8-K 1 seniornotesregistration.htm FORM 8-K SENIOR SECURES NOTES REGISTRATION seniornotesregistration.htm

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
 
May 14, 2014
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Delaware
 
001-34460
 
13-3818604
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
4820 Eastgate Mall, Suite 200
San Diego, California 92121
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
 
(858) 812-7300
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
 
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:
 
o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 
o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
 
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
 
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 
 

 

 
Item 1.01                 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
 
Senior Secured Notes
 
On May 14, 2014, Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (the “Company,” “we,” or “our”) completed an offering of $625 million aggregate principal amount of 7.000% senior secured notes due 2019 (the “Notes”) in a private placement conducted pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”). The proceeds from the offering will be used to refinance the Company’s existing 10% senior secured notes due 2017 and to pay all fees and expenses related thereto. The Notes are governed by the Indenture dated as of May 14, 2014 (the “Indenture”) among the Company, certain of the Company’s subsidiaries (the “Guarantors”) and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee and Collateral Agent.
 
The Notes bear interest at a rate of 7.000% per year from the date of original issuance or from the most recent payment date on which interest has been paid or provided for. Interest on the Notes is payable in arrears on May 15 and November 15 of each year, beginning on November 15, 2014. The Notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Guarantors.
 
The Notes and the guarantees will be our and each Guarantor’s senior secured obligations and will be equal in right of payment with all other senior obligations of the Guarantors’ existing and future secured debt to the extent of the assets securing that secured debt.  The Company’s obligations under the Notes are secured by a first priority security interest in certain collateral described in the Indenture and a second priority security interest in certain other collateral described in the Indenture where the lenders under the Credit Agreement (as described below) have a first priority security interest.  The lenders under the Credit Agreement and the collateral agent and trustee with respect to the Notes have entered into an intercreditor agreement to govern the relative priority of the collateral.
 
The Notes will be redeemable, in whole or in part, at any time on or after May 15, 2016 on the redemption dates and at the respective redemption prices specified in the Indenture. In addition, we may redeem up to 35% of the Notes before May 15, 2016 with the net proceeds of certain equity offerings. We may also redeem some or all of the Notes before May 15, 2016 at a redemption price of 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date, plus a “make whole” premium. In addition, at one time prior to May 15, 2016, we may redeem up to 10% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes issued under the Indenture at a redemption price of 103% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption.  We may also be required to make an offer to purchase the Notes upon a change of control.
 
In connection with the sale of the Notes, the Company entered into a Registration Rights Agreement dated as of May 14, 2014 (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) with the Guarantors and the representative of the initial purchasers of the Notes identified therein. Under the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company and the Guarantors have agreed to (i) file a registration statement with respect to a registered exchange offer to exchange the Notes for new registered notes with terms substantially identical in all material respects with the Notes (except that the exchange notes will not contain terms with respect to additional interest, registration rights or transfer restrictions); (ii) use our commercially reasonable efforts to cause the exchange offer registration statement to be declared effective by the SEC under the Act; (iii) use our commercially reasonable efforts to, on or before the 365th day after the date of the initial issuance of the Notes, have consummated the exchange offer; and (iv) in certain circumstances, file a shelf registration statement to cover resales of the Notes. If the Company and the Guarantors fail to consummate the exchange offer within 365 days of the issue date of the Notes or otherwise fail to satisfy their registration obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement, then the annual interest rate on the Notes will increase by 0.25% per annum for the first 90 days commencing on the 366th day following the date of issuance or the day a shelf registration statement ceases to be effective, if applicable, and by an additional 0.25% per annum for each subsequent 90-day period during which the registration default continues, up to a maximum additional interest rate of 1.0% per annum.  The Indenture, which includes the form of the Notes and the form of the guarantees, is filed as Exhibit 4.1 to this current report and is incorporated herein by reference. The Registration Rights Agreement is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this current report and is incorporated herein by reference. The description of the Indenture, the Notes and the Registration Rights Agreement in this current report are summaries only, do not purport to be complete, and are qualified in their entirety by the terms of the Indenture, the Notes and the Registration Rights Agreement, respectively.
 
 
Credit and Security Agreement
 
On May 14, 2014, the Company entered into a Credit and Security Agreement (the “Credit Agreement”), by and among the Company, the lenders from time to time party thereto, SunTrust Bank, as Agent (the “Agent”), PNC Bank, National Association, as Joint Lead Arranger and Documentation Agent and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., as Joint Lead Arranger and Sole Book Runner.  The Credit Agreement establishes a five-year senior secured revolving credit facility in the maximum amount of $110.0 million (subject to a potential increase of the maximum principal amount to $135.0 million, subject to SunTrust’s and applicable lenders’ approval as described therein), consisting of a subline for letters of credit in the amount not to exceed $50.0 million, as well as a swingline loan in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not to exceed $10.0 million.
 
The Company’s obligations under the Credit Agreement are guaranteed by the Guarantors.  The Company’s obligations under the Credit Agreement are secured by a first priority security interest in certain collateral described in the Credit Agreement and a second priority security interest in certain other collateral described in the Credit Agreement where the holders of the Notes (as described above) have a first priority security interest.  The Agent with respect to the lenders under the Credit Agreement and the collateral agent with respect to the Notes have entered into an intercreditor agreement to govern the relative priority of the collateral.
 
Borrowings under the revolving credit facility may take the form of a base rate revolving loan, Eurodollar revolving loan or swingline loan.  Base rate revolving loans and swingline loans will bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the sum of the Applicable Margin (as defined in the Credit Agreement) from time to time in effect plus the highest of (i) the Agent’s prime lending rate, as in effect at such time, (ii) the federal funds rate, as in effect at such time, plus 0.50% per annum, and (iii) the Adjusted LIBO Rate (as defined in the Credit Agreement) determined at such time for an interest period of one month, plus 1.00% per annum. Eurodollar revolving loans  will bear interest a rate per annum equal to the sum of the Applicable Margin from time to time in effect plus the Adjusted LIBO Rate. The Applicable Margin varies between 1.50% - 2.00% for base rate revolving loans and swingline loans and 2.50%  - 3.00% for Eurodollar loans, and is based on several factors including the Company’s then-existing borrowing base and the Lender’s total commitment amount and revolving credit exposure. The calculation of the Company’s borrowing base takes into account several items relating to the Company and its subsidiaries, including amounts due and owing under billed and unbilled accounts receivables, then-held eligible raw materials inventory, work-in-process inventory, and applicable reserves.
 
The Credit Agreement contains certain covenants, which include, but are not limited to restrictions on indebtedness, liens, and investments, and places limits on other various payments.
 
Events of default under the terms of the Credit Agreement include, but are not limited to:
 
 
Failure of the Company to pay any principal of any loans in full when due and payable;
 
 
Failure of the Company to pay any interest on any loan or any fee or other amount payable under the Credit Agreement within three business days after the date when due and payable;
 
 
Failure of the Company or any of its subsidiaries to comply with certain covenants and agreements, subject to applicable grace periods and/or notice requirements; or
 
 
Any representation, warranty or statement made in or pursuant to the Credit Agreement or any related writing or any other material information furnished by the Company or any of its subsidiaries to the Agent or the lenders shall prove to be false or erroneous.
 
Subject to certain notice requirements and other conditions, upon the occurrence of an event of default, commitments may be terminated and the principal of, and interest then outstanding on, all of the loans may become immediately due and payable; however, where an event of default arises from certain bankruptcy events, the commitments shall automatically and immediately terminate and the principal of, and interest then outstanding on, all of the loans shall become immediately due and payable.
 
The Credit Agreement is filed as Exhibit 10.2 to this current report and is incorporated herein by reference. The description of the Credit Agreement in this current report is a summary only, does not purport to be complete, and is qualified in its entirety by the terms of the Credit Agreement.
 
Item 1.02                 Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement.
 
On May 14, 2014, the Company completed the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture, dated May 19, 2010, by and among the Company, the subsidiaries of the Company that are Guarantors thereunder, and Wilmington Trust, National Association (successor by merger to Wilmington Trust FSB), as Trustee and Collateral Agent (as amended and supplemented from time to time prior to the date hereof, the “Existing Indenture”) governing the Company’s 10% Senior Secured Notes due 2017 (the “2017 Notes”).  Interested parties should read the Company’s announcements and public filings regarding the 2017 Notes.
 
This current report does not constitute a notice of redemption under the optional redemption provisions of the Existing Indenture, nor does it constitute an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, any security. No offer, solicitation, or sale will be made in any jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful.
 
Item 2.03                 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangementof a Registrant.
 
The information set forth in Item 1.01 of this current report is incorporated herein by reference into this Item 2.03.
 
Item 2.04                 Triggering Events That Accelerate or Increase a Direct Financial Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement.
 
On May 14, 2014, the Company notified Wilmington Trust, National Association (successor by merger to Wilmington Trust FSB), the trustee for the 2017 Notes, of its election to call for redemption on June 13, 2014 (the “Redemption Date”) all of the outstanding 2017 Notes and instructed the trustee to provide notice of such redemption to the holders of the 2017 Notes in accordance with the terms of the Exiting Indenture.  The 2017 Notes will be redeemed at a redemption price of 105.000% of the outstanding principal amount of the 2017 Notes being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, up to, but excluding the Redemption Date.  Following the redemption, none of the 2017 Notes will remain outstanding.  This current report does not constitute a notice of redemption of the 2017 Notes.
 
Item 3.02. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.
 
The information set forth in Item 1.01 of this current report is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.02.
 
Item 3.03                 Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.
 
Pursuant to the terms of the Indenture and the Credit Agreement, the Company is subject to certain restrictions on its ability to pay dividends or make other distributions or payments on account of any redemption, retirement or purchase of any capital stock.  The information regarding such restrictions set forth in Item 1.01 and the Indenture and the Credit Agreement, each incorporated by reference therein, is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.03
 
Item 5.07                 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
 
On May 14, 2014, the Company held its annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”).  As of the record date for the Annual Meeting, there were 57,420,366 shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding.  At the Annual Meeting, the holders of 50,892,990 shares were represented in person or by proxy.  Set forth below is a brief description of each matter acted upon by the stockholders of the Company at the Annual Meeting and the final voting results for each such proposal.  These proposals are set out in more detail in the Company’s Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 11, 2014.
 
1.  The stockholders considered a proposal to elect each of the individuals named below as directors to serve until the next annual meeting or until their successors are duly elected and qualified.  The nominees for election to the Board of Directors were elected, each to serve until the next annual meeting, based upon the following votes:
 
Nominee
For
Against
Abstain
Broker
Non-Votes
Scott Anderson
38,124,754
1,166,404
81,859
11,519,973
Bandel Carano
37,625,067
1,698,047
49,903
11,519,973
Eric DeMarco
38,010,506
1,168,983
193,528
11,519,973
William Hoglund
36,847,330
2,265,384
260,303
11,519,973
Scot Jarvis
37,027,880
2,265,567
79,570
11,519,973
Jane Judd
36,925,400
2,368,227
79,390
11,519,973
Samuel Liberatore
36,947,098
2,346,720
79,199
11,519,973
 
 
2.  The stockholders considered a proposal to ratify the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 28, 2014.  This proposal was approved based upon the following votes:
 
For
49,717,551
Against
1,107,871
Abstain
67,568
 
 
3.  The stockholders considered a proposal to approve the adoption of the Company’s 2014 Equity Incentive Plan.  This proposal was approved based upon the following votes:
 
For
36,362,218
Against
2,709,348
Abstain
301,451
Broker Non-Votes
11,519,973
 
 
4.  The stockholders considered a proposal to approve, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, as presented in the Company’s 2014 Proxy Statement.  This proposal was approved based upon the following votes:
 
For
36,475,580
Against
2,700,288
Abstain
197,149
Broker Non-Votes
11,519,973
 
Item 8.01                 Other Events.
 
On May 15, 2014, the Company issued a press release announcing that it completed an offering of $625 million aggregate principal of senior secured notes. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this current report and is incorporated herein by reference.
 
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
(d) Exhibits
 
Exhibit No.
 
Description
4.1
 
Indenture, dated as of May 14, 2014, among Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., as Issuer, the Guarantors party thereto, and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee and Collateral Agent.
 
10.1
 
Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of May 14, 2014, among Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., as Issuer, the Guarantors party thereto, and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., as Representative of the Initial Purchasers.
     
10.2
 
Credit and Security Agreement, dated as of May 14, 2014, among Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., as Borrower, the lenders named therein, SunTrust Bank, as Agent, and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., as Lead Arranger and Sole Book Runner.
 
99.1
 
Press Release, issued by Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. on May 15, 2014.

 
 

 

 
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.
 
 
 
Date: May 15, 2014
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.
     
 
By:
/s/ Deborah S. Butera
 
Name:
Deborah S. Butera
 
Title:
Senior Vice President, General Counsel/Registered In-House Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer, and Secretary
 

 
 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX
 
 
Exhibit
No.
 
Description
     
4.1
 
Indenture, dated as of May 14, 2014, among Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., as Issuer, the Guarantors party thereto, and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee and Collateral Agent.
 
10.1
 
Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of May 14, 2014, among Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., as Issuer, the Guarantors party thereto, and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., as Representative of the Initial Purchasers.
     
10.2
 
Credit and Security Agreement, dated as of May 14, 2014, among Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., as Borrower, the lenders named therein, SunTrust Bank, as Agent, and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., as Lead Arranger and Sole Book Runner.
 
99.1
 
Press Release, issued by Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. on May 15, 2014.



 
 

 

Exhibit 4.1

 
INDENTURE,
 
 
dated as of May 14, 2014,
 
 
among
 
KRATOS DEFENSE & SECURITY SOLUTIONS, INC.
 
 
as Issuer,
 
 
THE GUARANTORS HEREAFTER PARTIES HERETO,
 
 
as Guarantors
 
 
and
 
 
WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
 
 
as Trustee and Collateral Agent
 
 
 
 
7.000% Senior Secured Notes due 2019
 
 
 
 

 
 

 

CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE
 
 
TIA
Section
Indenture
Section
310(a)(1)
7.10
(a)(2)
7.10
(a)(3)
7.10
(a)(4)
N.A.
(a)(5)
7.10
(b)
7.03; 7.08; 7.10
(c)
N.A.
311(a)
7.03; 7.11
(b)
7.03; 7.11
312(a)
2.05
(b)
7.07; 11.03
(c)
11.03
313(a)
7.06
(b)
7.06
(c)
7.06
(d)
7.06
314(a)
4.06; 4.19
(b)
12.02
(c)(1)
4.06; 11.04
(c)(2)
11.04
(c)(3)
4.06
(d)
12.03
(e)
11.05
(f)
N.A.
315(a)
7.01(b)
(b)
7.05
(c)
7.01(a)
(d)
7.01(c)
(e)
6.11
316(a)(last sentence)
2.09
(a)(1)(A)
6.05
(a)(1)(B)
6.04
(a)(2)
N.A.
(b)
6.07
(c)
9.04
317(a)(1)
6.08
(a)(2)
6.09
(b)
2.04
318(a)
11.01
(b)
N.A.
(c)
11.01
____________________
 
N.A. means Not Applicable
 
NOTE:                      This Cross-Reference Table shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of this Indenture.


 
 

 

Table of Contents
 
   
ARTICLE ONE
 
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
 
SECTION 1.01. Definitions.
1
SECTION 1.02. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.
27
SECTION 1.03. Rules of Construction.
28
ARTICLE TWO
 
THE NOTES
 
SECTION 2.01. Form and Dating.
28
SECTION 2.02. Execution and Authentication; Additional Notes; Aggregate Principal Amount.
29
SECTION 2.03. Registrar and Paying Agent.
30
SECTION 2.04. Obligations of Paying Agent.
30
SECTION 2.05. Holder Lists.
31
SECTION 2.06. Transfer and Exchange.
31
SECTION 2.07. Replacement Notes.
31
SECTION 2.08. Outstanding Notes.
32
SECTION 2.09. Treasury Notes; When Notes Are Disregarded.
32
SECTION 2.10. Temporary Notes.
32
SECTION 2.11. Cancellation.
32
SECTION 2.12. CUSIP Numbers.
33
SECTION 2.13. Deposit of Moneys.
33
SECTION 2.14. Book-Entry Provisions for Global Notes.
33
SECTION 2.15. Special Transfer Provisions.
34
SECTION 2.16. Transfers of Global Notes and Physical Notes.
36
ARTICLE THREE
 
REDEMPTION
 
SECTION 3.01. Redemption.
36
SECTION 3.02. Selection of Notes to be Redeemed.
37
SECTION 3.03. Notice of Redemption.
38
 
 
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SECTION 3.04. Effect of Notice of Redemption.
39
SECTION 3.05. Deposit of Redemption Price.
39
SECTION 3.06. Notes Redeemed in Part.
39
ARTICLE FOUR
 
COVENANTS
 
SECTION 4.01. Payment of Notes.
40
SECTION 4.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
40
SECTION 4.03. Corporate Existence.
40
SECTION 4.04. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims.
40
SECTION 4.05. Maintenance of Properties and Insurance.
41
SECTION 4.06. Compliance Certificate, Notice of Default.
41
SECTION 4.07. Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws.
42
SECTION 4.08. Limitation on Incurrence of Additional Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock.
42
SECTION 4.09. Limitation on Restricted Payments.
43
SECTION 4.10. Repurchase upon Change of Control.
46
SECTION 4.11. Limitation on Asset Sales.
48
SECTION 4.12. Limitation on Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries.
50
SECTION 4.13. Limitation on Issuances and Sales of Capital Stock of Subsidiaries.
51
SECTION 4.14. Limitation on Liens.
52
SECTION 4.15. Limitations on Transactions with Affiliates.
52
SECTION 4.16. Additional Subsidiary Guarantees.
53
SECTION 4.17. Real Estate Mortgages and Filings.
53
SECTION 4.18. Conduct of Business.
54
SECTION 4.19. Reports to Holders.
54
SECTION 4.20. Limitations on Sale and Leaseback Transactions.
55
SECTION 4.21. Payments for Consent.
55
SECTION 4.22. Additional Interest.
55
ARTICLE FIVE
 
SUCCESSOR CORPORATION
 
SECTION 5.01. Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets.
56
SECTION 5.02. Successor Entity Substituted.
57
 
 
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ARTICLE SIX
 
DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
 
SECTION 6.01. Events of Default
58
SECTION 6.02. Acceleration.
59
SECTION 6.03. Other Remedies.
60
SECTION 6.04. Waiver of Past Defaults.
60
SECTION 6.05. Control by Majority.
60
SECTION 6.06. Limitation on Suits.
61
SECTION 6.07. Rights of Holders to Receive Payment.
61
SECTION 6.08. Collection Suit by Trustee or Collateral Agent.
61
SECTION 6.09. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
61
SECTION 6.10. Priorities.
62
SECTION 6.11. Undertaking for Costs.
62
SECTION 6.12. Restoration of Rights and Remedies.
63
ARTICLE SEVEN
 
TRUSTEE
 
SECTION 7.01. Duties of Trustee.
63
SECTION 7.02. Rights of Trustee.
64
SECTION 7.03. Individual Rights of Trustee.
65
SECTION 7.04. Trustee’s Disclaimer.
66
SECTION 7.05. Notice of Default.
66
SECTION 7.06. Reports by Trustee to Holders.
66
SECTION 7.07. Compensation and Indemnity.
67
SECTION 7.08. Replacement of Trustee.
68
SECTION 7.09. Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc.
68
SECTION 7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification.
69
SECTION 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.
69
SECTION 7.12. Trustee as Paying Agent and Collateral Agent.
69
SECTION 7.13. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.
69
ARTICLE EIGHT
 
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE
 
SECTION 8.01. Legal Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance.
70
 
 
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SECTION 8.02. Satisfaction and Discharge.
72
SECTION 8.03. Survival of Certain Obligations.
73
SECTION 8.04. Acknowledgment of Discharge by Trustee and Collateral Agent.
73
SECTION 8.05. Application of Trust Moneys.
73
SECTION 8.06. Repayment to the Company; Unclaimed Money.
73
SECTION 8.07. Reinstatement.
74
ARTICLE NINE
 
AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS
 
SECTION 9.01. Without Consent of Holders.
74
SECTION 9.02. With Consent of Holders.
75
SECTION 9.03. Compliance with TIA.
76
SECTION 9.04. Revocation and Effect of Consents.
76
SECTION 9.05. Notation on or Exchange of Notes.
77
SECTION 9.06. Trustee to Sign Amendments, Etc.
77
SECTION 9.07. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.
78
ARTICLE TEN
 
GUARANTEE
 
SECTION 10.01. Guarantee.
78
SECTION 10.02. Release of a Guarantor.
79
SECTION 10.03. Limitation of Guarantor’s Liability.
79
SECTION 10.04. Guarantors May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms.
80
SECTION 10.05. Contribution.
80
SECTION 10.06. Waiver of Subrogation.
80
SECTION 10.07. Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws.
81
SECTION 10.08. Execution and Delivery of Guarantees.
81
ARTICLE ELEVEN
 
MISCELLANEOUS
 
SECTION 11.01. Trust Indenture Act Controls.
81
SECTION 11.02. Notices.
81
SECTION 11.03. Communications by Holders with Other Holders.
82
SECTION 11.04. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.
82
 
 
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SECTION 11.05. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.
83
SECTION 11.06. Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent, Registrar.
83
SECTION 11.07. Legal Holidays.
83
SECTION 11.08. Governing Law.
83
SECTION 11.09. No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.
84
SECTION 11.10. No Recourse Against Others.
84
SECTION 11.11. Successors.
84
SECTION 11.12. Duplicate Originals.
84
SECTION 11.13. Severability.
84
SECTION 11.14. Waiver of Jury Trial.
84
ARTICLE TWELVE
 
SECURITY
 
SECTION 12.01. Security Interest.
85
SECTION 12.02. Opinions.
85
SECTION 12.03. Release of Collateral.
86
SECTION 12.04. Specified Releases of Collateral.
86
SECTION 12.05. Release upon Satisfaction or Defeasance of All Outstanding Obligations.
87
SECTION 12.06. Form and Sufficiency of Release.
87
SECTION 12.07. Purchaser Protected.
88
SECTION 12.08. Authorization of Actions to Be Taken by the Collateral Agent Under the Collateral Agreements.
88
SECTION 12.09. Authorization of Receipt of Funds by the Trustee Under the Collateral Agreements.
88
SECTION 12.10. Intercreditor Agreement.
88

 
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This INDENTURE, dated as of May 14, 2014, among Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the Guarantors (as herein defined) hereafter parties hereto and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”) and Collateral Agent (in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”).
 
Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of each other and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the 7.000% Senior Secured Notes due 2019 (the “Initial Notes”) and the 7.000% Senior Secured Notes due 2019 issued only in exchange for a like principal amount at maturity of Initial Notes (the “Exchange Notes,” and together with the Initial Notes, the “Notes”):
 
 
ARTICLE ONE
 
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
 
SECTION 1.01.   Definitions.
 
Acceleration Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.02.
 
Acquired Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of a Person or any of its Subsidiaries existing at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or at the time it merges or consolidates with or into the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or in the case of any Indebtedness assumed in connection with the acquisition of assets from such Person and in each case not incurred by such Person in connection with, or in anticipation or contemplation of, such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or such acquisition, merger or consolidation and which Indebtedness is without recourse to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or to any of their respective properties or assets other than the Person or the assets to which such Indebtedness related prior to the time such Person became a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or the time of such acquisition, merger or consolidation.
 
Additional Interest” has the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.
 
Additional Notes” means all 7.000% Senior Secured Notes due 2019 (other than Exchange Notes) issued after the Issue Date (other than pursuant to Sections 2.06, 2.07, 2.10 and 3.06 of this Indenture) from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Indenture, including, without limitation, the provisions of Section 2.02.
 
Administrative Agent” has the meaning set forth in the definition of the term “Credit Agreement.”
 
Affiliate” means, with respect to any specified Person, any other Person who directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified Person. The term “control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise. The terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative of the foregoing.
 
Affiliate Transaction” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.15.
 
Agent” means any Registrar, Paying Agent or co-Registrar.
 
 
 

 
 
Agent Members” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14 and means, with respect to the Depository, Euroclear or Clearstream, a Person who has an account with the Depository, Euroclear or Clearstream, respectively (and, with respect to the Depository, shall include Euroclear and Clearstream).
 
Applicable Premium” means, with respect to a Note at any Redemption Date, the greater of (i) 1.00% of the principal amount of such Note and (ii) the excess of (A) the present value at such Redemption Date of (1) the redemption price of such Note on May 15, 2016 (such redemption price being that described in Section 3.01(a) on or after May 15, 2016) plus (2) all required remaining scheduled interest payments due on such Notes through May 15, 2016, with such present value being computed for purposes of both clauses (1) and (2) above using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate plus 50 basis points over (B) the principal amount of such Note on such Redemption Date. Calculation of the Applicable Premium will be made by the Company or on behalf of the Company by such Person as the Company shall designate.
 
Applicable Procedures” means, with respect to any transfer or exchange of or for beneficial interests in any Global Note, the rules and procedures of the Depository, Euroclear and Clearstream that apply to such transfer or exchange.
 
Asset Acquisition” means:
 
(1) an Investment by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in any other Person pursuant to which such Person shall become a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, or shall be merged with or into the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, or
 
(2) the acquisition by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of the assets of any Person (other than a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company) which constitute all or substantially all of the assets of such Person or comprise any division or line of business of such Person or any other properties or assets of such Person other than in the ordinary course of business.
 
Asset Sale” means any direct or indirect sale, issuance, conveyance, transfer, lease (other than operating leases entered into in the ordinary course of business), assignment or other transfer (other than a Lien permitted in accordance with this Indenture) for value by (x) the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to any Person other than the Company or a Guarantor or (y) a Foreign Restricted Subsidiary to any Person other than the Company or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company of:
 
(1) any Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; or
 
(2) any other property or assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company other than in the ordinary course of business;
 
provided, however, that Asset Sales shall not include:
 
(a) a transaction or series of related transactions for which the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries receive aggregate consideration of less than $5.0 million;
 
(b) the sale, lease, conveyance, disposition or other transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company as permitted under Section 5.01;
 
(c) any Restricted Payment permitted under Section 4.09 or a Permitted Investment;
 
 
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(d) the sale of Cash Equivalents;
 
(e) the sale or other disposition of used, worn out, obsolete or surplus equipment or damaged equipment the repair of which in the good faith determination of the Company is non-economical;
 
(f) a disposition by a Subsidiary to the Company or by the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company to a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary;
 
(g) the non-exclusive license or sublicense of intellectual property or other intangibles;
 
(h) dispositions of receivables in connection with the compromise, settlement or collection thereof in the ordinary course of business or in bankruptcy or similar proceedings and exclusive of factoring or similar arrangements;
 
(i) the unwinding of any Commodity Agreement or Credit Facility Hedging Obligations (including sales under forward contracts);
 
(j) any dispositions 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 agreements;
 
(k) the lease or sublease of office space; and
 
(l) to the extent allowable under Section 1031 of the Code (or comparable or successor provision), any exchange of like property for use in any Permitted Business.
 
Attributable Debt” in respect of a sale and leaseback transaction occurring on or after the date of this Indenture means, at the time of determination, the present value (discounted at the rate of interest implicit in such transaction, determined in accordance with GAAP) of the obligation of the lessee for net rental payments during the remaining term of the lease included in such sale and leaseback transaction (including any period for which such lease has been extended); provided, however, if such sale and leaseback transaction results in a Capitalized Lease Obligation, the amount of Indebtedness represented thereby will be determined in accordance with the definition of Capitalized Lease Obligation.
 
 
Authenticating Agent” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.02.
 
 
Bankruptcy Code” means the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978, as amended, and codified as 11 U.S.C. §§101 et seq.
 
Beneficial Owner” has the meaning assigned to such term in Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that in calculating the beneficial ownership of any particular “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), such “person” will be deemed to have beneficial ownership of all securities that such “person” has the right to acquire by conversion or exercise of other securities, whether such right is currently exercisable or is exercisable only upon the occurrence of a subsequent condition.  The terms “Beneficially Owns” and “Beneficially Owned” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
 
Board of Directors” means, as to any Person, the board of directors or similar governing body of such Person or any duly authorized committee thereof.
 
 
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Board Resolution” means, with respect to any Person, a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of such Person to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors of such Person and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
 
Business Day” means a day that is not a Legal Holiday.
 
Capital Stock” means:
 
(1)        with respect to any Person that is a corporation, any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated and whether or not voting) of corporate stock, including each class of Common Stock and Preferred Stock of such Person;
 
 
(2)        with respect to any Person that is not a corporation, any and all partnership, membership or other equity interests of such Person; and
 
(3)        any warrants, rights or options to purchase any of the instruments or interests referred to in clause (1) or (2) above.
 
 “Capitalized Lease Obligation” means, at the time any determination is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a capital lease that would at that time be required to be capitalized on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP, and the stated maturity thereof shall be the date of the last payment of rent or any other amount due under such lease prior to the first date upon which such lease may be prepaid by the lessee without payment of a penalty.
 
Cash Equivalents” means:
 
(1) marketable direct obligations issued by, or unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States Government or issued by any agency thereof and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, in each case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof;
 
(2) marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the United States of America or any political subdivision of any such state or any public instrumentality thereof maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having one of the two highest ratings obtainable from either S&P or Moody’s;
 
(3) commercial paper maturing no more than one year from the date of creation thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having a rating of at least A-1 from S&P or at least P-1 from Moody’s;
 
(4) certificates of deposit or bankers’ acceptances maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof issued by any bank organized under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof or the District of Columbia or any U.S. branch of a foreign bank having at the date of acquisition thereof combined net capital and surplus of not less than $250.0 million;
 
(5) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than seven days for underlying securities of the types described in clause (1) above entered into with any bank meeting the qualifications specified in clause (4) above; and
 
(6) Investments in money market funds which invest exclusively in assets satisfying the requirements of clauses (1) through (5) above.
 
 
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Cash Management Obligations” means, with respect to any Person, all obligations (including fees, expenses and overdrafts and related liabilities) of such Person to any other Person that arise from credit cards, stored value cards, credit card processing services, debit cards, purchase cards (including so called “procurement cards” or “P-cards”), treasury, depositary or cash management services, including in connection with any automated clearing house transfers of funds, or any similar transactions.
 
Change of Control” means the occurrence of one or more of the following events:
 
(1) any direct or indirect sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one transaction or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company to any Person or “group” (as defined in Sections 13(d)(3) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act) of related Persons (a “Group”);
 
(2) the approval by the holders of Capital Stock of the Company of any plan or proposal for the liquidation, winding up or dissolution of the Company;
 
(3) any Person or Group is or becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, in the aggregate of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company; or
 
(4) individuals who on the Issue Date constituted the Board of Directors (together with any new directors whose election by such Board of Directors or whose nomination for election by the stockholders of the Company was approved pursuant to a vote of a majority of the directors then still in office who were either directors on the Issue Date or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved) cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the Board of Directors then in office.
 
Change of Control Offer” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.10.
 
Change of Control Payment Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.10.
 
Clearstream” means Clearstream Banking, societe anonyme.
 
Collateral” means all of the assets of the Company or any Guarantor, whether now owned or hereafter existing and whether real, personal or mixed, which secures the Indenture Obligations and any Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations.
 
Collateral Agent” means Wilmington Trust, National Association, as collateral agent and any successor under this Indenture.
 
Collateral Agreements means, collectively, the Intercreditor Agreement, the Security Agreement and each Mortgage, in each case, as the same may be in force from time to time.
 
Commodity Agreement means any hedging agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement designed to protect the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company against fluctuations in commodity prices.
 
Common Collateral” has the meaning set forth in the Intercreditor Agreement.
 
Common Stockof any Person means any and all shares, interests or other participations in, and other equivalents (however designated and whether voting or non-voting) of such Person’s common stock, whether outstanding on the Issue Date or issued after the Issue Date, and includes, without limitation, all series and classes of such common stock.
 
 
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Company” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Indenture.
 
Consolidated EBITDA” means, with respect to any Person, for any period, the excess of:
 
(x) the sum (without duplication) of:
 
(1) Consolidated Net Income; and
 
(2) to the extent Consolidated Net Income has been reduced thereby:
 
(a) all income taxes of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries paid or accrued in accordance with GAAP for such period;
 
(b) Consolidated Interest Expense, and interest attributable to write-offs of deferred financing costs;
 
(c) Consolidated Non-cash Charges less any non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income for such period; and
 
(d) all consolidated non-recurring losses for such period; over
 
(y) to the extent Consolidated Net Income has been increased thereby, all consolidated non-recurring gains for such period, all as determined on a consolidated basis for such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP.
 
Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means, with respect to any Person, the ratio of Consolidated EBITDA of such Person during the four consecutive full fiscal quarters (the “Four Quarter Period”) most recently ending on or prior to the date of the transaction or event giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for which financial statements are available (the “Transaction Date”) to Consolidated Fixed Charges of such Person for the Four Quarter Period.
 
In addition to and without limitation of the foregoing, for purposes of this definition, “Consolidated EBITDA” and “Consolidated Fixed Charges” shall be calculated after giving effect on a pro forma basis for the period of such calculation to:
 
(1) the incurrence or repayment of any Indebtedness of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (and the application of the proceeds thereof) giving rise to the need to make such calculation and any incurrence or repayment of other Indebtedness (and the application of the proceeds thereof) occurring during the Four Quarter Period or at any time subsequent to the last day of the Four Quarter Period and on or prior to the Transaction Date, as if such incurrence or repayment, as the case may be (and the application of the proceeds thereof), occurred on the first day of the Four Quarter Period;
 
(2) regardless of whether any revolving credit facility was actually fully drawn during such period, the Consolidated Fixed Charges relating to such revolving credit facility shall be calculated as if loans had been outstanding thereunder in an aggregate principal amount equal to the revolving commitments thereunder, as increased (if applicable), for such entire period (regardless of any limitation imposed thereunder in the making of any such loans, including as a result of any “borrowing base” limitation); and
 
(3) any Asset Sale or other disposition or Asset Acquisition (including, without limitation, any Asset Acquisition giving rise to the need to make such calculation as a result of such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries (including any Person who becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of any such Asset Acquisition) incurring, assuming or otherwise being liable for Acquired Indebtedness during the Four Quarter Period or at any time subsequent to the last day of the Four Quarter Period and on or prior to the Transaction Date), as if such Asset Sale or other disposition or Asset Acquisition (including the incurrence, assumption or liability for any such Indebtedness or Acquired Indebtedness and also including any Consolidated EBITDA associated with such Asset Acquisition) occurred on the first day of the Four Quarter Period; provided that the Consolidated EBITDA of any Person acquired shall be included only to the extent includible pursuant to the definition of “Consolidated Net Income.” If such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries directly or indirectly guarantees Indebtedness of a third Person, the preceding sentence shall give effect to the incurrence of such guaranteed Indebtedness as if such Person or any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person had directly incurred or otherwise assumed such guaranteed Indebtedness.
 
 
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Furthermore, in calculating “Consolidated Fixed Charges” for purposes of determining the denominator (but not the numerator) of this “Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio”:
 
(1) interest on outstanding Indebtedness determined on a fluctuating basis as of the Transaction Date (including Indebtedness actually incurred on the Transaction Date) and which will continue to be so determined thereafter shall be deemed to have accrued at the average rate per annum on such Indebtedness during the period of four fiscal quarters (or if less, such period of time that it was outstanding and) ending on or most recently ended prior to the Transaction Date; provided that interest on any Indebtedness actually incurred on the Transaction Date or not outstanding on the last date of such four fiscal quarter period, shall be deemed to have accrued at a fixed rate per annum equal to the rate of interest on such Indebtedness in effect on the Transaction Date; and
 
(2) notwithstanding clause (1) above, interest on Indebtedness determined on a fluctuating basis, to the extent such interest is covered by agreements relating to Interest Swap Obligations, shall be deemed to accrue at the rate per annum resulting after giving effect to the operation of such agreements.
 
Consolidated Fixed Charges” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum, without duplication, of:
 
(1) Consolidated Interest Expense (excluding amortization or write-off of deferred financing costs); plus
 
(2) the product of (x) the amount of all dividend payments on any Disqualified Capital Stock of such Person and any series of Preferred Stock of such Person (other than dividends paid in Qualified Capital Stock) paid, accrued or scheduled to be paid or accrued during such period times (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is one minus the then current effective consolidated federal, state and local tax rate of such Person, expressed as a decimal.
 
Consolidated Interest Expense” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the aggregate of the interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis, as determined in accordance with GAAP, and including, without duplication, (a) all amortization or accretion of original issue discount; (b) the interest component of Capitalized Lease Obligations paid, accrued and/or scheduled to be paid or accrued by such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period; and (c) net cash costs under all Interest Swap Obligations (including amortization of fees).
 
Consolidated Net Income” means, with respect to any Person, for any period, the aggregate net income (or net loss) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period on a consolidated basis, determined in accordance with GAAP; provided, however, that there shall be excluded therefrom:
 
 
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(1) after-tax gains and losses from Asset Sales or abandonments or reserves relating thereto;
 
(2) after-tax items classified as extraordinary gains or losses;
 
(3) the net income (but not loss) of any Restricted Subsidiary of the referent Person to the extent that the declaration of dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of that income is restricted by a contract, operation of law or otherwise;
 
(4) the net income of any Person, other than the referent Person or a Restricted Subsidiary of the referent Person, except to the extent of cash dividends or distributions paid to the referent Person or to a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the referent Person by such Person;
 
(5) any restoration to income of any material contingency reserve, except to the extent that provision for such reserve was made out of Consolidated Net Income accrued at any time following the Issue Date;
 
(6) income or loss attributable to discontinued operations (including, without limitation, operations disposed of during such period whether or not such operations were classified as discontinued);
 
(7) all gains and losses realized on or because of the purchase or other acquisition by such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of any securities of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
 
(8) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles;
 
(9) interest expense attributable to dividends on Qualified Capital Stock pursuant to Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 150, “Accounting for Certain Financial Instruments with Characteristics of both Liabilities and Equity”;
 
(10) non-cash charges resulting from the impairment of intangible assets;
 
(11) non-cash charges resulting from the amortization of intangible assets;
 
(12) non-cash charges resulting from the amortization of deferred financing costs and expenses;
 
(13) any non-cash compensation or other non-cash expenses or charges arising from the grant of or issuance or repricing of stock, stock options or other equity-based awards or any amendment, modification, substitution or change of any such stock, stock options or other equity-based awards;
 
(14) in the case of a successor to the referent Person by consolidation or merger or as a transferee of the referent Person’s assets, any earnings of the successor corporation prior to such consolidation, merger or transfer of assets;
 
(15) any fees, expenses and other costs incurred or paid in connection with the offering of the Notes and the subsequent exchange offer, the Credit Agreement, the redemption of the Existing Notes, and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby; and
 
(16) any expenses or charges related to any Equity Offering, Asset Sale, merger, amalgamation, consolidation, arrangement, acquisition, disposition, recapitalization or the incurrence of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by this Indenture (including a refinancing thereof) (whether or not successful).
 
 
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Consolidated Non-cash Charges” means, with respect to any Person, for any period, the aggregate depreciation, amortization and other non-cash items and expenses of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent they reduce Consolidated Net Income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (excluding any such charges constituting an extraordinary item or loss or any such charge which requires an accrual of or a reserve for cash charges for any future period).
 
Consolidated Secured Leverage Ratio” means, with respect to any Person, the ratio of (1) the aggregate amount of Secured Debt of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of the Transaction Date (determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP) less unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries to (2) Consolidated EBITDA for the Four Quarter Period. The Consolidated Secured Leverage Ratio shall be calculated in a manner consistent with the pro forma provisions (to the extent applicable) of the definition of “Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio.”
 
Corporate Trust Office” means the office of the Trustee at which the corporate trust business of the Trustee shall, at any particular time, be principally administered, which office is, at the date of this Indenture, located at Wilmington Trust, National Association, 50 South Sixth Street, Suite 1290, Minneapolis, MN 55402, Attn:  Kratos Administrator.
 
Covenant Defeasance” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.01.
 
Credit Agreement” means the Credit and Security Agreement dated as of the Issue Date, by and among the Company, the lenders party thereto (together with their successors and assigns, the “Lenders”) and SunTrust Bank, as administrative agent and collateral agent (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns, the “Administrative Agent”), setting forth the terms and conditions of the senior credit facility, together with the related documents thereto (including, without limitation, any guarantee agreements and security documents), in each case as such agreements may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, including pursuant to one or more agreements evidencing revolving credit facilities, commercial paper facilities, term loan facilities, receivables financings and/or notes or bond financings, in each case, as amended, restated, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced (whether upon or after termination or otherwise) or refinanced in whole or in part from time to time that extend the maturity of, refinance, replace or otherwise restructure (including increasing the amount of available borrowings thereunder (provided that such increase in borrowings is permitted to be incurred pursuant to (a) clause (2) of the definition of the term “Permitted Indebtedness” and/or (b) (i) the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test under Section 4.08 and/or (ii) clause (15) of the definition of the term “Permitted Indebtedness” that, in the case of each of such clauses (i) and (ii), is secured by a Permitted Lien described in clause (18) or (22) of the definition thereof and that is subject to the Intercreditor Agreement) or adding Subsidiaries of the Company as additional borrowers or guarantors thereunder) all or any portion of the Indebtedness under such agreement or any successor or replacement agreement and whether by the same or any other agent, lender or group of lenders.
 
Credit Facility Cash Management Obligations” means any Cash Management Obligations secured by any collateral under the Credit Facility Collateral Documents pursuant to a Permitted Lien described in clause (23) of the definition thereof.
 
Credit Facility Collateral Documents” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the Intercreditor Agreement. 
 
 
 
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Credit Facility Hedging Obligations” means collectively, any Interest Swap Obligations that are permitted to be incurred under clause (4) of the definition of the term “Permitted Indebtedness,” Indebtedness under Currency Agreements that are permitted to be incurred under clause (5) of the definition of the term “Permitted Indebtedness” and Indebtedness under Commodity Agreements that are permitted to be incurred under clause (14) of the definition of the term “Permitted Indebtedness,” in each case, that are secured by any Credit Facility Priority Collateral under the Credit Facility Collateral Documents pursuant to Liens subject to the Intercreditor Agreement.
 
Credit Facility Priority Collateral” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Intercreditor Agreement.
 
Currency Agreement” means any foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement designed to protect the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company against fluctuations in currency values.
 
Custodian” means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator, sequestrator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Code.
 
Default” means an event or condition the occurrence of which is, or with the lapse of time or the giving of notice or both would be, an Event of Default.
 
Depository” means the Depository Trust Company, its nominees and successors. 
 
Discontinued Subsidiaries” means Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company that have been classified as “discontinued operations” in Note 9 to the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2013.
 
Disqualified Capital Stock” means that portion of any Capital Stock which, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable at the option of the holder thereof), or upon the happening of any event (other than an event that would constitute a Change of Control), matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable at the sole option of the holder thereof (except in each case, upon the occurrence of a Change of Control) on or prior to the first anniversary of the final maturity date of the Notes for cash or is convertible into or exchangeable for debt securities of the Company or its Subsidiaries at any time prior to such anniversary.
 
Domestic Restricted Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, a Domestic Subsidiary of such Person that is a Restricted Subsidiary of such Person.
 
Domestic Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, a Subsidiary of such Person that is not a Foreign Subsidiary of such Person.
 
Equity Offering” means an underwritten public offering of Common Stock of the Company or any holding company of the Company pursuant to a registration statement filed with the SEC (other than on Form S-8) or any private placement of Common Stock of the Company or any holding company of the Company to any Person other than issuances upon exercise of options by employees of any holding company, the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries.
 
Euroclear” means Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear system.
 
Event of Default” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.01.                                                                                                           
 
 
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Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor statute or statutes thereto.
 
Exchange Notes has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Indenture and means the Notes, if any, issued under Section 2.02 pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement.
 
Exchange Offer” means an exchange offer that may be made by the Company, pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, to exchange for any and all the Initial Notes a like aggregate principal amount of Exchange Notes having substantially identical terms to the Initial Notes registered under the Securities Act.
 
Excluded Assets” means:
 
(1)           vehicles and other items covered by certificates of title or ownership to the extent that a security interest cannot be perfected solely by filing a UCC-1 financing statement (or similar instrument);
 
(2)           leasehold interests in real property with respect to which the Company or any Guarantor is a tenant or subtenant;
 
(3)           (A) any asset or property right of any nature if the grant of a security interest therein to the Collateral Agent shall constitute or result in the abandonment, invalidation or unenforceability of such asset or property right or the loss of use of such asset or property right and (B) any lease, license, contract or agreement if the grant of a security interest therein to the Collateral Agent shall constitute or result in a breach, termination or default under any lease, license, contract or agreement, other than to the extent that any such term would be rendered ineffective pursuant to Sections 9-406, 9-407, 9-408 or 9-409 of the Uniform Commercial Code (or any successor provision or provisions) of any relevant jurisdiction or any other applicable law (including the Bankruptcy Code) or principles of equity, to which the Company or Guarantor is party;
 
(4) any asset or property right of any nature to the extent that any applicable law or regulation prohibits the creation of a security interest thereon (other than to the extent that any such term would be rendered ineffective pursuant to Sections 9-406, 9-407, 9-408 or 9-409 of the Uniform Commercial Code (or any successor provision or provisions) of any relevant jurisdiction or any other applicable law or principles of equity);
 
(5) any applications for trademarks or service marks filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office (the “PTO”) pursuant to 15 U.S.C. §1051 Section 1(b) unless and until evidence of use of the mark in interstate commerce is submitted to the PTO pursuant to 15 U.S.C. §1051 Section 1(c) or Section 1(d);
 
(6) the voting Capital Stock of any Foreign Subsidiary in excess of 65% of all of the outstanding voting Capital Stock of such Foreign Subsidiary;
 
(7) property and assets owned by the Company or any Guarantor that are the subject of Permitted Liens described in clause (6) or (7) of the definition thereof for so long as such Permitted Liens are in effect and the Indebtedness secured thereby otherwise prohibits any other Liens thereon;
 
(8) any Capital Stock or other securities of the Company’s Subsidiaries to the extent that the pledge of such securities results in the Company being required to file separate financial statements of such Subsidiary with the SEC, but only to the extent necessary for the Company not to be subject to such requirement and only for so long as such requirement is in existence; provided that neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall take any action in the form of a reorganization, merger or other restructuring a principal purpose of which is to provide for the release of the Lien on any securities pursuant to this clause;
 
 
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(9) any Capital Stock of any Discontinued Subsidiary;
 
(10) (i) deposit and securities accounts the balance of which consists exclusively of (a) withheld income Taxes and federal, state or local employment taxes in such amounts as are required to be paid to the Internal Revenue Service or state or local government agencies within the following two months with respect to employees of the Company or any of the Guarantors, and (b) amounts required to be paid over to an employee benefit plan pursuant to DOL Reg. Sec. 2510.3-102 on behalf of or for the benefit of employees of the Company or any Guarantor, and (ii) all segregated deposit accounts constituting (and the balance of which consists solely of funds set aside in connection with) tax accounts, and trust accounts; and
 
(11) real property owned in fee by the Company and Guarantors with a fair market value (as reasonably determined by the Company) of less than $3.0 million;
 
provided, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this definition, no asset described in clause (1) through (11) above (other than clause (8)) shall constitute an “Excluded Asset” if such asset is subject to a Permitted Lien described in clause (18) or (22) of the definition thereof.
 
Existing Notes” means the Company’s 10% Senior Secured Notes due 2017.
 
Fair Market Value” means, with respect to any asset or property, the price which could be negotiated in an arm’s length, free market transaction, for cash, between a willing seller and a willing and able buyer, neither of whom is under undue pressure or compulsion to complete the transaction. Fair Market Value shall be determined by the Board of Directors of the Company acting in good faith and shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company delivered to the Trustee; provided that with respect to any price less than $5.0 million only the good faith determination by the Company’s senior management shall be required.
 
Foreign Restricted Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia.
 
Foreign Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any Subsidiary of such Person that is organized under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia.
 
GAAP” means accounting principles generally accepted in the United States set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession of the United States, which are in effect as of the Issue Date.
 
Global Notes” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01.
 
Guarantee” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.01.
 
 
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Guarantor” means (1) each of the Company’s Domestic Restricted Subsidiaries existing on the Issue Date and (2) each of the Company’s Domestic Restricted Subsidiaries that in the future executes a supplemental indenture in which such Domestic Restricted Subsidiary agrees to be bound by the terms of this Indenture as a Guarantor; provided that any Person constituting a Guarantor as described above shall cease to constitute a Guarantor when its respective Guarantee is released in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.
 
Holder” means the Person in whose name a Note is registered on the registrar’s books.
 
IAI Global Notes” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01.
 
incur” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.08.
 
Indebtedness” means with respect to any Person, without duplication:
 
(1)           all Obligations of such Person for borrowed money;
 
(2)           all Obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments;
 
(3)           all Capitalized Lease Obligations of such Person;
 
(4)           all Obligations of such Person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property, including holdbacks, earn-outs, or similar obligations, all conditional sale obligations and all Obligations under any title retention agreement (but excluding trade accounts payable and other accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business that are not overdue by 90 days or more or are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently conducted and any deferred purchase price represented by earn outs consistent with the Company’s past practice);
 
(5)           all Obligations for the reimbursement of any obligor on any letter of credit, banker’s acceptance or similar credit transaction, whether or not then due;
 
(6)           guarantees and other contingent obligations in respect of Indebtedness referred to in clauses (1) through (5) above and clause (8) below;
 
(7)           all Obligations of any other Person of the type referred to in clauses (1) through (6) which are secured by any Lien on any property or asset of such Person, the amount of any such Obligation being deemed to be the lesser of the Fair Market Value of the property or asset securing such Obligation or the amount of such Obligation;
 
(8)           all Interest Swap Obligations and all Obligations under Currency Agreements of such Person; and
 
(9)           all Disqualified Capital Stock issued by such Person with the amount of Indebtedness represented by such Disqualified Capital Stock being equal to the greater of its voluntary or involuntary liquidation preference and its maximum fixed repurchase price, but excluding accrued dividends, if any.
 
For purposes hereof, the “maximum fixed repurchase price” of any Disqualified Capital Stock which does not have a fixed repurchase price shall be calculated in accordance with the terms of such Disqualified Capital Stock as if such Disqualified Capital Stock were purchased on any date on which Indebtedness shall be required to be determined pursuant to this Indenture, and if such price is based upon, or measured by, the Fair Market Value of such Disqualified Capital Stock, such Fair Market Value shall be determined reasonably and in good faith by the Board of Directors of the issuer of such Disqualified Capital Stock.
 
 
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Indemnified Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.07.
 
Indenture” means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.
 
Indenture Documents” means, collectively, this Indenture, the Notes, the Guarantees and the Collateral Agreements.
 
Indenture Obligations” means all Obligations of the Company and the Guarantors in respect of the Notes or arising under the Indenture Documents. Indenture Obligations shall include all interest, fees and other amounts accrued (or which would, absent the commencement of an insolvency or liquidation proceeding, accrue) after the commencement of an insolvency or liquidation proceeding in accordance with and at the rate specified in the relevant Indenture Document whether or not the claim for such interest, fees and other amounts is allowed as a claim in such insolvency or liquidation proceeding.
 
Independent Financial Advisor” means a nationally-recognized accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm: (1) that does not, and whose directors, officers and employees or Affiliates do not, have a direct or indirect financial interest in the Company; and (2) that, in the judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, is otherwise independent and qualified to perform the task for which it is to be engaged.
 
Initial Notes” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Indenture.
 
Initial Purchasers” means SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., PNC Capital Markets LLC, B. Riley & Co., LLC, KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., Noble Financial Capital Markets, and Sidoti & Company, LLC.
 
Institutional Accredited Investor” means an institution that is an “accredited investor” as that term is defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act.
 
Intercreditor Agreement” means the Intercreditor Agreement among the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company and the Guarantors, dated as of the Issue Date, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
 
Interest Payment Date” means the stated maturity of an installment of interest on the Notes.
 
Interest Swap Obligations” means the obligations of any Person pursuant to any arrangement with any other Person, whereby, directly or indirectly, such Person is entitled to receive from time to time periodic payments calculated by applying either a floating or a fixed rate of interest on a stated notional amount in exchange for periodic payments made by such other Person calculated by applying a fixed or a floating rate of interest on the same notional amount and shall include, without limitation, interest rate swaps, caps, floors, collars and similar agreements.
 
Investment” in any Person means any direct or indirect advance, loan (other than advances or extensions of trade credit to customers in the ordinary course of business that are recorded as accounts receivable on the balance sheet of the lender) or other extensions of credit (including by way of guarantee or similar arrangement) or capital contribution to (by means of any transfer of cash or other property to others or any payment for property or services for the account or use of others), or any purchase or acquisition for value of Capital Stock, Indebtedness or other similar instruments issued by such Person. If the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary issues, sells or otherwise disposes of any Capital Stock of a Person that is a Restricted Subsidiary such that, after giving effect thereto, such Person is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary, any Investment by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in such Person remaining after giving effect thereto will be deemed to be a new Investment at such time. The acquisition by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of a Person that holds an Investment in a third Person will be deemed to be an Investment by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary in such third Person at such time. Except as otherwise provided for herein, the amount of an Investment shall be its Fair Market Value at the time the Investment is made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value.
 
 
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For purposes of the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary,” the definition of “Restricted Payment” and Section 4.09:
 
(1) “Investment” shall include the portion (proportionate to the Company’s equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the Fair Market Value of the net assets of any Subsidiary of the Company at the time that such Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that upon a redesignation of such Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, the Company shall be deemed to continue to have a permanent “Investment” in an Unrestricted Subsidiary equal to an amount (if positive) equal to (A) the Company’s “Investment” in such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation less (B) the portion (proportionate to the Company’s equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the Fair Market Value of the net assets of such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation; 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 Board of Directors of the Company.
 
Issue Date” means the date of original issuance of the Notes.
 
Legal Defeasance” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.01.
 
Legal Holiday” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.07.
 
Lien” means any lien, mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, security interest, charge or encumbrance of any kind (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof and any agreement to give any security interest).
 
Maturity Date” means May 15, 2019.
 
Moody’s” means Moody’s Investor Services, Inc.
 
Mortgages” means the mortgages, deeds of trust, deeds to secure Indebtedness or other similar documents creating Liens securing the Indenture Obligations and any Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations on the Premises as well as on the other Collateral encumbered by and described in the mortgages, deeds of trust, deeds to secure Indebtedness or other similar documents.
 
Net Cash Proceeds” means, with respect to any Asset Sale, the proceeds in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents including payments in respect of deferred payment obligations when received in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents (other than the portion of any such deferred payment constituting interest) received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries from such Asset Sale net of:
 
 
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(1) reasonable out-of-pocket costs, commissions, expenses and fees incurred by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, in connection with such Asset Sale (including, without limitation, legal, accounting and investment banking fees and sales commissions);
 
(2) all taxes and other costs and expenses actually paid or estimated in good faith by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, to be payable in cash in connection with such Asset Sale;
 
(3) repayment of Indebtedness that is secured by the property or assets that are the subject of such Asset Sale and is required to be repaid in connection with such Asset Sale; and
 
(4) appropriate amounts to be provided by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, as a reserve, in accordance with GAAP, against any liabilities associated with such Asset Sale and retained by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, after such Asset Sale, including, without limitation, pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities, liabilities related to environmental matters and liabilities under any indemnification obligations associated with such Asset Sale;
 
provided, however, that if, after the payment of all taxes with respect to such Asset Sale, the amount of estimated taxes, if any, pursuant to clause (2) above exceeded the tax amount actually paid in cash in respect of such Asset Sale, the aggregate amount of such excess shall, at such time, constitute Net Cash Proceeds.
 
Net Proceeds Offer” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.11.
 
Net Proceeds Offer Amount” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.11.
 
Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.11.
 
Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.11.
 
Non-U.S. Person” means a Person who is not a U.S. person, as defined in Regulation S.
 
Notes” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Indenture and means the Initial Notes, the Additional Notes, if any, and the Exchange Notes treated as single class of securities for all purposes under this Indenture, including, without limitation, waivers, amendments, redemptions and offers to purchase.
 
Notes Priority Collateral” has the meaning assigned to the term “Indenture Priority Collateral” in the Intercreditor Agreement.
 
Obligations” means all obligations for principal, premium, interest, Additional Interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities payable under the documentation governing any Indebtedness.
 
Offering” means the offering of the Initial Notes hereunder.
 
Officer” means the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Financial Officer or any Vice President (including Senior Vice President) of the Company.
 
 
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Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by two Officers of the Company, at least one of whom shall be the principal financial officer of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee.
 
 “Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel who may be an employee of or counsel to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or other counsel who is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
 
Pari Passu Obligations” means the Indenture Obligations and any Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations.
 
Paying Agent” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.03.
 
Permitted Additional Pari Passu Document” means any document or instrument executed and delivered with respect to any Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations.
 
Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations” means obligations under any Additional Notes or other Indebtedness secured by liens pari passu with the Notes on the Collateral in compliance with clause (25) under the definition of “Permitted Liens”; provided that (i) the representative of such Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations executes a joinder agreement to the Security Agreement in the form attached thereto agreeing to be bound thereby and by the Intercreditor Agreement and (ii) the Company has designated to the Collateral Agent such Indebtedness as “Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations” under the Security Agreement.
 
Permitted Business means any business that is the same as or similar, reasonably related, complementary or incidental to the business in which the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries are engaged on the Issue Date.
 
Permitted Indebtedness” means, without duplication, each of the following:
 
(1) Indebtedness under the Notes issued in the Offering or in the Exchange Offer and related Guarantees (other than Additional Notes);
 
(2) Indebtedness incurred pursuant to any Credit Agreement in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not to exceed the greater of (a) $135.0 million and (b) the sum of 85% of the net book value of accounts receivable of the Company and 50% of net book value of the inventory of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case, calculated substantially consistent with such calculation under the Credit Agreement on the Issue Date, less, in each case, the aggregate amount of all Net Cash Proceeds of Asset Sales applied to permanently repay the principal amount of any such Indebtedness and, if the Indebtedness repaid is revolving credit Indebtedness, to correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto pursuant to Section 4.11(3)(a);
 
(3) other Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding on the Issue Date;
 
(4) Interest Swap Obligations of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company covering Indebtedness of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that such Interest Swap Obligations are entered into for the purpose of fixing or hedging interest rates with respect to any fixed or variable rate Indebtedness that is permitted by this Indenture to be outstanding to the extent that the notional amount of any such Interest Swap Obligation does not exceed the principal amount of Indebtedness to which such Interest Swap Obligation relates;
 
 
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(5) Indebtedness under Currency Agreements; provided that in the case of Currency Agreements which relate to Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, such Currency Agreements do not increase the Indebtedness of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary outstanding other than as a result of fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates or by reason of fees, indemnities and compensation payable thereunder;
 
(6) intercompany Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary for so long as such Indebtedness is held by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (a) if owing by the Company or any Guarantor, such Indebtedness shall be unsecured and contractually subordinated in all respects (other than with respect to the maturity thereof) to the Obligations of the Company under the Notes and the other Indenture Documents or such Guarantor under its Guarantee and the other Indenture Documents, as the case may be, and (b) if as of any date any Person other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary owns or holds any such Indebtedness or holds a Lien in respect of such Indebtedness (other than Permitted Liens of the type described in clause (17), (18) or (20) of the definition thereof), such date shall be deemed the incurrence of Indebtedness not permitted under this clause (6) by the issuer of such Indebtedness;
 
(7) Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument inadvertently (except in the case of daylight overdrafts) drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business; provided, however, that such Indebtedness is extinguished within five Business Days of such incurrence;
 
(8) Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of or represented by letters of credit issued for the account of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, that are issued in support of, or to provide security for, (a) trade obligations or (b) any other liabilities (including workers’ compensation claims and payment obligations in connection with self-insurance or similar requirements but excluding any liabilities in respect of borrowed money or any other Indebtedness), in each case, in the ordinary course of business;
 
(9) obligations of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of performance, bid and surety bonds and completion guarantees provided by the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;
 
(10) Indebtedness represented by Capitalized Lease Obligations and Purchase Money Indebtedness (including Capitalized Lease Obligations or Purchase Money Indebtedness arising in connection with a sale and leaseback transaction) of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries incurred in the ordinary course of business (including Refinancings thereof that do not result in an increase in the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness of such Person as of the date of such proposed Refinancing (plus the amount of any premium required to be paid under the terms of the instrument governing such Indebtedness and plus the amount of reasonable expenses incurred by the Company in connection with such Refinancing)) not to exceed $25.0 million at any time outstanding;
 
(11) Refinancing Indebtedness;
 
(12) Indebtedness represented by guarantees by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness incurred by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary so long as the incurrence of such Indebtedness by the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary is otherwise permitted by the terms of this Indenture;
 
(13) Indebtedness arising from agreements of the Company or a Subsidiary providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations, in each case, incurred in connection with the disposition of any business, assets or Subsidiary, other than guarantees of Indebtedness incurred by any Person acquiring all or any portion of such business, assets or Subsidiary for the purpose of financing such acquisition; provided that the maximum aggregate liability in respect of all such Indebtedness shall at no time exceed the gross proceeds actually received by the Company and the Subsidiary in connection with such disposition;
 
 
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(14) Indebtedness under Commodity Agreements; provided that such Commodity Agreements are entered into in the ordinary course of the Company’s or its Restricted Subsidiaries’ businesses, not for speculative purposes and otherwise in compliance with this Indenture; and
 
(15) additional Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $25.0 million at any time outstanding.
 
For purposes of determining compliance with Section 4.08, (a) the outstanding principal amount of any item of Indebtedness shall be counted only once and (b) in the event that an item of Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Permitted Indebtedness described in clauses (1) through (15) above or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio provisions of such covenant, the Company will be permitted, in its sole discretion, to classify (or later reclassify) such item of Indebtedness in any manner that complies with such covenant; provided, that Permitted Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement outstanding on the Issue Date will initially be deemed to have been incurred on such date under clause (2) above. Accrual of interest, accretion or amortization of original issue discount, the payment of interest on any Indebtedness in the form of additional Indebtedness with the same terms, and the payment of dividends on Disqualified Capital Stock in the form of additional shares of the same class of Disqualified Capital Stock will not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness or an issuance of Disqualified Capital Stock for purposes of Section 4.08.
 
Permitted Investments” means:
 
(1) Investments by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in any Person that is or will become immediately after such Investment a Restricted Subsidiary or that will merge or consolidate with or into the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, or that transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its assets to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary;
 
(2) Investments in the Company by any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;
 
(3) Investments in any Foreign Restricted Subsidiary by any other Foreign Restricted Subsidiary;
 
(4) Investments in cash and Cash Equivalents;
 
(5) Commodity Agreements, Currency Agreements and Interest Swap Obligations entered into in the ordinary course of the Company’s or its Restricted Subsidiaries’ businesses, not for speculative purposes and otherwise in compliance with this Indenture;
 
(6) Investments in the Notes (including Additional Notes, if any);
 
(7) Investments in securities of trade creditors or customers received pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of such trade creditors or customers in exchange for claims against such trade creditors or customers;
 
(8) Investments made by the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries as a result of consideration received in connection with an Asset Sale made in compliance with Section 4.11;
 
 
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(9) Investments in existence on the Issue Date;
 
(10) loans and advances, including advances for travel and moving expenses, to employees, officers and directors of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business for bona fide business purposes not in excess of $5.0 million at any one time outstanding;
 
(11) advances and extensions of trade credit to suppliers and customers in the ordinary course of business that are recorded as accounts receivable; and
 
(12) additional Investments in an aggregate amount not to exceed $15.0 million at any time outstanding.
 
Permitted Liens” means the following types of Liens:
 
(1) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or claims either (a) not delinquent or (b) contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and as to which the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries shall have set aside on its books such reserves as may be required pursuant to GAAP;
 
(2) statutory Liens of landlords and Liens of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, suppliers, materialmen, repairmen and other Liens imposed by law or pursuant to customary reservations or retentions of title incurred in the ordinary course of business for sums not yet delinquent or being contested in good faith, if such reserve or other appropriate provision, if any, as shall be required by GAAP shall have been made in respect thereof;
 
(3) Liens incurred or deposits made in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other types of social security, including any Lien securing letters of credit issued in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice in connection therewith, or to secure the performance of tenders, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, bids, leases, government contracts, performance and return-of-money bonds and other similar obligations (exclusive of obligations for the payment of borrowed money);
 
(4) any judgment Lien not giving rise to an Event of Default;
 
(5) easements, rights-of-way, zoning restrictions and other similar charges or encumbrances in respect of real property not interfering in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
 
(6) any interest or title of a lessor under any Capitalized Lease Obligation permitted pursuant to clause (10) of the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness”; provided that such Liens do not extend to any property or assets which is not leased property subject to such Capitalized Lease Obligation;
 
(7) Liens securing Purchase Money Indebtedness permitted pursuant to clause (10) of the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness;” provided, however, that (a) the Indebtedness shall not exceed the cost of the property or assets acquired, together, in the case of real property, with the cost of the construction thereof and improvements thereto, and shall not be secured by a Lien on any property or assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company other than such property or assets so acquired or constructed and improvements thereto and (b) the Lien securing such Indebtedness shall be created within 180 days of such acquisition or construction or, in the case of a refinancing of any Purchase Money Indebtedness, within 180 days of such refinancing;
 
 
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(8) Liens upon specific items of inventory or other goods and proceeds of any Person securing such Person’s obligations in respect of bankers’ acceptances issued or created for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or other goods;
 
(9) Liens securing reimbursement obligations with respect to commercial letters of credit which encumber documents and other property relating to such letters of credit and products and proceeds thereof;
 
(10) Liens encumbering deposits made to secure obligations arising from statutory, regulatory, contractual, or warranty requirements of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including rights of offset and set-off;
 
(11) Liens securing Interest Swap Obligations which Interest Swap Obligations relate to Indebtedness that is otherwise permitted under this Indenture;
 
(12) Liens securing Indebtedness under Currency Agreements and Commodity Agreements that are permitted under this Indenture;
 
(13) Liens securing Acquired Indebtedness incurred in accordance with Section 4.08; provided that:
 
(a) such Liens secured such Acquired Indebtedness at the time of and prior to the incurrence of such Acquired Indebtedness by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company and were not granted in connection with, or in anticipation of, the incurrence of such Acquired Indebtedness by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; and
 
(b) such Liens do not extend to or cover any property or assets of the Company or of any of its Restricted Subsidiaries other than the property or assets that secured the Acquired Indebtedness prior to the time such Indebtedness became Acquired Indebtedness of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company and are no more favorable to the lienholders than those securing the Acquired Indebtedness prior to the incurrence of such Acquired Indebtedness by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;
 
(14) Liens arising from precautionary Uniform Commercial Code filings regarding operating leases or consigned products or consigned merchandise to the extent such Liens only relate to the assets, property, products or merchandise that are the subject of such lease or consignment, as the case may be;
 
(15) any interest or title of a lessor or sublessor under any operating lease;
 
(16) Liens existing as of the Issue Date and securing Permitted Indebtedness described in clause (3) of the definition thereof to the extent and in the manner such Liens are in effect on the Issue Date;
 
(17) Liens securing the Notes (other than any Additional Notes) and all other monetary obligations under this Indenture, the Guarantees and the other Indenture Documents;
 
(18) Liens to secure Permitted Indebtedness described in clause (2) of the definition thereof; provided that such Liens are subject to the Intercreditor Agreement;
 
 
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(19) Liens securing Refinancing Indebtedness which is incurred to Refinance any Indebtedness which has been secured by a Permitted Lien and which has been incurred in accordance with Section 4.08 provisions of this Indenture; provided, however, that such Liens: (i) are no less favorable to the Holders and are not more favorable to the lienholders with respect to such Liens than the Liens in respect of the Indebtedness being Refinanced; and (ii) do not extend to or cover any property or assets of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries not securing the Indebtedness so Refinanced;
 
(20) Liens securing Indebtedness of Foreign Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent such Indebtedness is permitted under the covenant described above under Section 4.08, provided that no asset of the Company or any Guarantor shall be subject to any such Lien;
 
(21) Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company with respect to Obligations in an aggregate principal amount that does not exceed $10.0 million at any one time outstanding and that (A) are not incurred in connection with the borrowing of money or the obtaining of advances or credit (other than trade credit in the ordinary course of business) and (B) do not in the aggregate materially detract from the value of the property or materially impair the use thereof in the operation of business by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary;
 
(22) Liens securing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to (a) the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test under Section 4.08 or (b) clause (15) of the definition of the term “Permitted Indebtedness;” provided that the aggregate principal amount of all such Indebtedness outstanding at the time of the most recent incurrence of any such Indebtedness shall not exceed $25.0 million; provided that the Liens under this clause (22) are subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement;
 
(23) Liens securing Credit Facility Cash Management Obligations; provided, that such Liens are subject to the Intercreditor Agreement;
 
(24) Liens in favor of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
 
(25) Liens securing any Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations (including any Additional Notes) in an amount such that at the time of incurrence and after giving pro forma effect thereto, the Consolidated Secured Leverage Ratio would be no greater than 5.50 to 1.00; provided that Liens under this clause (25) are subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement; and
 
(26) Liens pursuant to the terms and conditions of any contracts between the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and the U.S. government.
 
Person” means an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, unincorporated organization, trust or joint venture, or a governmental agency or political subdivision thereof.
 
Physical Notes” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14.
 
Preferred Stock” of any Person means any Capital Stock of such Person that has preferential rights to any other Capital Stock of such Person with respect to dividends or redemptions or upon liquidation.
 
Premises” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.17.
 
principal” of any Indebtedness (including the Notes) means the principal amount of such Indebtedness plus the premium, if any, on such Indebtedness.
 
 
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Private Placement Legend” means the legend set forth on the Initial Notes in the form set forth in Exhibit A.
 
Pro Forma Consolidated EBITDA” means, with respect to any Person, the Consolidated EBITDA of such Person during the four consecutive full fiscal quarters (the “Four Quarter Period”) most recently ending on or prior to the date of the transaction or event giving rise to the need to calculate Pro Forma Consolidated EBITDA for which financial statements are available (the “Transaction Date”) of such Person for the Four Quarter Period; provided, however, that such Consolidated EBITDA shall be calculated after giving effect on a pro forma basis for the period of such calculation to:
 
(1) the incurrence or repayment of any Indebtedness of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (and the application of the proceeds thereof) giving rise to the need to make such calculation and any incurrence or repayment of other Indebtedness (and the application of the proceeds thereof), other than the incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness in the ordinary course of business for working capital purposes pursuant to working capital facilities, occurring during the Four Quarter Period or at any time subsequent to the last day of the Four Quarter Period and on or prior to the Transaction Date, as if such incurrence or repayment, as the case may be (and the application of the proceeds thereof), occurred on the first day of the Four Quarter Period; and
 
(2) any Asset Sale or other disposition or Asset Acquisition (including, without limitation, any Asset Acquisition giving rise to the need to make such calculation as a result of such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries (including any Person who becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of any such Asset Acquisition) incurring, assuming or otherwise being liable for Acquired Indebtedness during the Four Quarter Period or at any time subsequent to the last day of the Four Quarter Period and on or prior to the Transaction Date), as if such Asset Sale or other disposition or Asset Acquisition (including the incurrence, assumption or liability for any such Indebtedness or Acquired Indebtedness and also including any Consolidated EBITDA associated with such Asset Acquisition) occurred on the first day of the Four Quarter Period; provided that the Consolidated EBITDA of any Person acquired shall be included only to the extent includible pursuant to the definition of “Consolidated Net Income.” If such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries directly or indirectly guarantees Indebtedness of a third Person, the preceding sentence shall give effect to the incurrence of such guaranteed Indebtedness as if such Person or any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person had directly incurred or otherwise assumed such guaranteed Indebtedness.
 
Purchase Money Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries incurred (including pursuant to a sale and leaseback transaction) for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price, or the cost of installation, construction or improvement, of property or equipment, provided that the aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness does not exceed the lesser of the Fair Market Value of such property or such purchase price or cost.
 
QIB” means a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A.
 
QIB Global Notes” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01.
 
Qualified Capital Stock” means any Capital Stock that is not Disqualified Capital Stock.
 
Record Date” means any of the Record Dates specified in the Notes, whether or not a Legal Holiday.
 
Redemption Price” means, when used with respect to any Note to be redeemed, the price fixed for redemption pursuant to this Indenture and the Notes.
 
 
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Redemption Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(a).
 
Reference Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.09.
 
Refinance” means, in respect of any security or Indebtedness, to refinance, extend, renew, refund, repay, prepay, redeem, defease or retire, or to issue a security or Indebtedness in exchange or replacement for, such security or Indebtedness in whole or in part. “Refinanced” and “Refinancing” shall have correlative meanings.
 
Refinancing Indebtedness” means any Refinancing by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of Indebtedness incurred in accordance with Section 4.08 (other than pursuant to Permitted Indebtedness) or clauses (1), (3) or (11) of the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness,” in each case that does not:
 
(1) have an aggregate principal amount (or, if such Indebtedness is issued with original issue discount, an aggregate offering price) greater than the sum of (x) the aggregate principal amount of the Indebtedness being Refinanced (or, if such Indebtedness being Refinanced is issued with original issue discount, the aggregate accreted value) as of the date of such proposed Refinancing plus (y) the amount of fees, expenses, premium, defeasance costs and accrued but unpaid interest relating to the Refinancing of such Indebtedness being Refinanced;
 
(2) create Indebtedness with: (a) a Weighted Average Life to Maturity that is less than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Indebtedness being Refinanced; or (b) a final maturity earlier than the final maturity of the Indebtedness being Refinanced;
 
(3) affect the security, if any, for such Refinancing Indebtedness (except to the extent that less security is granted to holders of such Refinancing Indebtedness);
 
(4) if such Indebtedness being Refinanced is subordinate or junior by its terms to the Notes, then such Refinancing Indebtedness shall be subordinate by its terms to the Notes at least to the same extent and in the same manner as the Indebtedness being Refinanced; and
 
(5) shall not include (a) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Guarantor that refinances Indebtedness of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary that is a Guarantor, or (b) Indebtedness of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary that refinances Indebtedness of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
 
Register” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.03.
 
Registrar” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.03.
 
Registration Rights Agreement means the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the Issue Date, between the Company, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers, as the same may be amended or modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.
 
Regulation S” means Regulation S under the Securities Act.
 
Regulation S Global Note” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01.
 
Restricted Payment” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.09.
 
 
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Restricted Period” means the 40-day distribution compliance period as defined in Regulation S.
 
Restricted Security” has the meaning assigned to such term in Rule 144(a)(3) under the Securities Act; provided that the Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely on an Opinion of Counsel with respect to whether any Note constitutes a Restricted Security.
 
Restricted Subsidiary” of any Person means any Subsidiary of such Person which at the time of determination is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
 
Rule 144A” means Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
 
S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group.
 
SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor agency thereto.
 
Secured Debt” means any Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries secured by a Lien.
 
Secured Parties” has the meaning set forth in the Security Agreement.
 
Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
 
Security Agreement” means the Security Agreement, dated as of the Issue Date, made by the Company and the Guarantors in favor of the Collateral Agent, as amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms.
 
Significant Subsidiary” with respect to any Person, means any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person that satisfies the criteria for a “significant subsidiary” set forth in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X under the Exchange Act.
 
Subsidiary” with respect to any Person, means:
 
(1) any corporation of which the outstanding Capital Stock having at least a majority of the votes entitled to be cast in the election of directors under ordinary circumstances shall at the time be owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person; or
 
(2) any other Person of which at least a majority of the voting interest under ordinary circumstances is at the time, directly or indirectly, owned by such Person.
 
Surviving Entity” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.01.
 
TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. §§ 77aaa-77bbbb) as amended, as in effect on the date of this Indenture.
 
Treasury Rate means, with respect to a Redemption Date, the yield to maturity at the time of computation of United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15(519) (or any successor publication which is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity) that has become publicly available at least two Business Days prior to such Redemption Date (or, if such Statistical Release (or any successor release) is no longer published, any publicly available source of similar market data)) most nearly equal to the period from such Redemption Date to May 15, 2016; provided, however, that if the period from such Redemption Date to May 15, 2016 is not equal to the constant maturity of the United States Treasury security for which a weekly average yield is given, the Treasury Rate shall be obtained by linear interpolation (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth of a year) from the weekly average yields of United States Treasury securities for which such yields are given, except that if the period from such Redemption Date to May 15, 2016 is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year shall be used.
 
 
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Trust Officer”  when used with respect to the Trustee or the Collateral Agent, means any officer or authorized representative of the Trustee or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, within the corporate trust office of the Trustee or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, with direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture and/or the Collateral Agreements and also, with respect to a particular matter, any other officer of the Trustee or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, to whom such matter is referred because of such officer’s knowledge and familiarity with the particular subject.
 
Trustee” means the party named as such in this Indenture until a successor replaces it in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and thereafter means such successor.
 
Unrestricted Subsidiary” of any Person means:
 
(1)           any Subsidiary of such Person that at the time of determination shall be or continue to be designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary by the Board of Directors of such Person in the manner provided below;  and
 
(2)           any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
 
The Board of Directors of the Company may designate any Subsidiary (including any newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary) to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary unless such Subsidiary owns any Capital Stock of, or owns or holds any Lien on any property of, the Company or any other Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Subsidiary of the Subsidiary to be so designated, provided that:
 
(1)           the Company certifies to the Trustee that such designation complies with Section 4.09; and
 
(2)           each Subsidiary to be so designated and each of its Subsidiaries 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 of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
 
The Board of Directors of the Company may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary only if:
 
(1)            immediately after giving effect to such designation, the Company is able to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness (other than Permitted Indebtedness) in compliance with Section 4.08; and
 
(2)           immediately before and immediately after giving effect to such designation, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
 
 
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Any such designation by the Board of Directors shall be evidenced to the Trustee by promptly filing with the Trustee a copy of the Board Resolution giving effect to such designation and an Officers’ Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing provisions.
 
 “U.S. Government Obligations” means direct obligations of, and obligations guaranteed by, the United States of America for the payment of which the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged.
 
U.S. Legal Tender” means such coin or currency of the United States which, as at the time of payment, shall be immediately available legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.
 
U.S. Person” means a Person who is a U.S. person as defined in Regulation S.
 
Voting Stock” means, with respect to any Person, securities of any class or classes of Capital Stock of such Person entitling the holders thereof (whether at all times or only so long as no senior class of stock has voting power by reason of any contingency) to vote in the election of members of the Board of Directors (or equivalent governing body) of such Person.
 
Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing (1) the then outstanding aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness into (2) the sum of the total of the products obtained by multiplying:
 
(A)    the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payment of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by
 
(B)    the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) which will elapse between such date and the making of such payment.
 
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary” of any Person means any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person of which all the outstanding Capital Stock (other than in the case of a Foreign Restricted Subsidiary, directors’ qualifying shares or an immaterial amount of shares required to be owned by other Persons pursuant to applicable law) are owned by such Person or any Wholly Owned Subsidiary of such Person.
 
SECTION 1.02.   Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.
 
Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, such provision is incorporated by reference in, and made a part of, this Indenture.  The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:
 
indenture securities” means the Notes.
 
indenture security holder” means a Holder.
 
indenture to be qualified” means this Indenture.
 
indenture trustee” or “institutional trustee” means the Trustee.
 
obligor” on the indenture securities means each of the Company or any other obligor on the Notes.
 
 
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All other TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them therein.
 
SECTION 1.03.   Rules of Construction.
 
Unless the context otherwise requires:
 
(1) a term has the meaning assigned to it;
 
(2) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;
 
(3) “or” is not exclusive;
 
(4) words in the singular include the plural, and words in the plural include the singular;
 
(5) “herein,” “hereof” and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision;
 
(6) when the words “includes” or “including” are used herein, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation;”
 
(7) all references to Sections or Articles refer to Sections or Articles of this Indenture unless otherwise indicated; and
 
(8) unless otherwise defined or the context otherwise requires, terms for which meanings are provided in this Indenture shall have such meanings when used in each other Indenture Document.
 
 
ARTICLE TWO
 
THE NOTES
 
 
SECTION 2.01.   Form and Dating.
 
The Initial Notes and the Additional Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication thereon shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (“Global Notes”).  The Exchange Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication thereon shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto.  The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or the Depository rule or usage.  The Company shall approve the form of the Notes and any notation, legend or endorsement on them.  Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication.  The Notes and Additional Notes shall be substantially identical other than the issuance dates and the dates from which interest will accrue.
 
The terms and provisions contained in the forms of the Notes annexed hereto as Exhibit A and Exhibit B shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture and, to the extent applicable, the Company, 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 be controlling.
 
 
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Notes originally sold to QIBs shall be issued initially in the form of one or more permanent global notes in registered form, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A (the “QIB Global Notes”), deposited with the Trustee, as custodian for the Depository, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided and shall bear the legend set forth in Exhibit C.
 
Notes offered and sold in offshore transactions in reliance on Regulation S shall be issued initially in the form of one or more permanent global notes in registered form, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A (the “Regulation S Global Notes”), deposited with the Trustee, as custodian for the Depository, and registered in the name of the Depository or the nominee of the Depository for the accounts of designated agents holding on behalf of Euroclear or Clearstream, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided and shall bear the legend set forth in Exhibit C.
 
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 will be applicable to transfers of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Global Note that are held by participants through Euroclear or Clearstream.
 
The aggregate principal amount of any Global Note may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee, as custodian for the Depository, as hereinafter provided.
 
The definitive Notes shall be typed, printed, lithographed or engraved or produced by any combination of these methods or may be produced in any other manner permitted by the rules of any securities exchange on which the Notes may be listed, all as determined by the Officer executing such Notes, as evidenced by their execution of such Notes.
 
SECTION 2.02.   Execution and Authentication; Additional Notes; Aggregate Principal Amount.
 
An Officer shall sign the Notes for the Company by manual or facsimile signature.
 
If an Officer whose signature is on a Note was an Officer at the time of such execution but no longer holds that office or position at the time the Trustee authenticates the Note, the Note shall nevertheless be valid.
 
A Note shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee manually signs the certificate of authentication on the Note.  The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Note has been authenticated under this Indenture.
 
The Company may, subject to compliance with Section 4.08 hereof, issue Additional Notes in an unlimited amount under this Indenture.
 
The Trustee shall authenticate (i) Initial Notes for original issue in the aggregate principal amount not to exceed $625.0 million, (ii) Exchange Notes from time to time for issue only in an Exchange Offer for a like principal amount of Initial Notes, and (iii) one or more series of Additional Notes in each case upon written orders of the Company in the form of an Officers’ Certificate, which Officers’ Certificate shall, in the case of any issuance of Additional Notes, certify that such issuance is in compliance with Section 4.08.  In addition, each Officers’ Certificate shall specify the amount of Notes to be authenticated and the date on which the Notes are to be authenticated, whether the Notes are to be Initial Notes, Exchange Notes or Additional Notes.  All Notes issued under this Indenture shall vote and consent together on all matters, including, without limitation, waivers, amendments, redemptions and offers to purchase, as one class and no series of Notes shall have the right to vote or consent as a separate class on any matter.
 
 
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The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent (the “Authenticating Agent”) reasonably acceptable to the Company to authenticate Notes.  Unless otherwise provided in the appointment, 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 Authenticating Agent.  An Authenticating Agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with the Company and Affiliates of the Company.
 
The Notes shall be issuable in fully registered form only, without coupons, in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.
 
SECTION 2.03.   Registrar and Paying Agent.
 
The Company shall maintain an office or agency which shall initially be the office of the Trustee, where (a) Notes may be presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange (the “Registrar”) and (b) Notes may be presented or surrendered for payment (the “Paying Agent”).  The Registrar shall keep a register of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange (the “Register”).  The Company, upon prior written notice to the Trustee, may have one or more co-Registrars and one or more additional Paying Agents reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.  The term “Paying Agent” includes any additional Paying Agent.  Neither the Company nor any Affiliate of the Company may act as Paying Agent.
 
The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Agent not a party to this Indenture, which agreement shall incorporate the provisions of the TIA and implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such Agent.  The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing, in advance, of the name and address of any such Agent.  If the Company fails to maintain a Registrar or Paying Agent, or fails to give the foregoing notice, the Trustee shall act as such.
 
The Company initially appoints the Trustee as Registrar and Paying Agent in connection with the Notes.  The Paying Agent or Registrar may resign upon thirty (30) days’ written notice to the Company.  The Company may change any Paying Agent and Registrar without notice to Holders.
 
SECTION 2.04.   Obligations of Paying Agent.
 
The Company shall require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that such Paying Agent shall hold separate and apart from, and not commingle with any other properties, for the benefit of the Holders or the Trustee, all assets held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal of, or interest or Additional Interest, if any, on, the Notes (whether such assets have been distributed to it by the Company or any other obligor on the Notes), and the Company and the Paying Agent shall notify the Trustee in writing of any Default by the Company (or any other obligor on the Notes) in making any such payment.  The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to distribute all assets held by it to the Trustee and account for any assets disbursed and the Trustee may at any time during the continuance of any payment Default, upon written request to a Paying Agent, require such Paying Agent to distribute all assets held by it to the Trustee and to account for any assets distributed.  Upon receipt by the Trustee of all assets that shall have been delivered by the Company to the Paying Agent, the Paying Agent shall have no further liability for such assets.
 
 
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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 the Holders and shall otherwise comply with TIA Section 312(a).  If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish or cause the Registrar to furnish to the Trustee at least seven Business Days before each Interest Payment Date and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing a list as of such date and in such form as the Trustee may reasonably request of the names and addresses of the Holders, which list may be conclusively relied upon by the Trustee.
 
SECTION 2.06.   Transfer and Exchange.
 
Subject to the provisions of Section 2.14 and 2.15, when Notes are presented to the Registrar with a request to register the transfer of such Notes or to exchange such Notes for an equal principal amount of Notes of other authorized denominations, the Registrar or co-Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange as requested; provided, however, that the Notes presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Registrar or co-Registrar, duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing and such other documents as the Registrar or co-Registrar may reasonably require.  To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate Notes at the Registrar’s or co-Registrar’s request.  No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company or the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes or similar governmental charge payable upon exchanges or transfers pursuant to Section 2.10, 3.06, 4.10, 4.11 or 9.05, in which event the Company shall be responsible for the payment of such taxes).
 
The Registrar or co-Registrar shall not be required to register the transfer or exchange of any Note (i) during a period beginning at the opening of business fifteen (15) days before the mailing of a notice of redemption of Notes and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing and (ii) selected for redemption in whole or in part pursuant to Article Three, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part.
 
Any Holder of a Global Note shall, by acceptance of such Global Note, agree that transfers of beneficial interests in such Global Note may be effected only through the Depository, in accordance with this Indenture and the Applicable Procedures.
 
SECTION 2.07.   Replacement Notes.
 
If a mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee or if the Holder of a Note claims in writing that the Note has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, then, in the absence of written notice to the Company upon its request or the Trustee that such Note has been acquired by a protected purchaser, the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a replacement Note of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.  Except with respect to mutilated Notes, such Holder must provide an affidavit of lost certificate and an indemnity bond or other indemnity, sufficient in the judgment of both (i) the Trustee to protect the Trustee and (ii) the Company to protect the Company, the Trustee or any Agent from any loss which any of them may suffer if a Note is replaced.  The Company may charge such Holder for its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in replacing a Note, including reasonable fees and expenses of its counsel and of the Trustee and its counsel.  In case any mutilated, lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken Note has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may pay such Note instead of issuing a new Note in replacement thereof.  Every replacement Note shall constitute an additional obligation of the Company, entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
 
 
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SECTION 2.08.   Outstanding Notes.
 
Notes outstanding at any time are all the Notes that have been authenticated by the Trustee except those cancelled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation and those described in this Section 2.08 as not outstanding.  Subject to the provisions of Section 2.09, a Note does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or any of its Affiliates holds the Note.
 
If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07 (other than a mutilated Note surrendered for replacement), it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Note is held by a bona fide purchaser.  A mutilated Note ceases to be outstanding upon surrender of such Note and replacement thereof pursuant to Section 2.07.
 
If on a Redemption Date or the Maturity Date the Paying Agent holds U.S. Legal Tender or U.S. Government Obligations sufficient to pay all of the principal and interest and Additional Interest, if and, due on the Notes payable on that date and is not prohibited from paying such money to the Holders thereof pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, then on and after that date such Notes cease to be outstanding and interest and Additional Interest, if applicable, on them ceases to accrue.
 
SECTION 2.09.   Treasury Notes; When Notes Are Disregarded.
 
In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver, consent or notice, Notes owned by the Company or any of its Affiliates shall be considered as though they are 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 which a Trust Officer of the Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so considered.  Notes so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as outstanding if the pledgee establishes the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Notes and that the pledgee is not one of the Company or any other obligor upon the Notes or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor.
 
SECTION 2.10.   Temporary Notes.
 
Until definitive Notes are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and execute and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Notes upon receipt of a written order of the Company in the form of an Officers’ Certificate.  The Officers’ Certificate shall specify the amount of temporary Notes to be authenticated and the date on which the temporary Notes are to be authenticated.  Temporary Notes shall be substantially in the form of definitive Notes but may have variations that the Company consider appropriate for temporary Notes.  Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate upon receipt of a written order of the Company pursuant to Section 2.02 definitive Notes in exchange for temporary Notes.  Until so exchanged, the temporary Notes shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Notes.
 
SECTION 2.11.   Cancellation.
 
The Company at any time may deliver Notes previously authenticated hereunder which the Company has acquired in any lawful manner, to the Trustee for cancellation.  The Registrar and the Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for 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 transfer, exchange, payment or cancellation.  Subject to Section 2.07, the Company may not issue new Notes to replace Notes that it has paid or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.  If the Company shall acquire any of the Notes, such acquisition shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the Indebtedness represented by such Notes unless and until the same are surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation pursuant to this Section 2.11.  The Trustee shall dispose of all cancelled Notes in accordance with customary procedures or, at the written request of the Company, shall return the same to the Company (unless applicable law or the Trustee’s procedures requires the Trustee to retain possession of such cancelled Notes).
 
 
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SECTION 2.12.   CUSIP Numbers.
 
A “CUSIP” number shall be printed on the Notes, and the Trustee shall use the CUSIP number in notices of redemption, purchase or exchange as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP number printed in the notice or on the Notes and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes.  The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any change in the CUSIP number.
 
SECTION 2.13.   Deposit of Moneys.
 
Prior to 11:00 a.m. New York City time on each Interest Payment Date and the Maturity Date, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent U.S. Legal Tender sufficient to make cash payments, if any, due on such Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date, as the case may be.
 
SECTION 2.14.   Book-Entry Provisions for Global Notes.
 
(a)           The Global Notes initially shall (i) be registered in the name of the Depository or the nominee of the Depository, (ii) be delivered to the Trustee as custodian for the Depository and (iii) bear legends as set forth in Exhibit C.
 
Members of, or participants in, the Depository (“Agent Members”) shall have no rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Note held on their behalf by the Depository, or the Trustee as its custodian, or under any Global Note, and the Depository may be treated by the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute owner of the Global Note for all purposes whatsoever.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depository or impair, as between the Depository and its Agent Members, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of a Holder of any Note.
 
(b)           Transfers of the Global Notes shall be limited to transfers in whole, but not in part, to the Depository, its successors or their respective nominees.  Interests of beneficial owners in the Global Notes may be transferred or exchanged in accordance with the Applicable Procedures of the Depository and the provisions of Section 2.15; provided, however, that prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, transfers of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Global Note may not be made to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person.  In addition, Notes in the form of certificated Notes in registered form in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto (the “Physical Notes”) shall be transferred to all beneficial owners in exchange for their beneficial interests in the Global Notes if (i) the Depository notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as depository for the Global Notes and a successor Depository is not appointed by the Company within ninety (90) days of such notice or (ii) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Registrar has received a request from the Depository to issue Physical Notes.
 
 
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(c)           Any beneficial interest in one of the Global Notes that is transferred to a person who takes delivery in the form of an interest in another Global Note shall, upon transfer, cease to be an interest in such Global Note and become a beneficial interest in such other Global Note and, accordingly, shall thereafter be subject to all transfer restrictions, if any, and other procedures applicable to a beneficial interest in such other Global Notes for as long as it remains such an interest.
 
(d)           In connection with any transfer or exchange of a portion of the beneficial interest in the Global Note to beneficial owners pursuant to clause (b) of this Section 2.14, the Registrar shall (if one or more Physical Notes are to be issued) reflect on its books and records the date and a decrease in the principal amount of the Global Note in an amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial interest in the Global Note to be transferred, and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, one or more Physical Notes of like tenor and aggregate principal amount.
 
(e)           In connection with the transfer of an entire Global Note to beneficial owners pursuant to clause (b) of this Section 2.14, the Global Notes shall be deemed to be surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation, and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, to each beneficial owner identified by the Depository in exchange for its beneficial interest in the Global Notes, an equal aggregate principal amount of Physical Notes of authorized denominations.
 
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 Physical Notes, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note shall be reduced accordingly and an endorsement will be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at 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 will made on such Global Notes by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.
 
(g)           Any Physical Note constituting a Restricted Security delivered in exchange for an interest in the Global Note pursuant to clause (b) or (c) shall, except as otherwise provided by clauses (a)(i)(x) and (c) of Section 2.15, bear the legend regarding transfer restrictions applicable to the Physical Notes set forth in Exhibit A.
 
(h)           The Holder of a Global Note may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including Agent Members and Persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action which a Holder is entitled to take under this Indenture or the Notes.
 
SECTION 2.15.   Special Transfer Provisions.
 
(a)           Transfers to Non-U.S. Persons.  The following provisions shall apply with respect to the registration of any proposed transfer of a Note constituting a Restricted Security to any Non-U.S. Person:
 
(i)           the Registrar shall register the transfer of any Note constituting a Restricted Security, whether or not such Note bears the Private Placement Legend, if (x) the requested transfer is after November 14, 2014 or (y) the proposed transferor has delivered to the Registrar a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto; and
 
(ii)           if the proposed transferor is an Agent Member holding a beneficial interest in the Global Note, upon receipt by the Registrar of (x) the certificate, if any, required by clause (i) above and (y) instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures and the Registrar’s procedures,
 
 
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whereupon (1) the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and (if the transfer does not involve a transfer of outstanding Physical Notes) a decrease in the principal amount of the Global Note in an amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial interest in the Global Note to be transferred, and (2) the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver one or more Physical Notes of like tenor and principal amount.
 
(b)           Transfers to QIBs.  The following provisions shall apply with respect to the registration of any proposed transfer of a Note constituting a Restricted Security to a QIB (excluding transfers to Non-U.S. Persons):
 
(i)           the Registrar shall register the transfer if such transfer is being made by a proposed transferor who has checked the box provided for on the form of Note stating, or has otherwise advised the Company and the Registrar in writing, that the sale has been made in compliance with the provisions of Rule 144A to a transferee who has signed the certification provided for on the form of Note stating, or has otherwise advised the Company and the Registrar in writing, that it is purchasing the Note for its own account or an account with respect to which it exercises sole investment discretion and that it and any such account is a QIB within the meaning of Rule 144A, and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A and acknowledges that it has received such information regarding the Company as it has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined not to request such information and that it is aware that the transferor is relying upon its foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A; and
 
(ii)           if the proposed transferee is an Agent Member, and the Notes to be transferred consist of Physical Notes which after transfer are to be evidenced by an interest in the Global Note, upon receipt by the Registrar of instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures and the Registrar’s procedures, the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and an increase in the principal amount of the Global Note in an amount equal to the principal amount of the Physical Notes to be transferred, and the Trustee shall cancel the Physical Notes so transferred.
 
(c)           Private Placement Legend.  Upon the transfer, exchange or replacement of Notes not bearing the Private Placement Legend, the Registrar shall deliver Notes that do not bear the Private Placement Legend.  Upon the transfer, exchange or replacement of Notes bearing the Private Placement Legend, the Registrar shall deliver only Notes that bear the Private Placement Legend unless (i) the circumstance contemplated by clause (a)(i)(x) of this Section 2.15 exists or (ii) there is delivered to the Registrar an Opinion of Counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company to the effect that neither such legend nor the related restrictions on transfer are required in order to maintain compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act.  The Registrar shall not register a transfer of any Note unless such transfer complies with the restrictions on transfer of such Note set forth in this Indenture.  In connection with any transfer of Notes, each Holder agrees by its acceptance of the Notes to furnish the Registrar or the Company such certifications, legal opinions or other information as either of them may reasonably require to confirm that such transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act; provided that the Registrar shall not be required to determine (but may rely on a determination made by the Company with respect to) the sufficiency of any such certifications, legal opinions or other information.
 
(d)           General.  By its acceptance of any Note bearing the Private Placement Legend, each Holder of such a Note acknowledges the restrictions on transfer of such Note set forth in this Indenture and in the Private Placement Legend and agrees that it shall transfer such Note only as provided in this Indenture.
 
 
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The Registrar shall retain copies of all letters, notices and other written communications received pursuant to Section 2.14 or this Section 2.15.  The Company shall have the right to inspect and make copies of all such letters, notices or other written communications at any reasonable time upon the giving of reasonable written notice to the Registrar.
 
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 Agent Members or beneficial owners of interests 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.
 
Neither the Trustee nor any Agent shall have any responsibility for any actions taken or not taken by the Depository.
 
SECTION 2.16.   Transfers of Global Notes and Physical Notes.
 
A transfer of a Global Note or a Physical Note (including the right to receive principal and interest and Additional Interest, if any, payable thereon) may be made only by the Registrar’s entering the transfer in the Register.  Prior to such entry, the Company shall treat the person in whose name such Note is registered as the owner of the Note for all purposes.
 
 
ARTICLE THREE
 
REDEMPTION
 
SECTION 3.01.   Redemption.
 
(a) Optional Redemption on or after May 15, 2016.  Except as described in Sections 3.01(b), (c) and (d), the Notes are not redeemable before May 15, 2016.  At any time on or after May 15, 2016, the Company may redeem the Notes, at its option, in whole or in part, at any time or from time to time, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice, at the following redemption prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount thereof) if redeemed during the twelve-month period commencing on May 15, of each year set forth below, plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, thereon to the date of redemption or purchase (the “Redemption Date”):
 
Year
Percentage
2016
105.250%
2017
102.625%
2018 and each year thereafter
100.000%
In addition, the Company must pay accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, on the Notes redeemed.
 
(b) Optional Redemption Upon Equity Offerings.  At any time, or from time to time, prior to May 15, 2016, the Company may, at its option, use an amount not to exceed the net cash proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings to redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes (which includes Additional Notes, if any) originally issued under this Indenture at a redemption price of 107.000% of the aggregate principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, thereon, if any, to the Redemption Date; provided that
 
 
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(1)
at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes (which includes Additional Notes, if any) originally issued under this Indenture shall remain outstanding immediately after such Redemption Date; and
 
 
(2)
the Company makes such redemption not more than 120 days after the consummation of any such Equity Offering.
 
(c) Optional Redemption Prior to May 15, 2016.  At any time prior to May 15, 2016, Notes may be redeemed or purchased by the Company in whole or in part, at the Company’s option at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus the Applicable Premium as of, and accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, to the Redemption Date (subject to the rights of holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date occurring prior to or on the Redemption Date).
 
(d) In addition, at one time prior to May 15, 2016, the Company may redeem up to 10% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes issued under this Indenture at a redemption price of 103% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, on the Notes to the date of redemption. For the avoidance of doubt, the Company may redeem Notes up to the maximum amount allowed pursuant to this clause (d) prior to the redemption of any Notes pursuant to clause (c) above.
 
(e) Notice of Redemption.  Notice of redemption will be mailed by first-class mail at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to the Trustee and to each Holder to be redeemed at its registered address.  If Notes are to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.  A new Note in a principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued in the name of the Holder thereof upon cancellation of the original Note (or appropriate adjustments to the amount and beneficial interests in the Global Notes will be made).
 
Except as set forth in this Indenture, if monies for the redemption of the Notes called for redemption shall have been deposited with the Paying Agent for redemption on such Redemption Date sufficient to pay such Redemption Price plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, the Notes called for redemption will cease to bear interest from and after such Redemption Date, and the only remaining right of the Holders of such Notes will be to receive payment of the Redemption Price plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, as of the Redemption Date upon surrender to the Paying Agent of the Notes redeemed.
 
(f) Mandatory Redemption; Offers to Purchase; Open Market Purchases.  The Company shall not be required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes.  However, under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to offer to purchase the Notes pursuant to Sections 4.10 and 4.11.
 
Each Officers’ Certificate provided for in this Section 3.01 shall be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel stating that such redemption shall comply with the conditions contained herein and in the Notes.
 
SECTION 3.02.   Selection of Notes to be Redeemed.
 
In the event that the Company chooses to redeem less than all of the Notes, selection of the Notes for redemption will be made by the Trustee either:
 
 
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(1)        in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange, if any, on which such Notes are listed; or
 
(2)        if the Notes are not then listed on a national securities exchange, on a pro rata basis, by lot or by such method as the Trustee may reasonably determine is fair and appropriate.
 
The Company shall provide the Trustee a period of at least 10 days to select the Notes to be redeemed prior to the date the notice of redemption is sent to Holders.  If a partial redemption is made with the proceeds of an Equity Offering, the Trustee will select the Notes (which shall include Additional Notes, if any) only on a pro rata basis or on as nearly a pro rata basis as is practicable (subject to the Depository’s procedures), unless such method is otherwise prohibited. No Notes of a principal amount of $2,000 or less shall be redeemed in part and Notes of a principal amount in excess of $2,000 may be redeemed in part in multiples of $1,000 only.
 
The Trustee shall make the selection from the Notes outstanding and not previously called for redemption and shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Notes selected for redemption and, in the case of any Note selected for partial redemption, the principal amount at maturity thereof, to be redeemed.  The Trustee may select for redemption portions (equal to $2,000 in principal amount at maturity or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of the principal of Notes that have denominations larger than $2,000.  Provisions of this Indenture that apply to Notes called for redemption also apply to portions of Notes called for redemption.
 
SECTION 3.03.   Notice of Redemption.
 
At least thirty (30) days but not more than sixty (60) days before the Redemption Date, the Company shall mail or cause to be mailed a notice of redemption by first class mail, postage prepaid, to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address, with a copy to the Trustee and any Paying Agent.  At the Company’ written request delivered at least ten (10) days before the notice of redemption is to be given to the Holders (unless a shorter period shall be acceptable to the Trustee), the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Company’ name and at the Company’ expense, provided that the Company’s request to the Trustee contains the information listed in the following paragraph.  Failure to give notice of redemption, or any defect therein to any Holder of any Note selected for redemption shall not impair or affect the validity of the redemption of any other Note.
 
Each notice of redemption shall identify the Notes to be redeemed and shall state:
 
(1) the Redemption Date;
 
(2) the Redemption Price and the amount of accrued interest and Additional Interest, if any, to be paid the Redemption Date;
 
(3) the name and address of the Paying Agent;
 
(4) the CUSIP number;
 
(5) the subparagraph of the Notes pursuant to which such redemption is being made;
 
(6) the place where such Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the Redemption Price plus accrued interest and Additional Interest, if any, to (but not including) the Redemption Date;
 
(7) that, unless the Company fails to deposit with the Paying Agent funds in satisfaction of the applicable Redemption Price, interest Additional Interest, if any, on Notes called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the Redemption Date in accordance with Section 3.05, and the only remaining right of the Holders of such Notes is to receive payment of the Redemption Price plus accrued interest and Additional Interest, if any, to (but not including) the Redemption Date, upon surrender to the Paying Agent of the Notes redeemed;
 
 
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(8) if any Note is being redeemed in part, the portion of the principal amount of such Note to be redeemed and that, after the Redemption Date, and upon surrender of such Note, a new Note or Notes in the aggregate principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof shall be issued; and
 
(9) if fewer than all the Notes are to be redeemed, the identification of the particular Notes (or portion thereof) to be redeemed, as well as the aggregate principal amount of Notes to be redeemed and the aggregate principal amount of Notes to be outstanding after such partial redemption.
 
If any of the Notes to be redeemed is in the form of a Global Note, then the Company shall modify such notice to the extent necessary to accord with the procedures of the Depository applicable to redemption.
 
SECTION 3.04.   Effect of Notice of Redemption.
 
Once notice of redemption is mailed in accordance with Section 3.03, Notes or portions thereof called for redemption shall become irrevocably due and payable on the Redemption Date and at the Redemption Price plus accrued interest and Additional Interest, if any, to (but not including) the Redemption Date.  Upon surrender to the Trustee or Paying Agent, such Notes or portions thereof called for redemption shall be paid at the Redemption Price plus accrued interest and Additional Interest, if any, thereon to (but not including) the Redemption Date, but installments of interest and Additional Interest, if applicable, the maturity of which is on or prior to the Redemption Date, shall be payable to Holders of record at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates referred to in the Notes.
 
SECTION 3.05.   Deposit of Redemption Price.
 
Not later than 11:00 a.m. New York City time on the Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent U.S. Legal Tender sufficient to pay the Redemption Price plus accrued interest and Additional Interest, if any, to (but not including) the Redemption Date, of all Notes or portions thereof to be redeemed on that date.
 
The Paying Agent shall promptly return to the Company any U.S. Legal Tender so deposited which is not required for that purpose, except with respect to monies owed as obligations to the Trustee pursuant to Article Seven.
 
If the Company complies with this Section 3.05, then  the Notes to be redeemed shall cease to accrue on and after the applicable Redemption Date, whether or not such Notes are presented for payment.
 
SECTION 3.06.   Notes Redeemed in Part.
 
Upon surrender of a Note that is to be redeemed in part, the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate for the Holder at the expense of the Company a new Note or Notes equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Note surrendered.
 
 
 
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ARTICLE FOUR
 
COVENANTS
 
SECTION 4.01.   Payment of Notes.
 
The Company shall pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest and Additional Interest, if any, on, the Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in the Notes and in this Indenture.  An installment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest and Additional Interest, if any, on, the Notes shall be considered paid on the date it is due if the Trustee or Paying Agent (other than the Company or an Affiliate of the Company) holds as of 11:00 a.m. New York City time on that date U.S. Legal Tender designated for and sufficient to pay the installment in full and is not prohibited from paying such money to the Holders pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.  The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal (including interest accruing at the then applicable rate provided in the Indenture Documents after the occurrence of any Event of Default set forth in Section 6.01(6) or (7) of this Indenture, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed under applicable law following the institution of a proceeding under bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws) at 1% per annum in excess of the rate per annum set forth in the Notes (the "Default Rate"), and it shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest and Additional Interest, if any, at the same Default Rate to the extent lawful.  Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.
 
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Indenture, the Company may, to the extent it are required to do so by law, deduct or withhold income or other similar taxes imposed by the United States from principal or interest payments hereunder.
 
SECTION 4.02.   Maintenance of Office or Agency.
 
The Company shall maintain the office or agency required under Section 2.03.  The Company shall give prior written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency.  If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations and surrenders may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations and surrenders.
 
SECTION 4.03.   Corporate Existence.
 
Except as otherwise permitted by Article Four, Article Five and Article Ten, the Company shall do or cause to be done, at its own cost and expense, all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence and the limited liability company or corporate existence of each of the Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with the respective organizational documents of the Company and of each such Restricted Subsidiary and the material rights (charter and statutory) and franchises of the Company and each such Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to preserve, with respect to themselves, any material right or franchise and, with respect to any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, any such existence, material right or franchise, if the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine in good faith that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
 
SECTION 4.04.   Payment of Taxes and Other Claims.
 
The Company shall pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged, before the same shall become delinquent, all material taxes, assessments and governmental charges (including withholding taxes and any penalties, interest and additions to taxes) levied or imposed upon them or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or their properties or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries’ properties; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged any such tax, assessment, charge or claim whose amount, applicability or validity is being or shall be contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted for which adequate reserves, to the extent required under GAAP, have been taken.
 
 
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SECTION 4.05.   Maintenance of Properties and Insurance.
 
The Company shall, and shall cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, maintain in good working order and condition in all material respects (subject to ordinary wear and tear) their properties that are used or useful in the conduct of their business and that are material to the conduct of such business, and make all necessary repairs, renewals, replacements, additions, betterments and improvements thereto; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 4.05 shall prevent the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries from discontinuing the operation and maintenance of any of their properties if such discontinuance is desirable in the conduct of their businesses and is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders, in each case as determined in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors or other governing body of the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary concerned, as the case may be.
 
The Company shall maintain insurance (including appropriate self-insurance) against loss or damage of the kinds that, in the good faith judgment of the Company, are adequate and appropriate for the conduct of the business of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries in a prudent manner, with reputable insurers or with the government of the United States or an agency or instrumentality thereof, in such amounts, with such deductibles, and by such methods as shall be customary, in the good faith judgment of the Company, for companies similarly situated in the industry in which the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries are engaged.
 
SECTION 4.06.   Compliance Certificate, Notice of Default.
 
(1) The Company and each Guarantor shall deliver to the Trustee, within ninety (90) days after the end of the Company’s fiscal year commencing with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2014, an Officers’ Certificate stating that a review of its activities during the preceding fiscal year has been made under the supervision of the signing Officers (one of whom is the principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer) with a view to determining whether it has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled its obligations under this Indenture and further stating, as to each such Officer signing such certificate, that to the best of such Officer’s actual knowledge the Company during such preceding fiscal year has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each and every condition and covenant under this Indenture and no Default or Event of Default occurred during such year and at the date of such certificate there is no Default or Event of Default that has occurred and is continuing or, if such signers do know of such Default or Event of Default, the certificate shall describe the Default or Event of Default and its status with particularity. The Officers’ Certificate shall also notify the Trustee should the Company elect to change the manner in which it fixes its fiscal year end.
 
(2) (i) If any Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or (ii) if any Holder has provided written notice to the Company that such Holder seeks to exercise any remedy hereunder with respect to a claimed Default under this Indenture or the Notes, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee, at its address set forth in Section 11.02, by registered or certified mail or by telegram or facsimile transmission followed by hard copy by registered or certified mail an Officers’ Certificate specifying such event or notice, and the status thereof within ten (10) Business Days of any such officer becoming aware of such occurrence.
 
 
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SECTION 4.07.   Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws.
 
The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law or any usury law or other law that would prohibit or forgive the Company from paying all or any portion of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest or Additional Interest, if any, on the Notes as contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force; and (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) the Company hereby expressly waive all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenant that it shall not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but shall suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
 
SECTION 4.08.   Limitation on Incurrence of Additional Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock.
 
(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume, guarantee, acquire, become liable, contingently or otherwise, with respect to, or otherwise become responsible for payment of (collectively, “incur,” which term shall be deemed to include the entry into a committed revolving credit facility or agreement to increase in the amount of the revolving commitments thereunder, in each case, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate amount of all revolving commitments thereunder at the time of such entry or increase, as the case may be, and for the avoidance of doubt not the extension or issuance of individual loans or letters of credit thereunder) any Indebtedness (other than Permitted Indebtedness), and the Company will not issue any Disqualified Stock and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to issue any shares of preferred stock; provided, however, that if no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of or as a consequence of the incurrence of any such Indebtedness, the Company may incur Indebtedness or issue Disqualified Stock and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is or, upon such incurrence, becomes a Guarantor may incur Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock, in each case, if on the date of the incurrence of such Indebtedness or the issuance of such Disqualified Stock, as the case may be, the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the Company will be, after giving effect to the incurrence thereof, greater than 2.00 to 1.00.
 
(b) The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Domestic Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, incur any Indebtedness which by its terms (or by the terms of any agreement governing such Indebtedness) is subordinated to any other Indebtedness of the Company or such Domestic Restricted Subsidiary unless such Indebtedness is also by its terms (or by the terms of any agreement governing such Indebtedness) made expressly subordinate to the Obligations of the Company or such Domestic Restricted Subsidiary under (i) in the case of the Company, the Notes and the other Indenture Documents or (ii) in the case of such Domestic Restricted Subsidiary, its Guarantee and the other Indenture Documents, in each case, to the same extent and in the same manner as such Indebtedness is subordinated pursuant to subordination provisions that are most favorable to the holders of any other Indebtedness of the Company or such Domestic Restricted Subsidiary.
 
The amount of any Indebtedness outstanding as of any date will be:
 
(1)  
the accreted value of the Indebtedness, in the case of any Indebtedness issued with original issue discount;
 
(2)  
the principal amount of the Indebtedness, in the case of any other Indebtedness; and
 
 
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(3)  
in respect of Indebtedness of another Person secured by a Lien on the assets of the specified Person without recourse to such Person or any of its assets (other than to the assets that are the subject of such Lien), the lesser of:
 
 
(A) the Fair Market Value of such assets that are the subject of such Lien at the date of determination; and
 
 
(B) the amount of the Indebtedness of the other Person.
 
SECTION 4.09.   Limitation on Restricted Payments.
 
The Company will not, and will not cause or permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:
 
(1) declare or pay any dividend or make any distribution (other than dividends or distributions payable in Qualified Capital Stock of the Company and dividends and distributions payable to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary of the Company) on or in respect of shares of Capital Stock of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries to holders of such Capital Stock;
 
(2) purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Capital Stock of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than any such Capital Stock held by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary);
 
(3) make any principal payment on, purchase, defease, redeem, prepay, decrease or otherwise acquire or retire for value, prior to any scheduled final maturity, scheduled repayment or scheduled sinking fund payment, any Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor that is subordinate or junior in right of payment to the Notes or a Guarantee; or
 
(4) make any Investment (other than Permitted Investments);
 
each of the foregoing actions set forth in clauses (1), (2), (3) and (4) being referred to as a “Restricted Payment”, if at the time of such Restricted Payment or immediately after giving effect thereto:
 
(i)        a Default or an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
 
(ii)        the Company is not able to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness (other than Permitted Indebtedness) in compliance with Section 4.08; or
 
(iii)        the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments (including such proposed Restricted Payment) made subsequent to the Issue Date (the amount expended for such purposes, if other than in cash, being the Fair Market Value of such property at the time of the making thereof) shall exceed the sum of:
 
(A)           50% of the cumulative Consolidated Net Income (or if cumulative Consolidated Net Income is a loss, minus 100% of such loss) of the Company earned from the beginning of the first fiscal quarter commencing after the Issue Date to the end of the last day of the Company’s most recent fiscal quarter ending prior to the date the Restricted Payment occurs for which financial statements are available (the “Reference Date”) (treating such period as a single accounting period); plus
 
(B)           100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds and the Fair Market Value of property and marketable securities received by the Company from any Person (other than a Subsidiary of the Company) from the issuance and sale subsequent to the Issue Date and on or prior to the Reference Date of Qualified Capital Stock of the Company (excluding any net proceeds from an Equity Offering to the extent used to redeem Notes pursuant to the provisions described under Section 3.01(b)); plus
 
 
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(C)           100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds received from the issuance of Indebtedness or shares of Disqualified Capital Stock of the Company that have been converted into or exchanged for Qualified Capital Stock of the Company subsequent to the Issue Date and on or prior to the Reference Date; plus
 
(D)           the amount for the period subsequent to the Issue Date and on or prior to the Reference Date equal to the sum of (i) the net reduction in the Investments (other than Permitted Investments) made by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in any Person resulting from repurchases, repayments or redemptions of such Investments by such Person, proceeds realized on the sale of such Investment and proceeds representing the return of capital (excluding dividends and distributions), in each case received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, and (ii) to the extent such Person is an Unrestricted Subsidiary, the portion (proportionate to the Company’s equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the Fair Market Value of the net assets of such Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time such Unrestricted Subsidiary is designated a Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that the foregoing sum shall not exceed, in the case of any such Person or Unrestricted Subsidiary, the amount of Investments (excluding Permitted Investments) previously made (and treated as a Restricted Payment) by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in such Person or Unrestricted Subsidiary; plus
 
(E)           100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds received from the exercise by any holder of a convertible note of the Company that has been converted into Qualified Capital Stock of the Company subsequent to the Issue Date and on or prior to the Reference Date.
 
In the case of clause (iii)(B) above, any net cash proceeds from issuances and sales of Qualified Capital Stock of the Company financed directly or indirectly using funds borrowed from the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, shall be excluded until and to the extent such borrowing is repaid.
 
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions set forth in the immediately preceding paragraph do not prohibit:
 
(1) the payment of any dividend or other distribution or redemption within 60 days after the date of declaration of such dividend or notice for redemption if such payment would have been permitted on the date of declaration or notice for redemption (assuming, in the case of a redemption payment, the giving of the notice would have been deemed to be a Restricted Payment at such time and such deemed Restricted Payment would have been permitted at such time);
 
(2) the acquisition of any shares of Qualified Capital Stock of the Company, either (i) solely in exchange for other shares of Qualified Capital Stock of the Company or (ii) through the application of net proceeds of a sale for cash (other than to a Subsidiary of the Company) of shares of Qualified Capital Stock of the Company within 60 days after such sale;
 
(3) the acquisition of any Indebtedness of the Company or the Guarantors that is subordinate or junior in right of payment to the Notes and Guarantees either (i) solely in exchange for shares of Qualified Capital Stock of the Company, or (ii) through the application of net proceeds of a sale for cash (other than to a Subsidiary of the Company) within 60 days after such sale of (a) shares of Qualified Capital Stock of the Company or (b) if no Default or Event of Default would exist after giving effect thereto, Refinancing Indebtedness;
 
 
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(4) an Investment either (i) solely in exchange for shares of Qualified Capital Stock of the Company or (ii) through the application of the net proceeds of a sale for cash (other than to a Subsidiary of the Company) of shares of Qualified Capital Stock of the Company within 60 days after such sale;
 
(5) if no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would exist after giving effect thereto, the repurchase or other acquisition of shares of Capital Stock of the Company from employees, former employees, directors or former directors of the Company (or permitted transferees of such employees, former employees, directors or former directors), pursuant to the terms of the agreements (including employment agreements) or plans (or amendments thereto) approved by the Board of Directors of the Company under which such individuals purchase or sell or are granted the option to purchase or sell, shares of such Capital Stock; provided, however, that the aggregate amount of such repurchases and other acquisitions in any calendar year shall not exceed $5.0 million; provided further, however, that such amount in any calendar year may be increased by an amount not to exceed the net cash proceeds of key man life insurance policies received by the Company after the Issue Date;
 
(6) repurchases of Capital Stock deemed to occur upon exercise of stock options, warrants or other similar rights if such Capital Stock represents a portion of the exercise price of such options, warrants or other similar rights;
 
(7) payments or distributions to dissenting stockholders of Capital Stock of the Company pursuant to applicable law, pursuant to or in connection with a consolidation, merger or transfer of assets that complies with the provisions of this Indenture applicable to mergers, consolidations and transfers of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
 
(8) distribution of rights pursuant to a shareholder rights plan of the Company or redemptions of such rights; provided that such redemptions are in accordance with the terms of such shareholder rights plan;
 
(9) any purchase, redemption or acquisition for value of Qualified Capital Stock of the Company in connection with the Company’s 401(k) plan or Employee Stock Purchase Plan (as such plans are amended or modified from time to time);
 
(10) Restricted Payments to allow the payment of cash in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares upon (i) the exercise of options or warrants or (ii) the conversion or exchange of Capital Stock of any Person (including in a merger, consolidation, amalgamation or similar transaction);
 
(11) the payment of any dividend (or, in the case of any partnership or limited liability company, any similar distribution) by a Subsidiary of the Company to the holders of its Capital Stock on a pro rata basis; and
 
(12) if no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would exist after giving effect thereto, other Restricted Payments not to exceed $35.0 million outstanding at any one time in the aggregate.
 
In determining the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments made subsequent to the Issue Date in accordance with clause (iii) of the first paragraph of this Section 4.09 amounts expended pursuant to clauses (1), (2)(ii), (3)(ii)(a), (4)(ii) and (12) shall be included in such calculation.
 
For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.09, if a Restricted Payment meets the criteria of more than one of the exceptions described in (1) through (12) of the second paragraph of this Section 4.09 or is entitled to be made pursuant to the first paragraph of this Section 4.09, the Company may, in its sole discretion, classify the Restricted Payment in any manner that complies with this Section 4.09.
 
 
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Not later than the date of making any Restricted Payment pursuant to the provisions of the first paragraph described under this Section 4.09 and no less frequently than quarterly in the case of all other Restricted Payments, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that such Restricted Payment complies with this Indenture and setting forth in reasonable detail the basis upon which the required calculations were computed, which calculations may be based upon the Company’s latest available quarterly financial statements.  The Trustee may assume no Restricted Payments were made if it does not receive an Officers’ Certificate and the Trustee shall have no duty to investigate whether such an Officers’ Certificate should have been delivered.
 
SECTION 4.10.   Repurchase upon Change of Control.
 
Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, each Holder will have the right to require that the Company purchase all or a portion (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of such Holder’s Notes using immediately available funds pursuant to the offer described below (the “Change of Control Offer”), at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof on the date of purchase, plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, to the date of purchase.
 
Within 30 days following the date upon which the Change of Control occurred, the Company must send, by first-class mail, an offer to each Holder, with a copy to the Trustee, which offer shall govern the terms of the Change of Control Offer. The notice to the Holders shall contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Notes pursuant to the Change of Control Offer.  Such notice shall state:
 
(1) that the Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 4.10 and that, to the extent lawful, all Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn shall be accepted for payment;
 
(2) the purchase date (including the amount of accrued interest and Additional Interest if any), which must be no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed, other than as may be required by law (the “Change of Control Payment Date”):
 
(3) that any Note not tendered shall continue to accrue interest and Additional Interest, if applicable;
 
(4) that, unless the Company defaults in making payment therefor, any Note accepted for payment pursuant to the Change of Control Offer shall cease to accrue interest and Additional Interest, if applicable, after the Change of Control Payment Date;
 
(5) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to a Change of Control Offer will be required to surrender the Note, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” on the reverse of the Note completed, to the paying agent at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the third business day prior to the Change of Control Payment Date;
 
(6) that Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their election if the Paying Agent receives, not later than five (5) Business Days prior to the Change of Control Payment Date, a telegram, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Notes the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing its elections to have such Notes purchased;
 
 
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(7) that Holders whose Notes are purchased only in part shall be issued new Notes in a principal amount equal to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered; provided that each Note purchased and each new Note issued shall be in a principal amount of $2,000 or integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof, and such new Notes will be issued in the name of the Holder thereof upon cancellation of the original Note (or appropriate adjustments to the amount and beneficial interests in a Global Note will be made);
 
(8) the circumstances and relevant facts regarding such Change of Control.
 
If any of the Notes subject to the Change of Control Offer is in the form of a Global Note, then the Company shall modify such notice to the extent necessary to comply with the procedures of the Depositary applicable to repurchases.
 
On or before the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company shall, to the extent lawful (i) accept for payment Notes or portions thereof properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer, (ii) deposit with the Paying Agent U.S. Legal Tender sufficient to pay the purchase price plus accrued interest and Additional Interest, if any, of all Notes or portions thereof so tendered and (iii) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes so accepted together with an Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or portions thereof being purchased by the Company.  The Paying Agent shall promptly deliver to the Holders so tendered the purchase price for such Notes and the Company shall promptly issue and the Trustee shall promptly (but in any case not later than five (5) days after the Change of Control Payment Date) authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book entry) to each Holder a new Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered; provided that each such new Note shall be in a principal amount of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.  Any Notes not so accepted shall be promptly mailed by the Company to the Holders thereof.  For purposes of this Section 4.10, the Trustee shall act as the Paying Agent.
 
Any amounts remaining after the purchase of Notes pursuant to a Change of Control Offer shall be returned by the Trustee to the Company.
 
Neither the Board of Directors of the Company nor the Trustee may waive the Company’s obligation to offer to purchase the Notes pursuant to this Section 4.10.
 
The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of Notes pursuant to a Change of Control Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with this Section 4.10, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the provisions of this Section 4.10 by virtue thereof.
 
If Holders of not less than 90% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes validly tender and do not withdraw such Notes in a Change of Control Offer and the Company, or any other Person making a Change of Control Offer in lieu of the Company as described below, purchases all of the Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn by such Holders, the Company shall have the right, upon not less than 15 nor more than 30 days’ prior notice, given not more than 15 days following such purchase pursuant to the Change of Control Offer described above, to redeem all Notes that remain outstanding following such purchase at a redemption price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof on the date of redemption, plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, to the date of redemption.
 
 
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The Company will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of Control if a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in this Indenture applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by the Company and purchases all Notes validly tendered and not properly withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer.
 
SECTION 4.11.   Limitation on Asset Sales.
 
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
 
(1) the Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the Fair Market Value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed;
 
(2) at least 75% of the consideration received by the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale is in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents and is received at the time of such disposition; provided that (a) the amount of any liabilities (as shown on the most recent applicable balance sheet) of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary (other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Notes) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets shall be deemed to be cash for purposes of this provision so long as the documents governing such liabilities or the assumption thereof provide that there is no further recourse to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to such liabilities and (b) the Fair Market Value of any marketable securities received by the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary in exchange for any such assets that are converted into cash or Cash Equivalents within 60 days after the consummation of such Asset Sale shall be deemed to be cash for purposes of this provision; and
 
(3) the Company shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 360 days of receipt thereof either:
 
 
(a) to the extent the property that is subject to such Asset Sale constitutes Credit Facility Priority Collateral, (i) to repay or prepay Indebtedness and other Obligations under the Credit Agreement and, if the Indebtedness repaid is revolving credit Indebtedness, to correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto or (ii) to acquire inventory, documents, contracts, or accounts, chattel paper, instruments or contract rights in respect of any service or sales contracts; or
 
 
(b) to make (or enter into a definitive and binding agreement committing to do so within 180 days after the date that is 360 days following the date of receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds) an investment in property, plant, equipment or other non-current assets that replace the properties and assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or that will be used or useful in a Permitted Business or the acquisition of all of the Capital Stock of a Person engaged in a Permitted Business; or
 
(c) a combination of repayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (3)(a) and (3)(b);
 
 
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provided that if such Asset Sale is of all or substantially all of the Capital Stock of one or more of the Subsidiaries of the Company and if the Net Cash Proceeds of such Capital Stock are not reinvested in the acquisition of all of the Capital Stock of a Person engaged in a Permitted Business as described in clause (3)(b) above, then the portion of the Net Cash Proceeds attributable to Credit Facility Priority Collateral of such Subsidiaries immediately prior to such sale shall be applied as required by clause (3)(a) above, and the portion of the Net Cash Proceeds attributable to Notes Priority Collateral of such Subsidiaries immediately prior to such sale shall be applied as required by clause (3)(b) above, notwithstanding the fact that such Capital Stock constitutes Notes Priority Collateral.
 
Pending the final application of Net Cash Proceeds, the Company may temporarily reduce revolving credit borrowings or invest such Net Cash Proceeds in Cash Equivalents. On the 361st day after an Asset Sale or such earlier date, if any, as the Board of Directors of the Company or of such Restricted Subsidiary determines not to apply the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale as set forth in clauses (3)(a), (3)(b) or (3)(c) of the preceding paragraph (each, a “Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”), such aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds which have not been applied on or before such Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date as permitted in clauses (3)(a), (3)(b) and (3)(c) of the preceding paragraph (each a “Net Proceeds Offer Amount”) shall be applied by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary to make an offer to purchase (the “Net Proceeds Offer”) on a date (the “Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date”) not less than 30 nor more than 60 days following the applicable Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date, to all Holders, and, if required by the terms of any Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations, to the holders of such Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations, to purchase the maximum principal amount of Notes and such Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations (ratably) that may be purchased with the Net Proceeds Offer Amount at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest thereon, if any, to the date of purchase; provided, however, that if (x) at any time any non-cash consideration received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, as the case may be, in connection with any Asset Sale is converted into or sold or otherwise disposed of for cash (other than interest received with respect to any such non-cash consideration), then such conversion or disposition shall be deemed to constitute an Asset Sale hereunder on the date of such conversion or disposition, as the case may be, and the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be applied in accordance with clause (3) of the immediately preceding paragraph and this paragraph and (y) any Net Cash Proceeds are not applied by the date provided in any definitive and binding agreement described under clause (3)(b) of the immediately preceding paragraph (as such date may be extended in accordance with the terms of such definitive agreement, but in any event, to a date no later than 180 days following such 361st date), such date (as extended, if applicable) shall immediately be deemed to be a Net Proceeds Trigger Date and the aggregate amount of such Net Cash Proceeds not applied in accordance with clause (3)(a), (3)(b) or (3)(c), as applicable, by such date shall immediately be deemed to be the Net Proceeds Offer Amount, and such aggregate amount shall be subject to a Net Proceeds Offer and such Net Cash Proceeds shall be applied in accordance with this paragraph.
 
The Company may defer any Net Proceeds Offer until there is an aggregate unutilized Net Proceeds Offer Amount equal to or in excess of $10.0 million resulting from one or more Asset Sales in which case the accumulation of such amount shall constitute a Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date (at which time, the entire unutilized Net Proceeds Offer Amount, and not just the amount in excess of $10.0 million, shall be applied as required pursuant to the immediately preceding paragraph). Upon the completion of each Net Proceeds Offer, the Net Proceeds Offer Amount will be reset at zero, and for the avoidance of doubt, if the aggregate principal amount of Notes and Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations properly tendered in connection with such Net Proceeds Offer was less than the Net Proceeds Offer Amount, any Net Cash Proceeds relating to, and remaining following the completion of, such Net Proceeds Offer shall no longer constitute Net Cash Proceeds for purposes of this Section 4.11.  If the aggregate principal amount of Notes or the Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations surrendered by such holders thereof exceeds the amount of Net Proceeds Offer Amount, the Company shall select the Notes and such Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations to be purchased on a pro rata basis based on the accreted value or principal amount of the Notes or such Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations tendered.
 
 
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In the event of the transfer of substantially all (but not all) of the property and assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as an entirety to a Person in a transaction permitted under Section 5.01 which transaction does not constitute a Change of Control, the successor entity shall be deemed to have sold the properties and assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries not so transferred for purposes of this Section 4.11, and shall comply with the provisions of this Section 4.11 with respect to such deemed sale as if it constituted an Asset Sale. In addition, the Fair Market Value of such properties and assets of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries deemed to be sold shall be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds for purposes of this Section 4.11.
 
Each notice of a Net Proceeds Offer shall be mailed first class, postage prepaid, to the record Holders as shown on the register of Holders within 20 days following the Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date, with a copy to the Trustee, and shall comply with the procedures set forth in this Indenture. Upon receiving notice of the Net Proceeds Offer, Holders may elect to tender their Notes in whole or in part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) in exchange for cash. To the extent Holders properly tender Notes in an amount exceeding the Net Proceeds Offer Amount, Notes of tendering Holders will be purchased on a pro rata basis (based on amounts tendered) subject to adjustments so that no Notes in an unauthorized denomination are purchased in part or remain outstanding in part (subject to the Depository’s procedures). A Net Proceeds Offer shall remain open for a period of 20 Business Days or such longer period as may be required by law.
 
The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of Notes pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with this Section 4.11, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 4.11 by virtue of such compliance.
 
SECTION 4.12.   Limitation on Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries.
 
The Company will not, and will not cause or permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or permit to exist or become effective any encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to:
 
(1)        pay dividends or make any other distributions on or in respect of its Capital Stock;
 
(2)        make loans or advances or to pay any Indebtedness or other obligation owed to the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; or
 
(3)        transfer any of its property or assets to the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary of the Company,
 
except for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of:
 
(A)           applicable law, rule or regulation;
 
(B)           this Indenture, the Notes, the Guarantees, or the Collateral Agreements;
 
(C)           customary non-assignment provisions of any lease of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to the extent such provisions restrict the transfer of the lease or the property leased thereunder;
 
 
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(D)           any instrument governing Acquired Indebtedness, which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person or the properties or assets of the Person so acquired;
 
(E)           the Credit Agreement (and all replacements or substitutions thereof on terms with respect to such encumbrances or restrictions no more materially adverse to the Holders taken as a whole);
 
(F)           agreements existing on the Issue Date to the extent and in the manner such agreements are in effect on the Issue Date;
 
(G)           restrictions on the transfer of assets subject to any Lien permitted under this Indenture;
 
(H)           restrictions imposed by any agreement to sell assets or Capital Stock permitted under this Indenture to any Person pending the closing of such sale;
 
(I)           provisions in joint venture agreements and other similar agreements (in each case relating solely to the respective joint venture or similar entity or the equity interests therein) entered into in the ordinary course of business;
 
(J)           restrictions contained in the terms of the Purchase Money Indebtedness or Capitalized Lease Obligations not incurred in violation of this Indenture; provided that such restrictions relate only to the assets financed with such Indebtedness;
 
(K)           restrictions in other Indebtedness incurred in compliance with Section 4.08; provided that such restrictions, taken as a whole, are, in the good faith judgment of the Company’s Board of Directors, no more materially restrictive with respect to such encumbrances and restrictions than those contained in the existing agreements referenced in clause (B), (E) or (F) above;
 
(L)           restrictions on cash or other deposits imposed by customers under contracts or other arrangements entered into or agreed to in the ordinary course of business;
 
(M)           restrictions on the ability of any Foreign Restricted Subsidiary to make dividends or other distributions resulting from the operation of covenants contained in documentation governing Indebtedness of such Subsidiary permitted under this Indenture; or
 
(N)           an agreement governing Indebtedness incurred to Refinance the Indebtedness issued, assumed or incurred pursuant to an agreement referred to in clause (B), (D), (E), (F), (J), or (K) above; provided, however, that the provisions relating to such encumbrance or restriction contained in any such Indebtedness are no less favorable to the Company, taken as a whole, as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company in their reasonable and good faith judgment than the provisions relating to such encumbrance or restriction contained in agreements referred to in such clause (B), (D), (E), (F), (J), or (K).
 
SECTION 4.13.   Limitation on Issuances and Sales of Capital Stock of Subsidiaries.
 
The Company will not permit or cause any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to issue or sell any Capital Stock (other than to the Company or to a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company or permit any Person (other than the Company or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company) to own or hold any Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or any Lien or security interest therein (other than as required by applicable law); provided, however, that this provision shall not prohibit (1) any issuance or sale if, immediately after giving effect thereto, such Restricted Subsidiary would no longer constitute a Restricted Subsidiary and any Investment in such Person remaining after giving effect to such issuance or sale would have been permitted to be made under Section 4.09 if made on the date of such issuance or sale or (2) the sale of all of the Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary in compliance with the provisions of Section 4.11.
 
 
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SECTION 4.14.   Limitation on Liens.
 
The Company will not, and will not cause or permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or permit or suffer to exist any Liens (other than Permitted Liens) of any kind against or upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries whether owned on the Issue Date or acquired after the Issue Date, or any proceeds therefrom, or assign or otherwise convey any right to receive income or profits therefrom.
 
SECTION 4.15.   Limitations on Transactions with Affiliates.
 
(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into or permit to exist any transaction or series of related transactions (including, without limitation, the purchase, sale, lease or exchange of any property or the rendering of any service) with, or for the benefit of, any of its Affiliates (each an “Affiliate Transaction”), other than
 
(x)        Affiliate Transactions permitted under paragraph (b) below, and
 
(y)        Affiliate Transactions on terms that are no less favorable than those that might reasonably have been obtained in a comparable transaction at such time on an arm’s-length basis from a Person that is not an Affiliate of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary.
 
All Affiliate Transactions (and each series of related Affiliate Transactions which are similar or part of a common plan) involving aggregate payments or other property with a Fair Market Value in excess of
 
$5.0 million shall be approved by a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the Company (including a majority of the disinterested members thereof), as the case may be, such approval to be evidenced by a Board Resolution stating that such Board of Directors has determined that such transaction complies with the foregoing provisions and the Company shall deliver an Officers’ Certificate to the Trustee certifying that such transactions are in compliance with clause (a)(y) of this Section 4.15. If the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company enters into an Affiliate Transaction (or a series of related Affiliate Transactions related to a common plan) that involves an aggregate Fair Market Value of more than $10.0 million, the Company shall, prior to the consummation thereof, obtain a favorable opinion as to the fairness of the financial terms of such transaction or series of related transactions to the Company or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from an Independent Financial Advisor and deliver the same to the Trustee.
 
(b)  The restrictions set forth in the first paragraph of this Section 4.15 shall not apply to:
 
(1) reasonable fees and compensation paid to and indemnity provided on behalf of, officers, directors, employees or consultants of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company as determined in good faith by the Company’s Board of Directors or senior management;
 
(2) transactions exclusively between or among the Company and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or exclusively between or among such Restricted Subsidiaries, provided, that such transactions are not otherwise prohibited by this Indenture;
 
(3) any agreement as in effect as of the Issue Date or any transaction contemplated thereby and any amendment thereto or any replacement agreement thereto so long as any such amendment or replacement agreement is not materially more disadvantageous to the Holders, taken as a whole, in any material respect than the original agreement as in effect on the Issue Date;
 
(4)  Restricted Payments permitted by this Indenture and Permitted Investments described in clause (10) of the definition thereof;
 
 
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(5) any merger or other transaction with an Affiliate solely for the purpose of reincorporating the Company in another jurisdiction or creating a holding company of the Company; and
 
(6) any employment, stock option, stock repurchase, employee benefit compensation, business expense reimbursement, severance, termination or other employment-related agreements, arrangements or plans entered into by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business.
 
SECTION 4.16.   Additional Subsidiary Guarantees.
 
If (a) the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries acquires or creates another Domestic Restricted Subsidiary after the Issue Date (other than a Discontinued Subsidiary) or (b) if any Domestic Restricted Subsidiary that was a Discontinued Subsidiary is no longer a Discontinued Subsidiary, then the Company shall cause such Domestic Restricted Subsidiary to:
 
(1)           execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture substantially in the form of Exhibit F hereto pursuant to which such Domestic Restricted Subsidiary shall unconditionally guarantee on a senior secured basis all of the Company’s obligations under the Notes and this Indenture on the terms set forth in this Indenture;
 
(2)           take such actions necessary or advisable to grant to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Holders a perfected security interest in the assets of such new Domestic Restricted Subsidiary of the type that would constitute Collateral (which for the avoidance of doubt shall not include any Excluded Assets), subject to the Permitted Liens, including the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements in such jurisdictions as may be required by the Security Agreement or by law, and including the delivery of documents of the type set forth in Section 4.17 hereof;
 
(3)           take such further action and execute and deliver such other documents specified in this Indenture or otherwise reasonably requested by the Trustee or the Collateral Agent to effectuate the foregoing; and
 
(4)           deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel that such supplemental indenture and any other documents required to be delivered have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such Domestic Restricted Subsidiary and constitutes a legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligations of such Domestic Restricted Subsidiary and such other opinions regarding the perfection of such Liens in the assets of such Domestic Restricted Subsidiary as provided for in this Indenture.
 
Thereafter, such Domestic Restricted Subsidiary shall be a Guarantor for all purposes of this Indenture.
 
SECTION 4.17.   Real Estate Mortgages and Filings.
 
With respect to any fee interest in any real property (individually and collectively, the “Premises”) (a) owned by the Company or any of the Guarantors on the Issue Date with a fair market value in excess of $3.0 million or (b) acquired by the Company or the Guarantors thereafter with a purchase price of greater than $3.0 million (the “Mortgaged Property”), the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to deliver to the Collateral Agent each of the following items, (x) in the case of clause (a) above, within 90 days of the Issue Date and (y) in the case of clause (b) above, within 90 days of the acquisition thereof:
 
(1)        fully executed counterparts of Mortgages, each dated within 90 days after the Issue Date or the date of acquisition of such property, as the case may be, duly executed by the Company or the applicable Guarantor, together with evidence of the completion (or satisfactory arrangements for the completion), of all recordings and filings of such Mortgage as may be necessary to create a valid, perfected Lien, subject to Permitted Liens, against the properties purported to be covered thereby;
 
 
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(2)        mortgagee’s title insurance policies in favor of the Collateral Agent, as mortgagee for the ratable benefit of the Collateral Agent, the Trustee, the Holders and the holders of any Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations in an amount equal to 100% of the Fair Market Value of the Premises purported to be covered by the related Mortgage, insuring that title to such property is marketable and that the interests created by the Mortgage constitute valid Liens thereon free and clear of all Liens, defects and encumbrances other than Permitted Liens, and shall be accompanied by evidence of the payment in full of all premiums thereon;
 
(3)        the most recent survey of such Premises, together with either (i) an updated survey certification from the applicable title insurance company in favor of the Trustee and the Collateral Agent from the applicable surveyor stating that, based on a visual inspection of the property and the knowledge of the surveyor, there has been no change in the facts depicted in the survey or (ii) an affidavit from the Company and the Guarantors stating that there has been no change, other than, in each case, changes that do not materially adversely affect the use by the Company or Guarantor, as applicable, of such Premises for the Company or such Guarantor’s business as so conducted, or intended to be conducted, at such Premises; and
 
(4)        such further information, opinions, certificates and documents evidencing or relating to the Mortgaged Property or required to effect the foregoing including, without limitation, any information, certificates, opinions and documents substantially similar in form and substance to those delivered to the Administrative Agent under the Credit Agreement in connection with such Mortgaged Property.
 
SECTION 4.18.   Conduct of Business.
 
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, engage in any businesses other than Permitted Businesses.
 
SECTION 4.19.   Reports to Holders.
 
Whether or not required by the rules and regulations of the SEC, so long as any Notes are outstanding, the Company will furnish to the Trustee and to the Holders:
 
(1)        all quarterly and annual financial information that would be required to be contained in a filing with the SEC on Forms 10-Q and 10-K if the Company were required to file such Forms, including a “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” that describes the financial condition and results of operations of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries (showing in reasonable detail, either on the face of the financial statements or in the footnotes thereto and in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries separate from the financial condition and results of operations of the Unrestricted Subsidiaries of the Company, if any) and, with respect to the annual information only, a report thereon by the Company’s certified independent accountants; and
 
(2)        all current reports that would be required to be filed with the SEC on Form 8-K if the Company were required to file such reports, in each case, within the time periods required for filing such forms and reports as specified in the SEC’s rules and regulations (and, during any period in which the Company is not required to file reports with the SEC, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and regulations applicable to a “non-accelerated filer”). To the extent the Company is not required to file reports with the SEC, it will make the information publicly available (including via a non-password protected website). Whether the Company files such reports with the SEC or posts its reports on its website, the public posting of such reports shall satisfy any requirement hereunder to deliver such reports to Holders.
 
 
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may satisfy such requirements, whether or not required by the rules and regulations of the SEC, by filing all such information and reports with the SEC for public availability within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and regulations (unless the SEC will not accept such a filing). During any period in which the Company is not required to file reports with the SEC, the Company shall make such information publicly available within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and regulations applicable to a “non-accelerated filer.” In addition, the Company has agreed that, prior to the consummation of the Exchange Offer, for so long as any Notes remain outstanding, it will furnish to the Holders upon their request, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144(A)(d)(4) under the Securities Act.
 
Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee's receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company's compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers' Certificates).
 
SECTION 4.20.   Limitations on Sale and Leaseback Transactions.
 
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, enter into any sale and leaseback transaction; provided that the Company and any Restricted Subsidiary may enter into a sale and leaseback transaction if:
 
(1) the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary could have (a) incurred Indebtedness in an amount equal to the Attributable Debt relating to such sale and leaseback transaction pursuant to Section 4.08 and (b) incurred a Lien to secure such Indebtedness pursuant to Section 4.14 and
 
(2) the transfer of assets in such sale and leaseback transaction is permitted by, and the Company applies the proceeds of such transaction in compliance with Section 4.11.
 
SECTION 4.21.  Payments for Consent.
 
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, pay or cause to be paid any consideration to or for the benefit of any Holder for or as an inducement to any consent, waiver or amendment of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture, the Notes or any of the Collateral Agreements unless such consideration is offered to be paid or is paid to all Holders that consent, waive or agree to amend in the time frame set forth in the solicitation documents relating to such consent, waiver or agreement.
 
SECTION 4.22.   Additional Interest.
 
If Additional Interest becomes payable by the Company pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating (i) the amount of Additional Interest due and payable, (ii) the Section of the Registration Rights Agreement pursuant to which Additional Interest is due and payable and (iii) the date on which Additional Interest is payable.  Unless and until a Trust Officer of the Trustee receives such an Officers’ Certificate, the Trustee may assume without inquiry that no Additional Interest is payable; provided, that the failure of the Company to deliver to the Trustee such Officers’ Certificate shall not relieve the Company of its obligation to pay any such Additional Interest when due and payable.
 
 
 
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ARTICLE FIVE
 
SUCCESSOR CORPORATION
 
SECTION 5.01.   Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets.
 
The Company will not, in a single transaction or series of related transactions, consolidate or merge with or into any Person, or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of (or cause or permit any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of) all or substantially all of the Company’s assets (determined on a consolidated basis for the Company and the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries) whether as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to any Person unless:
 
(1) either:
 
(a) the Company shall be the surviving or continuing corporation; or
 
(b) the Person (if other than the Company) formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the Person which acquires by sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition the properties and assets of the Company and of the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries substantially as an entirety (the “Surviving Entity”):
 
(x) shall be a corporation organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States or any State thereof or the District of Columbia; and
 
(y) shall expressly assume, (i) by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, interest and Additional Interest, if any, on all of the Notes and the performance of every covenant of the Notes and this Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed or observed thereunder, (ii) by an assumption and joinder, the performance of every covenant of the Registration Rights Agreement, and (iii) by amendment, supplement or other instrument, executed and delivered to the Trustee, all obligations of the Company under the Collateral Agreements, and in connection therewith shall cause such instruments to be filed and recorded in such jurisdictions and take such other actions as may be required by applicable law to perfect or continue the perfection of the Lien created under the Collateral Agreements on the Collateral owned by or transferred to the surviving entity;
 
(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction and the assumption contemplated by clause (1)(b)(y) above (including giving effect to any Indebtedness and Acquired Indebtedness incurred or anticipated to be incurred in connection with or in respect of such transaction), the Company or such Surviving Entity, as the case may be, shall (a) be able to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness (other than Permitted Indebtedness) in compliance with Section 4.08 or (b) have a Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio that is no worse than the Company’s Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio immediately prior to such transaction and any related financing transaction;
 
(3) immediately after giving effect to such transaction and the assumption contemplated by clause (1)(b)(y) above (including, without limitation, giving effect to any Indebtedness and Acquired Indebtedness incurred or anticipated to be incurred and any Lien granted in connection with or in respect of the transaction), no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred or be continuing; and
 
(4) the Company or the Surviving Entity shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture comply with the applicable provisions of this Indenture and that all conditions precedent in this Indenture relating to such transaction have been satisfied.
 
 
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For purposes of the foregoing, the transfer (by lease, assignment, sale or otherwise, in a single transaction or series of transactions) of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of one or more Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company the Capital Stock of which constitutes all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company, shall be deemed to be the transfer of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company.
 
Each Guarantor (other than any Guarantor whose Guarantee is to be released in accordance with the terms of the Guarantee and this Indenture in connection with any transaction complying with the provisions of this Section 5.01 and Section 4.11) will not, and the Company will not cause or permit any Guarantor to, consolidate with or merge with or into any Person, other than the Company or any other Guarantor unless:
 
(1) the entity formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Guarantor) or to which such sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition shall have been made is a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States or any State thereof or the District of Columbia;
 
(2) such entity assumes (a) by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee, all of the obligations of the Guarantor under the Guarantee and the performance of every covenant of the Guarantee and this Indenture, (b) by an assumption and joinder, the performance of every covenant of the Registration Rights Agreement, and (c) by amendment, supplement or other instrument executed and delivered to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent, all obligations of the Guarantor under the Collateral Agreements and in connection therewith shall cause such instruments to be filed and recorded in such jurisdictions and take such other actions as may be required by applicable law to perfect or continue the perfection of the Lien created under the Collateral Agreements on the Collateral owned by or transferred to the surviving entity; and
 
(3) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
 
Any merger or consolidation of (i) a Guarantor with and into the Company (with the Company being the Surviving Entity) or another Guarantor or (ii) a Guarantor or the Company with an Affiliate organized solely for the purpose of reincorporating such Guarantor or the Company in another jurisdiction in the United States or any state thereof or the District of Columbia need only comply with:
 
(A) clause (4) of the first paragraph of this Section 5.01; and
 
(B) (x) in the case of a merger or consolidation involving the Company as described in clause (ii), clause (1)(b)(y) of the first paragraph of this Section 5.01 and (y) in the case of a merger or consolidation involving the Guarantor as described in clause (ii), clause (2) of the immediately preceding paragraph.
 
SECTION 5.02.   Successor Entity Substituted.
 
Upon any consolidation, combination or merger or any transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.01, in which the Company is not surviving or the continuing corporation, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to which such conveyance, lease or transfer is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture and the Notes with the same effect as if such surviving entity had been named as such. Upon such substitution, the Company and any Guarantors that remain Subsidiaries of the Company shall be released from their obligations under this Indenture and the Guarantees.
 
 
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ARTICLE SIX
 
DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
 
SECTION 6.01.   Events of Default.  The following events are defined as “Events of Default”:
 
(1) the failure to pay interest or Additional Interest, if any, on any Notes when the same becomes due and payable and the default continues for a period of 30 consecutive days;
 
(2) the failure to pay the principal of or premium, if any, on any Notes, when such principal or premium becomes due and payable, at maturity, upon optional redemption, upon required offer to purchase (including a default in payment resulting from the failure to make a required offer to purchase), upon acceleration or otherwise;
 
(3) a default in the observance or performance of any other covenant or agreement contained in this Indenture (other than the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest or and Additional Interest, if any, on any Note) or any Collateral Agreement which default continues for a period of 30 consecutive days after the Company receives written notice specifying the default (and demanding that such default be remedied) from the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% of the outstanding principal amount of the Notes (which includes Additional Notes, if any) (except in the case of a default with respect to Section 5.01, which will constitute an Event of Default with such notice requirement but without such passage of time requirement);
 
(4) the failure to pay at final maturity (giving effect to any applicable grace periods and any extensions thereof) the principal amount of any Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, or the acceleration of the final stated maturity of any such Indebtedness (which acceleration is not rescinded, annulled or otherwise cured within 30 consecutive days from the date of acceleration) if the aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness in default for failure to pay principal at final maturity or which has been accelerated (in each case with respect to which the 30 consecutive day period described above has elapsed), aggregates $20.0 million or more at any time;
 
(5) one or more judgments in an aggregate amount in excess of $20.0 million shall have been rendered against the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than any judgment as to which a reputable and solvent third party insurer has not disclaimed coverage) and such judgments remain undischarged, unpaid or unstayed for a period of 60 consecutive days after such judgment or judgments become final and non-appealable;
 
(6) the Company, any of its Significant Subsidiaries or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary (A) commences a voluntary case or proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code or other applicable bankruptcy law with respect to itself, (B) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case under the Bankruptcy Code or other applicable bankruptcy law, (C) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for substantially all of its property, (D) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors; or (E) takes any corporate action to authorize or effect any of the foregoing;
 
(7) a court of competent jurisdiction enters a judgment, decree or order for relief in respect of the Company, any of its Significant Subsidiaries or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case or proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code or other applicable bankruptcy law, which shall (A) approve as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition in respect of the Company, such Significant Subsidiary or group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary, (B) appoint a Custodian of the Company, such Significant Subsidiary or group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary, or for substantially all of its property or (C) order the winding up or liquidation of its affairs; and such judgment, decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of sixty (60) days;
 
 
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(8) the Company or any of the Guarantors, directly or indirectly, contest in any manner the effectiveness, validity, binding nature or enforceability of any Collateral Agreement;
 
(9) any Guarantee of a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Domestic Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary ceases to be in full force and effect or any Guarantee of a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Domestic Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary is declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be null and void and unenforceable or any Guarantee of a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Domestic Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or any Guarantor denies its liability under its Guarantee (other than by reason of release of a Guarantor in accordance with the terms of this Indenture); or
 
(10) (i) any lien or security interest created by any Collateral Agreement ceases to be in full force and effect (except as permitted by the terms of this Indenture or the Collateral Agreements) or (ii) the breach or repudiation by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of any of their obligations under any Collateral Agreement (other than by reason of a release of such obligation or Lien related thereto in accordance with the terms of this Indenture or such Collateral Agreement); provided that, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii), such cessation, breach or repudiation, individually or in the aggregate, results in Collateral having a Fair Market Value in excess of $10.0 million not being subject to a valid, perfected security interest in favor of the Collateral Agent (to the extent required under the Collateral Agreements). For the avoidance of doubt, this clause (10) does not limit or otherwise alter in any manner the remedies available to Holders in clauses (1) through (9) above.
 
SECTION 6.02.   Acceleration.
 
(a)       If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(6) or (7) with respect to the Company) shall occur and be continuing and has not been waived, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of outstanding Notes (which includes Additional Notes, if any) may declare the principal of and premium, if any, accrued interest and Additional Interest, if any, on all the Notes to be due and payable by notice in writing to the Company and the Trustee specifying the Event of Default and that it is a “notice of acceleration” (the “Acceleration Notice”), and the same shall become immediately due and payable.
 
(b)       If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(6) or (7) with respect to the Company occurs and is continuing, then all unpaid principal of, and premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, on all of the outstanding Notes shall ipso facto become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder.
 
(c)       At any time after a declaration of acceleration with respect to the Notes as described in the preceding paragraphs, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes (which includes Additional Notes, if any) may rescind and cancel such declaration and its consequences:
 
(1) if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree;
 
 
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(2)  if all existing Events of Default have been cured or waived except nonpayment of principal, premium, if any, interest or Additional Interest, if any, that has become due solely because of the acceleration;
 
(3)  to the extent the payment of such interest is lawful, interest on overdue installments of interest and overdue principal and premium, if any, and Additional Interest, if any, which has become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration, has been paid or deposited with the Trustee for payment therefor without any restriction on or condition to the application by the Trustee towards such payment;
 
(4) if the Company has paid the Trustee its compensation and reimbursed the Trustee for its reasonable expenses, disbursements and its advances; and
 
(5) in the event of the cure or waiver of an Event of Default described in Section 6.01(6) or (7), the Trustee shall have received an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel that such Event of Default has been cured or waived.
 
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent Default or impair any right consequent thereto.
 
SECTION 6.03.   Other Remedies.
 
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy by proceeding at law or in equity to collect the payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest or Additional Interest, if any, on the Notes or, subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, to enforce the performance of any provision of the Notes, this Indenture or any of the other Indenture Documents.
 
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, the Collateral Agent or any Holder in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default.  No remedy is exclusive of any other remedy.  All available remedies are cumulative to the extent permitted by law.
 
SECTION 6.04.   Waiver of Past Defaults.
 
Subject to Sections 2.09, 6.02(c), 6.07 and 9.02, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes (which includes Additional Notes, if any) may waive any existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences, except (other than as provided in Section 6.02(c)) a default in the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, interest, or Additional Interest, if any, on any Notes.  When a Default or Event of Default is waived, it is cured and ceases to exist.
 
SECTION 6.05.   Control by Majority.
 
Subject to Section 2.09, the Collateral Agreements and applicable law, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for exercising any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee including, without limitation, any remedies provided for in Section 6.03.  Subject to Section 7.01 and 7.02(f), however, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction (which direction, if sent to the Trustee, shall be in writing) that the Trustee, reasonably believes conflicts with any applicable law, the Collateral Agreements or any of the other Indenture Documents, that the Trustee determines may be unduly prejudicial to the rights of another Holder, or that may subject the Trustee to personal liability; provided that the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction (which direction, if sent to the Trustee shall be in writing).
 
 
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SECTION 6.06.  Limitation on Suits.
 
A Holder may not pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Notes unless:
 
(1) the Holder gives to the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default;
 
(2) subject to Section 2.09, Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes make a written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of that Event of Default;
 
(3) such Holders offer to the Trustee indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense to be incurred in compliance with such request;
 
(4) the Trustee does not comply with the request within sixty (60) days after receipt of the request and the offer of indemnity; and
 
(5) during such sixty (60) day period the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes do not give the Trustee a written direction which, in the opinion of the Trustee, is inconsistent with the request.
 
A Holder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Holder or to obtain a preference or priority over such other Holder.
 
SECTION 6.07.   Rights of Holders to Receive Payment.
 
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder to receive payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest and Additional Interest, if any, on a Note, on or after the respective due dates expressed in such Note, 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 or Collateral Agent.
 
If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(1) or (2) occurs and is continuing, subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, the Trustee or the Collateral Agent may recover judgment (i) in its own name and (ii)(x) in the case of the Trustee, as trustee of an express trust or (y) in the case of the Collateral Agent, as collateral agent on behalf of each of the Secured Parties, in each case against the Company or any other obligor on the Notes for the whole amount of principal of, premium, if any, and accrued interest and Additional Interest, if any, remaining unpaid on, the Notes, together with interest on overdue principal and, to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest on overdue installments of interest and Additional Interest, if any, at the rate set forth in Section 4.01 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, the Collateral Agent and their respective agents and counsel and any other amounts due any such Person under the Collateral Agreements and Section 7.07.
 
SECTION 6.09.   Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
 
Subject to the Collateral Agreements, 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 compensation, reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and the Holders allowed in any judicial proceedings relating to the Company or any other obligor upon the Notes, any of their respective creditors or any of their respective property and, subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, shall be entitled and empowered to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same, and any Custodian in any such judicial proceedings is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee, 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 compensation, reasonable expenses, taxes, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due any such Person under the Collateral Agreements and Section 7.07.  The Company’ payment obligations under this Section 6.09 shall be secured in accordance with the provisions of Section 7.07.  Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee or Collateral Agent to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee or the Collateral Agent, as the case may be, to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.
 
 
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SECTION 6.10.   Priorities.
 
If the Trustee collects any money or property pursuant to this Article Six, it shall pay out the money or property in the following order:
 
First:  to the Trustee, the Collateral Agent, the Paying Agent and the Registrar for amounts due under Section 7.07 (including payment of all compensation expense, all liabilities incurred and all advances made by the Trustee or the Collateral Agent, as the case may be, and the costs and expenses of collection);
 
Second:  if the Holders are forced to proceed against the Company directly without the Trustee or the Collateral Agent, to Holders for their collection costs;
 
Third:  to Holders for amounts due and unpaid on the Notes for principal, premium, if any, and interest and Additional Interest, if any, 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 and Additional Interest, if any, respectively; and
 
Fourth:  to the Company or any other obligor on the Notes, as their interests may appear, or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct.
 
The Trustee, upon prior written notice to the Company, may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders pursuant to this Section 6.10.
 
SECTION 6.11.   Undertaking for Costs.