Exhibit 10.41
Execution Version
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT
among
MONEYGRAM PAYMENT SYSTEMS WORLDWIDE, INC.
MONEYGRAM INTERNATIONAL, INC.
And
GSMP V ONSHORE US, LTD.
GSMP V OFFSHORE US, LTD.
GSMP V INSTITUTIONAL US, LTD.
Dated as of March 24, 2008
Relating to:
$500,000,000
13.25% Senior Secured Second Lien Notes Due 2018
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS |
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Definitions |
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Computation of Time Periods |
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1.3. |
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Terms Generally |
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SECTION 2. AUTHORIZATION AND ISSUANCE OF NOTES |
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Authorization of Issue |
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Sale and Purchase of the Notes |
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2.3. |
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Closing |
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Effective Date Certificate |
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SECTION 3. CONDITIONS TO CLOSING |
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No Violation; No Legal Constraints;
Consents, Authorizations and Filings, Etc. |
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Indebtedness |
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Material Adverse Change |
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Regulatory |
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Fees and Expenses |
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3.6. |
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Holdco Audit/10-K/Absence of Restatement |
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Representations and Warranties |
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Performance; No Default |
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Equity Contribution |
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3.10. |
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[Reserved] |
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3.11. |
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Compliance Certificates |
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3.12. |
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Opinion of Counsel |
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3.13. |
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Financial Information |
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3.14. |
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Transaction Documents |
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3.15. |
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Execution and Authentication of Indenture and Notes |
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3.16. |
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Security Documents and Collateral |
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Bank Clearing Arrangements |
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Company Credit Facilities |
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New York Stock Exchange |
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Notice to Stockholders |
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Wal-Mart |
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Insurance |
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Financial Statements |
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3.24. |
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Closing Certificate |
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SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
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Disclosure |
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4.2. |
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Organization and Authority |
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Holdco Subsidiaries |
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4.4. |
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Capitalization |
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4.5. |
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Authorization; No Default |
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SEC Documents |
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Taxes |
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Ordinary Course |
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Commitments and Contracts |
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Litigation and Other Proceedings |
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Insurance |
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Compliance with Laws |
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Benefit Plans |
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4.14. |
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Environmental Liability |
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Intellectual Property |
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Board Approvals |
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Brokers and Finders |
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4.18. |
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Collateral |
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[Reserved] |
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[Reserved] |
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4.21. |
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Disclosure |
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[Reserved] |
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Properties |
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Solvency |
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No Registration Required |
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No Integration of Offerings or General Solicitation |
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Eligibility for Resale under Rule 144A |
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Margin Regulations |
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Investment Company Act |
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Opinions of Financial Advisors |
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CAG, Inc. |
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Signing Date Representations and Warranties |
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SECTION 5. REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND AGREEMENTS OF PURCHASERS |
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Representation and Warranties |
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Notice of Transfers of the Notes |
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SECTION 6. PRE-CLOSING COVENANTS |
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Access |
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Investment Policy |
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Ordinary Course |
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SECTION 7. POST-CLOSING AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS |
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Future Reports to Purchasers |
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Patriot Act and Anti-Money Laundering |
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U.S. Economic Sanctions |
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FCPA and Anti-Bribery Limitations |
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Export Control Limitations |
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Customs and Trade Remedy Laws |
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Anti-Boycott Laws |
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Cross-Border Investment Restrictions |
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Information Related to Alternative Transactions |
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Board Observer Rights |
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Changes to Investment Policy |
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SECTION 8. PROVISIONS RELATING TO RESALES OF NOTES |
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Private Offerings |
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Procedures and Management Cooperation in Private Offerings |
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No Integration |
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SECTION 9. EXPENSES AND INDEMNIFICATION |
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Expenses |
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Indemnification |
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Waiver of Punitive Damages |
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Survival |
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Tax Treatment of Indemnification Payments |
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SECTION 10. MISCELLANEOUS |
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Notices |
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Benefit of Agreement and Assignments |
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No Waiver; Remedies Cumulative |
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Amendments, Waivers and Consents |
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Counterparts |
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Reproduction |
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Headings |
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Survival of Covenants and
Indemnities; Representations |
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Governing Law; Submission to
Jurisdiction; Venue |
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Severability |
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Entirety |
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Construction |
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Incorporation |
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Confidentiality |
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Termination; Survival |
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Maximum Rate |
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Patriot Act |
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Currency |
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Further Assurances |
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Sole Discretion |
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No Waivers |
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EXHIBITS:
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Exhibit A
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Form of Indenture |
Exhibit B
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Form of Registration Rights Agreement |
Exhibit 2.4
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Form of Effective Date Certificate |
Exhibit 3.1l(a)
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Form of Secretarys Certificate |
Exhibit 3.11(b)
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Form of Officers Certificate |
Exhibit 3.11(c)
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Form of Solvency Certificate |
Exhibit 3.16(a)
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Form of Second Priority Security Agreement |
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Exhibit 3.16(b)
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Form of Second Priority Pledge Agreement |
Exhibit 3.16(c)
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Form of Second Priority Patent Security Agreement |
Exhibit 3.16(d)
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Form of Second Priority Patent Security Agreement |
Exhibit 3.16(e)
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Form of Second Priority Trademark Security Agreement |
Exhibit 3.16(f)
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Form of Second Priority Trademark Security Agreement |
Exhibit 3.16(g)
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Form of Intercreditor Agreement |
Exhibit 4
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Financial information |
SCHEDULES:
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Schedule I
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Holdco Disclosure Schedules |
Schedule 2.2
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Information Relating to the Purchasers |
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SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated as of March 24, 2008, among
MoneyGram Payment Systems Worldwide, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), MoneyGram
International, Inc., a Delaware Corporation (Holdco), GSMP V Onshore US, Ltd., an exempted
company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability (GSMP Onshore), GSMP V Offshore
US, Ltd., an exempted company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability (GSMP
Offshore) and GSMP V Institutional US, Ltd., an exempted company incorporated in the Cayman
Islands with limited liability (GSMP Institutional and together with GSMP Onshore and GSMP
Offshore, the Initial Purchasers).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Company, Holdco and the Initial Purchasers entered into that certain note
purchase agreement, dated as of the Signing Date (the Original Note Purchase Agreement).
WHEREAS, the Company, Holdco, the Initial Purchasers and THL Credit Partners L.P., a Delaware
limited partnership (THL CP) entered into that certain amended and restated note purchase
agreement, dated as of the Effective Date (the Amended and Restated Note Purchase Agreement)
WHEREAS, on March 8, 2008, Holdco acknowledged that certain of the closing conditions of that
certain Purchase Agreement, dated as of the Signing Date (as in effect on the Signing Date, the
Original Equity Purchase Agreement) related to capital of Holdco, including but not limited to
Section 1.2(c)(iii) and Section 1.2(c)(vii) of the Original Equity Purchase Agreement, had not
been satisfied and would not be satisfied.
WHEREAS, certain of the closing conditions of the Original Note Purchase Agreement related to
capital of Holdco, including but not limited to Section 3.1(d), 3.9 and 3.13(b) of the Original
Note Purchase Agreement, have not been satisfied and will not be satisfied and accordingly, the
Initial Purchasers were not required to purchase the Notes under the terms of the Original Note
Purchase Agreement.
WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Amended and Restated Purchase Agreement, dated as of the
Signing Date, as amended on March 17, 2008 (such agreement, together with all of the exhibits and
schedules thereto, in each case, as in effect on the Effective Date, the Equity Purchase
Agreement), between Holdco and the parties named as Investors therein (the Equity
Investors), Holdco has agreed, subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, to issue
and sell to the Equity Investors, as applicable, on the Closing Date, for an aggregate cash
purchase price as determined in the Equity Purchase Agreement (the Equity Contribution), the
Series D participating convertible preferred stock of Holdco (the Series D Preferred Stock),
Series B participating convertible preferred stock of Holdco (the Series B Preferred Stock) and
shares of Series B-l participating convertible preferred stock
of Holdco (Series B-1 Preferred
Stock), each as set forth in the Equity Purchase Agreement. The Equity Investors include
investment funds affiliated with Thomas H. Lee Partners L.P. (the Lead Sponsor) and investment
funds affiliated with GS Capital Partners VI, L.P. (GSCP and, together with the Lead Sponsor,
the Sponsors) and also include the Initial Purchasers.
WHEREAS, the consummation of the Equity Contribution in accordance with the Equity Purchase
Agreement is subject to the consummation of certain concurrent transactions (such transactions,
together with the Equity Contribution, the Transactions), including:
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that the Company shall have amended and restated the existing $350 million Amended
and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of June 29, 2005, of Holdco, as amended through
the Effective Date, in accordance with the form attached to the Equity Purchase Agreement
as Schedule D, to provide the Company with amended and restated senior credit facilities
consisting of $350 million (less any original issue discount otherwise permitted under
this Agreement) of term loans, of which $100 million has been previously funded and $250
million (less any original issue discount otherwise permitted under this Agreement) of
which shall be new term loans to be funded on the Closing Date contemplated hereby, and a
$250 million revolving credit facility (of which no more than $150 million will be drawn
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that Holdco shall have received full proceeds from the sale of the securities listed
on Schedule B-l to the Equity Purchase Agreement in the amounts set forth on Schedule B-l
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that the Company shall have received the proceeds of the issuance of its 13.25%
senior secured second lien notes due 2018 (the Notes) issued pursuant to the indenture
substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (as amended, supplemented, restated
or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its terms, the Indenture). |
WHEREAS, the proceeds from the purchase of the Notes will be used by the Company and its
Subsidiaries for investments in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture to supplement the
Companys unrestricted assets, to repay existing indebtedness and to pay related transaction costs
and expenses.
WHEREAS, THL CP will not purchase any Notes pursuant to this Agreement.
WHEREAS, THL CP, the Purchasers and the Company are simultaneously herewith entering into a
letter agreement pursuant to which after the closing THL CP will purchase from the Purchasers
Notes on the terms and conditions set forth in such letter agreement.
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 10.4 of the Amended and Restated Note Purchase Agreement the
parties hereto desire to amend and restate the Amended and Restated Note Purchase Agreement in its
entirety as provided herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:
SECTION 1.
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
1.1. Definitions.
As used herein, defined terms which are defined in the Indenture shall have, except where
otherwise expressly set forth herein, the same respective meanings as such defined terms have in
the Indenture, and, in addition, the following terms shall have the meanings specified herein
unless the context otherwise requires (it being understood that defined terms shall include in the
singular number the plural and in the plural the singular):
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Agreement is defined in Section 10.4.
AML Laws means any anti-money laundering law or regulation applicable to Holdco or any
Holdco Subsidiary.
Anti-boycott Laws means the Export Administration Act and the Internal Revenue Code and any
other applicable law regarding boycotts issued by a foreign government and not endorsed by the
United States.
Bank Secrecy Act means the Currency and Foreign Transactions Report Act, as amended.
Benefit Plan has the meaning given to it in Section 4.13(a).
Board of Directors has the meaning given to it in Section 4.5(a).
Board Observer has the meaning given to it in Section 7.10.
Board Papers is defined in Section 7.10.
Certificate of Designations has the definition given to it in the Equity Purchase Agreement.
Closing is defined in Section 2.3(a).
Closing Certificate is defined in Section 3.24.
Closing Date is defined in Section 2.3(a).
Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time. Section
references to the Code are to the Code as in effect at the date of this Agreement, and any
subsequent provisions of the Code, amendatory thereof, supplemental thereto or substituted
therefor.
Collateral means the collateral described in the Security Documents.
Collateral Agent means the Trustee in its capacity as Collateral Agent under the Indenture
and under the Security Documents and any successor thereto in such capacity.
Company Credit Facilities is defined in the recitals.
Contract has
the meaning given to it in Section 4.5(b).
Credit Documents means the Company Credit Facilities and all agreements, guarantees,
collateral documents, certificates, instruments, and other documents made or delivered in
connection therewith.
D&T Deliverables means the Satisfactory Audit Opinion and Deloitte & Touche LLPs consent
to file the Satisfactory Audit Opinion in Holdcos Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Default has the meaning given to it in the Indenture.
DTC means The Depository Trust Company.
DTC Agreement means a letter of representations between the Company and DTC.
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Effective Date means March 17, 2008.
Effective Date Certificate is defined in Section 2.4.
Environmental Claims means any administrative or judicial actions, suits, orders, claims,
proceedings or written notices of noncompliance by or from any person alleging liability arising
out of the Release of Hazardous Materials or the failure to comply with Environmental Law.
Environmental Law means any Law relating to pollution, the environment or natural resources.
Equity Contribution is defined in the recitals.
Equity Documents means the Equity Purchase Agreement and all agreements, certificates,
instruments, and other documents made or delivered in connection therewith.
Equity Interest is defined in the Indenture.
Equity Investors is
defined in the recitals.
Equity Purchase Agreement is defined in the
recitals.
ERISA means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to
time, and the regulations promulgated thereunder. Section references to ERISA are to ERISA as in
effect at the date of this Agreement and any subsequent provisions of ERISA amendatory thereof,
supplemental thereto or substituted therefore.
ERISA Event means (a) an event described in Section 4043 of ERISA and the regulations
thereunder with respect to any Benefit Plan, other than any event as to which the thirty day notice
period has been waived; or (b) the failure of any Benefit Plan to satisfy the minimum funding
standard required for any plan year or part thereof under Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of
ERISA or a waiver of such standard or extension of any amortization period is sought or granted
under Section 412 of the Code or Section 303 or 304 of ERISA.
Event of Default means Event of Default, as such term is defined in the Indenture.
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and the rules and
regulations thereunder.
Export Administration Act means The Export Administration Act of 1979, as amended, and the
executive orders, rules and regulations pursuant to the Presidents invocation of emergency powers
under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.
Fairness Opinions is defined in Section 4.30.
Fee Letter means that certain Amended and Restated Fee Letter dated as of the Effective
Date by and between the Sponsors, the Initial Purchasers, Holdco the Company and THL Managers VI,
LLC.
Final 10-K means Holdcos Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007,
in a form identical to a form that shall have been provided to the Initial Purchasers not less
than one day prior to the Closing Date, which shall be in a form acceptable to the Initial
Purchasers, in compliance with all applicable rules promulgated under the Exchange Act, excluding
any rules related to filing deadlines, which such Final 10-K does not disclose or identify any
material weakness in the design or
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operation of internal controls which could adversely affect Holdcos ability to record, process,
summarize and report financial data.
Financing Documents means collectively, this Agreement, the Indenture, the Notes, the
Registration Rights Agreements, the Fee Letter, the Management Rights Agreement, the Security
Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement and all certificates, instruments, and other documents
made or delivered in connection herewith and therewith.
Foreign Plan means any employee benefit plan, program, policy, arrangement or agreement
maintained or contributed to by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to employees
employed outside the United States.
GAAP is defined in Section 4.6.
German Antitrust Act means the German Act Against Restraints of Competition (Gesetz gegen
Wettbewerbsbeschrankungen).
Governmental Authority means any nation, sovereign or government, any state, province,
territory or other political subdivision thereof, and any entity or authority exercising
executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to
government, including a central bank or stock exchange.
Governmental Entity means any United States or foreign governmental or regulatory agency,
commission, court, body, entity or authority.
GSCP is defined in the recitals.
Guarantors has the definition given to it in the Indenture.
Hazardous Materials means (x) petroleum and petroleum by-products, asbestos that is
friable, radioactive materials, medical or infectious wastes or polychlorinated biphenyls and (y)
any other material, substance or waste that is prohibited, limited or regulated by Environmental
Law because of its hazardous, toxic or deleterious properties or characteristics.
Holdco Disclosure Schedule means a schedule attached hereto as Schedule I setting forth,
among other things, items the disclosure of which is necessary or appropriate either in response to
an express disclosure requirement contained in a provision hereof or as an exception to one or more
of Holdcos or the Companys representations or warranties contained in Section 4.
Holdco Intellectual Property means all patents and patent applications currently owned by
Holdco and the Holdco Subsidiaries that are material to the business of Holdco and the Holdco
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, as currently conducted.
Holdco Subsidiary is defined in Section 4.3.
HSR Act means the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, and the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
Infringe means, in relation to Intellectual Property, infringing upon, misappropriating or
violating the rights of any third party.
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Indemnitee has the meaning given to it in Section 9.2.
Indenture has
meaning given to it in the recitals.
Initial Equity Securities is
defined in the recitals.
Initial Purchasers is defined in the preamble.
Intellectual Property means the following and all rights pertaining thereto: (A) patents,
patent applications, provisional patent applications and statutory invention registrations
(including all utility models and other patent rights under the Laws of all countries), (B)
trademarks, service marks, trade dress, logos, trade names, service names, corporate names, domain
names and other brand identifiers, registrations and applications for registration thereof, (C)
copyrights, proprietary designs, computer software, mask works, databases, and registrations and
applications for registration thereof, (D) confidential and proprietary information, trade secrets,
know-how and show-how, and (E) all similar rights, however denominated, throughout the world.
Intercreditor Agreement means that certain Intercreditor Agreement, to be dated as of the
Closing Date, among JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as First Priority Collateral Agent, Collateral
Agent, the Company and the Guarantors, a form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.16(g).
Investment Company Act means the Investment Company Act of 1940 as from time to time in
effect and any successor act to all or a portion thereof.
Investment Policy is defined in Section 6.2.
Investors has the definition given to it in the Equity Purchase Agreement.
IRS means the Internal Revenue Service of the United States of America.
Law means any federal, state, local or foreign law, statute, ordinance, rule, regulation,
judgment, code, order, injunction, arbitration award, writ, decree, agency requirement, license or
permit of any Governmental Entity.
Lead Sponsor is defined in the recitals.
Management Rights Agreement means the management rights agreement dated as of the Closing
Date among Holdco, the Company and GS Mezzanine Partners V Institutional, L.P. (the indirect owner
of GSMP Institutional).
Material Adverse Effect means: (1) for any purpose under this Agreement other than Section
7, any circumstance, event, change, development or effect that, (a) is material and adverse to the
financial position, results of operations, business, assets or liabilities of Holdco and the
Holdco Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) would materially impair the ability of Holdco and the
Holdco Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to perform their obligations under this Agreement or any of
the other Financing Documents, (c) would materially impair the rights and remedies of the
Purchasers under this Agreement or any of the other Financing Documents, taken as a whole, or (d)
would materially impair the ability of Holdco to perform its obligations under the Equity Purchase
Agreement or otherwise materially threaten or materially impede the consummation of the Purchase
(as defined in the Equity Purchase Agreement) and the other transactions contemplated by the
Equity Purchase Agreement; provided, however, that the impact of the following matters shall be
disregarded: (i) changes in general economic, financial market,
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credit market, regulatory or political conditions (whether resulting from acts of war or terrorism,
an escalation of hostilities or otherwise) generally affecting the U.S. economy, foreign economies
or the industries in which Holdco or its Subsidiaries operate, (ii) changes in generally accepted
accounting principles, (iii) changes in laws of general applicability or interpretations thereof by
any Governmental Authority, (iv) any change in Holdcos stock price or trading volume, in and of
itself, or any failure, in and of itself, by Holdco to meet revenue or earnings guidance published
or otherwise provided to the Purchaser (provided that any fact, condition, circumstance, event,
change, development or effect underlying any such failure or change, other than any of the
foregoing that is otherwise excluded pursuant to clauses (i) through (viii) hereof, may be taken
into account in determining whether a Material Adverse Effect has occurred or would reasonably be
expected to occur), (v) losses resulting from any change in the valuations of Holdcos portfolio of
securities or sales of such securities and any effect resulting from such changes or sales, (vi)
actions or omissions of Holdco or the Sponsors taken as required by the Equity Purchase Agreement
or with the prior written consent of the Purchaser, (vii) public announcement, in and of itself, by
a third party not affiliated with Holdco of any proposal to acquire the outstanding securities or
all or substantially all of the assets of Holdco and (viii) the public announcement of the Equity
Purchase Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby (provided that this clause (viii)
shall not apply with respect to Sections 1.2(c)(v), 2.2(d), 2.2(h) and 2.2(k) of the Equity
Purchase Agreement); provided further, however, that Material Adverse Effect shall be deemed not to
include the impact of the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), in each case only insofar and to
the extent that such circumstances, events, changes, developments or effects described in such
clauses do not have a disproportionate effect on Holdco and the Holdco Subsidiaries (exclusive of
its payments systems business) relative to other participants in the industry; and (2) for any
purpose under Section 7 of this Agreement, any circumstance, event, change, development or effect
that, (a) is material and adverse to the financial position, results of operations, business,
assets or liabilities of Holdco and the Holdco Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) would materially
impair the ability of Holdco and the Holdco Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to perform their
obligations under this Agreement or any of the other Financing Documents, or (c) would materially
impair the rights and remedies of the Purchasers under this Agreement or any of the other Financing
Documents, taken as a whole.
MSPI means MoneyGram Payment Systems Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.
Multiemployer Plan is defined in Section 4.13(e).
Notes is defined in the recitals.
OFAC means the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department.
Officers Certificate is defined in Section 3.1 l(b).
Original Equity Purchase Agreement is defined in the recitals.
Originally Previously Disclosed means information: (i) set forth in the Holdco Disclosure
Schedule (defined for purposes of this definition only as set forth in the Original Note Purchase
Agreement), dated as of the Signing Date, corresponding to the provision of the Original Note
Purchase Agreement to which such information relates (provided that any disclosure with respect to
a particular paragraph or section of this Agreement or the Holdco Disclosure Schedule shall be
deemed to be disclosed for other paragraphs and sections of the Original Note Purchase Agreement
or the Holdco Disclosure Schedule to the extent that the relevance of such disclosure would be
reasonably apparent to a reader of such disclosure); or (ii) otherwise disclosed on a SEC
Document, prior to the Signing Date (excluding any risk factor disclosures contained in such
documents and any disclosure of risks included in
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any forward-looking statements disclaimer or other statements that are similarly non-specific,
predictive or forward-looking in nature).
Outside
Receipt Date is defined in Section 3.6 (c).
Patriot Act is
defined in Section 10.17.
Preferred Stock means the Series B Preferred Stock, the Series B-l Preferred Stock and the
Series D Preferred Stock.
Previously Disclosed means information: (i) set forth in the Holdco Disclosure Schedule
corresponding to the provision of this Agreement to which such information relates (provided that
any disclosure with respect to a particular paragraph or section of this Agreement or the Holdco
Disclosure Schedule shall be deemed to be disclosed for other paragraphs and sections of this
Agreement or the Holdco Disclosure Schedule to the extent that the relevance of such disclosure
would be reasonably apparent to a reader of such disclosure); or (ii) otherwise disclosed on a SEC
Document, prior to the Effective Date (excluding any risk factor disclosures contained in such
documents and any disclosure of risks included in any forward-looking statements disclaimer or
other statements that are similarly non-specific, predictive or forward-looking in nature) (Filed
SEC Documents).
Private Offering means any offer and/or sale by one or more of the Purchasers of some or
all of the Notes without registration under the Securities Act but in compliance with Rule 144A,
Rule 144, Regulation S, Section 4(1) or any other applicable rule or provision under the
Securities Act.
Purchase Price is defined in Section 2.2(b).
Purchasers means the
Initial Purchasers.
Qualified Institutional Buyer means any Person that is a qualified institutional buyer
within the meaning of Rule 144A.
Registration Rights Agreement means the Registration Rights Agreement among the Company,
Holdco and each Purchaser, to be dated as of the Closing Date, substantially in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit B, as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.
Regulation D means Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System as
from time to time in effect and any successor regulation to all or a portion thereof.
Regulation T means Regulation T of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System as
from time to time in effect and any successor regulation to all or a portion thereof.
Regulation
U means Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System as
from time to time in effect and any successor regulation to all or a portion thereof.
Regulation X means Regulation X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System as
from time to time in effect and any successor regulation to all or a portion thereof.
Release means any release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping, emitting, discharging,
injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, disposing or migrating into or through the environment in
derogation of Environmental Law.
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Responsible Officer means the chairman, the chief executive officer, the president, the
chief financial officer, the chief operating officer, the chief accounting officer or the
treasurer.
Rule 144 has the meaning given to it in the Indenture.
Rule 144A has
the meaning given to it in the Indenture.
Rule 502 means Rule 502 of Regulation D under the Securities Act as from time to time in
effect and any successor regulation to all or a portion thereof.
Satisfactory Audit Opinion means either combined or separate unqualified reports on the
audit of Holdco, and its Subsidiaries, financial statements and internal controls over financial
reporting as of and for the year ended December 31, 2007 as illustrated within paragraphs 87 and
88 of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board Bylaws and Rules, Auditing Standard No. 5, An
Audit of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting That Is Integrated with An Audit of Financial
Statements, prepared in accordance with GAAP (neither the Deloitte & Touche LLP financial
statement opinion as of and for the year ended December 31, 2007 nor to the Notes to Consolidated
Financial Statements attached to the audited financial statements, nor Items 1 through 15 of the
Companys December 31, 2007 Annual report on Form 10-K, shall include any reference to Holdcos
ability to operate as a going concern).
SEC means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
SEC Documents is defined in Section 4.6(a).
Securities has the meaning given to it in the Equity Purchase Agreement.
Security Documents means: (i) that certain Second Priority Security Agreement, to be dated
as of the Closing Date, among the Company, the Guarantors and the Collateral Agent, a form of
which is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.16(a), (ii) that certain Second Priority Pledge Agreement,
to be dated as of the Closing Date, among the Company, the Guarantors and the Collateral Agent, a
form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.16(b), (iii) that certain Second Priority Patent
Security Agreement, to be dated as of the Closing Date, among Holdco and the Collateral Agent, a
form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.16(c), (iv) that certain Second Priority Patent
Security Agreement, to be dated as of the Closing Date, among MPSI and the Collateral Agent, a
form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.16(d), (v) that certain Second Priority Trademark
Security Agreement, to be dated as of the Closing Date, among Holdco and the Collateral Agent, a
form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.16(e), (vi) that certain Second Priority Trademark
Security Agreement, to be dated as of the Closing Date, among Property Bridge, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, and the Collateral Agent, a form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.16(f) and
(vii) collateral assignments and related agreements, as amended, supplemented, restated, renewed,
refunded, replaced, restructured, repaid, refinanced or otherwise modified from time to time,
creating the security interests in the Collateral as contemplated by the Indenture, which will be
identical to the agreements for the First Priority Liens Obligations, but on a second priority
lien basis.
Series B Preferred Stock is defined in the recitals.
Series B-l Preferred Stock is defined in the recitals.
Series D Preferred Stock is defined in the recitals.
Signing Date means February 11, 2008.
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Signing Date Certificate is defined in Section 2.4.
Solvency Certificate is defined in Section 3.1 l(c).
Solvent means, with respect to any Person, that (a) the sum of such Persons debt (including
contingent liabilities) does not exceed the present fair saleable value of such Persons present
assets; (b) such Persons capital is not unreasonably small in relation to its business as
contemplated; and (c) such Person has not incurred and does not intend to incur, or believe that it
will incur, debts including current obligations beyond its ability to pay such debts as they become
due (whether at maturity or otherwise). For purposes of this definition, the amount of any
contingent liability at any time shall be computed by Holdco and the Company as the amount that, in
light of all of the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that such
Person reasonably expects to become an actual or matured liability (irrespective of whether such
contingent liabilities meet the criteria for accrual under GAAP).
Sponsors is defined in the recitals.
State means any of the jurisdictions listed on Section 3.3(b) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule (as defined in the Equity Purchase Agreement).
Subsequent Purchaser means a purchaser of any Note who acquired such Note in a Private
Offering in accordance with Section 8.1.
Tax or Taxes means any and all domestic or foreign, federal, state, local or other taxes
of any kind (together with any and all interest, penalties, additions to tax and additional
amounts imposed with respect thereto) imposed by any Governmental Entity, including taxes on or
with respect to income, franchises, windfall or other profits, gross receipts, property, sales,
use, capital stock, payroll, employment, unemployment, social security, workers compensation or
net worth, and taxes in the nature of excise, withholding, ad valorem or value added, and
including any liability in respect of any items described above as a transferee or successor,
pursuant to Section 1.1502-6 of the Treasury Regulations (or any similar provision of state, local
or foreign Law), or as an indemnitor, guarantor, surety or in a similar capacity under any
contract, arrangement, agreement, understanding or commitment (whether oral or written).
Tax Return means any return, report or similar filing, (including attached schedules) filed
or required to be filed with respect to Taxes (and any amendments thereto), including any
information return, claim for refund or declaration of estimated Taxes.
Termination Date is defined in Section 2.2(e).
Termination Development means (i) any circumstance, event, change, development or effect
that, individually or in the aggregate, is adverse to the financial position, results of
operations, business, prospects, assets or liabilities of Holdco or its Subsidiaries as determined
in the sole discretion of the Initial Purchasers, (ii) any negative development related to
Holdcos or its Subsidiaries agents, official check customers, clearing banks or regulators as
determined in the sole discretion of the Initial Purchasers, and (iii) the Initial Purchasers
becoming aware after the Effective Date of any matter in clauses (i) or (ii) above that occurred
prior to the date hereof.
Total First Lien Indebtedness means, as of any date of determination, funded Total
Indebtedness that in each case is secured by First Priority Liens on property or assets of Holdco
and its Subsidiaries.
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Total Loss has the meaning given to it in the Equity Purchase Agreement.
Transaction Documents means the Credit Documents, the Equity Documents and the Financing
Documents.
Transactions is defined in the recitals.
Trustee means Deutche Bank Trust Company Americas.
Unrestricted Assets has the meaning given to it in Schedule E to the Equity Purchase
Agreement.
U.S. Economic Sanction means any economic sanction imposed by any rule, regulation or
statute of the United States, including without limitation, those administered by OFAC and any
other applicable laws imposing economic sanctions.
U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act is defined in Section 4.12(b)
1.2. Computation of Time Periods.
For purposes of computation of periods of time hereunder, the word from means from and
including and the words to and until each mean to but excluding.
1.3. Terms Generally.
Unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) a term has the meaning assigned to it;
(2) or is not exclusive;
(3) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it, and shall be
construed, in accordance with GAAP;
(3) words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the singular;
(4) will shall be interpreted to express a command;
(5) the word including means including without limitation;
(6) any reference to any Person shall be construed to include such Persons successors and
permitted assigns;
(7) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall
be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments,
supplements or modifications set forth herein);
(8) for purposes of computation of periods of time hereunder, the word from means from and
including and the words to and until each mean to but excluding; and
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(9) references to sections of or rules under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act will be
deemed to include substitute, replacement or successor sections or rules adopted by the SEC from
time to time.
SECTION 2.
AUTHORIZATION AND ISSUANCE OF NOTES
2.1. Authorization of Issue.
On or prior to the Closing, the Company will authorize the issuance and sale of the Notes.
The Notes shall be substantially in the form specified in the Indenture.
2.2. Sale and Purchase of the Notes.
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, on or prior to the Termination
Date, the Company will issue and sell to each of the Purchasers and each of the Purchasers will
purchase from the Company, at the Closing provided for in Section 2.3, the Notes in the principal
amounts and for the portion of the Purchase Price as set forth in Schedule 2.2 hereto.
(b) The aggregate cash purchase price (the Purchase Price) for the Notes shall be equal to
the principal face amount of the Notes being so purchased.
(c) The parties agree to report the sale and purchase of the Notes for all federal, state,
local and foreign Tax purposes in a manner consistent with the foregoing and agree to take no
position inconsistent with the foregoing, except as required by applicable law.
(d) The obligations hereunder of the Purchasers to purchase and pay for the Notes are several
and not joint and no Purchaser will have any liability to any Person for the performance or non-
performance by any other Purchaser.
(e) The obligation of the Purchasers to purchase the Notes and the obligation of the Company
to sell and issue the Notes in accordance with the terms of this Agreement shall terminate on the
date of the termination of the Equity Purchase Agreement in accordance with its terms (the
Termination Date).
2.3. Closing.
(a) Subject to satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in Section 3 hereof, the
sale and purchase of the Notes shall occur at the offices of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz located
at 51 West 52nd Street, New York, New York, commencing at 10 a.m. local time, at a closing (the
Closing), but in any event the Closing shall be no later than March 25, 2008, or at such other
date or time as mutually agreed by the Company and the Initial Purchasers. The date and time of the
Closing is referred to herein as the Closing Date.
(b) At the Closing, the Company will deliver to each Purchaser purchasing Notes, in such
denominations as such Purchaser may request (subject to the terms of the Indenture), representing
in the aggregate the full principal amount of Notes to be purchased by such Purchaser on the
Closing Date, each such Note dated the Closing Date and registered in such Purchasers name,
against payment by such Purchaser to the Company of the amount of the applicable portion of the
Purchase Price (as provided in Section 2.2), by wire transfer of immediately available funds to
such bank account or accounts as the Company may request in writing at least one Business Day prior
to the Closing Date.
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(c) If at the Closing the Company shall fail to deliver to the Purchasers the Notes as
provided in Section 2.3(b), or any of the conditions specified in Section 3 shall not have been
fulfilled to the Initial Purchasers reasonable satisfaction or waived, then each Purchaser shall,
at its election, be relieved of all further obligations under this Agreement.
2.4. Effective Date Certificate.
On the Signing Date, Holdco delivered to the Initial Purchasers the certificate (the Signing
Date Certificate) as provided in Section 2.4 of the Original Note Purchase Agreement. On the
Effective Date, Holdco delivered to the Purchasers a certificate (the Effective Date
Certificate), substantially in the form of Exhibit 2.4 to this Agreement, from Holdco, signed by
the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of Holdco, certifying: (i) that each of
the representations and warranties contained in Sections 4.1 through 4.17, 4.23 and 4.29 through
4.31 of this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects (unless qualified by
material or Material Adverse Effect or similar references to materiality, in which case such
representations and warranties must be true and correct in all respects) on or as of the Effective
Date as if made on and as of the Effective Date (unless expressly stated to relate to a specific
earlier date, in which case each of such representations and warranties shall be true and correct
in all material respects (unless qualified by material or Material Adverse Effect or similar
references to materiality, in which case the representation and warranties must be true and correct
in all respects) as of such earlier date), (ii) to the knowledge of the applicable officer: (x)
that none of the written factual information and written data (taken as a whole) furnished by or on
behalf of Holdco or any of the Holdco Subsidiaries or any of their respective authorized
representatives to the Purchasers on or before the Effective Date for purposes of or in connection
with this Agreement contained, when furnished, any untrue statement of any material fact or omitted
to state any material fact necessary to make such information and data (taken as a whole) not
materially misleading at such time in light of the circumstances under which such information or
data was furnished, it being understood and agreed that for purposes of such certificate, such
factual information and data shall not include projections (including financial estimates,
forecasts and/or any other forward-looking information) and information of a general economic or
general industry nature, and (y) that the projections (including financial estimates, forecasts and
other forward-looking information) contained in the information and data referred to in clause
(ii)(x) above were based on good faith estimates and assumptions believed by such Persons to be
reasonable at the time made, it being recognized by the Purchasers that such projections as to
future events are not to be viewed as facts and that actual results during the period or periods
covered by any such projections may differ from the projected results, (iii) that the financial
information, data and performance information listed on Exhibit 4 hereto furnished by or on
behalf of Holdco or the Company to the Purchasers on or before the Effective Date for purposes of
or in connection with this Agreement was true, complete and accurate as and when furnished to the
Purchasers, and (iv) all of the certifications set forth in the Signing Date Certificate are true
and correct in all respects.
2.5 Fees.
On the Signing Date, Holdco paid the fees set forth, and otherwise satisfied the other terms
and conditions set forth in, the Fee Letter. On the Effective Date the Initial Purchasers recieved
the Fee (as defined in that certain Amended and Restated Fee Letter, dated the Effective Date).
SECTION 3.
CONDITIONS TO CLOSING
Each Purchasers obligation to purchase and pay for the Notes to be purchased by it at the
Closing is subject to the reasonable satisfaction or waiver by the Initial Purchasers, prior to or
at the Closing Date, of each of the conditions specified below in this Section 3:
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3.1. No Violation; No Legal Constraints; Consents, Authorizations and Filings, Etc.
(a) The expiration or termination of; (i) any applicable waiting period under the HSR Act and
(ii) any applicable waiting period under the German Antitrust Act in each case, required to
consummate the purchase from Holdco at the Closing, of the Securities as contemplated by the Equity
Purchase Agreement and for the Investors to own, and fully vote and convert into common stock, all
of the Securities;
(b) no provision of any applicable Law or regulation and no judgment, injunction, order or
decree shall prohibit the Closing or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by
the Transaction Documents or shall prohibit or restrict any Investor or its Affiliates from owning,
or fully voting and converting, the Securities to be acquired by such Investor pursuant to the
terms of such respective Securities, and no lawsuit shall have been commenced by a Governmental
Entity seeking to effect any of the foregoing;
(c) each Purchasers purchase of the Notes shall be permitted by all applicable laws of each
jurisdiction to which it is subject; and
(d) prior to the Closing, Holdco shall have received full proceeds from the sale of the
securities listed on Schedule B-l to the Equity Purchase Agreement in the amounts set forth on
Schedule B-l thereto.
3.2. Indebtedness.
On the Closing Date, the Company and Holdco shall have (i) (A) amended Holdcos existing
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of June 29, 2005, in accordance with the form of
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement attached to the Equity Purchase Agreement as Schedule D, (B)
received an additional $250 million of term loans (less any original issue discount otherwise
permitted under this Agreement) under its existing Amended and Restated Credit Agreement following
such amendment described in clause (A) above; (C) never borrowed any funds under, and shall have
terminated, its existing 364-Day Credit Agreement, dated as of November 15, 2007, as amended; and
(ii) no Indebtedness (as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP) shall remain
outstanding immediately after giving effect to the Transaction other than: (x) the loans under the
Company Credit Facilities and (y) the Notes and (z) indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course
of business not to exceed, individually or in the aggregate, $5 million. After giving effect to
the transactions contemplated hereby, there shall not exist (pro forma for such transactions and
the financing thereof) any Default or Event of Default under the Indenture or the Notes.
3.3. Material Adverse Change.
Except as Previously Disclosed, (A) since September 30, 2007, no change or event shall have
occurred and no circumstances shall exist which have had, or would reasonably be expected to have,
individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on Holdco or the Company, and (B) each
of the Initial Purchasers in its respective sole judgment and discretion shall have determined
that since the Effective Date, no change or event shall have occurred and no circumstances shall
exist which constitute, or would reasonably be expected to constitute, individually or in the
aggregate, a Termination Development. With respect to matters which have been Previously
Disclosed, in determining whether this condition is satisfied, any circumstance, event or
condition occurring after the Effective Date shall be taken into account, including any
deterioration, worsening or adverse consequence of such Previously Disclosed matters occurring
after the Effective Date.
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3.4. Regulatory.
(A) None of Holdco, the Company or MPSI, shall have received written or oral notice from any
State to the effect that such State has determined that Holdco, the Company or MPSI can no longer
conduct its money transfer or payment systems businesses in such State or has revoked, or intends
to revoke, Holdcos, the Companys or MPSIs license to conduct such businesses in such State, or
imposed, or intends to impose, conditions on, or material fines with respect to, Holdcos, the
Companys or MPSIs license to conduct such businesses in such State (which conditions are adverse
to Holdco, the Company or MPSI and are not generally applicable to other persons conducting money
transfer or payments systems businesses in such State); (B) Holdco, the Company or MPSI shall have
received assurances, in a form acceptable to the Initial Purchasers, from each State from which the
Initial Purchasers determines is necessary, that such State will not (x) determine that Holdco, the
Company or MPSI may not conduct its money transfer or payment systems businesses in such State, (y)
revoke Holdcos, the Companys or MPSIs license to conduct such businesses in such State, or (z)
impose conditions on, or material fines with respect to, Holdcos, the Companys or MPSIs license
to conduct such businesses in such State (which conditions are adverse to Holdco, the Company or
MPSI and are not generally applicable to other persons conducting money transfer or payments
systems businesses in such State); (C) prior to and immediately following the Closing, Holdco and
each of its Subsidiaries shall have all licenses required under applicable money transmitter,
official check or similar Laws to conduct Holdcos and its Subsidiaries business as presently
conducted; and (D) immediately following the Closing, Holdco and each of its Subsidiaries shall be
in compliance with all applicable money transmitter, official check or similar Laws applicable to
Holdco or its Subsidiaries, including, without limitation, all net worth, tangible net worth,
unrestricted assets and other financial ratios requirements applicable to Holdco or its
Subsidiaries.
3.5. Fees and Expenses.
(a) All the fees and expenses payable by Holdco and the Company to the Purchasers pursuant to
the Transaction Documents, including without limitation, the fees and expenses of each Purchaser
and counsel for the Purchasers for which invoices have been presented (including the fees of Fried,
Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, counsel to the Initial Purchasers), shall have been paid in
full.
3.6. Holdco Audit/10-K/Absence of Restatement.
(a) (A) (i) Holdcos receipt from Deloitte & Touche LLP of the D&T Deliverables, which shall
be delivered if the amounts set forth on Schedule F to the Equity Purchase Agreement shall have
been placed into an escrow account pursuant to an escrow agreement reasonably acceptable to the
Initial Purchasers, Holdco and Deloitte & Touche LLP with irrevocable instructions to be released
to Holdco on the Closing Date upon Holdcos receipt of the D&T Deliverables, or (ii) if the
amounts set forth on Schedule F to the Equity Purchase Agreement shall not have been placed into
an escrow account with irrevocable instructions to be released to Holdco on the Closing Date upon
Holdcos receipt of the D&T Deliverables, then Holdco and Deloitte & Touche LLP shall have
committed to the Initial Purchasers on the Closing Date that, after both Holdco and Deloitte &
Touche LLP shall have verified that the amounts set forth on Schedule F to the Equity Purchase
Agreement have been credited to the bank account set forth across from such amount on Schedule F
to the Equity Purchase Agreement, Holdco will receive from Deloitte & Touche, the D&T Deliverables
and (B) Holdcos financial printer Bowne shall have notified the Initial Purchasers (on the
Closing Date) that Holdco has delivered the Final 10-K to Bowne with the irrevocable instruction
that Bowne file the Final 10-K on behalf of Holdco, and that Bowne is prepared to file and will
file the Final 10-K with the SEC, in each case, immediately upon notification from Holdco that the
amounts set forth on Schedule F to the Equity Purchase Agreement have been
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successfully credited to the Holdco bank account set forth across from such amount on Schedule F to
the Equity Purchase Agreement;
(b) each of the Initial Purchasers shall have had a full and complete opportunity to review
Holdcos books and records, internal controls and procedures, and to interview current and former
Holdco personnel as determined to be necessary by each of the Initial Purchasers, and will have
determined that Holdcos books and records, internal controls and procedures, as well as Holdcos
prior disclosures, are acceptable to each Initial Purchaser in its respective sole judgment and
discretion; and it is understood and agreed that such determination by each of the Initial
Purchasers shall be based on, among other things, but not limited to, the subjective view of each
of the Initial Purchasers of Holdcos potential exposure, if any, to claims and investigations
related in any to Holdcos books and records, internal controls and procedures, and prior
disclosures;
(c) neither Deloitte & Touche LLP nor any other accounting firm shall have issued to Holdco
any opinion regarding the consolidated financial statements of Holdco and its Subsidiaries as of
and for the year ended December 31, 2007 which is not a Satisfactory Audit Opinion;
(d) there shall not have been a restatement (nor shall any restatement be under consideration
by Holdco, its external auditors or, to the knowledge of Holdco, the SEC) of any prior period
financial statements of Holdco; and
(e) Holdco shall have resolved to the satisfaction of the SEC (including having taken any and
all corrective action requested by the Staff of the SEC, if any) all comments received by Holdco
from the SEC on the SEC Documents.
3.7. Representations and Warranties,
Each of the representations and warranties contained herein shall be true and correct in all
material respects (unless qualified by material or Material Adverse Effect or similar
references to materiality, in which case the representation and warranties must be true and
correct in all respects) on or as of the Closing Date (unless expressly stated to relate to a
specific earlier date, in which case each of such representations and warranties shall be true and
correct in all material respects (unless qualified by material or Material Adverse Effect or
similar references to materiality, in which case the representation and warranties must be true
and correct in all respects) as of such earlier date), in each case after giving pro forma effect
to the consummation on the Closing Date of the Transactions, the issuance of the Notes to be
issued on the Closing Date and the application of the proceeds thereof.
3.8. Performance; No Default.
The Company and Holdco shall have performed and complied in all material respects with all
agreements and covenants contained herein and therein required to be performed or complied with by
them prior to or at the Closing (or such compliance shall have been waived on terms and conditions
reasonably satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers) and, after giving effect to the Transactions,
the issuance of the Notes and the application of the proceeds thereof, no Default shall have
occurred and be continuing.
3.9. Equity Contribution.
At the Closing, the Equity Contribution shall have been made to Holdco in accordance with the
Equity Purchase Agreement, and Holdco shall have received the Equity Contribution. All conditions
precedent set forth in the Equity Documents shall have been satisfied or waived (with the prior
consent of
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the Initial Purchasers if the Initial Purchasers reasonably determine such waiver is adverse to
the Initial Purchasers).
3.10. [Reserved],
3.11. Compliance Certificates.
(a) Secretarys Certificate. The Company and each Guarantor shall have delivered to the
Purchasers a Secretarys Certificate, dated as of the Closing Date (the Secretarys Certificate),
in the form of Exhibit 3.11(a) hereto, certifying, among other things, as to (i) the Companys and
the Guarantors certificate or articles of incorporation or deed of incorporation (or, if an
unlimited liability company, limited liability company or limited partnership, certificate of
formation) and bylaws or articles of association (or, if an unlimited liability company or limited
liability company, unlimited or limited liability company agreement, or, if a limited partnership,
limited partnership agreement), (ii) the incumbency and signatures of certain officers of the
Company and the Guarantors and (iii) the corporate proceedings of the Company and the Guarantors
(including a Board consent in a form reasonably agreed to by the Initial Purchasers) relating to
the authorization, execution and delivery of the Notes, this Agreement and the other Financing
Documents to which the Company or any Guarantor is a party.
(b) Officers Certificate. The Company shall have delivered to the Purchasers an Officers
Certificate, each dated as of the Closing Date (the Officers Certificate), in the form of
Exhibit 3.11(b) hereto, certifying, on and as of the Closing Date, as to (i) the representations
and warranties of the Company, (ii) the performance and compliance in ail material respects with
all agreements and covenants contained herein, and (iii) no Default or Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing under the Indenture or the Notes.
(c) Solvency Certificate and Solvency Opinion. On the Closing Date, the Company shall have
delivered to the Purchasers a certificate from the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, dated as
of the Closing Date (the Solvency Certificate), in the form of Exhibit 3.11(c), and (if and to
the extent delivered under the Company Credit Facilities) letters from a nationally recognized
appraisal firm or valuation consultant satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers, in each case
certifying or attesting, as applicable, that the Company on a consolidated basis with its
Subsidiaries immediately after giving effect to the consummation of the Transactions, the issuance
and sale of the Notes and after giving effect to the application of the proceeds of Notes, will be
Solvent.
3.12. Opinion of Counsel.
On the Closing Date, the Purchasers shall have received an opinion from Kirkland & Ellis LLP,
special New York counsel for the Company, or another counsel for the Company acceptable to the
Initial Purchasers, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers.
3.13. Financial Information.
(a) The Purchasers shall have received: (a) as soon as monthly and quarterly financial
statements are available to Holdco and its Subsidiaries, unaudited consolidated financial
statements for any interim period or periods of Holdco and its Subsidiaries ended after the date
of the most recent audited financial statements; and (b) customary pro forma consolidated
financial statements. The most recent financial statements will show on a pro forma basis on the
Closing Date: (i) funded Total Indebtedness of no more than $1,000 million plus indebtedness
incurred in the ordinary course of business not to exceed, individually or in the aggregate, $5
million; (ii) Total First Lien Indebtedness of no more than $500 million; (iii) the Leverage Ratio
(but excluding for purposes of the calculation thereof
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from the definition of Adjusted EBITDA (as defined in the Indenture) any gains or losses associated
with the sale of securities held in Holdco or any of its Subsidiaries investment portfolio listed
on Schedule B-l to the Equity Purchase Agreement for Holdco and its Subsidiaries, as at the Closing
Date, after giving pro forma effect to the Transactions, for the last twelve-month period ended
February, 2008, is not greater than: 3.85:1.00 and (iv)(A) the transaction volumes generated from
the Money Transfer business segment shall be no less than $3,170,700 for the month ended January,
2008 and $3,238,200 for the month ended February, 2008, and (B) the net revenue generated from the
Money Transfer and the Express Payment business segments on a combined basis shall be no less
than $35,063,244 for the month ended January, 2008 and no less than $35,737,927 for the month ended
February, 2008. For purposes of clause (iv)(A) and (iv)(B) of this Section 3.13, the internal
monthly financial statements for the months ended January, 2008 and February, 2008 shall be
prepared on the same basis in all material respects to the monthly budgets for January, 2008 and
February, 2008 and the historical monthly results previously provided to the Purchasers and
included on Exhibit 4 to this Agreement.
(b) After giving effect to the Transactions and the payment of fees and expenses payable by
Holdco at the Closing in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Equity Purchase
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including, without limitation, the expenses
incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated by clause (iv) of Section 1.2(c) of the
Equity Purchase Agreement, the expenses contemplated by Section 5.3 of the Equity Purchase
Agreement and the Exclusivity Agreement (as defined in the Equity Purchase Agreement), the fees
and expenses of Holdcos advisors, and the fees and expenses of each Purchaser and counsel for the
Purchasers, on a pro forma basis, Holdco shall have (x) at least $150 million in Unrestricted
Assets and no more than $150 million will be drawn on the Closing Date, under Holdcos revolving
credit facility (which availability, for the purposes of this Section 3.13(b) shall take into
account all letters of credit outstanding either through such facility or otherwise).
3.14. Transaction Documents.
On the Closing Date, the Purchasers shall have received true and correct copies of all
Transaction Documents (including without limitation, the Indenture, the Notes, the Registration
Rights Agreement, the other Financing Documents and (in respect of the Initial Purchasers only)
the Management Rights Agreement, all of which shall be in form and substance reasonably acceptable
to the Initial Purchasers) and such documents (i) shall have been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by parties thereto; and (ii) shall be valid and binding obligations of the parties
thereto, enforceable against each of them in accordance with its respective terms, except as the
enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting
creditors rights generally and subject to general principles of equity. Without limiting the
generality of the preceding sentence, the Purchasers shall have received all such counterpart
originals or certified or other copies of this Agreement and the other Financing Documents
required to be delivered on the Closing Date.
3.15. Execution and Authentication of Indenture and Notes.
On the Closing Date, the Trustee shall have executed the Indenture and authenticated the
Notes to be purchased by the Purchasers pursuant to this Agreement.
3.16. Security Documents and Collateral.
The Collateral Agent shall have received all Security Documents and the Intercreditor
Agreement, substantially in the forms attached hereto as Exhibit 3.16(a) through Exhibit 3.16(g),
duly executed by all parties thereto and the provisions of the Security Documents shall create
legal, valid and continuing second-priority Liens (subject only to Permitted Liens) on all the
Collateral described therein
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in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the Purchasers
securing the Obligations (as defined in the Security Documents), enforceable against Holdco, the
Company and their respective Subsidiaries, as applicable, except as the enforceability thereof may
be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium or similar
laws affecting creditors rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, which
Security Documents and Collateral shall be substantially similar to the Security Documents (as
defined in the Company Credit Facilities) and Collateral (as defined in the Company Credit
Facilities) provided to the Lenders (as defined in the Company Credit Facilities) under the Company
Credit Facilities and shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers in
their reasonable discretion.
3.17. Bank Clearing Arrangements.
The Company and Holdco shall have demonstrated to the reasonable satisfaction of the Initial
Purchasers that adequate bank clearing arrangements are in effect on the Closing Date.
3.18. Company Credit Facilities.
(a) Holdco shall not have incurred (or become obligated to incur) fees of more than $5,375,000
relating to the transactions described in Section 1.2(c)(iv) of the Equity Purchase Agreement
(other than clauses (D) and (E)) of the Equity Purchase Agreement plus annual administrative agency
fees in an amount not exceeding $150,000 per annum payable quarterly; and
(b) the Applicable Margin (as defined in Schedule D to the Equity Purchase Agreement) on the
Term B Loans (as defined in Schedule D to the Equity Purchase Agreement) shall not have been
increased by more than 1.625% per annum (all of which may take the form of original issue discount
over a four-year life to maturity (i.e. 6.5% or $16,250,000)); provided that any increase shall
have been necessary in the reasonable discretion of the Lead Arranger (as defined in Schedule D to
the Equity Purchase Agreement) to place the Term B Loans and the Lead Arranger shall first consider
(in consultation with Holdco and the Investors) using increases in the margin prior to imposing
original issue discount.
3.19. New York Stock Exchange.
Holdco shall have received confirmation from the New York Stock Exchange, and such
confirmation shall not have been withdrawn, that the issuance of the Series B Preferred Shares and
the Series B-1 Preferred Shares and the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents are
in compliance with the New York Stock Exchanges shareholder approval policy and that Holdco has
properly, and without condition, obtained an exception under Para. 312.05 of the New York Stock
Exchange. Listed Company Manual to issue the Series B Preferred Shares and the Series B-1
Preferred Shares without obtaining approval of the stockholders of Holdco.
3.20. Notice to Stockholders.
Holdco shall have properly provided notice to the stockholders of Holdco that Holdco will
issue the Series B Preferred Shares and the Series B-l Preferred Shares without obtaining
stockholder approval as required by, and in compliance with, Para. 312.05 of the New York Stock
Exchange Listed Company Manual, and the ten (10) day notice period set forth in Para. 312.05 of
the New York Stock Exchange Listed Company Manual shall have passed after such notice has been
properly provided.
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3.21. Wal-Mart.
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. shall have confirmed in writing to Holdco (A) that the Money Services
Agreement by and among MPSI and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (as amended through that certain Amendment 3
to Money Services Agreement dated as of the Signing Date but not amended by any subsequent
amendments other than, if necessary, to make effective the extension of the term of the Money
Services Agreement through January 31, 2013) will be in full force and effect after the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (which shall include an effective extension of
the term of the Money Services Agreement through January 31, 2013) and (B) that the Original Equity
Purchase Agreement, the Equity Purchase Agreement and this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated thereby and hereby do not give Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. the right to terminate the Money
Services Agreement,
3.22. Insurance.
Holdco shall have purchased, at its expense (A) directors and officers liability insurance,
from reputable carriers to be agreed upon prior to Closing by Holdco and the Initial Purchasers
and in at least the amounts as set forth on Schedule 4.1(b) to the Equity Purchase Agreement (or
in a lesser amount agreed upon by the Initial Purchasers and Holdco) on behalf of and covering the
individuals who at any time on or after the Closing Date are or become directors of Holdco,
against expenses, liabilities or losses asserted against or incurred by such individual in such
capacity or arising out of such individuals status as such, subject to customary exclusions and
(B) a fully-paid six-year tail insurance policy or policies with respect to directors and
officers liability insurance (including excess A-side difference-in-conditions coverage and
fiduciary liability coverage) of an amount no less, and with terms and conditions no less
favorable, than those of the policies maintained by Holdco as of the Effective Date.
3.23. Financial Statements.
The Initial Purchasers shall have received at least three Business Days prior to the Closing
Date, Holdcos consolidated unaudited interim financial statements as of and for the one-month
period ended January 31, 2008 and the one-month period ended February 29, 2008, including (i) the
unaudited balance sheet as January 31, 2008 and February 29, 2008 and (ii) related unaudited
consolidated statements of income, changes in stockholders equity, and detailed trial balances
for the period from January 1, 2008 to January 31, 2008 and for the period from February 1, 2008
to February 29, 2008, in each case satisfactory in form and substance to the Initial Purchasers.
3.24. Closing Certificate.
On the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver to each of the Initial Purchasers a
certificate (the Closing Certificate) signed on behalf of the Company by an executive officer of
the Company confirming that each of the conditions set forth in this Section 3 has been satisfied.
SECTION 4.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Except as Previously Disclosed (but only with respect to Sections 4.2 through and including
4.17), each of Holdco and the Company represents and warrants to the Purchasers on and as of the
Effective Date (after giving pro forma effect to the consummation on the Closing Date of the
Transactions, the issuance of the Notes to be issued on the Closing Date and the application of
the proceeds thereof) and on the Closing Date, except as set forth in this Section 4, that:
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4.1. Disclosure.
On or prior to the Effective Date, Holdco delivered to the Purchasers the Holdco Disclosure
Schedules.
4.2. Organization and Authority.
Each of Holdco and the Company is duly organized and validly existing under the Laws of its
jurisdiction of organization and has all requisite corporate, company or partnership power and
authority to carry on its business as presently conducted. Each of Holdco and the Company is duly
qualified or licensed to do business and is in good standing (where such concept is recognized
under applicable Law) in each jurisdiction where the nature of its business or the ownership,
leasing or operation of its properties makes such qualification or licensing necessary, other than
where the failure to be so qualified, licensed or in good standing would not, individually or in
the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Each of Holdco and the
Company has made available to the Purchasers prior to the execution of this Agreement, (i) a true
and complete copy of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company and the bylaws of the Company,
in each case as in effect on the Effective Date and (ii) a complete copy of the Amended and
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Holdco and the bylaws of Holdco, in each case as in effect
on the Effective Date.
4.3. Holdco Subsidiaries.
(a) Holdco has Previously Disclosed a complete and correct list of all of its subsidiaries,
and all shares of the outstanding capital stock of each of which are owned directly or indirectly
by Holdco. The subsidiaries of Holdco are referred to herein individually as a Holdco Subsidiary
and collectively as the Holdco Subsidiaries. All of such shares so owned by Holdco (or its
subsidiaries) are fully paid and non assessable and are owned by it free and clear of any lien,
claim, charge, option, encumbrance or agreement with respect thereto, except for Permitted Liens.
Other than as Previously Disclosed, none of Holdco or any Holdco Subsidiary beneficially owns (the
concept of beneficial ownership having the meaning assigned thereto in Section 13(d) of the
Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, more than 5% of any class of equity securities or similar
interests of any corporation or other entity, and none is, directly or indirectly, a partner in any
partnership or party to any joint venture.
(b) Each Holdco Subsidiary is duly organized and validly existing under the Laws of its
jurisdiction of organization and has all requisite corporate, company or partnership power and
authority to carry on its business as presently conducted. Each Holdco Subsidiary is duly qualified
or licensed to do business and is in good standing (where such concept is recognized under
applicable Law) in each jurisdiction where the nature of its business or the ownership, leasing or
operation of its properties makes such qualification or licensing necessary, other than where the
failure to be so qualified, licensed or in good standing would not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.4. Capitalization.
The authorized capital stock of Holdco consists of (i) 7,000,000 shares of preferred stock,
2,000,000 shares of which have been designated as Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock,
and of which no shares were outstanding as of the time of execution of the Equity Purchase
Agreement, and (ii) 250,000,000 shares of common Stock, of which 82,598,034 shares were
outstanding as of the date of the Equity Purchase Agreement. There are outstanding options to
purchase an aggregate of not more than 4,071,039 shares of common Stock, all of which options are
outstanding under the Benefit Plans. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of Holdco have
been duly and validly authorized and issued and
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are fully paid and non assessable. The shares of Preferred Stock to be issued at the Closing in
accordance with the terms of the Equity Purchase Agreement or in respect of or upon conversion of
such Preferred Stock (or upon the conversion of Preferred Stock received upon conversion of
Preferred Stock to be issued at Closing) in accordance with the terms of the Equity Purchase
Agreement and the respective Certificate of Designations, upon such issuance or conversion, as the
case may be, will be duly and validly authorized and issued and fully paid and non assessable and
not trigger any pre-emptive or similar rights of any other person. Except (A) as described above
or Previously Disclosed, (B) for the rights granted pursuant to the Transaction Documents, or (C)
under or pursuant to the Previously Disclosed Benefit Plans, there are no outstanding
subscriptions, contracts, conversion privileges, options, warrants, calls, preemptive rights or
other rights obligating Holdco or any Holdco Subsidiary to issue, sell or otherwise dispose of, or
to purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire, any shares of capital stock of Holdco or any Holdco
Subsidiary. Each of Holdco and any Holdco Subsidiary has Previously Disclosed all shares of Holdco
capital stock that have been purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired, directly or indirectly, by
Holdco or any Holdco Subsidiary since December 31, 2006 and all dividends or other distributions
that have been declared, set aside, made or paid to stockholders of Holdco since that date.
4.5. Authorization: No Default.
(a) Each of Holdco and each Holdco Subsidiary has the power and authority to enter into the
Transaction Documents to which it is a party and to carry out its obligations hereunder and
thereunder. The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by Holdco and each
Holdco Subsidiary and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have
been duly authorized by the board of directors of each of Holdco and each Holdco Subsidiary (the
Board of Directors). The Transaction Documents to which Holdco and each Holdco Subsidiary are a
party are valid and binding obligations of Holdco and each Holdco Subsidiary enforceable against
Holdco and each Holdco Subsidiary in accordance with their respective terms. No stockholder vote of
Holdco or any Holdco Subsidiary is required to authorize, approve or consummate any of the
transactions contemplated hereby. The issuance of the Series B Preferred Shares and the Series B-l
Preferred Shares and the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents will be in
compliance with the New York Stock Exchanges shareholder approval policy and the exception under
Para. 312.05 of the New York Stock Exchange Listed Company Manual.
(b) Neither the execution, delivery and performance by Holdco and each Holdco Subsidiary of
the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and any documents ancillary thereto, nor the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, nor compliance by Holdco and each
Holdco Subsidiary with any of the provisions thereof, will (A) violate, conflict with, or result in
a breach of any provision of, or constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of
time or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the termination of, or accelerate the
performance required by, or result in a right of termination or acceleration of, or result in the
creation of, any lien, security interest, charge or encumbrance upon any of the properties or
assets of Holdco or any Holdco Subsidiary under any of the material terms, conditions or provisions
of (1) its certificate of incorporation or bylaws or substantially equivalent governing documents
or (2) any note, bond, mortgage, indenture, deed of trust, license, lease, agreement or other
instrument or obligation (each a Contract) to which Holdco or any Holdco Subsidiary is a party or
by which it may be bound, or to which Holdco or any Holdco Subsidiary or any of the properties or
assets of Holdco or any Holdco Subsidiary may be subject (other than Liens created under the Credit
Documents), or (B) subject to compliance with the statutes, and regulations and votes referred to
in the next paragraph, violate any statute, rule or regulation or any judgment, ruling, order,
writ, injunction or decree applicable to Holdco or any Holdco Subsidiary or any of their respective
properties or assets; except, in the case of clauses (A)(2) and (B), as would not reasonably be
expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
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(c) Other than (A) the filing of the Certificates of Designations with the Delaware Secretary
of State, (B) the filings in connection or in compliance with the HSR Act, (C) the filings in
connection or in compliance with the German Antitrust Act, (D) any actions described in the
Security Documents necessary to perfect the security interest granted pursuant thereto, (E) the
passage of the applicable ten (10) day notice period in compliance with Para. 312.05 of the New
York Stock Exchanges Listed Company Manual and (F) such other consents, approvals, orders,
authorizations, registrations, declarations, filings and notices the failure of which to be
obtained or made would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect, no notice to, filing with, exemption or review by, or authorization,
consent or approval of, any Governmental Entity or any other person (nor expiration nor termination
of any statutory waiting periods) is necessary prior to the consummation by Holdco or any Holdco
Subsidiary of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents to which it is a party.
4.6. SEC Documents.
(a) Except as Previously Disclosed, each of Holdco and the Company has filed all reports,
schedules, forms, statements and other documents with the SEC required to be filed by Holdco or the
Company or furnished by Holdco or the Company since December 31, 2005 (including any items
incorporated by reference or attached as Exhibits thereto) (the SEC Documents). No Holdco
Subsidiary is required to make any filings of SEC Documents. As of their respective dates of
filing, the SEC Documents complied as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the
Securities Act, or the Exchange Act, as the case may be, and the rules and regulations of the SEC
promulgated thereunder applicable thereto, and none of the SEC Documents contained any untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading. There are no outstanding comments from the SEC with respect to any SEC
Document. The audited consolidated financial statements and the unaudited quarterly financial
statements (including, in each case, the notes thereto) of Holdco included in the SEC Documents
when filed complied as to form in all material respects with the published rules and regulations of
the SEC with respect thereto, have been prepared in all material respects in accordance with United
States generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) (except, in the case of unaudited
quarterly statements, as permitted by Form 10-Q of the SEC or other rules and regulations of the
SEC) applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (except as may be indicated in the
notes thereto) and fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial position of
Holdco and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the dates thereof and the consolidated results of
their operations and cash flows for the periods then ended (subject, in the case of unaudited
quarterly statements, to normal year-end adjustments). Except as specifically reflected or reserved
against in the audited consolidated balance sheet of Holdco as at September 30, 2007 included in
the Filed SEC Documents, neither Holdco nor any Holdco Subsidiary has any liabilities or
obligations (whether absolute, accrued, contingent, fixed or otherwise) of any nature that would be
required under GAAP, as in effect on the Effective Date, to be reflected on a consolidated balance
sheet of Holdco (including the notes thereto), except liabilities and obligations that (A) were
incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice since September 30, 2007
or (B) have not had and would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to
have, a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Holdco (A) has implemented and maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in
Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act) to ensure that material information relating to Holdco,
including its consolidated Subsidiaries, is made known to the chief executive officer and the chief
financial officer of Holdco by others within those entities, and (B) has disclosed, based on its
most recent evaluation prior to the Effective Date, to Holdcos outside auditors and the audit
committee of the Board of Directors (1) any significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the
design or operation of internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act, Rule
13a-15(f)) that are reasonably likely
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to adversely affect Holdco and each Holdco Subsidiarys ability to record, process, summarize and
report financial information and (2) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management
or other employees who have a significant role in Holdco or each Holdco Subsidiarys internal
controls over financial reporting. As of the date of this Agreement, Holdco has no knowledge of any
reason that its outside auditors and its chief executive officer and chief financial officer will
not be able to give the certifications and attestations required pursuant to the rules and
regulations adopted pursuant to Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, without
qualification, when next due. Since December 31, 2005, (x) neither Holdco nor any Holdco Subsidiary
nor, to the knowledge of Holdco, any director, officer, employee, auditor, accountant or
representative of Holdco or any Holdco Subsidiary, has received or otherwise had or obtained
knowledge of any material complaint, allegation, assertion or claim, whether written or oral,
regarding the accounting or auditing practices, procedures, methodologies or methods of Holdco or
any Holdco Subsidiary or their respective internal accounting controls, including any material
complaint, allegation, assertion or claim that Holdco or any Holdco Subsidiary has engaged in
questionable accounting or auditing practices, and (y) no attorney representing Holdco or any
Holdco Subsidiary, whether or not employed by Holdco or any such subsidiary, has reported evidence
of a material violation of securities laws, breach of fiduciary duty or similar violation by Holdco
or any of its officers, directors, employees or agents to the Board of Directors or any committee
thereof or to any director or officer of Holdco or any Holdco Subsidiary.
4.7. Taxes.
Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect, (A) Holdco and each of Holdcos Subsidiaries have prepared and timely
filed (taking into account any extension of time within which to file) all Tax Returns required to
be filed by any of them and all such filed Tax Returns are complete and accurate, (B) Holdco and
each of Holdcos Subsidiaries have paid all Taxes that are required to be paid by any of them, (C)
as of the Effective Date, there are no audits, examinations, investigations, actions, suits,
claims or other proceedings in respect of Taxes pending or threatened in writing nor has any
deficiency for any Tax been assessed by any Governmental Entity in writing against Holdco or any
of Holdcos Subsidiaries, and (D) all Taxes required to be withheld by Holdco and Holdcos
Subsidiaries have been withheld and paid over to the appropriate Tax authority (except, in the
case of this clause (D) or clause (A) or (B) above, with respect to matters contested in good
faith and for which adequate reserves have been established on Holdcos financial statements in
accordance with GAAP). Holdco has not been a controlled corporation or a distributing
corporation in any distribution occurring during the two-year period ending on the date of this
Agreement that was intended to be governed by Section 355 of the Code. Neither Holdco nor any
Holdcos Subsidiary has entered into any listed transaction as defined under Section 1.601
l-4(b)(2) of the Treasury Regulations promulgated under the Code.
4.8. Ordinary Course.
Except as Previously Disclosed since September 30, 2007, Holdco and each Holdco Subsidiary
has conducted its respective businesses in all material respects in the ordinary course of
business, consistent with prior practice (and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
none of Holdco nor any Holdco Subsidiary has taken any action referred to in clauses (a) and (b)
of Section 3.3 of the Equity Purchase Agreement, assuming the said Section had been in effect at
all times since September 30, 2007).
4.9. Commitments and Contracts.
(i) Except for the Benefit Plans, the Contracts filed as exhibits or incorporated by
reference in or to the SEC Documents, and the Contracts Previously Disclosed, neither Holdco nor
any Holdco Subsidiary is a party to or bound by any Contract that: (A) is a material contract
(as such term is
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defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities Act) to be performed
in full or in part after the Effective Date; (B) creates any material partnership, limited
liability company agreement, joint venture or similar agreement entered into with any third party;
(C) is a voting agreement or registration rights agreement; (D) relates to any indebtedness, or
interest rate or currency hedging agreements, having an outstanding principal or notional amount in
excess of $50,000,000, or any guarantees thereof, or the sale, securitization or servicing of loans
or loan portfolios, in each case in connection with which the aggregate actual or contingent
obligations of Holdco and the Holdco Subsidiaries under such contract are greater than $50,000,000;
(E) relates to the acquisition or disposition of any material assets other than in the ordinary
course of business consistent with past practice, where such contract contains continuing material
obligations or contains continuing indemnity obligations of Holdco or any of the Holdco
Subsidiaries; or (F) is a commitment or agreement to enter into any of the foregoing. Except as set
forth on Section 4.9 of the Holdco Disclosure Schedule, neither Holdco nor any Holdco Subsidiary is
a party to or bound by any Contract (x) that contains provisions that purport to limit the ability
of Holdco or any of the Holdco Subsidiaries, or any Affiliate, stockholder or director of Holdco or
any Holdco Subsidiary in their capacities as such, to compete in any line of business or with any
person or which involve any restriction of the geographical area in which, or method by which or
with whom, Holdco or any of the Holdco Subsidiaries may carry on any business or (y) is a
commitment or agreement to enter into any such Contract.
(ii) The Contracts set forth in this Section 4.9(ii) (together with any and all amendments,
disclosure schedules and side Setters thereto) are collectively referred to herein as the
Disclosed Contracts. Except as has not had and would not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (A) neither Holdco nor any Holdco
Subsidiary is in breach, default or violation of the terms of any Disclosed Contract, no event has
occurred that with the lapse of time or the giving of notice or both would constitute a default
thereunder by Holdco or any of the Holdco Subsidiaries, and Holdco has no knowledge of (and has
not received notice of) any breach, default or violation (or any condition which with the passage
of time or the giving of notice, or both, would cause such a breach, default or violation) by any
party under any Disclosed Contract; and (B) each Disclosed Contract is a valid and binding
obligation of Holdco (or the Subsidiaries of Holdco party thereto), is in full force and effect
and is enforceable against Holdco and the Holdco Subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of Holdco, the
other parties thereto in accordance with its terms, except that (1) such enforcement may be
subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar Laws,
now or hereafter in effect, relating to creditors rights generally and (2) equitable remedies of
specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to
equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be
brought.
4.10. Litigation and Other Proceedings.
There is no claim, suit, action, investigation or proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of
Holdco, threatened, against Holdco or any Holdco Subsidiary that, individually or in the
aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, nor is Holdco or any
Holdco Subsidiary subject to any order, judgment or decree that, individually or in the aggregate,
would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.11. Insurance.
Holdco and each Holdco Subsidiary are presently insured, and during each of the past five
calendar years (or during such lesser period of time as Holdco has owned such Holdco Subsidiary)
has been insured, for reasonable amounts with financially sound and reputable insurance companies
against such risks as companies engaged in a similar business would, in accordance with good
business practice, customarily be insured.
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4.12. Compliance with Laws.
(a) Holdco and each Holdco Subsidiary have all permits, licenses, authorizations, orders and
approvals of, and have made all filings, applications and registrations with, Governmental Entities
(collectively, the Permits) that are required in order to permit them to own or lease their
properties and assets and to carry on their business as presently conducted and that are material
to the business of Holdco and the Holdco Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; and all such Permits are
in full force and effect and, to the knowledge of Holdco, no suspension or cancellation of any of
them is threatened, and all such filings, applications and registrations are current. Except as
would not individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect: (i) the conduct by Holdco and each Holdco Subsidiary of their business and the condition
and use of their properties does not violate or Infringe any applicable domestic (federal, state or
local) or foreign Law, statute, ordinance, license or regulation, (ii) neither Holdco nor any
Holdco Subsidiary is in default under any order, license, regulation, demand, writ, injunction or
decree of any Governmental Entity, and (iii) Holdco currently is complying with all, and, to the
knowledge of the Holdco and the Holdco Subsidiaries, none of them is under investigation with
respect to or has been threatened to be charged with or given notice of any material violation of
any, applicable federal, state, local and foreign Law, statute, regulation, rule, license,
judgment, injunction or decree.
(b) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Holdco and each of the Holdco
Subsidiaries have acted in conformity with all applicable Laws and regulations pertaining to export
controls, economic sanctions, national security controls, and similar regulations of international
commerce, including, but not limited to, the U.S. Export Administration Regulations, 15 C.F.R. pt.
730 et seq., the U.S. antiboycott rules, 15 C.F.R. pt. 760 et seq. and 26 U.S.C. § 908 & 999, the
Office of Foreign Assets Control regulations, 31 C.F.R. pt. 500 et seq., U.S. anti-money laundering
Laws (e.g., 18 U.S.C. §§ 1956-57, 18 U.S.C. § 1960 and 31 U.S.C. §§5311-32), and all non-U.S.
counterparts or equivalents of the foregoing, in each case, except as, individually or in the
aggregate, would not reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Also, without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, the Company, each of its Subsidiaries, and each of Holdcos and
its Subsidiaries employees and agents have acted in conformity with all applicable Laws and
regulations pertaining to corrupt, illegal or unauthorized payments, including, but not limited to,
the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, 15 U.S.C. §§ 78dd-l, et seq., in each
case, except as, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
4.13. Benefit Plans.
(a) Holdco has Previously Disclosed or has previously filed as an exhibit to an SEC Document
or made available to the Purchasers or its representative each of the following to which Holdco or
any Holdco Subsidiary is a party or subject; any plan, contract or understanding providing for any
bonus, pension, option, deferred compensation, retirement payment, profit sharing welfare,
severance, change in control, or fringe benefits or other compensation with respect to any present
or former officer, director, employee or consultant of Holdco or any Holdco Subsidiary (each, other
than a Multiemployer Plan, a Benefit Plan), in each case, requiring aggregate annual payments or
contributions by Holdco and any Holdco Subsidiary in an aggregate amount in excess of $1,000,000 or
which has aggregate unfunded liabilities in an amount in excess of $1,000,000 individually provided
that the aggregate unfunded liabilities of the Benefit Plans not Previously Disclosed or filed as
an SEC Document do not exceed $3,000,000. Section 4.13 of the Holdco Disclosure Schedule sets forth
a complete list of the Benefit Plans.
(b) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect, (A) with respect to each Benefit Plan, Holdco and any Holdco Subsidiary
have
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complied, and are now in compliance with ERISA, the Code and all Laws and regulations applicable to
such Benefit Plans and each Benefit Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of
the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS to the effect that such Benefit
Plan is so qualified and exempt from federal income taxes under Sections 401(a) and 501(a) of the
Code, and such determination letter has not been revoked and nothing has occurred, whether by
action or failure to act, that could reasonably be expected to cause the loss of such
qualification; (B) each Benefit Plan has been administered in accordance with its terms including
all requirements to make contributions; (C) there is not now, nor do any circumstances exist that
are likely to give rise to any requirement for the posting of security with respect to a Benefit
Plan or the imposition of any material liability or material lien on the assets of Holdco or any
Holdco Subsidiary under ERISA or the Code in respect of any Benefit Plan, and no liability (other
than for premiums to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation) under Title IV of ERISA or under
Sections 412 or 4971 of the Code has been or is reasonably expected to be incurred by Holdco or any
Holdco Subsidiary; (D) there are no pending or, to Holdcos knowledge, threatened claims (other
than claims for benefits in the ordinary course), lawsuits or arbitrations which have been asserted
or instituted against the Benefit Plans or the assets of any of the trusts under any of the Benefit
Plans; (E) to Holdcos knowledge, there are no pending or threatened claims against any fiduciary
of any of the Benefit Plans with respect to their duties to the Benefit Plans; (F) to Holdcos
knowledge, no set of circumstances exists which may reasonably give rise to a claim or lawsuit,
against the Benefit Plans, any fiduciaries thereof with respect to their duties to the Benefit
Plans or the assets of any of the trusts under any of the Benefit Plans; (G) Holdco and each Holdco
Subsidiary has reserved the right to amend, terminate or modify at any time all plans or
arrangements providing for retiree health or life insurance coverage, and there have been no
communications to employees or former employees which could reasonably be interpreted to promise or
guarantee such employees or former employees any retiree health or life insurance or other retiree
death benefits on a permanent basis, other than those retirement benefits provided for under Holdco
and any Holdco Subsidiarys collective bargaining agreement;
(c) None of Holdco, or any Holdco Subsidiary or any other person or entity under common
control with Holdco within the meaning of Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code participates
in, or is required to contribute to, any multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37)
of ERISA) (a Multiemployer Plan).
(d) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect, each individual who performs services for Holdco or any Holdco Subsidiary
(other than through a contract with an entity other than Holdco or any Holdco Subsidiary) and who
is not treated as an employee of Holdco or any Holdco Subsidiary has been properly characterized as
not being an employee for such purposes.
(e) Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby (alone or in conjunction with any termination of employment or
other event) will (A) result in any material payment (including, without limitation, severance or
excess parachute payments (within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code), or forgiveness of
indebtedness) or other material obligation becoming due to any current or former employee, officer
or director of Holdco or any Holdco Subsidiary under any Benefit Plan or otherwise, (B) limit or
restrict the right of Holdco or any Holdco Subsidiary to merge, amend or terminate any of the
Benefit Plans, or (C) materially increase or accelerate or require the funding of any benefits
otherwise payable under any Benefit Plan.
(f) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect, (A) no work stoppage involving Holdco or any Holdco Subsidiary is pending
or, to the knowledge of Holdco threatened; (B) neither Holdco nor any Holdco Subsidiary is
involved in, or threatened with or affected by, any labor dispute, arbitration, lawsuit or
administrative proceeding that
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could affect the business of Holdco or such Holdco Subsidiary; and (C) employees of Holdco and
Holdcos Subsidiaries are not represented by any labor union nor are any collective bargaining
agreements otherwise in effect with respect to such employees.
(g) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect, with respect to each Foreign Plan, (i) each Foreign Plan required to be
registered has been registered and has been maintained in good standing with applicable regulatory
authorities; and (ii) all Foreign Plans that are required to be funded are funded in accordance
with applicable Laws, and with respect to all other Foreign Plans, adequate reserves therefore have
been established on the accounting statements of Holdco or any Holdco Subsidiary.
4.14. Environmental Liability.
Except for those matters that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) each of Holdco and the Holdco Subsidiaries is in
compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws, and neither Holdco nor any Holdco Subsidiary
has received any written communication alleging that Holdco is in violation of, or has any
liability under, any Environmental Law, (ii) each of Holdco and the Holdco Subsidiaries validly
possesses and is in compliance with all Permits required under Environmental Laws to conduct its
business as presently conducted, and all such Permits are valid and
in good standing, (iii) there
are no Environmental Claims pending or, to the knowledge of Holdco, threatened against Holdco or
any of the Holdco Subsidiaries and (iv) none of Holdco or any of the Holdco Subsidiaries has
Released any Hazardous Materials in a manner that would reasonably be expected to result in an
Environmental Claim against Holdco or any of the Holdco Subsidiaries.
4.15. Intellectual Property.
(a) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect, (A) Holdco and the Holdco Subsidiaries own, free of all encumbrances
except Permitted Liens, or have the valid right to use all the Intellectual Property used in the
conduct of the business of Holdco and the Holdco Subsidiaries and (B) the conduct of the business
of Holdco and the Holdco Subsidiaries as currently conducted does not Infringe any Intellectual
Property rights of any third party. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect, no claim or demand has been given in writing to Holdco or any Holdco Subsidiary to
the effect that the conduct of the business of Holdco or such Holdco Subsidiary Infringes upon the
Intellectual Property rights of any third party. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect, Holdco and the Holdco Subsidiaries use the Intellectual Property of
third parties only pursuant to valid, effective written license agreements. Except as would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, to the knowledge of Holdco and the
Company, no third parties are infringing the Intellectual Property rights of Holdco or the Company.
(b) All registered trademarks and registered service marks, trademark and service mark
applications and, to the knowledge of Holdco, all Holdco Intellectual Property has been duly
registered or application filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office or applicable foreign
governmental authority. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect, (A) none of the Holdco Intellectual Property has been adjudged to be invalid or
unenforceable in whole or in part and (B) there are no actual or, to the knowledge of Holdco or the
Company, threatened opposition proceedings, cancellation proceedings, interference proceedings or
other similar action challenging the validity, existence or ownership of any Holdco Intellectual
Property.
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4.16. Board Approvals.
The transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, including without limitation the
issuance of the Securities and the compliance with the terms thereof and the compliance with the
terms of the Equity Purchase Agreement, this Agreement and the other Financing Documents have been
approved unanimously by the board of directors of each of Holdco, the Company and the Guarantors,
as applicable. Each board of directors of Holdco and the Company have unanimously adopted, approved
and declared advisable all of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. The Audit
Committee of the Board of Directors has unanimously and expressly approved, and the Board of
Directors has unanimously concurred with, Holdcos reliance on the exception under Para. 312.05 of
the New York Stock Exchange Listed Company Manual to issue the Series B Preferred Shares and the
Series B-l Preferred Shares.
4.17. Brokers and Finders.
Neither Holdco, the Company nor any of their respective officers, directors or employees has
incurred any liability for any financial advisory fees, brokerage fees, commissions or finders
fees in connection with the Transaction Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby, other than JPMorgan Chase & Co., the fees and expenses of which will be paid by Holdco.
Holdco has provided the Purchasers with a copy of the documentation pursuant to which JPMorgan
Chase & Co. may receive a fee in connection with the Transaction Documents or the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby.
4.18. Collateral.
As of the Closing Date, upon execution and delivery thereof by the parties thereto, the
Security Documents will be effective to create (to the extent described therein), in favor of and
for the ratable benefit of the applicable Holders of the Notes, a legal, valid and enforceable
security interest in the Collateral described therein, except as may be limited by applicable
domestic or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and
other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors rights generally, general equitable
principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and an implied covenant of
good faith and fair dealing. When the actions specified in each Security Document have been duly
taken, the security interests granted pursuant thereto shall constitute (to the extent described
therein) a perfected security interest (subject only to Permitted Liens) in all right, title and
interest of each pledgor party thereto in the Collateral described therein with respect to such
pledgor if and to the extent perfection can be achieved by taking such actions.
4.19. [Reserved].
4.20. [Reserved].
4.21. Disclosure.
(a) To the knowledge of the Company, none of the written factual information and written data
(taken as a whole) furnished by or on behalf of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or any of
their respective authorized representatives to the Purchasers on or before the Closing Date for
purposes of or in connection with this Agreement contained, when furnished, any untrue statement
of any material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary to make such information and
data (taken as a whole) not materially misleading at such time in light of the circumstances under
which such information or data was furnished, it being understood and agreed that for purposes of
this Section 4.21 (a), such factual
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information and data shall not include projections (including financial estimates, forecasts and/or
any other forward-looking information) and information of a general economic or general industry
nature.
(b) The projections (including financial estimates, forecasts and other forward-looking
information) contained in the information and data referred to in clause (a) above were based on
good faith estimates and assumptions believed by such Persons to be reasonable at the time made, it
being recognized by the Purchasers that such projections as to future events are not to be viewed
as facts and that actual results during the period or periods covered by any such projections may
differ from the projected results.
4.22 [Reserved]
4.23. Properties.
Holdco and each of its Subsidiaries have good and marketable title to or leasehold interests
in all properties that are necessary for the operation of their respective businesses as currently
conducted and as proposed to be conducted, free and clear of all Liens (other than any Permitted
Liens), except where the failure to have such good title has not or is not reasonably likely to
have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.24. Solvency.
As of the Closing Date, immediately after giving effect to the issuance and sale of the Notes
and the consummation of the Transactions, and after giving effect to the application of the
proceeds of Notes and the Company Credit Facilities, Holdco and the Company on a consolidated
basis with their Subsidiaries will be Solvent.
4.25. No Registration Required.
As of the Closing Date, subject to compliance by the Purchasers with the representations and
warranties set forth in this Section 4 and with the procedures set forth in Section 8 hereof, it
is not necessary in connection with the offer, sale and delivery of the Notes to the Purchasers in
the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Indenture and the other Financing Documents, (i) to
register the Notes under the Securities Act or pursuant to any of the laws of the States or the
United States, or (ii) to qualify the Indenture under the TIA.
4.26. No Integration of Offerings or General Solicitation.
As of the Closing Date, none of Holdco, its Affiliates, or any person acting on any of their
behalf (other than the Purchasers, as to whom the Company makes no representation or warranty)
within the six-month period immediately prior to the Effective Date, directly or indirectly,
solicited any offer to buy or offered to sell, sold, or issued and will not, for six months
immediately following the Effective Date, directly or indirectly, solicit any offer to buy or offer
to sell, sell, or issue in the United States or to any United States citizen or resident, any
security which is or would be integrated with the sale of the Notes in a manner that would require
the Notes to be registered under the Securities Act.
As of the Closing Date, none of Holdco, its Affiliates, or any person acting on any of their
behalf (other than the Purchasers, as to whom the Company makes no representation or warranty) has
engaged or will engage, in connection with the offering of the Notes, in any form of general
solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of Rule 502 under the Securities Act.
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As of the Closing Date, with respect to those Notes sold in reliance upon Regulation S, (i)
none of Holdco, its respective Affiliates, or any person acting on any of their behalf (other than
the Purchasers, as to whom the Company makes no representation or warranty) has engaged or will
engage in any directed selling efforts within the meaning of Regulation S and (ii) each of the
Company and its Affiliates and any person acting on any of their behalf (other than the Purchasers,
as to whom the Company makes no representation or warranty) has complied and will comply with the
offering restrictions set forth in Regulation S.
4.27. Eligibility for Resale under Rule 144A.
As of the Closing Date, the Notes will be eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A and will
not be of the same class as securities listed on a national securities exchange registered under
Section 6 of the Exchange Act or quoted in a U.S. automated inter-deafer quotation system.
4.28. Margin Regulations.
As of the Closing Date, neither the issuance and sale of the Notes nor the use of the
proceeds thereof will violate the provisions of Regulation T, Regulation U or Regulation X.
4.29. Investment Company Act.
None of Holdco, the Company and the Guarantors is an investment company within the meaning
of, and subject to registration under, the Investment Company Act or controlled by such a company.
4.30. Opinions of Financial Advisors.
The Board of Directors of Holdco has received the opinions of JPMorgan Chase & Co., dated as
of the Signing Date, and March 10, 2008, which such March 10, 2008 opinion shall be updated as of
the Effective Date, and the opinions of Duff & Phelps, LLC, dated as of the Signing Date, and
March 10, 2008, which such March 10, 2008 opinion shall be updated as of the Effective Date, each
to the effect that, as of such dates, and subject to the various assumptions and qualifications
set forth therein, the consideration to be received by the Company and Holdco pursuant to this
Agreement is fair from a financial point of view to the Company and Holdco (the Fairness
Opinions). Correct and complete copies of the Fairness Opinions have been delivered to the
Purchasers.
4.31. CAG, Inc.
At the Lead Sponsors written request, Holdco has formed MoneyGram Investments, LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company and wholly-owned subsidiary of Holdco, and has merged CAG, Inc.
into MoneyGram Investments, LLC, which will be treated as a disregarded entity for Tax purposes.
4.32. Signing Date Representations and Warranties.
All of the representations and warranties set forth in the Original Note Purchase Agreement
were true and correct in all material respects (unless qualified by material or Material
Adverse Effect or similar references to materiality, in which case the representation and
warranties must be true and correct in all respects) as of the Signing Date; provided, that any
such representations and warranties that are subject to matters Previously Disclosed are limited
to matters Originally Previously Disclosed.
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SECTION 5.
REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND AGREEMENTS OF PURCHASERS
5.1. Representation and Warranties.
Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly, represents and warrants to the Company as of the
Effective Date as follows:
(a) Purchase.
(i) Such Purchaser is acquiring the Notes for its own account, for investment and not with
a view to any distribution thereof within the meaning of the Securities Act.
(ii) Such Purchaser understands that the Notes have not been and, except as provided in
the Registration Rights Agreement with respect to the Notes, when issued, will not be
registered under the Securities Act or any state or other securities law, that the Notes will
be issued by the Company in transactions exempt from the registration requirements of the
Securities Act, that it must hold the Notes indefinitely and not offer or sell the Notes except
pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or pursuant to an
applicable exemption from registration under the Securities Act and in compliance with
applicable state laws and in compliance with Section 8.
(iii) Such Purchaser further understands that the exemption from registration afforded by
Rule 144 (the provisions of which are known to such Purchaser) promulgated under the
Securities Act depends on the satisfaction of various conditions, and that, if applicable,
Rule 144 may afford the basis for sales only in limited amounts.
(iv) Such Purchaser is a Qualified Institutional Buyer or an institutional accredited
investor (within the meaning of Regulation D).
(v) Except as otherwise disclosed by such Purchaser to the Company and the investment
banking advisory fee payable to Goldman Sachs & Co. or any of its Affiliates, such Purchaser
did not employ any broker or finder in connection with the transactions contemplated in this
Agreement and no fees or commissions are payable to the Purchasers except as otherwise
provided for in the Agreement.
(vi) Such Purchaser has been furnished with or has had access to the information it has
requested from the Company and its Subsidiaries and has had an opportunity to discuss with the
management of the Company and its Subsidiaries the business and financial affairs of the
Company and its Subsidiaries, and has generally such knowledge and experience in business and
financial matters and with respect to investments in securities of privately held companies so
as to enable it to understand and evaluate the risks of such investment and form an investment
decision with respect thereto.
(b) Due Organization; Power and Authority.
Each Purchaser is an: exempted company with limited liability, corporation, limited liability
company or partnership, as the case may be, duly incorporated or formed, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or formation and is duly
qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each
jurisdiction in which such qualification is
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required, other than any failures to so qualify or to be in good standing which has not or is not
reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Power; Authorization; Enforceability.
The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Financing Documents to
which such Purchaser is a party are within its corporate, limited liability company or limited
partnership, as the case may be, power and authority and have been duly authorized by all necessary
action of such Purchaser, and constitute legal, valid and binding agreements of such Purchaser
enforceable against it in accordance with their respective terms, except as the enforceability
thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance or other similar laws
affecting creditors rights generally and subject to general principles of equity and except that
no representation or warranty made with respect to any matter related to indemnification and
contribution or exculpation contained herein.
(d) No Actions or Proceedings.
There are no legal or governmental actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to any
Purchasers knowledge, threatened against or affecting such Purchaser, or any of their respective
properties or assets which, if adversely determined, either individually or in the aggregate,
would reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the ability of such Purchaser to
consummate any of the transactions contemplated by the Financing Documents.
(e) No Violation.
Neither the execution, delivery or performance by any Purchaser of the Financing Documents to
which it is a party nor compliance with the terms and provisions thereof nor the consummation the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby will (a) contravene any applicable provision of any
material Law, or (b) violate any provision of the certificate of incorporation, by-laws or other
organizational documents of any Purchaser or any contract to which such Purchaser is a party
except in each case as has not or is not reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on
such Purchasers ability to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and
perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder.
5.2. Notice of Transfers of the Notes.
The Initial Purchasers hereby covenant and agree to provide prompt written notice to the
Company upon consummation of any transaction pursuant to which the Initial Purchasers cease to
constitute the Required Holders.
SECTION 6.
PRE-CLOSING COVENANTS
6.1. Access.
From and after the Signing Date until the Closing Date, Holdco and the Company have, will,
and will cause their Subsidiaries to:
(a) (i) provide the Purchasers, as soon as available, with (x) monthly and quarterly
unaudited consolidated financial statements of Holdco and its Subsidiaries, audited consolidated
annual financial statements of Holdco and its Subsidiaries and an annual budget of Holdco and its
Subsidiaries; and (y) updates and flash reports of the same type and in the same frequency of
delivery in all material respects
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as had been delivered to the Initial Purchasers by Holdco immediately prior to the Signing Date;
(ii) permit access to, and make available to the Initial Purchasers representatives and their
accounting and legal advisors for inspection and review, the properties, books, records, accounts
and documents of or relating to Holdco and its Subsidiaries, and (b) make available at reasonable
times and to a reasonable extent officers and employees of Holdco and its Subsidiaries to discuss
with the Initial Purchasers and their accounting and legal advisors the business and affairs of
Holdco and its Subsidiaries. In addition, Holdco and its Subsidiaries shall provide the Purchasers
with substantially the same information as shall be provided to the lead arranger, the
administrative agent and/or the lenders in respect of the Company Credit Facilities. Subject to
Section 10.14, the Purchasers may share the foregoing information with their respective lenders and
their respective consultants and advisors (including rating agencies), so long as such lenders or
other parties have entered into a customary confidentiality agreement with the Purchasers.
(b) subject to compliance with applicable laws and confidentiality obligations to third
parties, promptly provide true and correct copies of all documents, reports, financial data, and
such additional financial and other information with respect to Holdco, the Company and their
Subsidiaries as each Purchaser (and any parent company of a Purchaser that is a venture capital
operating company) may from time to time reasonably request.
6.2.
Investment Policy.
Without the prior written consent of all of the Initial Purchasers, prior to the Closing,
Holdco shall not and shall not permit the Holdco Subsidiaries to (i) make investments in a manner
that is in contravention of the investment policy as set forth on Schedule H to the Equity
Purchase Agreement (the Investment Policy); provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any
securities held or sold by Holdco set forth on Schedule B-1 or Schedule C to the Equity Purchase
Agreement shall not be considered to be held or sold in contravention of the Investment Policy, or
(ii) sell, unwind, assign, abandon or otherwise transfer or dispose of any of the securities
listed on Schedule B-1 (other than those securities sold or otherwise transferred in accordance
with Schedule B-1 to the Equity Purchase Agreement through March 7, 2008) or Schedule C to the
Equity Purchase Agreement.
6.3. Ordinary Course.
Except as otherwise expressly permitted or required by the Transaction Documents, permitted
by Section 4.9 of the Equity Purchase Agreement or as set forth on Section 3.3(a) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule (as defined in the Equity Purchase Agreement), during the period from the
Signing Date until the earlier of the Closing Date and the Termination Date, Holdco has and shall
conduct its business, and has and shall cause its subsidiaries to conduct their respective
businesses, in all material respects in the ordinary course, including, without limitation, paying
its obligations, including customer signing bonuses, capital expenditures, taxes and other
accounts payable, in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice. Holdco shall
not declare or pay any dividend or distribution on any securities of Holdco on or prior to the
Closing.
SECTION 7.
POST-CLOSING AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
The Company covenants and agrees with each Purchaser that so long as such Purchaser holds any
Notes and until the principal amount of (and premium, if any, on) such Notes, and all interest,
and other obligations hereunder in respect thereof (other than indemnity obligations that have not
yet become due and payable), shall have been paid in full:
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7.1. Future Reports to Purchasers.
The Company will deliver (x) to each Purchaser copies of all financial statements, reports
certificates and notices that are provided to the lead arranger, the administrative agent, or the
Lenders (as defined in the Company Credit Facilities) under the Company Credit Facilities
concurrently with the delivery thereof under the Company Credit Facilities and (y) to each
Purchaser (unless such Purchaser no longer holds any Notes) and any Holder that is an Affiliate of
the Purchasers:
(a) Financial Statements. As soon as available, but in any event not later than thirty (30)
days after the end of each of the first two months of each fiscal quarter of Holdco, a
company-prepared consolidated balance sheet of Holdco and its consolidated Subsidiaries, and the
Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of such period and related company-prepared
statements of income in a form customarily prepared by management for each of Holdco and its
consolidated Subsidiaries and the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries (such form having
previously been provided to the Initial Purchasers) for such monthly period, to fairly present in
all material respects the consolidated financial condition of Holdco and its consolidated
Subsidiaries and the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries (subject to normal year-end
adjustments and the absence of footnotes) and to be prepared in reasonable detail, and such
financial statements, shall be accompanied by a compliance certificate executed by the Chief
Financial Officer or other senior executive officer setting forth in reasonable details the
calculations evidencing compliance with the Minimum Liquidity Ratio set forth in Section 4.27 of
the Indenture.
(b) Adjusted EBITDA calculation. As soon as it is available, but in any event not later than
90 days after the end of each fiscal year, and within 45 days after the end of each of the first
three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year, a presentation of Adjusted EBITDA of Holdco and the
Holdco Subsidiaries and the Company and the Company Subsidiaries.
(c) Budget. Within 60 days after the commencement of each fiscal year of each of Holdco and
its consolidated Subsidiaries (commencing with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2008), a budget
of Holdco and its consolidated Subsidiaries for such fiscal year in the form approved by the Board
of Directors of Holdco.
(d) Auditors Reports. Promptly upon receipt thereof, copies of all final written reports
submitted to Holdco, the Company or to any of their Subsidiaries by independent certified public
accountants in connection with each annual, interim or special audit of the books of Holdco, the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries made by such accountants.
(e) Other Information. Promptly, copies of all financial statements, proxy statements, notices
and reports that Holdco or any of its Subsidiaries will send to the holders of any publicly issued
debt or equity of Holdco or any of its Subsidiaries as a group and, with reasonable promptness,
such other non-confidential relevant information (financial or otherwise) as any Purchaser may
reasonably request in writing from time to time.
(f) Inspection. Upon the reasonable request of the Required Holders, the Company will, and
will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, at the Companys reasonable expense, permit any Holder to
visit and inspect any of the properties of the Company and any of its Subsidiaries, to inspect,
copy and take extracts from its and their financial and accounting records, and to discuss its and
their affairs, finances and accounts with its and their officers and independent public accountants
(provided that such Company may, if it so chooses, be present and participate in any such
discussion), in each case upon reasonable notice and at such reasonable times during normal
business hours and as often as may reasonably be requested.
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(g) Notices. The Company will promptly furnish to the Purchasers written notice of the
following (and in no event later than five (5) Business Days) after any Responsible Officer of the
Company becomes aware thereof:
(i) any breach or non-performance of, or any default under, any contract of Holdco or
any of its Subsidiaries, or any violation of, or non-compliance with, any Law, which has or
is reasonably likely to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse
Effect, including a description of such breach, non-performance, default, violation or
non-compliance and the steps, if any, such Person has taken, is taking or proposes to take in
respect thereof, or the filing or commencement of, or any written threat or notice of
intention of any person to file or commence, any action, suit or proceeding, whether at law
or in equity or by or before any Governmental Authority or in arbitration, against Holdco any
of its Subsidiaries which has or is reasonably likely to have, either individually or in the
aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect;
(ii) the occurrence of any ERISA Event that, together with all other ERISA Events that
have occurred and are continuing, has or is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse
Effect;
(iii) (A) the receipt by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any written notice of
violation of or potential liability or similar notice under Environmental Law, (B)(x)
unpermitted releases, (y) the existence of any condition that could reasonably be expected to
result in violations of or liabilities under, any Environmental Law or (z) the commencement
of, or any material change to, any action, investigation, suit, proceeding, audit, claim,
demand, dispute alleging a violation of or liability under any Environmental Law, that, for
each of clauses (x), (y) and (z) above (and, in the case of clause (z), if adversely
determined), in the aggregate for each such clause, could reasonably be expected to result in
liabilities in excess of $10,000,000, and (C) the receipt by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries of notification that any property of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is
subject to any Lien in favor of any Governmental Authority securing, in whole or in part, any
liabilities from Environmental Matters;
(iv) any labor controversy resulting in or threatening to result in any strike, work
stoppage, boycott, shutdown or other labor disruption against or involving Holdco or any of
its Subsidiaries if the same has or is reasonably likely to have, either individually or in
the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect;
(v) the creation, establishment or acquisition of any Subsidiary or the issuance by or
to Holdco or any of its Subsidiaries of any Equity Interest; and
(vi) any other development that results in, or has or is reasonably likely to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
Each notice delivered under this Section 7.1(g) shall be accompanied by a statement of a
Responsible Officer of the Company setting forth the details of the event or development requiring
such notice (including a description with particularity of any and all clauses or provisions of
this Agreement or any Financing Document that have been breached or violated) and any action taken
or proposed to be taken with respect thereto.
7.2. Patriot Act and Anti-Money Laundering.
Holdco and its Subsidiaries:
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(a) will comply with the Patriot Act and all applicable regulations and executive orders
issued thereto and any other applicable AML Laws,
(b) will refrain from taking any action that would result in a violation by the Purchasers of
the Patriot Act and all applicable regulations and executive orders issued thereto or any other
applicable AML Laws, and
(c) without limiting the generality of the foregoing, will:
(i) establish and adhere to a program to ensure the filing of all required reports under
the AML Laws, and
(ii) establish and adhere to a program and all other requirements to perform due diligence
as required by the Bank Secrecy Act,
in each case, except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
7.3. U.S. Economic Sanctions.
Holdco and its Subsidiaries:
(a) will comply with any U.S. Economic Sanction imposed by any rule, regulation or statute of
the United States, including, without limitation, those administered by OFAC and any other
applicable laws imposing economic sanctions,
(b) will refrain from taking any action that would result in a violation by the Purchasers of
U.S. Economic Sanctions, and
(c) without limiting the generality of the foregoing, will not approve, facilitate, or fund,
directly or indirectly, any business activities with, or for the benefit of, a government,
national, resident or legal entity of any country with respect to which U.S. persons, as defined in
U.S. Economic Sanctions, are prohibited by U.S. Economic Sanctions from doing business, except to
the extent otherwise permitted by the relevant Governmental Authority,
in each case, except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
7.4. FCPA and Anti-Bribery Limitations.
Holdco and its Subsidiaries:
(a) will comply with the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and all other applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption laws,
(b) will refrain from taking any action that would result in a violation by the Purchasers of
the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act or any other applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption
laws, and
(c) without limiting the generality of the foregoing, neither the Holdco nor any of its
Subsidiaries, will offer, promise to pay, or authorize the payment of any money, or will offer,
give, promise to give, or authorize the giving of anything of value, to any officer, employee or
any other person acting in an official capacity for any Governmental Entity, to any Governmental
Official or to any person under circumstances where such Affiliate knows or is aware of a high
probability that all or a portion of
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such money or thing of value will be offered, given or promised, directly or indirectly, to any
Government Official, for the purpose of:
(i) influencing any act or decision of such Government Official in his official capacity,
(ii) inducing such Government Official to do or omit to do any act in violation of his
lawful duty,
(iii) securing any improper advantage,
(iv) inducing such Government Official to influence or affect any act or decision of any
Governmental Entity, or
(v) in order to assist Holdco or any of its Subsidiaries in obtaining or retaining
business for or with, or directing business to any company or a Subsidiary thereof,
in each case, except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
7.5. Export Control Limitations.
Holdco and its Subsidiaries:
(a) will comply with the export controls administered by the United States Department of
Commerce, the International Traffic in Arms Regulations administered by the United States
Department of State and any other laws imposing export controls, and
(b) will refrain from taking any action that would result in a violation by the Purchasers of
the export controls imposed by the United States Department of Commerce, the International Traffic
in Arms Regulations administered by the United States Department of State or any other applicable
laws imposing export controls,
in each case, except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
7.6. Customs and Trade Remedy Laws.
Holdco and its Subsidiaries:
(a) will comply with Title 19 of the United States Code and with any other applicable customs
and trade remedy law,
(b) will refrain from taking any action that would result in a violation by the Purchasers of
Title 19 of the United States Code or any other applicable customs or trade remedies law, and
(c) without limiting the generality of the foregoing, will pay all tariffs and penalties
lawfully imposed by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency, U.S. Department of Commerce, or
any other government agency on the importation of goods and will not import or attempt to import
any goods prohibited by any applicable customs law,
in each case, except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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7.7. Anti-Boycott Laws.
Holdco and its Subsidiaries:
(a) will comply with the Export Administration Act and the Code and with any other applicable
Anti-boycott Laws,
(b) will refrain from taking any action that would result in a violation by the Purchasers of
the Export Administration Act and the Code or any other applicable law regarding boycotts issued by
a foreign government and not endorsed by the United States, and
(c) without limiting the generality of the foregoing, will not refuse or agree to refuse to do
business with Israel or any other nation or company subject to a boycott not endorsed by the United
States, agree to discriminate or discriminate against any person on the basis of race, religion,
sex, national origin, or nationality, nor implement letters of credit containing terms or
conditions prohibited by the Anti-boycott Laws,
in each case, except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
7.8. Cross-Border Investment Restrictions.
Holdco and its Subsidiaries will comply with any and all conditions imposed on Holdco and its
Subsidiaries by any Governmental Authority as a result of obtaining the approval of or licensing
from such Authority in order for the Transactions and this Agreement to have full legal effect
under ail applicable laws, except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
7.9. Information Related to Alternative Transactions.
Until the expiration of the Go-Shop Period (as defined in the Equity Purchase Agreement) and
prior to the Termination Date, Holdco and the Company shall provide promptly to the Purchasers any
bonafide bid which may replace or supplement the Transactions, subject to any ordinary or
customary confidentiality obligations.
7.10. Board Observer Rights.
So long as the Initial Purchasers constitute the Required Holders, Holdco agrees to insure
that the Initial Purchasers shall receive copies of all notices, reports, written presentations,
board papers, minutes of meetings of the board of directors (or comparable policy-making bodies)
and other written information distributed to members of the board of directors (or comparable
policy-making bodies) of Holdco or to the members of the executive or similar committee of the
board of Holdco (collectively, Board Papers) at the same time as such Board Papers are made
available to the board for purposes of regular board meetings or to the members of the executive
or similar committee of the board for purposes of such committee meetings. So long as the Initial
Purchasers constitute the Required Holders, the Initial Purchasers shall have the right to
designate a person to attend, and participate and furnish advice in, all meetings of the board of
directors (or comparable policy-making bodies) of Holdco and the executive or similar committee of
the board of Holdco in person or telephonically as a non-voting observer (the Board Observer),
and such person shall be entitled to participate in discussions and consult with, and make
proposals and furnish advice to, such board (or comparable policy-making bodies) and such
committee without voting, it being understood that the Initial Purchasers may from time to time
change the identity of such observer. The observer attending board or committee meetings shall be
entitled to reimbursement from Holdco for reasonable and documented travel and other out-of-pocket
expenses
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incurred in attending such board and committee meetings (plus VAT or the overseas equivalent).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board Observer may be excluded from any such meeting (or
portion of such meeting) or may not receive all or a portion of Board Papers relating to any such
meeting where, in the good faith discretion of the board exercised on a case by case basis after
consideration of all relevant factors, it would not be appropriate because of a conflict of
interest for such Board Observer (as a representative of the Initial Purchasers) to participate in
such meeting (or portion thereof) or to receive the Board Papers relating to any such meeting (or
portion thereof).
7.11. Changes to Investment Policy.
So long as the Initial Purchasers constitute the Required Holders, the Initial Purchasers
agree to consider in good faith such changes to the Investment Policy relating to Holdcos and the
Holdco Subsidiaries investment portfolio (and the related definitions of Highly Rated
Investments contained in the Indenture) as Holdco and the Lead Sponsor may reasonably request,
taking into account, without limitation, the objective of preservation of capital, risk mitigation
and liquidity, as well as the composition of and risks related to Holdcos and its Subsidiaries
liabilities (and, with due regard to the opinions of such third party experts the Initial
Purchasers may consult with regarding the same); provided that any decision by the Initial
Purchasers to accept any changes proposed by Holdco or the Lead Sponsor to the Investment Policy
shall be made in the sole discretion of the Initial Purchasers.
SECTION 8.
PROVISIONS RELATING TO RESALES OF NOTES
8.1. Private Offerings.
At any time after the Closing Date, the Notes may be sold, pledged or otherwise transferred
in Private Offerings (in addition to resales under a registration statement which are registered
under the Securities Act), provided that the following provisions shall apply:
(a) Offers and Sales. Offers and sales of the Notes will be made only by the Purchasers or
Affiliates thereof who are qualified to do so in the jurisdictions in which such offers or sales
are made. To the extent an offer or sale is intended to be made in compliance with Rule 144A, each
such offer or sale shall only be made to persons who are Qualified Institutional Buyers and only in
accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act. To the extent an offer or sale is intended to
be made in accordance with Regulation S, the offer or sale shall be made to a non-U.S. Person and
otherwise in compliance with Regulation S. Offers and sales of the Notes may also be made in
accordance with any other applicable exemption under the Securities Act.
(b) No General Solicitation. To the extent an offer or sale is intended to be made in
accordance with Rule 144A, no general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of
Rule 502(c)) will be used in the United States and to the extent an offering is intended to be made
in accordance with Regulation S, no directed selling efforts (as defined in Regulation S) will be
made outside the United States in connection with the offering of the Notes.
(c) Purchases by Non-Bank Fiduciaries. In the case of a non-bank Subsequent Purchaser acting
as a fiduciary for one or more third parties, in connection with an offer and sale to such
purchaser pursuant to this Section 8.1, which is intended to be made in compliance with Rule 144A,
such third parties shall be a Qualified Institutional Buyer, or a non-U.S. person outside the
United States.
(d) Restrictive Legend. Upon original issuance by the Company, and until such time as the same
is no longer required under the applicable requirements of the Securities Act, the Notes (and all
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securities issued in exchange therefor or in substitution thereof) shall bear such legends as are
required under the Indenture and the Purchasers shall obtain such opinions or certificates required
by the legend thereof in any sale or pledge or other transfer of the Notes.
(e) Restrictions on Sale/Confidentiality. Each Subsequent Purchaser must agree to be bound,
and cause their transferees to be bound, by Sections 8, 10.2(c) and 10.14 of this Agreement as if
it was a Purchaser hereunder.
(f) Subsequent Purchaser. Each Subsequent Purchaser who does not purchase in an offering
registered under the Securities Act shall be informed that the Notes have not been registered under
the Securities Act are being sold to them on an unregistered basis under Rule 144A or another
applicable exemption from registration and may only be sold in a registered offering pursuant to
Rule 144 or Regulation S, or pursuant to any other available exemption.
(g) Rule 144A Information. The Company agrees that, in order to render the Notes eligible for
resale pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act, while any of the Notes remain outstanding,
and to the extent constitute registrable securities under the Registration Rights Agreement, it
will make available, upon request, to any holder of Notes or prospective purchasers of Notes the
information specified in Rule 144A(d)(4), unless the Company or Holdco is subject to the filing
requirements of, and is in compliance with, Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934.
(h) Rule 144 Information. The Company agrees that, in order to render the Notes eligible for
resale pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, while any of the Notes remain outstanding,
it will make available current public information in a manner such that clause (c) of Rule 144
will be satisfied; provided such obligation does not require Holdco to file its Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2007 during any specific time frame and for so long as Holdco is
subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and is guarantor
of the Notes this covenant shall be deemed satisfied by Holdco making current public information
available.
(i) [Reserved].
(j) European Economic Area. In relation to each Member State of the European Economic Area
which has implemented the Prospectus Directive (each, a Relevant Member State), each Purchaser
represents and agrees that with effect from and including the date on which the Prospectus
Directive is implemented in that Relevant Member State (the Relevant Implementation Date) it has
not made and will not make an offer of Notes to the public in that Relevant Member State prior to
the publication of a prospectus in relation to the Notes which has been approved by the competent
authority in that Relevant Member State or, where appropriate, approved in another Relevant Member
State and notified to the competent authority in that Relevant Member State, all in accordance
with the Prospectus Directive, except that it may, with effect from and including the Relevant
Implementation Date, make an offer of Notes to the public in that Relevant Member State at any
time:
(i) to legal entities which are authorized or regulated to operate in the financial
markets or, if not so authorized or regulated, whose corporate purpose is solely to invest in
securities;
(ii) to any legal entity which has two or more of (A) an average of at least 250
employees during the last financial year; (B) a total balance sheet of more than 43,000,000
and (C) an annual net turnover of more than 50,000,000, as shown in its last annual or
consolidated accounts; and
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(iii) in any other circumstances which do not require the publication by the Company of a
prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive.
For the purposes of this provision, the expression an offer of Notes to the public in relation to
any Notes in any Relevant Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of
sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the Notes to be offered so as to enable an
investor to decide to purchase or subscribe the Notes, as the same may be varied in that Member
State by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Member State and the expression
Prospectus Directive means Directive 2003/71/EC and includes any relevant implementing measure in
each Relevant Member State.
(k) Each Purchaser represents and agrees that:
(i) it has only communicated or caused to be communicated and will only communicate or
cause to be communicated an invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within
the meaning of Section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (as amended) (the
FSMA)) received by it in connection with the issue or sale of the Notes in circumstances in
which Section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to the Company;
(ii) it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA with
respect to anything done by it in relation to the Notes in, from or otherwise involving the
United Kingdom; and
(iii) none of it and its Affiliates have entered nor will enter into any contractual
arrangement with respect to the distribution of the Notes except with the prior written
consent of the Company.
8.2. Procedures and Management Cooperation in Private Offerings.
The Company agrees that, at the request of the Purchasers, the Company will use commercially
reasonable efforts to cause the Notes to (i) be registered in book-entry form in the name of Cede
& Co., as nominee of DTC pursuant to a customary form DTC Agreement, and (ii) be eligible for the
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. PORTAL market. At the request of the Purchasers,
management of Holdco will in connection with a transfer of the Notes, use commercially reasonable
efforts to cooperate with the Holders in any effort by the Holders to sell the Notes, including
meeting with potential purchasers and providing due diligence information to potential purchasers;
provided that (1) such efforts shall not unreasonably interfere with the conduct of the business
of the Company and its Subsidiaries; (2) the Company and its Subsidiaries shall not be required to
provide any assistance at any time a Shelf Registration Statement (as defined in the Registration
Rights Agreement) is effective and not suspended; (3) the Company and its Subsidiaries shall not
be required to provide any assistance at any time any event or development which would permit them
to suspend a Shelf Registration Statement has occurred; (4) the Company and its Subsidiaries shall
not be obligated to provide assistance more often than once in each 12 month period or more than
three times during the term of the Notes; (5) the Company and its Subsidiaries shall not be
required to incur any expense or cost other than those associated with attending meetings in its
offices and producing diligence materials at such location; (6) so long as Holdco or the Company
is subject to or complying with the reporting requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act, any private placement memorandum provided by the Company and Subsidiaries shall not
be more extensive than that customarily provided by such reporting companies in a private
placement; (7) other than as required by Law or as the Company may otherwise agree, the Company
and its Subsidiaries shall have no indemnity obligations to the Purchasers or potential
purchasers; and (8) each potential
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purchaser shall agree to be bound to confidentiality arrangements similar to those set for in
Section 10.14 of this Agreement.
8.3. No Integration.
The Company will not, and will not permit its Affiliates to, make any offer or sale of
securities of any class if, as a result of the doctrine of integration referred to in Rule 502,
such offer or sale would render invalid, for the purpose of (i) the sale of the Notes by the
Company to the Purchasers or (ii) the resale of Notes, as the case may be, by the Purchasers to
Subsequent Purchasers or (iii) the resale of Notes by any such Subsequent Purchaser to others any
applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act provided by Section
4(2) thereof or by Rule 144A thereunder or otherwise.
SECTION 9.
EXPENSES AND INDEMNIFICATION
9.1. Expenses.
The Company will (whether or not the Closing occurs) reimburse the Purchasers for all
reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable and documented attorneys
fees and disbursements of one firm of outside counsel and any local counsel, if necessary)
incurred by the Purchasers in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and
the other Financing Documents and in connection with any amendments, waivers or consents under or
in respect of this Agreement or the other Financing Documents (whether or not such amendment,
waiver or consent becomes effective), including the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs
and expenses incurred in enforcing, defending or declaring (or determining whether or how to
enforce, defend or declare) any rights or remedies under this Agreement or the other Financing
Documents or in responding to any subpoena or other legal process or informal investigative demand
issued in connection with this Agreement, or the other Financing Documents, including in
connection with any insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or in
connection with any work-out or restructuring of the transactions contemplated hereby, by the
Financing Documents or by the Notes.
9.2. Indemnification.
The Company will indemnify and hold harmless the Purchasers and each of their respective
Affiliates, partners, stockholders, members, officers, directors, agents, employees and
controlling persons (each, an Indemnitee) from and against any and all actual losses, claims,
damages or liabilities to any such Indemnitee in connection with or as a result of (i) the
execution or delivery of any Financing Document or the performance by the parties to the Financing
Documents of their respective obligations hereunder and thereunder or the consummation of the
Transactions or any other transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, (ii) the issuance of Notes
or the use of the proceeds therefrom, (iii) any liability with respect to Environmental Claims or
(iv) any claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether
based on contract, tort or any other theory and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party
thereto; provided that such indemnity will not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the
extent that such losses, claims, damages or liabilities are determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction by final and non-appealable judgment to have resulted from the bad faith, gross
negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee.
9.3. Waiver of Punitive Damages.
To the extent permitted by applicable law, none of the parties hereto shall assert, and each
hereby waives, any claim against the other parties (including their respective Affiliates,
partners, stockholders,
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members, officers, directors, agents, employees and controlling persons), on any theory of
liability for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual
damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, the Transactions, this Agreement,
the other Financing Documents, the Notes or the use of proceeds thereof.
9.4. Survival.
The obligations of the Company under this Section 9 will survive the payment or transfer of
any Note, the enforcement, amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement.
9.5. Tax Treatment of Indemnification Payments.
Any indemnification payment pursuant to this Agreement shall be treated for all Tax purposes
as an adjustment to the Purchase Price, except as otherwise required by applicable law.
SECTION 10.
MISCELLANEOUS
10.1. Notices.
Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all notices and other communications shall have
been duly given and shall be effective (a) when delivered, (b) when transmitted via telecopy (or
other facsimile device) to the number set out below if the sender on the same day sends a
confirming copy of such notice by a recognized overnight delivery service (charges prepaid), (c)
the day following the day (except if not a Business Day then the next Business Day) on which the
same has been delivered prepaid to a reputable national overnight air courier service or (d) the
third Business Day following the day on which the same is sent by certified or registered mail,
postage prepaid; in each case to the respective parties at the address set forth below, or at such
other address as such party may specify by written notice to the other parties hereto:
(i) if to an Initial Purchaser, to it at the address specified on Schedule
2.2; with a copy to Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, One New York Plaza,
New York, New York 10004, Attention: F. William Reindel, Esq., or at such other address as
the Initial Purchaser or its nominee shall have specified to the Company in writing;
(ii) if to the Company or any Guarantor, to it at the address: 1550 Utica Avenue
South, Suite 100, Minneapolis MN 55416, Attention: General Counsel and Chief Financial
Officer; with a copy to: Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Citigroup Center, 153 East 53rd Street, New
York, NY 10022, Attention: Ashley Gregory, Esq or at such other address as the Company
shall have specified to the Purchasers in writing.
10.2. Benefit of Agreement and Assignments.
(a) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all covenants, agreements and other
provisions contained in this Agreement by or on behalf of any of the parties hereto shall bind,
inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by their respective successors and assigns (including,
without limitation, any subsequent holder of a Note); provided, however, (i) that the
Company may not assign and transfer any of its rights or obligations without the prior written
consent of the Required Purchasers; (ii) for purposes of clarity, any assignee of a Purchaser who
is not an affiliate of such Purchaser shall not be entitled to the benefits of the covenants
contained in Sections 6.1, 7, the last sentence of Section 8.2, or 9
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herein; and (iii) any assignee of a Purchaser who acquires Notes in an offering registered under
the Securities Act shall not be entitled to the benefit of the covenants in this Agreement.
(b) Nothing in this Agreement or in any other Financing Document, express or implied, shall
give to any Person other than the parties hereto or thereto and their permitted successors and
assigns any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Agreement.
(c) Prior to the Closing, no Purchaser may assign its rights hereunder provided the Purchasers
may assign the rights to purchase all or any portion of the Notes allocated to such Purchaser
pursuant to Schedule 2.2 to any, direct or indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of such
Purchaser or any Affiliate of such Purchaser, subject to such subsidiary or Affiliate, as the case
may be, making the representations and warranties set forth in Section 5, and each such Person
shall be entitled to the full benefit and be subject to the obligations of this Agreement as if
such Person were a Purchaser hereunder.
(d) The parties hereto expressly acknowledge and agree that that upon execution of a
counterpart signature page hereto, each Purchaser to whom the rights hereunder have been assigned
shall become party to this Agreement for all purposes hereof.
(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no Purchaser may assign any
right to purchase all or any portion of the Notes or any Notes to any direct competitor of the
Company and its Subsidiaries or Affiliate of such competitor.
10.3.
No Waiver; Remedies Cumulative.
No failure or delay on the part of any party hereto or any Purchaser in exercising any right,
power or privilege hereunder or under the Notes and no course of dealing between the Company and
any other party or Purchaser shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial
exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder or under the Notes preclude any other or
further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege hereunder or
thereunder. The rights and remedies provided herein and in the Notes are cumulative and not
exclusive of any rights or remedies that the parties or Purchasers would otherwise have. No notice
to or demand on the Company in any case shall entitle the Company to any other or further notice
or demand in similar or other circumstances or constitute a waiver of the rights of the other
parties hereto or the Purchasers to any other or further action in any circumstances without
notice or demand.
10.4. Amendments, Waivers and Consents.
Subject to the second sentence of this Section 10.4, this Agreement may be amended, and the
observance of any term hereof may be waived (either retroactively or prospectively), with the
written consent of the Company, provided, however, that no such amendment or waiver may,
without the prior written consent of the holders of a majority in principal amount of the
outstanding Notes held by the Purchasers, as applicable, amend or waive the provisions of which
the Purchasers are beneficiaries. No amendment or waiver of this Agreement will extend to or
affect any obligation, covenant or agreement not expressly amended or waived or thereby impair any
right consequent thereon.
As used herein, the term Agreement and references thereto means this Agreement as
it may from time to time be amended, restated, supplemented or modified.
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10.5. Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed
and delivered shall be an original, but all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument.
Each counterpart may consist of a number of copies hereof, each signed by less than all, but
together signed by all, of the parties hereto. For the purposes of the Closing, signatures
transmitted via telecopy (or other facsimile device) will be accepted as original signatures.
10.6. Reproduction.
This Agreement, the other Financing Documents and all documents relating hereto and thereto,
including, without limitation, (a) consents, waivers and modifications that may hereafter be
executed, (b) documents received by the Purchasers at the Closing (except the Notes themselves),
and (c) financial statements, certificates and other information previously or hereafter furnished
in connection herewith, may be reproduced by any photographic, photostatic, microfilm, microcard,
miniature photographic or other similar process and any original document so reproduced may be
destroyed. Each of the Purchasers and the Company agrees and stipulates that, to the extent
permitted by applicable law, any such reproduction shall be admissible in evidence as the original
itself in any judicial or administrative proceeding (whether or not the original is in existence
and whether or not such reproduction was made in the regular course of business) and any
enlargement, facsimile or further reproduction of such reproduction shall likewise be admissible
in evidence. This Section 10.6 shall not prohibit the Company, any other party hereto or any
Purchaser from contesting any such reproduction to the same extent that it could contest the
original or from introducing evidence to demonstrate the inaccuracy of any such reproduction.
10.7. Headings.
The headings of the sections and subsections hereof are provided for convenience only and
shall not in any way affect the meaning or construction of any provision of this Agreement.
10.8.
Survival of Covenants and Indemnities; Representations.
(a) All covenants and indemnities set forth herein shall survive the execution and delivery of
this Agreement, the issuance of the Notes and, except as otherwise expressly provided herein with
respect to covenants, the payment of principal of the Notes and any other obligations hereunder.
(b) All representations and warranties made by Holdco and the Company herein shall survive the
execution and delivery of this Agreement, the issuance and transfer of all or any portion of the
Notes, and the payment of principal of the Notes and the issuance and delivery of the Notes, and
any other obligations hereunder, regardless of any investigation made at any time by or on behalf
of the Purchasers.
10.9. Governing, Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Venue.
(a) THIS AGREEMENT AND THE NOTES SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, AND THE
RIGHTS OF THE PARTIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, EXCLUDING
CHOICE-OF-LAW PRINCIPLES OF THE LAW OF SUCH STATE THAT WOULD REQUIRE THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF
A JURISDICTION OTHER THAN SUCH STATE.
(b) If any action, proceeding or litigation shall be brought by any party hereto in order to
enforce any right or remedy under this Agreement or any of the Notes, such party hereby consents
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will submit, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to submit, to the jurisdiction of any state
or federal court of competent jurisdiction sitting within the area comprising the Southern
District of New York on the date of this Agreement. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives
any objection, including any objection to the laying of venue or based on the grounds of forum non
conveniens, which they may now or hereafter have to the bringing of any such action, proceeding or
litigation in such jurisdiction.
(c) Each party hereto irrevocably consents to the service of process of any of the
aforementioned courts in any such action, proceeding or litigation by the mailing of copies thereof
by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, to such party at its address set forth in Section
10.1, such service to become effective thirty (30) days after such mailing.
(d) Nothing herein shall affect the right of any party hereto to serve process in any other
manner permitted by applicable law or to commence legal proceedings or otherwise proceed against
the other party in any other jurisdiction. If service of process is made on a designated agent it
should be made by either personal delivery or mailing a copy of summons and complaint to the agent
via registered or certified mail, return receipt requested.
(e) THE COMPANY, EACH PURCHASER HEREBY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHTS IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY
JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF,
UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH, THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE NOTES.
10.10. Severability.
If any provision of this Agreement is determined to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable,
such provision shall be fully severable to the extent of such illegality, invalidity or
unenforceability and the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect and shall be
construed without giving effect to such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision.
10.11. Entirety.
This Agreement together with the other Financing Documents represents the entire agreement of
the parties hereto and thereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and
supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, oral or written, if any, relating to the
Financing Documents or the transactions contemplated herein or therein.
10.12. Construction.
Each covenant contained herein shall be construed (absent express provision to the contrary)
as being independent of each other covenant contained herein, so that compliance with any one
covenant shall not (absent such an express contrary provision) be deemed to excuse compliance with
any other covenant. Where any provision herein refers to action to be taken by any Person, or
which such Person is prohibited from taking, such provision shall be applicable whether such
action is taken directly or indirectly by such Person, whether or not expressly specified in such
provision.
10.13. Incorporation.
All Exhibits and Schedules attached hereto or referred to herein are incorporated as part of
this Agreement as if fully set forth herein.
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10.14. Confidentiality.
(a) Subject to the provisions of clause (b) of this Section 10.14, each Purchaser agrees that
it will not disclose without the prior consent of the Company (other than to its employees,
auditors, investors, partners, creditors, lenders, rating agencies, advisors or counsel, in each
case, to the extent such disclosure reasonably relates to the administration of the investment
represented by its Notes and such person has entered into a customary confidentiality agreement
obligating such person to keep such information confidential or is otherwise bound by an
appropriate confidentiality obligation) any nonpublic information which has been furnished to such
Purchaser in connection with its administration of the investment in the Notes or is now or in the
future furnished pursuant to this Agreement or any other Financing Document (including Section 8.1
hereof); provided that any Purchaser may disclose any such information (i) as has become
generally available to the public other than by virtue of a breach of this Section 10.14(a)by such
Purchaser or any other Person to whom such Purchaser has provided such information as permitted by
this Section 10.14(a), (ii) as may be required in any report, statement or testimony required to be
submitted to any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over such Purchaser or to the SEC or
similar organizations (whether in the United States of America or elsewhere), (iii) as may be
required or appropriate in respect of any summons or subpoena or in connection with any litigation,
(iv) in order to comply with any applicable law and (v) to any prospective or actual Subsequent
Purchaser in connection with any contemplated transfer of any of the Notes by such Purchaser;
provided that any prospective Subsequent Purchaser expressly agrees in writing with or for
the benefit of the Company to be bound by the confidentiality provisions contained in this Section
10.14 or a substantially similar confidentiality obligation. Each Purchaser agrees that in the
event it intends to disclose confidential information in accordance with clauses (ii), (iii) or
(iv) above, it shall, to the extent reasonably practicable, provide the Company notice of such
requirement prior to making any disclosure so that the Company may seek an appropriate protective
order or confidential treatment of the information being disclosed.
(b) For the purposes set forth in Section 10.14(a), the Company hereby acknowledges and agrees
that each Purchaser may share with any of its Affiliates, and such Affiliates may share with such
Purchaser any information related to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (including, without
limitation, any nonpublic information regarding the creditworthiness of the Company and its
Subsidiaries); provided such Persons shall be subject to the provisions of this Section
10.14 to the same extent as such Purchaser.
10.15. Termination; Survival.
The obligations and representations of the parties hereto shall automatically terminate upon
the Termination Date; provided, however, that Sections 9, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5, 10.6, 10.7,
10.9, 10.10, 10.11, 10.12, 10.13, 10.14, 10.15, 10.18, 10.19 shall survive and shall remain in
full force and effect notwithstanding the termination of this Agreement.
10.16. Maximum Rate.
In no event shall any interest or fee to be paid hereunder or under a Note exceed the maximum
rate permitted by applicable law. In the event any such interest rate or fee exceeds such maximum
rate, such rate shall be adjusted downward to the highest rate (expressed as a percentage per
annum) or fee that the parties could validly have agreed to by contract on the Effective Date
under applicable law.
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10.17. Patriot Act.
The Purchasers hereby notify the Company that pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT
Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the Patriot Act),
the Purchasers may be required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Company
and its Subsidiaries, including their respective names and addresses other information that will
allow the Purchasers to identify the Company and its Subsidiaries in accordance with the Patriot
Act.
10.18. Currency.
All dollar amounts referred to in this Agreement are in lawful money of the United States.
10.19. Further Assurances.
Each of the parties hereto shall, upon reasonable request of any other party hereto, do, make
and execute all such documents, act, matters and things as may be reasonably required in order to
give effect to the transactions contemplated hereby.
10.20. Sole Discretion.
Holdco and the Company agree that they shall not challenge or dispute any action or decision
taken by any of the Purchasers that, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, any of the
Purchasers is entitled to take in its sole discretion.
10.21. No Waivers.
Except as specifically set forth in this Second Amended and Restated Agreement, the
execution, delivery and performance of this Second Amended and Restated Agreement shall not
constitute a waiver of any provision of, or operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of
any party under, this Agreement or any of the exhibits or schedules thereto.
[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused a counterpart of this Agreement
to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.
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MONEYGRAM PAYMENT SYSTEMS WORLDWIDE, INC.
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MONEYGRAM INTERNATIONAL, INC.
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[Second Amended and Restated Note Purchase Agreement Signature Page]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused a counterpart of this Agreement
to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.
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GSMP V ONSHORE US, LTD.
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GSMP V OFFSHORE US, LTD.
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GSMP V INSTITUTIONAL US, LTD.
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Acknowledged and Agreed by:
THL Credit Partners, L.P.
By: THL Credit Partners GP, L.P., its general partner
By: THL Credit Group GP, LLC, its general partner
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[Second Amended and Restated Note Purchase Agreement Signature Page]
Exhibit A
Form of Indenture
See attached Indenture.
Execution Version
MONEYGRAM PAYMENT SYSTEMS WORLDWIDE, INC.
13.25% SENIOR SECURED SECOND LIEN NOTES DUE 2018
INDENTURE
Dated as of March 25, 2008
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS
Trustee
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1
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DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION
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BY REFERENCE
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Section 1.01
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Definitions
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Other Definitions
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Section 1.03
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Rules of Construction
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ARTICLE 2
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THE NOTES
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Section 2.01
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Form and Dating
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Section 2.02
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Execution and Authentication
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Section 2.03
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Registrar and Paying Agent
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Section 2.04
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Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust
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Section 2.05
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Holder Lists
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Section 2.06
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Transfer and Exchange
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Section 2.07
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Replacement Notes
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Section 2.08
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Outstanding Notes
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Section 2.09
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Treasury Notes
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Section 2.10
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Temporary Notes
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Section 2.11
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Cancellation
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Section 2.12
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Defaulted Interest
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Section 2.13
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Calculation of Principal Amount of Notes
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CUSIP Numbers
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ARTICLE 3
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REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT
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Section 3.01
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Notices to Trustee
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Section 3.02
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Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed or Purchased
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Notice of Redemption
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Effect of Notice of Redemption
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Deposit of Redemption or Purchase Price
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Optional Redemption
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Mandatory Redemption
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ARTICLE 4
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COVENANTS
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Section 4.01
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Payment of Notes
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Maintenance of Office or Agency
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Reports
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Compliance Certificate
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Taxes
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Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Company
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Asset Sales
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Liens
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Management Fees and Reimbursement of Expenses of Sponsors
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Corporate Existence
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Offer to Repurchase Upon Change of Control
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Payments for Consent
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DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
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Events of Default
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Acceleration
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Waiver of Past Defaults
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Control by Majority
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Limitation on Suits
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Collection Suit by Trustee
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Priorities
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TRUSTEE
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Compensation and Indemnity
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Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.
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ARTICLE 8
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LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
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Section 8.01
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Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
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Legal Defeasance and Discharge
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Deposited Money and Government Securities to be Held in Trust; Other
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Section 8.06
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Repayment to the Company
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84 |
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Section 8.07
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Reinstatement
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85 |
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ARTICLE 9
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AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER
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Section 9.01
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Without Consent of Holders of Notes
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85 |
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Section 9.02
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With Consent of Holders of Notes
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86 |
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Section 9.03
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Revocation and Effect of Consents
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87 |
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Section 9.04
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Notation on or Exchange of Notes
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87 |
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Section 9.05
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Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc
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ARTICLE 10
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NOTE GUARANTEES
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Section 10.01
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Guarantee
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Section 10.02
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Limitation on Guarantor Liability
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89 |
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Section 10.03
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Execution and Delivery of Note Guarantee
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89 |
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Section 10.04
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Guarantors May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms
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90 |
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Section 10.05
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Releases
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91 |
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ARTICLE 11
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RANKING OF NOTE LIENS
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Section 11.01
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Agreement for the Benefit of Holders of First Priority Liens
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91 |
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Section 11.02
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Notes, Note Guarantees and other Obligations with respect to the
Notes not Subordinated
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Section 11.03
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Relative Rights
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91 |
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ARTICLE 12
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COLLATERAL AND SECURITY
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Section 12.01
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Security Documents
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Section 12.02
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Collateral Agent
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93 |
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Section 12.03
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Authorization of Actions to Be Taken
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94 |
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Section 12.04
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Release of Liens
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94 |
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Section 12.05
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Filing, Recording and Opinions
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95 |
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Section 12.06
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Suits to Protect the Collateral
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Section 12.07
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Purchaser Protected
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Section 12.08
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Powers Exercisable by Receiver or Trustee
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96 |
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Section 12.09
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Release Upon Termination of the Companys Obligations
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Section 12.10
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Financing Statements
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97 |
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ARTICLE 13
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SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
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Section 13.01
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Satisfaction and Discharge
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Section 13.02
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Application of Trust Money
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ARTICLE 14
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MISCELLANEOUS
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Section 14.01
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Notices
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Section 14.02
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Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent
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Section 14.03
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Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion
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Section 14.04
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Rules by Trustee and Agents
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101 |
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Section 14.05
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No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers,
Employees and Stockholders
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101 |
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Section 14.06
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Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial
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101 |
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Section 14.07
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No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements
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Section 14.08
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Successors
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Section 14.09
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Severability
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Counterpart Originals
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Table of Contents, Headings, etc
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Section 14.12
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Force Majeure
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Patriot Act
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EXHIBITS
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Exhibit A-1
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Exhibit A-2
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FORM OF REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE |
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Exhibit B
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FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER |
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Exhibit C
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FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE |
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Exhibit D
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FORM OF NOTATION OF GUARANTEE |
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Exhibit E
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FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE |
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Exhibit F
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FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF ACQUIRING INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTORS |
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iv
INDENTURE dated as of March 25, 2008 among MoneyGram Payment Systems Worldwide, Inc., a
Delaware corporation, as issuer (the Company), the Guarantors listed on the signatures pages
hereto and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a New York banking corporation, as trustee and
collateral agent.
The Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee agree as follows for the benefit of each other and
for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders (as defined) of the 13.25% Senior Secured Second
Lien Notes due 2018 (the Notes):
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION
BY REFERENCE
Section 1.01 Definitions.
144A Global Note means a Global Note substantially in the form of Exhibit A-l hereto
bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf
of, and registered in the name of, the Depositary or its nominee that will be issued in a
denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes sold in reliance on Rule 144A.
Accounts Receivable means net accounts receivable as reflected on a balance sheet in
accordance with GAAP.
Acquired Debt means, with respect to any specified Person, without duplication;
(1) Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such other Person is merged
with or into or became a Subsidiary of such specified Person, including without limitation
Indebtedness incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person merging
with or into, or becoming a Subsidiary of, such specified Person; and
(2) Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering any asset at the time such asset is
acquired by such specified Person.
Adjusted EBITDA means, with respect to any Person for any period, the Consolidated Net
Income of such Person for such period:
(1) increased (without duplication) to the extent deducted in computing the
Consolidated Net Income of such Person by:
(a) provision for taxes based on income or profits or capital gains of such Person and
its Subsidiaries for such period (including any tax sharing arrangements); plus
(b) Consolidated Interest Expense of such Person for such period; plus
(c) Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense of such Person for such period;
plus
(d) any fees and expenses incurred during such period, or any amortization thereof for
such period, in connection with the Transactions, any acquisition, disposition,
recapitalization, Investment, Asset Sale, issuance or repayment of Indebtedness, issuance of
Equity Interests, refinancing transaction or amendment or modification of any debt
instrument (in
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each case, including any such transaction consummated prior to the date hereof and any
such transaction undertaken but not completed) and any charges or non-recurring merger
costs incurred during such period as a result of any such transaction; plus
(e) other non-cash charges reducing the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such
period, excluding any such charge that represents an accrual or reserve for a cash
expenditure for a future period; plus
(f) the amount of any minority interest expense deducted in calculating the
Consolidated Net Income of such Person (less the amount of any cash dividends or
distributions paid to the holders of such minority interests); plus
(g) non-recurring or unusual losses or expenses (including costs and expenses of
litigation included in Consolidated Net Income pursuant to clause (b) of the definition of
Consolidated Net Income); provided that the aggregate amount of all such losses or expenses
added back pursuant to this clause (g) for purposes of calculating Adjusted EBITDA for any
four-quarter reference period shall not exceed 10.0% of Adjusted EBITDA for that period;
provided, further that losses in respect of settlements of, or judgments in respect of, and
expenses incurred in connection with, any litigation may be added back without limitation;
plus
(2) to the extent deducted or added in computing Consolidated Net Income of such
Person increased or decreased by (without duplication), any net loss or gain resulting from
currency remeasurements of indebtedness (including any net loss or gain resulting from
hedge agreements for currency exchange risk); and
(3) decreased to the extent included in Consolidated Net Income of such Person by,
without duplication,
(a) non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income of such Person and its
Subsidiaries for such period, excluding any items which represent the reversal of any
accrual of, or cash reserve for, anticipated cash charges in any prior period; plus
(b) non-recurring or unusual gains increasing Consolidated Net Income of such Person
and its Subsidiaries for such period; provided, that the aggregate amount of all such gains
deducted pursuant to this clause (3)(b) for purposes of calculating Adjusted EBITDA for any
four-quarter reference period shall not exceed 10.0% of Adjusted EBITDA for that period.
Affiliate means, with respect to any Person, any Person that directly or indirectly
controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person. For purpose of this
definition, control means the possession of either (a) the power to vote, or the Beneficial
Ownership of, 10% or more of the Voting Stock of such Person or (b) the power to direct or cause
the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether by contract or otherwise;
provided, that, in no event shall GSMP and their Subsidiaries and other Persons engaged primarily
in the investment of mezzanine securities that directly or indirectly are controlled by, or under
common control with, the same investment adviser as GSMP (GS Mezzanine Entities) by virtue of
their affiliation with affiliates other than GS Mezzanine Entities be deemed to control Holdco or
any of its Subsidiaries for any purposes under this Indenture (including Section 2.09).
Agent means any Registrar, co-registrar, Paying Agent or additional paying agent.
Applicable Premium means, with respect to any Note on any Redemption Date, the greater of:
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(1) 1.0% of the principal amount of such Note; and
(2) the excess, if any, of (a) the present value at such Redemption Date of(x) the
redemption price of such Note at the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date (such redemption
price being set forth in the table appearing under Section 3.07(c) hereof), assuming that,
if any portion of the interest on such Note has previously been capitalized, that all
required future interest payments due on such Note on each Interest Payment Date through
the second anniversary of the Closing Date were made through the capitalization of such
interest payments due on each such Interest Payment Date, plus (y) all required interest
payments on the Note through the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date (excluding accrued
and unpaid interest to the Redemption Date and any interest either capitalized or assumed
to have been capitalized under clause (x) above), and with such present value computed
using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate as of such Redemption Date plus 50 basis
points; over (b) the principal amount of such Note.
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 Depositary, Euroclear and/or
Clearstream that apply to such transfer or exchange.
Article 6 Material Adverse Effect means a material adverse effect on the financial position,
results of operations, business, assets or liabilities of Holdco and its Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole; provided, however, that the impact of the following matters shall be disregarded: (i)
changes in general economic, financial market, credit market, regulatory or political conditions
(whether resulting from acts of war or terrorism, an escalation of hostilities or otherwise)
generally affecting the U.S. economy, foreign economies or the industries in which Holdco or its
Subsidiaries operate, (ii) changes in generally accepted accounting principles, (iii) changes in
laws of general applicability or interpretations thereof by any Governmental Authority, (iv) any
change in Holdcos stock price or trading volume, in and of itself, or any failure, in and of
itself, by Holdco to meet revenue or earnings guidance published or otherwise provided to the
Initial Purchasers (provided that any fact, condition, circumstance, event, change, development or
effect underlying any such failure or change, other than any of the foregoing that is otherwise
excluded pursuant to clauses (i) through (viii) hereof, may be taken into account in determining
whether an Article 6 Material Adverse Effect has occurred or would reasonably be expected to
occur), (v) losses resulting from any change in the valuations of Holdcos portfolio of securities
or sales of such securities and any effect resulting from such changes or sales, (vi) actions or
omissions of Holdco or the Sponsors taken as required by the Equity Purchase Agreement or with the
prior written consent of the Initial Purchasers, (vii) the public announcement, in and of itself,
by a third party not affiliated with Holdco of any proposal to acquire the outstanding securities
or all or substantially all of the assets of Holdco and (viii) the public announcement of the
Equity Purchase Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby (provided that this clause
(viii) shall not apply with respect to Sections 1.2(c)(v), 2.2(d), 2.2(h) and 2.2(k) of the Equity
Purchase Agreement); provided further, however, that an Article 6 Material Adverse Effect shall be
deemed not to include the impact of the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), in each case only
insofar and to the extent that such circumstances, events, changes, developments or effects
described in such clauses do not have a disproportionate effect on Holdco and its Subsidiaries
(exclusive of its payments systems business) relative to other participants in the industry.
Asset Sale means:
(1) the sale, conveyance, transfer, assignment, lease (other than operating leases
entered into in the ordinary course of business whether or not consistent with past
practice) or other disposition, of property or assets (including by way of a sale and
leaseback) of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (each referred to in this definition as
a disposition); and
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(2) the issuance or sale of Equity Interests of any Company Subsidiary (other than preferred
stock of Company Subsidiaries issued in compliance with Section 4.09 hereof);
whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, in each case, other than:
(a) the disposition of (i) Cash and Cash Equivalents in the ordinary course of business, (ii)
obsolete or worn out equipment or other tangible personal property or (iii) inventory sales in the
ordinary course of business;
(b) the disposition of portfolio securities for Highly Rated Investments or Cash and Cash
Equivalents;
(c) the disposition of all or substantially all the assets of the Company in a manner
permitted pursuant to the provisions described under Section 5.01 hereof or any disposition that
constitutes a Change of Control pursuant to this Indenture;
(d) the making of any Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment that is permitted to be made,
and is made, under Section 4.07 hereof;
(e) any disposition of property or assets or issuance of securities by a Guarantor to the
Company or by the Company or a Guarantor to a Guarantor;
(f) any disposition of property or assets or issuance of securities by a Non- Guarantor to the
Company or a Company Subsidiary;
(g) to the extent allowable under Section 1031 of the Code, any exchange of like property
(excluding any boot thereon) for use in a Similar Business;
(h) the granting of Liens otherwise permitted by this Indenture;
(i) surrender or waiver of contract rights or the settlement, release or surrender of
contract, tort or other claims;
(j) the lease, assignment or sub-lease of any real or personal property in the ordinary
course of business;
(k) foreclosures on assets;
(1) the unwinding of any Hedging Obligations;
(m) sales of securities pursuant to Repurchase Agreements;
(n) any transfer to MoneyGram International Holdings Limited of the loan from MoneyGram to
MoneyGram International Holdings Limited in the amount of 92,500,000 pursuant to the Loan
Agreement dated January 17, 2003 made to effectuate the forgiveness of such loan;
(o) sales of accounts receivable on a non-recourse basis in connection with the collection or
compromise thereof; and
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(p) any disposition of assets (other than Equity Interests of a Company
Subsidiary) in any transaction or series of transactions with an aggregate fair market
value not to exceed $10.0 million in any calendar year.
Bankruptcy Law means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar federal or state law for the relief
of debtors.
Beneficial Owner has the meaning assigned to such term in Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under
the Exchange Act. The terms Beneficial Ownership and Beneficially Own have a corresponding
meaning.
Board of Directors means:
(1) with respect to a corporation, the board of directors of the corporation or any
committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such board;
(2) with respect to a partnership, the board of directors of the genera! partner of the
partnership;
(3) with respect to a limited liability company, the managing member or members or any
controlling committee of managing members thereof; and
(4) with respect to any other Person, the board or committee of such Person serving a
similar function.
Business Combination means (i) any reorganization, consolidation, merger, share exchange or
similar business combination transaction involving Holdco with any Person or (ii) the sale,
assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition by Holdco of all or substantially all
of its assets.
Business Day means any calendar day other than a Legal Holiday.
Capital Stock means:
(1) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock;
(2) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests,
participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock;
(3) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership or
membership interests (whether general or limited); and
(4) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a
share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets on liquidation of, the
issuing Person.
Capitalized Lease Obligation means, at the time any determination thereof is to be made,
the amount of the liability in respect of a capital lease that would at such time be required to
be capitalized and reflected as a liability on a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto)
in accordance with GAAP.
Cash and Cash Equivalents means:
(1) U.S. dollars or Canadian dollars;
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(2) (a) euros or any national currency of any participating member state of the EMU or
(b) such local currencies held from time to time in the ordinary course of business;
(3) Government Securities or Highly Rated Investments;
(4) securities issued by any agency of the United States or government-sponsored
enterprise (such as debt securities or mortgage-backed securities issued by Freddie Mac,
Fannie Mae, Federal Home Loan Banks and other government-sponsored enterprises), which may
or may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, in each case
maturing within three months or less and rated Aal or better by Moodys and AA+ or better by
S&P;
(5) certificates of deposit, time deposits and eurodollar time deposits with maturities
of one year or less from the date of acquisition, bankers acceptances with maturities not
exceeding 13 months and overnight bank deposits, in each case with any commercial bank
having capital and surplus in excess of $500.0 million in the case of a domestic bank and
$250.0 million (or the U.S. dollar equivalent as of the date of determination) in the case
of a foreign bank;
(6) repurchase obligations for underlying securities of the types described in clauses
(3), (4) and (5) entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications
specified in clause (4) above;
(7)
commercial paper rated at least P-2 by Moodys or at least A-2 by S&P and in each
case maturing within 12 months after the date of creation thereof;
(8) investment funds investing 95% of their assets in securities of the types described
in clauses (!) through (6) above;
(9) readily marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the United States of
America or any political subdivision thereof having one of the two highest rating categories
obtainable from either Moodys or S&P with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of
acquisition; and
(10) Scheduled Restricted Investments.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Cash Equivalents shall include amounts denominated in currencies
other than those authorized to be held in accordance with clauses (1) and (2); provided that such
amounts are converted into any currency authorized to be held in accordance with clauses (1) and
(2) as promptly as practicable and in any event within ten Business Days following the receipt of
such amounts.
Change of Control means the occurrence of any of the following:
(1) any Person (other than the Sponsors) acquires Beneficial Ownership, directly or
indirectly, of 50% or more of the combined voting power of the then-outstanding voting
securities of Holdco entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (Outstanding
Corporation Voting Slock);
(2) the consummation of a Business Combination pursuant to which either (A) the Persons
that were the Beneficial Owners of the Outstanding Corporation Voting Stock immediately
prior to such Business Combination Beneficially Own, directly or
indirectly, less than 50%
of the combined voting power of the then-outstanding voting securities entitled to vote
generally in the election of directors (or equivalent) of the entity resulting from such
Business
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Combination (including, without limitation, a company that, as a result of such
transaction, owns Holdco or all or substantially all of Holdcos assets either directly or
through one or more subsidiaries), or (B) any Person (other than the Sponsors)
Beneficially Owns, directly or indirectly, 50% or more of the combined voting power of the
then-outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors
(or equivalent) of the entity resulting from such Business Combination;
(3) the failure by Holdco to directly own 100% of the Capital Stock of the Company;
(4) the failure by the Company to directly own 100% of the Capital Stock of MoneyGram;
or
(5) the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation of Holdco or the
Company.
Clearstream means Clearstream Banking, S.A.
Closing Date has the meaning set forth in the Note Purchase Agreement.
Code means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time,
and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
Collateral means the collateral described in the Security Documents.
Collateral Agent means the Trustee in its capacity as Collateral Agent under this Indenture
and under the Security Documents and any successor thereto in such capacity.
Company means MoneyGram Payment Systems Worldwide, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
Company Subsidiary means a Subsidiary of the Company.
Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense means with respect to any Person for any
period, the total amount of depreciation and amortization expense (excluding amortization of
signing bonuses), including the amortization of deferred financing fees of such Person and its
Subsidiaries for such period on a consolidated basis and otherwise determined in accordance with
GAAP.
Consolidated Interest Expense means, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum,
without duplication, of:
(1) consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period,
determined in accordance with GAAP, to the extent such expense was deducted in computing
Consolidated Net Income (including (a) amortization of deferred financing fees, debt
issuance costs, commissions, fees, expenses and original issue discount resulting from the
issuance of Indebtedness at less than par, (b) all commissions, discounts and other fees
and charges owed with respect to letters of credit or bankers acceptances, (c) non-cash
interest payments (but excluding any non-cash interest expense attributable to the movement
in the mark-to-market valuation of Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments
pursuant to Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 133 Accounting for
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities), (d) the interest component of Capitalized
Lease Obligations and (e) net payments, if any, pursuant to interest rate Hedging
Obligations with respect to Indebtedness); plus
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(2) consolidated capitalized interest of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such
period, whether paid or accrued.
For purposes of this definition, interest on a Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed
to accrue at an interest rate implicit in such Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance with
GAAP.
Consolidated Net Income means with respect to any Person for any period, the aggregate of
the Net Income of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis, and
otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP; provided, however, that
(a) to the extent included in Net Income:
(1) there shall be excluded in computing Consolidated Net Income (x) all extraordinary
gains and (y) all extraordinary losses;
(2) the Net Income for such period shall not include the cumulative effect of a change
in accounting principles or policies during such period, whether effected through a
cumulative effect adjustment or a retroactive application in each case in accordance with
GAAP;
(3) any net after-tax income (loss) from disposed or discontinued operations and any net
after-tax gains or losses on disposal of disposed or discontinued operations shall be
excluded;
(4) any net after-tax gains or losses (less all fees and expenses relating thereto)
attributable to asset dispositions other than in the ordinary course of business, as
determined in good faith by the Company, shall be excluded;
(5) the Net Income for such period of any Person that is not a Subsidiary or that is
accounted for by the equity method of accounting, shall be excluded, except to the extent of
the amount of dividends or distributions or other payments that are actually paid in cash (or
to the extent converted into cash) to the referent Person or a Subsidiary thereof in respect
of such period;
(6) solely for the purpose of determining the amount available for Restricted Payments
under clause (iii) of 4.07(a) hereof, the Net Income or loss for such period of any
Subsidiary of such Person will be excluded to the extent that the declaration or payment of
dividends or similar distributions by that Subsidiary of its Net Income is not at the date of
determination permitted without any prior governmental approval (that has not been obtained)
or, directly or indirectly, by the operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement,
instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule, or governmental regulation applicable to
that Subsidiary or its stockholders, unless such restriction with respect to the payment of
dividends or in similar distributions has been legally waived or such income has been
dividended or distributed to the Company or to a Company Subsidiary without such restriction;
provided, however, that for the avoidance of doubt, any restrictions based solely on (i)
financial maintenance requirements imposed as a matter of state regulatory requirements or
(ii) the types of restrictions set forth in clauses (cc), (dd) and (ee) of the definition of
Permitted Liens shall not result in the exclusion of Net Income (loss); and provided,
further, that any net loss of any Subsidiary of such Person (including any Guarantor), shall
not be excluded pursuant to this clause (6);
(7) any net after-tax income (loss) from the early extinguishment of Indebtedness or
Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments not relating to the Restricted Investment
Portfolio shall be excluded;
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(8) any Net Income (loss) for such period will be excluded to the extent it relates to
the impairment or appreciation of, or it is realized out of the income generated by, or
from the sale or disposition of, any assets included in the Scheduled Restricted
Investments;
(9) any Net Income (loss) for such period will be excluded to the extent it relates to
the impairment or appreciation of any asset included the Restricted Investment Portfolio;
provided, however, that subject to clause (8) any Net Income (loss) for such period will be
included to the extent that it is realized out of the sale, disposition or unwinding of any
assets included in the Restricted Investment Portfolio;
(10) any impairment charge or asset write-off pursuant to Financial Accounting
Standards Board Statement No. 142 Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets or Financial
Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 144 Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of
Long-Lived Assets and the amortization of intangibles arising pursuant to Financial
Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 141 Business Combinations, in each case to the
extent deducted in calculating Net Income of such Person will be excluded;
(11) any non-cash compensation expense recorded from grants of stock appreciation or
similar rights, stock options, restricted stock or other rights and any non-cash charges
associated with the rollover, acceleration or payout of Equity Interests by management of
the Company or any of its direct or indirect parent companies in connection with the
Transactions shall be excluded; and
(12) any non-cash items included in the Consolidated Net Income of the Company as a
result of an agreement of the Sponsors in respect of any equity participation shall be
excluded; and
(b) to the extent not already included in Net Income, any costs associated with any
operational expenses or litigation costs or expenses (including any judgment or settlement) made
by any direct or indirect parent company of the Company in respect of which the Company has made a
Restricted Payment pursuant to clauses (7) and (8) of Section 4.07(b) shall be deducted from Net
Income.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the purpose of Section 4.07 hereof only and in order to
avoid double counting, there shall be excluded from Consolidated Net Income any income arising
from any sale or other disposition of Restricted Investments made by the Company and the Company
Subsidiaries, any repurchases and redemptions of Restricted Investments from the Company and the
Company Subsidiaries, any repayments of loans and advances that constitute Restricted Investments
by the company or any Company Subsidiary, in each case to the extent such amounts increase the
amount of Restricted Payments permitted under Section 4.07(a)(iii)(C) hereof.
Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee will be at the address of the Trustee specified in
Section 14.01 hereof or such other address as to which the Trustee may give notice to the Company.
Credit Agreement means that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of March 25, 2008, by and
among the Company, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as the administrative agent, and the other financial
institutions signatory thereto as amended, restated, amended and restated, modified renewed,
refunded, replaced (whether upon or after termination or otherwise) or refinanced (including by
means of sales of debt securities to institutional investors) in whole or in part from time to
time.
Credit Facilities means, one or more secured debt facilities (including, without
limitation, the Credit Agreement) with banks or other institutional lenders providing for
revolving credit loans, term
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loans, or letters of credit, in each case, as amended, restated, amended and restated, modified,
renewed, refunded, replaced (whether upon or after termination or otherwise) or refinanced
(including by means of sales of debt securities to institutional investors) in whole or in part
from time to time.
Custodian means the Trustee, as custodian with respect to the Notes in global form, or any
successor entity thereto.
Default means any event that is, or with the passage of time or the giving of notice or
both would be, an Event of Default as defined in Section 6.01.
Definitive Note means a certificated Note registered in the name of the Holder thereof and
issued in accordance with Section 2.06 hereof, substantially in the form of Exhibit A-l hereto
except that such Note shall not bear the Global Note Legend and shall not have the Schedule of
Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note attached thereto.
Depositary means, with respect to the Notes issuable or issued in whole or in part in
global form, the Person specified in Section 2.03 hereof as the Depositary with respect to the
Notes, and any and all successors thereto appointed as depositary hereunder and having become such
pursuant to the applicable provision of this Indenture.
Designated Non-cash Consideration means the fair market value of non-cash consideration
received by the Company or any Company Subsidiary, as of the date of receipt of such non-cash
consideration, in connection with an Asset Sale that is so designated as Designated Non-cash
Consideration pursuant to an Officers Certificate, setting forth the basis of such valuation,
less the amount of Cash Equivalents received in connection with a subsequent sale of such
Designated Non-cash Consideration; provided that Designated Non-cash Consideration shall not
exceed at any one time outstanding $25.0 million.
Disqualified Stock means, with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock of such Person
which, by its terms, or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it
is putable or exchangeable, or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily
redeemable (other than as a result of a change of control or asset sale), pursuant to a sinking
fund obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than as
a result of a change of control or asset sale) in whole or in part, in each case prior to the date
91 days after the maturity date of the Notes; provided, however, that if such Capital Stock is
issued to any plan for the benefit of employees, directors, managers or consultants of the Company
or its Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, directors, managers, consultants (or
their respective estates, heirs, beneficiaries, transferees, spouses or former spouses), such
Capital Stock shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because it may be required to be
repurchased by the Company or its Subsidiaries (or their direct or indirect parent) in order to
satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations.
For purposes hereof, the amount (or principal amount) of any Disqualified Stock shall be
equal to its voluntary or involuntary liquidation preference.
Domestic Subsidiary means, with respect to any Person, any Subsidiary of such Person other
than (i) a Foreign Subsidiary or (ii) a Domestic Subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary, but in each
case including any Subsidiary that guarantees Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement.
EMU means the economic and monetary union as contemplated in the Treaty on European Union.
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Equity Interests means Capital Stock and all warrants, options or other rights to acquire
Capital Stock, but excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for,
Capital Stock.
Equity Purchase Agreement means that certain Equity Purchase Agreement, dated February 11,
2008, among the Sponsors and Holdco.
Euroclear means Euroclear Bank, S.A./N.V,, as operator of the Euroclear system.
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and
regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
Existing Indebtedness means Indebtedness of the Company or the Company Subsidiaries in
existence on the Closing Date, plus interest accruing thereon set forth on Schedule l.l(a).
fair market value means, with respect to any asset or property, the price which could be
negotiated in an arms-length transaction between a willing seller and a willing and able buyer as
determined by the senior management (or if the fair market value of any asset or property exceeds
$1.0 million, as determined by the disinterested members of the Board of Directors in its sole
good faith judgment).
fair value shall be defined in accordance with GAAP.
First Priority Liens means all Liens that secure the First Priority Lien Obligations.
First Priority Lien Obligations means (i) all Obligations of the Company and the Company
Subsidiaries under the agreements governing Credit Facilities and (ii) all other Obligations of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in respect of Hedging Obligations that are secured pursuant
to the documentation evidencing Credit Facilities.
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio means, with respect to any Person for any period, the ratio of
Adjusted EBITDA of such Person for such period to the Fixed Charges of such Person for such period.
In the event that the Company or any Company Subsidiary incurs, assumes, guarantees or redeems any
Indebtedness or issues or redeems Disqualified Stock or preferred stock subsequent to the
commencement of the period for which the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is being calculated but on or
prior to or simultaneously with the event for which the calculation of the Fixed Charge Coverage
Ratio is made (the Calculation Date), then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be calculated
giving pro forma effect to such incurrence, assumption, guarantee or redemption of Indebtedness, or
such issuance or redemption of Disqualified Stock or preferred stock, as if the same had occurred
at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period (the reference period).
For purposes of making the computation referred to above, Investments, acquisitions,
dispositions, mergers and consolidations that have been made (or committed to be made pursuant to
a definitive agreement) by the Company or any Company Subsidiary during the reference period or
subsequent to the reference period and on or prior to or simultaneously with the Calculation Date
shall be given pro forma effect as if all such Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers
and consolidations (and all related financing transactions) had occurred on the first day of the
reference period. Additionally, if since the beginning of such reference period any Person that
subsequently became a Company Subsidiary or was merged with or into the Company or any Company
Subsidiary since the beginning of such reference period shall have made any Investment,
acquisition, disposition, merger or consolidation that would have required adjustment pursuant to
this definition, then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect
thereto for such reference period as if such Investment,
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acquisition, disposition, merger or consolidation (and all related financing transactions) had
occurred at the beginning of the reference period.
For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to a transaction,
the pro forma calculations (including any cost savings associated therewith) shall be made in
accordance with Regulation S-X under the Securities Act. If any Indebtedness bears a floating rate
of interest and is being given pro forma effect, the interest on such Indebtedness shall be
calculated as if the rate in effect on the Calculation Date had been the applicable rate for the
entire period (taking into account any Hedging Obligations applicable to such Indebtedness). For
purposes of making the computation referred to above, interest on any Indebtedness under a
revolving credit facility computed on a pro forma basis shall be computed based upon the average
daily balance of such Indebtedness during the reference period. Interest on Indebtedness that may
optionally be determined at an interest rate based upon a factor of a prime or similar rate, a
eurocurrency interbank offered rate, or other rate, shall be deemed to have been based upon the
rate actually chosen, or, if none, then based upon such optional rate as the Company may
designate.
Any Person that is a Company Subsidiary on the Calculation Date will be deemed to have been a
Company Subsidiary at all times during the reference period, and any Person that is not a Company
Subsidiary on the Calculation Date will be deemed not to have been a Company Subsidiary at any
time during the reference period.
Fixed Charges means, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum of:
(1) the Consolidated Interest Expense of such Person for such period;
(2) all cash dividend or distribution payments (excluding items eliminated in
consolidation) on any series of preferred stock of any such Person and its Subsidiaries;
and
(3) all cash dividend or distribution payments (excluding items eliminated in
consolidation) on any series of Disqualified Stock of such Person.
Foreign Subsidiary means, with respect to any Person, any Subsidiary of such Person that is
(i) not organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the
District of Columbia or (ii) a disregarded entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes the sole
assets of which consist of Equity Interests of entities described in clause (i) of this
definition.
GAAP means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States which are in
effect on the date hereof; provided that if there has been a subsequent change in GAAP, the
Company shall deliver to the Trustee on each Calculation Date a reconciliation of the calculation
of Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio or Leverage Ratio, as applicable, pursuant to the Indenture to such
calculation in accordance with GAAP in effect as of the Calculation Date.
Global Note Legend means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(f)(2) hereof, which is
required to be placed on all Global Notes issued under this Indenture.
Global Notes means, individually and collectively, each of the Global Notes deposited with
or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee, substantially in the
form of Exhibit A-l hereto and that bears the Global Note Legend and that has the Schedule of
Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note attached thereto, issued in accordance with Section
2.01, 2.06(b), 2.06(d) or 2.06(f) hereof.
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Governmental Authority means any federal, state, municipal, national or other government,
governmental department, commission, board, bureau, court, agency or instrumentality or political
subdivision thereof or any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or
administrative functions of any government or any court, in each case whether associated with a
state of the United States, the United States, or a foreign entity or government.
Government Securities means securities that are:
(1) direct obligations of the United States of America for the timely payment of which
its full faith and credit is pledged; or
(2) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or
instrumentality of the United States of America the timely payment of which is
unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of
America, which, in either case, are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer
thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank (as defined in
Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act), as custodian with respect to any such Government
Securities or a specific payment of the principal of or interest on any such Government
Securities held by such custodian for the account of the holder of such depository receipt;
provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any
deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount
received by the custodian in respect of the Government Securities or the specific payment
of the principal of or interest on the Government Securities evidenced by such depository
receipt.
GSCP means GS Capital Partners VI Parallel, L.P., GS Capital Partners VI GmbH & Co. KG, GS
Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., and GS Capital Partners VI Fund, L.P.
GSMP means GSMP V Onshore US, Ltd., GSMP V Offshore US, Ltd. and GSMP V Institutional US,
Ltd.
guarantee means a guarantee (other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for
collection in the ordinary course of business), direct or indirect, in any manner (including,
without limitation, letters of credit and reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), of all or
any part of any Indebtedness.
Guarantors means:
(1) Holdco;
(2) all existing and subsequently acquired or organized Domestic Subsidiaries (other
than Immaterial Subsidiaries, SPEs and Long Lake Partners LLC); and
(3) any other Domestic Subsidiary that executes a Note Guarantee in accordance with the
provisions of this Indenture,
and their respective successors and assigns, in each case, until the Note Guarantee of such Person
has been released in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
Hedging Obligations means, with respect to any Person, the obligations of such Person under
currency exchange, interest rate or commodity swap, cap or collar agreements, and other similar
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agreements or arrangements designed primarily to protect such Person against fluctuations in
currency exchange, interest rates or commodity prices.
Highly Rated Investments means:
(1) U.S. dollars, euros, Australian dollars, Canadian dollars, Pounds Sterling or any
national currency of any participating state of the EMU;
(2) Government Securities with maturities not to exceed 13 months;
(3) securities (including fixed rate mortgages) issued by any agency of the United
States or government-sponsored enterprise (such as debt securities or mortgage-backed
securities issued by Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, Federal Home Loan Banks and other
government-sponsored enterprises), which may or may not be backed by the full faith and
credit of the United States, rated Aaa by Moodys and AAA by S&P, in each case with
maturities not to exceed 13 months;
(4) any overnight Repurchase Agreement with any bank or trust company organized under
the laws of any state of the United States or any national banking association or any
government securities dealer which is listed as reporting to the market statistics division
of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York over-collateralized by 102% by any one or more of
the securities described in clauses (2) or (3) above;
(5) certificates of deposit, time deposits and eurodollar time deposits with maturities
of 13 months or less from the date of acquisition, bankers acceptances with maturities not
exceeding 13 months and overnight bank deposits, in each case (i) with any commercial bank
having capital and surplus in excess of $500.0 million in the case of a domestic bank and
$500.0 million (or the U.S. dollar equivalent as of the date of determination) in the case
of a foreign bank and (ii) rated Aa3 or better by Moodys and AA- or better by S&P; and
(6) any money market mutual fund registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940,
as amended, that invest exclusively in any one or more of the securities described in
clauses (2), (3), (4) or (5) above.
Holdco means Moneygram International, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
Holdco Subsidiary means a Subsidiary of Holdco.
Holder means a Person in whose name a Note is registered.
IAI Global Note means a Global Note substantially in the form of Exhibit A-l hereto bearing
the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of and
registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee that will be issued in a denomination
equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes sold to Institutional Accredited Investors.
Immaterial Subsidiary means, as of any date, any Subsidiary whose total assets, as of that
date, are less than $500,000 and whose total revenues for the most recent 12-month period do not
exceed $500,000; provided that a Subsidiary will not be considered to be an Immaterial Subsidiary
if it, directly or indirectly, guarantees or otherwise provides direct credit support for any
Indebtedness of the Company; and provided further that the total assets of Subsidiaries qualifying
as Immaterial Subsidiaries shall in no case be greater than $1.0 million in the aggregate.
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Indebtedness means, with respect to any Person, without duplication,
(a) any indebtedness (including principal and premium) of such Person, whether or not
contingent
(1) in respect of borrowed money;
(2) evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or reimbursement
obligations in respect of surety bonds, letters of credit and other similar instruments to
the extent not collateralized with Cash and Cash Equivalents or bankers acceptances (or,
without double counting, reimbursement agreements in respect thereof);
(3) representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property
(including Capitalized Lease Obligations) or services, except any such balance that
constitutes a trade payable or similar obligation to a trade creditor, in each case accrued
in the ordinary course of business;
(4) representing obligations under Repurchase Agreements;
(5) representing any Hedging Obligations; or
(6) any other obligation for borrowed money or other financial accommodation which in
accordance with GAAP would be shown as a liability on the consolidated balance sheet of such
Person.
(b) to the extent not otherwise included, any obligation by such Person to be liable for, or
to pay, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise, on the Indebtedness of another Person, other than by
endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business, and
(c) to the extent not otherwise included, Indebtedness of another Person secured by a Lien on
any asset owned by such Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such Person;
provided that the amount of such Indebtedness is equal to the lesser of the amount of Indebtedness
secured by such Lien or the value of the property so secured.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following shall not constitute Indebtedness: (i) Payment
Service Obligations; (ii) ordinary course obligations with clearing banks relative to clearing
accounts; (iii) Payment Instruments Funding Amounts; and (iv) for the avoidance of doubt, Equity
Interests of Holdco issued pursuant to the Equity Purchase Agreement.
Indenture means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time.
Indirect Participant means a Person who holds a beneficial interest in a Global Note
through a Participant.
Initial Purchasers means, collectively, GSMP V Onshore US, Ltd., GSMP V Offshore US, Ltd.
and GSMP V Institutional US, Ltd. and their respective Affiliates.
Institutional Accredited Investor means an institution that is an accredited investor as
defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act, who are not also QIBs.
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Intercreditor Agreement means that certain Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of March 25,
2008, by and among JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, the Company
and the other parties thereto, as amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, or
replaced in connection with any amendment, restatement, modification, renewal or replacement of
Credit Facilities.
Interest Payment Date has the meaning set forth in Paragraph 1 of the Note.
Investments means with respect to any Person, all investments by such Person in other
Persons (including Affiliates) in the form of loans (including guarantees), advances or capital
contributions, purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests
or other securities issued by any other Person and investments that are required by GAAP to be
classified on the consolidated balance sheet (including the footnotes) of the Company and the
Company Subsidiaries in the same manner as the other investments included in this definition to
the extent such transactions involved the transfer of cash or other property.
Lead Sponsor means Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P. and its Affiliates.
Legal Holiday means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in the
State of New York or at a place of payment are authorized by law, regulation or executive order to
remain closed. If a payment date is a Legal Holiday at a place of payment, payment may be made at
that place on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue on
such payment for the intervening period.
Leverage Ratio means the ratio of Total Indebtedness to Adjusted EBITDA of the Company and
its Subsidiaries for such period. In the event that the Company or any Company Subsidiary incurs,
assumes, guarantees or redeems any Indebtedness or issues or redeems Disqualified Stock or
preferred stock subsequent to the commencement of the period for which the Leverage Ratio is being
calculated but on or prior to or simultaneously with the event for which the calculation of the
Leverage Ratio is made (the Calculation Date), then the Leverage Ratio shall be calculated giving
pro forma effect to such incurrence, assumption, guarantee or redemption of Indebtedness, or such
issuance or redemption of Disqualified Stock or preferred stock, as if the same had occurred at the
beginning of the applicable reference period.
For purposes of making the computation referred to above, Investments, acquisitions,
dispositions, mergers and consolidations that have been made (or committed to be made pursuant to
a definitive agreement) by the Company or any Company Subsidiary during the reference period or
subsequent to the reference period and on or prior to or simultaneously with the Calculation Date
shall be given pro forma effect as if all such Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers
and consolidations (and all related financing transactions) had occurred on the first day of the
reference period. Additionally, if since the beginning of such reference period any Person that
subsequently became a Company Subsidiary or was merged with or into the Company or any Company
Subsidiary since the beginning of such reference period shall have made any Investment,
acquisition, disposition, merger or consolidation that would have required adjustment pursuant to
this definition, then the Leverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect thereto for
such reference period as if such Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger or consolidation
(and all related financing transactions) had occurred at the beginning of the reference period.
For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to a transaction,
the pro forma calculations (including any cost savings associated therewith) shall be made in
accordance with Regulation S-X under the Securities Act. If any Indebtedness bears a floating rate
of interest and is being
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given pro forma effect, the interest on such Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the rate in
effect on the Calculation Date had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into
account any Hedging Obligations applicable to such Indebtedness). For purposes of making the
computation referred to above, interest on any Indebtedness under a revolving credit facility
computed on a pro forma basis shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such
Indebtedness during the reference period. Interest on Indebtedness that may optionally be
determined at an interest rate based upon a factor of a prime or similar rate, a eurocurrency
interbank offered rate, or other rate, shall be deemed to have been based upon the rate actually
chosen, or, if none, then based upon such optional rate as the Company may designate.
Any Person that is a Company Subsidiary on the Calculation Date will be deemed to have been a
Company Subsidiary at all times during the reference period, and any Person that is not a Company
Subsidiary on the Calculation Date will be deemed not to have been a Company Subsidiary at any
time during the reference period.
Lien means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security
interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or
otherwise perfected under applicable law, including any conditional sale or other title retention
agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to give a security
interest; provided that in no event shall an operating lease be deemed to constitute a Lien.
Material Adverse Effect means a material adverse effect (a) on the financial position,
results of operations, business, assets or liabilities of Holdco and its Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, (b) that would materially impair the ability of Holdco and its Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, to perform their obligations under this Agreement or any of the other Financing Documents
(as defined in the Note Purchase Agreement) or (c) that would materially impair the rights and
remedies of the Holders under this Indenture or any of the other Financing Documents, taken as a
whole.
Minimum Liquidity Ratio means the ratio of (a) the fair value of the Restricted Investment
Portfolio (other than Scheduled Restricted Investments, which shall be valued at the lower of (x)
fair value and (y) the actual par amount of each Scheduled Restricted Investment held by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries on the date of determination multiplied by (A) in respect of
the Scheduled Restricted Investments set forth under the heading C-1 on Schedule 1.1 (c), 0.98,
(B) in respect of the Scheduled Restricted Investments set forth under the heading C-2 on Schedule
1.1 (c), 0.049525, and (C) in respect of the Scheduled Restricted Investments set forth under the
heading C-3 on Schedule 1.1 (c), zero; provided, that any Scheduled Restricted Investments
set forth under the heading C-1 on Schedule 1.1 (c) shall be valued at fair value after June 30,
2008; and provided further, if any of such Scheduled Restricted Investments set forth
under the headings C-2 and C-3 on Schedule 1.1 (c) (the Specified SRIs) have been sold, the
aggregate value of such remaining Specified SRIs shall be the lower of (x) fair value of such
remaining Specified SRIs and (y) the aggregate value of all Specified SRIs (determined in
accordance with the valuation methodology described above) less the net proceeds received for the
Specified SRIs sold (not to be less than zero)) to (b) all Payment Service Obligations.
MoneyGram means MoneyGram Payment Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
Moodys means Moodys Investors Service, Inc. and any successor to its rating agency
business.
Net Income means, with respect to any Person, the net income (loss) of such Person,
determined in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of preferred stock
dividends.
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Net Proceeds means the aggregate cash proceeds received by the Company or any Company
Subsidiary in respect of any Asset Sale or Specified SRI Sales, including, without limitation, any
cash received upon the sale or other disposition of any non-cash consideration received in any
Asset Sale or Specified SRI Sales, net of the direct costs relating to such Asset Sale or
Specified SRI Sales and the sale or disposition of such non-cash consideration, including, without
limitation, legal, accounting and investment banking fees, and brokerage and sales commissions,
any relocation expenses incurred as a result thereof, taxes paid or payable as a result thereof
(after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing
arrangements and, if such costs have not been incurred or invoiced, the Companys good faith
estimates thereof), amounts required to be applied to the repayment of principal, premium or
penalty, if any, and interest on Indebtedness required to be paid as a result of such transaction
and any deduction of appropriate amounts to be provided by the Company as a reserve in accordance
with GAAP against any liabilities associated with the asset disposed of in such transaction and
retained by the Company after such sale or other disposition thereof, including, without
limitation, pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities related to
environmental matters or against any indemnification obligations associated with such transaction.
Non-Guarantor means any Subsidiary of Holdco other than the Company or any Guarantor.
Non-U.S. Person means a Person who is not a U.S. Person.
Note Guarantees means the guarantee by any Guarantor of the Companys Obligations under
this Indenture.
Note Purchase Agreement means the Second Amended and Restated Note Purchase Agreement,
dated as of March 24, 2008, among the Company, Holdco, and GSMP.
Notes has the meaning assigned to it in the preamble to this Indenture. For purposes of
this Indenture, all references to principal amount shall include any increase in the principal
amount of the outstanding Notes as a result of a PIK Payment.
Obligations means any principal (including reimbursement obligations with respect to letters
of credit whether or not drawn), interest (including, to the extent legally permitted, all interest
accrued thereon after the commencement of any insolvency or liquidation proceeding at the rate,
including any applicable post-default rate, specified in the applicable agreement), premium (if
any), guarantees of payment, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, expenses, damages and other
liabilities payable under the documentation governing any Indebtedness; provided that Obligations
with respect to the Notes shall not include fees or indemnifications in favor of the Trustee and
other third parties other than the Holders of the Notes.
Officer means the Chairman of the Board, if any, the Chief Executive Officer, President,
any Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President or Vice President, the Treasurer, Chief Legal
Officer, the Secretary, any principal executive officer or any principal accounting officer of the
Company.
Officers Certificate means a certificate signed on behalf of the Company by an Officer of
the Company that meets the requirements of Section 14.03 hereof.
Opinion of Counsel means an opinion from legal counsel who is reasonably acceptable to the
Trustee that meets the requirements of Section 14.03 hereof. The counsel may be an employee of or
counsel to the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company or the Trustee.
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Participant means, with respect to the Depositary, a Person who has an account with the
Depositary (and, with respect to DTC, shall include Euroclear and Clearstream).
Passive Holding Company Condition shall be satisfied so long as Holdco or a Holdco
Subsidiary (other than the Company and any of its Subsidiaries) does not:
(1) directly incur any Indebtedness other than Permitted Holdco Indebtedness;
(2) create or suffer to exist any Lien upon any property or assets now owned or
hereafter acquired, leased or licensed by it (except Permitted Holdco Liens); or
(3) own any Equity Interests in any Person (other than the Company and its
Subsidiaries) and own any other material assets (excluding Equity Interests) other than (w)
Cash and Cash Equivalents, (x) assets under any stock incentive plans (including related
agreements), loan stock purchase programs or incentive compensation plans, (y) pre-paid
assets (e.g. deferred financing costs) and (z) deferred tax assets;
provided nothing in this definition shall restrict Holdco from performing its obligations under
the Equity Purchase Agreement and the securities issued thereunder and under the certificates of
designation contemplated thereby.
Payment Instruments Funding Amounts means amounts advanced to and retained by the Company
and its Subsidiaries as advance funding for the payment instruments or obligations arising under an
official check agreement or a customer agreement entered into in the ordinary course of business.
Payment Service Obligations means all liabilities of the Company and its Subsidiaries
calculated in accordance with GAAP for outstanding payment instruments (as classified and defined
as Payment Service Obligations in Holdcos SEC Documents and if Holdco is not subject to the
reporting requirements of Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, Holdcos most recent
audited financial statements).
Permissible Parties means any Holder, any prospective Holder and any broker dealer or
securities analyst (so long as, in the case of a prospective Holder, broker dealer or securities
analyst, such entity certifies to the Company that either it or the party to whom it is providing
information is either (i) a qualified institutional buyer (as defined in Rule 144A under the
Securities Act), (ii) a Person to whom sales of the Notes would be permitted under Regulation S
under the Securities Act, or (iii) to an institutional investor that is an accredited investor
within the meaning of Rule 501 of Regulation D under the Securities Act).
Permitted Holdco Indebtedness means:
(1) Indebtedness arising from agreements of Holdco providing for indemnification,
adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations, in each case, incurred or assumed in
connection with the disposition of any business, assets or a Subsidiary; provided, however,
that:
(A) such Indebtedness is not reflected on the balance sheet of Holdco or any
Holdco Subsidiary (contingent obligations referred to in a footnote to financial
statements and not otherwise reflected on the balance sheet will not be deemed to
be reflected on such balance sheet for purposes of this clause (1)(A)); and
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(B) the maximum assumable liability in respect of all such Indebtedness shall
at no time exceed the gross proceeds including non-cash proceeds (the fair market
value of such non-cash proceeds being measured at the time received and without
giving effect to any subsequent changes in value) actually received by Holdco in
connection with such disposition;
(2) Obligations incurred under this Indenture;
(3) Indebtedness incurred by Holdco in respect of interest rate Hedging Obligations of
Holdco in existence on the Closing Date; and
(4) Guarantees of other Indebtedness of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors
permitted under Section 4.09(a) and Sections 4,09(b)(l), (2) (to the extent existing at the
Closing Date), (4), (5), (11), (13) (to the extent the debt so extended, refunded,
refinanced, renewed, replaced or defeased was guaranteed by Holdco in accordance with this
Indenture) and (21) of this Indenture.
Permitted Holdco Liens means, any Permitted Liens other than clauses (h), (i), (k), (p) and
(bb) of the definition of Permitted Liens.
Permitted Investment means:
(1) any Investment in the Company or any Guarantor;
(2) any Investments in any foreign Non-Guarantor (other than SPEs) that together with
all Investments made pursuant to this clause (2) shall not exceed $75.0 million or, on and
after the Sell Down Date, $150.0 million;
(3) any Investments (including Investments outstanding as of the date hereof) in SPEs
provided that the total assets of all SPEs shall not exceed $2.0 billion at any one time
outstanding;
(4) any Investment in Cash or Cash Equivalents;
(5) any Investment in the Restricted Investment Portfolio made in compliance with
Section 4.18;
(6) any Investment by the Company or any Guarantor in a Person, if as a result of such
Investment:
(a) such Person becomes a Guarantor; or
(b) such Person is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or
conveys substantially all its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Company or a Guarantor;
(7) any Investment in securities or other assets not constituting Cash or Cash
Equivalents and received in connection with an Asset Sale made pursuant to the provisions
described under Section 4.10 hereof or any other disposition of assets not constituting an
Asset Sale;
(8) any Investment existing on the date hereof (excluding assets held by any SPE) or
made pursuant to legally binding written commitments in existence on the date hereof and any
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Investment that replaces, refinances or refunds any such Investment; provided that such
replacing, refinancing or refunding Investment is in an amount that does not exceed the amount
replaced, refinanced or refunded, and is made in the same Person as the Investment replaced,
refinanced or refunded;
(9) loans and advances to employees, directors, managers or consultants of Hoidco, the Company
or any of the Company Subsidiaries for reasonable and customary business related travel expenses,
moving expenses and similar expenses, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business
whether or not consistent with past practice, and payroll advances;
(10) any Investment acquired by the Company or any Company Subsidiary
(a) in exchange for any other Investment or accounts receivable held by the Company or any
Company Subsidiary in connection with or as a result of a bankruptcy, workout, reorganization or
recapitalization of such other Investment or accounts receivable or
(b) as a result of a foreclosure by the Company or any Company Subsidiary with respect to any
secured Investment or other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment in default;
(11)
Hedging Obligations permitted under Section 4.09(b)(11) hereof;
(12) Investments to the extent the payment for which consists of Equity Interests of the
Company or any of its direct or indirect parent (exclusive of Disqualified Stock); provided,
however, that such Equity Interests will not increase the amount available for Restricted Payments
under Section 4.07 hereof;
(13) any Investments in or repurchases of the Notes;
(14) receivables owing to the Company or any Company Subsidiary created or acquired in the
ordinary course of business and payable or dischargeable in accordance with customary trade terms;
(15) Indebtedness permitted under Section 4.09 to the extent it constitutes an Investment;
(16) any Investments received in compromise or resolution of (A) obligations of trade
creditors or customers that were incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Company or any
Company Subsidiaries, including pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon
the bankruptcy or insolvency of any trade creditor or customer; or (B) litigation, arbitration or
other disputes with Persons who are not Affiliates;
(17) upfront payments, signing bonuses and similar payments paid to agents and guaranties of
agent commissions, in each case in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past
practice; and
(18) additional Investments having an aggregate fair market value, taken together with all
other Investments made pursuant to this clause (18) that are at that time outstanding, not to
exceed $25.0 million (with the fair market value of each Investment being measured at the time made
and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value).
Permitted Liens means, with respect to any Person:
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(a) Liens on assets of the Company or any of the Guarantors securing Credit Facilities
pursuant to clause (b)(l) of Section 4.09;
(b) pledges or deposits by such Person under workmens compensation laws, unemployment
insurance laws, old age pensions, or other social security or retirement benefits, or similar
legislation, or deposits to secure bids, tenders, contracts (other than for the payment of
Indebtedness for borrowed money) or leases to which such Person is a party, or deposits as security
for contested taxes or import duties or for the payment of rent;
(c) to the extent imposed by law, landlords, carriers, warehousemens and mechanics Liens
and other similar Liens, in each case for sums overdue for a period of not more than 30 days or
being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings or other Liens arising out of judgments or
awards against such Person with respect to which such Person shall then be proceeding in good faith
with an appeal or other proceedings for review;
(d) Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges or claims overdue for a period
of not more than 30 days or subject to penalties for nonpayment or which are being contested in
good faith by appropriate proceedings;
(e) Liens in favor of the issuer of stay, customs, appeal, performance and surety bonds or bid
bonds or with respect to other regulatory requirements or securing bonds required by applicable
state regulatory licensing requirements or letters of credit or bank guarantees or similar
instruments in lieu of such items or to support the issuance thereof issued pursuant to the request
of and for the account of such Person in the ordinary course of its business, in an amount
outstanding not to exceed $25.0 million; provided, however that there shall be no dollar limitation
on any such Liens to the extent the bonds were required by applicable state regulatory licensing
requirements or any appeal bonds posted in connection with litigation;
(f) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to Sections 4.09(b)(4) or
(5); provided, that Liens securing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to clauses (b)(4)
and (5) are solely on the assets financed, purchased, constructed, improved, acquired or assets of
the acquired entity, as the case may be, and the proceeds and products thereof and accessions
thereto;
(g) Liens created for the benefit of (or to secure) the Notes (or the Note Guarantees) subject
to the Intercreditor Agreement;
(h) Liens on property or shares of stock of a Person at the time such Person becomes a
Subsidiary; provided, however, such Liens are not created or incurred in connection with, or in
contemplation of, such other Person becoming such a Subsidiary; provided further that such Liens
may not extend to any other property owned by the Company or any Company Subsidiary and that such
Liens are released within 30 days of such Person becoming a Subsidiary;
(i) Liens on property at the time the Company or a Company Subsidiary acquired the property,
including any acquisition by means of a merger or consolidation with or into the Company or any
Company Subsidiary; provided , however, that such Liens are not created or incurred in
connection with, or in contemplation of, such acquisition; and provided further that the Liens may
not extend to any other property owned by the Company or any Company Subsidiary;
(j) Liens
securing Hedging Obligations incurred pursuant to Section 4.09(b)(11);
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(k) Liens on specific items of inventory or other goods and proceeds of any Person securing
such Persons 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;
(1) Liens existing on the Closing Date set forth on Schedule 1.1 (b) hereto;
(m) any Liens to secure any refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement (or
successive refinancing, refunding, extensions, renewals or replacements) as a whole, or in part, of
any Indebtedness secured by any Lien of the type referred to in clauses (a), (f), (g), (i) and (1);
provided, however, that (x) such new Lien shall be limited to all or part of the same property that
secured the original Lien (plus improvements on such property and the proceeds and products
thereof), and (y) the Indebtedness secured by such Lien at such time is not increased to any amount
greater than the sum of (A) the outstanding principal amount of the Indebtedness permitted pursuant
to such clause (a), (f), (g), (i) and (1) and (B) an amount necessary to pay any fees and expenses,
including premiums, related to such refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement;
(n) Liens in favor of Holdco, the Company or any Company Subsidiary;
(o) licenses, sublicenses, leases or subleases that do not materially impair their use in the
operation of the business of Holdco, the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(p) Liens solely on any cash earnest money deposits relating to asset sales or acquisition
not in the ordinary course in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement not
prohibited by this Indenture;
(q) purported Liens evidenced by the filing of precautionary UCC financing statements
relating solely to operating leases of personal property entered into in the ordinary course of
business;
(r) any zoning or similar law or right reserved to or vested in any governmental office or
agency to control or regulate the use of any real property;
(s) minor survey exceptions, minor encumbrances, easements or reservations of, or rights of
others for, licenses, rights-of-way, sewers, electric lines, telegraph and telephone lines and
other similar purposes, or zoning or other restrictions as to the use of real properties or Liens
incidental to the conduct of the business of such Person or to the ownership of its properties;
(t) deposits made in the ordinary course of business to secure liability to insurance
carriers;
(u) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure
payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods in the ordinary course of
business;
(v) Liens (i) of a collection bank arising under Section 4-210 of the UCC on items in the
course of collection, (ii) attaching to commodity trading accounts or other commodity brokerage
accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business, and (iii) in favor of banking institutions
arising as a matter of law encumbering deposits (including the right of set-off) and which are
within the general parameters customary in the banking industry;
(w) Liens deemed to exist in connection with Repurchase Agreements; provided that such Liens
do not extend to any assets other than those that are the subject of such Repurchase Agreements;
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(x) Liens encumbering reasonable customary initial deposits and margin deposits and
similar Liens attaching to commodity trading accounts or other brokerage accounts incurred in the
ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes;
(y) set-off rights arising in the ordinary course of business;
(z) any attachment or judgment Lien against Holdco, the Company or any Company Subsidiary, or
any property of Holdco, the Company or any Company Subsidiary, so long as such Lien secures claims
not otherwise constituting an Event of Default;
(aa) Liens that are contractual rights of set-off (i) relating to the establishment of
depository relations with banks not given in connection with the issuance of Indebtedness, (ii)
relating to pooled deposit or sweep accounts of Holdco, the Company or any Company Subsidiary to
permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business
of Holdco, the Company and the Company Subsidiaries or (iii) relating to purchase orders and other
agreements entered into with customers of Holdco, the Company or any Company Subsidiary in the
ordinary course of business;
(bb) Liens securing Indebtedness or other obligations of Company Subsidiaries owing to the
Company or another Company Subsidiary permitted to be incurred in accordance with Section 4.09
hereof;
(cc) restrictive contractual obligations with respect to assets comprising the Payment
Instruments Funding Amounts or Payment Service Obligations, provided that such contractual
obligations are no more restrictive in nature than those in effect on the Closing Date;
(dd) ordinary course of business contractual obligations with clearing banks relative to
clearing accounts, provided that such contractual obligations are no more restrictive in nature
than those in effect on the Closing Date;
(ee) the deposit or pre-funding of amounts in escrow pursuant to contractual obligations
contained in customer agreements securing obligations not exceeding $25.0 million in the
aggregate; and
(ff) other Liens securing obligations not otherwise permitted by this definition not
exceeding $100.0 million in the aggregate.
Person means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint
venture, association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, government or any
agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity.
PIK Interest means interest paid in the form of increasing the outstanding principal amount
of the Notes.
PIK Payment means an interest payment made by increasing the outstanding principal amount
of the Notes.
preferred stock means any Equity Interest with preferential rights of payment of dividends
or distributions or upon liquidation, dissolution, or winding up. For purposes hereof, the amount
(or principal amount) of any preferred stock shall be equal to the greater of its voluntary or
involuntary liquidation preference.
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Private
Placement Legend means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(f)(1) hereof to be
placed on all Notes issued under this Indenture.
QIB means a qualified institutional buyer as defined in Rule 144A.
Qualified Equity Offering means a public offering or private placement of Equity Interests
(other than Disqualified Stock) of Holdco and any direct or indirect parent of Holdco; provided
that the net proceeds thereof are contributed by Holdco or such parent to the Company and, in
turn, by the Company to the MoneyGram as common equity.
Record Date means for the interest payable on any applicable Interest Payment Date with
respect to the Notes, March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15 (whether or not a Business
Day) immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date.
reference period has the meaning assigned to it in the definition of Fixed Charge Coverage
Ratio.
Registration Rights Agreement means the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the
Closing Date, as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, among
the Company, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers.
Registration
Statement means a Shelf Registration Statement and/or an S-1 Registration
Statement as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement.
Regulation S means Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act.
Regulation S Global Note means a Regulation S Temporary Global Note or Regulation S
Permanent Global Note, as appropriate.
Regulation S Permanent Global Note means a permanent Global Note in the form of Exhibit A-1
hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on
behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, issued in a denomination
equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Regulation S Temporary Global Note upon expiration
of the Restricted Period.
Regulation S Temporary Global Note means a temporary Global Note in the form of Exhibit A-2
hereto deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its
nominee, issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes initially
sold in reliance on Rule 903 of Regulation S.
Repurchase Agreement means an agreement of a Person to purchase Cash and Cash Equivalents
arising out of or in connection with the sale of the same or substantially similar Cash and Cash
Equivalents.
Required Holders means at any time the Holders of at least a majority of the amount of
Notes then outstanding.
Responsible Officer, when used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer within the
corporate trust department of the Trustee (or any successor group of the Trustee) or any other
officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the
above designated
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officers and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to
whom such matter is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular
subject.
Restricted Definitive Note means a Definitive Note bearing the Private Placement
Legend.
Restricted Global Note means a Global Note bearing the Private Placement
Legend.
Restricted Investment means an Investment other than a Permitted Investment.
Restricted Investment Portfolio means assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, which are
restricted by state law, contract or otherwise designated by the Company for the payment of Payment
Service Obligations.
Restricted Period the period of forty-one (41) consecutive days beginning on and including
the day on which Notes were first offered to persons other than distributors (as defined in
Regulation S) in reliance on Regulation S.
Rule 144 means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act.
Rule I44A means Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act.
Rule 903 means Rule 903 promulgated under the Securities Act.
Rule 904
means Rule 904 promulgated under the Securities Act.
S&P means Standard & Poors, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and any
successor to its rating agency group.
Scheduled Restricted Investments means the securities listed on Schedule 1.1(c)
hereto.
SEC means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
SEC Documents means, if Holdco is subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13(a) or
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, Holdcos latest Annual Report on Form I0-K under the Exchange
Act.
Second Priority Liens means all Liens that secure the Notes and the Note Guarantees, which
Liens are subordinated to the First Priority Liens in accordance with the Intercreditor Agreement.
Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations
of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
Security Documents means the security agreements, pledge agreements, collateral assignments
and related and ancillary agreements, certificates, instruments and documents, as amended,
supplemented, restated, amended and restated, renewed, replaced or otherwise modified from time to
time, creating the Second Priority Liens in the Collateral.
Sell Down Date means the 91st day following the date on which the Initial Purchasers cease
to constitute the Required Holders.
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Significant Subsidiary means any Subsidiary that would be a significant subsidiary as
defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, as
such Regulation is in effect on the date of this Indenture.
Similar Business means (a) the global funds transfer and payment services business conducted
by the Company and its Subsidiaries, (b) any other business described under the heading Business
in Holdcos Annual Report on Form 10-K under the Exchange Act for the fiscal year ended December
31, 2006, and (c) any business that is similar, reasonably related, incidental, complementary or
ancillary thereto or any reasonable extension thereof.
SPEs means Ferrum Trust, a Delaware business trust, Tsavorite Trust, a Delaware business
trust, Hematite Trust, a Delaware business trust, Monazite Trust, a Delaware business trust, and,
to the extent the formation thereof is not prohibited by the Indenture, any Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary of the Company or trust (which is consolidated with the Company for financial statement
purposes), in each case formed for the limited organizational purpose of isolating a limited and
specified pool of assets with respect to rights and obligations pursuant to Payment Service
Obligations, which assets shall consist solely of (i) Cash and Cash Equivalents, (ii) Accounts
Receivable and (iii) interest rate Hedging Obligations that relate to Highly Rated Investments and
Payment Service Obligations. The Specified SRI Subsidiary shall not be deemed to be an SPE.
Sponsors means the Lead Sponsor, GSCP and GSMP.
Subordinated Indebtedness means:
(a) with respect to the Company, any Indebtedness of the Company which is by its terms
subordinated in right of payment or in respect of the proceeds of any collateral to the Notes, and
(b) with respect to any Guarantor, any Indebtedness of such Guarantor which is by its terms
subordinated in right of payment or in respect of the proceeds of any collateral to the guarantee
of such Guarantor.
Subsidiary means, with respect to any Person:
(a) any corporation, association, or other business entity (other than a partnership, joint
venture, limited liability company or similar entity) of which more than 50% of the total voting
power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to
vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time of determination
owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other
Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof and
(b) any partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or similar entity of which
(1) more than 50% of the capital accounts, distribution rights, total equity and voting
interests or general or limited partnership interests, as applicable, are owned or
controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries
of that Person or a combination thereof whether in the form of membership, general, special
or limited partnership or otherwise, and
(2) such Person or any Subsidiary of such Person is a controlling general partner
or otherwise controls such entity;
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(c) any SPE.
Subsidiary Guarantor means any Subsidiary which is a Guarantor.
TIA means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S. Code §§ 77aaa-77bbbb), as amended, as in
effect on the date hereof.
total assets of any Person shall mean total assets of such Person and its Subsidiaries, if
any, on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, as of the most recent balance sheet of such
Person.
Total Indebtedness means, as of any date of determination, the aggregate stated balance
sheet amount of all Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated
basis in accordance with GAAP.
Transactions has the meaning set forth in the Note Purchase Agreement.
Treasury Rate means, as of any Redemption Date, the yield to maturity as of such Redemption
Date of United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in
the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) that has become publicly available
at least two Business Days prior to the Redemption Date (or, if such Statistical Release is no
longer published, any publicly available source of similar market data)) most nearly equal to the
period from the Redemption Date to the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date; provided, however,
that if the period from the Redemption Date to the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date, is less
than one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded United States Treasury securities
adjusted to a constant maturity of one year will be used.
Trustee means Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee, until a successor replaces
it in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture and thereafter means the
successor serving hereunder.
U.S. Person means a U.S. Person as defined in Rule 902(k) promulgated under the Securities
Act.
Uniform Commercial Code means the New York Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time
to time.
Unrestricted Definitive Note means a Definitive Note that does not bear and is not required
to bear the Private Placement Legend.
Unrestricted Global Note means a Global Note that does not bear and is not required to bear
the Private Placement Legend.
Voting Stock of any Person as of any date means the Capital Stock of such Person that is at
the time entitled to vote in the election of the Board of Directors of such Person.
Weighted
Average Life to Maturitymeans, when applied to any Indebtedness, Disqualified
Stock or preferred stock, as the case may be, at any date, the quotient obtained by dividing
(a) the sum of the products of the number of years from the date of determination to the date
of each successive scheduled principal payment of such Indebtedness or redemption or similar
payment with respect to such Disqualified Stock or preferred stock multiplied by the amount of
such payment, by
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(b) the sum of all such payments.
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of any Person means a Subsidiary of such Person, 100% of the
outstanding Capital Stock or other ownership interests of which (other than directors qualifying
shares) shall at the time be owned by such Person or by one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of
such Person.
Section 1.02 Other Definitions.
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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; and shall
be construed, in accordance with GAAP;
(3) or is not exclusive;
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(4) words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the
singular;
(5) will shall be interpreted to express a command;
(6) the word including means including without limitation;
(7) any reference to any Person shall be construed to include such Persons successors
and permitted assigns;
(8) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document
herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as
from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions
on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein);
(9) for purposes of computation of periods of time hereunder, the word from means
from and including and the words to and until each mean to but excluding;
(10) provisions apply to successive events and transactions; and
(11) references to sections of or rules under the Securities Act will be deemed to
include substitute, replacement or successor sections or rules adopted by the SEC from time
to time.
ARTICLE 2
THE NOTES
Section 2.01 Form and Dating.
(a) General. The Notes and the Trustees certificate of authentication will be substantially
in the form of Exhibits A-1 and A-2 hereto. The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements
required by law, stock exchange rule or usage. Each Note will be dated the date of its
authentication. The Notes shall be initially issued in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral
multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof; provided, however, that payments of PIK Interest shall be
made in denominations of $1.00 and integral multiples of $1.00 rounded up to the nearest whole
dollar and thus Notes increased by PIK Payments may be in integral multiples other than $1,000.
The terms and provisions contained in the Notes will constitute, and are hereby expressly
made, a part of this Indenture and 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 govern and be controlling.
(b) Global Notes. Notes issued in global form will be substantially in the form of Exhibits
A-1 or A-2 hereto (including the Global Note Legend thereon and the Schedule of Exchanges of
Interests in the Global Note attached thereto). Notes issued in definitive form will be
substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto (but without the Global Note Legend thereon and
without the Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note attached thereto). Each Global
Note will represent such of the outstanding Notes as will be specified therein and each shall
provide that it represents the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes from time to time
endorsed thereon (and giving effect to any PIK Interest made thereon by increasing the aggregate
principal amount of such Global Note) and that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes
represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect
exchanges and redemptions and payment of PIK Interest made
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thereon by increasing the aggregate principal amount of such Global Note. Any endorsement of a
Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of
outstanding Notes represented thereby will be made by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the
direction of the Trustee, in accordance with instructions given by the Holder thereof as required
by Section 2.06 hereof.
(c) Temporary Global Notes. Notes offered and sold in reliance on Regulation S will be issued
initially in the form of the Regulation S Temporary Global Note, which will be deposited on behalf
of the purchasers of the Notes represented thereby with the Trustee as custodian for the
Depositary, and registered in the name of the Depositary or the nominee of the Depositary for the
accounts of designated agents holding on behalf of Euroclear or Clearstream, duly executed by the
Company and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided. The Restricted Period will be
terminated upon the receipt by the Trustee of:
(1) a written certificate from the Depositary, together with copies of certificates
from Euroclear and Clearstream certifying that they have received certification of
non-United States Beneficial Ownership of 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the
Regulation S Temporary Global Note (except to the extent of any Beneficial Owners thereof
who acquired an interest therein during the Restricted Period pursuant to another exemption
from registration under the Securities Act and who will take delivery of a Beneficial
Ownership interest in a 344A Global Note or an IAI Global Note bearing a Private Placement
Legend, all as contemplated by Section 2.06(b) hereof); and
(2) an Officers Certificate from the Company.
Following the termination of the Restricted Period, beneficial interests in the Regulation S
Temporary Global Note will be exchanged for beneficial interests in the Regulation S Permanent
Global Note pursuant to the Applicable Procedures. Simultaneously with the authentication of the
Regulation S Permanent Global Note, the Trustee will cancel the Regulation S Temporary Global
Note. The aggregate principal amount of the Regulation S Temporary Global Note and the Regulation
S Permanent Global Note may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the
records of the Trustee and the Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, in connection with
transfers of interest as hereinafter provided.
(d) Euroclear and
Clearstream, Procedures Applicable. The provisions of the Operating
Procedures of the Euroclear System and Terms and Conditions Governing Use of Euroclear and the
General Terms and Conditions of Clearstream Banking and Customer Handbook of Clearstream will
be applicable to transfers of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note and
the Regulation S Permanent Global Note that are held by Participants through Euroclear or
Clearstream.
Section 2.02 Execution and Authentication.
At least one Officer must sign the Notes for the Company by manual, facsimile or electronic
image scan signature.
If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at the time a Note is
authenticated, the Note will nevertheless be valid.
A Note will not be valid or obligatory for any purpose or entitled to any benefits under this
Indenture until authenticated substantially in the form of Exhibits A-1 or A-2 hereto by the
manual signature of the Trustee. The signature will be conclusive evidence that the Note has been
duly authenticated under this Indenture.
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The Trustee will, upon receipt of a written order of the Company signed by an Officer (an
Authentication Order), authenticate Notes for original issue that may be validly issued under
this Indenture. The aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding at any time may not exceed the
aggregate principal amount of Notes authorized for issuance by the Company pursuant to one or more
Authentication Orders, except as provided in Section 2.07 hereof and PIK Payments in accordance
with the terms of the Notes.
On any Interest Payment Date on which the Company pays PIK Interest with respect to a Global
Note, the Trustee shall increase the principal amount of such Global Note by an amount equal to the
interest payable, rounded up to the nearest $1.00, for the relevant interest period on the
principal amount of such Global Note as of the relevant Record Date for such Interest Payment Date,
to the credit of the Holders on such Record Date, pro rata in accordance with their interests, and
an adjustment shall be made on the books and records of the Trustee (if it is then the Custodian
for such Global Note) with respect to such Global Note, by the Trustee or the Custodian, to reflect
such increase.
The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Company to authenticate
Notes. An authenticating agent may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each
reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such
agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with Holders or an
Affiliate of the Company.
Section 2.03 Registrar and Paying Agent.
The Company will maintain an office or agency where Notes may be presented for registration of
transfer or for exchange (Registrar) and an office or agency where Notes may be presented for
payment (Paying Agent). The Registrar will keep a register of the Notes and of their transfer and
exchange. The Registrar will also facilitate the transfer of the Notes on behalf of the Company in
accordance with Section 2.06 hereof. The Company may appoint one or more co-registrars and one or
more additional paying agents. The term Registrar includes any co-registrar and the term Paying
Agent includes any additional paying agent. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar
without notice to any Holder. The Company will notify the Trustee in writing of the name and
address of any Agent not a party to this Indenture. If the Company fails to appoint or maintain
another entity as Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such. The Company or any of
its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.
The Company initially appoints The Depository Trust Company (DTC) to act as Depositary with
respect to the Global Notes.
The Company initially appoints the Trustee to act as the Registrar and Paying Agent and to
act as Custodian with respect to the Global Notes.
Section 2.04 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.
The Company will require each third-party Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in
writing that the Paying Agent will hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all
money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest on the
Notes, and will notify the Trustee of any default by the Company in making any such payment. While
any such default continues, the Trustee may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to
the Trustee. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the
Trustee. Upon payment over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent (if other than the Company) will have
no further liability for the money. If the Company or a Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it will
segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders all money held by it as
Paying Agent. Upon any
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bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings relating to the Company, the Trustee will serve as Paying
Agent for the Notes.
Section 2.05 Holder Lists.
The Trustee will preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent
list available to it of the names and addresses of all Holders. If the Trustee is not the
Registrar, the Company will 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 in such
form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the
Holders of Notes.
Section 2.06 Transfer and Exchange.
(a) Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes. A Global Note may not be transferred except as a
whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary, by a nominee of the Depositary to the
Depositary or to another nominee of the Depositary, or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a
successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary. All Global Notes will be exchanged
by the Company for Definitive Notes if:
(1) the Company delivers to the Trustee notice from the Depositary that it is unwilling
or unable to continue to act as Depositary or that it is no longer a clearing agency
registered under the Exchange Act and, in either case, a successor Depositary is not
appointed by the Company within 120 days after the date of such notice from the Depositary;
(2) the Company in its sole discretion determines that the Global Notes (in whole but
not in part) should be exchanged for Definitive Notes and delivers a written notice to such
effect to the Trustee; provided that in no event shall the Regulation S Temporary Global
Note be exchanged by the Company for Definitive Notes prior to (A) the expiration of the
Restricted Period and (B) the receipt by the Registrar of any certificates required pursuant
to Rule 903(b)(3)(ii)(B) under the Securities Act; or
(3) there has occurred and is continuing a Default or Event of Default with respect to
the Notes.
Upon the occurrence of either of the preceding events in (1) or (2) above, Definitive Notes
shall be issued in such names as the Depositary shall instruct the Trustee. Global Notes also may
be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Sections 2.07 and 2.10 hereof. Every
Note authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or in lieu of, a Global Note or any portion
thereof, pursuant to this Section 2.06 or Section 2.07 or 2.10 hereof, shall be authenticated and
delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Note, except for Definitive Notes issued
subsequent to any of the preceding events in (1) or (2) above and pursuant to Section 2.06(c)
hereof. A Global Note may not be exchanged for another Note other than as provided in this Section
2.06(a), however, beneficial interests in a Global Note may be transferred and exchanged as
provided in Section 2.06(b) or (c) hereof.
(b) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the Global Notes. The transfer and
exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Notes will be effected through the Depositary, in
accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the Applicable Procedures. Beneficial
interests in the Restricted Global Notes will be subject to restrictions on transfer comparable to
those set forth herein to the extent required by the Securities Act. Transfers of beneficial
interests in the Global Notes also will require compliance with either subparagraph (1) or (2)
below, as applicable, as well as one or more of the other following subparagraphs, as applicable:
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(1) Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Note. Beneficial interests in
any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the
form of a beneficial interest in the same Restricted Global Note in accordance with the
transfer restrictions set forth in the Private Placement Legend; provided, however, that
prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, transfers of beneficial interests in the
Regulation S Temporary Global Note may not be made to a U.S. Person or for the account or
benefit of a U.S. Person (other than to a distributor (as defined in Rule 902(d) of
Regulation S) and other than pursuant to Rule 144A). No written orders or instructions
shall be required to be delivered to the Registrar to effect the transfers described in
this Section 2.06(b)(l).
(2) All Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes. In
connection with all transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests that are not subject to
Section 2.06(b)(1) above, the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the
Registrar either:
(A) both:
(i) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant
given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures
directing the Depositary to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial
interest in another Global Note in an amount equal to the beneficial
interest to be transferred or exchanged; and
(ii) instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures
containing information regarding the Participant account to be credited
with such increase; or
(B) both:
(i) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant
given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures
directing the Depositary to cause to be issued a Definitive Note in an
amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged; and
(ii) instructions given by the Depositary to the Registrar containing
information regarding the Person in whose name such Definitive Note shall
be registered to effect the transfer or exchange referred to in (1) above;
provided that in no event shall Definitive Notes be issued upon the
transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Temporary
Global Note.prior to (A) the expiration of the Restricted Period and (B)
the receipt by the Registrar of any certificates required pursuant to Rule
903 under the Securities Act.
Upon satisfaction of all of the requirements for transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in
Global
Notes contained in this Indenture and the Notes or otherwise applicable under the Securities Act,
the
Trustee shall adjust the principal amount of the relevant Global Note(s) pursuant to Section
2.06(g) hereof.
(3) Transfer of Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note to Another Restricted
Global Note. A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to a
Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another
Restricted Global Note if
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the transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.06(b)(2) above and the Registrar receives
the following:
(A) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in the
144A Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B
hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof or, if permitted by the Applicable
Procedures item (3) thereof;
(B) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in the
Regulation S Temporary Global Note or the Regulation S Permanent Global Note, then the
transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications in item (2) thereof; or
(C) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in the
IAI Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B
hereto, including the certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item
(3) thereof, if applicable.
(4) Transfer or Exchange of Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note for Beneficial
Interests in an Unrestricted Global Note. A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may
be exchanged by any holder thereof for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or
transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Note if the exchange or transfer otherwise complies with the requirements of
Section 2.06(b)(2) above and:
(A) such transfer is effected pursuant to any Registration Statement in accordance
with the Registration Rights Agreement; or
(B) the Registrar receives the following:
(i) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note
proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C
hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(a) thereof; or
(ii) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note
proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery
thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a
certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications in item (4) thereof;
and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (B), if the Registrar so
requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form
reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or
transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on
transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer
required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
If any such transfer is effected pursuant to subparagraph (A) or (B) above at a time when an
Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of an
Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate one
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or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate
principal amount of beneficial interests transferred pursuant to subparagraph (A) or (B) above.
Beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global Note cannot be exchanged for, or transferred to
Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of, a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global
Note.
(c) Transfer or Exchange of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes for Definitive Notes.
(1) Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes. If any
holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial
interest for a Restricted Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who
takes delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note, then, upon the occurrence of
any of the events in subsection (1) of Section 2.06(a) hereof and receipt by the Registrar of the
following documentation:
(A) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to
exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such
holder to the effect set forth in Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item
(2)(a) thereof;
(B) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule
144A, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications in item (1) thereof;
(C) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an
offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904, a certificate to the effect
set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof;
(D) if such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144, a certificate
to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(a)
thereof;
(E) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to an Institutional Accredited
Investor in reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities
Act other than those listed in subparagraphs (B) through (D) above, a certificate to the
effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications, certificates and
Opinion of Counsel required by item (3) thereof, if applicable;
(F) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications in item (3)(b) thereof; or
(G) if such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an effective
registration statement under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in
Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(c) thereof,
the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced
accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(g) hereof, and the Company shall execute and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in
the appropriate principal amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest
in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this Section 2,06(c) shall be registered
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in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of
such beneficial interest shall instruct the Registrar through instructions from the Depositary and
the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall deliver such Definitive Notes to the
Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a
beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(1) shall bear the
Private Placement Legend and shall be subject to all restrictions on transfer contained therein.
(2) Beneficial Interests in Regulation S Temporary Global Note to Definitive Notes.
Notwithstanding Sections 2.06(c)(1)(A) and (C) hereof, a beneficial interest in the Regulation S
Temporary Global Note may not be exchanged for a Definitive Note or transferred to a Person who
takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note prior to (A) the expiration of the
Restricted Period and (B) the receipt by the Registrar of any certificates required pursuant to
Rule 903(b)(3)(ii)(B) under the Securities Act, except in the case of a transfer pursuant to an
exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 903 or Rule
904.
(d) Transfer and Exchange of
Definitive Notes for Beneficial Interests.
(1) Restricted
Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes. If any
Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in
a Restricted Global Note or to transfer such Restricted Definitive Notes to a Person who takes
delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, then, upon
receipt by the Registrar of the following documentation:
(A) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange
such Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, a certificate from
such
Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (2)(b)
thereof;
(B) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a QIB in
accordance with Rule 144A, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto,
including the certifications in item (1) thereof;
(C) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a Non-U.S.
Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904, a
certificate
to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2)
thereof;
(D) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant to an
exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with
Rule 144, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications in item (3)(a) thereof;
(E) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to an Institutional
Accredited Investor in reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements of
the
Securities Act other than those listed in subparagraphs (B) through (D) above, a
certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications,
certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item (3) thereof, if applicable; or
(F) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto,
including
the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof,
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the Trustee will cancel the Restricted Definitive Note, increase or cause to be increased the
aggregate principal amount of, in the case of clause (A) above, the appropriate Restricted Global
Note, in the case of clause (B) above, the 144A Global Note, in the case of clause (C) above, the
Regulation S Global Note, and in all other cases, the IAI Global Note.
(2) Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes. A
Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Restricted Definitive Note to a Person who takes
delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note only if:
(A) such transfer is effected pursuant to any Registration Statement in
accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; or
(B) the Registrar receives the following:
(i) if the Holder of such Definitive Notes proposes to exchange such Notes
for a beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such
Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item
(1)(c) thereof; or
(ii) if the Holder of such Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Notes
to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest
in the Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of
Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof,
and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (B), if the Registrar so requests or if the
Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the
Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act
and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Securities Act Legend are no
longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
Upon satisfaction of the conditions of any of the subparagraphs in this Section 2.06(d)(2), the
Trustee will cancel the Definitive Notes and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate
principal amount of the Unrestricted Global Note.
(3) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes. A
Holder of an Unrestricted Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in
an
Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Unrestricted Definitive Note to a Person who takes
delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note at any
time.
Upon receipt of a request for such an exchange or transfer, the Trustee will cancel the
applicable
Unrestricted Definitive Note and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal
amount
of one of the Unrestricted Global Notes.
If any such exchange or transfer from a Definitive Note to a beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Note is effected pursuant to subparagraphs (2)(A), (2)(B) or (3) above at a
time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Company will issue and, upon
receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02, the Trustee will authenticate
one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal
amount of Definitive Notes so transferred.
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(e) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Definitive Notes. Upon request by a Holder
of Definitive Notes and such Holders compliance with the provisions of this Section 2.06(e), the
Registrar will register the transfer or exchange of Definitive Notes. Prior to such registration of
transfer or exchange, the requesting Holder must present or surrender to the Registrar the
Definitive Notes duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by such Holder or by its attorney, duly authorized in
writing. In addition, the requesting Holder must provide any additional certifications, Opinions of
Counsel, documents and information, as applicable, required pursuant to the following provisions of
this Section 2.06(e).
(1) Restricted Definitive Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes. Any Restricted
Definitive
Note may be transferred to and registered in the name of Persons who take delivery
thereof in the
form of a Restricted Definitive Note if the Registrar receives the following:
(A) if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 144A, then the transferor
must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications in
item (1) thereof;
(B) if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 903 or Rule 904, then the
transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto,
including the
certifications in item (2) thereof; and
(C) if the transfer will be made pursuant to any other exemption from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act, then the transferor must
deliver a
certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications,
certificates and
Opinion of Counsel required by item (3) thereof, if applicable.
(2) Restricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. Any
Restricted
Definitive Note may be exchanged by the Holder thereof for an Unrestricted Definitive
Note or
transferred to a Person or Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of an
Unrestricted
Definitive Note if:
(A) any such transfer is effected pursuant to any Registration Statement in
accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; or
(B) the Registrar receives the following:
(i) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to
exchange such Notes for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from
such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in
item (1)(d) thereof; or
(ii) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to
transfer such Notes to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form
of an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder in the
form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;
and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (B), if the Registrar
so requests, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the
Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with
the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein
and in the Private Placement
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Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the
Securities Act.
Upon satisfaction of the conditions of any of the clauses of this Section 2.06(e)(2), the
Trustee shall cancel the prior Restricted Definitive Note and the Company shall execute,
and upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver an Unrestricted Definitive Note in the appropriate
aggregate principal amount to the Person designated by the Holder of such prior Restricted
Definitive Note in instructions delivered to the Registrar by such Holder.
(3) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. A Holder of
Unrestricted Definitive Notes may transfer such Notes to a Person who takes delivery
thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note. Upon receipt of a request to
register such a transfer, the Registrar shall register the Unrestricted Definitive Note
pursuant to the instructions from the Holder thereof.
(f) Legends. The following legends will appear on the face of all Global Notes and Definitive
Notes issued under this Indenture unless specifically stated otherwise in the applicable
provisions of this Indenture. |
(1) Private Placement Legend. Each Global Note and each Definitive Note (and all
Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall bear the legend in
substantially the
following form:
THE SECURITIES EVIDENCED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT
OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE SECURITIES ACT) AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE
TRANSFERRED EXCEPT (A) (1) TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PURCHASING FOR ITS
OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE
REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (2) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION COMPLYING WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF
REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (3) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF AVAILABLE) OR (4) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND (B) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE
SECURITIES LAWS OF THE STATES OF THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER JURISDICTIONS.
(2) Global Note Legend. Each Global Note will bear a legend in substantially the
following form:
THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR
ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO
ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (1) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS
MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06 OF THE INDENTURE, (2) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED
IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(a) OF THE INDENTURE, (3) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE
DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.11 OF THE INDENTURE AND (4) THIS
GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE
COMPANY.
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UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS NOTE MAY
NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A
NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE
DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.
UNLESS THIS NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55
WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK) (DTC), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF
TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY NOTE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH
OTHER NAME AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO
CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY
TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL
INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
(3) Regulation S Temporary Global Note Legend. The Regulation S Temporary Global Note
will bear a legend in substantially the following form:
THE RIGHTS ATTACHING TO THIS REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE, AND THE CONDITIONS AND
PROCEDURES GOVERNING ITS EXCHANGE FOR CERTIFICATED NOTES, ARE AS SPECIFIED IN THE INDENTURE (AS
DEFINED HEREIN). NEITHER THE HOLDER NOR THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS OF THIS REGULATION S TEMPORARY
GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE PAYMENT OF INTEREST HEREON.
(g) Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Notes. At such time as all beneficial interests
in a particular Global Note have been exchanged for Definitive Notes or a particular Global Note
has been redeemed, repurchased or canceled in whole and not in part, each such Global Note will be
returned to or retained and canceled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.11 hereof. At any
time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged for or
transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in
another Global Note or for Definitive Notes, the principal amount of Notes represented by such
Global Note will be reduced accordingly and an endorsement will be made on such Global Note by the
Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such reduction; and if the
beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery
thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note, such other Global Note will
be increased accordingly and an endorsement will be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by
the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.
(h) General Provisions Relating to Transfers and Exchanges.
(1) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company will execute and
the
Trustee will authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes upon receipt of an
Authentication
Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof or at the Registrars request.
(2) No service charge will be made to a Holder of a beneficial interest in a Global
Note
or to a Holder of a Definitive Note for any registration of transfer or exchange, but
the Company
may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar
governmental charge
payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes or similar
governmental
charge payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections 2.07, 2.10, 3.06, 3.09,
4.10, 4.15
and 9.04 hereof).
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(3) The Registrar will not be required to register the transfer of or exchange of any Note
selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being
redeemed in part.
(4) All Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or
exchange of Global Notes or Definitive Notes, made in accordance with this Section 2.06, will
be
the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same
benefits
under this Indenture, as the Global Notes or Definitive Notes surrendered upon such
registration
of transfer or exchange.
(5) Neither the Registrar nor the Company will be required:
(A) to issue, to register the transfer of or to exchange any Notes during a
period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of mailing of a
notice
of redemption of Notes selected for redemption under Section 3.02 hereof and ending at
the close of business on the day of such mailing;
(B) to register the transfer of or to exchange any Note selected for
redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being
redeemed in part; or
(C) to register the transfer of or to exchange a Note between a Record Date
and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date.
(6) Prior to due presentment for the registration of a transfer of any Note, the Trustee,
any Agent and the Company may deem and treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered
as the absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of the principal of
and
interest on such Notes and for all other purposes, and none of the Trustee, any Agent or the
Company shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
(7) The Trustee will authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes in accordance with
the provisions of Section 2.02 hereof.
(8) All certifications, certificates and Opinions of Counsel required to be submitted to the
Registrar pursuant to this Section 2.06 to effect a registration of transfer or exchange may
be
submitted by facsimile or electronic image scan.
(9) 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
Depositary participants 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.
(10) Neither the Trustee nor any Agent shall have any responsibility for any actions
taken or not taken by the Depositary.
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Section 2.07 Replacement Notes.
If any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee or the Company and the Company receives
evidence to its reasonable satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Note, the Company
will issue and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, will authenticate a
replacement Note if the Companys reasonable requirements are met. An indemnity bond must be
supplied by the Holder that is sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee and the Company to
protect the Company, the Trustee, any Agent and any authenticating agent from any loss that any of
them may suffer if a Note is replaced. The Company may charge for its expenses in replacing a
Note.
Every replacement Note issued in accordance with this Section 2.07 is an additional obligation
of the Company and will be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture equally and
proportionately with all other Notes duly issued hereunder.
Section 2.08 Outstanding Notes.
The Notes outstanding at any time are all the Notes authenticated by the Trustee except for
those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation, those reductions in the interest in
a Global Note effected by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions hereof, and those
described in this Section 2.08 as not outstanding. Except as set forth in Section 2.09 hereof, a
Note does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the Company holds the
Note.
If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07 hereof, it ceases to be outstanding unless the
Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Note is held by a protected purchaser
(as defined in Section 8-303 of the Uniform Commercial Code).
If the principal amount of any Note is considered paid under Section 4.01 hereof, it ceases
to be outstanding and interest on it ceases to accrue.
If the Paying Agent (other than the Company, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of any thereof)
holds, on a Redemption Date or maturity date, money sufficient to pay Notes (or portions thereof)
payable on that date, then on and after that date such Notes (or portions thereof) will be deemed
to be no longer outstanding and will cease to accrue interest.
Section 2.09 Treasury Notes.
In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Notes have concurred
in any direction, waiver or consent, Notes owned by the Company or any Guarantor, or by any Person
directly or indirectly controlling, or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control
with the Company or any Guarantor, will be considered as though not outstanding, except that for
the purposes of determining whether the Trustee will be protected in relying on any such
direction, waiver or consent, only Notes that the Company has so notified in writing the Trustee
are so owned will be so disregarded. Notes so owned which have been pledged in good faith shall
not be disregarded if the pledgee is not the Company, a Guarantor or any obligor upon the Notes or
any Affiliate of the Company, a Guarantor or of such other obligor.
Section 2.10 Temporary Notes.
Until certificates representing Notes are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the
Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, will authenticate temporary Notes. Temporary
Notes will be substantially in the form of certificated Notes but may have variations that the
Company considers
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appropriate for temporary Notes and as may be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. Without
unreasonable delay, the Company will prepare and the Trustee will authenticate upon receipt of an
Authentication Order definitive Notes in exchange for temporary Notes.
Holders, and beneficial holders, as the case may be, of temporary Notes will be entitled to
all of the benefits of this Indenture.
Section 2.11 Cancellation.
The Company at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and
Paying Agent will forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for registration of
transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee or, at the discretion of the Trustee, the Registrar or
the Paying Agent and no one else will cancel all Notes surrendered for registration of transfer,
exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and will dispose of canceled Notes in accordance
with its customary procedures (subject to the record retention requirement of the Exchange Act).
The Company may not issue new Notes to replace Notes that it has paid or that have been delivered
to the Trustee for cancellation.
Section 2.12 Defaulted Interest.
If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes, it shall pay the defaulted
interest in any lawful manner plus, to the extent lawful, interest payable on the defaulted
interest to the Persons who are Holders on a subsequent special record date, in each case at the
rate provided in the Notes and in Section 4.01 hereof. The Company shall notify the Trustee in
writing of the amount of defaulted interest proposed to be paid on each Note and the date of the
proposed payment. The Trustee shall fix or cause to be fixed each such special record date and
payment date; provided that no such special record date shall be less than 10 days prior to the
related payment date for such defaulted interest. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of
such special record date. At least 15 days before the special record date, the Company (or, upon
the written request of the Company, the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company)
shall mail or cause to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder a notice at his or
her address as it appears in the Note Register that states the special record date, the related
payment date and the amount of such interest to be paid.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.12 and for greater certainty, each Note
delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of
any other Note shall cany the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were
carried by such other Note.
Section 2.13 Calculation of Principal Amount of Notes.
The aggregate principal amount of the Notes, at any date of determination, shall be the
principal amount of the Notes, including any increase in the principal amount thereof as a result
of a PIK Payment, at such date of determination. With respect to any matter requiring consent,
waiver, approval or other action of the Holders of a specified percentage of the principal amount
of all the Notes, such percentage shall be calculated, on the relevant date of determination, by
dividing (a) the principal amount, as of such date of determination, of Notes, the Holders of
which have so consented by (b) the aggregate principal amount, as of such date of determination,
of the Notes then outstanding, in each case, as determined in accordance with the preceding
sentence, Section 2.08 and Section 2.09 of this Indenture. Any such calculation made pursuant to
this Section 2.13 shall be made by the Company and delivered to the Trustee pursuant to an
Officers Certificate.
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Section 2.14 CUSIP Numbers.
The Company in issuing the Notes may use CUSIP numbers (if then generally in use), and, if
so, the Trustee shall use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders;
provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of
such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that
reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes, and any such
redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company will
promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any change in the CUSIP numbers.
ARTICLE 3
REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT
Section 3.01 Notices to Trustee.
If the Company elects to redeem Notes pursuant to the optional redemption provisions of
Section 3.07 hereof, it must furnish to the Trustee, at least 30 days but not more than 60 days
before a Redemption Date, an Officers Certificate setting forth and certifying:
(1) the clause of this Indenture pursuant to which the redemption shall occur;
(2) the Redemption Date;
(3) the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed; and
(4) the redemption price;
Section 3.02 Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed or Purchased.
If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed or purchased in an offer to purchase at any
time, the Trustee will select Notes for redemption or purchase on a pro rata basis to the extent
practicable unless otherwise required by law or applicable stock exchange requirements. If
selection on a pro rata basis is not practicable for any reason, the Trustee shall select Notes by
lot or by such other method the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate.
In the event of partial redemption or purchase by lot, the particular Notes to be redeemed or
purchased will be selected, unless otherwise provided herein, not less than 30 nor more than 60
days prior to the redemption or purchase date by the Trustee from the outstanding Notes not
previously called for redemption or purchase.
The Trustee will promptly notify the Company in writing of the Notes selected for redemption
or purchase and, in the case of any Note selected for partial redemption or purchase, the
principal amount thereof to be redeemed or purchased. Notes and portions of Notes selected will be
in amounts of $2,000 or whole multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof, except in cases of PIK
Interest; except that if all of the Notes of a Holder are to be redeemed or purchased, the entire
outstanding amount of Notes held by such Holder, even if not a multiple of $1,000, shall be
redeemed or purchased. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, provisions of this Indenture
that apply to Notes called for redemption or purchase also apply to portions of Notes called for
redemption or purchase.
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Section 3.03 Notice of Redemption.
Subject to the provisions of Section 3.09 hereof, at least 30 days but not more than 60 days
before a Redemption Date, the Company will mail or cause to be mailed, by first class mail, a
notice of redemption to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address,
except that redemption notices may be mailed more than 60 days prior to a Redemption Date if the
notice is issued in connection with a defeasance of the Notes or a satisfaction and discharge of
this Indenture pursuant to Articles 8 or 13 hereof.
The notice will identify the Notes (including CUSIP number(s)) to be redeemed and will
state:
(1) the Redemption Date;
(2) the appropriate method for calculation of the redemption price, but need not
include
the redemption price itself; the actual redemption price shall be set forth in an
Officers
Certificate delivered to the Trustee no later than two (2) Business Days prior to
the
Redemption Date unless the redemption is pursuant to Section 3.07(a) hereof, in
which
case such Officers Certificate should be delivered on the Redemption Date;
(3) 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 upon surrender of such Note,
a
new Note or Notes in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion will be issued
upon cancellation of the original Note;
(4) the name and address of the Paying Agent;
(5) that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to
collect
the redemption price;
(6) that, unless the Company defaults in making such redemption payment, interest on
Notes called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the Redemption Date;
(7) the paragraph of the Notes and/or Section of this Indenture pursuant to which
the
Notes called for redemption are being redeemed; and
(8) that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP
number, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Notes.
At the Companys request, the Trustee will give the notice of redemption in the Companys
name and at its expense; provided, however, that the Company has delivered to the Trustee, at
least 35 days prior to the Redemption Date, an Officers Certificate requesting that the Trustee
give such notice and setting forth the information to be stated in such notice as provided in the
preceding paragraph.
The Company may provide in the notice of redemption that payment of the redemption price and
performance of the Companys obligations with respect to such redemption or purchase may be
performed by another Person.
Section 3.04 Effect of Notice of Redemption.
Once notice of redemption is mailed in accordance with Section 3.03 hereof, Notes called for
redemption become irrevocably due and payable on the Redemption Date at the redemption price. A
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notice of redemption may not be conditional, except as provided in Section 3.07(d). The notice, if
mailed in a manner herein provided, shall be conclusively presumed to have been given, whether or
not the Holder receives such notice. In any case, failure to give such notice by mail or any
defect in the notice to the Holder of any Note designated for redemption in whole or in part shall
not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Note. Subject to
Section 3.05 hereof, on and after the Redemption Date, interest ceases to accrue on Notes or
portions of Notes called for redemption.
Section 3.05 Deposit of Redemption or Purchase Price.
Prior to 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the Redemption Date or purchase date, the Company
will deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the redemption or
purchase price of and accrued and unpaid interest on all Notes to be redeemed or purchased on that
date. The Trustee or the Paying Agent will promptly and in any event within two Business Days,
return to the Company any money deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent by the Company in
excess of the amounts necessary to pay the redemption or purchase price of, and accrued interest
on, all Notes to be redeemed or purchased.
If the Company complies with the provisions of the preceding paragraph, on and after the
Redemption Date or purchase date, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or the portions of
Notes called for redemption, whether such Notes are presented for payment. If a Note is redeemed
or purchased on or after a Record Date but on or prior to the related Interest Payment Date, then
any accrued and unpaid interest to the Redemption Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name
such Note was registered at the close of business on such Record Date. If any Note called for
redemption or purchase is not so paid upon surrender for redemption or purchase because of the
failure of the Company to comply with the preceding paragraph, interest shall be paid on the
unpaid principal, from the Redemption Date or purchase date until such principal is paid, and to
the extent lawful on any interest accrued to the Redemption Date not paid on such unpaid
principal, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes and in Section 4.01 hereof.
Section 3.06 Notes Redeemed or Purchased in Part.
Upon surrender of a Note that is redeemed or purchased in part, the Company will issue and,
upon receipt of an Authentication Order, the Trustee will authenticate for the Holder at the
expense of the Company a new Note equal in principal amount to the unredeemed or unpurchased
portion of the Note surrendered. It is understood that, notwithstanding anything in this Indenture
to the contrary, only an Authentication Order and not an Opinion of Counsel or Officers
Certificate of the Company is required for the Trustee to authenticate such new Note.
Section 3.07 Optional Redemption,
(a) At any time prior to the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date, the Company may on any
one or more occasions redeem all or any part of the Notes, upon not less than 30 nor more than
60 days
prior notice, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the then outstanding principal amount
plus the
Applicable Premium as of the date of redemption (the Redemption Date) and, without
duplication,
accrued and unpaid interest to (but not including) the Redemption Date, subject to the rights
of Holders of
Notes on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment
Date.
(b) Except pursuant to clause (a) or (d) of this Section 3.07, the Notes will not be
redeemable
at the Companys option prior to the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date.
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(c) On or after the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date, the Company may on any one or
more occasions redeem all or any part of the Notes, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days
prior notice, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages the then outstanding principal
amount of Notes to be redeemed) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to (but
not including) the applicable Redemption Date, if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning
on dates indicated below, subject to the rights of Holders of Notes on the relevant Record Date to
receive interest on the relevant Interest Payment Date:
|
|
|
|
|
Year |
|
Percentage |
|
Fifth anniversary of the Closing Date |
|
|
106.625 |
% |
Sixth anniversary of the Closing Date |
|
|
104.417 |
% |
Seventh anniversary of the Closing Date |
|
|
103.313 |
% |
Eighth anniversary of the Closing Date and thereafter |
|
|
100.000 |
% |
Unless the Company defaults in the payment of the redemption price, interest will cease to accrue
on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption on the applicable Redemption Date.
(d) At any time on or after the Sell Down Date and prior to the fourth anniversary of the
Closing Date, the Company may on any one or more occasions redeem up to 35% of the aggregate
principal amount of the Notes, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior notice, at a
redemption
price equal to 113.250% of the then outstanding principal amount thereof, plus accrued and
unpaid
interest thereon to (but not including) the Redemption Date, with the net cash proceeds of one
or more
Qualified Equity Offerings, subject to the rights of Holders on the relevant Record Date to
receive interest
on the relevant Interest Payment Date; provided that:
(1) at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes originally issued under
this
Indenture, as such principal amount shall have been increased through the
capitalization of
interest (excluding Notes held by the Company and the Company Subsidiaries), remains
outstanding immediately after the occurrence of such redemption; and
(2) the redemption occurs within 90 days of the date of the closing of such Qualified
Equity Offering.
(e) Any redemption pursuant to this Section 3.07 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of
Sections 3.01 through 3.06 hereof. Any optional redemption of Notes must relate to an
aggregate
principal amount of Notes being redeemed of at least the lesser of (a) $5.0 million and (b)
the remaining
outstanding principal amount of such Notes.
Section 3.08 Mandatory Redemption.
(a) Except as set forth in Section 3.08(b), the Company is not required to make mandatory
redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes.
(b) Commencing with the first accrual period (as defined for purposes of the Code) ending
after the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date and continuing with each subsequent accrual
period
thereafter, the Company shall pay in cash, on or before the end of such accrual period, an
amount equal to
the sum of the accrued and unpaid PIK Interest and the accrued and unpaid original issue
discount (as
defined for the purposes of the Code) (other than PIK Interest), with respect to the Notes if,
but only to
the extent that, the aggregate amount of the sum of (i) the PIK Interest and (ii) the original
issue discount
(other than PIK Interest), in each case that has accrued and not been paid in cash from the
Closing Date
through the end of such accrual period on the Notes, exceeds the product of the issue price
(as defined
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for purposes of the Code) for the Notes and the yield to maturity (as defined for purposes of
the Code) on the Notes. Any such payment shall first be allocated to the accrued and unpaid PIK
Interest.
Section 3.09 Offer to Purchase by Application of Excess Proceeds.
In the event that, pursuant to Section 4.10 hereof, the Company is required to commence an
Asset Sale Offer, it will follow the procedures specified below.
The Asset Sale Offer shall be made to all Holders. The Asset Sale Offer will remain open for a
period of at least 20 Business Days following its commencement and not more than 30 Business Days,
except to the extent that a longer period is required by applicable law (the Offer Period). No
later than Five Business Days after the termination of the Offer Period (the Purchase Date), the
Company will apply all Excess Proceeds (the Offer Amount) to the purchase of Notes (on a pro rata
basis, if applicable) or, if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes and other
Indebtedness tendered in response to the Asset Sale Offer. Payment for any Notes so purchased will
be made in the same manner as interest payments are made.
If the Purchase Date is on or after a Record Date and on or before the related Interest
Payment Date, any accrued and unpaid interest will be paid to the Person in whose name a Note is
registered at the close of business on such Record Date, and no additional interest will be
payable to Holders who tender Notes pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer.
Upon the commencement of an Asset Sale Offer, the Company will send, by first class mail, a
notice to each of the Holders, with a copy to the Trustee. The notice will contain all
instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Notes pursuant to the Asset
Sale Offer. The notice, which will govern the terms of the Asset Sale Offer, will state:
(1) that the Asset Sale Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 3.09 and Section
4.10
hereof and the length of time the Asset Sale Offer will remain open;
(2) the Offer Amount, the purchase price and the Purchase Date;
(3) that any Note not tendered or accepted for payment will continue to accrue
interest;
(4) that, unless the Company defaults in making such payment, any Note accepted for
payment pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer will cease to accrue interest after the
Purchase Date;
(5) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer may
elect to have Notes purchased in $2,000 in principal amount or integral multiples of
$1,000 in
excess thereof, or if PIK Interest is paid, a minimum of $1.00 and integral multiples
of $1.00 (in
each case, in aggregate principal amount);
(6) that Holders electing to have Notes purchased pursuant to any Asset Sale Offer will
be required to surrender the Note, with the form entitled Option of Holder to Elect
Purchase
attached to the Notes completed, or transfer by book entry transfer, to the Company, a
Depositary, if appointed by the Company, or a Paying Agent at the address specified in
the notice
at least three days before the Purchase Date;
(7) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Company, the
Depositary or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, receives, not later than the
expiration of the
Offer Period, an electronic image scan or facsimile transmission or letter setting
forth the name of
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the Holder, the principal amount of the Note the Holder delivered for purchase and a
statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Note purchased;
(8) that, if the aggregate principal amount of Notes exceeds the Offer Amount, the
Trustee will select the Notes to be purchased on a pro rata basis based on the
principal amount of
Notes surrendered (with such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate by Holdco so
that only
Notes in denominations of $2,000 in principal amount, or integral multiples of $1,000
in excess
thereof, will be purchased, or if PIK Interest is paid, a minimum of $1.00 and
integral multiples
of $1.00);
(9) that Holders whose Notes were purchased only in part will be issued new Notes
equal
in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered (or
transferred by book
entry transfer); and
(10) any other procedures the Holders must follow in order to tender their Notes (or
portions thereof) for payment and the procedures that Holders must follow in order to
withdraw
an election to tender Notes (or portions thereof) for payment.
On or before the Purchase Date, the Company will, to the extent lawful, accept for payment,
on a pro rata basis to the extent necessary, the Offer Amount of Notes or portions thereof
tendered pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer, or if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all
Notes tendered, and will deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly
accepted together with an Officers Certificate stating that such Notes or portions thereof were
accepted for payment by the Company in accordance with the terms of this Section 3.09. The
Company, the Depositary or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, will promptly (but in any case
not later than five Business Days after the Purchase Date) mail or deliver to each tendering
Holder an amount equal to the purchase price of the Notes tendered by such Holder and accepted by
the Company for purchase, and the Company will promptly issue a new Note, and the Trustee, upon
receipt of an Authentication Order, will authenticate and mail or deliver (or cause to be
transferred by book entry) such new Note to such Holder (it being understood that, notwithstanding
anything in this Indenture to the contrary, no Opinion of Counsel or Officers Certificate of the
Company is required for the Trustee to authenticate and mail or deliver such new Note), in a
principal amount equal to any unpurchased portion of the Note surrendered. Any Note not so
accepted shall be promptly mailed or delivered by the Company to the Holder thereof. The Company
will publicly announce the results of the Asset Sale Offer on or as soon as practicable after the
Purchase Date.
Other than as specifically provided in this Section 3.09, any purchase pursuant to this
Section 3.09 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.01 through 3.06 hereof. To the
extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with Section 4.10, this
Section 3.09 or other provisions of this Indenture, the Company shall comply with applicable
securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under
Section 4.10, this Section 3.09 or such other provision by virtue of such compliance.
ARTICLE 4
COVENANTS
Section 4.01 Payment of Notes.
The Company will pay or cause to be paid the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on,
the Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in the Notes. Principal, premium, if any, and
interest will be considered paid on the date due if the Paying Agent, if other than the Company or
a Subsidiary thereof, holds as of 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on the due date money deposited by the
Company in immediately
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available funds and designated for and sufficient to pay all principal, premium, if any, and
interest then due. PIK. Interest shall be considered paid on the date due if the Trustee is
directed no later than three Business Days prior to such date to increase the principal amount of
the Notes in an amount equal to the amount of the applicable PIK Interest.
During any period in which a payment default hereunder or Event of Default has occurred and
is continuing, interest on all principal and overdue interest on the Notes will accrue at a rate
that is 2% higher than the interest rate on the Notes. During such period, the Company will also
pay any post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law. Such interest would be
in addition to any additional interest resulting from a payment default hereunder or other Event
of Default.
Section 4.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Company will maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, an office or
agency (which may be an office of the Trustee or an Affiliate of the Trustee, Registrar or
co-registrar) where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange and where
notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be
served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change
in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company fails to maintain any such
required office or agency or fails to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such
presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office
of the Trustee.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where
the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time
rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission will in any
manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in the Borough of
Manhattan, the City of New York for such purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to
the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such
other office or agency.
Section 4.03 Reports.
(a) So long as any Notes are outstanding, Holdco will furnish to the Trustee and, if Holdco
is not subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13(a) and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, post
on a confidential website to which Permissible Parties will be given unconditional access:
(1) within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year, an annual management report of
the
Company containing audited consolidated financial statements of the Company and the
Company
Subsidiaries prepared in accordance with GAAP and in the form that would have been
required to
be contained in an Annual Report on Form 10-K under the Exchange Act if the Company had
been a reporting company under the Exchange Act (including a Managements Discussion
and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations);
(2) within 45 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each
fiscal
year, a quarterly management report of the Company containing unaudited consolidated
financial
statements of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries prepared in accordance with GAAP
and in the form that would have been required to be contained in a Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q under the Exchange Act if the Company had been a reporting company under the Exchange
Act, (including a Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of
Operations); and
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(3) within 10 Business Days after the occurrence of each event that would have been
required to be reported in a Current Report on Form 8-K under the Exchange Act if the
Company had been a reporting company under the Exchange Act, current reports containing
substantially all the information that would have been required to be contained in a
Current Report on Form 8-K under the Exchange Act if the Company had been a reporting
company under the Exchange Act.
(b) To the extent not already required by this Section 4.03, the Company will furnish to any
Permissible Party, upon its request, information satisfying the requirements of Rule 144A.
(c) [Reserved]
(d) Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational
purposes only and the Trustees receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of
any information
contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including
the Companys
compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely
exclusively on
Officers Certificates).
(e) The information required to be delivered pursuant to clause (a) of this Section 4.03 will
be deemed to have been furnished to the Trustee if Holdco has filed such information with the
SEC via
the EDGAR filing system and such reports are publicly available; provided, however that the
Company
shall notify the Trustee in writing of any filing under clause (a)(3) of this Section 4.03,
and provided
further, that unless requested in writing by a Holder, the Trustee shall have no obligations (i) to
confirm that filings under clause (a) of this Section 4.03 have been made or (ii) to access any
such filings.
Section 4.04 Compliance Certificate.
(a) With respect to the fiscal year ending December 31, 2008 and thereafter, the Company
shall deliver to the Trustee, within 90 days of each fiscal year, an Officers Certificate
(the signer for
which shall be the principal executive officer, principal accounting officer or principal
financial officer of
the Company) stating that a review of the activities of the Company and its Subsidiaries
during the
preceding fiscal year has been made under the supervision of the signing Officers with a view
to
determining whether the Company has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled its obligations
under this
Indenture (including under Section 4.27), and further stating, as to each such Officer signing
such
certificate, that to the best of his or her knowledge the Company has kept, observed,
performed and
fulfilled each and every covenant contained in this Indenture (without regard to notice
requirements or
grace periods) and is not in default in the performance or observance of any of the terms,
provisions and
conditions of this Indenture (or, if a Default or Event of Default has occurred, describing
all such Defaults
or Events of Default of which he or she may have knowledge and what action the Company is
taking or
proposes to take with respect thereto).
(b) So long as any of the Notes are outstanding, the Company will deliver to the Trustee
promptly, and in no case more than four Business Days after, any Officer becoming aware of any
Default
or Event of Default, an Officers Certificate specifying such Default or Event of Default and
what action
the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
Section 4.05 Taxes.
The Company will pay, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to pay, prior to delinquency,
all material taxes, assessments, and governmental levies with respect to the Company and its
Subsidiaries except such as are contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings or where
the failure to effect
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such payment would not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Holdco and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
Section 4.06 Stay, Extension and Usury Laws.
The Company covenants (to the extent that they may lawfully do so) that it will not at any
time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any
stay, extension or usury law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, that may
affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it
may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants
that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power
herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as
though no such law has been enacted.
Section 4.07 Restricted Payments.
(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any Company Subsidiary to, directly or
indirectly:
(1) declare or pay any dividend or make any distribution on account of the Companys
Equity Interests, including any dividend or distribution payable in connection with any
merger or
consolidation, other than dividends or distributions payable in Equity Interests of the
Company
(other than Disqualified Stock);
(2) purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Equity
Interests of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company, including in
connection
with any merger or consolidation;
(3) make any principal or other payment on, or redeem, repurchase, defease or otherwise
acquire or retire for value any Subordinated Indebtedness in each case prior to any
scheduled
repayment, sinking fund or maturity, other than Indebtedness permitted under Section
4.09(b)(9)
hereof; or
(4) make any Restricted Investment
(all such payments and other actions set forth in these clauses (I) through (4) above being
collectively referred to as Restricted Payments), unless, at the time of such Restricted
Payment:
(i) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would occur as a
consequence of such Restricted Payment;
(ii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction on a pro forma basis, the
Company could incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Leverage Ratio test or
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test, as applicable, set forth in Section 4.09(a) hereof; and
(iii) such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate amount of all other
Restricted Payments made by the Company and the Company Subsidiaries after the date hereof
(excluding Restricted Payments permitted by Sections 4.07(b)(2), (3), (4), (5), (6) and
(7)), is less than the sum of;
(A) 50% of the Consolidated Net Income of the Company for the period (taken
as one accounting period) from the first day of the first fiscal quarter following
the
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Closing Date to the end of the Companys most recently ended fiscal quarter for which
internal financial statements are available at the time of such Restricted Payment or, in
the case such Consolidated Net Income for such period is a deficit, minus 100% of such
deficit; plus
(B) 100% of the aggregate amount of cash contributed to the common equity
capital of the Company following the date hereof (other than by a Company Subsidiary);
plus
(C) to the extent not already included in Consolidated Net Income, the lesser
of (x) the aggregate amount received in cash by the Company after the date hereof as a
result of the sale or other disposition (other than to the Company or a Company
Subsidiary) of, or by way of dividend, distribution or loan repayments on, Restricted
Investments made by the Company and the Company Subsidiaries after the date hereof or
(y) the initial amount of such Restricted Investments made in compliance with the
terms
of this Indenture after the date hereof.
(b) The provisions of Section 4.07(a) hereof will not prohibit:
(1) the payment of any dividend or distribution or the consummation of any irrevocable
redemption within 60 days after the date of declaration of the dividend or distribution or
giving of
the redemption notice, as applicable, if at the date of declaration or notice such payment or
redemption would have complied with the provisions of this Indenture;
(2) the making of any Restricted Payment in exchange for, or out of the proceeds of, the
substantially concurrent contribution of common equity capital to the Company; provided that
the
amount of any such net cash proceeds that are utilized for any such Restricted Payment will be
excluded from Section 4.07(a)(iii)(B) hereof;
(3) the defeasance, redemption, repurchase or other acquisition or retirement
of
Subordinated Indebtedness of the Company made by exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the
substantially concurrent sale of, new Indebtedness of the Company that is incurred in
compliance
with Section 4.09 hereof so long as:
(A) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such new
Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount plus any accrued and unpaid interest
on the Subordinated Indebtedness being so redeemed, repurchased, acquired or retired
for
value, plus the amount of any premium required to be paid under the terms of the
instrument governing the Subordinated Indebtedness being so redeemed, repurchased,
acquired or retired and any fees and expenses incurred in the issuance of such new
Indebtedness;
(B) such Indebtedness is subordinated to the Notes at least to the same extent
as such Subordinated Indebtedness so purchased, exchanged, redeemed, repurchased,
acquired or retired for value;
(C) such Indebtedness has a final scheduled maturity date equal to or later
than the final scheduled maturity date of the Subordinated Indebtedness being so
redeemed, repurchased, acquired or retired; and
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(D) such Indebtedness has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than
the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Subordinated Indebtedness being so
redeemed, repurchased, acquired or retired.
(4) a Restricted Payment to pay for the repurchase, retirement or other acquisition or
retirement for value of Equity Interests of the Company or any of its direct or indirect
parent held
by any current or former employee, director, manager or consultant (or their respective
estates,
heirs, beneficiaries, transferees, spouses or former spouses) of the Company, any Company
Subsidiary or any of their direct or indirect parents pursuant to any management equity plan
or
stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or similar agreement;
provided, that the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments made pursuant to this clause (4) in
any four-fiscal quarter period shall not exceed $5.0 million as of the last day of such
four-fiscal
quarter period;
(5) the declaration and payment of dividends or distributions to holders of any class or
series of Disqualified Stock of the Company or any Company Subsidiary issued in accordance
with Section 4.09 hereof;
(6) repurchases of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon exercise of stock options or
warrants if such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of such options or
warrants;
(7) the declaration and payment of dividends or distributions by the Company to, or the
making of loans to, its direct or indirect parent in amounts required for either of their
respective
direct or indirect parent to actually pay the following:
(A) franchise and excise taxes and other fees, taxes and expenses required to
maintain their corporate existence;
(B) foreign, federal, state and local income or franchise taxes, to the extent
such income or franchise taxes are attributable to the income of the Company and its
Subsidiaries;
(C) general corporate expenses related to third party audit, insurance, legal
and similar administrative expenses of any direct or indirect parent of the Company,
including customary expenses for a public company;
(D) customary salary, bonus, contributions to pension and 401(k) plans,
deferred compensation and other benefits payable to directors, officers and employees
of
any direct or indirect parent of the Company to the extent such amounts are
attributable
to the ownership or operation of the Company and its Subsidiaries (other than pursuant
to
clause (4) of this Section 4.07(b));
(E) indemnification obligations of any direct or indirect parent of the
Company owing to directors, officers, employees or other Persons (including, without
limitation, the Sponsors) under its charter or by-laws or pursuant to written
agreements
with such Person, or obligations in respect of director and officer insurance
(including
any premiums therefor); provided, however, that any indemnities owing to the Sponsors
pursuant to the Equity Purchase Agreement shall only be permitted under this clause (E)
to the extent such indemnities are as a result of third party claims relating to the
Transactions; and provided, further, that no Restricted Payment may be made pursuant to
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this clause (E) to the extent such Restricted Payments are covered by Section
4.07(b)(8)(B);
(F) fees and expenses incurred in connection with the Transactions;
(G) amounts required to be paid by Holdco in connection with clause (4) of
the definition of Permitted Holdco Indebtedness;
(H) cash payments in lieu of issuing fractional shares in connection with the
exercise of warrants, options or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for
Equity Interests of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company; and
(I) payments and/or netting of shares under stock option plans to settle option price
payments owed by employees and officers of Holdco with respect thereto, and payments to
settle such employees and officers federal, state and income tax liabilities (if any)
related to restricted stock units and similar stock based awards thereunder;
(8) a Restricted Payment with respect to the payment of (A) litigation expenses or any
judgment or any settlement of any litigation of any direct or indirect parent of the Company
or
(B) indemnification obligations of any direct or indirect parent of the Company owing to
directors, officers or employees under its charter or by-laws, in respect of a settlement to
the
extent such payments represent indirect payment obligations of the parent; provided, however,
that after giving effect to each Restricted Payment under this clause (8) (x) the Company
would
be in compliance with Sections 4.18 and 4.27 and (y) the excess of Cash and Cash Equivalents
(that are not included in the Restricted Investment Portfolio) of the Company and its
Subsidiaries
plus the Restricted Investment Portfolio (using the valuation methodology set forth in the
definition of Minimum Liquidity Ratio) over Payment Service Obligations would be an amount
of no less than $75.0 million;
(9) other Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed $25.0 million; or
(10) the declaration of (so long as the payment with respect of such declaration is made
within 30 days of such declaration) or the payment of any dividend or distribution with the
cash
proceeds of the sale or other disposition by the Specified SRI Subsidiary of, or any payment
of
principal of, Specified SRIs (Specified SRI Sales) in excess of $34.0 million (the Excess
SRI
Proceeds); provided, however, that the payment of such dividend or distribution shall be paid
concurrently with the distribution of such Excess SRI Proceeds by the Specified SRI Subsidiary
and shall be subject to the following conditions: (i)(A) the first $50.0 million of Excess SRI
Proceeds shall have previously been used to permanently prepay term loans outstanding under
the
Credit Facilities, (B) the next $62.5 million of Excess SRI Proceeds may be used to fund
dividends or distributions in accordance with this clause (10), (C) any Excess SRI Proceeds
that
exceed the amount paid under the foregoing subclauses (A) and (B) may be used (x) 50% to
permanently prepay term loans outstanding under the Credit Facilities and (y) 50% to fund
dividends and distributions under this clause (10), (D) the Company is in compliance with
Section 4.28, and (E) such dividend or distribution shall have been received by the Company
directly from the Specified SRI Subsidiary; (ii) after giving effect to each Restricted
Payment
under this clause (10), the Company would be in compliance with Sections 4.18 and 4.27; and
(iii) after giving effect to each Restricted Payment under this clause (10), the excess of
Cash and
Cash Equivalents (that are not included in the Restricted Investment Portfolio) of the Company
and its Subsidiaries plus the Restricted Investment Portfolio (using the valuation methodology
set
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forth in the definition of Minimum Liquidity Ratio) over Payment Service Obligations shall
not be less than $75.0 million;
provided, however, that at the time of, and after giving effect to, any Restricted Payment
permitted under clause (b) (other than clauses (b)(7)(A), (b)(7)(B), (b)(7)(C), (b)(7)(D),
(b)(7)(E) or (b)(7)(I)), no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur
as a consequence thereof,
Section 4.08 Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Company Subsidiaries.
(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any Company Subsidiary to, directly or
indirectly, create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual
encumbrance or
consensual restriction on the ability of any such Company Subsidiary to:
(1) (A) pay dividends or make any other distributions to the Company or any Company
Subsidiary on its Capital Stock or with respect to any other interest or participation
in, or
measured by, its profits, or (B) pay any Indebtedness owed to the Company or any
Company
Subsidiary;
(2) make loans or advances to the Company or any Company Subsidiary; or
(3) sell, lease or transfer any of its properties or assets to the Company or any
Company
Subsidiary.
(b) The restrictions in Section 4.08(a) hereof will not apply to encumbrances or restrictions
existing under or by reason of:
(1) contractual encumbrances or restrictions in effect on the date hereof including,
without limitation, pursuant to the Credit Agreement (as in effect on the date hereof)
and their
related documentation and Hedging Obligations;
(2) this Indenture, the Notes and the Note Guarantees;
(3) purchase money obligations for property acquired in the ordinary course of business
and Capitalized Lease Obligations that impose restrictions of the nature discussed in
clause (3)
above on the property so acquired;
(4) applicable law or any applicable rule, regulation or order or similar
restriction;
(5) any agreement or other instrument of a Person acquired by the Company or any
Company Subsidiary in existence at the time of such acquisition (but not created in
contemplation
thereof), which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the
properties or
assets of any Person, other than the Person, or the property or assets of the Person,
so acquired;
(6) contracts for the sale of assets, including, without limitation, customary
restrictions
with respect to a Company Subsidiary pursuant to an agreement that has been entered
into
relating to the sale or disposition of all or substantially all the Capital Stock or
assets of that
Company Subsidiary;
(7) secured debt otherwise permitted to be incurred pursuant to Sections 4.09 and 4.12
hereof that limit the right of the debtor to dispose of the assets securing such
Indebtedness;
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(8) restrictions on cash or other deposits or portfolio securities or net worth
imposed by
customers under contracts or Governmental Authorities entered into in the ordinary
course of
business;
(9) customary provisions in joint venture agreements, asset sale agreements,
sale-lease
back agreements and other similar agreements;
(10) customary provisions contained in leases and other agreements entered into in the
ordinary course of business;
(11) any agreement for the sale or other disposition of a Company Subsidiary that
restricts dividends, distributions, loans or advances by that Company Subsidiary and
its
Subsidiaries or sales of their respective assets pending the sale or other disposition;
(12) any encumbrances or restrictions of the type referred to in Section 4.08(a)(l)
through (a)(3) hereof imposed by any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals,
increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of the contracts,
instruments or
obligations referred to in clauses (b)(1) through (b)(11) above; provided, that such
amendments,
modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings,
replacements or
refinancings are not materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, with respect to
such
encumbrance and other restrictions than those prior to such amendment,
modification,
restatement, renewal, increase, supplement, refunding, replacement or refinancing; and
(13) Liens permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.12 hereof; and
(14) restrictions and conditions imposed by the terms of the documentation governing
any Indebtedness or preferred stock of a Non-Guarantor, which Indebtedness or preferred
stock is
permitted by Section 4.09.
Section 4.09 Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock.
(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any Company Subsidiary to, directly or
indirectly, including in connection with any consolidation or merger, create, incur, issue,
assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable, contingently or otherwise
(collectively, incur), with respect to any Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt) and the
Company will not issue any shares of Disqualified Stock and will not permit any Company Subsidiary
to issue any shares of Disqualified Stock or preferred stock; provided, however, that after the
first anniversary of the Closing Date, the Company may incur Indebtedness or issue Disqualified
Stock and any Subsidiary Guarantor or any Non-Guarantor (in respect of all Non-Guarantors in an
aggregate amount of Indebtedness and preferred stock outstanding not to exceed at any time $10.0
million) may incur Indebtedness or issue shares of preferred stock, (x) prior to the Sell Down
Date, if at any time the Leverage Ratio for the Companys most recently ended four fiscal quarters
for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date on which such
additional Indebtedness is incurred or such Disqualified Stock or preferred stock is issued would
have been less than 3.50 to 1.00, and (y) on or after the Sell Down Date, if the Fixed Charge
Coverage Ratio for the Companys most recently ended four fiscal quarters for which internal
financial statements are available immediately preceding the date on which such additional
Indebtedness is incurred or such Disqualified Stock or preferred stock is issued would have been
at least 2.00 to 1.00, in each case determined on a pro forma basis (including a pro forma
application of the net proceeds therefrom), as if the additional Indebtedness had been incurred or
the Disqualified Stock or preferred stock had been issued, as the case may be, and the application
of proceeds therefrom had occurred, at the beginning of such four-quarter period.
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(b) The provisions of Section 4.09(a) hereof will not apply to any of the following
items (collectively, Permitted Indebtedness):
(1) the incurrence by the Company of Indebtedness under Credit Facilities, the
guarantee by the Guarantors of the Companys obligations thereunder and the issuance
and
creation of letters of credit and bankers acceptances thereunder (with letters of
credit and
bankers acceptances being deemed to have a principal amount equal to the face amount
thereof),
up to an aggregate principal amount of $600.0 million less the aggregate amount of all
Net
Proceeds of Asset Sales or Specified SRI Sales applied by the Company since the date
hereof to
repay any such Indebtedness under Credit Facilities, and in the case of revolving
facilities, that
effect a corresponding reduction in commitments thereunder;
(2) the incurrence by the Company and any Guarantor of Indebtedness represented by
the Notes and the related Note Guarantees issued on the date hereof;
(3) Existing Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness under Credit Facilities);
(4) Indebtedness (including Capitalized Lease Obligations), Disqualified Stock and
preferred stock incurred by the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor the proceeds of
which are
applied to finance the development, construction, purchase, lease,
repairs, additions or
improvement of property (real or personal), equipment or other fixed or capital assets
that are
used or useful in a Similar Business, whether through the direct purchase of assets or
the Capital
Stock of any Person owning such assets, in an aggregate principal amount which, when
aggregated with the principal amount of all other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and
preferred
stock then outstanding and incurred pursuant to this clause (4) and including all
Indebtedness
incurred to refund, refinance or replace any other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and
preferred
stock incurred pursuant to this clause (4), does not exceed $10.0 million;
(5) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock of (x) the Company or a
Guarantor incurred to finance an acquisition or (y) Persons that are acquired by the
Company or a
Guarantor or merged into the Company or a Guarantor in accordance with the terms of
this
Indenture; provided, however, that after giving effect to such acquisition or merger,
either:
(A) the Company would be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional
Indebtedness pursuant Disqualified Stock or preferred stock to the Leverage
Ratio test or
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test, as applicable, set forth in Section 4.09(a),
or
(B) the Leverage Ratio or the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio set forth in
Section 4.09(a), as applicable, is no more than (or no less than, as applicable)
such ratio
immediately prior to such acquisition or merger; provided, that until the Sell
Down Date,
the aggregate amount of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock
outstanding
at any one time pursuant to this clause (5)(B) shall not exceed $75.0 million;
(6) Indebtedness incurred by the Company or any Company Subsidiary constituting
reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit issued in the ordinary
course of
business consistent with past practice, including without limitation letters of credit
in respect of
workers compensation claims, or other Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement type
obligations regarding workers compensation claims; provided, however, that upon the
drawing
of such letters of credit or the incurrence of such Indebtedness, such obligations are
reimbursed
within 30 days following such drawing or incurrence;
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(7) Indebtedness arising from agreements of the Company or a Company Subsidiary
providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations, in each
case,
incurred or assumed in connection with the disposition of any business, assets or a Company
Subsidiary, other than guarantees of Indebtedness incurred by any Person acquiring all or any
portion of such business, assets or a Company Subsidiary for the purpose of financing such
acquisition; provided, however, that:
(A) such Indebtedness is not reflected on the balance sheet of the Company
or any Company Subsidiary (contingent obligations referred to in a footnote to
financial
statements and not otherwise reflected on the balance sheet will be deemed to be
reflected
on such balance sheet for purposes of this clause (7)(A)); and
(B) the maximum assumable liability in respect of all such Indebtedness shall
at no time exceed the gross proceeds including non-cash proceeds (the fair market
value
of such non-cash proceeds being measured at the time received and without giving
effect
to any subsequent changes in value) actually received by the Company or any Company
Subsidiary in connection with such disposition;
(8) (A) Indebtedness or preferred stock of the Company to a Guarantor or (B)
Indebtedness of a Subsidiary Guarantor to the Company or another Subsidiary Guarantor;
provided that any such Indebtedness is made pursuant to an intercompany note; provided,
further,
that any subsequent transfer of any such Indebtedness (except to the Company or another
Subsidiary Guarantor) shall be deemed, in each case, to be an incurrence of such Indebtedness
that was not permitted by this clause (8);
(9) (A) Indebtedness or preferred stock in an aggregate amount outstanding at any time
not to exceed $75.0 million of the Company or of a Subsidiary Guarantor owing to a Non-Guarantor
(other than an SPE) that is subordinated in right of payment to the Note Guarantee
of
such Subsidiary Guarantor on terms satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers and (B) Indebtedness
or
preferred stock in an aggregate amount outstanding at any time not to exceed $75.0 million of
a
Non-Guarantor (other than an SPE) owing to the Company or to a Subsidiary Guarantor;
provided, that any subsequent transfer of any such Indebtedness or preferred stock (except to
the
Company or another Company Subsidiary) shall be deemed, in each case, to be an incurrence of
such Indebtedness that was not permitted by this clause (9);
(10) shares of preferred stock of a Company Subsidiary issued to the Company or a
Subsidiary Guarantor; provided that any subsequent transfer of any such shares of preferred
stock
(except to the Company or another Company Subsidiary) shall be deemed in each case to be an
issuance of such shares of preferred stock that was not permitted by this clause (10);
(11) Indebtedness incurred by the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of
interest rate and/or currency Hedging Obligations of the Company and any Guarantor not entered
into for speculative purposes or having the effect of a borrowing;
(12) the guarantee by the Company or any of the Subsidiary Guarantors of Indebtedness
of the Company or a Company Subsidiary that was permitted to be incurred by another provision
of this covenant; provided that if the Indebtedness being guaranteed is subordinated to the
Notes,
then the guarantee shall be subordinated to the same extent as the Indebtedness guaranteed;
(13) the incurrence by the Company or any Company Subsidiary of Indebtedness,
Disqualified Stock or preferred stock that serves to extend, refund, refinance, renew, replace
or
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defease any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock incurred as permitted under Section
4.09(a) hereof and clause (b)(3) above, this clause (13) or any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or
preferred stock issued to so refund or refinance such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred
stock, including additional Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock incurred to pay
premiums, fees and expenses in connection therewith (the Refinancing Indebtedness) prior to its
respective maturity; provided, however, that such Refinancing Indebtedness:
(A) other than in respect of Credit Facilities, has a Weighted Average Life to
Maturity at the time such Refinancing Indebtedness is incurred which is not less than
the
remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or
preferred stock being refunded or refinanced;
(B) to the extent such Refinancing Indebtedness refinances (i) Indebtedness
subordinated or pari passu to the Notes or any Note Guarantee, such Refinancing
Indebtedness is subordinated or pari passu to the Notes or such Note Guarantee at
least to
the same extent as the Indebtedness being refinanced or refunded or (ii) Disqualified
Stock or preferred stock, such Refinancing Indebtedness must be Disqualified Stock or
preferred stock, respectively; and
(C) shall not include:
(i) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock of a Company
Subsidiary that refinances Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock of
the Company; or
(ii) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock of a Company
Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor that refinances Indebtedness, Disqualified
Stock or preferred stock of a Guarantor;
(14) Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a
check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of
business; provided such Indebtedness is extinguished within five Business Days of its
incurrence;
(15) the incurrence by the Company or any Company Subsidiary of Indebtedness in
respect of workers compensation claims, payment obligations in connection with health or
other
types of social security benefits, unemployment or other insurance or self-insurance
obligations in
the ordinary course of business;
(16) Indebtedness that may be deemed to exist pursuant to any guarantees, performance,
surety, statutory, appeal, bid, payment (other than payment of Indebtedness), reclamation,
statutory obligations, bankers acceptances or similar obligations (including any bonds or
letters
of credit issued with respect thereto and all guarantee, reimbursement and indemnity
agreements
entered into in connection therewith) incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(17) Obligations incurred in connection with any management or director deferred
compensation plan;
(18) Indebtedness in respect of (A) employee credit card programs and (B) netting
services, cash pooling arrangements or similar arrangements in connection with cash management
and deposit accounts; provided that, with respect to any such arrangements, the total amount
of
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all deposits subject to such arrangement at all times equals or exceeds the total amount of
overdrafts subject to such arrangement;
(19) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and preferred stock of the Company or any
Subsidiary Guarantor not otherwise permitted hereunder in an aggregate principal
amount or
liquidation preference, which when aggregated with the principal amount and
liquidation
preference of all other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and preferred stock then
outstanding and
incurred pursuant to this clause (19), does not at any one time outstanding exceed
$100.0 million;
(20) overnight Repurchase Agreements incurred in the ordinary course of business;
and
(21) Repurchase Agreements with maturities of less than 30 days (and excluding
Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 4.09(b)(20)) which at any one time
outstanding do not
exceed $100.0 million.
(c) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, neither the Company nor any Company
Subsidiary shall incur or have outstanding any Indebtedness to the SPEs.
For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.09:
(a) in the event that an item of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock (or any
portion thereof) meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Permitted
Indebtedness,
Disqualified Stock or preferred stock described in clauses (1) through (21) of Section 4.09(b)
or is entitled
to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.09(a) hereof, the Company, in its sole discretion, may
classify or
reclassify such item of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock (or any portion
thereof) and
will only be required to include the amount and type of such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock
or
preferred stock in one of the above clauses; provided that all Indebtedness outstanding under
Credit
Facilities on the Closing Date will be treated as incurred on the Closing Date under clause
(1) of Section
4.09(b) hereof; and
(b) at the time of incurrence or reclassification, the Company will be entitled to divide and
classify an item of Indebtedness in more than one of the types of Indebtedness described in
Section 4.09(a) or (b) hereof.
Accrual of interest, the accretion of accreted value and the payment of interest or dividends
in the form of additional Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock, as applicable, will
not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock for
purposes of this Section 4.09.
For purposes of determining compliance with any U.S. dollar-denominated restriction on the
incurrence of Indebtedness, the U.S. dollar-equivalent principal amount of Indebtedness
denominated in a foreign currency shall be calculated based on the relevant currency exchange rate
in effect on the date such Indebtedness was incurred, in the case of term debt, or first
committed, in the case of revolving credit debt; provided that if such Indebtedness is incurred to
refinance other Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency, and such refinancing would cause
the applicable U.S. dollar-denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant
currency exchange rate in effect on the date of such refinancing, such U.S. dollar-denominated
restriction shall be deemed not to have been exceeded so long as the principal amount of such
Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount of such Indebtedness being
refinanced.
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The principal amount of any Indebtedness incurred to refinance other Indebtedness, if incurred
in a different currency from the Indebtedness being refinanced, shall be calculated based on the
currency exchange rate applicable to the currencies in which such respective Indebtedness is
denominated that is in effect on the date of such refinancing.
The amount of any Indebtedness outstanding as of any date will be:
(a) the accreted value of the Indebtedness, in the case of any Indebtedness issued with
original issue discount;
(b) the principal amount of the Indebtedness, in the case of any other Indebtedness; and
(c) in respect of Indebtedness of another Person secured by a Lien on the assets of the
specified Person that is otherwise non-recourse to the specified Person, the lesser of:
(1) the fair market value of such assets at the date of determination; and
(2) the amount of the Indebtedness of the other Person.
Section 4.10 Asset Sales.
(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any Company Subsidiary to, consummate an
Asset Sale, unless:
(1) the Company or such Company 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 of; and
(2) at least 75% of the consideration received in the Asset Sale by the Company or such
Subsidiary, as the case may be, is in the form of Cash and Cash Equivalents (in respect
of the
Company and the Guarantors, other than as provided in clause 2(b) of the definition of
Cash and
Cash Equivalents) or Designated Non-cash Consideration; provided that the amount of:
(A) any liabilities (as shown on the Companys or such Subsidiarys most
recent balance sheet or in the notes thereto) of the Company or any Company
Subsidiary,
other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Notes, that
are assumed by
the transferee of any such assets (or a third party on behalf of the
transferee) and for
which the Company or such Subsidiary has been validly released by all creditors
in
writing;
(B) any securities, notes or other obligations or assets received by the
Company or such Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by the
Company or
such Subsidiary into cash (to the extent of the cash received) within 90 days
following
the closing of such Asset Sale; and
(C) any assets of the kind referred to in Section 4.10(b)(2) or (b)(4) below,
shall be deemed to be cash for purposes of this Section 4.10 and for no other purpose.
(b) Within 365 days after any of the Companys or any Company Subsidiarys receipt of the
Net Proceeds of any Asset Sale, the Company or such Subsidiary may, at its option, reinvest,
enter into a
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binding commitment to reinvest within 180 days from the date of the expiration of the 365-day
period (an Acceptable Commitment), or may apply the Net Proceeds from such Asset Sale:
(1) to repay Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, other than
Obligations owed to the Company or a Company Subsidiary and, in the case of Indebtedness
under revolving credit facilities or other similar Indebtedness, to correspondingly
permanently reduce commitments with respect thereto;
(2) to acquire all or substantially all the assets of, or any Capital Stock of,
another Similar Business, if, after giving effect to any such acquisition of Capital Stock,
the Similar Business is or becomes a Company Subsidiary;
(3) to make a capital expenditure; or
(4) to acquire other assets that are not classified as current assets under GAAP and
that are used or useful in a Similar Business.
(c) Any Acceptable Commitment that is later canceled or terminated for any reason before such
Net Proceeds are so applied shall be treated as a permitted application of the Net Proceeds if the
Company or such Company Subsidiary enters into another Acceptable Commitment prior to the later of
(1) six months after the date of such cancellation or termination or (2) the end of the initial
365-day period.
(d) Any Net Proceeds from an Asset Sale that are not invested or applied as provided and
within the time period set forth in paragraph (b) above will be deemed to constitute Excess
Proceeds. When the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $25.0 million, the Company shall
make an offer to all Holders of the Notes and all holders of any other Indebtedness that is pari
passu with the Notes (containing provisions similar to those set forth in this Indenture with
respect to offers to purchase or required prepayments or redemptions of such Indebtedness with the
proceeds of sales of assets) to purchase the maximum principal amount of Notes and such other pari
passu Indebtedness that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds (an Asset Sale Offer), to
purchase the maximum principal amount of Notes that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds at
an offer price in cash in an amount equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and
unpaid interest to (but not including) the date fixed for the closing of such offer, in accordance
with the procedures set forth in Section 3.09 of this Indenture. The Company will commence an Asset
Sale Offer with respect to Excess Proceeds within 15 Business Days after the date that Excess
Proceeds exceed $25.0 million by mailing the notice required pursuant to the terms of Section 3.09
of this Indenture, with a copy to the Trustee. To the extent that the aggregate amount of Notes and
other pari passu Indebtedness tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer is less than the Excess
Proceeds, the Company may use any remaining Excess Proceeds for general corporate purposes, subject
to other covenants contained in this Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes and
other pari passu Indebtedness surrendered by such holders thereof exceeds the amount of Excess
Proceeds, the Trustee shall select the Notes to be purchased on a pro rata basis (with such
adjustments as needed so that no Notes of an unauthorized denomination will be purchased in part)
based on the accreted value or principal amount of the Notes and other pari passu Indebtedness
tendered. Upon completion of any such Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds shall be
reset at zero.
(e) Pending the final application of any Net Proceeds pursuant to this Section 4.10, the
Company or the applicable Company Subsidiary may apply such Net Proceeds temporarily to reduce
Indebtedness outstanding under a revolving credit facility or otherwise invest such Net Proceeds in
any manner not prohibited by this Indenture.
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(f) 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 or regulations are
applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer. To the
extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of
this Indenture, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and
shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations described in this Indenture by virtue thereof.
Section 4.11 Transactions with Affiliates.
(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any Company Subsidiary to, make any payment to,
or sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or purchase
any property or assets from, or enter into or make or amend any transaction, contract, agreement,
understanding, loan, advance or guarantee with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate of the Company
(each of the foregoing, an Affiliate Transaction), unless:
(1) such Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are not materially less favorable to
the Company or the relevant Company Subsidiary than those that could have been obtained in a
comparable transaction by the Company or such Company Subsidiary with an unrelated Person on
an arms-length basis; and
(2) the Company delivers to the Trustee (A) with respect to any Affiliate Transaction
or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate payments or consideration in
excess of $5.0 million, a resolution adopted by the disinterested members of the Board of
Directors approving such Affiliate Transaction and set forth in an Officers Certificate
certifying that such Affiliate Transaction complies with clause (1) above.
(b) The following items will not be deemed to be Affiliate Transactions and, therefore, will
not be subject to the provisions of Section 4.11 (a) above:
(1) transactions between or among Holdco, the Company and/or any
Company Subsidiary;
(2) payments, grants or transfers permitted by Section 4.13 hereof;
(3) reasonable and customary indemnities provided on behalf of officers, directors,
managers, employees or consultants of the Company, any of its direct or indirect parent
companies or any Company Subsidiary;
(4) the Transactions and the payment of all fees and expenses related to the
Transactions;
(5) any transaction or series of transactions involving consideration of less than $1.0
million;
(6) the payment to an Affiliate by the Company or any Company Subsidiary of reasonable
charges for travel in the ordinary course of business by any officer, director, manager,
employee, agent, consultant, Affiliate or advisor of the Company or any Company Subsidiary;
(7) the declaration and payment of any Restricted Payments by the Company to its direct
or indirect parent companies in accordance with Section 4.07 hereof (other than pursuant to
Section 4.07(b)(9)); and
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(8) as otherwise permitted herein, payments or loans (or cancellation of loans) to
employees of the Company, any of its direct or indirect parent or any of its Subsidiaries
and employment agreements, severance arrangements, stock option plans and other similar
arrangements with such employees which, in each case, are approved by the disinterested
members of the Board of Directors of the Company in good faith that are not otherwise
prohibited by this Indenture.
Section 4.12 Liens.
The Company will not, and will not permit any Company Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly,
create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien, except Permitted Liens.
Section 4.13 Management Fees and Reimbursement of Expenses of Sponsors.
The Company will not pay any management fees to the Lead Sponsor or its Affiliates. The
Company may reimburse the Sponsors or their Affiliates for expenses in accordance with the
provisions of the Equity Purchase Agreement, as in effect on the date hereof.
Section 4.14 Corporate Existence.
Subject to Article 5 hereof, the Company shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to
preserve and keep in full force and effect:
(1) either its corporate existence or a limited liability company existence, and, with
respect to each of the Company Subsidiaries, any corporate, limited liability
company, partnership or other existence, in accordance with the respective organizational
documents (as the same may be amended from time to time) of the Company or any such
Subsidiary (for the avoidance of doubt, this Section 4.14 shall not prevent the Company and
its Subsidiaries from converting their corporate existence into limited liability
companies); and
(2) the rights (charter and statutory), licenses and franchises of the Company and the
Company Subsidiaries; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to preserve
any such right, license or franchise, or the corporate, partnership or other existence of
any of their Subsidiaries, if the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine that the
preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company
and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and that the loss thereof is not adverse in any
material respect to the Holders of the Notes.
If the Company amends its organizational documents to effectuate a name change, the Company
shall provide written notice to the Trustee within 30 days of such name change.
Section 4.15 Offer to Repurchase Upon Change of Control.
(a) Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Company will make an offer (a Change of
Control Offer) to each Holder to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 in principal amount
or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof; or if PIK. Interest is paid, a minimum of
$1.00 and integral multiples of $1.00) of that Holders Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to
101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest, if
any, on the Notes repurchased to the date of purchase, subject to the rights of Holders on the
relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date (the Change of
Control Payment). Within
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30 days following any Change of Control, the Company will mail a notice to each Holder describing
the transaction or transactions that constitute the Change of Control and stating:
(1) that the Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 4.15 and
that all Notes properly tendered will be accepted for payment;
(2) the purchase price and the purchase date, which shall be no earlier than 30 days
and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed (the Change of Control
Payment Date);
(3) that any Note not properly tendered will continue to accrue interest;
(4) that, unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Change of Control Payment,
all Notes accepted for payment pursuant to the Change of Control Offer will cease to accrue
interest on the Change of Control Payment Date;
(5) that Holders electing to have any Notes purchased pursuant to a Change of Control
Offer will be required to surrender the Notes, with the form entitled Option of Holder to
Elect Purchase attached to the Notes completed, or transfer by book entry transfer, to the
Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the
third Business Day preceding the Change of Control Payment Date;
(6) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Paying Agent
receives, not later than the close of business on the fifth Business Day preceding the
Change of Control Payment Date, facsimile transmission, electronic image scan or letter
setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of Notes delivered for purchase,
and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have the Notes purchased;
(7) that Holders whose Notes are being purchased only in part will be issued new Notes
equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered, which
unpurchased portion must be equal to $2,000 in principal amount or an integral multiple of
$1,000 in excess thereof; provided, however, that if PIK. Interest is paid, the principal
amount of such unpurchased portion may equal a minimum of $1.00 or an integral multiple of
$1.00; and
(8) the other instructions, as determined by the Company, consistent with this Section
4.15, that a Holder must follow.
The notice, if mailed in a manner herein provided, shall be conclusively presumed to have
been given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice. If (a) the notice is mailed in a
manner herein provided and (b) any Holder fails to receive such notice or a Holder receives such
notice but it is defective, such Holders failure to receive such notice or such defect shall not
affect the validity of the proceedings for the purchase of the Notes as to all other Holders that
properly received such notice without defect. 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 those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes as
a result of a Change in Control. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or
regulations conflict with the provisions of Sections 3.09 or 4.15 hereof, the Company will comply
with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its
obligations under Section 3.09 hereof or this Section 4.15 by virtue of such compliance.
(b) On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company will, to the extent lawful:
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(1) accept for payment all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered pursuant to
the Change of Control Offer;
(2) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in
respect of all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered; and
(3) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted
together with an Officers Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or
portions of Notes being purchased by the Company.
The Paying Agent will promptly mail (but in any case within five days after the Change of
Control Payment Date) to each Holder of Notes properly tendered the Change of Control Payment for
such Notes, and the Trustee will promptly 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, if any. The Company will notify the Holders of the Notes of the results of the Change
of Control Offer on or as soon as practicable after the Change of Control Payment Date.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4.15, the Company will not be
required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of Control if (1) a third party makes the
Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the
requirements set forth in this Section 4.15 and Section 3.09 hereof and purchases all Notes
properly tendered and not withdrawn under the Change of Control Offer, or (2) notice of redemption
has been given pursuant to Section 3.07 hereof, unless and until there is a default in payment of
the applicable redemption price.
Section 4.16 [Reserved]
Section 4.17 Payments for Consent.
The Company will not, and will not permit any Company Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly,
pay or cause to be paid any consideration, whether by way of interest, fee or otherwise, to any
Holder of Notes in consideration for or as an inducement to any consent, waiver or amendment of
any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture or the Notes unless such consideration is
concurrently offered to be paid or is concurrently paid to all Holders of the Notes 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 4.18 Investments in Respect of Payment Services Obligations.
The Company shall at all times ensure that the Restricted Investment Portfolio shall consist
solely of (i) Highly Rated Investments, (ii) Accounts Receivable, (iii) Scheduled Restricted
Investments and (iv) interest rate Hedging Obligations that relate to Highly Rated Investments
and Payment Service Obligations, in each case not subject to any Liens other than Liens set forth
in clauses (v), (x), (y), (aa), (cc), (dd) and (ee) of the definition of Permitted Liens.
Section 4.19 Lead Sponsor Equity Anti-Layering.
(a) All present or future Indebtedness of the Company or Guarantors issued to or acquired by
the Lead Sponsor or its Affiliates shall not be subject to amortization or repayment prior to 6
months after the maturity of the Notes and be subordinated to the Notes pursuant to a
subordination agreement reasonably acceptable to the Initial Purchasers (which shall prohibit any
enforcement action on such Indebtedness so long as the Notes are outstanding) and (b) no present
or future Indebtedness of any Non-Guarantor may
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be issued to or acquired by the Lead Sponsor or any of its Affiliates; provided, that this Section
4.19 shall not apply from and after the Sell Down Date.
Section 4.20 Business Activities.
The Company will not, and will not permit any Company Subsidiary to, engage in any business
other than Similar Businesses, except to such extent as would not be material to the Company and
the Company Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
Section 4.21 Maintenance of Properties.
The Company will, and will cause each of the Company Subsidiaries to, maintain or cause to be
maintained in good repair, working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, all
tangible properties necessary in the operation of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries
and from time to time will make or cause to be made all appropriate repairs, renewals and
replacements thereof.
Section 4.22 Insurance.
The Company will maintain or cause to be maintained, with financially sound and reputable
insurers, such public liability insurance, third party property damage insurance, business
interruption insurance and casualty insurance with respect to liabilities, losses or damage in
respect of the material assets, properties and businesses of the Company and its Subsidiaries as
may customarily be carried or maintained under similar circumstances by Persons of established
reputation engaged in similar businesses of similar sizes, in each case in such amounts (giving
effect to self-insurance), with such deductibles, covering such risks and otherwise on such terms
and conditions as shall be customary for such Persons.
Section 4.23 Books and Records; Inspections.
The Company will, and will cause each of Subsidiaries to, keep adequate books of record and
accounts to allow preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP. The Company will
promptly notify the Trustee in writing of the occurrence of any exercise of any of the inspection
rights set forth in Section 4.3 of the Intercreditor Agreement.
Section 4.24 Compliance with Laws.
The Company will comply, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to comply, with the
requirements of all applicable laws, rules, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority
(including all environmental laws), noncompliance with which would reasonably be expected to have,
individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 4.25 Additional Note Guarantees.
On or after the date of this Indenture, any newly acquired or created Domestic Subsidiary
(other than any Immaterial Subsidiary or SPE) will become a Guarantor and guarantee the Companys
Obligations in respect of the Notes and execute a supplemental indenture in the form of Exhibit E
hereto and deliver an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee within 15 Business Days of
the date on which it was acquired or created or incurred.
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Section 4.26 Holding Company Covenant.
Holdco and each Holdco Subsidiary (other than the Company and any of its Subsidiaries) shall
not engage in any activity or suffer to have any condition outstanding that would violate the
Passive Holding Company Condition.
Section 4.27 Maintenance of Minimum Liquidity Ratio.
The Company and its Subsidiaries shall maintain at all times on a consolidated basis a Minimum
Liquidity Ratio of 1.00 to 1.00.
Section 4.28 Specified SRI Subsidiary.
The Company shall (i) within 30 days of the Closing Date, cause to be formed and duly
incorporated a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Company (the Specified SRI Subsidiary), for the
limited organizational purpose of holding and disposing of the Specified SRIs and distributing the
proceeds thereof in accordance with this Indenture, and not engaging in any other activity, (ii)
within 30 days of the Closing Date, transfer to the Specified SRI Subsidiary all of the Specified
SRIs, (iii) not permit the Specified SRI Subsidiary to engage in any other activities or own or
acquire any other assets or investments other than Specified SRIs and cash received from the sale
thereof and (iv) not sell or transfer any Specified SRIs except to third parties for cash
consideration.
ARTICLE 5
SUCCESSORS
Section 5.01 Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets.
The Company may not consolidate or merge with or into (whether or not the Company is the
surviving entity), or sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially
all the properties or assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in one or more
related transactions, to another Person, unless:
(1) either:
(A) the Company is the surviving company; or
(B) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if
other than the Company) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or
other disposition has been made is an entity organized or existing under the laws of
the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia, or any territory
thereof (such Person, as the case may be, being herein called the Successor
Company); provided that in the case where the Successor Company is not a
corporation, a co-obligor of the Notes is a corporation;
(2) the Successor Company, if other than the Company, expressly assumes all the
obligations of the Company under this Indenture and the Notes pursuant to supplemental
indentures or other documents or instruments in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee;
(3) immediately after such transaction, no Default or Event of Default exists;
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(4) immediately after giving pro forma effect to such transaction, as if such
transaction had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period (A) the
Successor Company would be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness
pursuant to the Leverage Ratio test or Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test, as applicable, set
forth in Section 4.09(a) hereof, or (B) the Leverage Ratio or Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio,
as applicable, would be no more than (or no less than, as applicable) such ratio
immediately prior to the transaction (it being understood that any incremental Indebtedness
of the Successor Company must independently be permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section
4.09);
(5) each Guarantor, unless it is the other party to the transactions described above
or is being released as part of the transaction, in which case
Section 10.04(1)(b) shall
apply, shall have by supplemental indenture confirmed that its Note Guarantee shall apply
to such Persons obligations under this Indenture and the Notes; and
(6) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger or transfer and such
supplemental indentures, if any, comply with the provisions described in this paragraph.
The Successor Company will succeed to, and be substituted for the Company under this
Indenture and the Notes. Any Company Subsidiary may consolidate with, merge into or transfer all
or part of its properties and assets to the Company or to another Company Subsidiary. In addition,
the Company will not, directly or indirectly, lease all or substantially all the properties and
assets of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries taken as a whole, in one or more related
transactions, to any other Person, other than the sublease by the Company of its offices to one or
more Persons.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Transactions will be permitted without compliance with
this Section 5.01.
Section 5.02 Successor Corporation Substituted,
Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or
other disposition of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company in a
transaction that is subject to, and that complies with the provisions of, Section 5.01 hereof, the
successor Person formed by such consolidation or into or with which the Company is merged or to
which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition is made shall
succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such consolidation, merger,
sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition, the provisions of this
Indenture referring to the Company shall refer instead to the successor Person and not to the
Company), and may exercise every right and power of the Company under this Indenture with the same
effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Company herein; provided, however, that
the predecessor Company shall not be relieved from the obligation to pay the principal of and
interest on the Notes except in the case of a sale of all of the Companys assets in a transaction
that is subject to, and that complies with the provisions of,
Section 5.01 hereof.
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ARTICLE 6
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
Section 6.01 Events of Default.
Each of the following is an Event of Default:
(1) default in payment when due and payable, upon redemption, acceleration or
otherwise, of the principal of, or premium, if any, on the Notes issued under this
Indenture;
(2) default for five Business Days or more in the payment when due of interest on the
Notes;
(3) (A) failure by the Company to comply with its obligations under Sections 4.15 or
5.01 hereof or (B) failure by the Company or any Company Subsidiary for 45 days (30 days in
respect of Section 4.27) after receipt of written notice given by the Trustee or the actual
knowledge of the Company of such failure, to comply with any of its other agreements under
this Indenture or the Notes to the extent such failure does not otherwise constitute a
Default under clause (1), (2) or (3)(A) above;
(4) (A) the failure by the Company or any Company Subsidiary to pay any Indebtedness
that is pari passu with the Notes within any applicable grace period after final maturity or
acceleration by the holders thereof because of a default or (B) a default occurs with
respect to any Indebtedness of the Company or any Company Subsidiary that is subordinated to
the Notes, which default permits the holder or holders thereof (or any trustee or agent on
their behalf) to accelerate such Indebtedness (giving effect to any applicable grace
period), and, in the case of (A) or (B) the total amount of such Indebtedness unpaid or
accelerated or in default at the time exceeds $15.0 million;
(5) final judgments against Holdco or any of its Subsidiaries aggregating in excess of
$15.0 million, which final judgments remain unpaid, undischarged and unstayed for a period
of more than 60 days after such judgment becomes final;
(6) either the Company or any Significant Subsidiary pursuant to or within the meaning
of Bankruptcy Law:
(A) commences a voluntary case,
(B) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary
case,
(C) consents to the appointment of a custodian of it or for all or substantially
all of its property,
(D) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or
(E) has acknowledged in writing that it is generally not paying its debts as
they become due;
(7) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy
Law that:
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(A) is for relief against either of the Company or any of the Companys Subsidiaries
that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Subsidiaries of the Company that, taken
together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case;
(B) appoints a custodian of either of the Company or any of the Companys Subsidiaries
that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Subsidiaries of the Company that, taken
together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary or for all or substantially all of the
property of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary or any
group of Subsidiaries of the Company that, taken together, would constitute a Significant
Subsidiary; or
(C) orders the liquidation of either of the Company or any of the Companys
Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Subsidiaries of the Company
that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary;
and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 consecutive days; or
(8) the Guarantee of any Significant Subsidiary (or any group of Subsidiaries that together
would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) shall for any reason cease to be in full force and
effect or be declared null and void or any responsible officer of any Guarantor that is a
Significant Subsidiary (or the responsible officers of any group of Subsidiaries that together
would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) of any Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary, as
the case may be, denies that it has any further liability under its Note Guarantee or gives notice
to such effect, other than by reason of the termination of the related indenture or the release of
any such Note Guarantee in accordance with this Indenture;
(9) for more than 45 days after receipt by the Company or any Company Subsidiary of written
notice given by the Trustee (acting at the written direction of the Required Holders) or actual
knowledge of the Company thereof, the representations and warranties of Holdco or the Company
contained in the Note Purchase Agreement, shall be untrue in any respect on and as of the date such
representations and warranties were made (without regard to any qualification of materiality,
material or Material Adverse Effect contained therein), except where the failure or failures of
such representations and warranties to be true (a) did not have or would not have been reasonably
expected to have or has not had an Article 6 Material Adverse Effect, (b) would not materially
impair the ability of Holdco and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to perform their obligations
under this Indenture, the Note Purchase Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement or any Security
Documents, and (c) would not materially impair the rights and remedies of the Initial Purchasers
under this Indenture, the Note Purchase Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement or any Security
Documents, taken as a whole; or
(10) at any time, (i) any Security Document ceases to be in full force and effect (other than
by reason of a release of Collateral in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof and the
Intercreditor Agreement or the satisfaction in full of the Obligations under this Indenture and the
Notes in accordance with the terms hereof) or shall be declared null and void, (ii) the Collateral
Agent shall not have or shall cease to have a valid and perfected Lien in any material portion of
Collateral purported to be covered by the Security Documents with the priority required by the
relevant Security Document and the Intercreditor Agreement, in each case for any reason other than
the failure of the Collateral Agent to take any action within its control, or (iii) Holdco or any
of its Subsidiaries shall contest the validity or enforceability of any Security Document in
writing or deny in writing that it has any further liability under any Security Document to which
it is a party.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 6.01, (i) any failure of any
representation and warranty of the Company contained in the Note Purchase Agreement to be true,
(ii) any falsity of any certificate or information required to be delivered under the Note Purchase
Agreement, or (iii) any default under Section 6.01(3) (other than such a breach arising out of a
breach of Section 4.27 after the Closing Date) of this Indenture, the Note Purchase Agreement or
any Security Document, that, in the case of each of clauses (i) through (iii) above, arises,
directly or indirectly, out of the restatement of the consolidated financial statements of Holdco
and its Subsidiaries heretofore delivered or of Holdco and its Subsidiaries or the Company and its
Subsidiaries required to be delivered to the Trustee under this Indenture (such financial
statements so restated, the Restated Financial Statements) as a result of (x) the historical
valuation, accounting and/or processes related to the investment portfolio of Holdco and its
Subsidiaries, in each case for fiscal periods ended prior to the Closing Date or (y) the February
11, 2008 SEC non-public inquiry to Holdco, shall in no event constitute a Default or an Event of
Default under this Indenture; provided, however, that (A) the Company furnishes to the Trustee the
Restated Financial Statements promptly after the public filing thereof; (B) in the event of a
breach described in clause (iii) of this paragraph consisting of any failure to deliver financial
statements required by Section 4.03(a)(1) or (2) to be delivered for periods ending after the
earliest period for which financial statements are being restated (the Subsequent Financial
Statements), (x) the Company furnishes to the Trustee the Subsequent Financial Statements not
later than the earlier of (1) the public filing thereof and (2) the date that is 45 days, in the
case of any delivery of financial statements for the first three fiscal quarters of any fiscal
year, or 60 days, in the case of financial statements for any fiscal year ended after the public
filing of the Restated Financial Statements for the earliest period as to which a restatement has
occurred, (y) during such period for which the Subsequent Financial Statements or related audit
report, if applicable, required by Section 4.03(a)(1) or (2) were not available (which period shall
in no event extend beyond the dates set forth in clause (x) above), the Company furnishes to the
Trustee, in lieu thereof, internal unaudited annual financial statements and internal unaudited
quarterly financial statements within the time periods set forth in Section 4.03(a)(1) and (2)
respectively which are prepared on a consistent basis as internal unaudited financial statements
prepared by Holdco and its Subsidiaries or the Company and its Subsidiaries, as the case may be,
which shall be certified by a principal financial officer as fairly presenting, in all material
respects, the consolidated financial condition and operations at such date and the consolidated
results of operations for the period then ended but in all respects subject to the effect of
adjustments for any pending restatement and the failure of such items to so present, in all
material respects, such consolidated financial condition and operations and such consolidated
results of operations shall not constitute a Default or Event of Default under this Indenture or
the Note Purchase Agreement, and (z) within one year of the date an audit report would be due under
Section 4.03(a)(1) with respect to Subsequent Financial Statements for any fiscal year, the Company
delivers to the Trustee an audit report as required by Section 4.03(a)(l) with respect to the
applicable Subsequent Financial Statements (which audit report may include a qualification relating
to any pending restatement described above and which qualified report shall not constitute a
Default or Event of Default under this Indenture or the Note Purchase Agreement.
Section 6.02 Acceleration.
In the case of an Event of Default specified in clause (6) or (7) of Section 6.01 hereof,
with respect to the Company, any Company Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group
of Company Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary, all
outstanding Notes will become due and payable immediately without further action or notice. If any
other Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee acting at the written direction of
the Required Holders or the Required Holders may declare all the Notes to be due and payable
immediately by notice to the Company and the Trustee, specifying the Event of Default.
Upon any such declaration, the Notes shall become due and payable immediately.
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The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes by
notice to the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders of all the Notes, rescind an acceleration or
waive any existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences under this Indenture except a
continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of interest or premium, if any, on, or the
principal of, the Notes.
Section 6.03 Other Remedies.
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy
to collect the payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes or to enforce the
performance of any provision of the Notes or this Indenture.
The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Notes or does
not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder of a
Note in exercising arty right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the
right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. All remedies
are cumulative to the extent permitted by law.
Section 6.04 Waiver of Past Defaults.
Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding
Notes by notice to the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes, rescind an
acceleration or waive any existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences hereunder,
except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, premium, if
any, or interest on, the Notes (including in connection with an offer to purchase); provided,
however, that the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding
Notes may rescind an acceleration and its consequences, including any related payment default that
resulted from such acceleration. Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist, and any
Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured for every purpose of this
Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any right
consequent thereon.
Section 6.05 Control by Majority.
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then 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 it. However, the Trustee may refuse to
follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture that the Trustee determines may be
unduly prejudicial to the rights of other Holders of Notes (it being understood that the Trustee
does not have an affirmative duty to ascertain whether or not such actions or forbearances are
unduly prejudicial to such Holders) or that may involve the Trustee in personal liability.
Section 6.06 Limitation on Suits.
A Holder may pursue a remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Notes only if:
(1) such Holder has previously given the Trustee notice that an Event of Default is
continuing;
(2) Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes
have requested the Trustee to pursue the remedy;
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(3) such Holders have offered the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to it
against any loss, liability or expense;
(4) the Trustee has not complied with such request within 60 days after the receipt of
the request and the offer of security or indemnity; and
(5) Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes
have not given the Trustee a direction inconsistent with such request within such 60-day
period.
A Holder of a Note may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Holder of a
Note or to obtain a preference or priority over another Holder of a Note.
Section 6.07 Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder of a Note to
receive payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Note, on or after the
respective due dates expressed in the Note (including in connection with an offer to purchase), or
to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, shall not
be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.
Section 6.08 Collection Suit by Trustee.
If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(1) or (2) hereof occurs and is continuing,
the Trustee is authorized to recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust
against the Company for the whole amount of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest
remaining unpaid on, the Notes and interest on overdue principal and, to the extent lawful,
interest and such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of
collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, its agents and counsel.
Section 6.09 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
The Trustee is authorized to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be
necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for
reasonable the compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and
counsel) and the Holders of the Notes allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company
(or any other obligor upon the Notes), its creditors or its property and shall be entitled and
empowered to collect, receive and distribute any money or other property payable or deliverable on
any such claims and any custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each
Holder to make such payments to the Trustee, and in the. event that the Trustee shall consent to
the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for
the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and
counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.06 hereof. To the extent that the
payment of any such compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents
and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.06 hereof out of the estate in
any such proceeding, shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a Lien
on, and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, money, securities and other
properties that the Holders may be entitled to receive in such proceeding whether in liquidation or
under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise. Nothing herein contained shall be
deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any
Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or
the rights of any Holder, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder
in any such proceeding.
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Section 6.10 Priorities.
If the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article 6, it shall pay out the money in
the following order:
First: to the Trustee, its agents and attorneys for amounts due under Section 7.06
hereof, including payment of all compensation, expenses and liabilities incurred, and all
advances made, by the Trustee and the costs and expenses of collection;
Second: to Holders of Notes for amounts due and unpaid on the Notes for principal,
premium, if any, and interest, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind,
according to the amounts due and payable on the Notes for principal, premium, if any, and
interest, respectively; and
Third: to the Company or to such party as a court of competent jurisdiction shall
direct.
The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders of Notes
pursuant to this Section 6.10.
Section 6.11 Undertaking for Costs.
In
any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit
against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as a Trustee, a court in its discretion
may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the
suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys
fees and expenses, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good
faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section 6.11 does not apply to a
suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder of a Note pursuant to Section 6.07 hereof, or a suit by
Holders of more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes.
ARTICLE 7
TRUSTEE
Section 7.01 Duties of Trustee.
(a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee will exercise such of
the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and
skill in its exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of
such persons own affairs.
(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(1) the duties of the Trustee will be determined solely by the express provisions of
this Indenture and the Trustee need perform only those duties that are specifically set
forth in this Indenture and no others, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into
this Indenture against the Trustee; and
(2) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to
the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon
certificates or
opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture.
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However, the Trustee will examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or
not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate
the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein).
(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liabilities for its own negligent action, its own
negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:
(1) this paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of this Section 7.01;
(2) the Trustee will not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a
Responsible Officer, unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in
ascertaining the
pertinent facts; and
(3) the Trustee will not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to
take in
good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section 6.05
hereof.
(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture that in
any way relates to the Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of this Section
7.01.
(e) No provision of this Indenture will require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or
incur any liability. The Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights and
powers under this Indenture at the request of any Holders, unless such Holder has offered to the Trustee
security and
indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense.
(f) The Trustee will not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as set
forth
herein or as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company. Money held in trust by the
Trustee need
not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
Section 7.02 Rights of Trustee.
(a) The Trustee may conclusively rely upon any document reasonably believed by it to be
genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper Person. The Trustee need not
investigate any
fact or matter stated in the document.
(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officers Certificate
or
an Opinion of Counsel or both. The Trustee will not be liable for any action it takes or
omits to take in
good faith in reliance on such Officers Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee may
consult with
counsel of its selection and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel will be full
and
complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of any action taken, suffered
or omitted by
it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon.
(c) The Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and will not be responsible for the
misconduct of any agent appointed with due care other than willful misconduct.
(d) The Trustee will not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith that
it
reasonably believes to be authorized or within the rights or powers conferred upon it by this
Indenture.
(e) Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, any demand, request, direction
or notice from the Company will be sufficient if signed by an Officer thereof.
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(f) The Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested
in
it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders unless such Holders
have offered to
the Trustee indemnity or security satisfactory to it against the losses, liabilities and
expenses that might be
incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction.
(g) In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, indirect, punitive or
consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of
profit)
irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage
and
regardless of the form of action.
(h) The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default unless
a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any
event which is in fact such a default is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of
the Trustee, and such notice references the Notes and this Indenture.
(i) The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee,
including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be
enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and
other Person employed to act hereunder.
(i) The Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or surety in respect of the
performance of its powers and duties hereunder.
(k) The Trustee may request that the Company deliver a certificate setting forth the names of
individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to
this Indenture.
Section 7.03 Individual Rights of Trustee.
The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes
and may otherwise deal with the Company or any Affiliate of the Company with the same rights it
would have if it were not Trustee. However, in the event that the Trustee acquires any conflicting
interest it must eliminate such conflict within 90 days or resign. Any Agent may do the same with
like rights and duties. The Trustee is also subject to Section 7.09 hereof.
Section 7.04 Trustees Disclaimer.
The Trustee will not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or
adequacy of this Indenture or the Notes, it shall not be accountable for the Companys use of the
proceeds from the Notes or any money paid to the Company or upon the Companys direction under any
provision of this Indenture, it will not be responsible for the use or application of any money
received by any Paying Agent other than the Trustee, and it will not be responsible for any
statement or recital herein or any statement in the Notes or any other document in connection with
the sale of the Notes or pursuant to this Indenture other than its certificate of authentication.
Section 7.05 Notice of Defaults.
If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing and if it is known to the Trustee, the
Trustee will mail to Holders of Notes and to the First Priority Representative (as defined in the
Intercreditor Agreement) a notice of the Default or Event of Default within 90 days after it
occurs. Except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in payment of the principal of,
premium, if any, or
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interest on, any Note, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as a committee of its
Responsible Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of
the Holders of the Notes.
Section 7.06 Compensation and Indemnity.
(a) The Company will pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation as shall be
agreed in writing between the Company and the Trustee for its acceptance of this Indenture and
services
hereunder. The Trustees compensation will not be limited by any law on compensation of a
trustee of an
express trust. The Company will reimburse the Trustee promptly upon request for all
[reasonable and]
documented disbursements, advances and expenses incurred or made by it in addition to
the
compensation for its services. Such expenses will include the reasonable and documented
compensation,
disbursements and expenses of the Trustees agents and counsel.
(b) The Company and the Guarantors will jointly and severally indemnify the Trustee and its
officers, directors, employees and agents against any and all losses, damages, claims, costs,
liabilities or
expenses incurred by it arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration
of its duties
under this Indenture, including the costs and expenses of enforcing this Indenture against the
Company
and the Guarantors (including this Section 7.06) and defending itself against any claim
(whether asserted
by a Company, the Guarantors, any Holder or any other Person) or liability in connection with
the
exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder, except to the extent any
such loss,
liability or expense may be attributable to its negligence or bad faith. The Trustee will
notify the
Company promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Trustee to so
notify the
Company will not relieve the Company or any of the Guarantors of their obligations hereunder.
Holdco
will defend the claim and the Trustee will cooperate in the defense. The Trustee may have one
separate
counsel and the Company will pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. Neither
the
Company nor any Guarantor need pay for any settlement made without its consent, which consent
will
not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
(c) The obligations of the Company and the Guarantors under this Section 7.06 will survive
the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.
(d) To secure the Companys and the Guarantors payment obligations in this Section 7.06,
the Trustee will have a Lien prior to the Notes on all money or property held or collected by
the Trustee,
except that held in trust to pay principal and interest on particular Notes. Such Lien will
survive the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.
(e) When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified
in Section 6.01(6) or (7) hereof occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services
(including the
fees and expenses of its agents and counsel) are intended to constitute expenses of
administration under
any Bankruptcy Law.
Section 7.07 Replacement of Trustee.
(a) A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee will
become effective only upon the successor Trustees acceptance of appointment as provided in
this Section 7.07.
(b) The Trustee may resign in writing at any time and be discharged from the trust hereby
created by so notifying the Company. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount
of the
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then outstanding Notes may remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and the Company with 60
days prior notice in writing. The Company may remove the Trustee if:
(1) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.09 hereof;
(2) the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent or an order for relief is
entered
with respect to the Trustee under any Bankruptcy Law;
(3) a custodian or public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or
(4) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.
(c) If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for
any
reason, the Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly appoint a successor
Trustee.
Within one year after the successor Trustee takes office, the Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal
amount of the then outstanding Notes may appoint a successor Trustee to replace the successor
Trustee
appointed by the Company.
(d) If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee
resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Company, or the Holders of at least 10% in
aggregate
principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may petition, at the expense of the Company,
any court of
competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
(e) If the Trustee, after written request by any Holder who has been a Holder for at least six
months, fails to comply with Section 7.09 hereof, such Holder may petition any court of
competent
jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.
(f) A successor Trustee will deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring
Trustee and to the Company. Thereupon, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee
will become
effective, and the successor Trustee will have all the rights, powers and duties of the
Trustee under this
Indenture. The successor Trustee will mail a notice of its succession to Holders. The retiring
Trustee will
promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee; provided all
sums owing to
the Trustee hereunder have been paid and subject to the Lien provided for in Section 7.06
hereof. Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.07, the Companys
obligations
under Section 7.06 hereof will continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.
Section 7.08 Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.
If the Trustee consolidates, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all
of its corporate trust business to, another corporation, the successor corporation without any
further act will be the successor Trustee.
Section 7.09 Eligibility; Disqualification.
There will at all times be a Trustee hereunder that is a corporation organized and doing
business under the laws of the United States of America or of any state thereof that is authorized
under such laws to exercise corporate trustee power, that is subject to supervision or examination
by federal or state authorities and (a) that has a combined capital and surplus of at least $100.0
million or (b) is a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of a bank holding company having a combined capital
and surplus of at least $50.0 million, in each case as set forth in its most recent published
annual report of condition.
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ARTICLE 8
LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
Section 8.01 Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
The Company may at any time, at the option of its Board of Directors evidenced by a resolution
set forth in an Officers Certificate, elect to have either Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof be applied
to all outstanding Notes upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article 8.
Section 8.02 Legal Defeasance and Discharge.
Upon the Companys exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section
8.02, the Company and each of the Guarantors will, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth
in Section 8.04 hereof, be deemed to have been discharged from their obligations with respect to
all
outstanding Notes (including the Note Guarantees) on the date the conditions set forth below are
satisfied
(hereinafter, Legal Defeasance), For this purpose, Legal Defeasance means that the Company and
the
Guarantors will be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Indebtedness represented by the
outstanding Notes (including the Note Guarantees), which will thereafter be deemed to be
outstanding
only for the purposes of Section 8.05 hereof and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to
in clauses
(1) and (2) below, and to have satisfied all their other obligations under such Notes, the Note
Guarantees
and this Indenture (and the Trustee, on written demand of and at the expense of the Company, shall
execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following provisions which will
survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder:
(1) the rights of Holders of outstanding Notes to receive payments in respect of the
principal of, or interest or premium, if any, on, such Notes when such payments are due
from the
trust referred to in Section 8.05 hereof;
(2) the Companys obligations with respect to such Notes under Article 2 and Section
4.02 hereof;
(3) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and the
Companys and the Guarantors obligations in connection therewith; and
(4) this Article 8.
If the Company exercises under Section 8.01 the option applicable to this Section 8.02, subject to
satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, payment of the Notes may not be
accelerated because of an Event of Default under clauses (3), (4), (5), (6) (solely with respect
to a Significant Subsidiary), (7) (solely with respect to a Significant Subsidiary) and (8) of
Section 6.01. Subject to compliance with this Article 8, the Company may exercise its option under
this Section 8.02 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 8.03 hereof.
Section 8.03 Covenant Defeasance.
Upon the Companys exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section
8.03, the Company and each of the Guarantors will, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth
in Section 8.04 hereof, be released from each of their obligations under the covenants contained in
Sections 4.03, 4.04, 4.05, 4.07, 4.08, 4.09, 4.10, 4.11, 4.12, 4.13, 4.15, 4.17, 4.18, 4.19, 4.20,
4.21, 4.22,
4.23, 4.24, 4.25, 4.26 and 4.27 hereof and clauses (4), (5) and (6) of Section 5.01 and the
penultimate
paragraph of Section 5.01 hereof with respect to the outstanding Notes on and after the date the
conditions
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set forth in Section 8.04 hereof are satisfied (hereinafter, Covenant Defeasance), and the
Notes will thereafter be deemed not outstanding for the purposes of any direction, waiver,
consent or declaration or act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with
such covenants, but will continue to be deemed outstanding for all other purposes hereunder (it
being understood that such Notes will not be deemed outstanding for accounting purposes). For this
purpose, Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to the outstanding Notes and Note Guarantees,
the Company and the Guarantors may omit to comply with and will have no liability in respect of any
term, condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by
reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in any
such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply
will not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Section 6.01 hereof, but, except as
specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Notes and Note Guarantees will be
unaffected thereby. In addition, upon the Companys exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the
option applicable to this Section 8.03, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in
Section 8.04 hereof, Sections 6.01(3) through 6.01(5), 6.01(6) (solely with respect to a
Significant Subsidiary), and 6.01(7) through 6.01(9) hereof will not constitute Events of Default.
Section 8.04 Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance.
In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance under either Section 8.02
or 8.03 hereof:
(1) the Company must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of
the
Holders of the Notes, cash in U.S. dollars, non-callable Government Securities, or a
combination
of cash in U.S. dollars and non-callable Government Securities, in amounts as will be
sufficient,
in the opinion of a nationally recognized investment bank, appraisal firm or firm of
independent
public accountants, to pay the principal of, or interest and premium, if any, on, the
outstanding
Notes on the stated maturity date for payment thereof or on the applicable Redemption
Date, as
the case may be, and the Company must specify whether the Notes are being defeased to
such
stated maturity or to a particular Redemption Date;
(2) in the case of an election under Section 8.02 hereof, the Company must deliver to
the
Trustee an Opinion of Counsel confirming that, subject to customary assumptions and
exclusions:
(A) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the
Internal Revenue Service a ruling; or
(B) since the date of this Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable
U.S. federal income tax law,
in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel,
subject to customary assumptions and exclusions, shall confirm that, the Holders of
the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal
income tax purposes as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will be subject to
U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same
times as would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not occurred;
(3) in the case of an election under Section 8.03 hereof, the Company must deliver to
the
Trustee an Opinion of Counsel, subject to customary assumptions and exclusions,
confirming that
the Holders of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S.
federal
income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to U.S.
federal
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income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have
been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;
(4) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date
of
such deposit (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of
funds to be
applied to such deposit and the granting of a Lien to secure the deposit) and the
deposit will not
result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other
instrument to which the
Company or any Guarantor is a party or by which Holdco or any Guarantor is bound;
(5) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance will not result in a breach or
violation of, or constitute a default under, any material agreement or instrument
(other than this
Indenture) to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party or by which the
Company or any Company Subsidiary is bound; and
(6) the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel (which Opinion of Counsel may be subject to customary assumptions and
exclusions),
each stating that all conditions precedent relating to the Legal Defeasance or
Covenant
Defeasance, as the case may be, have been complied with.
Section 8.05 Deposited Money and Government Securities to be Held in Trust; Other
Miscellaneous Provisions.
Subject to Section 8.06 hereof, all money and non-callable Government Securities (including
the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee, collectively for
purposes of this Section 8.05, the Trustee) pursuant to Section 8.04 hereof in respect of the
outstanding Notes will be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the
provisions of such Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying
Agent (including the Company or any Subsidiary acting as Paying Agent) as the Trustee may
determine, to the Holders of such Notes of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of
principal, premium, if any, and interest, but such money need not be segregated from other funds
except to the extent required by law.
The Company will pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed
on or assessed against the cash or non-callable Government Securities deposited pursuant to
Section 8.04 hereof or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such
tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of the outstanding Notes.
Notwithstanding anything in this Article 8 to the contrary, the Trustee will deliver or pay
to the Company from time to time upon the written request of the Company any money or non-callable
Government Securities held by it as provided in Section 8.04 hereof which, in the opinion of a
nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification
thereof delivered to the Trustee (which may be the opinion delivered under Section 8.04(1)
hereof), are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be required to be deposited to effect
an equivalent Legal Defeasance.
Section 8.06 Repayment to the Company.
Subject to any applicable abandoned property law, any money deposited with the Trustee or any
Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of, premium,
if any, or interest on, any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal,
premium, if any, or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on its
request or (if then held by the Company) will be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of
such Note will thereafter be permitted to
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look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent
with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, will
thereupon cease.
Section 8.07 Reinstatement.
If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any U.S. dollars or non-callable Government
Securities in accordance with Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof, as the case may be, by reason of any
order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise
prohibiting such application, then the Companys and the Guarantors obligations under this
Indenture and the Notes and the Note Guarantees will be revived and reinstated as though no deposit
had occurred pursuant to Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent
is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof, as the case
may be; provided, however, that, if the Company makes any payment of the principal of, premium, if
any, or interest on, any Note following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company will be
subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money held
by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
ARTICLE 9
AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER
Section 9.01 Without Consent of Holders of Notes.
Notwithstanding Section 9.02 of this Indenture, from and after the Sell Down Date, and, with
respect to clauses (3), (7) and (9), at any time, without the consent of any Holder of Notes, the
Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture or the Notes:
(1) to cure any ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect or inconsistency;
(2) to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated
Notes;
(3) to provide for the assumption of the Company or any Guarantors obligations to the
Holders of the Notes by a successor to the Company pursuant to Article 5 hereof;
(4) to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the
Holders;
(5) to add covenants for the benefit of the Holders or to surrender any right or power
conferred upon the Company;
(6) to evidence and provide for the acceptance and appointment under this Indenture of
a successor trustee pursuant to the requirements thereof;
(7) to add a Guarantor under this Indenture;
(8) to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of the Holders of the
Notes in any respect; or
(9) to make any change reasonably necessary to cause the Indenture to conform to the
TIA.
Upon the written request of the Company accompanied by a resolution of its Board of Directors
authorizing the execution of any such amended or supplemental indenture, and upon receipt by the
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Trustee of the documents described in Section 9.05 hereof, the Trustee will join with the Company
in the execution of any amended or supplemental indenture authorized or permitted by the terms of
this Indenture and to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein
contained, but the Trustee will not be obligated to enter into such amended or supplemental
indenture that affects its own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
Section 9.02 With Consent of Holders of Notes.
Except as provided below in this Section 9.02, the Company and the Trustee may amend or
supplement this Indenture (including, without limitation, Sections 3.09, 4.10 and 4.15 hereof) and
the Notes and the Note Guarantees with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes voting as a single class (including,
without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a tender offer for, or purchase of, the
Notes), and, subject to Sections 6.04 and 6.07 hereof, any existing Default or Event of Default
(other than a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or
interest on, the Notes, except a payment default resulting from an acceleration that has been
rescinded) or compliance with any provision of this Indenture or the Notes or the Note Guarantees
may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
then outstanding Notes voting as a single class (including, without limitation, consents obtained
in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for, or purchase of, the Notes). Sections 2.08,
2.09 and 2.13 hereof shall determine which Notes are considered to be outstanding for purposes of
this Section 9.02.
Upon the written request of the Company accompanied by a resolution of its Board of Directors
authorizing the execution of any such amended or supplemental indenture, and upon the filing with
the Trustee of evidence satisfactory to the Trustee of the consent of the Holders of Notes as
aforesaid, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 9.05 hereof, the
Trustee will join with the Company and the Guarantors in the execution of such amended or
supplemental indenture unless such amended or supplemental indenture directly affects the
Trustees own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the
Trustee may in its discretion, but will not be obligated to, enter into such amended or
supplemental Indenture. As long as the Initial Purchasers do not constitute the Required Holders,
it shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders of Notes under this Section 9.02 to
approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if
such consent approves the substance thereof.
After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.02 becomes effective, the
Company will mail to the Holders of Notes affected thereby a notice briefly describing the
amendment, supplement or waiver. Any failure of the Company to mail such notice, or any defect
therein, will not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such amended or
supplemental indenture or waiver. Subject to Sections 6.04 and 6.07 hereof, the Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting as a single class may
waive compliance in a particular instance by the Company with any provision of this Indenture or
the Notes or the Note Guarantees, However, without the consent of each Holder affected, an
amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.02 may not (with respect to any Notes held by
a non-consenting Holder):
(1) reduce or increase the principal amount of Notes other than pursuant to the payment
of PIK Interest;
(2) change the fixed maturity of any Note or alter or waive any of the provisions with
respect to the redemption of the Notes (except as provided above with respect to
Sections 3.09,
4.10 and 4.15 hereof);
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(3) reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of interest on any Note;
(4) waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, or
premium, if
any, or interest on, the Notes, except a rescission of acceleration of the Notes by
the Holders of at
least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes and a
waiver of the
payment default that resulted from such acceleration, or in respect of a covenant or
provision
contained in this Indenture which cannot be amended or modified without the consent of
all
Holders);
(5) make any Note payable in money other than that stated in the Notes;
(6) make any change in the provisions of this Indenture relating to waivers of past
Defaults or the rights of Holders of Notes to receive payments of the principal of, or
interest or
premium, if any, on, the Notes;
(7) make any change in the preceding amendment and waiver provisions; or
(8) impair the right of any Holder to receive payment of the principal of, or interest
on,
such Holders Notes on or after the due dates therefore or to institute suit for the
enforcement of
any payment on or with respect to such Holders Notes.
Section 9.03 Revocation and Effect of Consents.
Until an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder of a
Note is a continuing consent by the Holder of a Note and every subsequent Holder of a Note or
portion of a Note that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holders Note, even if notation
of the consent is not made on any Note. However, any such Holder of a Note or subsequent Holder of
a Note may revoke the consent as to its Note if the Trustee receives written notice of revocation
before the date the amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective. An amendment, supplement or
waiver becomes effective in accordance with its terms and thereafter binds every Holder.
As long as the Initial Purchasers do not constitute the Required Holders, the Company may,
but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders
entitled to consent to any amendment, supplement, or waiver. If a record date is fixed, then,
notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, those Persons who were Holders at such record date (or
their duly designated proxies), and only such Persons, shall be entitled to consent to such
amendment, supplement or waiver or to revoke any consent previously given, whether or not such
Persons continue to be Holders after such record date. No such consent shall be valid or effective
for more than 120 days after such record date unless the consent of the requisite number of
Holders has been obtained.
Section 9.04 Notation on or Exchange of Notes.
The Trustee may place an appropriate notation about an amendment, supplement or waiver on any
Note thereafter authenticated. The Company in exchange for all Notes may issue and the Trustee
shall, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, authenticate new Notes that reflect the amendment,
supplement or waiver.
Failure to make the appropriate notation or issue a new Note will not affect the validity and
effect of such amendment, supplement or waiver.
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Section 9.05 Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc.
The Trustee will sign any amended or supplemental indenture authorized pursuant to this
Article 9 if the amendment or supplement does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities
or immunities of the Trustee. The Company may not sign an amended or supplemental indenture until
the Board of Directors of the Company approves it. In executing any amended or supplemental
indenture, the Trustee shall receive and (subject to Section 7.01 hereof) will be fully protected
in conclusively relying upon an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the
execution of such amended or supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel shall not be required in connection with the
addition of a Guarantor under this Indenture upon execution and delivery by such Guarantor and the
Trustee of a notation of Guarantee, the form of which is attached as Exhibit D hereto, and
supplemental indenture to this Indenture, the form of which is attached as Exhibit E hereto.
ARTICLE 10
NOTE GUARANTEES
Section 10.01 Guarantee.
(a) Subject to this Article 10, each of the Guarantors hereby, jointly and severally,
unconditionally guarantees to each Holder of a Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee
and to the
Trustee and its successors and assigns, irrespective of the validity and enforceability of
this Indenture, the
Notes or the obligations of the Company hereunder or thereunder, that:
(1) the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, the Notes will be promptly paid
in
full when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and
interest on the
overdue principal of and interest on the Notes, if any, if lawful, and all other
obligations of the
Company to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder will be promptly paid in
full or
performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; and
(2) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such
other obligations, that same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in
accordance
with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration
or otherwise.
Failing payment when due of any amount so guaranteed or any performance so guaranteed for
whatever reason, the Guarantors will be jointly and severally obligated to pay the same
immediately. Each Guarantor agrees that this is a guarantee of payment and not a guarantee of
collection.
(b) The Guarantors hereby agree that their obligations hereunder are unconditional,
irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Notes or this Indenture, the
absence of any
action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder of the Notes with respect to
any
provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the Company, any action to
enforce the
same or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge
or
defense of a Guarantor. Each Guarantor hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand of
payment,
filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any
right to require
a proceeding first against the Company, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever and
covenants that
this Note Guarantee will not be discharged except by complete performance of the obligations
contained
in the Notes and this Indenture.
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(c) If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to the
Company, the Guarantors or any custodian, trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting
in relation to
either the Company or the Guarantors, any amount paid by either to the Trustee or such Holder,
this Note
Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, will be reinstated in full force and effect.
(d) Each Guarantor agrees that it will not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation
to
the Holders in respect of any obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all
obligations
guaranteed hereby. Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between the Guarantors, on the one
hand, and
the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (1) the maturity of the obligations guaranteed
hereby may
be accelerated as provided in Article 6 hereof for the purposes of this Note Guarantee,
notwithstanding
any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the
obligations
guaranteed hereby, and (2) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such obligations
as provided
in Article 6 hereof, such obligations (whether or not due and payable) will forthwith become
due and
payable by the Guarantors for the purpose of this Note Guarantee. The Guarantors will have the
right to
seek contribution from any non-paying Guarantor so long as the exercise of such right does not
impair the
rights of the Holders under the Note Guarantee.
Section 10.02 Limitation on Guarantor Liability.
Each Guarantor, and by its acceptance of Notes, each Holder, hereby confirms that it is the
intention of all such parties that the Note Guarantee of such Guarantor not constitute a
fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent
Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar federal or state law to the
extent applicable to any Note Guarantee. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Trustee, the
Holders and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of such Guarantor will be
limited to the maximum amount that will, after giving effect to such maximum amount and all other
contingent and fixed liabilities of such Guarantor that are relevant under such laws, and after
giving effect to any collections from, rights to receive contribution from or payments made by or
on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Guarantor under this
Article 10, result in the obligations of such Guarantor under its Note Guarantee not constituting
a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.
Section 10.03 Execution and Delivery of Note Guarantee.
To evidence its Note Guarantee set forth in Section 10.01 hereof, each Guarantor hereby
agrees that a notation of such Note Guarantee substantially in the form attached as Exhibit D
hereto will be endorsed by an Officer of such Guarantor on each Note authenticated and delivered
by the Trustee and that this Indenture will be executed on behalf of such Guarantor by one of its
Officers.
Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its Note Guarantee set forth in Section 10.01 hereof will
remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse on each Note a notation of
such Note Guarantee.
If an Officer whose signature is on this Indenture or on the Note Guarantee no longer holds
that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Note on which a Note Guarantee is endorsed,
the Note Guarantee will be valid nevertheless.
The delivery of any Note by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, will
constitute due delivery of the Note Guarantee set forth in this Indenture on behalf of the
Guarantors.
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In the event that the Company creates or acquires any Domestic Subsidiary after the date of
this Indenture, if required by Section 4.25 hereof, the Company will cause such Domestic Subsidiary
to comply with the provisions of Section 4.25 hereof and this Article 10, to the extent applicable.
Section 10.04 Guarantors May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms.
Except as otherwise provided in Section 10.05 hereof, no Guarantor will, and the Company will
not permit any Guarantor to, consolidate or merge with or into or wind up into (whether or not
such Guarantor is the surviving corporation), or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or
otherwise dispose of all or substantially all its properties or assets in one or more related
transactions, to any Person unless:
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such Guarantor is the surviving entity or the Person formed by or
surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than such
Guarantor) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease,
conveyance or other disposition will have been made is an entity
organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any
state thereof, the District of Columbia, or any territory thereof
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the Successor Person, if other than such
Guarantor, expressly assumes all
the obligations of such Guarantor under this Indenture and
such
Guarantors Note Guarantee pursuant to supplemental indentures or
other
documents or instruments in form reasonably satisfactory to the
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immediately after such transaction, no Default
or Event of Default exists;
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the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee
an Officers Certificate
and an opinion of counsel, each stating that such consolidation,
merger
or transfer and such supplemental indentures, if any, comply with
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(2) the transaction is made in compliance with Section 4.10 hereof.
In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance and upon the assumption by the
successor Person, by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee and
satisfactory in form to the Trustee, of the Note Guarantee endorsed upon the Notes and the due and
punctual performance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be performed by
the Guarantor, such successor Person will succeed to and be substituted for the Guarantor with the
same effect as if it had been named herein as a Guarantor. Such successor Person thereupon may
cause to be signed any or all of the Note Guarantees to be endorsed upon all of the Notes issuable
hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by the Company and delivered to the
Trustee. All the Note Guarantees so issued will in all respects have the same legal rank and
benefit under this Indenture as the Note Guarantees theretofore and thereafter issued in
accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all of such Note Guarantees had been issued
at the date of the execution hereof.
Except as set forth in Articles 4 and 5 hereof, and notwithstanding clause 2 above, nothing
contained in this Indenture or in any of the Notes will prevent any consolidation or merger of a
Guarantor with or into the Company or another Guarantor, or will prevent any sale or conveyance of
the property of a Guarantor as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to the Company or
another Guarantor.
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Section 10.05 Releases.
The Note Guarantee of a Guarantor will be released:
(a) in connection with any sale or other disposition of all or substantially all the assets of
that
Guarantor (including by way of merger or consolidation) to a Person that is not (either before
or after
giving effect to such transaction) the Company or a Company Subsidiary, if the sale or other
disposition
does not violate Section 4.10 hereof;
(b) in connection with any sale or other disposition of all the Capital Stock of that
Guarantor
to a Person that is not (either before or after giving effect to such transaction) the Company
or a Company
Subsidiary, if the sale or other disposition does not violate Section 4.10 hereof;
(c) upon Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance in accordance with Article 8 hereof or
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture in accordance with Article 13 hereof; or
(d) upon the contemporaneous release of such Guarantors Guarantee of all Obligations
under the Credit Agreement in accordance with the Intercreditor Agreement.
Any Guarantor not released from its obligations under its Note Guarantee as provided in this
Section 10.05 will remain liable for the full amount of the principal of and interest and premium,
if any, on the Notes and for the other obligations of any Guarantor under this Indenture as
provided in this Article 10.
ARTICLE 11
RANKING OF NOTE LIENS
Section 11.01 Agreement for the Benefit of Holders of First Priority Liens.
The Trustee and the Collateral Agent agree, and each Holder by accepting a Note agrees, that
this Indenture, the Notes, the Note Guarantees and the Security Documents are subject to the
Intercreditor Agreement.
Section 11.02 Notes, Note Guarantees and other Obligations with respect to the
Notes not Subordinated.
The provisions of this Article 11 are intended solely to set forth the relative ranking, as
Liens, of the Second Priority Liens as against the First Priority Liens. The Notes and Note
Guarantees are senior unsubordinated obligations of the Company and Guarantors, respectively.
Neither the Notes, the Note Guarantees and other Obligations of the Company under this Indenture
and the Notes nor the exercise or enforcement of any right or remedy for the payment or collection
thereof (other than the exercise of rights and remedies of a secured party, which are subject to
the Intercreditor Agreement) are intended to be, or will ever be by reason of the provisions of
this Article 11, in any respect subordinated, deferred, postponed, restricted or prejudiced,
(except as set forth in the Intercreditor Agreement).
Section 11.03 Relative Rights.
The Intercreditor Agreement defines the relative rights, as lienholders, of holders of Second
Priority Liens and holders of First Priority Liens. Nothing in this Article 11 will:
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(a) impair, as between the Company and the Holders, the obligation of the Company, which
is absolute and unconditional, to pay principal of, premium and interest on the Notes in
accordance with
their terms or to perform any other obligation of the Company or any other obligor under this
Indenture,
the Notes, the Note Guarantees and the Security Documents;
(b) restrict the right of any Holder to sue for payments that are then due and owing, in a
manner not inconsistent with the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement;
(c) prevent the Trustee, the Collateral Agent or any Holder from exercising against the
Company or any other obligor any of its other available remedies upon a Default or Event of
Default
(other than its rights as a secured party, which are subject to the Intercreditor Agreement);
or
(d) restrict the right of the Trustee, the Collateral Agent or any Holder:
(1) to file and prosecute a petition seeking an order for relief in an involuntary
bankruptcy case as to the Company or any Guarantor or otherwise to commence, or seek
relief
commencing, any insolvency or liquidation proceeding involuntarily against the Company
or any
Guarantor;
(2) to make, support or oppose any request for an order for dismissal, abstention or
conversion in any insolvency or liquidation proceeding;
(3) to make, support or oppose, in any insolvency or liquidation proceeding, any
request
for an order extending or terminating any period during which the debtor (or any other
Person)
has the exclusive right to propose a plan of reorganization or other dispositive
restructuring or
liquidation plan therein;
(4) to seek the creation of, or appointment to, any official committee representing
creditors (or certain of the creditors) in any insolvency or liquidation proceedings
and, if
appointed, to serve and act as a member of such committee without being in any respect
restricted
by any of the obligations under this Article 11;
(5) to seek or object to the appointment of any professional person to serve in any
capacity in any insolvency or liquidation proceeding or to support or object to any
request for
compensation made by any professional person or others therein;
(6) to make, support or oppose any request for order appointing a trustee or examiner
in
any insolvency or liquidation proceedings; or
(7) otherwise to make, support or oppose any request for relief in any insolvency or
liquidation proceeding that it is permitted by law to make, support or oppose:
(a) if it were a holder of unsecured claims; or
(b) as to any matter relating to any plan of reorganization or other restructuring
or liquidation plan or as to any matter relating to the administration of the estate or
the disposition
of the case or proceeding;
(in each case except as set forth in the Intercreditor Agreement).
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ARTICLE 12
COLLATERAL AND SECURITY
Section 12.01 Security Documents.
The payment of the principal of and interest and premium, if any, on the Notes when due,
whether on an Interest Payment Date, at maturity, by acceleration, repurchase, redemption or
otherwise and whether by the Company pursuant to the Notes or by any Guarantor pursuant to its
Note Guarantees, the payment of all other Obligations of the Company and the Guarantors under this
Indenture, the Notes, the Note Guarantees and the Security Documents are secured as provided in
the Security Documents which the Collateral Agent, Company and the Guarantors have entered into
simultaneously with the execution of this Indenture and will be secured by Security Documents
hereafter delivered as required or permitted by this Indenture, subject to the provisions of the
Intercreditor Agreement.
Section 12.02 Collateral Agent.
(a) The Collateral Agent is authorized and empowered to appoint one or more co-Collateral
Agents as it deems necessary or appropriate, provided, however, that no collateral agent
hereunder shall
be personally liable by reason of any act or omission of any other collateral agent hereunder.
(b) Subject to Section 7.01, neither the Trustee nor the Collateral Agent nor any of their
respective officers, directors, employees, attorneys or agents will be responsible or liable
for the
existence, genuineness, value or protection of any Collateral, for the legality,
enforceability, effectiveness
or sufficiency of the Security Documents, for the creation, perfection, priority, sufficiency
or protection of
any Second Priority Lien, or for any defect or deficiency as to any such matters, or for any
failure to
demand, collect, foreclose or realize upon or otherwise enforce any of the Second Priority
Liens or
Security Documents or any delay in doing so.
(c) The Collateral Agent will be subject to such directions as may be given it by the Trustee
from time to time (as required or permitted by this Indenture). Except as directed by the
Trustee as
required or permitted by this Indenture and any other representatives, the Collateral Agent
will not be
obligated:
(1) to act upon directions purported to be delivered to it by any other Person;
(2) to foreclose upon or otherwise enforce any Second Priority Lien; or
(3) to take any other action whatsoever with regard to any or all of the Second
Priority
Liens, Security Documents or Collateral.
(d) The Collateral Agent will be accountable only for amounts that it actually receives as a
result of the enforcement of the Second Priority Liens or Security Documents.
(e) In acting as Collateral Agent, the Collateral Agent may conclusively rely upon and
enforce each and all of the rights, powers, immunities, indemnities and benefits of the
Trustee under
Article 7 hereof.
(f) At all times when the Trustee is not itself the Collateral Agent, the Company will deliver
to the Trustee copies of all Security Documents delivered to the Collateral Agent and copies
of all
documents delivered to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Documents.
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Section 12.03 Authorization of Actions to Be Taken.
(a) Each Holder of Notes, by its acceptance thereof, consents and agrees to the terms of each
Security Document and the Intercreditor Agreement, as originally in effect and
as amended,
supplemented or replaced from time to time in accordance with its terms or the terms of this
Indenture,
authorizes and directs the Trustee and the Collateral Agent to enter into the Security
Documents to which
it is a party, authorizes and empowers the Trustee to direct the Collateral Agent to enter
into, and the the
Trustee and the Collateral Agent to execute and deliver, the Intercreditor Agreement, and
authorizes and
empowers the Trustee and the Collateral Agent to bind the Holders of Notes as set forth in the
Security
Documents to which it is a party and the Intercreditor Agreement and to perform its
obligations and
exercise its rights and powers thereunder.
(b) The Collateral Agent and the Trustee are authorized and empowered to receive for the
benefit of the Holders of Notes any funds collected or distributed under the Security
Documents to which
the Collateral Agent or Trustee is a party and to make further distributions of such funds to
the Holders of
Notes according to the provisions of this Indenture and the Intercreditor Agreement.
(c) Subject to the provisions of Section 7.01, Section 7.02, Article 11 and the Intercreditor
Agreement, the Trustee may, at the written direction of the Holders holding at least a
majority in
aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes voting as a single class, direct, on
behalf of the
Holders, the Collateral Agent to take all actions it deems necessary or appropriate in order
to:
(1) foreclose upon or otherwise enforce any or all of the Second Priority Liens;
(2) enforce any of the terms of the Security Documents to which the Collateral Agent
or
Trustee is a party; or
(3) collect and receive payment of any and all Notes Obligations.
Subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, the Trustee, at the written direction of the Holders
holding at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes voting as
a single class, is authorized and empowered to institute and maintain, or direct the Collateral
Agent to institute and maintain, such suits and proceedings as the Trustee may deem expedient to
protect or enforce the Second Priority Liens or the Security Documents to which the Collateral
Agent or Trustee is a party or to prevent any impairment of Collateral by any acts that may be
unlawful or in violation of the Security Documents to which the Collateral Agent or Trustee is a
party or this Indenture, and such suits and proceedings as the Trustee or the Collateral Agent may
deem expedient to preserve or protect its interests and the interests of the Holders of Notes in
the Collateral, including power to institute and maintain suits or proceedings to restrain the
enforcement of or compliance with any legislative or other governmental enactment, rule or order
that may be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid if the enforcement of, or compliance with, such
enactment, rule or order would impair the security interest hereunder or be prejudicial to the
interests of Holders, the Trustee or the Collateral Agent.
Section 12.04 Release of Liens.
(a) Subject to subsections (b) and (c) of this Section 12.04 and to Section 12.05 hereof,
Collateral may be released from the Second Priority Lien created by the Security Documents at any
time or from time to time in accordance with the provisions of the Security Documents, the
Intercreditor Agreement or as provided hereby. Upon the request of the Company pursuant to an
Officers Certificate certifying that all conditions precedent hereunder have been met, the
Company and the Guarantors will be entitled to a release of assets included in the Collateral from
the Second Priority Liens securing the Notes,
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and the Collateral Agent and the Trustee (if the Trustee is not then the Collateral Agent)
shall release the same from such Second Priority Liens at the Companys sole cost and expense,
under one or more of the following circumstances:
(1) to enable the Company or any Guarantor to consummate the disposition of such property
or assets to the extent not prohibited under Section 4.10;
(2) in the case of a Guarantor that is released from its Note Guarantee with respect to
the Notes, the release of the property and assets of such Guarantor; or
(3) as described under Article 9.
Upon receipt of such Officers Certificate and any necessary or proper instruments of
termination, satisfaction or release prepared by the Company and otherwise in accordance with
Section 12.05 hereof, the Collateral Agent and the Trustee (if the Trustee is not then the
Collateral Agent) shall execute, deliver or acknowledge such instruments or releases to evidence
the release of any Collateral permitted to be released pursuant to this Indenture or the Security
Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in the Intercreditor Agreement, no Collateral may be released
from the Second Priority Lien created by the Security Documents unless the Officers Certificate
required by this Section 12.04, dated not more than 10 days prior to the date of the application
for such release, has been delivered to the Collateral Agent and the Trustee (if the Trustee is not
then the Collateral Agent).
(c) At any time when a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the
maturity of the Notes has been accelerated (whether by declaration or otherwise) and the Trustee
(if not then the Collateral Agent) has delivered a notice of acceleration to the Collateral Agent,
no release of Collateral pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture or the Security Documents
will be effective as against the Holders, except as otherwise provided in the Intercreditor
Agreement.
Section 12.05 Filing, Recording and Opinions.
(a) The Company will comply with the provisions of TIA §§ 314(b) and 314(d), in each case
following qualification of this Indenture pursuant to the TIA and except to the extent not required
as set forth in any SEC regulation or interpretation (including any no action letter issued by the
Staff of the SEC, whether issued to the Company or any other Person). Following such qualification,
to the extent the Company is required to furnish to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel pursuant to
TIA § 314(b)(2), the Company will furnish such opinion not more than 60 but not less than 30 days
prior to each June 30.
Any release of Collateral permitted by Section 12.04 hereof will be deemed not to impair the
Second Priority Liens under the Indenture and the Security Documents in contravention thereof and
any person that is required to deliver an Officers Certificate or Opinion of Counsel pursuant to
§ 314(d) of the TIA, shall be entitled to rely upon the foregoing as a basis for delivery of such
certificate or opinion. The Trustee may, to the extent permitted by Section 7.01 and 7.02 hereof,
accept as conclusive evidence of compliance with the foregoing provisions the appropriate
statements contained in such documents and Opinion of Counsel.
(b) If any Collateral is released in accordance with this Indenture or any Security Document
at a time when the Trustee is not itself also the Collateral Agent and if the Company has delivered
the certificates and documents required by the Security Documents and Section 12.04, the Trustee
will determine whether it has received all documentation required by TIA § 314(d) in connection
with such
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release and, based on such determination and the Opinion of Counsel delivered pursuant to Section
12.04, will, upon request, deliver a certificate to the Collateral Agent setting forth such
determination.
Section 12.06 Suits to Protect the Collateral
Subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documents, the
Collateral Agent acting at the written direction of the Required Holders shall have the authority
to institute and to maintain such suits and proceedings to prevent any impairment of the Collateral
by any acts which may be unlawful or in violation of any of the Security Documents or this
Indenture, and such suits and proceedings as the Collateral Agent is directed in writing by the
Required Holders to pursue to preserve or protect its interest and the interests of the Holders of
the Notes in the Collateral (including suits or proceedings to restrain the enforcement of or
compliance with any legislative or other governmental enactment, rule or order that may be
unconstitutional or otherwise invalid if the enforcement of, or compliance with, such enactment,
rule or order would impair the Second Priority Liens or be prejudicial to the interests of the
Holders of the Notes).
Section 12.07 Purchaser Protected.
In no event shall any purchaser in good faith of any property purported to be released
hereunder be bound to ascertain the authority of the Collateral Agent or the Trustee to execute
the release or to inquire as to the satisfaction of any conditions required by the provisions
hereof for the exercise of such authority or to see to the application of any consideration given
by such purchaser or other transferee; nor shall any purchaser or other transferee of any property
or rights permitted by this Article 12 to be sold be under any obligation to ascertain or inquire
into the authority of the Company or the applicable Guarantor to make any such sale or other
transfer.
Section 12.08 Powers Exercisable by Receiver or Trustee.
In case the Collateral shall be in the possession of a receiver or trustee, lawfully
appointed, the powers conferred in this Article 12 upon the Company or a Guarantor with respect to
the release, sale or other disposition of such property may be exercised by such receiver or
trustee, and an instrument signed by such receiver or trustee shall be deemed the equivalent of
any similar instrument of the Company or a Guarantor or of any officer or officers thereof
required by the provisions of this Article 12; and if the Trustee shall be in the possession of
the Collateral under any provision of this Indenture, then such powers may be exercised by the
Trustee.
Section 12.09 Release Upon Termination of the Companys Obligations.
In the event (i) that the Company delivers to the Trustee, in form and substance acceptable
to it, an Officers Certificate certifying that all the obligations under this Indenture, the
Notes and the Security Documents have been satisfied and discharged by the payment in full of the
Companys non-contingent obligations under the Notes, this Indenture and the Security Documents,
and all such obligations have been so satisfied, or (ii) a legal defeasance of this Indenture
occurs under Article 8, the Trustee shall deliver to the Company and the Collateral Agent a notice
stating that the Trustee, on behalf of the Holders, disclaims and gives up any and all rights it
has in or to the Collateral, and any rights it has under the Security Documents, and upon receipt
by the Collateral Agent of such notice, the Collateral Agent shall be deemed not to hold a Lien in
the Collateral on behalf of the Trustee, and the Collateral Agent and/or the Trustee at the
written instruction and expense of the Company shall do or cause to be done all acts reasonably
necessary to release such Lien as soon as is practicable.
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Section 12.10 Financing Statements.
The Company, at the expense of the Company, shall (1) cause this Indenture, the Security
Documents, and any additional security instrument filed with the Collateral Agent as additional
security for the Notes, each amendment and supplement to any such instrument, and a memorandum,
financing statement or continuation statement with respect to such instruments, amendments, or
supplements to be filed, registered and recorded and to be refiled, reregistered and rerecorded in
such manner and in such places as may be required by any present or future law in order to fully
protect, preserve and perfect the lien of this Indenture and to protect, preserve and perfect the
rights and security of the Holders and the rights of the Collateral Agent under the this Indenture
and the Security Documents and (2) perform or cause to be performed from time to time any other act
as required by law, and execute and file or cause to be executed and filed any and all instruments
of further assurance (including financing statements with respect to any of such instruments) that
may be necessary for such protection. The Company, the Guarantors, the Collateral Agent and the
Trustee shall, when so requested by one another, execute all such instruments, memoranda, or
statements necessary to maintain, protect, perfect or preserve the interests assigned to the
Collateral Agent under this Indenture. Promptly after the execution and delivery of this Indenture
and the execution and delivery of the Notes and every five years (or such other time period
provided by any applicable law) thereafter, the Company will deliver to the Collateral Agent, at
the expense of the Company, an opinion of counsel either stating that in the opinion of such
counsel such action has been taken with respect to the recording, filing, rerecording and refiling
of financing or continuation statements as is necessary to maintain the effectiveness and the
perfection of the lien of this Indenture, and reciting the details of such action, or stating that
in the opinion of such counsel no such action is necessary to maintain the effectiveness or
perfection of such lien; and in each case, such opinion shall state what future action is necessary
to maintain the effectiveness and perfection of such Lien.
The Company covenants that it will do, execute, acknowledge, and deliver, or cause to be
done, executed, acknowledged, and delivered, such indentures supplemental hereto and such further
acts, instruments and transfers as the Trustee may reasonably require for the better assigning,
pledging and confirming unto the Collateral Agent of the Collateral.
ARTICLE 13
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Section 13.01 Satisfaction and Discharge.
This Indenture will be discharged and will cease to be of further effect as to all Notes
issued hereunder, when:
(1) either:
(a) all Notes that have been authenticated, except lost, stolen or destroyed Notes that
have been replaced or paid and Notes for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in
trust and thereafter repaid to the Company, have been delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation; or
(b) all Notes that have not been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation have become due
and payable by reason of the mailing of a notice of redemption or otherwise or will become due
and payable or redeemable within one year or are to be called for redemption within one year
under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice by the Trustee in the
name, and at the expense, of the Company, and the Company or any Guarantor has irrevocably
deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust solely for
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the benefit of the Holders, cash in U.S. dollars, non-callable Government Securities, or a
combination of cash in U.S. dollars and non-callable Government Securities, in amounts as will
be sufficient, without consideration of any reinvestment of interest, to pay and discharge the
entire Indebtedness on the Notes not delivered to the Trustee for cancellation for principal,
premium, if any, and accrued interest to the date of maturity or redemption;
(2) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the date of the
deposit (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be
applied to such deposit and the granting of a Lien to secure the deposit) and the deposit will
not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other material
instrument to which the Company or any Guarantor is a party or by which the Company or any
Guarantor is bound;
(3) the Company or any Guarantor has paid or caused to be paid to the Trustee, the
Collateral Agent, the Paying Agent and the authentication agent, all sums payable by them under
this Indenture; and
(4) the Company has delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee under this Indenture
to apply the deposited money toward the payment of the Notes at maturity or on the Redemption
Date, as the case may be.
In addition, the Company must deliver an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the
Trustee stating that all conditions precedent to satisfaction and discharge have been satisfied.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, if money has been deposited
with the Trustee pursuant to Section 13.01(l)(b) hereof, the provisions of Sections 13.02 and 8.06
hereof will survive. In addition, nothing in this Section 13.01 will be deemed to discharge those
provisions of Section 7.06 hereof, that, by their terms, survive the satisfaction and discharge of
this Indenture.
Section 13.02 Application of Trust Money.
Subject to the provisions of Section 8.06 hereof, all money deposited with the Trustee
pursuant to Section 13.01 hereof shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the
provisions of the Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying
Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the
Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium, if any) and interest for whose payment
such money has been deposited with the Trustee; but such money need not be segregated from other
funds except to the extent required by law.
If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or Government Securities in
accordance with Section 13.01 hereof by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order
or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting
such application, the Companys or any Guarantors obligations under this Indenture and the Notes
shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 13.01
hereof; provided that if the Company has made any payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or
interest on, any Notes because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be
subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money or
Government Securities held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
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ARTICLE 14
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 14.01 Notices.
Any notice or communication by the Company or the Trustee to the others is duly given if in
writing and delivered in Person or by first class mail (registered or certified, return receipt
requested), facsimile transmission or overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to the
others address:
If to the Company and/or any Guarantor:
MoneyGram Payment Systems Worldwide, Inc.,
1550 Utica Avenue South
Suite 100
Minneapolis, MN 55416
Facsimile
No.: (952) 591-3865
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
With a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Citigroup Center
153 East 53rd Street
New York, NY 10022-4611,
Facsimile
No.: (212) 446-6600
Attention: Ashley Gregory, Esq.
If to the Trustee:
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas
Trust & Securities Services
60 Wall Street, MS2710
New York, NY 10005
Facsimile
No.: (732) 578-4635
Attention: Deal Manager Corporates Team
With a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas
c/o Deutsche Bank National Trust Company
Trust & Securities Services
25 Deforest Avenue, MS SUM01-0105
Summit, NJ 07901
Facsimile No.: (732) 578-4635
Attention: Deal Manager Corporates Team
If to the Collateral Agent:
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas
Trust & Securities Services
60 Wall Street, MS2710
New York, NY 10005
Facsimile No.: (732) 578-4635
Attention: Deal Manager Corporates Team
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With a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas
c/o Deutsche Bank National Trust Company
Trust & Securities Services
25 DeForest Avenue, MS SUM01-0105
Summit, NJ 07901
Facsimile
No.: (732) 578-4635
Attention: Deal Manager Corporates Team
The Company, any Guarantor or the Trustee, by notice to the other, may designate additional or
different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.
All notices and communications (other than those sent to Holders) will be deemed to have been
duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being
deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt acknowledged, if transmitted by
facsimile; and the next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by overnight air
courier guaranteeing next day delivery.
Any notice or communication to a Holder will be mailed by first class mail, certified or
registered, return receipt requested, or by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery
to its address shown on the register kept by the Registrar. Failure to mail a notice or
communication to a Holder or any defect in it will not affect its sufficiency with respect to
other Holders.
If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above within the time
prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.
If the Company mails a notice or communication to Holders, it will mail a copy to the Trustee
and each Agent at the same time.
Section 14.02 Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.
Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under this
Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee:
(1) an Officers Certificate in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee
(which must include the statements set forth in Section 14.03 hereof) stating that, in the
opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent and covenants, if any, provided for in this
Indenture relating to the proposed action have been satisfied; and
(2) an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee
(which must include the statements set forth in Section 14.03 hereof) stating that, in the
opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent and covenants have been satisfied.
Section 14.03 Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.
Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided
for in this Indenture must include:
(1) a statement that the Person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant
or condition;
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(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon
which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of such Person, he or she has made such examination
or investigation as is reasonably necessary to enable him or her to express an informed opinion
as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been satisfied; and
(4) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person, such condition or
covenant has been satisfied.
Section 14.04 Rules by Trustee and Agents.
The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of Holders. The Registrar
or Paying Agent may make reasonable rules and set reasonable requirements for its functions.
Section 14.05 No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders.
No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the
Company, any Guarantor, any Company Subsidiary or any direct or indirect parent of the Company, in
their capacities as such, will have any liability for any obligations of the Company or the
Guarantors under the Notes, this Indenture, the Note Guarantees or the Registration Rights
Agreement or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their
creation. Each Holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The
waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes. The waiver may not be
effective to waive liabilities under the federal securities laws.
Section 14.06 Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial.
THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WILL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS INDENTURE,
THE NOTES AND THE NOTE GUARANTEES WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF
LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED
THEREBY.
EACH OF THE COMPANY, THE GUARANTORS, THE TRUSTEE AND THE COLLATERAL AGENT HEREBY IRREVOCABLY
WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN
ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES OR THE TRANSACTION
CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
Section 14.07 No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.
This Indenture may not be used to interpret any other indenture, loan or debt agreement of
the Company or its Subsidiaries or of any other Person. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement
may not be used to interpret this Indenture.
Section 14.08 Successors.
All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Notes will bind its successors. All
agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture will bind its successors. All agreements of each
Guarantor in this Indenture will bind its successors, except as otherwise provided in Section
10.05 hereof.
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Section 14.09 Severability.
In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Notes is invalid, illegal or unenforceable,
the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions will not in any way be
affected or impaired thereby.
Section 14.10 Counterpart Originals.
The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy will be an
original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.
Section 14.11 Table of Contents, Headings, etc.
The Table of Contents, Cross-Reference Table and headings of the Articles and Sections of
this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a
part of this Indenture and will in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions
hereof.
Section 14.12 Force Majeure.
In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the
performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly,
forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts
of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of
God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and
hardware) services; it being understood that the Trustee shall use reasonable efforts which are
consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as
practicable under the circumstances.
Section 14.13 Patriot Act
The parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the USA Patriot Act
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, like all financial institutions and in order to help fight
the funding of terrorism and money laundering, is required to obtain, verify, and record
information that identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens
an account. The parties to this Indenture agree that they will provide Deutsche Bank Trust Company
Americas with such information as it may request in order for Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas
to satisfy the requirements of the USA Patriot Act.
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SIGNATURES
Dated as of March 25, 2008
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MONEYGRAM INTERNATIONAL, INC.
MONEYGRAM PAYMENT SYSTEMS WORLDWIDE, INC.
MONEYGRAM PAYMENT SYSTEMS, INC.
MONEYGRAM INVESTMENTS, LLC.
FSMC, INC.
PROPERTYBRIDGE, INC.
MONEYGRAM OF NEW YORK, LLC,
By: MONEYGRAM PAYMENT SYSTEMS,
INC., its Sole Member
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Exhibit B
Form of Registration Rights Agreement
See attached Registration Rights Agreement.
Execution Version
EXCHANGE AND REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
by and between
MONEYGRAM PAYMENT SYSTEMS WORLDWIDE, INC.
EACH OF THE GUARANTORS LISTED ON THE SIGNATURE PAGES HERETO
and
GSMP V ONSHORE US, LTD.
GSMP V OFFSHORE US, LTD.
GSMP V INSTITUTIONAL US, LTD.
Dated as of March 25, 2008
Relating to:
$500,000,000
13.25% Senior Secured Second Lien Notes Due 2018
EXCHANGE AND REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement (this Agreement) is made and entered
into as of March 25, 2008, by and among MoneyGram Payment Systems Worldwide, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the Company). GSMP V Onshore US, Ltd. an exempted company incorporated in
the Cayman Islands with limited liability (GSMP Onshore). GSMP V Offshore US, Ltd. an
exempted company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability (GSMP
Offshore) and GSMP V Institutional US, Ltd. an exempted company incorporated in the Cayman
Islands with limited liability (GSMP Institutional and together with GSMP Onshore, GSMP
Offshore, the Initial Purchasers), who have agreed, subject to the terms and conditions
of the Note Purchase Agreement (as defined below), to purchase the Companys 13.25% Senior Secured
Second Lien Notes due 2018 (the Initial Notes).
This Agreement is made pursuant to the Second Amended and Restated Note Purchase Agreement,
dated as of March 24, 2008 (the Note Purchase Agreement), by and among the Company,
Moneygram International, Inc., a Delaware Corporation (Holdco). and the Initial
Purchasers (i) for the benefit of the Initial Purchasers and (ii) for the benefit of the holders
from time to time of the Notes (including the Initial Purchasers). In order to induce the Initial
Purchasers to purchase the Initial Notes, the Company has agreed to provide the registration rights
set forth in this Agreement. As set forth in Section 3.9 of the Note Purchase Agreement, the
execution and delivery of this Agreement is a condition to the obligations of the Initial
Purchasers to purchase and pay for the Initial Notes.
The parties hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1.
DEFINITIONS.
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms
in, or by reference in, the Note Purchase Agreement. As used herein, the following terms have the
meanings specified herein (it being understood that defined terms shall include in the singular
number, the plural and in the plural, the singular):
Additional Interest is defined in Section 6 hereof.
Additional Interest Payment Date means March 31, June 30, September 30, and December 31.
Advice is defined in Section 7 hereof.
Automatic Shelf Registration Statement is defined in Section 4.1 hereof.
Broker-Dealer means any broker or dealer registered under the Exchange Act.
Consummate means that the registered Exchange Offer shall be deemed Consummated with
respect to the Initial Notes for purposes of this Agreement upon the occurrence of (i) the filing
and effectiveness under the Securities Act of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement relating to
the Exchange Notes to be issued in the Exchange Offer, (ii) the maintenance of such Registration
Statement continuously effective and the keeping of the Exchange Offer open for a period not less
than the minimum period required pursuant to Section 3.4 hereof, and (iii) the delivery by the
Company to the Registrar under the Indenture of Exchange Notes in the same aggregate principal
amount as the aggregate principal amount of Initial Notes that were validly tendered by Holders
thereof pursuant to the Exchange Offer; provided that in no event shall the registered Exchange
Offer be deemed Consummated unless and until the Exchange Notes are, upon receipt, transferable by
the Holders without restriction under the
Securities Act and without material restriction under the blue sky or securities laws of a
substantial majority of the States of the United States of America.
Effectiveness
Target Date is defined in Section 6 hereof.
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and
regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
Exchange
Notes has the meaning set forth in the Indenture (as defined below).
Exchange Offer means the registration by the Company under the Securities Act of the
Exchange Notes pursuant to a Registration Statement pursuant to which the Company shall offer the
Holders of all outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities the opportunity to exchange all such
outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities held by such Holders for Exchange Notes in an aggregate
principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities
tendered in such exchange offer by such Holders.
Exchange Offer Registration Statement is defined in Section 3.1 hereof.
Free
Writing Prospectus has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
Holders is defined in Section 2.2 hereof.
Indemnified Holder is defined in Section 9.1 hereof.
Indenture means the Indenture, dated as of March 25, 2008 among the Company, as issuer, the
Guarantors party thereto and Wells Fargo Bank National Association, a national banking
association, as trustee, pursuant to which the Notes are to be issued, as such Indenture is
amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.
Initial Purchasers is defined in the preamble hereto.
Initial Notes is defined in the preamble hereto, but only for so long as such securities
constitute Transfer Restricted Securities. All references to the Exchange Notes include the
related Note Guarantees.
NASD means National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., or any successor entity thereof.
Non-Eligible
Notes is defined in Section 4.1 hereof.
Note Guarantee means, with respect to the Notes, the related guarantee by the Guarantors.
Notes means the Initial Notes and the Exchange Notes.
Participating
Piggy-Back Holders is defined in Section 5.2 hereof.
Person has the meaning set forth in the Indenture.
Piggy-Back Maximum Number is defined in Section 5.3 hereof.
Piggy-Back Registration is defined in Section 5.1 hereof.
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Piggy-Back Registration Statement is defined in Section 5.1 hereof.
Prospectus means the prospectus included in a Registration Statement, as amended or
supplemented by any prospectus supplement and by all other amendments thereto, including
post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed incorporated by
reference into such Prospectus.
Note Purchase Agreement is defined in the preamble hereto.
Record Holder means, with respect to any Additional Interest Payment Date relating to the
Notes on which Additional Interest is to be paid, each Person who is a Holder of Notes on the
March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15 immediately prior to such date.
Registration Default is defined in Section 6 hereof.
Registration
Demand is defined in Section 3.1 hereof.
Registration Statement means any Exchange Offer Registration Statement, Piggy-Back
Registration Statement or Shelf Registration Statement, which is filed pursuant to the provisions
of this Agreement, in each case, including the Prospectus included therein, all amendments and
supplements thereto (including post-effective amendments) and all exhibits and material
incorporated by reference therein.
Rule 415 means Rule 415 promulgated under the Securities Act, as amended or any similar
rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC.
Rule 430A means Rule 430A promulgated under the Securities Act, as amended or any similar
rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC.
SEC has the meaning set forth in the Indenture.
Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations
of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
Shelf Filing Deadline is defined in Section 4 hereof.
Shelf Registration
Statement is defined in Section 4 hereof.
Suspension Period is defined in
Section 7.4 hereof.
Trigger Date is defined in the Indenture.
Trust Indenture Act means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, or any successor thereto, and
the rules, regulations and forms promulgated thereunder, all as the same shall be amended from
time to time.
Transfer Restricted Securities means each (i) Initial Note, until the earliest to occur of
(a) the date on which such Note is exchanged in the Exchange Offer and entitled to be resold to
the public by the Holder thereof without complying with the prospectus delivery requirements of
the Securities Act, (b) the date on which such Note has been effectively registered under the
Securities Act and disposed of in accordance with a Shelf Registration Statement or a Piggy Back
Registration Statement and (c) the date on which such Note is distributed to the public pursuant
to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or is eligible for distribution pursuant to Rule 144(k) under
the Securities Act, and (ii) Exchange Note issued to a
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Broker-Dealer until the date on which such Note has been distributed by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to
the Plan of Distribution contemplated by the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (including
delivery of the Prospectus contained therein).
Underwritten Registration or Underwritten Offering means a registration in which securities
of the Company are sold to an underwriter for reoffering to the public.
SECTION 2.
SECURITIES SUBJECT TO THIS AGREEMENT.
2.1. Transfer Restricted Securities
The securities entitled to the benefits of this Agreement are the Transfer Restricted Securities.
2.2. Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities
A Person is deemed to be a holder of Transfer Restricted Securities (each, a Holder
and collectively, the Holders) whenever such Person owns Transfer Restricted Securities.
SECTION 3.
REGISTERED EXCHANGE OFFER.
3.1. At any time on or after the Trigger Date, the Holders of at least a majority in principal
amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities may, by written notice (a Registration
Demand), request that the Company effect a registration under the Securities Act relating to
the Exchange Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer. Thereupon the Company shall use its commercially
reasonable efforts to file with the SEC as soon as possible, but in any event no later than one
hundred twenty (120) days (excluding any days that occur during a permitted Suspension Period under
Section 7.4 hereof) after receipt of such Registration Demand, and thereafter use its reasonable
best efforts to cause to be declared effective, a registration statement (an Exchange Offer
Registration Statement) relating to all Transfer Restricted Securities. The Company shall use
its commercially reasonable best efforts to cause such Exchange Offer Registration Statement to
become effective at the earliest possible time, but in no event later than 240 days after the
Registration Demand is received, and in connection with the foregoing, shall (A) file all
pre-effective amendments to such Registration Statement to cause such Registration Statement to
become effective, (B) if applicable, file a post effective amendment to such Registration Statement
pursuant to Rule 430A under the Securities Act, and (C) cause all necessary filings in connection
with the registration and qualification of the Exchange Notes to be made under the blue sky laws of
such jurisdictions as are necessary to permit Consummation of the Exchange Offer, and upon the
effectiveness of such Exchange Offer Registration Statement, commence the Exchange Offer (unless
the Exchange Offer would not be permitted by applicable law or SEC policy). The Exchange Offer
Registration Statement shall be on the appropriate form permitting registration of the Exchange
Notes to be offered in exchange for the Transfer Restricted Securities and to permit resales of
Notes held by Broker-Dealers as contemplated by Section 3.5 below.
3.2. The Exchange Notes shall be issued under, and entitled to the benefits of, the Indenture.
3.3. Interest on the Exchange Notes will accrue from the later of (x) the last interest
payment date on which interest was paid on the Notes surrendered in exchange therefor, or (y) if
the Notes are surrendered for exchange on a date on or after the record date for an interest
payment date which is scheduled to occur on or after the date of such exchange and as to which
interest will be paid, such interest payment date.
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3.4. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement to be effective continuously and shall keep the Exchange Offer open for a
period of not less than the minimum period required under applicable federal and state securities
laws to Consummate the Exchange Offer; provided, however, that in no event shall such period be
less than 20 Business Days (as defined in SEC rules) after the date notice of the Exchange Offer is
mailed to the Holders. The Company shall cause the Exchange Offer to comply with all applicable
federal and state securities laws. No securities other than the Notes and Holdco Notes shall be
included in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement. The Company shall use its commercially
reasonable efforts to cause the Exchange Offer to be Consummated on or prior to 30 Business Days
after the Effectiveness Target Date for such Exchange Offer Registration Statement.
3.5. The Company shall indicate in a Plan of Distribution section contained in the
Prospectus forming a part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement that any Broker-Dealer who
holds Initial Notes that are Transfer Restricted Securities and that were acquired for its own
account as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities (other than Transfer
Restricted Securities acquired directly from the Company), may exchange such Initial Notes pursuant
to the Exchange Offer; however, such Broker-Dealer may be deemed to be an underwriter within the
meaning of the Securities Act and must, therefore, deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of
the Securities Act in connection with any resales of the Exchange Notes received by such
Broker-Dealer in the Exchange Offer, which prospectus delivery requirement may be satisfied by the
delivery by such Broker-Dealer of the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement. Such Plan of Distribution section shall also contain all other information with
respect to such resales by Broker-Dealers that the SEC may require in order to permit such resales
pursuant thereto, but such Plan of Distribution shall not name any such Broker-Dealer or disclose
the amount of Notes held by any such Broker-Dealer except to the extent required by the SEC as a
result of a change in policy, rules or regulations after the date of this Agreement.
3.6. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement continuously effective, supplemented and amended as required by the
provisions of Section 7.3 below to the extent necessary to ensure that it is available for resales
of Notes acquired by Broker-Dealers for their own accounts as a result of market-making activities
or other trading activities, and to ensure that it conforms with the requirements of this
Agreement, the Securities Act and the policies, rules and regulations of the SEC as announced from
time to time, for a period ending on the earlier of (i) 90 days from the date on which the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement is declared effective and (ii) the date on which all Broker-Dealers
are no longer required to deliver a prospectus in connection with market-making or other trading
activities.
3.7. The Company shall provide sufficient copies of the latest version of such Prospectus to
Broker-Dealers promptly upon request at any time during such 90-day (or shorter as provided in the
foregoing sentence) period in order to facilitate such resales.
SECTION 4.
SHELF REGISTRATION
4.1. Shelf Registration
If after the receipt of a Registration Demand (i) the Company is not required to file an
Exchange Offer Registration Statement or to consummate the Exchange Offer because the Exchange
Offer is not permitted by applicable law or SEC policy, (ii) for any reason the Exchange Offer for
the Notes is not Consummated within 30 Business Days after the Effectiveness Target Date of the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement for the Notes, or (iii) any Holder of Transfer Restricted
Securities (Non-Eligible Notes) notifies the Company prior to the 20th day
following consummation of the Exchange Offer that
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(A) such Holder is prohibited by applicable law or SEC policy from participating in the Exchange
Offer, or (B) such Holder may not resell the Exchange Notes acquired by it in the Exchange Offer to
the public without delivering a prospectus and that the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement is not appropriate or available for such resales by such Holder, then, upon
such Holders request, the Company shall
(x) use commercially reasonable efforts to file a shelf registration statement pursuant to
Rule 415 under the Securities Act, which may be an amendment to the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement and which, to the extent the Company is a well-known seasoned issuer (as defined in
Rule 405) will be an automatic shelf registration statement, as defined in Rule 405 (an
Automatic Shelf Registration Statement), (in either event, the Shelf
Registration Statement) on or prior to the earliest to occur of (1) the 90th
day after the date on which the Company determines that it is not required to file the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement as contemplated by clause (i) above, (2) the 90th day after the
date 30 Business Days after the Effectiveness Target Date if the Exchange Offer for the Notes
is not Consummated as contemplated by clause (ii) above and (3) the 90th day after
the date on which the Company receives notice from a Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities
as contemplated by clause (iii) above (such date being the Shelf Filing Deadline),
which Shelf Registration Statement shall provide for resales of all Transfer Restricted
Securities (or, in the case of clause (iii), all Non-Eligible Notes) the Holders of which shall
have provided the information required pursuant to Section 4.2 hereof; and
(y) use its commercially reasonable best efforts to cause such Shelf Registration
Statement to be declared effective by the SEC at the earliest possible time, but in no event
later than the 90th day after the Shelf Filing Deadline.
The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep such Shelf Registration
Statement continuously effective, supplemented and amended (subject to Section 7.4 below) as
required by the provisions of Sections 7.2 and 7.3 hereof to the extent necessary to ensure that
it is available for resales of Notes by the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities entitled to
the benefit of this Section 4(a), and to ensure that it conforms with the requirements of this
Agreement, the Securities Act and the policies, rules and regulations of the SEC as announced from
time to time, for a period of at least two years following the effective date of such Shelf
Registration Statement (or shorter period that will terminate when all the Notes covered by such
Shelf Registration Statement have been sold pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement or are
eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144(k)).
4.2 Provision by Holders of Certain Information in Connection with the Shelf Registration
Statement.
No Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities may include any of its Transfer Restricted
Securities in any Shelf Registration Statement or Piggy-Back Registration Statement pursuant to
this Agreement unless and until such Holder furnishes to the Company in writing, within 20
Business Days after receipt of a request therefor, such information as the Company may reasonably
request for use in connection with any Shelf Registration Statement, Piggy-Back Registration,
Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus included therein. Each Holder as to which any Shelf
Registration Statement or Piggy-Back Registration Statement is being effected agrees to furnish
promptly to the Company all information required to be disclosed in order to make the information
previously furnished to the Company by such Holder not materially misleading.
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SECTION 5.
PIGGY-BACK REGISTRATION
5.1. If the Company or any subsidiary of the Company proposes to file on its behalf and/or on
behalf of any holders of its debt securities (other than a Holder) a registration statement on any
form for the registration of its debt securities (a Piggy-Back Registration Statement),
it will give written notice to all Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities at least twenty (20)
days before the initial filing thereof, which notice shall set forth the intended method of
disposition of the securities proposed to be registered by the Company or such subsidiary. The
notice shall offer to include in such filing the aggregate number of Transfer Restricted Securities
as such Holders may request (a Piggy-Back Registration).
5.2. Each Holder desiring to have Transfer Restricted Securities registered under this Section
5 (Participating Piggy-Back Holders) shall advise the Company in writing within ten (10)
days after the date of receipt of such offer from the Company, setting forth the amount of Transfer
Restricted Securities for which registration is requested. The Company shall thereupon include or
cause to be included in such filing the amount of Transfer Restricted Securities for which
registration is so requested, subject to paragraph (c) below, and shall use its commercially
reasonable efforts to effect registration of such Transfer Restricted Securities under the
Securities Act.
5.3. If the Registration relates to an underwritten public offering and the managing
underwriter of such proposed public offering advises in writing that, in its opinion, the amount of
Transfer Restricted Securities requested to be included in the Registration in addition to the
securities being registered by the Company would be greater than the total number of securities
which can be sold in such offering without delaying or jeopardizing the price, timing or
distribution thereof (the Piggy- Back Maximum Number), then;
(i). in the event the Company initiated the Piggy-Back Registration, the Company shall
include in such Piggy-Back Registration first, the securities the Company proposes to
register and second, the securities of all other selling security holders, including
the Participating Piggy-Back Holders, in a principal amount which together with the securities
the Company proposes to register, shall not exceed the Piggy-Back Maximum Number, such amount
to be allocated among such selling security holders on a pro rata basis (based on the
principal amount of debt securities of the Company held by each such selling security holder);
and
(ii). in the event any holder of debt securities of the Company other than Transfer
Restricted Securities initiated the Piggy-Back Registration, the Company shall include in such
Piggy-Back Registration first, the securities such initiating security holder proposes to
register, second, the securities of any other selling security holders (including
Participating Piggy-Back Holders), in a principal amount which together with the securities the
initiating security holder proposes to register, shall not exceed the Piggy-Back Maximum
Number, such principal amount to be allocated among such other selling security holders on a
pro rata basis (based on the principal amount of debt securities of the Company held by each
such selling security holder) and third, any debt securities the Company proposes to
register, in a principal amount which together with the securities the initiating security
holder and the other selling security holders propose to register, shall not exceed the
Piggy-Back Maximum Number.
5.4. Subject to Section 6 hereof, nothing in this Section 5 shall create any liability on the
part of the Company to the Holders if the Company in its sole discretion should decide not to file
a registration statement proposed to be filed pursuant to this Section or to withdraw such
registration statement subsequent to its filing and prior to the later of its effectiveness or the
release of the Transfer Restricted Securities for public offering by the managing underwriter, in
the case of an underwritten public offering,
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regardless of any action whatsoever that a Holder may have taken, whether as a result of the
issuance by the Company of any notice hereunder or otherwise.
SECTION 6.
ADDITIONAL INTEREST
If (i) either the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or the Shelf Registration Statement
required by Sections 3 and 4 are not filed with the SEC on or prior to the date specified for such
filing in this Agreement, (ii) any of such Registration Statements has not been declared effective
by the SEC on or prior to the date specified for such effectiveness in this Agreement (the
Effectiveness Target Date), (iii) unless the Exchange Offer shall not be permissible
under applicable law or SEC policy, the Exchange Offer has not been Consummated (except with
respect to Non-Eligible Notes) within 30 Business Days after the Effectiveness Target Date with
respect to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or (iv) any Registration Statement required by
Sections 3 and 4 is filed and declared effective but shall thereafter cease to be effective or fail
to be usable for its intended purpose (except as a result of a Suspension Notice for a period not
to exceed that permitted by Section 7(d) below) without being succeeded immediately by a
post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement that cures such failure and that is itself
declared effective within 30 days after filing (each such event referred to in clauses (i) through
(iv), a Registration Default), the Company hereby agrees that the interest rate borne by
the Transfer Restricted Securities shall be increased by 0.25% per annum during the 90-day period
immediately following the occurrence of any Registration Default and shall increase by an
additional 0.25% per annum at the end of each subsequent 90-day period, but in no event shall such
increase exceed 1.00% per annum in the aggregate for all Registration Defaults (Additional
Interest). Following the cure of all Registration Defaults relating to any Transfer Restricted
Securities (or at such time as any Note ceases to be a Transfer Restricted Security), Additional
Interest payable with respect to the relevant Transfer Restricted Securities will cease; provided,
however, that, if after any such reduction in interest rate, a different Registration Default
occurs, the interest rate borne by the Transfer Restricted Securities shall again be increased
pursuant to the foregoing provisions.
All obligations of the Company set forth in the preceding paragraph that are outstanding with
respect to any Transfer Restricted Security at the time such security ceases to be a Transfer
Restricted Security shall survive until such time as all such obligations with respect to such
Note shall have been satisfied in full.
All accrued Additional Interest shall be paid to the Record Holders entitled thereto, in the
manner provided for the payment of interest in the Indenture, on each Additional Interest Payment
Date, as more fully set forth in the Indenture and the Initial Notes.
The obligation of the Company to pay Additional Interest in the case of any Registration
Default shall be the sole and exclusive monetary remedy of the Initial Purchasers and the Holders
for any such Registration Default.
SECTION 7.
REGISTRATION PROCEDURES
7.1. Exchange Offer Registration Statement
(a) In connection with each Exchange Offer, the Company shall comply with all of the
provisions of Section 7.3 below and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to effect such
exchange and to permit the resale of Notes by Broker-Dealers that tendered in the Exchange Offer
Initial
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Notes that such Broker-Dealers acquired for their own account as a result of market making
activities or other trading activities (other than Initial Notes acquired directly from the
Company or any of its Affiliates) being sold in accordance with the intended method or methods of
distribution thereof.
(b) As a condition to its participation in the Exchange Offer pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement, each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities shall furnish, upon the request of the
Company, prior to the Consummation thereof, a written representation to the Company (which may be
contained in the letter of transmittal contemplated by the Exchange Offer Registration Statement)
to the effect that (A) it is not an affiliate of the Company, (B) it is not engaged in, and does
not intend to engage in, and has no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in,
a distribution of the Exchange Notes to be issued in the Exchange Offer, (C) it is acquiring the
Exchange Notes in its ordinary course of business and (D) if such Holder is a Broker-Dealer, it has
acquired the Exchange Notes as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities and
will comply with the applicable provisions of the Securities Act. In addition, all such Holders of
Transfer Restricted Securities shall otherwise cooperate in the Companys preparations for the
Exchange Offer. Each Holder will be required to acknowledge and agree that any Broker-Dealer and
any such Holder using the Exchange Offer to participate in a distribution of the securities to be
acquired in the Exchange Offer (1) could not under SEC policy as in effect on the date of this
Agreement rely on the position of the SEC enunciated in Morgan Stanley and Co., Inc. (available
June 5, 1991) and Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (available May 13, 1988), as interpreted in
the SECs letter to Shearman & Sterling dated July 2, 1993, and similar no-action letters (which
may include any no-action letter obtained pursuant to clause (i) above), and (2) must comply with
the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with a
secondary resale transaction and that such a secondary resale transaction should be covered by an
effective registration statement containing the selling security holder information required by
Item 507 or 508, as applicable, of Regulation S-K if the resales are of Exchange Notes obtained by
such Holder in exchange for Initial Notes acquired by such Holder directly from the Company.
7.2. Shelf Registration Statement
In connection with the Shelf Registration Statement, the Company shall comply with all the
provisions of Section 7.3 below and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to effect such
registration to permit the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities being sold in accordance
with the intended method or methods of distribution thereof, and pursuant thereto the Company will
as expeditiously as possible prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement relating to
the registration on any appropriate form under the Securities Act, which form shall be available
for the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities in accordance with the intended method or
methods of distribution thereof.
7.3. General Provisions
In connection with any Registration Statement (except such subsections that specifically
apply to only certain Registration Statements) and any Prospectus required by this Agreement to
permit the sale or resale of Transfer Restricted Securities (including, without limitation, any
Registration Statement and the related Prospectus required to permit resales of Notes by
Broker-Dealers), the Company shall:
(a) except during a Suspension Period and except as otherwise provided in Section 5.4, use
its commercially reasonable efforts to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective and
provide all requisite financial statements for the period specified in Section 3, 4 or 5 of this
Agreement (except as otherwise provided herein), as applicable (subject to Section 7.4 below);
upon the occurrence of any event that would cause any such Registration Statement or the
Prospectus contained therein (A) to contain an untrue statement of material fact or omit to state
any material fact required to be
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stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made not misleading or (B) not to be effective and usable for resale of Transfer
Restricted Securities during the period required by this Agreement, the Company shall file promptly
an appropriate amendment to such Registration Statement, in the case of clause (A), correcting any
such misstatement or omission, and, in the case of either clause (A) or (B), use its commercially
reasonable efforts to cause such amendment to be declared effective and such Registration Statement
and the related Prospectus to become usable for their intended purposes as soon as practicable
thereafter;
(b) except during a Suspension Period, prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and
post-effective amendments to such Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep such
Registration Statement effective for the applicable period set forth in Section 3 and 4 hereof, as
applicable, or such shorter period as will terminate when all Transfer Restricted Securities
covered by such Registration Statement have been sold; cause the Prospectus to be supplemented by
any required prospectus supplement, and as so supplemented to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 under
the Securities Act, and to comply fully with the applicable provisions of Rules 424 and 430A under
the Securities Act in a timely manner; and comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with
respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such Registration Statement during the
applicable period in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution by the sellers
thereof set forth in such Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus;
(c) in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement or Piggy-Back Registration Statement, advise
the underwriters, if any, and selling Holders promptly and, if requested by such Persons, confirm
such advice in writing, (1) when the Prospectus or any prospectus supplement or post-effective
amendment or any Free Writing Prospectus has been filed, and, with respect to any Registration
Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto, when the same has become effective, (2) of the
issuance by the SEC of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of such Registration Statement
under the Securities Act or of the suspension by any state securities commission of the
qualification of the Transfer Restricted Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or
the initiation of any proceeding for any of the preceding purposes, or (3) except during a
Suspension Period, of the existence of any fact or the happening of any event that makes any
statement of a material fact made in such Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any amendment or
supplement thereto, any Free Writing Prospectus or any document incorporated by reference in any of
the foregoing untrue, or that requires the making of any additions to or changes in such
Registration Statement or the Prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus in order to make the statements
therein in the circumstances in which they were made not misleading. If at any time the SEC shall
issue any stop order suspending the effectiveness of such Registration Statement, or any state
securities commission or other regulatory authority shall issue an order suspending the
qualification or exemption from qualification of the Transfer Restricted Securities under state
securities or Blue Sky laws, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain
the withdrawal or lifting of such order at the earliest possible time;
(d) in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement or Piggy-Back Registration Statement,
furnish without charge to each of the Initial Purchasers, each selling Holder named in any
Registration Statement, and each of the underwriters, if any, before filing with the SEC, copies of
any Registration Statement or any Prospectus included therein or any amendments or supplements to
any such Registration Statement or Prospectus (including all documents incorporated by reference
after the initial filing of such Registration Statement) or any Free Writing Prospectus, which
documents will be subject to the review of such Holders and underwriters in connection with such
sale, if any, for a period of at least five Business Days, and the Company will not file any such
Registration Statement or Prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to
any such Registration Statement or Prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus (including all such
documents incorporated by reference in any of the foregoing) to which an Initial Purchaser of
Transfer Restricted Securities covered by such Registration Statement or
the underwriters, if any, shall reasonably object in writing within five Business Days after the
receipt thereof (such objection to be deemed timely made upon confirmation of telecopy transmission
within such period). The objection of an Initial Purchaser or underwriter, if any, shall be deemed
to be reasonable if such Registration Statement, amendment, Prospectus or supplement or Free
Writing Prospectus, as applicable, as proposed to be filed, contains an untrue statement of
material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made not
misleading;
(e) in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement or Piggy-Back Registration Statement,
promptly prior to the filing of any document that is to be incorporated by reference into such
Registration Statement or Prospectus, provide copies of such document to the Initial Purchasers,
each selling Holder named in any Registration Statement, and to the underwriters, if any, make
available representatives of the Company for discussion of such document and other customary due
diligence matters, and include such information in such document prior to the filing thereof as
such selling Holders or underwriters, if any, reasonably may request;
(f) in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement or Piggy-Back Registration Statement, make
available at reasonable times for inspection by the Initial Purchasers, any managing underwriter
participating in any disposition pursuant to such Registration Statement and any attorney or
accountant retained by such Initial Purchasers or any of the underwriters, all financial and other
records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company and cause the Companys
officers, directors and employees to supply all information reasonably requested by any such
Holder, underwriter, attorney or accountant in connection with such Registration Statement
subsequent to the filing thereof and prior to its effectiveness;
(g) except during a Suspension Period, if requested by any selling Holders or the
underwriters, if any, promptly incorporate in any Registration Statement or Prospectus, pursuant to
a supplement or post-effective amendment if necessary, such information as such selling Holders and
underwriters, if any, may reasonably request to have included therein, including, without
limitation, information relating to the Plan of Distribution of the Transfer Restricted
Securities, information with respect to the principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities
being sold to such underwriters, the purchase price being paid therefor and any other terms of the
offering of the Transfer Restricted Securities to be sold in such offering; and make all required
filings of such Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment as soon as practicable after the
Company is notified of the matters to be incorporated in such Prospectus supplement or
post-effective amendment;
(h) in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement or Piggy-Back Registration Statement,
furnish to each selling Holder, each Broker-Dealer that holds Notes and each of the underwriters,
if any, without charge, at least one copy of such Registration Statement, as first filed with the
SEC, and of each amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, all documents
incorporated by reference therein and all exhibits (including exhibits incorporated therein by
reference);
(i) in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement or Piggy-Back Registration Statement,
deliver to each selling Holder, each Broker-Dealer that holds Notes and each of the underwriters,
if any, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus (including each preliminary prospectus)
and any amendment or supplement thereto as such Persons reasonably may request; the Company hereby
consents to the use of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto and any Free Writing
Prospectus prepared by the Company and filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) of the
Securities Act by each of the selling Holders and each of the underwriters, if any, in connection
with the offering and the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Prospectus or
any amendment or supplement thereto;
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