EX-10.65 8 file004.htm SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE DATED MAY 10, 2005



                                                                   Exhibit 10.65


                     SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE TO BE DELIVERED
                          BY GUARANTEEING SUBSIDIARIES

         Supplemental Indenture (this "Supplemental Indenture"), dated as of
May 10, 2005, among L-3 Communications Corporation (or its permitted
successor), a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), each a direct or indirect
subsidiary of the Company signatory hereto (each, a "Guaranteeing Subsidiary",
and collectively, the "Guaranteeing Subsidiaries"), and The Bank of New York, as
trustee under the indenture referred to below (the "Trustee").

                               W I T N E S S E T H

                  WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to
the Trustee an indenture (the "Indenture"), dated as of December 22, 2003
providing for the issuance of an unlimited amount of 6 1/8% Senior Subordinated
Notes due 2014 (the "Notes");

                  WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that under certain
circumstances the Guaranteeing Subsidiaries shall execute and deliver to the
Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the Guaranteeing Subsidiaries
shall unconditionally guarantee all of the Company's Obligations (as defined in
the Indenture) under the Notes and the Indenture on the terms and conditions set
forth herein (the "Subsidiary Guarantee"); and

                  WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the
Trustee is authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture.

                  NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other
good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged,
the Guaranteeing Subsidiaries and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for
the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows:

         1. CAPITALIZED TERMS. Capitalized terms used herein without definition
shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

         2. AGREEMENT TO GUARANTEE. Each Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereby agrees
as follows:

            (a) Such Guaranteeing Subsidiary, jointly and severally with all
                other current and future guarantors of the Notes (collectively,
                the "Guarantors" and each, a "Guarantor"), unconditionally
                guarantees to each Holder of a Note authenticated and delivered
                by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and
                assigns, regardless of the validity and enforceability of the
                Indenture, the Notes or the Obligations of the Company under the
                Indenture or the Notes, that:

                (i)  the principal of, premium, interest and Additional
                     Interest, if any, on the Notes will be promptly paid in
                     full when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration,
                     redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue
                     principal of, premium, interest and Additional Amounts, if
                     any, on the



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                     Notes, to the extent lawful, and all other Obligations of
                     the Company to the Holders or the Trustee thereunder or
                     under the Indenture will be promptly paid in full, all in
                     accordance with the terms thereof; and

                (ii) in case of any extension of time for payment or renewal of
                     any Notes or any of such other Obligations, that the same
                     will be promptly paid in full when due in accordance with
                     the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated
                     maturity, by acceleration or otherwise.

            (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that this Subsidiary
                Guarantee would constitute or result in a violation of any
                applicable fraudulent conveyance or similar law of any relevant
                jurisdiction, the liability of such Guaranteeing Subsidiary
                under this Supplemental Indenture and its Subsidiary Guarantee
                shall be reduced to the maximum amount permissible under such
                fraudulent conveyance or similar law.

        3.  EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES.

            (a) To evidence its Subsidiary Guarantee set forth in this
                Supplemental Indenture, such Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereby
                agrees that a notation of such Subsidiary Guarantee
                substantially in the form of Exhibit F to the Indenture shall be
                endorsed by an officer of such Guaranteeing Subsidiary on each
                Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee after the date
                hereof.

            (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, such Guaranteeing Subsidiary
                hereby agrees that its Subsidiary Guarantee set forth herein
                shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any
                failure to endorse on each Note a notation of such Subsidiary
                Guarantee.

            (c) If an Officer whose signature is on this Supplemental Indenture
                or on the Subsidiary Guarantee no longer holds that office at
                the time the Trustee authenticates the Note on which a
                Subsidiary Guarantee is endorsed, the Subsidiary Guarantee shall
                be valid nevertheless.

            (d) The delivery of any Note by the Trustee, after the
                authentication thereof under the Indenture, shall constitute due
                delivery of the Subsidiary Guarantee set forth in this
                Supplemental Indenture on behalf of each Guaranteeing
                Subsidiary.

            (e) Each Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereby agrees that its Obligations
                hereunder shall be unconditional, regardless of the validity,
                regularity or enforceability of the Notes or the Indenture, the


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                absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent
                by any Holder of the Notes with respect to any provisions hereof
                or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the Company,
                any action to enforce the same or any other circumstance which
                might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or
                defense of a guarantor.

            (f) Each Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereby waives diligence,
                presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in
                the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right
                to require a proceeding first against the Company, protest,
                notice and all demands whatsoever and covenants that its
                Subsidiary Guarantee made pursuant to this Supplemental
                Indenture will not be discharged except by complete performance
                of the Obligations contained in the Notes and the Indenture.

            (g) If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or
                otherwise to return to the Company or any Guaranteeing
                Subsidiary, or any custodian, Trustee, liquidator or other
                similar official acting in relation to either the Company or
                such Guaranteeing Subsidiary, any amount paid by either to the
                Trustee or such Holder, the Subsidiary Guarantee made pursuant
                to this Supplemental Indenture, to the extent theretofore
                discharged, shall be reinstated in full force and effect.

            (h) Each Guaranteeing Subsidiary 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 Guaranteeing
                Subsidiary further agrees that, as between such Guaranteeing
                Subsidiary, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on
                the other hand:



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                (i)  the maturity of the Obligations guaranteed hereby may be
                     accelerated as provided in Article 6 of the Indenture for
                     the purposes of the Subsidiary Guarantee made pursuant to
                     this Supplemental Indenture, notwithstanding any stay,
                     injunction or other prohibition preventing such
                     acceleration in respect of the Obligations guaranteed
                     hereby; and

                (ii) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such
                     Obligations as provided in Article 6 of the Indenture, such
                     Obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall
                     forthwith become due and payable by such Guaranteeing
                     Subsidiary for the purpose of the Subsidiary Guarantee made
                     pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture.

            (i) Each Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall have the right to seek
                contribution from any other non-paying Guaranteeing Subsidiary
                so long as the exercise of such right does not impair the rights
                of the Holders or the Trustee under the Subsidiary Guarantee
                made pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture.

        4.  GUARANTEEING SUBSIDIARY MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC. ON CERTAIN TERMS.

            (a) Except as set forth in Articles 4 and 5 of the Indenture,
                nothing contained in the Indenture, this Supplemental Indenture
                or in the Notes shall prevent any consolidation or merger of any
                Guaranteeing Subsidiary with or into the Company or any other
                Guarantor or shall prevent any transfer, sale or conveyance of
                the property of any Guaranteeing Subsidiary as an entirety or
                substantially as an entirety, to the Company or any other
                Guarantor.

            (b) Except as set forth in Article 4 and 5 of the Indenture, nothing
                contained in the Indenture, this Supplemental Indenture or in
                the Notes shall prevent any consolidation or merger of any
                Guaranteeing Subsidiary with or into a corporation or
                corporations other than the Company or any other Guarantor (in
                each case, whether or not affiliated with the Guaranteeing
                Subsidiary), or successive consolidations or mergers in which a
                Guaranteeing Subsidiary or its successor or successors shall be
                a party or parties, or shall prevent any sale or conveyance of
                the property of any Guaranteeing Subsidiary as an entirety or
                substantially as an entirety, to a corporation other than the
                Company or any other Guarantor (in each case, whether or not
                affiliated with the Guaranteeing Subsidiary) authorized to
                acquire and operate the same; provided, however, that each
                Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereby covenants and agrees that (i)
                subject to the Indenture, upon



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                any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance, the due and
                punctual performance and observance of all of the covenants and
                conditions of the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture to
                be performed by such Guaranteeing Subsidiaries, shall be
                expressly assumed (in the event that such Guaranteeing
                Subsidiary is not the surviving corporation in the merger), by
                supplemental indenture satisfactory in form to the Trustee,
                executed and delivered to the Trustee, by the corporation formed
                by such consolidation, or into which such Guaranteeing
                Subsidiary shall have been merged, or by the corporation which
                shall have acquired such property and (ii) immediately after
                giving effect to such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance
                no Default or Event of Default exists.

            (c) In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance
                and upon the assumption by the successor corporation, by
                supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee
                and satisfactory in form to the Trustee, of the Subsidiary
                Guarantee made pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture and the
                due and punctual performance of all of the covenants and
                conditions of the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture to
                be performed by such Guaranteeing Subsidiary, such successor
                corporation shall succeed to and be substituted for such
                Guaranteeing Subsidiary with the same effect as if it had been
                named herein as the Guaranteeing Subsidiary. Such successor
                corporation thereupon may cause to be signed any or all of the
                Subsidiary Guarantees to be endorsed upon the Notes issuable
                under the Indenture which theretofore shall not have been signed
                by the Company and delivered to the Trustee. All the Subsidiary
                Guarantees so issued shall in all respects have the same legal
                rank and benefit under the Indenture and this Supplemental
                Indenture as the Subsidiary Guarantees theretofore and
                thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of the Indenture
                and this Supplemental Indenture as though all of such Subsidiary
                Guarantees had been issued at the date of the execution hereof.

        5.  RELEASES.

            (a) Concurrently with any sale of assets (including, if applicable,
                all of the Capital Stock of a Guaranteeing Subsidiary), all
                Liens, if any, in favor of the Trustee in the assets sold
                thereby shall be released; provided that in the event of an
                Asset Sale, the Net Proceeds from such sale or other disposition
                are treated in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.10 of
                the Indenture. If the assets sold in such sale or other
                disposition include all or substantially all of the assets of a
                Guaranteeing Subsidiary or all of the Capital Stock of a
                Guaranteeing Subsidiary, then the Guaranteeing Subsidiary (in
                the event of a sale or other disposition of all of the Capital
                Stock of such Guaranteeing Subsidiary) or the Person acquiring
                the property (in the



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                event of a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all
                of  the assets of such Guaranteeing Subsidiary) shall be
                released from and relieved of its Obligations under this
                Supplemental Indenture and its Subsidiary Guarantee made
                pursuant hereto; provided that in the event of an Asset Sale,
                the Net Proceeds from such sale or other disposition are treated
                in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.10 of the
                Indenture. Upon delivery by the Company to the Trustee of an
                Officers' Certificate to the effect that such sale or other
                disposition was made by the Company or the Guaranteeing
                Subsidiary, as the case may be, in accordance with the
                provisions of the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture,
                including without limitation, Section 4.10 of the Indenture, the
                Trustee shall execute any documents reasonably required in order
                to evidence the release of the Guaranteeing Subsidiary from its
                Obligations under this Supplemental Indenture and its Subsidiary
                Guarantee made pursuant hereto. If the Guaranteeing Subsidiary
                is not released from its obligations under its Subsidiary
                Guarantee, it shall remain liable for the full amount of
                principal of and interest on the Notes and for the other
                obligations of such Guaranteeing Subsidiary under the Indenture
                as provided in this Supplemental Indenture.

            (b) Upon the designation of a Guaranteeing Subsidiary as an
                Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with the terms of the
                Indenture, such Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall be released and
                relieved of its Obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee and
                this Supplemental Indenture. Upon delivery by the Company to the
                Trustee of an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to
                the effect that such designation of such Guaranteeing Subsidiary
                as an Unrestricted Subsidiary was made by the Company in
                accordance with the provisions of the Indenture, including
                without limitation Section 4.07 of the Indenture, the Trustee
                shall execute any documents reasonably required in order to
                evidence the release of such Guaranteeing Subsidiary from its
                Obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee. Any Guaranteeing
                Subsidiary not released from its Obligations under its
                Subsidiary Guarantee shall remain liable for the full amount of
                principal of and interest on the Notes and for the other
                Obligations of any Guaranteeing Subsidiary under the Indenture
                as provided herein.

            (c) Each Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall be released and relieved of
                its obligations under this Supplemental Indenture in accordance
                with, and subject to, Section 4.18 of the Indenture.



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        6. NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS. No past, present or future director,
officer, employee, incorporator, stockholder or agent of any Guaranteeing
Subsidiary, as such, shall have any liability for any Obligations of the Company
or any Guaranteeing Subsidiary under the Notes, any Subsidiary Guarantees, the
Indenture or this Supplemental Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect
of, or by reason of, such Obligations or their creation. Each Holder of the
Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and
release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes. Such waiver may
not be effective to waive liabilities under the federal securities laws and it
is the view of the SEC that such a waiver is against public policy.

        7. SUBORDINATION OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES; ANTI-LAYERING. No
Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall incur, create, issue, assume, guarantee or
otherwise become liable for any Indebtedness that is subordinate or junior in
right of payment to any Senior Debt of a Guaranteeing Subsidiary and senior in
any respect in right of payment to any of the Subsidiary Guarantees.
Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, the Subsidiary Guarantee of each
Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall be subordinated to the prior payment in full of
all Senior Debt of that Guaranteeing Subsidiary (in the same manner and to the
same extent that the Notes are subordinated to Senior Debt), which shall include
all guarantees of Senior Debt.

        8. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

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

        10. EFFECT OF HEADINGS. The Section headings herein are for convenience
only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

        11. THE TRUSTEE. The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner
whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental
Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which
recitals are made solely by the Guaranteeing Subsidiaries and the Company.





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


Dated: May 10, 2005                 L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION


                                    By: /s/ Christopher C. Cambria
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name: Christopher C. Cambria
                                        Title: Senior Vice President, Secretary
                                               and General Counsel






Dated: May 10, 2005       APCOM, INC., a Maryland corporation
                          BROADCAST SPORTS INC., a Delaware corporation
                          D.P. ASSOCIATES INC., a Virginia corporation
                          ELECTRODYNAMICS, INC., an Arizona corporation
                          HENSCHEL INC., a Delaware corporation
                          HYGIENETICS ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC., a Delaware
                              corporation
                          INTERSTATE ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, a California
                              corporation
                          KDI PRECISION PRODUCTS, INC., a Delaware corporation
                          L-3 COMMUNICATIONS AEROMET, INC., an Oregon
                              corporation
                          L-3 COMMUNICATIONS VERTEX AEROSPACE LLC, a
                              Delaware limited liability company L-3
                          COMMUNICATIONS AIS GP CORPORATION, a Delaware
                              corporation L-3 COMMUNICATIONS
                          AVIONICS SYSTEMS, INC., a Delaware corporation L-3
                              COMMUNICATIONS AVYSIS
                          CORPORATION, a Texas corporation
                          L-3 COMMUNICATIONS AYDIN CORPORATION, a Delaware
                              corporation
                          L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CSI, INC., a California corporation
                          L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CE HOLDINGS, INC., a Delaware
                              corporation
                          L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CINCINNATI ELECTRONICS CORPORATION,
                              an Ohio corporation
                          L-3 COMMUNICATIONS ELECTRON TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a
                              Delaware corporation
                          L-3 COMMUNICATIONS ESSCO, INC., a Delaware corporation
                          L-3 COMMUNICATIONS FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL AVIATION LLC,
                              a Delaware limited liability company
                          L-3 COMMUNICATIONS FLIGHT CAPITAL LLC, a Delaware
                              limited liability company
                          L-3 COMMUNICATIONS GOVERNMENT SERVICES, INC., a
                              Virginia corporation
                          L-3 COMMUNICATIONS ILEX SYSTEMS, INC., a Delaware
                              corporation
                          L-3 COMMUNICATIONS INFRAREDVISION TECHNOLOGY
                              CORPORATION, a California corporation
                          L-3 COMMUNICATIONS INTEGRATED SYSTEMS L.P., a Delaware
                              limited partnership
                          L-3 COMMUNICATIONS INVESTMENTS INC., a Delaware
                              corporation
                          L-3 COMMUNICATIONS KLEIN ASSOCIATES, INC., a Delaware
                              corporation
                          L-3 COMMUNICATIONS MAPPS INVESTMENTS, LLC, a Delaware
                              limited liability company





                          L-3 COMMUNICATIONS MAS (US) CORPORATION, a Delaware
                              corporation
                          L-3 COMMUNICATIONS MOBILE-VISION, INC., a New Jersey
                              corporation
                          L-3 COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY AND DETECTION SYSTEMS,
                              INC., a Delaware corporation
                          L-3 COMMUNICATIONS SONOMA EO, INC., a California
                              corporation
                          L-3 COMMUNICATIONS VECTOR INTERNATIONAL AVIATION LLC,
                              a Delaware limited liability company
                          L-3 COMMUNICATIONS WESTWOOD CORPORATION, a Nevada
                              corporation
                          MCTI ACQUISITION CORPORATION, a Maryland corporation
                          MICRODYNE COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED, a
                              Maryland corporation
                          MICRODYNE CORPORATION, a Maryland corporation
                          MICRODYNE OUTSOURCING INCORPORATED, a Maryland
                              corporation
                          MPRI, INC., a Delaware corporation
                          PAC ORD INC., a Delaware corporation
                          POWER PARAGON, INC., a Delaware corporation
                          SHIP ANALYTICS, INC., a Connecticut corporation
                          SHIP ANALYTICS INTERNATIONAL, INC., a Delaware
                              corporation
                          SHIP ANALYTICS USA, INC., a Connecticut corporation
                          SPD ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS, INC., a Delaware corporation
                          SPD SWITCHGEAR INC., a Delaware corporation
                          SYCOLEMAN CORPORATION, a Florida corporation
                          TROLL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, a California corporation
                          WESCAM AIR OPS INC., a Delaware corporation
                          WESCAM AIR OPS LLC, a Delaware limited liability
                              company
                          WESCAM HOLDINGS (US) INC., a Delaware corporation
                          WESCAM INCORPORATED, a Florida corporation
                          WESCAM LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
                          WESCAM SONOMA INC., a California corporation
                          WOLF COACH, INC., a Massachusetts corporation As
                              Guaranteeing Subsidiaries

                                    By: /s/ Christopher C. Cambria
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name: Christopher C. Cambria
                                        Title: Vice President, Secretary





Dated:  May 10, 2005                THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
                                    as Trustee


                                    By: /s/ Robert A. Massimillo
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name: Robert A. Massimillo
                                        Title: Vice President