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As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 6,
2010
Registration
No. 333-
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.
20549
FORM
S-1
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Aeroflex
Incorporated*
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
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3674
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11-1974412
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(State
or other jurisdiction of
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(Primary
Standard Industrial
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(I.R.S.
Employer
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incorporation
or organization)
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Classification
Code Number)
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Identification
No.)
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35
South Service Road
P.O.
Box 6022
Plainview,
N.Y. 11803
(516)
694-6700
(Address,
including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
of
registrant’s principal executive offices)
Leonard
Borow
Chief
Executive Officer and President
Aeroflex
Incorporated
35
South Service Road
P.O.
Box 6022
Plainview,
N.Y. 11803
(516)
694-6700
(Name,
address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent
for service)
Copies
to:
Gary
T. Moomjian, Esq.
Moomjian,
Waite & Coleman, LLP
100
Jericho Quadrangle
Jericho,
New York 11753
Ph:
(516) 937-5900
Fax:
(516) 937-5050
Approximate date of commencement of
proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after the
effectiveness of this Registration Statement.
If any of
the securities being registered on this Form are being offered on a delayed or
continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, check
the following box. x
If this
form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule
462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities
Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration
statement for the same offering. ¨
If this form is a post-effective
amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the
following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the
earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ¨
If this form is a post-effective
amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the
following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the
earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ¨
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting
company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated
filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check
one):
Large accelerated filer
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Accelerated filer
o
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Non-accelerated filer
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x
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Smaller reporting company
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¨
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(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
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Pursuant
to Rule 429 under the Securities Act, the Prospectus contained in this
Registration Statement relates to the Registrants’ Registration Statements on
Form S-1 filed February 2, 2009 (File No. 333-157075) and September 24, 2009
(File No. 333-162085).
CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE
TITLE OF EACH CLASS OF
SECURITIES TO BE
REGISTERED
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AMOUNT TO
BE
REGISTERED
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PROPOSED
MAXIMUM
OFFERING
PRICE PER
NOTE
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PROPOSED
MAXIMUM
AGGREGATE
OFFERING
PRICE
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AMOUNT OF
REGISTRATION
FEE
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Guarantees
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N/A | N/A | N/A | (1 | ) |
(1)
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This
Registration Statement has been filed to register the guarantee of
Aeroflex Acquisition One, Inc., Aeroflex Acquisition Two, Inc. and
Aeroflex Acquisition Three, Inc. of senior notes issued by Aeroflex
Incorporated. No filing fee is required pursuant to Rule 457(n)
under the Securities Act.
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*
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Includes
certain subsidiaries of Aeroflex Incorporated identified on the following
page.
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THE
REGISTRANT HEREBY AMENDS THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON SUCH DATE OR DATES AS
MAY BE NECESSARY TO DELAY ITS EFFECTIVE DATE UNTIL THE REGISTRANT SHALL FILE A
FURTHER AMENDMENT WHICH SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT
SHALL THEREAFTER BECOME EFFECTIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8(A) OF THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OR UNTIL THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL BECOME
EFFECTIVE ON SUCH DATE AS THE COMMISSION, ACTING PURSUANT TO SAID SECTION 8(A),
MAY DETERMINE.
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ii
TABLE
OF ADDITIONAL SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR REGISTRANTS
Name of Additional Registrant
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State or Other
Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or
Organization
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Primary Standard
Industry
Classification Number
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I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.
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Aeroflex
Colorado Springs, Inc. (1)
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Delaware
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3674
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84-0822182
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Aeroflex
High Speed Test Solutions, Inc. (2)
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Delaware
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3674
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26-2570692
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Aeroflex/Inmet,
Inc. (3)
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Michigan
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3674
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38-3178661
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Aeroflex/KDI,
Inc. (4)
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Michigan
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3674
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38-3283270
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Aeroflex/Metelics,
Inc. (5)
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California
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3674
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94-2532962
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Aeroflex
Microelectronic Solutions, Inc. (6)
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Michigan
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3674
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86-1079255
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Aeroflex
Plainview, Inc. (2)
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Delaware
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3674
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11-2774706
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Aeroflex
RAD, Inc. (9)
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New
York
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3674
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11-3567221
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Aeroflex/Weinschel,
Inc. (7)
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Michigan
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3674
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38-3260794
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Aeroflex
Wichita, Inc. (8)
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Delaware
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3674
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48-0777904
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Aeroflex
Bloomingdale, Inc. (2)
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New
York
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3674
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11-1735010
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Aeroflex
Acquisition One, Inc. (2)
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Delaware
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3674
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80-0649750
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Aeroflex
Acquisition Two, Inc. (2)
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Delaware
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3674
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90-0618035
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Aeroflex
Acquisition Three, Inc. (2)
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Delaware
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3674
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80-0649757
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AIF
Corp. (2)
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Delaware
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3674
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80-0301369
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Comar
Products Inc. (2)
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New
Jersey
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3674
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22-1428789
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IFR
Finance, Inc. (8)
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Kansas
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3674
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48-1197644
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IFR
Systems, Inc. (8)
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Delaware
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3674
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48-1197645
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MCE
Asia, Inc. (6)
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Michigan
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3674
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38-3601102
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MicroMetrics,
Inc. (10)
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New
Hampshire
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3674
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02-0404118
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VI
Technology, Inc. (11)
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Texas
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3674
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74-2604744
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The
address and telephone number of the principal executive offices of each of the
additional subsidiary co-registrants are as follows:
(1)
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4350
Centennial Blvd., Colorado Springs, CO 80907, (719)
594-8000.
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(2)
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35
South Service Road, Plainview, NY 11803, (516)
694-6700.
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(3)
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300
Dino Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48103, (734)
426-5553.
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(4)
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60
South Jefferson Road, Whippany, NJ 07981, (973)
887-5700.
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(5)
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975
Stewart Drive, Sunnyvale, CA 94086, (408)
737-8181.
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(6)
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310
Dino Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48103, (734)
426-1230.
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(7)
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5305
Spectrum Drive, Frederick, MD 21703, (301)
846-9222.
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(8)
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10200
West York Street, Wichita, KS 67215, (316)
522-4981.
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(9)
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5017
North 30th
Street, Colorado Springs, CO 80919, (719)
531-0800
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(10)
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54
Grenier Field Road, Londonderry, NH 03052, (603)
641-3800.
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(11)
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3700
W. Parmer Lane, Austin, TX 78727, (512)
327-4400
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iii
EXPLANATORY
NOTE
This Registration Statement is being
filed to register the guarantee of Aeroflex Acquisition One, Inc., Aeroflex
Acquisition Two, Inc. and Aeroflex Acquisition Three, Inc. related to the 11.75%
senior notes due February 15, 2015 issued by Aeroflex Incorporated and
guarantees issued by the additional subsidiary guarantor registrants listed in
the table above previously registered with the Securities and Exchange
Commission pursuant to the registration statement bearing the File No.
333-157075 (the “initial registration statement”). Accordingly, pursuant
to Rule 429 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, upon effectiveness,
this Registration Statement containing a combined Prospectus shall act as a
post-effective amendment to the initial registration statement.
This Registration Statement is being
filed, and the Prospectus that is part hereof will be used, solely in connection
with offers and sales by Goldman, Sachs & Co. related to market-making
transactions. We will not receive any proceeds of such
sales.
iv
SUBJECT
TO COMPLETION, DATED ____________ __, 2010
The
information in this preliminary prospectus is not complete and may be
changed. These securities may not be sold until the registration statement
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This
preliminary prospectus is not an offer to sell nor does it seek an offer to buy
these securities in any state or jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not
permitted.
PRELIMINARY
PROSPECTUS
AEROFLEX
INCORPORATED
$225,000,000
11.75% Senior Notes due February 15, 2015
On August
7, 2008, we issued 11.75% senior notes due February 15, 2015 (the “Original
Notes”) in a transaction exempt from the registration requirements of the
Securities Act. As part of the issuance of the Original Notes, holders
were granted benefits pursuant to an exchange and registration rights agreement
(the “registration rights agreement”) among us, the initial purchaser and
others. To satisfy our obligations under the registration rights
agreement, in March 2009 we issued registered 11.75% senior notes due February
15, 2015 (the “Notes”) with substantially identical terms in exchange for all of
the Original Notes pursuant to an exchange offer (the “exchange
offer”).
We pay
interest on the Notes on February 15 and August 15 of each year. Interest
accrues at a rate of 11.75% per annum.
The Notes
mature on February 15, 2015. We have the option to redeem all or part of
the Notes at any time on or after August 15, 2011 at the redemption prices set
forth in this prospectus. In addition, at any time prior to
August 15, 2011, we may redeem all or part of the Notes at a price equal to 100%
of the principal amount plus the "make-whole" redemption price described in this
prospectus. If we undergo certain changes of control, each holder of the
Notes may require us to repurchase all or a part of that holder’s Notes at a
price of 101% of the principal amount of the Notes, plus accrued and unpaid
interest to the date of repurchase.
The Notes
are senior unsecured obligations of ours and the guarantors and rank equally
with all of our and the guarantors' existing and future senior unsecured debt
and senior to all of our and the guarantors' existing and future subordinated
indebtedness. The Notes and the guarantees are effectively subordinated to all
of our and the guarantors' secured debt, including borrowings under our Senior
Secured Credit Facility, to the extent of the collateral securing such
indebtedness.
The Notes
are guaranteed by our existing and future domestic, wholly-owned subsidiaries
that guarantee certain of our other indebtedness. Our foreign subsidiaries
do not guarantee the Notes.
There is
no existing public market for the Notes offered hereby. We do not intend
to list the Notes on any securities exchange or seek approval for quotation
through any automated trading system.
You
should carefully consider the "Risk Factors" beginning on page 11 of this
prospectus before purchasing the Notes.
These
securities have not been approved or disapproved by the Securities and Exchange
Commission or any state securities commission nor has the Securities and
Exchange Commission or any state securities commission passed on the accuracy or
adequacy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal
offense.
v
This
prospectus has been prepared for and will be used by Goldman, Sachs & Co.
and other affiliates of Goldman, Sachs & Co. in connection with the offers
and sales of the Notes in market-making transactions effected from time to time.
These transactions may occur in the open market or may be privately negotiated
at prices related to prevailing market prices at the time of sales or at
negotiated prices. Goldman, Sachs & Co. and its affiliates may act as
principal or agent in these transactions. We will not receive any proceeds
of such sales.
Goldman,
Sachs & Co.
The date
of this prospectus is ___________, 2010
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TABLE
OF CONTENTS
Page
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Prospectus
Summary
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1
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Risk
Factors
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11
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Forward-Looking
Statements
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26
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Ratio
of Earnings to Fixed Charges
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27
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Use
of Proceeds
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27
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Capitalization
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28
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Description
of Other Indebtedness
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29
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Description
of the Notes
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31
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Book-Entry,
Delivery and Form
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78
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Certain
U.S. Federal Income and Estate Tax Consequences
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81
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Plan
of Distribution
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85
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Certain
ERISA Considerations
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85
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Legal
Matters
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85
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Experts
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85
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Where
You Can Find More Information
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86
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Incorporation
of Certain Information by Reference
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86
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You
should rely only on the information contained in this prospectus. We have
not authorized anyone to provide you with different information. Goldman,
Sachs & Co. is not making an offer of any of these securities in any state
or jurisdiction where the offer is not permitted. You should not assume
that the information contained in this prospectus is accurate as of any date
other than the date on the front cover of this prospectus.
vii
PROSPECTUS
SUMMARY
This
summary highlights important information about our business and about this
prospectus. This summary does not contain all of the information that may be
important to you. You should carefully read this prospectus in its entirety
before making an investment decision. In particular, you should read the section
titled "Risk Factors" and the financial statements and notes related to those
statements appearing in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
June 30, 2010 which is incorporated by reference in this prospectus. In this
prospectus, unless the context requires otherwise, references to (i) "we,"
"our," "the Company," “the issuer” or "us" refer, as applicable, to
Aeroflex Incorporated and its subsidiaries, (ii) the term
"parent" refers to Aeroflex Holding Corp., formerly known as AX Holding Corp.,
which owns 100% of our capital stock, (iii) the term "parent LLC" refers to
VGG Holding LLC, which owns 100% of the parent, (iv) the term "Veritas
Capital" refers to The Veritas Capital Fund III, L.P., (v) the term "Golden
Gate Capital" refers to Golden Gate Private Equity, Inc., (vi) the term “GS
Direct” refers to GS Direct, L.L.C., (vii) the term “Sponsors” refers
collectively to Veritas Capital, Golden Gate Capital and GS Direct, and
to affiliates of and funds managed by these entities, and (viii)
“fiscal” year refers to the twelve months ended June 30 of the applicable
year. For example, “fiscal 2010” refers to the twelve months ended June 30,
2010.
Our
common stock was publicly traded on Nasdaq and we filed periodic and other
reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, until August
2007. On August 15, 2007, we were acquired by our parent pursuant to an
agreement and plan of merger, or the merger agreement. As a result of this
acquisition, which we refer to as the “Acquisition,” the “Merger” or the “Going
Private Transaction” we became a private company and our SEC filing obligations
terminated. As of January 21, 2009, the date of effectiveness of our
Registration Statement relating to our exchange offering, we again became
subject to SEC public reporting requirements.
We issued the Original Notes on August
7, 2008 to Goldman, Sachs & Co. (the “Initial Purchaser”) in a transaction
exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. The Initial
Purchaser of the Original Notes subsequently resold the Original Notes to
qualified institutional buyers in reliance on Rule 144A and to persons outside
the United States in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act. As
part of the issuance of the Original Notes, holders of the Original Notes were
granted benefits pursuant to the registration rights agreement between us and
the Initial Purchaser. The registration rights agreement obligated us to
file a registration statement in connection with the exchange offer of Notes for
Original Notes. The registration statement was declared effective on
January 21, 2009 and the exchange offer commenced on January 22, 2009. All
of the Original Notes were exchanged for Notes in the exchange offer which
terminated on March 6, 2009.
Because
we are an affiliate of the Initial Purchaser, the registration rights agreement
also obligated us to make a current “market-maker” prospectus, such as this
prospectus, generally available to the Initial Purchaser and its affiliates to
engage in market-making activities for the Notes. The Initial Purchaser advised
us that they presently intend to make a market in the Notes as permitted by
applicable law and this prospectus is being delivered in accordance
therewith.
As used in this prospectus, we refer to
the “Transactions” collectively as (i) the consummation of the Acquisition, (ii)
the borrowings entered into in connection with the Acquisition and the
application of the proceeds therefrom, and (iii) the equity investments by the
Sponsors and certain members of our management.
On
September 8, 2010, our parent corporation, Aeroflex Holding Corp., filed a
registration statement with the SEC relating to the proposed initial public
offering of its common stock. The offered shares are expected to be sold
by Aeroflex Holding Corp. and, as selling stockholder, VGG Holding
LLC.
Because
the Company’s market position and related matters have been determined based on
management’s good faith, reasonable estimates, statements about such items are
noted in this prospectus as a belief or as an estimate.
Our
Business
We are a
leading global provider of radio frequency, or RF, and microwave integrated
circuits, components and systems used in the design, development and maintenance
of technically demanding, high-performance wireless communication systems. Our
solutions include highly specialized microelectronic components and test and
measurement equipment used by companies in the space, avionics, defense,
commercial wireless communications, medical and other markets. We have targeted
customers in these end markets because we believe our solutions address their
technically demanding requirements. We were founded in 1937 and have proprietary
technology that is based on the extensive know-how of our approximately 700
engineers and experienced management team, and a long history of research and
development focused on specialized technologies, often in collaboration with our
customers.
1
We
provide a broad range of high margin products for specialized, high-growth end
markets. The products we manufacture include a range of RF, microwave and
millimeter wave microelectronic components, with a focus on high reliability, or
HiRel, and radiation hardened, or RadHard integrated circuits, or ICs, and
analog and mixed-signal devices. We also manufacture a range of RF and microwave
wireless radio and avionics test equipment and solutions particularly for the
wireless, avionics and radio testing markets. We believe that we have a top
three global position on the basis of sales in product categories representing
the majority of our revenue. These product categories include: HiRel
RadHard microelectronics/semiconductors for space; RF and microwave components:
attenuation products, including programmables and switch matrices, microwave
semiconductors and HiRel diodes; mixed-signal/digital ASICs for medical and
security imaging; motion control products; wireless LTE test equipment; military
radio and private mobile radio test equipment; avionics test equipment; and,
synthetic test equipment. Our leadership position is based on estimates of our
management, which are primarily based on our management’s knowledge and
experience in the markets in which we operate.
We
believe that the combination of our leading market positions, broad product
portfolio, engineering capabilities, and years of experience enables us to
deliver differentiated, high value products to our customers and provides us
with a sustainable competitive advantage. We believe most of our market segments
have high barriers to entry due to the need for specialized design and
development expertise, the differentiation provided by our proprietary
technology and the significant switching and requalifying costs that our
customers would incur to change vendors. We often design and develop solutions
through a collaborative process with our customers whereby our microelectronic
products or test solutions are designed, or "spec'd,” into our customers'
products or test procedures. Our major customers often use our products in
multiple systems or programs, sometimes developed by different business units
within the customer's organization. We believe, based on our long-term
relationships and knowledge of customers' buying patterns, that we were either a
primary or the sole source supplier for products representing more than 80% of
our total net sales in fiscal 2010. If we are a primary supplier, generally the
customer will use two to three suppliers to satisfy its requirements for that
product.
We have
long standing relationships with a geographically diverse base of leading global
companies including BAE Systems, Boeing, Cisco Systems, Ericsson, General
Dynamics, ITT Industries, Lockheed Martin, Motorola, Nokia, Northrop
Grumman, Raytheon and United Technologies. For the fiscal year ended June 30,
2010, our largest customer represented approximately 6% of our net sales. In
aggregate, for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010, our top ten customers
accounted for approximately 36% of our net sales.
We
organize our operations into two segments: Aeroflex Microelectronic
Solutions, or AMS, and Aeroflex Test Solutions, or ATS. We engineer,
manufacture and market a diverse range of products in each of our
segments. For fiscal 2010, our largest product offering, the TM500 test
equipment product, represented approximately 14% of our net sales, evidence of
the diversity of our product base.
AMS
offers a broad range of microelectronics products and is a leading provider of
high-performance, high reliability specialty microelectronics components.
Its products include high reliability, or HiRel, microelectronics/
semiconductors, RF and microwave components, mixed signal/digital ASICs and
motion control products. ATS is a leading provider of a broad line of
specialized test and measurement hardware and software products. Its
products include wireless test equipment, military radio and private mobile
radio test equipment, avionics test equipment, synthetic test equipment and
other general purpose test equipment.
After
46 years as a public company, we were acquired on August 15, 2007 in
the Going Private Transaction by affiliates of, or funds managed by, Veritas
Capital, Golden Gate Capital, GS Direct, and certain members of our management.
Following the Going Private Transaction, we have implemented significant changes
that have improved our business model and in turn our financial performance.
Since being promoted to CEO upon the consummation of the Going Private
Transaction, Leonard Borow has instilled a results-oriented culture where
business managers are being encouraged to make strategic decisions to drive
growth and margin enhancement. We have made significant investments in new or
improved products and technology, streamlined our cost structure to enhance our
return on capital, and we believe we have revitalized our organizational
culture.
Over the
last six fiscal years, our business has experienced strong growth in net sales
and an increase in backlog, providing improved visibility into future revenue
and customer demand. The majority of our backlog is expected to be recognized as
revenue within one year. For the period from fiscal 2004 to fiscal 2010, our net
sales increased at a compound annual growth rate, or CAGR, of 8.4% and Adjusted
EBITDA (as defined in this prospectus in footnote 2 under the caption “Summary
Historical Financial Data”) increased at a CAGR of 19.5%. Our backlog was
$305.6 million as of June 30, 2010, an increase of 12.4% from
$271.9 million as of June 30, 2009.
2
Corporate
Information
We are a corporation organized under
the laws of the State of Delaware. Our principal executive offices are located
at 35 South Service Road, Plainview, NY 11803, our telephone number is
(516) 694-6700 and our website is located at www.aeroflex.com. The contents
of our website are not part of this prospectus.
3
Summary
Terms of Notes
The summary below describes the
principal terms of the registered 11.75% senior notes due February 15, 2015.
Certain of the terms and conditions described below are subject to important
limitations and exceptions.
Issuer
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Aeroflex
Incorporated
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Notes
Offered
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$225.0
million aggregate principal amount of 11.75% senior notes due February 15,
2015.
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Maturity
Date
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February
15, 2015.
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Interest
Payment Dates
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The
Notes bear cash interest at the rate of 11.75% per annum (computed on
the basis of a 360-day year), payable semi-annually in
arrears.
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Payment
frequency: every six months on February 15 and August 15 to holders of
record on February 1 and August 1, respectively.
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Guarantees
|
Our
obligations under the Notes are unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and
severally, by the guarantors and by each of our future domestic
subsidiaries.
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Ranking
|
The
Notes are unsecured senior obligations of ours and the guarantors and rank
equally with all of our and the guarantors' existing and future senior
unsecured debt and senior to all of our and the guarantors' existing and
future subordinated indebtedness. The Notes and the guarantees are
effectively subordinated to all of our and the guarantors' secured debt,
including borrowings under our Senior Secured Credit Facility, to the
extent of the collateral securing such indebtedness.
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Optional
Redemption
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We
may, at our option, redeem all or part of the Notes at any time on or
after August 15, 2011 at the redemption prices listed under "Description
of Notes—Optional Redemption."
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Prior
to August 15, 2011, we may, at our option, redeem all or part of the Notes
at 100% of the principal amount plus the applicable premium as set forth
under "Description of Notes—Optional Redemption.
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Mandatory
Repurchase Offer
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Upon
the occurrence of a change of control (as described under "Description of
Notes—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Change of Control"), we must
offer to repurchase the Notes at 101% of the principal amount of the
Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of
repurchase.
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Certain
Covenants
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The
Indenture governing the Notes contains certain covenants limiting our
ability and the ability of our restricted subsidiaries to, under certain
circumstances:
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incur
additional debt;
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pay
dividends or make other distributions on, redeem or repurchase, capital
stock;
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·
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make
investments or other restricted payments;
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·
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enter
into transactions with affiliates;
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issue
stock of restricted subsidiaries;
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sell
all, or substantially all, of our assets;
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·
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create
liens on assets to secure debt; or
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effect
a consolidation or merger.
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These
covenants are subject to important exceptions and qualifications as
described in this prospectus under the caption "Description of
Notes—Certain Covenants."
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4
Risk
Factors
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You
should carefully consider the information set forth under the caption
"Risk Factors" beginning on page 11 of this
prospectus.
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5
Summary
Historical Financial Data
The following table sets forth our
summary historical financial and other operating data. The summary historical
financial data presented below for the years ended June 30, 2006 and 2007
(Predecessor Entity) has been derived from our audited financial statements. The
summary historical financial data presented below for the periods from July 1,
2007 through August 14, 2007 (Predecessor Entity) and August 15, 2007 through
June 30, 2008 (Successor Entity) and the years ended June 30, 2009 and 2010
(Successor Entity) has been derived from our audited financial statements
appearing in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30,
2010 which is incorporated by reference in this prospectus. As part of the
Acquisition, we entered into the various financing arrangements described herein
and, as a result, we now have a different capital structure than that which
existed prior to the Acquisition. Accordingly, the results of operations
for periods subsequent to the Acquisition (Successor Entity) will not
necessarily be comparable to prior periods (Predecessor Entity).
The
summary historical financial data below should be read in conjunction with “Use
of Proceeds,” and “Capitalization,” included elsewhere in this prospectus, and
“Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations” and the consolidated financial statements and related notes
appearing in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30,
2010 which is incorporated by reference in this prospectus.
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Predecessor Entity
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Successor Entity
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Years Ended
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Years Ended
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June 30,
2006
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June 30,
2007
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Period
July 1,
2007
through
August 14,
2007
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Period
August 15,
2007
through
June 30,
2008
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June 30,
2009
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June 30,
2010
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(Amounts
in thousands)
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Statement
of Operations Data:
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Net
sales:
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AMS
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$ | 241,437 | $ | 266,515 | $ | 19,017 | $ | 283,695 | $ | 287,517 | $ | 322,151 | ||||||||||||
ATS
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304,806 | 326,631 | 19,204 | 321,296 | 311,819 | 332,897 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total
net sales
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546,243 | 593,146 | 38,221 | 604,991 | 599,336 | 655,048 | ||||||||||||||||||
Gross
profit:
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AMS
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120,492 | 133,863 | 8,164 | 114,644 | 134,239 | 162,305 | ||||||||||||||||||
ATS
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141,439 | 150,314 | 7,196 | 137,394 | 150,866 | 180,524 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total
gross profit
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261,931 | 284,177 | 15,360 | 252,038 | 285,105 | 342,829 | ||||||||||||||||||
Adjusted
operating income(1):
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AMS
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58,467 | 63,908 | 24 | 74,802 | 63,368 | 89,104 | ||||||||||||||||||
ATS
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34,771 | 38,582 | (7,582 | ) | 54,216 | 50,141 | 67,621 | |||||||||||||||||
General
corporate expense
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(15,279 | ) | (17,727 | ) | (2,347 | ) | (8,176 | ) | (11,377 | ) | (9,841 | ) | ||||||||||||
Total
adjusted operating income (loss)
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77,959 | 84,763 | (9,905 | ) | 120,842 | 102,132 | 146,884 | |||||||||||||||||
Operating
income (loss)
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53,227 | 34,249 | (21,258 | ) | (69,490 | ) | (19,209 | ) | 67,974 | |||||||||||||||
Income
(loss) from continuing operations
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33,748 | 8,794 | (14,408 | ) | (100,604 | ) | (76,688 | ) | (12,269 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Net
income (loss)
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26,959 | 4,926 | (16,916 | ) | (105,425 | ) | (76,688 | ) | (12,269 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Other
Financial Data:
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Bookings
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579,748 | 582,840 | 66,960 | 607,169 | 610,924 | 686,362 | ||||||||||||||||||
Backlog
at end of period
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230,944 | 222,729 | 251,478 | 251,038 | 271,931 | 305,630 | ||||||||||||||||||
Capital
expenditures
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15,365 | 18,427 | 1,088 | 13,179 | 18,717 | 21,015 | ||||||||||||||||||
Cash
flows from operating activities
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36,697 | 20,802 | 11,293 | 8,910 | 54,457 | 82,051 | ||||||||||||||||||
Cash
flows from (used in) investing activities
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(42,553 | ) | (19,113 | ) | 8,406 | 1,162,376 | (36,213 | ) | (31,148 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Cash
flows from (used in) financing activities
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3,748 | (793 | ) | 12,619 | 1,209,045 | (5,914 | ) | (5,590 | ) | |||||||||||||||
Adjusted
EBITDA (unaudited)(2)
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120,184 | (7,156 | ) | 142,233 | 145,340 | 166,130 |
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Predecessor Entity
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Successor Entity
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As of
June 30,
2006
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As of
June 30,
2007
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As of
June 30,
2008
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As of
June 30,
2009
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As of
June 30,
2010
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Balance
Sheet Data:
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Cash
and Cash equivalents
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$ | 10,387 | $ | 13,000 | $ | 54,149 | $ | 57,748 | $ | 100,663 | ||||||||||
Marketable
securities (including non-current portion)
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28,332 | 9,500 | 19,960 | 17,677 | 9,769 | |||||||||||||||
Working
capital(3)
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199,780 | 201,603 | 220,855 | 221,406 | 239,952 | |||||||||||||||
Total
assets
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633,391 | 674,396 | 1,478,999 | 1,361,597 | 1,356,140 | |||||||||||||||
Long-term
debt (including current portion)
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4,165 | 3,583 | 878,811 | 889,348 | 901,847 | |||||||||||||||
Stockholders'
equity
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487,670 | 510,697 | 276,648 | 159,760 | 150,984 |
(1)
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Represents
the operating results of our two segments based upon pre-tax operating
income, before costs related to amortization of acquired intangibles,
share-based compensation, restructuring charges, business acquisition and
merger related expenses, lease termination costs, impairment of goodwill
and other intangibles, acquired in-process research and development costs,
loss on liquidation of foreign subsidiary, the impact of any acquisition
related adjustments and Going Private Transaction expenses. For a
reconciliation of adjusted operating income to operating income calculated
in accordance with GAAP, see "Management's Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Statements of Operations,”
appearing in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June
30, 2010 which is incorporated by reference in this
prospectus.
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(2)
|
As
used herein, "EBITDA" represents income (loss) from continuing operations
plus (i) interest expense, (ii) provision for income taxes and
(iii) depreciation and
amortization.
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We have
included information concerning EBITDA in this prospectus because we believe
that such information is used by certain investors, securities analysts and
others as one measure of an issuer's performance and historical ability to
service debt. In addition, we use EBITDA when interpreting operating trends and
results of operations of our business. EBITDA is also widely used by us and
others in our industry to evaluate and to price potential acquisition
candidates. EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure and should not be considered
as an alternative to, or more meaningful than, earnings from operations, cash
flows from operations or other traditional GAAP indications of an issuer's
operating performance or liquidity. EBITDA has important limitations as an
analytical tool and you should not consider this measure in isolation or as a
substitute for analysis of our results as reported under U.S. GAAP. For
example, EBITDA:
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excludes
certain tax payments that may represent a reduction in cash available to
us;
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·
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does
not consider capital expenditure requirements for the assets being
depreciated and amortized that may have to be replaced in the
future;
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·
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does
not reflect changes in, or cash requirements for, our working capital
needs; and
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·
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does
not reflect the significant interest expense, or the cash requirements
necessary to service interest or principal payments, on our
debt
|
We also
provide information with respect to Adjusted EBITDA in this prospectus. The
calculation of Adjusted EBITDA is based on the definition in the credit
agreement governing our senior secured credit facility and is not defined under
U.S. GAAP. Our use of the term Adjusted EBITDA may vary from others in our
industry. Adjusted EBITDA is not a measure of operating income (loss),
performance or liquidity under U.S. GAAP and is subject to important
limitations. We use Adjusted EBITDA in assessing covenant compliance under our
senior secured credit facility and we believe its inclusion is appropriate to
provide additional information to investors. In calculating Adjusted EBITDA, we
add back certain non-cash, non-recurring or other items that are included in
EBITDA and/or net income (loss). For instance, Adjusted EBITDA:
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·
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does
not include share-based employee compensation expense, goodwill impairment
charges and other non-cash charges;
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·
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does
not include restructuring costs incurred to realize future cost savings
that enhance our operations;
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·
|
does
not include the impact of business acquisition purchase accounting
adjustments;
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·
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does
not reflect Going Private Transaction, business acquisition and merger
related expenses, including advisory fees that have been paid to the
Sponsors following the consummation of the Going Private Transaction. See
"Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions" appearing in our
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010 which
is incorporated by reference in this prospectus;
and
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·
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includes
other adjustments required in calculating our debt covenant compliance
such as adding pro forma savings from restructuring activities,
eliminating loss on liquidation of foreign subsidiary, eliminating
one-time non-cash inventory adjustments and adding pro forma EBITDA, for
periods prior to the acquisition date, for companies acquired during the
applicable year.
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This
prospectus also includes information concerning Adjusted EBITDA margin, which is
defined as the ratio of Adjusted EBITDA to net sales. We present Adjusted EBITDA
margin because it is used by management as a performance measurement to judge
the level of Adjusted EBITDA generated from net sales in our segments and we
believe its inclusion is appropriate to provide additional information to
investors.
The
following table is a reconciliation of income (loss) from continuing operations
to Adjusted EBITDA for the periods indicated:
Predecessor Entity
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Successor Entity
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Year
Ended
June 30,
2007
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Period
July 1,
2007
through
August 14,
2007
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Period
August 15,
2007
through
June 30,
2008
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Year
Ended
June 30,
2009
|
Year
Ended
June 30,
2010
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(Amounts in thousands)
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Income
(loss) from continuing operations
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$ | 8,794 | $ | (14,408 | ) | $ | (100,604 | ) | $ | (76,688 | ) | $ | (12,269 | ) | ||||||
Interest
expense
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672 | 275 | 74,658 | 83,823 | 83,948 | |||||||||||||||
Provision
(benefit) for income taxes
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24,935 | (6,831 | ) | (38,927 | ) | (15,332 | ) | 820 | ||||||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
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30,142 | 3,662 | 93,032 | 84,426 | 82,696 | |||||||||||||||
EBITDA
(unaudited)
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64,543 | (17,302 | ) | 28,159 | 76,229 | 155,195 | ||||||||||||||
Non-cash
purchase accounting adjustments
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— | 57 | 66,453 | 2,749 | 700 | |||||||||||||||
Merger
related expenses
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30,584 | 5,036 | 36,585 | 4,283 | 2,858 | |||||||||||||||
Restructuring
costs and related pro forma savings from such
activities(a)
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9,240 | 4,189 | 7,407 | 10,159 | 385 | |||||||||||||||
Share-based
compensation(b)
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4,084 | 214 | 3,123 | 1,955 | 2,076 | |||||||||||||||
Non-cash
loss on liquidation of foreign subsidiary
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— | — | — | 3,112 | 7,696 | |||||||||||||||
Pro
forma savings from management restructuring(c)
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8,300 | 75 | 525 | — | — | |||||||||||||||
Impairment
of goodwill and other intangibles
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— | — | — | 41,225 | — | |||||||||||||||
Gain
from a bargain purchase of a business(d)
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— | — | — | — | (3,993 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Business
acquisition expenses
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— | — | — | — | 921 | |||||||||||||||
Other
defined items(e)
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3,433 | 575 | (19 | ) | 5,628 | 292 | ||||||||||||||
Adjusted
EBITDA (unaudited)
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$ | 120,184 | $ | (7,156 | ) | $ | 142,233 | $ | 145,340 | $ | 166,130 | |||||||||
Adjusted
EBITDA margin
|
20.3 | % | * | 23.5 | % | 24.3 | % | 25.4 | % |
*Not
meaningful.
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(a)
|
Primarily
reflects costs associated with the reorganization of our U.K. operations
and to a lesser extent, our RF and microwave operations, and the pro forma
savings related thereto. Pro forma savings reflect the amount of costs
that we estimate would have been eliminated during the fiscal year in
which a restructuring occurred had the restructuring occurred as of the
first day of that fiscal year.
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(b)
|
Reflects
non-cash share-based employee
compensation.
|
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(c)
|
Primarily
reflects pro forma savings related to the retirement of our former
chairman and modifications to executive compensation arrangements upon the
consummation of the Going Private
Transaction.
|
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(d)
|
The
gain from a bargain purchase of Willtek reflects the excess of the fair
value of net assets acquired over the purchase price. The purchase price
was negotiated at such a level to be reflective of the cost of the
restructuring efforts that we expect to
undertake.
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(e)
|
Reflects
other adjustments required in calculating our debt covenant compliance.
These other defined items include non-cash inventory adjustments for a
discontinued product and pro forma EBITDA for periods prior to the
acquisition dates for companies acquired during our fiscal
year.
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(3)
|
Working
capital is defined as current assets less current
liabilities.
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10
RISK
FACTORS
In addition to the other information
set forth in this prospectus, you should carefully consider the following
factors before deciding to invest in the Notes. Any of the following risks
could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition or
results of operations. In such a case, you may lose all or part of your original
investment.
Risks
Related to the Notes and Our Indebtedness
Instability
in financial markets could adversely affect our ability to access additional
capital.
In recent
years, the volatility and disruption in the capital and credit markets have
reached unprecedented levels. If these conditions continue or worsen, there can
be no assurance that we will not experience a material adverse effect on our
ability to borrow money, including under our senior secured credit facility, or
have access to capital, if needed. Although our lenders have made commitments to
make funds available to us in a timely fashion, our lenders may be unable or
unwilling to lend money. In addition, if we determine that it is appropriate or
necessary to raise capital in the future, the future cost of raising funds
through the debt or equity markets may be more expensive or those markets may be
unavailable. If we were unable to raise funds through debt or equity markets, it
could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and
financial condition.
Our
substantial indebtedness could adversely affect our financial health and prevent
us from fulfilling our obligations.
We have a
significant amount of indebtedness. As of June 30, 2010, we had $901.8 million
of debt outstanding, including approximately $510.6 million of secured debt
under our senior secured credit facility, $225.0 million of aggregate principal
amount of Notes under the indenture governing our senior notes and $165.5
million of subordinated unsecured debt under our senior subordinated unsecured
credit facility. Additionally, as of June 30, 2010, we had the ability to borrow
an additional $50.0 million under the revolving portion of our senior
secured credit facility.
Our
substantial indebtedness could have important consequences. For example, it
could:
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·
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make
it more difficult for us to satisfy our
obligations;
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·
|
increase
our vulnerability to general adverse economic and industry
conditions;
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|
·
|
require
us to dedicate a substantial portion of our worldwide cash flow from
operations to payments on our indebtedness, thereby reducing the
availability of our cash flow to fund working capital, capital
expenditures and other general corporate
purposes;
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|
·
|
limit
our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our business
and the industry in which we
operate;
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|
·
|
place
us at a competitive disadvantage compared to our competitors that have
less debt;
|
|
·
|
limit
our ability to borrow additional funds;
and
|
|
·
|
adversely
impact our ability to comply with the covenants and restrictions in our
debt agreements, and, in turn, could result in a default under our debt
agreements.
|
Increases
in interest rates could increase interest costs under our senior secured credit
facility.
Our
senior secured credit facility bears interest at variable rates. As of June 30,
2010, we had $510.6 million outstanding under the term loan portion of our
senior secured credit facility, the un-hedged portion which is subject to
variable interest rates. Each change of 1% in interest rates would result in a
$2.6 million change in our annual interest expense on the un-hedged portion
of the term loan borrowings and a $507,000 change in our annual interest expense
on the revolving loan borrowings, assuming the entire $50.0 million under
the revolving portion of our senior secured credit facility was outstanding. Any
debt we incur in the future may also bear interest at variable
rates.
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Despite
current indebtedness levels, we and our subsidiaries may still be able to incur
substantially more debt, which could further exacerbate the risks associated
with our substantial leverage.
We and
our subsidiaries may be able to incur substantial additional indebtedness in the
future. The terms of our debt allow us to incur substantial amounts of
additional debt, subject to certain limitations. For example, we have up to
$50.0 million of availability under the revolving portion of our senior
secured credit facility and we have the ability to increase the aggregate amount
of our senior secured credit facility by up to an aggregate amount equal to the
greater of (i) $75.0 million and (ii) such greater amount if as of the last
day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter, the senior secured leverage ratio
would be 3.75:1.00 or less after giving effect to such greater amount as if such
greater amount were drawn in its entirety as of such date, in each case without
the consent of any person other than the institutions agreeing to provide all or
any portion of such increase. If new indebtedness is added to our and our
subsidiaries' current debt levels, the related risks that we and they now face
would intensify.
To
service our indebtedness and other obligations, we will require a significant
amount of cash. Our ability to generate cash depends on many factors beyond our
control.
Our
ability to make payments on and to refinance our indebtedness and to fund
working capital needs and planned capital expenditures, will depend on our
ability to generate cash in the future. This, to a certain extent, is subject to
general economic, financial, competitive and other factors that are beyond our
control.
Our
business may not generate sufficient cash flow from operations and future
borrowings may not be available to us under our senior secured credit facility
or otherwise in an amount sufficient to enable us to pay our indebtedness or to
fund our other liquidity needs. In addition, to the extent we have consolidated
excess cash flow, as defined in the credit agreement governing our senior
secured credit facility, we must use specified portions of the excess cash flow
to prepay the senior secured credit facility. We may need to refinance all or a
portion of our indebtedness on or before the maturity thereof. We may not be
able to refinance any of our indebtedness on commercially reasonable terms or at
all.
In
addition, if for any reason we are unable to meet our debt service obligations,
we would be in default under the terms of our agreements governing our
outstanding debt. If such a default were to occur, the lenders under our senior
secured credit facility could elect to declare all amounts outstanding under our
senior secured credit facility immediately due and payable, and the lenders
would not be obligated to continue to advance funds to us. In addition, if such
a default were to occur, any amounts then outstanding under the senior
subordinated unsecured credit facility or Notes could become immediately due and
payable. If the amounts outstanding under these debt agreements are accelerated,
our assets may not be sufficient to repay in full the amounts owed to our debt
holders, including holders of the Notes.
The
right to receive payments on the Notes is effectively subordinated to the rights
of our and the guarantors’ existing and future secured creditors.
Holders of our secured indebtedness and
the secured indebtedness of the guarantors of our indebtedness will have claims
that are prior to the claims of the holders of the Notes to the extent of the
value of the assets securing that other indebtedness. Notably, we and our
subsidiaries, including the guarantors, are parties to our senior secured credit
facility, which is secured by liens on substantially all of our assets and the
assets of the guarantors and a pledge of all of our capital stock and all of the
capital stock of our domestic subsidiaries. The Notes are effectively
subordinated to all of our secured indebtedness. In the event of any
distribution or payment of our assets or any pledged capital stock in any
foreclosure, dissolution, winding-up, liquidation, reorganization or other
bankruptcy proceeding, holders of secured indebtedness will have prior claims to
those of our assets and any pledged capital stock that constitute their
collateral. Holders of the Notes will participate ratably with all other holders
of our unsecured indebtedness that is deemed to be of the same class as the
Notes and potentially with all of our other general creditors, based upon the
respective amounts owed to each holder or creditor, in our remaining assets. In
any of the foregoing events, there may not be sufficient assets to pay amounts
due on the Notes. As a result, holders of the Notes may receive less, ratably,
than holders of secured indebtedness.
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If
we default on our obligations to pay our other indebtedness, we may not be able
to make payments on the Notes.
Any default under the agreements
governing our indebtedness, including a default under our senior secured credit
facility or our senior subordinated unsecured credit facility that is not waived
by the required lenders, and the remedies sought by the holders of such
indebtedness, could make us unable to pay principal, premium, if any, and
interest on the Notes and substantially decrease the market value of the Notes.
If we are unable to generate sufficient cash flow and are otherwise unable to
obtain funds necessary to meet required payments of principal, premium, if any,
and interest on our indebtedness, or if we otherwise fail to comply with the
various covenants, including financial and operating covenants, in the
instruments governing our indebtedness (including our senior secured credit
facility and our senior subordinated unsecured credit facility), we could be in
default under the terms of the agreements governing such indebtedness. In the
event of such default, the holders of such indebtedness could elect to declare
all the funds borrowed thereunder to be due and payable, together with accrued
and unpaid interest, the lenders under our senior secured credit facility could
elect to terminate their commitments, cease making further loans and institute
foreclosure proceedings against our assets, and we could be forced into
bankruptcy or liquidation. If our operating performance declines, we may in the
future need to seek to obtain waivers from the required lenders under our senior
secured credit facility, our senior subordinated unsecured credit facility or
other debt that we may incur in the future to avoid being in default. If we
breach our covenants under our senior secured credit facility or our senior
subordinated unsecured credit facility and seek a waiver, we may not be able to
obtain a waiver from the required lenders. If this occurs, we would be in
default under our senior secured credit facility and/or our senior subordinated
unsecured credit facility, the lenders could exercise their rights as described
above, and we could be forced into bankruptcy or liquidation. If we are unable
to repay debt, lenders having secured obligations, such as the lenders under our
senior secured credit facility, could proceed against the collateral securing
the debt. Because the Indenture governing the Notes, our senior secured credit
facility and our senior subordinated unsecured credit facility have customary
cross-default provisions, if the indebtedness under the Notes, our senior
secured credit facility, our senior subordinated unsecured credit facility, or
any of our other debt is accelerated, we may be unable to repay or finance the
amounts due.
Our
senior secured credit facility, our senior subordinated unsecured credit
facility and the Indenture governing the Notes impose significant operating and
financial restrictions, which may prevent us from capitalizing on business
opportunities and taking some actions.
Our
senior secured credit facility, our senior subordinated unsecured credit
facility and the Indenture governing the Notes contain restrictions on our
activities, including but not limited to covenants that restrict us and our
restricted subsidiaries, as defined in our senior subordinated unsecured credit
facility, from:
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incurring
additional indebtedness and issuing disqualified stock or preferred
stock;
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|
·
|
making
certain investments or other restricted
payments;
|
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·
|
paying
dividends and making other distributions with respect to capital stock, or
repurchasing, redeeming or retiring capital stock or subordinated
debt;
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·
|
selling
or otherwise disposing of our
assets;
|
|
·
|
under
certain circumstances, issuing or selling equity
interests;
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·
|
creating
liens on our assets;
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consolidating
or merging with, or acquiring in excess of specified annual limitations,
another business, or selling or disposing of all or substantially all of
our assets; and
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into certain transactions with our
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addition, under our senior secured credit facility, we are required to comply
with a maximum total leverage ratio test. If we fail to maintain compliance with
the maximum total leverage ratio test under our senior secured credit facility
and do not remedy any non-compliance through the issuance of additional equity
interests pursuant to the limited cure right set forth therein, we will be in
default. The senior secured credit facility also requires us to use specified
portions of our consolidated excess cash flow, as defined in the agreement
governing our senior secured credit facility, to prepay the senior secured
credit facility.
The
restrictions in our senior secured credit facility, the senior subordinated
unsecured credit facility and the Indenture governing the Notes may prevent us
from taking actions that we believe would be in the best interest of our
business, and may make it difficult for us to successfully execute our business
strategy or effectively compete with companies that are not similarly
restricted. We also may incur future debt obligations that might subject us to
additional restrictive covenants that could affect our financial and operational
flexibility. We may not be granted waivers or amendments to these agreements if
for any reason we are unable to comply with these agreements, and we may not be
able to refinance our debt on terms acceptable to us, or at all. The breach of
any of these covenants and restrictions could result in a default under our
senior secured credit facility, our senior subordinated unsecured credit
facility and the Indenture governing the Notes. An event of default under our
debt agreements could permit our lenders to declare all amounts borrowed from
them to be due and payable.
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We
may not have the ability to raise the funds necessary to finance any change of
control offer required by the Indenture governing the Notes.
Upon the occurrence of certain kinds of
change of control events, we will be required to offer to repurchase outstanding
Notes at 101% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest
to the date of repurchase. However, it is possible that we will not have
sufficient funds at the time of the change of control to make the required
repurchase of the Notes or that restrictions in our senior secured credit
facility will not allow such repurchases. Our failure to purchase the tendered
Notes would constitute an event of default under the Indenture governing the
Notes which, in turn, would constitute a default under our senior secured credit
facility and, if the lenders accelerate the debt under our senior secured credit
facility, a default under our senior subordinated unsecured credit facility. In
addition, the occurrence of a change of control would also constitute an event
of default under our senior secured credit facility. A default under our senior
secured credit facility would result in a default under the Indenture governing
the Notes and under our senior subordinated unsecured credit facility, if the
lenders accelerate the debt under our senior secured credit
facility.
Moreover, our senior secured credit
facility restricts, and any future indebtedness we incur may restrict, our
ability to repurchase the Notes, including following a change of control event.
As a result, following a change of control event, we would not be able to
repurchase the Notes unless we first repay all indebtedness outstanding under
our senior secured credit facility and any of our other indebtedness that
contains similar provisions, or obtain a waiver from the holders of such
indebtedness to permit us to repurchase the Notes. We may be unable to repay all
of that indebtedness or obtain a waiver of that type. Any requirement to offer
to repurchase the outstanding Notes may therefore require us to refinance our
other outstanding debt, which we may not be able to do on commercially
reasonable terms, if at all. These repurchase requirements may also delay or
make it more difficult for others to obtain control of us.
Federal
and state statutes allow courts, under certain specific circumstances, to void
guarantees and/or require note holders to return payments received from
guarantors.
Under current federal bankruptcy law
and comparable provisions of state fraudulent transfer or fraudulent conveyance
laws, a guarantee may be voided or cancelled, or claims in respect of a
guarantee may be subordinated to all other debts of that guarantor if, among
other things, the guarantor, at the time it incurred the indebtedness evidenced
by its guarantee:
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the guarantee with the intent to delay, hinder or defraud present or
future creditors; or
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less than reasonably equivalent value or fair consideration for the
incurrence of such guarantee; and
either
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insolvent or rendered insolvent by reason of such incurrence;
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engaged, or about to engage, in a business or transaction for which the
guarantor’s remaining assets constituted unreasonably small capital;
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to incur, or believed that it would incur, debts beyond its ability to pay
such debts as they mature (as all of the foregoing terms are defined in or
interpreted under the fraudulent transfer or conveyance statutes);
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a defendant in an action for money damages, or had a judgment for money
damages docketed against it (if, in either case, after final judgment the
judgment is unsatisfied).
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guarantor pursuant to its guarantee could be voided and required to be returned
to the guarantor, or to a fund for the benefit of the creditors of the
guarantor.
A court likely would find that a
guarantor did not receive reasonably equivalent value or fair consideration in
exchange for its guarantee if the value received by the guarantor were found to
be disproportionately small when compared with its obligations under the
guarantee or, put differently, it did not benefit, directly or indirectly, from
the issuance of the Notes. The measures of insolvency for purposes of fraudulent
transfer or conveyance laws will vary depending upon the particular law applied
in any proceeding to determine whether a fraudulent transfer or conveyance has
occurred. Generally, however, a guarantor would be considered insolvent
if:
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sum of its debts, including contingent liabilities, was greater than the
fair saleable value of all of its assets;
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the present fair saleable value of its assets was less than the amount
that would be required to pay its probable liability on its existing
debts, including contingent liabilities, as they become absolute and
mature; or
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information, recent operating history and other factors, we believe that each
guarantor, after giving effect to its guarantee of the Notes, will not be
insolvent, will not have unreasonably small capital for the business in which it
is engaged and will not have incurred debts beyond its ability to pay such debts
as they mature. We cannot assure you, however, as to what standard a court would
apply in making these determinations or that a court would agree with our
conclusions in this regard.
The
Notes are structurally subordinated to all obligations of our non-guarantor
subsidiaries.
The Notes are not guaranteed by any of
our current or future foreign subsidiaries. As a result of this structure, the
Notes are structurally subordinated to all indebtedness and other obligations,
including trade payables, of our non-guarantor subsidiaries. The effect of this
subordination is that, in the event of a bankruptcy, liquidation, dissolution,
reorganization or similar proceeding involving a non-guarantor subsidiary, the
assets of that subsidiary cannot be used to pay the holders of the Notes until
all other claims against that subsidiary, including trade payables, have been
fully paid. As of June 30, 2010, the aggregate total assets (based on book
value) of our non-guarantor subsidiaries were $239.0 million, representing
approximately 17.6% of our total assets. In addition, 21.0% of our total
liabilities were attributable to our non-guarantor subsidiaries as of June 30,
2010. For fiscal 2010, 28.9% of our net sales was attributable to our
non-guarantor subsidiaries. For fiscal 2010, our non-guarantor subsidiaries had
net income of $35.0 million.
Our
controlling equity holders may take actions that conflict with the interests of
the holders of our debt.
Substantially all of the voting power
of our equity is held by the Sponsors. Accordingly, they control the power to
elect our directors and officers, to appoint new management and to approve all
actions requiring the approval of the holders of our equity, including adopting
amendments to our constituent documents and approving mergers, acquisitions or
sales of all or substantially all of our assets. The directors have the
authority, subject to the terms of our debt, to issue additional indebtedness or
equity, implement equity repurchase programs, declare dividends and make other
such decisions about our equity.
In addition, the interests of our
controlling equity holders could conflict with the interests of the holders of
our debt. For example, if we encounter financial difficulties or are unable to
pay our debts as they mature, the interests of our controlling equity holders
might conflict with the interests of our debt holders. Our controlling equity
holders also may have an interest in pursuing acquisitions, divestitures,
financings or other transactions that, in their judgment, could enhance their
equity investments, even though such transactions might involve risks to the
holders of our debt.
There
is no public market for the Notes, and we do not know if a market will ever
develop or, if a market does develop, whether it will be sustained.
We do not intend to apply for listing
or quotation of the Notes on any securities or stock market, although our Notes
are eligible to trade on the PORTAL Market Trading System. The liquidity
of any market for the Notes will depend on a number of factors,
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interest of securities dealers in making a market in the Notes;
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The Notes
were issued to, and we believe the Notes are owned by, a relatively small number
of beneficial owners. Goldman, Sachs & Co., or the Initial Purchaser,
was the initial purchaser of the Notes pursuant to a purchase agreement among
us, the guarantors and Goldman, Sachs & Co., dated August 7, 2008. The
Initial Purchaser presently makes a market in the Notes as permitted by
applicable law. However, the Initial Purchaser is under no obligation to
do so and may cease their market-making at any time without notice.
Accordingly, the market for the Notes may cease to exist. Because we are
an affiliate of the Initial Purchaser, the Initial Purchaser is required to
deliver a current “market-maker” prospectus, such as this prospectus, and
otherwise comply with the registration requirements of the Securities Act in
connection with any secondary market sale of the Notes, which may affect their
ability to continue market-making activities. By way of this prospectus, we are
making a “market-maker” prospectus generally available to the Initial Purchaser
to permit it to engage in market-making transactions. However, the exchange and
registration rights agreement, dated August 7, 2008, among us, the guarantors
and Goldman, Sachs & Co. provides that we may, for valid business reasons,
allow the market-maker prospectus to cease to be effective and usable for a
period of time as set forth in the exchange and registration rights agreement or
as otherwise acceptable to the market-maker. As a result, the liquidity of the
secondary market for the Notes may be materially adversely affected by the
unavailability of a current “market-maker” prospectus.
Risks
Relating to Our Business
A
worsening of the global recession and continued credit tightening could continue
to adversely affect us.
The
current global recession and continued credit tightening, including failures of
financial institutions, have initiated unprecedented government intervention in
the U.S., Europe and other regions of the world. If macro-economic concerns
continue or worsen, our customers could experience heightened financial
difficulties, and as a result, could modify, delay or cancel plans to purchase
our products or services, which could cause our sales to decline, or become
unable to make payment to us for amounts due and owing. In addition, our
suppliers could experience credit or other financial difficulties that could
result in delays in their ability to supply us with necessary raw materials,
components or finished products. These conditions may make it extremely
difficult for our customers, our suppliers and us to accurately forecast and
plan future business activities and could result in an asset impairment. The
occurrence of any of these factors could have a material adverse effect on our
business, results of operations and financial condition. For example, our sales
declined by approximately $44 million, or approximately 7%, between fiscal
2008 and fiscal 2009. This decline caused us to write-off approximately
$41.2 million of goodwill and other intangible assets related to our RF and
microwave reporting unit, in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2009, due to the
decrease in sales and prospects of that unit in the then current economic
environment.
Our
operating results may fluctuate significantly on a quarterly basis.
Our sales
and other operating results have fluctuated significantly in the past, and we
expect this trend will continue. Factors which affect our results
include:
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timing, cancellation or rescheduling of customer orders and
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pricing and mix of products sold;
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ability to obtain components and subassemblies from contract manufacturers
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in manufacturing efficiencies; and
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these factors are beyond our control. Our performance in any one fiscal quarter
is not necessarily indicative of any financial trends or future
performance.
The
cyclicality of our end user markets could harm our financial
results.
Many of
the end markets we serve, including but not limited to the commercial wireless
market, have historically been cyclical and have experienced periodic downturns.
The factors leading to and the severity and length of a downturn are very
difficult to predict and there can be no assurance that we will appropriately
anticipate changes in the underlying end markets we serve or that any increased
levels of business activity will continue as a trend into the future. If we fail
to anticipate changes in the end markets we serve, our business, results of
operations and financial condition could be materially adversely
affected.
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Our
future operating results are dependent on the growth in our customers'
businesses and on our ability to identify and enter new markets.
Our
growth is dependent on the growth in the sales of our customers' products as
well as the development by our customers of new products. If we fail to
anticipate changes in our customers' businesses and their changing product needs
or successfully identify and enter new markets, our results of operations and
financial position could be negatively impacted. We cannot assure you that the
markets we serve will grow in the future, that our existing and new products
will meet the requirements of these markets or that we can maintain adequate
gross margins or profits in these markets. A decline in demand in one or several
of our end-user markets could have a material adverse impact on the demand for
our products and have a material adverse effect on our business, results of
operations and financial condition.
Our
industry is highly competitive and if we are not able to successfully compete,
we could lose market share and our revenues could decline.
We
operate in a highly competitive industry. Current and prospective customers for
our products evaluate our capabilities against the merits of our direct
competitors. We compete primarily on the basis of technology and performance.
For certain products, we also compete on price. Some of our competitors are
well-established and have greater market share and manufacturing, financial,
research and development and marketing resources than we do. We also compete
with emerging companies that are attempting to sell their products in
specialized markets, and with the internal capabilities of many of our
significant customers, including Honeywell and BAE. There can be no assurance
that we will be able to maintain our current market share with respect to any of
our products. A loss of market share to our competitors could have a material
adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.
In addition, a significant portion of our contracts, including those with the
federal government and commercial customers, are subject to commercial bidding,
both upon initial issuance and subsequent renewal. If we are unable to
successfully compete in the bidding process or if we fail to obtain renewal, our
business, results of operations and financial condition could be materially
adversely affected.
Our
industry is characterized by rapid technological change, and if we cannot
continue to develop, manufacture and market innovative products that meet
customer requirements for performance and reliability, we may lose market share
and our net sales may suffer.
The
process of developing new products for our markets is complex and uncertain, and
failure to keep pace with our competitors' technological development, to develop
or obtain appropriate intellectual property and to anticipate customers'
changing needs and emerging technological trends accurately could significantly
harm our results of operations. We must make long-term investments and commit
significant resources before knowing whether our predictions will eventually
result in products that the market will accept. We must accurately forecast
volumes, mix of products and configurations that meet customer requirements, and
we may not succeed. If we do not succeed, we may be left with inventories of
obsolete products or we may not have enough of some products available to meet
customer demand, which could lead to reduced sales and higher
expenses.
We
design custom products to meet specific requirements of our customers. The
amount and timing of revenue from such products can affect our quarterly
operating results.
The
design and sales cycle for our custom products, from initial contact by our
sales force to the commencement of shipments of those products in commercial
quantities, may be lengthy. In this process, our sales and application engineers
work closely with the customer to analyze the customer's system requirements and
establish a technical specification for the custom product. We then select a
process, evaluate components, and establish assembly and test procedures before
manufacturing in commercial quantities can begin. The length of this cycle is
influenced by many factors, including the difficulty of the technical
specification, the novelty and complexity of the design and the customer's
procurement processes. Our customers typically do not commit to purchase
significant quantities of the custom product until they are ready to commence
volume shipments of their own system or equipment. Our receipt of substantial
revenue from sales of a custom product often depends on that customer's
commercial success in manufacturing and selling its system or equipment that
incorporates our custom product. As a result, a significant period may elapse
between our investment of time and resources in designing and developing a
custom product and our receipt of substantial revenue from sales of that custom
product.
The
length of this process may increase the risk that a customer will decide to
cancel or change its plans related to its system or equipment. Such a
cancellation or change in plans by a customer could cause us to lose anticipated
sales. In addition, our business, results of operations and financial condition
could be materially adversely affected if a significant customer curtails,
reduces or delays orders during our sales cycle, chooses not to release its
system or equipment that contains our custom products, or is not successful in
the sale and marketing of its system or equipment that contains our custom
products.
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Additionally,
some customers may be unlikely to change their supplier due to the significant
costs associated with qualifying a new supplier and potentially redesigning
their system or equipment. So, if we fail to achieve initial design wins in the
customer's qualification process, we may not regain the opportunity for
significant sales to this customer for a lengthy period of time.
Our
major customers account for a sizable portion of our revenue, and the loss of,
or a reduction in, orders from these customers could result in a decline in
revenue.
Revenue
derived from our 10 largest customers as a percentage of our annual revenue was
36% for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010. Our major customers often use our
products in multiple systems or programs, sometimes developed by different
business units within the customer's organization, each having differing product
life cycles, end customers and market dynamics. While the composition of our top
10 customers varies from year to year, we expect that sales to a limited number
of customers will continue to account for a significant percentage of our
revenue for the foreseeable future. It is possible that any of our major
customers could terminate its purchasing arrangements with us or significantly
reduce or delay the amount of our products that it orders, purchase products
from our competitors or develop its own products internally. The loss of, or a
reduction in, orders from any major customer could cause a decline in our
overall revenue and have a material adverse effect on our business, results of
operations and financial condition.
In
the event that certain of our customers encounter financial difficulties and
fail to pay us, it could adversely affect our business, results of operations
and financial condition.
We
manufacture products to customer specifications and generally purchase raw
materials in response to customer orders. In addition, we may commit significant
amounts of capital to maintain inventory in anticipation of customer orders. In
the event that our customers for whom we maintain inventory experience financial
difficulties, we may be unable to sell such inventory at its current profit
margin, if at all. In such an event, our gross margins would decline. In
addition, if the financial condition of a significant portion of our customer
base deteriorates, resulting in an impairment of their ability to pay us amounts
owed in respect of a significant amount of outstanding receivables, our
business, results of operations and financial condition could be materially
adversely affected.
We
rely on sales to federal government entities under prime contracts and
subcontracts. A loss or reduction of such contracts, a failure to obtain new
contracts or a reduction of sales under such contracts could have a material
adverse effect on our business.
We
derived approximately 34% of our net sales for the fiscal year ended June 30,
2010 from contracts with agencies of the federal government or subcontracts with
prime defense contractors or subcontractors of the federal government. The loss
or significant curtailment of any of these government contracts or subcontracts,
or failure to exercise renewal options or enter into new contracts or
subcontracts, could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of
operations and financial condition. Continuation and the exercise of renewal
options on existing government contracts and subcontracts and new government
contracts and subcontracts are, among other things, contingent upon the
availability of adequate funding for the various federal government agencies
with which we and prime government contractors do business. Changes in federal
government spending could directly affect our financial performance. Among the
factors that could impact federal government spending and which would reduce our
federal government contracting and subcontracting business are:
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delays or cancellations of federal government programs or
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adoption of new laws or regulations that affect companies that provide
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government shutdowns or other delays in the government appropriations
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of the federal government's use of third-party service
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in the political climate, including with regard to the funding or
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If the
current presidential administration were to reorder its budgetary priorities
resulting in a general decline in U.S. defense spending, it could cause federal
government agencies to reduce their purchases under contracts, exercise their
rights to terminate contracts in whole or in part, to issue temporary stop work
orders or decline to exercise options to renew contracts, all of which could
harm our operations and significantly reduce our future revenues.
Federal
government contracts may be terminated by the federal government at any time
prior to their completion and contain other unfavorable provisions, which could
lead to unexpected loss of sales and reduction in backlog.
Under the
terms of federal government contracts, the federal government may
unilaterally:
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federal government can terminate or modify any of its contracts with us or its
prime contractors either for its convenience, or if we or its prime contractors
default, by failing to perform under the terms of the applicable contract. A
termination arising out of our default could expose us to liability and have a
material adverse effect on our ability to compete for future contracts and
subcontracts. If the federal government or its prime contractors terminate
and/or materially modify any of our contracts or if any applicable options are
not exercised, our failure to replace sales generated from such contracts would
result in lower sales and could adversely affect our earnings, which could have
a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial
condition.
Our
backlog as of June 30, 2010 was approximately $305.6 million, of which
approximately 51% represented firm contracts with agencies of the U.S.
government or prime defense contractors or subcontractors of the U.S.
government. There can be no assurance that any of the contracts comprising our
backlog will result in actual sales in any particular period or that the actual
sales from such contracts will equal our backlog estimates. Furthermore, there
can be no assurance that any contract included in our estimated backlog that
generates sales will be profitable.
Our
business could be adversely affected by a negative audit or other actions,
including suspension or debarment, by the federal government.
As a
federal government contractor, we must comply with and are affected by laws and
regulations relating to the formation, administration and performance of
government contracts. These laws and regulations affect how we do business with
the federal government and our prime government contractors and subcontractors,
and in some instances, impose added costs on our business. Federal government
agencies routinely audit and investigate government contractors. These agencies
review each contractor's contract performance, cost structure and compliance
with applicable laws, regulations and standards. Such agencies also review the
adequacy of, and a contractor's compliance with, its internal control systems
and policies, including the contractor's purchasing, property, estimating,
compensation and management information systems. Any costs found to be
improperly allocated to a specific contract will not be reimbursed.
In
addition, government contract payments received by us for allowable direct and
indirect costs are subject to adjustment after audit by government auditors and
repayment to the government if the payments exceed allowable costs as defined in
the government contracts.
As a
federal government contractor, we are subject to an increased risk of
investigations, criminal prosecution, civil fraud, whistleblower lawsuits and
other legal actions and liabilities to which companies with solely commercial
customers are not subject, the results of which could have a material adverse
effect on our operations. If we were suspended or prohibited from contracting
with the federal government generally, or any significant federal government
agency specifically, if our reputation or relationship with federal government
agencies were impaired or if the federal government otherwise ceased doing
business with us or significantly decreased the amount of business it does with
us, our business, results of operations and financial condition could be
materially adversely affected.
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Under
some of our government contracts, we are required to maintain secure facilities
and to obtain security clearances for personnel involved in performance of the
contract, in compliance with applicable federal standards. If we were unable to
comply with these requirements, or if personnel critical to our performance of
these contracts were to lose their security clearances, we might be unable to
perform these contracts or compete for other projects of this nature, which
could adversely affect our revenue.
Our
federal government contracts are subject to competitive bidding, both upon
initial issuance and subsequent renewal. If we are unable to successfully
compete in the bidding process or if we fail to receive renewal, it could have a
material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial
condition.
A
significant portion of our federal government contracts are awarded through a
competitive bidding process, including upon renewal, and we expect that this
will continue to be the case. There often is significant competition and pricing
pressure as a result of this process.
The
competitive bidding process presents a number of risks such as:
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must expend substantial funds and time to prepare bids and proposals for
contracts, which could detract attention from other parts of our
business;
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may be unable to estimate accurately the resources and cost that will be
required to complete any contract we win, which could result in
substantial cost overruns; and
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may encounter expense and delay if our competitors protest or challenge
awards of contracts to us, and any such protest or challenge could result
in a requirement to resubmit bids on modified specifications or in
termination, reduction or modification of the awarded
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government contracts for which we compete typically have multiple option
periods, and if we fail to win a contract, we generally will be unable to
compete again for that contract for several years. If we fail to win new
contracts or to receive renewal contracts, such failure could have a material
adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial
condition.
New
products are subject to greater technology, design and operational risks, and a
delay in introducing new products could harm our competitive
position.
Our
future success is highly dependent upon the timely development and introduction
of competitive new products at acceptable margins. However, there are greater
design and operational risks associated with new products. The inability of our
suppliers to produce advanced products, delays in commencing or maintaining
volume shipments of new products, the discovery of product, process, software,
or programming defects or failures and any related product returns could each
have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results
of operation.
We have
experienced from time to time in the past, and expect to experience in the
future, difficulties and delays in achieving satisfactory, sustainable yields on
new products. Yield problems increase the cost of our new products as well as
the time it takes us to bring them to market, which can create inventory
shortages and dissatisfied customers. Any prolonged inability to obtain adequate
yields or deliveries of new products could have a material adverse effect on our
business, results of operations and financial condition.
Our
failure to detect unknown defects in our products could materially harm our
relationship with customers, our reputation and our business.
We may
not be able to anticipate all of the possible performance or reliability
problems that could arise with our existing or new products, which could result
in significant product liability or warranty claims. In addition, any defects
found in our products could result in a loss of sales or market share, failure
to achieve market acceptance, injury to our reputation, indemnification claims,
litigation, increased insurance costs and increased service costs, any of which
could discourage customers from purchasing our products and materially harm our
business.
Our
purchase agreements with our customers typically contain provisions designed to
limit our exposure to potential product liability claims. However, the
limitation of liability provisions contained in these agreements may not be
effective as a result of federal, state or local laws, or ordinances or
unfavorable judicial decisions in the United States or other countries. The
insurance we maintain to protect against claims associated with the use of our
products may not adequately cover all claims asserted against us. In addition,
even if ultimately unsuccessful, such claims could result in costly litigation,
divert our management's time and resources, and damage our customer
relationships.
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Our
AMS segment depends on third-party contractors to fabricate semiconductor
products and we outsource other portions of our business; a failure to perform
by these third parties may adversely affect our ability to bring products to
market and damage our reputation.
As part
of our efforts to minimize the amount of required capital investment in
facilities, equipment and labor and increase our ability to quickly respond to
changes in technology and customer requirements, our AMS segment outsources its
semiconductor fabrication processes and we outsource certain other manufacturing
and engineering functions to third parties. This reliance on third-party
manufacturers and engineers involves significant risks, including lack of
control over capacity allocation, delivery schedules, the resolution of
technical difficulties and the development of new processes. We rely heavily on
our third-party manufacturers to be able to deliver materials, know-how and
technology to us without encumbrances. Disputes regarding the ownership of or
rights in certain third-party intellectual property may preclude our third-party
manufacturers from fulfilling our requirements at a reasonable cost or, in some
cases, at all. A shortage of raw materials or production capacity could lead any
of our third-party manufacturers to allocate available capacity to other
customers, or to internal uses. If these third parties fail to perform their
obligations in a timely manner or at satisfactory quality and cost levels, our
ability to bring products to market and our reputation could suffer and our
costs could increase. For example, during a market upturn, our contract
manufacturers may be unable to meet our demand requirements, which may preclude
us from fulfilling our customers' orders on a timely basis, which could lead to
a loss in sales. The ability of these third parties to perform is largely
outside of our control.
Non-performance
by our suppliers may adversely affect our operations.
Because
we purchase various types of raw materials and component parts from suppliers,
we may be materially and adversely affected by the failure of those suppliers to
perform as expected. This non-performance may consist of delivery delays or
failures caused by production issues or delivery of non-conforming products. The
risk of non-performance may also result from the insolvency or bankruptcy of one
or more of our suppliers. Our efforts to protect against and to minimize these
risks may not always be effective. We may occasionally seek to engage new
suppliers with which we have little or no experience. The use of new suppliers
can pose technical, quality and other risks.
We
use specialized technologies and know-how to design, develop and manufacture our
products. Our inability to protect our intellectual property could hurt our
competitive position, harm our reputation and adversely affect our results of
operations.
As a
technology company, we rely on our patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade
secrets, and proprietary know-how and concepts. We attempt to protect our
intellectual property rights, both in the United States and in foreign
countries, through a combination of patent, trademark, copyrights and trade
secret laws, as well as confidentiality agreements. Because of the differences
in foreign trademark, copyright, patent and other laws concerning proprietary
rights, our intellectual property rights may not receive the same degree of
protection in foreign countries as they would in the United States. Our failure
to obtain or maintain adequate protection of our intellectual property rights
for any reason could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of
operations and financial condition. We believe that while the protection
afforded by patent, trademark, copyright and trade secret laws may provide some
advantages, the competitive position of participants in our industry is
principally determined by such factors as the technical and creative skills of
their personnel, the frequency of their new product developments and their
ability to anticipate and rapidly respond to evolving market requirements. To
the extent that a competitor effectively uses its intellectual property
portfolio, including patents, to prevent us from selling products that allegedly
infringe such competitor's products, our results of operations could be
materially adversely affected.
We have
from time to time applied for patent protection relating to certain existing and
proposed products, processes and services, but we do not have an active patent
application strategy. When we do apply for patents, we generally apply in those
countries where we intend to make, have made, use or sell patented products;
however, we may not accurately predict all of the countries where patent
protection will ultimately be desirable. If we fail to timely file a patent
application in any such country, we may be precluded from doing so at a later
date. Furthermore, we cannot assure you that any of our patent applications will
be approved. We also cannot assure you that the patents issued as a result of
our foreign patent applications will have the same scope of coverage as our
United States patents. The patents we own could be challenged, invalidated or
circumvented by others and may not be of sufficient scope or strength to provide
us with any meaningful protection or commercial advantage. Further, we cannot
assure you that competitors will not infringe our patents, or that we will have
adequate resources to enforce our patents.
Some
of our proprietary technology may have been developed under, or in connection
with, U.S. government contracts or other federal funding agreements. With
respect to technology developed under such agreements, the U.S. government may
retain a nonexclusive, non-transferable, irrevocable, paid-up license to use the
technology on behalf of the United States throughout the world. In addition, the
U.S. government may obtain additional rights to such technology, or our ability
to exploit such technology may be limited.
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We rely
on our trademarks, tradenames and brand names to distinguish our products and
services from the products and services of our competitors, and have registered
or applied to register many of these trademarks. In the event that our
trademarks are successfully challenged, we could be forced to rebrand our
products and services, which could result in loss of brand recognition, and
could require us to devote resources towards marketing new brands. Further, we
cannot assure you that we will have adequate resources to enforce our
trademarks.
We also
rely on unpatented proprietary technology. It is possible that others will
independently develop the same or similar technology or otherwise obtain access
to our unpatented technology. To protect our trade secrets and other proprietary
information, we require employees, consultants, advisors and collaborators to
enter into confidentiality agreements. We cannot assure you that these
agreements will provide meaningful protection for our trade secrets, know-how or
other proprietary information in the event of any unauthorized use,
misappropriation or disclosure of such trade secrets, know-how or other
proprietary information. If we are unable to maintain the proprietary nature of
our technologies, our sales could decrease.
If
third parties claim that we infringe upon or misappropriate their intellectual
property rights, our net sales, gross margins and expenses could be adversely
affected.
We face
the risk of claims that we have infringed or misappropriated third parties'
intellectual property rights. We are currently involved in various
litigation matters involving claims of patent infringement and trade secret
misappropriation. Any claims of patent or other intellectual property
infringement, even those without merit, could:
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us to enter into licensing agreements in order to obtain the right to use
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licensing agreements, if required, may not be available to us on acceptable
terms or at all. A successful claim of infringement against us could result in
our being required to pay significant damages, enter into costly license
agreements, or stop the sale of certain products, which could adversely affect
our net sales, gross margins and expenses and harm our future
prospects.
Many
patent applications in the United States are maintained in secrecy for a period
of time after they are filed, and therefore there is a risk that we could adopt
a technology without knowledge of a pending patent application, which technology
would infringe a third party patent once that patent is issued.
We
license third-party technologies for the development of certain of our products,
and if we fail to maintain these licenses or are unable to secure alternative
licenses on reasonable terms, our business could be adversely
affected.
We
license third-party technologies that are integrated into certain of our
products. If we are unable to continue to use or license these technologies on
reasonable terms, or if these technologies fail to operate properly, we may not
be able to secure alternatives in a timely manner and our ability to make these
products could be harmed. In addition, licensed technology may be subject to
claims that it infringes others' technology, and we may lose access to or have
restrictions placed on our use of the licensed technology. Certain technology,
which we license, has been, or is currently, subject to such
claims.
Our
licenses of third-party technologies have certain requirements that we must meet
to maintain the license. For instance, if we fail to meet certain minimum
royalty or purchase amounts, or meet delivery deadlines, certain licenses may be
converted from an exclusive license to a non-exclusive license, thus allowing
the licensors to license the technology to our competitors. We cannot guarantee
that third-party technologies that we license will not be licensed to our
competitors. In the future, we may need to obtain additional licenses, renew
existing license agreements or otherwise replace existing technology. We are
unable to predict whether these license agreements can be obtained or renewed or
the technology can be replaced on acceptable terms, or at all. In addition, if
we are unable to successfully license technology from third parties to develop
future products, we may not be able to develop such products in a timely manner
or at all.
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As
part of our business strategy, we may complete acquisitions or divest
non-strategic businesses and product lines and undertake restructuring efforts.
These actions could adversely affect our business, results of operations and
financial condition.
As part
of our business strategy, we engage in discussions with third parties regarding,
and enter into agreements relating to, acquisitions, joint ventures and
divestitures in order to manage our product and technology portfolios and
further our strategic objectives. We also continually look for ways to increase
the profitability of our operations through restructuring efforts and to
consolidate operations across facilities where synergies exist. In order to
pursue this strategy successfully, we must identify suitable acquisition,
alliance or divestiture candidates, complete these transactions, some of which
may be large and complex, and integrate acquired companies. Integration and
other risks of acquisitions can be more pronounced for larger and more
complicated transactions, or if multiple acquisitions are pursued
simultaneously.
The
integration of acquisitions may make the completion and integration of
subsequent acquisitions more difficult. However, if we fail to identify and
complete these transactions, we may be required to expend resources to
internally develop products and technology or may be at a competitive
disadvantage or may be adversely affected by negative market perceptions, which
may have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and
financial condition.
Acquisitions
may require us to integrate different company cultures, management teams and
business infrastructures and otherwise manage integration risks. Even if an
acquisition is successfully integrated, we may not receive the expected benefits
of the transaction.
A
successful sale or divestiture depends on various factors, including our ability
to effectively transfer assets and liabilities, contracts, facilities and
employees to the purchaser, identify and separate the intellectual property to
be divested from the intellectual property that we wish to keep and reduce fixed
costs previously associated with the divested assets of the
business.
Managing
acquisitions and divestitures requires varying levels of management resources,
which may divert management's attention from our other business operations.
Acquisitions, including abandoned acquisitions, also may result in significant
costs and expenses and charges to earnings.
Restructuring
activities may result in business disruptions and may not produce the full
efficiency and cost reduction benefits anticipated. Further, the benefits may be
realized later than expected and the cost of implementing these measures may be
greater than anticipated. If these measures are not successful, we may need to
undertake additional cost reduction efforts, which could result in future
charges. Moreover, we could experience business disruptions with customers and
elsewhere if our cost reduction and restructuring efforts prove ineffective, and
our ability to achieve our other strategic goals and business plans as well as
our business, results of operations and financial condition could be materially
adversely affected.
We
rely on the significant experience and specialized expertise of our senior
management and engineering staff and must retain and attract qualified engineers
and other highly skilled personnel in order to grow our business
successfully.
Our
performance is substantially dependent on the continued services and performance
of our senior management and our highly qualified team of engineers, many of
whom have numerous years of experience and specialized expertise in our
business. In order to be successful, we must retain and motivate executives and
other key employees, including those in managerial, technical, marketing and
information technology support positions. In particular, our product generation
efforts depend on hiring and retaining qualified engineers. Attracting and
retaining skilled workers and qualified sales representatives is also critical
to us. Experienced management and technical, marketing and support personnel in
the microelectronics and test solutions industries are in demand and competition
for their talents is intense. Employee retention may be a particularly
challenging issue following acquisitions or divestitures since we also must
continue to motivate employees and keep them focused on our strategies and
goals, which may be particularly difficult due to the potential distractions
related to integrating the acquired operations or divesting businesses to be
sold. If we lose the services of any key personnel, our business, results of
operations and financial condition could be materially adversely
affected.
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We
may be required to make significant payments to members of our management in the
event their employment with us is terminated.
We are a
party to employment agreements with each of Leonard Borow, our President and
Chief Executive Officer, John Buyko, our Executive Vice President and President
of our AMS division, John Adamovich, our Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice
President, Edward Wactlar, hired July 1, 2010 as our General Counsel and Senior
Vice President, Charles Badlato, our Vice President—Treasurer, and Carl Caruso,
our Vice President—Manufacturing. In the event we terminate the employment of
any of these executives, or in certain cases, if such executives terminate their
employment with us, such executives will be entitled to receive certain
severance and related payments. At July 1, 2010 the maximum aggregate amount
payable by us to Messrs. Borow, Buyko, Adamovich, Wactlar, Badlato and
Caruso upon the termination of their respective employment agreements with us is
$9.9 million.
We
rely on our information technology systems to manage numerous aspects of our
business and a disruption of these systems could adversely affect our
business.
Our
information technology, or IT, systems are an integral part of our business. We
depend on our IT systems for scheduling, sales order entry, purchasing,
materials management, accounting and production functions. Our IT systems also
allow us to ship products to our customers on a timely basis, maintain
cost-effective operations and provide a high level of customer service. Some of
our systems are not fully redundant, and our disaster recovery planning does not
account for all eventualities. A serious disruption to our IT systems could
significantly limit our ability to manage and operate our business efficiently,
which in turn could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of
operations and financial condition.
Due
to the international nature of our business, political or economic changes could
harm our future sales, expenses and financial condition.
Our
future sales, costs and expenses could be adversely affected by a variety of
international factors, including:
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changes in regulatory requirements;
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technology standards and/or customer requirements;
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or export licensing requirements, which could affect our ability to obtain
favorable terms for components or lead to penalties or
restrictions.
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For
fiscal 2010, sales of our products to foreign customers accounted for
approximately 42% of our net sales. As of June 30, 2010, we employed
approximately 810 employees overseas. In addition, a portion of our product
and component manufacturing, along with key suppliers, is located outside of the
United States, and also could be disrupted by some of the international factors
described above.
Certain
of our products may be controlled by the International Traffic in Arms
Regulations and the Export Administration Regulations, which may adversely
affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.
We are
subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations, or ITAR. The ITAR
requires export licenses from the U.S. Department of State for products shipped
outside the U.S. that have military or strategic applications. In this
connection, we have filed certain Voluntary Disclosures with the Directorate of
Defense Trade Controls, U.S. Department of State describing possible inadvertent
violations involving, among other things, the unlicensed export of controlled
products to end-users in a number of countries, including China and Russia. We
have also identified ITAR noncompliance in the pre-acquisition business
activities of certain recently acquired companies. These matters have been
formally disclosed to the U.S. Department of State.
Compliance
with the directives of the U.S. Department of State may result in substantial
legal and other expenses and the diversion of management time. In the event that
a determination is made that we or any entity we have acquired has violated the
ITAR with respect to any matters, we may be subject to substantial monetary
penalties that we are unable to quantify at this time, and/or suspension or
revocation of our export privileges and criminal sanctions, which may have a
material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial
condition.
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We are
also subject to the Export Administration Regulations, or EAR. The EAR regulates
the export of certain "dual use" items and technologies and, in some instances,
requires a license from the U.S. Department of Commerce.
We
are exposed to foreign currency exchange rate risks that could adversely affect
our business, results of operations and financial condition.
We are
exposed to foreign currency exchange rate risks that are inherent in our sales
commitments, anticipated sales, and assets and liabilities that are denominated
in currencies other than the U.S. dollar. Our exposure to foreign currency
exchange rates relates primarily to the British pound and the Euro. For fiscal
2010, sales of our products to foreign customers accounted for approximately 42% of our net sales. In
addition, a portion of our product and component manufacturing, along with key
suppliers, are located outside of the United States. Failure to sufficiently
hedge or otherwise manage foreign currency risks properly could have a material
adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial
condition.
Compliance
with and changes in environmental, health and safety laws regulating the present
and past operations of our business and the business of predecessor companies
could increase the costs of producing our products and expose us to
environmental claims.
Our
business is subject to numerous federal, state, local and foreign laws and
regulations concerning environmental, health and safety matters, including those
relating to air emissions, wastewater discharges and the generation, handling,
use, storage, transportation, treatment and disposal of, or exposure to,
hazardous substances. Violations of such laws and regulations can lead to
substantial fines and penalties and other civil or criminal sanctions. We incur
costs associated with compliance with these laws and regulations and we face
risks of additional costs and liabilities including those related to the
investigation and remediation of, or claims for personal injuries or property
damages associated with, past or present contamination, at current as well as
former properties utilized by us and at third-party disposal sites, regardless
of fault or the legality of the original activities that led to such
contamination.
In
addition, future developments, such as changes in laws and regulations or the
enforcement thereof, more stringent enforcement or interpretation thereof and
claims for property damage or personal injury could cause us to incur
substantial losses or expenditures. Although we believe we are materially
compliant with all applicable current laws and regulations, any new or modified
laws or regulations, or the discovery of any currently unknown non-compliance or
contamination, could increase the cost of producing our products, which could
have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and
financial condition.
Efforts
to comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 will involve significant
expenditures, and non-compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act may adversely
affect us.
The
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the related rules and regulations promulgated by
the Securities and Exchange Commission that are applicable to us have increased
the scope, complexity and cost of our corporate governance, reporting and
disclosure practices. We could also experience greater outside and internal
costs as a result of our continuing efforts to comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act, including Section 404. The effort to comply with these obligations may
divert management's attention from other business concerns, which could
adversely affect our operating performance. In addition, we may identify
significant deficiencies or material weaknesses that we cannot remedy in a
timely manner.
We
are subject to unanticipated market conditions that could adversely affect our
available working capital and financial position.
We hold
investments in certain auction rate securities, or ARS. Beginning in February
2008, auctions for the resale of ARS have ceased to reliably support the
liquidity of these securities. We cannot be certain that liquidity will be
restored in the foreseeable future or at all. We may not be able to access cash
by selling these securities for which there is insufficient demand without a
loss of principal until a future auction for these investments is successful, a
secondary market emerges, they are
redeemed by their issuer or they mature. These securities are classified as
non-current assets. In addition, the value of such investments could potentially
be impaired on a temporary or other-than-temporary basis. If it is determined
that the value of the investment is impaired on an other-than-temporary basis,
we would be required to write down the investment to its fair value and record a
charge to earnings for the amount of the impairment. As of June 30,
2010, we held ARS with a par value of $11.1 million and a fair value of
$9.8 million.
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Changes
in tax rates or policies or changes to our tax liabilities could affect
operating results.
We are
subject to taxation in the United States and various other countries, including
the United Kingdom, Sweden, Germany and China. Significant judgment is required
to determine and estimate our worldwide tax liabilities and our future annual
and quarterly tax rates could be affected by numerous factors, including changes
in the applicable tax laws, composition of earnings in countries or states with
differing tax rates, repatriation of foreign earnings to the United States or
our valuation and utilization of deferred tax assets and liabilities. In
addition, we are subject to regular examination of our income tax returns by the
Internal Revenue Service and other taxing authorities. Although we believe our
tax estimates are reasonable, we regularly evaluate the adequacy of our
provision for income taxes, and there can be no assurance that any final
determination by a taxing authority will not result in additional tax liability
which could have a material adverse effect on our results of
operations.
Accounting
standards periodically change and the application of our accounting policies and
methods may require management to make estimates about matters that are
uncertain.
The
regulatory bodies that establish accounting standards, including, among others,
the Financial Accounting Standards Board and the SEC, periodically revise or
issue new financial accounting and reporting standards that govern the
preparation of our consolidated financial statements. The effect of such revised
or new standards on our consolidated financial statements can be difficult to
predict and can materially impact how we record and report our results of
operations and financial condition. In addition, our management must exercise
judgment in appropriately applying many of our accounting policies and methods
so they comply with generally accepted accounting principles. In some cases, the
accounting policy or method chosen might be reasonable under the circumstances
and yet might result in our reporting materially different amounts than would
have been reported if we had selected a different policy or method. Accounting
policies are critical to fairly presenting our results of operations and
financial condition and may require management to make difficult, subjective or
complex judgments about matters that are uncertain.
Our
operations are subject to business interruptions and casualty
losses.
Our
business is subject to numerous inherent risks, particularly unplanned events
such as inclement weather, explosions, fires, terrorist acts, other accidents,
equipment failures and transportation interruptions. While our insurance
coverage could offset losses relating to some of these types of events, our
business, results of operations and financial condition could be materially
adversely affected to the extent any such losses are not covered by our
insurance.
FORWARD-LOOKING
STATEMENTS
This prospectus contains
"forward-looking statements." All statements other than statements of historical
fact are "forward-looking" statements for purposes of the U.S. federal and state
securities laws. These statements may be identified by the use of forward
looking terminology such as "anticipate," "believe," "continue," "could,"
"estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "might," "plan," "potential," "predict,"
"should" or "will" or the negative thereof or other variations thereon or
comparable terminology. In particular, statements about our expectations,
beliefs, plans, objectives, assumptions or future events or performance
contained in this prospectus under the headings "Prospectus Summary" and "Risk
Factors" are forward-looking statements.
We have based these forward-looking
statements on our current expectations, assumptions, estimates and projections.
While we believe these expectations, assumptions, estimates and projections are
reasonable, such forward looking statements are only predictions and involve
known and unknown risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control.
These and other important factors, including those discussed in this prospectus
under the headings "Prospectus Summary" and "Risk Factors," may cause our actual
results, performance or achievements to differ materially from any future
results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these
forward-looking statements. Some of the key factors that could cause actual
results to differ from our expectations include:
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inability to remain competitive in the markets we
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inability to continue to develop, manufacture and market innovative,
customized products and services that meet customer requirements for
performance and reliability;
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failure of our suppliers to provide us with raw materials and/or properly
functioning component parts;
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of our key contracts, including technology license agreements, or loss of
our key customers;
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failure to comply with regulations such as ITAR and any changes in
regulations;
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exposure to auction rate securities and the impact this exposure has on
our liquidity;
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failure to realize anticipated benefits from completed acquisitions,
divestitures or restructurings, or the possibility that such acquisitions,
divestitures or restructurings could adversely affect
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risks and uncertainties, including those listed under the caption "Risk
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Given these risks and uncertainties,
you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking
statements. The forward-looking statements included in this prospectus are made
only as of the date hereof.
RATIO
OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
The
following table sets forth our ratio of earnings to fixed charges for the last
five fiscal years:
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The ratio
was computed by dividing earnings by fixed charges. For this purpose,
“earnings” represents income from continuing operations before income taxes plus
fixed charges. Fixed charges consist of interest expense,
amortization of deferred financing costs and one-third of rent expense that we
believe to be representative of the interest factored in those
rentals.
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deficit of earnings to fixed charges was $21.2 million for the period July
1, 2007 through August 14, 2007, $139.5 million for the period August 15,
2007 through June 30, 2008, $92.0 million for the year ended June 30,
2009 and $11.4 million for the year ended June 30,
2010.
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USE
OF PROCEEDS
This prospectus is delivered in
connection with the sale of Notes by Goldman, Sachs & Co. in market-making
transactions. We will not receive any proceeds from such
transactions.
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CAPITALIZATION
The
following table sets forth our cash and cash equivalents and our capitalization
as of June 30, 2010. Because we will not be receiving any proceeds
from the market-making transactions mentioned under the caption “Use of
Proceeds”, pro forma information is not relevant to the capitalization table
that appears below. The information in the table should be read in
conjunction with “Selected Financial Data,” “Management’s Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and our financial
statements and the notes thereto appearing in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010, which is incorporated by reference in this
prospectus .
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DESCRIPTION
OF OTHER INDEBTEDNESS
Senior
Secured Credit Facility
On
August 15, 2007, we entered into a senior secured credit facility with
various lenders and Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P., as administrative
agent. The following is a summary of the material terms that are contained in
our senior secured credit facility. This description does not purport to be
complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the provisions of our
senior secured credit facility.
Structure.
Our senior secured credit facility consists of a senior
secured term loan facility of $525.0 million and a senior secured revolving
credit facility of $50.0 million, which facilities may be increased under
certain circumstances by an uncommitted incremental facility in an aggregate
amount equal to the greater of (i) $75.0 million and (ii) such
greater amount, if as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter,
the senior secured leverage ratio would be 3.75:1 or less after giving effect to
such greater amount if such greater amount were drawn in its entirety as of such
date. A portion of the revolving credit facility is available for letters of
credit and swing line loans. The full amount of the term loan facility was drawn
at the closing of our senior secured credit facility to pay a portion of the
consideration for the Going Private Transaction and related fees and expenses.
As of June 30, 2010, the outstanding balance due under the term loan
facility was $510.6 million and there were no outstanding amounts under the
revolving credit facility. Subject to customary conditions, including the
absence of defaults under our senior secured credit facility, amounts available
under the revolving credit facility may be borrowed, repaid and reborrowed, as
applicable until August 15. 2013. The revolving credit facility is
permitted to be used for permitted capital expenditures and permitted
acquisitions, to provide for ongoing working capital requirements and for
general corporate purposes.
Maturity, Amortization and
Prepayment. The term loan facility amortizes in
equal consecutive quarterly installments equal to $1,312,500 (which amount will
be increased to the extent all or a portion of the incremental facility is
funded and drawn), with the balance payable on August 15, 2014. Following a
prepayment required by our fiscal 2010 excess cash flow, which is required to be
made by October 28, 2010, there will be no further quarterly installments
due for the balance of the term. Unless terminated earlier, the revolving credit
facility will mature on August 15, 2013.
Our
senior secured credit facility is subject to mandatory prepayment with:
(i) 100% (subject to a reduction to 50% if, as of the last day of the most
recently ended fiscal quarter, the senior secured leverage ratio, as set forth
in our senior secured credit facility, is 2.5:1 or less) of the net cash
proceeds of certain asset sales, subject to certain exceptions and reinvestment
rights; (ii) 100% of the net cash proceeds of insurance paid on account of
any loss of any property or assets, subject to certain reinvestment rights;
(iii) 100% of the net cash proceeds of debt incurrences (other than debt
incurrences permitted under our senior secured credit facility); and (iv) a
percentage of our excess cash flow, as defined in our senior secured credit
facility, for each year (which percentage ranges from 75% to 0% depending on the
senior secured leverage ratio as of the last day of the most recently ended
fiscal quarter). Any such prepayments are required to be applied first to the
term loan facility and thereafter to the revolving credit facility (without a
corresponding reduction in the revolving credit commitments).
Interest.
The loans under our senior secured credit facility bear
interest, at our option, at a rate per annum equal to either: (i) the base
rate (as defined in our senior secured credit facility), plus an applicable
margin, or (ii) the adjusted LIBOR rate (as defined in our senior secured
credit facility), plus an applicable margin, which margins are based on the
ratio of our consolidated secured indebtedness to our Adjusted EBITDA. In the
case of loans bearing interest at the adjusted LIBOR rate, the applicable margin
ranges from (i) 3.00% to 3.25% in the case of certain term loans,
(ii) 3.50% to 3.75% in the case of other term loans and (iii) 2.75% to
3.25% in the case of revolving loans. In the case of loans bearing interest at
the base rate, the applicable margins are 1.0% less than those listed in
clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above. During the continuance of any
payment event of default, our senior secured credit facility loans will bear
interest at the rate of 2.00% per annum in excess of the per annum rate that
would otherwise be in effect.
Guarantees and Security.
Our senior secured credit facility, and any obligations
under any interest rate hedging agreements entered into between any borrower or
guarantor and any counterparty that is (or was at the effective date of such
hedging agreement) a lender under our senior secured credit facility (or any
affiliate thereof) are guaranteed by us and each of our existing and future
direct and indirect domestic subsidiaries, other than Aeroflex, subject to
certain exceptions for immaterial subsidiaries and subsidiaries prohibited by
law from becoming guarantors. Subject to certain customary exceptions, the
borrowers and the guarantors granted to the lenders under our senior secured
credit facility and counterparties under the hedging agreements described above
a first priority security interest in and lien on substantially all of their
assets, including a pledge of 100% of the equity interests of Aeroflex, other
than the pledge of 35% of the equity interests of certain of our foreign
subsidiaries.
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Fees.
Certain customary fees are payable to the lenders and
the agents under our senior secured credit facility, including, without
limitation, a commitment fee based upon non-use of available funds, letter of
credit fees, issuer fronting fees and an annual facility servicing
fee.
Covenants.
Our senior secured credit facility contains various
customary affirmative and negative covenants (subject to materiality thresholds,
baskets, and customary exceptions and qualifications), including, but not
limited to, restrictions on the ability of the borrowers and its subsidiaries to
(i) dispose of assets or stock; (ii) incur additional indebtedness and
guarantee obligations; (iii) pay certain dividends; (iv) create liens
on assets; (v) make investments, loans or advances; (vi) restrict
distributions to the borrowers or guarantors from their subsidiaries;
(vii) engage in mergers or consolidations; (viii) engage in certain
transactions with affiliates; (ix) incur additional negative pledges;
(x) incur capital expenditures; (xi) change our fiscal year or
accounting practices or the lines of business in which we and our subsidiaries
are involved; (xii) enter into sale-leaseback transactions;
(xiii) prepay principal of, premium, or interest on, or redeem, purchase,
retire, defease, or create a sinking fund or make a similar payment with respect
to, any subordinated indebtedness and certain other debt; (xiv) change the
conduct of business; (xv) conduct activities of any parent holding company
or (xvi) amend our organizational documents. In addition, under our senior
secured credit facility, we are required to comply with a maximum total leverage
ratio test.
Events of Default.
Our senior secured credit facility contains customary
events of default (subject to mutually agreed exceptions, thresholds and grace
periods), including, without limitation: (i) nonpayment of principal or
interest; (ii) failure to perform or observe covenants;
(iii) inaccuracy or breaches of representations and warranties;
(iv) cross-defaults with certain other indebtedness; (v) certain
bankruptcy related events; (vi) impairment of security interests in
collateral or invalidity or unenforceability of our senior secured credit
facility documents; (vii) monetary judgment defaults; (viii) certain
ERISA matters; and (ix) certain change of control
events.
Senior
Subordinated Unsecured Credit Facility
On
September 21, 2007, Aeroflex entered into a senior subordinated unsecured
credit facility with various lenders and Goldman Sachs Credit
Partners L.P., as administrative agent. The following is a summary of the
material terms that are contained in the senior subordinated unsecured credit
facility. This description does not purport to be complete and is qualified in
its entirety by reference to the provisions of the senior subordinated unsecured
credit facility. As disclosed above under "Use of Proceeds", we plan to purchase
a portion of the loans under the senior subordinated unsecured credit facility
with a portion of the proceeds from this offering. The aggregate principal
amount of senior subordinated unsecured term loans we will purchase will not be
determined until after the pricing of this offering. See "Use of
Proceeds."
Structure.
The senior subordinated unsecured credit facility
consists of a term loan of $120.0 million, with an outstanding balance of
$165.5 million as of June 30, 2010, including paid-in-kind interest of
$45.5 million. The full amount of the senior subordinated unsecured credit
facility was used to refinance a senior subordinated bridge loan that was drawn
to pay a portion of the consideration for the Going Private Transaction and
related fees and expenses.
Maturity and Prepayment.
The senior subordinated unsecured credit facility will
mature and become due in full on February 15, 2015. The senior subordinated
unsecured credit facility will be subject to mandatory offers to prepay upon the
receipt of unapplied asset sale proceeds in excess of $20.0 million and
upon a change of control (with a prepayment premium of 1.0%). The senior
subordinated unsecured credit facility may be prepaid at any time, subject to
the payment of certain prepayment premiums.
Interest.
The loans under the senior subordinated unsecured credit
facility bear interest at a rate per annum equal to 11.75%. Interest is payable
on February 15 and August 15 of each year and was payable exclusively
in kind until August 15, 2010 and for all periods thereafter in cash.
During the continuance of any payment event of default, the overdue principal
and/or interest will bear interest at the rate of 1.00% per annum in excess of
the per annum rate that would otherwise be in effect.
Guarantees.
The senior subordinated unsecured credit facility is
guaranteed by Aeroflex's existing direct and indirect domestic subsidiaries, and
will be guaranteed by all of Aeroflex's future domestic restricted subsidiaries
(as defined in the senior subordinated unsecured credit facility).
Covenants.
The senior subordinated unsecured credit facility
contains various customary affirmative and negative covenants (subject to
materiality thresholds, baskets, and customary exceptions and qualifications),
including, but not limited to, restrictions on the ability of the borrowers and
guarantors to (i) incur additional indebtedness; (ii) create liens on
assets; (iii) make restricted payments; (iv) restrict distributions to
the borrowers or guarantors from their subsidiaries or incur additional negative
pledges; (v) designate unrestricted subsidiaries; (vi) engage in asset
sales; (vii) engage in certain transactions with affiliates;
(viii) change the lines of business in which Aeroflex and its subsidiaries
are involved; (ix) make payments for consents and (x) engage in
mergers or consolidations.
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Events of Default.
The senior subordinated unsecured credit facility
contains customary events of default (subject to certain exceptions, thresholds
and grace periods), including, without limitation: (i) nonpayment of
principal or interest; (ii) failure to perform or observe covenants;
(iii) inaccuracy or breaches of representations and warranties;
(iv) cross-acceleration with certain other indebtedness; (v) certain
bankruptcy related events; (vi) invalidity or unenforceability of
guarantees and (vii) monetary judgment defaults.
Subordination.
The indebtedness outstanding under the senior
subordinated unsecured credit facility is subordinated to the prior payment in
full of all senior debt (as defined in the senior subordinated unsecured credit
facility).
DESCRIPTION
OF THE NOTES
General
Aeroflex issued the Notes pursuant to
an Indenture (the "Indenture"), dated August 7, 2008, among the Company, the
guarantors and The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, as trustee (the
"Trustee"). The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and
those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939
(the "Trust Indenture Act"). The Notes are subject to all such terms, and
Holders of the Notes are referred to the Indenture and the Trust Indenture Act
for a statement thereof. The following description is a summary of the material
provisions of the Indenture and does not purport to be complete and is qualified
in its entirety by reference to the Indenture, including the definitions therein
of certain terms used below. We urge you to read the Indenture because that
document, and not this description, defines your rights as holders. The
definitions of certain terms used in the following summary are set forth below
under "—Certain Definitions" and if not defined below under "—Certain
Definitions" have the meaning assigned to them in the Indenture. For purposes of
this summary, (i) the term "Company" refers only to Aeroflex and not to any
of its Subsidiaries and (ii) the terms "we," "our" and "us" refer to the
Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries.
Brief
Description of the Notes
The Notes are:
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general
unsecured obligations of the
Company;
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effectively
subordinated in right of payment to all existing and future secured
Indebtedness of the Company, including borrowings under the Senior Secured
Credit Facility, to the extent of the value of the collateral securing
such Indebtedness;
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structurally
subordinated to any existing and future Indebtedness and other liabilities
of the Company's Foreign Subsidiaries and any future Unrestricted
Subsidiaries of the Company;
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pari
passu in right of payment with all existing and future senior unsecured
Indebtedness of the Company;
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senior
in right of payment to all existing and any future subordinated
Indebtedness of the Company, including borrowings under the Senior
Subordinated Unsecured Credit Facility;
and
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unconditionally
guaranteed, jointly and severally, by the
guarantors.
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Note
Guarantees
The Notes are guaranteed by all
existing Domestic Subsidiaries of the Company and any future Domestic
Subsidiaries that are required to become guarantors (the “Guarantors”) under the
Indenture as described below under “Certain Covenants – Additional Note
Guarantee.” The Guarantors, as primary obligors, jointly and severally and
unconditionally guarantee, on a senior unsecured basis, the performance and full
and punctual payment when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration or
otherwise, of all obligations of the Company under the Indenture and the Notes,
whether for payment of principal of, or interest on, the Notes, expenses,
indemnification or otherwise, on the terms set forth in the
Indenture.
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Each
guarantee of the Notes:
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is
a general unsecured obligation of the
Guarantor;
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is
effectively subordinated to all existing and future secured Indebtedness
of that Guarantor, including guarantees of the obligations under the
Senior Secured Credit Facility, to the extent of the value of the
collateral securing such
Indebtedness;
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is
pari passu in right of payment with all existing and any future senior
unsecured Indebtedness of that Guarantor;
and
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is
senior in right of payment to all existing and any future subordinated
Indebtedness of that Guarantor, including guarantees of borrowings under
the Senior Subordinated Unsecured Credit
Facility.
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As of
June 30, 2010, Aeroflex and the Guarantors had total secured Indebtedness of
approximately $510.6 million. As indicated above, payments on the Notes and
under the Note Guarantees are effectively subordinated to secured Indebtedness
to the extent of the value of the assets securing such Indebtedness. The
Indenture permits us and the Guarantors to incur additional secured
Indebtedness.
None of
the Company’s Unrestricted Subsidiaries or Foreign Subsidiaries guarantee the
Notes. In the event of a bankruptcy, liquidation or reorganization of any of
these non-guarantor Subsidiaries, the non-guarantor Subsidiaries will pay the
holders of their debt and their trade creditors before they will be able to
distribute any of their assets to us. As a result, the Notes are structurally
subordinated in right of payment to all Indebtedness and other liabilities and
commitments (including trade payables and lease obligations) of our
non-guarantor Subsidiaries. As of June 30, 2010, the aggregate total assets
(based on book value) of our non-guarantor subsidiaries were $239 million,
representing approximately 18% of our total assets. In addition, 21% of our
total liabilities were attributable to our non-guarantor subsidiaries as of June
30, 2010. For fiscal 2010, 29% of our net sales was attributable to our
non-guarantor subsidiaries. For fiscal 2010, our non-guarantor subsidiaries had
net income of $35.0 million.
As of the
date of the prospectus, all of our Subsidiaries are “Restricted
Subsidiaries.” However, under the circumstances described below under
the caption “—Certain Covenants—Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted
Subsidiaries,” we will be permitted to designate certain of our existing and
future Subsidiaries as “Unrestricted Subsidiaries.” Our Unrestricted
Subsidiaries are not subject to many of the restrictive covenants in the
Indenture. Our Unrestricted Subsidiaries do not guarantee the
Notes.
The
obligations of each Guarantor under its Note Guarantee are limited as necessary
to prevent that Note Guarantee from constituting a fraudulent conveyance under
applicable law.
A
Guarantor may not sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its
assets to, or consolidate with or merge with or into (whether or not such
Guarantor is the surviving Person) another Person, other than Aeroflex or
another Guarantor, unless:
(1)
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immediately
after giving effect to that transaction, no Default or Event of Default
exists; and
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either:
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the
Person acquiring the property in any such sale or disposition or the
Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger assumes all
the obligations of that Guarantor under the Indenture and its Note
Guarantee pursuant to a supplemental Indenture reasonably satisfactory to
the Trustee; or
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the
Net Proceeds of such sale or other disposition are applied in accordance
with the applicable provisions of the Indenture including, without
limitation, the “Asset Sales” provisions of the
Indenture.
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The Note
Guarantee of a Guarantor will be released:
(1)
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in
connection with any sale or other disposition of all or substantially all
of 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) Aeroflex or a Restricted Subsidiary of
Aeroflex, if the sale or other disposition complies with the “Asset Sale”
provisions of the
Indenture;
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(2)
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in
connection with any sale or other disposition of Capital Stock of that
Guarantor to a Person that is not (either before or after giving effect to
such transaction) Aeroflex or a Restricted Subsidiary of Aeroflex if,
following such sale or other disposition, the applicable Guarantor is no
longer a Restricted Subsidiary of Aeroflex, if the sale or other
disposition complies with the applicable provisions of the Indenture,
including, without limitation, the “Asset Sales” provisions of the
Indenture;
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(3)
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if
Aeroflex designates any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Guarantor to be an
Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with the applicable provisions of
the Indenture;
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upon
legal defeasance or satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture as
provided below under the captions “—Legal Defeasance and Covenant
Defeasance” and “—Satisfaction and
Discharge”;
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if
such Guarantor is also a guarantor or borrower under the Senior Secured
Credit Facility and, at the time of release of its Note Guarantee,
(x) has been or is currently being released from its guarantee of or
obligations under, and all pledges and security, if any, granted in
connection with the Senior Secured Credit Facility, (y) is not an
obligor under any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness permitted to be
incurred pursuant to clauses (6), (7), (8), (10), (11), (13),
(15) or (17) of the second paragraph of the covenant described
under “—Certain Covenants—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of
Preferred Stock”) and (z) does not guarantee any Indebtedness of
Aeroflex or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
or
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in
the case of any Restricted Subsidiary of Aeroflex which after the date of
the Indenture is required to guarantee the Notes pursuant to the covenant
described under “—Certain Covenants—Additional Note Guarantees,” the
release or discharge of the guarantee by such Restricted Subsidiary of all
of the Indebtedness of Aeroflex or any Restricted Subsidiary of Aeroflex
or the repayment of all of the Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock, in each
case, which resulted in the obligation to guarantee the
Notes.
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See
“—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Asset Sales,” “—Designation of Restricted
and Unrestricted Subsidiaries,” “—Legal Defeasances and Covenant Defeasance” and
“—Satisfaction and Discharge.”
Principal,
Maturity and Interest
Aeroflex
issued $225.0 million in aggregate principal amount of Original Notes on
August 7, 2008, all of which were exchanged for the Notes pursuant to the
exchange offering. Aeroflex may issue additional Notes under the Indenture from
time to time after the date of the Indenture. The Notes and any
additional notes subsequently issued under the Indenture will be treated as a
single class for all purposes under the Indenture, including, without
limitation, waivers, amendments, redemptions and offers to purchase. Aeroflex
issued Notes in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in
excess thereof. The Notes mature on February 15, 2015.
Interest
on the Notes accrues at the rate of 11.75% per annum and is payable
semi-annually in arrears on February 15 and August 15. Interest
on overdue principal and interest accrues at a rate that is 1% higher than the
then applicable interest rate on the Notes. Aeroflex will make each interest
payment to the Holders of record on the February 1 and August 1
immediately preceding the applicable interest payment date. Interest
on the Notes accrues from the date of original issuance or, if interest has
already been paid, from the date it was most recently paid. Interest is computed
on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.
Methods
of Receiving Payments on the Notes
If a Holder of Notes gives wire
transfer instructions to Aeroflex, Aeroflex will pay all principal, interest and
premium on that Holder’s Notes in accordance with those instructions. All other
payments on the Notes will be made at the office or agency of the Paying Agent
and Registrar within the City and State of New York unless Aeroflex elects to
make interest payments by check mailed to the Holders of the Notes at their
address set forth in the register of holders.
Paying
Agent and Registrar for the Notes
The Trustee will initially act as
Paying Agent and Registrar for the Notes. The Company may change the Paying
Agent or Registrar without prior notice to the Holders of the Notes, and the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or
Registrar.
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Transfer
and Exchange
A Holder may transfer or exchange Notes
in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture. The Registrar and the
Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate
endorsements and transfer documents in connection with a transfer of Notes.
Holders will be required to pay all taxes or similar government charges due on
transfer or exchange. Aeroflex will not be required to transfer or exchange any
Note selected for redemption. Also, Aeroflex will not be required to transfer or
exchange any Note for a period of 15 days before the mailing of a notice of
redemption of Notes to be redeemed.
Optional
Redemption
At any
time prior to August 15, 2011, Aeroflex may redeem all or a part of the
Notes, upon not less than 30 or more than 60 days’ prior notice mailed by
first-class mail to each Holder’s registered address, at a redemption price
equal to 100% of the principal amount of Notes redeemed plus the Applicable
Premium as of, and accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption (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.
Except
pursuant to the preceding paragraph, the Notes will not be redeemable at
Aeroflex’s option prior to August 15, 2011. Aeroflex is not prohibited by
the terms of the Indenture, however, from acquiring the Notes by means other
than a redemption, whether pursuant to an issuer tender offer, in open market
transactions or otherwise, assuming such acquisition does not otherwise violate
the terms of the Indenture.
On or
after August 15, 2011, Aeroflex may redeem all or a part of the Notes upon
not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice, at the redemption prices
(expressed as percentages of principal amount) set forth below plus accrued and
unpaid interest on the Notes redeemed, to the applicable redemption date, if
redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on August 15 of the years
indicated below, subject to the rights of Holders of Notes on the relevant
record date to receive interest on the relevant interest payment
date:
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2011
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2012
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2013
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Unless
Aeroflex 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.
If less
than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the procedures described below under
“—Selection and Notice” will apply.
Mandatory
Redemption
Aeroflex
is not required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with
respect to the Notes.
Repurchase
at the Option of Holders
Change
of Control
If a
Change of Control occurs, each Holder of Notes will have the right to require
Aeroflex to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple
of $1,000 in excess thereof) of that Holder’s Notes pursuant to a Change of
Control Offer on the terms set forth in the Indenture. In the Change of Control
Offer, Aeroflex will offer a payment in cash (a “Change of Control Payment”)
equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes repurchased plus
accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes repurchased to the date of purchase,
subject to the rights of holders of Notes on the relevant record date to receive
interest due on the relevant interest payment date. Within 30 days following any
Change of Control, Aeroflex will mail a notice to each Holder describing the
transaction or transactions that constitute the Change of Control and offering
to repurchase Notes on the payment date specified in the notice (a “Change of Control Payment
Date”), which date will be no earlier than 30 days and no later than
60 days from the date such notice is mailed, pursuant to the procedures
required by the Indenture and described in such notice. Aeroflex 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 of Control. To the extent that the provisions of any
securities laws or regulations conflict with the Change of Control provisions of
the Indenture, Aeroflex will comply with the applicable securities laws and
regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the
Change of Control provisions of the Indenture by virtue of such
compliance.
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On the
Change of Control Payment Date, Aeroflex will, to the extent
lawful:
(1)
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accept
for payment all Notes or portions of Notes validly and properly tendered
and not withdrawn pursuant to the Change of Control
Offer;
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(2)
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deposit
with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in
respect of all Notes or portions of Notes validly and properly tendered
and not withdrawn; and
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(3)
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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
Aeroflex.
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The
Paying Agent will promptly mail (but in any case not later than 5 days after the
Change of Control Payment Date) to each Holder of Notes validly and properly
tendered and not withdrawn 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; provided that each new Note
will be in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess
thereof. Aeroflex will publicly announce the results of the Change of Control
Offer on or as soon as practicable after the Change of Control Payment Date. A
Change of Control Offer may be made in advance of a Change of Control,
conditional upon such Change of Control, if a definitive agreement is in place
for the Change of Control at the time of making of the Change of Control Offer.
Notes repurchased pursuant to a Change of Control Offer will be retired and
cancelled.
The
provisions described above that require Aeroflex to make a Change of Control
Offer following a Change of Control will be applicable whether or not any other
provisions of the Indenture are applicable. Except as described above with
respect to a Change of Control, the Holders of the Notes may not require that
Aeroflex repurchase or redeem the Notes in the event of a takeover,
recapitalization, spin-off or similar transaction.
Aeroflex
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 the
Indenture applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by Aeroflex and purchases
all Notes validly and properly tendered and not withdrawn under the Change of
Control Offer, (2) notice of redemption has been given pursuant to the
Indenture as described above under the caption “—Optional Redemption,” unless
and until there is a default in payment of the applicable redemption price, or
(3) in connection with or in contemplation of any Change of Control, they
or a third party has made an offer to purchase (an “Alternate Offer”) any and all
Notes validly and properly tendered at a cash price equal to or higher than the
Change of Control Payment and has purchased all Notes validly and properly
tendered and not withdrawn in accordance with the terms of such Alternate
Offer.
The
definition of Change of Control includes a phrase relating to the direct or
indirect sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of “all or
substantially all” of the properties or assets of Aeroflex and its Subsidiaries
taken as a whole. Although there is a limited body of case law interpreting the
phrase “substantially all,” there is no precise established definition of the
phrase under applicable law. Accordingly, the ability of a Holder of Notes to
require Aeroflex to repurchase its Notes as a result of a sale, lease, transfer,
conveyance or other disposition of less than all of the assets of Aeroflex and
its Subsidiaries taken as a whole to another Person or group may be
uncertain.
Asset
Sales
Aeroflex
will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate
an Asset Sale unless:
(1)
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Aeroflex
(or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be) receives consideration
at the time of the Asset Sale at least equal to the Fair Market Value of
the assets or Equity Interests issued or sold or otherwise disposed of;
and
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(2)
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at
least 75% of the consideration received in the Asset Sale by Aeroflex or
such Restricted Subsidiary is in the form of cash, Cash Equivalents or a
combination thereof. For purposes of this provision (but not the
definition of Net Proceeds), each of the following will be deemed to be
cash:
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(a)
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any
liabilities, as shown on Aeroflex’s most recent consolidated balance
sheet, of Aeroflex or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than contingent
liabilities and liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the
Notes or any Note Guarantee) that are assumed by the transferee of any
such assets pursuant to a customary assumption agreement that releases
Aeroflex or such Restricted Subsidiary from further
liability;
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(b)
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any
securities, notes or other obligations received by Aeroflex or any such
Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are, within 180 days
following receipt thereof, converted (including by way of a financing
transaction) by Aeroflex or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash, to the
extent of the cash received in that
conversion;
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(c)
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any
stock or assets of the kind referred to in clauses (3) or (5) of
the next paragraph;
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(d)
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any
Designated Noncash Consideration received by Aeroflex or any Restricted
Subsidiary thereof in such Asset Sale having a Fair Market Value, taken
together with all other Designated Noncash Consideration received pursuant
to this clause (d) that is at that time outstanding, not to exceed
the greater of (i) $50.0 million and (ii) 5.0% of Total
Assets at the time of receipt of such Designated Noncash Consideration,
with the Fair Market Value of each item of Designated Noncash
Consideration being measured at the time received without giving effect to
subsequent changes in value; and
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(e)
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cash
held in escrow as security for any purchase price settlement, for damages
in respect of a breach of representations and warranties or certain
covenants or for payment of other contingent obligations in connection
with the Asset Sale.
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Within
450 days after the receipt of any Net Proceeds from an Asset Sale (provided that with respect to
clauses (3) and (5) of this paragraph, a binding commitment entered
into within such 450 day period shall be treated as a permitted application
of the Net Proceeds from the date of such commitment so long as such Net
Proceeds are applied to satisfy such commitment within 180 days of such
commitment; provided
further that if any such commitment is cancelled or terminated for any
reason before such Net Proceeds are applied, then such Net Proceeds shall
constitute Excess Proceeds), Aeroflex (or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary,
as the case may be) may apply such Net Proceeds, at its option:
(1)
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to
repay Senior Debt and, if the Senior Debt repaid is revolving credit
Indebtedness, to correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto;
provided that if
such Senior Debt is not secured by a Lien, Aeroflex (or the applicable
Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be) will, equally and ratably,
reduce Obligations under the Notes by, at its option, (A) redeeming
Notes, (B) making an offer (in accordance with the procedures set
forth below for an Asset Sale Offer) to all Holders to purchase their
Notes at 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus the amount of accrued
and unpaid interest on the principal amount of Notes to be repurchased or
(C) purchasing Notes through open market purchases (to the extent
such purchases are at a price equal to or higher than 100% of the
principal amount thereof) in a manner that complies with applicable
securities law;
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(2)
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to
repay any Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a
Guarantor (other than any Indebtedness owed to Aeroflex or another
Restricted Subsidiary);
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(3)
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to
acquire all or substantially all of the assets of, or any Capital Stock of
any Person engaged in, another Permitted Business, if, after giving effect
to any such acquisition of Capital Stock, the Permitted Business is or
becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of
Aeroflex;
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(4)
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to
make a capital expenditure that is used or useful in a Permitted
Business;
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(5)
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to
acquire other assets that are not classified as current assets under GAAP
and that are used or useful in a Permitted Business;
or
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(6)
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to
make an Asset Sale Offer by designating such Net Proceeds as “Excess Proceeds” or, to
the extent a Change of Control has occurred as a result of such Asset
Sale, to make a Change of Control
Offer.
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Pending
the final application of any Net Proceeds, Aeroflex may temporarily reduce
revolving credit borrowings or otherwise invest the Net Proceeds in any manner
that is not prohibited by the Indenture.
Any Net
Proceeds from Asset Sales that are not applied or invested as provided in the
second paragraph of this covenant will constitute “Excess Proceeds.” When the
aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $20.0 million, within 10 days
thereof, Aeroflex will make an Asset Sale Offer to all holders of Notes and all
holders of other Indebtedness that is pari passu with the Notes
containing provisions similar to those set forth in the Indenture with respect
to offers to purchase or redeem 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. The offer price in any Asset Sale
Offer will be equal to 100% of the principal amount plus accrued and unpaid
interest to the date of purchase, and will be payable in cash. If any Excess
Proceeds remain after consummation of an Asset Sale Offer, Aeroflex may use
those Excess Proceeds for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by the Indenture.
If the aggregate principal amount of Notes and other pari passu Indebtedness
properly and validly tendered into such Asset Sale Offer exceeds the amount of
Excess Proceeds, the Trustee will select the Notes and Aeroflex or such other
applicable party shall select such other pari passu Indebtedness to be
purchased on a pro rata
basis. Upon completion of each Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds
will be reset at zero.
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Aeroflex
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 each repurchase of Notes
pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any
securities laws or regulations conflict with the Asset Sales provisions of the
Indenture, Aeroflex will comply with the applicable securities laws and
regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the
Asset Sales provisions of the Indenture by virtue of such
compliance.
The
Senior Secured Credit Facility prohibits Aeroflex from purchasing any Notes, and
also provides that certain Change of Control or Asset Sale events with respect
to Aeroflex would constitute a default under that agreement. Any future credit
agreements or other agreements relating to Indebtedness to which Aeroflex
becomes a party may contain similar restrictions and provisions. In the event a
Change of Control or Asset Sale occurs at a time when Aeroflex is prohibited
from purchasing Notes, Aeroflex could seek the consent of its lenders to the
purchase of Notes or could attempt to refinance the borrowings that contain such
prohibition. If Aeroflex does not obtain such a consent or repay such
borrowings, Aeroflex will remain prohibited from purchasing Notes. In such case,
Aeroflex’s failure to purchase tendered Notes would constitute an Event of
Default under the Indenture which would, in turn, constitute a default under the
agreements governing such Indebtedness. Finally, Aeroflex’s ability to pay cash
to the Holders of Notes upon a repurchase required as a result of a Change of
Control may be limited by Aeroflex’s then existing financial resources. See
“Risk Factors—Risks Related to the Notes and Our Indebtedness—We may not have
the ability to raise the funds necessary to finance any change of control
required by the Indenture governing the Notes.”
Selection
and Notice
If less
than all of the Notes are to be redeemed at any time, the Trustee will select
Notes for redemption on a pro rata basis, unless otherwise required by law or
applicable stock exchange requirements.
Notes and
portions of Notes selected for purchase or redemption will be in amounts of
$2,000 or whole multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. No Notes of $2,000 or
less can be redeemed in part except that if all the Notes of a Holder are to be
redeemed or purchased, the entire outstanding amount of Notes held by such
Holder, even if not equal to $2,000 or a multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof,
will be redeemed or purchased. Notices of purchase or redemption will be mailed
by first class mail at least 30 but not more than 60 days before the
redemption date to each Holder of Notes to be purchased or 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 the Indenture
pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Indenture. Failure to give notice
of redemption, or any defect in such notice to any Holder selected for
redemption will not impair or affect the validity of the redemption of any other
Note redeemed in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture. Notices of
redemption may not be conditional.
If any
Note is to be purchased or redeemed in part only, the notice of purchase or
redemption that relates to that Note will state the portion of the principal
amount of that Note that is to be purchased or redeemed. A new Note in principal
amount equal to the unpurchased or unredeemed portion of the original Note will
be issued in the name of the Holder of Notes upon cancellation of the original
Note. Notes called for purchase or redemption must be surrendered to the Paying
Agent to collect the purchase or redemption price and become due on the date
fixed for purchase or redemption. On and after the purchase or redemption date,
interest ceases to accrue on Notes or portions of Notes called for purchase or
redemption.
Certain
Covenants
Restricted
Payments
Aeroflex
will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or
indirectly:
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(1)
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declare
or pay any dividend or make any other payment or distribution on account
of Aeroflex’s or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries’ Equity Interests
(including, without limitation, any payment in connection with any merger
or consolidation involving Aeroflex or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries)
or to the direct or indirect holders of Aeroflex’s or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries’ Equity Interests in their capacity as such (other
than dividends or distributions payable in Equity Interests (other than
Disqualified Stock) of Aeroflex and other than dividends or distributions
payable to Aeroflex or a Restricted Subsidiary of
Aeroflex);
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(2)
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purchase,
redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value (including, without
limitation, in connection with any merger or consolidation involving
Aeroflex) any Equity Interests of Aeroflex or any direct or indirect
parent of Aeroflex (other than in exchange for Equity Interests (other
than Disqualified Stock) of Aeroflex or any direct or indirect parent
company of Aeroflex);
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(3)
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make
any payment on or with respect to, or purchase, redeem, defease or
otherwise acquire or retire for value any Indebtedness of Aeroflex or any
Guarantor that is contractually subordinated to the Notes or to any Note
Guarantee (excluding any intercompany Indebtedness between or among
Aeroflex and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries), except (i) payments
of interest and principal at the Stated Maturity thereof and (ii) the
purchase, repurchase or other acquisition of any such Indebtedness in
anticipation of satisfying a sinking fund obligation, principal
installment or final maturity, in each case, due within one year of the
date of such purchase, repurchase or other acquisition;
or
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(4)
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make
any Restricted Investment
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(all such
payments and other actions set forth in these clauses (1) through
(4) above being collectively referred to as “Restricted
Payments”),
unless,
at the time of and after giving effect to such Restricted Payment:
(1)
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no
Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would occur
as a consequence of such Restricted
Payment;
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(2)
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Aeroflex
would, at the time of such Restricted Payment and after giving pro forma
effect thereto as if such Restricted Payment had been made at the
beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, have been permitted to
incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in the first paragraph of the
covenant described below under the caption “—Incurrence of Indebtedness
and Issuance of Preferred Stock;”
and
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(3)
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such
Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate amount of all other
Restricted Payments made by Aeroflex and its Restricted Subsidiaries since
August 15, 2007 (excluding Restricted Payments permitted by
clauses (2) through (12) and (14) through (18) of the
next succeeding paragraph), is less than the sum, without duplication,
of:
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(a)
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50%
of the Consolidated Net Income of Aeroflex for the period (taken as one
accounting period) from July 1, 2007 to the end of Aeroflex’s most
recently ended fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements are
available at the time of such Restricted Payment (or, if such Consolidated
Net Income for such period is a deficit, less 100% of such deficit); plus
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(b)
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100%
of the aggregate Qualified Proceeds received by Aeroflex since
August 15, 2007 as a contribution to its equity capital or from the
issue or sale of Equity Interests of Aeroflex (other than Disqualified
Stock) or from the issue or sale of convertible or exchangeable
Disqualified Stock or convertible or exchangeable debt securities of
Aeroflex that have been converted into or exchanged for such Equity
Interests (other than Equity Interests (or Disqualified Stock or debt
securities) sold to a Subsidiary of Aeroflex), together with the aggregate
cash and Cash Equivalents received by Aeroflex or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries at the time of such conversion or exchange; plus
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(c)
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to
the extent that any Restricted Investment made after August 15, 2007
is sold, is otherwise disposed of or is repurchased, redeemed, liquidated
or repaid, 100% of the cash and the Fair Market Value of other property so
received with respect to such Restricted Investment (less the cost of
disposition, if any); plus
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(d)
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to
the extent that any Unrestricted Subsidiary of Aeroflex designated as such
after the date of the Indenture is redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary
after the date of the Indenture, the Fair Market Value of Aeroflex’s
Investment in such Subsidiary as of the date of such redesignation; plus
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(e)
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100%
of any dividends (or other distributions) received by Aeroflex or a
Restricted Subsidiary of Aeroflex after the date of the Indenture from an
Unrestricted Subsidiary of Aeroflex, to the extent that such dividends
were not otherwise included in the Consolidated Net Income of Aeroflex for
such period.
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As of
June 30, 2010, the amount available for Restricted Payments pursuant to the
foregoing clause (3) is approximately $52.2 million.
The
preceding provisions will not prohibit:
(1)
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the
payment of any dividend (or other distribution) or the consummation of any
irrevocable redemption within 60 days after the date of declaration
of the dividend (or other distribution) or giving of the redemption
notice, as the case may be, if at the date of declaration or notice, the
dividend (or other distribution) or redemption payment would have complied
with the provisions of the
Indenture;
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(2)
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the
making of any Restricted Payment in exchange for, or out of the net cash
proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale (other than to a Subsidiary
of Aeroflex) of, Equity Interests of Aeroflex (other than Disqualified
Stock) or from the substantially concurrent contribution of common equity
capital to Aeroflex;
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(3)
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the
purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or
retirement for value of Indebtedness or any Disqualified Stock of Aeroflex
or any Guarantor that is contractually subordinated to the Notes or to any
Note Guarantee with the net cash proceeds from a substantially concurrent
incurrence of (i) Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness or
(ii) other Indebtedness which is incurred in compliance with the
covenant described below under “—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance
of Preferred Stock” so long as such new Indebtedness is subordinated in
right of payment to the Notes on terms that, taken as a whole, are not
materially less favorable to the Holders of Notes than those contained in
the documentation governing the Indebtedness being purchased, repurchased,
redeemed, defeased or acquired or retired for
value;
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(4)
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the
declaration or payment of any dividend (or other distribution) by a
Restricted Subsidiary of Aeroflex to the holders of its Equity Interests
on a pro rata
basis;
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(5)
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the
repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of any
Equity Interests of Aeroflex or any Restricted Subsidiary of Aeroflex and
any distribution, dividend, loan or advance to parent or any direct or
indirect parent of parent for the repurchase, redemption or other
acquisition or retirement for value of any Equity Interests of parent or
any direct or indirect parent of parent, in each case, held by any current
or former officer, director, consultant or employee of Aeroflex or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries or, in each case to the extent applicable,
their respective estates, spouses, former spouses or family members or
other permitted transferees, in each case, pursuant to any equity
subscription agreement, stock option agreement, shareholders’ agreement or
other agreement, benefit plan or arrangement of any kind; provided that the
aggregate price paid for all such repurchased, redeemed, acquired or
retired Equity Interests may not exceed $5.0 million in any calendar
year period; provided further that
Aeroflex may carry over and make in subsequent calendar year periods, in
addition to the amounts permitted for such calendar year period, the
amount of such repurchases, redemptions or other acquisitions or
retirements for value, distributions, loans or advances permitted to have
been made but not made in any preceding calendar year period up to a
maximum of $10.0 million in any calendar year period; provided further that
such amount in any calendar year may be increased by an amount not to
exceed (i) the net cash proceeds from the sale of Equity Interests
(other than Disqualified Stock) of Aeroflex (or any direct or indirect
parent of Aeroflex to the extent such net cash proceeds are contributed to
the common equity of Aeroflex) to employees, officers, directors or
consultants (or any permitted transferees thereof) of Aeroflex and its
Restricted Subsidiaries (or any direct or indirect parent company
thereof), that occurs after the date of the Indenture plus (ii) the
cash proceeds of key man life insurance policies received by Aeroflex and
its Restricted Subsidiaries after the date of the Indenture less any
amounts previously applied to the payment of Restricted Payments pursuant
to this clause (5); provided further that
cancellation of Indebtedness owing to Aeroflex from employees, officers,
directors and consultants (or any permitted transferees thereof) of
Aeroflex or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (or any direct or indirect
parent company thereof), in connection with a repurchase of Equity
Interests of Aeroflex from such Persons will not be deemed to constitute a
Restricted Payment for purposes of this covenant or any other provisions
of the Indenture;
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(6)
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the
repurchase of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon the exercise of
options, warrants or other convertible securities to the extent such
Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of those
options, warrants or other convertible
securities;
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(7)
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as
long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would be
caused thereby, the declaration and payment of dividends and distributions
to holders of any class or series of Disqualified Stock of Aeroflex or
preferred stock of any Restricted Subsidiary of Aeroflex issued on or
after the date of the Indenture in accordance with the Fixed Charge
Coverage Ratio test described below under the caption “—Incurrence of
Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred
Stock;”
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(8)
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payments
made after August 15, 2007 in connection with, or as a result of, the
Transactions and any payment solely to reimburse the Principals or their
Affiliates for actual out-of-pocket expenses, not including fees paid
directly or indirectly to Principals or their Affiliates, in connection
with the Transactions or for the provision of third party services to
Aeroflex and its Subsidiaries;
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(9)
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Permitted
Payments to Parent, including those payments permitted to be made pursuant
to clause (7) of the covenant described below under the caption
“—Transactions with Affiliates;”
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(10)
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upon
the occurrence of a Change of Control and within 60 days after
completion of the offer to repurchase Notes pursuant to the covenant
described above under the caption “—Repurchase at the Option of
Holders—Change of Control” (including the purchase of all Notes tendered),
any purchase or redemption of Indebtedness of Aeroflex that is
contractually subordinated to the Notes (including, without limitation,
Indebtedness under the Senior Subordinated Unsecured Credit Facility) or
any Guarantee that is required to be repurchased or redeemed pursuant to
the terms thereof as a result of such Change of Control, at a purchase
price not greater than 101% of the outstanding principal amount thereof
(plus accrued and unpaid interest); provided that, prior to
such repayment or repurchase, Aeroflex shall have made the Change of
Control Offer with respect to the Notes as required by the Indenture, and
Aeroflex shall have repurchased all Notes validly tendered for payment and
not withdrawn in connection with such Change of Control
Offer;
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(11)
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within
60 days after the completion of an Asset Sale Offer pursuant to the
covenant described under the caption “—Repurchase at the Option of
Holders—Asset Sales” (including the purchase of all Notes tendered), any
purchase or redemption of Indebtedness of Aeroflex that is contractually
subordinated to the Notes or any Guarantee that is required to be
repurchased or redeemed pursuant to the terms thereof as a result of such
Asset Sale, at a purchase price not greater than 100% of the outstanding
principal amount thereof (plus accrued and unpaid interest) with any
Excess Proceeds that remain after consummation of an Asset Sale Offer;
provided that,
prior to such repayment or repurchase, Aeroflex shall have made the Asset
Sale Offer with respect to the Notes as required by the Indenture, and
Aeroflex shall have repurchased all Notes validly tendered for payment and
not withdrawn in connection with such Asset Sale
Offer;
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(12)
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the
redemption, repurchase or other acquisition for value of any common Equity
Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary of Aeroflex that are held by a Person
that is not an Affiliate of Aeroflex to the extent required to satisfy
applicable laws, rules or regulations in an aggregate amount since
August 15, 2007 not to exceed $5.0 million; provided that the
consideration for such redemption, repurchase or other acquisition is not
in excess of an amount equal to the lesser of (x) the Fair Market
Value of such common Equity Interests or (y) such amount required by
applicable laws, rules or
regulations;
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(13)
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as
long as no Default has occurred and is continuing or would be caused
thereby, the declaration or payments of dividends on the common Capital
Stock of Aeroflex (or the payment of dividends to any direct or indirect
parent company of Aeroflex) following a public equity offering of the
common stock of Aeroflex or the common Capital Stock of a direct or
indirect parent of Aeroflex of up to 6.0% per annum of the net
cash proceeds received by or contributed to Aeroflex in or as a result of
such public equity offering (other than any net cash proceeds that
constitute an Excluded
Contribution);
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(14)
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as
long as no Default has occurred and is continuing or would be caused
thereby, payments to enable Aeroflex to make payments to holders of its
Capital Stock in lieu of issuance of fractional shares of its Capital
Stock; provided,
however, that any such cash payment shall not be for the purpose of
evading the limitation of the covenant described under this subheading (as
determined in the good faith by the Board of Directors of
Aeroflex);
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(15)
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the
payment of intercompany Indebtedness that is expressly subordinated to the
Notes or any Guarantee, the incurrence of which is permitted under
clause (6) of the second paragraph of the covenant described under
the caption “—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred
Stock;”
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(16)
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the
purchase, redemption, acquisition, cancellation or other retirement for
value of Equity Interests of Aeroflex or any Restricted Subsidiary to the
extent necessary, in good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of
Aeroflex, to prevent the loss or secure the renewal or reinstatement of
any license, permit or eligibility held by Aeroflex or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries under any applicable law or governmental
regulation or the policies of any governmental authority or other
regulatory body in an aggregate amount not to exceed $5.0 million
since August 15, 2007;
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(17)
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Restricted
Payments that are made with Excluded
Contributions;
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(18)
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distributions
or payments of securitization fees and purchases of Securitization Assets
in connection with Qualified Receivables Transactions;
and
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(19)
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as
long as no Default has occurred and is continuing or would be caused
thereby, other Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed
$20.0 million since August 15,
2007.
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The
amount of all Restricted Payments (other than cash) will be the Fair Market
Value on the date of the Restricted Payment of the asset(s) or securities
proposed to be transferred or issued by Aeroflex or such Restricted Subsidiary,
as the case may be, pursuant to the Restricted Payment. The Fair Market Value of
any assets or securities that are required to be valued by this covenant will be
determined by the Board of Directors of Aeroflex whose resolution with respect
thereto will be delivered to the Trustee. The determination of Aeroflex’s Board
of Directors must be based upon an opinion or appraisal issued by an accounting,
appraisal or investment banking firm of national standing if the Fair Market
Value exceeds $25.0 million.
Notwithstanding
any provision hereof to the contrary, any net cash proceeds, marketable
securities or Qualified Proceeds utilized for any Restricted Payment pursuant to
clause (3)(b) of the first paragraph of this covenant or clauses (2),
(5) or (17) of the third paragraph of this covenant, or that are
utilized for the incurrence of Indebtedness pursuant to clause (19) of the
covenant described below under the caption “—Incurrence of Indebtedness and
Issuance of Preferred Stock,” shall not be utilized for any Restricted Payment
or incurrence of Indebtedness under the other provisions referred to in this
sentence.
Incurrence
of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock
Aeroflex
will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or
indirectly, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly
or indirectly liable, contingently or otherwise, with respect to (collectively,
“incur”) any
Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt), and Aeroflex will not issue any
Disqualified Stock and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to
issue any shares of preferred stock; provided, however, that
Aeroflex may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt) or issue Disqualified
Stock and the Guarantors may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt) or
issue preferred stock, if the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for Aeroflex’s most
recently ended four full 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 such preferred stock is
issued, as the case may be, would have been at least 2.0 to 1.0, 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 the preferred stock had been issued, as the case may be,
at the beginning of such four-quarter period.
The first
paragraph of this covenant will not prohibit the incurrence of any of the
following items of Indebtedness (collectively, “Permitted
Debt”):
(1)
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(a)
the incurrence by Aeroflex or any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness
and letters of credit under Credit Facilities, which excludes the Notes
issued on the date of and pursuant to the Indenture, in an aggregate
principal amount at any one time outstanding under this clause (1)
(with letters of credit being deemed to have a principal amount equal to
the maximum potential liability of Aeroflex and its Restricted
Subsidiaries thereunder) not to exceed $650.0 million less the aggregate
principal amount of all Indebtedness incurred under clause (b) of
this paragraph plus the amount of any
fees, underwriting discounts, premiums, prepayment penalties and other
costs and expenses incurred in connection with extending, refinancing,
renewing, replacing or refunding any Credit Facility under which
Indebtedness is incurred pursuant to this clause (a), and
(b) Indebtedness incurred by a Receivables Entity in a Qualified
Receivables Transaction that is not recourse to Aeroflex or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries (except for Standard Securitization Undertakings);
provided,
however, that after giving effect to any such incurrence, the
aggregate amount of all indebtedness incurred under this clause (b)
and then outstanding does not exceed $650.0 million less the aggregate
principal amount of all Indebtedness incurred under clause (a) of
this paragraph;
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(2)
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the
incurrence by Aeroflex and its Restricted Subsidiaries of the Existing
Indebtedness;
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(3)
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the
incurrence by Aeroflex and the Guarantors of Indebtedness represented by
the Notes and the related Note Guarantees issued on the date of the
Indenture and the Notes and the related Note Guarantees issued pursuant to
the exchange offer;
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(4)
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the
incurrence by Aeroflex or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of
Indebtedness represented by Capital Lease Obligations, mortgage financings
or purchase money obligations, in each case, incurred for the purpose of
financing all or any part of the purchase price or cost of design,
development, construction, installation or improvement of real or personal
property, plant or equipment used in the business of Aeroflex or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries (whether through the direct acquisition or
otherwise of such assets or the acquisition of Equity Interests of any
Person owning such assets), in an aggregate principal amount for all
Indebtedness, including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to
renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge any Indebtedness
incurred pursuant to this clause (4), not to exceed the greater of
$30.0 million and 2.0% of Total Assets at any time
outstanding;
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(5)
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the
incurrence by Aeroflex or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are
used to renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge any
Indebtedness (other than intercompany Indebtedness) that was permitted by
the Indenture to be incurred under the first paragraph of this covenant or
clauses (2) through (5), (14), (15) or (17) through
(22) of this paragraph;
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(6)
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the
incurrence by Aeroflex or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of
intercompany Indebtedness between or among Aeroflex and any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, however,
that:
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(a)
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if
Aeroflex or any Guarantor is the obligor on such Indebtedness and the
payee is not Aeroflex or a Guarantor, such Indebtedness must be expressly
subordinated to the prior payment in full in cash of all Obligations then
due with respect to the Notes, in the case of Aeroflex, or the Note
Guarantee, in the case of a Guarantor;
and
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(b)
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(i)
any subsequent issuance or transfer of Equity Interests that results in
any such Indebtedness being held by a Person other than Aeroflex or a
Restricted Subsidiary and (ii) any sale or other transfer of any such
Indebtedness (other than solely as a result of the creation of a Permitted
Lien upon such intercompany Indebtedness) to a Person that is not either
Aeroflex or a Restricted Subsidiary will be deemed, in each case, to
constitute an incurrence of such Indebtedness by Aeroflex or such
Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, that was not permitted by this
clause (6);
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(7)
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the
issuance by any of Aeroflex’s Restricted Subsidiaries to Aeroflex or to
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of shares of preferred stock; provided, however,
that:
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(a)
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any
subsequent issuance or transfer of Equity Interests that results in any
such preferred stock being held by a Person other than Aeroflex or a
Restricted Subsidiary; and
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(b)
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any
sale or other transfer of any such preferred stock (other than solely as a
result of the creation of a Permitted Lien upon such Equity Interests) to
a Person that is not either Aeroflex or a Restricted
Subsidiary,
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will be
deemed, in each case, to constitute an issuance of such preferred stock by such
Restricted Subsidiary that was not permitted by this
clause (7);
(8)
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the
incurrence by Aeroflex or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Hedging
Obligations in the ordinary course of
business;
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(9)
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(i)
the guarantee by Aeroflex or any of the Guarantors of Indebtedness of
Aeroflex or a Restricted Subsidiary of Aeroflex that was permitted to be
incurred by another provision of this covenant; and (ii) the
guarantee by a Restricted Subsidiary of Aeroflex of Indebtedness of
Aeroflex or another Restricted Subsidiary of Aeroflex incurred in
accordance with the terms of the Indenture; provided, in each case,
that if the Indebtedness being guaranteed is subordinated to or pari passu with the
Notes or any Note Guarantee, then the Guarantee shall be subordinated or
pari passu, as
applicable, to the same extent as the Indebtedness
guaranteed;
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(10)
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the
incurrence by Aeroflex or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of
Indebtedness in respect of insurance financing arrangements, take or pay
obligations contained in supply agreements, and obligations in respect of,
workers’ compensation claims, self-insurance obligations, bankers’
acceptances, performance, completion and surety bonds, appeal bonds,
completion guarantees and similar obligations, payment obligations in
connection with self insurance or similar requirements (including
Indebtedness represented by letters of credit for the account of Aeroflex
or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, opened to provide
security for any of the foregoing) in the ordinary course of
business;
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(11)
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the
incurrence by Aeroflex or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of
Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial
institution of a check, draft or similar instrument inadvertently drawn
against insufficient funds, so long as such Indebtedness is covered within
five business days and obligations in connection with netting
services;
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(12)
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the
incurrence by Aeroflex or of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness
arising from agreements of Aeroflex or such Restricted Subsidiary
providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or similar
obligations, in each case, incurred or assumed in connection with the sale
or other disposition of any business, assets or Capital Stock of Aeroflex
or any Restricted Subsidiary, other than guarantees of Indebtedness
incurred by any Person acquiring all or any portion of such business,
assets or Capital Stock; provided that the
maximum aggregate liability in respect of all such Indebtedness shall at
no time exceed the gross proceeds, whether or not cash, actually received
by Aeroflex and its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such
disposition;
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(13)
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the
incurrence by Aeroflex or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of contingent
liabilities arising out of endorsements of checks and other negotiable
instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of
business;
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(14)
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the
incurrence by a Foreign Subsidiary of additional Indebtedness in an
aggregate principal amount, including all Permitted Refinancing
Indebtedness incurred to renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or
discharge any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (14), not
to exceed $20.0 million at any time
outstanding;
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(15)
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the
incurrence by Aeroflex or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of
Indebtedness constituting reimbursement obligations with respect to
letters of credit issued in the ordinary course of business, including,
without limitation, letters of credit in respect of workers’ compensation
claims or self-insurance, or other Indebtedness with respect to
reimbursement type obligations regarding workers’ compensation claims or
self-insurance; provided, however,
that, upon the drawing of such instruments or the incurrence of such
Indebtedness, such obligations are reimbursed within 30 days
following such drawing or
incurrence;
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(16)
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Indebtedness
of Aeroflex or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent the
proceeds thereof are promptly used to redeem the Notes in full or
deposited to defease or discharge the Notes, in each case, in accordance
with the Indenture;
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(17)
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Indebtedness
consisting of Permitted Investments of the kind described in
clauses (7) and (8) of the definition
thereof;
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(18)
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Indebtedness
or Disqualified Stock of a Person incurred and outstanding on or prior to
the date on which such Person was acquired by, Aeroflex or any Restricted
Subsidiary or merged into Aeroflex or a Restricted Subsidiary in
accordance with the terms of the Indenture; provided that such
Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock is not incurred in connection with or
in contemplation of, or to provide all or any portion of the funds or
credit support utilized to consummate, such acquisition or merger; and
provided, further that, after
giving effect to such incurrence of Indebtedness or issuance of
Disqualified Stock, the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for Aeroflex’s most
recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial
statements are available immediately preceding the date on which such
additional Indebtedness is incurred or such Disqualified Stock is issued,
as the case may be, 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 had been issued,
as the case may be, at the beginning of such four-quarter period, would
not be less than such Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio immediately prior to
such incurrence or issuance;
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(19)
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the
incurrence by Aeroflex or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of
Indebtedness in connection with the acquisition of all of the Capital
Stock of a Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or all or
substantially all of the assets of a Person, in each case, engaged in a
Permitted Business having an aggregate principal amount at any one time
outstanding, including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to
renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge any Indebtedness
incurred pursuant to this clause (19), not to exceed an amount equal
to 100% of the net cash proceeds received by Aeroflex from the issuance or
sale (other than to a Subsidiary of Aeroflex) of its Capital Stock (other
than Disqualified Stock) or as a contribution to the equity capital of
Aeroflex (other than as Disqualified Stock), in each case subsequent to
August 15, 2007;
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(20)
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Indebtedness
of Aeroflex or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries supported by a letter of
credit issued pursuant to a Credit Facility in a principal amount not in
excess of the stated amount of such letter of
credit;
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(21)
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to
the extent constituting Indebtedness, First Priority Cash Management
Obligations; and
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(22)
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the
incurrence by Aeroflex or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of additional
Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount (or accreted value, as
applicable) at any time outstanding, including all Permitted Refinancing
Indebtedness incurred to renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or
discharge any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (22), not
to exceed $75.0 million.
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For
purposes of determining compliance with this “Incurrence of Indebtedness and
Issuance of Preferred Stock” covenant, in the event that an item of Indebtedness
or proposed Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of more
than one of the categories of Permitted Debt described in clauses (1)
through (22) above, or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to the first
paragraph of this covenant, Aeroflex (in its sole discretion) will be permitted
to divide and classify such item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) on the
date of its incurrence, and later, from time to time, reclassify all or a
portion of such item of Indebtedness, in any manner that complies with this
covenant. Indebtedness under Credit Facilities outstanding on the date on which
Notes are first issued and authenticated under the Indenture will initially be
deemed to have been incurred on such date in reliance on the exception provided
by clause (1) of the definition of Permitted Debt. The accrual of interest,
the accretion or amortization of original issue discount, the payment of
interest on any Indebtedness in the form of additional Indebtedness with the
same terms, the reclassification of preferred stock as Indebtedness due to a
change in accounting principles, and the payment or accrual of dividends on
Disqualified Stock or preferred stock will not be deemed to be an incurrence of
Indebtedness or an issuance of Disqualified Stock or preferred stock for
purposes of this covenant; provided, in each such case,
that the amount of any such accrual, accretion or payment is included in Fixed
Charges of Aeroflex as accrued. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
covenant, the maximum amount of Indebtedness that Aeroflex or any Restricted
Subsidiary may incur pursuant to this covenant shall not be deemed to be
exceeded solely as a result of fluctuations in exchange rates or currency
values.
Notwithstanding
any provision hereof to the contrary, any net cash proceeds, marketable
securities or Qualified Proceeds utilized for any Restricted Payment pursuant to
clause (3)(b) of the first paragraph of, or clauses (2), (5) or
(17) of the second paragraph of, the covenant described above under the
caption “—Restricted Payments,” or that are utilized for the incurrence of
Indebtedness pursuant to clause (19) of this covenant, shall not be
utilized for any Restricted Payment or incurrence of Indebtedness under the
other provisions referred to in this sentence. Furthermore, any net cash
proceeds utilized for any redemption of Notes pursuant to the first paragraph
under “Optional Redemption” shall be excluded from, and such net cash proceeds
shall not include the net cash proceeds utilized to incur indebtedness under,
clause (19) of this covenant.
The
amount of any Indebtedness outstanding as of any date will be:
(1)
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the
accreted value of the Indebtedness, in the case of any Indebtedness issued
with original issue discount;
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(2)
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the
principal amount of the Indebtedness, in the case of any other
Indebtedness;
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(3)
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in
respect of Indebtedness of another Person secured by a Lien on the assets
of the specified Person, the lesser
of:
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(a)
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the
Fair Market Value of such assets at the date of determination;
and
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(b)
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the
amount of the Indebtedness subject to such Lien of the other
Person;
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(4)
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with
respect to Indebtedness of others supported by a guarantee of Aeroflex or
a Restricted Subsidiary, the lesser of the amount of the primary
indebtedness and any stated limit on recourse under the guarantee;
and
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(5)
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the
amount of the Indebtedness in respect of any Hedging Obligations at any
time shall be equal to the amount payable as a result of the termination
of such Hedging Obligations at such
time.
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Aeroflex
will not incur, create, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable for
any Indebtedness that is contractually subordinate or junior in right of payment
to any Indebtedness of Aeroflex unless such Indebtedness is expressly
subordinated in right of payment to the Notes to the same extent and in the same
manner as such Indebtedness is subordinated to other Indebtedness of Aeroflex.
No Guarantor will incur, create, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become
liable for any Indebtedness that is contractually subordinate or junior in right
of payment to any Indebtedness of such Guarantor unless such Indebtedness is
expressly subordinated in right of payment to such Guarantor’s Note Guarantee to
the same extent and in the same manner as such Indebtedness is subordinated to
other Indebtedness of Aeroflex. No such Indebtedness will be considered to be
senior by virtue of being secured on a first or junior priority basis. For
purposes of the foregoing, no Indebtedness will be deemed to be contractually
subordinate or junior in right of payment to any other Indebtedness of Aeroflex
or a Guarantor solely by virtue of being unsecured or by virtue of the fact that
the holders of secured indebtedness have entered into intercreditor agreements
giving one or more of such holders priority over the other holders in the
collateral held by them.
Liens
Aeroflex
will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or
indirectly, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien of any kind (other
than Permitted Liens) securing Indebtedness upon any asset (“Primary Lien”), now owned or
hereafter acquired, unless all payments due under the Indenture and the Notes
are secured on an equal and ratable basis with the obligations so secured (or,
in the case of subordinated Indebtedness, prior or senior thereto, with the same
relative priority as the Notes shall have with respect to such subordinated
Indebtedness) until such time as such obligations are no longer secured by a
Lien.
Any Lien
created for the benefit of the holders of the Notes pursuant to the immediately
preceding paragraph shall automatically and unconditionally be released and
discharged upon the release and discharge of the Primary Lien, without any
further action on the part of any Person.
Dividend
and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries
Aeroflex
will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or
indirectly, create or permit to exist or become effective any consensual
encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary
to:
(1)
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pay
dividends or make any other distributions on its Capital Stock to Aeroflex
or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or pay any Indebtedness owed to
Aeroflex or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries;
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(2)
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make
loans or advances to Aeroflex or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
or
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(3)
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transfer
any of its properties or assets to Aeroflex or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries.
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However,
the preceding restrictions will not apply to encumbrances or restrictions
existing under or by reason of:
(1)
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agreements
in effect on the date of the Indenture (including those governing Existing
Indebtedness and Credit Facilities) and any amendments, restatements,
modifications, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements
or refinancings of those agreements; provided that the
amendments, restatements, modifications, renewals, increases, supplements,
refundings, replacements or refinancings are not materially more
restrictive, taken as a whole, with respect to such dividend and other
payment restrictions than those contained in those agreements on the date
of the Indenture;
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(2)
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the
Indenture, the Notes and the Note
Guarantees;
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(3)
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applicable
law, rule, regulation or order;
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(4)
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any
agreement or instrument of a Person acquired by Aeroflex or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries as in effect at the time of such acquisition
(except to the extent such agreement or instrument was incurred or issued
in connection with or in contemplation of such acquisition), 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; provided that, in the
case of Indebtedness, such Indebtedness was permitted by the terms of the
Indenture to be incurred;
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(5)
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customary
non-assignment provisions in leases, contracts, licenses and other
agreements entered into in the ordinary course of
business;
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(6)
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purchase
money obligations for property acquired in the ordinary course of business
and Capital Lease Obligations that impose restrictions on the property
purchased or leased of the nature described in clause (3) of the
preceding paragraph;
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(7)
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any
agreement for the sale or other disposition of Equity Interests or assets
of a Restricted Subsidiary or an agreement entered into for the sale of
assets that restricts distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary pending
such sale or other disposition;
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(8)
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Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness; provided that the
restrictions contained in the agreements governing such Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness are not materially more restrictive, taken as a
whole, than those contained in the agreements governing the Indebtedness
being refinanced;
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(9)
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Liens
permitted to be incurred under the provisions of the covenant described
above under the caption “—Liens” that limit the right of the debtor to
dispose of the assets subject to such
Liens;
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(10)
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provisions
limiting the disposition or distribution of assets or property in joint
venture agreements, limited liability company operating agreements,
partnership agreements, asset sale agreements, sale-leaseback agreements,
options, stock sale agreements, lease agreements, licenses and other
similar agreements entered into with the approval of Aeroflex’s Board of
Directors, which limitation is applicable only to the assets that are the
subject of such agreements;
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(11)
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restrictions
on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers, suppliers or
landlords under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of
business;
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(12)
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provisions
in agreements or instruments that prohibit the payment of dividends or the
making of other distributions with respect to any Capital Stock of a
Person on other than a pro rata
basis;
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(13)
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any
encumbrance or restriction contained in any Indebtedness incurred by a
Foreign Subsidiary pursuant to the provisions of the covenant described
under “—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred
Stock”;
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(14)
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any
other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock of any
Restricted Subsidiary permitted to be incurred or issued, as applicable,
subsequent to the date of the Indenture pursuant to the provisions of the
covenant described under “—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of
Preferred Stock” and any encumbrance or restriction contained in such
Indebtedness does not, in the good faith judgment of the Board of
Directors of Aeroflex, adversely affect the ability of Aeroflex and the
Guarantors, taken as a whole, from making scheduled payments of cash
interest on the Notes when due; and
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(15)
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in
the case of clause (3) of the first paragraph of this covenant,
encumbrances or restrictions:
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(a)
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that
restrict in a customary manner the subletting, assignment or transfer of
any property or asset that is a lease, license, conveyance or contract or
similar property or asset,
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(b)
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existing
by virtue of any transfer of, agreement to transfer, option or right with
respect to, or Lien on, any property or assets of Aeroflex or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries not otherwise prohibited by the Indenture,
or
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(c)
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arising
or agreed to in the ordinary course of business, not relating to any
Indebtedness, and that do not, individually or in the aggregate, detract
from the value of property or assets of Aeroflex or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries in any manner material to Aeroflex or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries;
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(16)
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any
encumbrance or restriction existing under or by reason of Indebtedness or
other contractual requirement of a Receivables Entity or any Standard
Securitization Undertaking, in each case in connection with a Qualified
Receivables Transaction; provided that such
restrictions apply only to such Receivables Entity and Receivables and
Related Assets; and
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(17)
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any
encumbrances or restrictions imposed by any amendments, modifications,
restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements
or refinancings of the contracts, instruments or obligations referred to
in clauses (1) through (16) above; provided that the
encumbrances or restrictions in such amendments, modifications,
restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements
or refinancings are not materially more restrictive, in the good faith
judgment of the Board of Directors of Aeroflex, taken as a whole, than the
encumbrances or restrictions prior to such amendment, modification,
restatement, renewal, increase, supplement, refunding, replacement or
refinancing.
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Merger,
Consolidation or Sale of Assets
Aeroflex
will not, directly or indirectly: (1) consolidate or merge with or into
another Person; or (2) sell, assign, transfer, convey (not including any
conveyance, if any, resulting solely from the creation of any Lien), lease or
otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of
Aeroflex and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole, in one or more
related transactions, to another Person, unless:
(1)
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either:
(a) Aeroflex is the surviving corporation; or (b) the Person
formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than
Aeroflex) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, lease
or other disposition has been made is a an entity organized or existing
under the laws of the United States, any state of the United States or the
District of Columbia; provided that, in the
case of a Person that is not a corporation, a co-obligor of the Notes is a
corporation;
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(2)
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the
Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other
than Aeroflex) or the Person to which such sale, assignment, transfer,
conveyance, lease or other disposition has been made assumes all the
obligations of Aeroflex under the Notes and the Indenture pursuant to a
supplemental Indenture in a form reasonably satisfactory to the
Trustee;
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(3)
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immediately
after such transaction, no Default or Event of Default
exists;
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(4)
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except
in the case of a consolidation, amalgamation or merger with or into or a
sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of all or
substantially all of the property and assets of Aeroflex and any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to a wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiary of
Aeroflex, Aeroflex, or the Person formed by or surviving any such
consolidation or merger (if other than Aeroflex), or to which such sale,
assignment, transfer, conveyance, lease or other disposition has been made
would, on the date of such transaction after giving pro forma effect
thereto and any related financing transactions as if the same had occurred
at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter
period:
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(a)
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be
permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to
the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in the first paragraph of
the covenant described above under the caption “—Incurrence of
Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock,”
or
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(b)
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would
have a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio that is equal to or greater than the
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of Aeroflex immediately prior to such
transaction; and
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(5)
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Aeroflex
or such surviving Person shall deliver an opinion of counsel to the
Trustee stating that such merger or consolidation complies with the
Indenture.
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This
“Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets” covenant will not apply
to:
(1)
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a
merger of Aeroflex with an Affiliate solely for the purpose of
reincorporating Aeroflex in another jurisdiction;
or
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(2)
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any
consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance,
lease or other disposition of assets between or among Aeroflex and its
Restricted Subsidiaries.
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Upon any
consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or
other disposition of all or substantially all of the property and assets of
Aeroflex in a transaction that is subject to, and complies with, the
requirements of this covenant, the successor Person formed by such consolidation
or into or with which Aeroflex 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 such other disposition,
the provisions of the Indenture shall be deemed to refer instead to such other
Person and not to Aeroflex), and may exercise every right and power of Aeroflex
under the Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been
named therein; provided,
however, Aeroflex, as the predecessor, shall not be relieved from the
obligation to pay the principal of, and any interest on, the Notes except in the
case of a sale of all of Aeroflex’s assets in a transaction that is subject to,
and complies with, the provisions of this covenant.
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Transactions
with Affiliates
Aeroflex
will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries 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 Aeroflex
(each, an “Affiliate
Transaction”), unless:
(1)
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the
Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are not materially less favorable
to Aeroflex or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary than those that would
have been obtained in a comparable transaction by Aeroflex or such
Restricted Subsidiary with an unrelated Person;
and
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(2)
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Aeroflex
delivers to the Trustee:
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(a)
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with
respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate
Transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of
$10.0 million, a resolution of the Board of Directors of Aeroflex set
forth in an officers’ certificate certifying that such Affiliate
Transaction complies with this covenant and that such Affiliate
Transaction has been approved by a majority of the Board of Directors of
Aeroflex (and, if any, a majority of the disinterested members of the
Board of Directors of Aeroflex with respect to such transaction);
and
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(b)
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with
respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate
Transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of
$25.0 million (other than Affiliate Transactions in connection with
joint bidding, joint marketing or other similar arrangements for the
provision of services in the ordinary course of services in the Permitted
Business), an opinion as to the fairness to Aeroflex or such Subsidiary of
such Affiliate Transaction from a financial point of view issued by an
accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm of national
standing.
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The
following items will not be deemed to be Affiliate Transactions and, therefore,
will not be subject to the provisions of the prior paragraph:
(1)
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any
consulting or employment agreement or arrangement, benefit arrangement or
plan, incentive compensation plan, stock option or stock ownership plan,
employee benefit plan, severance arrangements, expense reimbursement
arrangements, officer or director indemnification agreement or any similar
arrangement entered into by Aeroflex or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
for the benefit of directors, officers, employees and consultants of
Aeroflex or a direct or indirect parent of Aeroflex and payments and
transactions pursuant thereto, and otherwise in the ordinary course of
business;
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(2)
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transactions
between or among Aeroflex and/or its Restricted
Subsidiaries;
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(3)
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transactions
with a Person (other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary of Aeroflex) that is
an Affiliate of Aeroflex solely because Aeroflex owns, directly or through
a Restricted Subsidiary, an Equity Interest in, or controls, such
Person;
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(4)
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payment
of reasonable directors fees to directors of Aeroflex or any direct or
indirect parent or any Restricted Subsidiary of Aeroflex and the provision
of customary indemnification and payment of other reasonable fees,
compensation, benefits and indemnifications paid or entered into with
directors, officers, employees and consultants of Aeroflex or any direct
or indirect parent or any Restricted Subsidiary of
Aeroflex;
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(5)
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any
issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of Aeroflex
to Affiliates of Aeroflex or any contribution to the capital of Aeroflex
(other than as Disqualified Stock) and the granting or performance of
registration rights in respect of any such Equity
Interests;
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(6)
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Restricted
Payments and Permitted Investments that do not violate the covenant
described under the caption “—Restricted
Payments;”
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(7)
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payment
of fees and reimbursement of expenses not in excess of the amounts
specified in, or determined pursuant to, the Management Agreement as in
effect on the date of the Indenture, and the other payments and agreements
described under the caption “Certain Relationships and Related Party
Transactions, and Director Independence” appearing in our Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010, which is incorporated
by reference in this prospectus and any renewals, amendments, extensions
or replacements of any such agreement or arrangements (so long as such
renewals, amendments, extensions or replacements are not, taken as a
whole, materially less favorable to the holders of the Notes as determined
by the Board of Directors in its reasonable good faith judgment) and the
transactions contemplated
thereby;
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(8)
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Permitted
Payments to Parent;
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(9)
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any
agreement or arrangements as in effect on the date of the Indenture and
any renewals, amendments, extensions or replacements of any such agreement
or arrangements (as long as such renewals, amendments, extensions or
replacements are not, taken as a whole, materially less favorable to the
Holders of the Notes as determined by the Board of Directors of Aeroflex
in its reasonable good faith judgment) and the transactions contemplated
thereby;
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(10)
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loans,
guarantees of loans, advances, and other extensions of credit to or on
behalf of current and former officers, directors, employees, and
consultants of Aeroflex, a Restricted Subsidiary of Aeroflex, or a direct
or indirect parent of Aeroflex made in the ordinary course of business or
for the purpose of permitting such Persons to purchase Capital Stock of
Aeroflex or any direct or indirect parent of Aeroflex or in connection
with any relocation costs, in an amount not to exceed $2.0 million in
the aggregate at any one time
outstanding;
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(11)
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sales
or purchases of goods or provision of services in the ordinary course of
business, at terms no less favorable to Aeroflex or the applicable
Restricted Subsidiary, as determined in the good faith judgment of
Aeroflex, than those available to third party customers or suppliers, to
or with an Affiliate which would constitute an Affiliate Transaction
solely as a result of Aeroflex or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries being
in or under common control with such Affiliate and otherwise in compliance
with the terms of the Indenture;
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(12)
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repurchases
of Notes if repurchased on the same terms as offered to Persons that are
not Affiliates of Aeroflex;
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(13)
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transactions
with a joint venture engaged in a Permitted Business; provided that all the
outstanding ownership interests of such joint venture are owned only by
Aeroflex, its Restricted Subsidiaries and Persons that are not Affiliates
of Aeroflex;
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(14)
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any
transactions with a Receivables Entity effected as part of a Qualified
Receivables Transaction;
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(15)
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the
Transactions, and the payment of all fees and expenses related to the
Transactions, in each case, as contemplated by this prospectus;
and
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(16)
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payments
by Aeroflex or any Restricted Subsidiary of Aeroflex to any Principal for
any financial advisory, financing, underwriting or placement services, or
in respect of any investment banking activities, including, without
limitation, in connection with acquisitions and divestitures, which
payments are approved by the majority of the Board of Directors of
Aeroflex in good faith.
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Business
Activities
Aeroflex
will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, engage in
any business other than Permitted Businesses, except to such extent as would not
be material to Aeroflex and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a
whole.
Additional
Note Guarantees
If any of
Aeroflex’s Restricted Subsidiaries (i) that is a Domestic Subsidiary incurs
any Indebtedness in excess of $10.0 million (other than Indebtedness
permitted to be incurred pursuant to clauses (6), (7), (8), (10), (11),
(13), (15) or (17) of the second paragraph of the covenant described
under “—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock”) or
(ii) guarantees any Indebtedness of Aeroflex or any of the Guarantors, then
that Subsidiary will become a Guarantor and execute a supplemental Indenture and
deliver an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Trustee within 20 business
days of the date on which such Indebtedness is incurred; provided that the foregoing
shall not apply to any Receivables Entity or any Subsidiary that has properly
been designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with the Indenture
for so long as it continues to constitute an Unrestricted
Subsidiary.
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Designation
of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries
The Board
of Directors of Aeroflex may designate any Restricted Subsidiary to be an
Unrestricted Subsidiary if that designation would not cause a Default. If a
Restricted Subsidiary is designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, the aggregate
Fair Market Value of all outstanding Investments owned by Aeroflex and its
Restricted Subsidiaries in the Subsidiary designated as Unrestricted (after
giving effect to any sale of Equity Interests of such Subsidiary in connection
with such designation) will be deemed to be an Investment made as of the time of
the designation and will either reduce the amount available for Restricted
Payments under the covenant described above under the caption “—Restricted
Payments” or under one or more clauses of the definition of Permitted
Investments, as determined by Aeroflex. That designation will only be permitted
if the Investment would be permitted at that time and if the Restricted
Subsidiary otherwise meets the definition of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. The
Board of Directors of Aeroflex may redesignate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be
a Restricted Subsidiary if that redesignation would not cause a
Default.
Any
designation of a Subsidiary of Aeroflex as an Unrestricted Subsidiary will be
evidenced to the Trustee by filing with the Trustee a certified copy of a
resolution of the Board of Directors of Aeroflex giving effect to such
designation and an officers’ certificate certifying that such designation
complied with the preceding conditions and was permitted by the covenant
described above under the caption “—Restricted Payments.” If, at any time, any
Unrestricted Subsidiary would no longer meet the preceding requirements for
designation as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, it will thereafter cease to be an
Unrestricted Subsidiary for purposes of the Indenture and any Indebtedness of
such Subsidiary will be deemed to be incurred by a Restricted Subsidiary of
Aeroflex as of such date and, if such Indebtedness is not permitted to be
incurred as of such date under the covenant described under the caption
“—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock,” Aeroflex will be
in default of such covenant. The Board of Directors of Aeroflex may at any time
designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary of Aeroflex;
provided that such
designation will be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness by a Restricted
Subsidiary of Aeroflex of any outstanding Indebtedness of such Unrestricted
Subsidiary, and such designation will only be permitted if (1) (a) such
Indebtedness is permitted under the covenant described under the caption
“—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock,” calculated on a
pro forma basis as if such designation had occurred at the beginning of the
four-quarter reference period, or (b) Aeroflex’s Fixed Charge Coverage
Ratio is equal to or greater immediately following such designation than
Aeroflex’s Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio immediately preceding such designation,
calculated on a pro forma basis as if such designation had occurred at the
beginning of the four-quarter reference period; and (2) no Default or Event
of Default would be in existence following such designation.
Payments
for Consent
Aeroflex
will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or
indirectly, pay or cause to be paid any consideration to any Holder of Notes for
or as an inducement to any consent, waiver or amendment of any of the terms or
provisions of the Indenture or the Notes unless such consideration is offered to
be paid and is 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.
Reports
Whether
or not required by the rules and regulations of the SEC, so long as any Notes
are outstanding, Aeroflex will furnish to the Holders of Notes or cause the
Trustee to furnish to the Holders of Notes, within the time periods specified in
the SEC’s rules and regulations (together with extensions granted by the SEC)
for a filer that is a “non-accelerated filer” plus five Business
Days:
(1)
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substantially
the same quarterly and annual reports that would be required to be filed
with the SEC on Forms 10-Q and 10-K if Aeroflex were required to file
such reports; and
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(2)
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substantially
the same current reports that would be required to be filed with the SEC
on Form 8-K if Aeroflex were required to file such
reports.
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All such
reports will be prepared in all material respects in accordance with all of the
rules and regulations applicable to such reports. Each annual report on
Form 10-K will include a report on Aeroflex’s consolidated financial
statements by Aeroflex’s certified independent accountants. In addition,
Aeroflex will file a copy of each of the reports referred to in
clauses (1) and (2) above with the SEC for public availability within
the time periods specified in the rules and regulations applicable to such
reports for a person that is a “non-accelerated filer” (unless the SEC will not
accept such a filing) and will post the reports on its website within those time
periods.
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If, at
any time, Aeroflex is no longer subject to the periodic reporting requirements
of the Exchange Act for any reason, Aeroflex will nevertheless continue filing
the reports specified in the preceding paragraphs of this covenant with the SEC
within the time periods specified above unless the SEC will not accept such a
filing. Aeroflex will not take any action for the purpose of causing the SEC not
to accept any such filings. If, notwithstanding the foregoing, the SEC will not
accept Aeroflex’s filings for any reason, Aeroflex will post the reports
referred to in the preceding paragraphs on its website within the time periods
that would apply if Aeroflex were required to file those reports with the SEC
for a person that is a “non-accelerated filer”.
If
Aeroflex has designated any of its Subsidiaries as Unrestricted Subsidiaries,
then the quarterly and annual financial information required by the preceding
paragraphs will include a reasonably detailed presentation, either on the face
of the financial statements or in the footnotes thereto, and in “Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” of
the financial condition and results of operations of Aeroflex and its Restricted
Subsidiaries separate from the financial condition and results of operations of
the Unrestricted Subsidiaries of Aeroflex.
In the
event that (1) the rules and regulations of the SEC permit Aeroflex and any
direct or indirect parent entity of Aeroflex to report at such entity’s level on
a consolidated basis, (2) such direct or indirect parent entity is not
engaged in any business other than the Permitted Business of Aeroflex and
(3) such direct or indirect parent entity’s consolidated capitalization
(including cash and cash equivalents) does not differ materially from that of
Aeroflex and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the information and
reports required by this covenant may be those of such parent entity on a
consolidated basis; provided that such
information and reports distinguish in all material respects between Aeroflex
and its Subsidiaries and such direct or indirect parent entity and its other
subsidiaries, if any.
In
addition, Aeroflex agrees that, for so long as any Notes remain outstanding, if
at any time it is not required to file with the SEC the reports required by the
preceding paragraphs, it will furnish to the Holders of Notes and to securities
analysts and prospective investors, upon their request, the information required
to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities
Act.
Events
of Default and Remedies
Each of
the following is an “Event of
Default”:
(1)
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default
for 30 days in the payment when due of interest on the
Notes;
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(2)
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default
in the payment when due (at maturity, upon redemption or otherwise) of the
principal of, or premium, if any, on, the
Notes;
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(3)
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failure
by Aeroflex or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries for 30 days after
notice to Aeroflex by the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in
aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting as a
single class to comply with the provisions described under the captions
“—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Change of Control,” “—Repurchase at
the Option of Holders—Asset Sales,” or “—Certain Covenants—Merger,
Consolidation or Sale of Assets;”
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(4)
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failure
by Aeroflex or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries for 60 days after
notice to Aeroflex by the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in
aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting as a
single class to comply with any of the other agreements in the
Indenture;
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(5)
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default
under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be
issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any Indebtedness for
money borrowed by Aeroflex or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (or the
payment of which is guaranteed by Aeroflex or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries), whether such Indebtedness or guarantee now exists, or is
created after the date of the Indenture, if that
default:
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(a)
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is
caused by a failure to make any payment when due at the final maturity of
such Indebtedness (a “Payment Default”);
or
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(b)
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results
in the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior to its express
maturity,
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and, in
each case, the principal amount of any such Indebtedness, together with the
principal amount of any other such Indebtedness under which there has been a
Payment Default or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregates
$50.0 million or more;
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(6)
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failure
by Aeroflex or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or any group of
Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a
Significant Subsidiary to pay final and non-appealable judgments entered
by a court or courts of competent jurisdiction aggregating in excess of
$50.0 million (net of any amounts covered by insurance or pursuant to
which Aeroflex is indemnified to the extent that the third party under
such agreement does not deny its obligations thereunder), which judgments
are not paid, discharged or stayed for a period of 60 days and, in
the event such judgment is covered by insurance, an enforcement proceeding
has been commenced by any creditor upon such judgment or decree that is
not promptly stayed;
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(7)
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except
as permitted by the Indenture, any Note Guarantee is held in any judicial
proceeding to be unenforceable or invalid or ceases for any reason to be
in full force and effect, or any Guarantor, or any Person acting on behalf
of any Guarantor, denies or disaffirms its obligations under its Note
Guarantee; and
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(8)
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certain
events of bankruptcy or insolvency described in the Indenture with respect
to Aeroflex or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant
Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together,
would constitute a Significant
Subsidiary.
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In the
case of an Event of Default arising from certain events of bankruptcy or
insolvency, with respect to Aeroflex, any Restricted Subsidiary of Aeroflex that
is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries of Aeroflex
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 or the
Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding
Notes may declare all the Notes to be due and payable immediately and, upon any
such declaration, the Notes will become due and payable
immediately.
If an
Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available
remedy to collect the payment of the principal amount of premium, if any, or
interest on the Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of the
Notes or the 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.
Holders
of the Notes may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in
the Indenture and the Trust Indenture Act. Subject to certain limitations set
forth in the Indenture, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of
the then outstanding Notes may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any remedy
available to the Trustee or any trust or power conferred on it. The Trustee may
withhold from Holders of the Notes notice of any continuing Default or Event of
Default if, and so long as, in good faith, it determines that withholding notice
is in their interest, except a Default or Event of Default relating to the
payment of principal, interest or premium.
Subject
to the provisions of the Indenture relating to the duties of the Trustee, the
Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers
under the Indenture at the request or direction of any Holders of Notes unless
such Holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity or security reasonably
satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense. Except to enforce the
right to receive payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest when due, no
Holder of a Note may pursue any remedy with respect to the Indenture or the
Notes unless:
(1)
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such
Holder has previously given the Trustee notice that an Event of Default is
continuing;
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(2)
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Holders
of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding
Notes have made a written request to the Trustee to pursue the
remedy;
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(3)
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such
Holders have offered, and, if requested, have provided, the Trustee
security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against any loss,
liability or expense;
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(4)
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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
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(5)
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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.
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A Holder
of a Note may not use the Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Holder of
a Note or to obtain a preference or priority over another Holder of a
Note.
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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 of the
Notes, rescind an acceleration or waive any existing Default or Event of Default
and its consequences under the Indenture except a continuing Default or Event of
Default in the payment of interest or premium on, or the principal of, the
Notes.
No
Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and
Stockholders
No past,
present or future director, officer, employee, partner, manager, agent, member,
incorporator (or Person forming any limited liability company) or stockholder of
Aeroflex or of any Guarantor, as such, will have any liability for any
obligations of Aeroflex or the Guarantors under the Notes, the Indenture, the
Note Guarantees 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 and a
Note Guarantee waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release
are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes and the Note Guarantees.
The waiver may not be effective to waive liabilities under the federal
securities laws.
Legal
Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance
Aeroflex
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 all of its
obligations discharged with respect to the outstanding Notes and all of the
obligations of the Guarantors discharged with respect to their Note Guarantees
subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in the third paragraph
hereof (“Legal
Defeasance”), except for:
(1)
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the
rights of Holders of outstanding Notes to receive payments in respect of
the principal of, or interest or premium on, such Notes when such payments
are due from the trust referred to
below;
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(2)
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Aeroflex’s
obligations with respect to the Notes concerning issuing temporary Notes,
registration of Notes, mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes and the
maintenance of an office or agency for payment and money for security
payments held in trust;
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(3)
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the
rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee, and
Aeroflex’s and the Guarantors’ obligations in connection therewith;
and
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(4)
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the
Legal Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance provisions of the
Indenture.
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In
addition, Aeroflex may at any time, at the option of its Board of Directors
evidenced by a resolutions set forth in an Officers’ Certificate, elect to have
the obligations of Aeroflex and the Guarantors released with respect to certain
covenants (including its obligation to make Change of Control Offers and Asset
Sale Offers) that are described in the Indenture subject to the satisfaction of
the conditions of the third paragraph hereof (“Covenant Defeasance”), and
thereafter any omission to comply with those covenants will not constitute a
Default or Event of Default with respect to the Notes. In the event Covenant
Defeasance occurs, certain events (not including non-payment, bankruptcy,
receivership, rehabilitation and insolvency events) described under “—Events of
Default and Remedies” will no longer constitute an Event of Default with respect
to the Notes.
In order
to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance:
(1)
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Aeroflex
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 on, the outstanding Notes on the stated date for payment thereof
or on the applicable redemption date, as the case may be, and Aeroflex
must specify whether the Notes are being defeased to such stated date for
payment or to a particular redemption
date;
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(2)
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in
the case of Legal Defeasance, Aeroflex must deliver to the Trustee an
opinion of counsel reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that
(a) Aeroflex has received from, or there has been published by, the
Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (b) since the date of the
Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable federal income tax
law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such opinion of
counsel will confirm that, the Holders of the outstanding Notes will not
recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result
of such Legal Defeasance and will be subject to 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;
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(3)
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in
the case of Covenant Defeasance, Aeroflex must deliver to the Trustee an
opinion of counsel reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that
the Holders of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or
loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant
Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts,
in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if
such Covenant Defeasance had not
occurred;
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(4)
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no
Default or Event of Default has occurred and is 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);
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(5)
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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 the Indenture) to which Aeroflex or any of its
Subsidiaries is a party or by which Aeroflex or any of its Subsidiaries is
bound;
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(6)
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Aeroflex
must deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that the
deposit was not made by Aeroflex with the intent of preferring the Holders
of the Notes over the other creditors of Aeroflex with the intent of
defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any creditors of Aeroflex or
others; and
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(7)
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Aeroflex
must deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an opinion of
counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent relating to the Legal
Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance have been complied
with.
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Amendment,
Supplement and Waiver
Except as
provided in the next two succeeding paragraphs, the Indenture or the Notes or
the Note Guarantees may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the
Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then
outstanding (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with
a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, Notes), and any existing
Default or Event of Default or compliance with any provision of the 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
(including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase
of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, Notes).
Without
the consent of each Holder of the Notes affected, an amendment, supplement or
waiver may not (with respect to any Notes held by a non-consenting
Holder):
(1)
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reduce
the principal amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment,
supplement or waiver;
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(2)
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reduce
the principal of or change the fixed maturity of any Note or alter the
provisions with respect to the date of or redemption price payable in
connection with the redemption of the Notes (other than provisions
relating to the covenants described above under the caption “—Repurchase
at the Option of Holders”);
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(3)
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reduce
the rate of or change the time for payment of interest, including default
interest, on any Note;
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(4)
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waive
a Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal of, or interest
or premium 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);
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(5)
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make
any Note payable in money other than that stated in the
Notes;
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(6)
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make
any change in the provisions of the Indenture relating to waivers of past
Defaults or the rights of holders of Notes to receive payments of
principal of, or interest or premium on, the
Notes;
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(7)
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waive
a redemption payment with respect to any Note (other than a payment
required by one of the covenants described above under the caption
“—Repurchase at the Option of
Holders”);
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(8)
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release
any Guarantor from any of its obligations under its Note Guarantee or the
Indenture, except in accordance with the terms of the Indenture;
or
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(9)
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make
any change in the preceding amendment and waiver
provisions.
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Notwithstanding
the preceding paragraphs, without the consent of any Holder of Notes, Aeroflex,
the Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture, the Notes
or the Note Guarantees:
(1)
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to
cure any ambiguity, defect or
inconsistency;
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(2)
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to
provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of
certificated Notes;
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(3)
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to
provide for the assumption of Aeroflex’s or a Guarantor’s obligations to
Holders of Notes and Note Guarantees in the case of a merger or
consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of Aeroflex’s or such
Guarantor’s assets, as applicable;
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(4)
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to
make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to
the Holders of Notes or that does not adversely affect the legal rights
under the Indenture of any such
Holder;
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(5)
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to
comply with requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the
qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture
Act;
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(6)
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to
conform the text of the Indenture, the Note Guarantees or the Notes to any
provision of this Description of Notes to the extent that an officer of
Aeroflex certifies in good faith that such provision of the Indenture, the
Note Guarantees or the Notes was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a
provision of this Description of
Notes;
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(7)
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to
provide for the issuance of additional Notes in accordance with the
limitations set forth in the Indenture as of the date of the
Indenture;
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(8)
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to
allow any Guarantor to execute a supplemental Indenture and/or a Note
Guarantee with respect to the
Notes;
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(9)
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to
comply with the rules of any applicable securities
depositary;
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(10)
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to
provide for a successor trustee in accordance with the terms of the
Indenture or to otherwise comply with any requirement of the Indenture;
or
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(11)
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to
add a co-issuer or co-obligor of the
Notes.
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Where the
consent of the Holders of the Notes is required to approve an amendment,
supplement, waiver or consent under the Indenture, it is not necessary for the
consent of the Holders of Notes to approve the particular form of any proposed
amendment, supplement, waiver and consent, but it is sufficient if such consent
approves the substance thereof.
Satisfaction
and Discharge
The
Indenture will be discharged and will cease to be of further effect as to all
Notes issued thereunder, when:
(1)
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either:
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(a)
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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 been
deposited in trust and thereafter repaid to Aeroflex, have been delivered
to the Trustee for cancellation; or
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(b)
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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 within one year and Aeroflex
or any Guarantor has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with
the Trustee as trust funds in trust solely for 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 and
accrued interest to the date of maturity or
redemption;
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(2)
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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);
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(3)
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Aeroflex
or any Guarantor has paid or caused to be paid all sums payable by it
under the Indenture; and
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(4)
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Aeroflex
has delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee under the Indenture
to apply the deposited money toward the payment of the Notes at maturity
or on the redemption date, as the case may
be.
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In
addition, Aeroflex 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.
Concerning
the Trustee
If the
Trustee becomes a creditor of Aeroflex or any Guarantor, the Indenture and the
Trust Indenture Act limit the right of the Trustee to obtain payment of claims
in certain cases, or to realize on certain property received in respect of any
such claim as security or otherwise. The Trustee will be permitted to engage in
other transactions; however, if it acquires any conflicting interest it must
eliminate such conflict within 90 days, apply to the SEC for permission to
continue as Trustee (if the Indenture has been qualified under the Trust
Indenture Act) or resign.
The
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding
Notes will have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any
proceeding for exercising any remedy available to the Trustee, subject to
certain exceptions to be specified in the Indenture. The Indenture provides that
if an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee will exercise such
of the rights and powers vested in it by the Indenture, and use the same degree
of care and skill in its exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use
under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs. Subject to
such provisions, the Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of its
rights or powers under the Indenture at the request of any Holder of Notes,
unless such Holder has offered to the Trustee security and indemnity
satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense.
Additional
Information
Anyone
who receives this prospectus may obtain a copy of the Indenture without charge
by writing to Aeroflex Incorporated, 35 South Service Road,
P.O. Box 6022, Plainview, New York 11803, Attention: Chief Financial
Officer.
Governing
Law
The
Indenture, the Notes and the Note Guarantees will be governed by and construed
in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
Certain
Definitions
Set forth
below are certain defined terms used in the Indenture. Reference is made to the
Indenture for a full disclosure of all defined terms used therein, as well as
any other capitalized terms used herein for which no definition is
provided.
“Acquired Debt” means, with
respect to any specified Person:
(1)
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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, whether or not
such Indebtedness is incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of,
such other Person merging with or into, or becoming a Subsidiary of, such
specified Person; and
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(2)
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Indebtedness
secured by a Lien encumbering any asset acquired by such specified
Person.
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“Affiliate” of any specified
Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled
by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For
purposes of this definition, “control,” as used with respect to any Person,
means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause
the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the
ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise; provided that beneficial
ownership of 10% or more of the Voting Stock of a Person will be deemed to be
control. For purposes of this definition, the terms “controlling,” “controlled
by” and “under common control with” have correlative meanings.
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“Applicable Premium” means, as
calculated by Aeroflex, with respect to any Note on any redemption date, the
greater of:
(1)
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1.0%
of the principal amount of the Note;
or
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(2)
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the
excess of:
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(a)
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the
present value at such redemption date of (i) the redemption price of
the Note at August 15, 2011 (such redemption price being set forth in
the table appearing above under the caption “—Optional Redemption”) plus
(ii) all required interest payments due on the Note through
August 15, 2011 (excluding accrued but unpaid interest to such
redemption date), computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury
Rate as of such redemption date plus 50 basis points;
over
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(b)
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the
principal amount of the Note, if
greater.
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“Asset Sale”
means:
(1)
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the
sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of any assets or rights;
provided that the
sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all
of the assets of Aeroflex and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole
will be governed by the provisions of the Indenture described above under
the caption “—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Change of Control”
and/or the provisions described above under the caption “—Certain
Covenants—Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets” and not by the
provisions of the Asset Sale covenant;
and
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(2)
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the
issuance of Equity Interests in any of Aeroflex’s Restricted Subsidiaries
or the sale of Equity Interests in any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
(other than directors’ qualifying Equity Interests or Equity Interests
required by applicable law to be held by a Person other than Aeroflex or a
Restricted Subsidiary).
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Notwithstanding
the preceding, none of the following items will be deemed to be an Asset
Sale:
(1)
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any
single transaction or series of related transactions that involves assets
having a Fair Market Value of less than
$2.5 million;
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(2)
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a
transfer, sale or other disposition of assets (including Equity Interests)
between or among Aeroflex and its Restricted
Subsidiaries;
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(3)
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an
issuance of Equity Interests by a Restricted Subsidiary of Aeroflex to
Aeroflex or to a Restricted Subsidiary of
Aeroflex;
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(4)
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the
licensing of intellectual property or other general intangibles to third
Persons on terms approved by the Board of Directors of Aeroflex in good
faith;
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(5)
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the
sale, lease, sublease or other disposition of any property or equipment
that is no longer used or has become damaged, worn-out, obsolete, or
otherwise unsuitable or not required for the ordinary course of business
of Aeroflex or its Restricted
Subsidiaries;
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(6)
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the
sale or other disposition of cash or Cash
Equivalents;
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(7)
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a
Restricted Payment that does not violate the covenant described above
under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Restricted Payments” or a Permitted
Investment;
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(8)
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the
sale, lease, sub-lease, license, sub-license, consignment, conveyance or
other disposition of accounts receivable, equipment, inventory or other
assets in the ordinary course of business, including leases or subleases
with respect to facilities that are temporarily not in use or pending
their disposition, or accounts receivable in connection with the
compromise, settlement or collection
thereof;
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(9)
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the
creation of a Lien (but not the sale or other disposition of property
subject to such Lien);
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(10)
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the
issuance of Equity Interests by a Restricted Subsidiary of Aeroflex in
which Aeroflex’s percentage interest (direct or indirect) in the Equity
Interests of such Restricted Subsidiary, after giving effect to the
issuance, is at least equal to its percentage interest prior
thereto;
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(11)
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leases,
assignments or subleases of real or personal property to third persons
either not interfering in any material respect with the business of
Aeroflex or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or entered into in the
ordinary course of business;
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(12)
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the
good faith surrender or waiver of contract rights or the settlement,
release or surrender of claims of any
kind;
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(13)
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to
the extent allowable under Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, any exchange of like property for use in a Permitted
Business;
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(14)
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the
sale or other disposal of property or assets pursuant to the exercise of
any remedies pursuant to the Credit Facilities or the other security
documents relating to any Indebtedness permitted under the
Indenture;
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(15)
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the
transfer or sale of Receivables and Related Assets of the type
specified in the definition of “Qualified Receivables Transaction” to a
Receivables Entity or to any other Person in connection with a Qualified
Receivables Transaction or the creation of a Lien on any such Receivables
or Related Assets in connection with a Qualified Receivables
Transaction;
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(16)
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the
sale of accounts receivable in the ordinary course of
business;
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(17)
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the
issuance or sale of Equity Interests in or Indebtedness of any
Unrestricted Subsidiary; and
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(18)
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the
disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of Aeroflex in a
transaction permitted under the covenant described under the caption
“—Merger, Consolidation or Sale of
Assets.”
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“Asset Sale Offer” has the
meaning assigned to that term in the Indenture governing the Notes.
“Beneficial Owner” has the
meaning assigned to such term in Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under the
Exchange Act, except that in calculating the beneficial ownership of any
particular “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the
Exchange Act), such “person” will be deemed to have beneficial ownership of all
securities that such “person” has the right to acquire by conversion or exercise
of other securities, whether such right is currently exercisable or is
exercisable only after the passage of time. The terms “Beneficially Owns” and
“Beneficially Owned” have a corresponding meaning.
“Board of Directors”
means:
(1)
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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;
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(2)
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with
respect to a partnership, the Board of Directors of the general partner of
the partnership;
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(3)
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with
respect to a limited liability company, the managing member or members or
any controlling committee or Board of Directors of such company or of the
sole member or of the managing member thereof;
and
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(4)
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with
respect to any other Person, the board or committee of such Person serving
a similar function.
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“Business Day” means
any day other than a legal holiday.
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“Calculation Date” has
the meaning assigned to that term in the definition of “Fixed Charge
Coverage Ratio”.
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“Capital Lease Obligation”
means, at the time any determination is to be made, the amount of the liability
in respect of a capital lease that would at that time be required to be
capitalized on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP, and the Stated
Maturity thereof shall be the date of the last payment of rent or any other
amount due under such lease prior to the first date upon which such lease may be
prepaid by the lessee without payment of a penalty.
“Capital Stock”
means:
(1)
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in
the case of a corporation, corporate
stock;
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(2)
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in
the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares,
interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however
designated) of corporate stock;
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(3)
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in
the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership
interests (whether general or limited) or membership interests;
and
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(4)
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any
other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to
receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets
of, the issuing Person (other than earn-outs or similar consideration
payable in connection with an acquisition), but excluding from all of the
foregoing any debt securities convertible into Capital Stock, whether or
not such debt securities include any right of participation with Capital
Stock.
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“Cash Equivalents”
means:
(1)
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United
States dollars;
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(2)
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(a)
euro, or any national currency of any participating member state of the
EMU; or (b) in the case of any Foreign Subsidiary that is a
Restricted Subsidiary, such local currencies held by them from time to
time in the ordinary course of
business;
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(3)
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securities
issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States
government or any agency or instrumentality of the United States
government (provided that the full
faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support of those
securities) having maturities of not more than 24 months from the
date of acquisition;
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(4)
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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 one year and overnight bank deposits, in each
case, with any lender party to the Senior Secured Credit Facility or with
any domestic commercial bank having, at the time of the acquisition
thereof, capital and surplus in excess of $500.0 million or any
commercial bank of any foreign country having, at the time of acquisition
thereof, capital and surplus in excess of $100.0 million (or the U.S.
dollar equivalent thereof as of the date of
determination);
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(5)
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repurchase
obligations for underlying securities of the types described in
clauses (3) and (4) above entered into with any financial
institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (4)
above;
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(6)
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commercial
paper having, at the time of acquisition, one of the two highest ratings
obtainable from Moody’s or S&P and, in each case, maturing within
24 months after the date of
acquisition;
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(7)
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marketable
short-term money market and similar securities having a rating of at least
P-2 or A-2 from either Moody’s or S&P, respectively (or, if at any
time neither Moody’s nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an
equivalent rating from another rating agency) and in each case maturing
within 24 months after the date of
acquisition;
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(8)
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securities
issued by any state of the United States of America or any political
subdivision of any such state or any public instrumentality thereof
maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof and at the
time of acquisition thereof, having one of the two highest ratings
obtainable from either Moody’s or S&P (for purposes of the this
clause (8), variable rate bonds tied to short-term interest rates
that are reset through an auction process that occurs no less frequently
than once every 45 days shall be deemed to satisfy the foregoing
maturity deadline, notwithstanding such bonds having a longer nominal
maturity);
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(9)
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investment
or money market funds at least 95% of the assets of which constitute Cash
Equivalents of the kinds described in clauses (1) through (8) of
this definition;
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(10)
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readily
marketable direct obligations issued by any state, commonwealth or
territory of the United States or any political subdivision or taxing
authority thereof having an Investment Grade Rating from either Moody’s or
S&P with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of
acquisition;
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(11)
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Indebtedness
with a rating of “A” or higher from S&P or “A2” or higher from Moody’s
with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of
acquisition;
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(12)
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Investments
with average maturities of 12 months or less from the date of
acquisition in money market funds rated AAA- (or the equivalent thereof)
or better by S&P or Aaa3 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by
Moody’s; and
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(13)
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local
currencies (or investments in local currencies having correlative
attributes to the foregoing) held by Aeroflex or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries, from time to time in the ordinary course of
business.
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“Change of Control” means the
occurrence of any of the following:
(1)
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the
sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than a Lien
permitted by the Indenture or by way of merger or consolidation), in one
or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the
properties or assets of Aeroflex and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole to
any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d) of the Exchange
Act) other than a Principal or a Related Party of a
Principal;
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(2)
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the
adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of
Aeroflex;
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(3)
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the
consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger
or consolidation), the result of which is that any “person” (as defined
above), other than the Principals and their Related Parties, becomes the
Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Voting
Stock of Aeroflex, measured by voting power rather than number of shares;
or
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(4)
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after
an initial public offering of Equity Interests of Aeroflex or any direct
or indirect parent of Aeroflex, the first day on which (i) a majority
of the members of the Board of Directors of Aeroflex are not Continuing
Directors, and (ii) the Principals and their Related Parties and any
limited partners of the equity sponsor do not, at such time, in the
aggregate, (a) Beneficially Own, directly or indirectly, Voting Stock
of Aeroflex representing more than 50% of the total voting power of the
Voting Stock of Aeroflex or (b) have the right or ability by voting
power, contract or otherwise to elect or designate a majority of the Board
of Directors of Aeroflex.
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“Change of Control Offer” has
the meaning assigned to that term in the Indenture governing the
Notes.
“Consolidated Cash Flow”
means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the Consolidated Net
Income of such Person for such period plus, without duplication:
(1)
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provision
for taxes based on income or profit or capital, including, without
limitation, state, local and franchise taxes (such as the Pennsylvania
capital tax and the Texas margin tax) (or the non-U.S.-equivalent thereof)
of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period (including,
without limitation, tax expenses of Foreign Subsidiaries and foreign
withholding taxes paid or accrued for such period), to the extent that
such provision for taxes was deducted (and not added back) in computing
such Consolidated Net Income; plus
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(2)
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the
Fixed Charges of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such
period (plus any non-cash interest expense attributable to the movement in
the mark to market valuation of Hedging Obligations or other derivative
instruments pursuant to GAAP, amortization of deferred financing fees and
any loss on early extinguishment of Indebtedness excluded from the
definition of the term “Fixed Charges”), to the extent that such Fixed
Charges were deducted (and not added back) in computing such Consolidated
Net Income; plus
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(3)
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the
total amount of depreciation and amortization expenses (including
amortization of goodwill and other intangibles and deferred financing
costs or fees, and all expenditures in respect of licensed or purchased
software or internally-developed software and software enhancements that
are, or are required to be reflected as, capitalized costs, but excluding
amortization of prepaid cash expenses that were paid in a prior period) of
such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period to the extent
that such depreciation and amortization were deducted (and not added back)
in computing such Consolidated Net Income, plus
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(4)
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any
management, monitoring, consulting and advisory fees (including
termination fees) and related indemnities and expenses paid or accrued by
Aeroflex and/or its Restricted Subsidiaries in such period pursuant to the
terms of the Management Agreement and payments made pursuant to
clauses (7), (8) and (15) under the caption “—Transactions
with Affiliates”; to the extent deducted in computing such Consolidated
Net Income; plus
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(5)
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any
other non-cash charges reducing Consolidated Cash Flow for such period
(provided that if
any such non-cash charges represent an accrual or reserve for potential
cash items in any future period, the cash payment in respect thereof in
such future period shall be subtracted from Consolidated Cash Flow to such
extent, and excluding amortization of a prepaid cash item that was paid in
a prior period); plus
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(6)
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any
costs or expense incurred by Aeroflex or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant
to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management
or employee benefit plan or agreement or any stock subscription or
shareholder agreement, to the extent that such cost or expenses are funded
with cash proceeds contributed to the capital of Aeroflex or net cash
proceeds of an issuance of Equity Interests of Aeroflex (other than
Disqualified Stock) solely to the extent that such net cash proceeds are
excluded from clause 3(b) of the first paragraph, or
clauses (2), (5) or (17) of the second paragraph, under
“Certain Covenants—Restricted Payments”; plus
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(7)
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cash
receipts (or any netting arrangements resulting in reduced cash
expenditures) not representing Consolidated Cash Flow, Consolidated Net
Income or Net Income in any period to the extent non-cash gains relating
to such income were deducted in the calculation of Consolidated Cash Flow
pursuant to (11) below for any previous period and not added back;
plus
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(8)
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the
amount of any minority interest expense consisting of income of a
Restricted Subsidiary attributable to minority equity interests of third
parties in any non-wholly owned Subsidiary deducted (and not added back)
in such period in calculating Consolidated Net Income; plus
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(9)
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the
amount of loss on sale of Receivables and Related Assets to the
Receivables Entity in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction;
minus
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(10)
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non-cash
gains increasing such Consolidated Net Income for such period, excluding
any such items to the extent they represent (a) the reversal in such
period of an accrual of, or reserve for, potential cash expenses in a
prior period, (b) any non-cash gains with respect to cash actually
received in a prior period to the extent such cash did not increase
Consolidated Cash Flow in a prior period, (c) the amortization of
income that was paid in a prior period and (d) the accrual of revenue
or income consistent with past
practice,
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in each
case, on a consolidated basis and determined in accordance with
GAAP.
“Consolidated Net Income”
means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the aggregate of the
Net Income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, on a
consolidated basis, determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that:
(1)
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the
Net Income of any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary will be
included only to the extent of the amount of dividends, distributions or
other payments paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) to the
specified Person or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Person, and, in the
case of a net loss, only to the extent of any equity in the net loss of
any such Person for such period to the extent Aeroflex or a Restricted
Subsidiary of Aeroflex has funded such net loss in cash with respect to
such period;
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(2)
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solely
for the purposes of calculating Consolidated Net Income to determine the
amount of Restricted Payments permitted under the covenant described under
the caption “Certain Covenants—Restricted Payments,” the Net Income of any
Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Guarantor) will be excluded to the
extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar
distributions by that Restricted 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
operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument,
judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation
applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders
(a) except to the extent that such net income is actually or
permitted to be paid to Aeroflex or a Restricted Subsidiary of Aeroflex by
loans, advances, intercompany transfers, principal repayments or
otherwise, and (b) unless such restriction with respect to the
payment of dividends or similar distributions has been legally waived;
provided that
Consolidated Net Income of Aeroflex will be increased by the amount of
dividends or other distributions or other payments actually paid in cash
(or to the extent converted into cash) to Aeroflex or a Restricted
Subsidiary thereof in respect of such period, to the extent not already
included therein;
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(3)
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the
cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles and changes as a
result of the adoption or modification of accounting policies during such
period will be excluded;
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(4)
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any
impairment charge or asset write-off or write-down, including impairment
charges or asset write-offs or write-downs related to intangible assets,
long-lived assets, investments in debt and equity securities or as a
result of a change in law or regulation, in each case, pursuant to GAAP
(including the amortization of the consideration for any non-competition
agreements entered into in connection with the Transactions), shall be
excluded;
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(5)
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any
net gain or loss from discontinued operations and any net after-tax gain
or loss on disposal of discontinued operations shall be
excluded;
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(6)
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non-cash
charges relating to employee benefit or other management compensation
plans of any direct or indirect parent of Aeroflex (to the extent such
non-cash charges relate to plans of any direct or indirect parent of
Aeroflex for the benefit of members of the Board of Directors of Aeroflex
(in their capacity as such) or employees of Aeroflex and its Restricted
Subsidiaries), Aeroflex or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any
non-cash compensation charge and other non-cash expenses or charges
arising from any grant, issuance or repricing of stock appreciation or
similar rights, stock, stock options, restricted stock or other
equity-based awards of any direct or indirect parent of Aeroflex (to the
extent such non-cash charges relate to plans of any direct or indirect
parent of Aeroflex for the benefit of members of the Board of Directors of
Aeroflex (in their capacity as such) or employees of Aeroflex and its
Restricted Subsidiaries), Aeroflex or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
(excluding in each case any non-cash charge to the extent that it
represents an accrual of or reserve for cash expenses in any future period
or amortization of a prepaid cash expense incurred in a prior period) in
each case will be excluded;
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(7)
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effects
of adjustments (including the effects of such adjustments pushed down to
Aeroflex and its Restricted Subsidiaries) pursuant to GAAP resulting from
the application of purchase accounting in relation to the Transaction or
any consummated acquisition, net of taxes, shall be
excluded;
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(8)
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any
net unrealized gain or loss (after any offset) resulting in such period
from currency translation gains or losses including those related to
currency remeasurements of Indebtedness will be
excluded;
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(9)
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any
restoration to income of any contingency reserve, except to the extent
that provision for such reserve was made out of Net Income accrued at any
time following the date of the Indenture will be
excluded;
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(10)
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any
fees, expenses, costs or charges (including all transaction, restructuring
and transition costs, fees and expenses (including diligence costs and
cash severance costs)) or any amortization thereof, related to any
acquisition, Investment, disposition, issuance, incurrence or repayment of
Indebtedness (including any refinancing transaction or amendment or
modification of any debt instrument), Equity Offering, issuance of or
disposition of Equity Interests, recapitalization, merger, consolidation,
disposed or discontinued operation or other specified action (in each
case, including any such transaction consummated prior to the date of the
Indenture and any such transaction undertaken but not completed),
including (i) such fees, expenses or charges related to the offering
of the Notes and the Credit Facilities and the Transactions and
(ii) any amendment or other modification of the Notes and the Credit
Facilities and, in each case, deducted (and not added back) in computing
Net Income, will be excluded; and
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(11)
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accruals
and reserves that are established within twelve months after the date of
the Indenture that are so required to be established as a result of the
Transaction in accordance with GAAP shall be
excluded.
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In
addition, to the extent not already included in the Consolidated Net Income of
such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries, notwithstanding anything to the
contrary in the foregoing, Consolidated Net Income shall include the amount of
proceeds received from business interruption insurance and reimbursements of any
expenses and charges that are covered by indemnification or other reimbursement
provisions in connection with any Permitted Investment or any sale, conveyance,
transfer or other disposition of assets permitted under the
Indenture.
“Consolidated Secured Debt
Ratio” as of any date of determination, means the ratio of
(1) Consolidated Total Indebtedness of Aeroflex and its Restricted
Subsidiaries that is secured by Liens as of the end of the most recent fiscal
period for which internal financial statements are available immediately
preceding the date on which such event for which such calculation is being made
shall occur to (2) Aeroflex’s Consolidated Cash Flow for Aeroflex’s most
recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements
are available immediately preceding the date on which such event for which such
calculation is being made shall occur, in each case with such pro forma
adjustments to Consolidated Total Indebtedness and Consolidated Cash Flow as are
appropriate and consistent with the pro forma adjustment provisions set forth in
the definition of “Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio.”
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“Consolidated Total
Indebtedness” means, as at any date of determination, an amount equal to
the sum of (1) the aggregate amount of all outstanding Indebtedness of
Aeroflex and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis consisting of
Indebtedness for borrowed money, Obligations in respect of Capital Lease
Obligations and debt obligations evidenced by promissory notes and similar
instruments (and excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, all obligations relating
to Receivables financings) and (2) the aggregate amount of all outstanding
Disqualified Stock of Aeroflex and all preferred stock of its Restricted
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis (other than Disqualified Stock or preferred
stock owned by Aeroflex or a Restricted Subsidiary of Aeroflex), with the amount
of such Disqualified Stock and preferred stock equal to the greater of their
respective voluntary or involuntary liquidation preferences and maximum fixed
repurchase prices, in each case determined on a consolidated basis in accordance
with GAAP. For purposes hereof, the “maximum fixed repurchase price” of any
Disqualified Stock or preferred stock that does not have a fixed repurchase
price shall be calculated in accordance with the terms of such Disqualified
Stock or preferred stock as if such Disqualified Stock or preferred stock were
purchased on any date on which Consolidated Total Indebtedness shall be required
to be determined pursuant to the Indenture, and if such price is based upon, or
measured by, the fair market value of such Disqualified Stock or preferred
stock, such fair market value shall be determined reasonably and in good faith
by Aeroflex.
“Contingent Obligations”
means, with respect to any Person, any obligation of such Person guaranteeing
any leases, dividends or other obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness
(“primary obligations”)
of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any
manner, whether directly or indirectly, including, without limitation, any
obligation of such Person, whether or not contingent,
(1)
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to
purchase any such primary obligation or any property constituting direct
or indirect security therefor,
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(2)
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to
advance or supply funds (a) for the purchase or payment of any such
primary obligation or (b) to maintain working capital or equity
capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or
solvency of the primary obligor, or
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(3)
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to
purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of
assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the
primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation against loss in
respect thereof.
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“Continuing Directors” means,
as of any date of determination, any member of the Board of Directors of
Aeroflex who:
(1)
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was
a member of such Board of Directors on the date of the
Indenture;
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(2)
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was
nominated for election or elected to such Board of Directors with the
approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of
such Board of Directors at the time of such nomination or election;
or
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(3)
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was
nominated for election or elected to such Board of Directors with the
approval of a Principal or a Related Party of a
Principal.
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“Credit Facilities” means, one
or more debt facilities (including, without limitation, the Senior Secured
Credit Facility), indentures, or commercial paper facilities, in each case, with
banks or other lenders or a trustee providing for revolving credit loans, term
loans, receivables financing and securitizations (including through the sale of
receivables to such lenders or to special purpose entities formed to borrow from
such lenders against such receivables) or letters of credit or issuance of
notes, in each case, as amended, restated, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced
(whether upon or after termination or otherwise), substituted or refinanced
(including by means of sales of debt securities to institutional investors) in
whole or in part from time to time.
“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.
“Designated Noncash
Consideration” means the Fair Market Value of noncash consideration
received by Aeroflex or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with an
Asset Sale that is so designated as Designated Noncash Consideration pursuant to
an Officers’ Certificate, setting for the basis of such valuation delivered to
the trustee.
“Disqualified Stock” means any
Capital Stock that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it
is convertible, or for which it is exchangeable, in each case, at the option of
the holder of the Capital Stock), or upon the happening of any event, matures or
is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise,
or redeemable at the option of the holder of the Capital Stock, in whole or in
part, for cash, on or prior to the date that is 91 days after the date on
which the Notes mature. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, any Capital
Stock that would constitute Disqualified Stock solely because the holders of the
Capital Stock have the right to require Aeroflex to repurchase such Capital
Stock upon the occurrence of a change of control or an asset sale will not
constitute Disqualified Stock if the terms of such Capital Stock provide that
Aeroflex may not repurchase or redeem any such Capital Stock pursuant to such
provisions unless such repurchase or redemption complies with the covenant
described above under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Restricted Payments.” The
amount of Disqualified Stock deemed to be outstanding at any time for purposes
of the Indenture will be the maximum amount that Aeroflex and its Restricted
Subsidiaries may become obligated to pay upon the maturity of, or pursuant to
any mandatory redemption provisions of, such Disqualified Stock, exclusive of
accrued dividends.
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“Domestic Subsidiary” means
any Restricted Subsidiary of Aeroflex that was formed under the laws of the
United States or any state of the United States or the District of Columbia or
that guarantees or otherwise provides direct credit support for any Indebtedness
of Aeroflex.
“Equity Interests” means
Capital Stock and all warrants, options or other rights to acquire Capital Stock
(but excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for,
Capital Stock).
“Equity Offering” means a
public or private offering of Qualified Capital Stock of Aeroflex or a direct or
indirect parent of Aeroflex, as the case may be.
“Excluded Contribution” means
net cash proceeds, marketable securities or Qualified Proceeds received by
Aeroflex after the date of the Indenture from:
(1)
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contributions
to its common equity capital, and
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(2)
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the
sale (other than to a Subsidiary of Aeroflex or to any management equity
plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan
or agreement of Aeroflex) of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock)
of Aeroflex,
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in each
case designated as Excluded Contributions pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate
executed by the principal financial officer of Aeroflex on the date such capital
contributions are made or the date such Equity Interests are sold, as the case
may be, which are excluded from the calculations set forth in
(a) clause (3)(b) of the first paragraph, and clauses (2) and
(17) of the third paragraph, of the covenant described under “Certain
Covenants—Restricted Payments” and (b) clause (19) of the second
paragraph of the covenant described under “Certain Covenants—Incurrence of
Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock.”
“Existing Indebtedness” means
all Indebtedness of Aeroflex and its Subsidiaries (other than
(a) Indebtedness under the Senior Secured Credit Facility and (b) any
Indebtedness incurred since September 21, 2007, pursuant to
clauses (6), (16) or (24) of Section 6.1(b) of the Senior
Subordinated Unsecured Credit Facility that has not been reclassified as having
been incurred under another provision of Section 6.1 thereof) in existence
on the date of the Indenture.
“Fair Market Value” means the
value that would be paid by a willing buyer to an unaffiliated willing seller in
a transaction not involving distress or necessity of either party, determined in
good faith by the Board of Directors of Aeroflex (unless otherwise provided in
the Indenture).
“First Priority Cash Management
Obligations” means all obligations of Aeroflex and certain of its
Subsidiaries in respect of overdrafts and related liabilities owed to any other
Person that arise from treasury, depositary or cash management services,
including in connection with any automated clearing house transfers of funds, or
any similar transactions, secured by assets of Aeroflex and certain of its
Subsidiaries under the documents that secure Obligations under the Senior
Secured Credit Facility, and any other Credit Facility.
“Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio”
means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the ratio of the
Consolidated Cash Flow of such Person for such period to the Fixed Charges of
such Person for such period. In the event that the specified Person or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries incurs, assumes, guarantees, repays, repurchases,
redeems, defeases, retires, extinguishes or otherwise discharges any
Indebtedness (other than working capital borrowings, unless such Indebtedness
has been permanently repaid) or issues, repurchases, or redeems preferred stock
or Disqualified Stock subsequent to the commencement of the period for which the
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is being calculated and on or prior to the date on
which the event for which the calculation of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is
made (the “Calculation
Date”), then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio will be calculated giving
pro forma effect to such incurrence, assumption, guarantee, repayment,
repurchase, redemption, defeasance, retirement, extinguishment or other
discharge of Indebtedness, or such issuance, repurchase or redemption of
preferred stock, and the use of the proceeds therefrom, as if the same had
occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter reference
period.
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In
addition, for purposes of calculating the Fixed Charge Coverage
Ratio:
(1)
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the
Transactions, future acquisitions, Investments, dispositions, issuances,
incurrences or repayments of Indebtedness, Equity Offerings, issuances or
dispositions of Equity Interests, recapitalizations, mergers,
consolidations, disposed or discontinued operations and other specified
actions that have been made by the specified Person or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries, including through mergers or consolidations, or
any Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries acquired by the specified
Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, and including any related
financing transactions and including increases in ownership of Restricted
Subsidiaries, during the four-quarter reference period or subsequent to
such reference period and on or prior to the Calculation Date (including
any transaction giving rise to the need to make such calculation) will be
given pro forma effect (in accordance with Regulation S-X under the
Securities Act), including Pro Forma Cost Savings (and the change in any
associated fixed charge obligation and change in Consolidated Cash Flow
resulting therefrom), whether or not such Pro Forma Cost Savings complies
with Regulation S-X, as if they had occurred on the first day of the
four-quarter reference period. If since the beginning of such period any
Person (that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary of Aeroflex or
was merged with or into Aeroflex or any Restricted Subsidiary of Aeroflex
since the beginning of such period) shall have made any acquisition,
Investment, disposition, issuance, incurrence or repayment of
Indebtedness, Equity Offering, issuance or disposition of Equity
Interests, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, disposed or
discontinued operation or other specified action that would have required
adjustment pursuant to this definition, then the Fixed Charge Coverage
Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect thereto for such period
as if such acquisition, Investment, disposition, issuance, incurrence or
repayment of Indebtedness, Equity Offering, issuance or disposition of
Equity Interests, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, disposed or
discontinued operation or other specified action had occurred at the
beginning of the applicable four-quarter
period;
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(2)
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the
Consolidated Cash Flow attributable to discontinued operations, as
determined in accordance with GAAP, and operations or businesses (and
ownership interests therein) disposed of prior to the Calculation Date,
will be excluded (including by adding back the amount of any attributable
Consolidated Cash Flow that was
negative);
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(3)
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the
Fixed Charges attributable to discontinued operations, as determined in
accordance with GAAP, and operations or businesses (and ownership
interests therein) disposed of prior to the Calculation Date, will be
excluded, but only to the extent that the obligations giving rise to such
Fixed Charges will not be obligations of the specified Person or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries following the Calculation
Date;
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(4)
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any
Person that is a Restricted Subsidiary on the Calculation Date will be
deemed to have been a Restricted Subsidiary at all times during such
four-quarter period;
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(5)
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any
Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary on the Calculation Date will be
deemed not to have been a Restricted Subsidiary at any time during such
four-quarter period;
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(6)
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if
any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest, the interest expense
on such Indebtedness will be calculated as if the rate in effect on the
Calculation Date had been the applicable rate for the entire period (after
giving effect to the operation of any Hedging Obligation applicable to
such Indebtedness); and
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(7)
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interest
on any Indebtedness under a revolving credit facility shall be computed
based upon the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during such
period.
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“Fixed Charges” means, with
respect to any specified Person for any period, the sum, without duplication,
of:
(1)
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the
consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Restricted
Subsidiaries for such period (net of any interest income of such Person
and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period), to the extent such
expense was deducted and not added back in computing Consolidated Net
Income, including, without limitation, amortization of original issue
discount, 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 GAAP), the
interest component of any deferred payment obligations, the interest
component of all payments associated with Capital Lease Obligations,
commissions, discounts and other fees and charges incurred in respect of
letter of credit or bankers’ acceptance financings, and net of all
payments made or received pursuant to Hedging Obligations (but excluding
amortization of deferred financing fees and any loss on early
extinguishment of Indebtedness and, in calculating Fixed Charges for the
purposes of determining the denominator of Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio
only, excluding (i) the accretion of any original issue discount or
any non-cash interest expense resulting from the discounting of any
Indebtedness resulting from fair value adjustments resulting from purchase
accounting, (ii) any financing fees, tender premiums, call premiums
and other non-recurring expenses, whether or not capitalized, in
connection with the Transactions and Indebtedness that is retired with the
proceeds of the Notes issued on the date of the Indenture,
(iii) penalties and interest relating to taxes, (iv) any
expensing of bridge, commitment and other financing fees and
(v) commissions, discounts, yield and other fees and charges
(including any interest expense) related to any Qualified Receivables
Transaction); plus
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any
interest on Indebtedness of another Person that is guaranteed by such
Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries or secured by a Lien on
assets of such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries, whether or
not such Guarantee or Lien is called upon; plus
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(3)
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the
consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Restricted
Subsidiaries that was capitalized during such period; plus
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(4)
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the
product of (a) all cash dividends or other similar distributions paid
(excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any series of preferred
stock of such Person or any preferred stock of any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries, other than dividends on Equity Interests payable solely in
Equity Interests of Aeroflex (other than Disqualified Stock) or to
Aeroflex or a Restricted Subsidiary of Aeroflex, times (b) a
fraction, the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is
one minus the then current combined federal, state and local statutory tax
rate of such Person, expressed as a
decimal,
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in each
case, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP. For purposes
of this definition, interest on a Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed
to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by such Person to be the
rate of interest implicit in such Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance
with GAAP.
“Foreign Subsidiary” means any
Restricted Subsidiary of Aeroflex that is not a Domestic
Subsidiary.
“GAAP” means generally
accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of
the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting
Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as have been
approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession or in the rules
and regulations of the SEC governing the inclusion of financial statements
(including pro forma financial statements) in periodic reports required to be
filed pursuant to Section 13 of the Exchange Act, including opinions and
pronouncements in staff accounting bulletins and similar written statements from
the accounting staff of the SEC, in effect on the date of the Indenture; provided that any reports
required to be delivered under the covenant described under “—Reports” shall be
prepared in accordance with GAAP in effect on the date thereof.
“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, by way of a pledge of assets or through letters of credit or
reimbursement agreements in respect thereof, of all or any part of any
Indebtedness (whether arising by virtue of agreements to keep-well, to purchase
assets, goods, securities or services, to take or pay or to maintain financial
statement conditions or otherwise).
“Guarantors”
means:
(1)
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each
Domestic Subsidiary of Aeroflex as of the date of this prospectus;
and
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(2)
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each
other Restricted Subsidiary of Aeroflex that executes a Note Guarantee in
accordance with the provisions of the 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 the
Indenture.
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“Hedging Obligations” means,
with respect to any specified Person, the obligations of such Person
under:
(1)
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interest
rate swap agreements (whether from fixed to floating or from floating to
fixed), interest rate cap agreements, interest rate collar agreements and
other agreements or arrangements designed for the purpose of fixing,
hedging or swapping interest rate risk and other agreements or
arrangements designed to manage interest rates or interest rate
risk;
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(2)
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commodity
swap agreements, commodity option agreements, forward contracts and other
agreements or arrangements designed for the purpose of fixing, hedging or
swapping commodity price risk; and
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(3)
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foreign
exchange contracts, currency swap agreements and other agreements or
arrangements designed for the purpose of fixing, hedging or swapping
foreign currency exchange rate
risk.
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“Holder” means a Person in
whose name a Note is registered.
“Indebtedness” means, with
respect to any specified Person, any indebtedness of such Person (excluding
accrued expenses and trade payables), whether or not contingent:
(1)
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in
respect of borrowed money;
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(2)
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evidenced
by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit
(or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof) (other than letters of
credit issued in respect of trade payables entered into in the ordinary
course, to the extent such Obligations are cash collateralized or such
letters of credit secure Obligations entered into in the normal course of
business of such Person and such letters of credit are not drawn upon or,
if drawn upon, to the extent any such drawing is reimbursed no later than
three business days following receipt by such Person of a demand for
reimbursement);
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(3)
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in
respect of banker’s acceptances;
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(4)
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representing
Capital Lease Obligations;
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(5)
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representing
the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property or
services due, other than any such balance that constitutes an accrued
expense or trade payable or other expense incurred in the ordinary course
of business (including, without limitation, obligations owing to customers
and suppliers); or
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(6)
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representing
any interest rate Hedging
Obligations,
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if and to
the extent any of the preceding items (other than letters of credit and Hedging
Obligations) would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet of the specified
Person prepared in accordance with GAAP. In addition, the term “Indebtedness”
includes all Indebtedness of others secured by a Lien on any asset of the
specified Person (whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by the specified
Person) and, to the extent not otherwise included, the Guarantee by the
specified Person of any Indebtedness of any other Person.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, in connection with the purchase by Aeroflex or any Restricted
Subsidiary of any business, assets or Capital Stock not in the ordinary course
of business, the term “Indebtedness” will exclude (i) Contingent
Obligations in the ordinary course of business, (ii) obligations in
connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction and (iii) post-closing
payment adjustments to which the seller may become entitled to the extent such
payment is determined by a final closing balance sheet or such payment depends
on the performance of such business after the closing; provided, however, that at the time of
closing, the amount of any such payment is not determinable and, to the extent
such payment thereafter becomes fixed, determined and undisputed the amount is
paid within 60 days thereafter.
“Investment Grade Rating”
means a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moody’s and
BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P, or an equivalent rating by any other rating
agency.
“Investments” means, with
respect to any Person, all direct or indirect investments by such Person in
other Persons (including Affiliates) in the forms of loans (including Guarantees
of Indebtedness), advances or capital contributions (excluding
(i) commission, travel and similar advances to officers and employees made
in the ordinary course of business and (ii) extensions of credit to
customers or advances, deposits or payments to or with suppliers, lessors or
utilities or for workers’ compensation, in each case, that are incurred in the
ordinary course of business and recorded as accounts receivable, prepaid
expenses or deposits on the balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance
with GAAP), purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness,
Equity Interests or other securities, together with all items that are or would
be classified as investments on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with
GAAP. If Aeroflex or any Restricted Subsidiary of Aeroflex sells or otherwise
disposes of any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect Restricted Subsidiary
of Aeroflex such that, after giving effect to any such sale or disposition, such
Person is no longer a Subsidiary of Aeroflex, Aeroflex will be deemed to have
made an Investment on the date of any such sale or disposition equal to the Fair
Market Value of Aeroflex’s Investments in such Subsidiary that were not sold or
disposed of in an amount determined as provided in the final paragraph of the
covenant described above under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Restricted
Payments.” Except as otherwise provided in the Indenture, the amount of an
Investment will be determined at the time the Investment is made and without
giving effect to subsequent changes in value.
“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 sell or give a security interest in such asset; provided that in no event
shall an operating lease be deemed to constitute a Lien.
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“Management Agreement” means
that certain management agreement dated August 15, 2007, among Aeroflex,
VGG Holding LLC, AX Holding Corp., Veritas Capital Fund Management, L.L.C.,
GGC Administration, LLC and Goldman, Sachs & Co., as
amended.
“Moody’s” means Moody’s
Investors Service, Inc.
“Net Income” means, with
respect to any specified Person, the net income (or loss) of such Person,
determined in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of
preferred stock dividends, excluding, however:
(1)
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any
gain (or loss), together with any related provision for taxes on such gain
(or loss), realized in connection with: (a) any Asset Sale (without
giving effect to the $2.5 million threshold provided in the
definition thereof) or other asset disposition or abandonment (other than
in the ordinary course of business) and reserves relating thereto; or
(b) the disposition of any securities by such Person or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries or the extinguishment of any (i) Indebtedness
or (ii) other derivative instruments of such Person or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries in each case, together with any related provisions
for taxes on such gains and losses;
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(2)
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any
extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual gain (or loss) or expense,
(including relating to the Transactions, acquisitions, restructurings or
any multi-year strategic initiatives), including, without limitation, the
amount of any restructuring charges, integration costs, or other business
optimization costs and expenses (including related to the closure and/or
consolidation of facilities and/or reductions in headcount, severance,
relocation costs and curtailments or modifications to pension and
post-retirement employee benefit plans and other non-recurring payments to
employees related to severance, 280G, supplemental employee retirement
plan, deferred compensation, consulting, acceleration of payments of other
employment related benefits or other payments related to the termination,
whether for cause or not, or retirement or made to former employees or the
termination of an employee agreement, retention bonuses and litigation
settlements or losses), or reserves deducted, in each case, together with
any related provision for taxes on such extraordinary, non-recurring or
unusual gain (or loss) or expense;
and
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(3)
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any
net unrealized gain or loss (after any offset) resulting in such period
from Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments and the
application of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards
No. 133.
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“Net Proceeds” means the
aggregate cash proceeds received by Aeroflex or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries in respect of any Asset Sale (including, without limitation, any
cash received upon the sale or other disposition of any non-cash consideration,
including Designated Noncash Consideration, received in any Asset Sale), net of
the direct costs relating to such Asset Sale or disposition of such non-cash
consideration, including, without limitation, legal, accounting and investment
banking fees, appraisal and insurance adjuster fees and sales commissions, and
any severance or relocation expenses incurred as a result of the Asset Sale,
taxes paid or payable as a result of the Asset Sale, in each case, after taking
into account without duplication, (1) any amounts required to be applied to
the repayment of Indebtedness secured by a Lien on the assets that were the
subject of such Asset Sale, (2) appropriate amounts to be maintained as a
reserve for payment with respect to liabilities associated with such asset or
assets and retained by Aeroflex or a Restricted Subsidiary after such sale or
other disposition thereof, including, without limitation, severance costs,
pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities related to
environmental matters or against any indemnification obligations associated with
such transaction, (3) any reserves for adjustment in respect of the sale
price of such asset, (4) amounts required to be paid to any Person (other
than Aeroflex or its Restricted Subsidiaries) owning a beneficial interest in
the assets that are the subject of such transaction, and (5) any cash
escrows in connection with purchase price adjustments, reserves or indemnities
(until released).
“Non-Recourse Debt” means
Indebtedness:
(1)
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as
to which neither Aeroflex nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
(a) provides credit support of any kind (including any undertaking,
agreement or instrument that would constitute Indebtedness), (b) is
directly or indirectly liable as a guarantor or otherwise, or
(c) constitutes the lender;
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(2)
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no
default with respect to which (including any rights that the holders of
the Indebtedness may have to take enforcement action against an
Unrestricted Subsidiary) would permit upon notice, lapse of time or both
any holder of any other Indebtedness of Aeroflex or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to declare a default on such other Indebtedness or cause the
payment of the Indebtedness to be accelerated or payable prior to its
Stated Maturity; and
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(3)
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as
to which (a) the explicit terms provide that there is no recourse
against any assets of Aeroflex or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or
(b) the lenders have been notified in writing that they will not have
any recourse to the stock or assets of Aeroflex or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries.
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“Note Guarantee” means the
Guarantee by each Guarantor of Aeroflex’s obligations under the Indenture and
the Notes, executed pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture.
“Obligations” means any
principal (including reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit
whether or not drawn), interest (including 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 documents governing
any such Indebtedness, even if such interest is not enforceable, allowable or
allowed as a claim in such proceeding), premium (if any), penalties, fees,
indemnifications, reimbursements, expenses, damages and other amounts,
obligations and liabilities payable under the documentation governing any
Indebtedness.
“Officers’ Certificate” means
a certificate signed on behalf of Aeroflex by two officers of Aeroflex, one of
whom must be the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer,
the treasurer or the principal accounting officer of Aeroflex, that meets the
requirements of the Indenture.
“Permitted Business” means any
business engaged in by Aeroflex or any of its Subsidiaries on the date of the
original issuance of the Notes and any business or other activities that are
reasonably similar, ancillary, complementary or related to, or a reasonable
extension, development or expansion of, the businesses in which Aeroflex and its
Subsidiaries are engaged on the date of original issuance of the
Notes.
“Permitted Debt” has the
meaning assigned to that term in the second paragraph of the covenant described
under the caption “- Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred
Stock”.
“Permitted Investments”
means:
(1)
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any
Investment in Aeroflex or in a Restricted Subsidiary of
Aeroflex;
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(2)
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any
Investment in Cash Equivalents;
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(3)
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any
Investment by Aeroflex or any Restricted Subsidiary of Aeroflex in a
Person, if as a result of such
Investment:
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(a)
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such
Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of Aeroflex;
or
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(b)
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such
Person, in one transaction, or a series of related transactions, is
merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys
substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, Aeroflex or a
Restricted Subsidiary of Aeroflex;
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and, in
each case, any Investment held by such Person; provided that such
Investments were not acquired in contemplation of such merger, consolidation or
transfer;
(4)
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any
Investment made as a result of the receipt of non-cash consideration from
(a) an Asset Sale that was made pursuant to and in compliance with
the covenant described above under the caption “—Repurchase at the Option
of Holders—Asset Sale” or (b) a sale or other disposition of assets
not constituting an Asset Sale;
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(5)
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any
acquisition of assets or Capital Stock solely in exchange for the issuance
of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of Aeroflex or a
direct or indirect parent of
Aeroflex;
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(6)
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any
Investment acquired by Aeroflex or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries:
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(a)
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in
exchange for any other Investment or accounts receivable or claim held by
Aeroflex or any such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with or as a
result of a bankruptcy, workout, reorganization or recapitalization of a
Person or the good faith settlement of delinquent obligations of a Person
or of a litigation, arbitration or other dispute,
or
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(b)
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as
a result of a foreclosure by Aeroflex or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries with respect to any secured Investment or other transfer of
title with respect to any secured Investment in
default;
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(7)
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Investments
represented by Hedging Obligations;
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(8)
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loans,
Guarantees of loans, advances, and other extensions of credit to or on
behalf of current and former officers, directors, employees, and
consultants of Aeroflex, a Restricted Subsidiary of Aeroflex, or a direct
or indirect parent of Aeroflex made in the ordinary course of business or
for the purpose of permitting such Persons to purchase Capital Stock of
Aeroflex or any direct or indirect parent of Aeroflex or in connection
with any relocation costs related to the relocation of the corporate
headquarters of Aeroflex, in an amount not to exceed $2.0 million at
any one time outstanding;
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(9)
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repurchases
of the Notes;
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(10)
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any
Investment of Aeroflex or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries existing on
the date of the Indenture and any extension, modification or renewal of
such existing Investments, to the extent not involving any additional
Investment other than as the result of the accrual or accretion of
interest or original issue discount or the issuance of pay-in-kind
securities, in each case pursuant to the terms of such Investments as in
effect on the date of the
Indenture;
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(11)
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Guarantees
otherwise permitted by the terms of the
Indenture;
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(12)
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Investments
resulting from the acquisition of a Person, otherwise permitted by the
Indenture, which Investments at the time of such acquisition were held by
the acquired Person and were not acquired in contemplation of the
acquisition of such Person;
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(13)
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Investments
in joint ventures engaged in a Permitted Business having an aggregate
value (measured on the date such Investment was made and without giving
effect to subsequent changes in value), when taken together with all other
Investments made pursuant to this clause (13) since the date of the
Indenture not to exceed
$25.0 million;
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(14)
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Investments
consisting of the licensing or contribution of intellectual property
pursuant to joint marketing arrangements with other
Persons;
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(15)
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Investments
in Unrestricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount not to exceed
$5.0 million measured at the time of such
Investment;
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(16)
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advances
to suppliers and customers in the ordinary course of
business;
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(17)
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receivables
owing to Aeroflex or any Restricted Subsidiary, prepaid expenses and
deposits, if created, acquired or entered into in the ordinary course of
business;
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(18)
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payroll,
business-related travel, and similar advances to cover matters that are
expected at the time of such advances to be ultimately treated as expenses
for accounting purposes and that are made in the ordinary course of
business;
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(19)
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any
Investment in a Receivables Entity or any Investment by a Receivables
Entity in any other Person in connection with a Qualified Receivables
Transaction, including, without limitation, Investments of funds held in
accounts permitted or required by the arrangements governing the Qualified
Receivables Transaction or any related
Indebtedness;
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(20)
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other
Investments in any Person other than an Affiliate of Aeroflex made since
the date of the Indenture having an aggregate Fair Market Value (measured
on the date each such Investment was made and without giving effect to
subsequent changes in value), when taken together with all other
Investments made pursuant to this clause (20) that are at such time
outstanding not to exceed the greater of $25.0 million and 1.5% of
Total Assets; and
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(21)
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Investments
in deposit accounts.
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“Permitted Liens”
means:
(1)
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Liens
on assets of Aeroflex or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries securing
Indebtedness that was permitted to be incurred pursuant to
clauses (1), (4), (9), (10), (16), (20), (21) and (22) of
the second paragraph of the covenant described under “Certain
Covenants—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock”;
provided, in the
case of clause (9), that the Indebtedness being guaranteed was
permitted to be secured by a Lien;
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(2)
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Liens
in favor of Aeroflex or the
Guarantors;
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(3)
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Liens
on property of a Person existing at the time such Person is merged with or
into or consolidated with Aeroflex or any Subsidiary of Aeroflex; provided that such
Liens were in existence prior to and were not incurred in connection with
or in the contemplation of such merger or consolidation and do not extend
to any assets other than those of the Person merged into or consolidated
with Aeroflex or the Subsidiary and assets or property affixed or
appurtenant thereto;
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(4)
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Liens
on property (including Capital Stock) existing at the time of acquisition
of the property by Aeroflex or any Subsidiary of Aeroflex and assets or
property affixed or appurtenant thereto; provided that such
Liens were in existence prior to, such acquisition, and not incurred in
contemplation of, such acquisition;
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(5)
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Liens
to secure the performance of tenders, completion guarantees, statutory
obligations, surety or appeal bonds, bids, leases, government contracts,
performance bonds or other obligations of a like nature incurred in the
ordinary course of business;
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(6)
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Liens
existing on the date of the
Indenture;
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(7)
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Liens
for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or claims that are not yet
delinquent or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings promptly instituted and diligently concluded; provided that any
reserve or other appropriate provision as is required in conformity with
GAAP has been made therefor;
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(8)
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Liens
imposed by law, such as carriers’ warehousemen’s, landlords’, mechanics’,
suppliers, materialmen’s and repairmen’s Liens, or in favor of customs or
revenue authorities or freight forwarders or handlers to secure payment of
custom duties, in each case, incurred in the ordinary course of
business;
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(9)
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survey
exceptions (or any state of facts an accurate survey would disclose),
easements or reservations of, or rights of others for or pursuant to any
leases, licenses, rights-of-way, or other similar agreements or
arrangements, development, air or water rights, sewers, electric lines,
telegraph and telephone lines and other utility lines, pipelines, service
lines, railroad lines, improvements and structures located on, over or
under any property, drains, drainage ditches, culverts, electric power or
gas generating or co-generation, storage and transmission facilities and
other similar purposes, or zoning or other restrictions as to the use of
real property or minor defects in title which were not incurred to secure
the payment of Indebtedness and that do not in the aggregate materially
adversely affect the value of said properties or materially impair their
use in the operation of the business of such
Person;
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(10)
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Liens
created for the benefit of (or to secure) the Notes (or the Note
Guarantees) and all other monetary obligations under the
Indenture;
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(11)
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Liens
to secure any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred
under the Indenture; provided, however, that
the new Lien shall be limited to all or part of the same property and
assets that secured or, under the written agreements pursuant to which the
Indebtedness being refinanced arose, could secure the original Lien (plus
improvements and accessions to, such property or proceeds or distributions
thereof);
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(12)
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Liens
incurred by Aeroflex or any Restricted Subsidiary of Aeroflex with respect
to Obligations that do not exceed, at any one time outstanding, the sum of
(a) $20.0 million, plus (b) if, at the time of incurrence
and after giving pro forma effect thereto, the Consolidated Secured Debt
Ratio would be no greater than 3.0 to 1.0, an additional
$20.0 million; in each case, measured at the time of incurrence
thereof;
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(13)
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Liens
upon specific items of inventory or other goods and proceeds of any Person
securing such Person’s obligations in respect of bankers’ acceptances
issued or created for the account of such Person to facilitate the
purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or other
goods;
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(14)
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Liens
incurred or pledges or deposits made in the ordinary course of business in
connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other
types of social security and employee health and disability benefits, or
casualty or liability insurance or self insurance including any Lien
securing letters of credit issued in the ordinary course of business in
connection therewith;
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(15)
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judgment
and attachment Liens not giving rise to an Event of Default and notices of
lis pendens and
associated rights related to litigation being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been made in
conformity with GAAP;
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(16)
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Liens
securing Hedging Obligations incurred pursuant to clause (8) of the
definition of “Permitted Debt;”
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(17)
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any
extension, renewal or replacement, in whole or in part, of any Lien
described in clauses (3), (4), (6), (18), (19) or (20) of
this definition” provided that any such
extension, renewal or replacement is no more restrictive taken as a whole
than the Lien so extended, renewed or replaced and does not extend to any
additional property or assets, in conformity with
GAAP;
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(18)
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any
interest or title of a lessor, licensor or sublicense under any operating
lease, license or sublicense, as applicable (including, without
limitation, precautionary financing statements filed in connection
therewith) and leases, subleases and licenses granted to others that do
not interfere in any material respect with the business of such
Person;
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(19)
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Liens
in favor of collecting or payor banks having a right of setoff,
revocation, refund or chargeback with respect to money or instruments of
Aeroflex or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof on deposit with or in
possession of such bank;
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(20)
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Liens
on assets of Foreign Subsidiaries securing Indebtedness incurred in
accordance with the covenant described under the caption “—Incurrence of
Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred
Stock”;
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(21)
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Liens
on Receivables and Related Assets of the type specified in the definition
of “Qualified Receivables Transaction” to secure Indebtedness incurred and
outstanding under clause (1)(b) of the definition of “Permitted
Debt”;
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(22)
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Liens
securing First Priority Cash Management
Obligations;
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(23)
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Liens
on Equity Interests in Unrestricted
Subsidiaries;
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(24)
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Liens
of a collection bank arising under Section 4-210 of the Uniform
Commercial Code on items in the course of
collection;
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(25)
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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; and
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(26)
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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 Aeroflex or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to permit
satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary
course of business of Aeroflex and its Restricted Subsidiaries, or
(iii) relating to purchase order and other agreements entered into by
Aeroflex or any Restricted Subsidiary of Aeroflex in the ordinary course
of business.
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“Permitted Payments to Parent”
means, without duplication as to amounts:
(1)
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payments
to any direct or indirect parent of Aeroflex to permit such direct or
indirect parent to pay directors’ fees, reasonable accounting, legal and
administrative expenses of such Person when due;
and
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(2)
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for
so long as Aeroflex is a member of a group filing a consolidated or
combined tax return with any direct or indirect parent of Aeroflex,
payments to such direct or indirect parent in respect of an allocable
portion of the tax liabilities of such group that is attributable to
Aeroflex and its Subsidiaries (“Tax Payments”) and to
pay franchise or similar taxes and fees of such direct or indirect parent
required to maintain such direct or indirect parent’s corporate existence;
provided that the
amount of the Tax Payments shall not exceed the lesser of (in each case,
as estimated in good faith by Aeroflex) (i) the amount of the
relevant tax (including any penalties and interest) that Aeroflex would
owe if Aeroflex were filing a separate tax return (or a separate
consolidated or combined return with its Subsidiaries that are members of
the consolidated or combined group), taking into account any carryovers
and carrybacks of tax attributes (such as net operating losses) of
Aeroflex and such Subsidiaries from other taxable years and (ii) the
net amount of the relevant tax that direct or indirect parent actually
owes to the appropriate taxing
authority;
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(3)
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customary
salary, bonus, severance, indemnification obligations and other benefits
payable to officers and employees of such direct or indirect parent
corporation of Aeroflex to the extent such salaries, bonuses, severance,
indemnification obligations and other benefits are attributable to the
ownership or operation of Aeroflex and its Restricted
Subsidiaries;
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(4)
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general
corporate overhead and operating expenses for such direct or indirect
parent corporation of Aeroflex to the extent such expenses are
attributable to the ownership or operation of Aeroflex and its Restricted
Subsidiaries;
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(5)
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reasonable
fees and expenses incurred in connection with any unsuccessful debt or
equity offering or other financing transaction by such direct or indirect
parent of Aeroflex; and
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(6)
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obligations
under the Management Agreement.
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“Permitted Refinancing
Indebtedness” means
(1)
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any
Indebtedness of Aeroflex or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries issued in
exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to extend, redeem,
renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge other Indebtedness
of Aeroflex or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than intercompany
Indebtedness); provided
that:
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(a)
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the
principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted
value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness extended, redeemed, renewed,
refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged (plus all accrued
interest on the Indebtedness and the amount of all fees and expenses,
including the amount of any reasonably determined premium and defeasance
costs, incurred in connection therewith and other amounts necessary to
accomplish such refinancing);
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(b)
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such
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a final maturity date no earlier
than the final maturity date of, and has a Weighted Average Life to
Maturity equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity
of, the Indebtedness being extended, redeemed, renewed, refunded,
refinanced, replaced, defeased or
discharged;
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(c)
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if
the Indebtedness being extended, redeemed, renewed, refunded, refinanced,
replaced, defeased or discharged is subordinated in right of payment to
the Notes, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is subordinated in
right of payment to, the Notes on terms not materially less favorable to
the Holders of Notes as those contained in the documentation governing the
Indebtedness being renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or
discharged; and
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(d)
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such
Indebtedness is incurred either by Aeroflex or by the Restricted
Subsidiary who is the obligor on the Indebtedness being extended,
redeemed, renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged,
unless the Indebtedness relates to a specific asset, in which case the
obligor shall be the current owner of such asset;
and
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(2)
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any
Disqualified Stock of Aeroflex or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to extend,
refinance, renew, refund, replace, defease or discharge other Indebtedness
or Disqualified Stock of Aeroflex or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
(other than Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock held by Aeroflex or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries including intercompany Indebtedness); provided
that:
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(a)
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the
liquidation or face value of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does
not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the
Indebtedness, or the liquidation or face value of the Disqualified Stock,
as applicable, so renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or
discharged (plus all accrued interest or dividends thereon and the amount
of any reasonably determined premium incurred in connection
therewith);
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(b)
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such
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a final redemption date equal to or
later than the final maturity or redemption date of, and has a Weighted
Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the Weighted Average
Life to Maturity of, the Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock being renewed,
refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or
discharged;
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(c)
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such
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to
the Notes on terms not materially less favorable to the Holders of Notes
as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness or
Disqualified Stock being renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased
or discharged; and
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(d)
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such
Disqualified Stock is issued either by Aeroflex or by the Restricted
Subsidiary who is the issuer of the Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock
being renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or
discharged.
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“Person” means any individual,
corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company,
trust, unincorporated organization, limited liability company or government or
other entity.
“Principals” means
(i) The Veritas Capital Fund III, L.P., Golden Gate Private
Equity, Inc. and GS Direct, L.L.C, their respective Affiliates, any fund or
account managed by any of the foregoing or any Affiliate thereof, (ii) any
entity controlled directly or indirectly by any one or more of the foregoing or
any group described in clause (iii), or (iii) any “group” (within the
meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act)
of which any of the foregoing are members; provided that, in the case of
such group and without giving effect to the existence of such group or any other
group, such Principals, collectively, have beneficial ownership of more than 50%
of the Voting Stock of Aeroflex, measured by voting power rather than number of
shares.
“Pro Forma Cost Savings”
means, with respect to any period, the reduction in net costs and related
adjustments that (i) were directly attributable to an acquisition,
Investment, disposition, issuance, incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness,
Equity Offering, issuance of or disposition of Equity Interests,
recapitalization, merger, consolidation, disposed or discontinued operation or
other specified action that occurred during the four quarter period or after the
end of the four quarter period and on or prior to the Calculation Date and
calculated on a basis that is consistent with Regulation S-X under the
Securities Act as in effect and applied as of the date of the Indenture,
(ii) were actually implemented in connection with such acquisition,
Investment, disposition, issuance, incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness,
Equity Offering, issuance of or disposition of Equity Interests,
recapitalization, merger, consolidation, disposed or discontinued operation or
specified action, and prior to the Calculation Date that are supportable and
quantifiable by the underlying accounting records or (iii) relate to such
acquisition, Investment, disposition, issuance, incurrence or repayment of
Indebtedness, Equity Offering, issuance of or disposition of Equity Interests,
recapitalization, merger, consolidation, disposed or discontinued operation or
other specified action and that Aeroflex reasonably determines are probable
based upon specifically identifiable actions to be taken within 18 months
of the date of the acquisition, Investment, disposition, issuance, incurrence or
repayment of Indebtedness, Equity Offering, issuance of or disposition of Equity
Interests, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, disposed or discontinued
operation or specified action; provided that the aggregate
amount of cost savings added pursuant to this definition shall not
exceed with respect to any other acquisition, Investment, disposition,
issuance, incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness, Equity Offering, issuance of
or disposition of Equity Interests, recapitalization, merger, consolidation,
disposed or discontinued operation or specified action, an aggregate amount
equal to $20.0 million during each twelve month period following
September 21, 2007 (provided no amounts shall be carried forward to any
succeeding twelve month period), which allocated amount shall be reduced each
Fiscal Quarter following the date of such acquisition, Investment, disposition,
issuance, incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness, Equity Offering, issuance of
or disposition of Equity Interests, recapitalization, merger, consolidation,
disposed or discontinued operation or specified action by twenty-five percent
(25%) of such initial allocated amount with calculations certified by the chief
financial officer of Aeroflex.
“Qualified Capital Stock”
means any Capital Stock that is not Disqualified Stock.
“Qualified Proceeds” means any
of the following or any combination of the following:
(1)
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Cash
Equivalents; and
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(2)
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the
Fair Market Value of assets that are used or useful in the Permitted
Business; and
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(3)
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the
Fair Market Value of the Capital Stock of any Person engaged primarily in
a Permitted Business if, in connection with the receipt by Aeroflex or any
of its Restricted Subsidiaries of such Capital Stock, such Person becomes
a Restricted Subsidiary or such Person is merged or consolidated into
Aeroflex or any Restricted
Subsidiary.
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The Fair
Market Value of any assets or Capital Stock that are required to be valued by
this definition will be determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of
Aeroflex whose resolution with respect thereto will be delivered to the Trustee.
The Aeroflex Board of Directors’ determination must be based upon an opinion or
appraisal issued by an accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm of
national standing if the Fair Market Value exceeds
$25.0 million.
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“Qualified Receivables
Transaction” means any transaction or series of transactions that may be
entered into by Aeroflex or any Restricted Subsidiary of Aeroflex pursuant to
which Aeroflex or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries may sell, convey,
contribute to capital or otherwise transfer to a Receivables Entity, or may
grant a security interest in or pledge, any Receivables or interests therein and
any assets related thereto, including, without limitation, all collateral
securing such Receivables, all contracts and contract rights, purchase orders,
security interests, financing statements or other documentation in respect of
such Receivables, any Guarantees, indemnities, warranties or other documentation
in respect of such Receivables, any other assets that are customarily
transferred or in respect of which security interests are customarily granted in
connection with asset securitization transactions involving receivables similar
to such Receivables and any collections or proceeds of any of the foregoing
(collectively, the “Related
Assets”), which transfer, grant of security interest or pledge is funded
in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, by the incurrence or issuance by
the transferee or any successor transferee of Indebtedness, fractional undivided
interests, or other securities that are to receive payments from, or that
represent interests in, the cash flow derived from such Receivables and Related
Assets or interests in Receivables and Related Assets, it being understood that
a Qualified Receivables Transaction may involve:
(1)
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one
or more sequential transfers or pledges of the same Receivables and
Related Assets, or interests therein,
and
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(2)
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periodic
transfers or pledges of Receivables or revolving transactions in which new
Receivables and Related Assets, or interests therein, are transferred or
pledged upon collection of previously transferred or pledged Receivables
and Related Assets, or interests therein, and provided
that:
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the
Board of Directors of Aeroflex or of any Restricted Subsidiary of Aeroflex
which is party to such Qualified Receivables Transaction shall have
determined in good faith that such Qualified Receivables Transaction is
economically fair and reasonable to Aeroflex or such Restricted Subsidiary
of Aeroflex as applicable, and the Receivables Entity,
and
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(B)
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the
financing terms, covenants, termination events and other provisions
thereof shall be market terms (as determined in good faith by the Board of
Directors of Aeroflex or of any Restricted Subsidiary which is party to
such Qualified Receivables
Transaction).
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The grant
of a security interest in any accounts receivables of Aeroflex or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to secure Indebtedness incurred pursuant to the Senior
Secured Credit Facility shall not be deemed a Qualified Receivables
Transaction.
“Receivables” means accounts
receivable (including all rights to payment created by or arising from the sale
of goods, or the rendition of services, no matter how evidenced (including in
the form of chattel paper) and whether or not earned by performance) of Aeroflex
or any Restricted Subsidiary of Aeroflex, whether now existing or arising in the
future.
“Receivables Entity” means any
Person formed for the purposes of engaging in a Qualified Receivables
Transaction with Aeroflex or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries which engages in
no activities other than in connection with the financing of Receivables of
Aeroflex and its Restricted Subsidiaries, all proceeds thereof and all rights
(contractual or other), collateral and other assets relating thereto, and any
business or activities incidental or related to such business, and which is
designated by the Board of Directors of the Restricted Subsidiary of Aeroflex
that is the direct parent company of such Receivables Entity, or, if the
Receivables Entity is not a Subsidiary of Aeroflex, by the Board of Directors of
any Restricted Subsidiary of Aeroflex participating in such Qualified
Receivables Transaction (in each case as provided below), as a Receivables
Entity and:
(1)
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no
portion of the Indebtedness or any other obligations (contingent or
otherwise) of which:
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(a)
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is
guaranteed by Aeroflex or any Restricted Subsidiary of Aeroflex other than
a Receivables Entity (excluding any guarantees (other than guarantees of
the principal of, and interest on, Indebtedness and guarantees of
collection on Receivables) pursuant to Standard Securitization
Undertakings);
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(b)
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is
recourse to or obligates Aeroflex or any Restricted Subsidiary of Aeroflex
(other than a Receivables Entity) in any way other than pursuant to
Standard Securitization Undertakings;
or
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(c)
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subjects
any property or asset of Aeroflex or any Restricted Subsidiary of Aeroflex
other than a Receivables Entity, directly or indirectly, contingently or
otherwise, to the satisfaction thereof, other than pursuant to Standard
Securitization Undertakings;
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with
which neither Aeroflex nor any Restricted Subsidiary of Aeroflex other
than a Receivables Entity has any material contract, agreement,
arrangement or understanding other than on terms which Aeroflex reasonably
believes to be no less favorable to Aeroflex or such Restricted Subsidiary
than those that might be obtained at that time from Persons that are not
Affiliates of Aeroflex; and
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to
which neither Aeroflex nor any Restricted Subsidiary of Aeroflex has any
obligation to maintain or preserve such entity’s financial condition or
cause such entity to achieve certain levels of operating results (other
than pursuant to Standard Securitization
Undertakings).
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Any such
designation by the Board of Directors of the applicable Restricted Subsidiary of
Aeroflex shall be evidenced to the Trustee by filing with the Trustee a
certified copy of the resolution of such Board of Directors giving effect to
such designation and an Officer’s Certificate certifying that such designation
complied with the foregoing conditions.
“Receivables Financing” means
any transaction (including, without limitation, any Qualified Receivables
Transaction) pursuant to which Aeroflex or any Restricted Subsidiary of Aeroflex
may sell, convey or otherwise transfer or grant a security interest in any
Receivables or Related Assets of the type specified in the definition of
“Qualified Receivables Transaction.”
“Related Assets” shall have
the meaning assigned to that term in the definition of “Qualified Receivables
Transaction”.
“Related Party”
means:
(1)
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any
controlling stockholder, partners, member, 80% (or more) owned Subsidiary,
or immediate family member (in the case of an individual) of any
Principal; or
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(2)
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any
trust, corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other
entity, the beneficiaries, stockholders, partners, members, owners or
Persons beneficially holding an 80% or more controlling interest of which
consist of any one or more Principals and/or such other Persons referred
to in the immediately preceding
clause (1).
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“Restricted Investment” means
an Investment other than a Permitted Investment.
“Restricted Subsidiary” of a
Person means any Subsidiary of such Person that is not an Unrestricted
Subsidiary.
“S&P” means
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group.
“Securitization Assets” means
any account receivable or other revenue stream subject to a Qualified
Receivables Transaction.
“Senior Debt”
means:
(1)
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all
Indebtedness of Aeroflex or any Guarantor outstanding under the Senior
Secured Credit Agreement and all Hedging Obligations with respect
thereto;
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(2)
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any
other Indebtedness of Aeroflex or any Guarantor permitted to be incurred
under the terms of the Indenture, unless the instrument under which such
Indebtedness is incurred expressly provides that it is on a parity with or
subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or any Note Guarantee;
and
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(3)
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all
Obligations with respect to the items listed in the preceding
clauses (1) and (2).
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Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in the preceding, Senior Debt will not
include:
(1)
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any
liability for federal, state, local or other taxes owed or owing by
Aeroflex;
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(2)
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any
intercompany Indebtedness of Aeroflex or any of its Subsidiaries to
Aeroflex or any of its
Subsidiaries;
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(3)
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any
trade payables;
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(4)
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the
portion of any Indebtedness that is incurred in violation of the
Indenture; or
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(5)
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Indebtedness
which is classified as non-recourse in accordance with GAAP or any
unsecured claim arising in respect thereof by reason of the application of
section 1111(b)(1) of the Bankruptcy
Code.
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“Senior Secured Credit
Facility” means the Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of
August 15, 2007, entered into by and among Aeroflex as the successor by
merger to Aeroflex Acquisition Corp., AX Acquisition Corp., AX Holding Corp.,
certain subsidiaries of Aeroflex, as guarantors, the lenders party thereto from
time to time in compliance with the Indenture, and Goldman Sachs Credit
Partners, L.P., as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Sole Lead Arranger,
Sole Bookrunner and Syndication Agent, as amended, extended, refinanced and
replaced from time to time in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, as
amended, restated, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced (whether upon or after
termination or otherwise), substituted or refinanced (including by means of a
receivables financing or sales of debt securities to institutional investors) in
whole or in part from time to time, in compliance with the Indenture including
any agreement extending the maturity of, refinancing, replacing or otherwise
restructuring (including increasing the amount of available borrowings or
letters of credit thereunder or adding Subsidiaries of Aeroflex as additional
borrowers or guarantors thereunder) all or any portion of the Indebtedness under
such agreement or any successor or replacement agreement and whether by the same
or any other agent, lender or group of lenders.
“Senior Subordinated Unsecured Credit
Facility” means that certain Senior Subordinated Unsecured Credit and
Guaranty Agreement, dated as of September 21, 2007, among Aeroflex, certain
subsidiaries of Aeroflex, the various lenders party thereto, and Goldman Sachs
Credit Partners L.P., as Administrative Agent.
“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 the
Indenture.
“Standard Securitization
Undertakings” means all representations, warranties, covenants,
indemnities, performance guarantees and servicing obligations entered into by
Aeroflex or any Subsidiary of Aeroflex (other than a Receivables Entity) which
are customary in connection with any Qualified Receivables
Transaction.
“Stated Maturity” means, with
respect to any installment of interest or principal on any series of
Indebtedness, the date on which the payment of interest or principal was
scheduled to be paid in the documentation governing such Indebtedness as of the
date of the Indenture, and will not include any contingent obligations to repay,
redeem or repurchase any such interest or principal prior to the date originally
scheduled for the payment thereof.
“Subsidiary” means, with
respect to any specified Person:
(1)
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any
corporation, association or other business 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 and after giving effect to any
voting agreement or stockholders’ agreement that effectively transfers
voting power) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees
of the corporation, association or other business entity is at the time
owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more
of the other Subsidiaries of that Person (or a combination thereof);
and
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(2)
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any
partnership (a) the sole general partner or the managing general
partner of which is such Person or a Subsidiary of such Person or
(b) the only general partners of which are that Person or one or more
Subsidiaries of that Person (or any combination
thereof).
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“Total Assets” means the total
consolidated assets of Aeroflex and its Restricted Subsidiaries, as shown on the
most recent internal balance sheet of Aeroflex prepared on a consolidated basis
(excluding Unrestricted Subsidiaries) in accordance with GAAP.
“Transactions” means the
transactions contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of
May 25, 2007 among AX Holding Corp., AX Acquisition Corp. and Aeroflex, and
the financing of such transactions, including the borrowings under the Senior
Secured Credit Facility.
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“Treasury Rate” means, as
determined by Aeroflex, 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 August 15,
2011; provided,
however, that if the period from the redemption date to August 15,
2011, 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.
“Unrestricted Subsidiary”
means any Subsidiary of Aeroflex that is designated by the Board of Directors of
Aeroflex as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to a resolution of the Board of
Directors of Aeroflex, but only to the extent that such Subsidiary:
(1)
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has
no Indebtedness other than Non-Recourse
Debt;
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(2)
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except
as permitted by the covenant described above under the caption “—Certain
Covenants—Transactions with Affiliates,” is not party to any agreement,
contract, arrangement or understanding with Aeroflex or any Restricted
Subsidiary of Aeroflex unless the terms of any such agreement, contract,
arrangement or understanding are no less favorable to Aeroflex or such
Restricted Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from
Persons who are not Affiliates of
Aeroflex;
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is
a Person with respect to which neither Aeroflex nor any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries has any direct or indirect obligation (a) to subscribe
for additional Equity Interests or (b) to maintain or preserve such
Person’s financial condition or to cause such Person to achieve any
specified levels of operating results;
and
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has
not guaranteed or otherwise directly or indirectly provided credit support
for any Indebtedness of Aeroflex or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
unless such guarantee or credit support is released upon its designation
as an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
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“Voting Stock” of any
specified Person as of any date means the Capital Stock of such Person that is
at the time entitled to vote in the election of the Board of Directors of such
Person.
“Weighted Average Life to
Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number
of years obtained by dividing:
(1)
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the
sum of the products obtained by multiplying (a) the amount of each
then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other
required payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in
respect of the Indebtedness, by (b) the number of years (calculated
to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the
making of such payment; by
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the
then outstanding principal amount of such
Indebtedness.
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BOOK-ENTRY,
DELIVERY AND FORM
General
The Notes are represented by one or
more global notes in registered form without interest coupons attached
(collectively, the “Global Notes”).Global Notes have been deposited with the
Trustee as custodian for The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) in New York, New
York, and registered in the name of DTC or its nominee, in each case for credit
to an account of a direct or indirect participant in DTC as described below.
Except as set forth below, Global Notes may be transferred only to another
nominee of DTC or to a successor of DTC or its nominee, in whole and not in
part. Except in the limited circumstances described below, beneficial interests
in Global Notes may not be exchanged for Notes in certificated form and owners
of beneficial interests in Global Notes will not be entitled to receive physical
delivery of Notes in certificated form. See “—Exchange of Global Notes for
Certificated Notes.”
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Depository
procedures
The following description of the
operations and procedures of DTC, Euroclear and Clearstream is provided solely
as a matter of convenience. These operations and procedures are solely within
the control of the respective settlement systems and are subject to changes by
them. The Company takes no responsibility for these operations and procedures
and urges investors to contact the system or their participants directly to
discuss these matters.
The company understands that DTC is a
limited-purpose trust company organized under the laws of the State of New York,
a “banking organization” within the meaning of the New York Banking Law, a
member of the Federal Reserve System, a “clearing corporation” within the
meaning of the New York Uniform Commercial Code and a “clearing agency”
registered pursuant to the provisions of Section 17A of the Exchange Act.
DTC was created to hold securities for its participating organizations
(collectively, the “Participants”) and to facilitate the clearance and
settlement of transactions in those securities between Participants through
electronic book-entry changes in accounts of its Participants. The Participants
include securities brokers and dealers (including the initial purchasers),
banks, trust companies, clearing corporations and certain other organizations.
Access to DTC’s system is also available to other entities such as banks,
brokers, dealers and trust companies that clear through or maintain a custodial
relationship with a Participant, either directly or indirectly (collectively,
the “Indirect Participants”). Persons who are not Participants may beneficially
own securities held by or on behalf of DTC only through the Participants or the
Indirect Participants. The ownership interests in, and transfers of ownership
interests in, each security held by or on behalf of DTC are recorded on the
records of the Participants and Indirect Participants.
The Company understands that, pursuant
to procedures established by DTC:
(1) upon deposit of the Global Notes
for a series of Notes, DTC will credit the accounts of Participants designated
by the initial purchasers with portions of the principal amount of the Global
Notes for such series; and
(2) ownership of these interests in
Global Notes will be shown on, and the transfer of ownership of these interests
will be effected only through, records maintained by DTC (with respect to the
Participants) or by the Participants and the Indirect Participants (with respect
to other owners of beneficial interests in Global Notes).
All interests in a Global Note may be
subject to the procedures and requirements of DTC. Interests in a Global Note
held through Euroclear or Clearstream may be subject to the procedures and
requirements of those systems as well. The laws of some states require that
certain persons take physical delivery in definitive form of securities that
they own and the ability to transfer beneficial interests in a Global Note to
Persons that are subject to those requirements will be limited to that extent.
Because DTC can act only on behalf of Participants, which in turn act on behalf
of Indirect Participants, the ability of a person having beneficial interests in
a Global Note to pledge those interests to Persons that do not participate in
the DTC system, or otherwise take actions in respect of those interests, may be
affected by the lack of a physical certificate evidencing those
interests.
Except as described below, owners of an
interest in Global Notes will not have Notes registered in their names, will not
receive physical delivery of definitive Notes in registered certificated form
(“Certificated Notes”) and will not be considered the registered owners or
“Holders” thereof under the Indenture for any purpose.
Payments in respect of the principal of
and premium, interest and special interest, if any, on a Global Note registered
in the name of DTC or its nominee will be payable to DTC in its capacity as the
registered Holder under the applicable Indenture.
Under the terms of each Indenture, the
Company and the Trustee will treat the Persons in whose names Notes, including
Global Notes, are registered as the owners of such Notes for the purpose of
receiving payments and for all other purposes. Consequently, neither the
Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee has or will
have any responsibility or liability for:
(1) any aspect of DTC’s records or any
Participant’s or Indirect Participant’s records relating to or payments made on
account of beneficial ownership interests in Global Notes or for maintaining,
supervising or reviewing any of DTC’s records or any Participant’s or Indirect
Participant’s records relating to the beneficial ownership interests in Global
Notes; or
(2) any other matter relating to the
actions and practices of DTC or any of its Participants or Indirect
Participants.
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The Company understands that DTC’s
current practice, upon receipt of any payment in respect of securities such as
the Notes (including principal and interest), is to credit the accounts of the
relevant Participants with the payment on the payment date unless DTC has reason
to believe it will not receive payment on that payment date. Each relevant
Participant is credited with an amount proportionate to its beneficial ownership
of an interest in the principal amount of the relevant security as shown on the
records of DTC. Payments by the Participants and the Indirect Participants to
the beneficial owners of Notes will be governed by standing instructions and
customary practices and will be the responsibility of the Participants or the
Indirect Participants and will not be the responsibility of DTC, the Trustee or
the Company. Neither the Company nor the Trustee will be liable for any delay by
DTC or any of its Participants in identifying the beneficial owners of any
Notes, and the Company and the Trustee may conclusively rely on and will be
protected in relying on instructions from DTC or its nominee for all
purposes.
Transfers between Participants in DTC
will be effected in accordance with DTC’s procedures, and will be settled in
same-day funds and transfers between participants in Euroclear and Clearstream
will be effected in accordance with their respective rules and operating
procedures.
Cross-market transfers between the
Participants, on the one hand, and Euroclear or Clearstream participants, on the
other hand, will be effected through DTC in accordance with DTC’s rules on
behalf of Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, by its respective
depositary; however, such cross-market transactions will require delivery of
instructions to Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, by the
counterparty in such system in accordance with the rules and procedures and
within the established deadlines (Brussels time) of such system. Euroclear or
Clearstream, as the case may be, will, if the transaction meets its settlement
requirements, deliver instructions to its respective depositary to take action
to effect final settlement on its behalf by delivering or receiving interests in
the relevant Global Note from DTC, and making or receiving payment in accordance
with normal procedures for same-day funds settlement applicable to DTC.
Euroclear participants and Clearstream participants may not deliver instructions
directly to the depositories for Euroclear or Clearstream.
The Company understands that DTC will
take any action permitted to be taken by a Holder of a given series of Notes
only at the direction of one or more Participants to whose account DTC has
credited the interests in the applicable series of Global Notes and only in
respect of the portion of the aggregate principal amount of the applicable
series of Notes as to which that Participant or those Participants has or have
given the relevant direction. However, if there is an Event of Default under
such series of Notes, DTC reserves the right to exchange the applicable Global
Notes for legended Notes in certificated form, and to distribute those Notes to
its Participants.
Although DTC, Euroclear and Clearstream
have agreed to the foregoing procedures in order to facilitate transfers of
interests in Global Notes among Participants, they are under no obligation to
perform those procedures, and may discontinue or change those procedures at any
time. Neither the Company, the Trustee nor any of their respective agents will
have any responsibility for the performance by DTC, Euroclear, Clearstream or
their respective Participants or Indirect Participants of their respective
obligations under the rules and procedures governing their
operations.
Exchange
of Global Notes for Certificated Notes
A Global
Note is exchangeable for a Certificated Note of the same series if:
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DTC
(a) notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue
as depositary for the applicable Global Notes or (b) has ceased to be
a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and, in each case, a
successor depositary is not
appointed;
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the
Company, at its option, notifies the Trustee in writing that it elects to
cause the issuance of Certificated Notes;
or
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there
has occurred and is continuing a Default with respect to the
Notes.
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In addition, beneficial interests in a
Global Note may be exchanged for Certificated Notes of the same series upon
prior written notice given to the Trustee by or on behalf of DTC in accordance
with the applicable Indenture. In all cases, Certificated Notes delivered in
exchange for any Global Note or beneficial interests in a Global Note will be
registered in the names, and issued in any approved denominations, requested by
or on behalf of the depositary (in accordance with its customary
procedures).
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Same
day settlement and payment
The Company will make payments in
respect of Notes represented by Global Notes, including payments of principal,
premium, if any, and interest, by wire transfer of immediately available funds
to the accounts specified by the DTC or its nominee. The Company will make all
payments of principal of and premium, if any, and interest, on Certificated
Notes by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified
by the Holders of the Certificated Notes or, if no account is specified, by
mailing a check to each Holder’s registered address. Notes represented by
Global Notes are eligible to trade in The PORTAL Market and to trade in DTC’s
Same-Day Funds Settlement System, and any permitted secondary market trading
activity in Notes represented by Global Notes will, therefore, be required by
DTC to be settled in immediately available funds. Because of time zone
differences, the securities account of a Euroclear or Clearstream participant
purchasing an interest in a Global Note from a Participant will be credited, and
any such crediting will be reported to the relevant Euroclear or Clearstream
participant, during the securities settlement processing day (which must be a
business day for Euroclear and Clearstream) immediately following the settlement
date of DTC. The Company understands that cash received in Euroclear or
Clearstream as a result of sales of interests in a Global Note by or through a
Euroclear or Clearstream participant to a Participant will be received with
value on the settlement date of DTC but will be available in the relevant
Euroclear or Clearstream cash account only as of the business day for Euroclear
or Clearstream following DTC’s settlement date.
CERTAIN
U.S. FEDERAL INCOME AND ESTATE TAX CONSEQUENCES
The following is a summary of certain
U.S. federal income and, in the case of non-U.S. holders (as defined below),
estate tax consequences of the purchase, ownership and disposition of the Notes
as of the date hereof. Except where noted, this summary deals only with Notes
that are held as capital assets.
As used herein, a "U.S. holder" means a
beneficial owner of the Notes that is for U.S. federal income tax purposes any
of the following:
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an individual citizen or resident of the United States;
•
a corporation (or any other entity treated as a corporation for U.S.
federal income tax purposes) created or organized in or under the laws of the
United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia;
•
an estate the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income taxation
regardless of its source; or
•
a trust if it (1) is subject to the primary supervision of a court
within the United States and one or more United States persons have the
authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust or (2) has a
valid election in effect under applicable United States Treasury regulations to
be treated as a United States person.
The term "non-U.S. holder" means a
beneficial owner of the Notes (other than a partnership or any other entity
treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes) that is not a
U.S. holder.
This summary does not represent a
detailed description of the U.S. federal income tax consequences applicable to
you if you are a person subject to special tax treatment under the U.S. federal
income tax laws, including, without limitation:
•
a dealer in securities or currencies;
•
a financial institution;
•
a regulated investment company;
•
a real estate investment trust;
•
a tax-exempt organization;
•
an insurance company;
•
a person holding the Notes as part of a hedging, integrated, conversion or
constructive sale transaction or a straddle;
•
a trader in securities that has elected the mark-to-market method of
accounting for your securities;
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a person liable for alternative minimum tax;
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•
a partnership or other pass-through entity for
U.S. federal income tax purposes;
•
a U.S. holder whose "functional currency" is not the U.S.
dollar;
•
a controlled foreign corporation;
•
a passive foreign investment company; or
This summary is based on the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), United States Treasury
regulations, administrative rulings and judicial decisions as of the date
hereof. Those authorities may be changed, possibly on a retroactive basis, so as
to result in U.S. federal income and estate tax consequences different from
those summarized below.
If a partnership (including any entity
classified as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes) holds Notes,
the tax treatment of a partner will generally depend upon the status of the
partner and the activities of the partnership. If you are a partnership or a
partner in a partnership holding Notes, you should consult your own tax
advisors.
This summary does not represent a
detailed description of the U.S. federal income and estate tax consequences to
you in light of your particular circumstances and does not address the effects
of any state, local or non-United States tax laws. It is not intended to be, and
should not be construed to be, legal or tax advice to any particular purchaser
of notes. If you are
considering the purchase of Notes, you should consult your own tax advisors
concerning the particular U.S. federal income and estate tax consequences to you
of the ownership of the Notes, as well as the consequences to you arising under
the laws of any other taxing jurisdiction.
Certain
Tax Consequences to U.S. Holders
The following is a summary of certain
U.S. federal income tax consequences that will apply to U.S. holders of the
Notes.
Payments of Interest on
Notes
Stated interest on a Note will
generally be taxable to you as ordinary income at the time it is paid or accrued
in accordance with your method of accounting for U.S. federal income tax
purposes.
Market Discount
If you purchase a Note for an amount
that is less than its principal amount, the amount of the difference will be
treated as "market discount" for U.S. federal income tax purposes, unless that
difference is less than a specified de minimis amount. Under the market discount
rules, you will be required to treat any principal payment on, or any gain on
the sale, exchange, retirement or other disposition of, a Note as ordinary
income to the extent of the market discount that you have not previously
included in income and are treated as having accrued on the Note at the time of
its payment or disposition.
In addition, you may be required to
defer, until the maturity of the Note or its earlier disposition in a taxable
transaction, the deduction of all or a portion of the interest expense on any
indebtedness attributable to the Note. You may elect, on a Note-by-Note basis,
to deduct the deferred interest expense in a tax year prior to the year of
disposition. You should consult your own tax advisors before making this
election.
Any market discount will be considered
to accrue ratably during the period from the date of acquisition to the maturity
date of the Note, unless you elect to accrue on a constant interest method. You
may elect to include market discount in income currently as it accrues, on
either a ratable or constant interest method, in which case the rule described
above regarding deferral of interest deductions will not apply.
If you purchase a Note for an amount in
excess of its principal amount, you will be considered to have purchased the
Note at a "premium." You generally may elect to amortize the premium over the
remaining term of the Note on a constant yield method as an offset to interest
when includible in income under your regular accounting method. If you have
elected to amortize the premium, the amortizable bond premium will reduce
interest income. If you do not elect to amortize bond premium, that premium will
decrease the gain or increase the loss you would otherwise recognize on
disposition of the Note.
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Sale, Exchange, Retirement, or Other
Taxable Disposition of Notes
Upon the sale, exchange, retirement, or
other taxable disposition of a Note, you generally will recognize gain or loss
equal to the difference between the amount realized upon the sale, exchange,
retirement or other disposition (less an amount equal to any accrued but unpaid
interest, which will be taxable as interest income as discussed above to the
extent not previously included in income by you) and the adjusted tax basis of
the Note. Your adjusted tax basis in a Note will, in general, be your cost for
that Note increased by market discount previously included in income and reduced
by any amortized premium.
Any gain or loss will be capital gain
or loss. Capital gains of noncorporate U.S. holders (including individuals)
derived in respect of capital assets held for more than one year are eligible
for reduced rates of taxation. The deductibility of capital losses is subject to
limitations.
The following is a summary of certain
U.S. federal income and estate tax consequences that will apply to non-U.S.
holders of the Notes.
The 30% U.S. federal withholding tax
will not apply to any payment of interest on the Notes under the "portfolio
interest rule," provided that:
•
interest paid on the Notes is not effectively connected with your conduct
of a trade or business in the United States;
•
you do not actually (or constructively) own 10% or more of the total
combined voting power of all classes of our voting stock within the meaning of
the Code and applicable United States Treasury regulations;
•
you are not a controlled foreign corporation that is related to us
actually or constructively through stock ownership;
•
you are not a bank whose receipt of interest on the notes is described in
Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code; and
•
either (a) you provide your name and address on an IRS
Form W-8BEN (or other applicable form), and certify, under penalties of
perjury, that you are not a United States person as defined under the Code or
(b) you hold your Notes through certain foreign intermediaries and satisfy
the certification requirements of applicable United States Treasury regulations.
Special certification rules apply to non-U.S. holders that are pass-through
entities rather than corporations or individuals.
If you cannot satisfy the requirements
described above, payments of interest made to you will be subject to the 30%
U.S. federal withholding tax, unless you provide us (or our paying agent) with a
properly executed:
•
IRS Form W-8BEN (or other applicable form) certifying an exemption
from or reduction in withholding under the benefit of an applicable income tax
treaty; or
•
IRS Form W-8ECI (or other applicable form) certifying interest paid
on the Notes is not subject to withholding tax because it is effectively
connected with your conduct of a trade or business in the United States (as
discussed below under "—U.S. Federal Income Tax").
The 30% U.S. federal withholding tax
generally will not apply to any payment of principal or gain that you realize on
the sale, exchange, retirement or other disposition of a Note.
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U.S. Federal Income Tax
If you are engaged in a trade or
business in the United States and any gain or interest on the Notes is
effectively connected with the conduct of that trade or business (and, if
required by an applicable income tax treaty, is attributable to a United States
permanent establishment), then you will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on
that gain or interest on a net income basis (although you will be exempt from
the 30% U.S. federal withholding tax, provided the certification requirements
discussed above in "—U.S. Federal Withholding Tax" are satisfied) in generally
the same manner as if you were a United States person as defined under the Code.
In addition, if you are a foreign corporation, you may be subject to a branch
profits tax equal to 30% (or lower applicable income tax treaty rate) of such
gain or interest, subject to adjustments.
Any gain realized on the disposition of
a Note generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax
unless:
• the
gain is effectively connected with your conduct of a trade or business in the
United States (and, if required by an applicable income tax treaty, is
attributable to a United States permanent establishment); or
• you
are an individual who is present in the United States for 183days or more in the
taxable year of that disposition, and certain other conditions are
met.
U.S. Federal Estate Tax
Your estate will not be subject to U.S.
federal estate tax on Notes beneficially owned by you at the time of your death,
provided that any payment to you on the Notes would be eligible for exemption
from the 30% U.S. federal withholding tax under the "portfolio interest rule"
described above under "—U.S. Federal Withholding Tax" without regard to the
statement requirement described in the fifth bullet point of that
section.
Information
Reporting and Backup Withholding
U.S. Holders
In general, information reporting
requirements will apply to certain payments of principal and interest paid on
the Notes and to the proceeds of the sale or other disposition of a Note paid to
you (unless you are an exempt recipient such as a corporation). Backup
withholding may apply to such payments if you fail to provide a taxpayer
identification number or a certification that you are not subject to backup
withholding.
Backup withholding is not an additional
tax and any amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules may be allowed
as a refund or a credit against your U.S. federal income tax liability provided
the required information is timely furnished to the IRS.
Non-U.S. Holders
Generally, we must report to the IRS
and to you the amount of interest paid to you and the amount of tax, if any,
withheld with respect to those payments. Copies of the information returns
reporting such interest payments and any withholding may also be made available
to the tax authorities in the country in which you reside under the provisions
of an applicable income tax treaty.
In general, you will not be subject to
backup withholding with respect to payments of interest on the Notes that we
make to you provided that we do not have actual knowledge or reason to know that
you are a United States person as defined under the Code, and we have received
from you the required certification that you are a non-U.S. Holder described
above in the fifth bullet point under "—Certain Tax Consequences to Non-U.S.
Holders—U.S. Federal Withholding Tax."
Information reporting and, depending on
the circumstances, backup withholding will apply to the proceeds of a sale or
other disposition (including a redemption) of Notes within the United States or
conducted through certain United States-related financial intermediaries, unless
you certify to the payor under penalties of perjury that you are a non-U.S.
holder (and the payor does not have actual knowledge or reason to know that you
are a United States person as defined under the Code), or you otherwise
establish an exemption.
Backup withholding is not an additional
tax and any amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules may be allowed
as a refund or a credit against your U.S. federal income tax liability provided
the required information is timely furnished to the IRS.
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PLAN
OF DISTRIBUTION
This prospectus is to be used by
Goldman, Sachs & Co. in connection with offers and sales of the Notes in
market-making transactions effected from time to time. Goldman, Sachs & Co.
may act as principal or agent in such transactions. Such sales will be made at
prevailing market prices at the time of sale, at prices related thereto or at
negotiated prices. We will not receive any of the proceeds from such
sales.
GS Direct, L.L.C., a private equity
fund affiliated with Goldman, Sachs & Co., owns approximately 22% of the
Class A interests in the parent LLC. Under the registration rights
agreement we entered into with Goldman, Sachs & Co. and others at the time
of the initial issuance of the Notes pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S of
the Securities Act, we agreed to file a market-making prospectus, such as this
prospectus, in order to enable Goldman, Sachs & Co. and its affiliates to
engage in market-making activities for the Notes. Goldman, Sachs & Co. acted
as Initial Purchaser in the offering of the Notes and received customary fees in
connection therewith. Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P., an affiliate of
Goldman, Sachs & Co., acted as sole lead arranger, sole bookrunner,
administrative agent, collateral agent, and syndication agent under each of our
senior secured and unsecured credit facilities. Goldman Sachs Credit
Partners L.P. has received customary fees for its services in such
capacity. In addition, Goldman, Sachs & Co., Goldman Sachs Credit
Partners L.P. and their affiliates may in the future engage in commercial
banking, investment banking or other financial advisory transactions with us and
our affiliates. We have been advised by Goldman, Sachs & Co.
that, subject to applicable laws and regulations, it makes and intends to
continue to make a market in the Notes. However, Goldman, Sachs & Co. is not
obligated to do so, and any such market-making may be interrupted or
discontinued at any time without notice.
Pursuant to the registration rights
agreement, we agreed to indemnify Goldman, Sachs & Co. against certain
liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, and to contribute
to payments which Goldman, Sachs & Co. might be required to make in respect
thereof.
CERTAIN ERISA
CONSIDERATIONS
The Notes may be purchased and held by
an employee benefit plan subject to Title I of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA"), or by an individual retirement
account or other plan subject to Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended ("Code"). A fiduciary of an employee benefit plan subject to
ERISA must, however, determine that the purchase and holding of a Note is
consistent with its fiduciary duties under ERISA. The fiduciary of an ERISA
plan, as well as any other prospective investor subject to Section 4975 of the
Code or any similar law, must also determine that the purchase and holding of
Notes does not result in a non-exempt prohibited transaction as defined in
Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code or any similar law. Each
purchaser and transferee of a Note who is subject to Section 406 of ERISA and/or
Section 4975 of the Code or any similar law ("Plan Investor") will be deemed to
have represented to us, by its acquisition and holding of the Note, that its
acquisition and holding of the Notes does not constitute or give rise to a
non-exempt prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA, Section 4975 of
the Code or any similar law. The sale of any Notes to any Plan Investor is in no
respect a representation by us or any of our affiliates or representatives that
such an investment meets all relevant legal requirements with respect to
investments by Plan Investors generally or any particular Plan Investor, or that
such an investment is appropriate for Plan Investors generally or any particular
Plan Investor.
LEGAL
MATTERS
The validity and enforceability of the
Notes and the related guarantees will be passed upon for us by Moomjian, Waite
& Coleman, LLP, Jericho, New York.
EXPERTS
The consolidated financial statements
and schedule of Aeroflex Incorporated and Subsidiaries as of June 30, 2010 and
2009, and for the years ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, and for the periods from
August 15, 2007 to June 30, 2008 and July 1, 2007 to August 14, 2007
(Predecessor), have been incorporated by reference herein in reliance upon the
report of KPMG LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, incorporated
by reference herein, and upon the authority of said firm as experts in auditing
and accounting. The audit report covering the June 30, 2010
consolidated financial statements refers to the fact that the Company has
changed its method of accounting for business combinations effective for those
business combinations consummated after June 30, 2009 due to the adoption of ASC
805 (formerly SFAS 141R), Business Combinations. The report also
refers to the acquisition of all of the outstanding stock of Aeroflex
Incorporated by Aeroflex Holding Corp., which has resulted in a different cost
basis than that for periods before the acquisition.
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WHERE
YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
We have filed with the SEC a
registration statement on Form S-1 under the Securities Act with respect to the
Notes. This prospectus does not contain all of the information included in the
registration statement and the exhibits and schedules thereto. You will find
additional information about us and the Notes in the registration
statement. We are subject to the informational requirements of the
Exchange Act, and, in accordance therewith, we file reports and other
information with the SEC. You may read and copy the registration statement and
the exhibits and schedules thereto, as well as other information that we file
with the SEC, at the public reference facilities maintained by the SEC at 100 F
Street, N.E., Washington, DC 20549. You may obtain information on the operation
of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at l-800-SEC-0330. The SEC also
maintains a website (http://www.sec.gov) that contains information that
registrants, including us, file electronically with the SEC. Statements made in
this prospectus about legal documents may not necessarily be complete and you
should read the documents, which are filed as exhibits to the registration
statement or otherwise filed with the SEC. Our website address is www.aeroflex.com. The
contents of our website are not incorporated by reference into this
prospectus.
INCORPORATION
OF CERTAIN INFORMATION BY REFERENCE
The SEC
allows us to “incorporate by reference” the information that we have filed with
it, meaning we can disclose important information to you by referring you to
those documents already on file with the SEC. The information incorporated by
reference is considered to be part of this prospectus except for any information
that is superseded by other information that is included in this
prospectus.
This
filing incorporates by reference the following document, which we have
previously filed with the SEC:
• Our
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010, as filed
with the SEC on September 2, 2010.
We will
provide, without charge, to each person, including any beneficial owner, to whom
this prospectus is delivered, on the written or oral request of such person, a
copy of any or all of the reports or documents incorporated by reference in this
prospectus but not delivered with this prospectus. Any request may be made by
writing or calling us at the following address or telephone number:
Aeroflex
Incorporated
Attn:
Edward S. Wactlar, Esq.
Senior
Vice President
and
General Counsel
35 South
Service Road
Plainview
NY 11803
(516)
694-6700
Ed.wactlar@aeroflex.com
You may
also access the documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus at our
website address at www.aeroflex.com/images/Aeroflex_10K_08_02_2010.pdf. The
other information and content contained on or linked from our website are not
part of this prospectus.
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PROSPECTUS
DATED ________________, 2010
AEROFLEX
INCORPORATED
$225,000,000
11.75% Senior Notes due February 15, 2015
PROSPECTUS
The issuer has not authorized any
dealer, salesperson or other person to give you written information other than
this prospectus or to make representations as to matters not stated in this
prospectus. You must not rely on unauthorized information. This prospectus is
not an offer to sell these securities or the issuer's solicitation of your offer
to buy the securities in any jurisdiction where that would not be permitted or
legal. Neither the delivery of this prospectus nor any sales made hereunder
after the date of this prospectus shall create an implication that the
information contained herein or the affairs of our company have not changed
since the date hereof.
PART
II
INFORMATION
NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
Item
13.
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Other Expenses of Issuance and
Distribution.
|
The following table sets forth the
estimated expenses incurred or expected to be incurred in connection with this
registration statement and the transactions contemplated hereby:
ITEM
|
AMOUNT
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|||
SEC
registration fee
|
$ | - | (1) | |
Legal
fees and expenses
|
30,000 | |||
Accounting
fees and expenses
|
25,000 | |||
Miscellaneous
expenses
|
10,000 | |||
$ | 65,000 |
(1)
|
Pursuant
to Rules 457(n) and (q) of the Securities Act, no filing fee is
required.
|
Item 14.
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Indemnification of Directors
and Officers
|
California
Registrant
Aeroflex/Metelics,
Inc. is a corporation organized under the laws of the State of
California.
Section
204(a)(10) of the California General Corporation Law, or the CGCL, allows a
corporation to include a provision in its articles of incorporation eliminating
or limiting the personal liability of a director for monetary damages in an
action brought by or in the right of the corporation for breach of the
director's duties to the corporation and its shareholders, except for the
liability of a director resulting from (i) acts or omissions involving
intentional misconduct or a knowing and culpable violation of law, (ii) acts or
omissions that a director believes to be contrary to the best interests of the
corporation or its shareholders or that involve the absence of good faith on the
part of the director, (iii) any transaction from which a director derived an
improper personal benefit, (iv) acts or omissions showing a reckless disregard
for the director's duty to the corporation or its shareholders in circumstances
in which the director was aware, or should have been aware, in the ordinary
course of performing a director’s duties, or a risk of serious injury to the
corporation or its shareholders, (v) acts or omissions constituting an unexcused
pattern of inattention that amounts to an abdication of the director’s duty to
the corporation or its shareholders, (vi) liability under California law
relating to the interests of directors in certain contracts or other
transactions between the corporation and the director, (vii) the making of an
illegal distribution or loan to shareholders, (viii) acts or omissions occurring
prior to the date when such provision became effective, (ix) acts or omissions
of an officer who is also a director or (x) acts or omissions of an officer that
have been ratified by the directors.
Section
317 of the CGCL provides that a corporation shall have power to indemnify any
person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any
proceeding (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation to
procure a judgment in its favor) by reason of the fact that the person is or was
an agent of the corporation, against expenses, judgments, fines, settlements,
and other amounts actually and reasonably incurred in connection with the
proceeding if that person acted in good faith and in a manner reasonably
believed to be in the best interests of the corporation and, in the case of a
criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the conduct of the
person was unlawful. This section also provides that a corporation
shall have power to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened
to be made a party to any threatened, pending, or completed action by or in the
right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the
fact that the person is or was an agent of the corporation, against expenses
actually and reasonably incurred by that person in connection with the defense
or settlement of the action if the person acted in good faith, in a manner the
person believed to be in the best interests of the corporation and its
shareholders, so long as such indemnification is subject to certain limitations
and conditions as provided therein.
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The
articles of incorporation of Aeroflex/Metelics, Inc. provide that the liability
of directors for monetary damages shall be eliminated to the fullest extent
permissible under the CGCL and that the corporation is authorized to provide
indemnification of agents through bylaw provisions, agreements with agents, vote
of shareholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, in excess of the
indemnification otherwise permitted by Section 317 of the CGCL, subject only to
the applicable limits set forth in Section 204 of the CGCL with respect to
actions for breach of duty to the corporation and its shareholders.
The
bylaws of Aeroflex/Metelics, Inc. provide that Aeroflex/Metelics, Inc. shall
provide indemnification to directors and officers to the fullest extent
permitted under California law. The bylaws further provide that
Aeroflex/Metelics, Inc. may also provide indemnification to its employees and
agents. Any such indemnification is subject to the terms of any
agreement between Aeroflex/Metelics, Inc. and any such director, officer,
employee, or agent, and the limitations and qualifications more fully described
in the bylaws of Aeroflex/Metelics, Inc.
Delaware
Registrants
The
following registrants are corporations organized under the laws of the State of
Delaware: Aeroflex Incorporated, Aeroflex Colorado Springs, Inc., Aeroflex
Plainview, Inc., Aeroflex Wichita, Inc., Aeroflex High Speed Test Solutions,
Inc., IFR Systems, Inc., AIF Corp., Aeroflex Acquisition One, Inc., Aeroflex
Acquisition Two, Inc. and Aeroflex Acquisition Three, Inc.
Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware
General Corporation Law, or DGCL, enables a Delaware corporation to provide in
its certificate of incorporation for the elimination or limitation of the
personal liability of a director to the corporation or its stockholders for
monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director. However, no such
provision can eliminate or limit a director's liability for any breach of the
director's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, for acts or
omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing
violation of law, for unlawful payment of dividends or unlawful stock purchase
or redemption, or for any transaction from which the director derives an
improper personal benefit.
Section 145 of the DGCL authorizes a
corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a party, or is threatened to
be made a party, to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or
proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason
of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of
the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a
director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses, including attorneys' fees,
judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred
by the person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, if the person
acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in, or
not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to any
criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the person's
conduct was unlawful. In addition, the DGCL does not permit indemnification in
any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the
corporation in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person
shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation, unless the court in
which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that,
despite the adjudication of liability, but in view of all the circumstances of
the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such
expenses, which such court shall deem proper. To the extent that a present or
former director or officer of a corporation has been successful on the merits or
otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to above, or in
defense of any claim, issue or matter, such person shall be indemnified against
expenses, including attorneys' fees, actually and reasonably incurred by such
person. Indemnity is mandatory to the extent a claim, issue or matter has been
successfully defended.
These provisions will not limit the
liability of directors or officers under the federal securities laws of the
United States.
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The certificate of incorporation of
Aeroflex Incorporated provides the corporation shall indemnify and hold
harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any person (a
"Covered Person") who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is
otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that he or she, or a
person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director or
officer of the Corporation or, while a director or officer of the Corporation,
is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer,
employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture,
trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to
employee benefit plans, against all liability and loss suffered and expenses
(including attorneys' fees) reasonably incurred by such Covered Person. The
corporation shall be required to indemnify a Covered Person in connection with a
proceeding (or part thereof) commenced by such Covered Person only if the
commencement of such proceeding (or part thereof) by the Covered Person was
authorized by the board. The rights conferred on any Covered Person shall not be
exclusive of any other rights that such Covered Person may have under any
statute, provision of this certificate of incorporation, the by-laws, agreement,
vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.
The bylaws of Aeroflex Incorporated
provide that to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the corporation
shall indemnify, and advance expenses to, each and every person who is or was a
director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of the corporation or of any
other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or
other enterprise in which such person is or was serving at the request of the
corporation and who, because of any such position or status, is directly or
indirectly involved in any action, suit, arbitration, alternate dispute
resolution mechanism, investigation, administrative hearing or any other
proceeding whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative. The bylaws further provide the corporation the power
to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a
director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at
the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of
another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise,
against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any such
capacity or arising out of his status as such whether or not the corporation
would have the power to indemnify him against such liability under applicable
law.
The
certificates of incorporation of Aeroflex Colorado Springs, Inc. and Aeroflex
Plainview, Inc. do not contain any provisions, sections, or articles relating to
indemnification.
The
bylaws of Aeroflex Colorado Springs, Inc. state that the company shall indemnify
its officers, directors, employees and agents to the extent permitted by the
DGCL.
The
bylaws of Aeroflex Plainview, Inc., Aeroflex Wichita, Inc., Aeroflex High Speed
Test Solutions, Inc., Aeroflex Acquisition One, Inc., Aeroflex
Acquisition Two, Inc. and Aeroflex Acquisition Three, Inc. do not contain any
articles, sections, or provisions relating to indemnification.
The
certificates of incorporation of Aeroflex Wichita, Inc., Aeroflex High Speed
Test Solutions, Inc., Aeroflex Acquisition One, Inc., Aeroflex Acquisition Two,
Inc. and Aeroflex Acquisition Three, Inc. provide that a director
will not be liable to the company or any of its stockholders for monetary
damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent such
exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the
DGCL.
The
certificates of incorporation of IFR Systems, Inc. and AIF Corp. essentially
contain the same rights of indemnification as Aeroflex
Incorporated.
The
bylaws of IFR Systems, Inc. and AIF Corp. provide that the company shall
indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party
to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether
civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in
the right of the company) by reason of the fact that such person is or was a
director or officer of the company, or is or was a director or officer of the
company serving at the request of the company as a director or officer, employee
or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee
benefit plan or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees),
judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred
by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if such person
acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or
not opposed to the best interests of the company, and, with respect to any
criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such person’s
conduct was unlawful.
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The
bylaws of IFR Systems, Inc. and AIF Corp. further provide that the company shall
indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party
to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the
company to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that such
person is or was a director or officer of the company, or is or was a director
or officer of the company serving at the request of the company as a director or
officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, against expenses (including
attorneys’ fees), actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection
with the defense or settlement of such action and or suit if such person acted
in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the best interests of the company; except that no indemnification
shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person
shall have been adjudged to be liable to the company unless and only to the
extent that the Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was
brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of
liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is
fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of
Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.
The
bylaws of IFR Systems, Inc. and AIF Corp. further provide that any
indemnification as described above is to be made by the company only as
authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the
director or officer is proper in the circumstances because such person has met
the applicable standard of conduct, which is set forth in Sections 1 and 2 of
Article VIII of the bylaws. If, however, a present or former director
or officer of the company is successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of
any action, suit or proceeding described above, he shall be indemnified against
expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such
person in connection therewith, without the necessity of authorization in the
specific case. The bylaws further provide that any director or
officer may apply to the Court of Chancery in Delaware for indemnification to
the extent permissible by Sections 1 and 2 of Article VIII of the
bylaws. The indemnification provided by or granted under the bylaws
is not exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification may
be entitled under the certificate of incorporation, any bylaw, agreement, vote
of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in
such person’s official capacity and as to action in another capacity while
holding such office, it being the policy of the company that indemnification of
persons specified in Sections 1 and 2 of Article VIII of the bylaws shall be
made to the fullest extent permitted by law. This does not preclude
indemnification of any person who is not specified in Sections 1 and 2 of
Article VIII of the bylaws but whom the company has the power or obligation to
indemnify under the Delaware General Corporation Law.
The
bylaws of IFR Systems, Inc. and AIF Corp. permit the company to purchase and
maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director or officer
of the company, or is or was a director or officer of the company serving at the
request of the company as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other
enterprise, against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by
such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such person’s status as
such, whether or not the company would have the power or obligation
to indemnify such person against liability.
The
bylaws of IFR Systems, Inc. and AIF Corp. provide that notwithstanding anything
contained in Article VIII of the bylaws to the contrary, except for proceedings
to enforce rights to indemnification, the company shall not be obligated to
indemnify any director or officer in connection with a proceeding (or part
thereof) initiated by such person unless such proceeding (or part thereof) was
authorized or consented to by the Board of Directors of the
company. The bylaws state that the company may, to the extent
authorized from time to time by the Board of Directors, provide rights to
indemnification and to the advancement of expenses to employees and agents of
the company similar to those conferred in Article VIII of the bylaws to
directors and officers of the company.
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Kansas
Registrant
IFR
Finance, Inc. is a corporation organized under the laws of the State of
Kansas.
Under Section 17-6305 of the Kansas
General Corporation Code, or the KGCC, a corporation may indemnify a director,
officer, employee, or agent of the corporation (or other entity if such person
is serving in such capacity at the corporation’s request) against expenses
(including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement
actually and reasonably incurred by him if he acted in good faith and in a
manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of
the corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no
reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. In the case of an action
brought by or in the right of a corporation, the corporation may indemnify a
director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation (or other entity if
such person is serving in such capacity at the corporation’s request) against
expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him if
he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not
opposed to, the best interests of the corporation, except that no
indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue, or matter as to
which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation
unless a court determines that, despite the adjudication of liability but in
view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably
entitled to indemnification for such expenses as the court shall deem proper.
Expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an officer or director in
defending any civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding may be paid by the
corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or
proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or
officer to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he is not
entitled to be indemnified by the corporation.
The
certificate of incorporation of IFR Finance, Inc. states that no director shall
be held personally liable to the corporation or its stockholders for breach of
fiduciary duty as a director except for liability (A) for any breach of the
director's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, policyholders
or members, (B) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve
intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (C) under the provisions
of Section 17-6424 of the KGCC, or (D) for any transaction from which the
director derived an improper personal benefit. The certificate
further provides that it shall indemnify any director or officer of the
corporation who was, is, or is threatened to be made a party, to any threatened,
pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative (collectively, a “Proceeding”), by reason of the
fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the corporation, or is
or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer,
employee, trustee, partner or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, to the fullest extent
permitted by the KGCC, now in effect and as hereafter amended. The
certificate also provides that any such right to indemnification shall not be
exclusive of any other right to indemnification which a person may have or
hereafter acquire under any statute, bylaw, agreement, contract, resolution of
the board of directors or stockholders of the company, or
otherwise.
The
bylaws of IFR Finance, Inc. contain no provisions, sections, or articles
pertaining to indemnification.
Michigan
Registrants
The
following registrants are corporations organized under the laws of the State of
Michigan: Aeroflex/Inmet, Inc., Aeroflex/KDI, Inc., Aeroflex Microelectronic
Solutions, Inc., Aeroflex/Weinschel, Inc., and MCE Asia, Inc.
Section
450.1561 of the Michigan Business Corporation Act, or MBCA, permits a
corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be
made a party to a threatened, pending or completed action, suit, or proceeding,
whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative and whether formal or
informal, other than an action by or in the right of the corporation, by reason
of the fact that he or she is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of
the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a
director, officer, partner, trustee, employee or agent of another foreign or
domestic corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise,
whether for profit or not, against expenses, including attorneys' fees,
judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and
reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with the action, suit, or
proceeding, if the person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation or its shareholders, and with respect to a criminal action or
proceeding, if the person had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct
was unlawful.
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Section
450.1562 of the MBCA provides that a corporation may indemnify a person who was
or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to a threatened, pending, or
completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a
judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director,
officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the
request of the corporation as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee or
agent of another foreign or domestic corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust or other enterprise, whether for profit or not, against expenses,
including attorneys' fees, and amounts paid in settlement actually and
reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the action or suit, if the
person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be
in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation or its shareholders,
except that no indemnification shall be made for a claim, issue or matter in
which the person has been found liable to the corporation, except to the extent
authorized in Section 450.1564c.
Section
450.1563 of the MBCA provides that to the extent that a director or officer of a
corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of an
action, suit, or proceeding referred to in Section 450.1561 or Section 450.1562,
or in defense of a claim, issue, or matter in the action, suit, or proceeding,
the corporation shall indemnify him or her against actual and reasonable
expenses, including attorneys' fees, incurred by him or her in connection with
the action, suit, or proceeding and an action, suit, or proceeding brought to
enforce the mandatory indemnification provided in such Section
450.1563.
Section
450.1567 of the MBCA provides that a corporation may purchase and maintain
insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee,
or agent of the corporation, or who is or was serving at the request of the
corporation as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee, or agent of
another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise
against any liability asserted against him or her and incurred by him or her in
any such capacity or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not
the corporation would have power to indemnify him or her against liability under
Sections 450.1561 to 450.1565.
The
certificates of incorporation of Aeroflex/Inmet, Inc., Aeroflex/KDI, Inc., MCE
Asia, Inc. and Aeroflex/Weinschel, Inc. provide that no director shall be
personally liable to the corporations or their shareholders for monetary damages
for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, provided that the foregoing shall
not eliminate or limit the liability of a director for any of the following: (i)
breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its shareholders;
(ii) acts or omissions not in good faith or that involve intentional misconduct
or knowing violation of law; (iii) a violation of Section 551(1) of the MBCA; or
(iv) a transaction from which a director derived an improper personal
benefit. The certificates of incorporation further provide that the
liability of directors, the liability of directors of the corporations will be
limited to the fullest extent permitted by the MBCA.
The
bylaws of Aeroflex/Inmet, Inc. provide that the corporation shall indemnify any
person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to a
threatened, pending or completed action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative and whether formal or informal (other
than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that
he or she is or was a director or officer of the corporation, or is or was
serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, partner,
trustee, employee or agent of another foreign or domestic corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses
(including actual and reasonable attorneys' fees), judgments, penalties, fines
and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in
connection with the action, suit, or proceeding if the person acted in good
faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to
the best interests of the corporation or its shareholders, and with respect to a
criminal action or proceeding, if the person had no reasonable cause to believe
his or her conduct was unlawful.
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The
bylaws of Aeroflex/Inmet, Inc. further state that the corporation shall
indemnify a person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to
a threatened, pending, or completed action or suit by or in the right of the
corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he or
she is or was a director or officer of the corporation, or is or was serving at
the request of the corporation as a director, officer, partner, trustee,
employee or agent of another foreign or domestic corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise, whether for profit or not, against expenses
(including attorneys' fees) and amounts paid in settlement actually and
reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the action or suit, if the
person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be
in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation or its shareholders,
except that no indemnification shall be made for a claim, issue or matter in
which the person has been found liable to the corporation, unless and only to
the extent that the court in which such action or suit was brought has
determined upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in
view of all circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably
entitled to indemnification for the reasonable expenses incurred.
The
bylaws of Aeroflex/KDI, Inc., Aeroflex/Weinschel, Inc., and MCE Asia, Inc.
essentially contain the similar indemnification provisions as Aeroflex/Inmet,
Inc. except that if the director is or was serving at the request of the
corporation as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee or agent of
another foreign or domestic corporation, he must be serving in such position at
the time he was serving as a director of officer of the respective
corporation.
The
bylaws of Aeroflex/Inmet, Inc., Aeroflex/KDI, Inc., Aeroflex/Weinschel, Inc.,
and MCE Asia, Inc. further provide that if a person has been successful on the
merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to
above, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter in the action, suit or
proceeding, the person shall be indemnified against actual and reasonable
expenses (including attorney’s fees) incurred by such person in connection with
the action, suit or proceeding any action, suit or proceeding brought to enforce
the mandatory indemnification provided therein.
The right
to indemnification conferred in Article XI of the bylaws of Aeroflex/Inmet,
Inc., Aeroflex/KDI, Inc., Aeroflex/Weinschel, Inc., and MCE Asia, Inc. is a
contractual right and applies to services of a director or officer as an
employee or agent of the corporation as well as in such person’s capacity as a
director or officer. Except as provided in Section 11.03 of the
bylaws, the companies have no obligation to indemnify any person in connection
with any proceeding, initiated by such person without authorization by the board
of directors. Such indemnification is not exclusive of other rights
to which a person seeking indemnification may be entitled under a contractual
arrangement with the corporation. However, the total amount of
indemnification sought from all sources combined shall not exceed the amount of
actual expenses incurred by the person seeking indemnification.
The
bylaws of Aeroflex/Inmet, Inc., Aeroflex/KDI, Inc., Aeroflex/Weinschel, Inc.,
and MCE Asia, Inc. also provide that the corporations may, to the extent
authorized by their respective boards of directors, grant rights to
indemnification to any employee or agent of the corporation to the fullest
extent of Article XI of the bylaws with respect to the indemnification to
directors and officers of the company. The bylaws permit the
corporations to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is
or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the company, or is or was
serving at the request of the corporations as a director, officer, partner,
trustee, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against the person and
incurred by him in any such capacity or arising out of his status as such,
whether or not the corporations would have the power to indemnify the person
against such liability under the bylaws or MBCA.
The
certificate of incorporation of Aeroflex Microelectronic Solutions, Inc. does
not contain any provisions, sections, or articles regarding
indemnification.
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The
bylaws of Aeroflex Microelectronic Solutions, Inc. state that the corporation
shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a
party to a threatened, pending or completed action, suit, or proceeding by
reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of
the company or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as
a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership,
joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against all expenses (including
attorneys' fees), judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement
actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or
settlement of such action, suit or proceeding, to the fullest extent permitted
by the MBCA. This right of indemnification is not exclusive of any
other rights to which such director, officer, employee or agent is or may be
entitled and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and
administrators of each such person.
New
Jersey Registrant
Comar Products, Inc. is a corporation
organized under the laws of the State of New Jersey.
Section 14A:3-5 of the New Jersey
Business Corporation Act, or the NJBCA, sets forth the extent to which a
corporation is authorized to indemnify its directors, officers and other
corporate agents in various proceedings. Generally, the NJBCA authorizes a New
Jersey corporation to indemnify a corporate agent (including an officer or
director) against expenses and liabilities incurred in connection with any
proceeding involving the corporate agent by reason of being or having been a
corporate agent if (a) the corporate agent acted in good faith or in a manner he
reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the
corporation, and (b) with respect to any criminal proceeding, the corporate
agent had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. In any
proceeding by the corporation or in the right of the corporation, the
corporation is authorized to indemnify a corporate agent against his expenses if
the agent acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or
not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, but the corporation is not
authorized to indemnify a corporate agent against expenses with respect to any
claim, issue or matter as to which the agent was adjudged liable to the
corporation, unless and only to the extent that a court deems such
indemnification would be proper.
If the corporation is authorized but
not required to indemnify a corporate agent, the corporation may only do so if a
determination is made that the applicable standard of conduct was met by such
corporate agent. The determination may be made by the board of directors of the
corporation, or a committee thereof, acting by a majority vote of a quorum
consisting of disinterested directors; by independent legal counsel, if there is
not a quorum of disinterested directors or if the disinterested quorum directs
such counsel to make the determination; or by the shareholders of the
corporation. A New Jersey corporation is required to indemnify a corporate agent
to the extent that the corporate agent is successful on the merits or otherwise
in any proceeding of the types described above, or in defense of any claim,
issue or matter in the proceeding. If a corporation fails or refuses to
indemnify a corporate agent, whether the indemnification is permissive or
mandatory, the agent may apply to a court to grant him the requested
indemnification. In advance of the final disposition of any proceeding, the
board of directors may direct
the corporation to pay an agent's expenses if the agent agrees to repay the
expenses in the event that it is ultimately determined that he is not entitled
to indemnification.
The indemnification and advance of
expenses authorized or required by the NJBCA do not exclude any other rights to
which a corporate agent may be entitled under a certificate of incorporation,
bylaw, agreement, vote of shareholders, or otherwise; provided that no
indemnification may be made to or on behalf of a corporate agent if a judgment
or other final adjudication adverse to the corporate agent establishes that his
or her acts or omissions (a) were in breach of his or her duty of loyalty to the
corporation or its shareholders, (b) were not in good faith or involved a
knowing violation of law or (c) resulted in receipt by the corporate agent of an
improper personal benefit.
The power to indemnify corporate agents
granted to New Jersey corporations pursuant to the NJBCA may be exercised
notwithstanding the absence of any provision in a corporation's certificate of
incorporation or bylaws authorizing the exercise of such
powers.
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Neither the certificate of
incorporation or bylaws of Comar Products, Inc. contains any provisions,
articles, or sections relating to indemnification.
New
Hampshire Registrant
MicroMetrics, Inc. is a corporation
organized under the laws of the State of New Hampshire.
Chapter 293-A:8.51 of the New Hampshire
Business Corporation Act, or NHBCA, provides that a corporation may indemnify an
individual made a party to a proceeding because he is or was a director, against
liability incurred in the proceeding if: (1) he conducted himself in
good faith; and (2) he reasonably believed (i) in the case of conduct in his
official capacity with the corporation, that his conduct was in its best
interests, and (ii) in all other cases, that his conduct was at least not
opposed to its best interests; and (3) in the case of any criminal proceeding,
he had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. A
corporation may not indemnify a director (1) in connection with a proceeding by
or in the right of the corporation in which the director was adjudged liable to
the corporation or (2) in connection with any other proceeding charging improper
personal benefit to him, whether or not involving action in his official
capacity, in which he was adjudged liable on the basis that personal benefit was
improperly received by him. Chapter 293-A:8.52 of the NHBCA provides
that unless limited by its articles of incorporation, a corporation shall
indemnify a director who was wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in
the defense of any proceeding to which he was a party because he is or was a
director of the corporation against reasonable expenses incurred by him in
connection with the proceeding.
Chapter
293-A:8.56 of the NHBCA states that unless a corporation's articles of
incorporation provide otherwise: (1) an officer of the corporation who is not a
director is entitled to mandatory indemnification under Chapter 293-A:8.52, and
is entitled to apply for court-ordered indemnification under Chapter 293-A:8.54,
in each case to the same extent as a director; (2) the corporation may indemnify
and advance expenses under this subdivision to an officer, employee or agent of
the corporation who is not a director, to the same extent as to a director; and
(3) a corporation may also indemnify and advance expenses to an officer,
employee, or agent who is not a director to the extent, consistent with public
policy, that may be provided by its articles of incorporation, bylaws, general
or specific action of its board of directors, or contract.
The
certificate of incorporation of MicroMetrics, Inc. does not contain any
sections, provisions, or articles relating to indemnification.
The
bylaws of MicroMetrics, Inc. provide that to the fullest extent permitted by
law, no director or officer of the company shall be personally liable to the
company or its shareholders for any action or failure to take any action as a
director or officer except for any claims or actions related to acts or
omissions concerning professional liability or malpractice. The
bylaws do not eliminate or limit the liability of a director or officer for any
act or omission occurring prior to the effective date of its
adoption.
New
York Registrants
Aeroflex
Bloomingdale Inc. and Aeroflex RAD, Inc. are corporations organized under the
laws of the State of New York.
Section
722(a) of the New York Business Corporation Law, or NYBCL, provides that a
corporation may indemnify any officer or director, made or threatened to be
made, a party to an action or proceeding, other than one by or in the right of
the corporation, including an action by or on the right of any other corporation
or other enterprise, which any director or officer of the corporation served in
any capacity at the request of the corporation, because he was a director or
officer of the corporation, or served such other corporation or other enterprise
in any capacity, against judgments, fines, amounts paid in settlement and
reasonable expenses, including attorneys' fees actually and necessarily incurred
as a result of such action or proceeding, or any appeal therein, if such
director or officer acted, in good faith, for a purpose which he reasonably
believed to be in, or in the case of service for any other corporation or other
enterprise, not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation and, in
criminal actions or proceedings, had no reasonable cause to believe that his
conduct was unlawful.
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Section
722(c) of the NYBCL provides that a corporation may indemnify any officer or
director made, or threatened to be made, a party to an action by or in the right
of the corporation by reason of the fact that he is or was a director or officer
of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a
director or officer of any other corporation of any type or kind, or other
enterprise, against amounts paid in settlement and reasonable expenses,
including attorneys' fees, actually and necessarily incurred by him in
connection with the defense or settlement of such action, or in connection with
an appeal therein, if such director or officer acted, in good faith, for a
purpose which he reasonably believed to be in, or, in the case of service for
another corporation or other enterprise, not opposed to, the best interests of
the corporation. The corporation may not, however, indemnify any officer or
director pursuant to Section 722(c) in respect of (1) a threatened action, or a
pending action which is settled or otherwise disposed of, or (2) any claim,
issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to
the corporation, unless and only to the extent that the court in which the
action was brought or, if no action was brought, any court of competent
jurisdiction, determines upon application, that the person is fairly and
reasonably entitled to indemnity for such portion of the settlement and expenses
as the court deems proper.
Section
723 of the NYBCL provides that an officer or director who has been successful,
on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of a civil or criminal action of the
character set forth in Section 722 is entitled to indemnification as permitted
in such Section. Section 724 of the NYBCL permits a court to award the
indemnification required by Section 722.
The
Certificates of Incorporation of Aeroflex Bloomingdale Inc. and Aeroflex RAD,
Inc. do not contain any provision, section, or articles pertaining to
indemnification.
The bylaws of Aeroflex Bloomingdale
Inc. provide that the corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a
party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending, or
completed action, suit or proceeding, by reason of the fact that he is or was a
director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at
the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of
another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise,
against all expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, and amounts
paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with
the defense or settlement of such action, suit or proceeding, to the fullest
extent and in the manner set forth in and permitted by the
NYBCLaw. The bylaws further state that such right of indemnification
shall not be deemed exclusive of any rights to which such current or past
director, officer, employee or agent may be entitled to and shall inure to the
benefit of the heirs, executors, and administrators of such person.
The bylaws of Aeroflex RAD, Inc.
provide for indemnification and reimbursement to the fullest extent permitted by
law for any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to
any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit or proceeding, by reason of
the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the
corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a
director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise.
Texas
Registrant
VI
Technology, Inc. is a corporation organized under the laws of the State of
Texas.
Under Section 2.02-1 of the Texas
Business Corporation Act, or the TBCA, a corporation may indemnify a director,
officer, employee, or agent of the corporation (or other entity if such person
is serving in such capacity at the corporation’s request) against expenses
(including attorneys’ fees and court costs), if he acted in good faith and in a
manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of
the corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no
reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. No person may
be indemnified in respect of a proceeding in which he is found liable on the
basis that personal benefit was improperly received or in which he is found
liable to the corporation.
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The certificate of incorporation of VI
Technology, Inc. does not contain articles, provisions, or sections pertaining
to indemnification.
The
bylaws of VI Technology, Inc. state that the corporation shall indemnify any
director or officer or former director or officer, or any person who may have
served at its request as a director or officer or former director or officer of
another corporation in which it owns shares of capital stock or of which it is a
creditor, against expenses actually incurred in connection with the defense or
settlement of any suit or proceeding in which he is a party by reason of being
or having been such director or officer, except if he shall be liable for
negligence or misconduct in performance of duty.
Item 15.
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Recent Sales of Unregistered
Securities.
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During the three years preceding the
filing of this registration statement, the Registrants have not sold their
securities without registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
except as described below:
On August 7, 2008, Aeroflex
Incorporated (the “Company”) issued $225,000,000 in aggregate principal amount
of its 11.75% senior notes due February 15, 2015 (the “Notes”). The
Notes are guaranteed by the guarantors listed on page iii of this registration
statement. The initial sale of the Notes was made to Goldman, Sachs
& Co. in a private placement pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities
Act. Thereafter, Goldman, Sachs & Co. resold all of the Notes to
qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S under the
Securities Act. The Notes are presently subject to an exchange
offering.
On August 15, 2007, the Company was
acquired by affiliates of or funds managed by the Sponsors pursuant to an
agreement and plan of merger, dated as of May 25, 2007. As
consideration for the merger, all shares of common stock of the Company were
converted into the right to receive $14.50 in cash per share, without interest
and less any applicable withholding tax. Also pursuant to the merger
agreement all of our stock option plans were terminated and all stock options
were cancelled and converted into the right to receive a cash payment equal to
the number of shares of our common stock underlying the options multiplied by
that amount, if any, by which $14.50 exceeded the exercise price, without
interest and less any withholding taxes. The aggregate purchase price
paid to shareholders and holders of options was approximately $1.1
billion.
Item 16.
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Exhibits and Financial
Statement Schedules
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Exhibit No.
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Exhibit Description
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1.1
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Purchase
Agreement, dated August 4, 2008, among Aeroflex Incorporated, the
Guarantors set forth therein (the “Guarantor Subsidiaries”), and Goldman,
Sachs & Co. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1.1 to the
Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-156061)
filed December 11, 2008, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to the Registration
Statement filed on January 16, 2009 (the “Registration Statement on Form
S-4”)).
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2.1
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Agreement
and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 25, 2007, among Aeroflex Incorporated,
AX Holding Corp. and AX Acquisition Corp. (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 2.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed May 29,
2007).
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3.1
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Amended
and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Aeroflex Incorporated
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Current
Report on Form8-K filed August 17, 2007).
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3.2
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Bylaws
of Aeroflex Incorporated (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the
Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed August 17,
2007).
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3.3
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Certificate
of Incorporation of Aeroflex Colorado Springs, Inc. (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the Registration Statement on Form
S-4).
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3.4
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Bylaws
of Aeroflex Colorado Springs, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
3.4 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4).
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3.5
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Certificate
of Incorporation of Aeroflex High Speed Test Solutions, Inc. (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 3.5 to the Registration Statement on Form
S-4).
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3.6
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Bylaws
of Aeroflex High Speed Test Solutions, Inc. (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.6 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4).
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3.7
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Articles
of Incorporation of Aeroflex/Inmet, Inc. (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.7 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4).
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3.8
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Bylaws
of Aeroflex/Inmet, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.8 to the
Registration Statement on Form S-4).
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3.9
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Articles
of Incorporation of Aeroflex/KDI, Inc. (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.9 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4).
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3.10
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Bylaws
of Aeroflex/KDI, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.10 to the
Registration Statement on Form S-4).
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3.11
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Articles
of Incorporation of Aeroflex/Metelics, Inc. (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.11 to the Registration Statement on Form
S-4).
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3.12
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Bylaws
of Aeroflex/Metelics, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.12 to
the Registration Statement on Form S-4).
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3.13
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Articles
of Incorporation of Aeroflex Microelectronic Solutions, Inc. (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 3.13 to the Registration Statement on Form
S-4).
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3.14
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Bylaws
of Aeroflex Microelectronic Solutions, Inc. (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.14 to the Registration Statement on Form
S-4).
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3.15
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Certificate
of Incorporation of Aeroflex Plainview, Inc. (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.15 to the Registration Statement on Form
S-4).
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3.16
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Bylaws
of Aeroflex Plainview, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.16 to
the Registration Statement on Form S-4).
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3.17
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Articles
of Incorporation of Aeroflex/Weinschel, Inc. (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.17 to the Registration Statement on Form
S-4).
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3.18
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Bylaws
of Aeroflex/Weinschel, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.18 to
the Registration Statement on Form S-4).
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3.19
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Amended
and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Aeroflex Wichita, Inc.
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.19 to the Registration Statement
on Form S-4).
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3.20
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Bylaws
of Aeroflex Wichita, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.20 to
the Registration Statement on Form S-4).
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3.21
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Articles
of Incorporation of IFR Finance, Inc. (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.21 to the Registration Statement on Form
S-4).
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3.22
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Bylaws
of IFR Finance, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.22 to the
Registration Statement on Form S-4).
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3.23
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Amended
and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of IFR Systems, Inc.
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.23 to the Registration Statement
on Form S-4).
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3.24
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Bylaws
of IFR Systems, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.24 to the
Registration Statement on Form S-4).
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3.25
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Articles
of Organization of MCE Asia, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
3.25 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4).
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3.26
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Bylaws
of MCE Asia, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.26 to the
Registration Statement on Form S-4).
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3.27
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Certificate
of Incorporation of AIF Corp. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.27
to the Registration Statement on Form S-4).
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3.28
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Bylaws
of AIF Corp. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.28 to the
Registration Statement on Form S-4).
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3.29
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Certificate
of Incorporation of Aeroflex Bloomingdale, Inc. (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 3.29 to the Registration Statement on Form
S-4).
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3.30
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Bylaws
of Aeroflex Bloomingdale, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.30
to the Registration Statement on Form S-4).
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3.31
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Articles
of Incorporation of Micro-Metrics, Inc. (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.31 to the Registration Statement on Form
S-4).
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3.32
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Amended
and Restated Bylaws of Micro-Metrics, Inc. (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.32 to the Registration Statement on Form
S-4).
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3.33
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Certificate
of Incorporation of Aeroflex RAD, Inc. (formerly Aeroflex Properties
Corp.) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.33 to the Registration
Statement on Form S-4).
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3.34
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Bylaws
of Aeroflex RAD, Inc. (formerly Aeroflex Properties Corp.) (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 3.34 to the Registration Statement on Form
S-4).
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3.35*
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Certificate
of Merger of Radiation Assured Devices, Inc. with and into Aeroflex RAD,
Inc. (formerly Aeroflex Properties Corp.).
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3.36
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Certificate
of Incorporation of Comar Products, Inc. (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.35 to the Registration Statement on Form
S-4).
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3.37
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Bylaws
of Comar Products, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.36 to the
Registration Statement on Form S-4).
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3.38
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Certificate
of Incorporation of VI Technology, Inc. (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.37 of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File
No. 333-162085) filed September 24, 2009 (the “Registration Statement on
Form S-1”).
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3.39
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Bylaws
of VI Technology, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.38 of the
Registration Statement on Form S-1).
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3.40*
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Certificate
of Incorporation of Aeroflex Acquisition One, Inc.
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3.41*
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Bylaws
of Aeroflex Acquisition One, Inc.
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3.42*
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Certificate
of Incorporation of Aeroflex Acquisition Two, Inc.
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3.43*
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Bylaws
of Aeroflex Acquisition Two, Inc.
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3.44*
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Certificate
of Incorporation of Aeroflex Acquisition Three, Inc.
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3.45*
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Bylaws
of Aeroflex Acquisition Three, Inc.
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4.1
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Indenture,
dated as of August 7, 2008, by and among Aeroflex Incorporated, the
Guarantor Subsidiaries and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registration Statement on
Form S-4).
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4.2
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Form
of 11.75% Senior Notes due February 15, 2015 (included in Exhibit
4.1)
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4.3
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Form
of Regulation S Temporary Global 11.75% Senior Notes due February 15, 2015
(included in Exhibit 4.1)
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4.4
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Exchange
and Registration Rights Agreement, dated August 7, 2008, by and among
Aeroflex Incorporated, the Guarantor Subsidiaries and Goldman, Sachs &
Co. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the Registration
Statement on Form S-4 ).
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4.5
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Form
of Notation of Guarantee (included in Exhibit 4.1).
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5.1*
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Opinion
of Moomjian, Waite & Coleman, LLP.
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10.1
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Executive
Employment Agreement between Aeroflex Incorporated and John Adamovich,
Jr., dated November 9, 2005 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to
the Registrant’ s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 15,
2005).
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10.2
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Employment
Agreement between Aeroflex Incorporated and Charles Badlato, dated
November 6, 2003 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the
Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December
31, 2003).
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10.3
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Employment
Agreement between Aeroflex Incorporated and Carl Caruso, dated November 6,
2003 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant’s
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31,
2003).
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10.4
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Amendment
No. 1 to Employment Agreement between Aeroflex Incorporated and Carl
Caruso, dated March 11, 2005 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to
the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 31,
2005).
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10.5
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Amendment
No. 1 to Employment Agreement between Aeroflex Incorporated and
John
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Adamovich,
Jr., effective November 21, 2006 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.4 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed November 22,
2006).
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10.6
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Amendment
No. 2 to Employment Agreement between Aeroflex Incorporated and John
Adamovich, Jr., effective December 1, 2006 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed February
2, 2007).
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10.7
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Stock
Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 2007, among Aeroflex Incorporated,
Micro-Metrics, Inc. and the stockholders set forth therein (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.14 to the Registration Statement on Form
S-4).
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10.8
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Employment
Agreement between Aeroflex Incorporated and Leonard Borow, dated August
15, 2007 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.15 to the Registration
Statement on Form S-4).
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10.9
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Employment
Agreement between Aeroflex Incorporated and John E. Buyko, dated August
15, 2007 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.16 to the Registration
Statement on Form S-4).
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10.10
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Credit
and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of August 15, 2007, among Aeroflex
Incorporated (as successor to AX Acquisition Corp.), AX Holding Corp., the
Guarantor Subsidiaries, the lenders party thereto and Goldman Sachs Credit
Partners L.P. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.17 to the
Registration Statement on Form S-4).
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10.11
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Pledge
and Security Agreement, dated as of August 15, 2007, by the grantors party
thereto in favor of Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P., as collateral
agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.18 to the Registration
Statement on Form S-4).
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10.12
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Advisory
Services Agreement, dated August 15, 2007, by and among VGG Holding LLC,
AX Holding Corp., Aeroflex Incorporated, Veritas Captial Fund Management,
L.L.C., GGC Administration and Goldman, Sachs & Co. (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.20 to the Registration Statement on Form
S-4).
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10.13
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Senior
Subordinated Unsecured Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of
September 21, 2007, among Aeroflex Incorporated, certain subsidiaries of
Aeroflex Incorporated, the lenders party thereto and Goldman Sachs Credit
Partners L.P. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.21 to the
Registration Statement on Form S-4).
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10.14
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Series
A-1 Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement, dated October 1, 2007, by and
between Test Evolution Corporation, Lev Alperovich, and Aeroflex
Incorporated (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.22 to the
Registration Statement on Form S-4).
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10.15
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Amendment
No. 2 to Employment Agreement between Aeroflex Incorporated and Carl
Caruso, effective December 17, 2007 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.23 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4).
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10.16
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Stock
Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 15, 2008, between Aeroflex
Incorporated and STAR Dynamics Holdings, LLC and TAZ Ventures, LLC
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.24 to the Registration Statement
on Form S-4).
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10.17
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Share
Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2008, between Aeroflex
Incorporated and the Sellers named therein regarding the shares in Gaisler
Research AB. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.25 to the
Registration Statement on Form S-4).
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10.18
|
Amendment
No. 1 to Employment Agreement between Aeroflex Incorporated and Charles
Badlato, effective July 31, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.26 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4).
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10.19
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Amendment
No.3 to Employment Agreement between Aeroflex Incorporated and Carl
Caruso, effective December 24, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.27 to Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form
S-4).
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10.20
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Amendment
No. 1 to Employment Agreement between Aeroflex Incorporated and Leonard
Borow, effective December 31, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.28 to Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form
S-4).
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10.21
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Amendment
No. 1 to Employment Agreement between Aeroflex Incorporated and John
Buyko, effective December 31, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.29 to Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form
S-4).
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10.22
|
Amendment
No. 3 to Employment Agreement between Aeroflex Incorporated and John
Adamovich, Jr., effective December 31, 2008 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.30 to Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form
S-4).
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10.23
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Amendment
No. 2 to Employment Agreement between Aeroflex Incorporated and Charles
Badlato, effective December 31, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.31 to Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form
S-4).
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10.24
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Amendment
No. 4 to Employment Agreement between Aeroflex Incorporated and Carl
Caruso, effective December 31, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.32 to Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form
S-4).
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10.25
|
Amendment
No. 4 to Employment Agreement between Aeroflex Incorporated and John
Adamovich, Jr., effective September 17, 2009 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed
September 21, 2009).
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10.26
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Executive
Employment Agreement between Aeroflex Incorporated and Edward S. Wactlar,
dated July 1, 2010 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.26 of the
Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30,
2010).
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12.1*
|
Statement
of Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges.
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21.1*
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Subsidiaries
of Aeroflex Incorporated.
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23.1
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Consent
of Moomjian, Waite & Coleman, LLP (included in Exhibit
5.1).
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23.2*
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Consent
of KPMG LLP.
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24.1
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Powers
of Attorney (included on signature pages of Part II to this Registration
Statement).
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25.1
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Statement
of Eligibility and Qualification on Form T-1 of The Bank of New York
Mellon Corporation, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 25.1
to the Registration Statement on Form S-4
).
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* Filed
herewith
Item 17.
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Undertakings
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(a)
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The
undersigned Registrant hereby
undertakes:
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(1) To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)
To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of
1933;
(ii) To
reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change
in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum
offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume
and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate
offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the
effective registration statement;
(iii) To
include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to
such information in the Registration Statement;
(2) That,
for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933,
each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof;
and
(3) To
remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering;
(4) that,
for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any
purchaser, each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of a
registration statement relating to an offering, other than registration
statements relying on Rule 430B or other than prospectuses filed in reliance on
Rule 430A, shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration
statement as of the date it is first used after effectiveness. Provided, however, that no
statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the
registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated
by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the
registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale
prior to such first use, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the
registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement
or made in any such document immediately prior to such date of first use;
and
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(b) The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that insofar as indemnification for
liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors,
officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of
the Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim
for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
II-16
Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Plainview, State of New York, on October 5,
2010.
AEROFLEX INCORPORATED | ||
By:
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/s/ Leonard Borow
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Name:
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Leonard
Borow
|
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Title:
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Chief
Executive Officer and President
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(Principal
Executive Officer)
|
||
By:
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/s/ John Adamovich, Jr.
|
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Name:
|
John
Adamovich, Jr.
|
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Title:
|
Senior
Vice President, Chief Financial
|
|
Officer
and Secretary
|
||
(Principal
Financial Officer and
|
||
Principal
Accounting
Officer)
|
POWER
OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned directors and officers
of Aeroflex Incorporated hereby appoint John Adamovich, Jr. and Edward S.
Wactlar or either of them as attorney-in-fact for the undersigned, with full
power of substitution for, and in the name, place and stead of, the undersigned,
to sign and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the
Securities Act, any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) and
exhibits to this registration statement on Form S-1 and any and all applications
and other documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
pertaining to the registration of the securities covered hereby, with full power
and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever requisite
and necessary or desirable, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorney-in-fact, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed below by the
following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
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Title
|
Date
|
||
/s/ Robert B. McKeon
|
Chairman
of the Board
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October
5, 2010
|
||
Robert
B. McKeon
|
||||
/s/ Hugh D. Evans
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Director
|
October
5, 2010
|
||
Hugh
D. Evans
|
||||
/s/ Ramzi M.Musallam
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Director
|
October
5, 2010
|
||
Ramzi
M. Musallam
|
||||
/s/ Leonard Borow
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Director,
President and Chief
|
October
5, 2010
|
||
Leonard
Borow
|
Executive
Officer
|
|||
/s/ John Buyko
|
Director,
Executive Vice
|
October
5, 2010
|
||
John
Buyko
|
President |
II-17
Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Plainview, State of New York, on October 5,
2010.
REGISTRANTS
(as listed on the attached Schedule I
|
||
of
Subsidiary Registrants)
|
||
By:
|
/s/ Leonard Borow
|
|
Name:
|
Leonard
Borow
|
|
Title:
|
President
|
|
(Principal
Executive Officer)
|
||
By:
|
/s/ John Adamovich, Jr.
|
|
Name:
|
John
Adamovich, Jr.
|
|
Title:
|
Vice
President
|
|
(Chief
Financial Officer and Principal Accounting
Officer)
|
POWER
OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned directors and officers
of the Registrants (as listed on the attached Schedule I of Subsidiary
Registrants) hereby appoint John Adamovich, Jr. and Edward S. Wactlar or either
of them as attorney-in-fact for the undersigned, with full power of substitution
for, and in the name, place and stead of, the undersigned, to sign and file with
the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act, any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) and exhibits to this
registration statement on Form S-1 and any and all applications and other
documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pertaining to
the registration of the securities covered hereby, with full power and authority
to do and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever requisite and necessary
or desirable, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact, or
his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed below by the
following persons and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
|
Title
|
Date
|
||
/s/ Leonard Borow
|
Director
and President
|
October
5, 2010
|
||
Leonard
Borow
|
||||
/s/ Robert B. McKeon
|
Director
|
October
5, 2010
|
||
Robert
B. McKeon
|
||||
/s/ Ramzi M. Musallam
|
Director
|
October
5, 2010
|
||
Ramzi
M. Musallam
|
||||
/s/ Hugh D. Evans
|
Director
|
October
5, 2010
|
||
Hugh
D. Evans
|
||||
/s/ John Buyko
|
Director
|
October
5, 2010
|
||
John
Buyko
|
II-18
Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Plainview, State of New York, on October 5,
2010.
REGISTRANTS
(as listed on the attached Schedule II
|
||
of
Subsidiary Registrants)
|
||
By:
|
/s/ Leonard Borow
|
|
Name:
|
Leonard
Borow
|
|
Title:
|
Vice
President
|
|
(Principal
Executive Officer)
|
||
By:
|
/s/ John Adamovich, Jr.
|
|
Name:
|
John
Adamovich, Jr.
|
|
Title:
|
Vice
President
|
|
(Chief
Financial Officer and Principal Accounting
Officer)
|
POWER
OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned directors and officers
of the Registrants (as listed on the attached Schedule II of Subsidiary
Registrants) hereby appoint John Adamovich, Jr. and Edward S. Wactlar or either
of them as attorney-in-fact for the undersigned, with full power of substitution
for, and in the name, place and stead of, the undersigned, to sign and file with
the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act, any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) and exhibits to this
registration statement on Form S-1 and any and all applications and other
documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pertaining to
the registration of the securities covered hereby, with full power and authority
to do and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever requisite and necessary
or desirable, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact, or
his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed below by the
following persons and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
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Title
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Date
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/s/ Leonard Borow
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Director
and Vice President
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October
5, 2010
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Leonard
Borow
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/s/ Robert B. McKeon
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Director
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October
5, 2010
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Robert
B. McKeon
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/s/ Ramzi M. Musallam
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Director
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October
5, 2010
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Ramzi
M. Musallam
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/s/ Hugh D. Evans
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Director
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October
5, 2010
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Hugh
D. Evans
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/s/ John Buyko
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Director
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October
5, 2010
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John
Buyko
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Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Plainview, State of New York, on October 5,
2010.
REGISTRANTS
(as listed on the attached Schedule III
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of
Subsidiary Registrants)
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By:
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/s/ Leonard Borow
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Name:
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Leonard
Borow
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Title:
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President
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(Principal
Executive Officer)
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By:
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/s/ Charles Badlato
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Name:
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Charles
Badlato
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Title:
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Assistant
Secretary
(Principal
Accounting Officer)
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POWER
OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned directors and officers
of the Registrants (as listed on the attached Schedule III of Subsidiary
Registrants) hereby appoint John Adamovich, Jr. and Edward S. Wactlar or either
of them as attorney-in-fact for the undersigned, with full power of substitution
for, and in the name, place and stead of, the undersigned, to sign and file with
the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act, any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) and exhibits to this
registration statement on Form S-1 and any and all applications and other
documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pertaining to
the registration of the securities covered hereby, with full power and authority
to do and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever requisite and necessary
or desirable, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact, or
his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed below by the
following persons and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
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Title
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Date
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/s/ Leonard Borow
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Director
and President
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October
5, 2010
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Leonard
Borow
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/s/ Robert B. McKeon
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Director
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October
5, 2010
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Robert
B. McKeon
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/s/ Ramzi M. Musallam
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Director
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October
5, 2010
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Ramzi
M. Musallam
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/s/ Hugh D. Evans
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Director
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October
5, 2010
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Hugh
D. Evans
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/s/ John Buyko
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Director
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October
5, 2010
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John
Buyko
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SCHEDULE
I
of
SUBSIDIARY
REGISTRANTS
Aeroflex
Colorado Springs, Inc.
Aeroflex
High Speed Test Solutions, Inc.
Aeroflex
Plainview, Inc.
Aeroflex
RAD, Inc.
Aeroflex
Wichita, Inc.
Aeroflex
Bloomingdale, Inc.
Aeroflex Acquisition One, Inc.
Aeroflex
Acquisition Two, Inc.
Aeroflex
Acquisition Three, Inc.
IFR
Finance, Inc.
IFR Systems, Inc.MCE Asia
Inc.
MicroMetrics,
Inc.
V.I.
Technology, Inc.
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SCHEDULE
II
of
SUBSIDIARY
REGISTRANTS
Aeroflex/Inmet
Corp.
Aeroflex/KDI,
Inc.
Aeroflex/Metelics,
Inc.
Aeroflex
Microelectronic Solutions, Inc.
Aeroflex/Weinschel,
Inc.
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SCHEDULE
III
of
SUBSIDIARY
REGISTRANTS
AIF
Corp.
Comar Products Inc.II-23
EXHIBIT
INDEX
Exhibit No.
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Exhibit Description
|
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1.1
|
Purchase
Agreement, dated August 4, 2008, among Aeroflex Incorporated, the
Guarantors set forth therein (the “Guarantor Subsidiaries”), and Goldman,
Sachs & Co. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1.1 to the
Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-156061)
filed December 11, 2008, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to the Registration
Statement filed on January 16, 2009 (the “Registration Statement on Form
S-4”)).
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2.1
|
Agreement
and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 25, 2007, among Aeroflex Incorporated,
AX Holding Corp. and AX Acquisition Corp. (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 2.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed May 29,
2007).
|
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3.1
|
Amended
and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Aeroflex Incorporated
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Current
Report on Form 8-K filed August 17, 2007).
|
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3.2
|
Bylaws
of Aeroflex Incorporated (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the
Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed August 17,
2007).
|
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3.3
|
Certificate
of Incorporation of Aeroflex Colorado Springs, Inc. (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the Registration Statement on Form
S-4).
|
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3.4
|
Bylaws
of Aeroflex Colorado Springs, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
3.4 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4).
|
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3.5
|
Certificate
of Incorporation of Aeroflex High Speed Test Solutions, Inc. (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 3.5 to the Registration Statement on Form
S-4).
|
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3.6
|
Bylaws
of Aeroflex High Speed Test Solutions, Inc. (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.6 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4).
|
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3.7
|
Articles
of Incorporation of Aeroflex/Inmet, Inc. (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.7 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4).
|
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3.8
|
Bylaws
of Aeroflex/Inmet, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.8 to the
Registration Statement on Form S-4).
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3.9
|
Articles
of Incorporation of Aeroflex/KDI, Inc. (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.9 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4).
|
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3.10
|
Bylaws
of Aeroflex/KDI, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.10 to the
Registration Statement on Form S-4).
|
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3.11
|
Articles
of Incorporation of Aeroflex/Metelics, Inc. (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.11 to the Registration Statement on Form
S-4).
|
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3.12
|
Bylaws
of Aeroflex/Metelics, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.12 to
the Registration Statement on Form S-4).
|
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3.13
|
Articles
of Incorporation of Aeroflex Microelectronic Solutions, Inc. (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 3.13 to the Registration Statement on Form
S-4).
|
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3.14
|
Bylaws
of Aeroflex Microelectronic Solutions, Inc. (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.14 to the Registration Statement on Form
S-4).
|
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3.15
|
Certificate
of Incorporation of Aeroflex Plainview, Inc. (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.15 to the Registration Statement on Form
S-4).
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3.16
|
Bylaws
of Aeroflex Plainview, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.16 to
the Registration Statement on Form S-4).
|
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3.17
|
Articles
of Incorporation of Aeroflex/Weinschel, Inc. (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.17 to the Registration Statement on Form
S-4).
|
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3.18
|
Bylaws
of Aeroflex/Weinschel, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.18 to
the Registration Statement on Form S-4).
|
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3.19
|
Amended
and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Aeroflex Wichita, Inc.
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.19 to the Registration Statement
on Form S-4).
|
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3.20
|
Bylaws
of Aeroflex Wichita, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.20 to
the Registration Statement on Form S-4).
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3.21
|
Articles
of Incorporation of IFR Finance, Inc. (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.21 to the Registration Statement on Form
S-4).
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3.22
|
Bylaws
of IFR Finance, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.22 to the
Registration Statement on Form S-4).
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3.23
|
Amended
and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of IFR Systems, Inc.
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.23 to the Registration Statement
on Form S-4).
|
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3.24
|
Bylaws
of IFR Systems, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.24 to the
Registration Statement on Form S-4).
|
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3.25
|
Articles
of Organization of MCE Asia, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
3.25 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4).
|
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3.26
|
Bylaws
of MCE Asia, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.26 to the
Registration Statement on Form S-4).
|
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3.27
|
Certificate
of Incorporation of AIF Corp. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.27
to the Registration Statement on Form S-4).
|
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3.28
|
Bylaws
of AIF Corp. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.28 to the
Registration Statement on Form S-4).
|
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3.29
|
Certificate
of Incorporation of Aeroflex Bloomingdale, Inc. (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 3.29 to the Registration Statement on Form
S-4).
|
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3.30
|
Bylaws
of Aeroflex Bloomingdale, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.30
to the Registration Statement on Form S-4).
|
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3.31
|
Articles
of Incorporation of Micro-Metrics, Inc. (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.31 to the Registration Statement on Form
S-4).
|
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3.32
|
Amended
and Restated Bylaws of Micro-Metrics, Inc. (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.32 to the Registration Statement on Form
S-4).
|
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3.33
|
Certificate
of Incorporation of Aeroflex RAD, Inc. (formerly Aeroflex Properties
Corp.) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.33 to the Registration
Statement on Form S-4).
|
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3.34
|
Bylaws
of Aeroflex RAD, Inc. (formerly Aeroflex Properties Corp.) (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 3.34 to the Registration Statement on Form
S-4).
|
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3.35*
|
Certificate
of Merger of Radiation Assured Devices, Inc. with and into Aeroflex RAD,
Inc. (formerly Aeroflex Properties Corp.).
|
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3.36
|
Certificate
of Incorporation of Comar Products, Inc. (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.35 to the Registration Statement on Form
S-4).
|
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3.37
|
Bylaws
of Comar Products, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.36 to the
Registration Statement on Form S-4).
|
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3.38
|
Certificate
of Incorporation of VI Technology, Inc. (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.37 of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File
No. 333-162085) filed September 24, 2009 (the “Registration Statement on
Form S-1”).
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3.39
|
Bylaws
of VI Technology, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.38 of the
Registration Statement on Form S-1).
|
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3.40*
|
Certificate
of Incorporation of Aeroflex Acquisition One, Inc.
|
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3.41*
|
Bylaws
of Aeroflex Acquisition One, Inc.
|
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3.42*
|
Certificate
of Incorporation of Aeroflex Acquisition Two, Inc.
|
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3.43*
|
Bylaws
of Aeroflex Acquisition Two, Inc.
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3.44*
|
Certificate
of Incorporation of Aeroflex Acquisition Three, Inc.
|
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3.45*
|
Bylaws
of Aeroflex Acquisition Three, Inc.
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4.1
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Indenture,
dated as of August 7, 2008, by and among Aeroflex Incorporated, the
Guarantor Subsidiaries and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registration Statement on
Form S-4).
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4.2
|
Form
of 11.75% Senior Notes due February 15, 2015 (included in Exhibit
4.1)
|
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4.3
|
Form
of Regulation S Temporary Global 11.75% Senior Notes due February 15, 2015
(included in Exhibit 4.1)
|
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4.4
|
Exchange
and Registration Rights Agreement, dated August 7, 2008, by and among
Aeroflex Incorporated, the Guarantor Subsidiaries and Goldman, Sachs &
Co. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the Registration
Statement on Form S-4 ).
|
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4.5
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Form
of Notation of Guarantee (included in Exhibit 4.1).
|
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5.1*
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Opinion
of Moomjian, Waite & Coleman, LLP.
|
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10.1
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Executive
Employment Agreement between Aeroflex Incorporated and John Adamovich,
Jr., dated November 9, 2005 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to
the Registrant’ s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 15,
2005).
|
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10.2
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Employment
Agreement between Aeroflex Incorporated and Charles Badlato, dated
November 6, 2003 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the
Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December
31, 2003).
|
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10.3
|
Employment
Agreement between Aeroflex Incorporated and Carl Caruso, dated November 6,
2003 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant’s
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31,
2003).
|
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10.4
|
Amendment
No. 1 to Employment Agreement between Aeroflex Incorporated and Carl
Caruso, dated March 11, 2005 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to
the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 31,
2005).
|
|
10.5
|
Amendment
No. 1 to Employment Agreement between Aeroflex Incorporated and John
Adamovich, Jr., effective November 21, 2006 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.4 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed November
22, 2006).
|
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10.6
|
Amendment
No. 2 to Employment Agreement between Aeroflex Incorporated and John
Adamovich, Jr., effective December 1, 2006 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed February
2, 2007).
|
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10.7
|
Stock
Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 2007, among Aeroflex Incorporated,
Micro-Metrics, Inc. and the stockholders set forth therein (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.14 to the Registration Statement on Form
S-4).
|
|
10.8
|
Employment
Agreement between Aeroflex Incorporated and Leonard Borow, dated August
15, 2007 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.15 to the Registration
Statement on Form S-4).
|
|
10.9
|
Employment
Agreement between Aeroflex Incorporated and John E. Buyko, dated August
15, 2007 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.16 to the Registration
Statement on Form S-4).
|
|
10.10
|
Credit
and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of August 15, 2007, among Aeroflex
Incorporated (as successor to AX Acquisition Corp.), AX Holding Corp., the
Guarantor Subsidiaries, the lenders party thereto and Goldman Sachs Credit
Partners L.P. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.17 to the
Registration Statement on Form S-4).
|
|
10.11
|
Pledge
and Security Agreement, dated as of August 15, 2007, by the grantors party
thereto in favor of Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P., as collateral
agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.18 to the Registration
Statement on Form S-4).
|
|
10.12
|
Advisory
Services Agreement, dated August 15, 2007, by and among VGG Holding LLC,
AX Holding Corp., Aeroflex Incorporated, Veritas Captial Fund Management,
L.L.C., GGC Administration and Goldman, Sachs & Co. (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.20 to the Registration Statement on Form
S-4).
|
|
10.13
|
Senior
Subordinated Unsecured Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of
September 21, 2007, among Aeroflex Incorporated, certain subsidiaries of
Aeroflex Incorporated, the lenders party thereto and Goldman Sachs Credit
Partners L.P. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.21 to the
Registration Statement on Form S-4).
|
|
10.14
|
Series
A-1 Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement, dated October 1, 2007, by and
between Test Evolution Corporation, Lev Alperovich, and Aeroflex
Incorporated (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.22 to the
Registration Statement on Form S-4).
|
|
10.15
|
Amendment
No. 2 to Employment Agreement between Aeroflex Incorporated and Carl
Caruso, effective December 17, 2007 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.23 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4).
|
|
10.16
|
Stock
Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 15, 2008, between Aeroflex
Incorporated and STAR Dynamics Holdings, LLC and TAZ Ventures, LLC
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.24 to the Registration Statement
on Form S-4).
|
|
10.17
|
Share
Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2008, between Aeroflex
Incorporated and the Sellers named therein regarding the shares in Gaisler
Research AB. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.25 to the
Registration Statement on Form S-4).
|
|
10.18
|
Amendment
No. 1 to Employment Agreement between Aeroflex Incorporated and Charles
Badlato, effective July 31, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.26 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4).
|
|
10.19
|
Amendment
No.3 to Employment Agreement between Aeroflex Incorporated and Carl
Caruso, effective December 24, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.27 to Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form
S-4).
|
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10.20
|
Amendment
No. 1 to Employment Agreement between Aeroflex Incorporated and Leonard
Borow, effective December 31, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.28 to Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form
S-4).
|
|
10.21
|
Amendment
No. 1 to Employment Agreement between Aeroflex Incorporated and John
Buyko, effective December 31, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.29 to Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form
S-4).
|
|
10.22
|
Amendment
No. 3 to Employment Agreement between Aeroflex Incorporated and John
Adamovich, Jr., effective December 31, 2008 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.30 to Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form
S-4).
|
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10.23
|
Amendment
No. 2 to Employment Agreement between Aeroflex Incorporated and Charles
Badlato, effective December 31, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.31 to Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form
S-4).
|
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10.24
|
Amendment
No. 4 to Employment Agreement between Aeroflex Incorporated and Carl
Caruso, effective December 31, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.32 to Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form
S-4).
|
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10.25
|
Amendment
No. 4 to Employment Agreement between Aeroflex Incorporated and John
Adamovich, Jr., effective September 17, 2009 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed
September 21, 2009).
|
|
10.26
|
Executive
Employment Agreement between Aeroflex Incorporated and Edward S. Wactlar,
dated July 1, 2010 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.26 of the
Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30,
2010).
|
|
12.1*
|
Statement
of Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges.
|
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21.1*
|
Subsidiaries
of Aeroflex Incorporated.
|
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23.1
|
Consent
of Moomjian, Waite & Coleman, LLP (included in Exhibit
5.1).
|
|
23.2*
|
Consent
of KPMG LLP.
|
|
24.1
|
Powers
of Attorney (included on signature pages of Part II to this Registration
Statement).
|
|
25.1
|
Statement
of Eligibility and Qualification on Form T-1 of The Bank of New York
Mellon Corporation, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 25.1
to the Registration Statement on Form S-4
).
|
*
Filed
herewith
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