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EX-10.3 - SUPPLEMENT NO 4 TO THE GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT - QUALITY DISTRIBUTION INCd935411dex103.htm
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10-Q - FORM 10-Q - QUALITY DISTRIBUTION INCd935411d10q.htm
EX-4.2 - SUPPLEMENT NO 4 TO THE COLLATERAL AGREEMENT - QUALITY DISTRIBUTION INCd935411dex42.htm

Exhibit 4.1

Execution Version

FOURTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

FOURTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Supplemental Indenture”) dated as of May 1, 2015 among ESTHER STREET PROPERTIES, INC. (the “New Guarantor”), a Florida corporation, QUALITY DISTRIBUTION, LLC (or its successor), a Delaware limited liability company, and QD CAPITAL CORPORATION (or its successor), a Delaware corporation (together, the “Issuers”), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., a national banking association, as trustee under the indenture referred to below (the “Trustee”).

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS the Issuers and certain Guarantors named therein have heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, the “Indenture”) dated as of November 3, 2010, providing for the issuance of the Issuers’ Second-Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2018 ( the “Notes”), initially in the aggregate principal amount of $225,000,000;

WHEREAS Section 4.11 of the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Issuers are required to cause the New Guarantor to execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the New Guarantor shall unconditionally guarantee all the Issuers’ Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture pursuant to a Guarantee on the terms and conditions set forth herein; and

WHEREAS pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the Trustee and the Issuers are authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture;

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

1. Defined Terms. As used in this Supplemental Indenture, terms defined in the Indenture or in the preamble or recital hereto are used herein as therein defined, except that the term “holders” in this Supplemental Indenture shall refer to the term “holders” as defined in the Indenture and the Trustee acting on behalf of and for the benefit of such holders. The words “herein,” “hereof’” and “hereby “and other words of similar import used in this Supplemental Indenture refer to this Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to any particular section hereof.

2. Agreement to Guarantee. The New Guarantor hereby agrees, jointly and severally with all existing guarantors (if any), to unconditionally guarantee the Issuers’ Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in Article XII of the Indenture and to be bound by all other applicable provisions of the Indenture and the Notes and to perform all of the obligations and agreements of a guarantor under the Indenture.

3. Notices. All notices or other communications to the New Guarantor shall be given as provided in Section 13.02 of the Indenture.


4. Ratification of Indenture: Supplemental Indentures Part of Indenture. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect. This Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every holder of Notes heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby.

5. Governing Law. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW.

6. Trustee Makes No Representation. The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture.

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

8. Effect of Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not effect the construction thereof.

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

 

QUALITY DISTRIBUTION, LLC, as an Issuer
By:   /s/ Joseph J. Troy
  Name: Joseph J. Troy
 

Title: Executive Vice President and Chief

          Financial Officer

QD CAPITAL CORPORATION, as an Issuer
By:   /s/ Joseph J. Troy
  Name: Joseph J. Troy
 

Title: Executive Vice President and Chief

          Financial Officer

ESTHER STREET PROPERTIES, INC., as a Guarantor
By:   /s/ Robin Cohan
  Name: Robin Cohan
  Title: Vice President and Corporate Controller
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., not in its individual capacity, but solely as Trustee
By:   /s/ Michael Countryman
  Name: Michael Countryman
  Title: Vice President