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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 1, 2024

 

LOGO

VIASAT, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

      

 

000-21767

 

      

 

33-0174996

 

      

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)
  (Commission File No.)   (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

6155 El Camino Real

Carlsbad, California 92009

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (760) 476-2200

 

 

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

☐  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

(Title of Each Class)

 

(Trading Symbol)

 

(Name of Each Exchange

on which Registered)

Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share   VSAT   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company   ☐  

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.     ☐


Item 1.01.

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On September 25, 2024, Viasat, Inc. (“Viasat”) announced the closing of an offering (the “Offering”) by Connect Finco SARL, a private limited liability company (société à responsabilité limitée) incorporated under the laws of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (“Luxembourg”), having its registered office at 28, Boulevard F.W. Raiffeisen, L-2411, Luxembourg and registered with the Luxembourg Register of Commerce and Companies (Registre de Commerce et des Sociétés, Luxembourg) under B233109 (the “Luxembourg Issuer”), and Connect U.S. Finco LLC, a limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “U.S. Issuer” and, together with the Luxembourg Issuer, the “Issuers”), of $1,975 million in aggregate principal amount of 9.000% senior secured notes due 2029 (the “Notes”).

The Notes were issued by the Issuers pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of September 25, 2024 (the “Indenture”), by and among the Issuers, Connect Bidco Limited, a non-cellular company incorporated under the laws of Guernsey and a subsidiary of Viasat, as a guarantor (“Connect Bidco”), the other guarantors party thereto (together with Connect Bidco, the “Guarantors”) and Wilmington Trust, National Association (“Wilmington Trust”), as trustee and notes collateral agent, which governs the terms of the Notes. A copy of the Indenture, which includes the form of the Notes, is attached hereto as Exhibit 4.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

A brief description of the terms of the Notes and the Indenture follows:

Interest. The Notes will bear interest at a rate of 9.000% per year, payable semi-annually in arrears in cash on March 15 and September 15 of each year, beginning on March 15, 2025. The Issuers will make each interest payment to the holders of record of the Notes on the immediately preceding March 1 and September 1.

Maturity. The Notes will mature on September 15, 2029, unless earlier redeemed or repurchased.

Ranking. The Notes and the guarantees (the “Guarantees”) are the Issuers’ and Guarantors’ general senior secured obligations and rank equally in right of payment with all of their existing and future senior indebtedness. The Notes and the Guarantees are effectively senior to the Issuer’s and Guarantors’ existing and future unsecured indebtedness to the extent of the value of the collateral securing the Issuers’ and Guarantors’ obligations under the Notes and the Guarantees owned by the Issuers or the Guarantors. The Notes and the Guarantees are pari passu with the Issuers’ and Guarantors’ existing and future obligations secured on a first-lien basis and rank senior in right of payment to the Issuers’ and Guarantors’ future subordinated indebtedness and other obligations that expressly provide for their subordination to the Notes and the Guarantees. The Notes and the Guarantees are structurally subordinated to all existing and future indebtedness of the Issuers’ subsidiaries that are not Guarantors.

Redemption. The Issuers may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at any time on or after September 15, 2026 at the redemption prices set forth in the Indenture, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of redemption. Prior to September 15, 2026, the Issuers may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus a “make-whole” premium, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of redemption. In addition, prior to September 15, 2026, the Issuers may redeem up to 40% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes with the net cash proceeds from specified equity offerings at the redemption price set forth in the Indenture; however, the Issuers may only make these redemptions if at least 50% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes originally issued under the Indenture remains outstanding after such redemptions. The Issuers are not required to make any mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes.

If a “Change of Control” occurs (as defined in the Indenture), each holder of Notes may require the Issuers to repurchase all or a portion of such holder’s Notes at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount of the Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of purchase.

Covenants. The Indenture contains covenants limiting the Issuers’, Connect Bidco and the Issuers’ restricted subsidiaries’ ability to, among other things incur, assume or guarantee additional debt; issue redeemable stock and preferred stock; pay dividends, make distributions or redeem or repurchase capital stock; prepay, redeem or repurchase debt that is junior in right of payment to the Notes; make loans and investments; grant or incur liens; restrict dividends, loans or asset transfers from restricted subsidiaries; sell or otherwise dispose of assets, including capital stock of subsidiaries; enter into transactions with affiliates; and consolidate or merge with, or sell substantially all of their assets to, another person.


Events of Default. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, each of the following, among other events, constitutes an event of default under the Indenture (after the expiration of the applicable grace periods specified therein): (1) failure by the Issuers to pay interest or premium, if any, on, or the principal of, the Notes when due; (2) failure by the Issuers or any of their restricted subsidiaries to comply with the covenants in the Indenture; (3) default by the Issuers, Connect Bidco or any of the Issuer’s significant subsidiaries under any mortgage, indenture or instrument securing or evidencing indebtedness with an aggregate principal amount in excess of $100.0 million with respect to a default in the payment of principal, interest or premium when due or where such default results in the acceleration of such indebtedness; (4) failure of the Issuers, Connect Bidco or any of the Issuers’ significant subsidiaries to satisfy certain final judgments when due; (5) certain bankruptcy events; (6) the Guarantee of a Guarantor in certain circumstances ceasing to be in full force and effect, being declared null and void in a judicial proceeding or being denied by such Guarantor; and (7) with respect to collateral having a fair market value in excess of $200.0 million, in the event that any documents granting security interest in certain circumstances ceasing to be in full force and effect, being declared null and void in a judicial proceeding or being denied by such entity. Upon the occurrence of an event of default under the Indenture, the principal and accrued interest under the Notes then outstanding may be declared due and payable, subject to certain limitations.

Securities Laws. The Notes were issued through a private placement to persons reasonably believed to be qualified institutional buyers in the United States pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and outside the United States pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act. The Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act, are subject to restrictions on transfer and may only be offered or sold in transactions exempt from, or not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act. This Current Report on Form 8-K does not constitute an offer to sell or buy securities, or the solicitation of an offer to sell or buy any securities.

The foregoing description of the Indenture does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the Indenture, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 4.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 1.02.

Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement.

On October 1, 2024, the Issuers used the net proceeds from the Offering, together with cash on hand, to redeem all of the Issuers’ outstanding 6.750% Senior Secured Notes due 2026 (the “2026 Notes”) and pay related fees and expenses. The Notes were redeemed at a redemption price equal to 100.0% of the aggregate principal amount outstanding plus accrued and unpaid interest on the aggregate principal amount outstanding to, but not including, the date of the redemption.

In connection with the redemption of the 2026 Notes, the indenture governing the 2026 Notes (the “2026 Notes Indenture”) was satisfied and discharged, the guarantors party to the 2026 Notes Indenture were released from their obligations under such guarantees and all liens on collateral subject to the 2026 Notes Indenture and related documentation were released.

 

Item 2.03.

Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation Under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

The information contained in Item 1.01 above is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.

 

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

  Exhibit

  Number  

  

 Description of Exhibit                              

  4.1   

Indenture, dated as of September 25, 2024, by and among the Issuers, the guarantors party thereto and Wilmington Trust, as trustee and notes collateral agent.

  104     Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded with the Inline XBRL document)


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

   VIASAT, INC.
Date: October 1, 2024    By:   

/s/ Brett Church

   Name:    Brett Church
   Title:    Associate General Counsel
EX-4.1 2 d118183dex41.htm EX-4.1 EX-4.1

Exhibit 4.1

Execution Version

 

 

 

INDENTURE

Dated as of September 25, 2024

Among

CONNECT FINCO SARL,

CONNECT U.S. FINCO LLC,

THE GUARANTORS NAMED ON THE SIGNATURE PAGES HERETO

and

WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee and as Notes Collateral Agent

9.000% SENIOR SECURED NOTES DUE 2029

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

     Page  
ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE      1  
Section 1.01   Definitions      1  
Section 1.02   Other Definitions      57  
Section 1.03   [Reserved]      58  
Section 1.04   Rules of Construction      58  
Section 1.05   Acts of Holders      59  
ARTICLE 2 THE NOTES      60  
Section 2.01   Form and Dating; Terms      60  
Section 2.02   Execution and Authentication      61  
Section 2.03   Registrar and Paying Agent      62  
Section 2.04   Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust      62  
Section 2.05   Holder Lists      62  
Section 2.06   Transfer and Exchange      62  
Section 2.07   Replacement Notes      73  
Section 2.08   Outstanding Notes      73  
Section 2.09   Treasury Notes      73  
Section 2.10   Temporary Notes      74  
Section 2.11   Cancellation      74  
Section 2.12   Defaulted Interest      74  
Section 2.13   CUSIP and ISIN Numbers      74  
ARTICLE 3 REDEMPTION      75  
Section 3.01   Notices to Trustee      75  
Section 3.02   Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed      75  
Section 3.03   Notice of Redemption      75  
Section 3.04   Effect of Notice of Redemption      76  
Section 3.05   Deposit of Redemption or Purchase Price      77  
Section 3.06   Notes Redeemed or Purchased in Part      77  
Section 3.07   Optional Redemption      77  
Section 3.08   Mandatory Redemption      79  
Section 3.09   Offers to Repurchase by Application of Excess Proceeds      79  
Section 3.10   Redemption for Changes in Taxes.      80  
ARTICLE 4 COVENANTS      82  
Section 4.01   Payment of Notes      82  
Section 4.02   Maintenance of Office or Agency      82  
Section 4.03   Reports and Other Information      82  
Section 4.04   Compliance Certificate      84  
Section 4.05   Taxes      85  
Section 4.06   Stay, Extension and Usury Laws      85  
Section 4.07   Limitation on Restricted Payments      85  
Section 4.08   Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries      95  


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Section 4.09   Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock      98  
Section 4.10   Asset Sales      109  
Section 4.11   Transactions with Affiliates      114  
Section 4.12   Liens      116  
Section 4.13   Corporate Existence      117  
Section 4.14   Offer to Repurchase Upon Change of Control      117  
Section 4.15   Limitation on Guarantees of Indebtedness by Restricted Subsidiaries      119  
Section 4.16   Suspension of Covenants      120  
Section 4.17   Additional Amounts      121  
Section 4.18   Post-Closing Deliverables      123  
ARTICLE 5 SUCCESSORS      123  
Section 5.01   Merger, Consolidation or Sale of All or Substantially All Assets      123  
Section 5.02   Successor Corporation Substituted      127  
ARTICLE 6 DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES      127  
Section 6.01   Events of Default      127  
Section 6.02   Acceleration      131  
Section 6.03   Other Remedies      132  
Section 6.04   Waiver of Past Defaults      132  
Section 6.05   Control by Majority      132  
Section 6.06   Limitation on Suits      133  
Section 6.07   Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment      133  
Section 6.08   Collection Suit by Trustee      133  
Section 6.09   Restoration of Rights and Remedies      133  
Section 6.10   Rights and Remedies Cumulative      134  
Section 6.11   Delay or Omission Not Waiver      134  
Section 6.12   Trustee May File Proofs of Claim      134  
Section 6.13   Priorities      134  
Section 6.14   Undertaking for Costs      135  
ARTICLE 7 TRUSTEE      135  
Section 7.01   Duties of Trustee      135  
Section 7.02   Rights of Trustee and Notes Collateral Agent      136  
Section 7.03   Individual Rights of Trustee      137  
Section 7.04   Trustee’s Disclaimer      137  
Section 7.05   Notice of Defaults      138  
Section 7.06   Reports by Trustee to Holders of the Notes      138  
Section 7.07   Compensation and Indemnity      138  
Section 7.08   Replacement of Trustee      139  
Section 7.09   Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.      140  
Section 7.10   Eligibility; Disqualification      140  
Section 7.11   Preferential Collection of Claims Against Issuers      140  

 

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ARTICLE 8 LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE      140  
Section 8.01   Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance      140  
Section 8.02   Legal Defeasance and Discharge      140  
Section 8.03   Covenant Defeasance      141  
Section 8.04   Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance      142  
Section 8.05   Deposited Money and Government Securities to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions      143  
Section 8.06   Repayment to Issuers      143  
Section 8.07   Reinstatement      143  
ARTICLE 9 AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER      144  
Section 9.01   Without Consent of Holders of Notes      144  
Section 9.02   With Consent of Holders of Notes      146  
Section 9.03   [Reserved]      147  
Section 9.04   Revocation and Effect of Consents      147  
Section 9.05   Notation on or Exchange of Notes      148  
Section 9.06   Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc.      148  
ARTICLE 10 GUARANTEES      148  
Section 10.01   Guarantee      148  
Section 10.02   Limitation on Guarantor Liability      150  
Section 10.03   Execution and Delivery      151  
Section 10.04   Subrogation      151  
Section 10.05   Benefits Acknowledged      151  
Section 10.06   Release of Guarantees      151  
ARTICLE 11 SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE      153  
Section 11.01   Satisfaction and Discharge      153  
Section 11.02   Application of Trust Money      153  
ARTICLE 12 MISCELLANEOUS      154  
Section 12.01   [Reserved]      154  
Section 12.02   Notices      154  
Section 12.03   Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes      155  
Section 12.04   Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent      155  
Section 12.05   Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion      156  
Section 12.06   Rules by Trustee and Agents      156  
Section 12.07   No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders      156  
Section 12.08   Governing Law      156  
Section 12.09   Waiver of Jury Trial      157  
Section 12.10   Force Majeure      157  
Section 12.11   No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements      157  
Section 12.12   Successors      157  
Section 12.13   Severability      157  
Section 12.14   Counterpart Originals      157  

 

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     Page  
Section 12.15   Table of Contents, Headings, etc.      157  
Section 12.16   USA PATRIOT Act      158  
Section 12.17   Jurisdiction      158  
Section 12.18   Legal Holidays      158  
Section 12.19   Currency Indemnity      158  
Section 12.20   Waiver of Immunity      159  
ARTICLE 13 COLLATERAL      159  
Section 13.01   Collateral Documents      159  
Section 13.02   Non-Impairment of Liens      160  
Section 13.03   Release of Collateral      160  
Section 13.04   Suits to Protect the Collateral      162  
Section 13.05   Authorization of Receipt of Funds by the Trustee under the Collateral Documents      162  
Section 13.06   Purchaser Protected      162  
Section 13.07   Powers Exercisable by Receiver or Trustee      162  
Section 13.08   Release Upon Termination of the Issuers’ Obligations      163  
Section 13.09   Notes Collateral Agent      163  
Section 13.10   Designations      171  

EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit A    Form of Note
Exhibit B    Form of Certificate of Transfer
Exhibit C    Form of Certificate of Exchange
Exhibit D    Form of Supplemental Indenture to be Delivered by Subsequent Guarantors
Exhibit E    Form of Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement

SCHEDULES

 

Schedule 4.18    Post-Closing Deliverables

 

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INDENTURE, dated as of September 25, 2024 among Connect Finco SARL, a private limited liability company (société à responsabilité limitée) incorporated under the laws of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, having its registered office 28, Boulevard F.W. Raiffeisen L-2411 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, registered with the Luxembourg Register of Commerce and Companies (R.C.S. Luxembourg) under number B 233109, and a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company (the “Luxembourg Issuer”), and Connect U.S. Finco LLC, a limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware and a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company (the “U.S. Issuer” and, together with the Luxembourg Issuer, the “Issuers”), Connect Midco Limited, a non-cellular company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of Guernsey (“Holdings”), Connect Bidco Limited, a non-cellular company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of Guernsey directly owned by Holdings (the “Company”), the other Guarantors (as defined herein) listed on the signature pages hereto and Wilmington Trust, National Association, a national banking association, as Trustee and as Notes Collateral Agent.

W I T N E S S E T H

WHEREAS, the Issuers have duly authorized the creation of an issue of $1,975,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 9.000% Senior Secured Notes due 2029 (the “Initial Notes”); and

WHEREAS, the Issuers and each of the Guarantors have duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture.

NOW, THEREFORE, the Issuers, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent agree as follows for the benefit of each other and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes.

ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

Section 1.01 Definitions.

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

“Accounting Change” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “IFRS.”

“Acquired EBITDA” means, with respect to any Acquired Entity or Business or any Converted Restricted Subsidiary (any of the foregoing, a “Pro Forma Entity”) for any period, the amount for such period of Consolidated EBITDA of such Pro Forma Entity (determined as if references to the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries in the definition of “Consolidated EBITDA” were references to such Pro Forma Entity and its subsidiaries that will become Restricted Subsidiaries), all as determined on a consolidated basis for such Pro Forma Entity.

“Acquired Entity or Business” has the meaning set forth in clause (III) of the definition of “Consolidated EBITDA.”

 

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“Acquired Indebtedness” means, with respect to any specified Person, (1) Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such other Person is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into or became a Restricted Subsidiary of such specified Person, including Indebtedness incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person merging, consolidating or amalgamating with or into or becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of such specified Person, and

(2) Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering any asset acquired by such specified Person.

“Additional Notes” means additional Notes (other than the Initial Notes) issued under this Indenture in accordance with Sections 2.01 and 4.09 hereof, as part of the same series as the Initial Notes.

“Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as used with respect to any Person, shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise.

“Agent” means any Registrar, Paying Agent or authenticating agent.

“Agreed Security Principles” means those principles set forth on Schedule 1.01(a) to the Senior Credit Agreement, as applied mutatis mutandis with respect to the Notes in good faith.

“Applicable Premium” means, with respect to any Note being redeemed on any Redemption Date, the greater of:

(1) 1.0% of the principal amount of such Note; and

(2) the excess, if any, of (a) the present value at such Redemption Date of (i) the redemption price of such Note at September 15, 2026 (such redemption price being set forth in Section 3.07(b) hereof), plus (ii) all required remaining scheduled interest payments due on such Note through September 15, 2026 (excluding accrued but unpaid interest to the Redemption Date), computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate as of such Redemption Date plus 50 basis points; over (b) the then outstanding principal amount of such Note.

The Issuers shall calculate or cause to be calculated the Applicable Premium and the Trustee shall have no duty to calculate or verify the Issuers’ calculation of the Applicable Premium.

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

“Approved Bank” has the meaning set forth in clause (4) of the definition of “Cash Equivalents.”

“Asset Sale” means:

(1) the sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition, whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, of property or assets (including by way of a Sale and Lease-Back Transaction) of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (each referred to in this definition as a “disposition”); or (2) the issuance or sale of Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than Preferred Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries issued in compliance with Section 4.09 hereof or the issuance of directors’ qualifying shares and shares issued to foreign nationals as required by applicable law), whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions;

 

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in each case, other than:

(a) any disposition of (i) Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities, (ii) obsolete, damaged, used, surplus or worn out property or equipment, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in the ordinary course of business and dispositions of property no longer used or useful, or economically practicable to maintain, in the conduct of the business of the Company and any Restricted Subsidiary (including by ceasing to enforce, allowing the lapse, abandonment or invalidation of or discontinuing the use or maintenance of or putting into the public domain any intellectual property that is, in the reasonable judgment of the Company or the Restricted Subsidiaries, no longer used or useful, or economically practicable to maintain, or in respect of which the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary determines in its reasonable business judgment that such action or inaction is desirable) or (iii) any disposition of inventory, goods and other assets (including Settlement Assets) in the ordinary course of business or no longer used in the ordinary course of business and immaterial assets (considered in the aggregate and as reasonably determined by the Company in good faith);

(b) the disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in a manner permitted pursuant to the provisions of Section 5.01 hereof or any disposition that constitutes a Change of Control pursuant to this Indenture;

(c) the making of any Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment or, other than for the purposes of clause (1) of Section 4.10(b) hereof, asset sales, the proceeds of which are used to make such Restricted Payments or Permitted Investments;

(d) any disposition of assets or issuance or sale of Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary in any transaction or series of related transactions with an aggregate fair market value of less than the greater of $100.0 million and 10.0% of LTM EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period as of such date;

(e) any disposition (i) of property or assets or issuance of securities by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to the Company or by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to another Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or (ii) to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary constituting debt forgiveness;

(f) dispositions of property to the extent that (i) such property is exchanged for credit against the purchase price of similar replacement property or (ii) an amount equal to net proceeds of such disposition are promptly applied to the purchase price of such replacement property;

(g) leases, subleases, service agreements, product sales, licenses or sublicenses (including licenses and sublicenses of intellectual property or other intangible assets), in each case that do not materially interfere with the business of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; (h) sales, rentals or leases of satellite capacity, bandwidth, beams, transponders or threads or other grants of rights of satellite use or of any other portion of a Satellite in the ordinary course of business;

 

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(i) [reserved];

(j) foreclosures, condemnation, expropriation or any similar action with respect to assets, other transfers of property subject to casualty events or the granting of Liens not prohibited by this Indenture;

(k) (i) any disposition of accounts receivable, any participations thereof, Receivables Assets or related assets, in connection with any Receivables Facility, (ii) dispositions or forgiveness of accounts receivable in connection with the collection or compromise thereof (including sales to factors or other third parties) or (iii) the sale or discount of inventory, accounts receivable or notes receivable in the ordinary course of business or the conversion of accounts receivable to notes receivable;

(l) any financing transaction with respect to property built or acquired by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary after the Issue Date, including Sale and Lease-Back Transactions (and dispositions of property acquired by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries after the Issue Date pursuant to Sale and Lease-Back Transactions) and asset securitizations permitted by this Indenture;

(m) any surrender or waiver of contractual rights or the settlement, release or surrender of contractual rights or other litigation claims in the ordinary course of business;

(n) the unwinding or voluntary termination of any Hedging Obligations;

(o) [reserved];

(p) dispositions of any assets (including Equity Interests) (A) acquired in connection with any acquisition or other Investment not prohibited by this Indenture, which assets are not used or useful to the core or principal business of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries or (B) made to obtain the approval of any applicable antitrust authority in connection with an acquisition;

(q) sales, transfers and other dispositions of Investments in joint ventures to the extent required by, or made pursuant to customary buy/sell arrangements between, the joint venture parties set forth in joint venture arrangements and similar binding arrangements;

(r) failing to pursue or allowing any registrations or any applications for registration of any intellectual property rights to lapse or go abandoned in the ordinary course of business if, in the reasonable determination of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, such discontinuance is desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole; (s) dispositions of property acquired by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to Sale and Lease-Back Transactions;

 

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(t) dispositions in connection with Permitted Liens, Permitted Intercompany Activities, Permitted Tax Restructuring and related transactions;

(u) an issuance of Capital Stock by a Restricted Subsidiary as part of or pursuant to an equity incentive or compensation plan approved by the Board of Directors of the Company or any holding company thereof;

(v) any disposition of Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to an agreement or other obligation with or to a Person (other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) from whom such Restricted Subsidiary was acquired, or from whom such Restricted Subsidiary acquired its business and assets, made as part of such acquisition and in each case comprising all or a portion of the consideration in respect of such sale or acquisition; and

(w) any sale of property or assets, if the acquisition of such property or assets was financed with Excluded Contributions and the proceeds of such sale are used to make a Restricted Payment pursuant to clause (10) of Section 4.07(b) hereof.

In the event that a transaction (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of a permitted Asset Sale and would also be a Permitted Investment or an Investment permitted under Section 4.07 hereof, the Company, in its sole discretion, will be entitled to divide and classify such transaction (or a portion thereof) as an Asset Sale and/or one or more of the types of Permitted Investments or Investments permitted under Section 4.07 hereof.

“Available Investments Amount” means, at any time, (i) the amount of Investments that may be made at the time of determination pursuant to clause (14) of the definition of “Permitted Investments,” minus (ii) the amount of the Available Investments Amount utilized by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to make Restricted Debt Payments pursuant to clause (14) of Section 4.07(b) hereof.

“Available Restricted Debt Payments Amount” means, at any time, (i) the amount of Restricted Debt Payments that may be made at the time of determination pursuant to clause (14) of Section 4.07(b) hereof, minus (ii) the amount of the Available Restricted Debt Payments Amount utilized by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to make Investments pursuant to clause (14) of the definition of “Permitted Investments.”

“Available Restricted Payments Amount” means, at any time, (i) the amount of Restricted Payments that may be made at the time of determination pursuant to clause (11) of Section 4.07(b) hereof, minus (ii) the amount of the Available Restricted Payments Amount utilized by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to make Investments pursuant to clause (14) of the definition of the term “Permitted Investments.”

“Bank Products” means any facilities or services related to cash management, including treasury, depository, overdraft, credit or debit card, purchase card, electronic funds transfer and other cash management arrangements.

“Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended.

 

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“Bankruptcy Law” means the Bankruptcy Code and any similar federal, state or foreign law for the relief of debtors.

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

“Business Successor” means (a) any former Subsidiary of the Company and (b) any Person that, after the Issue Date, has acquired, merged or consolidated with a Subsidiary of the Company (that results in such Subsidiary ceasing to be a Subsidiary of the Company) or acquired (in one transaction or a series of transactions) all or substantially all of the property and assets or business of a Subsidiary or assets constituting a business unit, line of business or division of a Subsidiary of the Company.

“Capital Stock” means:

(1) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock or shares in the capital of such corporation;

(2) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock;

(3) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership or membership interests (whether general or limited); and

(4) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person (it being understood and agreed, for the avoidance of doubt, that “cash-settled phantom appreciation programs” in connection with employee benefits that do not require a dividend or distribution shall not constitute Capital Stock) but excluding from all of the foregoing any debt securities convertible into Capital Stock, whether or not such debt securities include any right of participation with Capital Stock.

“Capitalized Lease” means any lease that has been or is required to be, in accordance with IFRS as in effect on the Issue Date, recorded as a capitalized lease; provided that for all purposes hereunder, the amount of obligations under any Capitalized Lease shall be the amount thereof accounted for as a liability in accordance with IFRS; provided, further, that all leases of such Person that are or would have been characterized as operating leases as determined in accordance with IFRS (IAS 17) as in effect prior to January 13, 2016 (whether or not such operating lease was in effect on such date) shall continue to be accounted for as an operating lease (and not as a Capitalized Lease or Capitalized Lease Obligation) for purposes of this Indenture notwithstanding the fact that such obligations are required in accordance with IFRS (on a prospective or retroactive basis or otherwise) to be characterized as capitalized lease obligations in the financial statements to be delivered pursuant to the Notes Documents.

“Capitalized Lease Obligation” means, at the time any determination thereof is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a Capitalized Lease that would at such time be required to be capitalized and reflected as a liability on a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) prepared in accordance with IFRS; provided that all obligations of any Person that are or would have been characterized as an operating lease as determined in accordance with IFRS (IAS 17) as in effect prior to January 13, 2016 (whether or not such operating lease was in effect on such date) shall continue to be accounted for as an operating lease (and not as a Capitalized Lease or Capitalized Lease Obligation) for purposes of this Indenture regardless of any change in IFRS following such date that would otherwise require such obligation to be recharacterized as a Capitalized Lease Obligation, to the extent that financial reporting shall not be affected hereby.

 

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“Capitalized Software Expenditures” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the aggregate of all expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as liabilities) by a Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period in respect of licensed or purchased software or internally developed software and software enhancements that, in conformity with IFRS, are or are required to be reflected as capitalized costs on the consolidated balance sheet of a Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries.

“Cash Equivalents” means:

(1) United States dollars;

(2) (a) Canadian dollars, Yen, pounds sterling, euros, or any national currency of any participating member state of the EMU or (b) in the case of any Foreign Subsidiary, such local currencies held by it from time to time in the ordinary course of business;

(3) securities issued or directly and fully and unconditionally guaranteed or insured by the U.S. government or any agency or instrumentality thereof, Canada, Switzerland, a member of the European Union rated “A” (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P and A2 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moody’s, the securities of which are unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation of such government with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;

(4) certificates of deposit, time deposits and eurodollar time deposits with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition, bankers’ acceptances with maturities not exceeding 24 months and overnight bank deposits, in each case with any domestic or foreign commercial bank having capital and surplus of not less than $250.0 million in the case of U.S. banks or $100.0 million (or the U.S. dollar equivalent as of the date of determination) in the case of non-U.S. banks (any such bank being an “Approved Bank”);

(5) repurchase obligations for underlying securities of the types described in clause (3), (4) or (7) entered into with any financial institution or recognized securities dealer meeting the qualifications specified in clause (4) above;

(6) commercial paper and variable or fixed rate notes rated at least P-2 by Moody’s or at least A-2 by S&P (or, if at any time neither Moody’s nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another Rating Agency) and in each case maturing within 24 months after the date of creation thereof;

(7) marketable short-term money market and similar securities having a rating of at least P-2 or A-2 from either Moody’s or S&P, respectively (or, if at any time neither Moody’s nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another Rating Agency) and in each case maturing within 24 months after the date of creation thereof;

(8) readily marketable direct obligations issued by any state, commonwealth or territory of the United States of America or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or any instrumentality thereof having an Investment Grade Rating from either Moody’s or S&P (or, if at any time neither Moody’s nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another Rating Agency) with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;

(9) Indebtedness or Preferred Stock issued by Persons with a rating of “A” or higher from S&P or “A2” or higher from Moody’s (or, if at any time neither Moody’s nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another Rating Agency) with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition; (10) readily marketable direct obligations issued by any foreign government or any political subdivision or public instrumentality thereof, in each case having an Investment Grade Rating from any of Moody’s or S&P (or, if at any time neither Moody’s nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another Rating Agency) with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;

 

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(11) Investments with average maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition in money market funds rated AAA- (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or Aaa3 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moody’s (or, if at any time neither Moody’s nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another Rating Agency);

(12) repurchase agreements entered into by any Person with an Approved Bank, a bank or trust company or recognized securities dealer, in each case, having capital and surplus in excess of $250.0 million or its equivalent for direct obligations issued by or fully guaranteed or insured by the government or any agency or instrumentality of (i) the United States, (ii) Canada, (iii) Switzerland or (iv) any member nation of the European Union rated A (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P and A2 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moody’s, in which such Person shall have a perfected first priority security interest (subject to no other Liens) or title to which shall have been transferred to such Person and having, on the date of purchase thereof, a fair market value of at least 100.0% of the amount of the repurchase obligations;

(13) instruments equivalent to those referred to in clauses (1) through (12) above denominated in euros or any other foreign currency comparable in credit quality and tenor to those referred to above and customarily used by corporations for cash management purposes in any jurisdiction outside the United States to the extent reasonably required in connection with any business conducted by any Subsidiary organized in such jurisdiction;

(14) investments, classified in accordance with IFRS as current assets of the Company or any Subsidiary, in money market investment programs that are registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 or that are administered by financial institutions having capital of at least $250.0 million or its equivalent, and, in either case, the portfolios of which are limited such that substantially all of such investments are of the character, quality and maturity described in clauses (1) through (13) of this definition;

(15) with respect to any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States of America, any State, commonwealth or territory thereof or the District of Columbia: (i) obligations of the national government of the country in which such Subsidiary maintains its chief executive office and principal place of business; provided such country is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, in each case maturing within one year after the date of investment therein, (ii) certificates of deposit of, bankers acceptances of, or time deposits with, any commercial bank which is organized and existing under the laws of the country in which such Subsidiary maintains its chief executive office and principal place of business; provided such country is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, and whose short-term commercial paper rating from S&P is at least “A-2” or the equivalent thereof or from Moody’s is at least “P-2” or the equivalent thereof (any such bank being an “Approved Foreign Bank”), and in each case with maturities of not more than 24 months from the date of acquisition and (iii) the equivalent of demand deposit accounts which are maintained with an Approved Foreign Bank; and (16) investment funds investing at least 90.0% of their assets in securities of the types described in clauses (1) through (15) above.

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, Cash Equivalents shall include amounts denominated in currencies other than those set forth in clauses (1) or (2) above or the immediately preceding paragraph; provided that such amounts are converted into any currency set forth in clauses (1) or (2) above or the immediately preceding paragraph as promptly as practicable and in any event within ten Business Days following the receipt of such amounts.

In the case of Investments by any Foreign Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary or Investments made in a country outside the United States of America, Cash Equivalents shall also include (a) investments of the type and maturity described in clauses (1) through (16) above of foreign obligors, which Investments or obligors (or the parents of such obligors) have ratings described in such clauses or equivalent ratings from comparable foreign rating agencies and (b) other short term investments utilized by Foreign Subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with normal investment practices for cash management in investments analogous to the foregoing investments in clauses (1) through (16) above and in this paragraph.

For purposes of determining the maximum permissible maturity of any investments described in this definition, the maturity of any obligation is deemed to be the shortest of the following: (i) the stated maturity date; (ii) the weighted average life (for amortizing securities); (iii) the next interest rate reset for variable rate and auction-rate obligations; or (iv) the next put exercise date (for obligations with put features).

“Cash Management Obligations” means (a) obligations of direct or indirect parent companies of the Company, the Company or any Subsidiary in respect of any overdraft and related liabilities arising from treasury, depository, cash pooling arrangements and cash management services or any automated clearing house transfers of funds and (b) other obligations in respect of netting services, employee credit or purchase card programs and similar arrangements.

“CFC” means a “controlled foreign corporation” within the meaning of Section 957(a) of the Code.

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

(1) the sale, lease or transfer, in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Person other than a Restricted Subsidiary; or

(2) the Company becomes aware of (by way of a report or any other filing pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, proxy, vote, written notice or otherwise) the acquisition by any Person or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, or any successor provision), including any group acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding or disposing of securities (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act, or any successor provision), in a single transaction or in a related series of transactions, by way of merger, amalgamation, consolidation or other business combination or purchase of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, or any successor provision) of 50.0% or more of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company other than in connection with any transaction or series of transactions in which the Company shall become a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of a parent entity of which no person or group, as noted above, holds 50.0% or more of the total voting power.

 

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Notwithstanding the preceding or any provision of Section 13d-3 of the Exchange Act, (i) a Person or group shall not be deemed to beneficially own Voting Stock subject to a stock or asset purchase agreement, merger agreement, option agreement, warrant agreement or similar agreement (or voting or option or similar agreement related thereto) until the consummation of the acquisition of the Voting Stock in connection with the transactions contemplated by such agreement, (ii) [reserved], (iii) a Person or group will not be deemed to beneficially own the Voting Stock of another Person as a result of its ownership of Voting Stock or other securities of such other Person’s parent entity (or related contractual rights) unless it owns 50.0% or more of the total voting power of the Voting Stock entitled to vote for the election of directors of such parent entity having a majority of the aggregate votes on the board of directors (or similar body) of such parent entity and (iv) the right to acquire Voting Stock (so long as such Person does not have the right to direct the voting of the Voting Stock subject to such right) or any veto power in connection with the acquisition or disposition of Voting Stock will not cause a party to be a beneficial owner.

For the purpose of this definition, so long as at the time of any Minority Business Disposition or any Minority Business Offering the Minority Business Disposition Condition is met, the Minority Business Assets shall not be deemed at any time to constitute all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, and any sale or transfer of all or any part of the Minority Business Assets (whether directly or indirectly, whether by sale or transfer of any such assets, or of any Capital Stock or other interest in any Person holding such assets, or by merger or consolidation, or any combination thereof, and whether in one or more transactions, or otherwise, including any Minority Business Offering or any Minority Business Disposition) shall not be deemed at any time to constitute a sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries.

“Clearstream” means Clearstream Banking S.A. and its successors.

“Code” means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any successor thereto.

“Collateral” means all the assets and properties subject to the Liens created by the Collateral Documents as security for the Notes Obligations.

“Collateral Documents” means, collectively, any security agreements, hypotecs, intellectual property security agreements, mortgages, collateral assignments, security agreement supplements, pledge agreements, bond or any similar agreements, guarantees and each of the other agreements, instruments or documents that creates or purports to create a Lien or guarantee in favor of the Notes Collateral Agent for its benefit and the benefit of the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes in all or any portion of the Collateral, as amended, extended, renewed, restated, refunded, replaced, refinanced, supplemented, modified or otherwise changed from time to time.

“Company” means Connect Bidco Limited, a non-cellular company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of Guernsey and a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Holdings.

“Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense” means with respect to any Person for any period, the total amount of depreciation and amortization expense for such period, including the amortization of deferred financing fees, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses and Capitalized Software Expenditures of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period (including such expense attributable to held-for-sale discontinued operations) determined on a consolidated basis and otherwise determined in accordance with IFRS.

 

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“Consolidated EBITDA” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period,

(1) increased (without duplication) by the following, in each case, to the extent deducted (and not added back) in arriving at Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period:

(a) taxes paid (including pursuant to any tax sharing arrangements) and provisions for taxes of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries, including, in each case federal, state, provincial, local, foreign, unitary, franchise, excise, property, withholding, use and similar taxes, including any penalties and interest, plus, without duplication, Tax Distributions paid or accrued during such period; plus

(b) Fixed Charges of such Person for such period (including (1) premium payments, debt discount, fees, charges and related expenses incurred in connection with borrowed money (including capitalized interest) or in connection with the deferred purchase price of assets, (2) the portion of rent expense with respect to such period under Capitalized Lease Obligations that is treated as interest expense in accordance with IFRS, (3) the implied interest component of synthetic leases with respect to such period, (4) net losses on Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments entered into for the purpose of hedging interest rate risk, net of interest income and gains with respect to such obligations plus bank fees, (5) bank and letter of credit fees and costs of surety bonds in connection with financing activities, and (6) any commissions, discounts, yield and other fees and charges (including any interest expense) related to any Receivables Facility, in each case, to the extent included in Fixed Charges), together with items excluded from the definition of “Consolidated Interest Expense” pursuant to clauses 1(o) through 1(z) thereof; plus

(c) Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense of such Person for such period; plus

(d) any expenses or charges (other than depreciation or amortization expense) related to any Equity Offering, Permitted Investment, Restricted Payment, acquisition, disposition, recapitalization or the incurrence of Indebtedness (and any amendment or modification to any such transaction) (including a refinancing thereof) (whether or not successful), including (i) such fees, expenses or charges related to the incurrence of all Transaction Costs, (ii) such fees, expenses, or charges related to the Notes Documents and any other credit facilities, or debt issuances and (iii) any amendment or other modification of indebtedness; plus

(e) restructuring charges, accruals or reserves (including restructuring and integration costs related to acquisitions and adjustments to existing reserves), integration and facilities opening costs or other business optimization expenses, one-time restructuring costs incurred in connection with acquisitions made after the Issue Date, project startup costs and costs related to the closure and/or consolidation of facilities, in each case, whether or not classified as restructuring expense on the consolidated financial statements; provided that the aggregate amount added pursuant to this clause (e), when taken together with the aggregate amount of “run rate” cost savings, operating expense reductions, other operating improvements and synergies related to any Specified Transaction, any restructuring, cost saving initiative or other initiative added pursuant to clause (2)(a) below, shall not exceed 20.0% of Consolidated EBITDA (calculated after giving effect to such addbacks for any Test Period); plus (f) any other non-cash charges, including, without limitation, any write offs or write downs, reducing Consolidated Net Income for such period; provided that if any such non-cash charges represent an accrual or reserve for potential cash items in any future period, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall be subtracted from Consolidated EBITDA to such extent, and excluding amortization of a prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior period; plus

 

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(g) the amount of any non-controlling interest expense consisting of income attributable to non-controlling interests of third parties in any non-Wholly Owned Subsidiary; plus

(h) the amount of board of directors fees and management, monitoring, consulting, advisory fees and other fees (including termination and transaction fees), indemnities and related expenses paid or accrued in such period to the extent otherwise permitted under Section 4.11 hereof; plus

(i) (x) start-up fees, losses, costs, charges, expenses or payments incurred in the first twelve (12) months following the commitment to open a new facility with respect to the prospecting, opening, and organizing of any new facility (including, but not limited to, the cost of feasibility studies, staff-training and recruiting costs, advertising and marketing costs, rental or mortgage costs, compensation costs, insurance costs, travel costs and other employee related costs and expenses for employees engaged in such startup activities), (y) operating losses of new facilities (including, but not limited to, allocation of corporate overhead expenses) incurred in the first twelve (12) months following the opening of such new facility and (z) expenses relating to any remodeling costs attributable to any existing facility; plus

(j) the amount of losses on dispositions of accounts receivable, Receivables Assets and related assets incurred in connection with a Receivables Facility; plus

(k) any costs or expense incurred by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement, any severance agreement or any stock subscription or shareholder agreement, to the extent that such cost or expenses are funded with cash proceeds contributed to the capital of the Company or net cash proceeds of an issuance of Equity Interest of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock) solely to the extent that such net cash proceeds are excluded from the calculation set forth in clause (3)(b) of Section 4.07(a) hereof; plus

(l) any net pension or other post-employment benefit costs representing amortization of unrecognized prior service costs, actuarial losses, including amortization of such amounts arising in prior periods, amortization of the unrecognized net obligation (and loss or cost) existing at the date of initial application of IAS 19, 26 and 37, and any other items of a similar nature; plus (m) operating expenses incurred on or prior to the Issue Date attributable to (A) salary obligations paid to employees terminated prior to the Issue Date and (B) wages paid to executives in excess of the amounts the Company and its Subsidiaries are required to pay pursuant to any employment agreements; plus

 

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(n) any net loss from discontinued operations; plus

(o) cash receipts (or any netting arrangements resulting in reduced cash expenditures) not representing Consolidated EBITDA or Consolidated Net Income in any period to the extent non cash gains relating to such income were deducted in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to clause (3) below for any previous period and not added back; plus

(p) any loss relating to amounts paid in cash prior to the stated settlement date of any hedging obligation that has been reflected in Consolidated Net Income for such period; plus

(q) any gain relating to hedging obligations associated with transactions realized in the current period that has been reflected in Consolidated Net Income in prior periods and excluded from Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to clauses (3)(c) and (3)(d) below; plus

(r) the amount of expenses relating to payments made to option holders of any direct or indirect parent company of the Company or any of its direct or indirect parent companies in connection with, or as a result of, any distribution being made to shareholders of such Person or its direct or indirect parent companies, which payments are being made to compensate such option holders as though they were shareholders at the time of, and entitled to share in, such distribution, in each case to the extent permitted under this Indenture; plus

(s) earn-out and contingent consideration obligations (including to the extent accounted for as bonuses or otherwise) and adjustments thereof and purchase price adjustments, in each case in connection with acquisitions or Investments; plus

(t) Public Company Costs; plus

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(a) the amount of “run rate” cost savings, operating expense reductions, other operating improvements and synergies (other than revenue synergies) related to any Specified Transaction, the Transactions, any restructuring, cost saving initiative or other initiative projected by the Company in good faith to be realized as a result of actions taken, committed to be taken or planned to be taken, in each case on or prior to the date that is 18 months after the end of the relevant period (including actions initiated prior to the Issue Date) (which cost savings, operating expense reductions, other operating improvements and synergies shall be added to Consolidated EBITDA until fully realized and calculated on a pro forma basis as though such cost savings, operating expense reductions, other operating improvements, and synergies had been realized on the first day of the relevant period), net of the amount of actual benefits realized from such actions; provided that (A) such cost savings, operating expense reductions, other operating improvements and synergies are reasonably identifiable and quantifiable and (B) no cost savings, operating expense reductions, other operating improvements, or synergies shall be added pursuant to this clause (a) to the extent duplicative of any expenses or charges relating to such cost savings, operating expense reductions, other operating improvements, or synergies that are included in any other clause of this definition or in the definition of “Pro Forma Adjustment” (it being understood and agreed that “run rate” shall mean the full recurring benefit that is associated with any action taken); provided, further, that the aggregate amount of “run rate” cost savings, operating expense reductions, other operating improvements, and synergies related to any Specified Transaction, any restructuring, cost saving initiative or other initiative added pursuant to this clause (2)(a), when taken together with the aggregate amount added pursuant to clause (1)(e) above, shall not exceed 20.0% of Consolidated EBITDA (calculated after giving effect to any such addbacks for any Test Period); plus

(b) adjustments consistent with Regulation S-X;

(3) decreased (without duplication) by the following, in each case, to the extent included in determining Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period:

(a) non-cash gains increasing Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period, excluding any non-cash gains to the extent they represent the reversal of an accrual or reserve for a potential cash item that reduced Consolidated EBITDA in any prior period; plus

(b) the amount of any non-controlling interest consisting of loss attributable to non-controlling interests of third parties in any non-Wholly Owned Subsidiaries; plus

(c) any gain relating to amounts received in cash prior to the stated settlement date of any hedging obligation that has been reflected in Consolidated Net Income in such period; and

(d) any loss relating to hedging obligations associated with transactions realized in the current period that has been reflected in Consolidated Net Income in prior periods and excluded from Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to clauses (1)(p) and (1)(q) above.

(4) increased by any income from investments recorded using the equity method of accounting or the cost method of accounting, without duplication and to the extent not included in arriving at Consolidated Net Income, except to the extent such income was attributable to income that would be deducted pursuant to clause (3) above if it were income of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

(5) decreased by any losses from investments recorded using the equity method of accounting or the cost method of accounting, without duplication and to the extent not deducted in arriving at Consolidated Net Income, except to the extent such loss was attributable to losses that would be added back pursuant to clause (1) above if it were a loss of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; (6) increased by an amount, with respect to investments recorded using the equity method of accounting or the cost method of accounting and without duplication of any amounts added pursuant to clause (4) above, equal to the amount attributable to each such investment that would be added to Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to clause (1) above if instead attributable to the Company or a Subsidiary, pro-rated according to the Company’s or the applicable Subsidiary’s percentage ownership in such investment;

 

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(7) decreased by an amount, with respect to investments recorded using the equity method of accounting or the cost method of accounting and without duplication of any amounts deducted pursuant to clause (5) above, equal to the amount attributable to each such investment that would be deducted from Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to clause (3) above if instead attributable to the Company or a Subsidiary, pro-rated according to the Company’s or the applicable Subsidiary’s percentage ownership in such investment;

in each case, as determined on a consolidated basis for such Person in accordance with IFRS; provided that:

(I) to the extent included in Consolidated Net Income, there shall be excluded in determining Consolidated EBITDA currency translation gains and losses related to currency remeasurements of assets or liabilities (including the net loss or gain resulting from hedging agreements for currency exchange risk and revaluations of intercompany balances);

(II) to the extent included in Consolidated Net Income, there shall be excluded in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period any adjustments resulting from the application of IFRS 9;

(III) there shall be included in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period, without duplication, (A) to the extent not included in Consolidated Net Income, the Acquired EBITDA of any Person, property, business or asset or attributable to any Person, property, business or asset acquired by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary during such period (other than any Unrestricted Subsidiary) to the extent not subsequently sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of (but not including the Acquired EBITDA of any related Person, property, business or assets to the extent not so acquired) (each such Person, property, business or asset acquired, including pursuant to the Transactions or pursuant to a transaction consummated prior to the Issue Date, and not subsequently so disposed of, an “Acquired Entity or Business”), and the Acquired EBITDA of any Unrestricted Subsidiary that is converted into a Restricted Subsidiary during such period (each, a “Converted Restricted Subsidiary”), in each case based on the Acquired EBITDA of such Pro Forma Entity for such period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such acquisition or conversion) determined on a historical pro forma basis and (B) an adjustment in respect of each Pro Forma Entity equal to the amount of the pro forma adjustment with respect to such Pro Forma Entity for such period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such acquisition or conversion); provided that with respect to any determination to be made on a pro forma basis, at the election of the Company, such Acquired EBITDA or such adjustment shall not be required to be included for any Pro Forma Entity to the extent the aggregate consideration paid in connection with the acquisition of such Acquired Entity or Business or the fair market value of such Converted Restricted Subsidiary, in the aggregate, is less than $375.0 million; (IV) there shall be (A) to the extent included in Consolidated Net Income, excluded in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period the Disposed EBITDA of any Person, property, business or asset (other than any Unrestricted Subsidiary) sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of, closed or classified as discontinued operations in accordance with IFRS (other than (x) if so classified on the basis that it is being held for sale unless such sale has actually occurred during such period and (y) for periods prior to the applicable sale, transfer or other disposition, if the Disposed EBITDA of such Person, property, business or asset is positive (i.e., if such Disposed EBITDA is negative, it shall be added back in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period)) by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary during such period (each such Person, property, business or asset so sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of, closed or classified, a “Sold Entity or Business”), and the Disposed EBITDA of any Restricted Subsidiary that is converted into an Unrestricted Subsidiary during such period (each, a “Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary”), in each case based on the Disposed EBITDA of such Sold Entity or Business or Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary for such period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such sale, transfer, disposition, closure, classification or conversion) determined on a historical pro forma basis and (B) to the extent not included in Consolidated Net Income, included in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period in which a Sold Entity or Business is disposed, an adjustment equal to the Pro Forma Disposal Adjustment with respect to such Sold Entity or Business (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such disposal); and

 

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(V) to the extent included in Consolidated Net Income, there shall be excluded in determining Consolidated EBITDA any expense (or income) as a result of adjustments recorded to contingent consideration liabilities relating to the Transactions or any acquisition (or other Investment not prohibited under this Indenture).

“Consolidated Interest Expense” means, with respect to any Person for any period, without duplication,

(1) consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent such expense was deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income, including (i) amortization of original issue discount resulting from the issuance of Indebtedness at less than par, other than with respect to Indebtedness borrowed under the Senior Credit Facilities in connection with the Transactions, (ii) all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit or bankers acceptances, (iii) non-cash interest payments (but excluding any non-cash interest expense attributable to the movement in the mark to market valuation of Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments pursuant to IFRS), (iv) the interest component of Capitalized Lease Obligations, and (v) net payments, if any, pursuant to interest rate Hedging Obligations with respect to Indebtedness, and excluding (o) all non-recurring cash interest expense consisting of liquidated damages for failure to timely comply with registration rights obligations, (p) any interest expense attributable to the exercise of appraisal rights and the settlement of any claims or actions (whether actual, contingent or potential) with respect thereto and with respect to any Investment, (q) any prepayment premium or penalty, (r) costs associated with obtaining Hedging Obligations and breakage costs in respect of Hedging Obligations related to interest rates, (s) any accretion of accrued interest on discounted liabilities (other than Indebtedness except to the extent arising from the application of purchase accounting), (t) penalties and interest relating to taxes, (u) accretion or accrual of discounted liabilities not constituting Indebtedness, (v) any expense resulting from the discounting of Indebtedness in connection with the application of recapitalization or purchase accounting, (w) any “additional interest” with respect to debt securities, (x) amortization or expensing of deferred financing fees, amendment and consent fees, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses, and original issue discount with respect to Indebtedness borrowed under Credit Facilities in connection with the Transactions, (y) any amortization or expensing of bridge, commitment and other financing fees and (z) commissions, discounts, yield and other fees and charges (including any interest expense) related to any Receivables Facility; plus (2) consolidated capitalized interest of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued; less

 

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(3) interest income for such period.

For purposes of this definition, interest on a Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by such Person to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance with IFRS.

“Consolidated Net Income” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the aggregate of the Net Income, of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis, and otherwise determined in accordance with IFRS; provided, however, that, without duplication,

(1) any extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual gains or losses (less all fees and expenses relating thereto) or expenses (including the Transaction Costs or any multi-year strategic cost-saving initiatives, any unusual or non-recurring operating expenses directly attributable to the implementation of cost savings initiatives and any accruals or reserves in respect of any extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual items), severance, relocation costs, integration and facilities’ opening costs and other business optimization expenses (including related to new product introductions), recruiting fees, restructuring charges, accruals or reserves (including restructuring and integration costs related to acquisitions after the Issue Date and adjustments to existing reserves), whether or not classified as restructuring expense on the consolidated financial statements, signing costs, retention or completion bonuses, transition costs, costs related to closure/consolidation of facilities, internal costs in respect of strategic initiatives and curtailments or modifications to pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans (including any settlement of pension liabilities) shall be excluded;

(2) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles during such period shall be excluded;

(3) any income (loss) from disposed, abandoned or discontinued operations and any gains or losses on disposal of disposed, abandoned or discontinued operations shall be excluded (but if such operations are classified as discontinued due to the fact that they are subject to an agreement to dispose of such operations, only when and to the extent such operations are actually disposed of);

(4) any gains or losses (less all fees and expenses relating thereto) attributable to asset dispositions, disposals or abandonments other than in the ordinary course of business, as determined in good faith by the Company, shall be excluded;

(5) the Net Income for such period of any Person that is an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Person that is not a Subsidiary or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting shall be excluded; provided that Consolidated Net Income of such other Person shall be increased by the amount of dividends or distributions or other payments that are actually paid in cash or Cash Equivalents to such other Person or a Restricted Subsidiary of such other Person by such Person in such period;

 

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(6) solely for the purpose of determining the amount available for Restricted Payments under clause (3)(a) of Section 4.07(a) hereof, the Net Income for such period of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Guarantor) shall be excluded to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by such Restricted Subsidiary of its Net Income is not at the date of determination permitted without any prior governmental approval (which has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, is otherwise restricted by the operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders other than (a) restrictions that have been waived or otherwise released, (b) restrictions pursuant to the Senior Credit Facilities, the Notes or this Indenture and (c) restrictions specified in clause (19) of Section 4.08(b) hereof; provided that Consolidated Net Income of the Company shall be increased by the amount of dividends or other distributions or other payments actually paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) or Cash Equivalents to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof in respect of such period, to the extent not already included therein;

(7) effects of adjustments (including the effects of such adjustments pushed down to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries) in the inventory, property and equipment, software, goodwill, other intangible assets, in-process research and development, deferred revenue, debt line items and other non-cash charges in such Person’s consolidated financial statements pursuant to IFRS and related authoritative pronouncements resulting from the application of recapitalization, purchase or acquisition method accounting in relation to the Transactions or any consummated acquisition or Investment or the amortization or write-off of any amounts thereof, net of taxes, shall be excluded;

(8) any income (loss) from the early extinguishment or conversion of (a) Indebtedness, (b) Hedging Obligations or (c) other derivative instruments shall be excluded;

(9) any impairment charge or asset write-off or write-down, including impairment charges or asset write-offs or write-downs related to goodwill and other intangible assets, long-lived assets, investments in debt and equity securities or as a result of a change in law or regulation, in each case, pursuant to IFRS, and the amortization of intangibles arising pursuant to IFRS shall be excluded;

(10) (i) any non-cash compensation charge or expense, including any such charge or expense arising from the grants of stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options, restricted stock or other rights or equity incentive programs, (ii) income (loss) attributable to deferred compensation plans or trusts, (iii) any cash charges associated with the rollover, acceleration or payout of Equity Interests by management of the Company or any of its direct or indirect parent companies in connection with the Transactions and (iv) the amount of any expense required to be recorded as compensation expense related to contingent transaction consideration shall be excluded;

(11) any fees, expenses (including any transaction or retention bonus or similar payment) or charges incurred during such period, or any amortization thereof for such period, in connection with any acquisition, non-recurring costs to acquire equipment to the extent not capitalized in accordance with IFRS, Investment (including Investments in the form of Recruitment Notes and associated fees and expenses paid to recruiters in connection therewith), recapitalization, asset disposition, non-competition agreement, issuance, incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness (including such fees, expenses or charges related to the offering of the Notes and the Senior Credit Facilities), issuance of Equity Interests, refinancing transaction or amendment or modification of or waiver or consent relating to any debt instrument (including the Notes and the Senior Credit Facilities) and including, in each case, without limitation, the Transaction Costs and any such transaction consummated prior to the Issue Date and any such transaction undertaken but not completed and any charges or non-recurring merger or amalgamation costs incurred during such period as a result of any such transaction, in each case whether or not successful (including, for avoidance of doubt, the effects of expensing all transaction-related expenses in accordance with IFRS 3), shall be excluded; (12) accruals and reserves that are established or adjusted as a result of the Transactions or an Investment permitted under this Indenture in accordance with IFRS (including any adjustment of estimated payouts on earn-outs) or changes as a result of the adoption or modification of accounting policies during such period shall be excluded;

 

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(13) any expenses, charges, lost profits or losses that are covered by indemnification, insurance or other reimbursement provisions in connection with the Transactions, any investment, acquisition or any sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition of assets permitted under this Indenture, to the extent actually reimbursed, or, so long as the Company has made a determination that a reasonable basis exists for indemnification, insurance or reimbursement and only to the extent that such amount is (i) not denied by the applicable carrier (without any right of appeal thereof) within 180 days and (ii) in fact indemnified or reimbursed within 365 days of such determination (with a deduction in the applicable future period for any amount so added back to the extent not so indemnified or reimbursed within such 365 days), shall be excluded;

(14) to the extent covered by insurance and actually reimbursed, or, so long as the Company has made a determination that there exists reasonable evidence that such amount will in fact be reimbursed by the insurer and only to the extent that such amount is in fact reimbursed within 365 days of the date of such determination (with a deduction in the applicable future period for any amount so added back to the extent not so reimbursed within such 365 day period), expenses, charges or losses with respect to liability or casualty events or business interruption shall be excluded;

(15) any net pension costs or other post-employment benefit costs representing amortization of unrecognized prior service costs, actuarial losses, including amortization of such amounts arising in prior periods, amortization of the unrecognized net obligation (and loss or cost) and any other non-cash items of a similar nature, shall be excluded;

(16) any Transaction Costs shall be excluded;

(17) any income (loss) from Investments recorded using the equity method of accounting (but including any cash dividends or distributions actually received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of such investment) shall be excluded;

(18) the following items shall be excluded:

(a) any non-cash gain or loss (after any offset) attributable to the mark to market movement in the valuation of Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments pursuant to IFRS 9 or mark to market movement of other financial instruments pursuant to IFRS 9 shall be excluded; provided that any cash payments or receipts relating to transactions realized in a given period shall be taken into account in such period,

(b) any non-cash gain or loss (after any offset) from currency translation and transaction gains or losses including those related to currency remeasurements of Indebtedness (including any net gain or loss resulting from hedging agreements for currency exchange risk and revaluations of intercompany balances) any other monetary assets and liabilities; and (19) any non-cash expenses, accruals or reserves related to adjustments to historical tax exposures (provided, in each case, that the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall be subtracted from Consolidated Net Income for the period in which such cash payment was made) shall be excluded.

 

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In addition, to the extent not already included in Consolidated Net Income, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, Consolidated Net Income shall include the amount of proceeds received or due from business interruption insurance or reimbursement of expenses and charges that are covered by indemnification and other reimbursement provisions in connection with any acquisition or other Investment or any disposition of any asset permitted hereunder.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the purpose of Section 4.07 hereof only (other than clause (3)(d) of Section 4.07(a)), there shall be excluded from Consolidated Net Income any income arising from any sale or other disposition of Restricted Investments made by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, any repurchases and redemptions of Restricted Investments from the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, any repayments of loans and advances which constitute Restricted Investments by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, any sale or other disposition of the stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any distribution or dividend from an Unrestricted Subsidiary, in each case only to the extent such amounts increase the amount of Restricted Payments permitted under clause (3)(d) of Section 4.07(a) hereof.

“Consolidated Senior Secured First Lien Indebtedness” means, as of any date of determination, the aggregate amount of Consolidated Total Indebtedness of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding on such date that is not subordinated in right of payment to the Secured Obligations and that is secured by a Lien on the Collateral on an equal priority basis with Liens on the Collateral securing the Secured Obligations (including, for avoidance of doubt, the Secured Obligations), determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with IFRS.

“Consolidated Senior Secured Indebtedness” means, as of any date of determination, the aggregate amount of Consolidated Total Indebtedness of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding on such date that is not subordinated in right of payment to the Secured Obligations and that is secured by a Lien on the Collateral, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with IFRS.

“Consolidated Total Indebtedness” means, as of any date of determination, the aggregate amount of Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding on such date, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with IFRS (but excluding the effects of any discounting of Indebtedness resulting from the application of the acquisition method accounting in connection with the Transactions or any Permitted Acquisition (or other Investment not prohibited hereunder)) and consisting only of Indebtedness for borrowed money, drawn obligations under letters of credit that have not been reimbursed after two (2) Business Days, Capitalized Lease Obligations, debt obligations evidenced by promissory notes or similar instruments and Preferred Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors, but excluding any obligations under or in respect of Receivables Facilities and excluding outstanding revolving loans used to finance seasonal working capital needs of the Company and its Subsidiaries (as reasonably determined by the Company in its reasonable discretion), minus the lesser of (i) the aggregate amount of cash and Cash Equivalents (in each case, free and clear of all liens, other than Permitted Liens), excluding cash and Cash Equivalents that are listed as “restricted” on the consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date, but including cash and Cash Equivalents subject to a Permitted Lien (which may also secure other Indebtedness secured by a pari passu or junior lien on the Collateral along with the Secured Obligations) and (ii) $550.0 million.

 

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“Contingent Obligations” means, with respect to any Person, any obligation of such Person guaranteeing any leases, dividends or other obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness (“primary obligations”) of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including, without limitation, any obligation of such Person, whether or not contingent,

(1) to purchase any such primary obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor,

(2) to advance or supply funds

(a) for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation, or

(b) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor, or

(3) to purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof.

“Controlled Investment Affiliate” means, as to any Person, any other Person that directly or indirectly is in control of, is controlled by, or is under common control with such Person and is organized by such Person (or any Person controlling such Person) primarily for making direct or indirect equity or debt investments in the Company and/or other companies.

“Corporate Trust Office” shall be at the address of the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent, as applicable, specified in Section 12.02 hereof or such other address as to which the Trustee or Notes Collateral Agent, respectively, may give notice to the Holders and the Issuers.

“Converted Restricted Subsidiary” has the meaning set forth in clause (III) of the definition of “Consolidated EBITDA.”

“Credit Facilities” means, with respect to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, (a) one or more debt facilities or securities, including the Senior Credit Facilities, or other financing arrangements (including, without limitation, commercial paper facilities or indentures) providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, letters of credit or other long-term indebtedness, including any notes, securities, mortgages, guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, and (b) any amendments, supplements, modifications, extensions, renewals, restatements or refundings thereof and any indentures or credit facilities or commercial paper facilities that replace, refund or refinance any part of the loans, notes, other credit facilities or commitments thereunder, including any such replacement, refunding or refinancing facility or indenture (including Additional Notes under this Indenture) that increases the amount permitted to be borrowed thereunder or alters the maturity thereof (provided that such increase in borrowings is permitted under Section 4.09 hereof) or adds Restricted Subsidiaries as additional borrowers or guarantors thereunder and whether by the same or any other agent, lender or group of lenders.

“Custodian” means the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary with respect to the Notes in global form, or any successor entity thereto.

“Customary Intercreditor Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Senior Credit Facilities.

 

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“Declined Excess Proceeds” means the amount, if any, of Excess Proceeds declined by Holders of Notes in connection with any Asset Sale Offer.

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

“Definitive Note” means a certificated Note registered in the name of the Holder thereof and issued in accordance with Section 2.06(c) hereof, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto except that such Note shall not bear the Global Note Legend and shall not have the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto.

“Depositary” means, with respect to the Notes issuable or issued in whole or in part in global form, the Person specified in Section 2.03 hereof as the Depositary with respect to the Notes, and any and all successors thereto appointed as Depositary hereunder and having become such pursuant to the applicable provision of this Indenture.

“Designated Non-cash Consideration” means the fair market value of non-cash consideration received by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with an Asset Sale that is so designated as Designated Non-cash Consideration by the Company, less the amount of cash or Cash Equivalents received in connection with a subsequent sale, redemption or repurchase of or collection or payment on such Designated Non-cash Consideration.

“Designated Preferred Stock” means Preferred Stock of the Company or any direct or indirect parent company thereof (in each case other than Disqualified Stock) that is issued for cash (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary or an employee stock ownership plan or trust established by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) and is so designated as Designated Preferred Stock by the Company or the applicable parent corporation thereof, as the case may be, on the issuance date thereof, the cash proceeds of which are excluded from the calculation set forth in clause (3) of Section 4.07(a) hereof.

“Disinterested Director” means, with respect to any Affiliate Transaction, a member of the board of directors of the Company having no material direct or indirect financial interest in or with respect to such Affiliate Transaction. A member of the board of directors of the Company shall be deemed not to have such a financial interest by reason of such member’s holding Capital Stock of the Company or any options, warrants or other rights in respect of such Capital Stock.

“Disposed EBITDA” means, with respect to any Sold Entity or Business or Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary for any period through (but not after) the date of such disposition, the amount for such period of Consolidated EBITDA of such Sold Entity or Business or Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary (determined as if references to the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries in the definition of the term “Consolidated EBITDA” (and in the component financial definitions used therein) were references to such Sold Entity or Business and its subsidiaries or to such Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary and its subsidiaries), all as determined on a consolidated basis for such Sold Entity or Business or Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary.

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“Disqualified Stock” means, with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock of such Person which, by its terms, or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is putable or exchangeable, or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely as a result of a change of control or asset sale) pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely as a result of a change of control or asset sale), in whole or in part, in each case prior to the date 91 days after the earlier of the maturity date of the Notes or the date the Notes are no longer outstanding; provided, however, that any Capital Stock held by any future, current or former employee, director, officer, manager or consultant (or their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members), of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, any of their direct or indirect parent companies or any other entity in which the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary has an Investment and is designated in good faith as an “affiliate” by the board of directors of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary (or the compensation committee thereof), in each case pursuant to any stock subscription or shareholders’ agreement, management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased by the Company or its Subsidiaries or in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, any Capital Stock that would constitute Disqualified Stock solely because the holders of the Capital Stock have the right to require the Company or a Subsidiary to repurchase such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of a change of control or an asset sale shall not constitute Disqualified Stock if the terms of such Capital Stock (and all such securities into which it is convertible or for which it is ratable or exchangeable) provide that the Company or such Subsidiary may not repurchase or redeem any such Capital Stock (and all such securities into which it is convertible or for which it is ratable or exchangeable) pursuant to such provisions unless such repurchase or redemption complies with the terms of this Indenture. The amount of Disqualified Stock deemed to be outstanding at any time for purposes of this Indenture shall be the maximum amount that the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries may become obligated to pay upon the maturity of, or pursuant to any mandatory redemption provisions of, such Disqualified Stock, exclusive of accrued dividends.

“Domestic Foreign Holdco” means any Subsidiary that is not a CFC, substantially all of whose assets (directly and/or indirectly through one or more Subsidiaries) are capital stock (and, if applicable, debt) of one or more Subsidiaries that are (1) CFCs that are direct or indirect Subsidiaries of a Domestic Subsidiary and/or (2) other Domestic Foreign Holdcos.

“Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is organized under the law of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia.

“EMU” means economic and monetary union as contemplated in the Treaty on European Union.

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

“Equity Offering” means any public or private sale of common stock or Preferred Stock of the Company or any of its direct or indirect parent companies (excluding Disqualified Stock), other than:

(1) public offerings with respect to the Company’s or any direct or indirect parent company’s common stock registered on Form S-8;

(2) issuances to any Subsidiary of the Company; and

(3) any such public or private sale that constitutes an Excluded Contribution or a Contributed Holdings Investment.

“euro” means the single currency of participating member states of the EMU.

“Euroclear” means Euroclear Bank SA/NV and its successors, as operator of the Euroclear System.

 

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“European Union” means all members of the European Union as of January 1, 2004.

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.

“Exchange Rate” means, on any day, the rate at which the currency other than the Required Currency may be exchanged into the Required Currency at approximately 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on such date on the Bloomberg Key Cross Currency Rates Page for the relevant currency. To the extent that such rate does not appear on any Bloomberg Key Cross Currency Rate Page, the Exchange Rate shall be determined by the Company in good faith.

“Excluded Assets” means (I) in relation to any Issuer or Guarantor organized in the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, (a) any fee-owned real property and all leasehold (including ground lease) interests in real property (including requirements to deliver landlord lien waivers, estoppels and collateral access letters), (b) motor vehicles and other assets subject to certificates of title except to the extent a security interest therein may be perfected by the filing of a UCC-1 financing statement, (c) letter-of-credit rights (except to the extent a security interest therein can be perfected with the filing of a UCC-1 financing statement), (d) commercial tort claims with a value of less than $75.0 million, and commercial tort claims for which (and only for so long as) no complaint or counterclaim has been filed in a court of competent jurisdiction, (e) Excluded Equity Interests, (f) any lease, license, sublicense, contract, other agreement, or any property subject to a purchase money security interest or similar arrangement not prohibited by this Indenture, to the extent and for so long as, the grant of a security interest therein (i) would require the consent of a third party other than any Issuer or Guarantor (unless such consent has been received), or (ii) violates or invalidates, constitutes a breach of or a default under, or creates a right of termination in favor of any other party thereto (other than any Issuer or Guarantor) to, such lease, contract, license, sublicense, other agreement or document, in each case of (i) or (ii) after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of the UCC of any applicable jurisdiction, (g) any asset of a Subsidiary subject to a Lien permitted by clause (8) of the definition of the term “Permitted Liens”, in each case if, to the extent and for so long as the grant of a Lien on such asset to secure the Secured Obligations is prohibited by any agreement permitted under this Indenture pursuant to which such Lien has been created so long as such prohibition is not created in contemplation of the transactions described in clause (8) of the definition of the term “Permitted Liens” (after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions in the UCC of any applicable jurisdiction), (h) any (i) intent-to-use trademark applications filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, pursuant to Section 1(b) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C.

 

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Section 1051, prior to the accepted filing of a “Statement of Use” and issuance of a “Certificate of Registration” pursuant to Section 1(d) of the Lanham Act or an accepted filing of an “Amendment to Allege Use” whereby such intent-to-use trademark application is converted to a “use in commerce” application pursuant to Section 1(c) of the Lanham Act and (ii) any other intellectual property in any jurisdiction where the grant, attachment or enforcement of a Lien thereon would cause the invalidation or abandonment, or result in the voiding, of such intellectual property under applicable law, (i) any asset of a Subsidiary if, to the extent and for so long as the grant of a Lien on such asset to secure the Secured Obligations is (i) prohibited by any requirements of law, any permitted contractual obligation disclosed in writing to the Notes Collateral Agent and binding on such asset on the Issue Date (or, if later, the date of acquisition of such asset, or the date a Person that owns such assets becomes a Guarantor, so long as any such prohibition is not created in contemplation of such acquisition or of such Person becoming a Guarantor) or any permitted agreement with any Governmental Authority binding on such asset (in each case, after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions in the UCC of any applicable jurisdiction) or (ii) would require the consent, approval, license or authorization from any Governmental Authority or regulatory authority, unless such consent, approval, license or authorization has been received (after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions in the UCC of any applicable jurisdiction), (j) margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U of the Board of Governors, as in effect from time to time), (k) Receivables Assets, (l) any deposit account or securities account that is used solely as a pension fund, escrow (including, without limitation, any escrow accounts for the benefit of customers), trust, or similar account, in each case, for the benefit of third parties, (m) assets to the extent a security interest in such assets would result in material adverse tax consequences to the Issuers (or, if applicable, the common parent of the Issuers’ consolidated group for applicable income tax purposes) and its Subsidiaries as reasonably determined by the Issuers in consultation with the Senior Credit Facilities Collateral Agent with respect to the corresponding requirement in the Senior Credit Facilities (n) any assets with respect to which, in the reasonable judgment of the Issuers and the Senior Credit Facilities Collateral Agent with respect to the corresponding requirement in the Senior Credit Facilities (as agreed to in writing), the cost, burden, difficulty or other consequences (including adverse tax consequences) of pledging such assets or perfecting a security interest therein shall be excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the lenders therefrom and (o) cash and Cash Equivalents, deposit accounts, commodities accounts and securities accounts (including securities entitlements and related assets) except to the extent constituting proceeds of Collateral; provided, however, that Excluded Assets shall not include any proceeds, substitutions or replacements of any Excluded Assets referred to in clauses (a) through (o) (unless such proceeds, substitutions or replacements would independently constitute Excluded Assets referred to in clauses (a) through (o)), (II) in relation to the relevant Issuer or Guarantor, any other excluded assets defined or described in any other Collateral Documents, as reasonably agreed between the Senior Credit Facilities Collateral Agent with respect to the corresponding requirement in the Senior Credit Facilities and the Company and (III) in relation to any Issuer or Guarantor organized in any jurisdiction other than the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, any assets of, held by or relating to, such Issuer or Guarantor, which, in each case, do not fall within the assets expressly contemplated under the definition of Overriding Principle (as defined in the Agreed Security Principles) or are otherwise excluded in accordance with the Agreed Security Principles. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein (but subject to the Agreed Security Principles in the case of any Issuer or Guarantor organized in any jurisdiction other than the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia), the Collateral shall include (and Excluded Assets shall not include) all Satellite Collateral; provided that the Collateral shall not include (and Excluded Assets shall include) any Satellite Collateral to the extent granting a security therein is contractually or legally prohibited, prevented by public policy or national security concern or requires governmental (including regulatory) consent, approval, license or authorization from any Governmental Authority.

“Excluded Contribution” means net cash proceeds, marketable securities or Qualified Proceeds received by the Company from:

(1) contributions to its common equity capital, and

(2) the sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the Company or to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement of the Company) of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock and Designated Preferred Stock) of the Company,

in each case designated as Excluded Contributions by the Company, which are excluded from the calculation set forth in clause (3) of Section 4.07(a) hereof.

“Excluded Equity Interests” shall mean, in relation to any Issuer or Guarantor organized in the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, (a) any of the outstanding voting Equity Interests or other voting ownership interests of any Subsidiary that is a CFC or Domestic Foreign Holdco in excess of 65.0% of all the voting Equity Interests or other voting ownership interests of such CFC or Domestic Foreign Holdco designated as having voting power, (b) any equity or other voting ownership interests in any Subsidiary that is not a first tier Subsidiary of any Issuer or a Guarantor, (c) any Equity Interests to the extent the pledge thereof would be prohibited or limited by any applicable requirement of law existing on the date hereof or on the date such Equity Interests are acquired by any Issuer or other Grantor or on the date the issuer of such Equity Interests is created other than to the extent that any such prohibition would be rendered ineffective pursuant to the applicable anti-assignment provisions in the UCC of any applicable jurisdiction, (d) the Equity Interests of a Subsidiary (other than a Wholly Owned Subsidiary) the pledge of which would violate such Subsidiary’s organizational or joint venture documents that is binding on or relating to such Equity Interests after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions in the UCC of any applicable jurisdiction, (e) the Equity Interests of any Unrestricted Subsidiaries and (f) the Equity Interests of any broker dealer or trust companies.

 

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“Existing Notes” means the 6.750% senior secured notes due 2026 in an aggregate principal amount of $2,075,000,000 issued by the Issuers pursuant to the Existing Notes Indenture.

“Existing Notes Agent” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Existing Notes Indenture.”

“Existing Notes Indenture” means that certain Indenture, dated as of the Existing Notes Issue Date, by and among the Issuers, the Guarantors (as defined therein) party thereto from time to time and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (in such capacity, the “Existing Notes Trustee”) and as notes collateral agent (in such capacity, the “Existing Notes Agent”), governing the Existing Notes and the related note guarantees, as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified or renewed, refunded, replaced, restructured, refinanced, repaid, increased or extended from time to time in accordance therewith.

“Existing Notes Issue Date” means October 7, 2019.

“Existing Notes Trustee” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Existing Notes Indenture.”

“fair market value” means, with respect to any asset or liability, the fair market value of such asset or liability as determined by the Company in good faith.

“Fitch” means Fitch, Inc., or any successor to its rating agency business.

“Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the ratio of Consolidated EBITDA of such Person for such period to the Fixed Charges of such Person for such period. In the event that the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary incurs, assumes, guarantees, redeems (or gives irrevocable notice of redemption for), repays, retires or extinguishes any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness incurred or repaid under any revolving credit facility, unless such Indebtedness has been permanently repaid and has not been replaced) or issues or redeems Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock subsequent to the commencement of the period for which the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is being calculated but prior to or simultaneously with the event for which the calculation of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is made (the “Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio Calculation Date”), then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to such incurrence, assumption, guarantee, redemption (including as contemplated by any such irrevocable notice of redemption), repayment, retirement or extinguishment of Indebtedness, or such issuance or redemption of Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, in the event an item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) is incurred or issued, any Lien is incurred or other transaction is undertaken in reliance on a ratio basket based on the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, Senior Secured First Lien Net Leverage Ratio, Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio or Total Net Leverage Ratio, such ratio(s) shall be calculated with respect to such incurrence, issuance or other transaction without giving effect to amounts being utilized under any other basket (other than a ratio basket based on the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, Senior Secured First Lien Net Leverage Ratio, Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio or Total Net Leverage Ratio) on the same date.

 

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Each item of Indebtedness that is incurred or issued, each Lien incurred and each other transaction undertaken will be deemed to have been incurred, issued or taken first, to the extent available, pursuant to the relevant Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, Senior Secured First Lien Net Leverage Ratio, Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio or Total Net Leverage Ratio test.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, in the event an item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) is incurred or issued, any Lien is incurred or other transaction is undertaken in reliance on a ratio basket based on a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, Senior Secured First Lien Net Leverage Ratio, Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio or Total Net Leverage Ratio, such ratio(s) shall be calculated without regard to the incurrence of any Indebtedness under any revolving facility or letter of credit facility (1) immediately prior to or in connection therewith or (2) used to finance working capital needs of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries.

This Indenture provides that any calculation or measure that is determined with reference to the Company’s financial statements (including, without limitation, Consolidated EBITDA, Consolidated Interest Expense, Consolidated Net Income, Fixed Charges, Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, Senior Secured First Lien Net Leverage Ratio, Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio and Total Net Leverage Ratio) may be determined with reference to the financial statements of a parent entity instead, so long as such parent entity does not hold any material assets other than, directly or indirectly, the Capital Stock of the Company.

For purposes of making the computation referred to in the paragraph above, Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, consolidations and disposed operations (as determined in accordance with IFRS) that have been made by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries during the four-quarter reference period or subsequent to such reference period and on or prior to or simultaneously with the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio Calculation Date shall be calculated on a pro forma basis assuming that all such Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, consolidations and disposed operations (and the change in any associated fixed charge obligations and the change in Consolidated EBITDA resulting therefrom) had occurred on the first day of the four-quarter reference period; provided that, at the election of the Company, no such pro forma adjustment to Consolidated EBITDA shall be required in respect of any such transaction to the extent the aggregate consideration in connection therewith was less than $375.0 million for the reference period. If since the beginning of such period any Person that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged with or into the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries since the beginning of such period shall have made any Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger, consolidation or disposed operation that would have required adjustment pursuant to this definition, then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect thereto for such period as if such Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger, consolidation or disposed operation had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period (subject to the threshold specified in the previous sentence).

For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to a transaction, the pro forma calculations shall be made in good faith by the Company (and may include, for the avoidance of doubt, reasonably identifiable and factually supportable cost savings, operating improvements, synergies (other than revenue synergies) and operating expense reductions resulting from such transactions that have been or are expected to be realized). If any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest and is being given pro forma effect, the interest on such Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the rate in effect on the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio Calculation Date had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any Hedging Obligations applicable to such Indebtedness). Interest on a Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by the Company to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance with IFRS.

 

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For purposes of making the computation referred to above, interest on any Indebtedness under a revolving credit facility computed on a pro forma basis shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during the applicable period except as set forth in the first paragraph of this definition. Interest on Indebtedness that may optionally be determined at an interest rate based upon a factor of a prime or similar rate, a eurocurrency interbank offered rate, or other rate, shall be deemed to have been based upon the rate actually chosen, or, if none, then based upon such optional rate chosen as the Company may designate.

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

(1) Consolidated Interest Expense of such Person for such period;

(2) all cash dividends or other distributions paid (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any series of Preferred Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary during such period; and

(3) all cash dividends or other distributions paid (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any series of Disqualified Stock during such period.

“Foreign Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person that is not organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia, or any territory thereof and any Restricted Subsidiary of such Foreign Subsidiary.

“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, which are in effect from time to time.

“Global Note Legend” means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(g)(ii) hereof, which is required to be placed on all Global Notes issued under this Indenture.

“Global Notes” means, individually and collectively, each of the Restricted Global Notes and the Unrestricted Global Notes, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, issued in accordance with Section 2.01, 2.06(b) or 2.06(d) hereof.

“Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States of America, any other nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether federal, state, provincial, territorial, local or otherwise, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including any supra national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).

“Government Securities” means securities that are:

(1) direct obligations of the United States of America for the timely payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged; or

 

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

“Grantors” means the Luxembourg Issuer, the U.S. Issuer, the Guarantors and any future Guarantor that becomes a party to the Notes Security Agreement.

“guarantee” means a guarantee (other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business), direct or indirect, in any manner (including letters of credit and reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), of all or any part of any Indebtedness or other monetary obligations.

“Guarantee” means the guarantee by any Guarantor of the Issuers’ Obligations under this Indenture.

“Guarantor” means Holdings, the Company and each Restricted Subsidiary or any direct or indirect parent that Guarantees the Notes in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.

“Hedging Obligations” means, with respect to any Person, the obligations of such Person under any interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate collar agreement, commodity swap agreement, commodity cap agreement, commodity collar agreement, foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreement or similar agreement providing for the transfer or mitigation of interest rate or currency risks either generally or under specific contingencies.

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

“Holdings” means Connect Midco Limited, a non-cellular company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of Guernsey.

“IFRS” means the International Financial Reporting Standards of the International Accounting Standards Board, as adopted by the European Union. At any time after the Issue Date, the Company may elect to apply GAAP accounting principles in lieu of IFRS and, upon any such election, references herein to IFRS shall thereafter be construed to mean GAAP (except as otherwise provided in this Indenture); provided that any such election, once made, shall be irrevocable; provided, further, any calculation or determination in this Indenture that requires the application of IFRS for periods that include fiscal quarters ended prior to the Company’s election to apply GAAP shall remain as previously calculated or determined in accordance with IFRS. The Company shall give notice of any such election made in accordance with this definition to the Trustee. For the avoidance of doubt, solely making an election (without any other action) referred to in this definition will not be treated as an incurrence of Indebtedness. If there occurs a change in IFRS or GAAP, as the case may be, and such change would cause a change in the method of calculation of any standards, terms or measures (including all computations of amounts and ratios) used in this Indenture (an “Accounting Change”), then the Company may elect that such standards, terms or measures shall be calculated as if such Accounting Change had not occurred.

 

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“Immaterial Subsidiary” means, at any date of determination, each Restricted Subsidiary other than the Issuers that (i) has not guaranteed any other Indebtedness of either of the Issuers or any Guarantor and (ii) has Total Assets and revenues of less than 5.0% of Total Assets and, together with all other Immaterial Subsidiaries (as determined in accordance with IFRS), has Total Assets and revenues of less than 10.0% of Total Assets, in each case, measured at the end of the most recent Test Period revenues on a pro forma basis giving effect to any acquisitions or dispositions of companies, division or lines of business since such balance sheet date or the start of such four quarter period, as applicable, and on or prior to the date of acquisition of such Subsidiary.

“Immediate Family Members” means, with respect to any individual, such individual’s child, stepchild, grandchild or more remote descendant, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, former spouse, qualified domestic partner, sibling, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law and daughter-in-law (including adoptive relationships) and any trust, partnership or other bona fide estate-planning vehicle the only beneficiaries of which are any of the foregoing individuals or any private foundation or fund that is controlled by any of the foregoing individuals or any donor-advised fund of which any such individual is the donor.

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

(1) any indebtedness (including principal and premium) of such Person, whether or not contingent:

(a) in respect of borrowed money;

(b) evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit or bankers’ acceptances (or, without duplication, reimbursement agreements in respect thereof);

(c) representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property (including Capitalized Lease Obligations), except (i) any such balance that constitutes a trade payable or similar obligation to a trade creditor, in each case accrued in the ordinary course of business and (ii) any earn-out obligations until, after 30 days of becoming due and payable, has not been paid and such obligation becomes a liability on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with IFRS and any purchase price holdbacks in respect of a portion of the purchase price of an asset to satisfy warranty or other unperformed obligations of the seller; or

(d) representing any Hedging Obligations;

if and to the extent that any of the foregoing Indebtedness (other than letters of credit and Hedging Obligations) would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) of such Person prepared in accordance with IFRS;

(2) to the extent not otherwise included, any obligation by such Person to be liable for, or to pay, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise, on the obligations of the type referred to in clause (1) of a third Person (whether or not such items would appear upon the balance sheet of such obligor or guarantor), other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business; and

 

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(3) to the extent not otherwise included, the obligations of the type referred to in clause (1) of a third Person secured by a Lien on any asset owned by such first Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such first Person; provided that the amount of Indebtedness of any Person for purposes of this clause (3) shall be deemed to be equal to the lesser of (i) the aggregate unpaid amount of such Indebtedness and (ii) the fair market value of the property encumbered thereby as determined by such Person in good faith; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, Indebtedness shall be deemed not to include (a) Contingent Obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business, (b) obligations under or in respect of Receivables Facilities, (c) Indebtedness of any parent of the Company appearing on the balance sheet of the Company, or solely by reason of push down accounting under IFRS, (d) intercompany liabilities arising from their cash management, tax, and accounting operations, (e) intercompany loans, advances or Indebtedness having a term not exceeding 364 days (inclusive of any rollover or extensions of terms) and made in the ordinary course of business, (f) obligations under any satellite manufacturing contract or Satellite Purchase Agreement (including any contingent in-orbit incentive payments or other contingent deferred payments earned by a manufacturer during the life of a Satellite under such satellite manufacturing contract or Satellite Purchase Agreement, and including any Guarantee for any such indebtedness), (g) obligations under satellite capacity or bandwidth arrangements (whether or not classified and accounted for as a capitalized lease for financial reporting purposes in accordance with IFRS), (h) obligations to make progress or incentive payments (including any in-orbit incentive payments) or other deferred payments earned during the life of a Satellite under any satellite manufacturing contract or obligations under any contract of launch services with respect to a Satellite, (i) obligations to make payments to one or more insurers under any policies of insurance with respect to a Satellite, including payments in respect of premiums and any requirement to remit to such insurer(s) a portion of the future revenues generated by a Satellite with respect to which a claim has been paid for a loss under such insurance or other salvage rights of such insurer(s), in each case in accordance with the terms of the insurance policies relating thereto or (j) amounts owed to dissenting stockholders (including in connection with, or as a result of, exercise of dissenters’ or appraisal rights and the settlement of any claims or action (whether actual, contingent or potential)), pursuant to or in connection with a consolidation, amalgamation, merger or transfer of assets that complies with Section 5.01 hereof.

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

“Independent Financial Advisor” means an accounting, appraisal, investment banking firm or consultant to Persons engaged in Similar Businesses of nationally recognized standing that is, in the good faith judgment of the Company, qualified to perform the task for which it has been engaged.

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

“Initial Notes” has the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.

“Initial Purchasers” means the persons named as initial purchasers in the Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 11, 2024.

“Intercreditor Agreements” means, collectively, the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement and the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement (if applicable).

“Interest Payment Date” means March 15 and September 15 of each year to stated maturity.

“Investment Grade Rating” means a rating equal to or higher than (x) Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moody’s, (y) BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P or (z) a rating of BBB- (or the equivalent) by Fitch, as applicable, or if the Notes are not then rated by Moody’s, S&P or Fitch, an equivalent rating by any other Rating Agency.

 

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“Investment Grade Securities” means:

(1) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States government or any agency or instrumentality thereof (other than Cash Equivalents);

(2) debt securities or debt instruments with an Investment Grade Rating, but excluding any debt securities or instruments constituting loans or advances among the Company and its Subsidiaries;

(3) investments in any fund that invests exclusively in investments of the type described in clauses (1) and (2) which fund may also hold immaterial amounts of cash pending investment or distribution; and

(4) corresponding instruments in countries other than the United States of America customarily utilized for high quality investments.

“Investments” means, with respect to any Person, all investments by such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the form of loans (including guarantees), advances or capital contributions (excluding accounts receivable, credit card and debit card receivables, trade credit, advances to customers and distributors, commission, travel and similar advances to employees, directors, officers, managers, distributors and consultants in each case made in the ordinary course of business and excluding, in the case of the Company and its Subsidiaries, intercompany loans, advances, or Indebtedness having a term not exceeding 364 days (inclusive of any roll-over or extensions of terms) and made in the ordinary course of business), purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other securities issued by any other Person and investments that are required by IFRS to be classified on the balance sheet (excluding the footnotes) of the Company in the same manner as the other investments included in this definition to the extent such transactions involve the transfer of cash or other property; provided that endorsements of negotiable instruments and documents in the ordinary course of business will not be deemed to be an Investment.

For purposes of the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary” and Section 4.07 hereof:

(1) “Investments” shall include the portion (proportionate to the Company’s direct or indirect equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the fair market value of the net assets of a Subsidiary of the Company at the time that such Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that upon a redesignation of such Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, the Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary shall be deemed to continue to have a permanent “Investment” in an Unrestricted Subsidiary in an amount (if positive) equal to:

(a) the Company “Investment” in such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation; less

(b) the portion (proportionate to the Company’s equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the fair market value of the net assets of such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation; and (2) any property transferred to or from an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be valued at its fair market value at the time of such transfer, in each case as determined in good faith by the Company.

 

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The amount of any Investment outstanding at any time shall be the original cost of such Investment, reduced by any dividend, distribution, interest payment, return of capital, repayment or other amount received in cash or other property by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in respect of such Investment.

“IPO” means the initial underwritten public offering (other than a public offering pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-8) of common Equity Interests in the IPO Entity.

“IPO Entity” means at any time upon and after an IPO, the Company or any direct or indirect parent company of the Company, the Equity Interests of which were issued or otherwise sold pursuant to the IPO; provided that, in the case of a direct or indirect parent company of the Company, immediately following the IPO, the Company is a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of such IPO Entity and such IPO Entity owns, directly or through its subsidiaries, substantially all the businesses and assets owned or conducted, directly or indirectly, by the Company immediately prior to the IPO.

“Issue Date” means September 25, 2024.

“Issuer Order” means a written request or order signed on behalf of each Issuer by an Officer of such Issuers and delivered to the Trustee.

“Issuers” has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto until a successor replaces the applicable entity in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture and, thereafter, includes such successor.

“Junior Lien Priority” means Indebtedness that is secured by a Lien on the Collateral that is junior in priority to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations under the Notes and is subject to an intercreditor agreement (it being understood that junior Liens are not required to rank equally and ratably with other junior Liens, and that Indebtedness secured by junior Liens may be secured by Liens that are senior in priority to, or rank equally and ratably with, or junior in priority to, other Liens constituting junior Liens).

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

“Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or otherwise), charge or other security interest of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement and any Capitalized Lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing); provided that in no event shall an operating lease be deemed to constitute a Lien.

“Limited Condition Transaction” means (1) any Investment or acquisition (whether by merger, amalgamation, consolidation or other business combination or the acquisition of Capital Stock or otherwise and which may include, for the avoidance of doubt, a transaction that may constitute a Change of Control), whose consummation is not conditioned on the availability of, or on obtaining, third party financing, (2) any redemption, repurchase, defeasance, satisfaction and discharge or repayment of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock requiring irrevocable notice in advance of such redemption, repurchase, defeasance, satisfaction and discharge or repayment, (3) any Restricted Payment requiring irrevocable notice in advance thereof and (4) any asset sale or a disposition excluded from the definition of “Asset Sale.”

 

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“LTM EBITDA” means Consolidated EBITDA of the Company measured for the period of the most recent four consecutive fiscal quarters ending prior to the date of such determination for which consolidated financial statements are available (which may be internal financial statements), in each case with such pro forma adjustments giving effect to such Indebtedness, acquisition or Investment, as applicable, since the start of such four quarter period and as are consistent with the pro forma adjustments set forth in the definition of “Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio.”

“Luxembourg Issuer” has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

“Market Capitalization” means an amount equal to (i) the total number of issued and outstanding shares of common Capital Stock of the Company or any parent entity of the Company on the date of the declaration of a Restricted Payment permitted pursuant to clause (9) of Section 4.07(b) hereof multiplied by (ii) the arithmetic mean of the closing prices per share of such common Capital Stock on the principal securities exchange on which such common Capital Stock are traded for the 30 consecutive trading days immediately preceding the date of declaration of such Restricted Payment.

“Material Adverse Effect” means a circumstance or condition affecting the business, financial condition, or results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, that would reasonably be expected to have a materially adverse effect on (a) the ability of the Company to perform their payment obligations under the Notes or (b) the material rights and remedies of the Notes Collateral Agent and the Holders under the Notes.

“Material Restricted Assets” means any assets (including any Satellite) that generate greater than 15.0% of the Consolidated EBITDA of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for and as of the end of the last four fiscal quarters of the Company for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Sections 4.03(a).

“Minority Business” means any business unit of the Company that represents less than 50.0% of the Consolidated EBITDA of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for and as of the end of the last four fiscal quarters of the Company for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Sections 4.03(a).

“Minority Business Assets” means the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, including Capital Stock of Subsidiaries, that relate to or form part of a Minority Business.

“Minority Business Disposition” means (i) any sale or other disposition of Capital Stock of any Minority Business Subsidiary (whether by issuance or sale of Capital Stock, merger, or otherwise) to one or more Persons (other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) in any transaction or series of related transactions following the consummation of which such Minority Business Subsidiary is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company (excluding any Minority Business Offering) or (ii) any sale or other disposition of any assets of any Minority Business Subsidiary or other Minority Business Assets, including all or substantially all of the assets of any Minority Business Subsidiary, to one or more Persons (other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) in any transaction or series of related transactions.

“Minority Business Disposition Condition” means at any date of determination after giving effect to the Minority Business Disposition or Minority Business Offering, either (1) the Company could incur at least $1.00 of Indebtedness pursuant to Section 4.09(a) hereof or (2) either (x) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries would be equal to or greater than such ratio or (y) the Total Net Leverage Ratio would be equal to or less than such ratio, in each case, for the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries immediately prior to giving effect thereto.

 

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“Minority Business Offering” means a public offering of Capital Stock of any Minority Business Subsidiary pursuant to a registration statement filed with the SEC.

“Minority Business Subsidiary” means any of the Company’s Subsidiaries and successors in interest thereto to the extent any of such Subsidiaries form part of the relevant Minority Business.

“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor to its rating agency business.

“Net Income” means, with respect to any Person, the net income (loss) of such Person, determined in accordance with IFRS and before any reduction in respect of Preferred Stock dividends.

“Net Proceeds” means the aggregate cash proceeds received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any Asset Sale, including any cash received upon the sale or other disposition of any Designated Non-cash Consideration received in any Asset Sale, net of the direct costs relating to such Asset Sale and the sale or disposition of such Designated Non-cash Consideration, including legal, accounting and investment banking fees, payments made in order to obtain a necessary consent or required by applicable law, and brokerage and sales commissions, any relocation expenses incurred as a result thereof, other fees and expenses, including title and recordation expenses, taxes paid or estimated to be payable as a result thereof (after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements), amounts required to be applied to the repayment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on Senior Indebtedness required (other than required by clause (1) of Section 4.10(b) hereof) to be paid as a result of such transaction and any deduction of appropriate amounts to be provided by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as a reserve in accordance with IFRS against any liabilities associated with the asset disposed of in such transaction and retained by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries after such sale or other disposition thereof, including pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities related to environmental matters or against any indemnification obligations associated with such transaction and of a pro rata portion of the Net Proceeds attributable to minority interests in a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with a disposition by, or of Capital Stock of, a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary to the extent such Net Proceeds are not available for application by the Company.

“New Project” shall mean (1) each facility which is either a new facility, branch or office or an expansion, relocation, remodeling or substantial modernization of an existing facility, branch or office owned by the Company or its Subsidiaries which in fact commences operations and (2) each creation (in one or a series of related transactions) of a business unit to the extent such business unit commences operations or each expansion (in one or a series of related transactions) of business into a new market.

“Non-Guarantor Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company (other than the Issuers) that is not a Guarantor.

“Noteholder Secured Parties” means, collectively, the Trustee, the Notes Collateral Agent and each Holder of Notes and each other holder of, or obligee in respect of, any Notes Obligations.

“Notes” means the Initial Notes and more particularly means any Note authenticated and delivered under this Indenture. For all purposes of this Indenture, the term “Notes” shall also include any Additional Notes that may be issued under a supplemental indenture.

 

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“Notes Collateral Agent” means Wilmington Trust, National Association, in its capacity as notes collateral agent, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity.

“Notes Documents” means the Notes (including Additional Notes), the Guarantees, the Collateral Documents, the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement, any Customary Intercreditor Agreement to which the Notes Collateral Agent is a party, if any, the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, if any, and this Indenture.

“Notes Obligations” means any Indebtedness or other Obligations under this Indenture, the Notes and the Collateral Documents.

“Notes Security Agreement” means the security agreement, dated as of the Issue Date, among the Issuers, the other Grantors party thereto, the Notes Collateral Agent and the other parties thereto, as amended, restated, amended and restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

“Obligations” means any principal, interest, fees, and expenses (including any interest accruing subsequent to the filing of a petition in bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding at the rate provided for in the documentation with respect thereto, whether or not such interest, fees and expenses is an allowed claim under applicable state, federal, bankruptcy or foreign law), premium, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements (including reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances), damages and other liabilities, and guarantees of payment of such principal, interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities, payable under the documentation governing any Indebtedness.

“Offering Memorandum” means the Offering Memorandum, dated September 11, 2024 relating to the offering of the Initial Notes.

“Officer” means the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President or Vice President, the Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or Assistant Secretary, or other similar officer, manager or member of the board of directors of the Company, the Issuers or any other Person, as the case may be, and with respect to certain limited liability companies or partnerships that do not have officers, any manager, sole member, managing member or general partner thereof.

“Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate signed on behalf of the Company by an Officer of the Company, the Issuers or their respective Subsidiaries or on behalf of any other Person, as the case may be, of the Company, the Issuers or their respective Subsidiaries or such other Person, that meets the requirements set forth in this Indenture; provided that, if any direct or indirect parent of the Company guarantees the Notes, then such Officer’s Certificate may be signed by an Officer of such parent.

“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion from legal counsel. Such counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company, the Issuers or their Subsidiaries or the Trustee.

“Other Pari Passu Lien Obligations” means any Indebtedness or other Obligations (including Hedging Obligations) having Pari Passu Lien Priority relative to the Notes Obligations and the Senior Credit Facilities Obligations with respect to the Collateral; provided that an authorized representative of the holders of such Indebtedness shall have executed a joinder to the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement.

“Parent” means Viasat, Inc., a Delaware corporation, an indirect owner of all of the equity interests of the Issuers.

 

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“Pari Passu Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness that is pari passu in right of payment with the Notes.

“Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement” means that certain First Lien Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement, dated December 12, 2019, among the Company, the Issuers, Holdings, the other grantors party thereto, the Existing Notes Agent, Existing Notes Trustee, the the Senior Credit Facilities Collateral Agent, the Senior Credit Facilities Administrative Agent and the representatives of the holders of any Other Pari Passu Lien Obligations (when and if any such representatives join the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement) (as supplemented on the Issue Date by Joinder No. 1 executed by the Notes Collateral Agent and the Trustee and as may be further amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time).

“Pari Passu Lien Priority” means, relative to specified Indebtedness, having equal Lien priority on specified Collateral and the holders of which are subject to the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement.

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

“Permitted Acquisition” has the meaning ascribed to it in clause (3) of the definition of “Permitted Investments.”

“Permitted Asset Swap” means the concurrent purchase and sale or exchange of Related Business Assets or a combination of Related Business Assets and cash or Cash Equivalents between the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and another Person; provided, that any cash or Cash Equivalents received must be applied in accordance with Section 4.10 hereof.

“Permitted Intercompany Activity” means any transactions (A) between or among the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries that are entered into in connection with the Transactions and/or in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries and, in the reasonable determination of the Company are necessary or advisable in connection with the ownership or operation of the business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, including (i) payroll, cash management, purchasing, insurance and hedging arrangements; (ii) management, technology and licensing arrangements; and (iii) customary loyalty and rewards programs; and (B) between or among the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries.

“Permitted Investments” means:

(1) any Investment in the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

(2) any Investment in cash and Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities;

(3) any Investment in a Person (including, to the extent constituting an Investment, in assets of a Person that represent substantially all of its assets or a division, business unit or product line or line of business, including research and development and related assets in respect of any product); provided, that as a result of such Investment:

(a) such Person, upon the consummation of such purchase or acquisition, will be a Restricted Subsidiary (including as a result of a merger, amalgamation or consolidation between any Subsidiary and such Person); or (b) such Person, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, is amalgamated, merged or consolidated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets (or a division, business unit or product line, including any research and development and related assets in respect of any product), or is liquidated into, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary,

 

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and, in each case, any Investment held by such Person; provided, that such Investment was not acquired by such Person in contemplation of such acquisition, merger, amalgamation, consolidation or transfer;

(4) any Investment in securities, promissory notes or other assets not constituting cash, Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities and received in connection with an Asset Sale made pursuant to the provisions of Section 4.10 hereof or any other disposition of assets not constituting an Asset Sale;

(5) (i) any Investment existing or made pursuant to binding commitments in effect on the Issue Date or an Investment consisting of any extension, modification or renewal of any such Investment and (ii) any Investment existing on the Issue Date by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or an Investment consisting of any extension, modification or renewal of any such Investment; provided that the amount of any such Investment may be increased in such extension, modification or renewal only (a) as required by the terms of such Investment or binding commitment as in existence on the Issue Date (including as a result of the accrual or accretion of interest or original issue discount or the issuance of pay-in-kind securities) and premium payable by the terms of such Investment thereon and fees and expenses associated therewith as of the Issue Date or (b) as otherwise permitted under this Indenture;

(6) any Investment (including debt obligations and Equity Interests) acquired by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries:

(a) consisting of extensions of trade credit and accommodation guarantees in the ordinary course of business including extensions of credit in the nature of accounts receivable or notes receivable arising from the grant of trade credit;

(b) in exchange for any other Investment or accounts receivable held by the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with or as a result of a bankruptcy, workout, reorganization or recapitalization of the issuer of such other Investment or accounts receivable (including any trade creditor or customer);

(c) in satisfaction of judgments against other Persons;

(d) as a result of a foreclosure by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to any secured Investment or other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment in default; or

(e) received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of suppliers and customers or in settlement of delinquent obligations of, or other disputes with, customers and suppliers or upon the foreclosure with respect to any secured Investment or other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment;

 

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(7) Hedging Obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes; (8) any Investment in a Similar Business having an aggregate fair market value, taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (8) that are at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of $250.0 million and 25.0% of LTM EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period, at the time of such Investment (with the fair market value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value);

(9) Investments and other acquisitions the payment for which consists of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company, any of its direct or indirect parent companies or the IPO Entity or any Unrestricted Subsidiary;

(10) (i) Indebtedness and guarantees of Indebtedness permitted under Section 4.09 hereof; the creation of Liens on the assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in compliance with the Section 4.12 hereof and Restricted Payments permitted under Section 4.07 hereof (other than by reference to this clause (10)); and (ii) performance guarantees and Contingent Obligations with respect to obligations that are not prohibited by this Indenture;

(11) any transaction to the extent it constitutes an Investment that is permitted by and made in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.11(b) hereof (except transactions described in clauses (2), (5) and (14) of Section 4.11(b) hereof) or Section 5.01;

(12) to the extent that they constitute Investments, purchases and acquisitions of inventory, supplies, materials or equipment or purchases, acquisitions, licenses or leases of other assets, intellectual property, receivables owing to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or other rights, in each case in the ordinary course of business;

(13) (i) to the extent constituting Investments, any payments (including for capital expenditures) under any Satellite Purchase Agreement or any other contracts for all construction, procurement, launch, or insurance of any new Satellites and (ii) Investments in any Subsidiary or joint venture formed for the purpose of selling or leasing Satellite capacity to third-party customers in the ordinary course of business;

(14) additional Investments having an aggregate fair market value, taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (14) that are at that time outstanding (without giving effect to the sale of an Unrestricted Subsidiary to the extent the proceeds of such sale do not consist of cash or have not been subsequently sold or transferred for cash or marketable securities), not to exceed the sum of (a) the greater of $300.0 million and 30.0% of LTM EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period, at the time of such Investment, (b) the Available Restricted Payments Amount and (c) the Available Restricted Debt Payments Amount, plus the amount of any returns (including dividends, payments, interest, distributions, returns of principal, profits on sale, repayments, income and similar amounts) in respect of such Investments (without duplication for purposes of Section 4.07 hereof of any amounts applied pursuant to clause (3) of the Section 4.07(a) hereof) (with the fair market value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value);

(15) Investments relating to a Receivables Subsidiary that, in the good faith determination of the Company are necessary or advisable to effect any Receivables Facility, distributions or payments of Receivables Fees or any repurchase obligation in connection therewith including, without limitation, Investments of funds held in accounts permitted or required by the arrangements governing such Receivables Facilities or any related Indebtedness; (16) advances to, or guarantees of Indebtedness of, employees not in excess of the greater of $100.0 million and 10.0% of LTM EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period, outstanding at any one time, in the aggregate;

 

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(17) (x) loans and advances to officers, members of the board of directors and employees of direct and indirect parent companies of the Company, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries (i) for business-related travel expenses, entertainment, moving expenses and other similar expenses for ordinary business purposes, (ii) to fund such Person’s purchase of Equity Interests of the Company or any direct or indirect parent company thereof and (iii) for payroll payments and (y) Investments in the form of Recruitment Notes and other recruiting costs to certain employees or financial advisors in the ordinary course of business;

(18) Investments in joint ventures and similar entities and Unrestricted Subsidiaries having an aggregate fair market value, taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (18) that are at the time outstanding, without giving effect to the sale of an Unrestricted Subsidiary to the extent the proceeds of such sale do not consist of cash or marketable securities, not to exceed the greater of $100.0 million and 10.0% of LTM EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period, at the time of such Investment, plus the amount of any returns (including dividends, payments, interest, distributions, returns of principal, profits on sale, repayments, income and similar amounts) in respect of such Investments (without duplication for purposes of Section 4.07 hereof of any amounts applied pursuant to clause (3) of Section 4.07(a) hereof) (with the fair market value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value);

(19) contributions to a “rabbi” trust for the benefit of employees, directors, consultants, independent contractors or other service providers or other grantor trust subject to claims of creditors in the case of a bankruptcy of the Company;

(20) any other Investment; provided that (a) on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such Investment the Senior Secured First Lien Net Leverage Ratio would be equal to or less than 4.60 to 1.00 and (b) and no Specified Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom;

(21) the Transactions;

(22) Investments in the ordinary course of business consisting of UCC Article 3 endorsements for collection or deposit and UCC Article 4 customary trade arrangements with customers in the ordinary course of business;

(23) loans and advances to direct and indirect parent companies of the Company (x) in lieu of, and not in excess of the amount of (after giving effect to any other loans, advances or Restricted Payments in respect thereof), Restricted Payments to the extent permitted to be made to such companies in accordance with the first and second paragraphs of Section 4.07 hereof and (y) to the extent the proceeds thereof are contributed or loaned or advanced to another Restricted Subsidiary;

(24) Investments (A) for utilities, security deposits, leases and similar prepaid expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business and (B) trade accounts created, or prepaid expenses accrued, in the ordinary course of business; (25) non-cash Investments in connection with tax planning and reorganization activities, and Investments in connection with a Permitted Intercompany Activities and Permitted Tax Restructuring;

 

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(26) any Investment in any Subsidiary or any joint venture in connection with intercompany cash management arrangements or related activities arising in the ordinary course of business;

(27) Investments by an Unrestricted Subsidiary entered into prior to the day such Unrestricted Subsidiary is redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary”;

(28) Investments (including debt obligations and equity interests) (a) in connection with Settlements, (b) in exchange for any other Investment or accounts receivable, endorsements for collection or deposit held by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, (c) as a result of foreclosure, perfection or enforcement of any Lien, (d) in satisfaction of judgments or (e) pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement including upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of a debtor or litigation, arbitration or other disputes or otherwise with respect to any secured Investment or other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment in default;

(29) Investments made from casualty insurance proceeds in connection with the replacement, substitution, restoration or repair of assets on account of a casualty event;

(30) Investments made in the ordinary course of business in connection with obtaining, maintaining or renewing client contacts and loans or advances made to distributors in the ordinary course of business;

(31) Investments arising as a result of Sale and Lease-Back Transactions; and

(32) loans and similar advances by the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries to Parent.

“Permitted Liens” means, with respect to any Person:

(1) Liens incurred or pledges, deposits or security (a) in connection with workers’ or workmen’s compensation, unemployment insurance, employers’ health tax, social security, retirement and other similar legislation, or other insurance-related obligations (including, but not limited to, in respect of deductibles, self-insured retention amounts and premiums and adjustments thereto), (b) securing liability for reimbursement or indemnification obligations of (including obligations in respect of letters of credit or bank guarantees or similar instrument for the benefit of) insurance carriers providing property, casualty or liability insurance to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or otherwise supporting the payment of items set forth in the foregoing clause (a) or (c) good faith deposits in connection with bids, tenders, contracts (other than for the payment of Indebtedness) or leases to which such Person is a party, or deposits to secure public or statutory obligations of such Person or deposits of cash or U.S.

 

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government bonds to secure surety or appeal bonds to which such Person is a party, or deposits as security for contested taxes or import duties or for the payment of rent, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business; (2) Liens with respect to outstanding motor vehicle fines and Liens arising or imposed by law, such as landlords’, carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s or construction contractors’ Liens and other similar Liens, in each case (a) for sums not yet overdue for a period of more than 30 days or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings or other Liens arising out of judgments or awards against such Person with respect to which such Person shall then be proceeding with an appeal or other proceedings for review if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of such Person in accordance with IFRS or (b) so long as such Liens do not individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect;

(3) Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges (a) that are not overdue for a period of more than 30 days, not yet payable or subject to penalties for nonpayment or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings for which adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable Person in accordance with IFRS or (b) so long as such Liens do not individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect;

(4) Liens incurred or deposits made to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts, governmental contracts and leases, statutory obligations, surety, stay, customs and appeal bonds, performance bonds, bankers acceptance facilities and other obligations of a like nature (including those to secure health, safety and environmental obligations) and obligations in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instruments that have been posted to support the same, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practices;

(5) (a) survey exceptions, encumbrances, easements, ground leases, covenants, conditions, rights-of-way, licenses, servitudes, restrictions, encroachments, protrusions, by-law, reservations of, or rights of others for sewers, electric lines, telegraph and telephone lines and other similar purposes, zoning or other restrictions (including defects and irregularities in title and similar encumbrances) and other similar encumbrances and title defects or irregularities affecting real property, that, in the aggregate, do not materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) rights of recapture of unused real property in favor of the seller of property set forth in customary purchase agreements and related arrangements with any Governmental Authority, (c) Liens arising from the right of distress enjoyed by landlords or Liens otherwise granted to landlords, in either case, to secure the payment of arrears of rent in respect of leased properties, so long as such Liens are not exercised, (d) servicing agreements, development agreements, site plan agreements and other agreements with any Governmental Authority pertaining to the use or development of any of the assets of the Person, provided that the same are complied with in all material respects and do not materially reduce the value of the assets of the Person or materially interfere with the use of such assets in the operation of the business of such Person, (e) the reservations in any original grants from the crown of any land or interest therein and statutory exceptions to title and (f) other Liens on real property (including ground leases in respect of real property on which facilities owned or leased by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries are located);

 

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(6) (a) Liens securing Obligations relating to any Indebtedness to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.09(a) hereof that are secured by a Lien on the Collateral that is pari passu with the Lien securing the Secured Obligations, secured by a Lien on the Collateral that is junior to the Lien securing the Secured Obligations, or that is unsecured or secured by assets that are not Collateral to the extent that (1) if such Indebtedness is secured by a Lien on the Collateral on a pari passu basis with the Liens on the Collateral securing the Secured Obligations, (i) the Senior Secured First Lien Net Leverage Ratio of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof, would not exceed 3.75 to 1.00 and (ii) such new Lien shall be subject to a Customary Intercreditor Agreement or, (2) if such Indebtedness is secured by a Lien on the Collateral on a junior priority basis with the Liens on the Collateral securing the Secured Obligations, (i) the Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof, would not exceed 5.10 to 1.00 and (ii) such new Lien shall be subject to a junior priority Customary Intercreditor Agreement, and (3) if such Indebtedness is secured by assets that do not become Collateral, the Total Net Leverage Ratio of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, and the use of proceeds thereof, would not exceed 5.10 to 1.00 and (b) Liens securing Obligations relating to any Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to clauses (1), (4), (12)(b), (13), (14) (other than any unsecured Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to clause (14)), (18), (21), (30) or (31) of Section 4.09(b) hereof; provided that for purposes of this clause (6)(b), any Lien securing Obligations relating to any Indebtedness that is incurred under clause (13) of Section 4.09(b) hereof shall be junior to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Secured Obligations to the extent that the Indebtedness that is being extended, replaced, refunded, refinanced, renewed or defeased is unsecured or subject to a Lien on the Collateral that is junior to the Liens securing the Secured Obligations; provided, further, that (a) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to clause (18) of Section 4.09(b) hereof are solely on acquired property or the assets of the acquired entity, as the case may be and (b) Liens on Collateral securing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to clause (1) of Section 4.09(b) hereof shall be subject to a Customary Intercreditor Agreement;

(7) Liens existing on the Issue Date and, in each case, any modifications, replacements, renewals, refinancings, or extensions thereof (other than Liens incurred in connection with the Senior Credit Facilities);

(8) (a) Liens on property or shares of stock or other assets of a Person at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary and (b) and Liens existing on property or other assets at the time of its acquisition; provided, however, that such Liens are not created or incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such acquisition, amalgamation, merger or consolidation; provided, further, however, that such Liens may not extend to any other property or other assets owned by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than any replacements of such property or assets and additions and accessions thereto, the proceeds or products thereof and other than after-acquired property subject to a Lien securing Indebtedness and other obligations incurred prior to such time and which Indebtedness and other obligations are permitted under this Indenture that require or include, pursuant to their terms at such time, a pledge of after-acquired property, it being understood that such requirement shall not be permitted to apply to any property to which such requirement would not have applied but for such acquisition);

(9) Liens (a) on cash advances or escrow deposits in favor of the seller of any property to be acquired in an Investment permitted under this Indenture to be applied against the purchase price for such Investment or otherwise in connection with any escrow arrangements with respect to any such Investment or any Asset Sale permitted under this Indenture (including any letter of intent or purchase agreement with respect to such Investment or Asset Sale), (b) consisting of an agreement to dispose of any property in an Asset Sale permitted under this Indenture, in each case, solely to the extent such Investment or Asset Sale, as the case may be, would have been permitted on the date of the creation of such Lien and (c) solely on any cash earnest money deposits made by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement permitted under this Indenture;

 

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(10) (a) Liens securing Indebtedness or other obligations of a Restricted Subsidiary owing to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary permitted to be incurred in accordance with Section 4.09 hereof and (b) Liens on assets or property of a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary securing Indebtedness and other obligations of such Non-Guarantor Subsidiary; (11) (a) Liens securing Hedging Obligations or on cash or Cash Equivalents securing Hedging Obligations; provided that, with respect to Hedging Obligations relating to Indebtedness, such Indebtedness is permitted under this Indenture, (b) Liens on cash and Cash Equivalents used to satisfy or discharge Indebtedness; provided such satisfaction or discharge is permitted under this Indenture and (c) Liens on cash and Cash Equivalents or other marketable securities securing letters of credit of the Company or any Guarantor (which Indebtedness represented by such letters of credit is permitted to be incurred under this Indenture) that are cash collateralized in an amount of cash, Cash Equivalents or other marketable securities with a fair market value of up to 105.0% of the face amount of such letters of credit being secured;

(12) Liens on specific items of inventory or other goods and proceeds of any Person securing such Person’s accounts payable or obligations in respect of bankers’ acceptances or trade letters of credit issued or created for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or other goods;

(13) (a) leases, subleases, licenses or sublicenses granted to others in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice that do not materially interfere with the operation of the business of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) any interest or title of a lessor or licensee under any lease or license entered into by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of its business or consistent with past practice and (c) Liens arising from grants of non-exclusive licenses or sublicenses, or other similar grants of rights, of intellectual property;

(14) Liens arising from UCC (or equivalent statute) financing statement filings regarding operating leases or consignments entered into by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and other Liens arising solely from precautionary UCC financing statements or similar filings;

(15) Liens in favor of the Issuers or any Guarantor (including, but not limited to, Liens on any assets of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries);

(16) Liens on equipment or vehicles of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries granted in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

(17) Liens on accounts receivable and related assets incurred in connection with a Receivables Facility;

(18) Liens to secure any modification, refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement (or successive refinancing, refunding, extensions, renewals or replacements) as a whole, or in part, of any Indebtedness secured by any Lien referred to in the foregoing clauses (6), (7) and (8) and this clause (18); provided, however, that (a) such new Lien shall be limited to all or part of the same property that secured the original Lien (plus improvements on such property) and the proceeds and products thereof, (b) the Indebtedness secured by such Lien at such time is not increased to any amount greater than the sum of (i) the outstanding principal amount or, if greater, committed amount of the Indebtedness described under clauses (6), (7) and (8) at the time the original Lien became a Permitted Lien under this Indenture, and (ii) an amount necessary to pay any fees and expenses, including premiums and accrued and unpaid interest, related to such modification, refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement and (c) any such new Lien shall be junior to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Secured Obligations to the extent that the Indebtedness that is being extended, replaced, refunded, refinanced, renewed or defeased is unsecured or subject to a Lien on the Collateral that is junior to the Liens securing the Secured Obligations; (19) (a) deposits made or other security provided in the ordinary course of business to secure liability to insurance carriers and (b) Liens on insurance policies and the proceeds thereof securing the financing of the premiums with respect thereto;

 

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(20) other Liens securing obligations which do not exceed the greater of $550.0 million and 55.0% of LTM EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period, at the time of the incurrence of such Lien;

(21) Liens securing, or otherwise arising from, judgments for the payment of money not constituting an Event of Default under clause (5) of Section 6.01(a) hereof;

(22) 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;

(23) Liens (a) of a collection bank arising under applicable law, including Section 4-210 of the UCC, or any comparable or successor provision, on items in the course of collection; (b) attaching to pooling, commodity or securities trading accounts or other commodity or securities brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business; or (c) in favor of a banking or other financial institution or entity, or electronic payment service provider, arising as a matter of law or under customary terms and conditions encumbering deposits or other funds maintained with a financial institution (including the right of setoff) and which are within the general parameters customary in the banking or finance industry or arising pursuant to such banking or financial institution’s general terms and conditions (including Liens in favor of deposit banks or securities intermediaries securing customary fees, expenses or charges in connection with the establishment, operation or maintenance of deposit accounts or securities accounts);

(24) Liens deemed to exist in connection with Investments in repurchase agreements permitted under Section 4.09 hereof, including Liens deemed to exist in connection with Investments in repurchase agreements under clause (12) of the definition of the term “Cash Equivalents”; provided that such Liens do not extend to any assets other than those that are the subject of such repurchase agreement;

(25) Liens encumbering reasonable customary initial deposits and margin deposits and similar Liens attaching to commodity trading accounts or other brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes;

(26) Liens that are contractual rights of setoff, banker’s lien, netting agreements and other Liens (a) relating to deposit accounts, securities accounts, cash management arrangements or in connection with the issuance of Indebtedness, including letters of credit, bank guarantees or other similar instruments, (b) relating to pooled deposit or sweep accounts to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries or (c) relating to purchase orders and other agreements entered into with customers of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business; (28) Liens on goods the purchase price of which is financed by a documentary letter of credit issued for the account of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Liens on bills of lading, drafts or other documents of title arising by operation of law or pursuant to the standard terms of agreements relating to letters of credit, bank guarantees and other similar instruments; provided that such Lien secures only the obligations of the Company or such Subsidiaries in respect of such letter of credit to the extent such obligations are permitted under Section 4.09 hereof;

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(29) (a) Liens on Equity Interests of an Unrestricted Subsidiary that secure Indebtedness or other obligations of such Unrestricted Subsidiary and (b) Liens then existing with respect to assets of an Unrestricted Subsidiary on the day such Unrestricted Subsidiary is redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary as described under the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiaries”;

(30) Receipt of progress payments and advances from customers in the ordinary course of business to the extent the same creates a Lien on the related inventory and proceeds thereof;

(31) Liens on Equity Interests of any joint venture (a) securing obligations of such joint venture or (b) pursuant to the relevant joint venture agreement or arrangement;

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

(33) the rights reserved or vested in any Person by the terms of any lease, license, franchise, grant or permit held by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof or by a statutory provision, to terminate any such lease, license, franchise, grant or permit, or to require annual or periodic payments as a condition to the continuance thereof;

(34) [reserved];

(35) [reserved];

(36) Liens relating to escrow arrangements securing Indebtedness, including (i) Liens on escrowed proceeds from the issuance of Indebtedness for the benefit of the related holders of debt securities or other Indebtedness (or the underwriters, arrangers, trustee or collateral agent thereof) and (ii) Liens on cash or Cash Equivalents set aside at the time of the incurrence of any Indebtedness, in either case to the extent such cash or Cash Equivalents prefund the payment of interest or premium or discount on such Indebtedness (or any costs related to the issuance of such Indebtedness) and are held in an escrow account or similar arrangement to be applied for such purpose;

(37) Liens arising in connection with any Permitted Intercompany Activities and Permitted Tax Restructuring;

(38) Liens in connection with Sale and Lease-Back Transactions; and

(39) Liens securing the Notes Obligations with respect to Notes issued on the Issue Date.

In the event that a Permitted Lien meets the criteria of more than one of the types of Permitted Liens (at the time of incurrence or at a later date), the Company in its sole discretion may divide, classify or from time to time reclassify all or any portion of such Permitted Lien in any manner that complies with this Indenture and such Permitted Lien shall be treated as having been made pursuant only to the clause or clauses of the definition of “Permitted Liens” to which such Permitted Lien has been classified or reclassified.

 

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“Permitted Tax Restructuring” means any reorganizations and other activities related to tax planning and tax reorganization entered into prior to, on or after the date hereof so long as such Permitted Tax Restructuring is not materially adverse to the Holders (as determined by the Company in good faith).

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

“Post-Transaction Period” means, with respect to any Specified Transaction, the period beginning on the date such Specified Transaction is consummated and ending on the last day of the eighth full consecutive fiscal quarter immediately following the date on which such Specified Transaction is consummated.

“Preferred Stock” means any Equity Interest with preferential rights of payment of dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution, or winding up.

“primary obligations” shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of “Contingent Obligations.”

“primary obligor” shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of “Contingent Obligations.”

“Private Placement Legend” means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(g)(i) hereof to be placed on all Notes issued under this Indenture, except where otherwise permitted by the provisions of this Indenture.

“Pro Forma Disposal Adjustment” means, for any relevant period that includes all or a portion of a fiscal quarter included in any Post-Transaction Period with respect to any Sold Entity or Business, the pro forma increase or decrease in Consolidated EBITDA projected by the Company in good faith as a result of contractual arrangements between the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary entered into with such Sold Entity or Business at the time of its disposal or within the Post-Transaction Period and which represents an increase or decrease in Consolidated EBITDA which is incremental to the Disposed EBITDA of such Sold Entity or Business for such period.

“Pro Forma Entity” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Acquired EBITDA.”

“Public Company Costs” means, as to the Company, costs associated with, or in anticipation of, or preparation for, compliance with the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith and costs relating to compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Exchange Act or any other comparable body of laws, rules or regulations, as companies with listed equity, directors’ compensation, fees and expense reimbursement, costs relating to investor relations, shareholder meetings and reports to shareholders, directors’ and officers’ insurance and other executive costs, legal and other professional fees, and listing fees, in each case to the extent arising solely by virtue of the listing of such Person’s equity securities on a national securities exchange.

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“Qualified Proceeds” means assets that are used or useful in, or Capital Stock of any Person engaged in, a Similar Business; provided that the fair market value of any such assets or Capital Stock shall be determined by the Company in good faith.

“Rating Agencies” means Moody’s, S&P and Fitch or if Moody’s, S&P or Fitch (or any combination thereof) shall not make a rating on the Notes publicly available, a nationally recognized statistical rating agency or agencies, as the case may be, selected by the Company which shall be substituted for Moody’s, S&P or Fitch (or such combination thereof), as the case may be.

“Receivables Assets” means accounts receivable, royalty and other similar rights to payment and any other assets related thereto subject to a Receivables Facility that are customarily sold or pledged in connection with receivables transactions and the proceeds thereof.

“Receivables Facility” means any of one or more receivables securitization financing facilities as amended, supplemented, modified, extended, renewed, restated or refunded from time to time, the Obligations of which are non-recourse (except for customary representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities made in connection with such facilities) to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a Receivables Subsidiary) pursuant to which the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries sells or grants a security interest in its accounts receivable or assets related thereto that are customarily sold or pledged in connection with securitization transactions to either (a) a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary or (b) a Receivables Subsidiary that in turn sells its accounts receivable to a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary.

“Receivables Fees” means distributions or payments made directly or by means of discounts with respect to any accounts receivable or participation interest therein issued or sold in connection with, and other fees paid to a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with, any Receivables Facility.

“Receivables Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary formed for the purpose of, and that solely engages only in one or more Receivables Facilities and other activities reasonably related or incidental thereto.

“Record Date” for the interest payable on any applicable Interest Payment Date means March 1 or September 1 (whether or not a Business Day) next preceding such Interest Payment Date.

“Recruitment Notes” means forgivable promissory notes issued from time to time by a Restricted Subsidiary to certain employees or financial advisors in the ordinary course of business.

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

“Regulation S Global Note” means a Regulation S Temporary Global Note or Regulation S Permanent Global Note, as applicable.

“Regulation S Permanent Global Note” means a permanent Global Note in the form of Exhibit A hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Regulation S Temporary Global Note upon expiration of the Restricted Period.

 

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

“Regulation S Temporary Global Note Legend” means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(g)(iii) hereof.

“Related Business Assets” means assets (other than cash or Cash Equivalents) used or useful in a Similar Business, provided that any assets received by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in exchange for assets transferred by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary shall not be deemed to be Related Business Assets if they consist of securities of a Person, unless upon receipt of the securities of such Person, such Person would become a Restricted Subsidiary.

“Replacement Satellite Vendor Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary provided by a satellite or satellite launch vendor, insurer or insurance agent or Affiliate thereof for (i) the construction, launch or insurance of all or part of one or more replacement satellites or satellite launches for such satellites, where “replacement satellite” means a satellite that is to be used: (x) as a replacement for a Satellite, or (y) for continuation or expansion of the Company’s satellite service as a replacement for, or supplement to, a Satellite that is retired or relocated (due to a deterioration in operating useful life) within the existing service area or reasonably determined by the Company to no longer meet the requirements for such service or as a supplement to one or more existing satellites to provide additional capacity or (ii) the replacement of a spare Satellite that has been launched or that is no longer capable of being launched or suitable for launch.

“Responsible Officer” means (i) when used with respect to the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent, any officer within the corporate trust department of the Trustee or Notes Collateral Agent, as the case may be, including any vice president, assistant vice president, assistant secretary, assistant treasurer, trust officer or any other officer of the Trustee or Notes Collateral Agent, as the case may be, who customarily performs functions similar to those performed by the Persons who at the time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter relating to this Indenture is referred because of such Person’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and who, in each case, shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture, and (ii) when used with respect to the Issuers, the chief executive officer, president, vice president, chief financial officer, treasurer or assistant treasurer, or other similar officer, manager or a member of the board of directors of such Issuer. Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action on the part of the Issuers and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of the Issuers.

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

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

“Restricted Investment” means an Investment other than a Permitted Investment.

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

“Restricted Subsidiary” means, at any time, any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Company (including the Issuers and any Foreign Subsidiary) that is not then an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that upon the occurrence of an Unrestricted Subsidiary ceasing to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary, such Subsidiary shall be included in the definition of “Restricted Subsidiary.” Unless otherwise specified or the context otherwise requires, a reference to a “Restricted Subsidiary” shall be a reference to a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company.

 

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

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

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

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

“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and any successor to its rating agency business.

“Sale and Lease-Back Transaction” means any arrangement providing for the leasing by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of any real or tangible personal property, which property has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary to a third Person in contemplation of such leasing.

“Satellite” shall mean any satellite owned by, or leased to, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and any satellite purchased by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to the terms of a Satellite Purchase Agreement, whether such satellite is in the process of manufacture, has been delivered for launch or is in orbit (whether or not in operational service).

“Satellite Collateral” means, collectively, (a) any Satellite owned by any Issuer or Guarantor, (b) all material intellectual property necessary for the relevant Issuer or Guarantor to own and operate any Satellite system, ground segment or transmission network related thereto and (c) any launch or in-orbit insurance proceeds related to the forgoing.

“Satellite Manufacturer” shall mean, with respect to any Satellite, the prime contractor and manufacturer of such Satellite.

“Satellite Purchase Agreement” shall mean, with respect to any Satellite, the agreement between the applicable Satellite Purchaser and the applicable Satellite Manufacturer relating to the manufacture, testing and delivery of such Satellite.

“Satellite Purchaser” shall mean the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that is a party to a Satellite Purchase Agreement or launch services agreement, as the case may be.

“SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

“Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement” means the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto among the Notes Collateral Agent, the Senior Credit Facilities Collateral Agent and one or more senior representatives for holders of Indebtedness permitted by the Senior Credit Facilities to be secured by the Collateral.

“Secured Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries secured by a Lien.

 

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“Secured Obligations” means the Notes Obligations, Senior Credit Facilities Obligations and the Other Pari Passu Lien Obligations.

“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.

“Senior Credit Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Senior Credit Facilities.”

“Senior Credit Facilities” means, collectively, the term and revolving credit facilities under the credit agreement, dated December 12, 2019 (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Senior Credit Agreement”), by and among the Company, the lenders party thereto in their capacities as lenders thereunder and Bank of America, N.A., as “Administrative Agent” (as successor to Barclay’s Bank PLC) (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Senior Credit Facilities Administrative Agent”), including any guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, and any amendments, supplements, modifications, extensions, renewals, restatements, refundings or refinancings thereof and any indentures, guarantees, credit facilities or commercial paper facilities that replace, refund, exchange or refinance (or successively replace, refund, exchange or refinance) any part of the loans, notes, guarantees, other credit facilities or commitments thereunder, including any such replacement, refunding or refinancing facility or indenture (or successive replacement, refunding, exchange or refinancing facility or indenture) that increases the amount borrowable thereunder or alters the maturity thereof; provided that such increase in borrowings is permitted under Section 4.09 hereof.

“Senior Credit Facilities Administrative Agent” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Senior Credit Facilities.”

“Senior Credit Facilities Collateral Agent” means Bank of America, N.A. (as successor to Barclay’s Bank PLC), in its capacity as collateral agent for the Senior Credit Facilities, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity.

“Senior Credit Facilities Obligations” means any Indebtedness or other Obligations under the Senior Credit Facilities.

“Senior Indebtedness” means:

(1) all Indebtedness of the Issuers or any Guarantor outstanding under the Senior Credit Facilities or Notes and related Guarantees (including interest, fees and expenses accruing on or after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or similar proceeding or for reorganization of the Issuers or any Guarantor (at the rate provided for in the documentation with respect thereto, regardless of whether or not a claim for post-filing interest, fees and expenses is allowed in such proceedings)), and any and all other fees, expense reimbursement obligations, indemnification amounts, penalties, and other amounts (whether existing on the Issue Date or thereafter created or incurred) and all obligations of the Issuers or any Guarantor to reimburse any bank or other Person in respect of amounts paid under letters of credit, acceptances or other similar instruments;

(2) all Hedging Obligations (and guarantees thereof) owing to a Lender (as defined in the Senior Credit Facilities) or any Affiliate of such Lender (or any Person that was a Lender or an Affiliate of such Lender at the time the applicable agreement giving rise to such Hedging Obligation was entered into), provided that such Hedging Obligations are permitted to be incurred under the terms of this Indenture; (3) any other Indebtedness of the Issuers or any Guarantor permitted to be incurred under the terms of this Indenture, unless the instrument under which such Indebtedness is incurred expressly provides that it is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or any related Guarantee; and

 

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(4) all Obligations with respect to the items listed in the preceding clauses (1), (2) and (3);

provided, however, that Senior Indebtedness shall not include:

(a) any obligation of such Person to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;

(b) any liability for federal, state, local or other taxes owed or owing by such Person;

(c) any accounts payable or other liability to trade creditors arising in the ordinary course of business;

(d) any Indebtedness or other Obligation of such Person which is subordinate or junior in any respect to any other Indebtedness or other Obligation of such Person; or

(e) that portion of any Indebtedness which at the time of incurrence is incurred in violation of this Indenture.

“Senior Secured First Lien Net Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) the sum of (i) Consolidated Senior Secured First Lien Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date and (ii) the Reserved Indebtedness Amount applicable at such time to the calculation of the Senior Secured First Lien Net Leverage Ratio with respect to commitments first obtained as of such date but not utilized as of such date (but only the extent such commitments are being obtained in reliance on a test based on such ratio) to (b) the Company’s Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date on which such event for which such calculation is being made shall occur, with such ratio being calculated on a pro forma basis in a manner consistent with the pro forma provisions set forth in the definition of “Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio,” to the extent appropriate.

“Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) the sum of (i) Consolidated Senior Secured Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date and (ii) the Reserved Indebtedness Amount applicable at such time to the calculation of the Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio with respect to commitments first obtained as of such date but not utilized as of such date (but only the extent such commitments are being obtained in reliance on a test based on such ratio) to (b) the Company’s Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date on which such event for which such calculation is being made shall occur, with such ratio being calculated on a pro forma basis in a manner consistent with the pro forma provisions set forth in the definition of “Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio,” to the extent appropriate.

“Settlement” means the transfer of cash or other property with respect to any credit or debit card charge, check or other instrument, electronic funds transfer, or other type of paper-based or electronic payment, transfer, or charge transaction for which a Person acts as a processor, remitter, funds recipient or funds transmitter in the ordinary course of its business.

 

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“Settlement Asset” means any cash, receivable or other property, including a Settlement Receivable, due or conveyed to a Person in consideration for a Settlement made or arranged, or to be made or arranged, by such Person or an Affiliate of such Person.

“Settlement Indebtedness” means any payment or reimbursement obligation in respect of a Settlement Payment.

“Settlement Lien” means any Lien relating to any Settlement or Settlement Indebtedness (and may include, for the avoidance of doubt, the grant of a Lien in or other assignment of a Settlement Asset in consideration of a Settlement Payment, Liens securing intraday and overnight overdraft and automated clearing house exposure, and similar Liens).

“Settlement Payment” means the transfer, or contractual undertaking (including by automated clearing house transaction) to effect a transfer, of cash or other property to effect a Settlement.

“Settlement Receivable” means any general intangible, payment intangible, or instrument representing or reflecting an obligation to make payments to or for the benefit of a Person in consideration for a Settlement made or arranged, or to be made or arranged, by such Person.

“Significant Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary that would be a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02(w)(2) of Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, as such regulation is in effect on the Issue Date.

“Similar Business” means (1) any business conducted or proposed to be conducted by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries on the Issue Date or (2) any business or other activities that are reasonably similar, incidental, ancillary, complementary or related to, or a reasonable extension, development or expansion of, the businesses in which the Company and any of its Subsidiaries were engaged on the Issue Date.

“Sold Entity or Business” shall have the meaning set forth in clause (IV) of the definition of “Consolidated EBITDA.”

“Specified Event of Default” means an Event of Default pursuant to clause (1), (2), (6) or (7) of Section 6.01(a) hereof.

“Specified Transaction” means, with respect to any period, any Investment, sale, transfer or other disposition of assets, incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness, Restricted Payment, subsidiary designation, New Project or other event that by the terms of this Indenture requires such covenant to be calculated on a pro forma basis after giving pro forma effect thereto.

“SPV Satellite Company” means a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor and that does not engage in any activities other than owning and operating a Satellite and activities incidental thereto, or have any Indebtedness for borrowed money (other than Indebtedness owing to the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor or the Restricted Subsidiary from which such Satellite was acquired).

“Subordinated Indebtedness” means, with respect to the Notes,

(1) any Indebtedness (other than (i) any permitted intercompany Indebtedness owing to direct and indirect parent companies of the Company, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or (ii) any Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding $250.0 million) of the Company which is by its terms subordinated in right of payment to the Notes, and (2) any Indebtedness (other than (i) any permitted intercompany Indebtedness owing to direct and indirect parent companies of the Company, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or (ii) any Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding $250.0 million) of any Guarantor which is by its terms subordinated in right of payment to the Guarantee of such entity of the Notes.

 

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“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person:

(1) any corporation, association or other business entity (other than a partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or similar entity) of which more than 50.0% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time of determination owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof; and

(2) any partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or similar entity of which

(x) more than 50.0% of the capital accounts, distribution rights, total equity and voting interests or general or limited partnership interests, as applicable, are owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof whether in the form of membership, general, special or limited partnership or otherwise, and

(y) such Person or any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person is a controlling general partner or otherwise controls such entity.

“taxes” means any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, charges or withholdings imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.

“Test Period” means, as of any date of determination, the most recently completed four fiscal quarters of the Company ending on or prior to such date for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding such date of determination.

“TISE” means The International Stock Exchange Authority Limited and its successors and assigns.

“Total Assets” means, as of any date, the total consolidated assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, as shown on the most recent consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, determined on a pro forma basis in a manner consistent with the pro forma basis contained in the definition of “Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio.”

“Total Net Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) the sum of (i) Consolidated Total Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date and (ii) the Reserved Indebtedness Amount applicable at such time to the calculation of the Total Net Leverage Ratio with respect to commitments first obtained as of such date but not utilized as of such date (but only the extent such commitments are being obtained in reliance on a test based on such ratio) to (b) the Company’s Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period immediately preceding the date on which such event for which such calculation is being made shall occur, with such ratio being calculated on a pro forma basis in a manner consistent with the pro forma provisions set forth in the definition of “Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio,” to the extent appropriate.

 

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“Transaction Costs” means all fees, costs and expenses incurred or payable by Holdings, the Company or any other Subsidiary in connection with the Transactions.

“Transactions” means (1) the issuance of the Notes, (2) the redemption of all of the Existing Notes and (3) the payment of the fees and expenses incurred in connection with any of the foregoing.

“Treasury Rate” means, the weekly average for each Business Day during the most recent week that has ended at least two Business Days prior to the Redemption Date of the yield to maturity at the time of computation of United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent Selected Interest Rates (Daily) – H.15 that has become publicly available at least two Business Days prior to the Redemption Date (or, if such release is no longer published, any publicly available source of similar market data)) most nearly equal to the period from the Redemption Date to September 15, 2026; provided, however, that if the period from the Redemption Date to September 15, 2026 is not equal to the constant maturity of a United States Treasury security for which a yield is given, the Treasury Rate shall be obtained by linear interpolation (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth of a year) from the yields of United States Treasury securities for which such yields are given, except that if the period from the Redemption Date to such date is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year will be used.

“Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.

“Trustee” means Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee, until a successor replaces it in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture and thereafter means the successor serving hereunder.

“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in any applicable jurisdiction.

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

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

“Unrestricted Subsidiary” means:

(1) any Subsidiary of the Company which at the time of determination is an Unrestricted Subsidiary (as designated by the Company, as provided below); and

(2) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

The Company may designate any Subsidiary of the Company (including any existing Subsidiary and any newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary) to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary unless such Subsidiary or any of its Subsidiaries owns any Equity Interests or Indebtedness of, or owns or holds any Lien on, any property of, the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than solely any Subsidiary of the Subsidiary to be so designated); provided, that:

(1) such designation is not prohibited by Section 4.07 hereof; and

(2) each of:

 

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(b) its Subsidiaries

(a) the Subsidiary to be so designated; and has not at the time of designation, and does not thereafter, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable with respect to any Indebtedness pursuant to which the lender has recourse to any of the assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary except for guarantees by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries incurred in accordance with this Indenture.

The Company may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided, that immediately after giving effect to such designation, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing and either:

(1) the Company would be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Ratio Test; or

(2) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries would be equal to or greater than it was immediately prior to such designation, on a pro forma basis taking into account such designation.

Any such designation by the Company shall be notified by the Company to the Trustee by promptly delivering to the Trustee a copy of the resolution of the board of directors of the Company or any committee thereof giving effect to such designation and an Officer’s Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing provisions

“U.S. Issuer” has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

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

“Voting Stock” of any Person as of any date means the Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the board of directors of such Person.

“Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, as the case may be, at any date, the quotient obtained by dividing:

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

(2) the sum of all such payments.

“Wholly Owned Subsidiary” of any Person means a Subsidiary of such Person, 100.0% of the outstanding Equity Interests of which (other than directors’ qualifying shares and shares issued to foreign nationals as required by applicable law) 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

“Action”    13.09(v)
“Additional Amounts”    4.17(a)
“Advance Offer”    4.10(d)
“Advance Portion”    4.10(d)
“Affiliate Transaction”    4.11(a)
“Asset Sale Offer”    4.10(d)
“Authentication Order”    2.02
“Change in Tax Law”    3.10(b)
“Change of Control Offer”    4.14(a)
“Change of Control Payment”    4.14(a)
“Change of Control Payment Date”    4.14(a)(2)
“Covenant Defeasance”    8.03
“Covenant Suspension Event”    4.16(a)
“Directing Holder”    6.01
“DTC”    2.03
“Event of Default”    6.01(a)
“Excess Proceeds”    4.10(d)
“Foreign Disposition”    4.10(c)
“incur”    4.09(a)
“incurrence”    4.09(a)
“Increased Amount”    4.12
“Investment Grade Status”    4.16(a)
“LCT Election”    4.09(c)(11)
“LCT Test Date”    4.09(c)(11)
“LCT Public Offer”    4.09(c)(11)
“Legal Defeasance”    8.02
“Noteholder Direction”    6.01
“Note Register”    2.03
“Offer Amount”    3.09(b)
“Offer Period”    3.09(b)
“Other Guarantee”    10.06(1)(F)
“Paying Agent”    2.03
“Position Representation”    6.01
“Proceeds Application Period”    4.10(b)
“Purchase Date”    3.09(b)
“Ratio Test”    4.07(a)(2)
“Redemption Date”    3.07(a)
“Refinancing Indebtedness”    4.09(b)(13)
“Refunding Capital Stock”    4.07(b)(2)
“Registrar”    2.03
“Related Persons”    13.09(b)
“Required Currency”    12.19
“Reserved Indebtedness Amount”    4.09(c)(3)

“Restricted Debt Payments”

“Restricted Payments”

  

4.07(a)(IV)

4.07(a)(IV)

“Reversion Date”    4.16(b)

 

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Term

  

Defined in
Section

“Security Document Order”

   13.09(r)

“Successor Company”

   5.01(b)(1)

“Successor Issuer”

   5.01(a)(1)

“Successor Luxembourg Issuer”

   5.01(a)(1)

“Successor Person”

   5.01(d)(1)(A)

“Successor U.S. Issuer”

   5.01(a)(1)

“Suspended Covenants”

   4.16(a)

“Suspension Period”

   4.16(b)

“Tax Distributions”

   4.07(b)(16)(b)

“Tax Group”

   4.07(b)(16)(b)

“Tax Jurisdiction”

   4.17(a)

“Tax Redemption Date”

   3.10

“Treasury Capital Stock”

   4.07(b)(2)

“Verification Covenant”

   6.01

Section 1.03 [Reserved]

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 IFRS;

(c) “or” is not exclusive;

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

(e) “will” shall be interpreted to express a command;

(f) provisions apply to successive events and transactions;

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

(h) unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an “Article,” “Section,” “clause” or “Exhibit” refers to an Article, Section, clause or Exhibit, as the case may be, of this Indenture; and

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

 

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Section 1.05 Acts of Holders.

(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by an agent duly appointed in writing. Except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments or record or both are delivered to the Trustee, the Notes Collateral Agent, if applicable, and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Issuers. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent, or the holding by any Person of a Note, shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 7.01) conclusive in favor of the Trustee, the Notes Collateral Agent and the Issuers, if made in the manner provided in this Section 1.05.

(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by the certificate of any notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution is by or on behalf of any legal entity other than an individual, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute proof of the authority of the Person executing the same. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner that the Trustee deems sufficient.

(c) The ownership of Notes shall be proved by the Note Register.

(d) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action by the Holder of any Note shall bind every future Holder of the same Note and the Holder of every Note issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof, in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by the Trustee, the Notes Collateral Agent or the Issuers in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Note.

(e) The Issuers may, in the circumstances permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, set a record date for purposes of determining the identity of Holders entitled to give any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or take any other act, or to vote or consent to any action by vote or consent authorized or permitted to be given or taken by Holders. Unless otherwise specified, if not set by the Issuers prior to the first solicitation of a Holder made by any Person in respect of any such action, or in the case of any such vote, prior to such vote, any such record date shall be the later of 30 days prior to the first solicitation of such consent or the date of the most recent list of Holders furnished to the Trustee prior to such solicitation.

(f) Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled to take any action hereunder with regard to any particular Note may do so with regard to all or any part of the principal amount of such Note or by one or more duly appointed agents, each of which may do so pursuant to such appointment with regard to all or any part of such principal amount. Any notice given or action taken by a Holder or its agents with regard to different parts of such principal amount pursuant to this Section 1.05(f) shall have the same effect as if given or taken by separate Holders of each such different part.

(g) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a Holder, including DTC that is the Holder of a Global Note, may make, give or take, by a proxy or proxies duly appointed in writing, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided in this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders, and DTC that is the Holder of a Global Note may provide its proxy or proxies to the beneficial owners of interests in any such Global Note through such depositary’s standing instructions and customary practices.

 

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(h) The Issuers may fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Persons who are beneficial owners of interests in any Global Note held by DTC entitled under the procedures of such depositary to make, give or take, by a proxy or proxies duly appointed in writing, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided in this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders. If such a record date is fixed, the Holders on such record date or their duly appointed proxy or proxies, and only such Persons, shall be entitled to make, give or take such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date. No such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action shall be valid or effective if made, given or taken more than 90 days after such record date.

ARTICLE 2

THE NOTES

Section 2.01 Form and Dating; Terms.

(a) General. The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto. The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rules or usage. Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The Notes shall be in minimum denominations of $200,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.

(b) Global Notes. Notes issued in global form shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (including the Global Note Legend thereon and the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto). Notes issued in definitive form shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (but without the Global Note Legend thereon and without the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto). Each Global Note shall represent such of the outstanding Notes as shall be specified in the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto and each shall provide that it shall represent up to the aggregate principal amount of Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as applicable, to reflect exchanges and redemptions. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, in accordance with instructions given by the Holder thereof as required by Section 2.06 hereof.

(c) Temporary Global Notes. Notes offered and sold in reliance on Regulation S shall be issued initially in the form of the Regulation S Temporary Global Note, which shall be deposited on behalf of the purchasers of the Notes represented thereby with the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary, and registered in the name of the Depositary or the nominee of the Depositary for the accounts of designated agents holding on behalf of Euroclear or Clearstream, duly executed by the Issuers and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided.

Following the termination of the Restricted Period, beneficial interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note shall be exchanged for beneficial interests in the Regulation S Permanent Global Note pursuant to the Applicable Procedures. Simultaneously with the authentication of the Regulation S Permanent Global Note, the Trustee shall cancel the Regulation S Temporary Global Note. The aggregate principal amount of the Regulation S Temporary Global Note and the Regulation S Permanent Global Note may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee and the Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, in connection with transfers of interest as hereinafter provided.

 

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(d) Terms. The aggregate principal amount of Notes that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.

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

The Notes shall be subject to repurchase by the Issuers pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer as provided in Section 4.10 hereof or a Change of Control Offer as provided in Section 4.14 hereof. The Notes shall not be redeemable, other than as provided in Article 3.

Additional Notes ranking pari passu with the Initial Notes may be created and issued from time to time by the Issuers without notice to or consent of the Holders and shall be consolidated with and form a single class with the Initial Notes and shall have the same terms as to status, redemption or otherwise as the Initial Notes; provided, that the Issuers’ ability to issue Additional Notes shall be subject to the Issuers’ compliance with Section 4.09 hereof. Any Additional Notes shall be issued with the benefit of an indenture supplemental to this Indenture.

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

Section 2.02 Execution and Authentication.

One Officer of each Issuer shall execute the Notes on behalf of the Issuers by manual or facsimile signature.

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

A Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose until authenticated substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto by the manual signature of the Trustee. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Note has been duly authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.

On the Issue Date, the Trustee shall, upon receipt of an Issuer Order (an “Authentication Order”), authenticate and deliver the Initial Notes. In addition, at any time, from time to time, the Trustee shall upon receipt of an Authentication Order authenticate and deliver any Additional Notes for an aggregate principal amount specified in such Authentication Order for such Additional Notes issued hereunder.

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

 

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Section 2.03 Registrar and Paying Agent.

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

The Issuers initially appoint The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) to act as Depositary with respect to the Global Notes.

The Issuers initially appoint the Trustee to act as the Paying Agent and Registrar for the Notes and to act as Custodian with respect to the Global Notes.

Section 2.04 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.

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

Section 2.05 Holder Lists.

The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of all Holders and shall otherwise comply with Trust Indenture Act Section 312(a). If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Issuers shall furnish to the Trustee 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 names and addresses of the Holders of Notes and the Issuers shall otherwise comply with Trust Indenture Act Section 312(a).

Section 2.06 Transfer and Exchange.

(a) Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes. Except as otherwise set forth in this Section 2.06, a Global Note may be transferred, in whole and not in part, only to another nominee of the Depositary or to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary. A beneficial interest in a Global Note may not be exchanged for a Definitive Note unless (i) the Depositary (x) notifies the Issuers that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Note or (y) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and, in either case, a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Issuers within 120 days or (ii) there shall have occurred and be continuing a Default with respect to the Notes. Upon the occurrence of any of the preceding events in (i) or (ii) above, Definitive Notes delivered in exchange for any Global Note or beneficial interests therein will be registered in the names, and issued in any approved denominations, requested by or on behalf of the Depositary (in accordance with its customary procedures).

 

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Global Notes also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Sections 2.07 and 2.10 hereof. Every Note authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or in lieu of, a Global Note or any portion thereof, pursuant to this Section 2.06 or Section 2.07 or 2.10 hereof, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Note, except for Definitive Notes issued subsequent to any of the preceding events in (i) or (ii) above and pursuant to Section 2.06(b)(ii)(B) and 2.06(c) hereof. A Global Note may not be exchanged for another Note other than as provided in this Section 2.06(a); provided, however, beneficial interests in a Global Note may be transferred and exchanged as provided in Section 2.06(b) or (c) hereof.

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

(i) Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Note. Beneficial interests in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the same Restricted Global Note in accordance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Private Placement Legend; provided, however, that prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, transfers of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note may not be made to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person (other than an Initial Purchaser). Beneficial interests in any Unrestricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note. No written orders or instructions shall be required to be delivered to the Registrar to effect the transfers described in this Section 2.06(b)(i).

(ii) All Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes. In connection with all transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests that are not subject to Section 2.06(b)(i) hereof, the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the Registrar either (A) (1) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in another Global Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and (2) instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the Participant account to be credited with such increase or (B) (1) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to cause to be issued a Definitive Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and (2) instructions given by the Depositary to the Registrar containing information regarding the Person in whose name such Definitive Note shall be registered to effect the transfer or exchange referred to in (1) above; provided, that in no event shall Definitive Notes be issued upon the transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note prior to (A) the expiration of the Restricted Period and (B) the receipt by the Registrar of the certificates in the form of Exhibit B. Upon satisfaction of all of the requirements for transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in Global Notes contained in this Indenture and the Notes or otherwise applicable under the Securities Act, the Trustee shall adjust the principal amount of the relevant Global Note(s) pursuant to Section 2.06(h) hereof.

 

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(iii) Transfer of Beneficial Interests to Another Restricted Global Note. A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Restricted Global Note if the transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.06(b)(ii) hereof and the Registrar receives the following:

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

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

(iv) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note for Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Note. A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be exchanged by any holder thereof for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note if the exchange or transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.06(b)(ii) hereof and

the Registrar receives the following:

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

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

and, in each such case set forth in this Section 2.06(b)(iv), if the Registrar or Issuers so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar and Issuers to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

If any such transfer is effected pursuant to this Section 2.06(b)(iv) at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Issuers shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of beneficial interests transferred pursuant to this Section 2.06(b)(iv).

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

 

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

(i) Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes. If any holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note, then, upon the occurrence of any of the events in clause (i) or (ii) of Section 2.06(a) hereof and receipt by the Registrar of the following documentation:

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

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

(C) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof;

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

(E) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to the Issuers, the Guarantors or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof; or

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

the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(h) hereof, and the Issuers shall execute and upon receipt of an Authentication Order, the Trustee shall authenticate and mail to the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the applicable principal amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.06(c) shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the Registrar through instructions from the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall mail such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(i) shall bear the Private Placement Legend and shall be subject to all restrictions on transfer contained therein.

(ii) Beneficial Interests in Regulation S Temporary Global Note to Definitive Notes. Notwithstanding Sections 2.06(c)(i)(A) and (C) hereof, a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note may not be exchanged for a Definitive Note or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note prior to (A) the expiration of the Restricted Period and (B) the receipt by the Registrar of any certificates required pursuant to Exhibit B, except in the case of a transfer pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 903 or Rule 904.

 

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(iii) Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. A holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note may exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or may transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note only upon the occurrence of any of the events in subsection (i) or (ii) of Section 2.06(a) hereof and if the Registrar receives the following:

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

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

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

(iv) Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. If any holder of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note, then, upon the occurrence of any of the events in subsection (i) or (ii) of Section 2.06(a) hereof and satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 2.06(b)(ii) hereof, the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(h) hereof, and the Issuers shall execute and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, the Trustee shall authenticate and mail to the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the applicable principal amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(iv) shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the Registrar through instructions from or through the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall mail such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(iv) shall not bear the Private Placement Legend.

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

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

(A) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (2)(b) thereof; (B) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;

 

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

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

(E) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to the Issuers, the Guarantors or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof; or

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

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

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

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

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

and, in each such case set forth in this Section 2.06(d)(ii), if the Registrar or Issuers so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar and Issuers to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

Upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions in this Section 2.06(d)(ii), the Trustee shall cancel the Definitive Notes and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of the Unrestricted Global Note.

 

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

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

(e) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Definitive Notes. Upon request by a Holder of Definitive Notes and such Holder’s compliance with the provisions of this Section 2.06(e), the Registrar shall register the transfer or exchange of Definitive Notes. Prior to such registration of transfer or exchange, the requesting Holder shall present or surrender to the Registrar the Definitive Notes duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by such Holder or by its attorney, duly authorized in writing. In addition, the requesting Holder shall provide any additional certifications, documents and information, as applicable, required pursuant to the following provisions of this Section 2.06(e):

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

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

(B) if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 903 or Rule 904 then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof; or

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

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

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

(B) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Notes to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof; and, in each such case set forth in this Section 2.06(e)(ii), if the Registrar or Issuers so requests, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar and Issuers to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

 

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

(f) [Reserved].

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

(i) Private Placement Legend.

(A) Except as permitted by subparagraph (B) below, each Global Note and each Definitive Note (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall bear the legend in substantially the following form:

“THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NEITHER THIS NOTE NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, REGISTRATION AS SET FORTH BELOW. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER (1) REPRESENTS THAT (A) IT IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”)), OR (B) IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON AND IS ACQUIRING THIS NOTE IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“REGULATION S”), (2) AGREES TO OFFER, SELL, PLEDGE OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH NOTE PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION OF THE HOLDING PERIOD THEN IMPOSED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (OR ANY SUCCESSOR PROVISION) ONLY (A) TO THE ISSUERS, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) FOR SO LONG AS THE NOTES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (D) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES PURSUANT TO OFFERS AND SALES TO NON-U.S.

 

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PERSONS IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION PURSUANT TO REGULATION S IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 903 OR RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (E) TO AN INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES AND NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION, AND A CERTIFICATE WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE ISSUERS OR THE REGISTRAR IS DELIVERED BY THE TRANSFEREE TO THE ISSUERS AND REGISTRAR OR (F) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO THE ISSUERS’ OR THE REGISTRAR’S RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (D), (E) OR (F) TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM.”

(B) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Global Note or Definitive Note issued pursuant to subparagraph (b)(iv), (c)(iii), (c)(iv), (d)(ii), (d)(iii), (e)(ii), or (e)(iii) of this Section 2.06 (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall not bear the Private Placement Legend.

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

“THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (I) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(H) OF THE INDENTURE, (II) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(A) OF THE INDENTURE, (III) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.11 OF THE INDENTURE AND (IV) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE ISSUERS. UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK) (“DTC”) TO THE ISSUERS OR THEIR AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO.

 

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OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.”

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

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

THE RIGHTS ATTACHING TO THIS REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE, AND THE CONDITIONS AND PROCEDURES GOVERNING ITS EXCHANGE FOR CERTIFICATED NOTES, ARE AS SPECIFIED IN THE INDENTURE (AS DEFINED HEREIN).”

(h) Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Notes. At such time as all beneficial interests in a particular Global Note have been exchanged for Definitive Notes or a particular Global Note has been redeemed, repurchased or canceled in whole and not in part, each such Global Note shall be returned to or retained and canceled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.11 hereof. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note or for Definitive Notes, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note shall be reduced accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note, such other Global Note shall be increased accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.

(i) General Provisions Relating to Transfers and Exchanges.

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

(ii) No service charge shall be made to a holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note or to a Holder of a Definitive Note for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Issuers may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes or similar governmental charge payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections 2.07, 2.10, 3.06, 3.09, 4.10, 4.14 and 9.05 hereof).

(iii) Neither the Registrar nor the Issuers shall be required to register the transfer of or exchange any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part.

 

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

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

(vi) Prior to due presentment for the registration of a transfer of any Note, the Trustee, any Agent and the Issuers may deem and treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered as the absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on such Notes and for all other purposes, and none of the Trustee, any Agent or the Issuers shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

(vii) Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Note at the office or agency of the Issuers designated pursuant to Section 4.02 hereof, the Issuers shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more replacement Notes of any authorized denomination or denominations of a like aggregate principal amount.

(viii) At the option of the Holder, Notes may be exchanged for other Notes of any authorized denomination or denominations of a like aggregate principal amount upon surrender of the Notes to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Global Notes or Definitive Notes are so surrendered for exchange, the Issuers shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the replacement Global Notes and Definitive Notes which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.02 hereof.

(ix) All certifications, certificates and Opinions of Counsel required to be submitted to the Registrar pursuant to this Section 2.06 to effect a registration of transfer or exchange may be submitted by facsimile.

(x) The Trustee shall have no responsibility or obligation to any beneficial owner of a Global Note, a member of, or a participant in, the Depositary or other Person with respect to the accuracy of the records of the Depositary or its nominee or of any participant or member thereof, with respect to any ownership interest in the Notes or with respect to the delivery to any participant, member, beneficial owner, or other Person (other than the Depositary) of any notice (including any notice of redemption or purchase) or the payment of any amount or delivery of any Notes (or other security or property) under or with respect to such Notes. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depositary with respect to its members, participants, and any beneficial owners.

(xi) 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 Note (including any transfers between or among the Depositary’s participants, members, or beneficial owners in any Global Note) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or 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. None of the Trustee, the Notes Collateral Agent nor any of their agents shall have any responsibility for any actions taken or not taken by the Depositary.

 

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Section 2.07 Replacement Notes.

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

Every replacement Note is a contractual obligation of the Issuers and shall be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with all other Notes duly issued hereunder.

Section 2.08 Outstanding Notes.

The Notes outstanding at any time are all the Notes authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation, those reductions in the interest in a Global Note effected by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions hereof, and those described in this Section 2.08 as not outstanding. Except as set forth in Section 2.09 hereof, a Note does not cease to be outstanding because the Issuers or an Affiliate of the Issuers holds the Note.

If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07 hereof, it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Note is held by a bona fide purchaser.

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

If the Paying Agent (other than the Issuers, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of any thereof) holds, on a redemption date or maturity date, money sufficient to pay Notes payable on that date, then on and after that date such Notes shall be deemed to be no longer outstanding and shall cease to accrue interest.

Section 2.09 Treasury Notes.

In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Notes owned by the Issuers, or by any Affiliate of the Issuers, shall be considered as though not outstanding, except that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Notes that a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. Notes so owned which have been pledged in good faith shall not be disregarded if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right to deliver any such direction, waiver or consent with respect to the Notes and that the pledgee is not the Issuers or any obligor upon the Notes or any Affiliate of the Issuers or of such other obligor.

 

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Section 2.10 Temporary Notes.

Until certificates representing Notes are ready for delivery, the Issuers may prepare and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, shall authenticate temporary Notes. Temporary Notes shall be substantially in the form of certificated Notes but may have variations that the Issuers consider appropriate for temporary Notes and as shall be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. Without unreasonable delay, the Issuers shall prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate definitive Notes in exchange for temporary Notes.

Holders and beneficial holders, as the case may be, of temporary Notes shall be entitled to all of the benefits accorded to Holders, or beneficial holders, respectively, of Notes under this Indenture.

Section 2.11 Cancellation.

The Issuers at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee or, at the direction of the Trustee, the Registrar or the Paying Agent and no one else shall cancel all Notes surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and shall dispose of cancelled Notes (subject to the record retention requirement of the Exchange Act) in accordance with its customary procedures. Certification of the disposal of all cancelled Notes shall be delivered to the Issuers upon its written request. The Issuers may not issue new Notes to replace Notes that it has paid or that have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.

Section 2.12 Defaulted Interest.

If the Issuers default in a payment of interest on the Notes, they shall pay the defaulted interest in any lawful manner plus, to the extent lawful, interest payable on the defaulted interest to the Persons who are Holders on a subsequent special record date, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes and in Section 4.01 hereof. The Issuers shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of defaulted interest proposed to be paid on each Note and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Issuers 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 provided in this Section 2.12. The Issuers shall fix or cause to be fixed each such special record date and payment date; provided, that no such special record date shall be less than 10 days prior to the related payment date for such defaulted interest. The Issuers shall promptly notify the Trustee of such special record date and payment date. At least 15 days before the special record date, the Issuers (or, upon the written request of the Issuers, the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Issuers) shall send or cause to be sent to each Holder a notice at his or her address as it appears in the Note Register that states the special record date, the related payment date and the amount of such interest to be paid.

Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.12 and for greater certainty, each Note delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Note shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Note.

 

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Section 2.13 CUSIP and ISIN Numbers.

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

ARTICLE 3

REDEMPTION

Section 3.01 Notices to Trustee.

If the Issuers elect to redeem Notes pursuant to Section 3.07 hereof, they shall furnish to the Trustee, at least 5 Business Days before notice of redemption is required to be sent or caused to be sent to Holders pursuant to Section 3.03 hereof but not more than 60 days before a Redemption Date (except that redemption notices may be delivered more than 60 days prior to a Redemption Date if the notice is issued in connection with a defeasance of the Notes or a satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture), an Officer’s Certificate setting forth (i) the paragraph or subparagraph of such Note and/or Section of this Indenture pursuant to which the redemption shall occur, (ii) the Redemption Date, (iii) the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed and (iv) the redemption price.

Section 3.02 Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed.

If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed at any time, such Notes shall be selected for redemption by the Trustee (1) if the Notes are listed on an exchange and such listing is known to the Trustee, in compliance with the requirements of such exchange or in the case of Global Notes, in accordance with customary procedures of the Depositary or (2) on a pro rata basis to the extent practicable, or, if the pro rata basis is not practicable for any reason, by lot or by such other method as most nearly approximates a pro rata basis subject to customary procedures of the Depositary. Such Notes to be redeemed shall be selected, unless otherwise provided herein, not less than 10 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date from the outstanding Notes not previously called for redemption.

The Trustee shall promptly notify the Issuers in writing of the Notes selected for redemption and, in the case of any Note selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. Notes and portions of Notes selected shall be in minimum amounts of $200,000 or whole multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof; no Notes of $200,000 or less can be redeemed in part, except that if all of the Notes of a Holder are to be redeemed or purchased, the entire outstanding amount of Notes held by such Holder, even if not a multiple of $1,000, shall be redeemed or purchased. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, provisions of this Indenture that apply to Notes called for redemption also apply to portions of Notes called for redemption.

The Trustee shall not be responsible for any actions taken or not taken by DTC pursuant to its Applicable Procedures.

Section 3.03 Notice of Redemption.

Subject to Section 3.09 hereof, the Issuers shall deliver notices of redemption electronically or by first-class mail, postage prepaid, at least 10 but not more than 60 days before the purchase or Redemption Date to each Holder of Notes (with a copy to the Trustee) at such Holder’s registered address or otherwise in accordance with the procedures of DTC, except that redemption notices may be delivered electronically or mailed more than 60 days prior to a Redemption Date if the notice is issued in connection with Article 8 or Article 11 hereof. Notices of redemption may be conditional.

 

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

(a) the Redemption Date;

(b) the redemption price;

(c) if any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the portion of the principal amount of that Note that is to be redeemed and that, after the Redemption Date upon surrender of such Note, a new Note or Notes in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the original Note representing the same indebtedness to the extent not redeemed shall be issued in the name of the Holder of the Notes upon cancellation of the original Note;

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

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

(f) that, unless the Issuers default in making such redemption payment, interest on Notes called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the Redemption Date;

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

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

(i) any condition to such redemption.

If and for so long as any Notes are listed on the Official List of TISE and if and to the extent the rules of TISE so require, the Issuers will notify TISE of any such notice to the Holders and, in connection with any redemption, the Issuers will notify TISE of any change in the principal amount of Notes outstanding.

At the Issuers’ request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Issuers’ names and at their expense; provided that the Issuers shall have delivered written notice to the Trustee, at least 5 Business Days prior to the date on which notice of redemption is to be sent (unless a shorter notice shall be agreed to by the Trustee) in the form of an Officer’s Certificate requesting that the Trustee give such notice and setting forth the information to be stated in such notice as provided in the preceding paragraph.

Section 3.04 Effect of Notice of Redemption.

Once notice of redemption is sent in accordance with Section 3.03 hereof, Notes called for redemption become irrevocably due and payable on the Redemption Date at the redemption price, unless such redemption is conditioned on the happening of a future event. The notice, if sent in a manner herein provided, shall be conclusively presumed to have been given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice. In any case, failure to give such notice or any defect in the notice to the Holder of any Note designated for redemption in whole or in part shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Note. Subject to Section 3.05 hereof, on and after the Redemption Date, interest ceases to accrue on Notes or portions of Notes called for redemption.

 

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Section 3.05 Deposit of Redemption or Purchase Price.

Prior to noon (Eastern time) on the redemption or purchase date, the Issuers shall deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the redemption or purchase price of and accrued and unpaid interest on all Notes to be redeemed or purchased on that date. The Trustee or the Paying Agent shall promptly return to the Issuers any money deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent by the Issuers in excess of the amounts necessary to pay the redemption price of, and accrued and unpaid interest on, all Notes to be redeemed or purchased.

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

Section 3.06 Notes Redeemed or Purchased in Part.

Upon surrender of a Definitive Note that is redeemed or purchased in part, the Issuers shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate for the Holder at the expense of the Issuers a new Note equal in principal amount to the unredeemed or unpurchased portion of the Note surrendered representing the same indebtedness to the extent not redeemed or purchased; provided, that each new Note shall be in a principal amount of $200,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. It is understood that, notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary, only an Authentication Order and not an Opinion of Counsel or Officer’s Certificate is required for the Trustee to authenticate such new Note.

Section 3.07 Optional Redemption.

(a) At any time prior to September 15, 2026, the Issuers may on one or more occasions redeem all or a part of the Notes, upon notice as described under Section 3.03 hereof, at a redemption price equal to 100.0% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed plus the Applicable Premium as of, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon, to, but not including, the date of redemption (the “Redemption Date”).

(b) On and after September 15, 2026, the Issuers may on one or more occasions redeem all or a part of the Notes, upon notice as described under Section 3.03 hereof, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed) set forth in this Section 3.07(b), plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon, to, but not including, the applicable Redemption Date, if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on September 15 of each of the years indicated below:

 

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   Percentage  

2026

     104.500

2027

     102.250

2028 and thereafter

     100.000

 

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(c) In addition, prior to September 15, 2026, the Issuers may, at their option, on one or more occasions redeem up to 40.0% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under this Indenture (including the principal amount of any Additional Notes issued under this Indenture) at a redemption price equal to 109.000% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon, to, but not including, the applicable Redemption Date, with the net cash proceeds received by the Issuers from one or more Equity Offerings; provided that (a) at least 50.0% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes originally issued under this Indenture on the Issue Date (other than Notes held by the Issuers or any of their Affiliates) remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of each such redemption, unless all such Notes are redeemed substantially concurrently, and (b) each such redemption occurs within 180 days of the date of closing of each such Equity Offering.

(d) [Reserved].

(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in connection with any tender offer for all of the outstanding Notes at such time, including a Change of Control Offer or Asset Sale Offer, if Holders of not less than 90.0% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes validly tender and do not withdraw such Notes in such tender offer and the Issuers, or any third party making such a tender offer in lieu of the Issuers, purchase all of the Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn by such Holders, the Issuers or such third party will have the right upon not less than 10 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice, given not more than 30 days following such purchase date, to redeem all Notes that remain outstanding following such purchase at a redemption price equal to the price offered to each other Holder (excluding any early tender or incentive fee) in such tender offer plus, to the extent not included in the tender offer payment, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon, to, but not including, the applicable Redemption Date.

(f) Any notice of any redemption may be given prior to the redemption thereof, and any such redemption or notice may, at the Issuers’ discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent, including, without limitation, the consummation of an incurrence or issuance of debt or equity or a Change of Control or other corporate transaction. If such redemption is so subject to satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, such notice shall describe each such condition, and if applicable, shall state that, in the Issuers’ discretion, the Redemption Date may be delayed until such time (including more than 60 days after the date the notice of redemption was mailed or delivered, including by electronic transmission) as any or all such conditions shall be satisfied, or such redemption or purchase may not occur and such notice may be rescinded in the event that any or all such conditions shall not have been satisfied by the Redemption Date, or by the Redemption Date as so delayed. In addition, the Issuers may provide in such notice that payment of the redemption price and performance of the Issuers’ obligations with respect to such redemption may be performed by another Person.

(g) If the optional Redemption Date is on or after a Record Date and on or before the corresponding Interest Payment Date, the accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the Redemption Date will be paid on the Redemption Date to the Holder in whose name the Note is registered at the close of business on such record date in accordance with the applicable procedures of DTC, and no additional interest will be payable to Holders whose Notes will be subject to redemption by the Issuers.

(h) Any redemption pursuant to this Section 3.07 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.01 through 3.06 hereof.

(i) In addition to any redemption pursuant to this Section 3.07, the Issuers may at any time and from time to time acquire Notes by means other than a redemption, whether by tender offer, in the open market, through negotiated transactions, through other privately negotiated transactions or otherwise.

 

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Section 3.08 Mandatory Redemption.

The Issuers shall not be required to make any mandatory redemption or sinking fund payment with respect to the Notes.

Section 3.09 Offers to Repurchase by Application of Excess Proceeds.

(a) In the event that, pursuant to Section 4.10 hereof, the Issuers shall be required to commence an Asset Sale Offer, they shall follow the procedures specified below.

(b) The Asset Sale Offer shall remain open for a period of 20 Business Days following its commencement and no longer, except to the extent that a longer period is required by applicable law (the “Offer Period”). No later than five (5) Business Days after the termination of the Offer Period (the “Purchase Date”), the Issuers shall apply all Excess Proceeds (the “Offer Amount”) to the purchase of Notes and, if required, Pari Passu Indebtedness (on a pro rata basis, if applicable), or, if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes and Pari Passu Indebtedness tendered in response to the Asset Sale Offer. Payment for any Notes so purchased shall be made in the same manner as interest payments are made.

(c) If the Purchase Date is on or after a Record Date and on or before the related Interest Payment Date, any accrued and unpaid interest up to but excluding the Purchase Date, shall be paid to the Person in whose name a Note is registered at the close of business on such Record Date, and no additional interest shall be payable to Holders who tender Notes pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer.

(d) Upon the commencement of an Asset Sale Offer, the Issuers shall send electronically or by first-class mail, a notice to each of the Holders, with a copy to the Trustee. The notice shall contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Notes pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer. The Asset Sale Offer shall be made to all Holders and holders of Pari Passu Indebtedness. The notice, which shall govern the terms of the Asset Sale Offer, shall state:

(i) that the Asset Sale Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 3.09 and Section 4.10 hereof and the length of time the Asset Sale Offer shall remain open;

(ii) the Offer Amount, the purchase price and the Purchase Date;

(iii) that any Note not tendered or accepted for payment shall continue to accrue interest;

(iv) that, unless the Issuers default in making such payment, any Note accepted for payment pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the Purchase Date;

(v) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer may elect to have Notes purchased in minimum amounts of $200,000 or whole multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof only;

(vi) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to any Asset Sale Offer shall be required to surrender the Note, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” attached to the Note completed, or transfer by book-entry transfer, to the Issuers, the Depositary, if appointed by the Issuers, or a Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice at least three days before the Purchase Date; (vii) that Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their election if the Issuers, the Depositary or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, receives, not later than the expiration of the Offer Period, a telegram, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Note the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Note purchased;

 

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(viii) that, if the aggregate principal amount of Notes and Pari Passu Indebtedness surrendered by the holders thereof exceeds the Offer Amount, the Trustee shall select the Notes (while the Notes are in global form pursuant to the procedures of the Depositary) and the Issuers shall select such Pari Passu Indebtedness to be purchased on a pro rata basis based on the accreted value or principal amount of the Notes or such Pari Passu Indebtedness tendered (with such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate by the Issuers so that only Notes in denominations of $200,000, or integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof, shall remain outstanding after such purchase); and

(ix) that Holders whose Notes were purchased only in part shall be issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered (or transferred by book-entry transfer) representing the same indebtedness to the extent not repurchased.

(e) On or before the Purchase Date, the Issuers shall, to the extent lawful, (1) accept for payment, on a pro rata basis to the extent necessary, the Offer Amount of Notes or portions thereof validly tendered pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer, or if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes tendered and (2) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted together with an Officer’s Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or portions thereof so tendered.

(f) The Issuers, the Depositary or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, shall promptly mail or deliver to each tendering Holder an amount equal to the purchase price of the Notes properly tendered by such Holder and accepted by the Issuers for purchase, and the Issuers shall promptly issue a new Note, and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, shall authenticate and mail or deliver (or cause to be transferred by book-entry) such new Note to such Holder (it being understood that, notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary, no Opinion of Counsel or Officer’s Certificate is required for the Trustee to authenticate and mail or deliver such new Note) in a principal amount equal to any unpurchased portion of the Note surrendered representing the same indebtedness to the extent not repurchased; provided, that each such new Note shall be in a minimum denomination of $200,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. Any Note not so accepted shall be promptly mailed or delivered by the Issuers to the Holder thereof. The Issuers shall publicly announce the results of the Asset Sale Offer on or as soon as practicable after the Purchase Date.

Other than as specifically provided in this Section 3.09 or Section 4.10 hereof, any purchase pursuant to this Section 3.09 shall be made pursuant to the applicable provisions of Sections 3.01 through 3.06 hereof.

Section 3.10 Redemption for Changes in Taxes.

The Issuers may redeem the Notes, in whole but not in part, at their discretion at any time upon giving not less than 10 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice to the Holders (which notice will be irrevocable and given in accordance with the procedures described under Sections 3.02 and 3.03 hereof), at a redemption price equal to 100.0% of the aggregate principal amount thereof, together with accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date fixed by the Issuers for redemption (a “Tax Redemption Date”) and all Additional Amounts (if any) then due and that will become due on the Tax Redemption Date as a result of the redemption or otherwise, if the Issuers or a Guarantor as the case may be, on the next date on which any amount would be payable in respect of the Notes or any Guarantee, is or would be required to pay Additional Amounts, and the Company, Issuers or the relevant Guarantor (but, in the case of a Guarantor, only if the payment giving rise to such requirement cannot be made by the Company, Issuers or another Guarantor, who can make such payment without the obligation to pay Additional Amounts) cannot avoid any such payment obligation by taking reasonable measures available (including making payment through a paying agent located in another jurisdiction), as a result of:

 

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(a) any change in, or amendment to, the laws or treaties (or any regulations, official guidance or rulings promulgated thereunder) of the relevant Tax Jurisdiction affecting taxation, which change or amendment has not been formally announced before the date of the Offering Memorandum and becomes effective on or after the date of this Indenture (or, if a Tax Jurisdiction has been added since the date of the Offering Memorandum, the date on which that Tax Jurisdiction became a Tax Jurisdiction under this Indenture); or

(b) any change in, or amendment to, the existing official position regarding the application, administration or interpretation of such laws, regulations or rulings (including a holding, judgment or order by a court of competent jurisdiction or a change in published practice), which change, amendment, application or interpretation has not been formally announced before the date of the Offering Memorandum and becomes effective on or after the date of this Indenture (or, if a Tax Jurisdiction has been added since the Issue Date, the date on which that Tax Jurisdiction became a Tax Jurisdiction under this Indenture) (any such change or amendment described in clause (a) or (b), a “Change in Tax Law”).

The Issuers will not give any such notice of redemption earlier than 60 days prior to the earliest date on which the Company, the Issuers or Guarantor, as the case may be, would be obligated to make such payment or withholding if a payment in respect of the Notes or any Guarantee were then due. Prior to the publication or, where relevant, mailing of any notice of redemption of the Notes pursuant to the foregoing, the Issuers will deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel, to the effect that there has been a Change in Tax Law that would obligate the Company, the Issuers or a Guarantor to make such payment or withholding and an Officer’s Certificate to the effect that the Company, the Issuers or Guarantor, as the case may be, cannot avoid such payment or withholding by taking reasonable measures available to them. For the avoidance of doubt, reasonable measures shall not include anything that has any material impact on the business of the Company, the Issuers or Guarantor, or that would cause the Company, the Issuers or Guarantor to incur any material costs. The Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such Opinion of Counsel and Officer’s Certificate as sufficient evidence of the conditions as described above, in which event it will be conclusive and binding on all Holders.

The provisions of this Section 3.10 will survive any termination, defeasance or discharge of this Indenture, and any transfer by a Holder or beneficial owner of its Notes, and will apply, mutatis mutandis, to any jurisdiction in which any successor Person to the Issuers or any Guarantor is incorporated, established, organized, engaged in business through a branch, agency or permanent establishment or otherwise resident for tax purposes or any jurisdiction from or through which any payment made by or on behalf of the Issuers or any Guarantor (including in either case any Successor Issuer or Successor Person, as applicable) under or with respect to the Notes or any Guarantee is made and any department or political subdivision thereof or therein.

 

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ARTICLE 4

COVENANTS

Section 4.01 Payment of Notes.

The Issuers shall pay or cause to be paid the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in the Notes. Principal, premium, if any, and interest shall be considered paid on the date due if the Paying Agent, if other than the Issuers or a Subsidiary, holds as of noon (Eastern time) on the due date money deposited by the Issuers in immediately available funds and designated for and sufficient to pay all principal, premium, if any, and interest then due.

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

Section 4.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency.

The Issuers shall maintain an office or agency (which may be an office of the Trustee or an affiliate of the Trustee, Registrar or co-registrar) where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Issuers in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Issuers shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Issuers shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.

The Issuers may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Issuers of their obligation to maintain an office or agency for such purposes. The Issuers shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.

The Issuers hereby designate the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee as one such office or agency of the Issuers in accordance with Section 2.03 hereof; provided, that no service of legal process on the Issuers or any Guarantor may be made at any office of the Trustee.

Section 4.03 Reports and Other Information.

(a) The Company shall furnish to the Trustee:

 

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(1) (a) all annual and quarterly financial statements of the Company substantially in the forms that would be required to be contained in a filing with the SEC on Forms 10-K and 10-Q (solely with respect to the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year), if the Company were required to file such forms on the Issue Date, and a “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and (b) with respect to the annual financial statements only, a report on the annual financial statements by the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm; and (2) promptly (and no sooner than the filing deadlines applicable to current reports on Form 8-K) from time to time after the occurrence of an event required to be therein reported, such other information containing substantially the same information that would be required to be contained in filings with the SEC on Form 8-K under Items 1.03 (Bankruptcy or Receivership), 2.01 (Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets) (only with respect to acquisitions or dispositions that are significant pursuant to the definition of “Significant Subsidiary”), 4.02 (Non-Reliance on Previously Issued Financial Statements or a Related Audit Report or Completed Interim Review), 5.01 (Changes in Control of Registrant), 5.02(a)(1) (only with respect to a director of the Company who resigns due to a disagreement) and 5.02(c)(1) (only with respect to the appointment of the principal executive officer and the principal financial officer of the Company), each as in effect on the Issue Date if the Company were required to file such reports; provided, however, that (a) no such current report will be required to include as an exhibit or summary of terms of, any employment or compensatory arrangement agreement, plan or understanding between the Company (or any of its Subsidiaries or any parent company) and any director, manager or executive officer, of the Company (or any of its Subsidiaries or any parent company); (b) in no event will such reports be required to comply with Section 302, Section 404 or Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, or related Items 307, 308 and 308T of Regulation S-K; (c) in no event will such reports be required to provide (i) segment reporting and disclosure (including any required by FASB Accounting Standards Codification Topic 280), (ii) separate financial statements or other information contemplated by Rules 3-05, 3-09, 3-10, 3-16 or 4-08 of Regulation S-X (or any successor provisions) or any schedules required by Regulation S-X, (iii) XBRL exhibits, (iv) earnings per share information, (v) information regarding executive compensation and related party disclosure related to SEC Release Nos. 33-8732A, 34-54302A and IC-27444A, (vi) climate-related disclosures related to SEC Release Nos. 33-11275 and 34-99678, including, without limitation, any information, reports or exhibits required by Article 14 of Regulation S-X or Item 1506 of Regulation S-K and (vii) other information customarily excluded from an offering memorandum, including any information that is not otherwise of the type and form currently included in the Offering Memorandum; (d) in no event will such reports be required to comply with Regulation G under the Exchange Act or Item 10(e) of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC with respect to any non-IFRS financial measures contained therein; (e) no such reports referenced under clause (2) above will be required to be furnished if the Company determines in its good faith judgment that such event is not material to the Holders or the business, assets, operations or financial position of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; (f) in no event will reports referenced in clause (1) or (2) above be required to include as an exhibit copies of any agreements, financial statements, reports, letters or other items that would be required to be filed as exhibits to a Form 10-K, Form 10-Q or current report on Form 8-K; and (g) trade secrets and other confidential information that is competitively sensitive in the good faith and reasonable determination of the Company may be excluded from any disclosures.

All such annual reports will be furnished within 125 days after the end of the fiscal year to which they relate, and all such quarterly reports will be furnished within 60 days after the end of the fiscal quarter to which they relate.

In addition, to the extent not satisfied by the foregoing, for so long as the Notes remain subject to this Section 4.03, the Company shall furnish to Holders thereof and prospective investors in such Notes upon their request, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) (as in effect on the Issue Date) of the Securities Act.

 

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(b) The requirements set forth in Section 4.03(a) hereof may be satisfied by (i) delivering such information electronically to the Trustee and (ii) posting copies of such information on a website (which may be nonpublic and may be maintained by the Company or a third party) to which access shall be given to Holders and prospective purchasers of the Notes (which prospective purchasers shall be limited to “qualified institutional buyers” within the meaning of Rule 144A of the Securities Act or non-U.S. persons (as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act)) that certify their status as such to the reasonable satisfaction of the Company and who acknowledge the confidentiality of the information. The Issuers will also make available copies of all reports required by Section 4.03(a) hereof, if and for so long as the Notes are listed on the Official List of TISE and if and to the extent that the rules of TISE so require. The Company or the Issuers shall promptly conduct a quarterly conference call that the Holders may attend to discuss the financial condition and results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries for the most recently ended measurement period for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 4.03(a), at a date and time to be determined by the Company or the Issuers with reasonable advance notice to the Trustee.

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, at all times that the Company is subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Company may satisfy the requirements of this Section 4.03 by filing with the SEC within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and regulations that are then applicable to the Company all the reports and information described in the preceding paragraphs, but without giving effect to any of the provisos contained in such paragraphs, and any other information, documents and other reports that the Company would be required to file with the SEC if it were subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, in each case in a manner that complies in all material respects with the requirements specified in the applicable forms promulgated by the SEC.

(d) In the event of the Parent becoming a Guarantor or that any other direct or indirect parent company of the Company guarantees the Notes (which shall be permitted, subject to compliance with this Indenture, at any time, at the Company’s sole discretion) or files the reports specified in Section 4.03(a) hereof with the SEC, the Company may satisfy its obligations in this Section 4.03 with respect to the financial information relating to the Company by furnishing financial information relating to such parent; provided that the same is accompanied by consolidating information that explains in reasonable detail the differences between the information relating to such parent, on the one hand, and the information relating to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a standalone basis, on the other hand. Such parent shall not be considered a Guarantor by virtue of providing such guarantee, which may be released at any time. The obligations under this Section 4.03 may be satisfied by having the applicable entity file reports containing the information contemplated hereby within the timeframes contemplated hereunder with the SEC.

Delivery of reports, information and documents to the Trustee hereunder is for informational purposes only and the information and the Trustee’s receipt of the foregoing shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein, or determinable from information contained therein including the Company’s or the Issuers’ compliance with any of their covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on an Officers’ Certificate).

Section 4.04 Compliance Certificate.

 

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(a) The Issuers shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year ending after the Issue Date, a certificate from the principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer stating that a review of the activities of the Issuers and their Restricted Subsidiaries during the preceding fiscal year has been made under the supervision of the signing Officer with a view to determining whether the Issuers have kept, observed, performed and fulfilled their obligations under this Indenture, and further stating, as to such Officer signing such certificate, that to the best of his or her knowledge the Issuers have kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each and every condition and covenant contained in this Indenture and are not in default in the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions, covenants and conditions of this Indenture (or, if a Default shall have occurred, describing all such Defaults of which he or she may have knowledge and what action the Issuers are taking or propose to take with respect thereto).

(b) When any Default has occurred and is continuing under this Indenture, or if the Trustee or the holder of any other evidence of Indebtedness of the Issuers or any Subsidiary gives any notice or takes any other action with respect to a claimed Default, the Company shall promptly (which shall be no more than 30 days upon becoming aware of any Default) deliver to the Trustee by registered or certified mail or by facsimile transmission a statement specifying such event, its status and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto. The Trustee will not be deemed to have knowledge of any Defaults or Events of Default unless written notice of an event, which is in fact a Default, has been delivered to the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office and such notice references the Notes and this Indenture and states that it is a “Notice of Default.”

Section 4.05 Taxes.

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

Section 4.06 Stay, Extension and Usury Laws.

The Issuers and each of the Guarantors covenant (to the extent that they may lawfully do so) that they shall not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Issuers and each of the Guarantors (to the extent that they may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waive all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenant that they shall not, by resort to any such law, 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 has been enacted.

Section 4.07 Limitation on Restricted Payments.

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

(I) declare or pay any dividend or make any payment or distribution on account of the Company’s, or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries’ Equity Interests, including any dividend or distribution payable in connection with any merger, amalgamation or consolidation other than:

 

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(A) dividends or distributions by the Company payable solely in Equity Interests (other than any Disqualified Stock) of the Company or in options, warrants or other rights to purchase such Equity Interests; or (B) dividends or distributions by a Restricted Subsidiary so long as, in the case of any dividend or distribution payable on or in respect of any class or series of securities issued by a Restricted Subsidiary other than a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary receives at least its pro rata share of such dividend or distribution in accordance with its Equity Interests in such class or series of securities;

(II) purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Equity Interests of the Company or any direct or indirect parent company of the Company, including in connection with any merger, amalgamation or consolidation, held by Persons other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary;

(III) make any principal payment on, or redeem, repurchase, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value in each case, prior to any scheduled repayment, sinking fund payment or maturity, any Subordinated Indebtedness, other than:

(A) Indebtedness permitted under clauses (7), (8) and (9) of Section 4.09(b) hereof; and

(B) prepayments, redemptions, repurchases, defeasances and other payments in respect of Subordinated Indebtedness prior to their scheduled maturity purchased in anticipation of satisfying a sinking fund obligation, principal installment or final maturity, in each case due within one year of the date of purchase, repurchase or acquisition;

(IV) make any Restricted Investment (the payments and other actions set forth in clause (III) (other than the exceptions thereto) above being collectively referred to as “Restricted Debt Payments,” and all such payments and other actions set forth in clauses (I) through (IV) (other than any exception thereto) above being collectively referred to as “Restricted Payments”), unless, at the time of such Restricted Payment:

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

(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction on a pro forma basis, the Company could incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness under Section 4.09(a) hereof (the “Ratio Test”); and

(3) such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate amount of all other Restricted Payments made (and not returned or rescinded) by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries under this Section 4.07(a)(3) after March 28, 2024 (and including Restricted Payments permitted by clause (1) of Section 4.07(b) hereof (without duplication) and clause (2) of Section 4.07(b) hereof (with respect to the payment of dividends on Refunding Capital Stock (as defined below) pursuant to clause (b) thereof only), but excluding all other Restricted Payments permitted by Section 4.07(b) hereof), would not exceed the sum of (without duplication):

(a) 50.0% of the Consolidated Net Income, of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the period (taken as one accounting period) beginning January 1, 2024, to the end of the most recently ended Test Period at the time of such Restricted Payment (which amount shall not be less than zero); plus

(b) 100.0% of the aggregate net cash proceeds and the fair market value, as determined in good faith by the Company, of marketable securities or other property received by the Company since March 28, 2024, from the issue or sale (including as the result of a merger or consolidation with another Person) of:

 

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(i) (A) Equity Interests of the Company, including Treasury Capital Stock (as defined below), but excluding cash proceeds and the fair market value, as determined in good faith by the Company, of marketable securities or other property received from the sale of:

(x) Equity Interests to any future, present or former employees, directors, officers, managers, distributors or consultants (or their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members) of the Company, any direct or indirect parent company of the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries after March 28, 2024 to the extent such amounts have been applied to Restricted Payments made in accordance with clause (4) of Section 4.07(b) hereof; and

(y) Designated Preferred Stock; and

(B) to the extent such net cash proceeds or other property are actually contributed to the capital of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (without the issuance of additional Equity Interests of such Restricted Subsidiary), Equity Interests of any direct or indirect parent company of the Company (excluding Contributed Holdings Investments (as defined below) and contributions of the proceeds from the sale of Designated Preferred Stock of such companies or contributions to the extent such amounts have been applied to Restricted Payments made in accordance with clause (4) of Section 4.07(b) hereof); or

(ii) debt securities of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that have been converted into or exchanged for such Equity Interests of the Company or a direct or indirect parent company of the Company;

provided, however, that this clause (b) shall not include the proceeds from (W) Refunding Capital Stock (as defined below), (X) Equity Interests or convertible debt securities of the Company sold to a Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, (Y) Disqualified Stock or debt securities that have been converted into Disqualified Stock or (Z) Excluded Contributions; plus

(c) 100.0% of the aggregate amount of cash and the fair market value, as determined in good faith by the Company, of marketable securities or other property contributed to the capital of the Company or to the capital of a Restricted Subsidiary by a Person other than the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary (including the aggregate principal amount of any Indebtedness of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary contributed to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary for cancellation) or that becomes part of the capital of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary through consolidation or merger after March 28, 2024 (other than net cash proceeds to the extent such net cash proceeds (i) are contributed by a Restricted Subsidiary or (ii) constitute Excluded Contributions and Contributed Holdings Investments); plus

(d) 100.0% of the aggregate amount received in cash and the fair market value, as determined in good faith by the Company, of marketable securities or other property received by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary by means of:

 

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(i) the sale or other disposition (other than to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) of Restricted Investments made by the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries and repurchases and redemptions of such Restricted Investments from the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) and repayments of loans or advances and releases of guarantees that constitute, or other returns on Investment from, Restricted Investments made by the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case after March 28, 2024; or

(ii) the sale or other disposition (other than to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) of the stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary or a distribution from a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary; plus

(e) in the case of the redesignation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary or the merger, amalgamation or consolidation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary into the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary or the transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of an Unrestricted Subsidiary to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary after March 28, 2024, the fair market value of the Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary (or the assets transferred), as determined in good faith by the Company at the time of the redesignation of such Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary or at the time of such merger, amalgamation or consolidation or transfer of assets (after taking into consideration any Indebtedness associated with the Unrestricted Subsidiary so designated or merged, amalgamated or consolidated or Indebtedness associated with the assets so transferred), other than to the extent the Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary was made by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to clause (11) of Section 4.07(b) hereof or to the extent such Investment constituted a Permitted Investment; plus

(f) the aggregate amount of any Declined Excess Proceeds since the Issue Date; plus

(g) the aggregate amount of the proceeds from the sale of any accounts receivable, royalty or other similar rights to payment and any other assets related thereto that are not reflected on the most recent consolidated balance sheet of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries; plus

(h) the greater of (i) $300.0 million and (ii) 30.0% of LTM EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period as of such date.

(b) Section 4.07(a) hereof shall not prohibit:

(1) the payment of any dividend or other distribution or the consummation of any redemption within 60 days after the date of declaration of such dividend or other distribution or giving of the redemption notice with respect to such redemption, as the case may be, if at the date of declaration or notice, the payment of such dividend or other distribution or in respect of such redemption, as the case may be, would have complied with the provisions of this Indenture;

 

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(2) (a) the redemption, repurchase, defeasance, retirement or other acquisition of any (i) Equity Interests, including any accrued and unpaid dividends thereon (“Treasury Capital Stock”) of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or Subordinated Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor or (ii) Equity Interests of any direct or indirect parent company of the Company, in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii), in exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale (other than to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) of, Equity Interests of the Company or any direct or indirect parent company of the Company to the extent contributed to the capital of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (in each case, other than any Disqualified Stock) (“Refunding Capital Stock”), (b) the declaration and payment of dividends on the Treasury Capital Stock out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale (other than to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) of the Refunding Capital Stock and (c) if immediately prior to the retirement of Treasury Capital Stock, the declaration and payment of dividends thereon was permitted under clause (6) of this Section 4.07(b), the declaration and payment of dividends on the Refunding Capital Stock (other than Refunding Capital Stock the proceeds of which were used to redeem, repurchase, retire or otherwise acquire any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect parent company of the Company) in an aggregate amount per year no greater than the aggregate amount of dividends per annum that were declarable and payable on such Treasury Capital Stock immediately prior to such retirement;

(3) the defeasance, redemption, repurchase, exchange or other acquisition or retirement for value of (i) Subordinated Indebtedness of the Company or a Guarantor made by exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale of, new Subordinated Indebtedness of the Company or a Guarantor or (ii) Disqualified Stock of the Company or a Guarantor made by exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale of, Disqualified Stock of the Company or a Guarantor, that, in each case, is incurred in compliance with Section 4.09 hereof;

(4) so long as no Specified Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, Restricted Payments to the Company or direct or indirect parent companies of the Company, the proceeds of which are, or will be, promptly used to redeem, acquire, retire, repurchase or settle their Equity Interests (or any options, warrants, restricted stock or stock appreciation rights or similar securities issued with respect to any such Equity Interests) (in each case, other than Disqualified Stock) or Indebtedness or to service Indebtedness incurred by direct or indirect parent companies of the Company to finance the redemption, acquisition, retirement, repurchase or settlement of such Equity Interest or Indebtedness (or make Restricted Payments to allow any of the Company’s direct or indirect parent companies to so redeem, retire, acquire or repurchase their Equity Interests or their Indebtedness or to service Indebtedness incurred by direct or indirect parent companies of the Company to finance the redemption, acquisition, retirement, repurchase or settlement of such Equity Interests or Indebtedness or to service Indebtedness incurred to finance the redemption, retirement, acquisition or repurchase of such Equity Interests or Indebtedness), in each case held directly or indirectly by current or former officers, managers, consultants, members of the board of directors, employees or independent contractors (or their respective spouses, former spouses, successors, executors, administrators, heirs, legatees or distributees) of direct or indirect parent companies of the Company, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, upon the death, disability, retirement or termination of employment of any such Person or otherwise in accordance with any stock option or stock appreciation rights plan, any management, director and/or employee stock ownership or incentive plan, stock subscription plan, employment termination agreement or any other employment agreements or equity holders’ agreement in an aggregate amount after the Issue Date not to exceed the greater of $150.0 million and 15.0% of LTM EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period as of such date, in any calendar year (with unused amounts in any calendar year being carried over to succeeding calendar years subject to a maximum of the greater of $300.0 million and 30.0% of LTM EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period as of such date, in any calendar year), in each case, without giving effect to the following proviso; provided that such amount in any calendar year may be increased by:

 

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(a) the cash proceeds from the sale of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company and, to the extent contributed to the Company, Equity Interests of any of the Company’s direct or indirect parent companies, in each case to any future, present or former employees, directors, officers, managers, distributors or consultants (or their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members) of the Company, any direct or indirect parent company of the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries after the Issue Date, to the extent the cash proceeds from the sale of such Equity Interests have not otherwise been applied to the payment of Restricted Payments by virtue of clause (3) of Section 4.07(a) hereof; plus

(b) an amount not to exceed the cash proceeds of key man life insurance policies received by the Company (or by direct or indirect parent companies of the Company and contributed to the Company) or the Restricted Subsidiaries after the Issue Date; plus

(c) the amount of any bona fide cash bonuses otherwise payable to members of the board of directors, consultants, officers, employees, managers or independent contractors of direct or indirect parent companies of the Company, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that are foregone in return for the receipt of Equity Interests, the fair market value of which is equal to or less than the amount of such cash bonuses, which, if not used in any year, may be carried forward to any subsequent fiscal year; less

(d) the amount of any Restricted Payments previously made with the cash proceeds described in clauses (a), (b) and (c) of this clause (4);

provided further that (i) cancellation of Indebtedness owing to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary from members of the board of directors, consultants, officers, employees, managers or independent contractors (or their respective spouses, former spouses, successors, executors, administrators, heirs, legatees or distributees) of direct or indirect parent companies of the Company, the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with a repurchase of Equity Interests of the Company or any direct or indirect parent companies of the Company and (ii) the repurchase of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon the exercise of options, warrants or similar instruments if such Equity Interests represents all or a portion of the exercise price thereof and payments, in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares of such Equity Interests or withholding to pay other taxes payable in connection therewith, in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii), will not be deemed to constitute a Restricted Payment for purposes of this Indenture;

(5) the declaration and payment of dividends to holders of any class or series of Disqualified Stock of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any class or series of Preferred Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary, in each case issued in accordance with Section 4.09 hereof;

(6) (a) the declaration and payment of dividends to holders of any class or series of Designated Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) issued by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries after the Issue Date;

(b) the declaration and payment of dividends to any direct or indirect parent company of the Company, the proceeds of which shall be used to fund the payment of dividends to holders of any class or series of Designated Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of such parent company issued after the Issue Date; provided that the amount of dividends paid pursuant to this clause (b) shall not exceed the aggregate amount of cash actually contributed to the capital of the Company from the sale of such Designated Preferred Stock; or (c) the declaration and payment of dividends on Refunding Capital Stock that is Preferred Stock in excess of the dividends declarable and payable thereon pursuant to clause (2) of this Section 4.07(b);

 

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(7) Restricted Payments by any Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or direct or indirect parent companies of the Company to the extent the proceeds of such Restricted Payments are contributed or loaned or advanced to another Restricted Subsidiary;

(8) the declaration and payment of dividends or the payment of other distributions by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary to, or the making of loans or advances to, any of their respective direct or indirect parent companies to allow payments by the Company or any direct or indirect parent company of the Company in respect of withholding or similar taxes payable in connection with any grant or vesting of an Equity Interest to or by, or repurchase, or dividend or other distribution to facilitate a repurchase, of an Equity Interest from, any future, present or former employee, director, officer, manager or consultant (or their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates, Immediate Family Members or permitted transferees), or in connection with any repurchases of Equity Interests in consideration of such payments, including deemed repurchases in connection with the exercise of stock options, warrants or other incentive interests and the vesting of restricted stock and restricted stock units or any deemed repurchases of Equity Interests representing a portion of the exercise price of such options or warrants or other incentive interest;

(9) so long as no Specified Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, (a) the declaration and payment of dividends by the Company on the common stock or Equity Interests of the Company or any direct or indirect parent company of the Company following a public offering of such common stock or common equity interests in an amount in any fiscal year not to exceed the greater of (i) up to 6.0% of the aggregate proceeds received by or contributed to the Company in or from all such public offerings and (ii) an aggregate amount not to exceed 5.0% of the Market Capitalization of the Company or (b) in lieu of all or a portion of the dividends permitted by clause (a), any prepayment, purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance, discharge, retirement or other acquisition of the Company’s Equity Interests (and any equivalent declaration and payment of a distribution of any security exchangeable for such common stock or common equity interests to the extent required by the terms of any such exchangeable securities and any Restricted Payment to any direct or indirect parent company of the Company to fund the payment by such direct or indirect parent company of the Company of dividends on such entity’s Equity Interests) for aggregate consideration that, when taken together with dividends permitted by clause (a), does not exceed the amount contemplated by clause (a);

(10) [reserved];

(11) so long as no Specified Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, other Restricted Payments (other than Restricted Debt Payments) in an aggregate amount taken together with all other Restricted Payments made pursuant to this clause (11) not to exceed the greater of $250.0 million and 25.0% of LTM EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period at the time made;

(12) distributions or payments of Receivables Fees; (13) Restricted Payments made as part of or to consummate the Transactions;

 

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(14) so long as no Specified Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, other Restricted Debt Payments in an aggregate amount taken together with all other Restricted Debt Payments made pursuant to this clause (14) not to exceed the sum of (i) the greater of $300.0 million and 30.0% of LTM EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period at the time made, (ii) the Available Investments Amount and (iii) the Available Restricted Payments Amount;

(15) the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Subordinated Indebtedness in accordance with the provisions similar to those described in Section 4.10 and Section 4.14 hereof; provided that all Notes validly tendered by Holders in connection with such Change of Control Offer or Asset Sale Offer, as applicable, have been repurchased, redeemed, acquired or retired for value;

(16) the declaration and payment of dividends or the payment of other distributions by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary to, or the making of loans or advances to, any of their respective direct or indirect parent companies in amounts required for any direct or indirect parent companies to pay, in each case without duplication,

(a) franchise, excise and similar taxes and other fees, taxes and expenses required to maintain their corporate existence;

(b) (1) with respect to any taxable period in which the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries is a member of (or the Company is a disregarded entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes wholly-owned by a member of) a consolidated, combined, unitary or similar tax group (a “Tax Group”) for U.S. federal and/or applicable foreign, state or local income tax purposes of which Holdings, and or any direct or indirect parent of Holdings is the common parent, the portion of U.S. federal, state, and/or local income taxes of such Tax Group for such taxable period that is attributable to the taxable income of the Company and/or its direct or indirect consolidated Subsidiaries; provided that, for each taxable period, the amount of such payments (if applicable) made in respect of such taxable period in the aggregate shall not exceed the amount of such taxes that the Company and/or its applicable Subsidiaries would have been required to pay if they were a stand-alone Tax Group with the Company as the corporate common parent of such stand-alone Tax Group; and (2) with respect to any taxable period for which the Company is a partnership for U.S. federal and/or applicable state or local income tax purposes, the portion of the U.S. federal, state or local income taxes of the Company’s direct owner(s) (or, where a direct owner is a pass-through entity, indirect owner(s)) for such taxable period that is attributable to the taxable income of the Company, in an amount not to exceed the product of (x) the highest combined marginal federal and applicable state and/or local statutory tax rate (after taking into account the deductibility of state and local income tax for U.S. federal income tax purposes and the character of the income in question) applicable to any direct (or, where the direct owner is a pass-through entity, indirect) equity owner of the Company for the taxable period in question and (y) the taxable income of the Company for such period, reduced by all taxable losses of the Company with respect to any prior taxable year of the Company to the extent such losses were not previously taken into account for purposes of computing distributions permitted under this clause (16)(b) and such losses are of a character that would permit such losses to be deducted by the direct or indirect owners of the Company against the current taxable income of the Company; provided further, that such Restricted Payments shall be made without duplication of taxes paid by the Company or its Subsidiaries and shall be permitted with respect to any taxes attributable to the taxable income of any Unrestricted Subsidiary for any taxable period to the extent of amounts actually paid or distributed with respect to such period by such Unrestricted Subsidiary to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries for the purpose of making Restricted Payments with respect to such taxes (any distributions permitted under this clause 16(b) collectively, “Tax Distributions”);

 

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(c) customary salary, bonus and other benefits payable to employees, directors, officers and managers of any direct or indirect parent company of the Company to the extent such salaries, bonuses and other benefits are attributable to the ownership or operation of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries;

(d) general corporate operating and overhead costs and expenses of any direct or indirect parent company of the Company to the extent such costs and expenses are attributable to the ownership or operation of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries;

(e) fees and expenses other than to Affiliates of the Company related to any equity or debt offering of such parent entity (whether or not successful);

(f) reasonable and customary indemnification claims made by members of the board of directors or officers, employees, directors, managers, consultants or independent contractors of such parent entity attributable to the ownership or operations of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries;

(g) fees and expenses (x) due and payable by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries related to the Transactions and (y) otherwise permitted to be paid by the Company and any Restricted Subsidiaries hereunder;

(h) [reserved];

(i) to finance any Investment that, if made by the Company, would be permitted by this Indenture; provided that (A) such Restricted Payment shall be made substantially concurrently with the closing of such Investment and (B) such direct or indirect parent company shall, immediately following the closing thereof, cause (1) all property acquired (whether assets or Equity Interests but not including any loans or advances made pursuant to clause (17) of the definition of “Permitted Investments”) to be contributed to the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries or (2) the Person formed or acquired to merge into or amalgamate or consolidate with the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent such merger, amalgamation or consolidation is permitted under the Section 5.01 hereof in order to consummate such Investment (any such property or assets so contributed, merged or amalgamated shall constitute “Contributed Holdings Investments” and shall be disregarded for purposes of determining any amount calculated under this Indenture with respect to contributions to the capital of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries); and

(j) amounts that would otherwise be permitted to be paid pursuant to clauses (3), (4), (7), (11), (12), (15) and (18) of Section 4.11(b) hereof; (18) payments in respect of taxes or in respect of any surrender or reallocation of tax reliefs in each case between or among the Company and any Restricted Subsidiary;

(17) [reserved];

 

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(19) any other Restricted Payment (other than a Restricted Debt Payment); provided that (i) on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such Restricted Payment, the Senior Secured First Lien Net Leverage Ratio is equal to or less than 3.50 to 1.00 and (ii) no Specified Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom and (y) any other Restricted Debt Payment; provided that (i) on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such Restricted Debt Payment, the Senior Secured First Lien Net Leverage Ratio is equal to or less than 4.10 to 1.00 and (ii) no Specified Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom;

(20) redemptions in whole or in part of any of their Equity Interests for another class of its Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) or with proceeds from substantially concurrent equity contributions or issuances of new Equity Interests;

(21) payments to the Company or direct and indirect parent companies of the Company to permit such Person to (a) pay cash in lieu of fractional Equity Interests in connection with any dividend, split or combination thereof or any Investment permitted under this Indenture and (b) honor any conversion request by a holder of convertible Indebtedness and make cash payments in lieu of fractional shares in connection with any such conversion and may make payments on convertible Indebtedness in accordance with its terms;

(22) payments or distributions to dissenting stockholders pursuant to applicable law, pursuant to or in connection with a consolidation, merger or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, that complies with Section 5.01 hereof;

(23) the conversion of any Subordinated Indebtedness to Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company or any of its direct or indirect parent companies, and any payment that is intended to prevent any Subordinated Indebtedness from being treated as an “applicable high yield discount obligation” within the meaning of Section 163(i)(1) of the Code;

(24) mandatory redemptions of Disqualified Stock issued as a Restricted Payment or as consideration for a Permitted Investment;

(25) any Restricted Payment made in connection with a Permitted Intercompany Activity, Permitted Tax Restructuring or related transactions; and

(26) to the extent constituting a Restricted Payment, the cancellation of intercompany loans which were made prior to the Issue Date in reliance on the definition of “Restricted Payments,” including the qualifications following such definition, one or more of clauses (1) through (25) of this Section 4.07(b) and/or one or more of the clauses contained in the definition of “Permitted Investments.”

For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.07, in the event that a proposed Restricted Payment (or a portion thereof) meets the criteria of clauses (1) through (26) of Section 4.07(b) hereof or is entitled to be made pursuant to Section 4.07(a) hereof and/or one or more of the clauses contained in the definition of “Permitted Investments,” the Company shall be entitled to classify or later reclassify (based on circumstances existing on the date of such reclassification) such Restricted Payment or Investment (or portion thereof) between such clauses (1) through (26) of Section 4.07(b) hereof and Section 4.07(a) hereof and/or one or more of the clauses contained in the definition of “Permitted Investments,” in a manner that otherwise complies with this Section 4.07.

 

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The Company will not permit any Unrestricted Subsidiary to become a Restricted Subsidiary except pursuant to the last sentence of the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary.” For purposes of designating any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, all outstanding Investments by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries (except to the extent repaid) in the Subsidiary so designated shall be deemed to be Restricted Payments in an amount determined as set forth in the last sentence of the definition of “Investment.” Such designation shall be permitted only if a Restricted Payment and/or Permitted Investment in such amount would be permitted at such time, and if such Subsidiary otherwise meets the definition of an “Unrestricted Subsidiary.”

The amount of all Restricted Payments (other than cash) shall be the fair market value on the date of such Restricted Payment of the asset(s) or securities proposed to be paid, transferred or issued by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to such Restricted Payment. The fair market value of any cash Restricted Payment shall be its face amount, and the fair market value of any non-cash Restricted Payment, property or assets other than cash shall be determined conclusively by the Company acting in good faith.

In connection with any commitment, definitive agreement or similar event relating to an Investment, the Company or applicable Restricted Subsidiary may designate such Investment as having occurred on the date of the commitment, definitive agreement or similar event relating thereto (such date, the “Election Date”) if, after giving pro forma effect to such Investment and all related transactions in connection therewith and any related pro forma adjustments, the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries would have been permitted to make such Investment on the relevant Election Date in compliance with this Indenture, and any related subsequent actual making of such Investment will be deemed for all purposes under this Indenture to have been made on such Election Date, including for purposes of the calculation of any ratio, compliance with any test, usage of any baskets hereunder (if applicable) and the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA and for purposes of determining whether there exists any Default or Event of Default (and all such calculations on and after the Election Date until the termination, expiration, passing, rescission, retraction or rescindment of such commitment, definitive agreement or similar event shall be made on a pro forma basis giving effect thereto and all related transactions in connection therewith).

If the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary makes a Restricted Payment which at the time of the making of such Restricted Payment would in the good faith determination of the Company be permitted under the provisions of this Indenture, such Restricted Payment shall be deemed to have been made in compliance with this Indenture notwithstanding any subsequent adjustments made in good faith to the Company’s financial statements affecting Consolidated Net Income or Consolidated EBITDA of the Company for any period.

Section 4.08 Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries.

(a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or consensual restriction on the ability of any such Restricted Subsidiary to:

(1) (A) pay dividends or make any other distributions to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries on its Capital Stock or with respect to any other interest or participation in, or measured by, its profits, or (B) pay any Indebtedness owed to the Company, the Issuers or any of its Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries;

 

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(2) make loans or advances to the Company, the Issuers or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; or

(3) sell, lease or transfer any of their properties or assets to the Company, the Issuers or any of its Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries.

(b) The restrictions contained in Section 4.08(a) hereof shall not apply to encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of:

(1) contractual encumbrances or restrictions in effect on the Issue Date;

(2) contractual encumbrances or restrictions included in the Senior Credit Facilities and the related documentation and related Hedging Obligations;

(3) the Notes Documents;

(4) purchase money obligations for property acquired in the ordinary course of business and Capitalized Lease Obligations that impose restrictions of the nature discussed in clause (3) of Section 4.08(a) hereof on the property so acquired;

(5) applicable law or any applicable rule, regulation or order;

(6) any agreement or other instrument of a Person acquired by or merged or consolidated with or into the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in existence at the time of such acquisition or at the time it merges with or into the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or assumed in connection with the acquisition of assets from such Person (but, in any such case, not created in contemplation thereof), which encumbrance or restriction or condition set forth in such agreement is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person and its Subsidiaries, or the property or assets of the Person and its Subsidiaries, so acquired or the property or assets assumed;

(7) contracts for the sale of assets or the sale of a Subsidiary, including customary restrictions with respect to a Subsidiary of the Company pursuant to an agreement that has been entered into for the sale or disposition of all or substantially all of the Capital Stock or assets of such Subsidiary;

(8) Secured Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.09 hereof and Section 4.12 hereof that limit the right of the debtor to dispose of the assets securing such Indebtedness;

(9) restrictions on cash (or Cash Equivalents) or other deposits or restrictions on net worth imposed by customers, in each case, under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(10) other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of Foreign Subsidiaries permitted to be incurred subsequent to the Issue Date pursuant to the provisions of Section 4.09 hereof; (11) customary provisions in joint venture agreements or arrangements and other similar agreements relating to such joint venture;

 

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(12) customary provisions contained in leases, sub-leases, licenses, sub-licenses, asset sale agreements or similar agreements, including with respect to intellectual property and other agreements, in each case, (i) entered into in the ordinary course of business or (ii) otherwise permitted under this Indenture so long as such restrictions relate only to the assets subject thereto;

(13) restrictions created in connection with any Receivables Facility that, in the good faith determination of the Company, are necessary or advisable to effect such Receivables Facility;

(14) restrictions on cash (or Cash Equivalents) or other deposits imposed by agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business (or other restrictions on cash or deposits constituting Permitted Liens);

(15) customary provisions restricting subletting or assignment of any lease governing a leasehold interest of direct or indirect parent companies of the Company, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;

(16) customary net worth provisions contained in real property leases entered into by Subsidiaries, so long as the Company has determined in good faith that such net worth provisions could not reasonably be expected to impair the ability of the Company and its Subsidiaries to meet their ongoing obligations;

(17) restrictions or conditions contained in any trading, netting, operating, construction, service, supply, purchase, sale or other agreement to which the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is a party entered into in the ordinary course of business; provided that such agreement prohibits the encumbrance of solely the property or assets of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary that are the subject of such agreement, the payment rights arising thereunder or the proceeds thereof and does not extend to any other asset or property of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary or the assets or property of another Restricted Subsidiary;

(18) any encumbrance or restriction arising pursuant to an agreement or instrument which, if it relates to any Indebtedness, shall only be permitted if such Indebtedness is permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.09 hereof if the encumbrances and restrictions contained in any such agreement or instrument taken as a whole (i) are not materially less favorable to the Holders than the encumbrances and restrictions contained in the Senior Credit Facilities, together with the security documents associated therewith as in effect on the Issue Date (as determined by the Company) or (ii) either (A) the Company determines at the time of entry into such agreement or instrument that such encumbrances or restrictions shall not adversely affect, in any material respect, the Company’s ability to make principal or interest payments on the Notes or (B) such encumbrance or restriction applies only during the continuance of a default relating to such agreement or instrument; (19) any encumbrance or restriction with respect to a Guarantor or a Foreign Subsidiary or Receivables Subsidiary which was previously an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to or by reason of an agreement that such Subsidiary is a party to or entered into before the date on which such Subsidiary became a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such agreement was not entered into in anticipation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary becoming a Restricted Subsidiary and any such encumbrance or restriction does not extend to any assets or property of the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary other than the assets and property of such Subsidiary; and

 

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(20) any encumbrances or restrictions of the type referred to in clauses (1), (2) and (3) of Section 4.08(a) hereof imposed by any amendments, extensions, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of the contracts, instruments or obligations referred to in clauses (1) through (19) of this Section 4.08(b); provided that such amendments, extensions, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are, in the good faith judgment of the Company, no more restrictive in any material respect with respect to such encumbrance and other restrictions taken as a whole than those prior to such amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, increase, supplement, refunding, replacement or refinancing.

Section 4.09 Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock.

(a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable, contingently or otherwise (collectively, “incur” and collectively, an “incurrence”) with respect to any Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) and the Company shall not issue any shares of Disqualified Stock and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to issue any shares of Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock; provided, however, that the Company may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) or issue shares of Disqualified Stock, and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness), issue shares of Disqualified Stock and issue shares of Preferred Stock, if (A) the Total Net Leverage Ratio of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries (including for the purposes of such calculation any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock that is unsecured or secured by assets that are not Collateral), after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, as applicable, and the use of proceeds thereof, shall not exceed 5.10 to 1.00 or (B) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio on a consolidated basis for the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries’ most recently ended Test Period immediately preceding the date on which such additional Indebtedness is incurred or such Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock is issued would have been at least 2.00 to 1.00, determined on a pro forma basis (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom), as if the additional Indebtedness had been incurred, or the Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock had been issued, as the case may be, and the application of proceeds therefrom had occurred at the beginning of such four-quarter period; provided, further, however, that, on a pro forma basis, together with any amounts incurred or issued, as applicable, and outstanding by Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries pursuant to clauses (12)(b), (14)(a) and (18) of Section 4.09(b) hereof, no more than the greater of $300.0 million and 30.0% of LTM EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period, of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock at any one time outstanding and incurred or issued, as applicable, pursuant to this Section 4.09(a) shall be incurred or issued, as applicable, by Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries; provided, however, that the foregoing limitation shall not apply to Indebtedness of any Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with an acquisition or any other Investment not prohibited by the provisions of Section 4.07 hereof (or of any Person not previously a Restricted Subsidiary that is merged or consolidated with or into the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) if such Indebtedness is outstanding prior to such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary and to the extent such Indebtedness is not incurred in contemplation of such acquisition or Investment.

 

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(b) Section 4.09(a) hereof shall not apply to:

(1) the incurrence of Indebtedness under Credit Facilities by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and Guarantees in respect of such Indebtedness 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); provided that, immediately after giving effect to any such incurrence, the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness incurred under this clause (1) and outstanding at any one time does not exceed $2,650.0 million;

(2) the incurrence by the Company and any Guarantor of Indebtedness represented by the Notes issued on the Issue Date and any replacement Notes therefor (including any Guarantee thereof) (other than any Additional Notes);

(3) Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in existence on the Issue Date (other than Indebtedness described in clauses (1) and (2) of this Section 4.09(b));

(4) Indebtedness (including Capitalized Lease Obligations), Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock incurred by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, to finance the purchase, lease or improvement of property (real or personal), equipment or other assets that, in each case, are used or useful in a Similar Business, whether through the direct purchase of assets or the Capital Stock of any Person owning such assets; provided that, at the time of any such incurrence of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock (and after giving pro forma effect thereto), the aggregate amount of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock incurred pursuant to this clause (4), when aggregated with the outstanding amount of Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock initially incurred in reliance on this clause (4), does not exceed the greater of $300.0 million and 30.0% of LTM EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period;

(5) Indebtedness incurred by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries constituting reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit, bank guarantees, banker’s acceptances, warehouse receipts, or similar instruments issued or created in the ordinary course of business, including letters of credit in respect of workers’ compensation claims, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance or other Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement type obligations regarding workers’ compensation claims, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance;

(6) Indebtedness consisting of obligations under deferred compensation (including indemnification obligations, obligations in respect of purchase price adjustments, earn-outs, incentive non-competes and other contingent obligations) or other similar arrangements incurred or assumed in connection with any acquisition or other investment or any disposition, in each case, not prohibited hereunder;

(7) Indebtedness of the Company owing to a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that any such Indebtedness owing to a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Notes (but only to the extent permitted by applicable law and not giving rise to adverse tax consequences); provided further, that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event that results in any such Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer of any such Indebtedness (except to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary or any pledge of such Indebtedness constituting a Permitted Lien (but not foreclosure thereon)) shall be deemed, in each case, to be an incurrence of such Indebtedness not permitted by this clause (7); (8) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary owing to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary; provided that any such Indebtedness owing to a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Notes (but only to the extent permitted by applicable law and not giving rise to adverse tax consequences); provided further, that any subsequent transfer of any such Indebtedness (except to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary or any pledge of such Indebtedness constituting a Permitted Lien (but not foreclosure thereon)) shall be deemed, in each case, to be an incurrence of such Indebtedness not permitted by this clause (8);

 

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(9) shares of Preferred Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary issued to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary, provided that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event which results in any such Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer of any such shares of Preferred Stock (except to the Company or another of its Restricted Subsidiaries) shall be deemed in each case to be an issuance of such shares of Preferred Stock not permitted by this clause (9);

(10) Hedging Obligations incurred not for speculative purposes;

(11) obligations in respect of self-insurance and obligations in respect of performance, bid, appeal and surety bonds, performance and completion guarantees, statutory, export or import indemnities, customs and completion guarantees (not for borrowed money) and similar obligations provided by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or obligations in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instruments related thereto, in each case, in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

(12) (a) unsecured Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary equal to 200.0% of the net cash proceeds received by the Company since the Issue Date from the issue or sale of Equity Interests of the Company or cash contributed to the capital of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (in each case, other than Excluded Contributions or proceeds of Disqualified Stock or sales of Equity Interests to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) as determined in accordance with clauses (3)(b) and (3)(c) of Section 4.07(a) hereof to the extent such net cash proceeds or cash have not been applied pursuant to such clauses to make Restricted Payments or to make other Investments, payments or exchanges pursuant to Section 4.07(b) hereof or to make Permitted Investments (other than Permitted Investments specified in clauses (1) and (3) of the definition thereof) and (b) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary not otherwise permitted hereunder in an aggregate principal amount or liquidation preference, which when aggregated with the principal amount and liquidation preference of all other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock then outstanding and incurred pursuant to this clause (12)(b) and the outstanding amount of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary which serves to refinance any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock incurred as permitted under this clause (12)(b) or any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock issued to so refund or refinance such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, does not, at the time of any such incurrence of Indebtedness (and after giving pro forma effect thereto), exceed the sum of the greater of $300.0 million and 30.0% of LTM EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (it being understood that such Indebtedness shall be deemed a Restricted Payment for purposes of compliance with Section 4.07) (it being understood that any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock incurred pursuant to this clause (12)(b) shall cease to be deemed incurred or outstanding for purposes of this clause (12)(b) but shall be deemed incurred for the purposes of Section 4.09(a) hereof from and after the first date on which the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary could have incurred such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock under Section 4.09(a) hereof without reliance on this clause (12)(b)); provided that such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock incurred pursuant to this clause (12)(b) may be secured by a Lien on the Collateral that is pari passu with the Lien securing the Secured Obligations, secured by a Lien on the Collateral that is junior to the Lien securing the Secured Obligations, or may be unsecured or secured by assets that are not Collateral to the extent that such Lien is permitted under Section 4.12 hereof; provided, further, however, that, together with any amounts incurred or issued, as applicable, and outstanding by Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries pursuant to the second proviso in Section 4.09(a) hereof and clauses (14)(a) and (18) of this Section 4.09(b), no more than the greater of $300.0 million and 30.0% of LTM EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period, of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock at any one time outstanding and incurred or issued, as applicable, pursuant to this clause (12)(b) shall be incurred or issued, as applicable by Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries; provided, however that the foregoing limitation shall not apply to Indebtedness of any Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with an acquisition or any other Investment not prohibited by Section 4.07 hereof (or of any Person not previously a Restricted Subsidiary that is merged or consolidated with or into the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) if such Indebtedness is outstanding prior to such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary and to the extent such Indebtedness is not incurred in contemplation of such acquisition or Investment;

 

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(13) the incurrence by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness or issuance by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, of the Company of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary which serves to refund, refinance, replace, renew, extend or defease (collectively, “refinance” and “refinances,” with “refinanced” and “refinancing” having a correlative meaning) any Indebtedness, incurred or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock issued as permitted under Section 4.09(a) hereof and clauses (2), (3), (4) and (12) of this Section 4.09(b), this clause (13) and clause (18) of this Section 4.09(b) or any Indebtedness incurred or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock issued to so extend, replace, refund, refinance, renew or defease such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock including additional Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock incurred to pay premiums (including reasonable tender premiums), defeasance costs and fees in connection therewith (the “Refinancing Indebtedness”) prior to its respective maturity; provided, however, that such Refinancing Indebtedness:

(A) has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity at the time such Refinancing Indebtedness is incurred which is not less than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock being extended, replaced, refunded, refinanced, renewed or defeased,

(B) to the extent such Refinancing Indebtedness extends, replaces, refunds, refinances, renews or defeases (i) Indebtedness subordinated in right of payment to the Secured Obligations or any Guarantee thereof, such Refinancing Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to the Secured Obligations or the Guarantee thereof at least to the same extent as the Indebtedness being extended, replaced, refunded, refinanced, renewed or defeased or (ii) Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, such Refinancing Indebtedness must be Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, respectively, and (i) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of a Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Guarantor that refinances Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of the Company;

 

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(C) shall not include:

(ii) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of a Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Guarantor that refinances Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of a Guarantor; or

(iii) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary that refinances Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary; and

provided, further, that subclause (A) of this clause (13) shall not apply to any refunding or refinancing of any outstanding Secured Indebtedness;

(14) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of (x) the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary incurred or issued to finance any investment or acquisition or (y) Persons that are acquired by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or merged into or consolidated with the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with the terms of this Indenture; provided that, after giving effect to such acquisition, investment, merger, amalgamation or consolidation either:

(a) (1) if such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock is secured by a Lien on the Collateral on a pari passu basis with the Liens on the Collateral securing the Secured Obligations, the Senior Secured First Lien Net Leverage Ratio of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries (including for the purposes of such calculation any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock that is secured by a Lien on a pari passu basis with the Liens on the Collateral securing the Secured Obligations), after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, as applicable, and the use of proceeds thereof, shall either (I) not exceed 3.75 to 1.00 or (II) not exceed the Senior Secured First Lien Net Leverage Ratio immediately prior to such incurrence, (2) if such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock is secured by a Lien on the Collateral on a junior priority basis with the Liens on the Collateral securing the Secured Obligations, the Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries (including for the purposes of such calculation any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock that is secured by a Lien on a junior basis to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Secured Obligations), after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, as applicable, and the use of proceeds thereof, shall either (x) not exceed 5.10 to 1.00 or (y) not exceed the Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio immediately prior to such incurrence or the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, as applicable, and the use of proceeds thereof, shall be greater than or equal to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio immediately prior to such incurrence and (3) if such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock is unsecured or is secured by assets that do not become Collateral, either the Total Net Leverage Ratio of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries (including for the purposes of such calculation any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock that is unsecured or secured by assets that are not Collateral), after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, as applicable, and the use of proceeds thereof, shall either (x) not exceed 5.10 to 1.00 or (y) not exceed the Total Net Leverage Ratio immediately prior to such incurrence or the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, as applicable, and the use of proceeds thereof, shall be either (x) greater than or equal to 2.00 to 1.00 or (y) greater than or equal to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio immediately prior to such incurrence; provided, however, that, together with any amounts incurred or issued, as applicable, and outstanding by Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries pursuant to the second proviso to Section 4.09(a) hereof and clauses (12)(b) and (18) of this Section 4.09(b), no more than the greater of $300.0 million and 30.0% of LTM EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period, of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock at any one time outstanding and incurred or issued, as applicable, pursuant to this clause (14)(a) shall be incurred or issued, as applicable by Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries; or

 

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(b) such Indebtedness constitutes Acquired Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness incurred in contemplation of the transaction or series of related transactions pursuant to which such Person became a Restricted Subsidiary or was otherwise acquired by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary); provided that, in the case of this clause (b), the only obligors with respect to such Indebtedness shall be those Persons who were obligors of such Indebtedness prior to such acquisition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation;

(15) Indebtedness in respect of Cash Management Obligations, Bank Products provided by banks or other financial institutions to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and other Indebtedness in respect of netting services, automated clearinghouse arrangements, overdraft protections and similar arrangements, in each case, in connection with deposit accounts or from the honoring of a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business;

(16) Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries supported by a letter of credit issued pursuant to Credit Facilities, in a principal amount not in excess of the stated amount of such letter of credit;

 

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(17) (a) any guarantee by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness or other obligations of any Restricted Subsidiary so long as the incurrence of such Indebtedness incurred by such Restricted Subsidiary is not prohibited under the terms of this Indenture, or (b) any guarantee by a Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness or other obligations of the Company so long as the incurrence of such Indebtedness or other obligations incurred by the Company is permitted under the terms of this Indenture; provided that such guarantee is incurred in accordance with Section 4.15 hereof; (18) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of (x) the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary incurred or issued to finance any investment or acquisition or (y) Persons that are acquired by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that, at the time of any such incurrence of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock (and after giving pro forma effect thereto), the aggregate amount of such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock incurred under this clause (18), when aggregated with the outstanding amount of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary which serves to refinance any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock incurred as permitted under this clause (18) or any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock issued to so refund or refinance such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, does not exceed the greater of $200.0 million and 20.0% of LTM EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period, in the aggregate (it being understood that any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock incurred pursuant to this clause (18) shall cease to be deemed incurred or outstanding for purposes of this clause (18) but shall be deemed incurred for the purposes of Section 4.09(a) hereof from and after the first date on which such Restricted Subsidiary could have incurred such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock under Section 4.09(a) hereof without reliance on this clause (18)); provided, further, however, that, on a pro forma basis, together with any amounts incurred or issued, as applicable, and outstanding by Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors pursuant to the first paragraph of this covenant, clauses (12)(b) and (14)(a) of this Section 4.09(b) and this clause (18) of this Section 4.09(b), no more than the greater of $300.0 million and 30.0% of LTM EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period, of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock at any one time outstanding and incurred or issued, as applicable, shall be incurred or issued, as applicable, by Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors; provided, further, however, that the foregoing limitation shall not apply to Indebtedness of any Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with an acquisition or any other Investment not prohibited by the provisions of Section 4.07 hereof (or of any Person not previously a Restricted Subsidiary that is merged, consolidated with or into the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) if such Indebtedness is outstanding prior to such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary and to the extent such Indebtedness is not incurred in contemplation of such acquisition or Investment;

(19) Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries consisting of (i) the financing of insurance premiums or (ii) take-or-pay obligations contained in supply arrangements;

(20) Indebtedness consisting of Indebtedness issued by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to current or former officers, directors and employees thereof, their respective estates, spouses or former spouses, in each case to finance the purchase or redemption of Equity Interests of the Company or any direct or indirect parent company of the Company to the extent described in Section 4.07(b) hereof;

(21) Indebtedness of any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary; provided that, at the time of any such incurrence of Indebtedness (and after giving pro forma effect thereto), the aggregate amount of Indebtedness incurred under this clause (21), when aggregated with the outstanding amount of Indebtedness of any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary which serves to refinance any Indebtedness incurred as permitted under this clause (21) or any Indebtedness issued to so refund or refinance such Indebtedness, does not exceed the greater of $150.0 million and 15.0% of LTM EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period, in the aggregate (it being understood that any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (21) shall cease to be deemed incurred or outstanding for purposes of this clause (21) but shall be deemed incurred for the purposes of the first paragraph of this covenant from and after the first date on which the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary could have incurred such Indebtedness under the first paragraph of this covenant without reliance on this clause (21)); provided, further, that the foregoing limitation shall not apply to Indebtedness of any Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with an Investment not prohibited this Indenture (or of any Person not previously a Restricted Subsidiary that is merged or consolidated with or into the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) if such Indebtedness is outstanding prior to such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary and to the extent such Indebtedness is not incurred in contemplation of such Investment; (22) Indebtedness representing deferred compensation or stock-based compensation owed to employees of direct or indirect parent companies of the Company, the Company or the Restricted Subsidiaries incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice or in connection with the Transactions, any Investment or any acquisition (by merger, consolidation, amalgamation or otherwise);

 

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(23) Settlement Indebtedness;

(24) customer deposits and advance payments received in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice from customers for the purchase of goods or services;

(25) Indebtedness incurred by a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with bankers’ acceptances, discounted bills of exchange or the discounting or factoring of receivables for credit management purposes, in each case incurred or undertaken in the ordinary course of business on arm’s length commercial terms on a recourse basis;

(26) [reserved];

(27) [reserved];

(28) Indebtedness to a customer to finance the acquisition of any equipment necessary to perform services for such customer; provided that the terms of such Indebtedness are consistent with those entered into with respect to similar Indebtedness prior to the Issue Date, including that (1) the repayment of such Indebtedness is conditional upon such customer ordering a specific amount of goods or services and (2) such Indebtedness does not bear interest or provide for scheduled amortization or maturity;

(29) Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries arising pursuant to any Permitted Intercompany Activities, Permitted Tax Restructuring and related transactions;

(30) to the extent constituting Indebtedness, obligations under or in respect of Receivables Facilities; provided that, at the time of any such incurrence of Indebtedness (and after giving pro forma effect thereto), the aggregate amount of Indebtedness pursuant to this clause (30), when aggregated with the outstanding amount of Indebtedness incurred in reliance on clause (31) and the outstanding amount of Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of Indebtedness initially incurred in reliance on this clause (30) or clause (31), does not exceed $300.0 million;

(31) Indebtedness incurred in connection with any Sale and Lease-Back Transaction; provided that, at the time of any such incurrence of Indebtedness (and after giving pro forma effect thereto), the aggregate amount of Indebtedness pursuant to this clause (31), when aggregated with the outstanding amount of Indebtedness incurred in reliance on clause (30) and the outstanding amount of Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of Indebtedness initially incurred in reliance on this clause (31) or clause (30), does not exceed $300.0 million;

(32) Replacement Satellite Vendor Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount outstanding at any one time not to exceed the greater of (x) $325.0 million and (y) 32.5% of LTM EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period; and (33) all premiums (if any), interest (including post-petition interest), fees, expenses, charges and additional or contingent interest on obligations described in clauses (1) through (32).

 

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(c) For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.09:

(1) in the event that an item of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of permitted Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock described in clauses (1) through (33) of Section 4.09(b) hereof or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.09(a) hereof, the Company, in its sole discretion, shall classify or reclassify such item of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock (or any portion thereof) and shall only be required to include the amount and type of such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock in one of the above clauses or in Section 4.09(a); provided that all Indebtedness outstanding under the Senior Credit Facilities on the Issue Date shall be treated as incurred on the Issue Date under clause (1) of Section 4.09(b) hereof and may not be reclassified;

(2) at the time of incurrence or reclassification, the Company shall be entitled to divide and classify or reclassify an item of Indebtedness in more than one of the types of Indebtedness described in Sections 4.09(a) and 4.09(b) hereof (it being understood that any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to one of the clauses of Section 4.09(b) hereof shall cease to be deemed incurred or outstanding for purposes of such clause but shall be deemed incurred for the purposes of Section 4.09(a) hereof from and after the first date on which the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries could have incurred such Indebtedness under Section 4.09(a) without reliance on such clause);

(3) in the event that the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary enters into or increases commitments under a credit facility, the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, the Senior Secured First Lien Net Leverage Ratio, the Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio or the Total Net Leverage Ratio, as applicable, for borrowings and reborrowings thereunder (and including issuance and creation of letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances thereunder) shall be determined on the date of such credit facility or such increase in commitments (assuming that the full amount thereof has been borrowed as of such date), and, if such Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, Senior Secured First Lien Net Leverage Ratio, Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio or the Total Net Leverage Ratio, as applicable, test is satisfied with respect thereto at such time, any borrowing or reborrowing thereunder (and the issuance and creation of letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances thereunder) shall be permitted under this covenant irrespective of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, Senior Secured First Lien Net Leverage Ratio, Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio or the Total Net Leverage Ratio, as applicable, at the time of any borrowing or reborrowing (or issuance or creation of letters of credit or bankers’ acceptances thereunder) (the committed amount permitted to be borrowed or reborrowed (and the issuance and creation of letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances) on a date pursuant to the operation of this Section 4.09(c)(3) shall be the “Reserved Indebtedness Amount” as of such date for purposes of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, Senior Secured First Lien Net Leverage Ratio, Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio or the Total Net Leverage Ratio, as applicable);

 

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(4) accrual of interest or dividends, the accretion of accreted value, the accretion or amortization of original issue discount and the payment of interest or dividends in the form of additional Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, as the case may be, of the same class shall not be deemed to be an incurrence or issuance of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock for purposes of this Section 4.09; (5) for purposes of determining compliance with any U.S. dollar-denominated restriction on the incurrence of Indebtedness, the U.S. dollar-equivalent principal amount of Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency shall be calculated based on the relevant currency Exchange Rate in effect on the date such Indebtedness was incurred, in the case of term debt, or first committed, in the case of revolving credit debt; provided that if such Indebtedness is incurred to refinance other Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency, and such refinancing would cause the applicable U.S. dollar-denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency Exchange Rate in effect on the date of such refinancing, such U.S. dollar-denominated restriction shall be deemed not to have been exceeded so long as the principal amount of such Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed (i) the principal amount of such Indebtedness being refinanced plus (ii) the aggregate amount of fees, underwriting discounts, premiums and other costs and expenses incurred in connection with such refinancing;

(6) the principal amount of any Indebtedness incurred to refinance other Indebtedness, if incurred in a different currency from the Indebtedness being refinanced, shall be calculated based on the currency Exchange Rate applicable to the currencies in which such respective Indebtedness is denominated that is in effect on the date of such refinancing;

(7) in the case of any refinancing of any Indebtedness or any portion thereof, the amount of Indebtedness being incurred to finance the aggregate amount of accrued and unpaid interest, dividends, premiums (including tender premiums), defeasance costs and fees and expenses (including original issue discount, upfront fees or similar fees) in connection with such refinancing shall not be deemed to be an incurrence or issuance of Indebtedness for purposes of this covenant;

(8) notwithstanding anything in this Section 4.09 to the contrary, in the case of any Indebtedness incurred to refinance Indebtedness initially incurred in reliance on Section 4.09(b) hereof, measured by reference to a percentage of LTM EBITDA at the time of incurrence, and such refinancing would cause the percentage of LTM EBITDA restriction to be exceeded if calculated based on the percentage of LTM EBITDA on the date of such refinancing, such percentage of LTM EBITDA restriction shall not be deemed to be exceeded so long as the principal amount of such Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount of such Indebtedness being refinanced, plus accrued and unpaid interest, dividends, premiums (including reasonable tender premiums), defeasance, costs and fees and expenses (including original issue discount, upfront fees or similar fees) in connection with such refinancing;

(9) Guarantees of, or obligations in respect of letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances or other similar instruments relating to, Indebtedness that is otherwise included in the determination of a particular amount of Indebtedness shall not be included;

 

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(10) pursuant to this Indenture, (x) unsecured Indebtedness shall not be treated as subordinated or junior to Secured Indebtedness merely because it is unsecured and (y) Senior Indebtedness shall not be treated as subordinated or junior to any other Senior Indebtedness merely because it has a junior priority with respect to the same collateral or is secured by different collateral or because it is guaranteed by different obligors; and (11) when calculating the availability under any basket or ratio under this Indenture or compliance with any provision of this Indenture in connection with any Limited Condition Transaction and any actions or transactions related thereto (including acquisitions, Investments, the incurrence, issuance or assumption of Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof, the incurrence or creation of Liens, repayments, Restricted Payments and Asset Sales), in each case, at the option of the Issuers (the Issuers’ election to exercise such option, an “LCT Election”), the date of determination for availability under any such basket or ratio and whether any such action or transaction is permitted (or any requirement or condition therefor is complied with or satisfied (including as to the absence of any continuing Default or Event of Default)) under this Indenture shall be deemed to be the date (the “LCT Test Date”) either (a) the definitive agreement for such Limited Condition Transaction is entered into (or, if applicable, the date of delivery of an irrevocable declaration of a Restricted Payment or similar event), or (b) solely in connection with an acquisition to which the United Kingdom City Code on Takeovers and Mergers applies, the date on which a “Rule 2.7 announcement” of a firm intention to make an offer (or equivalent announcement in another jurisdiction) (an “LCT Public Offer”) in respect of a target of a Limited Condition Transaction and, in each case, if, after giving pro forma effect to the Limited Condition Transaction and any actions or transactions related thereto (including acquisitions, Investments, the incurrence, issuance or assumption of Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof, the incurrence or creation of Liens, repayments, Restricted Payments and Asset Sales) and any related pro forma adjustments, the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries would have been permitted to take such actions or consummate such transactions on the relevant LCT Test Date in compliance with such ratio, test or basket (and any related requirements and conditions), such ratio, test or basket (and any related requirements and conditions) shall be deemed to have been complied with (or satisfied) for all purposes (in the case of Indebtedness, for example, whether such Indebtedness is committed, issued, assumed or incurred at the LCT Test Date or at any time thereafter); provided, that (a) if financial statements for one or more subsequent fiscal quarters shall have become available, the Issuers may elect, in their sole discretion, to redetermine all such ratios, tests or baskets on the basis of such financial statements, in which case, such date of redetermination shall thereafter be the applicable LCT Test Date for purposes of such ratios, tests or baskets, (b) except as contemplated in the foregoing clause (a), compliance with such ratios, test or baskets (and any related requirements and conditions) shall not be determined or tested at any time after the applicable LCT Test Date for such Limited Condition Transaction and any actions or transaction related thereto (including acquisitions, Investments, the incurrence, issuance or assumption of Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof, the incurrence or creation of Liens, repayments, Restricted Payments and Asset Sales) and (c) Consolidated Interest Expense for purposes of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio will be calculated using an assumed interest rate as reasonably determined by the Issuers.

For the avoidance of doubt, if the Company has made an LCT Election, (1) if any of the ratios, tests or baskets for which compliance was determined or tested as of the LCT Test Date would at any time after the LCT Test Date have been exceeded or otherwise failed to have been complied with as a result of fluctuations in any such ratio, test or basket, including due to fluctuations in Consolidated EBITDA or Total Assets of the Company or the Person subject to such Limited Condition Transaction, such baskets, tests or ratios will not be deemed to have been exceeded or failed to have been complied with as a result of such fluctuations; (2) if any related requirements and conditions (including as to the absence of any continuing Default or Event of Default) for which compliance or satisfaction was determined or tested as of the LCT Test Date would at any time after the LCT Test Date not have been complied with or satisfied (including due to the occurrence or continuation of an Default or Event of Default), such requirements and conditions will not be deemed to have been failed to be complied with or satisfied (and such Default or Event of Default shall be deemed not to have occurred or be continuing); and (3) in calculating the availability under any ratio, test or basket in connection with any action or transaction unrelated to such Limited Condition Transaction following the relevant LCT Test Date and prior to the earlier of the date on which such Limited Condition Transaction is consummated or the date that the definitive agreement or date for redemption, purchase or repayment specified in an irrevocable notice for such Limited Condition Transaction is terminated, expires or passes (or, if applicable, the irrevocable notice is terminated, expires or passes or, as applicable, the offer in respect of an LCT Public Offer for, such acquisition is terminated), as applicable, without consummation of such Limited Condition Transaction, any such ratio, test or basket shall be determined or tested giving pro forma effect to such Limited Condition Transaction.

 

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Section 4.10 Asset Sales.

(a) From and after the Issue Date, the Company shall not consummate, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to consummate, an Asset Sale, unless:

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

(2) except in the case of a Permitted Asset Swap, if the property or assets sold or otherwise disposed of have a fair market value in excess of the greater of $50.0 million and 5.0% of LTM EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period at the time of such disposition, at least 75.0% of the consideration therefor received by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, is in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents; provided that the amount of:

(A) any liabilities, contingent or otherwise, of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Notes or that are owed to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary that (x) are assumed by the transferee of any such assets (or a third party in connection with such transfer) or (y) are otherwise cancelled or terminated in connection with the transaction with such transferee (other than intercompany debt owed to the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries) and, in each case, for which the Company and all of its Restricted Subsidiaries have been validly released,

(B) any securities, notes or other obligations or assets received by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash or Cash Equivalents (to the extent of the cash or Cash Equivalents received) within 180 days following the closing of such Asset Sale;

(C) Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary that ceases to be a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of such Asset Sale (other than intercompany debt owed to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary), to the extent that the Company and each other Restricted Subsidiary are released from any guarantee of payment of the principal amount of such Indebtedness in connection with such Asset Sale in accordance with the terms of this Indenture; (D) consideration consisting of Indebtedness of the Issuers or a Guarantor (other than intercompany debt owed to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and other than Subordinated Indebtedness) received after the Issue Date from Persons who are not the Company, Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary;

 

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(E) any Designated Non-cash Consideration received by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary in such Asset Sale having an aggregate fair market value, as determined by the Company, taken together with all other Designated Non-cash Consideration received pursuant to this clause (E) that is at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of $300.0 million and 30.0% of LTM EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period at the time of the receipt of such Designated Non-cash Consideration (with the fair market value of each such item of Designated Non-cash Consideration being measured pursuant to this clause (E) at the Company’s option, either at the time of contractually agreeing to such Asset Sale or at the time received and, in either case, without giving effect to subsequent changes in value); and

(F) any Investment, Capital Stock, assets, property or capital or other expenditure of the kind referred to in clause (2) or (3) of Section 4.10(b) hereof shall be deemed to be Cash Equivalents for purposes of this provision and for no other purpose.

(b) Within 365 days after the receipt of any Net Proceeds of any Asset Sale (the “Proceeds Application Period”), the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, at their option, may apply an amount equal to the Net Proceeds from such Asset Sale,

(1) to reduce, prepay, repay or purchase:

(A) to the extent such Net Proceeds are from an Asset Sale of Collateral, Obligations with Pari Passu Lien Priority (including the Senior Credit Facilities, the Existing Notes or any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof but other than Indebtedness owed to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary), and, in the case of revolving obligations, to correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto, provided that, to the extent either Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary will so repay any such Indebtedness (other than the Notes), the Issuers shall reduce Obligations under the Notes on a pro rata basis by, at their option, (i) redeeming Notes as provided under Section 3.07 hereof (ii) purchasing Notes through open-market purchases or (iii) by making an offer (in accordance with the procedures set forth herein for an Asset Sale Offer) to all Holders to purchase their Notes at a purchase price equal to 100.0% of the principal amount thereof, plus the amount of accrued but unpaid interest, if any, on the principal amount of the Notes to be repurchased to the date of repurchase;

(B) to the extent such Net Proceeds resulted from an Asset Sale not consisting of Collateral, Obligations in respect of other Secured Indebtedness (which may include the Notes), and, in the case of revolving commitments, to correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto;

 

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(C) Obligations in respect of the Notes or any other Indebtedness (other than Subordinated Indebtedness) of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, other than Indebtedness owed to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (and, in the case of revolving commitments, to correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto), provided that, to the extent either Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary will so repay any such Indebtedness (other than the Notes), the Issuers will reduce Obligations under the Notes on a pro rata basis by, at their option, (i) redeeming Notes as provided under Section 3.07 hereof, (ii) purchasing Notes through open-market purchases or (iii) by making an offer (in accordance with the procedures set forth herein for an Asset Sale Offer) to all Holders to purchase their Notes at a purchase price equal to 100.0% of the principal amount thereof, plus the amount of accrued but unpaid interest, if any, on the principal amount of the Notes to be repurchased to the date of repurchase; or

(D) Obligations in respect of Indebtedness of a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary, other than Indebtedness owed to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary;

provided, in the case of clause (A) or (C) above, (i) if an offer to purchase any Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary is made, such amount will be deemed repaid to the extent of the amount of such offer, whether or not accepted by the holders of such Indebtedness, and no Net Proceeds in the amount of such offer will be deemed to exist following such offer, and (ii) if the holder of any Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company declines the repayment of such Indebtedness owed to it from such Net Proceeds such amount will be deemed repaid to the extent of the declined Net Proceeds, or

(2) to make

(A) an Investment in any one or more businesses, provided that such Investment in any business is in the form of the acquisition of Capital Stock that results in the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, owning an amount of the Capital Stock of such business such that such business constitutes a Restricted Subsidiary or increases the Company’s direct or indirect percentage ownership of the Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary;

(B) capital expenditures; or

(C) acquisitions of other assets, in the case of each of (A), (B) and (C), used or useful in a Similar Business, or

(3) to make an Investment in

(A) any one or more businesses; provided that such Investment in any business is in the form of the acquisition of Capital Stock that results in the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, owning an amount of the Capital Stock of such business such that it constitutes a Restricted Subsidiary or increases the Company’s direct or indirect percentage ownership of the Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary;

(B) properties; or

(C) acquisitions of other assets that, in the case of each of (A), (B) and (C), replace the businesses, properties or assets that are the subject of such Asset Sale, or (4) any combination of the foregoing;

 

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provided that, in the case of clauses (2) and (3) above, a binding commitment shall be treated as a permitted application of the Net Proceeds from the date of such commitment so long as the Company, or such other Restricted Subsidiary enters into such commitment with the good faith expectation that such Net Proceeds will be applied to satisfy such commitment within 180 days of such commitment.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this covenant, (i) to the extent that any of or all the Net Proceeds of any Asset Sale received or deemed to be received by a Foreign Subsidiary (a “Foreign Disposition”) is (x) prohibited or delayed by applicable local law, (y) restricted by applicable organizational documents or any agreement or (z) subject to other onerous organizational or administrative impediments from being repatriated to United Kingdom, an amount equal to the portion of such Net Proceeds so affected shall not be required to be applied in compliance with this covenant, and such amounts shall not be so applied so long, but only so long, as the applicable local law, documents or agreements will not permit repatriation to either Issuer’s country of domicile (the Issuers hereby agree to use reasonable efforts (as determined in the Issuers’ reasonable business judgment) to otherwise cause the applicable Foreign Subsidiary to within one year following the date on which the respective payment would otherwise have been required, promptly take all actions reasonably required by the applicable local law, applicable organizational impediments or other impediment to permit such repatriation), and if within one year following the date on which the respective payment would otherwise have been required, such repatriation of any of such affected Net Proceeds is permitted under the applicable local law, applicable organizational impediment or other impediment, an amount equal to such Net Proceeds (net of additional taxes that would be payable or reserved against as a result of such repatriation but only to the extent such taxes do not reduce Net Proceeds pursuant to the definition thereof) will be promptly (and in any event not later than five Business Days after such repatriation could be made) applied in compliance with this covenant and (ii) to the extent that the Company has determined in good faith that repatriation of any of or all the Net Proceeds of any Foreign Disposition would have an adverse tax consequence (which for the avoidance of doubt, includes, but is not limited to, any prepayment out of such Net Proceeds whereby doing so the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, any parent entity or any of their respective affiliates and/or equity owners would incur a tax liability, including a tax dividend, deemed dividend pursuant to Code Section 956 or a withholding tax), an amount equal to the Net Proceeds so affected may be retained by the applicable Foreign Subsidiary. The non-application of any prepayment amounts as a consequence of the foregoing provisions will not, for the avoidance of doubt, constitute a Default or an Event of Default.

(d) When the Net Proceeds from the Asset Sale that are not invested or applied as provided and within the time period set forth in the second preceding paragraph (it being understood that any portion of such Net Proceeds used to make an offer to purchase Notes as described in clause (b)(1)(A) or (b)(1)(C) above, will be deemed to have been so applied whether or not such offer is accepted) exceeds the greater of $400.0 million and 40.0% of LTM EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (such amount of Net Proceeds that are in excess of the greater of $400.0 million and 40.0% of LTM EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period, “Excess Proceeds”), then subject to the limitations with respect to Foreign Dispositions set forth above, the Issuers will make an offer (an “Asset Sale Offer”) to all Holders of the Notes and, at the option of the Issuers, to any holders of any Pari Passu Indebtedness, to purchase the maximum aggregate principal amount of the Notes and such Pari Passu Indebtedness that is, in the case of the Notes, in an amount equal to at least $200,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds at an offer price, in the case of the Notes, in cash in an amount equal to 100.0% of the principal amount thereof (or accreted value thereof, if less), plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the date fixed for the closing of such offer, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Indenture (and, in respect of such Pari Passu Indebtedness, such other price, if any, as may be provided for by the terms of such Pari Passu Indebtedness). The Issuers will commence an Asset Sale Offer with respect to Excess Proceeds within 30 days after the expiration of the Proceeds Application Period by delivering the notice required pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, with a copy to the Trustee.

 

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The Issuers may, at their option, satisfy the foregoing obligations with respect to any Net Proceeds from an Asset Sale by making an Asset Sale Offer with respect to such Net Proceeds prior to the expiration of the Proceeds Application Period (the “Advance Offer”) with respect to all or a part of the Net Proceeds (the “Advance Portion”) in advance of being required to do so by this Indenture or with respect to any Declined Excess Proceeds.

(e) To the extent that the aggregate principal amount (or accreted value, as applicable) of Notes and such Pari Passu Indebtedness tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer is less than the Excess Proceeds (or in the case of an Advance Offer, the Advance Portion), the Issuers may include any remaining Excess Proceeds (or in the case of an Advance Offer, the Advance Portion) in Declined Excess Proceeds, and use such Declined Excess Proceeds for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by this Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount (or accreted value, as applicable) of Notes or the Pari Passu Indebtedness surrendered by such holders thereof exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds (or, in the case of an Advance Offer, the Advance Portion), the Issuers shall select the Notes (while the Notes are in global form pursuant to the procedures of DTC) and such Pari Passu Indebtedness to be purchased on a pro rata basis based on the accreted value or aggregate principal amount of the Notes or such Pari Passu Indebtedness tendered; provided, that no Notes will be selected and purchased in an unauthorized denomination. Upon completion of any such Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds (or in the case of an Advance Offer, the Advance Portion) will be reset to zero. An Asset Sale Offer may be made at the same time as consents are solicited with respect to an amendment, supplement or waiver of this Indenture, Notes and/or Guarantees.

(f) Pending the final application of any Net Proceeds pursuant to this covenant, the holder of such Net Proceeds may apply such Net Proceeds temporarily to reduce Indebtedness outstanding under a revolving credit facility or otherwise use such Net Proceeds in any manner not prohibited by this Indenture. The Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, may elect to invest in the Company and its Subsidiaries prior to receiving the Net Proceeds attributable to any given Asset Sale (provided that such investment shall be made no earlier than execution of a definitive agreement for the relevant Asset Sale) and deem the amount so invested to be applied pursuant to and in accordance with clause (2) or (3) above with respect to such Asset Sale.

(g) To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Indenture, and the Issuers comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations, then the Issuers shall not be deemed to have breached their obligations described in this Indenture by virtue thereof.

(h) The provisions under this Indenture relative to the Issuers’ obligations to make an offer to repurchase the Notes as a result of an Asset Sale may be waived or modified with the written consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding.

(i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4.10, the Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, sell, convey, transfer or otherwise dispose of, whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, any Material Restricted Assets to any Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that the Company may, and may permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, transfer any Satellite that is a Material Restricted Asset to an SPV Satellite Company to the extent that such transfer is required by applicable regulatory requirements or failure to transfer the Satellite to an SPV Satellite Company would result in material adverse tax consequences to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries.

 

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Section 4.11 Transactions with Affiliates.

(a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, enter into or make or amend any transaction, contract, agreement, understanding, loan, advance or guarantee with, any Affiliate of the Company (each of the foregoing, an “Affiliate Transaction”) involving aggregate payments or consideration in excess of the greater of $100.0 million and 10.0% of LTM EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period as of such date, unless:

(1) such Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are not materially less favorable to the Company or its relevant Restricted Subsidiary than those that would have been obtained in a comparable transaction by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary with an unrelated Person on an arm’s-length basis; and

(2) in the event any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involves aggregate payments or consideration in excess of the greater of $150.0 million and 15.0% of LTM EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period as of such date the terms of such transaction have been approved by a majority of the members of the board of directors of the Company.

Any Affiliate Transaction shall be deemed to have satisfied the requirements set forth in clause (2) of this Section 4.11(a) if such Affiliate Transaction is approved by a majority of the Disinterested Directors of the Company, if any.

(b) Section 4.11(a) hereof shall not apply to the following:

(1) transactions between or among the Company, any Restricted Subsidiary and/or any entity that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of such transaction;

(2) Restricted Payments permitted by Section 4.07 hereof and the definition of “Permitted Investments”;

(3) [reserved];

(4) the payment of reasonable and customary fees, reasonable out-of-pocket costs and compensation paid to, and indemnities and reimbursements and employment and severance arrangements provided on behalf of or for the benefit of, members of the board of directors, current or former employees, directors, officers, managers, distributors or consultants of the Company, any of its direct or indirect parent companies or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

(5) transactions in which the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, deliver to the Trustee a letter from an Independent Financial Advisor stating that such transaction is fair to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary from a financial point of view or stating that the terms are not materially less favorable to the Company or their relevant Restricted Subsidiary than those that would have been obtained in a comparable transaction by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary with an unrelated Person on an arm’s-length basis;

 

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(6) any agreement or arrangement as in effect as of the Issue Date, or any amendment thereto or replacement thereof (so long as any such amendment or replacement is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders when taken as a whole as compared to the applicable agreement as in effect on the Issue Date); (7) the existence of, or the performance by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of their obligations under the terms of, any stockholders agreement or the equivalent (including any registration rights agreement or purchase agreement related thereto) to which it is a party as of the Issue Date and any similar agreements which it may enter into thereafter; provided, however, that the existence of, or the performance by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of obligations under any future amendment to any such existing agreement or under any similar agreement entered into after the Issue Date shall only be permitted by this clause (7) to the extent that the terms of any such existing agreement together with all amendments thereto are not otherwise disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders when taken as a whole;

(8) transactions with customers, clients, suppliers, contractors, joint venture partners or purchasers or sellers of goods or services that are Affiliates, in each case in the ordinary course of business and which are fair to the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, in the reasonable determination of the Company, or are on terms at least as favorable as might reasonably have been obtained at such time from an unaffiliated party;

(9) the issuance or transfer of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company to any director, officer, employee or consultant (or their respective estates, investment funds, investment vehicles, spouses or former spouses) of the Company, any of its direct or indirect parent companies or any of its Subsidiaries and issuances of Equity Interests of the Company to the extent otherwise permitted by this Indenture;

(10) sales of accounts receivable, or participations therein, Receivables Assets or related assets in connection with any Receivables Facility;

(11) the guarantee of the Notes by any direct or indirect parent company of the Company, including the Parent becoming a Guarantor;

(12) payments, Indebtedness and Disqualified Stock (and cancellation of any thereof) of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries and Preferred Stock (and cancellation of any thereof) of any Restricted Subsidiary to any future, current or former employee, director, officer, manager or consultant (or their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members) of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their direct or indirect parent companies pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement or any stock subscription or shareholder agreement; and any employment agreements, stock option plans and other compensatory arrangements (and any successor plans thereto) and any supplemental executive retirement benefit plans or arrangements with any such employees, directors, officers, managers or consultants (or their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members) that are, in each case, approved by the board of directors of the Company in good faith;

(13) [reserved];

(14) transactions with a Person that is an Affiliate of the Company solely because the Company owns, directly or indirectly (including through an Unrestricted Subsidiary), an Equity Interest in or controls such Person; (15) the Transactions, the offering of Notes and payments made in connection with the Transactions (including the offering of Notes), including the payment of fees and expenses;

 

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(16) employment and severance arrangements between the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries and their respective officers and employees in the ordinary course of business or otherwise in connection with the Transactions (including loans and advances pursuant to clause (17) of the definition of “Permitted Investments”);

(17) (a) tax sharing agreements, tax groupings and arrangements for the payment of taxes or the surrender or reallocation of taxes or tax reliefs among direct and indirect parent companies of the Company, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries and payments thereunder on customary terms to the extent attributable to the ownership or operation of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries and (b) transactions undertaken in good faith (as certified by the Company or the Issuers in an Officer’s Certificate) for the purposes of improving the consolidated tax efficiency of the Company and its Subsidiaries;

(18) payments to or from, and transactions with, any joint venture in the ordinary course of business (including, without limitation, any cash management activities related thereto);

(19) any lease or sublease entered into between the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, as lessee or sublessee and any Affiliate of the Company, as lessor or sublessor, which is approved by a majority of the disinterested members of the board of directors of the Company in good faith;

(20) intellectual property licenses or sublicenses (including the provision of software under an open source license) in the ordinary course of business;

(21) any transition services arrangement, supply arrangement or similar arrangement entered into in connection with or in contemplation of the disposition of assets or Equity Interests in any Restricted Subsidiary permitted under Section 4.10 or entered into with any Business Successor, in each case, that the Company determines in good faith is either fair to the Company or otherwise on customary terms for such type of arrangements in connection with similar transactions; and

(22) operational agreements between the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the Parent or one or more Subsidiaries of the Parent, on the other hand, that the Company determines in good faith is either fair to the Company or otherwise on customary terms for such type of arrangements in connection with similar transactions.

Section 4.12 Liens.

The Company will not, and will not permit either of the Issuers or any Guarantor to, directly or indirectly create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien (except Permitted Liens) (each, an “Initial Lien”) that secures Obligations under any Indebtedness or any related Guarantee, on any asset or property of the Company, the Issuers or any Guarantor, unless:

 

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(1) in the case of Initial Liens on any Collateral, (i) such Initial Lien expressly has Junior Lien Priority on the Collateral relative to the Notes and related Guarantees or (ii) such Lien is a Permitted Lien; or

(2) in the case of any Initial Lien on any asset or property that is not Collateral, (i) the Notes or the Guarantees are equally and ratably secured with (or on a senior basis to, in the case such Initial Lien secured any Subordinated Indebtedness) the Obligations secured by such Initial Lien until such time as such Obligations are no longer secured by such Initial Lien or (ii) such Initial Lien is a Permitted Lien, except that the foregoing shall not apply to Liens securing the Notes and the related Guarantees.

Any Lien created for the benefit of Holders of the Notes in respect of property, assets or proceeds that do not constitute Collateral pursuant to this covenant shall provide by its terms that such Lien will be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged upon the release and discharge of the Initial Lien.

With respect to any Lien securing Indebtedness that was permitted to secure such Indebtedness at the time of the incurrence of such Indebtedness, such Lien shall also be permitted to secure any Increased Amount of such Indebtedness. The “Increased Amount” of any Indebtedness shall mean any increase in the amount of such Indebtedness in connection with any accrual of interest, the accretion of accreted value, the amortization of original issue discount, the payment of interest in the form of additional Indebtedness with the same terms, 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.

Section 4.13 Corporate Existence.

Except as otherwise provided in Article 5 and Section 10.6 hereof, the Company shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect (i) its existence, corporate, partnership, limited liability company or otherwise, and the corporate, partnership, limited liability company or other existence of each of its Restricted Subsidiaries, in accordance with the respective organizational documents (as the same may be amended from time to time) of the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary and (ii) the rights (charter and statutory), licenses and franchises of the Issuers and each Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right, license or franchise or the corporate, partnership, or other existence of any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, if the Company in good faith shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries.

Section 4.14 Offer to Repurchase Upon Change of Control.

(a) If a Change of Control occurs, unless the Issuers have previously or substantially concurrently therewith delivered a redemption notice with respect to all the outstanding Notes as described under Section 3.07 hereof, Issuers shall make an offer to purchase all of the Notes pursuant to the offer described below (the “Change of Control Offer”) at a price in cash (the “Change of Control Payment”) equal to 101.0% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the date of purchase. Within 30 days following any Change of Control, the Issuers shall send notice of such Change of Control Offer by electronic delivery in accordance with the procedures of DTC or first-class mail, with a copy to the Trustee, to each Holder of Notes to the address of such Holder appearing in the security register or otherwise in accordance with DTC’s applicable procedures, with the following information:

 

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(1) that a Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to this covenant, and that all Notes properly tendered pursuant to such Change of Control Offer shall be accepted for payment by the Issuers;

(2) the purchase price and the purchase date, which shall be no earlier than 10 days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is delivered except in the case of a conditional Change of Control Offer made in advance of a Change of Control as described below (the “Change of Control Payment Date”);

(3) that any Note not properly tendered shall remain outstanding and continue to accrue interest;

(4) that unless the Issuers default in the payment of the Change of Control Payment, all Notes accepted for payment pursuant to the Change of Control Offer shall cease to accrue interest on the Change of Control Payment Date;

(5) that Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their tendered Notes and their election to require the Issuers to purchase such Notes; provided that the paying agent receives, not later than the close of business on the second Business Day prior to the expiration date of the Change of Control Offer, a facsimile transmission, electronic transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder of the Notes, the principal amount of Notes tendered for purchase, and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing its tendered Notes and its election to have such Notes purchased;

(6) that Holders whose Notes are being purchased only in part shall be issued new Notes and such new Notes shall be equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered. The unpurchased portion of the Notes must be equal to at least $200,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof;

(7) if such notice is delivered prior to the occurrence of a Change of Control, stating that the Change of Control Offer is conditional on the occurrence of such Change of Control and describing each such condition; and

(8) the other instructions, as determined by the Issuers, consistent with this Section 4.14, that a Holder must follow.

To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Section 4.14 and the Issuers comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations, then the Issuers shall not be deemed to have breached their obligations under this Section 4.14 by virtue thereof.

(b) On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Issuers shall, to the extent permitted by law,

(1) accept for payment all Notes issued by it or portions thereof properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer,

(2) deposit with the paying agent an amount equal to the aggregate Change of Control Payment in respect of all Notes or portions thereof so tendered, and (3) deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee for cancellation the Notes so accepted together with an Officer’s Certificate to the Trustee stating that such Notes or portions thereof have been tendered to and purchased by the Issuers.

 

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(c) The Issuers shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer following a Change of Control if a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in this Section 4.14 applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by the Issuers and purchases all Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer. 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.

(d) Other than as specifically provided in this Section 4.14, any purchase pursuant to this Section 4.14 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.02, 3.05 and 3.06 hereof.

Section 4.15 Limitation on Guarantees of Indebtedness by Restricted Subsidiaries.

The Company shall not permit any of its Wholly Owned Subsidiaries (and non-Wholly Owned Subsidiaries if such non-Wholly Owned Subsidiaries guarantee, or are a co-issuer of, other capital markets debt securities of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in a principal amount in excess of the greater of $100.0 million and 10.0% of LTM EBITDA or guarantee all or a portion of, or are a co-borrower under, the Senior Credit Facilities) that are Restricted Subsidiaries, other than a Guarantor, or a Foreign Subsidiary (other than a Foreign Subsidiary that guarantees all or a portion of, or is a co-borrower under, the Senior Credit Facilities), to Guarantee the payment of any Indebtedness of the Company, the Issuers or any Guarantor, unless such Restricted Subsidiary within 60 days (i) executes and delivers a supplemental indenture to this Indenture, the form of which is attached as Exhibit D hereto, providing for a Guarantee by such Restricted Subsidiary, except that with respect to a guarantee of Indebtedness of the Company, the Issuers or any Guarantor, if such Indebtedness is by its express terms subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or such Guarantor’s Guarantee, any such guarantee by such Restricted Subsidiary with respect to such Indebtedness shall be subordinated in right of payment to such Guarantee substantially to the same extent as such Indebtedness is subordinated to the Notes or such Guarantor’s Guarantee of the Notes and (ii) executes and delivers a supplement or joinder to the Collateral Documents or new Collateral Documents and takes all actions required thereunder to perfect the Liens created thereunder; provided that if such Indebtedness is by its express terms subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or such Guarantor’s Guarantee, any such guarantee by such Restricted Subsidiary with respect to such Indebtedness shall be subordinated in right of payment to such Guarantee with respect to the Notes substantially to the same extent as such Indebtedness is subordinated to the Notes or such Guarantor’s Guarantee of the Notes; provided that this Section 4.15 shall not be applicable (i) to any guarantee of any Restricted Subsidiary that existed at the time such Person became a Restricted Subsidiary and was not incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary, (ii) guarantees of any Receivables Facility by any Receivables Subsidiary, or (iii) in the event that the Guarantee of the Company’s obligations under the Notes or this Indenture by such Subsidiary would not be permitted under applicable law.

The Company may elect, in its sole discretion, to cause any Subsidiary that is not otherwise required to be a Guarantor to become a Guarantor, in which case, such Subsidiary shall not be required to comply with the 60-day period described above and such Guarantee may be released at any time in the Company’s sole discretion so long as any Indebtedness of such Subsidiary then outstanding could have been incurred by such Subsidiary (either (x) when so incurred or (y) at the time of the release of such Guarantee) assuming such Subsidiary were not a Guarantor at such time.

 

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If any Guarantor becomes an Immaterial Subsidiary, the Issuers shall have the right, by delivery of a supplemental indenture executed by the Issuers to the Trustee, to cause such Immaterial Subsidiary to automatically and unconditionally cease to be a Guarantor, subject to the requirement described in the first paragraph above that such Subsidiary shall be required to become a Guarantor if it ceases to be an Immaterial Subsidiary (except that if such Subsidiary has been properly designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary it shall not be so required to become a Guarantor or execute a supplemental indenture); provided, further, that such Immaterial Subsidiary shall not be permitted to Guarantee the Senior Credit Facilities or other Indebtedness of the Issuers or the other Guarantors, unless it again becomes a Guarantor.

Section 4.16 Suspension of Covenants.

(a) If on any date following the Issue Date (i) the Notes have Investment Grade Ratings from two Rating Agencies (“Investment Grade Status”), and (ii) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing under this Indenture (the occurrence of the events described in the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) being collectively referred to as a “Covenant Suspension Event”), the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries will not be subject to Section 4.07 hereof, Section 4.08 hereof, Section 4.09 hereof, Section 4.10 hereof, Section 4.11 hereof, Section 4.14 hereof, Section 4.15 hereof and clause (3) of Section 5.01(a) hereof (collectively, the “Suspended Covenants”).

(b) In the event that the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries are not subject to the Suspended Covenants hereunder for any period of time as a result of the foregoing, and on any subsequent date (the “Reversion Date”) the Notes cease to have such Investment Grade Status, then the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall thereafter again be subject to the Suspended Covenants under this Indenture with respect to future events. The period of time between the occurrence of a Covenant Suspension Event and the Reversion Date is referred to in this Section 4.16 as the “Suspension Period.” Additionally, upon the occurrence of a Covenant Suspension Event, the amount of Excess Proceeds shall be reset to zero.

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of any such reinstatement, no action taken or omitted to be taken by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or events occurring prior to such reinstatement shall give rise to a Default or Event of Default hereunder with respect to the Notes; provided that (1) with respect to Restricted Payments made after any such reinstatement, the amount available to be made as Restricted Payments shall be calculated as though Section 4.07 hereof had been in effect prior to, but not during the Suspension Period, provided that any Subsidiaries designated as Unrestricted Subsidiaries during the Suspension Period shall automatically become Restricted Subsidiaries on the Reversion Date (subject to the Company’s right to subsequently designate them as Unrestricted Subsidiaries in compliance with the covenants set forth below), (2) all Indebtedness incurred, or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock issued, during the Suspension Period shall be classified as having been incurred or issued pursuant to clause (3) of Section 4.09(b) hereof, (3) any Affiliate Transaction entered into after the Reversion Date pursuant to an agreement entered into during any Suspension Period shall be deemed to be permitted pursuant to clause (6) of Section 4.11 hereof, (4) any encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary to take any action described in clauses (a)(1) through (3) of Section 4.08 hereof that becomes effective during any Suspension Period shall be deemed to be permitted pursuant to Section 4.08(a) hereof and (5) no Restricted Subsidiary of the Company shall be required to comply with Section 4.15 hereof after such reinstatement with respect to any guarantee entered into by such Restricted Subsidiary during any Suspension Period except that such Restricted Subsidiary shall execute and deliver a supplemental indenture to this Indenture providing for a Guarantee by such Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to the provisions of such covenant to the extent required and to the extent such Restricted Subsidiary has not already provided a Guarantee. No default or Event of Default will be deemed to have occurred on the Reversion Date as a result of any actions taken by the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries during the Suspension Period.

 

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(d) On and after each Reversion Date, the Company and its Subsidiaries shall be permitted to consummate the transactions contemplated by any contract entered into during the Suspension Period, so long as such contract and such consummation would have been permitted during such Suspension Period.

(e) The Issuers shall deliver promptly to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate notifying it of any such occurrence under this Section 4.16.

(f) The Trustee shall have no duty to monitor the ratings of the Notes, determine whether a Covenant Suspension Event or Reversion Date has occurred or notify Holders of the same.

Section 4.17 Additional Amounts.

(a) All payments made by or on behalf of the Issuers or a Successor Issuer under or with respect to the Notes (whether or not in the form of Definitive Notes) or any of the Guarantors on their Guarantee (including in each case any Successor Person) shall be made without withholding or deduction for, or on account of, any present or future taxes, unless the withholding or deduction of such taxes is then required by law. If any deduction or withholding for, or on account of, any taxes imposed or levied by or on behalf of any jurisdiction in which the Issuers or any Guarantor (including in either case any Successor Issuer or Successor Person, as applicable) is incorporated, established, organized, carrying on a business through a branch, agency or permanent establishment or resident for tax purposes or any political subdivision thereof or therein or any jurisdiction by or through which payment is made by or on behalf of the Issuers or any Guarantor (including in either case any Successor Issuer or Successor Person, as applicable) under or with respect to the Notes or Guarantees or any political subdivision thereof or therein (each, a “Tax Jurisdiction”) will at any time be required to be made from any payments made by or on behalf of the Issuers or Successor Issuers under or with respect to the Notes or any of the Guarantors or Successor Persons with respect to any Guarantee, including payments of principal, redemption price, purchase price, interest or premium, the Issuers or the relevant Guarantor (including in either case any Successor Issuer or Successor Person), as applicable, shall pay such additional amounts (the “Additional Amounts”) as may be necessary in order that the net amounts received by each holder in respect of such payments after such withholding or deduction (including any such deduction or withholding from such Additional Amounts) will equal the respective amounts that would have been received by each holder in respect of such payments in the absence of such withholding or deduction; provided, however, that no Additional Amounts will be payable with respect to:

(1) any taxes to the extent such taxes would not have been imposed but for the Holder or the beneficial owner of the Notes (or a fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, partner of, member or shareholder of, or possessor of a power over, the relevant Holder, if the relevant Holder is an estate, trust, nominee, partnership, limited liability company or corporation) being or having been a citizen or resident or national of, incorporated, present, or engaged in a trade or business in, or having or having had a permanent establishment in, the relevant Tax Jurisdiction in which such taxes are imposed or having any other (actual or deemed) present or former connection with the relevant Tax Jurisdiction other than by the mere acquisition or holding of, exercise or enforcement of rights under, or the receipt of payments in respect of, the Notes, this Indenture or any Guarantee;

(2) any taxes to the extent such taxes are imposed or withheld as a result of the failure of the Holder or beneficial owner of the Notes to comply with any written request, made at least 30 days before any such withholding or deduction would be payable, by the Issuers or any of the Guarantors (including in either case any Successor Issuer or Successor Person, as applicable) to provide timely and accurate information concerning the nationality, residence or identity of such Holder or beneficial owner or to make any valid or timely declaration or similar claim or satisfy any certification, information or other reporting requirement that is required or imposed by a statute, treaty, regulation or administrative practice of the relevant Tax Jurisdiction as a precondition to exemption from all or part of, or reduction in the rate of deduction or withholding of, such taxes (in each case, to the extent such Holder or beneficial owner is legally entitled to do so); (3) any taxes to the extent such taxes are imposed or withheld as a result of the presentation of any Note for payment (where Notes are in the form of Definitive Notes and presentation is required) more than 30 days after the relevant payment is first made available for payment to the Holder (except to the extent that the Holder or beneficial owner would have been entitled to Additional Amounts had the Note been presented on the last day of such 30 day period);

 

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(4) any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, transfer, personal property or similar tax, assessment or excise taxes imposed on the transfer of Notes;

(5) any taxes withheld, deducted or imposed on a payment to an individual and that are required to be made pursuant to Luxembourg Relibi law of December 23, 2005, as amended;

(6) any taxes payable otherwise than by deduction or withholding on or in respect of any Note or Guarantee;

(7) any taxes that were imposed with respect to any payment on a Note to any Holder who is a fiduciary or partnership or person other than the sole beneficial owner of such payment to the extent that no Additional Amounts would have been payable had the beneficial owner of the applicable Notes been the Holder of such Note;

(8) any taxes that are imposed or withheld pursuant to Sections 1471 through 1474 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), as of the Issue Date (or any amended or successor version of such sections), any regulations promulgated thereunder, any official interpretations thereof, any similar law or regulation adopted pursuant to an intergovernmental agreement between a non-U.S. jurisdiction and the United States with respect to the foregoing or any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code; or

(9) any combination of items (1) through (8) above.

(b) In addition to the foregoing, the Issuers and the Guarantors (including in either case any Successor Issuer or Successor Person, as applicable) will also pay each Holder and beneficial owner for any present or future stamp, issue, registration, transfer, court or documentary taxes, or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies or taxes that are levied by any Tax Jurisdiction on the execution, delivery, issuance or registration of, or by any Tax Jurisdiction on the enforcement of, any of the Notes, this Indenture, any Guarantee, or any other document or instrument referred to therein (other than a transfer of the Notes that is not part of the initial resale by the initial purchasers), or the receipt of any payments with respect to the Notes or the Guarantees (limited, solely in the case of taxes attributable to the receipt of any payments, to any such taxes imposed in a Tax Jurisdiction that are not excluded under clauses (1) through (3), (5), (7) or (8) above or any combination thereof).

(c) The Issuers and the Guarantors will however not pay and indemnify any Holder or beneficial owner for any Luxembourg registration duties (droits d’enregistrement) payable in the case of registration by any Holder or beneficial owner of the Notes, this Indenture, any Guarantee, or any other document or instrument referred to therein in Luxembourg when such registration is not required to maintain, preserve, establish, or enforce the rights of a Holder or a beneficial owner under such documents.

 

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(d) If the Issuers or any Guarantor, as the case may be, becomes aware that it will be obligated to pay Additional Amounts with respect to any payment under or with respect to the Notes or any Guarantee, the Issuers or the relevant Guarantor, as the case may be, will deliver to the Trustee and the paying agent on a date that is at least 30 days prior to the date of that payment an Officer’s Certificate stating the fact that Additional Amounts will be payable, the amount estimated to be so payable and such other information reasonably necessary to enable the paying agent to pay Additional Amounts on the relevant payment date. The Trustee and the paying agent shall be entitled to rely absolutely and solely on such Officer’s Certificate as conclusive proof that such payments are necessary.

(e) The Issuers or the relevant Guarantor will make all withholdings and deductions as required by law and will remit the full amount deducted or withheld to the tax authority in the relevant Tax Jurisdiction in accordance with applicable law. The Issuers or the relevant Guarantor will use their reasonable efforts to obtain tax receipts from each tax authority evidencing the payment of any taxes so deducted or withheld from each relevant Tax Jurisdiction. The Issuers or the relevant Guarantor will furnish to the Trustee, within a reasonable time after the date the payment of any taxes so deducted or withheld is made, certified copies of tax receipts evidencing payment by the Issuers or a Guarantor, as the case may be, or if, notwithstanding such entity’s efforts to obtain receipts, receipts are not obtained, other evidence of payment (reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee) by such entity.

(f) Whenever in this Indenture or in the “Description of Notes” in the Offering Memorandum there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of amounts based upon the principal amount of the Notes or of principal, interest or of any other amount payable under, or with respect to, any of the Notes or Guarantees, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof.

(g) The above obligations will survive any termination, defeasance or discharge of this Indenture, and any transfer by a Holder or beneficial owner of its Notes, and will apply, mutatis mutandis, to any jurisdiction in which any successor Person to the Issuers or any Guarantor is incorporated, established, organized, engaged in business through a branch, agency or permanent establishment or otherwise resident for tax purposes or any jurisdiction from or through which any payment made by or on behalf of the Issuers or any Guarantor (including in either case any Successor Issuer or Successor Person, as applicable) under or with respect to the Notes or any Guarantee is made and any department or political subdivision thereof or therein.

Section 4.18 Post-Closing Deliverables.

Within the periods of time set forth in Schedule 4.18, the Issuers shall deliver, or cause to be delivered to the Notes Collateral Agent, copies of the listed deliverables, duly executed by each Issuer and each Guarantor, in each case, to the extent party thereto.

ARTICLE 5

SUCCESSORS

Section 5.01 Merger, Consolidation or Sale of All or Substantially All Assets.

(a) Neither Issuer shall consolidate or merge with or into or wind up into (whether or not the applicable Issuer is the surviving Person), or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its consolidated properties or assets taken as a whole, in one or more related transactions, to any Person unless:

 

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(1) (i) (a) in the case of the U.S. Issuer, the resulting, surviving or transferee Person (the “Successor U.S. Issuer”) will be a Person organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia, or any territory thereof and (b) in the case of the Luxembourg Issuer, the resulting, surviving or transferee Person (the “Successor Luxembourg Issuer”) will be a Person organized or existing under the laws of Luxembourg; and (ii) in the case of the U.S. Issuer or the Luxembourg Issuer, the Successor U.S. Issuer or Successor Luxembourg Issuer, as applicable (each, a “Successor Issuer” as applicable) expressly assumes all the obligations of the applicable Issuer under the Notes Documents pursuant to supplemental indentures or other documents or instruments, as applicable, and the Successor Issuer shall cause such supplemental indentures or other documents or instruments, as applicable, to be executed, filed and recorded in such jurisdictions as may be required by applicable law to preserve and protect the Lien on the Collateral owned by or transferred to such Successor Issuer, together with such financing statements or comparable documents as may be required to perfect any security interests in such Collateral which may be perfected by the filing of a financing statement or a similar document under the UCC or other similar statute or regulation of the relevant states or jurisdictions;

(2) immediately after such transaction, no Default exists;

(3) immediately after giving pro forma effect to such transaction and any related financing transactions, as if such transactions had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period,

(A) the Company, the Successor Issuers or the Issuers, as applicable, would be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Ratio Test, or

(B) (i) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Company, the Successor Issuers or the Issuers, as applicable, and their Restricted Subsidiaries would be equal to or greater than the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Company, the Successor Issuers or the Issuers immediately prior to such transaction or (ii) the Total Net Leverage Ratio would be equal to or less than it was immediately prior to such transaction;

(4) the Issuers shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, amalgamation or transfer and such supplemental indentures, if any, comply with this Indenture; and

(5) to the extent any assets of the Person which is merged or consolidated with or into either of the Issuers are assets of the type which would constitute Collateral under the Collateral Documents, the Issuers or the Successor Issuers, as applicable, will take such action, if any, as may be reasonably necessary to cause such property and assets to be made subject to the Lien of the applicable Collateral Documents in the manner and to the extent required in this Indenture or the applicable Collateral Documents and shall take all reasonably necessary action so that such Lien is perfected to the extent required by the applicable Collateral Documents.

(b) The Company and Holdings, respectively, may not consolidate or merge with or into or wind up into (whether or not the Company is the surviving Person), or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of their respective consolidated properties or assets taken as a whole, in one or more related transactions, to any Person unless, respectively:

 

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(1) the resulting, surviving or transferee Person (the “Successor Company”) expressly assumes all the obligations of the Company or Holdings, as applicable, under the Notes, the Collateral Documents (to the extent the Company or Holdings, as applicable, is a party thereto) and this Indenture pursuant to supplemental indentures or other documents or instruments, as applicable;

(2) immediately after such transaction, no Default exists;

(3) immediately after giving pro forma effect to such transaction and any related financing transactions, as if such transactions had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period,

(A) the Company or Holdings, as applicable, would be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Ratio Test, or

(B) (i) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Company or Holdings, as applicable, and its Restricted Subsidiaries would be equal to or greater than the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Company or Holdings, as applicable, immediately prior to such transaction or (ii) the Total Net Leverage Ratio would be equal to or less than it was immediately prior to such transaction;

(4) the Issuers shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, amalgamation or transfer and such supplemental indentures, if any, comply with this Indenture; and

(5) to the extent any assets of the Person which is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into the Company are assets of the type which would constitute Collateral under the Collateral Documents, the Company, Holdings, or the Successor Company will take such action, if any, as may be reasonably necessary to cause such property and assets to be made subject to the Lien of the applicable Collateral Documents in the manner and to the extent required in this Indenture or the applicable Collateral Documents and shall take all reasonably necessary action so that such Lien is perfected to the extent required by the applicable Collateral Documents.

(c) The Successor Issuer shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company or Issuers, as applicable, under the Notes Documents. Subject to certain limitations described in the Collateral Documents and this Indenture, the Successor Company shall succeed to, and be substituted for, the Company or Holdings, as applicable, under the Collateral Documents, this Indenture and the Company’s or Holdings’ Guarantee, as applicable.

(d) Subject to certain limitations described in this Indenture governing release of a Guarantee upon the sale, disposition or transfer of a Guarantor, no Guarantor shall, and the Company shall not permit any Guarantor to, consolidate, amalgamate or merge with or into or wind up into (whether or not such Guarantor is the surviving corporation), or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or assets taken as a whole, in one or more related transactions, to any Person (other than the Company, the Issuers or a Guarantor) unless:

 

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(1) (A) any Guarantor is the surviving Person or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation, amalgamation or merger (if other than such Guarantor) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition shall have been made (such surviving Guarantor or such Person, as the case may be, being herein called the “Successor Person”) expressly assumes all the obligations of such Guarantor under the Collateral Documents, this Indenture and such Guarantor’s related Guarantee pursuant to supplemental indentures or other documents or instruments;

(B) immediately after such transaction, no Default exists;

(C) the Issuers shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, amalgamation, merger or transfer and such supplemental indentures, if any, comply with this Indenture; and

(D) to the extent any assets of the Person which is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into such Subsidiary Guarantor are assets of the type which would constitute Collateral under the Collateral Documents, such Guarantor or the Successor Person will take such action, if any, as may be reasonably necessary to cause such property and assets to be made subject to the Lien of the applicable Collateral Documents in the manner and to the extent required in this Indenture or the applicable Collateral Documents and shall take all reasonably necessary action so that such Lien is perfected to the extent required by the applicable Collateral Documents; or

(2) with respect to the Guarantors, the transaction is not prohibited by Section 4.10(a) hereof.

(e) Subject to certain limitations described in the Collateral Documents and this Indenture, the Successor Person shall succeed to, and be substituted for, such Guarantor under the Collateral Documents, this Indenture and such Guarantor’s Guarantee.

(f) Notwithstanding the foregoing,

(1) the Company and the Issuers may transfer all or part of their property or assets to a Subsidiary Guarantor;

(2) either of the Issuers may merge with an Affiliate of the Company solely for the purpose of reincorporating in the United States, the District of Columbia or any territory thereof so long as the amount of Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries is not increased thereby;

(3) any Guarantor may (i) consolidate or amalgamate with or merge into, wind up into or transfer all or part of its properties and assets to the Issuers or a Guarantor (or to a Restricted Subsidiary if that Restricted Subsidiary becomes a Guarantor), (ii) merge with an Affiliate of the Issuers solely for the purpose of reincorporating or reorganizing the Guarantor in the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia or any territory thereof, (iii) convert into a corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability corporation or trust organized or existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of such Guarantor or (iv) consolidate or amalgamate with or merge into or transfer all or part of its properties and assets to a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary so long as (A) to the extent constituting an Investment, such Investment is otherwise permitted under Section 4.07 hereof or (B) to the extent constituting an Asset Sale, such Asset Sale is for fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Issuers) and any promissory note or other non-cash consideration received in respect thereof is a Permitted Investment in a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary in accordance with Section 4.07 hereof; (4) any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary may consolidate or amalgamate with or merge into or transfer all or part of its properties and assets to the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary;

 

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(5) the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries may consummate the Transactions;

(6) the Transactions shall be permitted without compliance with this Section 5.01; and

(7) any direct or indirect parent company of the Company (including Parent) may guarantee the Notes without compliance with this Section 5.01.

Section 5.02 Successor Corporation Substituted.

Upon any consolidation or merger, amalgamation or any sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company in accordance with Section 5.01 hereof, the successor corporation formed by such consolidation or into or with which the Company is merged or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such consolidation, amalgamation, merger, sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition, the provisions of this Indenture referring to the Company shall refer instead to the successor corporation and not to the Company), and may exercise every right and power of the Issuers under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Company herein; provided, that the predecessor Company shall not be relieved from the obligation to pay the principal of and interest on the Notes except in the case of a sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of all of the Company’s assets that meets the requirements of Section 5.01 hereof.

ARTICLE 6

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

Section 6.01 Events of Default.

(a) An “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):

(1) default in payment when due and payable, upon redemption, acceleration or otherwise, of principal of, or premium, if any, on the Notes;

(2) default for 30 days or more in the payment when due of interest on or with respect to the Notes;

(3) failure by the Company, the Issuers or any Guarantor for 60 days after receipt of written notice given by the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 30.0% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes to comply with any of their obligations, covenants or agreements (other than a default referred to in clauses (1) and (2) above) contained in this Indenture, the Notes or the Collateral Documents; provided, that in the case of a failure to comply with Section 4.03 hereof, such period of continuance of such default or breach shall be 270 days after written notice described in this clause (3) has been given; (4) default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there is issued or by which there is secured or evidenced any Indebtedness for money borrowed by the Issuers, the Company, or any Significant Subsidiary or the payment of which is guaranteed by the Issuers, the Company, or any Significant Subsidiary, other than Indebtedness owed to the Issuers, the Company, or any Significant Subsidiary, whether such Indebtedness or guarantee now exists or is created after the issuance of the Notes, if both:

 

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(i) such default either results from the failure to pay any principal of such Indebtedness at its stated final maturity (after giving effect to any applicable grace periods) or relates to an obligation other than the obligation to pay principal of any such Indebtedness at its stated final maturity and results in the holder or holders of such Indebtedness causing such Indebtedness to become due prior to its stated maturity; and

(ii) the principal amount of such Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness in default for failure to pay principal at stated final maturity (after giving effect to any applicable grace periods), or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregate $100.0 million or more at any one time outstanding;

(5) failure by the Company, the Issuers or any Significant Subsidiary (or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that together (determined as of the most recent consolidated financial statements of the Company for a fiscal quarter end provided as required under Section 4.03 hereof) would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) to pay final non-appealable judgments aggregating in excess of $500.0 million (net of amounts covered by insurance policies issued by reputable insurance companies), which final judgments remain unpaid, undischarged and unstayed for a period of more than 60 days after such judgment becomes final, and in the event such judgment is covered by insurance, an enforcement proceeding has been commenced by any creditor upon such judgment or decree which is not promptly stayed;

(6) the Company, the Issuers or any Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together (determined as of the most recent consolidated financial statements of the Company for a fiscal quarter end provided as required by the covenant under Section 4.03 hereof), would constitute a Significant Subsidiary, pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:

(i) commences voluntary proceedings to be adjudicated bankrupt or insolvent;

(ii) consents to the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against it, or the filing by it of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under applicable Bankruptcy Law;

(iii) consents to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of it or for all or substantially all of its property; or (iv) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors.

 

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(7) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:

(i) is for relief against the Company, the Issuers or any Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary, in a proceeding in which the Company, the Issuers or any such Restricted Subsidiaries, that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary, is to be adjudicated bankrupt or insolvent;

(ii) appoints a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company, the Issuers or any Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary, or for all or substantially all of the property of the Company, the Issuers or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary; or

(iii) orders the liquidation of the Company, the Issuers or any Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary;

and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 consecutive days;

(8) the Guarantee of any Significant Subsidiary shall for any reason cease to be in full force and effect or be declared null and void or any Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary (or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that together (as of the most recent consolidated financial statement of the Company for a fiscal quarter end) would constitute a Significant Subsidiary), as the case may be, denies in writing that it has any further liability under its Guarantee or gives written notice to such effect, other than by reason of the termination of this Indenture or the release of any such Guarantee in accordance with this Indenture; or

(9) with respect to any Collateral, individually or in the aggregate, having a fair market value in excess of $200.0 million, any of the Collateral Documents ceases to be in full force and effect, or any of the Collateral Documents ceases to give the Holders of the Notes the Liens purported to be created thereby with the priority contemplated thereby, or any of the Collateral Documents is declared null and void or the Company or any Guarantor denies in writing that it has any further liability under any Collateral Document or gives written notice to such effect (in each case other than in accordance with the terms of this Indenture, the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement and the Collateral Documents), except to the extent that any loss of perfection or priority results from the failure of the Notes Collateral Agent to maintain possession of certificates actually delivered to it representing securities pledged under the Collateral Documents; provided, that if a failure of the sort described in this clause (9) is susceptible of cure (including with respect to any loss of Lien priority on material portions of the Collateral), no Event of Default shall arise under this clause (9) with respect thereto until 60 days after notice of such failure shall have been given to the Company by the Trustee or the Holders of at least 30.0% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes issued under this Indenture.

 

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A Default under clause (3), (4) or (5) of this Section 6.01(a) will not constitute an Event of Default until the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 30.0% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes notify the Issuers of the Default (with a copy to the Trustee if given by the Holders) and, with respect to clauses (3) and (5), the Issuers do not cure such Default within the time specified in clause (3) or (5), as applicable, of this paragraph after receipt of such notice; provided that a notice of Default may not be given with respect to any action taken, and reported publicly or to Holders, more than two years prior to such notice of Default. Any notice of Default, notice of acceleration or instruction to the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent, if applicable, to provide a notice of Default, notice of acceleration or take any other action (a “Noteholder Direction”) provided by any one or more Holders (each, a “Directing Holder”) must be accompanied by a written representation from each such Holder delivered to the Issuers and the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent, if applicable, that such Holder is not (or, in the case such Holder is DTC or its nominee, that such Holder is being instructed solely by beneficial owners that are not) net short (a “Position Representation”), which representation, in the case of a Noteholder Direction relating to the delivery of a notice of Default shall be deemed a continuing representation until the Default is cured or otherwise ceases to exist or the Notes are accelerated. In addition, each Directing Holder is deemed, at the time of providing a Noteholder Direction, to covenant to provide the Issuers with such other information as the Issuers may reasonably request from time to time in order to verify the accuracy of such Noteholder’s Position Representation within five Business Days of request therefor (a “Verification Covenant”). In any case in which the Holder is DTC or its nominee, any Position Representation or Verification Covenant required hereunder shall be provided by the beneficial owner or owners, as the case may be, of Notes in lieu of DTC or its nominee and DTC shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such Position Representation and Verification Covenant in delivering its direction to the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent, if applicable.

If, following the delivery of a Noteholder Direction, but prior to acceleration of the Notes, the Issuers determine in good faith that there is a reasonable basis to believe a Directing Holder was, at any relevant time, in breach of its Position Representation and provides to the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent, if applicable, an Officer’s Certificate stating that the Issuers have initiated litigation in a court of competent jurisdiction seeking a determination that such Directing Holder was, at such time, in breach of its Position Representation, and seeking to invalidate any Default, Event of Default or acceleration (or notice thereof) that resulted from the applicable Noteholder Direction, the running of the cure period with respect to each applicable Default or Event of Default shall be automatically stayed and the full original cure period with respect to each such Default or Event of Default shall be automatically reinstituted and any remedy shall be automatically stayed pending a final and non-appealable determination of a court of competent jurisdiction on such matter if, without the participation of such Holder, the percentage of Notes held by the remaining Holders that provided such Noteholder Direction would have been insufficient to validly provide such Noteholder Direction. If, following the delivery of a Noteholder Direction, but prior to acceleration of the Notes, the Issuers provide to the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent, if applicable, an Officer’s Certificate stating that a Directing Holder failed to satisfy its Verification Covenant, the running of the cure period with respect to each applicable Default or Event of Default shall be automatically stayed and the full original cure period with respect to any Event of Default that resulted from the applicable Noteholder Direction shall be automatically reinstituted and any remedy shall be automatically stayed pending satisfaction of such Verification Covenant. Any breach of the Position Representation shall result in such Holder’s participation in such Noteholder Direction being disregarded; and, if, without the participation of such Holder, the percentage of Notes held by the remaining Holders that provided such Noteholder Direction would have been insufficient to validly provide such Noteholder Direction, such Noteholder Direction shall be void ab initio (other than any indemnity such Directing Holder may have offered the Trustee or Notes Collateral Agent, if applicable), with the effect that each applicable Default or Event of Default shall be deemed never to have occurred, acceleration voided and the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent, if applicable, shall be deemed not to have received such Noteholder Direction or any notice of such Default or Event of Default.

 

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Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing paragraphs to the contrary, any Noteholder Direction delivered to the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent, if applicable, during the pendency of an Event of Default as the result of a bankruptcy or similar proceeding shall not require compliance with the foregoing paragraphs.

For the avoidance of doubt, the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent, if applicable, shall be entitled to conclusively rely on any Noteholder Direction delivered to it in accordance with the Indenture, shall have no duty to inquire as to or investigate the accuracy of any Position Representation, enforce compliance with any Verification Covenant, verify any statements in any Officer’s Certificate delivered to it, or otherwise make calculations, investigations or determinations with respect to derivative instruments, net shorts, long derivative instruments, short derivative instruments or otherwise. The Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent, if applicable, shall have no liability to the Issuers, any Holder or any other Person in acting in good faith on a Noteholder Direction.

(b) In the event of any Event of Default specified in clause (4) of Section 6.01(a) hereof, such Event of Default and all consequences thereof (excluding any resulting payment default, other than as a result of acceleration of the Notes) shall be annulled, waived and rescinded, automatically and without any action by the Trustee or the Holders, if within 20 days after such Event of Default arose:

(1) the Indebtedness or guarantee that is the basis for such Event of Default has been discharged; or

(2) holders thereof have rescinded or waived the acceleration, notice or action (as the case may be) giving rise to such Event of Default; or

(3) the default that is the basis for such Event of Default has been cured.

Section 6.02 Acceleration.

If any Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in clause (6) or (7) of Section 6.01(a) hereof) occurs and is continuing under this Indenture, the Trustee by written notice to the Issuers or the Holders of at least 30.0% in aggregate principal amount of the then total outstanding Notes by written notice to the Issuers and the Trustee may declare the principal, premium, if any, interest and any other monetary obligations on all the then outstanding Notes to be due and payable immediately; provided that a notice of Default may not be given with respect to any action taken, and reported publicly or to Holders. Any time period to cure any actual or alleged Default or Event of Default may be extended or stayed by a court of competent jurisdiction.

Upon the effectiveness of such declaration, such principal and interest shall be due and payable immediately. The Trustee shall have no obligation to accelerate the Notes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an Event of Default arising under clause (6) or (7) of Section 6.01(a) hereof, all outstanding Notes shall be due and payable immediately without further action or notice. 

The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes by written notice to the Trustee may on behalf of all of the Holders rescind an acceleration and its consequences; provided, that such rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction and if all existing Events of Default (except nonpayment of principal, interest, or premium, if any, that has become due solely because of the acceleration) have been cured or waived.

 

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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, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Notes or this Indenture.

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

Section 6.04 Waiver of Past Defaults.

(a) The Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes by notice to the Trustee may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes waive any existing Default and its consequences under this Indenture, except a continuing Default in the payment of interest on, premium, if any, or the principal of any Note held by a non-consenting Holder (including in connection with an Asset Sale Offer or a Change of Control Offer); provided, that subject to Section 6.02 hereof, that the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may rescind an acceleration and its consequences, including any related payment default that resulted from such acceleration. Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

(b) In the event of any Event of Default specified in clause (4) above, such Event of Default and all consequences thereof (excluding any resulting payment default, other than as a result of acceleration of the Notes) shall be annulled, waived and rescinded, automatically and without any action by the Trustee or the Holders, if within 20 days after such Event of Default arose:

(1) the Indebtedness or guarantee that is the basis for such Event of Default has been discharged; or

(2) holders thereof have rescinded or waived the acceleration, notice or action (as the case may be) giving rise to such Event of Default; or

(3) the default that is the basis for such Event of Default has been cured.

Section 6.05 Control by Majority.

Subject to Section 7.01(e) hereof, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then total outstanding Notes may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent or of exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent and the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent may act at the written direction of the Holders without liability. The Trustee or Notes Collateral Agent, however, may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture or that the Trustee determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of any other Holder of a Note or that would involve the Trustee or Notes Collateral Agent in personal liability (it being understood that the Trustee has no duty to determine whether any such action is prejudicial to any Holder or beneficial owner of the Notes).

 

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Section 6.06 Limitation on Suits.

Subject to Section 6.07 hereof, no Holder of a Note may pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Notes unless:

(1) such Holder has previously given the Trustee written notice that an Event of Default is continuing;

(2) Holders of at least 30.0% in aggregate principal amount of the total outstanding Notes have requested the Trustee to pursue the remedy;

(3) Holders of the Notes have offered and, if requested, provide to the Trustee indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense;

(4) the Trustee has not complied with such request within 60 days after the receipt thereof and the offer of security or indemnity; and

(5) Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the total outstanding Notes have not given the Trustee a direction inconsistent with such request within such 60-day period.

A Holder of a Note may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Holder of a Note or to obtain a preference or priority over another Holder of a Note.

Section 6.07 Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder of a Note to receive payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Note, on or after the respective due dates expressed in the Note (including in connection with an Asset Sale Offer or a Change of Control Offer), 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)(1) or (2) hereof occurs and is continuing, the Trustee is authorized to recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Issuers for the whole amount of principal of, premium, if any, and interest remaining unpaid on the Notes and interest on overdue principal and, to the extent lawful, interest and such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.

Section 6.09 Restoration of Rights and Remedies.

If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any determination in such proceedings, the Issuers, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding has been instituted.

 

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Section 6.10 Rights and Remedies Cumulative.

Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes in Section 2.07 hereof, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.

Section 6.11 Delay or Omission Not Waiver.

No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Note to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be.

Section 6.12 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.

The Trustee is authorized to 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 (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel), the Notes Collateral Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Notes Collateral Agent, its agents and counsel) and the Holders of the Notes allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Issuers (or any other obligor upon the Notes including the Guarantors), its creditors or its property and shall be entitled and empowered to participate as a member in any official committee of creditors appointed in such matter and to collect, receive and distribute any money or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and any custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such 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 to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, the Notes Collateral Agent, their agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee or Notes Collateral Agent under Section 7.07 hereof. To the extent that the payment of any such compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, the Notes Collateral Agent, their agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07 hereof out of the estate in any such proceeding, shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a Lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, money, securities and other properties that the Holders may be entitled to receive in such proceeding whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.

 

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Section 6.13 Priorities.

If the Trustee collects any money or property pursuant to this Article 6, it shall pay out the money or property in the following order:

(i) to the Trustee, the Notes Collateral Agent, their agents and attorneys for amounts due under Section 7.07 hereof, including payment of all compensation, expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and the costs and expenses of collection;

(ii) to Holders of Notes for amounts due and unpaid on the Notes for principal, premium, if any, and interest, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Notes for principal, premium, if any, and interest, respectively; and

(iii) to the Issuers or to such party as a court of competent jurisdiction shall direct, including a Guarantor, if applicable.

The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders of Notes pursuant to this Section 6.13.

Section 6.14 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 a 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 6.14 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder of a Note pursuant to Section 6.07 hereof, or a suit by Holders of more than 10.0% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes.

ARTICLE 7

TRUSTEE

Section 7.01 Duties of Trustee.

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

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

(i) the duties of the Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Indenture and the Trustee need perform only those duties that are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no others, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and

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

 

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

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

(ii) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith, unless it is proved in a court of competent jurisdiction 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 hereof.

(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Section 7.01 and Section 7.02(f).

(e) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers under this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders of the Notes, unless the Holders have offered, and if requested, provided to the Trustee indemnity or security satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense.

(f) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Issuers. Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

Section 7.02 Rights of Trustee and Notes Collateral Agent.

(a) The Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent may conclusively rely upon any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper Person. The Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document, but the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent, in their discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney at the sole cost of the Company and shall incur no liability or additional liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation.

(b) Before the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent acts or refrains from acting, they may require an Officer’s Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel or both. Neither the Trustee nor the Notes Collateral Agent shall be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent may consult with counsel of its selection and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel or both shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon.

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

(d) The Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent shall not be liable for any action they take or omit to take in good faith that they believe to be authorized or within the rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture.

 

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(e) Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, any demand, request, direction or notice from the Issuers shall be sufficient if signed by an Officer of the Issuers.

(f) None of the provisions of this Indenture shall require the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent to expend or risk their own funds or otherwise to incur any liability, financial or otherwise, in the performance of any of their duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of their rights or powers if they shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or security or indemnity satisfactory to them against such risk or liability is not assured to them.

(g) Neither the Trustee nor the Notes Collateral Agent shall be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent, as applicable, has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event which is in fact such a Default is received by the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent, as applicable, at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or Notes Collateral Agent, respectively, and such notice references the Notes and this Indenture.

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

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

(j) The Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent may request that the Issuers and any Guarantor deliver an Officer’s Certificate setting forth the names of the individuals and/or titles of Officers (with specimen signatures) authorized at such times to take specific actions pursuant to this Indenture, which Officer’s Certificate may be signed by any person specified as so authorized in any certificate previously delivered and not superseded.

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

(l) The permissive right of the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent to take or refrain from taking any actions enumerated herein shall not be construed as a duty.

Section 7.03 Individual Rights of Trustee.

The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Issuers or any Affiliate of the Issuers with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. However, in the event that the Trustee acquires any conflicting interest it must eliminate such conflict within 90 days, apply to the SEC for permission to continue as trustee or resign. The Notes Collateral Agent and any Agent may do the same with like rights and duties. The Trustee is also subject to Sections 7.10 and 7.11 hereof.

 

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Section 7.04 Trustee’s Disclaimer.

The Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Notes, it shall not be accountable for the Issuers’ use of the proceeds from the Notes or any money paid to the Issuers or upon the Issuers’ direction under any provision of this Indenture, it shall not be responsible for the use or application of any money received by any Paying Agent other than the Trustee, and it shall not be responsible for any statement or recital herein or any statement in the Notes or any other document in connection with the sale of the Notes or pursuant to this Indenture other than its certificate of authentication.

Section 7.05 Notice of Defaults.

If a Default occurs and is continuing and if it is known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, the Trustee shall send to Holders of Notes a notice of the Default within 90 days after it occurs. Except in the case of a Default relating to the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest on any Note, the Trustee may withhold from the Holders notice of any continuing Default if and so long as a committee of its Responsible Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of the Holders of the Notes. The Trustee shall not be deemed to know of any Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event which is such a Default is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.

Section 7.06 Reports by Trustee to Holders of the Notes.

Within 60 days after each September 15, beginning with September 15, 2025, and for so long as Notes remain outstanding, the Trustee shall send to the Holders of the Notes a brief report dated as of such reporting date that complies with Trust Indenture Act Section 313(a) (but if no event described in Trust Indenture Act Section 313(a) has occurred within the twelve months preceding the reporting date, no report need be transmitted). The Trustee also shall comply with Trust Indenture Act Section 313(b)(2). The Trustee shall send all reports as required by Trust Indenture Act Section 313(c).

A copy of each report at the time it is sent to the Holders of Notes shall be mailed to the Issuers and filed with the SEC and each stock exchange on which the Notes are listed in accordance with Trust Indenture Act Section 313(d). The Issuers shall promptly notify the Trustee when the Notes are listed on any stock exchange.

Section 7.07 Compensation and Indemnity.

The Issuers shall pay to the Trustee and Notes Collateral Agent from time to time such compensation for its acceptance of this Indenture and services hereunder as the parties shall agree in writing from time to time. Neither the Trustee’s nor Notes Collateral Agent’s compensation shall be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Issuers shall reimburse the Trustee and Notes Collateral Agent promptly upon request for all reasonable disbursements, advances and expenses incurred or made by it in addition to the compensation for its services. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation, disbursements and expenses of the Trustee’s and Notes Collateral Agent’s agents and counsel.

The Company, Issuers and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, shall indemnify the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent, each of their officers, directors, employees and agents for, and hold the Trustee and Notes Collateral Agent harmless against, any and all loss, damage, claim, liability or expense (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by it in connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust and the performance of its duties hereunder (including the costs and expenses of enforcing this Indenture against the Company, Issuers and the Guarantors (including this Section 7.07) or defending itself against any claim whether asserted by any Holder, the Company, Issuers or any Guarantors, or liability in connection with the acceptance, exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder). The Trustee or Notes Collateral Agent, as applicable, shall notify the Issuers promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity.

 

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Failure by the Trustee or Notes Collateral Agent, as applicable, to so notify the Issuers shall not relieve the Issuers of their obligations hereunder. The Issuers shall defend the claim and the Trustee and Notes Collateral Agent may have separate counsel and the Issuers shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel. The Issuers need not reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss, liability or expense incurred by the Trustee or Notes Collateral Agent through the Trustee’s or Notes Collateral Agent’s, respectively, own willful misconduct or gross negligence.

The obligations of the Company, Issuers and the Guarantors under this Section 7.07 shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or the earlier resignation or removal of the Trustee or Notes Collateral Agent.

To secure the payment obligations of the Company, Issuers and the Guarantors in this Section 7.07, the Trustee shall have a Lien prior to the Notes on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, except that held in trust to pay principal and interest on particular Notes. Such Lien shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or the earlier resignation or removal of the Trustee.

When the Trustee or Notes Collateral Agent incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(a)(6) or (7) hereof occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services (including the fees and expenses of its agents and counsel) are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law.

The Trustee shall comply with the provisions of Trust Indenture Act Section 313(b)(2) to the extent applicable.

Section 7.08 Replacement of Trustee.

A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee shall become effective only upon the successor Trustee’s acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section 7.08. The Trustee may resign in writing at any time and be discharged from the trust hereby created by so notifying the Issuers. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and the Issuers in writing. The Issuers may remove the Trustee if:

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

(b) the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent or an order for relief is entered with respect to the Trustee under any Bankruptcy Law;

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

(d) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.

If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason, the Issuers shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee. Within one year after the successor Trustee takes office, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may appoint a successor Trustee to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the Issuers.

If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee (at the Issuers’ expense), the Issuers or the Holders of at least 10.0% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.

 

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If the Trustee, after written request by any Holder who has been a Holder for at least six months, fails to comply with Section 7.10 hereof, such Holder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.

A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Issuers. 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 send a notice of its succession to Holders. The retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee; provided, all sums owing to the Trustee hereunder have been paid and subject to the Lien provided for in Section 7.07 hereof. Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.08, the Issuers’ obligations under Section 7.07 hereof shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.

Section 7.09 Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.

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

Section 7.10 Eligibility; Disqualification.

There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder that is a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or of any state thereof that is authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trustee power, that is subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authorities and that has a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition.

This Indenture shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the requirements of Trust Indenture Act Sections 310(a)(1), (2) and (5). The Trustee is subject to Trust Indenture Act Section 310(b).

Section 7.11 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Issuers.

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

ARTICLE 8

LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

Section 8.01 Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

The Issuers may, at their option and at any time, elect to have either Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof applied to all outstanding Notes upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article 8.

Section 8.02 Legal Defeasance and Discharge.

Upon the Issuers’ exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.02, the Issuers and the Guarantors shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, be deemed to have been discharged from their obligations with respect to all outstanding Notes and Guarantees on the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (“Legal Defeasance”).

 

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For this purpose, Legal Defeasance means that the Issuers shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Indebtedness represented by the outstanding Notes, which shall thereafter be deemed to be “outstanding” only for the purposes of Section 8.05 hereof and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in (a) and (b) below, and to have satisfied all its other obligations under such Notes and this Indenture including that of the Guarantors (and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Issuers, shall execute such instruments reasonably requested by the Issuers acknowledging the same), except for the following provisions which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder:

(a) the rights of Holders of Notes to receive payments in respect of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes when such payments are due solely out of the trust created pursuant to this Indenture referred to in Section 8.04 hereof;

(b) the Issuers’ obligations with respect to Notes concerning issuing temporary Notes, registration of such Notes, mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes and the maintenance of an office or agency for payment and money for security payments held in trust;

(c) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee, and the Issuers’ obligations in connection therewith; and

(d) this Section 8.02.

Subject to compliance with this Article 8, the Issuers may exercise their option under this Section 8.02 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 8.03 hereof.

Section 8.03 Covenant Defeasance.

Upon the Issuers’ exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.03, the Issuers and the Guarantors shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, be released from their obligations under the covenants contained in Sections 4.03, 4.04, 4.05, 4.07, 4.08, 4.09, 4.10, 4.11, 4.12, 4.13, 4.14 and 4.15 hereof and clauses (3) and (4) of Section 5.01(a) and Sections 5.01(b) and 5.01(d) hereof with respect to the outstanding Notes on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof are satisfied (“Covenant Defeasance”), and the Notes shall thereafter be deemed not “outstanding” for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but shall continue to be deemed “outstanding” for all other purposes hereunder (it being understood that such Notes shall not be deemed outstanding for accounting purposes). For this purpose, Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to the outstanding Notes, the Issuers may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply shall not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Section 6.01 hereof, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Notes shall be unaffected thereby. In addition, upon the Issuers’ exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.03, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, Sections 6.01(a)(3), 6.01(a)(4), 6.01(a)(5), 6.01(a)(6) (solely with respect to Restricted Subsidiaries that are Significant Subsidiaries), 6.01(a)(7) (solely with respect to Restricted Subsidiaries that are Significant Subsidiaries) and 6.01(a)(8) hereof shall not constitute Events of Default.

 

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Section 8.04 Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance.

The following shall be the conditions to the application of either Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof to the outstanding Notes:

(1) the Issuers must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, cash in U.S. dollars, 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, to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest due on the Notes on the stated maturity date or on the Redemption Date, as the case may be, of such principal, premium, if any, or interest on such Notes and the Issuers must specify whether such Notes are being defeased to maturity or to a particular Redemption Date;

(2) in the case of Legal Defeasance, the Issuers shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel confirming that, subject to customary assumptions and exclusions,

(a) the Issuers have received from, or there has been published by, the United States Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or

(b) since the issuance of the Notes, 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, subject to customary assumptions and exclusions, the Holders of the Notes shall not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes, as applicable, as a result of such Legal Defeasance and shall be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not occurred;

(3) in the case of Covenant Defeasance, the Issuers shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel confirming that, subject to customary assumptions and exclusions, the Holders of the Notes shall not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and shall be subject to such 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;

(4) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under the Senior Credit Facilities or any other material agreement or instrument (other than this Indenture) to which, the Issuers or any Guarantor are a party or by which the Issuers or any Guarantor are bound (other than that resulting from borrowing funds to be applied to make such deposit and any similar and simultaneous deposit relating to other Indebtedness and, in each case, the granting of Liens in connection therewith);

(5) the Issuers shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Issuers with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any creditors of the Issuers or any Guarantor or others; and

(6) the Issuers shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel (which Opinion of Counsel may be subject to customary assumptions and exclusions) each stating that all conditions precedent provided for or relating to the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance, as the case may be, have been complied with.

 

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Section 8.05 Deposited Money and Government Securities to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions.

Subject to Section 8.06 hereof, all money and Government Securities (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section 8.05, the “Trustee”) pursuant to Section 8.04 hereof in respect of the outstanding Notes shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Issuers or a Guarantor acting as Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Notes of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal, premium, if any, and interest, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

The Issuers shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the cash or Government Securities deposited pursuant to Section 8.04 hereof or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of the outstanding Notes.

Anything in this Article 8 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Issuers from time to time upon the request of the Issuers any money or Government Securities held by it as provided in Section 8.04 hereof which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee (which may be the opinion delivered under Section 8.04(1) hereof), are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

Section 8.06 Repayment to Issuers.

Subject to applicable abandoned property law, any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Issuers, in trust for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, and premium, if any, or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Issuers on their request or (if then held by the Issuers) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Note shall thereafter look only to the Issuers for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Issuers as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease.

Section 8.07 Reinstatement.

If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any United States dollars or Government Securities in accordance with Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof, as the case may be, by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the Issuers’ obligations under the Notes Documents shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof, as the case may be; provided, that if the Issuers make any payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Note following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Issuers shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

 

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ARTICLE 9

AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER

Section 9.01 Without Consent of Holders of Notes.

Notwithstanding Section 9.02 hereof, the Issuers, any Guarantor (with respect to a Guarantee or this Indenture), the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent may amend or supplement any Notes Documents without the consent of any Holder and the Issuers may direct the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent, and the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent shall (upon receipt of the documents required by the last paragraph of this Section 9.01), enter into an amendment to the Notes Documents:

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

(2) to provide for the assumption by a successor Person of the obligations of the Issuers or a Guarantor under any Notes Document pursuant to the terms of this Indenture;

(3) to provide for uncertificated Notes of such series in addition to or in place of certificated Notes;

(4) to comply with Section 5.01 hereof;

(5) to provide for the assumption by a successor entity of the obligations of either of the Issuers or any Guarantor to the Holders under the Notes Documents in accordance with Section 5.01 hereof;

(6) to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders or that does not materially and adversely affect the legal rights of any such Holder under this Indenture;

(7) to add covenants for the benefit of the Holders or to surrender any right or power conferred upon the Issuers or any Guarantor;

(8) to comply with requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act;

(9) to evidence and provide for the acceptance and appointment under this Indenture of a successor Trustee or Notes Collateral Agent, provided that the successor Trustee or Notes Collateral Agent is otherwise qualified and eligible to act as such under the terms of this Indenture;

(10) to provide for the issuance of exchange notes or private exchange notes, which are identical to exchange notes except that they are not freely transferable;

(11) to add a Guarantor (including the Parent or any other direct or indirect parent of the Company becoming a Guarantor) or a co-obligor of the Notes under this Indenture or to confirm and evidence the release, termination, discharge or retaking of any Guarantee or Lien with respect to or securing the Notes when such release, termination, discharge or retaking is provided for in accordance with and permitted by the term of this Indenture, Collateral Documents and the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement; (12) to add security to or for the benefit of the Notes, including in connection with the Parent becoming a Guarantor;

 

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(13) to conform the text of this Indenture, Guarantees or the Notes to any provision of the “Description of Notes” section of the Offering Memorandum;

(14) to make any amendment to the provisions of this Indenture relating to the transfer and legending of Notes as permitted by this Indenture, including, without limitation to facilitate the issuance and administration of the Notes; provided, however, that (i) compliance with this Indenture as so amended would not result in Notes being transferred in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable securities law and (ii) such amendment does not materially and adversely affect the rights of Holders to transfer Notes; or

(15) to mortgage, pledge, hypothecate or grant any other Lien, including in connection with the Parent becoming a Guarantor, in favor of the Trustee or Notes Collateral Agent for its benefit and the benefit of the Trustee, the Holders of the Notes and the holders of any future Other Pari Passu Lien Obligations, as additional security for the payment and performance of all or any portion of the Obligations, in any property or assets, including any which are required to be mortgaged, pledged or hypothecated, or in which a Lien is required to be granted to or for the benefit of the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent pursuant to this Indenture, the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement, the Collateral Documents or otherwise;

(16) provide for the release of Collateral from the Lien pursuant to this Indenture, the Collateral Documents and the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement when permitted or required by the Collateral Documents, this Indenture or the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement;

(17) secure any future Indebtedness to the extent permitted under this Indenture, the Collateral Documents and the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement;

(18) to add additional parties with Pari Passu Lien Priority to any Collateral Documents;

(19) to enter into any intercreditor agreement having substantially similar terms with respect to the Holders as those set forth in the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement, taken as a whole, or any joinder thereto;

(20) in the case of any Collateral Document, to include therein any legend required to be set forth therein pursuant to the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement or to modify any such legend as required by the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement; and

(21) to provide for the succession of any parties to the Collateral Documents (and other amendments that are administrative or ministerial in nature) in connection with an amendment, renewal, extension, substitution, refinancing, restructuring, replacement, supplementing or other modification from time to time of the Senior Credit Facilities or any other agreement that is not prohibited by this Indenture.

Upon the request of the Issuers and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 9.06 hereof, the Trustee shall join with the Company, Issuers and the Guarantors in the execution of any amended or supplemental indenture authorized or permitted by the terms of this Indenture and to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained, but the Trustee shall not be obligated to enter into such amended or supplemental indenture that affects its own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Opinion of Counsel shall be required in connection with the addition of a Guarantor under this Indenture upon (i) execution and delivery by such Guarantor and the Trustee of a supplemental indenture to this Indenture, the form of which is attached as Exhibit D hereto and (ii) delivery of an Officer’s Certificate complying with the provisions of Sections 9.06, 12.04 and 12.05 hereof.

 

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Section 9.02 With Consent of Holders of Notes.

Except as provided below in this Section 9.02, the Issuers, the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent may amend or supplement any Notes Documents with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Notes (including Additional Notes, if any) then outstanding voting as a single class (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for, or purchase of, the Notes), and, subject to Sections 6.04 and 6.07 hereof, any existing Default or Event of Default (other than a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes, except a payment default resulting from an acceleration that has been rescinded) or compliance with any provision of this Indenture, the Guarantees or the Notes may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes (including Additional Notes, if any) voting as a single class (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for, or purchase of, the Notes). Section 2.08 and Section 2.09 hereof shall determine which Notes are considered to be “outstanding” for the purposes of this Section 9.02.

Upon the request of the Issuers and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence satisfactory to the Trustee of the consent of the Holders of Notes as aforesaid, and upon receipt by the Trustee and Notes Collateral Agent, if applicable, of the documents described in Section 9.06 hereof, the Trustee and Notes Collateral Agent, if applicable, shall join with the Issuers in the execution of such amended or supplemental indenture or amendment or supplement to Notes Documents unless such amended or supplemental indenture or amendment or supplement to any Notes Documents affects the Trustee’s or Notes Collateral Agent’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee and Notes Collateral Agent, if applicable, may in its discretion, but shall not be obligated to, enter into such amended or supplemental indenture.

It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders of Notes under this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, supplement or waiver. It shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance of the proposed amendment or supplement. A consent to any amendment, supplement or waiver under this Indenture by any Holder given in connection with a tender of such Holder’s Notes will not be rendered invalid by such tender.

After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.02 becomes effective, the Issuers shall send to the Holders of Notes affected thereby a notice briefly describing the amendment, supplement or waiver. The failure to give such notice to all the Holders, or any defect in the notice will not impair or affect the validity of any such amendment, supplement or waiver. Furthermore, by its acceptance of the Notes, each Holder of the Notes is deemed to have consented to the terms of the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement and the Collateral Documents and to have authorized and directed the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent, as applicable, to execute, deliver and perform each of the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement and Collateral Documents to which it is a party, binding the Holders to the terms thereof.

 

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Without the consent of each affected Holder of Notes, an amendment or waiver under this Section 9.02 may not (with respect to any Notes held by a non-consenting Holder):

(1) reduce the principal amount of such Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;

(2) reduce the principal of or change the fixed final maturity of any such Note or alter or waive the provisions with respect to the redemption of such Notes (other than provisions relating to Section 3.09, Section 4.10 and Section 4.14 hereof to the extent that any such amendment or waiver does not have the effect of reducing the principal of or changing the fixed final maturity of any such Note or altering or waiving the provisions with respect to the redemption of such Notes);

(3) reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of interest on any Note;

(4) waive a Default in the payment of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Notes, except a rescission of acceleration of the Notes by the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes and a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such acceleration, or in respect of a covenant or provision contained in this Indenture or any Guarantee which cannot be amended or modified without the consent of all Holders;

(5) make any Note payable in money other than that stated therein;

(6) make any change in the provisions of this Indenture relating to waivers of past Defaults or the rights of Holders to receive payments of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Notes;

(7) make any change in these amendment and waiver provisions;

(8) impair the right of any Holder to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment of principal of, or interest on such Holder’s Notes on or after the due dates therefor;

(9) make any change to or modify the ranking of the Notes that would adversely affect the Holders; or

(10) except as expressly permitted by this Indenture, modify or release the Guarantees of any Significant Subsidiary in any manner materially adverse to the Holders of the Notes.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, without the consent of the Holders of at least 66-2/3% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, no amendment or waiver may (A) make any change in any Collateral Document or the provisions in this Indenture dealing with Collateral or application of trust proceeds of the Collateral with the effect of releasing the Liens on all or substantially all of the Collateral which secure the Obligations in respect of the Notes or (B) change or alter the priority of the Liens securing the Obligations in respect of the Notes in any material portion of the Collateral in any way materially adverse, taken as a whole, to the Holders, other than, in each case, as provided under the terms of this Indenture, the Collateral Documents or the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement.

Section 9.03 [Reserved].

Section 9.04 Revocation and Effect of Consents.

Until an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder of a Note is a continuing consent by the Holder of a Note and every subsequent Holder of a Note or portion of a Note that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Note, even if notation of the consent is not made on any Note. However, any such Holder of a Note or subsequent Holder of a Note may revoke the consent as to its Note if the Trustee receives written notice of revocation before the date the waiver, supplement or amendment becomes effective. An amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective in accordance with its terms and thereafter binds every Holder.

 

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The Issuers may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to consent to any amendment, supplement or waiver. If a record date is fixed, then, notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, those Persons who were Holders at such record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only such Persons, shall be entitled to consent to such amendment, supplement, or waiver or to revoke any consent previously given, whether or not such Persons continue to be Holders after such record date. No such consent shall be valid or effective for more than 120 days after such record date unless the consent of the requisite number of Holders has been obtained.

Section 9.05 Notation on or Exchange of Notes.

The Trustee may place an appropriate notation about an amendment, supplement or waiver on any Note thereafter authenticated. The Issuers in exchange for all Notes may issue and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, authenticate new Notes that reflect the amendment, supplement or waiver.

Failure to make the appropriate notation or issue a new Note shall not affect the validity and effect of such amendment, supplement or waiver.

Section 9.06 Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc.

The Trustee and Notes Collateral Agent, if applicable, shall sign any amendment, supplement or waiver authorized pursuant to this Article 9 if the amendment or supplement does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee or Notes Collateral Agent, if applicable. The Issuers may not sign an amendment, supplement or waiver until the board of directors approves it. In executing any amendment, supplement or waiver, the Trustee and Notes Collateral Agent, if applicable, shall be entitled to receive and (subject to Section 7.01 hereof) shall be fully protected in relying upon, in addition to the documents required by Section 12.04 hereof, an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amended or supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture and an Opinion of Counsel stating that such amendment, supplement or waiver is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Issuers and any Guarantors party thereto, enforceable against them in accordance with its terms, subject to customary exceptions, and complies with the provisions hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing and upon satisfaction of the requirements set forth in the last sentence of Section 9.01 hereof, no Opinion of Counsel shall be required for the Trustee to execute any amendment or supplement adding a new Guarantor under this Indenture.

ARTICLE 10

GUARANTEES

Section 10.01 Guarantee.

Subject to this Article 10, each of the Guarantors, and from and after the consummation of the Transactions and upon the execution and delivery of any supplemental indenture to this Indenture, each Guarantor to be added under this Indenture on or after the Issue Date that shall execute any supplemental indenture, hereby, jointly and severally irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees, to each Holder of a Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee, the Notes Collateral Agent and its successors and assigns, irrespective of the validity and enforceability of this Indenture, the Notes or the obligations of the Issuers hereunder or thereunder, that: (a) the principal of, interest, and premium on the Notes shall be promptly paid in full when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of and interest on the Notes, if any, if lawful, and all other obligations of the Issuers to the Holders, the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent hereunder or thereunder shall be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; and (b) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, that same shall 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.

 

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Failing payment when due of any amount so guaranteed or any performance so guaranteed for whatever reason, the Guarantors shall be jointly and severally obligated to pay the same immediately. Each Guarantor agrees that this is a guarantee of payment and not a guarantee of collection.

The Guarantors hereby agree that their obligations hereunder shall be unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Notes or this Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder of the Notes with respect to or any amendment of any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the Issuers, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor. Each Guarantor hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Issuers, any right to require a proceeding first against the Issuers, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever and covenants that this Guarantee shall not be discharged except by complete performance of the obligations contained in the Notes and this Indenture.

Each Guarantor also agrees to pay any and all costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) incurred by the Trustee, the Notes Collateral Agent or any Holder in enforcing any rights under this Section 10.01.

If any Holder, the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent is required by any court or otherwise to return to the Issuers, the Guarantors or any custodian, trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in relation to either the Issuers or the Guarantors, any amount paid either to the Trustee, the Notes Collateral Agent or such Holder, this Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall be reinstated in full force and effect.

Each Guarantor agrees that it shall not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all obligations guaranteed hereby. Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders, the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent, on the other hand, (x) the maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 hereof for the purposes of this Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby, and (y) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article 6 hereof, such obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantors for the purpose of this Guarantee. The Guarantors shall have the right to seek contribution from any non-paying Guarantor so long as the exercise of such right does not impair the rights of the Holders under the Guarantees.

Each Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect and continue to be effective should any petition be filed by or against the Issuers for liquidation or reorganization, should the Issuers become insolvent or make an assignment for the benefit of creditors or should a receiver or trustee be appointed for all or any significant part of the Issuers’ assets, and shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment and performance of the Notes are, pursuant to applicable law, rescinded or reduced in amount, or must otherwise be restored or returned by any obligee on the Notes or Guarantees, whether as a “voidable preference,” “fraudulent transfer” or otherwise, all as though such payment or performance had not been made.

 

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In the event that any payment, or any part thereof, is rescinded, reduced, restored or returned, the Notes shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be reinstated and deemed reduced only by such amount paid and not so rescinded, reduced, restored or returned.

In case any provision of any Guarantee shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality, and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

The Guarantee issued by any Guarantor shall be a general unsecured senior obligation of such Guarantor and shall be pari passu in right of payment with all existing and future Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor.

Each payment to be made by a Guarantor in respect of its Guarantee shall be made without set-off, counterclaim, reduction or diminution of any kind or nature.

Section 10.02 Limitation on Guarantor Liability.

Each Guarantor, and by its acceptance of Notes, each Holder, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the Guarantee of such Guarantor not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar federal or state law to the extent applicable to any Guarantee. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Trustee, the Holders and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of each Guarantor shall be limited to the maximum amount as will, after giving effect to such maximum amount and all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Guarantor that are relevant under such laws and after giving effect to any collections from, rights to receive contribution from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Guarantor under this Article 10, result in the obligations of such Guarantor under its Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer under applicable law or to comply with corporate benefit, financial assistance and other laws. Each Guarantor that makes a payment under its Guarantee shall be entitled upon payment in full of all guaranteed obligations under this Indenture to a contribution from each other Guarantor in an amount equal to such other Guarantor’s pro rata portion of such payment based on the respective net assets of all the Guarantors at the time of such payment determined in accordance with IFRS.

Each Guarantor shall waive any and all of its rights under the existing or future laws of Guernsey, whether by virtue of the droit de division or otherwise, to require that any liability under or in connection with this Indenture be divided or apportioned with any other person or reduced in any manner whatsoever, and whether by virtue of the droit de discussion or otherwise, to require that recourse be had to the assets of any other person before any claim is enforced against it.

The obligations of each Guarantor incorporated as a limited liability company under the laws of Norway shall be subject to the following limitations:

(i) the obligations and liabilities of each Norwegian Guarantor under this Indenture shall be limited if and to the extent required by the mandatory provisions of the Norwegian Companies Act, including Sections 8-7 and 8-10 cf. Sections 1-3, regulating unlawful financial assistance and other restrictions on a Norwegian limited liability company’s ability to grant guarantees, loans or security interests (the “NCA Corporate Benefit Restrictions”). It is understood that the obligations and liabilities of each Norwegian Guarantor under this Indenture shall always be interpreted so as to make such Norwegian Guarantor liable to the fullest extent permitted by the NCA Corporate Benefit Restrictions.

 

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(ii) the limitations set forth in (i) above shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to any Lien created by such Norwegian Guarantor under any security document and to any guarantee, indemnity and payment made by such Norwegian Guarantor.

Section 10.03 Execution and Delivery.

To evidence its Guarantee set forth in Section 10.01 hereof, each Guarantor hereby agrees that this Indenture shall be executed on behalf of such Guarantor by its President, one of its Vice Presidents, one of its Assistant Vice Presidents or its Chief Financial Officer.

Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its Guarantee set forth in Section 10.01 hereof shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the absence of the endorsement of any notation of such Guarantee on the Notes.

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

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

If required by Section 4.15 hereof, the Issuers shall cause any newly created or acquired Restricted Subsidiary to comply with the provisions of Section 4.15 hereof and this Article 10, to the extent applicable.

Section 10.04 Subrogation.

Each Guarantor shall be subrogated to all rights of Holders of Notes against the Issuers in respect of any amounts paid by any Guarantor pursuant to the provisions of Section 10.01 hereof; provided, that if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, no Guarantor shall be entitled to enforce or receive any payments arising out of, or based upon, such right of subrogation until all amounts then due and payable by the Issuers under this Indenture or the Notes shall have been paid in full.

Section 10.05 Benefits Acknowledged.

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

Section 10.06 Release of Guarantees.

A Guarantee by a Guarantor shall be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged, and no further action by such Guarantor, the Issuers or the Trustee is required for the release of such Guarantor’s Guarantee, upon:

(1) (A) any sale, exchange, transfer or other disposition (by merger, amalgamation, consolidation or otherwise) of the Capital Stock of such Guarantor (including any sale, exchange or transfer), after which the applicable Guarantor is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary; or any sale, exchange or transfer of all or substantially all the assets of such Guarantor, in either case which sale, exchange or transfer is made in compliance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture; (B) upon the merger, amalgamation or consolidation of any Guarantor with and into an Issuers or another Guarantor or upon the liquidation of such Guarantor, in each case, in compliance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture;

 

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(C) the designation of any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Guarantor as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in compliance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture or the occurrence of any event after which the Guarantor is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary;

(D) the Issuers’ exercising their Legal Defeasance option or Covenant Defeasance option in accordance with Article 8 hereof or the satisfaction and discharge of the Issuers’ obligations under this Indenture in accordance with the terms of this Indenture;

(E) to the extent that such Guarantor is not an Immaterial Subsidiary solely due to the operation of clause (i) of the definition of “Immaterial Subsidiary,” upon the release of the guarantee referred to in such clause;

(F) such Guarantor being released from all of (i) its obligations under all of its Guarantees of payment of all Indebtedness of the Company under the Senior Credit Facilities (except a discharge or release by or as a result of payment in connection with the enforcement of remedies under such guarantee or direct obligation) unless at the time of such release or discharge such Guarantor is then a guarantor or an obligor in respect of any other Indebtedness that would require it to provide a Guarantee pursuant to Section 4.15 hereof; or (ii) in the case of a Guarantee made by a Guarantor (each, an “Other Guarantee”) as a result of its guarantee of other Indebtedness of either Issuer or the Company or a Guarantor pursuant to Section 4.15 hereof, the relevant Indebtedness, except in the case of (i) or (ii), a release as a result of (x) payment in full under such guarantee (it being understood that a release subject to a contingent reinstatement is still considered a release, and if any such Guarantee of such Guarantor under the Senior Credit Facilities or any Other Guarantee is so reinstated, such Guarantee shall also be reinstated), (y) a refinancing or replacement in full of the Senior Credit Facilities and/or such other Indebtedness;

(G) solely if such Guarantor does not guarantee any Indebtedness (or commitments in respect thereof) other than the Notes (for the avoidance of doubt, prior to giving effect to any release pursuant to this clause (G)) immediately prior to a Covenant Suspension Event, upon the occurrence of a Covenant Suspension Event; provided, that such Guarantee shall be reinstated upon the Reversion Date or, if earlier, the guarantee by such Guarantor of Indebtedness (or commitments in respect thereof) with Pari Passu Lien Priority relative to the Notes (for the avoidance of doubt, prior to giving effect to any release pursuant to this clause (G)); and

(H) as described under Article 9 hereof; and

(2) the Issuers delivering to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture relating to such transaction have been complied with.

 

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ARTICLE 11

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

Section 11.01 Satisfaction and Discharge.

This Indenture shall be discharged and shall cease to be of further effect as to all Notes, when either:

(1) all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered, except lost, stolen or destroyed Notes which have been replaced or paid and Notes for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust, have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or

(2) (A) all Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation have become due and payable by reason of the making of a notice of redemption or otherwise, shall become due and payable within one year or may be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Issuers and the Issuers or any Guarantor have irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust solely for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, cash in U.S. dollars, 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 the Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation for principal, premium, if any, and accrued interest to the date of maturity or redemption;

(B) the Issuers have paid or caused to be paid all sums payable by it under this Indenture; and

(C) the Issuers have delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee to apply the deposited money toward the payment of the Notes at maturity or the Redemption Date, as the case may be.

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

Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the provisions of Section 7.07 hereof shall survive and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (A) of clause (2) of this Section 11.01, the provisions of Section 11.02 and Section 8.06 hereof shall survive.

Section 11.02 Application of Trust Money.

Subject to the provisions of Section 8.06 hereof, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 11.01 hereof shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Issuers acting as their own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium, if any) and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee; but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

 

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If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or Government Securities in accordance with Section 11.01 hereof 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 Issuers’ and any Guarantor’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 11.01 hereof; provided, that if the Issuers have made any payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Notes because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Issuers shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money or Government Securities held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

ARTICLE 12

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 12.01 [Reserved].

Section 12.02 Notices.

Any notice or communication by the Company, the Issuers, any Guarantor, the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent to the others is duly given if in writing and delivered in person or mailed by first-class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), fax or overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to the others’ address:

If to the Company, the Issuers and/or any Guarantor:

Connect Finco SARL

28, Boulevard F.W. Raiffeisen

L-2411 Luxembourg

Attention: General Counsel

With a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

Connect U.S. Finco LLC

901 K Street NW, Suite 400

Washington D.C. 20001

Attention: General Counsel

With a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

Latham & Watkins LLP

1271 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10020

Attention: Ann Buckingham and Andrew Baker

If to the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent:

Wilmington Trust, National Association

Global Capital Markets

99 Wood Avenue South, Suite 1000

Iselin, NJ 08830

Attention: Connect Finco Administrator

The Company, Issuers, any Guarantor, the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent, by notice to the others, may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.

 

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All notices and communications (other than those sent to Holders) shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; on first date on which publication is made, if by publication; five (5) calendar days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed by first-class mail; when receipt acknowledged, if faxed; and the next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery; provided, that any notice or communication delivered to the Trustee or Notes Collateral Agent shall be deemed effective upon actual receipt thereof.

Any notice or communication to a Holder shall be mailed by first-class mail, certified or registered, return receipt requested, or by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery to its address shown on the register kept by the Registrar. 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.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or any Note, where this Indenture or any Note provides for notice of any event (including any notice of redemption or purchase) to a Holder of a Global Note (whether by mail or otherwise), such notice shall be sufficiently given if given to the Depositary pursuant to the standing instructions from the Depositary.

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

If the Issuers mail a notice or communication to Holders, they shall mail a copy to the Trustee, the Notes Collateral Agent and each Agent at the same time.

The Trustee agrees to accept and act upon instructions or directions pursuant to this Indenture sent by unsecured e-mail, facsimile transmission or other similar unsecured electronic methods. If the Company, Issuers, any Guarantor or any Holder elects to give the Trustee e-mail or facsimile instructions (or instructions by a similar electronic method) and the Trustee in its discretion elects to act upon such instructions, the Trustee’s understanding of such instructions shall be deemed controlling. The Trustee shall not be liable for any losses, costs or expenses arising directly or indirectly from the Trustee’s reliance upon and compliance with such instructions notwithstanding if such instructions conflict or are inconsistent with a subsequent written instruction. The party providing electronic instructions agrees to assume all risks arising out of the use of such electronic methods to submit instructions and directions to the Trustee, including without limitation the risk of the Trustee acting on unauthorized instructions, and the risk of interception and misuse by third parties.

Section 12.03 Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes.

Holders may communicate pursuant to Trust Indenture Act Section 312(b) with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Notes. The Issuers, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of Trust Indenture Act Section 312(c).

Section 12.04 Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.

Upon any request or application by the Company, the Issuers or any of the Guarantors to the Trustee to take any action under this Indenture, the Company, the Issuers or such Guarantor, as the case may be, shall furnish to the Trustee:

(a) An Officer’s Certificate in form satisfactory to the Trustee (which shall include the statements set forth in Section 12.05 hereof) stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent and covenants, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been satisfied; and (b) An Opinion of Counsel in form satisfactory to the Trustee (which shall include the statements set forth in Section 12.05 hereof) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent and covenants have been satisfied.

 

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Section 12.05 Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.

Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than a certificate provided pursuant to Section 4.04 hereof) shall include:

(a) a statement that the Person 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 Person, he or she 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, in the case of an Opinion of Counsel, may be limited to reliance on an Officer’s Certificate as to matters of fact); and

(d) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person, such condition or covenant has been complied with; provided, that with respect to matters of fact, an Opinion of Counsel may rely on an Officer’s Certificate or certificates of public officials.

Section 12.06 Rules by Trustee and Agents.

The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of Holders. The Registrar or Paying Agent may make reasonable rules and set reasonable requirements for its functions.

Section 12.07 No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders.

No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator, member, partner or stockholder of the Company or any Guarantor or any of their direct or indirect parent companies (other than the Company and the Guarantors) shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company, the Issuers or the Guarantors under the Notes, the Guarantees or this Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting Notes waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes.

Section 12.08 Governing Law.

THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES AND ANY GUARANTEE WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBT, ARTICLES 470-1 TO 470-19 OF THE LUXEMBOURG ACT OF 10 AUGUST 1915 ON COMMERCIAL COMPANIES, AS AMENDED, DO NOT APPLY TO THE NOTES ISSUED BY THE LUXEMBOURG ISSUER.

 

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Section 12.09 Waiver of Jury Trial.

EACH OF THE ISSUERS, THE GUARANTORS, THE TRUSTEE AND THE NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

Section 12.10 Force Majeure.

In no event shall the Trustee or Notes Collateral Agent be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations under this Indenture or the other Notes Documents arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its reasonable control, including without limitation strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, pandemics or epidemics, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software or hardware) services, or the unavailability of the Federal Reserve Bank wire or telex or other wire or communication facility.

Section 12.11 No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.

This Indenture may not be used to interpret any other indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Issuers or its Restricted Subsidiaries or of any other Person. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.

Section 12.12 Successors.

All agreements of the Company and the Issuers in this Indenture and the Notes shall bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors. All agreements of each Guarantor in this Indenture shall bind its successors, except as otherwise provided in Section 10.05 hereof.

Section 12.13 Severability.

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

Section 12.14 Counterpart Originals.

The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent one and the same agreement. The exchange of copies of this Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile, PDF or other electronic transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Indenture and signature pages for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.

Section 12.15 Table of Contents, Headings, etc.

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

 

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Section 12.16 USA PATRIOT Act.

The parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the USA PATRIOT Act, the Trustee and Notes Collateral Agent are required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account with the Trustee or Notes Collateral Agent. The parties to this Indenture agree that they will provide the Trustee and Notes Collateral Agent with such information as the Trustee or Notes Collateral Agent may reasonably request in order for the Trustee and Notes Collateral Agent to satisfy the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act.

Section 12.17 Jurisdiction.

The Issuers and each Guarantor agree that any suit, action or proceeding against the Issuers or any Guarantor brought by any Holder, the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent arising out of or based up-on this Indenture, the Guarantees or the Notes may be instituted in any state or Federal court in the Borough of Manhattan, New York, New York, and any appellate court from any thereof, and each of them irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of such courts in any suit, action or proceeding. The Issuers and each Guarantor irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection to any suit, action, or proceeding that may be brought in connection with this Indenture, the Guarantees or the Notes, including such actions, suits or proceedings relating to securities laws of the United States of America or any state thereof, in such courts whether on the grounds of venue, residence or domicile or on the ground that any such suit, action or proceeding has been brought in an inconvenient forum. The Issuers and each Guarantor agree that final judgment in any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such court shall be conclusive and binding upon the Issuers or the Guarantors, as the case may be, and may be enforced in any court to the jurisdiction of which the Issuers or the Guarantors, as the case may be, are subject by a suit upon such judgment. The Issuers and each Guarantor hereby designate and appoint the U.S. Issuer as their authorized agent upon which process may be served in any such action or proceeding that may be instituted in any such court, and agree that service of any process, summons, notice or document by U.S. registered mail addressed to the U.S. Issuer, with written notice of said service to such Person at the address of the U.S. Issuer set forth in Section 12.02 hereof, shall be effective service of process for any such legal action or proceeding brought in any such court.

Section 12.18 Legal Holidays.

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 Record Date is a Legal Holiday, the Record Date shall not be affected.

Section 12.19 Currency Indemnity.

Dollars are the sole currency (the “Required Currency”) of account and payment for all sums payable by the Issuers or any Guarantor under or in connection with the Notes, this Indenture and the Guarantees, including damages. Any amount with respect to the Notes, this Indenture the Guarantees or the other Notes Documents received or recovered in a currency other than the Required Currency, whether as a result of, or the enforcement of, a judgment or order of a court of any jurisdiction, in the winding-up or dissolution of the Issuers or any Guarantor or otherwise by any Holder or by the Trustee or Paying Agent or Notes Collateral Agent, in respect of any sum expressed to be due to it from the Issuers or any Guarantor will only constitute a discharge to the Issuers or any Guarantor to the extent of the Required Currency amount which the recipient is able to purchase with the amount so received or recovered in that other currency on the date of that receipt or recovery (or, if it is not practicable to make that purchase on that date, on the first date on which it is practicable to do so).

 

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If the Required Currency amount is less than the Required Currency amount expressed to be due to the recipient or the Trustee or Paying Agent or Notes Collateral Agent under the Notes, the Issuers and each Guarantor will indemnify such recipient and/or the Trustee or Paying Agent or Notes Collateral Agent against any loss sustained by it as a result. In any event, the Issuers and each Guarantor will indemnify the recipient against the cost of making any such purchase. For the purposes of this currency indemnity provision, it will be prima facie evidence of the matter stated therein, for the Holder of a Note or the Trustee or Paying Agent or Notes Collateral Agent to certify in a manner satisfactory to the Issuers (indicating the sources of information used) the loss it incurred in making any such purchase. These indemnities constitute a separate and independent obligation from the Issuers’ and each Guarantor’s other obligations, will give rise to a separate and independent cause of action, will apply irrespective of any waiver granted by any Holder of a Note or the Trustee or Paying Agent or Notes Collateral Agent (other than a waiver of the indemnities set out herein) and will continue in full force and effect despite any other judgment, order, claim or proof for a liquidated amount in respect of any sum due under any Note or to the Trustee or Notes Collateral Agent. For the purposes of determining the amount in a currency other than the Required Currency, such amount shall be determined using the Exchange Rate then in effect.

Section 12.20 Waiver of Immunity.

With respect to any proceeding, each party irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, all immunity (whether on the basis of sovereignty or otherwise) from jurisdiction, service of process, attachment (both before and after judgment) and execution to which it might otherwise be entitled in any court of competent jurisdiction, and with respect to any judgment, each party waives any such immunity in any court of competent jurisdiction, and will not raise or claim or cause to be pleaded any such immunity at or in respect of any such proceeding or judgment, including, without limitation, any immunity pursuant to the United States Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976, as amended.

ARTICLE 13

COLLATERAL

Section 13.01 Collateral Documents.

The due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes and Guarantees when and as the same shall be due and payable, whether on an Interest Payment Date, at maturity, by acceleration, repurchase, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of and interest on the Notes and Guarantees and performance of all other Obligations of the Issuers and the Guarantors to the Noteholder Secured Parties under this Indenture, the Notes, the Guarantees, the Intercreditor Agreements and the Collateral Documents, according to the terms hereunder or thereunder, shall be secured as provided in the Collateral Documents, which define the terms of the Liens that secure the Obligations, subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements. The Trustee, the Issuers and the Guarantors hereby acknowledge and agree that the Notes Collateral Agent holds the Collateral in trust for the benefit of the Noteholder Secured Parties pursuant to the terms of the Collateral Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements. Each Holder, by accepting a Note, consents and agrees to the terms of the Collateral Documents (including the provisions providing for the possession, use, release and foreclosure of Collateral) and the Intercreditor Agreements as each may be in effect or may be amended from time to time in accordance with their terms and this Indenture and the Intercreditor Agreements, and authorizes and directs the Notes Collateral Agent to enter into the Collateral Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements and authorizes and directs the Trustee to enter into the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement and authorizes and directs each of the Notes Collateral Agent and the Trustee to perform its respective obligations and exercise its respective rights under and in accordance with the Collateral Documents and Intercreditor Agreements to which it is a party.

 

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The Issuers and the Guarantors shall deliver to the Notes Collateral Agent copies of all documents required to be filed pursuant to the Collateral Documents, and will do or cause to be done all such acts and things as required by the next sentence of this Section 13.01, to assure and confirm to the Notes Collateral Agent the first-priority security interest in the Collateral, by the Collateral Documents or any part thereof, as from time to time constituted, so as to render the same available for the security and benefit of this Indenture and of the Notes secured hereby, according to the intent and purposes herein expressed. The Issuers and the Guarantors shall, and the Company shall cause its Subsidiaries to, take any and all actions and make all filings, registrations and recordations (including the filing of UCC financing statements, continuation statements and amendments thereto) required to cause the Collateral Documents to create, perfect and maintain, as security for the Obligations of the Issuers and the Guarantors to the Noteholder Secured Parties under this Indenture, the Notes, the Guarantees, the Intercreditor Agreements and the Collateral Documents, a valid and enforceable perfected Lien and security interest in and on all of the Collateral (subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements and the Collateral Documents), in favor of the Notes Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Noteholder Secured Parties subject to no Liens other than Permitted Liens. For the avoidance of doubt, the Trustee and Notes Collateral Agent shall not have a Lien on the Excluded Assets. Subject to the applicable limitations set forth in the Collateral Documents and herein, (i) if, after the Issue Date, any material assets (other than Excluded Assets), are acquired by either Issuer or are held by any Subsidiary on or after the time it becomes a Guarantor hereunder (other than assets constituting Collateral under a Collateral Document that becomes subject to the Lien created by such Collateral Document upon acquisition thereof or assets constituting Excluded Assets), the Company will notify the Notes Collateral Agent thereof, and, (ii) if the Company has granted a security interest in such asset to the Senior Credit Facilities Collateral Agent to secure the Senior Credit Facilities Obligations, the Company will cause such assets to be subjected to a Lien securing the Secured Obligations and will take and cause the Issuers to take, such actions as shall be necessary or as may be reasonably requested by the Notes Collateral Agent to grant and perfect such Liens, all at the expense of the Issuers.

Section 13.02 Non-Impairment of Liens.

Any release of Collateral permitted by Section 13.03 will be deemed not to impair the Liens under this Indenture and the Collateral Documents in contravention thereof.

Section 13.03 Release of Collateral.

(a) Subject to Section 13.03(b), the Liens securing the Notes may be released at any time or from time to time in accordance with the provisions of the Collateral Documents, the Intercreditor Agreements and this Indenture, and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Notes Document, will be automatically released, and the Trustee (subject to its receipt of an Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel as provided below) shall execute documents evidencing such release, or instruct the Notes Collateral Agent to execute, as applicable, the same at the Issuers’ sole cost and expense, under one or more of the following circumstances:

(i) in whole upon:

(A) payment in full of the principal of, together with accrued and unpaid interest on, the Notes and all other obligations (other than contingent indemnity obligations for which no demand has been made) under this Indenture, the related Guarantees and the Collateral Documents that are due and payable at or prior to the time such principal, together with accrued and unpaid interest, is paid;

(B) all then outstanding Notes being cancelled in full by the Trustee pursuant to the terms of this Indenture; (C) satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture as set forth under Article 11; or

 

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(D) a Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance of this Indenture as set forth under Article 8;

(ii) in whole or in part, with the consent of Holders of the Notes in accordance with Article 9 of this Indenture; or

(iii) in part, as to any asset constituting Collateral:

(A) that is sold or otherwise disposed of by the Issuers or any Guarantor to any Person that is not the Luxembourg Issuer, the U.S. Issuer or a Guarantor in a transaction not prohibited by this Indenture at the time of such transfer or disposition, including, without limitation, as a result of a transaction of the type permitted under Section 4.10;

(B) that is owned or at any time acquired by a Guarantor that has been released from its Guarantee, concurrently with the release of such Guarantee, in accordance with Section 10.06;

(C) in the case of Collateral comprised of property leased to the Issuers or a Guarantor, upon termination or expiration of such lease;

(D) in the case of Collateral that is Capital Stock, upon the dissolution or liquidation of the issuer of that Capital Stock that is not prohibited by this Indenture;

(E) that becomes an “Excluded Asset” or that becomes subject to certain Permitted Liens; or

(F) that is otherwise released in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Collateral Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements, but subject to any restrictions thereon set forth in this Indenture or the Intercreditor Agreements;

(b) With respect to any release of Collateral, upon receipt of an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that all conditions precedent under this Indenture and the Collateral Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements, as applicable, to such release have been met and that it is proper for the Trustee or Notes Collateral Agent to execute and deliver the documents requested by the Issuers in connection with such release, and any instruments of termination, satisfaction, discharge or release prepared by the Issuers, the Trustee shall, or shall cause the Notes Collateral Agent to, execute, deliver or acknowledge (at the Issuers’ expense) such instruments or releases to evidence the release and discharge of any Collateral permitted to be released pursuant to this Indenture or the Collateral Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements. Neither the Trustee nor the Notes Collateral Agent shall be liable for any such release undertaken in reliance upon any such Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel, and notwithstanding any term hereof or in any Collateral Document or in the Intercreditor Agreements to the contrary, the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent shall not be under any obligation to release any such Lien and security interest, or execute and deliver any such instrument of release, satisfaction, discharge or termination, unless and until it receives such Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel.

 

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Section 13.04 Suits to Protect the Collateral.

Subject to the provisions of the Collateral Documents, the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement and the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, if applicable, the Trustee, without the consent of the Holders, on behalf of the Holders, may or may direct the Notes Collateral Agent to take all actions it determines in order to:

(a) enforce any of the terms of the Collateral Documents; and

(b) collect and receive any and all amounts payable in respect of the Obligations hereunder.

Subject to the provisions of the Collateral Documents, the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement and the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, if applicable, the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent shall have power to institute and to maintain such suits and proceedings as the Trustee may determine to prevent any impairment of the Collateral by any acts which may be unlawful or in violation of any of the Collateral Documents or this Indenture, and such suits and proceedings as the Trustee and/or the Notes Collateral Agent may determine to preserve or protect its interests and the interests of the Holders in the Collateral. Nothing in this Section 13.04 shall be considered to impose any such duty or obligation to act on the part of the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent.

Section 13.05 Authorization of Receipt of Funds by the Trustee under the Collateral Documents.

Subject to the provisions of the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement and the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, if applicable, the Trustee is authorized to receive any funds for the benefit of the Holders distributed under the Collateral Documents, and to make further distributions of such funds to the Holders according to the provisions of this Indenture.

Section 13.06 Purchaser Protected.

In no event shall any purchaser in good faith of any property purported to be released hereunder be bound to ascertain the authority of the Notes Collateral Agent or the Trustee to execute the release or to inquire as to the satisfaction of any conditions required by the provisions hereof for the exercise of such authority or to see to the application of any consideration given by such purchaser or other transferee; nor shall any purchaser or other transferee of any property or rights permitted by this Article 13 to be sold be under any obligation to ascertain or inquire into the authority of the Issuers or the applicable Guarantor to make any such sale or other transfer.

Section 13.07 Powers Exercisable by Receiver or Trustee.

In case the Collateral shall be in the possession of a receiver or trustee, lawfully appointed, the powers conferred in this Article 13 upon the Issuers or a Guarantor with respect to the release, sale or other disposition of such property may be exercised by such receiver or trustee, and an instrument signed by such receiver or trustee shall be deemed the equivalent of any similar instrument of the Issuers or a Guarantor or of any Officer or Officers thereof required by the provisions of this Article 13; and if the Trustee shall be in the possession of the Collateral under any provision of this Indenture, then such powers may be exercised by the Trustee.

 

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Section 13.08 Release Upon Termination of the Issuers’ Obligations.

In the event that the Issuers deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate certifying that (i) payment in full of the principal of, premium, if any, together with accrued and unpaid interest on, the Notes and all other Obligations under this Indenture, the Notes, the Guarantees and the Collateral Documents that are due and payable at or prior to the time such principal, together with accrued and unpaid interest, are paid or (ii) the Issuers shall have exercised their Legal Defeasance option or their Covenant Defeasance option, in each case in compliance with the provisions of Article 8, and an Opinion of Counsel stating that all conditions precedent to the execution and delivery of such notice by the Trustee have been satisfied, the Trustee shall deliver to the Issuers and the Notes Collateral Agent a notice stating that the Trustee, on behalf of the Holders, disclaims and gives up any and all rights it has in or to the Collateral (other than with respect to funds held by the Trustee pursuant to Article 8), and any rights it has under the Collateral Documents, and upon receipt by the Notes Collateral Agent of such notice, the Notes Collateral Agent shall be deemed not to hold a Lien in the Collateral on behalf of the Trustee and shall do or cause to be done all acts reasonably requested by the Issuers to release and discharge such Lien as soon as is reasonably practicable.

Section 13.09 Notes Collateral Agent.

(a) By their acceptance of the Notes, the Holders hereby designate and appoint Wilmington Trust, National Association to serve as Notes Collateral Agent and as their agent under this Indenture, the Collateral Documents, the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement and the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, if applicable, and each of the Holders by acceptance of the Notes and the Trustee hereby irrevocably authorizes the Notes Collateral Agent to take such action on their behalf under the provisions of this Indenture, the Collateral Documents, the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement and the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, if applicable, and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Notes Collateral Agent by the terms of this Indenture, the Collateral Documents, the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement and the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, if applicable, and consents and agrees to the terms of the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement, the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, if applicable, and each Collateral Document, as the same may be in effect or may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with their respective terms. Wilmington Trust, National Association hereby agrees to serve as Notes Collateral Agent under the Collateral Documents, the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement and the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, if applicable, and acknowledges that the Notes Collateral Agent agrees to act as such on the express conditions contained in this Section 13.09. The provisions of this Section 13.09 are solely for the benefit of the Notes Collateral Agent and none of the Trustee, any of the Holders nor any of the Grantors shall have any rights as a third party beneficiary of any of the provisions contained herein other than as expressly provided in Section 13.04. Each Holder agrees that any action taken by the Notes Collateral Agent in accordance with the provision of this Indenture, the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement, the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, if applicable, and the Collateral Documents, and the exercise by the Notes Collateral Agent of any rights or remedies set forth herein and therein shall be authorized and binding upon all Holders. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained elsewhere in this Indenture, the Collateral Documents, the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement and the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, if applicable, the duties of the Notes Collateral Agent shall be ministerial and administrative in nature, and the Notes Collateral Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Notes Documents to which the Notes Collateral Agent is a party, nor shall the Notes Collateral Agent have or be deemed to have any trust or other fiduciary relationship with the Trustee, any Holder, any Grantor or any other Person, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Indenture, the Collateral Documents, the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement or the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, if applicable or otherwise exist against the Notes Collateral Agent. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, the use of the term “agent” in this Indenture with reference to the Notes Collateral Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead, such term is used merely as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties.

 

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(b) The Notes Collateral Agent may perform any of its duties under this Indenture, the Collateral Documents, the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement or the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, if applicable by or through receivers, agents, employees, attorneys-in-fact or through its officers, directors, Affiliates, employees, agents, advisors, and attorneys in fact (collectively, “Related Persons”) and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties, and shall be entitled to act upon, and shall be fully protected in taking action in reliance upon any advice or opinion given by legal counsel. The Notes Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or willful misconduct of any receiver, agent, employee, attorney-in-fact or Related Person that it selects as long as such selection was made in good faith.

(c) None of the Notes Collateral Agent or any of its Related Persons shall (i) be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under or in connection with this Indenture or the transactions contemplated hereby (except to the extent that the foregoing are found by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from its own gross negligence or willful misconduct) or under or in connection with any Collateral Document, the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement or the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, if applicable or the transactions contemplated thereby (except to the extent that the foregoing are found by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from its own gross negligence or willful misconduct), or (ii) be responsible in any manner to any of the Trustee or any Holder for any recital, statement, representation, warranty, covenant or agreement made by the Company, the Issuers or any Grantor or Affiliate of any Grantor, or any Officer or Related Persons thereof, contained in this Indenture, or any other Notes Documents, or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Notes Collateral Agent under or in connection with, this Indenture, the Collateral Documents, the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement or the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, if applicable, or the validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Indenture, the Collateral Documents, the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement or the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, if applicable, or for any failure of any Grantor or any other party to this Indenture, the Collateral Documents, the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement or the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, if applicable to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. None of the Notes Collateral Agent or any of its respective Related Persons shall be under any obligation to the Trustee or any Holder to monitor, ascertain or inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Indenture, the Collateral Documents, the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement or the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, if applicable or to inspect the properties, books, or records of any Grantor or any Grantor’s Affiliates.

(d) The Notes Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telegram, facsimile, certification, telephone message, statement, or other communication, document or conversation (including those by telephone or e-mail) believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent, or made by the proper Person or Persons, and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including, without limitation, counsel to the Issuers or any Grantor), independent accountants and other experts and advisors selected by the Notes Collateral Agent. The Notes Collateral Agent shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, or other paper or document. The Notes Collateral Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Indenture, the Collateral Documents, the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement or the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, if applicable unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Trustee or the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes as it determines, or if there are any Other Pari Passu Lien Obligations then outstanding, the “Applicable Authorized Representative” under the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement (if other than the Notes Collateral Agent) and, if it so requests, it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Holders (or holders of Other Pari Passu Lien Obligations (if applicable)) against any and all liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action.

 

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The Notes Collateral Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Indenture, the Collateral Documents, the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement or the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, if applicable in accordance with a written request, direction, instruction or consent of the Trustee or the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes, or if there are any Other Pari Passu Lien Obligations then outstanding, the Applicable Authorized Representative (if other than the Notes Collateral Agent) and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all of the Holders and holders of Other Pari Passu Lien Obligations (if applicable).

(e) The Notes Collateral Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, unless a Responsible Officer of the Notes Collateral Agent shall have received written notice from the Trustee or the Issuers referring to this Indenture, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default.” The Notes Collateral Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as may be requested by the Trustee in accordance with Article 6 or the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes (subject to this Section 13.09 and the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements).

(f) The Notes Collateral Agent may resign at any time by notice to the Trustee and the Issuers, such resignation to be effective upon the acceptance of a successor agent to its appointment as Notes Collateral Agent. If the Notes Collateral Agent resigns under this Indenture or the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement, the Issuers shall appoint a successor notes collateral agent. If no successor notes collateral agent is appointed prior to the intended effective date of the resignation of the Notes Collateral Agent (as stated in the notice of resignation), the Notes Collateral Agent may appoint, after consulting with the Trustee, subject to the consent of the Issuers (which shall not be unreasonably withheld and which shall not be required during a continuing Event of Default), a successor notes collateral agent. If no successor notes collateral agent is appointed and consented to by the Issuers pursuant to the preceding sentence within thirty (30) days after the intended effective date of resignation (as stated in the notice of resignation) the Notes Collateral Agent shall be entitled to petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint a successor. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as successor notes collateral agent hereunder, such successor notes collateral agent shall succeed to all the rights, powers and duties of the retiring Notes Collateral Agent, and the term “Notes Collateral Agent” or “Collateral Agent” (as applicable) in the Notes Documents shall mean such successor notes collateral agent, and the retiring Notes Collateral Agent’s appointment, powers and duties as the Notes Collateral Agent shall be terminated. After the retiring Notes Collateral Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section 13.09 (and Section 7.07) shall continue to inure to its benefit and the retiring Notes Collateral Agent shall not by reason of such resignation be deemed to be released from liability as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Notes Collateral Agent under this Indenture or the Intercreditor Agreements.

(g) Wilmington Trust, National Association shall initially act as Notes Collateral Agent and shall be authorized to appoint co-Notes Collateral Agents as necessary in its sole discretion. Neither the Notes Collateral Agent nor any of its respective officers, directors, employees or agents or other Related Persons shall be liable to any Grantor or any Noteholder Secured Party for failure to demand, collect or realize upon any of the Collateral or for any delay in doing so or shall be under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any Collateral upon the request of any other Person or to take any other action whatsoever with regard to the Collateral or any part thereof. The Notes Collateral Agent shall be accountable only for amounts that it actually receives as a result of the exercise of such powers, and neither the Notes Collateral Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees, attorneys, representatives or agents shall be responsible for any act or failure to act hereunder, except to the extent such act is found by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from its own gross negligence or willful misconduct.

 

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(h) By their acceptance of the Notes hereunder, the Notes Collateral Agent is authorized and directed by the Holders to (i) enter into the Collateral Documents to which it is party, whether executed on or after the Issue Date, (ii) enter into the Intercreditor Agreements, (iii) bind the Holders on the terms as set forth in the Collateral Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements, (iv) make the representations of the Holders set forth in the Collateral Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements, (v) perform and observe its obligations under the Collateral Documents, the Intercreditor Agreements and (vi) release any Collateral in accordance with the terms hereof.

(i) If at any time or times the Trustee shall receive (i) by payment, foreclosure, set-off or otherwise, any proceeds of Collateral or any payments with respect to the Obligations arising under, or relating to, this Indenture, except for any such proceeds or payments received by the Trustee from the Notes Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, or (ii) payments from the Notes Collateral Agent in excess of the amount required to be paid to the Trustee pursuant to Article 7, the Trustee shall promptly turn the same over to the Notes Collateral Agent, in kind, and with such endorsements as may be required to negotiate the same to the Notes Collateral Agent, such proceeds to be applied by the Notes Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, the Collateral Documents, the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement and the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, if applicable.

(j) The Notes Collateral Agent is each Holder’s agent for the purpose of perfecting the Holders’ security interest in assets which, in accordance with Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code can be perfected only by possession. Should the Trustee obtain possession of any such Collateral, upon request from the Issuers, the Trustee shall notify the Notes Collateral Agent thereof and promptly shall deliver such Collateral to the Notes Collateral Agent or otherwise deal with such Collateral in accordance with the Notes Collateral Agent’s instructions.

(k) The Notes Collateral Agent (and the Trustee) shall have no obligation whatsoever to the Trustee, any of the Holders, or any of the Noteholder Secured Parties to assure that the Collateral exists or is owned by any Grantor or is cared for, protected, or insured or has been encumbered, or that the Notes Collateral Agent’s Liens have been properly or sufficiently or lawfully created, perfected, protected, maintained or enforced or are entitled to any particular priority, or to determine whether all of the Grantor’s property constituting collateral intended to be subject to the Lien and security interest of the Collateral Documents has been properly and completely listed or delivered, as the case may be, or the genuineness, validity, marketability or sufficiency thereof or title thereto, or to exercise at all or in any particular manner or under any duty of care, disclosure, or fidelity, or to continue exercising, any of the rights, authorities, and powers granted or available to the Notes Collateral Agent pursuant to this Indenture, any Collateral Document, the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement or the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, if applicable other than pursuant to the instructions of the Trustee or the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes or if there are Other Pari Passu Lien Obligations then outstanding, the Applicable Authorized Representative (if other than the Notes Collateral Agent), or as otherwise provided in the Collateral Documents, the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement or the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, if applicable, it being understood and agreed that in respect of the Collateral, or any act, omission, or event related thereto, the Notes Collateral Agent (and the Trustee) shall have no other duty or liability whatsoever to the Trustee, any Holder, or any Noteholder Secured Party as to any of the foregoing.

 

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(l) If the Issuers or any Guarantor (i) incurs any obligations in respect of Other Pari Passu Lien Obligations at any time when no Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement is in effect or at any time when Indebtedness constituting Pari Passu Indebtedness entitled to the benefit of an existing Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement is concurrently retired, and (ii) delivers to the Notes Collateral Agent an Officer’s Certificate so stating and requesting the Notes Collateral Agent to enter into an intercreditor agreement (on substantially the same terms as the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement) in favor of a designated agent or representative for the holders of the Other Pari Passu Lien Obligations so incurred, the Notes Collateral Agent shall (and is hereby authorized and directed to) enter into such Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement (at the sole expense and cost of the Issuers, including reasonable legal fees and expenses of the Notes Collateral Agent), bind the Holders on the terms set forth therein and perform and observe its obligations thereunder. To the extent a Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement is already then in existence, if the Issuers or any Guarantor (i) incurs any additional Other Pari Passu Lien Obligations and (ii) delivers to the Notes Collateral Agent an Officer’s Certificate so stating and requesting the Notes Collateral Agent to enter into a joinder to the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement in favor of a designated agent or representative for the holders of such Other Pari Passu Lien Obligations, the Notes Collateral Agent shall (and is hereby authorized and directed to) enter into such joinder (at the sole expense and cost of the Issuers, including reasonable legal fees and expenses of the Notes Collateral Agent). If the Issuers or any Guarantor (i) incurs any Obligations in respect of Indebtedness secured by the Collateral with Junior Lien Priority relative to the Notes and the Guarantees at any time when no Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement is in effect or at any time when Indebtedness constituting Indebtedness secured by the Collateral with Junior Lien Priority relative to the Notes and the Guarantees entitled to the benefit of an existing Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement is concurrently retired, and (ii) delivers to the Notes Collateral Agent an Officer’s Certificate so stating and requesting the Notes Collateral Agent to enter into an intercreditor agreement (substantially in form of the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit E) in favor of a designated agent or representative for the holders of the Obligations in respect of Indebtedness secured by the Collateral with Junior Lien Priority relative to the Notes and the Guarantees so incurred, the Notes Collateral Agent shall (and is hereby authorized and directed to) enter into such Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement (at the sole expense and cost of the Issuers, including reasonable legal fees and expenses of the Notes Collateral Agent), bind the Holders on the terms set forth therein and perform and observe its obligations thereunder. To the extent a Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement is already then in existence, if the Issuers or any Guarantor (i) incurs any additional Obligations in respect of Indebtedness secured by the Collateral with Junior Lien Priority relative to the Notes and the Guarantees and (ii) delivers to the Notes Collateral Agent an Officer’s Certificate so stating and requesting the Notes Collateral Agent to enter into a joinder to the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement in favor of a designated agent or representative for the holders of such Obligations in respect of Indebtedness secured by the Collateral with Junior Lien Priority relative to the Notes and the Guarantees, the Notes Collateral Agent shall (and is hereby authorized and directed to) enter into such joinder (at the sole expense and cost of the Issuers, including reasonable legal fees and expenses of the Notes Collateral Agent). By its acceptance of the Notes, each Holder shall be deemed to have authorized and directed the Notes Collateral Agent to enter into and perform its obligations under the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement.

(m) No provision of this Indenture, the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement, the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, if applicable or any Collateral Document shall require the Notes Collateral Agent (or the Trustee) to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or thereunder or to take or omit to take any action hereunder or thereunder or take any action at the request or direction of Holders (or the Trustee in the case of the Notes Collateral Agent) or, if there are Other Pari Passu Lien Obligations then outstanding, the Applicable Authorized Representative (if other than the Notes Collateral Agent) unless the Notes Collateral Agent shall have received indemnity satisfactory to the Notes Collateral Agent against potential costs and liabilities incurred by the Notes Collateral Agent relating thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Indenture, the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement, the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, if applicable or the Collateral Documents, in the event the Notes Collateral Agent is entitled or required to commence an action to foreclose or otherwise exercise its remedies to acquire control or possession of the Collateral, the Notes Collateral Agent shall not be required to commence any such action or exercise any remedy or to inspect or conduct any studies of any property under any mortgages or take any such other action if the Notes Collateral Agent has determined that the Notes Collateral Agent may incur personal liability as a result of the presence at, or release on or from, the Collateral or such property, of any hazardous substances unless the Notes Collateral Agent has received security or indemnity from the Holders (and the holders of Other Pari Passu Lien Obligations (if applicable)) in an amount and in a form all satisfactory to the Notes Collateral Agent in its sole discretion, protecting the Notes Collateral Agent from all such liability.

 

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The Notes Collateral Agent shall at any time be entitled to cease taking any action described above if it no longer reasonably deems any indemnity, security or undertaking from the Issuers or the Holders (or holders of Other Pari Passu Lien Obligations (if applicable)) to be sufficient.

(n) The Notes Collateral Agent (i) shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in connection with this Indenture, the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement, the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, if applicable, and the Collateral Documents or any instrument referred to herein or therein, except to the extent that any of the foregoing are found by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, (ii) shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Notes Collateral Agent may agree in writing with the Issuers (and money held in trust by the Notes Collateral Agent need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law) and (iii) may consult with counsel of its selection and the advice or opinion of such counsel as to matters of law shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of any action taken, omitted or suffered by it in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel. The grant of permissive rights or powers to the Notes Collateral Agent shall not be construed to impose duties to act.

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

(p) The Notes Collateral Agent does not assume any responsibility for any failure or delay in performance or any breach by the Issuers or any other Grantor under this Indenture, the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement, the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, if applicable, and the Collateral Documents. The Notes Collateral Agent shall not be responsible to the Holders or any other Person for any recitals, statements, information, representations or warranties contained in any Notes Documents or in any certificate, report, statement, or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Notes Collateral Agent under or in connection with, this Indenture, the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement, the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, if applicable or any Collateral Document; the execution, validity, genuineness, effectiveness or enforceability of the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement, the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, if applicable, and any Collateral Documents as to any other party thereto; the genuineness, enforceability, collectability, value, sufficiency, location or existence of any Collateral, or the validity, effectiveness, enforceability, sufficiency, extent, perfection or priority of any Lien therein; the validity, enforceability or collectability of any Obligations; the assets, liabilities, financial condition, results of operations, business, creditworthiness or legal status of any obligor; or for any failure of any obligor to perform its Obligations under this Indenture, the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement, the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, if applicable, and the Collateral Documents. The Notes Collateral Agent shall have no obligation to any Holder or any other Person to ascertain or inquire into the existence of any Default or Event of Default, the observance or performance by any obligor of any terms of this Indenture, the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement, the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, if applicable, and the Collateral Documents, or the satisfaction of any conditions precedent contained in this Indenture, the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement, the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, if applicable, and any Collateral Document. The Notes Collateral Agent shall not be required to initiate or conduct any litigation or collection or other proceeding under this Indenture, the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement, the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, if applicable, and the Collateral Documents unless expressly set forth hereunder or thereunder or as directed by Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes or, if Other Pari Passu Lien Obligations are then outstanding, the Applicable Authorized Representative (if other than the Notes Collateral Agent).

 

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The Notes Collateral Agent shall have the right at any time to seek instructions from the Holders with respect to the administration of the Notes Documents.

(q) The parties hereto and the Holders hereby agree and acknowledge that the Notes Collateral Agent shall not assume, be responsible for or otherwise be obligated for any liabilities, claims, causes of action, suits, losses, allegations, requests, demands, penalties, fines, settlements, damages (including foreseeable and unforeseeable), judgments, expenses and costs (including but not limited to, any remediation, corrective action, response, removal or remedial action, or investigation, operations and maintenance or monitoring costs, for personal injury or property damages, real or personal) of any kind whatsoever, pursuant to any environmental law as a result of this Indenture, the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement, the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, if applicable, and the Collateral Documents or any actions taken pursuant hereto or thereto. Further, the parties hereto and the Holders hereby agree and acknowledge that in the exercise of its rights under this Indenture, the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement, the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, if applicable, and the Collateral Documents, the Notes Collateral Agent may hold or obtain indicia of ownership primarily to protect the security interest of the Notes Collateral Agent in the Collateral, including without limitation the properties constituting real property that constitute Collateral, and that any such actions taken by the Notes Collateral Agent shall not be construed as or otherwise constitute any participation in the management of such Collateral, including without limitation the real properties that constitute Collateral, as those terms are defined in Section 101(20)(E) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 9601 et seq., as amended.

(r) Upon the receipt by the Notes Collateral Agent of a written request of the Issuers signed by one Officer of each Issuer (a “Security Document Order”), the Notes Collateral Agent is hereby authorized to execute and enter into, and if satisfactory in form and substance to the Notes Collateral Agent, execute and enter into, without the further consent of any Holder or the Trustee, any Collateral Document to be executed after the Issue Date. Such Security Document Order shall (i) state that it is being delivered to the Notes Collateral Agent pursuant to, and is a Security Document Order referred to in, this Section 13.09(r), and (ii) instruct the Notes Collateral Agent to execute and enter into such Collateral Document. Any such execution of a Collateral Document shall be at the direction and expense of the Issuers, upon delivery to the Notes Collateral Agent of an Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel stating that all conditions precedent to the execution and delivery of the Collateral Document have been satisfied. The Holders, by their acceptance of the Notes, hereby authorize and direct the Notes Collateral Agent to execute such Collateral Documents.

(s) Subject to the provisions of the applicable Collateral Documents, each Holder, by acceptance of the Notes, agrees that the Notes Collateral Agent shall execute and deliver the Collateral Documents to which it is a party and all agreements, documents and instruments incidental thereto, and act in accordance with the terms thereof. For the avoidance of doubt, except as expressly set forth herein, in the Collateral Documents, the Notes Collateral Agent shall have no discretion under this Indenture, the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement (if applicable), the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, if applicable or the Collateral Documents and shall not be required to make or give any determination, consent, approval, request or direction without the written direction of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes or the Trustee or, if Other Pari Passu Lien Obligations are then outstanding, the Applicable Authorized Representative (if other than the Notes Collateral Agent), as applicable.

(t) After the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default and subject to the terms of the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement, the Trustee may direct the Notes Collateral Agent in connection with any action required or permitted by this Indenture, the Collateral Documents, the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement and the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, if applicable.

 

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(u) The Notes Collateral Agent is authorized to receive any funds for the benefit of itself, the Trustee and the Holders distributed under the Collateral Documents, for turnover to the Trustee to make further distributions of such funds to itself, the Trustee and the Holders in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.13 and the other provisions of this Indenture and the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement.

(v) In each case that Notes Collateral Agent may or is required hereunder or under any other Notes Document to take any action (an “Action”), including without limitation to make any determination, to give consents, to exercise rights, powers or remedies, to release or sell Collateral or otherwise to act hereunder or under any other Notes Document, the Notes Collateral Agent may seek direction from the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes. The Notes Collateral Agent shall not be liable with respect to any Action taken or omitted to be taken by it in accordance with the direction from the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes. Subject to the terms of the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement, if the Notes Collateral Agent shall request direction from the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes with respect to any Action, the Notes Collateral Agent shall be entitled to refrain from such Action unless and until the Notes Collateral Agent shall have received direction from the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes, and the Notes Collateral Agent shall not incur liability to any Person by reason of so refraining.

(w) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or any other Notes Document, in no event shall the Notes Collateral Agent (or the Trustee) be responsible for, or have any duty or obligation with respect to, the recording, filing, registering, perfection, protection or maintenance of the security interests or Liens intended to be created by this Indenture or the other Notes Documents (including without limitation the filing or continuation of any UCC financing or continuation statements or similar documents or instruments), nor shall the Notes Collateral Agent and the Trustee be responsible for, and the Notes Collateral Agent and Trustee make no representation regarding, the validity, effectiveness or priority of any of the Collateral Documents or the security interests or Liens intended to be created thereby. The Notes Collateral Agent makes no representation regarding the validity, effectiveness or enforceability of the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement, the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, if applicable or any subsequent intercreditor agreement.

(x) Before the Notes Collateral Agent acts or refrains from acting in each case at the request or direction of the Issuers or the Guarantors, or in connection with any Collateral Document, the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement or the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, if applicable, it may require an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, which shall conform to the provisions of Section 12.05. The Notes Collateral Agent shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such certificate or opinion.

(y) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein but subject to the terms of any Intercreditor Agreement, the Notes Collateral Agent shall act pursuant to the instructions of the Noteholder Secured Parties as provided in this Indenture solely with respect to the Collateral Documents.

(z) The Issuers and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, shall indemnify the Notes Collateral Agent for, and hold the Notes Collateral Agent harmless against, any and all loss, damage, claim, liability or expense (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by it in connection with the acceptance or the performance of its duties hereunder and under the other Notes Documents (including the costs and expenses of enforcing any Notes Document against the Issuers or any of the Guarantors (including this Article 13)

 

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or defending itself against any claim whether asserted by any Holder, the Issuers or any Guarantor, any holder of Other Pari Passu Lien Obligations or liability in connection with the acceptance, exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder). The Notes Collateral Agent shall notify the Issuers promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Notes Collateral Agent to so notify the Issuers shall not relieve the Issuers or any Guarantor of their obligations hereunder. The Issuers and the Guarantors shall defend the claim and the Notes Collateral Agent may have separate counsel and the Issuers and the Guarantors shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. The Issuers and the Guarantors need not reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss, liability or expense incurred by the Notes Collateral Agent through the result of the Notes Collateral Agent’s own willful misconduct or gross negligence. The obligations of the Issuers and the Guarantors under this Section 13.09(z) shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or the earlier resignation or removal of the Notes Collateral Agent. To secure the payment obligations of the Issuers and the Guarantors in this Section 13.09(z) but subject to the terms of the Notes Collateral Agent shall have a Lien prior to the Notes and rights of the Holders on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee or Notes Collateral Agent, except that held in trust to pay principal, premium, if any, and interest on particular Notes. Such Lien shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture. For the avoidance of doubt, the Issuers shall pay compensation to, reimburse expenses of and indemnify the Notes Collateral Agent in accordance with Section 7.07.

Section 13.10 Designations.

Except as provided in the next sentence, for purposes of the provisions hereof and of the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement, the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, if applicable, and the Collateral Documents requiring the Issuers to designate Indebtedness for the purposes of the terms “Credit Agreement Obligations” and “Additional First Lien Obligations” or any other such designations hereunder or under the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement, the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, if applicable or the Collateral Documents, any such designation shall be sufficient if the relevant designation is set forth in writing, signed on behalf of the Issuers by an Officer of each Issuer and delivered to the Trustee, the Notes Collateral Agent, the Senior Credit Facility Collateral Agent and if any Additional First Lien Obligations are then outstanding, each Authorized Representative. For all purposes hereof and of the Intercreditor Agreements, the Issuers hereby designate the Senior Credit Facility Obligations pursuant to the Senior Credit Facilities or any amendment or supplement thereto or refinancing thereof, as “Credit Agreement Obligations.” For all purposes hereof and of the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement, the Issuers hereby designate the Obligations pursuant to this Indenture and the other Notes Documents or amendment or supplement thereto or refinancing thereof, as “Additional First Lien Obligations.”

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

 

CONNECT FINCO SARL

By:

   
 

Name:

 

Title:

CONNECT U.S. FINCO LLC

By:

   
 

Name:

 

Title:

CONNECT BIDCO LIMITED

By:

   
 

Name:

 

Title:

CONNECT MIDCO LIMITED

By:

   
 

Name:

 

Title:

INMARSAT GLOBAL LIMITED

By:

   
 

Name:

 

Title:

INMARSAT NEW VENTURES LIMITED

By: