments

 

Section 9.01.        Without Consent of Holders.  The Company and the Trustee may amend this Indenture or the Securities without notice to or consent of any Holder:

 

(a)           to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency;

 

(b)           to comply with Article Five;

 

(c)           to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place of certificated Securities; provided, however, that the uncertificated Securities are issued in registered form for purposes of Section 163(f) of Title 26 of the United States Code or in a manner such that the uncertificated Securities are described in Section 163(f)(2)(B) of Title 26 of the United States Code;

 

(d)           to make any change to Article Ten that would limit or terminate the benefits available to any holder of Senior Indebtedness (or Representatives therefor) under Article Ten;

 

(e)           to add Guarantees with respect to the Securities or to secure the Securities;

 

(f)            to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company;

 

(g)           to comply with any requirements of the SEC in connection with qualifying, or maintaining the qualification of, this Indenture under the TIA; or

 

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(h)           to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder.

 

An amendment under this Section may not make any change that adversely affects the rights under Article Ten of any Holder of Senior Indebtedness then outstanding unless the holders of such Senior Indebtedness (or their Representative) consent to such change.

 

After an amendment under this Section becomes effective, the Company shall mail to Holders a notice briefly describing such amendment.  The failure to give such notice to all Holders, or any defect therein, shall not impair or affect the validity of an amendment under this Section.

 

Section 9.02.        With Consent of Holders.  The Company and the Trustee may modify or amend this Indenture or the Securities without notice to any Holder but with the written consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for the Securities).  However, without the consent of each Holder affected thereby, a modification or amendment may not:

 

(a)           change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of interest (including Special Interest) on, any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate of interest (including Special Interest, if any) thereon or any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, or change the coin or currency in which the principal of any Security or any premium or the interest (including Special Interest) thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the redemption date);

 

(b)           reduce the amount of, or change the coin or currency of, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of, the Change of Control Purchase Price;

 

(c)           reduce the percentage in principal amount of the outstanding Securities, the consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver (of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their consequences) provided for in this Indenture;

 

(d)           modify any of the provisions of this Section or Sections 6.04, 6.07 and 4.13, except to increase the percentage of outstanding Securities the consent of whose Holders is required for such actions or to provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Security affected thereby; or

 

(e)           modify any of the provisions of this Indenture relating to the subordination of the Securities in a manner adverse to any Holder.

 

It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.

 

An amendment under this Section may not make any change that adversely affects the rights under Article Ten of any Holder of Senior Indebtedness then outstanding unless the holders of such Senior Indebtedness (or their Representative) consent to such change.

 

After an amendment under this Section becomes effective, the Company shall mail to Holders a notice briefly describing such amendment.  The failure to give such notice to all Holders, or any defect therein, shall not impair or affect the validity of an amendment under this Section.

 

Section 9.03.        Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.  Every amendment to this Indenture or the Securities shall comply with the TIA as then in effect.

 

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Section 9.04.        Revocation and Effect of Consents and Waivers.  A consent to an amendment or a waiver by a Holder of a Security shall bind the Holder and every subsequent Holder of that Security or portion of the Security that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Security, even if notation of the consent or waiver is not made on the Security.  However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent or waiver as to such Holder’s Security or portion of the Security if the Trustee receives the notice of revocation before the date the amendment or waiver becomes effective.  After an amendment or waiver becomes effective, it shall bind every Holder.  An amendment or waiver becomes effective upon the execution of such amendment or waiver by the Trustee.

 

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.  Such record date shall be a date not more than 30 days prior to the first solicitation of Holders generally in connection therewith and no later than the date such solicitation is completed.  If a record date is fixed, then notwithstanding the immediately preceding paragraph or Section 316(c) of the TIA, 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.  No such consent shall be valid or effective for more than 180 days after such record date.

 

For all purposes of this Indenture, all Initial Securities, Additional Securities of the same series, Exchange Securities for the same series of Securities and Private Exchange Securities for the same series of Securities shall vote together as one series of Securities under this Indenture.

 

Section 9.05.        Notation on or Exchange of Securities.  If an amendment changes the terms of a Security, the Trustee may require the Holder of the Security to deliver such Security to the Trustee.  The Trustee may place an appropriate notation on the Security regarding the changed terms and return such Security to the Holder.  Alternatively, if the Company or the Trustee so determines, the Company in exchange for the Security shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a new Security that reflects the changed terms.  Failure to make the appropriate notation or to issue a new Security shall not affect the validity of such amendment.

 

Section 9.06.        Trustee To Sign Amendments.  The Trustee shall sign any amendment authorized pursuant to this Article Nine if the amendment does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee.  If it does, the Trustee may but need not sign it.  In signing such amendment the Trustee shall be entitled to receive indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it and to receive, in addition to the documents required by Section 13.04 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 is authorized or permitted by this Indenture.

 

ARTICLE X

 

Subordination

 

Section 10.01.      Agreement To Subordinate.  The Company covenants and agrees, and each Holder of a Security, by his acceptance thereof, likewise covenants and agrees, that, to the extent and in the manner hereinafter set forth in this Article, the Obligations in respect of the Securities (the “Securities Obligations”) are hereby expressly made subordinate and postponed to and subject in right of payment as provided in this Article to the prior payment in full in cash or Cash Equivalents of all Senior Indebtedness, The Securities shall in all respects rank pari passu with the Existing Notes and any future senior subordinated Indebtedness and senior to all existing and future junior subordinated Indebtedness of the Company, and only Senior Indebtedness shall rank senior to the Securities in

 

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accordance with the provisions set forth herein.  All provisions of this Article Ten shall be subject to Section 10.11.

 

This Article Ten shall constitute a continuing offer to all Persons who, in reliance upon such Article, become holders of, or continue to hold, Senior Indebtedness, and such provisions are made for the benefit of the holders of Senior Indebtedness, and such holders are made obligee hereunder and they or each of them may enforce such provisions.

 

Section 10.02.      Liquidation, Dissolution, Bankruptcy.  In the event of (a) any insolvency or bankruptcy case or proceeding, or any receivership, liquidation, reorganization or other similar case or proceeding in connection therewith, relative to the Company or to its assets, whether voluntary or involuntary from any source, (b) any liquidation, dissolution or other winding-up of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary and whether or not involving insolvency or bankruptcy, or (c) any assignment for the benefit of creditors or any other marshaling of assets or liabilities of the Company, then and in any such event:

 

(i)            the holders of Senior Indebtedness shall receive payment in full in cash or Cash Equivalents of all amounts due on or in respect of all Senior Indebtedness, or provision shall be made for such payment in full in cash or Cash Equivalents to the satisfaction of the holders of Senior Indebtedness, before the Holders of the Securities are entitled to receive any payment or distribution of any kind or character from any source (other than Permitted Junior Securities) on account of the Securities Obligations or on account of the purchase or redemption or other acquisition of Securities; and

 

(ii)           any payment or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character from any source, whether in cash, property or securities (other than a payment or distribution in the form of Permitted Junior Securities), including by way of set-off or enforcement of any guarantee or otherwise, which the Trustee or the Holders would be entitled to receive but for the provisions of this Article shall be paid by the liquidating trustee or agent or other person making such payment or distribution, whether a trustee in bankruptcy, a receiver or liquidating trustee or otherwise, directly to the holders of Senior Indebtedness or their authorized representative or representatives or to the trustee or trustees under any indenture under which any instruments evidencing any of such Senior Indebtedness may have been issued, ratably according to the aggregate amounts remaining unpaid on account of the Senior Indebtedness held or represented by each, to the extent necessary to make payment in full in cash or Cash Equivalents of all Senior Indebtedness of the Company remaining unpaid, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution, or provision therefor to the satisfaction of the holders of the Senior Indebtedness, to or for the holders of such Senior Indebtedness; and

 

(iii)          any taxes that have been withheld or deducted from any payment or distribution in respect of the Securities, or any taxes that ought to have been withheld or deducted from any such payment or distribution that have been remitted to the relevant taxing authority, shall not be considered to be an amount that a Holder or the Trustee is entitled to receive for the purposes of Section 10.02(ii).

 

The consolidation of the Company with, or the merger of the Company into, another Person or the liquidation or dissolution of the Company following the conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposal of its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to another Person upon the terms and conditions set forth in Article Five shall not be deemed a dissolution, winding-up, liquidation, reorganization, assignment for the benefit of creditors or marshaling of assets and liabilities of the Company for the purposes of this Section if the Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the Person which acquires such assets substantially as an entirety, as the case

 

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may be, shall, as a part of such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer, lease or disposal, comply with the conditions set forth in Article Five.

 

Section 10.03.                  Default on Senior Indebtedness.

 

(a)                                 Unless Section 10.02 shall be applicable, upon (i) the occurrence of a Payment Default and (ii) receipt by the Trustee from the Company or a holder of Senior Indebtedness of written notice of such occurrence, no payment (other than any payments made pursuant to the provisions contained in Section 8.03 from monies or Government Securities previously deposited with the Trustee) or distribution of any assets of the Company of any kind or character from any source, whether in cash, property or securities (other than Permitted Junior Securities), shall be made by the Company including by way of set-off or enforcement of any guarantee or otherwise, on account of the Securities Obligations or on account of the purchase, redemption, deposit for defeasance or other acquisition of Securities unless and until such Payment Default shall have been cured or waived in writing or shall have ceased to exist or such Senior Indebtedness shall have been discharged or paid in full in cash or Cash Equivalents, after which the Company shall resume making any and all required payments in respect of the Securities, including any missed payments.

 

(b)                                 Unless Section 10.02 shall be applicable, upon (i) the occurrence of a Non-Payment Default and (ii) receipt by the Trustee from an authorized representative of the holders of Designated Senior Indebtedness of written notice of such occurrence, then no payment (other than any payments made pursuant to the provisions contained in Section 8.03 from monies or Government Securities previously deposited with the Trustee) or distribution of any assets of the Company of any kind or character from any source, whether in cash, property or securities (other than Permitted Junior Securities), shall be made by the Company including by way of set-off or enforcement of any guarantee or otherwise, on account of the Securities Obligations or on account of the purchase, redemption, deposit for defeasance or other acquisition of Securities for a period (the “Payment Blockage Period”) commencing on the date of receipt by the Trustee of such notice from an authorized representative of the holders of Designated Senior Indebtedness or the Company at the direction of such representative unless and until (subject to any blockage of payments that may then be in effect under subsection (a) of this Section) (w) more than 179 days shall have elapsed since receipt of such written notice by the Trustee, (x) such Non-Payment Default shall have been cured or waived in writing or shall have ceased to exist, (y) such Designated Senior Indebtedness has been discharged or paid in full in cash or Cash Equivalents or (z) such Payment Blockage Period shall have been terminated by written notice to the Trustee from an authorized representative of the holders of Designated Senior Indebtedness initiating such Payment Blockage Period or from the holders of at least a majority in principal amount of such Designated Senior Indebtedness), after which, in the case of clause (w), (x), (y) or (z), the Company shall resume making any and all required payments in respect of the Securities, including any missed payments.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, in no event shall a Payment Blockage Period extend beyond 179 days from the date of the receipt by the Trustee of the notice referred to in clause (ii) above (the “Initial Blockage Period”).  No more than one Payment Blockage Period may be commenced during any period of 365 consecutive days.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, no event of default with respect to Designated Senior Indebtedness which existed or was continuing on the date of the commencement of any Payment Blockage Period initiated by an authorized representative of the holders of Designated Senior Indebtedness for such Designated Senior Indebtedness shall be, or be made, the basis for the commencement of a second Payment Blockage Period for such Designated Senior Indebtedness, whether or not within the Initial Blockage Period, unless such event of default shall have been cured or waived for a period of not less than 90 consecutive days.

 

(c)                                  In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section, the Company shall make any payment to the Trustee (which is not paid over to Holders of Securities) prohibited by the foregoing provisions of this Section, then and in such event such payment shall be

 

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paid over to the authorized representatives of such Designated Senior Indebtedness initiating the Payment Blockage Period, to be held in trust for distribution to the holders of Senior Indebtedness or, to the extent amounts are not then due in respect of Senior Indebtedness, promptly returned to the Company, or otherwise as a court of competent jurisdiction shall direct.  The Trustee shall not be liable for any interest on any money received by it.

 

Section 10.04.                  Payment Permitted.  Nothing contained in this Article or elsewhere in this Indenture or in any of the Securities shall prevent the Company, at any time except during the pendency of any event referred to in clause (a), (b) or (c) of Section 10.02 or under the conditions described in Section 10.03, from making payments at any time of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the Securities.

 

Section 10.05.                  Subrogation.  After all Senior Indebtedness is paid in full and until the Securities are paid in full, Holders shall be subrogated (equally and ratably with the holders of all indebtedness of the Company which by its express terms is subordinated and postponed to Senior Indebtedness to the same extent as the Securities are subordinated and postponed and which is entitled to like rights of subrogation) to the rights of holders of Senior Indebtedness to receive distributions applicable to Senior Indebtedness.  A distribution made under this Article Ten to holders of Senior Indebtedness that otherwise would have been made to Holders is not, as between the Company and Holders, a payment by the Company on such Senior Indebtedness.

 

Section 10.06.                  Relative Rights.  This Article Ten defines the relative rights of Holders and holders of Senior Indebtedness.  Nothing in this Indenture shall:

 

(a)                                 impair, as between the Company and Holders, the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay principal of and interest on the Securities in accordance with their terms; or

 

(b)                                 affect the relative rights against the Company of Holders and creditors of the Company other than the holders of Senior Indebtedness; or

 

(c)                                  except as set forth in Section 6.02, prevent the Trustee or any Holder from exercising its available remedies upon a Default or an Event of Default, subject to the rights of holders of Senior Indebtedness to receive distributions otherwise payable to Holders.

 

Section 10.07.                  Subordination May Not Be Impaired by Company.

 

(a)                                 No right of any holder of Senior Indebtedness to enforce the subordination of the Indebtedness evidenced by the Securities shall be impaired by any act or failure to act by the Company or by its failure to comply with this Indenture.

 

(b)                                 Without in any way limiting the generality of subsection (a) of this Section, the holders of Senior Indebtedness may, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of or notice to the Trustee or the Holders of the Securities, without incurring responsibility to the Holders of the Securities and without impairing or releasing the subordination provided in this Article or the obligations hereunder of the Holders of the Securities to the holders of Senior Indebtedness, do any one or more of the following:

 

(i)                                     change the manner, place or terms of payment or extend the time of payment of, or renew or alter, the terms of Senior Indebtedness or the terms of any instrument evidencing the same or any agreement under which Senior Indebtedness is outstanding (including any increase in the aggregate principal amount of any indebtedness thereunder, it being understood that any such additional indebtedness shall not constitute Senior Indebtedness to the extent Incurred in violation of Section 4.05 of this Indenture);

 

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(ii)                                  sell, exchange, release or otherwise deal with any property pledged, mortgaged or otherwise securing Senior Indebtedness;

 

(iii)                               release any Person liable in any manner for the collection of Senior Indebtedness; and

 

(iv)                              exercise or refrain from exercising any rights against the Company and/or any other Person.

 

(c)                                  If the Trustee on behalf of the Holders or any Holders should fail to file a proof of claim in any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar proceeding relating to the Company at least 30 days before the expiration of the time to file such claim or claims, each holder of Senior Indebtedness (or its representative) is hereby authorized to file an appropriate claim for and on behalf of all or any of the Holders.

 

Section 10.08.                  Rights of Trustee and Paying Agent.  Notwithstanding Section 10.03, the Trustee or Paying Agent may continue to make payments on the Securities and shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence of facts that would prohibit the making of any such payments unless, not less than one Business Day prior to the date of such payment, a Trust Officer receives notice satisfactory to it that payments may not be made under this Article Ten.  The Company, the Registrar or co-registrar, the Paying Agent, a Representative or a holder of Senior Indebtedness may give the notice; provided, however, that, if an issue of Senior Indebtedness has a Representative, only the Representative may give the notice.

 

Subject to the provisions of the TIA, the Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may hold Senior Indebtedness with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.  The Registrar and co-registrar and the Paying Agent may do the same with like rights.  The Trustee shall be entitled to all the rights set forth in this Article Ten with respect to any Senior Indebtedness that may at any time be held by it, to the same extent as any other holder of such Senior Indebtedness; and nothing in Article Seven shall deprive the Trustee of any of its rights as such holder.  Nothing in this Article Ten shall apply to claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 7.07.

 

Section 10.09.                  Distribution or Notice to Representative.

 

Whenever a distribution is to be made or a notice given to holders of Senior Indebtedness, the distribution may be made and the notice given to their Representative (if any).

 

Section 10.10.                  Article Ten Not To Prevent Events of Default or Limit Right To Accelerate.  The failure to make a payment pursuant to the Securities by reason of any provision in this Article Ten shall not be construed as preventing the occurrence of a Default.  Nothing in this Article Ten shall have any effect on the right of the Holders or the Trustee to accelerate the maturity of the Securities; provided, however, that, so long as any Indebtedness permitted by this Indenture to be incurred pursuant to the Credit Agreement shall be outstanding (including letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances), upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default under this Indenture, neither the Trustee nor any Holder shall be entitled to accelerate all or any of the Securities Obligations until the earlier to occur of the fifth Business Day following receipt by the Company and by an authorized representative of the holders of Designated Senior Indebtedness of a written declaration of acceleration as provided in Section 6.02 and the date of acceleration of any such Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement.

 

Section 10.11.                  Trust Moneys Not Subordinated.  Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, payments from money or the proceeds of Government Securities held in trust under Article Eight by the Trustee and which were deposited in accordance with the terms of Article Eight and not in violation of Section 10.03 for the payment of principal of and interest on the Securities shall

 

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not be subordinated to the prior payment of any Senior Indebtedness or subject to the restrictions set forth in this Article Ten, and none of the Holders shall be obligated to pay over any such amount to the Company or any holder of Senior Indebtedness or any other creditor of the Company.

 

Section 10.12.                  Trustee Entitled To Rely.  Upon any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article Ten, the Trustee and the Holders shall be entitled to rely (a) upon any order or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction in which any proceedings of the nature referred to in Section 10.02 are pending, (b) upon a certificate of the liquidating trustee or agent or other Person making such payment or distribution to the Trustee or to the Holders or (c) upon the Representatives for the holders of Senior Indebtedness for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such payment or distribution, the holders of Senior Indebtedness and other Indebtedness of the Company, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article Ten.  In the event that the Trustee determines, in good faith, that evidence is required with respect to the right of any Person as a holder of Senior Indebtedness to participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article Ten, the Trustee may request such Person to furnish evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of such Senior Indebtedness held by such Person, the extent to which such Person is entitled to participate in such payment or distribution and other facts pertinent to the rights of such Person under this Article Ten, and, if such evidence is not furnished, the Trustee may defer any payment to such Person pending judicial determination as to the right of such Person to receive such payment.  The provisions of Sections 7.01 and 7.02 shall be applicable to all actions or omissions of actions by the Trustee pursuant to this Article Ten.

 

Section 10.13.                  Trustee To Effectuate Subordination.  Each Holder by accepting a Security authorizes and directs the Trustee on his behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to acknowledge or effectuate the subordination between the Holders and the holders of Senior Indebtedness as provided in this Article Ten and appoints the Trustee as attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.

 

Section 10.14.                  Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Indebtedness.  The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of Senior Indebtedness and shall not be liable to any such holders if it shall mistakenly pay over or distribute to Holders or the Company or any other Person, money or assets to which any holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled by virtue of this Article Ten or otherwise.

 

Section 10.15.                  Reliance by Holders of Senior Indebtedness Upon Subordination Provisions.  Each Holder by accepting a Security acknowledges and agrees that the foregoing subordination provisions are, and are intended to be, an inducement and a consideration to each holder of any Senior Indebtedness, whether such Senior Indebtedness was created or acquired before or after the issuance of the Securities, to acquire and continue to hold, or to continue to hold, such Senior Indebtedness and such holder of such Senior Indebtedness shall be deemed conclusively to have relied on such subordination provisions in acquiring and continuing to hold, or in continuing to hold, such Senior Indebtedness.

 

ARTICLE XI

Guarantee

 

Section 11.01.                  Subsidiary Guarantee.  Subject to the provisions of this Article Eleven, each Guarantor hereby fully, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees, as primary obligor and not merely as surety, jointly and severally with each other Guarantor, to each Holder of the Securities and the Trustee, the full and punctual payment when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, including Special Interest, if any, on the

 

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Securities and all other obligations and liabilities of the Company under this Indenture (including without limitation interest accruing after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, relating to the Company or any Guarantor whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding and the obligations under Section 7.07) (all the foregoing being hereinafter collectively called the “Guarantor Obligations”).  Each Guarantor agrees that the Guarantor Obligations will rank equally in right of payment with other indebtedness of such Guarantor, except to the extent such other Indebtedness is subordinate to the Guarantor Obligations.  Each Guarantor further agrees (to the extent permitted by law) that the Guarantor Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice or further assent from it, and that it will remain bound under this Article Eleven notwithstanding any extension or renewal of any Guarantor Obligation.

 

Each Guarantor waives presentation to, demand of payment from and protest to the Company of any of the Guarantor Obligations and also waives notice of protest for non-payment.  Each Guarantor waives notice of any default under the Securities or the Guarantor Obligations.

 

Each Guarantor further agrees that its Subsidiary Guarantee herein constitutes a Guarantee of payment when due (and not a Guarantee of collection) and waives any right to require that any resort be had by any Holder to any security held for payment of the Guarantor Obligations.

 

Except as set forth in Section 11.02, the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason (other than payment of the Guarantor Obligations in full), 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 Guarantor Obligations or otherwise.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the obligations of each Guarantor herein shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by (a) the failure of any Holder to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy against the Company or any other person under, this Indenture, the Securities or any other agreement or otherwise; (b) any extension or renewal granted; (c) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture, the Securities or any other agreement; (d) the release of any security held by any Holder or the Trustee for the Guarantor Obligations or any of them; (e) the failure of any Holder to exercise any right or remedy against any other Guarantor; (f) any change in the ownership of the Company; (g) any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of the Guarantor Obligations; or (h) 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 Guarantor or would otherwise operate as a discharge of such Guarantor as a matter of law or equity.

 

Subject to the provisions of Section 4.10, each Guarantor agrees that its Subsidiary Guarantee herein shall remain in full force and effect until payment in full of all the Guarantor Obligations or such Guarantor is released from its Subsidiary in compliance with Section 11.03 hereof.  Each 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 of the Guarantor Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by any Holder upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company or otherwise.

 

In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right which any Holder has at law or in equity against any Guarantor by virtue hereof, upon the failure of the Company to pay any of the Guarantor Obligations when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, each Guarantor hereby promises to and will, upon receipt of written demand by the Trustee, forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, in cash, to the Holders an amount equal to the sum of (i) the unpaid amount of such Guarantor Obligations then due and owing and (ii)

 

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accrued and unpaid interest on such Guarantor Obligations then due and owing (but only to the extent not prohibited by law).

 

Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between such Guarantor, on the one hand, and the Holders, on the other hand, (x) the maturity of the Guarantor Obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in this Indenture for the purposes of its Subsidiary Guarantee herein, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the Guarantor Obligations guaranteed hereby and (y) in the event of any such declaration of acceleration of such Guarantor Obligations, such Guarantor Obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantor for the purposes of this Subsidiary Guarantee.

 

Each Guarantor also agrees to pay any and all costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by the Trustee or the Holders in enforcing any rights under this Section.

 

Section 11.02.                  Execution and Delivery of Subsidiary Guarantee for Future Guarantors.  To further evidence its Subsidiary Guarantee, each Subsidiary and other Person that is required to become a Guarantor hereby agrees to execute a supplement to this Indenture, substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, or a Subsidiary Guarantee, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and deliver it to the Trustee.  Such Subsidiary Guarantee or supplement to this Indenture shall be executed on behalf of each Guarantor by either manual or facsimile signature of one Officer or other person duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of each Guarantor who shall have been duly authorized to so execute by all requisite corporate action.  The validity and enforceability of any Subsidiary Guarantee shall not be affected by the fact that it is not affixed to any particular Security.

 

Each of the Guarantors hereby agrees that its Subsidiary Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse on each Security a notation of such Subsidiary Guarantee.

 

If an Officer of a Guarantor whose signature is on this Indenture or a Subsidiary Guarantee no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Security on which such Subsidiary Guarantee is endorsed or at any time thereafter, such Guarantor’s Subsidiary Guarantee of such Security shall nevertheless be valid,

 

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

 

Section 11.03.                  Limitation on Liability; Termination, Release and Discharge.

 

(a)                                 Any term or provision of this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder will be limited to the maximum amount as will, after giving effect to all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Guarantor (including, without limitation, any Guarantees under the Credit Agreement) and after giving effect to any collections from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee or pursuant to its contribution obligations under this Indenture, result in the obligations of such Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer under federal or state law and not otherwise being void or voidable under any similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally.

 

(b)                                 In addition, the Company shall not permit any Guarantor to consolidate with or merge with or into any person (other than another Guarantor) and shall not permit the conveyance, transfer or lease of substantially all of the assets of any Guarantor unless:

 

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(i)                                     the resulting, surviving or transferee Person shall be a corporation, partnership, trust or limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State of the United States or the District of Columbia and such Person (if not such Guarantor) shall expressly assume, by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee, all the obligations of such Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee;

 

(ii)                                  immediately after giving effect to such transaction (and treating any Indebtedness that becomes an obligation of the resulting, surviving or transferee Person or any Subsidiary as a result of such transaction as having been Incurred by such Person or such Subsidiary at the time of such transaction), no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;

 

(iii)                               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; or

 

(iv)                              the transaction is made in compliance with Section 5.01 (other than clause (c) of Section 5.01).

 

Upon the sale or disposition of a Guarantor (by merger, consolidation, the sale of its Capital Stock or the sale of all or substantially all of its assets (other than by lease)) and whether or not the Guarantor is the surviving corporation in such transaction to a Person which is not the Company or a Subsidiary, such Guarantor will be automatically released from all its obligations under this Indenture and its Subsidiary Guarantee and the Registration Rights Agreement and such Subsidiary Guarantee will terminate; provided, however, that (1) the sale or other disposition is in compliance with this Indenture, including Section 5.01 (other than clause (c) thereof); and (2) all the obligations of such Guarantor under the Credit Agreement and related documentation and any other obligations of such Guarantor relating to any other Indebtedness of the Company or its Subsidiaries terminate upon consummation of such transaction.

 

(c)                                  Each Guarantor shall be deemed released from all its obligations under this Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement and such Subsidiary Guarantee shall terminate upon the legal defeasance of the Securities pursuant to the provisions of Article Eight hereof.

 

(d)                                 Each Guarantor shall be released from its obligations under this Indenture, its Subsidiary Guarantee and the Registration Rights Agreement if the Company designates such Guarantor as an Unrestricted Subsidiary and such designation complies with the other applicable provisions of this Indenture.

 

Section 11.04.                  Right of Contribution.  Each Guarantor hereby agrees that to the extent that any Guarantor shall have paid more than its proportionate share of any payment made on the obligations under the Subsidiary Guarantees, such Guarantor shall be entitled to seek and receive contribution from and against the Company, or any other Guarantor who has not paid its proportionate share of such payment.  The provisions of this Section 11.04 shall in no respect limit the obligations and liabilities of each Guarantor to the Trustee and the Holders and each Guarantor shall remain liable to the Trustee and the Holders for the full amount guaranteed by such Guarantor hereunder.

 

Section 11.05.                  No Subrogation.  Notwithstanding any payment or payments made by each Guarantor hereunder, no Guarantor shall be entitled to be subrogated to any of the rights of the Trustee or any Holder against the Company or any other Guarantor or any collateral security or guarantee or right of offset held by the Trustee or any Holder for the payment of the Guarantor Obligations, nor shall any Guarantor seek or be entitled to seek any contribution or reimbursement from the Company or any other Guarantor in respect of payments made by such Guarantor hereunder, until all amounts owing to the Trustee and the Holders by the Company on account of the Guarantor Obligations are

 

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paid in full.  If any amount shall be paid to any Guarantor on account of such subrogation rights at any time when all of the Guarantor Obligations shall not have been paid in full, such amount shall be held by such Guarantor in trust for the Trustee and the Holders, segregated from other funds of such Guarantor, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by such Guarantor, be turned over to the Trustee in the exact form received by such Guarantor (duly indorsed by such Guarantor to the Trustee, if required), to be applied against the Guarantor Obligations.

 

ARTICLE XII

Subordination of Guarantees

 

Section 12.01.                  Agreement To Subordinate.  Each Guarantor covenants and agrees, and each Holder of a Security, by his acceptance thereof, likewise covenants and agrees, that, to the extent and in the manner hereinafter set forth in this Article, the Guarantor Obligations are hereby expressly made subordinate and postponed to and subject in right of payment as provided in this Article to the prior payment in full in cash or Cash Equivalents of all Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantors.  The Guarantor Obligations shall in all respects rank pari passu with the Guarantors’ guarantees of the Existing Notes and any future senior subordinated Indebtedness of the Guarantors and senior to all existing and future junior subordinated Indebtedness of the Guarantors, and only Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantors shall rank senior to the Guarantor Obligations in accordance with the provisions set forth herein.  All provisions of this Article Twelve shall be subject to Section 12.11.

 

This Article Twelve shall constitute a continuing offer to all Persons who, in reliance upon such Article, become holders of, or continue to hold, Senior Indebtedness of the Guarantors, and such provisions are made for the benefit of the holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Guarantors, and such holders are made obligee hereunder and they or each of them may enforce such provisions.

 

Section 12.02.                  Liquidation, Dissolution, Bankruptcy.  In the event of (a) any insolvency or bankruptcy case or proceeding, or any receivership, liquidation, reorganization or other similar case or proceeding in connection therewith, relative to any Guarantor or to its assets, whether voluntary or involuntary from any source, (b) any liquidation, dissolution or other winding-up of any Guarantor, whether voluntary or involuntary and whether or not involving insolvency or bankruptcy, or (c) any assignment for the benefit of creditors or any other marshaling of assets or liabilities of any Guarantor, then and in any such event:

 

(i)                                     the holders of Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor shall receive payment in full in cash or Cash Equivalents of all amounts due on or in respect of all Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor, or provision shall be made for such payment in full in cash or Cash Equivalents to the satisfaction of the holders of Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor, before the Holders of the Securities are entitled to receive any payment or distribution of any kind or character from any source (other than Permitted Junior Securities) on account of the Guarantor Obligations or on account of the purchase or redemption or other acquisition of Securities; and

 

(ii)                                  any payment or distribution of assets of any Guarantor of any kind or character from any source, whether in cash, property or securities (other than a payment or distribution in the form of Permitted Junior Securities), including by way of set-off or enforcement of any guarantee or otherwise, which the Trustee or the Holders would be entitled to receive but for the provisions of this Article shall be paid by the liquidating trustee or agent or other person making such payment or distribution, whether a trustee in bankruptcy, a receiver or liquidating trustee or otherwise, directly to the holders of Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor or their authorized representative or representatives or to the trustee or trustees under any indenture under which any instruments evidencing any of such Senior Indebtedness may have been issued, ratably according to the aggregate amounts remaining unpaid on account of such Senior

 

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Indebtedness held or represented by each, to the extent necessary to make payment in full in cash or Cash Equivalents of all Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor remaining unpaid, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution, or provision therefor to the satisfaction of the holders of such Senior Indebtedness, to or for the holders of such Senior Indebtedness; and

 

(iii)                               any taxes that have been withheld or deducted from any payment or distribution in respect of any Guarantor Obligations, or any taxes that ought to have been withheld or deducted from any such payment or distribution that have been remitted to the relevant taxing authority, shall not be considered to be an amount that a Holder or the Trustee is entitled to receive for the purposes of Section 12.02(ii).

 

The consolidation of any Guarantor with, or the merger of any Guarantor into, another Person or the liquidation or dissolution of any Guarantor following the conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposal of its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to another Person upon the terms and conditions set forth in Article Five shall not be deemed a dissolution, winding-up, liquidation, reorganization, assignment for the benefit of creditors or marshaling of assets and liabilities of such Guarantor for the purposes of this Section if the Person formed by such consolidation or into which such Guarantor is merged or the Person which acquires such assets substantially as an entirety, as the case may be, shall, as a part of such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer, lease or disposal, comply with the conditions set forth in Article Five.

 

Section 12.03.                  Default on Senior Indebtedness of a Guarantor.

 

(a)                                 No Guarantor may make any payment pursuant to any of its Guarantor Obligations (collectively, “pay its Subsidiary Guarantee”) if (i) any principal, premium, if any, interest or other amount payable in respect of any Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor is not paid within any applicable grace period (including at Maturity) or (ii) any other default on Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor occurs and the maturity of such Senior Indebtedness is accelerated in accordance with its terms unless, in either case, (A) the default has been cured or waived and any such acceleration has been rescinded or (B) such Senior Indebtedness has been paid in full in cash or Cash Equivalents; provided, however, that any Guarantor may pay its Subsidiary Guarantee without regard to the foregoing if such Guarantor and the Trustee receive written notice approving such payment from the Representative of the holders of such issue of Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor.  No Guarantor may pay its Subsidiary Guarantee during the continuance of any Payment Blockage Period after receipt by the Company and the Trustee of a Payment Blockage Notice under Section 10.03.  Unless the Representatives of the holders of such issue of Designated Senior Indebtedness giving such Payment Blockage Notice shall have accelerated the maturity of such Designated Senior Indebtedness and not rescinded such acceleration, any Guarantor shall resume (unless otherwise prohibited as described in the first two sentences of this clause (a)) payments pursuant to its Subsidiary Guarantee after the end of such Payment Blockage Period.

 

(b)                                 In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section, any Guarantor shall make any payment to the Trustee (which is not paid over to Holders of Securities) prohibited by the foregoing provisions of this Section, then and in such event such payment shall be paid over to the authorized representatives of such Designated Senior Indebtedness initiating the Payment Blockage Period, to be held in trust for distribution to the holders of Senior Indebtedness or, to the extent amounts are not then due in respect of Senior Indebtedness, promptly returned to such Guarantor, or otherwise as a court of competent jurisdiction shall direct.  The Trustee shall not be liable for any interest on any money received by it.

 

Section 12.04.                  Subrogation.  After all Senior Indebtedness of a Guarantor is paid in full and until the Securities are paid in full, Holders shall be subrogated (equally and ratably with the holders

 

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of all indebtedness of such Guarantor which by its express terms is subordinated and postponed to Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor to the same extent as the Securities are subordinated and postponed and which is entitled to like rights of subrogation) to the rights of holders of Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor to receive distributions applicable to such Senior Indebtedness.  A distribution made under this Article Twelve to holders of Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor that otherwise would have been made to Holders is not, as between such Guarantor and Holders, a payment by such Guarantor on such Senior Indebtedness.

 

Section 12.05.                  Relative Rights.  This Article Twelve defines the relative rights of Holders and holders of Senior Indebtedness of a Guarantor.  Nothing in this Indenture shall:

 

(a)                                 impair, as between a Guarantor and Holders, the obligation of such Guarantor, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the Guarantor Obligations as set forth in Article Eleven; or

 

(b)                                 affect the relative rights against a Guarantor of Holders and creditors of a Guarantor other than the holders of Senior Indebtedness of a Guarantor; or

 

(c)                                  except as set forth in Section 6.02, prevent the Trustee or any Holder from exercising its available remedies upon a default by such Guarantor of the Guarantor Obligations, subject to the rights of holders of Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor to receive distributions otherwise payable to Holders.

 

Section 12.06.                  Subordination May Not Be Impaired by Guarantor.

 

(a)                                 No right of any holder of Senior Indebtedness of any Guarantor to enforce the subordination of the Guarantor Obligations shall be impaired by any act or failure to act by such Guarantor or by its failure to comply with this Indenture.

 

(b)                                 Without in any way limiting the generality of subsection (a) of this Section, the holders of Senior Indebtedness of a Guarantor may, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of or notice to the Trustee or the Holders, without incurring responsibility to the Holders and without impairing or releasing the subordination provided in this Article or the obligations hereunder of the Holders to the holders of Senior Indebtedness of a Guarantor, do any one or more of the following:

 

(i)                                     change the manner, place or terms of payment or extend the time of payment of, or renew or alter, the terms of Senior Indebtedness of a Guarantor or the terms of any instrument evidencing the same or any agreement under which such Senior Indebtedness is outstanding (including any increase in the aggregate principal amount of any indebtedness thereunder, it being understood that any such additional indebtedness shall not constitute Senior Indebtedness to the extent Incurred in violation of Section 4.05 of this Indenture);

 

(ii)                                  sell, exchange, release or otherwise deal with any property pledged, mortgaged or otherwise securing such Senior Indebtedness;

 

(iii)                               release any Person liable in any manner for the collection of such Senior Indebtedness; and

 

(iv)                              exercise or refrain from exercising any rights against a Guarantor and/or any other Person.

 

(c)                                  If the Trustee on behalf of the Holders or any Holders should fail to file a proof of claim in any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar proceeding relating to a Guarantor at least 30 days before the expiration of the time to file such claim or claims, each holder of Senior

 

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Indebtedness of a Guarantor (or its representative) is hereby authorized to file an appropriate claim for and on behalf of all or any of the Holders.

 

Section 12.07.                  Rights of Trustee and Paying Agent.  Notwithstanding Section 12.03, the Trustee or Paying Agent may continue to make payments on any Subsidiary Guarantee and shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence of facts that would prohibit the making of any such payments unless, not less than one Business Day prior to the date of such payment, a Trust Officer receives notice satisfactory to it that payments may not be made under this Article Twelve.  The Company, the Registrar or co-registrar, the Paying Agent, a Representative or a holder of Senior Indebtedness may give the notice; provided, however, that, if an issue of Senior Indebtedness of any Guarantor has a Representative, only the Representative may give the notice.

 

Subject to the provisions of the TIA, the Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may hold Senior Indebtedness of a Guarantor with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.  The Registrar and co-registrar and the Paying Agent may do the same with like rights.  The Trustee shall be entitled to all the rights set forth in this Article Twelve with respect to any Senior Indebtedness of a Guarantor that may at any time be held by it, to the same extent as any other holder of such Senior Indebtedness; and nothing in Article Seven shall deprive the Trustee of any of its rights as such holder.  Nothing in this Article Twelve shall apply to claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 7.07.

 

Section 12.08.                  Distribution or Notice to Representative.  Whenever a distribution is to be made or a notice given to holders of Senior Indebtedness of a Guarantor, the distribution may be made and the notice given to their Representative (if any).

 

Section 12.09.                  Article Twelve Not To Prevent Events of Default or Limit Right To Accelerate.  The failure to make a payment pursuant to a Subsidiary Guarantee by reason of any provision in this Article Twelve shall not be construed as preventing the occurrence of a Default.  Nothing in this Article Twelve shall have any effect on the right of the Holders or the Trustee to make a demand for payment on any Subsidiary Guarantee pursuant to Article Eleven.

 

Section 12.10.                  Trustee Entitled To Rely.  Upon any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article Twelve, the Trustee and the Holders shall be entitled to rely (a) upon any order or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction in which any proceedings of the nature referred to in Section 12.02 are pending, (b) upon a certificate of the liquidating trustee or agent or other Person making such payment or distribution to the Trustee or to the Holders or (c) upon the Representatives for the holders of Senior Indebtedness of any Guarantor for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such payment or distribution, the holders of Senior Indebtedness of any Guarantor and other Indebtedness of such Guarantor, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article Twelve.  In the event that the Trustee determines, in good faith, that evidence is required with respect to the right of any Person as a holder of Senior Indebtedness of any Guarantor to participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article Twelve, the Trustee may request such Person to furnish evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of such Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor held by such Person, the extent to which such Person is entitled to participate in such payment or distribution and other facts pertinent to the rights of such Person under this Article Twelve, and, if such evidence is not furnished, the Trustee may defer any payment to such Person pending judicial determination as to the right of such Person to receive such payment.  The provisions of Sections 7.01 and 7.02 shall be applicable to all actions or omissions of actions by the Trustee pursuant to this Article Twelve.

 

Section 12.11.                  Trustee To Effectuate Subordination.  Each Holder by accepting a Security authorizes and directs the Trustee on his behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to acknowledge or effectuate the subordination between the Holders and the holders of Senior

 

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Indebtedness of any Guarantor as provided in this Article Twelve and appoints the Trustee as attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.

 

Section 12.12.                  Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Indebtedness of Guarantors.  The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of Senior Indebtedness of any Guarantor and shall not be liable to any such holders if it shall mistakenly pay over or distribute to Holders or the Company or any other Person, money or assets to which any holders of such Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled by virtue of this Article Twelve or otherwise.

 

Section 12.13.                  Reliance by Holders of Senior Indebtedness of a Guarantor Upon Subordination Provisions.  Each Holder by accepting a Security acknowledges and agrees that the foregoing subordination provisions are, and are intended to be, an inducement and a consideration to each holder of any Senior Indebtedness of any Guarantor, whether such Senior Indebtedness was created or acquired before or after the issuance of the Securities, to acquire and continue to hold, or to continue to hold, such Senior Indebtedness and such holder of such Senior Indebtedness shall be deemed conclusively to have relied on such subordination provisions in acquiring and continuing to hold, or in continuing to hold, such Senior Indebtedness.

 

ARTICLE XIII

Miscellaneous

 

Section 13.01.                  Trust Indenture Act Controls.  If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision that is required to be included in this Indenture by the TIA, the required provision shall control.

 

Section 13.02.                  Notices.  Any notice or communication shall be in writing and delivered in person or mailed by first-class mail or sent by facsimile (with a hard copy delivered in person or by mail promptly thereafter) and addressed as follows:

 

if to the Company:

 

AMC Entertainment Inc.
 One AMC Way

11500 Ash Street

Leawood, KS 66211
 Attention: General Counsel

 

if to the Trustee:

 

U.S. Bank Corporate Trust Services 
 60 Livingston Avenue

EP-MN-WS3C

St. Paul, MN 55107

Attention of: Donald T. Hurrelbrink

 

provided, however, that any reports provided pursuant to Section 4.12 may be communicated via email to the following address: donald.hurrelbrink@usbank.com (or to the email address of the then current representative of the Trustee).

 

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

 

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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 upon such waiver.

 

Any notice or communication mailed to a Holder shall be mailed to the Holder at the Holder’s address as it appears on the registration books of the Registrar and shall be sufficiently given if so mailed within the time prescribed.

 

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

 

Section 13.03.                  Communication by Holders with Other Holders.  Holders may communicate pursuant to TIA Section 312(b) with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Securities.  The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of TIA Section 312(c).

 

Section 13.04.                  Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions.  Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take or refrain from taking any action under this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee:

 

(a)                                 an Officers’ Certificate in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with; and

 

(b)                                 an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied with.

 

Section 13.05.                  Statements Required in Certificate or Opinions.  Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a covenant or condition provided for in this Indenture shall include:

 

(a)                                 a statement that the individual making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition;

 

(b)                                 a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;

 

(c)                                  a statement that, in the opinion of such individual, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and

 

(d)                                 a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such individual, such covenant or condition has been complied with.

 

In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by, the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.

 

Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are erroneous.

 

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Any such certificate or Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the Company stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Company, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous.

 

Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument

 

Section 13.06.                  When Securities Disregarded.  In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Securities have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Securities owned by Holdings, the Company or the Guarantors or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with of them shall be disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding, except that, for the purpose of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Securities that a Trust Officer knows are so owned shall be so disregarded.  Also, subject to the foregoing, only Securities outstanding at the time shall be considered in any such determination.

 

Section 13.07.                  Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent and Registrar.  The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or a meeting of Holders.  The Registrar and the Paying Agent or co-registrar may make reasonable rules for their functions.

 

Section 13.08.                  Legal Holidays.  A “Legal Holiday” is a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions are not required to be open in the States of New York or Missouri.  If a payment date is a Legal Holiday, payment shall be made on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue for the intervening period.  If a regular record date is a Legal Holiday, the record date shall not be affected.

 

Section 13.09.                  Governing Law.  THIS INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

Section 13.10.                  No Recourse Against Others.  A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of Holdings, the Company and the Guarantors shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company or the Guarantors under the Securities or this Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation.  By accepting a Security, each Holder shall waive and release all such liability.  The waiver and release shall be part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities.

 

Section 13.11.                  Successors.  All agreements of the Company any each Guarantor in this Indenture and the Securities shall bind their respective successors.  All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors.

 

Section 13.12.                  Separability Clause.  In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities 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 13.13.                  Reliance on Financial Data.  In computing any amounts under this Indenture: (a) to the extent relevant, the Company shall use audited financial statements of the Company, its Subsidiaries, any Person that would become a Subsidiary in connection with the transaction that requires the computation and any Person from which the Company or a Subsidiary has acquired an operating business, or is acquiring an operating business in connection with the transaction that requires the computation (each such Person whose financial statements are relevant in computing any

 

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particular amount, a “Relevant Person”) for the period or portions of the period to which the computation relates for which audited financial statements are available on the date of computation and unaudited financial statements and other current financial data based on the books and records of the Relevant Person or Relevant Persons, as the case may be, to the extent audited financial statements for the period or any portion of the period to which the computation relates are not available on the date of computation; and (b) the Company shall be permitted to rely in good faith on the financial statements and other financial data derived from the books and records of any Relevant Person that are available on the date of the computation.

 

Section 13.14.                  Multiple 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.  One signed copy is enough to prove this Indenture.

 

Section 13.15.                  Table of Contents; Headings.  The table of contents, cross-reference sheet and headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not intended to be considered a part hereof and shall not modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

 

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

 

	
 
    	
AMC ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ Craig R. Ramsey
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name: Craig R. Ramsey
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:   Executive Vice President and
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Chief Financial Officer
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
AMC CARD PROCESSING SERVICES, INC.
    
	
 
    	
AMC CONCESSIONAIRE SERVICES OF FLORIDA, LLC
    
	
 
    	
AMC ITD, INC.
    
	
 
    	
AMC LICENSE SERVICES, INC.
    
	
 
    	
AMERICAN MULTI-CINEMA, INC.
    
	
 
    	
CLUB CINEMA OF MAZZA, INC.
    
	
 
    	
LOEWS CITYWALK THEATRE CORPORATION
    
	
 
    	
WANDA AMC RELEASING, LLC,
    
	
 
    	
as Guarantors
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ Craig R. Ramsey
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name: Craig R. Ramsey
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:   Executive   Vice President and
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Chief Financial Officer
    

 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO INDENTURE

 

 

	
 
    	
U.S.   BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/   Donald T. Hurrelbrink
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:   Donald T. Hurrelbrink
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:     Vice President
    

 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO INDENTURE

 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

PROVISIONS RELATING TO INITIAL
 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE SECURITIES

 

I.                                        DEFINITIONS

 

For the purposes of this Exhibit A the following terms shall have the meanings indicated below:

 

“Additional Securities” means the 5.75% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2025, to be originally issued from time to time, excluding Exchange Securities and Private Exchange Securities, in one or more series as provided for in this Indenture.

 

“Applicable Procedures” means, with respect to any transfer or transaction involving a Regulation S Global Security or beneficial interest therein, the rules and procedures of the Depository for such Global Security, Euroclear and Clearstream, in each case to the extent applicable to such transaction and as in effect from time to time.

 

“Clearstream” means Clearstream Luxembourg, a société anonyme.

 

“Definitive Security” means a certificated Initial Security or an Exchange Security or Private Exchange Security bearing, if required, the restricted securities legend set forth in Section 2.3(e)(i).

 

“Depository” means The Depository Trust Company, its nominees and their respective successors.

 

“Distribution Compliance Period”, with respect to any Securities, means the period of 40 consecutive days beginning on and including the later of (i) the day on which such Securities are first offered to persons other than distributors (as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act) in reliance on Regulation S, notice of which day shall be promptly given by the Company to the Trustee and (ii) the Issue Date, and with respect to any Additional Securities that are Transfer Restricted Securities, it means the comparable 40 consecutive days.

 

“Euroclear” means Euroclear Clearance System plc.

 

“Exchange Securities” means the 5.75% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2025 to be issued pursuant to this Indenture in connection with a Registered Exchange Offer pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

“Global Securities Legend” means the legend appearing under such title on Appendix 1 to this Exhibit A.

 

“Initial Purchasers” means Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Barclays Capital Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.

 

“Initial Securities” means the 5.75% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2025 in the aggregate principal amount of $600,000,000 issued on June 5, 2015.

 

“New Securities” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1 of the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

“Private Exchange” means the offer by the Company, pursuant to Section 2(f) of the Registration Rights Agreement, dated June 5, 2015, or pursuant to any similar provision of any other

 

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Registration Rights Agreement, to issue and deliver to certain purchasers, in exchange for the Initial Securities held by such purchasers as part of their initial distribution, a like aggregate principal amount of Private Exchange Securities.

 

“Private Exchange Securities” means those New Securities to be issued pursuant to this Indenture in connection with a Private Exchange pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement.

 

“Purchase Agreement” means the Purchase Agreement, dated June 2, 2015, between the Company, the Guarantors listed on Schedule II thereto and the Initial Purchasers relating to the Initial Securities, or any similar agreement relating to any future sale of Additional Securities by the Company.

 

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

 

“Registered Exchange Offer” means the offer by the Company, pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement, to certain Holders of Initial Securities, to issue and deliver to such Holders, in exchange for the Initial or Additional Securities, as the case may be, a like aggregate principal amount of Exchange Securities registered under the Securities Act.

 

“Registration Rights Agreement” means the Registration Rights Agreement, dated June 5, 2015, between the Company, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers relating to the Initial Securities, or any similar agreement relating to any Additional Securities.

 

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

 

“Regulation S Securities” means all Initial Securities offered and sold outside the United States in reliance on Regulation S.

 

“Restricted Securities Legend” means any of the restricted securities legends set forth in Section 2.3(e)(i) herein.

 

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

 

“Rule 144A Securities” means all Initial Securities offered and sold to QIBs in reliance on Rule 144A.

 

“Securities” means the Initial Securities, the Additional Securities, the Exchange Securities and the Private Exchange Securities, treated as a single class.

 

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

 

“Securities Custodian” means the custodian with respect to a Global Security (as appointed by the Depository) or any successor person thereto, who shall initially be the Trustee.

 

“Shelf Registration Statement” means a registration statement issued by the Company in connection with the offer and sale of Initial Securities, Additional Securities or Private Exchange Securities pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement.

 

“Transfer Restricted Securities” means Definitive Securities and any other Securities that bear or are required to bear the legend set forth in Section 2.3(e)(i) hereto.

 

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1.1                               Other Definitions.

 

	
Term
    	
 
    	
Defined in Section
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
“Agent   Members”
    	
 
    	
2.1(b)
    
	
“Global   Security”
    	
 
    	
2.1(b)
    
	
“Regulation   S Global Security”
    	
 
    	
2.1(b)
    
	
“Rule 144A   Global Security”
    	
 
    	
2.1(b)
    

 

II.                                   THE SECURITIES

 

2.1                               Form and Dating.  (a) The Initial Securities and any Additional Securities will be offered and sold by the Company, from time to time, pursuant to one or more Purchase Agreements.  Unless registered or exempt from registration under the Securities Act, the Initial Securities and any Additional Securities will be resold, initially only to QIBs in reliance on Rule 144A and to non-U.S. persons in reliance on Regulation S.  Initial Securities and Additional Securities so issued may thereafter be transferred to, among others, QIBs and purchasers in reliance on Regulation S, subject to the restrictions on transfers set forth herein.

 

(b)                                 Global Securities.  Rule 144A Securities shall be issued initially in the form of one or more permanent global Securities in definitive, fully registered form (collectively, the “Rule 144A Global Security”) and Regulation S Securities shall be issued initially in the form of one or more global Regulation S Global Securities (collectively, the “Regulation S Global Security”), in each case without interest coupons and bearing the Global Securities Legend and Restricted Securities Legend, which shall be deposited on behalf of the purchasers of the Securities represented thereby with the Securities Custodian, and registered in the name of the Depositary or a nominee of the Depositary, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as provided in this Indenture.  The Rule 144A Global Security and the Regulation S Global Security are each referred to herein as a “Global Security” and are collectively referred to herein as “Global Securities”; provided that the term “Global Security” when used in Sections 2.1(b), 2.1(c), 2.3(g)(i), 2.3(h)(i) and 2.4 shall also include any Security in global form issued in connection with a Registered Exchange Offer.  The aggregate principal amount of the Global Securities may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee and the Depositary or its nominee and on the schedules thereto as hereinafter provided.

 

(c)                                  Book-Entry Provisions.  This Section 2.1(c) shall apply only to a Global Security deposited with or on behalf of the Depositary.

 

The Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with this Section 2.1(c) and pursuant to an order of the Company, authenticate and deliver initially one or more Global Securities that (a) shall be registered in the name of the Depository for such Global Security or Global Securities or the nominee of such Depository and (b) shall be delivered by the Trustee to such Depository or pursuant to such Depository’s instructions or held by the Trustee as Securities Custodian.

 

Members of, or participants in, the Depository (“Agent Members”) shall have no rights under this indenture with respect to any Global Security held on their behalf by the Depository or by the Trustee as Securities Custodian or under such Global Security, and the Depository may be treated by the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute owner of such Global Security for all purposes whatsoever.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depository or impair, as between the Depository and its Agent Members, the operation of customary practices of such

 

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Depository governing the exercise of the rights of a holder of a beneficial interest in any Global Security.

 

(d)                                 Definitive Securities.  Except as provided in Section 2.3, owners of beneficial interests in Global Securities will not be entitled to receive physical delivery of certificated Securities.

 

2.2                               Authentication.  The Trustee shall authenticate and deliver: (a) Initial Securities for original issue in an aggregate principal amount of $600,000,000, (b) any Additional Securities, if and when issued pursuant to the Indenture; and (c) the Exchange Securities for issue only in a Registered Exchange Offer or a Private Exchange, respectively, pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement, for a like principal amount of Initial Securities or Additional Securities, in each case upon a written order of the Company signed by two Officers or by an Officer and either a Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer or a Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company.  Such order shall specify the amount of the Securities to be authenticated and the date on which the original issue of Securities is to be authenticated and whether the Securities are to be Initial Securities, Additional Securities, Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities.

 

2.3                               Transfer and Exchange.  (a) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Securities.  When Definitive Securities are presented to the Registrar or a co-registrar with a request:

 

(i)                                     to register the transfer of such Definitive Securities; or

 

(ii)                                  to exchange such Definitive Securities for an equal principal amount of Definitive Securities of other authorized denominations, the Registrar or co-registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange as requested if its reasonable requirements for such transaction are met; provided, however, that the Definitive Securities surrendered for transfer or exchange:

 

(1)                                 shall be duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Registrar or co-registrar, duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing; and

 

(2)                                 are being transferred, or exchanged pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or pursuant to clause (A), (B) or (C) below, and are accompanied by the following additional information and documents, as applicable:

 

(A)                               if such Definitive Securities are being delivered to the Registrar by a Holder for registration in the name of such Holder, without transfer, a certification from such Holder to that effect; or

 

(B)                               if such Definitive Securities are being transferred to the Company, a certification to that effect; or

 

(C)                               if such Definitive Securities are being transferred pursuant to an exemption from registration in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act or pursuant to or in compliance with an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 144, Rule 903 or Rule 904, (i) a certification to that effect and (ii) if the Company so requests, an opinion of counsel or other evidence reasonably satisfactory to it as to the compliance with the restrictions set forth in the legend set forth in Section 2.3(e)(i).

 

(b)                                 Restrictions on Transfer of a Definitive Security for a Beneficial Interest in a Global Security.  A Definitive Security may not be exchanged for a beneficial interest in a Global Security

 

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except upon satisfaction of the requirements set forth below.  Upon receipt by the Trustee of a Definitive Security, duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Registrar, together with;

 

(i)                                     certification (in the form set forth on the reverse side of the Initial Security) that such Definitive Security is being transferred (1) to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A or (2) outside the United States in an offshore transaction within the meaning of Regulation S and in compliance with Rule 904 under the Securities Act, which certification shall be accompanied by a signed letter substantially in the form of Exhibit B; and

 

(ii)                                  written instructions directing the Trustee to make, or to direct the Securities Custodian to make, an adjustment on its books and records with respect to such Global Security to reflect an increase in the aggregate principal amount of the Securities represented by the Global Security, such instructions to contain information regarding the Depositary account to be credited with such increase,

 

then the Trustee shall cancel such Definitive Security and cause, or direct the Securities Custodian to cause, in accordance with the standing instructions and procedures existing between the Depositary and the Securities Custodian, the aggregate principal amount of Securities represented by the Global Security to be increased by the aggregate principal amount of the Definitive Security to be exchanged and shall credit or cause to be credited to the account of the Person specified in such instructions a beneficial interest in the Global Security equal to the principal amount of the Definitive Security so canceled.  If no Global Securities are then outstanding and the Global Security has not been previously exchanged for certificated securities pursuant to Section 2.4, the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate, upon written order of the Company in the form of an Officers’ Certificate, a new Global Security in the appropriate principal amount.

 

(c)                                  Transfer and Exchange of Global Securities.

 

(i)                                     The transfer and exchange of Global Securities or beneficial interests therein shall be effected through the Depository, in accordance with this Indenture (including applicable restrictions on transfer set forth herein, if any) and the procedures of the Depository therefor.  A transferor of a beneficial interest in a Global Security shall deliver a written order given in accordance with the Depository’s procedures containing information regarding the participant account of the Depository to be credited with a beneficial interest in the Global Security and such account shall be credited in accordance with such instructions with a beneficial interest in the Global Security and the account of the Person making the transfer shall be debited by an amount equal to the beneficial interest in the Global Security being transferred.  Transfers by an owner of a beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Global Security to a transferee who takes delivery of such interest through the Regulation S Global Security, whether before or after the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, shall be made only upon receipt by the Trustee of a certification in the form provided on the reverse of the Initial Securities from the transferor to the effect that such transfer is being made in accordance with Regulation S or (if available) Rule 144 under the Securities Act or pursuant to or in compliance with an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 144, Rule 903 or Rule 904 and that, if such transfer is being made prior to the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, the interest transferred shall be held immediately thereafter through Euroclear or Clearstream.

 

(ii)                                  If the proposed transfer is a transfer of a beneficial interest in one Global Security to a beneficial interest in another Global Security, the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and an increase in the principal amount of the Global Security to which such interest is being transferred in an amount equal to the principal amount of the

 

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interest to be so transferred, and the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and a corresponding decrease in the principal amount of Global Security from which such interest is being transferred.

 

(iii)                               Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Exhibit A (other than the provisions set forth in Section 2.4), a Global Security may not be transferred as a whole except by the Depository to a nominee of the Depository or by a nominee of the Depository to the Depository or another nominee of the Depository or by the Depository or any such nominee to a successor Depository or a nominee of such successor Depository.

 

(iv)                              In the event that a Global Security is exchanged for Securities in definitive registered form pursuant to Section 2.4 prior to the consummation of a Registered Exchange Offer or the effectiveness of a Shelf Registration Statement with respect to such Securities, such Securities may be exchanged only in accordance with such procedures as are substantially consistent with the provisions of this Section 2.3 (including the certification requirements set forth on the reverse, of the Initial Securities or Additional Securities intended to ensure that such transfers comply with Rule 144A, Regulation S or such other applicable exemption from registration under the Securities Act, as the case may be) and such other procedures as may from time to time be adopted by the Company.

 

(d)                                 Restrictions on Transfer of Regulation S Global Security.  (i) Prior to the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, interests in the Regulation S Global Security may only be held through Euroclear or Clearstream.  During the Distribution Compliance Period, beneficial ownership interests in the Regulation S Global Security may only be sold, pledged or transferred through Euroclear or Clearstream in accordance with the Applicable Procedures and only (1) so long as such security is eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A, to a person whom the selling holder reasonably believes is a QIB that purchases for its own account or for the account of a QIB to whom notice is given that the resale, pledge or transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, (2) in an offshore transaction in accordance with Regulation S, (3) pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act provided by Rule 144 (if applicable) under the Securities Act, or (4) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, in each case in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States.  Prior to the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, transfers by an owner of a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Security to a transferee who takes delivery of such interest through the Rule 144A Global Security shall be made only in accordance with Applicable Procedures and upon receipt by the Trustee of a written certification from the transferor of the beneficial interest in the form provided on the reverse of the Initial Security to the effect that such transfer is being made to a QIB within the meaning of Rule 144A in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A.  Such written certification shall no longer be required after the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period.

 

(ii)                                  Upon the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, beneficial ownership interests in the Regulation S Global Security shall be transferable in accordance with applicable law and the other terms of this Indenture.

 

(e)                                  Legend.

 

(i)                                     Except as permitted by the following paragraphs (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v), each certificate evidencing the Global Securities and the Definitive Securities and the Regulation S Global Security (prior to the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period) (and all Securities issued in exchange therefor or in substitution thereof), shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:

 

THIS SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE UNITED STATES

 

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

 

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

 

Prior to the Distribution Compliance Period, each Regulation S Global Security will also bear the following additional legend:

 

THIS SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION ORIGINALLY EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, ANY U.S. PERSON EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND ALL APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.  TERMS USED ABOVE HAVE THE MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM IN REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.

 

Each Definitive Security will also bear the following additional legend:

 

IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS SUCH TRANSFER AGENT MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.

 

(ii)                                  Upon any sale or transfer of a, Transfer Restricted Security (including any Transfer Restricted Security represented by a Global Security) pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or 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:

 

(A)                               in the case of any Transfer Restricted Security that is a Definitive Security, the Registrar shall permit the Holder thereof to exchange such Transfer Restricted Security for a Definitive Security that does not bear the legends set forth above and rescind any restriction on the transfer of such Transfer Restricted Security; and

 

(B)                               in the case of any Transfer Restricted Security that is represented by a Global Security, the Registrar shall permit the beneficial owner thereof to

 

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exchange such Transfer Restricted Security for a beneficial interest in a Global Security that does not bear the legends set forth above and rescind any restriction on the transfer of such Transfer Restricted Security, in either case, if the Holder certifies in writing to the Registrar that its request for such exchange was made in reliance on Rule 144 or in reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 144, Rule 903 or Rule 904 (such certification to be in the form set forth on the reverse of the Initial Security).

 

(iii)                               After a transfer of any Initial Securities, Additional Securities or Private Exchange Securities, as the case may be, during the period of the effectiveness of a Shelf Registration Statement with respect to such Initial Securities, Additional Securities or Private Exchange Securities, all requirements pertaining to restricted legends on such Initial Security or such Private Exchange Securities will cease to apply, and a global Initial Security or Private Exchange Security without restricted legends will be available to the transferee of the beneficial interests in such Initial Securities, Additional Securities or Private Exchange Securities.  Upon the occurrence of any of the circumstances described in this paragraph, the Company will deliver an Officers’ Certificate to the Trustee instructing the Trustee to issue Securities without legends.

 

(iv)                              Upon the consummation of a Registered Exchange Offer with respect to the Initial Securities or Additional Securities pursuant to which certain Holders of such Initial Securities or Additional Securities are offered Exchange Securities in exchange for their Initial Securities, Additional Securities, or Exchange Securities in global form without restrictive legends will be available to Holders or beneficial owners that exchange such Initial Securities or Additional Securities (or beneficial interests therein) in such Registered Exchange Offer.  Upon the occurrence of any of the circumstances described in this paragraph, the Company will deliver an Officers’ Certificate to the Trustee instructing the Trustee to issue Securities without restricted legends.

 

(v)                                 Upon the consummation of a Private Exchange with respect to the Initial Securities or Additional Securities pursuant to which Holders of such Initial Securities or Additional Securities are offered Private Exchange Securities in exchange for their Initial Securities or Additional Securities, as the case may be, all requirements pertaining to such Initial Securities that Initial Securities issued to certain Holders be issued in global form will continue to apply, and Private Exchange Securities in global form with, to the extent required by applicable law, the Restricted Securities Legend set forth in Appendix I to this Exhibit A will be available to Holders that exchange such Initial Securities or Additional Securities in such Private Exchange.

 

(vi)                              Upon a sale or transfer after the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period of any Initial Security acquired pursuant to Regulation S, all requirements that such Initial Security bear any Restricted Securities Legend shall cease to apply and the requirements requiring any such Initial Security be issued in global form shall continue to apply.

 

(f)                                   Cancellation or Adjustment of Global Security.  At such time as all beneficial interests in a Global Security have either been exchanged for certificated or Definitive Securities, redeemed, repurchased or canceled, such Global Security shall be returned by the Depository to the Trustee for cancellation or retained and canceled by the Trustee.  At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Security is exchanged for certificated or Definitive Securities, redeemed, repurchased or canceled, the principal amount of Securities represented by such Global Security shall be reduced and an adjustment shall be made on the books and records of the Trustee (if

 

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it is then the Securities Custodian for such Global Security) with respect to such Global Security, by the Trustee or the Securities Custodian, to reflect such reduction.

 

(g)                                  Obligations with Respect to Transfers and Exchanges of Securities.

 

(i)                                     To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate certificated Securities, Definitive Securities and Global Securities at the Registrar’s or co-registrar’s request.

 

(ii)                                  No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company or the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax, assessments, or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes, assessments or similar governmental charge payable upon exchange or registration of transfer pursuant to Sections 3.06, 4.11 and 9.05 of this Indenture).

 

(iii)                               The Registrar or co-registrar shall not be required to register the transfer of or exchange of any Security for a period beginning 15 days before the mailing of a notice of redemption or an offer to repurchase Securities or 15 days before an interest payment date.

 

(iv)                              Prior to the due presentation for registration of transfer of any Security, the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Registrar or any co-registrar may deem and treat the person in whose name a Security is registered as the absolute owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and interest on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security is overdue, and none of the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Registrar or any co-registrar shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

(v)                                 All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange pursuant to the terms of this Indenture shall evidence the same debt and shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.

 

(h)                                 No Obligation of the Trustee.

 

(i)                                     The Trustee shall have no responsibility or obligation to any beneficial owner of a Global Security, a member of, or a participant in the Depository or any other Person with respect to the accuracy of the records of the Depository or its nominee or of any participant or member thereof, with respect to any ownership interest in the Securities or with respect to the delivery to any participant, member, beneficial owner or other Person (other than the Depository) of any notice (including any notice of redemption or repurchase) or the payment of any amount, under or with respect to such Securities.  All notices and communications to be given to the Holders and all payments to be made to Holders under the Securities shall be given or made only to the registered Holders (which shall be the Depository or its nominee in the case of a Global Security).  The rights of beneficial owners in any Global Security shall be exercised only through the Depository subject to the applicable rules and procedures of the Depository.  The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its members, participants and any beneficial owners.

 

(ii)                                  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 Security (including any transfers between or among Depository participants, members or beneficial owners in any Global Security) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or

 

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evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by, the terms of this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.

 

2.4                               Certificated Securities.

 

(a)                                 Any Global Security deposited with the Depository or with the Trustee as Securities Custodian pursuant to Section 2.1(b) shall be transferred to the beneficial owners thereof in the form of certificated Securities in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such Global Security, in exchange for such Global Security, only if (i) the Depository notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as a Depository for such Global Security or if at any time the Depository ceases to be a “clearing agency” registered under the Exchange Act, and a successor depositary is not appointed by the Company within 90 days of such notice, or (ii) a Default or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing under the Indenture or (iii) the Company, in its sole discretion, notifies the Trustee in writing that it elects to cause the issuance of certificated Securities under this Indenture.

 

(b)                                 Any Global Security that is transferable to the beneficial owners thereof pursuant to this Section 2.4 shall be surrendered by the Depository to the Trustee located in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, to be so transferred, in whole or from time to time in part, without charge (although the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge imposed in connection therewith), and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, upon such transfer of each portion of such Global Security, an equal aggregate principal amount of certificated Securities of authorized denominations.  Certificated Securities issued in exchange for any portion of a Global Security transferred pursuant to this Section shall be executed, authenticated and delivered only in denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple thereof and registered in such names as the Depository shall direct.  Any certificated Initial Security delivered in exchange for an interest in the Global Security shall, except as otherwise provided by Section 2.3(c), bear the restricted securities legend set forth in Appendix I to this Exhibit A.

 

(c)                                  The registered Holder of a Global Security may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including Agent Members and Persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action that a Holder is entitled to take under this Indenture or the Securities.

 

(d)                                 In the event of the occurrence of any of the events specified in Section 2.4(a)(i), (ii) or (iii), the Company will promptly make available to the Trustee a reasonable supply of certificated Securities in definitive, fully registered form without interest coupons.

 

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APPENDIX I
 to EXHIBIT A

 

[FORM OF FACE OF INITIAL SECURITY]
  [Global Securities Legend]

 

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 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 IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS 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.

 

TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF.

 

[Transfer Restricted Securities Legend]

 

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

 

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

 

[Regulation S Legend]

 

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THIS SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION ORIGINALLY EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, ANY U.S. PERSON EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND ALL APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.  TERMS USED ABOVE HAVE THE MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM IN REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.

 

[Definitive Securities Legend]

 

IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS SUCH TRANSFER AGENT MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.

 

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[FORM OF FACE OF INITIAL SECURITY]

 

5.75% SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2025

 

	
No.
    	
CUSIP   No.
    
	
 
    	
ISIN
    

 

AMC ENTERTAINMENT INC., a Delaware corporation, promises to pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, the principal sum of                   Dollars (           ) on June 15, 2025.

 

Interest Payment Dates: June 15 and December 15, commencing December 15, 2015.

 

Record Dates: June 1 and December 1.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this instrument to be duly executed as of the           day of               .

 

	
 
    	
AMC   ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    

 

	
TRUSTEE’S   CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
U.S.   Bank National Association as Trustee, certifies that this is one of the   Securities referred to in the Indenture.
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Authorized   Officer
    	
 
    

 

Additional provisions of this Security are set forth on the other side of this Security.

 

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[FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF INITIAL SECURITY]

 

5.75% Senior Subordinated Note due 2025

 

1.                                      Interest.  (a) AMC Entertainment Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Security at the rate per annum shown above.  The Company will pay interest semiannually, in arrears, on June 15 and December 15 of each year, commencing December 15, 2015, in immediately available funds.  Interest on the Securities will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from the date of issuance.  Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

 

(b)                                 [Special Interest.  The holder of this Security is entitled to the benefits of a Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of June 5, 2015, among the Company, the Guarantors party thereto and the Initial Purchasers named therein (the “Registration Rights Agreement”).  The Special Interest (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), if any, will be payable in cash semiannually in arrears each June 15 and December 15, in immediately available funds.](1)

 

2.                                      Method of Payment

 

The Company will pay interest on the Securities (except defaulted interest) to the Persons who are registered holders of Securities at the close of business on the June 1 or December 1 next preceding the interest payment date even if Securities are canceled after the record date and on or before the interest payment date.  Holders must surrender Securities to a Paying Agent to collect principal payments.  The Company will pay principal 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 Securities represented by a Global Security (including principal, premium and interest) will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by The Depository Trust Company (the “Depository”).  The Company will make all payments in respect of a certificated Security (including principal, premium and interest) by mailing a check to the registered address of each Holder thereof; provided, however, that payments on the Securities may also be made, in the case of a Holder of at least $2,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Securities, by wire transfer to a U.S. dollar account maintained by the payee with a bank in the United States if such Holder elects payment by wire transfer by giving written notice to the Trustee or the Paying Agent to such effect designating such account no later than 30 days immediately preceding the relevant due date for payment (or such other date as the Trustee may accept in its discretion).

 

3.                                      Paying Agent and Registrar

 

Initially, U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association (the “Trustee”), will act as Paying Agent and Registrar.  The Company may appoint and change any Paying Agent, Registrar or co-registrar without notice.  The Company or any of its domestic Wholly Owned Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent, Registrar or co-registrar.

 

4.                                      Indenture

 

The Company issued the Securities under an Indenture dated as of June 5, 2015 (the “Indenture”), among the Company, the Guarantors party thereto from time to time and the Trustee.  The terms of the Securities include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date of the Indenture (the “TIA”).  Terms defined in the Indenture and not defined herein have the meanings

 

(1)  Section 1(b) to be included only in Initial Securities.

 

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ascribed thereto in the Indenture.  The Securities are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of those terms.

 

The Securities are senior subordinated unsecured obligations of the Company and can be issued in an initial amount of up to $600,000,000 and additional amounts as part of the same series or new series under the Indenture which are unlimited (subject to Sections 2.01 and 2.10 of the Indenture).  The Indenture imposes certain limitations on the ability of the Company and its Subsidiaries to, among other things, incur additional indebtedness, pay dividends or make distributions in respect of their capital stock, purchase or redeem capital stock, enter into transactions with stockholders or certain affiliates, create liens or consolidate, merge or sell all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, other than in certain transactions between the Company and one or more of its Wholly Owned Subsidiaries.  These limitations are subject to significant exceptions.

 

5.                                      Optional Redemption.

 

Except as set forth below, the Securities may not be redeemed prior to June 15, 2020.  On and after that date, the Company may redeem the Securities in whole at any time or in part from time to time at the following redemption prices (expressed in percentages of principal amount), plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, 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 that is on or prior to the date of redemption), if redeemed during the 12-month period beginning on or after June 15 of the years set forth below:

 

	
Period
    	
 
    	
Redemption Price
    	
 
    
	
2020
    	
 
    	
102.8750
    	
%
    
	
2021
    	
 
    	
101.9167
    	
%
    
	
2022
    	
 
    	
100.9583
    	
%
    
	
2023 and thereafter
    	
 
    	
100.000
    	
%
    

 

Prior to June 15, 2018, the Company may on any one or more occasions redeem up to 35% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Securities with the Net Cash Proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings at a redemption price of 105.75% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, 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 that

 

(1)                                 at least 65% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Securities remains outstanding after each such redemption; and

 

(2)                                 the redemption occurs within 120 days after the closing of such Equity Offering.

 

In addition, at any time and from time to time prior to June 15, 2020, the Company may, at its option, redeem all or a portion of the Securities at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus the Applicable Premium with respect to the Securities plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon to the redemption date.  Notice of such redemption must be sent to Holders of the Securities called for redemption not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the redemption date.  The notice need not set forth the Applicable Premium but only the manner of calculation of the redemption price.  The Indenture provides that, with respect to any such redemption, the Company will notify the Trustee of the Applicable Premium with respect to the Securities promptly after the calculation and that the Trustee will not be responsible for such calculation.

 

Any redemption and notice of redemption may, at the Company’s discretion, be subject to the satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, including, but not limited to, consummation of any related Equity Offering.  In addition, if such redemption or notice is subject to satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, such notice shall state that, in the Company’s discretion, the redemption

 

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date may be delayed until such time as any or all such conditions shall be satisfied (or waived by the Company in its sole discretion), or such redemption may not occur and such notice may be rescinded in the event that any or all such conditions shall not have been satisfied (or waived by the Company in its sole discretion) by the redemption date, or by the redemption date so delayed.  The Company may provide in such notice that payment of the redemption price and performance of the Company’s obligations with respect to such redemption may be performed by another Person.

 

If the optional redemption date is on or after an interest record date and on or before the related interest payment date, the accrued and unpaid interest will be paid to the Person in whose name the Securities are registered at the close of business on such record date, and no additional interest will be payable to Holders whose Securities will be subject to redemption by the Company.

 

On and after the redemption date, interest will cease to accrue on notes or portions thereof called for redemption.

 

6.                                      Sinking Fund

 

The Securities are not subject to any sinking fund.

 

7.                                      Notice of Redemption

 

Notice of redemption shall be sent to the Holders electronically or by first class mail, with a copy to the Trustee, to each Holder of Securities to the address of such Holder appearing in the security register or otherwise in accordance with the procedures of the Depository not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the redemption date. Notice of any redemption upon any Equity Offering may be given prior to the completion of the related Equity Offering.  Securities in denominations larger than $2,000 may be redeemed in part but only in integral multiples of $1,000.  If money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest on all Securities (or portions thereof) to be redeemed on the redemption date is deposited with the Paying Agent on or before the redemption date and certain other conditions are satisfied, on and after such date interest ceases to accrue on such Securities (or such portions thereof) called for redemption.

 

8.                                      Subordination

 

The Securities are subordinated to Senior Indebtedness of the Company.  To the extent provided in the Indenture, Senior Indebtedness of the Company must be paid before the Securities may be paid.  The Company agrees, and each Holder by accepting a Security agrees, to the subordination provisions contained in the Indenture and authorizes the Trustee to give it effect and appoints the Trustee as attorney-in-fact for such purpose.

 

9.                                      Repurchase of Securities at the Option of Holders upon Change of Control

 

Upon a Change of Control, the Company will be required to make an offer, subject to certain conditions specified in the Indenture, to repurchase all the Securities of each Holder at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount of Securities to be repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of purchase (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the interest payment date that is on or prior to the date of purchase) as provided in, and subject to the terms of, the Indenture.

 

10.                               Denominations; Transfer; Exchange

 

The Securities are in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000.  A Holder may transfer or exchange Securities in accordance with the Indenture.  Upon any transfer or exchange, the Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other

 

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things, to furnish appropriate endorsements or transfer documents and to pay any taxes required by law or permitted by the Indenture.  The Registrar need not register the transfer of or exchange any Securities selected for redemption (except, in the case of a Security to be redeemed in part, the portion of the Security not to be redeemed) or to transfer or exchange any Securities for a period of 15 days prior to a selection of Securities to be redeemed or 15 days before an interest payment date.

 

11.                               Persons Deemed Owners

 

The registered Holder of this Security may be treated as the owner of it for all purposes.

 

12.                               Unclaimed Money

 

If money for the payment of principal, premium or interest remains unclaimed for two years, the Trustee or 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 only to the Company and not to the Trustee for payment.

 

13.                               Discharge and Defeasance

 

Subject to certain conditions set forth in the Indenture, the Company at any time may terminate some of or all its obligations under the Securities and the Indenture if the Company deposits with the Trustee money or Government Securities for the payment of principal and interest on the Securities to redemption or maturity, as the case may be.

 

14.                               Amendment, Waiver

 

Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, (i) the Indenture or the Securities may be amended without prior notice to any Holder but with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Securities and (ii) any default or noncompliance with any provision may be waived with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Securities.  Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, without the consent of any Holder of Securities, the Company and the Trustee may amend the Indenture or the Securities: (i) to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency; (ii) to comply with Article Five of the Indenture; (iii) to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place of certificated Securities; (iv) to add Guarantees with respect to the Securities; (v) to secure the Securities; (vi) to add additional covenants of the Company or to surrender rights and powers conferred on the Company; (vii) to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder; (viii) to make certain changes in the subordination provisions that would limit or terminate the benefits available to any holder of Senior Indebtedness under such provisions; or (ix) to comply with the requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of the Indenture under the TIA.

 

15.                               Defaults and Remedies

 

If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding, subject to certain limitations, may declare all the Securities to be immediately due and payable.  Certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency are Events of Default and shall result in the Securities being immediately due and payable upon the occurrence of such Events of Default without any further act of the Trustee or any Holder.

 

Holders of Securities may not enforce the Indenture or the Securities except as provided in the Indenture.  The Trustee may refuse to enforce the Indenture or the Securities unless it receives reasonable indemnity or security.  Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust

 

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or power under the Indenture.  The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind any declaration of 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 non-payment of principal or interest that has become due solely because of the acceleration.

 

16.                               Trustee Dealings with the Company

 

Subject to certain limitations imposed by the TIA, the Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities 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.

 

17.                               No Recourse Against Others

 

A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Securities or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation.  By accepting a Security, each Holder waives and releases all such liability.  The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities.

 

18.                               Authentication

 

This Security 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 Security.

 

19.                               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).

 

20.                               Governing Law

 

THIS SECURITY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

21.                               ISINs and CUSIP Numbers

 

Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused ISINs and/or CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Securities and has directed the Trustee to use ISINs and/or CUSIP 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 Securities or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.

 

A Holder of Securities may upon written request and without charge to the Holder receive a copy of the Indenture which has in it the text of this Security.  Requests may be made to: Kevin M. Connor, General Counsel, One AMC Way, 11500 Ash Street, Leawood, Kansas 66211.

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

 

To assign this Security, fill in the form below: I or we assign and transfer this Security to

 

 

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

 

 

(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.)

 

and irrevocably appoint                       agent to transfer this Security on the books of the Company.  The agent may substitute another to act for him.

 

	
Date:
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Your   Signature:
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Security.

 

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In connection with any transfer of any of the Securities evidenced by this certificate occurring while the Securities are Transfer Restricted Securities after the later of the date of original issuance of such Securities and the last date, if any, on which such Securities were owned by the Company or any Affiliate of the Company, the undersigned confirms that such Securities are being transferred in accordance with its terms:

 

CHECK ONE BOX BELOW

 

o                                    (1) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933; or

 

o                                    (2) to a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933) that purchases for its own account or for the account of a qualified institutional buyer to whom notice is given that such transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, in each case pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933; or

 

o                                    (3) outside the United States in an offshore transaction within the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933 in compliance with Rule 904 under the Securities Act of 1933; or

 

o                                    (4) pursuant to another available exemption from registration provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933; or

 

o                                    (5) (i) pursuant to and in compliance with an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 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 in 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.

 

Unless one of the boxes is checked, the Trustee will refuse to register any of the Securities evidenced by this certificate in the name of any person other than the registered holder thereof; provided, however, that if boxes (3), (4) or (5) are checked, the Trustee may require, prior to registering any such transfer of the Securities, such legal opinions, certifications and other information as the Company has reasonably requested to confirm that such transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933.

 

	
Date:
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Your   Signature:
    	
 
    
	
Signature   Guarantee:
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

Signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a recognized signature guaranty medallion program or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee.

 

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[TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL SECURITIES]

 

SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL SECURITY

 

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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE

 

If you want to elect to have this Security purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.10 (Change of Control) of the Indenture, check the box:  o

 

If you want to elect to have only part of this Security purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.11 of the Indenture, state the amount:

 

$

 

	
Date:
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Your   Signature:
    	
 
    

 

(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of the Security)

 

	
Signature   Guarantee:
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

Signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a recognized signature guaranty medallion program or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee.

 

TO BE COMPLETED BY PURCHASER IF (2) ABOVE IS CHECKED.

 

The undersigned represents and warrants that it is purchasing this Security for its own account or an account with respect to which it exercises sole investment discretion and that it and any such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A and acknowledges that it has received such information regarding the Company as the undersigned has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined not to request such information and that it is aware that the transferor is relying upon the undersigned’s foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A.

 

	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
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EXHIBIT B

 

Form of Certificate To Be Delivered
 in Connection with Transfers
  Pursuant to Regulation S

 

U.S. Bank National Association
 60 Livingston Avenue

St. Paul, Minnesota, 55107-1419

Attention: Donald T. Hurrelbrink

 

Re:                             AMC Entertainment Inc. (the “Company”) 5.75% Senior Subordinated
  Notes due 2025 (the “Securities”)                                                         

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

In connection with our proposed sale of $[      ] aggregate principal amount of the Securities, we confirm that such sale has been effected pursuant to and in accordance with Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and, accordingly, we represent that:

 

(1)                                 the offer of the Securities was not made to a person in the United States;

 

(2)                                 either (a) at the time the buy offer was originated, the transferee was outside the United States or we and any person acting on our behalf reasonably believed that the transferee was outside the United States, or (b) the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market and neither we nor any person acting on our behalf knows that the transaction has been prearranged with a buyer in the United States;

 

(3)                                 no directed selling efforts have been made in the United States in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or Rule 904(b) of Regulation S, as applicable;

 

(4)                                 the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act; and

 

(5)                                 we have advised the transferee of the transfer restrictions applicable to the Securities.

 

You, the Company and counsel for 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.  Terms used in this certificate have the meanings set forth in Regulation S.

 

	
 
    	
Very   truly yours,
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
[Name   of Transferor]
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Authorized   Signature
    

 

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EXHIBIT C

 

FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE TO ADD GUARANTORS

 

This Supplemental Indenture, dated as of [             ], 20     (this “Supplemental Indenture” or “Guarantee”) among [name of future Guarantor] (the “Subsidiary Guarantor”), AMC Entertainment Inc. (together with its successors and assigns, the “Company”), each other then-existing Guarantor under the Indenture referred to below, and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee under the Indenture referred to below.

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee have heretofore executed and delivered an Indenture, dated as of June 5, 2015 (as amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified, the “Indenture”) providing for the issuance of 5.75% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2025 of the Company (the “Securities”);

 

WHEREAS, Section 4.10 of the Indenture provides that the Company is required to cause each Subsidiary that Guarantees obligations under the Credit Agreement, the Existing Notes or other Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Guarantors to execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which such Subsidiary will unconditionally Guarantee, on a joint and several basis with the other Guarantors, the full and prompt payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities on a senior basis; and

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the Trustee, the Company and the Guarantors are authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture to amend or supplement the Indenture, without the consent of any Holder;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Subsidiary Guarantor, the Company, the other Guarantors and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

 

Definitions

 

SECTION 1.1                     Defined Terms.  As used in this Supplemental Indenture, terms defined in the Indenture or in the preamble or recital hereto are used herein as therein defined, except that the term “Holders” in this Guarantee shall refer to the term “Holders” as defined in the Indenture and the Trustee acting on behalf or for the benefit of such Holders.  The words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereby” and other words of similar import used in this Supplemental Indenture refer to this Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to any particular section hereof.

 

ARTICLE II

 

Agreement to be Bound; Guarantee

 

SECTION 2.1                     Agreement to be Bound.  The Subsidiary Guarantor hereby becomes a party to the Indenture as a Guarantor and as such will have all of the rights and be subject to all of the obligations and agreements of a Guarantor under the Indenture.  The Subsidiary Guarantor agrees to be bound by all of the provisions of the Indenture applicable to a Guarantor and to perform all of the obligations and agreements of a Guarantor under the Indenture.

 

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SECTION 2.2                     Guarantee.  The Subsidiary Guarantor agrees, on a joint and several basis with all the existing Guarantors, to fully, unconditionally and irrevocably Guarantee to each Holder of the Securities and the Trustee the Guarantor Obligations pursuant to Articles Eleven and Twelve of the Indenture on a senior subordinated basis.

 

ARTICLE III

 

Miscellaneous

 

SECTION 3.1                     Notices.  All notices and other communications to the Subsidiary Guarantor shall be given as provided in the Indenture to the Subsidiary Guarantor, at its address set forth below, with a copy to the Company as provided in the Indenture for notices to the Company.

 

SECTION 3.2                     Parties.  Nothing expressed or mentioned herein is intended or shall be construed to give any Person, firm or corporation, other than the Holders and the Trustee, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Supplemental indenture or the Indenture or any provision herein or therein contained.

 

SECTION 3.3                     Governing Law.  This Supplemental Indenture shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

 

SECTION 3.4                     Ratification of Indenture; Supplemental Indentures Part of Indenture.  Except as expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the 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 Securities heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby.

 

SECTION 3.5                     Trustee not Responsible.  The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this [First] Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which are made solely by the Company and the Guarantors.

 

SECTION 3.6                     Counterparts.  The parties hereto may sign one or more copies of this Supplemental Indenture in counterparts, all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

SECTION 3.7                     Headings.  The headings of the Articles and the Sections in this Guarantee are for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed to alter or affect the meaning or interpretation of any provisions hereof.

 

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

 

	
 
    	
[GUARANTOR],
    
	
 
    	
as   a Guarantor
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
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U.S.   BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
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EXHIBIT D

 

SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE

 

Each of the undersigned (the “Guarantors”) hereby jointly and severally unconditionally guarantees, to the extent set forth in the Indenture dated as of June 5, 2015, by and among AMC Entertainment Inc., a Delaware corporation, as issuer (the “Company”), the Guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association as Trustee (as amended, restated or supplemented from time to time, the “Indenture”), and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, (a) the due and punctual payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on the Securities, when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, the due and punctual payment of interest on overdue principal of, and premium and, to the extent permitted by law, interest, and the due and punctual performance of all other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee, all in accordance with the terms set forth in Article Eleven of the Indenture, and (b) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Securities or any of such other obligations, that the same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise.

 

The obligations of the Guarantors to the Holders and to the Trustee pursuant to this Subsidiary Guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article Eleven and Article Twelve of the Indenture, and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for the precise terms and limitations of this Subsidiary Guarantee.  This Guarantee is subject to release as and to the extent set forth in Sections 8.01, 8.02 and 11.03 of the Indenture. Each Holder of the Security to which this Subsidiary Guarantee is endorsed, by accepting such Security, agrees to and shall be bound by such provisions.  Capitalized terms used herein and not defined are used herein as so defined in the Indenture.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the Guarantors has caused this Subsidiary Guarantee to be signed by a duly executed officer

 

	
 
    	
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