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Virtu KCG Holdings LLC – ‘8-K’ for 3/10/15 – ‘EX-4.1’

On:  Monday, 3/16/15, at 4:40pm ET   ·   For:  3/10/15   ·   Accession #:  1193125-15-93851   ·   File #:  0-54991

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EX-4.1   —   Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders


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  EX-4.1  

Exhibit 4.1

EXECUTION VERSION

 

 

KCG HOLDINGS, INC.

AND EACH OF THE GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO

6.875% SENIOR SECURED NOTES DUE 2020

 

 

INDENTURE

Dated as of March 13, 2015

 

 

The Bank of New York Mellon

Trustee and Collateral Agent

 

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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  ARTICLE 1DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION   
  BY REFERENCE   
Section 1.01   Definitions.      1   
Section 1.02   Other Definitions.      31   
Section 1.03   Rules of Construction.      31   
  ARTICLE 2THE NOTES   
Section 2.01   Form and Dating.      32   
Section 2.02   Execution and Authentication.      32   
Section 2.03   Registrar and Paying Agent.      33   
Section 2.04   Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.      33   
Section 2.05   Holder Lists.      34   
Section 2.06   Transfer and Exchange.      34   
Section 2.07   Replacement Notes.      45   
Section 2.08   Outstanding Notes.      45   
Section 2.09   Treasury Notes.      45   
Section 2.10   Temporary Notes.      46   
Section 2.11   Cancellation.      46   
Section 2.12   Defaulted Interest.      46   
Section 2.13   CUSIP Numbers.      46   
  ARTICLE 3REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT   
Section 3.01   Notices to Trustee.      47   
Section 3.02   Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed or Purchased.      47   
Section 3.03   Notice of Redemption.      47   
Section 3.04   Effect of Notice of Redemption.      48   
Section 3.05   Deposit of Redemption or Purchase Price.      48   
Section 3.06   Notes Redeemed or Purchased in Part.      49   
Section 3.07   Optional Redemption.      49   
Section 3.08   Mandatory Redemption.      50   
Section 3.09   Offer to Purchase by Application of Excess Proceeds.      50   
  ARTICLE 4COVENANTS   
Section 4.01   Payment of Notes.      52   
Section 4.02   Maintenance of Office or Agency.      52   
Section 4.03   Reports.      52   
Section 4.04   Compliance Certificate.      54   
Section 4.05   Taxes.      54   
Section 4.06   Stay, Extension and Usury Laws.      54   
Section 4.07   Restricted Payments.      54   
Section 4.08   Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries.      58   
Section 4.09   Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock.      59   
Section 4.10   Asset Sales.      64   
Section 4.11   Transactions with Affiliates.      66   
Section 4.12   Liens.      68   
Section 4.13   Business Activities.      68   
Section 4.14   Existence; Insurance.      68   


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Section 4.15   Offer to Repurchase Upon Change of Control Triggering Event.      68   
Section 4.16   Limitation on Certain Equity Interests.      70   
Section 4.17   Mortgages.      71   
Section 4.18   Payments for Consent.      71   
Section 4.19   Additional Note Guarantees.      72   
Section 4.20   Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries.      72   
Section 4.21   Further Assurances.      73   
Section 4.22   Changes in Covenants when the Notes are Rated Investment Grade.      73   
  ARTICLE 5SUCCESSORS   
Section 5.01   Merger, Consolidation, or Sale of Assets.      74   
Section 5.02   Successor Corporation Substituted.      75   
  ARTICLE 6DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES   
Section 6.01   Events of Default.      75   
Section 6.02   Acceleration.      77   
Section 6.03   Other Remedies.      78   
Section 6.04   Waiver of Past Defaults.      78   
Section 6.05   Control by Majority.      78   
Section 6.06   Limitation on Suits.      78   
Section 6.07   Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment.      79   
Section 6.08   Collection Suit by Trustee.      79   
Section 6.09   Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.      79   
Section 6.10   Priorities.      80   
Section 6.11   Undertaking for Costs.      80   
  ARTICLE 7TRUSTEE   
Section 7.01   Duties of Trustee.      80   
Section 7.02   Rights of Trustee.      81   
Section 7.03   Individual Rights of Trustee.      82   
Section 7.04   Trustee’s Disclaimer.      82   
Section 7.05   Notice of Defaults.      83   
Section 7.06   Reports by Trustee to Holders of the Notes.      83   
Section 7.07   Compensation and Indemnity.      83   
Section 7.08   Replacement of Trustee.      84   
Section 7.09   Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.      85   
Section 7.10   Eligibility; Disqualification.      85   
Section 7.11   Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.      85   
  ARTICLE 8LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE   
Section 8.01   Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.      85   
Section 8.02   Legal Defeasance and Discharge.      85   
Section 8.03   Covenant Defeasance.      86   
Section 8.04   Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance.      86   
Section 8.05   Deposited Money and Government Securities to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions.      87   
Section 8.06   Repayment to Company.      88   
Section 8.07   Reinstatement.      88   
  ARTICLE 9AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER   
Section 9.01   Without Consent of Holders of Notes.      89   

 

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Section 9.02   With Consent of Holders of Notes.      89   
Section 9.03   [Reserved].      91   
Section 9.04   Revocation and Effect of Consents.      91   
Section 9.05   Notation on or Exchange of Notes.      91   
Section 9.06   Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc.      91   
  ARTICLE 10COLLATERAL AND SECURITY   
Section 10.01.   Collateral Documents.      92   
Section 10.02.   Recording and Opinions.      92   
Section 10.03.   Release of Collateral.      93   
Section 10.04.   Certificates of the Company.      93   
Section 10.05.   Certificates of the Trustee.      93   
Section 10.06.   Authorization of Actions to Be Taken by the Trustee Under the Collateral Documents.      93   
Section 10.07.   Authorization of Receipt of Funds by the Trustee Under the Collateral Documents.      94   
Section 10.08.   Termination of Security Interest.      94   
  ARTICLE 11NOTE GUARANTEES   
Section 11.01   Guarantee.      94   
Section 11.02   Limitation on Guarantor Liability.      95   
Section 11.03   Execution and Delivery of Note Guarantee.      95   
Section 11.04   Guarantors May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms.      96   
Section 11.05   Releases.      96   
  ARTICLE 12SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE   
Section 12.01   Satisfaction and Discharge.      97   
Section 12.02   Application of Trust Money.      98   
  ARTICLE 13MISCELLANEOUS   
Section 13.01   Notices.      99   
Section 13.02   Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes.      100   
Section 13.03   Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.      100   
Section 13.04   Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.      100   
Section 13.05   Rules by Trustee and Agents.      101   
Section 13.06   No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders.      101   
Section 13.07   Governing Law.      101   
Section 13.08   No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.      101   
Section 13.09   Successors.      101   
Section 13.10   Severability.      101   
Section 13.11   Counterpart Originals.      101   
Section 13.12   Table of Contents, Headings, etc.      101   
Section 13.13   Submission of Jurisdiction.      102   
Section 13.14   Waiver of Jury Trial.      102   
Section 13.15   Tax Matters.      102   

EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit A    FORM OF NOTE
Exhibit B    FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER
Exhibit C    FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE

 

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Exhibit D    FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF ACQUIRING INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR
Exhibit E    FORM OF NOTATION OF GUARANTEE
Exhibit F    FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
Exhibit G    FORM OF INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT

 

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INDENTURE dated as of March 13, 2015 among KCG Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the Guarantors (as defined below) and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee and collateral agent.

The Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Collateral Agent agree as follows for the benefit of each other and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders (as defined) of the 6.875% Senior Secured Notes due 2020 (the “Notes”):

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, for its lawful corporate purposes, the Company has duly authorized the issuance of the Initial Notes, and in order to provide the terms and conditions upon which the Initial Notes are to be authenticated, issued and delivered, the Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture; and

WHEREAS, all acts and things necessary to make the Initial Notes, when executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee or a duly authorized authenticating agent, pursuant to this Indenture, the valid, binding and legal obligations of the Company, and this Indenture a valid and binding agreement according to its terms, have been done and performed, and the execution of this Indenture and the issuance hereunder of the Initial Notes have in all respects been duly authorized.

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION

BY REFERENCE

Section 1.01 Definitions.

144A Global Note” means a Global Note substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of, and registered in the name of, the Depositary or its nominee that will be issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes sold in reliance on Rule 144A.

2015 Convertible Notes” means the 3.50% Cash Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes due 2015 issued by Knight Capital Group, Inc. pursuant to the 2015 Convertible Notes Indenture.

2015 Convertible Notes Indenture” means the Indenture, dated as of March 19, 2010, between Knight Capital Group, Inc., as issuer, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee, as amended, modified or supplemented form time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof.

Accession Agreement” means an accession agreement, if any, to the Collateral Documents, in substantially the form provided therein, entered into by the Company, the Guarantors, the trustee, agent or other representative for the holders of any Pari Passu Indebtedness and the Collateral Agent from time to time.

Acquired Debt” means, with respect to any specified Person:

(1) Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such other Person is merged with or into or became a Restricted 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 Restricted Subsidiary of, such specified Person; and

 

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(2) Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering any asset acquired by such specified Person.

Additional Notes” means additional Notes (other than the Initial Notes) issued under this Indenture, as part of the same series as the Initial Notes.

Affiliate” means, when used with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified. For purposes of this definition, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with” have correlative meanings.

Agent” means any Registrar, co-registrar, Paying Agent or additional paying agent.

Applicable Premium” means, with respect to any Note on any redemption date, the greater of:

(1) 1.0% of the principal amount of the Note; or

(2) the excess, if any, of:

(a) the present value at such redemption date of (i) the redemption price of the Note at March 15, 2017 (such redemption price being set forth in the table appearing in Section 3.07 hereof) plus (ii) all required interest payments due on the Note through March 15, 2017 (excluding accrued but unpaid interest to the redemption date), computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate as of such redemption date plus 50 basis points; over

(b) the principal amount of the Note.

The trustee shall have no duty to calculate or verify the calculation of the Applicable Premium.

Applicable Procedures” means, with respect to any transfer or exchange of or for beneficial interests in any Global Note, the rules and procedures of the Depositary, Euroclear and Clearstream that apply to such transfer or exchange.

Asset Sale” means:

(1) the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of any assets or rights by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole will be governed by the provisions of Section 4.15 hereof and/or the provisions of Section 5.01 hereof and not by the provisions of Section 4.10 hereof; and

(2) the issuance of Equity Interests in any of the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries or the sale of Equity Interests in any of its Subsidiaries.

Notwithstanding the preceding, none of the following items will be deemed to be an Asset Sale:

(1) any single transaction or series of related transactions that involves assets or the issuance or sale of Equity Interests of any of the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries having a Fair Market Value of less than $10,000,000;

(2) the sale or other disposition of obsolete or worn out property in the ordinary course of business and dispositions of property no longer useful to the conduct of the business of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;

 

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(3) the sale or other disposition of inventory and other assets (including securities (other than Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary) and derivatives) in the ordinary course of business;

(4) dispositions (i) by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Guarantor of all or substantially all of its assets to any other Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Guarantor; provided that (A) in the case of such disposition by a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Company the transferee entity shall be a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Company and (B) in the case of such disposition by a Broker-Dealer Subsidiary, the transferee entity shall be a Broker-Dealer Subsidiary and (ii) by any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of all or substantially all of its assets to the Company or any Guarantor (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise);

(5) the sale or issuance of Equity Interests (i) by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to the Company or to a Guarantor, (ii) by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Guarantor to any other Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Guarantor and (iii) that constitute nominal amounts of a Foreign Subsidiary of the Company to local nationals to the extent required by applicable Legal Requirements;

(6) the sale or other disposition (i) by a Guarantor of its property to the Company or to another Guarantor, (ii) by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Guarantor (other than a Broker-Dealer Subsidiary) of its property to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary of the Company and (iii) by a Broker-Dealer Subsidiary of its property to another Broker-Dealer Subsidiary that shall not have any Indebtedness which is not permitted by Section 4.09 hereof (other than Section 4.09(b)(6));

(7) a Restricted Payment or a Restricted Investment that does not violate Section 4.07 hereof or a Permitted Investment;

(8) the lease, assignment or sublease of any real or personal property in the ordinary course of business;

(9) sales or grants of licenses or sublicenses in the ordinary course of business to use the Company’s or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries’ trademarks, patents, trade secrets, know-how or other intellectual property and technology to the extent that such sale, license or sublicense does not materially impair the conduct of the business of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

(10) dispositions of property to the extent that (i) such property is exchanged for credit against the purchase price of similar replacement property that is promptly purchased, (ii) the proceeds of such disposition are promptly applied to the purchase price of similar replacement property (which replacement property is actually promptly purchased), or (iii) such property is exchanged for similar replacement property;

(11) the sale or other disposition of cash or Cash Equivalents;

(12) the cancellation or forgiveness in the ordinary course of business of any loan or advance to any employee of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

(13) any disposition of property that constitutes a Casualty Event;

(14) any Permitted Liens;

(15) any extension of trade credit in the ordinary course of business;

 

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(16) mergers, amalgamations and consolidations permitted by Section 5.01 hereof;

(17) the issuance of Equity Interests of an Unrestricted Subsidiary;

(18) the unwinding of Hedging Obligations;

(19) any disposition of accounts receivable arising in the ordinary course of business in connection with the collection or compromise thereof and not as part of any financing transaction;

(20) the sale of all or substantially all of the equity or assets of the Hotspot Entities; and

(21) the sale or distribution of any equity interests held by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as of the date of this Indenture in BATS Global Markets, Inc.

Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code entitled “Bankruptcy,” as now and hereafter in effect, or any successor statute.

Bankruptcy Law” means the Bankruptcy Code and all other insolvency, bankruptcy, receivership, liquidation, conservatorship, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, reorganization, or similar Legal Requirements of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors generally.

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, with respect to any Person:

(1) in the case of any corporation, the board of directors of such Person;

(2) in the case of any limited liability company, the board of managers or board of directors, as applicable, of such Person, or if such limited liability company does not have a board of managers or board of directors, the functional equivalent of the foregoing;

(3) in the case of any partnership, the board of directors or board of managers, as applicable, of the general partner of such Person; and

(4) in any other case, the functional equivalent of the foregoing;

and, in the case of clauses (1) through (4) above, (other than for purposes of the definition of Change of Control), any duly authorized committee or functional equivalent of any of the foregoing.

Broker-Dealer Subsidiaries” means each Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is on the date of this Indenture or becomes in the future a registered broker-dealer under the Exchange Act (or any comparable foreign equivalent thereof).

Business Day” means any day other than a Legal Holiday.

Capital Lease” means, with respect to any Person, any lease of, or other arrangement conveying the right to use, any property by such Person as lessee that has been or should be accounted for as a capital lease on a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP.

 

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Capital Lease Obligation” means, as to any Person, the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any Capital Lease and, for the purposes of this Indenture, the amount of such obligations at any time shall be the capitalized amount thereof at such time determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that any obligations that would not be accounted for as Capital Lease Obligations under GAAP as of the closing of this offering shall not be included in Capital Lease Obligations after such date due to any changes in GAAP or interpretations thereunder or otherwise.

Capital Stock” means any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any and all equivalent ownership interests in a Person (other than a corporation) and any and all warrants, rights or options to purchase any of the foregoing.

Cash Equivalents” means:

(1) United States dollars;

(2) marketable securities issued, or directly, unconditionally and fully guaranteed or insured, by the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof (provided that the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support thereof) having maturities of not more than two years from the date of acquisition by such Person;

(3) time deposits and certificates of deposit of any commercial bank having, or which is the principal banking subsidiary of a bank holding company organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia having, capital and surplus aggregating in excess of $500,000,000 and a rating of “A” (or such other similar equivalent rating) or higher by at least one nationally recognized statistical rating organization (as defined in Section 3(a)(62) under the Exchange Act) with maturities of not more than one year from the date of acquisition by such Person;

(4) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than 30 days for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (2) and (3) above entered into with any Person meeting the qualifications specified in clause (3) above, which repurchase obligations are secured by a valid perfected security interest in the underlying securities;

(5) securities with maturities of two years or less from the date of acquisition issued or fully guaranteed by any state, commonwealth or territory of the United States or by any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such state, commonwealth or territory, in each case which are rated at least A-1 or the equivalent thereof by S&P at least P-1 or the equivalent thereof by Moody’s;

(6) commercial paper having one of the two highest ratings obtainable from Moody’s or S&P, in each case, maturing not more than one year after the date of acquisition by such Person;

(7) investments in money market funds at least 95% of whose assets are comprised of securities of the types described in clauses (1) through (6) above; and

(8) in the case of any Foreign Subsidiary of the Company only, instruments equivalent to those referred to in clauses (1) through (7) above denominated in Euros or any other foreign currency comparable in credit quality and tenor to those referred to above and commonly used by corporations for cash management purposes in any jurisdiction outside the United States to the extent reasonably required in connection with any business conducted by any Foreign Subsidiary of the Company organized in such jurisdiction.

 

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Casualty Event” means any loss of title (other than through a consensual disposition of such property in accordance with this Indenture) or any loss of or damage to or any destruction of, or any condemnation or other taking (including by any Governmental Authority) of, any property of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries. “Casualty Event” shall include any taking of all or any part of any Real Property of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, in or by condemnation or other eminent domain proceedings pursuant to any Legal Requirement, or by reason of the temporary requisition of the use or occupancy of all or any material part of any Real Property of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries by any Governmental Authority, or by reason of any settlement in lieu thereof.

Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following:

(1) the direct or indirect sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than 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 the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole to any “person” or “group” (as each such term is used in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act);

(2) the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of the Company;

(3) the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation), the result of which is that any “person” or “group” (each as defined above) is or becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Voting Stock of the Company, measured by voting power rather than number of shares; or

(4) the Company consolidates with, or merges with or into, any Person, or any Person consolidates with, or merges with or into, the Company, in any such event pursuant to a transaction in which any of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Company or such other Person is converted into or exchanged for cash, securities or other property, other than any such transaction where the Voting Stock of the Company outstanding immediately prior to such transaction is converted into or exchanged for Voting Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the surviving or transferee Person constituting a majority of the outstanding shares of such Voting Stock of such surviving or transferee Person (immediately after giving effect to such issuance).

Change of Control Triggering Event” means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Rating Event.

Clearstream” means Clearstream Banking, S.A.

Collateral” has the meaning assigned to it in the Collateral Documents.

Collateral Agent” means The Bank of New York Mellon until a successor replaces it in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture and thereafter means the successor serving hereunder.

Collateral Documents” means the security agreements, pledge agreements, Mortgages, collateral assignments, control agreements and related agreements (including, without limitation, financing statements under the UCC of the relevant states), and the Intercreditor Agreement, if any, each as amended, supplemented, restated, renewed, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time, to secure any Obligations under the Indenture Documents or under which rights or remedies with respect to any such Lien are governed.

 

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Consolidated Cash Flow” means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period, plus:

(1) without duplication and to the extent deducted in determining such Consolidated Net Income, the sum of:

(a) Fixed Charges, amortization or write-off of debt discount and debt issuance costs and commissions, discounts and other fees and charges associated with Indebtedness of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, but not counting any items in this subclause (a) attributable to Excluded Debt;

(b) consolidated income tax and franchise tax expense for such period and provisions for taxes based on income or profits of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period;

(c) all amounts attributable to depreciation and amortization, but not counting any amounts in this subclause (c) attributable to Excluded Debt;

(d) all extraordinary, non-recurring or one-time charges, losses or expenses for such period (including (i) whether or not otherwise includable as a separate item in the consolidated statement of operations for such period, any net loss realized by such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with the sale of assets outside of the ordinary course of business, (ii) if and to the extent included as a separate item in the consolidated statement of operations for such period, restructuring charges (including severance, relocation costs, one-time compensation charges, integration and facilities opening costs, recruiting and signing costs, retention or completion bonuses, transition costs and costs from curtailments or modifications to pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans) and (iii) professional fees and expenses incurred in connection with, or as a result of, any extraordinary losses or charges);

(e) the amount of “run rate” net cost savings, synergies and operating expense reductions projected by the Company in good faith to result from actions taken or with respect to which substantial steps have been taken no later than 18 months after the date of determination to take such action (calculated on a pro forma basis as though such cost savings, operating expense reductions and synergies had been realized on the first day of the period for which Consolidated Cash Flow is being determined and if such cost savings, operating expense reductions and synergies were realized during the entirety of such period), net of the amount of actual benefits realized during such period from such actions (and reflected in Consolidated Net Income for such period); provided that such cost savings, operating expense reductions and synergies are reasonably identifiable and factually supportable and described in reasonable detail by the chief financial officer of the Company in an officer’s certificate delivered to the trustee (it is understood and agreed that “run rate” means the full recurring benefit for a period that is associated with any action taken, committed to be taken or with respect to which substantial steps have been taken or are expected to be taken);

(f) all non-recurring or one-time charges, losses or expenses for such period to the extent incurred to achieve (and directly related to achieving) the net cost savings, synergies and operating expense reductions referred to in preceding clause (e) so long as all such non-recurring and one-time charges, losses and expenses are incurred on or prior to the date that is 18 months after the date of determination to take such action; provided that such non-recurring or one-time charges, losses and expenses are factually supportable and described in reasonable detail by the chief financial officer of the Company in an officer’s certificate delivered to the trustee;

 

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(g) all other non-cash charges for such period (including impairment charges of fixed and/or intangible assets) other than non-cash charges resulting from (i) marked-to-market adjustments of securities positions made in the ordinary course of business and (ii) resulting from the early extinguishment of Excluded Debt;

(h) costs and expenses incurred during such period as a result of any acquisition (other than in the ordinary course of business), investment (other than (i) an intercompany investment and (ii) any investments made in the ordinary course of business) or asset sales permitted hereunder (in each case, whether or not consummated);

(i) costs and expenses incurred in connection with any issuance (or proposed issuance) of Indebtedness (including the Notes) or Equity Interests or any refinancing transaction (or proposed refinancing transaction) or any amendment or other modification of any debt instrument, in each case, whether or not consummated, but not counting any items in this clause (i) attributable to Excluded Debt;

(j) to the extent actually reimbursed in cash, expenses incurred to the extent covered by indemnification provisions in any agreement in connection with (a) the acquisition of all or substantially all of the property of any Person, or all or substantially all of any business or division of any Person, (b) acquisition of 100% of the Equity Interests of any Person or (c) the merger or consolidation or any other combination with any Person;

(k) to the extent covered by insurance under which the insurer has been properly notified and has not denied or contested coverage, expenses with respect to liability or casualty events;

(l) losses, charges and expenses directly attributable to discontinued operations but only in respect of the period in which such operations were classified as discontinued in accordance with GAAP; and

(m) the amount of any minority interest expense deducted from subsidiary income attributable to minority equity interests of third parties in any non-Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary;

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(2) without duplication and to the extent included in determining such Consolidated Net Income, the sum of:

(a) all extraordinary, non-recurring or one-time gains for such period (including, whether or not otherwise includable as a separate item in the statement of Consolidated Net Income for such period, extraordinary gains on the sales of assets outside of the ordinary course of business);

(b) income tax benefits (to the extent not netted from income tax expense);

(c) all non-cash gains associated with stock based director, management and employee compensation for such period;

 

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(d) all other non-cash income and non-cash gains for such period, other than non-cash gains resulting from marked-to-market adjustments of securities positions made in the ordinary course of business, all determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP;

(e) all income and gains for such period directly attributed to discontinued operations but only in respect of the period in which such operations were classified as discontinued in accordance with GAAP; and

(f) all cash payments or cash charges made (or incurred) for such period on account of any non-cash charges added back to Consolidated Cash Flow in a previous period pursuant to clause (1)(g) above.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, for the avoidance of doubt, Consolidated Cash Flow shall not be increased as a result of (i) the sale by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of all or substantially all of the equity or assets of the Hotspot Entities, (ii) the sale of any equity interests in BATS Global Markets, Inc. held by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as of the date of this Indenture, (iii) any Annual Tax Benefits (as defined in the Offering Memorandum under the section “Summary—Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Consolidated Financial Statements”) or one-time payment in exchange thereof paid to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to the Hotspot Agreement, (iv) any consolidated income tax expense and provisions for taxes based on income or profits, in each case, in respect of any of the foregoing described in clauses (i) through (iii) of this sentence or (v) to the extent directly related to the offering of the Initial Notes, the repayment of the 2015 Convertible Notes, the redemption or refinancing of the Company’s 8.250% Senior Secured Notes due 2018 or the sale by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of all or substantially all of the equity or assets of the Hotspot Entities, debt issuance costs, debt discount or premium and other financing fees and expenses. For the avoidance of doubt, Consolidated Cash Flow shall be calculated on a pro forma basis for all purposes of this Indenture.

Consolidated Indebtedness” means, as at any date, an amount equal to the sum of, without duplication, (i) the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on such date (to the extent such Indebtedness would be included on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP), (ii) the aggregate principal amount of all debt obligations of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or similar instruments, (iii) the aggregate amount of unreimbursed drawings in respect of letters of credit (or similar facilities) issued for the account of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and (iv) the aggregate amount of all Guarantees of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of Indebtedness of third persons of the type described in preceding clauses (i) through (iii), in each case calculated on a consolidated basis for the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, however, Consolidated Indebtedness shall exclude all Excluded Debt and Guarantees in respect of Excluded Debt.

Consolidated Interest Expense” means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the total consolidated interest expense of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP plus, without duplication:

(1) imputed interest on Capital Lease Obligations of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period;

(2) commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to letters of credit securing financial obligations, bankers’ acceptance financing, receivables financings and similar credit transactions for such period;

 

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(3) amortization of debt issuance costs, debt discount or premium and other financing fees and expenses incurred by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period;

(4) cash contributions to any employee stock ownership plan or similar trust made by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent such contributions are used by such plan or trust to pay interest or fees to any Person (other than the Company or any of its Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiaries) in connection with Indebtedness incurred by such plan or trust for such period;

(5) all interest paid or payable with respect to discontinued operations of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period; and

(6) all interest on any Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of the type described in clause (h) or (i) of the definition of “Indebtedness” for such period;

provided that (a) to the extent directly related to the offering of the Initial Notes, the repayment of the 2015 Convertible Notes or the redemption or refinancing of the Company’s 8.250% Senior Secured Notes due 2018, debt issuance costs, debt discount or premium and other financing fees and expenses shall be excluded from the calculation of Consolidated Interest Expense, (b) all interest on (or associated with) any Excluded Debt shall be excluded from the calculation of Consolidated Interest Expense and (c) Consolidated Interest Expense shall be calculated after giving effect to Hedging Agreements (including associated costs) intended to protect against fluctuations in interest rates, but excluding unrealized gains and losses with respect to any such Hedging Agreements.

Consolidated Net Income” means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the consolidated net income (or deficit) of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided that:

(1) the income (or deficit) of any Person (other than a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company) in which the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has an ownership interest (including any Unrestricted Subsidiary) shall only be included to the extent that any such income is actually received in cash by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary in the form of dividends or similar distributions;

(2) the net income of any Restricted Subsidiary will be excluded to the extent that the declaration of payment of dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of such net income (a) is at the date of determination not 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 and (b) was not, or could not have been, subsequently distributed by the Restricted Subsidiary; provided that this clause (2) shall only apply in determining Consolidated Net Income for the purposes of Section 4.07 hereof;

(3) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles will be excluded; and

(4) any non-cash compensation charge arising from any grant of stock, stock options or other equity-based awards shall be excluded.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, Consolidated Net Income shall not be (a) increased as a result of (i) the sale by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of all or substantially all of the equity or assets of the Hotspot Entities, (ii) the sale of any equity interests in BATS Global Markets, Inc. held by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as of the date of this

 

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Indenture or (iii) any Annual Tax Benefits (as defined in the Offering Memorandum under the section “Summary—Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Consolidated Financial Statements”) or one-time payment in exchange thereof paid to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to the Hotspot Agreement and (b) decreased as a result of (i) any consolidated income tax expense and provisions for taxes based on income or profits in respect of any of the foregoing described in clauses (a)(i) through (iii) of this sentence and (ii) to the extent directly related to the offering of the Initial Notes, the repayment of the 2015 Convertible Notes, the redemption or refinancing of the Company’s 8.250% Senior Secured Notes due 2018 or the sale by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of all or substantially all of the equity or assets of the Hotspot Entities, debt issuance costs, debt discount or premium and other financing fees and expenses.

Consolidated Secured Indebtedness” means, at any date of determination, the Consolidated Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries that is secured by Liens on such date.

Consolidated Secured Indebtedness Ratio” means, at any date of determination, the ratio of (x) Consolidated Secured Indebtedness to (y) Consolidated Cash Flow for the most recently ended four full fiscal quarters of the Company.

Consolidated Total Assets” means, as of any date of determination, the total assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of the most recent fiscal quarter end for which a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries is internally available (determined after giving pro forma effect to any acquisitions or dispositions of assets since the date of such fiscal quarter end and on or prior to such date of determination), calculated on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise, and the terms “Controlling” and “Controlled” shall have meanings correlative thereto.

Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee” will be at the address of the Trustee specified in Section 13.01 hereof or such other address as to which the Trustee may give notice to the Company.

Custodian” means the Trustee, as custodian with respect to the Notes in global form, or any successor entity thereto.

Default” means any event, occurrence or condition which is, or upon notice, lapse of time or both would constitute, an Event of Default.

Definitive Note” means a certificated Note registered in the name of the Holder thereof and issued in accordance with Section 2.06 hereof, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto except that such Note shall not bear the Global Note Legend and shall not have the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto.

Designated Non-cash Consideration” means the Fair Market Value of non-cash consideration received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with an Asset Sale that is so designated as Designated Non-cash Consideration pursuant to an Officers’ Certificate, which sets forth the basis of such valuation, one of the signatories of which shall be a Responsible Officer of the Company.

Depositary” means, with respect to the Notes issuable or issued in whole or in part in global form, the Person specified in Section 2.03 hereof as the Depositary with respect to the Notes, and any and all successors thereto appointed as depositary hereunder and having become such pursuant to the applicable provision of this Indenture.

 

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Disqualified Stock” means any Capital Stock which, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible, or for which it is exchangeable or exercisable), or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable at the option of the holder of the Capital Stock, in whole or in part, on or prior to the date that is 91 days after the date on which the Notes mature, other than as a result of a change of control or asset sale event so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of a change of control or asset sale event shall be subject to the prior repayment in full of the Notes and all other Obligations that are accrued and payable; provided that, if such Capital Stock is issued to any plan for the benefit of employees of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Capital Stock shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because they may be required to be repurchased by the Company in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations or as a result of such employee’s termination, death or disability. The amount of Disqualified Stock deemed to be outstanding at any time for purposes of this Indenture will be the maximum amount that the Company 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.

Domestic Restricted Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that was formed under the laws of the United States or any state of the United States or the District of Columbia.

Equity Interests” means with respect to any Person, any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options, participations or other equivalents, including membership interests (however designated, whether voting or nonvoting), of equity of such Person, including, if such Person is a partnership, partnership interests (whether general or limited), or if such Person is a limited liability company, membership interests and 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 property of, such partnership, whether outstanding on the date hereof or issued on or after the date of this Indenture, but excluding debt securities convertible or exchangeable into such equity.

Equity Offering” means an offer and sale of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock).

Equivalent Regulated Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company substantially all of whose business and operations are substantially similar to some or all of the business and operations of a Broker-Dealer Restricted Subsidiary or any Restricted Subsidiary that is an operating regulated entity or licensed mortgage Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, in each case that is existing as of the date of this Indenture.

Euroclear” means Euroclear Bank, S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear system.

Exchange Act” means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Exchange and Clearing Operations” means the business relating to exchange and clearing, depository and settlement of operations conducted by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary.

Excluded Accounts” means (i) payroll accounts, (ii) deposit accounts used solely for taxes, including, without limitation, sales tax, (iii) deposit accounts used solely for escrow accounts, (iv) deposit accounts used solely for fiduciary or trust accounts, (v) employee benefits accounts (to the extent exclusively containing funds held for employee benefits), (vi) 401(k) accounts (to the extent exclusively containing funds held for 401(k) accounts), (vii) pension fund accounts (to the extent exclusively containing funds held for pension funds), (viii) any deposit account or securities account the funds or securities in which consist solely of amounts pledged or deposit under clauses (4), (5), (14), (21) and (24) of the definition of Permitted Liens, and (ix) deposit accounts the daily balance in which does not at any time exceed $1,000,000 for any such deposit account or $3,000,000 for all such deposit accounts.

 

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Excluded Debt” means Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business by a Broker-Dealer Subsidiary, any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is an operating regulated entity or any licensed mortgage Restricted Subsidiary or any Restricted Subsidiary of a Broker-Dealer Subsidiary, or any other Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is an operating regulated entity or licensed mortgage Restricted Subsidiary or any other Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is an Equivalent Regulated Subsidiary and, in each case, that is (i) (x) in the case of any Broker-Dealer Subsidiary or an Equivalent Regulated Subsidiary, secured under customary terms by marketable securities and similar or related assets and (y) in the case of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is an operating regulated entity or licensed mortgage Restricted Subsidiary or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof or any Equivalent Regulated Subsidiary, secured under customary terms by marketable securities, financial instruments and similar or related assets, which in each case would be customarily subject of a Repo Agreement or customarily acceptable as “borrowing base collateral” in secured warehouse financings for similar companies or (ii) unsecured but where such Restricted Subsidiary holds unencumbered cash and marketable securities with a fair market value sufficient to fully secure such Indebtedness.

Excluded Net Proceeds” means Net Proceeds from any Asset Sale in respect of (x) any Foreign Restricted Subsidiary or Excluded Regulated Restricted Subsidiary to the extent such Net Proceeds are required pursuant to Legal Requirements (other than pursuant to such Restricted Subsidiary’s organizational documents) to be used to assure compliance with capital requirements applicable to such Restricted Subsidiary, provided that at such time as such Net Proceeds are no longer needed to assure compliance with such capital requirements, such Net Proceeds shall not constitute Excluded Net Proceeds, or (y) any non-Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary to the extent that such Net Proceeds are required to be distributed (and have been distributed) to the shareholders of such Restricted Subsidiary who are not the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof.

Excluded Regulated Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is a (a) Broker-Dealer Subsidiary or a Restricted Subsidiary of a Broker-Dealer Subsidiary or (b) another regulated entity or a licensed mortgage Restricted Subsidiary, in each case in respect of which the guaranteeing by such Restricted Subsidiary of the Obligations under the Indenture Documents could, in the good faith judgment of the Company, reasonably be expected to result in adverse regulatory effects to such Subsidiary or impair the conduct of the business of such Restricted Subsidiary.

Existing Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Indebtedness under the Notes or, for the avoidance of doubt, the Company’s 8.250% Senior Secured Notes due 2018) in existence on the date of this Indenture, until such amounts are repaid.

Fair Market Value” means, with respect to any asset (including any Equity Interests of any Person), the price at which a willing arms-length buyer, and a willing arms-length seller in a transaction would agree to purchase and sell such asset, as determined in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the Company or, if such Fair Market Value is above $5,000,000, the Board of Directors or, pursuant to a delegation of authority by such Board of Directors of the Company.

First Lien Lender Counterparty” means each counterparty to a Hedging Agreement if (i) at the date of entering into such Hedging Agreement, such counterparty was an Agent, a Lender or an Affiliate of an Agent or Lender (each, as defined in the Senior Credit Facility) and (ii) such counterparty complied with the terms applicable to it under the Senior Credit Facility.

First Lien Loan Documents” means any Senior Credit Facility and each of the other agreements, documents and instruments providing for or evidencing any other First Lien Obligation (including each First Lien Hedging Agreement), and any other document or instrument executed or delivered at any time in connection with any First Lien Obligations, including any intercreditor or joinder agreement among holders of First Lien Obligations, to the extent such are effective at the relevant time, as each may be amended, restated, supplemented, modified, renewed or extended from time to time in accordance with the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement.

 

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First Lien Obligations” means, collectively, any Indebtedness or other Obligations of the Company and the Guarantors that are secured by a Permitted Lien described in clause (1) or (19) (so long as the holders of the Lien under such clause (19) are First Lien Lender Counterparties) of the definition thereof, which Liens are senior in priority to the Lien securing the Notes and the Note Guarantees pursuant to the Intercreditor Agreement.

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 or otherwise discharges any Indebtedness (other than ordinary working capital borrowings) or issues, repurchases or redeems preferred 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 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.

In addition, for purposes of calculating the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio:

(1) acquisitions 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 will be given pro forma effect (in accordance with Regulation S-X under the Securities Act) as if they had occurred on the first day of the four-quarter reference period;

(2) 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;

(3) 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;

(4) 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;

(5) 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; and

(6) 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 (taking into account any Hedging Obligation applicable to such Indebtedness if such Hedging Obligation has a remaining term as at the Calculation Date in excess of 12 months).

 

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Fixed Charges” means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the sum, without duplication, of:

(1) Consolidated Interest Expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period; and

(2) the sum of all dividends, whether paid or accrued and whether or not in cash, on any series of preferred stock of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, other than dividends on Equity Interests payable solely in Equity Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock) or to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company,

in each case, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

Foreign Restricted Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Domestic Restricted Subsidiary.

Foreign Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary of the Company that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia.

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, which are in effect on the date of this Indenture.

Global Note Legend” means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(f)(2) hereof, which is required to be placed on all Global Notes issued under this Indenture.

Global Notes” means, individually and collectively, each of the Restricted Global Notes and the Unrestricted Global Notes deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto and that bears the Global Note Legend and that has the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto, issued in accordance with Section 2.01, 2.06(b)(3), 2.06(b)(4) or 2.06(d)(2) hereof.

Government Securities” means direct obligations of, or obligations guaranteed by, the United States of America, and the payment for which the United States pledges its full faith and credit.

Governmental Authority” means any federal, state, local or foreign (whether civil, criminal, military or otherwise) court, central bank or governmental agency, tribunal, authority, self-regulatory organization (including FINRA and any comparable foreign equivalent thereof), exchange, instrumentality or regulatory body or any subdivision thereof (including the SEC and any comparable foreign equivalent thereof) or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers of or pertaining to any government or any court, in each case whether associated with a state of the United States, the United States or a foreign entity or government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).

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 partnership arrangements, or by agreements to keep-well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services, to take or pay or to maintain financial statement conditions or otherwise).

 

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Guarantors” means each of:

(1) the Company’s Wholly Owned Domestic Restricted Subsidiaries existing on the date of this Indenture (other than Immaterial Subsidiaries and Excluded Regulated Subsidiaries); and

(2) any other Subsidiary of the Company that executes a Note Guarantee in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture,

and their respective successors and assigns, in each case, until the Note Guarantee of such Person has been released in accordance with the provisions of Section 11.05 hereof.

Hedging Agreement” means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options or warrants to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by, or otherwise subject to, any master agreement or any netting agreement, and (b) any and all transactions or arrangements of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement (or similar documentation) published from time to time by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such agreement or documentation, together with any related schedules, a “Master Agreement”), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.

Hedging Obligations” means obligations under or with respect to Hedging Agreements.

Hedging Termination Value” means, in respect of any one or more Hedging Agreements, after taking into account the effect of any netting agreements relating to such Hedging Agreements (to the extent, and only to the extent, such netting agreements are legally enforceable in insolvency proceedings against the applicable counterparty obligor thereunder), (i) for any date on or after the date such Hedging Agreements have been closed out and termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s), and (ii) for any date prior to the date referenced in preceding clause (i), the amount(s) determined as the mark-to-market value(s) for such Hedging Agreements, as determined based upon one or more mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Hedging Agreements.

Holder” means a Person in whose name a Note is registered.

Hotspot Agreement” means the securities purchase agreement, dated January 27, 2015, between Knight Capital Group, Inc. and BATS Global Markets, Inc., as in effect on the date of this Indenture.

Hotspot Deadline” means April 30, 2015.

Hotspot Entities” means, collectively, Hotspot FX Holdings, Inc., Hotspot FXr, L.L.C. and KCG Hotspot FX LLC.

Hotspot Sale” means the sale of the equity of the Hotspot Entities pursuant to the material terms of the Hotspot Agreement.

 

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IAI Global Note” means a Global Note substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee that will be issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes sold to Institutional Accredited Investors.

Immaterial Subsidiary” means, as of any date of determination, any Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company (a) whose total assets (on a consolidated basis including its Subsidiaries) as of the last day of the most recently ended period for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 4.03 hereof did not exceed the greater of (i) $20.0 million and (ii) 0.3% of Consolidated Total Assets for such period or (b) whose gross revenues (on a consolidated basis including its Subsidiaries) for such period did not exceed the greater of (i) $20.0 million and (ii) 1.7% of gross revenues of the Company (on a consolidated basis including its Restricted Subsidiaries) for such period; provided, however, (x) a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company that no longer meets the foregoing requirements of this definition or is otherwise required to become a Guarantor shall no longer constitute an Immaterial Subsidiary for purposes of this Indenture and (y) notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may elect to cause an Immaterial Subsidiary to become a Guarantor, in which case such Immaterial Subsidiary shall no longer constitute an Immaterial Subsidiary. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the total assets of all Immaterial Subsidiaries shall not exceed the greater of (i) $50.0 million and (ii) 0.8% of Consolidated Total Assets for such period, (ii) the gross revenues of all Immaterial Subsidiaries shall not exceed the greater of (i) $50.0 million and (ii) 4.0% of gross revenues of the Company (on a consolidated basis including its Restricted Subsidiaries) for such period and (iii) any Subsidiary of the Company that guarantees or is an obligor of the Indebtedness incurred under a Senior Credit Facility or the Indebtedness under the Notes shall not be deemed an Immaterial Subsidiary.

Indebtedness” of any Person at any date means, without duplication, (a) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such person for the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than (i) trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of such person’s business and (ii) earn-out obligations until such obligations become a liability on the balance sheet of such person in accordance with GAAP), (c) all obligations of such person evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or other similar instruments, (d) all indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement with respect to property acquired by such Person (even though the rights and remedies of the seller or lender under such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property), (e) all Capital Lease Obligations and synthetic lease obligations of such Person, (f) all obligations of such Person, contingent or otherwise, as an account party or applicant under or in respect of acceptances, letters of credit, surety bonds or similar arrangements, (g) the liquidation value of all Disqualified Stock of such Person, (h) all Guarantees of such Person in respect of obligations of the kind referred to in clauses (a) through (g) above, (i) all obligations of the kind referred to in clauses (a) through (h) above secured by (or for which the holder of such obligation has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property (including accounts and contract rights) owned by such Person, whether or not such Person has assumed or become liable for the payment of such obligation (provided that the amount of any such obligation shall be limited to the lesser of the stated amount thereof and the fair market value of such property) and (j) all Hedging Obligations of such person, valued at the Hedging Termination Value thereof; provided that the term “Indebtedness” shall not include (A) accrued expenses arising in the ordinary course of business, (B) prepaid or deferred revenue arising in the ordinary course of business, (C) payments and obligations with respect to deferred employee compensation, stock appreciation rights and similar obligations and (D) agreements providing for indemnification, for the adjustment of purchase price or for similar adjustments in connection with an acquisition, Investment or disposition permitted by this Indenture. The Indebtedness of any person shall include the Indebtedness of any other entity (including any partnership in which such person is a general partner), other than to the extent that the instrument or agreement evidencing such terms of such Indebtedness expressly limits the liability of such person in respect thereof.

 

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Indenture” means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time.

Indenture Documents” means this Indenture, the Notes, the Note Guarantees and the Collateral Documents.

Indenture Obligations” means all Obligations in respect of the Notes or arising under the Indenture Documents.

Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding” means (i) any case, action or proceeding before any court or other Governmental Authority (whether voluntary or involuntary) relating to bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, liquidation, receivership, dissolution, winding-up or relief of debtors, or (ii) any general assignment for the benefit of creditors, formal or informal moratorium, composition, marshaling of assets for creditors or other, similar arrangement in respect of its creditors generally or any substantial portion of its creditors, in each case, undertaken under United States federal or state or non-United States Legal Requirements, including the Bankruptcy Code.

Initial Notes” means the first $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under this Indenture on the date hereof.

Initial Purchaser” means Jefferies LLC.

Institutional Accredited Investor” means an institution that is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act, who is not also a QIB.

Intercreditor Agreement” means the Intercreditor Agreement, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit G hereto.

Investment Grade Rating” means a rating of Baa3 or better by Moody’s, BBB- or better by S&P and an equivalent rating by a Substitute 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 or other obligations), advances or capital contributions (excluding loans and advances to officers and employees made in the ordinary course of business (including for travel, entertainment and relocation)), purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other securities, but excluding capital expenditures. If the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company sells or otherwise disposes of any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect Restricted Subsidiary of the Company such that, after giving effect to any such sale or disposition, such Person is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, the Company will be deemed to have made an Investment on the date of any such sale or disposition equal to the Fair Market Value of the Company’s Investments in such Restricted Subsidiary that were not sold or disposed of in an amount determined as provided in the final paragraph of Section 4.07 hereof. The acquisition by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of a Person that holds an Investment in a third Person will be deemed to be an Investment by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary in such third Person in an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of the Investments held by the acquired Person in such third Person in an amount determined as provided in the final paragraph of Section 4.07 hereof. Except as otherwise provided in this 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.

KCG Asia” means KCG Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd, a private limited company and direct Restricted Subsidiary of the Company organized under the laws of Singapore.

Legal Holiday” means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in the City of New York or at a place of payment are authorized by law, regulation or executive order to remain closed. If a payment date is a Legal Holiday at a place of payment, payment may be made at that place on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue on such payment for the intervening period.

 

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Legal Requirements” means, as to any Person, the organizational documents of such Person, and any treaty, law (including the common law), statute, ordinance, code, rule, regulation, guidelines, license, permit requirement, order or determination of an arbitrator or a court or other governmental authority, and the interpretation or administration thereof, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject.

Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, collateral assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge or other security interest or any preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever in nature of a security interest (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement and any capital lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing); provided that in no event shall an operating lease or an agreement to sell be deemed to constitute a Lien.

Material Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness (other than the Notes) or Hedging Obligations of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in an aggregate outstanding principal amount of $35.0 million or more. For purposes of determining Material Indebtedness, the “principal amount” in respect of any Hedging Obligations at any time shall be the Hedging Termination Value thereof at such

Maximum Pari Passu Indebtedness Amount” means the maximum aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness provided under a Supplement to the Intercreditor Agreement, which is permitted under the Senior Credit Facility at the time of the execution and delivery of such Supplement to the Intercreditor Agreement.

Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.

Mortgages” means each mortgage, deed of trust or similar document under which any Lien on real property owned by the Company or any Guarantor is granted to secure any Obligations under the Indenture Documents, or under which rights or remedies with respect to any such Liens are governed.

Net Proceeds” means, in each case net of, without duplication, any applicable taxes that are paid or payable as reasonably determined by the Company (provided that, to the extent such taxes that are determined by the Company as payable are not paid by the time such taxes are required to be paid, such unpaid amounts shall constitute Net Proceeds):

(1) with respect to any Asset Sale (other than any issuance or sale of Equity Interests), the proceeds thereof in the form of cash and Cash Equivalents (including any such proceeds received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or purchase price adjustment receivable, or by the sale, transfer or other disposition of any non-cash consideration received in connection therewith or otherwise, but only as and when received) received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (including cash proceeds subsequently received (as and when received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary) in respect of non-cash consideration initially received) net of (i) reasonable and customary selling expenses (including reasonable brokers’ fees or commissions, legal, accounting and other professional and transactional fees, transfer and similar taxes and the Company’s good faith estimate of income taxes paid or payable in connection with such sale), (ii) amounts provided as a reserve, in accordance with GAAP, against (x) any liabilities under any indemnification obligations associated with such Asset Sale or (y) any other liabilities retained by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary associated with the properties sold in such Asset Sale (provided that, to the extent and at the time any such amounts are released from such reserve, such amounts shall constitute Net Proceeds), and (iii) the principal amount, premium or penalty, if any, interest and

 

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other amounts on any Indebtedness for borrowed money and that are either secured by a Lien on the properties sold in such Asset Sale (so long as such Lien was permitted to encumber such properties under the Indenture Documents at the time of such sale) and which is repaid with such proceeds (other than any such Indebtedness assumed by the purchaser of such properties) or otherwise required to be repaid (and is actually repaid) pursuant to any mandatory prepayment requirements or otherwise, but excluding Indebtedness under the Indenture Documents; and

(2) with respect to any (i) issuance of Indebtedness, (ii) issuance or sale of Equity Interests by any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company (other than to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof) or (iii) the sale or issuance of Capital Stock of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock) (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company), the cash proceeds thereof received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, in each case, net of reasonable and customary fees and expenses (including legal, accounting and other professional and transaction fees and expenses and brokers’ fees and expenses, commissions, costs and other expenses incurred in connection therewith).

Non-Recourse Debt” means Indebtedness:

(1) as to which neither the Company 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;

(2) 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 the Company 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

(3) as to which the lenders have been notified in writing that they will not have any recourse to the stock or assets of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.

Non-U.S. Person” means a Person who is not a U.S. Person.

Note Guarantee” means the Guarantee by each Guarantor of the Company’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes, executed pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture.

Notes” has the meaning assigned to it in the preamble to this Indenture. The Initial Notes and the Additional Notes shall be treated as a single class for all purposes under this Indenture, and unless the context otherwise requires, all references to the Notes shall include the Initial Notes and any Additional Notes.

Notes Secured Parties” means the Collateral Agent, the Trustee and the Holders.

Obligations” means any principal, interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities payable under the documentation governing any Indebtedness, including for the avoidance of doubt, any Post-Petition interest with respect to the Notes.

Offering Memorandum” means the offering memorandum dated as of March 10, 2015 relating to the offering of the Initial Notes.

Officer” means, with respect to any Person, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Operating Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, the General Counsel, any Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, the Secretary, any Vice-President or Manager of such Person.

 

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Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed on behalf of the Company by two Officers of the Company, one of whom must be the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer, the treasurer or the principal accounting officer of the Company, that meets the requirements of Section 13.04 hereof.

Opinion of Counsel” means an opinion from legal counsel that meets the requirements of Section 13.04 hereof and is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company.

Pari Passu Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness (1) that is permitted to be Incurred under Section 4.09 hereof, (2) that is secured on a pari passu (and for the avoidance of doubt, not a junior or subordinated) basis with the Notes and the Note Guarantees, as applicable, by a Permitted Lien described in clause (15) of the definition of Permitted Liens, and (3) the aggregate principal amount of which does not at any time exceed the Maximum Pari Passu Indebtedness Amount; provided that (i) such Indebtedness is so designated as Pari Passu Indebtedness in an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Collateral Agent and (ii) an authorized representative of the holders of such Indebtedness shall have executed and delivered a Supplement to the Intercreditor Agreement and an Accession Agreement.

Pari Passu Payment Lien Documents” means any indenture, purchase agreement, loan agreement or similar agreement relating to the Pari Passu Indebtedness and related documents identified in a Supplement to the Intercreditor Agreement.

Participant” means, with respect to the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, a Person who has an account with the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, respectively (and, with respect to DTC, shall include Euroclear and Clearstream).

Permitted Business” means businesses which are the same, similar, ancillary or reasonably related to the businesses in which the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries are engaged on the date of this Indenture (or which are reasonable extensions thereof).

Permitted Investments” means:

(1) extensions of trade credit in the ordinary course of business;

(2) (i) acquisition by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of accounts receivable owing to any one of them if created or acquired in the ordinary course of business and payable or dischargeable in accordance with customary terms and (ii) Investments by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in Cash Equivalents (and other Investments in the ordinary course of a broker-dealer business);

(3) Guarantees permitted by Section 4.09 hereof;

(4) (i) loans and advances to directors, officers and employees of any Company in the ordinary course of business (including for travel, entertainment and relocation expenses) and (ii) other loans and advances to employees of any Company in an aggregate amount for the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries not to exceed $15.0 million at any one time outstanding (determined without regard to any write-downs or write-offs of such loans); provided that no loans in violation of Section 402 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act shall be permitted hereunder;

(5) (i) Investments by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, (ii) Investments in a Person, if as a result of such

 

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Investment such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company and (iii) intercompany Investments existing on the date of this Indenture and any refinancings, refundings, renewals or extensions thereof so long as the amount of the original Investment is not increased except by the express terms of such Investment (as in effect on the date of this Indenture) or as otherwise may constitute a Permitted Investment or is permitted by Section 4.07 hereof; provided that each such intercompany Investment in the form of a loan or other advance shall be evidenced by an intercompany note and, if held by the Company or any Guarantor, shall be pledged and delivered to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the applicable Collateral Documents;

(6) Investments consisting of extensions of credit entered into or made or that are received in the ordinary course of business and Investments received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction therefrom from financially troubled account debtors in the ordinary course of business;

(7) Investments pursuant to agreements existing on the date of this Indenture and any modification, replacement, renewal, reinvestment, or extension thereof; provided that the amount of the Investment obligations under such an agreement is not increased except by the express terms of such agreement (as in effect on the date of this Indenture);

(8) Investments represented by Hedging Obligations permitted by Section 4.09 hereof;

(9) any Investment made as a result of the receipt of non-cash consideration from (x) an Asset Sale that was made pursuant to and in compliance with Section 4.10 hereof or (y) dispositions of assets not constituting an Asset Sale;

(10) Investments in the ordinary course of business consisting of Article 3 of the UCC endorsements for collection or deposit and Article 4 of the UCC customary trade arrangements with customers consistent with past practices;

(11) Investments (including debt obligations and Equity Interests) received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of suppliers and customers or in settlement of delinquent obligations of, or other disputes with, customers and suppliers arising in the ordinary course of business or upon the foreclosure with respect to any secured Investment or other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment;

(12) advances of payroll payments to employees of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;

(13) Investments reflected on the financial statements of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as included in reports on Forms 10-K and 10-Q as filed with the SEC as “Deferred Compensation Investments” and on a basis consistent with past practice;

(14) Investments in the ordinary course of business arising under arrangements in connection with the participation in or through any clearing system or investment, commodities or stock exchange where the Investment arises under the rules, normal procedures, agreements or legislation governing trading on or through such system or exchange;

(15) repurchases of the Notes;

(16) Investments in market structure companies, including securities exchanges, venues and clearing firms, that are Permitted Businesses; provided that the aggregate amount of Investments at any one time outstanding under this clause (16) in each such market structure company shall not exceed $10.0 million; and

 

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(17) so long as no Default then exists or would result therefrom, other Investments in an aggregate amount not to exceed the greater of (i) $60.0 million and (ii) 0.9% of Consolidated Total Assets.

Permitted Liens” means:

(1) Liens that secure Indebtedness and other Obligations incurred pursuant to clause (1) of the definition of “Permitted Debt”; provided, that, such Liens are subject to the Intercreditor Agreement;

(2) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or claims that are (i) not yet due, (ii) that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (iii) that are not at the time delinquent or thereafter can be paid without penalty; or (iv) the failure of which would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect; provided that adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, in conformity with GAAP;

(3) Liens imposed by law, such as carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, landlords’, repairmen’s or other like Liens, in each case, incurred in the ordinary course of business, which are not overdue for a period of more than 60 days or that are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings;

(4) (i) pledges or deposits in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance, old age pensions and other social security or retirement legislation and (ii) pledges and deposits in the ordinary course of business securing liability for reimbursement or indemnification obligations of (including obligations in respect of letters of credit or bank guarantees for the benefit of) insurance carriers providing property, casualty or liability insurance to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

(5) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts, leases, statutory obligations, surety, stay, customs and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature (including those to secure health, safety and environmental obligations) incurred in the ordinary course of business (in each case, exclusive of obligations for the payment of Indebtedness);

(6) (i) easements, rights-of-way, restrictions, covenants, reservations, zoning ordinances, building restrictions, encroachments, licenses, sewers, electric lines, telegraph and telephone lines and other similar encumbrances incurred in the ordinary course of business that do not secure Indebtedness and that do not in any case materially impair the use of operation of the property subject thereto or materially and adversely interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and (ii) such other title or survey matters as the trustee has approved in its reasonable discretion;

(7) Liens existing on the date of this Indenture;

(8) Liens to secure any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under this Indenture; provided that any such replacement or substitute Lien (i) does not secure an aggregate amount of Indebtedness or other obligations, if any, greater than that amount outstanding at the time of such refinancing plus an amount necessary to pay any fees and expenses, including premiums, related to such renewal, refunding, refinancing, replacement, defeasance or discharge and (ii) does not encumber any property other than the property subject thereto on the date of this Indenture (other than after-acquired property that is related to the property covered by such Lien on the date of this Indenture and proceeds and products of such property);

 

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(9) Liens securing Permitted Debt described in clause (9) of the definition thereof, provided that such Liens do not at any time encumber any property other than the property financed by such Indebtedness (other than after acquired property that is related to the property covered by such Lien and proceeds and products of such property);

(10) Liens created for the benefit of (or to secure) the Notes and the Note Guarantees issued on the date of this Indenture;

(11) any interest or title of a lessor under any lease entered into by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries covering only the assets so leased;

(12) Liens on property (including Capital Stock) existing at the time of acquisition of the property by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; provided that such Liens were in existence prior to, such acquisition, and not incurred in contemplation of, such acquisition;

(13) Liens on property of a Person existing at the time such Person is merged with or into or consolidated with the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; provided that such Liens were in existence prior to 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 the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary;

(14) Liens on assets described in clause (i) of the definition of “Excluded Debt” to secure Excluded Debt and created, incurred or assumed by any Broker-Dealer Subsidiary, any other Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is an operating regulated entity or licensed mortgage Restricted Subsidiary or any Restricted Subsidiary of a Broker-Dealer Subsidiary, other Restricted Subsidiary that is an operating regulated entity or licensed mortgage Restricted Subsidiary or any Equivalent Regulated Subsidiary;

(15) Liens securing Second Lien Obligations (other than the Initial Notes and the Note Guarantees issued on the date of this Indenture) pursuant to the Collateral Documents in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the maximum principal amount of Indebtedness that, after giving pro forma effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness and the application of the proceeds therefrom, would not cause the Consolidated Secured Indebtedness Ratio to exceed 3.00 to 1.00;

(16) Liens incidental to the conduct of the Company’s or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries’ businesses or the ownership of their properties which were not incurred in connection with the borrowing of money or the obtaining of advances or credit, and which do not in the aggregate detract from the value of their properties or impair the use thereof in the operation of their businesses;

(17) Liens securing judgments for the payment of money not constituting an Event of Default under clause (5) of Section 6.01 hereof;

(18) Liens (i) of a collection bank arising under Section 4-210 of the UCC on the items in the course of collection, (ii) attaching to commodity trading accounts or other commodities brokerage accounts or relating to pooled deposit or sweep accounts of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business, (iii) in favor of a banking or other financial institution arising as a matter of law encumbering deposits or other funds maintained with a financial

 

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institution (including the right of set off) and which are within the general parameters customary in the banking industry and (iv) in the nature of contractual rights of set-off relating to purchase orders and other agreements entered into with customers of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or otherwise in the ordinary course of business and customary holdbacks under credit cards or similar merchant processing;

(19) Liens securing obligations of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in respect of any Hedging Agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business and for non-speculative purposes; provided that, if the counterparty to such Hedging Agreement is a First Lien Lender Counterparty, then such Liens shall be subject to the Intercreditor Agreement;

(20) leases, licenses, subleases or sublicenses (including the provision of software under an open source license) granted to others in the ordinary course of business which do not (i) impair in any material respect the operation of the business of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (ii) secure any Indebtedness;

(21) Liens solely on any cash earnest money deposits made by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement permitted under this Indenture;

(22) Liens arising from precautionary UCC financing statement filings in connection with operating leases;

(23) Liens on insurance policies and the proceeds thereof securing the financing of the premiums with respect thereto;

(24) utility and similar deposits made by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;

(25) Liens on assets of Foreign Subsidiaries securing the Indebtedness of Foreign Subsidiaries under Section 4.09(b)(12) hereof;

(26) temporary Liens in connection with sales, transfers, leases, assignments or other conveyances or dispositions of securities permitted under Section 4.10 hereof, consisting of (x) Liens on securities granted or deemed to arise in connection with and as a result of the execution, delivery or performance of contracts to sell such securities if such sale is otherwise permitted under this Indenture, or is required by such contracts to be permitted under this Indenture, and (y) rights of first refusal, options or other contractual rights or obligations to sell, assign or otherwise dispose of any securities or interest therein, which rights of first refusal, option or contractual rights are granted in connection with a sale, transfer or other disposition of securities permitted under this Indenture;

(27) Liens granted to any exchange or clearing depository or in connection with settlement operations in the ordinary course of business; and

(28) Liens in favor of the Company or the Guarantors, and Liens on assets of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Guarantor in favor of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Guarantor.

 

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Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge other Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than intercompany Indebtedness); provided that:

(1) 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 renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged plus all accrued interest on the Indebtedness and the amount of all fees and expenses, including premiums, incurred in connection therewith;

(2) such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a final maturity date equal to or later 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 renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged;

(3) if the Indebtedness being 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 no less favorable to the Holders of Notes in any material respect as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged; and

(4) such Indebtedness shall not add guarantors, obligors or security from that which applied to such Indebtedness being refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended, unless such guarantors are or become Guarantors, such obligors are or become Restricted Subsidiaries, or such security is or becomes Collateral, as the case may be.

Person” means any natural person, corporation, business trust, joint venture, trust, association, company (whether limited in liability or otherwise), partnership (whether limited in liability or otherwise) or Governmental Authority, or any other entity, in any case, whether acting in a personal, fiduciary or other capacity.

Post-Petition interest” means interest, fees, expenses and other charges that, pursuant to the First Lien Loan Documents or the Second Lien Documents, continue to accrue after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, whether or not such interest, fees, expenses and other charges are allowed or allowable under the Bankruptcy Law or in any such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.

Private Placement Legend” means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(f)(1) hereof to be placed on all Notes issued under this Indenture except where otherwise permitted by the provisions of this Indenture.

QIB” means a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A.

Rating Agencies” means Moody’s and S&P; provided that if Moody’s or S&P shall cease to rate the Notes for reasons outside the control of the Company, another security rating agency selected by the Company that is nationally recognized in the United States may be substituted therefor (a “Substitute Rating Agency”).

Rating Event” means the rating on the Notes is lowered by both of the Rating Agencies on any day within the 60-day period (which 60-day period will be extended so long as the rating of the Notes is under publicly announced consideration for a possible downgrade by either of the Rating Agencies) after the earlier of (1) the occurrence of a Change of Control and (2) public disclosure by the Company of the occurrence of a Change of Control or the Company’s intention to effect a Change of Control; provided, however, that a Rating Event otherwise arising by virtue of a particular reduction in rating will not be

 

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deemed to have occurred in respect of a particular Change of Control (and thus will not be deemed a Rating Event for purposes of the definition of Change of Control Triggering Event) if the Rating Agencies making the reduction in rating to which this definition would otherwise apply do not announce or publicly confirm or inform the Trustee in writing at the Company’s or the Trustee’s request that the reduction was the result, in whole or in part, of any event or circumstance comprised of or arising as a result of, or in respect of, the applicable Change of Control (whether or not the applicable Change of Control has occurred at the time of the Rating Event); provided further, however, that a “Rating Event” will be deemed to not have occurred if prior to a particular reduction in ratings the Notes are assigned an Investment Grade Rating from both Rating Agencies and following such reduction the Notes are still assigned an Investment Grade Rating from both Rating Agencies.

Real Property” means, collectively, all right, title and interest (including any leasehold, fee, mineral or other estate) in and to any and all parcels of or interests in real property owned, leased or operated by any Person, whether by lease, license or other means, together with, in each case, all easements, hereditaments and appurtenances relating thereto and all improvements and appurtenant fixtures and equipment.

Regulation S” means Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act.

Regulation S Global Note” means a Global Note in the form of Exhibit A hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes sold in reliance on Rule 903 of Regulation S.

Repo Agreement” means any of the following: repurchase agreements, reverse repurchase agreements, sell buy backs and buy sell backs agreements, securities lending and borrowing agreements and any other agreement or transaction similar to those referred to above in this definition.

Responsible Officer” means (i) when used with respect to the Trustee, any officer within the corporate trust department of the Trustee, including any vice president, assistant secretary, senior associate, associate, trust officer or any other officer of the Trustee who customarily performs functions similar to those performed by the Persons who at the time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of such person’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture, and (ii) when used with respect to any other Person, any executive officer or financial officer of such Person and any other officer, manager or similar official thereof with significant responsibility for the administration of the obligations of such Person in respect of this Indenture.

Restricted” means, when referring to cash or Cash Equivalents of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, that such cash or Cash Equivalents (a) appears (or would be required to appear) as “restricted” on a consolidated balance sheet of the Company or of any such Restricted Subsidiary (unless such appearance is related to the Indenture Documents, the Senior Credit Facility Documents or Liens created thereunder), (b) are subject to any Lien in favor of any Person other than (x) the collateral agent for the benefit of the Senior Credit Facility Secured Parties or (y) to the extent subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, if any, the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes or (c) are not otherwise generally available for use by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary.

Restricted Definitive Note” means a Definitive Note bearing the Private Placement Legend.

Restricted Global Note” means a Global Note bearing the Private Placement Legend.

Restricted Investment” means an Investment other than a Permitted Investment.

Restricted Period” means the 40-day distribution compliance period as defined in Regulation S.

 

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Restricted Subsidiary” means, at any time, any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Company that is not then an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided that upon the occurrence of an Unrestricted Subsidiary ceasing to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary, such Subsidiary shall be included in the definition of “Restricted Subsidiary.”

Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act.

Rule 144A” means Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act.

Rule 903” means Rule 903 promulgated under the Securities Act.

Rule 904” means Rule 904 promulgated under the Securities Act.

S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group.

SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any successor agency thereto.

Second Lien Documents” means the Indenture Documents and the Pari Passu Payment Lien Documents.

Second Lien Obligations” means all Indebtedness and other Obligations evidenced by the Notes, the other Indenture Documents and any Pari Passu Payment Lien Documents.

Securities Act” means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Senior Credit Facilities” means, one or more debt facilities or commercial paper facilities, in each case, with banks or other lenders providing for revolving credit loans, term loans or letters of credit or issuances of debt securities evidenced by notes, debentures, bonds or similar instruments, in each case, as amended, restated, modified, supplemented, renewed, refunded, replaced (whether upon or after termination or otherwise) or refinanced in whole or in part from time to time that extend the maturity of, refinance, replace or otherwise restructure (including increasing the amount of available borrowings thereunder or adding Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company as additional borrowers or guarantors thereunder) all or any portion of the Indebtedness under such agreement or any successor or replacement agreement and whether by the same or any other agent, lender or group of lenders.

Senior Credit Facility Agent” means the entity acting as administrative agent, collateral agent and/or other representative pursuant to the Senior Credit Facility Documents, for and on behalf of the other Senior Credit Facility Secured Parties and any successor or replacement administrative agent, collateral agent and/or other representative.

Senior Credit Facility Debt” means all Obligations under the Senior Credit Facilities, including, without limitation, obligations, liabilities and indebtedness of every kind, nature and description owing by the Company or any Guarantor to any Senior Credit Facility Secured Party, including principal, interest, charges, fees, premiums, reimbursements, indemnities and expenses, however evidenced, whether as principal, surety, endorser, guarantor or otherwise, arising under any of the Senior Credit Facility Documents, whether now existing or hereafter arising, whether arising before, during or after the initial or any renewal term of the Senior Credit Facility Documents or after the commencement of any case with respect to the Company or any Guarantor under any bankruptcy law or any other insolvency or liquidation proceeding (and including, without limitation, any principal, interest, fees, costs, expenses and other amounts, which would accrue and become due but for the commencement of such case, whether or not such amounts are allowed or allowable in whole or in part in such case or similar proceeding), whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, joint or several, due or not due, primary or secondary, liquidated or unliquidated, secured or unsecured.

 

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Senior Credit Facility Documents” means all agreements, documents and instruments relating to the Senior Credit Facilities at any time executed and/or delivered by the Company or any Guarantor or any other Person to, with or in favor of any Senior Credit Facility Secured Party in connection therewith or related thereto, as all of the foregoing now exist or may hereafter be amended, modified, supplemented, extended, renewed, restated, refinanced, replaced or restructured (in whole or in part and including any agreements with, to or in favor of any other lender or group of lenders that at any time refinances, replaces or succeeds to all or any portion of the Senior Credit Facility Debt).

Senior Credit Facility Lenders” means, collectively, any Person party to the Senior Credit Facility Documents as lender (and including any swingline lender) and any other lender or group of lenders that at any time refinances, replaces or succeeds to all or any portion of the Senior Credit Facility Debt or is otherwise party to the Senior Credit Facility Documents as a lender.

Senior Credit Facility Secured Parties” means, collectively, (a) Senior Credit Facility Agent, (b) the Senior Credit Facility Lenders, (c) the issuing bank or banks of letters of credit or similar instruments under the Senior Credit Facilities, (d) each other Person to whom any of the Senior Credit Facility Debt is owed and (e) the successors, replacements and assigns of each of the foregoing; sometimes being referred to herein individually as a “Senior Credit Facility Secured Party.”

Significant Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that would be a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Regulation is in effect on the date of this Indenture.

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 this 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 Person at any date, (i) any Person the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the parent in the parent’s consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP as of such date, (ii) any other corporation, limited liability company, association or other business entity of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the voting power of all Equity Interests entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of the Board of Directors thereof are, as of such date, owned, controlled or held by the parent and/or one or more subsidiaries of the parent, (iii) any partnership (a) the sole general partner or the managing general partner of which is the parent and/or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or (b) the only general partners of which are the parent and/or one or more subsidiaries of the parent and (iv) any other Person that is otherwise Controlled by the parent and/or one or more subsidiaries of the parent. Unless the context requires otherwise, “Subsidiary” refers to a Subsidiary of the Company.

Supplement to the Intercreditor Agreement” means a supplement, if any, to the Intercreditor Agreement, if any, in substantially the form provided therein, entered into by the Collateral Agent and the Senior Credit Facility Agent.

Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Guarantor, any Hedging Obligation to pay or perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.

Treasury Rate” means, as of any redemption date, the yield to maturity as of such redemption date of United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) that has become publicly available at least two

 

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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 March 15, 2017; provided, however, that if the period from the redemption date to March 15, 2017, 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.

Trust Indenture Act” or “TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (15 U.S.C. §§77aaa-77bbbb).

Trustee” means The Bank of New York Mellon until a successor replaces it in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture and thereafter means the successor serving hereunder.

UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time (except as otherwise specified) in any applicable state or jurisdiction.

Unrestricted” means, when referring to cash or Cash Equivalents of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries, that such cash or Cash Equivalents are not Restricted.

Unrestricted Definitive Note” means a Definitive Note that does not bear and is not required to bear the Private Placement Legend.

Unrestricted Global Note” means a Global Note that does not bear and is not required to bear the Private Placement Legend.

Unrestricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Company that is designated by the Board of Directors of the Company as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors, but only to the extent that such Subsidiary:

(1) has no Indebtedness other than Non-Recourse Debt;

(2) except as permitted by Section 4.11 hereof, is not party to any agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding with the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company unless the terms of any such agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding are no less favorable to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons who are not Affiliates of the Company;

(3) is a Person with respect to which neither the Company 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

(4) has not guaranteed or otherwise directly or indirectly provided credit support for any Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.

For the avoidance of doubt, a Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

U.S. Person” means a U.S. Person as defined in Rule 902(k) promulgated under the Securities Act.

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 quotient obtained by dividing (a) the sum of the products of the number of years from the date of determination to the date of each successive scheduled principal payment of such Indebtedness multiplied by the amount of such payment by (b) the sum of all such payments.

 

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Wholly Owned Domestic Restricted Subsidiary” means a Domestic Restricted Subsidiary that is a Wholly Owned Subsidiary.

Wholly Owned Foreign Restricted Subsidiary” means a Foreign Restricted Subsidiary that is a Wholly Owned Subsidiary.

Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary” means a Restricted Subsidiary that is a Wholly Owned Subsidiary.

Wholly Owned Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, a Subsidiary of such Person all of the outstanding capital stock or other ownership interests of which (other than (x) directors’ qualifying shares and (y) a nominal amount of shares issued to foreign nationals pursuant to applicable Legal Requirements) will at the time be owned by such Person and/or by one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.

Section 1.02 Other Definitions.

 

Term

   Defined in
Section
 

Affiliate Transaction

     4.11   

Asset Sale Offer

     3.09   

Authentication Order

     2.02   

Change of Control Offer

     4.15   

Change of Control Payment

     4.15   

Change of Control Payment Date

     4.15   

Covenant Defeasance

     8.03   

DTC

     2.03   

Event of Default

     6.01   

Excess Proceeds

     4.10   

incur

     4.09   

Legal Defeasance

     8.02   

Offer Amount

     3.09   

Offer Period

     3.09   

Paying Agent

     2.03   

Permitted Debt

     4.09   

Payment Default

     6.01   

Purchase Date

     3.09   

Registrar

     2.03   

Restricted Payments

     4.07   

Section 1.03 Rules of Construction.

Unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) a term has the meaning assigned to it;

(2) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;

 

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(3) “or” is not exclusive;

(4) words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the singular;

(5) “will” shall be interpreted to express a command;

(6) provisions apply to successive events and transactions; and

(7) references to sections of or rules under the Securities Act will be deemed to include substitute, replacement of successor sections or rules adopted by the SEC from time to time.

ARTICLE 2

THE NOTES

Section 2.01 Form and Dating.

(a) General. The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication will be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto. The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage. Each Note will be dated the date of its authentication. All Notes issued under this Indenture shall be issued in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.

The terms and provisions contained in the Notes will constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture and the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. However, to the extent any provision of any Note conflicts with the express provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Indenture shall govern and be controlling.

(b) Global Notes. Notes issued in global form will be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (including the Global Note Legend thereon and the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto). Notes issued in definitive form will be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (but without the Global Note Legend thereon and without the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto). Each Global Note will represent such of the outstanding Notes as will be specified therein and each shall provide that it represents the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges and redemptions. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby will be made by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, in accordance with instructions given by the Holder thereof as required by Section 2.06 hereof.

(c) Euroclear and Clearstream Procedures Applicable. The provisions of the “Operating Procedures of the Euroclear System” and “Terms and Conditions Governing Use of Euroclear” and the “General Terms and Conditions of Clearstream Banking” and “Customer Handbook” of Clearstream will be applicable to transfers of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Global Note that are held by Participants through Euroclear or Clearstream.

Section 2.02 Execution and Authentication.

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If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at the time a Note is authenticated, the Note will nevertheless be valid.

A Note will not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee. The signature will be conclusive evidence that the Note has been authenticated under this Indenture.

The Trustee will, upon receipt of a written order of the Company signed by one Officer (an “Authentication Order”), an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, authenticate Notes for original issue that may be validly issued under this Indenture, including any Additional Notes. The aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding at any time may not exceed the aggregate principal amount of Notes authorized for issuance by the Company pursuant to one or more Authentication Orders, except as provided in Section 2.07 hereof.

The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Company to authenticate Notes. An authenticating agent may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with Holders or an Affiliate of the Company.

Section 2.03 Registrar and Paying Agent.

The Company will maintain an office or agency where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (“Registrar”) and an office or agency where Notes may be presented for payment (“Paying Agent”). The Registrar will keep a register of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange. The Company may appoint one or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents. The term “Registrar” includes any co-registrar and the term “Paying Agent” includes any additional paying agent. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Company will notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any Agent not a party to this Indenture. If the Company fails to appoint or maintain another entity as Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such.

The Company initially appoints The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) to act as Depositary with respect to the Global Notes.

The Company initially appoints the Trustee to act as the Registrar and Paying Agent and to act as Custodian with respect to the Global Notes.

Section 2.04 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.

The Company will require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that the Paying Agent will hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes, and will notify the Trustee of any default by the Company in making any such payment. While any such default continues, the Trustee may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. Upon payment over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent (if other than the Company or a Subsidiary) will have no further liability for the money. If the Company or a Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it will segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders all money held by it as Paying Agent. Upon any bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings relating to the Company, the Trustee will serve as Paying Agent for the Notes.

 

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Section 2.05 Holder Lists.

The Trustee will preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of all Holders. If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company will furnish to the Trustee at least seven Business Days before each interest payment date and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Holders of Notes.

Section 2.06 Transfer and Exchange.

(a) Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes. A Global Note may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary, by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or to another nominee of the Depositary, or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary. All Global Notes will be exchanged by the Company for Definitive Notes if:

(1) DTC (a) notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as depositary for the Global Notes or (b) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and, in either case, the Company fails to appoint a successor depositary;

(2) the Company, at its option, notifies the Trustee in writing that it elects to cause the issuance of the Definitive Notes;; or

(3) there has occurred and is continuing a Default or Event of Default with respect to the Notes.

Upon the occurrence of either of the preceding events in (1) or (2) above, Definitive Notes shall be issued in such names as the Depositary shall instruct the Trustee. Global Notes also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Sections 2.07 and 2.10 hereof. Every Note authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or in lieu of, a Global Note or any portion thereof, pursuant to this Section 2.06 or Section 2.07 or 2.10 hereof, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Note. A Global Note may not be exchanged for another Note other than as provided in this Section 2.06(a), however, beneficial interests in a Global Note may be transferred and exchanged as provided in Section 2.06(b) or (c) hereof.

(b) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the Global Notes. The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Notes will be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the Applicable Procedures. Beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Notes will be subject to restrictions on transfer comparable to those set forth herein to the extent required by the Securities Act. Transfers of beneficial interests in the Global Notes also will require compliance with either subparagraph (1) or (2) below, as applicable, as well as one or more of the other following subparagraphs, as applicable:

(1) Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Note. Beneficial interests in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the same Restricted Global Note in accordance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Private Placement Legend; provided, however, that prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, transfers of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Global Note may not be made to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person (other than the Initial Purchaser). Beneficial interests in any Unrestricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note. No written orders or instructions shall be required to be delivered to the Registrar to effect the transfers described in this Section 2.06(b)(1).

 

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(2) All Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes. In connection with all transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests that are not subject to Section 2.06(b)(1) above, the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the Registrar either:

(A) both:

(i) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in another Global Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged; and

(ii) instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the Participant account to be credited with such increase; or

(B) both:

(i) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to cause to be issued a Definitive Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged; and

(ii) instructions given by the Depositary to the Registrar containing information regarding the Person in whose name such Definitive Note shall be registered to effect the transfer or exchange referred to in (1) above.

Upon satisfaction of all of the requirements for transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in Global Notes contained in this Indenture and the Notes or otherwise applicable under the Securities Act, the Trustee shall adjust the principal amount of the applicable Global Note(s) pursuant to Section 2.06(g) hereof.

(3) Transfer of Beneficial Interests to Another Restricted Global Note. A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Restricted Global Note if the transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.06(b)(2) above and the Registrar receives the following:

(A) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in the 144A Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;

(B) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof; and

(C) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in the IAI Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item (3) thereof, if applicable.

 

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(4) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note for Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Note. A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be exchanged by any holder thereof for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note if the exchange or transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.06(b)(2) above and the Registrar receives the following:

(A) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(a) thereof; or

(B) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;

and, in each such case set forth in this Section 2.06(b)(4), if the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

If any such transfer is effected pursuant to this Section 2.06(b)(4) at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of beneficial interests transferred pursuant to this Section 2.06(b)(4).

Beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global Note cannot be exchanged for, or transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of, a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note.

(c) Transfer or Exchange of Beneficial Interests for Definitive Notes.

(1) Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes. If any holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note, then, upon receipt by the Registrar of the following documentation:

(A) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (2)(a) thereof;

(B) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;

 

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(C) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof;

(D) if such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof;

(E) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to an Institutional Accredited Investor in reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than those listed in subparagraphs (B) through (D) above, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item (3) thereof, if applicable;

(F) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof; or

(G) if such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(c) thereof,

the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(g) hereof, and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.06(c) shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the Registrar through instructions from the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall deliver such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(1) shall bear the Private Placement Legend and shall be subject to all restrictions on transfer contained therein.

(2) Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. A holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note may exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or may transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note only if the Registrar receives the following:

(A) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(b) thereof; or

(B) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;

 

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and, in each such case set forth in this Section 2.06(c)(2), if the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

(3) Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. If any holder of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note, then, upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 2.06(b)(2) hereof, the Trustee will cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(g) hereof, and the Company will execute and the Trustee will authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(3) will be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest requests through instructions to the Registrar from or through the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee will deliver such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(3) will not bear the Private Placement Legend.

(d) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Beneficial Interests.

(1) Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes. If any Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note or to transfer such Restricted Definitive Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, then, upon receipt by the Registrar of the following documentation:

(A) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (2)(b) thereof;

(B) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;

(C) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof;

(D) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof;

(E) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to an Institutional Accredited Investor in reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than those listed in subparagraphs (B) through (D) above, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item (3) thereof, if applicable;

 

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(F) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof; or

(G) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(c) thereof,

the Trustee will cancel the Restricted Definitive Note, increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of, in the case of clause (A) above, the appropriate Restricted Global Note, in the case of clause (B) above, the 144A Global Note, in the case of clause (C) above, the Regulation S Global Note, and in all other cases, the IAI Global Note.

(2) Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes. A Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Restricted Definitive Note to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note only if the Registrar receives the following:

(A) if the Holder of such Definitive Notes proposes to exchange such Notes for a beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(c) thereof; or

(B) if the Holder of such Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Notes to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;

and, in each such case set forth in this Section 2.06(d)(2), if the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

Upon satisfaction of the conditions of any of the subparagraphs in this Section 2.06(d)(2), the Trustee will cancel the Definitive Notes and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of the Unrestricted Global Note.

(3) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes. A Holder of an Unrestricted Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Definitive Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note at any time. Upon receipt of a request for such an exchange or transfer, the Trustee will cancel the applicable Unrestricted Definitive Note and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of one of the Unrestricted Global Notes.

 

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If any such exchange or transfer from a Definitive Note to a beneficial interest is effected pursuant to subparagraphs (2)(B) or (3) above at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Company will issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee will authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of Definitive Notes so transferred.

(e) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Definitive Notes. Upon request by a Holder of Definitive Notes and such Holder’s compliance with the provisions of this Section 2.06(e), the Registrar will register the transfer or exchange of Definitive Notes. Prior to such registration of transfer or exchange, the requesting Holder must present or surrender to the Registrar the Definitive Notes duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by such Holder or by its attorney, duly authorized in writing. In addition, the requesting Holder must provide any additional certifications, documents and information, as applicable, required pursuant to the following provisions of this Section 2.06(e).

(1) Restricted Definitive Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes. Any Restricted Definitive Note may be transferred to and registered in the name of Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note if the Registrar receives the following:

(A) if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 144A, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;

(B) if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 903 or Rule 904, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof; and

(C) if the transfer will be made pursuant to any other exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item (3) thereof, if applicable.

(2) Restricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. Any Restricted Definitive Note may be exchanged by the Holder thereof for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or transferred to a Person or Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note if the Registrar receives the following:

(A) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to exchange such Notes for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(d) thereof; or

(B) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Notes to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;

and, in each such case set forth in this Section 2.06(e)(2), if the Registrar so requests, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

 

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(3) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. A Holder of Unrestricted Definitive Notes may transfer such Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note. Upon receipt of a request to register such a transfer, the Registrar shall register the Unrestricted Definitive Notes pursuant to the instructions from the Holder thereof.

(f) Legends. The following legends will appear on the face of all Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued under this Indenture unless specifically stated otherwise in the applicable provisions of this Indenture.

(1) Private Placement Legend.

(A) Except as permitted by subparagraph (B) below, each Global Note and each Definitive Note (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall bear the legend in substantially the following form:

“THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, REGISTRATION. THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF (1) REPRESENTS THAT (A) IT IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT), (B) IT IS A NON-U.S. PERSON AND IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS APPLICABLE TO SUCH PURCHASER IN THE JURISDICTION IN WHICH SUCH PURCHASE IS MADE, (C) IT IS AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(A)(1), (2) OR (7) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR IS ACQUIRING THE NOTES FOR THE ACCOUNT OF SUCH AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR, IN EACH CASE IN A MINIMUM PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOTES OF $250,000 OR (D) IT IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY PURSUANT TO A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT OR IN ANOTHER TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION, AND (2) AGREES TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH SECURITY WITHIN THE YEAR AFTER THE ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF THIS SECURITY ONLY (A) TO THE COMPANY OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (B) FOR SO LONG AS THE SECURITIES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A, TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHICH NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (C) PURSUANT TO OFFERS AND SALES TO NON-U.S. PERSONS THAT OCCUR OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS APPLICABLE TO IT IN THE JURISDICTION IN WHICH SUCH PURCHASE IS MADE, (D) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(A)(1), (2) OR (7) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT IS ACQUIRING THE SECURITY FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF SUCH AN ACCREDITED INVESTOR, FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO, OR FOR OFFER OR SALE IN

 

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CONNECTION WITH, ANY DISTRIBUTION IN VIOLATION OF THE SECURITIES ACT, IN EACH CASE IN A MINIMUM PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOTES OF $250,000, (E) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (F) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO THE COMPANY’S AND THE TRUSTEE’S, OR REGISTRAR’S, AS APPLICABLE, RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (F) TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM, AND IN EACH OF THE FOREGOING CASES, A CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER IN THE FORM APPEARING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS SECURITY COMPLETED AND DELIVERED BY THE TRANSFEROR TO THE TRUSTEE OR REGISTRAR. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE REQUEST OF THE HOLDER AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF THE APPLICABLE HOLDING PERIOD WITH RESPECT TO RESTRICTED SECURITIES SET FORTH IN RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. NO REPRESENTATION CAN BE MADE AS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF THE EXEMPTION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT FOR RESALE OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY.”

(B) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Global Note or Definitive Note issued pursuant to subparagraphs (b)(4), (c)(2), (c)(3), (d)(2), (d)(3), (e)(2) or (e)(3) of this Section 2.06 (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) will not bear the Private Placement Legend.

(2) Global Note Legend. Each Global Note will bear a legend in substantially the following form:

“THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (1) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06 OF THE INDENTURE, (2) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(a) OF THE INDENTURE, (3) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.11 OF THE INDENTURE AND (4) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY.

UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK) (“DTC”), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.”

 

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(3) Applicable Procedures for Removal of Legends.

After the expiration of the applicable holding period referred to under Rule 144(d)(1) (taking into account the provisions of Rule 144(d) under the Securities Act, if applicable) following the date of this Indenture, Restricted Definitive Notes and beneficial interests in Restricted Global Notes may be exchanged for beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global Note. Any Restricted Definitive Note or Restricted Global Note (or security issued in exchange or substitution therefor) as to which such restrictions on transfer shall have expired in accordance with their terms may, upon surrender of such Restricted Definitive Note or Restricted Global Note for exchange to the Registrar in accordance with the provisions of this Article 2, be exchanged for a new Note or Notes, of like tenor and aggregate principal amount, which shall not bear the Private Placement Legend. To accomplish the exchange of beneficial interests in any Restricted Global Note for beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global Note following the expiration referred to above, the Company may, without requiring any action or consent by the Holders of such Restricted Global Note:

(A) instruct the Trustee in writing to remove the Private Placement Legend from the Notes, and upon such instruction the Private Placement Legend shall be deemed removed from any Notes without further action on the part of Holders;

(B) notify the Holders that the Private Placement Legend has been removed or deemed removed; and

(C) instruct the Depositary to change the CUSIP number for the Notes to the unrestricted CUSIP number for the Notes;

provided that, if the Trustee so requests, the Company will deliver an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Trustee to the effect that such exchange is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

(g) Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Notes. At such time as all beneficial interests in a particular Global Note have been exchanged for Definitive Notes or a particular Global Note has been redeemed, repurchased or canceled in whole and not in part, each such Global Note will be returned to or retained and canceled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.11 hereof. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note or for Definitive Notes of the same series, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note will be reduced accordingly and an endorsement will be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note, such other Global Note will be increased accordingly and an endorsement will be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.

 

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(h) General Provisions Relating to Transfers and Exchanges.

(1) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company will execute and the Trustee will authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes upon receipt of an Authentication Order, Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof.

(2) No service charge will be made to a Holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note or to a Holder of a Definitive Note for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes or similar governmental charge payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections 2.10, 3.06, 3.09, 4.10, 4.15 and 9.05 hereof.

(3) The Registrar will not be required to register the transfer of or exchange of any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part.

(4) All Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Global Notes or Definitive Notes will be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Global Notes or Definitive Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.

(5) Neither the Registrar nor the Company will be required:

(A) to issue, to register the transfer of or to exchange any Notes during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of any selection of Notes for redemption under Section 3.02 hereof and ending at the close of business on the day of selection;

(B) to register the transfer of or to exchange any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part;

(C) to register the transfer of or to exchange a Note between a record date and the next succeeding interest payment date; or

(D) to register the transfer of any Notes other than Notes having a principal amount of $2,000 or integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.

(6) Prior to due presentment for the registration of a transfer of any Note, the Trustee, any Agent and the Company may deem and treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered as the absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and interest on such Notes and for all other purposes, and none of the Trustee, any Agent or the Company shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

(7) The Trustee will authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.02 hereof.

(8) All certifications, certificates and Opinions of Counsel required to be submitted to the Registrar pursuant to this Section 2.06 to effect a registration of transfer or exchange may be submitted by facsimile.

 

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(9) The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Note (including any transfers between or among Participants or beneficial owners of interests in any Global Note) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by the terms of, this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.

(10) Neither the Trustee nor any Agent shall have any responsibility for any actions taken or not taken by the Depositary.

Section 2.07 Replacement Notes.

If any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee or the Company and the Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Note, the Company will issue and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, will authenticate a replacement Note if the Trustee’s requirements are met. If required by the Trustee or the Company, an indemnity bond must be supplied by the Holder that is sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee and the Company to protect the Company, the Trustee, any Agent and any authenticating agent from any loss that any of them may suffer if a Note is replaced. The Company may charge for its expenses in replacing a Note.

Every replacement Note is an additional obligation of the Company and will be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with all other Notes duly issued hereunder.

Section 2.08 Outstanding Notes.

The Notes outstanding at any time are all the Notes authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation, those reductions in the interest in a Global Note effected by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions hereof, and those described in this Section 2.08 as not outstanding. Except as set forth in Section 2.09 hereof, a Note does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the Company holds the Note; however, Notes held by the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company shall not be deemed to be outstanding for purposes of Section 3.07(a) hereof.

If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07 hereof, it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Note is held by a protected purchaser.

If the principal amount of any Note is considered paid under Section 4.01 hereof, it ceases to be outstanding and interest on it ceases to accrue.

If the Paying Agent (other than the Company, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of any thereof) holds, on a redemption date or maturity date, money sufficient to pay Notes payable on that date, then on and after that date such Notes will be deemed to be no longer outstanding and will cease to accrue interest.

Section 2.09 Treasury Notes.

In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Notes owned by the Company or any Guarantor, or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Company or any Guarantor, will be considered as though not outstanding, except that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee will be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Notes that the Trustee knows are so owned will be so disregarded.

 

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Section 2.10 Temporary Notes.

Until certificates representing Notes are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, will authenticate temporary Notes. Temporary Notes will be substantially in the form of certificated Notes but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary Notes and as may be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. Without unreasonable delay, the Company will prepare and the Trustee will authenticate definitive Notes in exchange for temporary Notes of the same series.

Holders of temporary Notes will be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture.

Section 2.11 Cancellation.

The Company at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and Paying Agent will forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee and no one else will cancel all Notes surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and will destroy canceled Notes (subject to the record retention requirement of the Exchange Act). Certification of the destruction of all canceled Notes will be delivered to the Company. The Company may not issue new Notes to replace Notes that it has paid or that have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.

Section 2.12 Defaulted Interest.

If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes, it will pay the defaulted interest in any lawful manner plus, to the extent lawful, interest payable on the defaulted interest, to the Persons who are Holders on a subsequent special record date, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes and in Section 4.01 hereof. The Company will notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of defaulted interest proposed to be paid on each Note and the date of the proposed payment. The Company will fix or cause to be fixed each such special record date and payment date; provided that no such special record date may be less than 10 days prior to the related payment date for such defaulted interest. At least 15 days before the special record date, the Company (or, upon the written request of the Company, the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company) will mail or cause to be mailed to Holders a notice that states the special record date, the related payment date and the amount of such interest to be paid.

Section 2.13 CUSIP Numbers.

The Company in issuing the Notes may use “CUSIP” numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as listed in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any change in the “CUSIP” numbers.

 

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ARTICLE 3

REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT

Section 3.01 Notices to Trustee.

If the Company elects to redeem Notes pursuant to the optional redemption provisions of Section 3.07 hereof, it must furnish to the Trustee, at least 45 days (or a shorter period with the consent of the Trustee) but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, an Officers’ Certificate setting forth:

(1) the clause of this Indenture pursuant to which the redemption shall occur;

(2) the redemption date;

(3) the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed;

(4) the redemption price; and

(5) whether the redemption is subject to one or more conditions precedent and, if so, identify such conditions precedent.

Section 3.02 Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed or Purchased.

If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed at any time, the Trustee (or DTC) will select Notes for redemption on a pro rata basis, by lot or other method subject to the rules and procedures of DTC, unless otherwise required by law or applicable stock exchange or depositary requirements.

In the event of partial redemption or purchase by lot, the particular Notes to be redeemed or purchased will be selected, unless otherwise provided herein, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the redemption or purchase date from the outstanding Notes not previously called for redemption or purchase.

The Trustee will promptly notify the Company in writing of the Notes selected for redemption or purchase and, in the case of any Note selected for partial redemption or purchase, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed or purchased. No Notes of $2,000 or less can be redeemed in part. Notes and portions of Notes selected will be in amounts of $2,000 or whole multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof; except that if all of the Notes of a Holder are to be redeemed or purchased, the entire outstanding amount of Notes held by such Holder, even if not a multiple of $1,000, shall be redeemed or purchased. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, provisions of this Indenture that apply to Notes called for redemption or purchase also apply to portions of Notes called for redemption or purchase.

Section 3.03 Notice of Redemption.

Subject to the provisions of Section 3.09 hereof, notices of redemption will be mailed by electronic transmission (for Global Notes) or first class mail at least 30 but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed at its registered address, except that redemption notices may be mailed more than 60 days prior to a redemption date if the notice is issued in connection with a defeasance of the Notes or a satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture pursuant to Articles 8 or 12 hereof.

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(1) the redemption date;

(2) the redemption price;

(3) whether the redemption is subject to one or more conditions precedent and, if so, identify such conditions precedent;

(4) if any Note is being redeemed in part, the portion of the principal amount of such Note to be redeemed and that, after the redemption date upon surrender of such Note, a new Note or Notes in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion will be issued upon cancellation of the original Note;

(5) the name and address of the Paying Agent;

(6) that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price;

(7) that, unless the Company defaults in making such redemption payment, interest on Notes called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the redemption date;

(8) the paragraph of the Notes and/or Section of this Indenture pursuant to which the Notes called for redemption are being redeemed; and

(9) that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP number, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Notes.

At the Company’s request, the Trustee will give the notice of redemption in the Company’s name and at its expense; provided, however, that the Company has delivered to the Trustee, at least 45 days (or a shorter period with the consent of the Trustee) prior to the redemption date, an Officers’ Certificate requesting that the Trustee give such notice and setting forth the information to be stated in such notice as provided in the preceding paragraph.

Section 3.04 Effect of Notice of Redemption.

Once notice of redemption is mailed in accordance with Section 3.03 hereof, Notes called for redemption become due and payable on the redemption date at the redemption price; provided that a notice of redemption may, at the Company’s option, be subject to one or more conditions precedent.

Section 3.05 Deposit of Redemption or Purchase Price.

One Business Day prior to the redemption or purchase date, the Company will deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the redemption or purchase price of, and accrued interest on, all Notes to be redeemed or purchased on that date. The Trustee or the Paying Agent will promptly return to the Company any money deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent by the Company in excess of the amounts necessary to pay the redemption or purchase price of, and accrued interest on, all Notes to be redeemed or purchased.

If the Company complies with the provisions of the preceding paragraph, on and after the redemption or purchase date, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or the portions of Notes called for redemption or purchase. If a Note is redeemed or purchased on or after an interest record date but on or prior to the related interest payment date, then any accrued and unpaid interest shall be paid to the Person

 

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in whose name such Note was registered at the close of business on such record date. If any Note called for redemption or purchase is not so paid upon surrender for redemption or purchase because of the failure of the Company to comply with the preceding paragraph, interest shall be paid on the unpaid principal, from the redemption or purchase date until such principal is paid, and to the extent lawful on any interest not paid on such unpaid principal, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes and in Section 4.01 hereof.

Section 3.06 Notes Redeemed or Purchased in Part.

Upon surrender of a Note that is redeemed or purchased in part, the Company will issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel, the Trustee will authenticate for the Holder at the expense of the Company a new Note equal in principal amount to the unredeemed or unpurchased portion of the Note surrendered.

Section 3.07 Optional Redemption.

(a) At any time prior to March 15, 2017, the Company may on any one or more occasions redeem up to 40% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under this Indenture (calculated after giving effect to the issuance of any Additional Notes) upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice, at a redemption price of 106.875% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest to 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), with the net cash proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings of the Company; provided that:

(1) at least 60% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes (calculated after giving effect to the original issuance of any Additional Notes) (excluding Notes held by the Company and its Subsidiaries) remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of such redemption; and

(2) the redemption occurs within 120 days of the date of the closing of such Equity Offering.

(b) At any time prior to March 15, 2017, the Company may, on one or more occasions, also redeem all or a part of the Notes, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of Notes redeemed plus the Applicable Premium as of, and accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption, subject to the rights of Holders on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date.

(c) Except as set forth in Section 3.07(a) or (b), the Notes will not be redeemable at the Company’s option prior to March 15, 2017.

(d) On or after March 15, 2017, the Company 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 March 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:

 

Year

   Percentage  

2017

     103.438

2018

     101.719

2019 and thereafter

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If an optional redemption date is on or after an interest record date and on or before the related interest payment date, any accrued and unpaid interest will be paid to the Person in whose name the Notes is registered at the close of business on such record.

Unless the Company defaults in the payment of the redemption price, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption on the applicable redemption date.

The Trustee shall have no responsibility for calculating any redemption price.

(e) Any redemption pursuant to this Section 3.07 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.01 through 3.06 hereof.

Section 3.08 Mandatory Redemption.

The Company is not required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes or make an offer to purchase the Notes. However, the Company may be required to purchase Notes at the request of Holders upon the occurrence of an Asset Sale, pursuant to Section 4.10 hereof, or upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event, pursuant to Section 4.15 hereof. The Company and its Affiliates may at any time and from time to time purchase Notes in the open market, by tender offer, negotiated transactions or otherwise.

Section 3.09 Offer to Purchase by Application of Excess Proceeds.

In the event that, pursuant to Section 4.10 hereof, the Company is required to commence an offer to all Holders to purchase Notes (an “Asset Sale Offer”), it will follow the procedures specified below.

The Asset Sale Offer shall be made to all Holders and all holders of Second Lien Obligations containing provisions similar to those set forth in this Indenture with respect to offers to purchase or redeem with the proceeds of sales of assets. The Asset Sale Offer will remain open for a period of at least 20 Business Days following its commencement and not more than 30 Business Days, except to the extent that a longer period is required by applicable law (the “Offer Period”). No later than three Business Days after the termination of the Offer Period (the “Purchase Date”), the Company will apply all Excess Proceeds (the “Offer Amount”) to the purchase of Notes and such other Second Lien Obligations (on a pro rata basis, if applicable) or, if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes and other Indebtedness tendered in response to the Asset Sale Offer. Payment for any Notes so purchased will be made in the same manner as interest payments are made.

If the Purchase Date is on or after an interest record date and on or before the related interest payment date, any accrued and unpaid interest will be paid to the Person in whose name a Note is registered at the close of business on such record date, and no additional interest will be payable to Holders who tender Notes pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer.

Upon the commencement of an Asset Sale Offer, the Company will send, by first class mail, a notice to the Trustee and each of the Holders. The notice will contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Notes pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer. The notice, which will govern the terms of the Asset Sale Offer, will state:

 

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(1) that the Asset Sale Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 3.09 and Section 4.10 hereof and the length of time the Asset Sale Offer will remain open;

(2) the Offer Amount, the purchase price and the Purchase Date;

(3) that any Note not tendered or accepted for payment will continue to accrue interest;

(4) that, unless the Company defaults in making such payment, any Note accepted for payment pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer will cease to accrue interest after the Purchase Date;

(5) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer may elect to have Notes purchased in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof only;

(6) that Holders electing to have Notes purchased pursuant to any Asset Sale Offer will be required to surrender the Note, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” attached to the Notes completed, or transfer by book-entry transfer, to the Company, a Depositary, if appointed by the Company, or a Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice at least three days before the Purchase Date;

(7) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Company, the Depositary or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, receives, not later than the expiration of the Offer Period, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Note the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Note purchased;

(8) that, if the aggregate principal amount of Notes and other Second Lien Obligations surrendered by holders thereof exceeds the Offer Amount, the Company will select the Notes and other Second Lien Obligations to be purchased on a pro rata basis based on the principal amount of Notes and such other Second Lien Obligations surrendered (with such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate by the Company so that only Notes in minimum denominations of $2,000, or integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof, will be purchased); and

(9) that Holders whose Notes were purchased only in part will be issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered (or transferred by book-entry transfer).

On or before the Purchase Date, the Company will, to the extent lawful, accept for payment, on a pro rata basis to the extent necessary, the Offer Amount of Notes or portions thereof tendered pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer, or if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes tendered, and will deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted together with an Officers’ Certificate stating that such Notes or portions thereof were accepted for payment by the Company in accordance with the terms of this Section 3.09. The Company, the Depositary or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, will promptly (but in any case not later than five days after the Purchase Date) mail or deliver to each tendering Holder an amount equal to the purchase price of the Notes tendered by such Holder and accepted by the Company for purchase, and the Company will promptly issue a new Note, and the Trustee, upon written request from the Company, will authenticate and mail or deliver (or cause to be transferred by book entry) such new Note to such Holder, in a principal amount equal to any unpurchased portion of the Note surrendered. Any Note not so accepted shall be promptly mailed or delivered by the Company to the Holder thereof. The Company will publicly announce the results of the Asset Sale Offer on the Purchase Date.

 

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Other than as specifically provided in this Section 3.09, any purchase pursuant to this Section 3.09 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.01 through 3.06 hereof.

ARTICLE 4

COVENANTS

Section 4.01 Payment of Notes.

The Company will pay or cause to be paid the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on, the Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in the Notes. Principal, premium, if any, and interest will be considered paid on the date due if the Paying Agent, if other than the Company or a Subsidiary thereof, holds as of 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on the due date money deposited by the Company in immediately available funds and designated for and sufficient to pay all principal, premium, if any, and interest then due.

The Company will pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal at the rate equal to 1% per annum in excess of the then applicable interest rate on the Notes to the extent lawful; it will pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace period) at the same rate to the extent lawful.

Section 4.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency.

The Company will maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, an office or agency (which may be an office of the Trustee or an affiliate of the Trustee, Registrar or co-registrar) where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company fails to maintain any such required office or agency or fails to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.

The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission will in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York for such purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.

The Company hereby designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee as one such office or agency of the Company in accordance with Section 2.03 hereof.

Section 4.03 Reports.

(a) Whether or not required by the rules and regulations of the SEC, so long as any Notes are outstanding, the Company will furnish to the Holders of Notes and the Trustee (or file with the SEC for public availability), within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and regulations:

 

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(1) all quarterly and annual reports that would be required to be filed with the SEC on Forms 10-Q and 10-K if the Company were required to file reports; and

(2) all current reports that would be required to be filed with the SEC on Form 8-K if the Company were required to file such reports.

(b) If the Company has designated any of its Subsidiaries as Unrestricted Subsidiaries, then the quarterly and annual financial information required by paragraph (a) of this Section 4.03 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 the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries separate from the financial condition and results of operations of the Unrestricted Subsidiaries of the Company.

(c) The availability of the foregoing materials on the SEC’s EDGAR service (or any successor thereto) shall be deemed to satisfy the Company’s delivery obligation.

(d) 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 the Company’s consolidated financial statements by the Company’s certified independent accountants.

(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4.03, if at any time any such reports are not filed by the Company, or are not accepted by the SEC for any reason, for inclusion on the SEC’s EDGAR service (or any successor thereto), the Company will post such reports on a website no later than the date the Company is required to provide those reports to the Trustee and the Holders of Notes and maintain such posting for so long as any Notes remain outstanding. Access to such reports on such website may be subject to a confidentiality acknowledgment; provided, that no other conditions, including password protection, may be imposed on access to such reports other than a representation by the Person accessing such reports that it is the Trustee, a Holder of Notes, a beneficial owner of the Notes, a bona fide prospective investor, a securities analyst or a market maker.

(f) The Company will, for so long as any Notes remain outstanding, use its commercially reasonable efforts to hold and participate in quarterly conference calls with the Holders of Notes, beneficial owners of the Notes, bona fide prospective investors, securities analysts and market makers to discuss such financial information no later than 10 business days after distribution of such financial information.

(g) For so long as any Notes remain outstanding, the Company will furnish to the Holders of Notes, beneficial owners of the Notes, bona fide prospective investors, securities analysts and market makers, upon their request, the reports described above and any other information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.

(h) Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee under this covenant is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s and Guarantors’ compliance with any of the covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers’ Certificates).

 

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Section 4.04 Compliance Certificate.

(a) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, an Officers’ Certificate stating that a review of the activities of the Company and its Subsidiaries during the preceding fiscal year has been made under the supervision of the signing Officers with a view to determining whether the Company has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled its obligations under this Indenture and the Collateral Documents, and further stating, as to each such Officer signing such certificate, that to the best of his or her knowledge the Company has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each and every covenant contained in this Indenture and the Collateral Documents and is not in default in the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture or the Collateral Documents (or, if a Default or Event of Default has occurred, describing all such Defaults or Events of Default of which he or she may have knowledge and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto) and that to the best of his or her knowledge no event has occurred and remains in existence by reason of which payments on account of the principal of or interest on the Notes is prohibited or if such event has occurred, a description of the event and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

(b) So long as any of the Notes are outstanding, the Company will deliver to the Trustee, within five Business Days of any Officer becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, an Officers’ Certificate specifying such Default or Event of Default and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

Section 4.05 Taxes.

The Company will pay, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to pay, prior to delinquency, all material taxes, assessments, and governmental levies except such as are contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings or where the failure to effect such payment is not adverse in any material respect to the Holders of the Notes.

Section 4.06 Stay, Extension and Usury Laws.

The Company and each of the Guarantors covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company and each of the Guarantors (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law has been enacted.

Section 4.07 Restricted Payments.

(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:

(1) declare or pay any dividend or make any other payment or distribution on account of the Company’s or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries’ Equity Interests (including, without limitation, any payment in connection with any merger or consolidation involving the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) or to the direct or indirect holders of the Company’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 the Company and other than dividends or distributions payable to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company);

 

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(2) purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value (including without limitation, in connection with any merger or consolidation involving the Company) any Equity Interests of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company;

(3) make any payment on or with respect to, or purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor that is contractually subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or to any Note Guarantee (excluding any intercompany Indebtedness between or among the Company and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries), except payments of interest or principal at the Stated Maturity thereof; or

(4) make any Restricted Investment (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) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would occur as a consequence of such Restricted Payment;

(2) the Company 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 Section 4.09(a) hereof; and

(3) such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate amount of all other Restricted Payments made by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries since the date of this Indenture (excluding Restricted Payments permitted by clauses (2) through (13) of paragraph (b) of this Section 4.07), is less than the sum, without duplication of:

(A) 50% of the Consolidated Net Income of the Company for the period (taken as one accounting period) from the beginning of the first fiscal quarter commencing immediately prior to the date of this Indenture to the end of the Company’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

(B) 100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds and the Fair Market Value of marketable securities or other property received by the Company since the date of this Indenture as a contribution to its common equity capital or from the issue or sale of Equity Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock) or from the issue or sale of convertible or exchangeable Disqualified Stock or convertible or exchangeable debt securities of the Company 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 the Company and excluding any net proceeds from the issuance or sale of Equity Interests of the Company to the extent used to redeem Notes pursuant to Section 3.07(a)); plus

 

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(C) to the extent that any Restricted Investment that was made after the date of this Indenture is sold for cash or otherwise liquidated or repaid for cash, the cash return of capital with respect to such Restricted Investment (less the cost of disposition, if any); plus

(D) to the extent that any Unrestricted Subsidiary of the Company designated as such after the date of this Indenture is redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary after the date of this Indenture, the Fair Market Value of the Company’s Investment in such Subsidiary as of the date of such redesignation; plus

(E) 100% of any cash dividends received by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company after the date of this Indenture from an Unrestricted Subsidiary of the Company, to the extent that such dividends were not otherwise included in the Consolidated Net Income of the Company for such period.

(b) The provisions of Section 4.07(a) hereof will not prohibit:

(1) the payment of any dividend or the consummation of any irrevocable redemption within 60 days after the date of declaration of the dividend or giving of the redemption notice, as the case may be, if at the date of declaration or notice, the dividend or redemption payment would have complied with the provisions of this Indenture;

(2) so long as no Default has occurred and is continuing or would be caused thereby, 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 the Company) of, Equity Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock) or from the substantially concurrent contribution of common equity capital to the Company; provided that the amount of any such net cash proceeds that are utilized for any such Restricted Payment will be excluded from clause (3)(B) of Section 4.07(a) hereof;

(3) the repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement for value of Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor that is contractually subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or to any Note Guarantee with the net cash proceeds from a substantially concurrent incurrence of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness;

(4) the payment of any dividend (or, in the case of any partnership or limited liability company, any similar distribution) by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to the holders of its Equity Interests on a pro rata basis;

(5) so long as no Default has occurred and is continuing or would be caused thereby, the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Equity Interests of the Company; provided that the aggregate price paid for all such repurchased, redeemed, acquired or retired Equity Interests may not exceed $15,000,000 in any fiscal year of the Company;

(6) the repurchase of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon the exercise of stock options or restricted stock units to the extent such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of those stock options or restricted stock units;

(7) the declaration and payment of regularly scheduled or accrued dividends to holders of any class or series of Disqualified Stock of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company issued on or after the date of this Indenture in accordance with the Fixed Charge Coverage test described in Section 4.09 hereof;

 

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(8) cash payment in lieu of issuance of fractional shares in connection with the exercise of warrants, options or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for the Equity Interests of the Company; provided, however, that any such cash payment shall not be for the purpose of evading the limitation of the covenant described in this Section 4.07;

(9) (a) cash settle conversions of the 2015 Convertible Notes to the extent required pursuant to the 2015 Convertible Notes as in effect on the date of this Indenture and (b) so long as no Event of Default then exists or would result therefrom, the Company may otherwise purchase, redeem or repay outstanding 2015 Convertible Notes;

(10) the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor that is contractually subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or to any Note Guarantee required pursuant to provisions similar to those described in Section 4.10 and Section 4.15; provided that there is a concurrent or prior Change of Control Offer or Asset Sale Offer, as applicable, and all Notes tendered by Holders of Notes in connection with such Change of Control Offer or Asset Sale Offer, as applicable, have been repurchased, redeemed or acquired or retired for value;

(11) the making of any Restricted Payment with the Net Proceeds from (a)(i) the Initial Notes and (ii) the sale of all or substantially all of the equity or assets of the Hotspot Entities (provided that the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments made with the Net Proceeds from the sources described in the immediately preceding clauses (i) and (ii) shall not exceed $265,493,000 (the “Specified Cap”); provided further that if the gross proceeds from the sale of all or substantially all of the equity or assets of the Hotspot Entities is less than $365,000,000, then the Specified Cap shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis) and (b) Annual Tax Benefits (as defined in the Offering Memorandum under the section “Summary—Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Consolidated Financial Statements”), if any, or any one-time payment in exchange thereof (provided that the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments made with the Net Proceeds from such benefits or payment described in this clause (b) shall not exceed the maximum aggregate amount of such benefits or payment received under and pursuant to the Hotspot Agreement as described in the Offering Memorandum under the section “Summary—Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Consolidated Financial Statements”);

(12) the making of any Restricted Payment with the Net Proceeds from the sale, or consisting of the distribution, of any equity interests held by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as of the date of this Indenture in BATS Global Markets, Inc.; and

(13) so long as no Default has occurred and is continuing or would be caused thereby, other Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed $35,000,000 since the date of this Indenture.

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 the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to the Restricted Payment.

 

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Section 4.08 Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries.

(a) The Company 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) pay dividends or make any other distributions on its Capital Stock to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or with respect to any other interest or participation in, or measured by, its profits, or pay any indebtedness owed to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

(2) make loans or advances to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; or

(3) sell, lease or transfer any of its properties or assets to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.

(b) The restrictions in Section 4.08(a) hereof will not apply to encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of:

(1) agreements governing Existing Indebtedness and any amendments, restatements, modifications, renewals, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of those agreements; provided that the amendments, restatements, modifications, renewals, 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 this Indenture;

(2) the Indenture Documents;

(3) applicable law or any applicable rule, regulation or order;

(4) any instrument governing Indebtedness or Capital Stock of a Person acquired by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as in effect at the time of such acquisition (except to the extent such Indebtedness or Capital Stock was incurred 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 this Indenture to be incurred;

(5) customary provisions restricting assignment of any agreement entered into by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;

(6) 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 Section 4.08(a) hereof;

(7) any agreement for the sale or other disposition of a Restricted Subsidiary that restricts distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary pending the sale or other disposition;

(8) 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) Liens permitted to be incurred under the provisions of Section 4.12 hereof;

(10) customary restrictions on joint ventures or interests therein arising from joint venture agreements;

(11) any instrument governing Indebtedness of a Foreign Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such Indebtedness was not prohibited by the terms of this Indenture;

(12) customary provisions restricting subletting or assignment of any lease governing a leasehold interest of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary;

(13) covenants in documents evidencing Excluded Debt so long as the prohibition or limitation only applies to the Subsidiary of the Company that has incurred such Excluded Debt and does not apply to the Company or any Guarantor;

(14) restrictions imposed on the ability of Excluded Regulated Subsidiaries to make dividends;

(15) restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(16) any Senior Credit Facility; and

(17) restrictions in agreements or instruments relating to any Indebtedness permitted to be incurred subsequent to the date of this Indenture pursuant to Section 4.09 if (A) the encumbrances and restrictions contained in any such agreement or instrument taken as a whole are not materially less favorable to the Holders of the Notes than the encumbrances and restrictions contained in instruments governing Indebtedness as in effect on the date of this Indenture (as determined in good faith by the Company), or (B) such encumbrance or restriction is not materially more disadvantageous to the Holders of the Notes than is customary in comparable financings (as determined in good faith by the Company) and either (x) the Company determines in good faith that such encumbrance or restriction will not materially affect the Company’s ability to make principal or interest payments on the Notes or (y) such encumbrance or restriction applies only if a default occurs in respect of a payment or financial covenant relating to such Indebtedness.

Section 4.09 Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock.

(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable, contingently or otherwise, with respect to (collectively, “incur”) any Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt), and the Company will not issue any Disqualified Stock and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to issue any shares of preferred stock; provided, however, that the Company may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt) or issue Disqualified Stock, and the Guarantors may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt), if the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Company’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, would have been at least 2.00 to 1.00, determined on a pro forma basis

 

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(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.

(b) The provisions of Section 4.09(a) hereof will not prohibit the incurrence of any of the following items of Indebtedness (collectively, “Permitted Debt”):

(1) the incurrence by the Company and any Guarantors of Indebtedness and letters of credit under Senior Credit Facilities 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 the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries thereunder) not to exceed (a) the greater of (i) $235.0 million and (ii) an amount equal to 1.0 times Consolidated Cash Flow of the Company for the most recently ended four full fiscal quarters of the Company for which internal financial statements are available less (b) the aggregate amount of all Net Proceeds of Asset Sales applied by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries since the date of this Indenture to repay any term Indebtedness under such Senior Credit Facilities or to repay any revolving credit Indebtedness under such Senior Credit Facilities and effect a corresponding commitment reduction thereunder pursuant to Section 4.10 hereof;

(2) the incurrence by the Company and the Guarantors of Indebtedness represented by the Notes and the related Note Guarantees to be issued on the date of this Indenture and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (2);

(3) Indebtedness of the Company to any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to the extent that such Indebtedness corresponds to any Investment permitted by clause (5) of the definition of “Permitted Investments”; provided that such Indebtedness shall not have been transferred or pledged to any third party;

(4) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of intercompany Indebtedness between or among the Company and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, however, that:

(a) if the Company or any Guarantor is the obligor on such Indebtedness and the payee is not the Company 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 the Company, or the Note Guarantee, in the case of a Guarantor; and

(b) (i) any subsequent issuance or transfer of Equity Interests that results in any such Indebtedness being held by a Person other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company and (ii) any sale or other transfer of any such Indebtedness to a Person that is not either the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, will be deemed, in each case, to constitute an incurrence of such Indebtedness by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, that was not permitted by this clause (4);

(5) the issuance by any of the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries to the Company or to any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of shares of preferred stock; provided, however, that:

 

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(a) any subsequent issuance or transfer of Equity Interests that results in any such preferred stock being held by a Person other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; and

(b) any sale or other transfer of any such preferred stock to a Person that is not either the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, 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 (5);

(6) Indebtedness of any Person that shall have become a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company after the date of this Indenture; provided that such Indebtedness (i) shall have existed at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company and shall not have been created in contemplation of or in connection with such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company (ii) does not constitute Indebtedness for borrowed money unless (x) such Indebtedness constitutes purchase money obligations, (y) such Indebtedness constitutes Excluded Debt or (z) the Company would be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.09(a) after giving pro forma effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness and (iii) is not directly or indirectly recourse to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any of their respective assets, other than to the Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (6);

(7) Guarantees incurred in the ordinary course of business by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of (i) obligations of any Broker-Dealer Subsidiaries and any other Excluded Regulated Subsidiaries, (ii) the Excluded Debt of KCG Asia or (iii) other obligations of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Broker-Dealer Subsidiary, a Guarantor, or other Excluded Regulated Subsidiary; provided that the aggregate amount of all Guarantees permitted by this clause (7)(iii) shall not exceed the greater of (x) $30.0 million and (y) 0.5% of Consolidated Total Assets;

(8) the incurrence by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries of the Existing Indebtedness and, other than with respect to any Indebtedness under the 2015 Convertible Notes, any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (8);

(9) Indebtedness constituting purchase money obligations (including Capital Lease Obligations) incurred to finance the acquisition, construction or improvement of any fixed or capital assets, and any Indebtedness assumed or incurred in connection with the acquisition of any such assets or secured by a Lien on any such assets prior to the acquisition thereof, and Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (9); provided that (a) the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness permitted by this clause (9) shall not exceed the greater of (x) $60,000,000 and (y) 0.9% of Consolidated Total Assets, in each case at any time outstanding and (b) such Indebtedness is initially incurred prior to or within 365 days after such acquisition or the completion of such construction;

(10) Excluded Debt;

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incurrence or existence of such Indebtedness or other liabilities is permitted under this Indenture; provided that the Company or any of the Guarantors may not incur such Guarantees in respect of Indebtedness or other liabilities of a party that is not the Company or a Guarantor; provided further that any Guarantees in respect of subordinated Indebtedness shall also be subordinated to the Notes or any Note Guarantee on terms at least as favorable to the Holders of the Notes as those applicable to the subordinated indebtedness that is guaranteed;

(12) the incurrence by Foreign Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding pursuant to this clause (12), including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (12), not to exceed the greater of (x) $50,000,000 and (y) 0.8% of Consolidated Total Assets (in each case, or the equivalent thereof, measured at the time of each incurrence, in the applicable foreign currency);

(13) cash management obligations and Indebtedness in respect of netting services, overdraft protections and similar arrangements in each case in connection with cash management and deposit accounts in the ordinary course of business;

(14) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Hedging Obligations for bona fide hedging purposes and not for speculative purposes;

(15) Indebtedness representing deferred compensation or other similar arrangements to employees of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries incurred in the ordinary course of business;

(16) Indebtedness incurred by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in an acquisition, any other Investment or any disposition, in each case, expressly permitted under this Indenture, in each case to the extent constituting indemnification obligations or obligations in respect of purchase price (including earn-outs) or other similar adjustments;

(17) Indebtedness incurred by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees, bankers’ acceptances, warehouse receipts or similar instruments issued or created in the ordinary course of business, including in respect of workers compensation claims, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance or other Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement-type obligations regarding workers compensation claims;

(18) Indebtedness consisting of the financing of insurance premiums so long as the aggregate amount of such Indebtedness is not in excess of the amount of the unpaid cost of, and shall be incurred only to defer the cost of, such insurance for the year in which such Indebtedness is incurred and such Indebtedness is outstanding only during such year and is incurred in the ordinary course of business;

(19) obligations in respect of performance, bid, appeal and surety bonds and performance and completion guarantees and similar obligations provided by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or obligations in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instruments related thereto, in each case in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice;

(20) the incurrence by the Company 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 (20), at the time of incurrence thereof, not to exceed $75,000,000;

 

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(21) Indebtedness in the ordinary course of business in respect of letters of credit, guarantees, counter-indemnities and short term facilities incurred by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries engaged in Exchange and Clearing Operations in connection with the ordinary clearing, depository and settlement procedures (including, without limitation, any letter of credit or guarantees provided to any central securities depositories or external custodians) relating thereto; and

(22) the incurrence by the Company 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 (except in the case of daylight overdrafts) inadvertently drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business, so long as such Indebtedness is covered within five business days.

The Company will not incur, and will not permit any Guarantor to incur, any Indebtedness (including Permitted Debt) that is contractually subordinated in right of payment to any other Indebtedness of the Company or such Guarantor unless such Indebtedness is also contractually subordinated in right of payment to the Notes and the applicable Note Guarantee on substantially identical terms; provided, however, that no Indebtedness will be deemed to be contractually subordinated in right of payment to any other Indebtedness of the Company solely by virtue of being unsecured or by virtue of being secured on a junior Lien or priority basis.

For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.09, in the event that an item of proposed Indebtedness 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 Section 4.09(a) hereof, the Company will be permitted to classify such item of Indebtedness on the date of its incurrence, or later reclassify all or a portion of such item of Indebtedness, in any manner that complies with this Section 4.09. The accrual of interest or premium, 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 of dividends on Disqualified Stock in the form of additional shares of the same class of Disqualified Stock will not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness or an issuance of Disqualified Stock for purposes of this Section 4.09; provided, in each such case, that the amount of any such accrual, accretion or payment is included in Fixed Charges of the Company as accrued. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 4.09, the maximum amount of Indebtedness that the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary may incur pursuant to this Section 4.09 shall not be deemed to be exceeded solely as a result of fluctuations in exchange rates or currency values.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as it is not a Guarantor, neither GETCO Investments LLC nor GETCO Strategic Investments, LLC shall incur any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness of the type described in clauses (4) (so long as such Indebtedness is owed to the Company or a Guarantor), (13), (16) or (22) above).

The amount of any Indebtedness outstanding as of any date will be:

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(2) the principal amount of the Indebtedness, in the case of any other Indebtedness; and

(3) in respect of Indebtedness of another Person secured by a Lien on the assets of the specified Person, the lesser of:

(A) the Fair Market Value of such assets at the date of determination; and

(B) the amount of the Indebtedness of the other Person.

Section 4.10 Asset Sales.

The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:

(1) the Company (or the 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

(2) at least 75% of the consideration received in the Asset Sale by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary is in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents. For purposes of this provision, each of the following will be deemed to be cash:

(A) any liabilities, as shown on the Company’s most recent consolidated balance sheet, of the Company 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 novation agreement that releases the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary from further liability;

(B) any securities, notes or other obligations received by the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted within 180 days by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash or Cash Equivalents, to the extent of the cash or Cash Equivalents received in that conversion;

(C) any stock or assets of the kind referred to in clauses (3) or (5) of the next paragraph of this Section 4.10; and

(D) any Designated Non-cash Consideration received by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary in such Asset Sale; provided that at the time of receipt of such Designated Non-cash Consideration, the aggregate Fair Market Value of all Designated Non-cash Consideration (with the Fair Market Value of each item of Designated Non-cash Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value), less the amount of Net Proceeds previously realized in cash or Cash Equivalents from the sale of previously received Designated Non-cash Consideration is less than the greater of (x) $30.0 million and (y) 0.5% of Consolidated Total Assets (with the Fair Market Value of each item of Designated Non-cash Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value).

 

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Within 365 days after the receipt of any Net Proceeds from an Asset Sale, the Company (or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be) may apply such Net Proceeds:

(1) (a) to repay Indebtedness and other Obligations of the Company or any Guarantor under any Senior Credit Facility and to correspondingly reduce commitments (if any) with respect thereto (b) to repay First Lien Obligations permitted to be incurred by the Company or any Guarantor under the terms of this Indenture and to correspondingly reduce commitments (if any) with respect thereto, and (c) to repay other Second Lien Obligations, provided that if the Company or any Guarantor shall so repay other Second Lien Obligations, the Company shall have also used (or made an offer, in the case of clause (iii) below, with) a portion of such Net Proceeds pro rata in proportion to the amount thereof used to so repay other Second Lien Obligations (based on the respective principal amounts of the Notes and such other Second Lien Obligations prior to such repayment) (the “Pro Rata Amount”) to (i) redeem the Pro Rata Amount of Notes as provided under Section 3.07 hereof, (ii) purchase the Pro Rata Amount of Notes that may be repurchased through open-market purchases (to the extent such purchases are at or above 100% of the principal amount thereof) or (iii) make an offer to purchase the Pro Rata Amount of Notes pursuant to an offer made to all holders in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 3.09 hereof for an Asset Sale Offer at 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus the amount of accrued but unpaid interest, if any, on the amount of Notes that would otherwise be prepaid;

(2) to the extent the Net Proceeds are attributable to an Asset Sale of assets, rights or Equity Interests that do not constitute Collateral, to repay Indebtedness secured by such assets, rights or Equity Interests and to correspondingly reduce commitments (if any) with respect thereto;

(3) to acquire all or substantially all of the assets of, or any Capital Stock of, another Permitted Business, if, after giving effect to any such acquisition of Capital Stock, the Permitted Business is or becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;

(4) to make a capital expenditure;

(5) to acquire other assets that are not classified as current assets under GAAP and that are used or useful in a Permitted Business;

(6) to use such proceeds to comply with applicable capital requirements or finance the working capital needs of a Broker-Dealer Subsidiary, an operating regulated entity or a licensed mortgage Restricted Subsidiary or an Equivalent Regulated Subsidiary (or to make Permitted Investments or Restricted Investments permitted to be made under Section 4.07 which will be so used by a Broker-Dealer Subsidiary, an operating regulated entity or a licensed mortgage Restricted Subsidiary or an Equivalent Regulated Subsidiary); or

(7) to repay Excluded Debt and to correspondingly reduce commitments (if any) with respect thereto.

provided, however, that, in the case of clauses (3), (4) and (5) above, a commitment to acquire assets or Capital Stock of a Permitted Business, make a capital expenditure or acquire such other assets made pursuant to a definitive binding agreement that is executed during such 365-day period shall be treated as a permitted application of the Net Proceeds so long as such acquisition or expenditure is consummated within 180 days of the end of such 365-day period (an “Acceptable Commitment”) and, in the event any Acceptable Commitment is later cancelled or terminated for any reason before the Net Proceeds are applied in connection therewith, then such Net Proceeds shall constitute Excess Proceeds.

 

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Pending the final application of any Net Proceeds, the Company may temporarily reduce revolving credit borrowings or otherwise invest the Net Proceeds in any manner that is not prohibited by this Indenture.

Any Net Proceeds from Asset Sales (other than Excluded Net Proceeds) that are not applied or invested as provided in the second paragraph of this Section 4.10 will constitute Excess Proceeds.” Within 15 days after the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $30,000,000, the Company will make an Asset Sale Offer to all Holders and, to the extent the Company is required by the terms thereof, all holders of other Second Lien Obligations containing provisions similar to those set forth in this Indenture with respect to offers to purchase or redeem with proceeds of sales of assets, pro rata in proportion to the respective principal amounts of the Notes and such other Second Lien Obligations required to be purchased or redeemed, to purchase the maximum principal amount of Notes and such other Second Lien Obligations that may be purchased with the Excess Proceeds. The offer price in any Asset Sale Offer will be equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes or such other Second Lien Obligations, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of purchase (subject to the rights of Holders on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date), and will be payable in cash. If any Excess Proceeds remain after consummation of an Asset Sale Offer, the Company may use those Excess Proceeds for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by this Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes tendered into such Asset Sale Offer exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the trustee or DTC will select the Notes to be purchased on a pro rata basis (or, in the case of Global Notes as discussed in Section 3.02, based on a method that most nearly approximates a pro rata selection as the trustee deems fair and appropriate), and in any event, in accordance with applicable procedures of DTC. Upon completion of each Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds will be reset at zero.

The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with 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 provisions of Section 3.09 hereof or this Section 4.10, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under Section 3.09 hereof or this Section 4.10 by virtue of such compliance.

Section 4.11 Transactions with Affiliates.

(a) The Company 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 the Company (each an “Affiliate Transaction”) involving aggregate payments or consideration in excess of $5,000,000, unless:

(1) the Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are no less favorable to the Company or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary than those that would have been obtained in a comparable transaction by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary with an unrelated Person; and

 

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(2) the Company delivers to the Trustee:

(A) with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of $20,000,000 a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Company certifying that such Affiliate Transaction complies with this Section 4.11; and

(B) with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of $50,000,000, a resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company set forth in an Officers’ Certificate certifying that such Affiliate Transaction complies with this Section 4.11 and that such Affiliate Transaction has been approved by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board of Directors of the Company; provided, however, that in the event there are no disinterested members of the Board of Directors of the Company, the Board of Directors of the Company shall also have received a written opinion from an accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm of national standing to the effect that such Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions is fair, from a financial standpoint, to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries or is not less favorable to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries than could reasonably be expected to be obtained at the time in an arm’s-length transaction with a non-Affiliate.

(b) The following items will not be deemed to be Affiliate Transactions and, therefore, will not be subject to the provisions of Section 4.11(a) hereof:

(1) Restricted Payments that do not violate the provisions of Section 4.07 hereof;

(2) Permitted Investments;

(3) customary director, officer and employee compensation (including bonuses) and other benefits (including retirement, health, stock option and other benefit plans) and indemnification arrangements;

(4) ordinary course non-exclusive license agreements relating to intellectual property not interfering in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of business of or the value of such intellectual property to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries subject to the Liens created in favor of the Notes Secured Parties under the Collateral Documents;

(5) transactions with customers, clients, suppliers, joint venture partners or purchasers or sellers of goods and services, in each case subject to commercially reasonable terms and in the ordinary course of business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries and not otherwise prohibited by the terms of this Indenture;

(6) sales of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company to Affiliates not otherwise prohibited by this Indenture and the granting of registration and other rights in connection therewith;

(7) any transaction with an Affiliate where the only consideration paid by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary is Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company;

 

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(8) transactions with a Person (other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary of the Company) that is an Affiliate of the Company solely because the Company owns, directly or through a Restricted Subsidiary, an Equity Interest in, or controls, such Person;

(9) transactions pursuant to agreements in effect on the date of this Indenture; and

(10) transactions between or among the Company and/or its Restricted Subsidiaries.

Section 4.12 Liens.

The Company 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 on any asset now owned or hereafter acquired, except Permitted Liens.

Section 4.13 Business Activities.

The Company 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 the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole.

Section 4.14 Existence; Insurance.

(a) Subject to Article 5 hereof, the Company shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect:

(1) its existence, and the corporate, partnership or other existence of each of its Subsidiaries, in accordance with the respective organizational documents (as the same may be amended from time to time) of the Company or any such Subsidiary; and

(2) the rights (charter and statutory), licenses and franchises of the Company and its Subsidiaries; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right, license or franchise, or the corporate, partnership or other existence of any of its Subsidiaries, if the Board of Directors shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and that the loss thereof is not adverse in any material respect to the Holders of the Notes.

(b) The Company shall maintain with financially sound and reputable insurance companies insurance on all its property in at least such amounts and against at least such risks (but including in any event public liability, product liability and business interruption) as are usually insured against in the same general area by companies engaged in the same or a similar business.

Section 4.15 Offer to Repurchase Upon Change of Control Triggering Event.

(a) Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event, unless the Company at such time has given notice of redemption with respect to all outstanding Notes as described under Section 3.07, the Company will make an offer (a “Change of Control Offer”) to each Holder to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000) of that Holder’s Notes at a purchase price in cash 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 on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date (the “Change of Control Payment”). Within 30 days following any Change of Control Triggering Event, unless the Company at

 

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such time has given notice of redemption with respect to all outstanding Notes as described under Section 3.07, the Company will mail a notice to each Holder, with a copy to the Trustee, describing the transaction or transactions that constitute the Change of Control Triggering Event and stating:

(1) that the Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 4.15 and that all Notes tendered will be accepted for payment;

(2) the purchase price and the purchase date, which shall be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed (the “Change of Control Payment Date”);

(3) that any Note not tendered will continue to accrue interest;

(4) that, unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Change of Control Payment, all Notes accepted for payment pursuant to the Change of Control Offer will cease to accrue interest after the Change of Control Payment Date;

(5) that Holders electing to have any Notes purchased pursuant to a Change of Control Offer will be required to surrender the Notes, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” attached to the Notes completed, or transfer by book-entry transfer, to the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the third Business Day preceding the Change of Control Payment Date;

(6) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Paying Agent receives, not later than the close of business on the second Business Day preceding the Change of Control Payment Date, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of Notes delivered for purchase, and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have the Notes purchased; and

(7) that Holders whose Notes are being purchased only in part will be issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered, which unpurchased portion must be equal to $2,000 in principal amount or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.

The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes as a result of a Change of Control Triggering Event. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of Sections 3.09 or 4.15 hereof, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under Section 3.09 hereof or this Section 4.15 by virtue of such compliance.

(b) On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company will, to the extent lawful:

(1) accept for payment all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn pursuant to the Change of Control Offer;

(2) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn; and

 

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(3) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted together with an Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or portions of Notes being purchased by the Company.

The Paying Agent will promptly transmit (but in any case not later than five days after the Change of Control Payment Date) to each Holder of Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn the Change of Control Payment for such Notes, and the Trustee (at the request of the Company) will promptly authenticate and deliver (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 any such new Notes will be in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. The Company will publicly announce the results of the Change of Control Offer on or as soon as practicable after the Change of Control Payment Date.

(c) The provisions of this Section 4.15 that require the Company to make a Change of Control Offer following a Change of Control Triggering Event will be applicable whether or not any other provisions of this Indenture are applicable. Except as described in this Section 4.15 with respect to a Change of Control Triggering Event, this Indenture does not contain provisions that permit the Holders of the Notes to require that the Company repurchase or redeem the Notes in the event of a takeover, recapitalization or similar transaction.

(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, a Change of Control Offer may be made in advance of a Change of Control Triggering Event, conditioned upon the consummation of the Change of Control, if a definitive agreement is in place for the Change of Control at the time the Change of Control Offer is made, and such Change of Control Offer is otherwise made in compliance with the provisions of this Section 4.15.

(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4.15, the Company will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of Control Triggering Event if (1) a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in this Section 4.15 and Section 3.09 hereof and purchases all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under the Change of Control Offer or (2) notice of redemption for all outstanding Notes has been given pursuant to Section 3.07 hereof, unless and until there is a default in payment of the applicable redemption price.

(f) In the event that the Holders of not less than 90% of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes accept a Change of Control Offer and the Company or a third party purchases all the Notes held by such Holders, the Company will have the right, on not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice, given not more than 30 days following the purchase pursuant to the Change of Control Offer described above, to redeem all of the Notes that remain outstanding following such purchase at the purchase price equal to that in the Change of Control Offer plus, to the extent not included in the Change of Control Offer payment, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes that remain outstanding, to, but excluding, the date of redemption.

Section 4.16 Limitation on Certain Equity Interests.

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Section 4.17 Mortgages.

With respect to any fee interest in any Real Property that is acquired by the Company or a Guarantor after the date of this Indenture that has a purchase price greater than $2,500,000 (such Real Property referred to individually and collectively as the “Premises”), within 90 days of such acquisition, the Company shall or shall cause the applicable Guarantor, as the case may be, to:

(1) deliver to the Collateral Agent, as mortgagee, for the benefit of the Notes Secured Parties, fully executed Mortgages, duly executed by the Company or the applicable Guarantor, as the case may be, together with evidence of the completion (or satisfactory arrangements for the completion) of all recordings and filings of such Mortgage as may be necessary to create a valid, perfected Lien, subject to Permitted Liens and the Intercreditor Agreement, if any, against the Premises purported to be covered thereby;

(2) deliver to the Collateral Agent, a mortgagee’s title insurance policy in favor of the Collateral Agent in an amount equal to 100% of the Fair Market Value of the Premises purported to be covered by the related Mortgage, insuring that the interests created by the Mortgage constitute valid Liens thereon free and clear of all Liens, defects and encumbrances other than Permitted Liens and any other exceptions disclosed in such policy, and such policy shall also include, to the extent available and issued at ordinary rates, customary endorsements and shall be accompanied by evidence of the payment in full (or satisfactory arrangements for the payment) of all premiums thereon;

(3) deliver to the Collateral Agent the most recent survey (if any) of such Premises, together with (if such a survey is available) either (i) an updated survey certification in favor of the Collateral Agent from the applicable surveyor stating that, based on a visual inspection of the property and the knowledge of the surveyor, there has been no change in the facts depicted in the survey or (ii) an affidavit and/or indemnity from the Company or the applicable Guarantor, as the case may be, stating that to its knowledge there has been no change in the facts depicted in the survey, other than, in each case, changes that do not materially adversely affect the use by the Company or Guarantor, as applicable, of such Premises for the Company or such Guarantor’s business as so conducted, or intended to be conducted, at such Premises and in each case, in form sufficient for the title insurer issuing the title policy to remove the standard survey exception from such policy and issue a survey endorsement to such policy unless the title insurance company issuing the title policy otherwise agrees to remove the standard survey exception and deliver endorsements to such title insurance policy; and

(4) deliver an Opinion of Counsel to the Collateral Agent that such Mortgage has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company or such Guarantor, constitutes a legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligation of the Company or such Guarantor and creates a valid perfected Lien in the Premises purported to be covered thereby (in each case, subject to customary exceptions and qualifications).

Section 4.18 Payments for Consent.

The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, pay or cause to be paid any consideration to or for the benefit of any Holder of Notes for or as an inducement to any consent, waiver or amendment of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture or the Notes unless such consideration is 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.

 

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Section 4.19 Additional Note Guarantees.

If the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries acquires or creates another Wholly Owned Domestic Restricted Subsidiary after the date of this Indenture, then that newly acquired or created Domestic Restricted Subsidiary will within 30 days of the date on which it was acquired or created (i) execute and deliver to the trustee a supplemental indenture substantially in the form of Exhibit F hereto pursuant to which such Wholly Owned Domestic Restricted Subsidiary will Guarantee the Notes, (ii) execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent joinder agreements or other similar agreements with respect the Collateral Documents and (iii) deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel that such supplemental indenture and other documents required to be delivered pursuant to clause (ii) above have been duly authorized, executed and delivered and constitute legally valid and binding and enforceable obligations (subject to customary qualifications and exceptions); provided that any Wholly Owned Foreign Restricted Subsidiary that enters into a Guarantee of any Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor shall be required to become a Guarantor and satisfy clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of this paragraph within 30 days of entering into such Guarantee; provided further that (i) any Wholly Owned Domestic Restricted Subsidiary that constitutes an Immaterial Subsidiary or an Excluded Regulated Subsidiary need not become a Guarantor until such time as it ceases to be an Immaterial Subsidiary or an Excluded Regulated Subsidiary, as applicable and (ii) neither GETCO Investments LLC nor GETCO Strategic Investments, LLC shall be required to be a Guarantor until such time as it ceases to be an “investment company” that is required to be registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder, as a result of being a Guarantor.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, if the Hotspot Sale has not occurred on or prior to the Hotspot Deadline, then, on such date, each of the Hotspot Entities shall be required to (a) be designated a Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with Section 4.20 hereof and (b) become a Guarantor and satisfy clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of the preceding paragraph; provided that any Hotspot Entity that constitutes an Immaterial Subsidiary need not become a Guarantor until such time as it ceases to be an Immaterial Subsidiary.

Section 4.20 Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries.

The Board of Directors of the Company 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 the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the Subsidiary designated as Unrestricted will be deemed to be an Investment made as of the time of the designation and will reduce the amount available for Restricted Payments under Section 4.07 hereof or under one or more clauses of the definition of Permitted Investments, as determined by the Company. 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 the Company may redesignate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary if that redesignation would not cause a Default.

Any designation of a Subsidiary of the Company 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 giving effect to such designation and an Officers’ Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the preceding conditions and was permitted by Section 4.07 hereof. If, at any time, any Unrestricted Subsidiary would fail to meet the preceding requirements as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, it will thereafter cease to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary for purposes of this Indenture and any Indebtedness of such Subsidiary will be deemed to be incurred by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company as of such date and, if such Indebtedness is not permitted to be incurred as of such date under Section 4.09 hereof, the

 

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Company will be in default of such covenant. The Board of Directors of the Company may at any time designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such designation will be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of any outstanding Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary and such designation will only be permitted if (1) such Indebtedness is permitted under Section 4.09 hereof, 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.

Section 4.21 Further Assurances.

The Company will do, execute, acknowledge, deliver, record, re-record, file, re-file, register and re-register, as applicable, any and all such further acts, deeds, conveyances, security agreements, assignments, financing statements and continuations thereof, termination statements, notices of assignment, transfers, certificates, assurances and other instruments as may be required from time to time in order to:

(1) carry out the terms and provisions of the Collateral Documents;

(2) subject to the Liens created by any of the Collateral Documents any of the properties, rights or interests required to be encumbered thereby;

(3) perfect and maintain the validity, effectiveness and priority of any of the Collateral Documents and the Liens intended to be created thereby; and

(4) assure, convey, grant, assign, transfer, preserve, protect and confirm to the Collateral Agent any of the rights granted now or hereafter intended by the parties thereto to be granted to the Collateral Agent under the Collateral Documents or under any other material instrument executed in connection herewith.

Upon the exercise by the Trustee or any Holder of any power, right, privilege or remedy under this Indenture or any of the Collateral Documents which requires any consent, approval, recording, qualification or authorization of any governmental authority, the Company will execute and deliver all applications, certifications, instruments and other documents and papers that may be required from the Company for such governmental consent, approval, recording, qualification or authorization.

Section 4.22 Changes in Covenants when the Notes are Rated Investment Grade.

If on any date following the date of the Indenture, (a) the Notes are assigned an Investment Grade Rating from both Rating Agencies and (b) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, then subject to the provisions of the following paragraph, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries will not be subject to Sections 4.07, 4.08, 4.09, 4.10, 4.11, 4.13, 4.20 and clause (4) of Section 5.01 hereof (the “Suspended Covenants”).

If the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries are not subject to the Suspended Covenants as a result of the foregoing, and on any subsequent date the Notes are no longer rated by both Rating Agencies or are no longer assigned Investment Grade Ratings by both Rating Agencies, then the Suspended Covenants will be reinstated (the “Reinstatement Date”) and the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries will be subject to the Suspended Covenants on and after such date. No action taken or omitted to be taken by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries prior to such reinstatement that would have violated the Suspended Covenants shall result in a Default or Event of Default. After any such reinstatement, (1) calculations under Section 4.07 hereof shall be made as if Section 4.07 hereof had been in effect since the

 

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date of the Indenture and (2) any Indebtedness incurred, or Disqualified Stock or preferred stock issued, during the period that the covenants are suspended will be classified to have been incurred or issued pursuant to Section 4.09(b)(8) hereof. The period of time between the date of suspension of such covenants and the Reinstatement Date is referred to as the Suspension Period.”

Any Subsidiaries designated as Unrestricted Subsidiaries during the Suspension Period shall automatically become Restricted Subsidiaries on the Reinstatement Date (subject to the Company’s right to subsequently designate them as Unrestricted Subsidiaries in compliance with this Indenture).

The Company will provide the Trustee with written notice of the commencement of any Suspension Period or Reinstatement Date. Until the Trustee receives such notice, it shall be entitled to assume no such Suspension Period or Reinstatement Date, as applicable, has occurred and will have no obligation to notify any Holder thereof until it has received such notice. In no event shall the Trustee be responsible for monitoring the ratings of the Notes.

ARTICLE 5

SUCCESSORS

Section 5.01 Merger, Consolidation, or Sale of Assets.

The Company shall not, directly or indirectly: (i) consolidate or merge with or into another Person (whether or not the Company is the surviving corporation); or (ii) sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole, in one or more related transactions, to another Person, unless:

(1) either:

(A) the Company is the surviving corporation; or

(B) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition has been made is a corporation organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state of the United States or the District of Columbia;

(2) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company) or the Person to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition has been made assumes all the obligations of the Company under the Notes, this Indenture and the Collateral Documents pursuant to agreements reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, including, without limitation, an Opinion of Counsel and an Officers’ Certificate stating that such consolidation or merger is authorized or permitted by the terms of this Indenture and that all conditions precedent relating to such transaction have been satisfied;

(3) immediately after such transaction, no Event of Default exists; and

(4) immediately after giving pro forma effect to such transaction and any related financing transactions, as if such transactions had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period:

(A) the Company or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company), or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition has been made would be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.09(a) hereof; or

 

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(B) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Company or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company), or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition has been made would be greater than or equal to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the Company immediately prior to such transaction.

In addition, the Company will not, directly or indirectly, lease all or substantially all of the properties and assets of it and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole, in one or more related transactions, to any other Person. Clauses (3) and (4) of this Section 5.01 will not apply to:

(1) a merger of the Company with an Affiliate solely for the purpose of reincorporating the Company in another jurisdiction; or

(2) any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, lease or other disposition of assets between or among the Company and the Guarantors.

Section 5.02 Successor Corporation Substituted.

Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company in a transaction that is subject to, and that complies with the provisions of, Section 5.01 hereof, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into or with which the Company is merged or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such consolidation, merger, sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition, the provisions of this Indenture referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to the successor Person and not to the Company), and may exercise every right and power of the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Company herein; provided, however, that the predecessor Company shall not be relieved from the obligation to pay the principal of and interest on the Notes except in the case of a sale of all of the Company’s assets in a transaction that is subject to, and that complies with the provisions of, Section 5.01 hereof.

ARTICLE 6

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

Section 6.01 Events of Default.

Each of the following is an “Event of Default”:

(1) default for 30 days in the payment when due of interest on the Notes;

(2) default in the payment when due (at maturity, upon redemption or otherwise) of the principal of, or premium, if any, on, the Notes;

(3) failure by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to comply with the provisions of Sections 4.10, 4.15 or 5.01 hereof;

(4) failure by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries for 60 days after notice to the Company 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 Documents;

 

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(5) default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any Material Indebtedness for money borrowed by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (or the payment of which is guaranteed by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries), whether such Material Indebtedness or Guarantee now exists, or is created after the date of this Indenture, if that default:

(A) is caused by a failure to pay principal of, or interest or premium, if any, on, such Material Indebtedness prior to the expiration of the grace period provided in such Material Indebtedness on the date of such default (a “Payment Default”); or

(B) results in the acceleration of such Material Indebtedness prior to its express maturity;

(6) failure by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to pay final judgments entered by a court or courts of competent jurisdiction aggregating in excess of $35,000,000 (not covered by independent third-party insurance as to which liability has not been denied by such insurance carrier), which judgments are not paid, discharged or stayed for a period of 60 days;

(7) except as expressly permitted by this Indenture and the Collateral Documents, any of the Collateral Documents shall for any reason cease to be in full force and effect in all material respects, or the Company or a Guarantor shall so assert, or any security interest created, or purported to be created, by any of the Collateral Documents with respect to Collateral exceeding $35,000,000 in Fair Market Value shall cease to be enforceable and of the same effect and priority purported to be created thereby, in each case for 30 days after notice to the Company by the trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting as a single class, except solely as a result of the Collateral Agent taking or refraining from taking any action in its sole control;

(8) the repudiation by the Company or any Guarantor of any of its material obligations under the Collateral Documents;

(9) except as permitted by this 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 in writing its obligations under its Note Guarantee;

(10) the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary pursuant to or within the meaning of Bankruptcy Law:

(A) commences a voluntary case,

(B) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case,

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(D) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or

(E) generally is not paying its debts as they become due; and

(11) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:

(A) is for relief against the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case;

(B) appoints a custodian of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary or for all or substantially all of the property of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary; or

(C) orders the liquidation of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary;

and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 consecutive days.

Section 6.02 Acceleration.

In the case of an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(10) or (11) hereof, with respect to the Company, any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company 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.

Upon any such declaration, the Notes shall become due and payable immediately.

The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes by written notice to the Trustee may, on behalf of all of the Holders, rescind an acceleration and its consequences, if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree and if all existing Events of Default (except nonpayment of principal, interest or premium, if any, that has become due solely because of the acceleration) have been cured or waived.

In the event of any Event of Default specified in clause (5) of Section 6.01, such Event of Default and all consequences thereof shall be annulled, waived and rescinded, automatically and without any action by the Trustee or the Holders of Notes, if within 30 days after such Event of Default arose (x) the Indebtedness or Guarantee that is the basis for such Event of Default has been discharged; or (y) the holders thereof have rescinded or waived the acceleration, notice or action (as the case may be) giving rise to such Event of Default; or (z) if the default that is the basis for such Event of Default has been cured.

 

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Section 6.03 Other Remedies.

If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy to collect the payment of principal and premium, if any, and interest on the Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Notes or this Indenture.

The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Notes or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder of a Note in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. All remedies are cumulative to the extent permitted by law.

Section 6.04 Waiver of Past Defaults.

Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes by notice to the Trustee may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes waive an existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences hereunder, except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, the Notes (including in connection with an offer to purchase); provided, however, that the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may rescind an acceleration and its consequences, including any related payment default that resulted from such acceleration. Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

Section 6.05 Control by Majority.

Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for exercising any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on it. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture that the Trustee determines may be unduly prejudicial to the rights of other Holders of Notes or that may involve the Trustee in personal liability.

Section 6.06 Limitation on Suits.

A Holder may pursue a remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Notes only if:

(1) such Holder gives to the Trustee written notice that an Event of Default is continuing;

(2) Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes make a written request to the Trustee to pursue the remedy;

(3) such Holder or Holders offer and, if requested, provide to the Trustee security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense;

(4) the Trustee does not comply with the request within 60 days after receipt of the request and the offer of security or indemnity; and

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Notwithstanding any provision of this Indenture to the contrary, no one or more Holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb, or prejudice the rights of any other of the Holders (it being understood that the Trustee does not have an affirmative duty to ascertain whether or not such actions or forbearances are unduly prejudicial to such Holders).

Section 6.07 Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder of a Note to receive payment of principal and premium, if any, and interest on the Note, on or after the respective due dates expressed in the Note (including in connection with an offer to purchase), or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder; provided that a Holder shall not have the right to institute any such suit for the enforcement of payment if and to the extent that the institution or prosecution thereof or the entry of judgment therein would, under applicable law, result in the surrender, impairment, waiver or loss of the Lien of this Indenture upon any property subject to such Lien.

Section 6.08 Collection Suit by Trustee.

If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(1) or (2) hereof occurs and is continuing, the Trustee is authorized to recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company for the whole amount of principal of, premium, if any, and interest remaining unpaid on, the Notes and interest on overdue principal and, to the extent lawful, interest and such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.

Section 6.09 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.

The Trustee is authorized to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and the Holders of the Notes allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company (or any other obligor upon the Notes), its creditors or its property and shall be entitled and empowered to collect, receive and distribute any money or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and any custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee, and in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07 hereof. To the extent that the payment of any such compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07 hereof out of the estate in any such proceeding, shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a Lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, money, securities and other properties that the Holders may be entitled to receive in such proceeding whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.

 

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Section 6.10 Priorities.

If the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article 6, it shall pay out the money in the following order:

First: to the Trustee, its agents and attorneys for amounts due under Section 7.07 hereof, including payment of all compensation, expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and the costs and expenses of collection;

Second: to Holders of Notes for amounts due and unpaid on the Notes for principal and premium, if any, and interest, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Notes for principal and premium, if any and interest, respectively; and

Third: to the Company or to such party as a court of competent jurisdiction shall direct.

The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders of Notes pursuant to this Section 6.10.

Section 6.11 Undertaking for Costs.

In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as a Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section 6.11 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder of a Note pursuant to Section 6.07 hereof, or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes.

ARTICLE 7

TRUSTEE

Section 7.01 Duties of Trustee.

(a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee will exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs.

(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:

(1) the duties of the Trustee will be determined solely by the express provisions of this Indenture and the Trustee need perform only those duties that are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no others, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and

(2) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture.

 

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However, the Trustee will examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein).

(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liabilities for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:

(1) this paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of this Section 7.01;

(2) the Trustee will not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;

(3) the Trustee will not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section 6.05 hereof; and

(4) no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.

(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of this Section 7.01.

(e) The Trustee will not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company. Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

Section 7.02 Rights of Trustee.

(a) The Trustee may conclusively rely upon any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper Person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.

(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officers’ Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel or both. The Trustee will not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such Officers’ Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee may consult with counsel and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel will be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon.

(c) The Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and will not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due care.

(d) The Trustee will not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith that it believes to be authorized or within the rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture.

(e) Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, any demand, request, direction or notice from the Company will be sufficient if signed by an Officer of the Company.

 

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(f) The Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders unless such Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity or security against the losses, liabilities and expenses that might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction.

(g) In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, punitive, indirect, or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.

(h) The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has received actual written notice of any event which is in fact such a default at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references the Notes and this Indenture.

(i) The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder.

(j) The Trustee may request that the Company deliver a certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture.

(k) In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and hardware) services; it being understood that the Trustee shall use reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.

Section 7.03 Individual Rights of Trustee.

The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Company or any Affiliate of the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. However, in the event that the Trustee acquires any conflicting interest it must eliminate such conflict within 90 days or resign. Any Agent may do the same with like rights and duties. The Trustee is also subject to Sections 7.10 and 7.11 hereof.

Section 7.04 Trustee’s Disclaimer.

The Trustee will not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Notes, it shall not be accountable for the Company’s use of the proceeds from the Notes or any money paid to the Company or upon the Company’s direction under any provision of this Indenture, it will not be responsible for the use or application of any money received by any Paying Agent other than the Trustee, and it will not be responsible for any statement or recital herein or any statement in the Notes or any other document in connection with the sale of the Notes or pursuant to this Indenture other than its certificate of authentication.

 

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Section 7.05 Notice of Defaults.

If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing (of which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has received actual written notice at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee) and if it is actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, the Trustee will mail to Holders of Notes a notice of the Default or Event of Default within 90 days after it occurs. Except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, any Note, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as a committee of its Responsible Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of the Holders of the Notes.

Section 7.06 Reports by Trustee to Holders of the Notes.

(a) Within 60 days after each March 15 beginning with March 15, 2016, and for so long as Notes remain outstanding, the Trustee will deliver to the Holders of the Notes a brief report dated as of such reporting date that complies with TIA § 313(a) (but if no event described in TIA § 313(a) has occurred within the twelve months preceding the reporting date, no report need be transmitted). The Trustee also will comply with TIA § 313(b)(2). The Trustee will also transmit all reports as required by TIA §
 313(c).

(b) A copy of each report at the time of its delivery to the Holders of Notes will be mailed by the Trustee to the Company and filed by the Trustee with the SEC and each stock exchange on which the Notes are listed in accordance with TIA § 313(d). The Company will promptly notify the Trustee when the Notes are listed on any stock exchange.

Section 7.07 Compensation and Indemnity.

(a) The Company will pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for its acceptance of this Indenture and services hereunder. The Trustee’s compensation will not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Company will reimburse the Trustee promptly upon request for all reasonable disbursements, advances and expenses incurred or made by it in addition to the compensation for its services. Such expenses will include the reasonable compensation, disbursements and expenses of the Trustee’s agents and counsel.

(b) The Company and the Guarantors will indemnify the Trustee (which for purposes of this Section 7.07(b) shall include its officers, directors, employees and agents) against any and all losses, liabilities or expenses incurred by it arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of its duties under this Indenture, including the costs and expenses of enforcing this Indenture against the Company and the Guarantors (including this Section 7.07) and defending itself against any claim (whether asserted by the Company, the Guarantors, any Holder or any other Person) or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder, except to the extent any such loss, liability or expense is determined to have been caused by its own negligence or willful misconduct. The Trustee will notify the Company promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Trustee to so notify the Company will not relieve the Company or any of the Guarantors of their obligations hereunder. The Company or such Guarantor will defend the claim and the Trustee will cooperate in the defense. The Trustee may have separate counsel and the Company will pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. Neither the Company nor any Guarantor need pay for any settlement made without its consent, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld.

(c) The obligations of the Company and the Guarantors under this Section 7.07 will survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.

 

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(d) To secure the Company’s and the Guarantors’ payment obligations in this Section 7.07, the Trustee will have a Lien prior to the Notes on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, except that held in trust to pay principal and interest on particular Notes. Such Lien will survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.

(e) When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in clause (10) or (11) of Section 6.01 hereof occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services (including the fees and expenses of its agents and counsel) are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law.

(f) The Trustee will comply with the provisions of TIA § 313(b)(2) to the extent applicable.

Section 7.08 Replacement of Trustee.

(a) A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee will become effective only upon the successor Trustee’s acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section 7.08.

(b) The Trustee may resign in writing at any time and be discharged from the trust hereby created by so notifying the Company. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and the Company in writing. The Company may remove the Trustee if:

(1) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10 hereof;

(2) the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent or an order for relief is entered with respect to the Trustee under any Bankruptcy Law;

(3) a custodian or public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or

(4) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.

(c) If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason, the Company will promptly appoint a successor Trustee. Within one year after the successor Trustee takes office, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may appoint a successor Trustee to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the Company.

(d) If a successor Trustee does not take office within 30 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Company, or the Holders of at least 10% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.

(e) If the Trustee, after written request by any Holder who has been a Holder for at least six months, fails to comply with Section 7.10 hereof, such Holder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.

(f) A successor Trustee will deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Thereupon, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee will become effective, and the successor Trustee will have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. The successor Trustee will mail a notice of its succession to Holders. The retiring Trustee will promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee; provided all sums owing to

 

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the Trustee hereunder have been paid and subject to the Lien provided for in Section 7.07 hereof. Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.08, the Company’s obligations under Section 7.07 hereof will continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.

Section 7.09 Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.

If the Trustee consolidates, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another corporation, the successor corporation without any further act will be the successor Trustee.

Section 7.10 Eligibility; Disqualification.

There will at all times be a Trustee hereunder that is a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or of any state thereof that is authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trustee power, that is subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authorities and that has a combined capital and surplus of at least $100,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition.

This Indenture will always have a Trustee who satisfies the requirements of TIA § 310(a)(1), (2) and (5). The Trustee is subject to TIA § 310(b).

Section 7.11 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.

The Trustee is subject to TIA § 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA § 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA § 311(a) to the extent indicated therein.

ARTICLE 8

LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

Section 8.01 Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

The Company may at any time, at the option of its Board of Directors evidenced by a resolution set forth in an Officers’ Certificate, elect to have either Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof be applied to all outstanding Notes upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article 8.

Section 8.02 Legal Defeasance and Discharge.

Upon the Company’s exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.02, the Company and each of the Guarantors will, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, be deemed to have been discharged from their obligations with respect to all outstanding Notes (including the Note Guarantees) on the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, “Legal Defeasance”). For this purpose, Legal Defeasance means that the Company and the Guarantors will be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Indebtedness represented by the outstanding Notes (including the Note Guarantees), which will thereafter be deemed to be “outstanding” only for the purposes of Section 8.05 hereof and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in clauses (1) and (2) below, and to have satisfied all their other obligations under such Notes, the Note Guarantees and this Indenture (and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following provisions which will survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder:

 

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(1) the rights of Holders of outstanding Notes to receive payments in respect of the principal of, or interest or premium, if any, on such Notes when such payments are due from the trust referred to in Section 8.04 hereof;

(2) the Company’s obligations with respect to such Notes under Article 2 and Section 4.02 hereof;

(3) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and the Company’s and the Guarantors’ obligations in connection therewith; and

(4) this Article 8.

Subject to compliance with this Article 8, the Company may exercise its option under this Section 8.02 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 8.03 hereof.

Section 8.03 Covenant Defeasance.

Upon the Company’s exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.03, the Company and each of the Guarantors will, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, be released from each of their obligations under the covenants contained in Sections 4.07, 4.08, 4.09, 4.10, 4.11, 4.12, 4.13, 4.15, 4.16, 4.17, 4.18, 4.19, 4.20 and 4.21 hereof and clause (4) of Section 5.01 hereof with respect to the outstanding Notes on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof are satisfied (hereinafter, “Covenant Defeasance”), and the Notes will thereafter be deemed not “outstanding” for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but will continue to be deemed “outstanding” for all other purposes hereunder (it being understood that such Notes will not be deemed outstanding for accounting purposes). For this purpose, Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to the outstanding Notes and Note Guarantees, the Company and the Guarantors may omit to comply with and will have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply will not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Section 6.01 hereof, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Notes and Note Guarantees will be unaffected thereby. In addition, upon the Company’s exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.03, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, Sections 6.01(3) through 6.01(5) hereof will not constitute Events of Default.

Section 8.04 Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance.

In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance under either Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof:

(1) the Company must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders, 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, premium, if any, on, the outstanding Notes on the stated date for payment thereof or on the applicable redemption date, as the case may be, and the Company must specify whether the Notes are being defeased to such stated date for payment or to a particular redemption date;

 

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(2) in the case of an election under Section 8.02 hereof, the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel confirming that:

(A) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling; or

(B) since the date of this Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable federal income tax law,

in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall 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;

(3) in the case of an election under Section 8.03 hereof, the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel 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;

(4) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit and the granting of Liens to secure such borrowing) and the deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other material instrument to which the Company or any Guarantor is a party or by which the Company or any Guarantor is bound;

(5) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any material agreement or instrument (other than this Indenture) to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound;

(6) the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Company with the intent of preferring the Holders of Notes over the other creditors of the Company with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any creditors of the Company or others; and

(7) the Company 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.

Section 8.05 Deposited Money and Government Securities to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions.

Subject to Section 8.06 hereof, all money and non-callable Government Securities (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section 8.05, the “Trustee”) pursuant to Section 8.04 hereof in respect of the outstanding Notes will be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as

 

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Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Notes of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal and premium, if any, and interest, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

The Company will pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the cash or non-callable Government Securities deposited pursuant to Section 8.04 hereof or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of the outstanding Notes.

Notwithstanding anything in this Article 8 to the contrary, the Trustee will deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon the request of the Company any money or non-callable Government Securities held by it as provided in Section 8.04 hereof which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee (which may be the opinion delivered under Section 8.04(1) hereof), are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

Section 8.06 Repayment to Company.

Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal or premium, if any, or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on its request or (if then held by the Company) will be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Note will thereafter be permitted to look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, will thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal (national edition), notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which will not be less than 30 days from the date of such notification or publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company.

Section 8.07 Reinstatement.

If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any U.S. dollars or non-callable Government Securities in accordance with Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof, as the case may be, by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the Company’s and the Guarantors’ obligations under this Indenture and the Notes and the Note Guarantees will be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof, as the case may be; provided, however, that, if the Company makes any payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, any Note following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company will be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

 

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ARTICLE 9

AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER

Section 9.01 Without Consent of Holders of Notes.

Notwithstanding Section 9.02 of this Indenture, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture Documents without the consent of any Holder of Note:

(1) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency;

(2) to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes;

(3) to provide for the assumption of the Company’s or a Guarantor’s obligations to the Holders of the Notes and Note Guarantees by a successor to the Company or such Guarantor pursuant to Article 5 or Article 10 hereof;

(4) to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of the Notes or that does not adversely affect the legal rights hereunder of any Holder;

(5) to conform the text of the Indenture Documents to any provision of the “Description of the Notes” section of the Offering Memorandum, to the extent that such provision in that “Description of the Notes” was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision thereof, as evidenced by an Officers’ Certificate;

(6) to provide for the issuance of Additional Notes in accordance with the limitations set forth in this Indenture as of the date hereof;

(7) to evidence and provide for the acceptance and appointment under this Indenture of a successor trustee pursuant to the requirements hereof;

(8) to allow any Guarantor to execute a supplemental indenture and/or a Note Guarantee with respect to the Notes or to release a Guarantor from its Note Guarantee in accordance with the terms of this Indenture; or

(9) to enter into additional or supplemental Collateral Documents or to release Collateral from the Lien of this Indenture or the Collateral Documents in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and the Collateral Documents.

Upon the request of the Company accompanied by a resolution of its Board of Directors authorizing the execution of any such amended or supplemental indenture, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 7.02 hereof, the Trustee will join with the Company and the Guarantors in the execution of any amended or supplemental indenture authorized or permitted by the terms of this Indenture and to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained, but the Trustee will not be obligated to enter into such amended or supplemental indenture that affects its own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.

Section 9.02 With Consent of Holders of Notes.

Except as provided below in this Section 9.02, the Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture Documents (including, without limitation, Sections 3.09, 4.10 and 4.15 hereof) and the Notes and the Note Guarantees with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate

 

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principal amount of the then outstanding Notes (including, without limitation, Additional Notes, if any) voting as a single class (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for, or purchase of, the Notes), and, subject to Sections 6.04 and 6.07 hereof, any existing Default or Event of Default (other than a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, the Notes, except a payment default resulting from an acceleration that has been rescinded) or compliance with any provision of the Indenture Documents may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes (including, without limitation, Additional Notes, if any) voting as a single class (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for, or purchase of, the Notes).

Upon the request of the Company accompanied by a resolution of its Board of Directors authorizing the execution of any such amended or supplemental indenture, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence satisfactory to the Trustee of the consent of the Holders of Notes as aforesaid, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 7.02 hereof, the Trustee will join with the Company and the Guarantors in the execution of such amended or supplemental indenture unless such amended or supplemental indenture directly affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its discretion, but will not be obligated to, enter into such amended or supplemental Indenture.

It is not be necessary for the consent of the Holders of Notes under this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, supplement or waiver, but it is sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.

After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.02 becomes effective, the Company will mail to the Holders of Notes affected thereby a notice briefly describing the amendment, supplement or waiver. Any failure of the Company to mail such notice, or any defect therein, will not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such amended or supplemental indenture or waiver. Subject to Sections 6.04 and 6.07 hereof, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting as a single class may waive compliance in a particular instance by the Company with any provision of the Indenture Documents. However, without the consent of each Holder affected, an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.02 may not (with respect to any Notes held by a non-consenting Holder):

(1) reduce the principal amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;

(2) reduce the principal of or change the fixed maturity of any Note or alter the provisions with respect to the redemption of the Notes (except as provided above with respect to Sections 3.09, 4.10 and 4.15 hereof);

(3) reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of interest, including default interest, on any Note;

(4) waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal of, or interest or premium, if any, 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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(6) make any change in the provisions of this Indenture relating to waivers of past Defaults or the rights of Holders of Notes to receive payments of principal of, or interest or premium, if any, on, the Notes;

(7) waive a redemption payment with respect to any Note (other than a payment required by Sections 3.09, 4.10 or 4.15 hereof);

(8) release any Guarantor from any of its obligations under its Note Guarantee or this Indenture, except in accordance with the terms of this Indenture;

(9) change the ranking of the Notes or the Note Guarantees in a manner that adversely affects the rights of the Holders of the Notes; or

(10) make any change in the preceding amendment and waiver provisions.

In addition, without the consent of the Holders of at least 66 2/3% in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, no amendment, supplement or waiver may release all or substantially all of the Collateral other than in accordance with the Indenture Documents.

Section 9.03 [Reserved].

Section 9.04 Revocation and Effect of Consents.

Until an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder of a Note is a continuing consent by the Holder of a Note and every subsequent Holder of a Note or portion of a Note that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Note, even if notation of the consent is not made on any Note. However, any such Holder of a Note or subsequent Holder of a Note may revoke the consent as to its Note if the Trustee receives written notice of revocation before the date the amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective. An amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective in accordance with its terms and thereafter binds every Holder.

Section 9.05 Notation on or Exchange of Notes.

The Trustee may place an appropriate notation about an amendment, supplement or waiver on any Note thereafter authenticated. The Company in exchange for all Notes may issue and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, authenticate new Notes that reflect the amendment, supplement or waiver.

Failure to make the appropriate notation or issue a new Note will not affect the validity and effect of such amendment, supplement or waiver.

Section 9.06 Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc.

The Trustee will sign any amended or supplemental indenture authorized pursuant to this Article 9 if the amendment or supplement does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. The Company may not sign an amended or supplemental indenture until the Board of Directors of the Company approves it. In executing any amended or supplemental indenture, the Trustee will be entitled to receive and (subject to Section 7.01 hereof) will be fully protected in relying upon, in addition to the documents required by Section 13.03 hereof, an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amended or supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture.

 

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ARTICLE 10

COLLATERAL AND SECURITY

Section 10.01. Collateral Documents.

The due and punctual payment of the principal of and interest on the Notes when and as the same shall be due and payable, whether on an interest payment date, at maturity, by acceleration, repurchase, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of and interest (to the extent permitted by law), if any, on the Notes and performance of all other obligations of the Company and the Guarantors to the Holders of Notes or the Trustee under this Indenture and the Notes, according to the terms hereunder or thereunder, will be secured as provided in the Collateral Documents. Each Holder of Notes, by its acceptance thereof, consents and agrees to the terms of this Indenture and the terms of the Collateral Documents (including, without limitation, the provisions providing for foreclosure and release of Collateral) as the same may be in effect or may be amended from time to time in accordance with its terms and authorizes and directs the Collateral Agent (and the Trustee, if applicable) to enter into the Collateral Documents and to perform its obligations and exercise its rights thereunder in accordance therewith. The Company will deliver to the Trustee copies of all documents delivered to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Collateral Documents, and will do or cause to be done all such acts and things as may be necessary or proper, or as may be required by the provisions of the Collateral Documents, to assure and confirm to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent the security interest in the Collateral contemplated hereby, by the Collateral Documents or any part thereof, as from time to time constituted, so as to render the same available for the security and benefit of this Indenture and of the Notes secured hereby, according to the intent and purposes herein expressed. The Company will take, and will cause its Subsidiaries to take, upon request of the Trustee, any and all actions reasonably required to cause the Collateral Documents to create and maintain, as security for the Obligations of the Company hereunder, a valid and enforceable perfected first priority Lien (which Lien shall be subordinated in the future to any First Lien Obligations pursuant to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement upon the entry by the Company or a Guarantor into a Senior Credit Facility) in and on all the Collateral, in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Holders of Notes, superior to and prior to the rights of all third Persons and subject to no Liens other than Permitted Liens.

Section 10.02. Recording and Opinions.

(a) The Company will furnish to the Collateral Agent and the Trustee on March 15 in each year beginning with March 15, 2016, an Opinion of Counsel, dated as of such date, either:

(1) (A) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, action has been taken with respect to the recording, registering, filing, re-recording, re-registering and re-filing of all supplemental indentures, financing statements, continuation statements or other instruments of further assurance as is necessary to maintain the Lien of the Collateral Documents and reciting with respect to the security interests in the Collateral the details of such action or referring to prior Opinions of Counsel in which such details are given, and (B) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, based on relevant laws as in effect on the date of such Opinion of Counsel, all financing statements and continuation statements have been executed and filed that are necessary as of such date and during the succeeding 12 months fully to preserve and protect, to the extent such protection and preservation are possible by filing, the rights of the Holders of Notes and the Collateral Agent and the Trustee hereunder and under the Collateral Documents with respect to the security interests in the Collateral;

(2) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, no such action is necessary to maintain such Lien and assignment.

 

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Section 10.03. Release of Collateral.

(a) Collateral may be released from the Lien and security interest created by the Collateral Documents at any time or from time to time in accordance with the provisions of the Collateral Documents.

Section 10.04. Certificates of the Company.

The Company will furnish to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent, prior to each proposed release of Collateral pursuant to the Collateral Documents that is not automatic under the terms of such Collateral Documents:

(1) all documents required by TIA §314(d); and

(2) an Opinion of Counsel, which may be rendered by internal counsel to the Company, to the effect that such accompanying documents constitute all documents required by TIA §314(d).

The Trustee may, to the extent permitted by Sections 7.01 and 7.02 hereof, accept as conclusive evidence of compliance with the foregoing provisions the appropriate statements contained in such documents and such Opinion of Counsel.

Section 10.05. Certificates of the Trustee.

In the event that the Company wishes to release Collateral in accordance with the Collateral Documents and has delivered the certificates and documents required by the Collateral Documents and Sections 10.03 and 10.04 hereof, the Trustee will determine whether it has received all documentation required by TIA § 314(d) in connection with such release and, based on such determination and the Opinion of Counsel delivered pursuant to Section 10.04(2) hereof, will direct the Collateral Agent to release the Collateral.

Section 10.06. Authorization of Actions to Be Taken by the Trustee Under the Collateral Documents.

Subject to the provisions of Section 7.01 and 7.02 hereof, the Trustee may (but shall have no obligation to do so), in its sole discretion and without the consent of the Holders of Notes, direct, on behalf of the Holders of Notes, the Collateral Agent to, take all actions it deems necessary or appropriate in order to:

(1) enforce any of the terms of the Collateral Documents; and

(2) collect and receive any and all amounts payable in respect of the Obligations of the Company hereunder.

The Trustee will have power to institute and maintain such suits and proceedings as it may deem expedient to prevent any impairment of the Collateral by any acts that may be unlawful or in violation of the Collateral Documents or this Indenture, and such suits and proceedings as the Trustee may deem expedient to preserve or protect its interests and the interests of the Holders of Notes in the Collateral (including power to institute and maintain suits or proceedings to restrain the enforcement of or compliance with any legislative or other governmental enactment, rule or order that may be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid if the enforcement of, or compliance with, such enactment, rule or order would impair the security interest hereunder or be prejudicial to the interests of the Holders of Notes or of the Trustee).

 

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Section 10.07. Authorization of Receipt of Funds by the Trustee Under the Collateral Documents.

The Trustee is authorized to receive any funds for the benefit of the Holders of Notes distributed under the Collateral Documents, and to make further distributions of such funds to the Holders of Notes according to the provisions of this Indenture.

Section 10.08. Termination of Security Interest.

Upon the payment in full of all Obligations of the Company under this Indenture and the Notes, or upon Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance or satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture in accordance with Article 12 or upon receipt of the consent of Holders of the requisite percentage of Notes in accordance with Article 9, the Trustee will, at the request of the Company, deliver a certificate to the Collateral Agent stating that such Obligations have been paid in full, and instruct the Collateral Agent to release the Liens pursuant to this Indenture and the Collateral Documents.

ARTICLE 11

NOTE GUARANTEES

Section 11.01 Guarantee.

(a) Subject to this Article 11, each of the Guarantors hereby, jointly and severally, unconditionally guarantees to each Holder of a Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns, irrespective of the validity and enforceability of this Indenture, the Notes or the obligations of the Company hereunder or thereunder, that:

(1) the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, the Notes will be promptly paid in full when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of and interest on the Notes, if any, if lawful, and all other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder will be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; and

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

Failing payment when due of any amount so guaranteed or any performance so guaranteed for whatever reason, the Guarantors will be jointly and severally obligated to pay the same immediately. Each Guarantor agrees that this is a guarantee of payment and not a guarantee of collection.

(b) The Guarantors hereby agree that their obligations hereunder are unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Notes or this Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder of the Notes with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the Company, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor. Each Guarantor hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a

 

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proceeding first against the Company, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever and covenant that this Note Guarantee will not be discharged except by complete performance of the obligations contained in the Notes and this Indenture.

(c) If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to the Company, the Guarantors or any custodian, trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in relation to either the Company or the Guarantors, any amount paid by either to the Trustee or such Holder, this Note Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, will be reinstated in full force and effect.

(d) Each Guarantor agrees that it will not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all obligations guaranteed hereby. Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (1) the maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 hereof for the purposes of this Note Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby, and (2) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article 6 hereof, such obligations (whether or not due and payable) will forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantors for the purpose of this Note Guarantee. The Guarantors will have the right to seek contribution from any non-paying Guarantor so long as the exercise of such right does not impair the rights of the Holders under the Note Guarantee.

Section 11.02 Limitation on Guarantor Liability.

Each Guarantor, and by its acceptance of Notes, each Holder, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the Note Guarantee of such Guarantor not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar federal or state law to the extent applicable to any Note Guarantee. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Trustee, the Holders and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of such Guarantor will be limited to the maximum amount that will, after giving effect to such maximum amount and all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Guarantor that are relevant under such laws, and after giving effect to any collections from, rights to receive contribution from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Guarantor under this Article 11, result in the obligations of such Guarantor under its Note Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.

Section 11.03 Execution and Delivery of Note Guarantee.

To evidence its Note Guarantee set forth in Section 11.01 hereof, each Guarantor hereby agrees that a notation of such Note Guarantee substantially in the form attached as Exhibit E hereto will be endorsed by an Officer of such Guarantor on each Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and that this Indenture will be executed on behalf of such Guarantor by one of its Officers.

Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its Note Guarantee set forth in Section 11.01 hereof will remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse on each Note a notation of such Note Guarantee.

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

 

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The delivery of any Note by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, will constitute due delivery of the Note Guarantee set forth in this Indenture on behalf of the Guarantors.

In the event that the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries creates or acquires any Wholly Owned Domestic Restricted Subsidiary after the date of this Indenture, if required by Section 4.19 hereof, the Company will cause such Wholly Owned Domestic Restricted Subsidiary to comply with the provisions of Section 4.19 hereof and this Article 11, to the extent applicable.

Section 11.04 Guarantors May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms.

Except as otherwise provided in Section 11.05 hereof, no Guarantor may 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 the Company or another Guarantor, unless:

(1) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default exists; and

(2) either:

(a) subject to Section 11.05 hereof, the Person acquiring the property in any such sale or disposition or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger unconditionally assumes all the obligations of that Guarantor under this Indenture, its Note Guarantee and appropriate Collateral Documents; or

(b) the Net Proceeds (other than Excluded Net Proceeds) of such sale or other disposition are applied in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture, including without limitation, Section 4.10 hereof.

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

Except as set forth in Articles 4 and 5 hereof, and notwithstanding clauses 2(a) and (b) above, nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the Notes will prevent any consolidation or merger of a Guarantor with or into the Company or another Guarantor, or will prevent any sale or conveyance of the property of a Guarantor as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to the Company or another Guarantor.

Section 11.05 Releases.

The Note Guarantee of a Guarantor will be automatically and unconditionally released:

(a) 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) the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, if the sale or other disposition does not violate the provisions of Section 4.10 hereof;

 

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(b) in connection with any sale or other disposition of all of the Capital Stock of that Guarantor to a Person that is not (either before or after giving effect to such transaction) the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, if the sale or other disposition does not violate the provisions of Section 4.10 hereof;

(c) if the Company designates any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Guarantor to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture, including, without limitation, Section 4.20 hereof;

(d) if that Guarantor becomes an Immaterial Subsidiary, a Foreign Subsidiary or an Excluded Regulated Subsidiary;

(e) if that Guarantor is released or discharged of its guarantee of Indebtedness under the guarantee that resulted in the obligation of such Guarantor to provide a Note Guarantee if such Subsidiary Guarantor would not then otherwise be required to provide a Note Guarantee;

(f) upon the liquidation or dissolution of such Guarantor; provided that no Default or Event of Default shall occur as a result thereof or has occurred and is continuing; or

(g) upon Legal Defeasance in accordance with Article 8 hereof or satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture in accordance with Article 12 hereof.

Any Guarantor not released from its obligations under its Note Guarantee as provided in this Section 11.05 will remain liable for the full amount of principal of and interest and premium, if any, on the Notes and for the other obligations of any Guarantor under this Indenture as provided in this Article 11.

Upon delivery by the Company to the Trustee of an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such release has occurred in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee shall execute any documents reasonably required in order to evidence the release of any Guarantor from its obligations under its Note Guarantee.

ARTICLE 12

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

Section 12.01 Satisfaction and Discharge.

This Indenture will be discharged and will cease to be of further effect as to all Notes issued hereunder, when:

(1) either:

(a) all Notes that have been authenticated, except lost, stolen or destroyed Notes that have been replaced or paid and Notes for whose payment money has been deposited in trust and thereafter repaid to the Company, have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or

 

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(b) all Notes that have not been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation have become due and payable by reason of the mailing of a notice of redemption or otherwise or will become due and payable within one year and the Company 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 such 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 and premium, if any, and accrued interest to the date of maturity or redemption;

(2) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the date of such deposit (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit and the granting of Liens to secure such borrowing) and the deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other instrument to which the Company or any Guarantor is a party or by which the Company or any Guarantor is bound;

(3) the Company or any Guarantor has paid or caused to be paid all sums payable by it under this Indenture; and

(4) the Company has delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee under this Indenture to apply the deposited money toward the payment of the Notes at maturity or on the redemption date, as the case may be.

In addition, the Company must deliver an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the Trustee stating that all conditions precedent to satisfaction and discharge have been satisfied.

Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, if money has been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (b) of clause (1) of this Section 12.01, the provisions of Sections 12.02 and 8.06 hereof will survive. In addition, nothing in this Section 12.01 will be deemed to discharge those provisions of Section 7.07 hereof, that, by their terms, survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.

Section 12.02 Application of Trust Money.

Subject to the provisions of Section 8.06 hereof, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 12.01 hereof shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium, if any) and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee; but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or Government Securities in accordance with Section 12.01 hereof by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Company’s and any Guarantor’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 12.01 hereof; provided that if the Company has made any payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, any Notes because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money or Government Securities held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

 

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ARTICLE 13

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 13.01 Notices.

Any notice or communication by the Company, any Guarantor or the Trustee to the others is duly given if in writing and delivered in Person or by first class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), facsimile transmission or overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to the others’ address:

If to the Company and/or any Guarantor:

KCG Holdings, Inc.

545 Washington Boulevard

Jersey City, NJ 07310

Attention: John McCarthy, General Counsel

with a copy to:

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

125 Broad Street

New York, NY 10004

Attention: John E. Estes, Esq.

If to the Trustee:

The Bank of New York Mellon

101 Barclay Street, Floor 4W

New York, NY 10286

Attention: Corporate Trust Administration

The Company, any Guarantor or the Trustee, by notice to the others, may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.

All notices and communications (other than those sent to Holders) will be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt acknowledged, if transmitted by facsimile; and the next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery.

Any notice or communication to a Holder will be mailed by first class mail, certified or registered, return receipt requested, or by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery (or, in the case of Notes held in book-entry form, by electronic transmission) to its address shown on the register kept by the Registrar. Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it will not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders.

If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above within the time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.

If the Company mails a notice or communication to Holders, it will mail a copy to the Trustee and each Agent at the same time.

 

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In addition to the foregoing, the Trustee agrees to accept and act upon notice, instructions or directions pursuant to this Indenture sent by unsecured e-mail, facsimile transmission or other similar unsecured electronic methods. If the party elects to give the Trustee e-mail or facsimile instructions (or instructions by a similar electronic method) and the Trustee in its discretion elects to act upon such instructions, the Trustee’s understanding of such instructions shall be deemed controlling. The Trustee shall not be liable for any losses, costs or expenses arising directly or indirectly from the Trustee’s reliance upon and compliance with such instructions notwithstanding such instructions conflict or are inconsistent with a subsequent written instruction. The party providing electronic instructions agrees to assume all risks arising out of the use of such electronic methods to submit instructions and directions to the Trustee, including without limitation the risk of the Trustee acting on unauthorized instructions, and the risk or interception and misuse by third parties.

Section 13.02 Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes.

Holders may communicate pursuant to TIA § 312(b) with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Notes. The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of TIA § 312(c).

Section 13.03 Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.

Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee:

(1) an Officers’ Certificate in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee (which must include the statements set forth in Section 13.04 hereof) stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent and covenants, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been satisfied; and

(2) an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee (which must include the statements set forth in Section 13.04 hereof) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent and covenants have been satisfied.

Section 13.04 Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.

Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture must include:

(1) a statement that the Person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition;

(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;

(3) a statement that, in the opinion of such Person, he or she has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him or her to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been satisfied; and

(4) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person, such condition or covenant has been satisfied.

 

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Section 13.05 Rules by Trustee and Agents.

The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of Holders. The Registrar or Paying Agent may make reasonable rules and set reasonable requirements for its functions.

Section 13.06 No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders.

No director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Company or any Guarantor, as such, will have any liability for any obligations of the Company or the Guarantors under the Indenture Documents or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes. The waiver may not be effective to waive liabilities under the federal securities laws.

Section 13.07 Governing Law.

THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WILL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES AND THE NOTE GUARANTEES WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.

Section 13.08 No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.

This Indenture may not be used to interpret any other indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Company or its Subsidiaries or of any other Person. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.

Section 13.09 Successors.

All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Notes will bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture will bind its successors. All agreements of each Guarantor in this Indenture will bind its successors, except as otherwise provided in Section 11.05 hereof.

Section 13.10 Severability.

In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Notes is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions will not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

Section 13.11 Counterpart Originals.

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

Section 13.12 Table of Contents, Headings, etc.

The Table of Contents, Cross-Reference Table and Headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part of this Indenture and will in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

 

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Section 13.13 Submission of Jurisdiction.

The Company and each Guarantor hereby irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of any New York State court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York or any federal court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York in respect of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Indenture, the Note Guarantees and the Notes, and irrevocably accepts for itself and in respect of its property, generally and unconditionally, jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts.

Section 13.14 Waiver of Jury Trial.

EACH OF THE COMPANY, THE GUARANTORS AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTE GUARANTEES, THE NOTES OR THE TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

Section 13.15 Tax Matters.

Each of the Company and the Trustee agree (i) to cooperate and to provide the other with such reasonable information as each may have in its possession to enable the determination of whether any payments pursuant to this Indenture are subject to the withholding requirements described in Section 1471(b) of the US Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”) or otherwise imposed pursuant to Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code and any regulations, or agreements thereunder or official interpretations thereof (“Applicable Law”), and (ii) that the Trustee shall be entitled to make any withholding or deduction from payments under this Indenture to the extent necessary to comply with Applicable Law, for which the Trustee shall not have any liability.

[Signatures on following page]

 

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

 

KCG HOLDINGS, INC.
By

/s/ John McCarthy

Name: John McCarthy
Title: General Counsel and Secretary

GETCO, LLC,
GETCO HOLDING COMPANY, LLC,

GLOBAL COLOCATION SERVICES LLC,

KNIGHT CAPITAL GROUP, INC.,

KNIGHT CAPITAL HOLDINGS LLC, as Guarantors

By

/s/ John McCarthy

Name: John McCarthy
Title: General Counsel and Secretary


 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,
as Trustee and Collateral Agent
By

/s/ Francine Kincaid

Name: Francine Kincaid
Title: Vice President


EXHIBIT A

[FORM OF NOTE]

[Face of Note]

 

 

[CUSIP NO.                     

ISIN NO.                     ]

6.875% Senior Secured Notes due 2020

 

No. [    ]-[    ]

$                        

KCG HOLDINGS, INC.

promises to pay to [            ] or registered assigns, the principal sum of                                                                                                                DOLLARS on March 15, 2020.

Interest Payment Dates: March 15 and September 15

Record Dates: March 1 and September 1

Dated:                     , 20    

 

KCG HOLDINGS, INC.

By:

 

Name:
Title:

 

This is one of the Notes referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture:
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Trustee
By:

 

Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

A-1


[Back of Note]

6.875% Senior Secured Notes due 2020

[Insert the Global Note Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture]

[Insert the Private Placement Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture]

Capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture referred to below unless otherwise indicated.

(1) INTEREST. KCG Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at 6.875% per annum from                     , 20     until maturity. The Company will pay interest semi-annually in arrears on March 15 and September 15 of each year, or if any such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (each, an “Interest Payment Date”). Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from the date of issuance; provided that if there is no existing Default in the payment of interest, and if this Note is authenticated between a record date referred to on the face hereof and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest shall accrue from such next succeeding Interest Payment Date; provided further that the first Interest Payment Date shall be                     , 20    . The Company will pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal and premium, if any, from time to time on demand at a rate that is 1% per annum in excess of the rate then in effect to the extent lawful; it will pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace periods) from time to time on demand at the same rate to the extent lawful. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

(2) METHOD OF PAYMENT. The Company will pay interest on the Notes (except defaulted interest) to the Persons who are registered Holders of Notes at the close of business on the March 1 or September 1 next preceding the Interest Payment Date, even if such Notes are canceled after such record date and on or before such Interest Payment Date, except as provided in Section 2.12 of the Indenture with respect to defaulted interest. The Notes will be payable as to principal and premium, if any, and interest at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose within or without the City and State of New York, or, at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the Holders at their addresses set forth in the register of Holders; provided that payment by wire transfer of immediately available funds will be required with respect to principal of and interest, and premium, if any, on, all Global Notes and all other Notes the Holders of which will have provided wire transfer instructions to the Company or the Paying Agent. Such payment will be in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.

(3) PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR. Initially, The Bank of New York Mellon, the Trustee under the Indenture, will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder.

(4) INDENTURE AND COLLATERAL DOCUMENTS. The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of March 13, 2015 (the “Indenture”) among the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture. The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture for a statement of such terms. To the extent any

 

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provision of this Note conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern and be controlling. The Notes are secured obligations of the Company. The Notes are secured, subject to Permitted Liens, by a pledge of (i) all real and personal property of the Company and the Guarantors; (ii) outstanding Equity Interests of direct Subsidiaries of the Company and the Guarantors and all intercompany notes owed to the Company or any of the Guarantors by the Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries; and (iii) all proceeds of the foregoing, in each case, pursuant to the Collateral Documents referred to in the Indenture. The Indenture does not limit the aggregate principal amount of Notes that may be issued thereunder.

(5) OPTIONAL REDEMPTION.

(a) At any time prior to March 15, 2017, the Company may on any one or more occasions redeem up to 40% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under the Indenture (calculated after giving effect to the issuance of any Additional Notes) upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice, at a redemption price of 106.875% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to 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), with the net cash proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings of the Company; provided that:

(i) at least 60% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes (calculated after giving effect to the original issuance of any Additional Notes) (excluding Notes held by the Company and its Subsidiaries) remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of such redemption; and

(ii) the redemption occurs within 120 days of the date of the closing of such Equity Offering.

(b) At any time prior to March 15, 2017, the Company may, on one or more occasions, also redeem all or a part of the Notes, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of Notes redeemed plus the Applicable Premium as of, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of redemption, subject to the rights of Holders on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date.

(c) Except as set forth in subparagraphs (a) or (b) of this paragraph (5), the Notes will not be redeemable at the Company’s option prior to March 15, 2017.

(d) On or after March 15, 2017, the Company 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, if any, on the Notes redeemed, to the applicable redemption date, if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on March 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:

 

Year

   Percentage  

2017

     103.438

2018

     101.719

2019 and thereafter

     100.000

 

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If an optional redemption date is on or after an interest record date and on or before the related interest payment date, any accrued and unpaid interest will be paid to the Person in whose name the Notes is registered at the close of business on such record.

Unless the Company defaults in the payment of the redemption price, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption on the applicable redemption date.

The Trustee shall have no responsibility for calculating any redemption price.

(6) MANDATORY REDEMPTION.

The Company is not required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes or make an offer to purchase the Notes. However, the Company may be required to purchase Notes at the request of Holders upon the occurrence of an Asset Sale, pursuant to Section 4.10 of the Indenture, or upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event, pursuant to Section 4.15 of the Indenture. The Company and its Affiliates may at any time and from time to time purchase Notes in the open market, by tender offer, negotiated transactions or otherwise.

(7) REPURCHASE AT THE OPTION OF HOLDER.

(a) If a Change of Control Triggering Event occurs, unless the Company at such time has given notice of a redemption pursuant to Section 5 hereof, the Company will be required to make an offer (a “Change of Control Offer”) to each Holder to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of each Holder’s Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the date of purchase, subject to the rights of Holders on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date (in either case, the “Change of Control Payment”). Within 30 days following any Change of Control Triggering Event, the Company will mail a notice to each Holder setting forth the procedures governing the Change of Control Offer as required by the Indenture.

(b) If the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company consummates any Asset Sales, within 15 days after the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $30,000,000, the Company will commence an offer to all Holders of Notes and all holders of Second Lien Obligations 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 (an “Asset Sale Offer”) pro rata in proportion to the respective principal amounts of the Notes and such other Second Lien Obligations required to be purchases or redeemed, to purchase the maximum principal amount of Notes (including any Additional Notes) and such other Second Lien Obligations that may be purchased with the Excess Proceeds at an offer price in cash in an amount equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes or such other Second Lien Obligations, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the date of purchase (subject to the right of Holders on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date), in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Indenture. To the extent that the aggregate amount of Notes (including any Additional Notes) and other Second Lien Obligations tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer is less than the Excess Proceeds, the Company (or such Restricted Subsidiary) may use such deficiency for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by the Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes and other Second Lien Obligations tendered into such Asset Sale Offer exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Trustee shall select the Notes and such other Second Lien Obligations to be purchased on a pro rata basis in accordance with applicable procedures of

 

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DTC. Holders of Notes that are the subject of an offer to purchase will receive an Asset Sale Offer from the Company prior to any related purchase date and may elect to have such Notes purchased by completing the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” attached to the Notes.

(8) NOTICE OF REDEMPTION. Notice of redemption will be mailed at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address, except that redemption notices may be mailed more than 60 days prior to a redemption date if the notice is issued in connection with a defeasance of the Notes or a satisfaction or discharge of the Indenture. Notes in denominations larger than $2,000 may be redeemed in part but only in whole multiples of $1,000, unless all of the Notes held by a Holder are to be redeemed.

(9) DENOMINATIONS, TRANSFER, EXCHANGE. The Notes are in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. The transfer of Notes may be registered and Notes may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and the Company may require a Holder to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Company need not exchange or register the transfer of any Note or portion of a Note selected for redemption, except for the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part. Also, the Company need not exchange or register the transfer of any Notes for a period of 15 days before a selection of Notes to be redeemed or during the period between a record date and the corresponding Interest Payment Date.

(10) PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS. The registered Holder of a Note may be treated as its owner for all purposes.

(11) AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER. Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture Documents may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes including Additional Notes, if any, voting as a single class, and any existing Default or Event of Default or compliance with any provision of the Indenture Documents may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes including Additional Notes, if any, voting as a single class. Without the consent of any Holder of a Note, the Indenture Documents may be amended or supplemented to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency, to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes, to provide for the assumption of the Company’s or a Guarantor’s obligations to Holders of the Notes and Note Guarantees in case of a merger or consolidation, to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of the Notes or that does not adversely affect the legal rights under the Indenture of any such Holder, to conform the text of the Indenture Documents to any provision of the “Description of the Notes” section of the Company’s Offering Memorandum dated March 10, 2015, relating to the initial offering of the Notes, to the extent that such provision in that “Description of the Notes” was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of the Indenture Documents, to provide for the issuance of Additional Notes in accordance with the limitations set forth in the Indenture, to evidence and provide for the acceptance and appointment under the Indenture of a successor trustee pursuant to the requirements of the Indenture, to allow any Guarantor to execute a supplemental indenture and/or a Note Guarantee with respect to the Notes or to release a Guarantor from its Note Guarantee in accordance with the terms of the Indenture or to enter into additional or supplemental Collateral Documents or to release Collateral from the Lien of the Indenture or the Collateral Documents in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and the Collateral Documents.

 

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(12) DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES. Events of Default include: (i) default for 30 days in the payment when due of interest on the Notes; (ii) default in the payment when due (at maturity, upon redemption or otherwise) of the principal of, or premium, if any, on, the Notes, (iii) failure by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to comply with the provisions of Sections 4.10, 4.15 or 5.01 of the Indenture; (iv) failure by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries for 60 days after notice to the Company 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 Documents; (v) default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any Material Indebtedness for money borrowed by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (or the payment of which is guaranteed by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries), whether such Material Indebtedness or Guarantee now exists, or is created after the date of the Indenture, if that default: (a) is caused by a failure to pay principal of, or interest or premium, if any, on, such Material Indebtedness prior to the expiration of the grace period provided in such Material Indebtedness on the date of such default (a “Payment Default”); or (b) results in the acceleration of such Material Indebtedness prior to its express maturity; (vi) failure by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to pay final judgments entered by a court or courts of competent jurisdiction aggregating in excess of $35,000,000 (not covered by independent third-party insurance as to which liability has not been denied by such insurance carrier), which judgments are not paid, discharged or stayed for a period of 60 days; (vii) except as expressly permitted by the Indenture and the Collateral Documents, any of the Collateral Documents shall for any reason cease to be in full force and effect in all material respects, or the Company or a Guarantor shall so assert, or any security interest created, or purported to be created, by any of the Collateral Documents with respect to Collateral exceeding $35,000,000 in Fair Market Value shall cease to be enforceable and of the same effect and priority purported to be created thereby, in each case for 30 days after notice to the Company by the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting as a single class, except solely as a result of the Collateral Agent taking or refraining from taking any action in its sole control; (viii) the repudiation by the Company or any Guarantor of any of its material obligations under the Collateral Documents; (ix) 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 in writing its obligations under its Note Guarantee; and (x) certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency described in the Indenture with respect to the Company 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. If any 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. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an Event of Default arising from certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency, all outstanding Notes will become due and payable immediately without further action or notice. In the event of any Event of Default specified in clause (v) of this paragraph (12), such Event of Default and all consequences thereof shall be annulled, waived and rescinded, automatically and without any action by the Trustee or the Holders of Notes, if within 30 days after such Event of Default arose (x) the Indebtedness or Guarantee that is the basis for such Event of Default has been discharged; or (y) the holders thereof have rescinded or waived the acceleration, notice or action (as the case may be) giving rise to such Event of Default; or (z) if the default that is the basis for such Event of Default has been cured. Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from Holders of the Notes notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default (except a Default or Event of Default relating to the payment of principal or interest or premium, if any) if it determines that withholding notice is in the Holders’ interest. 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, if any, on, or the principal of, the Notes. The Company is required to

 

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deliver to the Trustee annually a statement regarding compliance with the Indenture, and the Company is required, upon becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, to deliver to the Trustee a statement specifying such Default or Event of Default.

(13) TRUSTEE DEALINGS WITH COMPANY. The Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services for the Company or its Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates, as if it were not the Trustee.

(14) NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS. A director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Company or any of the Guarantors, as such, will not have any liability for any obligations of the Company or the Guarantors under the Indenture Documents or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of the Notes.

(15) AUTHENTICATION. This Note will not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.

(16) ABBREVIATIONS. Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).

(17) CUSIP NUMBERS. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes, and the Trustee may use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption, and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.

(18) GOVERNING LAW. THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WILL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THE INDENTURE, THIS NOTE AND THE NOTE GUARANTEES WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.

The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to:

KCG Holdings, Inc.

545 Washington Boulevard

Jersey City, NJ 07310

Attention: John McCarthy, General Counsel

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Note, fill in the form below:

 

(I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to:

 

(Insert assignee’s legal name)

 

(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)

 

 

 

 

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

and irrevocably appoint                                                                                                                                                    

to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

Date:                     

 

Your Signature:

 

(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)

Signature Guarantee*:                                         

 

* Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).

 

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Option of Holder to Elect Purchase

If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.10 or 4.15 of the Indenture, check the appropriate box below:

 

—Section 4.10

—Section 4.15

If you want to elect to have only part of the Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.10 or Section 4.15 of the Indenture, state the amount you elect to have purchased:

$                         

Date:                     

 

Your Signature:

 

(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)

 

Tax Identification No.:

 

Signature Guarantee*:                                         

 

* Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).

 

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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE*

The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for an interest in another Global Note or for a Definitive Note, or exchanges of a part of another Global Note or Definitive Note for an interest in this Global Note, have been made:

 

Date of Exchange

 

Amount of decrease in
Principal Amount

[at maturity] of

this Global Note

 

Amount of increase in
Principal Amount

[at maturity] of

this Global Note

 

Principal Amount
[at maturity] of this
Global Note following
such decrease
(or increase)

 

Signature of authorized
officer of Trustee or
Custodian

 

 

* This schedule should be included only if the Note is issued in global form

 

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EXHIBIT B

[FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER]

KCG Holdings, Inc.

545 Washington Boulevard

Jersey City, NJ 07310

Attention: John McCarthy, General Counsel

The Bank of New York Mellon

101 Barclay Street, Floor 4W

New York, NY 10286

Attention: Corporate Trust Administration

 

  Re: KCG Holdings, Inc. 6.875% Senior Secured Notes due 2020

Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of March 13, 2015 (the “Indenture”), among KCG Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”), the guarantors party thereto and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee and collateral agent. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.

                    , (the “Transferor”) owns and proposes to transfer the Note[s] or interest in such Note[s] specified in Annex A hereto, in the principal amount of $             in such Note[s] or interests (the “Transfer”), to                                          (the “Transferee”), as further specified in Annex A hereto. In connection with the Transfer, the Transferor hereby certifies that:

[CHECK ALL THAT APPLY]

1. ¨ Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in the 144A Global Note or a Restricted Definitive Note pursuant to Rule 144A. The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that the beneficial interest or Definitive Note is being transferred to a Person that the Transferor reasonably believes is purchasing the beneficial interest or Definitive Note for its own account, or for one or more accounts with respect to which such Person exercises sole investment discretion, and such Person and each such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A, and such Transfer is in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the 144A Global Note and/or the Restricted Definitive Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

2. ¨ Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Note or a Restricted Definitive Note pursuant to Regulation S. The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that (i) the Transfer is not being made to a Person in the United States and (x) at the time the buy order was originated, the Transferee was outside the United States or such Transferor and any Person acting on its behalf reasonably believed and believes that the Transferee was outside the United States or (y) the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market and neither such Transferor nor any Person acting on its behalf knows that the transaction was prearranged with a buyer in the United States, (ii) no directed selling efforts have been made in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or Rule 904(b) of

 

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Regulation S under the Securities Act , (iii) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act and (iv) if the proposed transfer is being made prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, the transfer is not being made to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person (other than the Initial Purchaser). Upon consummation of the proposed transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will be subject to the restrictions on Transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Regulation S Global Note and/or the Restricted Definitive Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

3. ¨ Check and complete if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in the IAI Global Note or a Restricted Definitive Note pursuant to any provision of the Securities Act other than Rule 144A or Regulation S. The Transfer is being effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to beneficial interests in Restricted Global Notes and Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States, and accordingly the Transferor hereby further certifies that (check one):

(a) ¨ such Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act;

or

(b) ¨ such Transfer is being effected to the Company or a subsidiary thereof;

or

(c) ¨ such Transfer is being effected pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and in compliance with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act;

or

(d) ¨ such Transfer is being effected to an Institutional Accredited Investor and pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 144A, Rule 144, Rule 903 or Rule 904, and the Transferor hereby further certifies that it has not engaged in any general solicitation within the meaning of Regulation D under the Securities Act and the Transfer complies with the transfer restrictions applicable to beneficial interests in a Restricted Global Note or Restricted Definitive Notes and the requirements of the exemption claimed, which certification is supported by a certificate executed by the Transferee in the form of Exhibit D to the Indenture. Upon consummation of the proposed transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the IAI Global Note and/or the Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

4. ¨ Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or of an Unrestricted Definitive Note.

(a) ¨ Check if Transfer is pursuant to Rule 144. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the

 

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United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will no longer be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes, on Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.

(b) ¨ Check if Transfer is Pursuant to Regulation S. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will no longer be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes, on Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.

(c) ¨ Check if Transfer is Pursuant to Other Exemption. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in compliance with an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 144, Rule 903 or Rule 904 and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any State of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will not be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes or Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.

This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Company.

 

 

[Insert Name of Transferor]
By:

 

Name:
Title:

Dated:                    

 

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ANNEX A TO CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER

1. The Transferor owns and proposes to transfer the following:

[CHECK ONE OF (a) OR (b)]

 

  (a)    ¨ a beneficial interest in the:

 

  (i) ¨    144A Global Note (CUSIP                     ), or

 

  (ii) ¨    Regulation S Global Note (CUSIP                     ), or

 

  (iii) ¨    IAI Global Note (CUSIP                     ); or

 

  (b)    ¨ a Restricted Definitive Note.

2. After the Transfer the Transferee will hold:

[CHECK ONE]

 

  (a)    ¨ a beneficial interest in the:

 

  (i) ¨    144A Global Note (CUSIP                     ), or

 

  (ii) ¨    Regulation S Global Note (CUSIP                     ), or

 

  (iii) ¨    IAI Global Note (CUSIP                     ); or

 

  (iv) ¨    Unrestricted Global Note (CUSIP                     ); or

 

  (b)    ¨ a Restricted Definitive Note; or

 

  (c)    ¨ an Unrestricted Definitive Note,

in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.

 

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EXHIBIT C

[FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE]

KCG Holdings, Inc.

545 Washington Boulevard

Jersey City, NJ 07310

Attention: John McCarthy, General Counsel

The Bank of New York Mellon

101 Barclay Street, Floor 4W

New York, NY 10286

Attention: Corporate Trust Administration

 

  Re: KCG Holdings, Inc. 6.875% Senior Secured Notes due 2020

(CUSIP                     )

Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of March 13, 2015 (the “Indenture”), among KCG Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”), the guarantors party thereto and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee and collateral agent. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.

                                         , (the “Owner”) owns and proposes to exchange the Note[s] or interest in such Note[s] specified herein, in the principal amount of $             in such Note[s] or interests (the “Exchange”). In connection with the Exchange, the Owner hereby certifies that:

1. Exchange of Restricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note for Unrestricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Note

(a) ¨ Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note to beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note in an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.

(b) ¨ Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note to Unrestricted Definitive Note. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Restricted Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the Definitive Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.

 

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(c) ¨ Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Note to beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note. In connection with the Owner’s Exchange of a Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.

(d) ¨ Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Note to Unrestricted Definitive Note. In connection with the Owner’s Exchange of a Restricted Definitive Note for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Unrestricted Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the Unrestricted Definitive Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.

2. Exchange of Restricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes for Restricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes

(a) ¨ Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note to Restricted Definitive Note. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for a Restricted Definitive Note with an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies that the Restricted Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the Restricted Definitive Note issued will continue to be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Definitive Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

(b) ¨ Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Note to beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in the [CHECK ONE] ¨ 144A Global Note, ¨ Regulation S Global Note, ¨ IAI Global Note with an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer and (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Restricted Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, and in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the beneficial interest issued will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the relevant Restricted Global Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Company.

 

 

[Insert Name of Transferor]
By:  

 

 

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Name:
Title:

Dated:                     

 

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EXHIBIT D

[FORM OF CERTIFICATE FROM

ACQUIRING INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR]

KCG Holdings, Inc.

545 Washington Boulevard

Jersey City, NJ 07310

Attention: John McCarthy, General Counsel

The Bank of New York Mellon

101 Barclay Street, Floor 4W

New York, NY 10286

Attention: Corporate Trust Administration

 

  Re: KCG Holdings, Inc. 6.875% Senior Secured Notes due 2020

Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of March 13, 2015 (the “Indenture”), among KCG Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”), the guarantors party thereto and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee and collateral agent. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.

In connection with our proposed purchase of $             aggregate principal amount of:

(a) ¨ a beneficial interest in a Global Note, or

(b) ¨ a Definitive Note,

we confirm that:

1. We understand that any subsequent transfer of the Notes or any interest therein is subject to certain restrictions and conditions set forth in the Indenture and the undersigned agrees to be bound by, and not to resell, pledge or otherwise transfer the Notes or any interest therein except in compliance with, such restrictions and conditions and the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).

2. We understand that the offer and sale of the Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act, and that the Notes and any interest therein may not be offered or sold except as permitted in the following sentence. We agree, on our own behalf and on behalf of any accounts for which we are acting as hereinafter stated, that if we should sell the Notes or any interest therein, we will do so only (A) to the Company or any subsidiary thereof, (B) for so long as the Notes are eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act, to a person it reasonably believes is a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined therein) that purchases for its own account or for the account of a “qualified institutional buyer” in a transaction meeting the requirements of, and to which notice is given that the transfer is being made in reliance on, Rule 144A under the Securities Act, (C) pursuant to offers and sales to non-U.S. persons that occur outside the United States in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act and in accordance with the laws applicable to it in the jurisdiction in which such purchase is made, (D) to an institutional “accredited investor” (as defined below) that is acquiring the Notes for its own account, or for the account of such an institutional accredited investor, for investment purposes and not with a view to, or for offer or sale in connection with, any distribution in violation of the Securities Act in each case that (i) prior to the transfer, furnished (or has furnished on its behalf by a U.S. broker-dealer) to the Trustee a signed letter in the form of this certificate and (ii) is purchasing in a minimum principal amount of Notes of $250,000, (E) pursuant to a registration statement that has been declared effective under the Securities Act or (F) pursuant to any other available exemption from the registration

 

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requirements of the Securities Act, subject, in each of the foregoing cases, to any requirement of law that the disposition of its property or the property of such investor account or accounts be at all times within its or their control and, in each case, in compliance with applicable securities laws of any state or any other applicable jurisdiction, and we further agree to provide to any Person purchasing the Definitive Note or beneficial interest in a Global Note from us in a transaction meeting the requirements of clauses (A) through (E) of this paragraph a notice advising such purchaser that resales thereof are restricted as stated herein.

3. We understand that, on any proposed resale of the Notes or beneficial interest therein, we will be required to furnish to you and the Company such certifications, legal opinions and other information as you and the Company may reasonably require to confirm that the proposed sale complies with the foregoing restrictions. We further understand that the Notes purchased by us will bear a legend to the foregoing effect.

4. We are an institutional “accredited investor” (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act) and have such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of our investment in the Notes, and we and any accounts for which we are acting are each able to bear the economic risk of our or its investment.

5. We are acquiring the Notes or beneficial interest therein purchased by us for our own account or for one or more accounts (each of which is an institutional “accredited investor”) as to each of which we exercise sole investment discretion.

You and the Company are entitled to rely upon this letter and are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceedings or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby.

 

         

        [Insert Name of Accredited Investor]

By:

 

Name:
Title:

Dated:                         

 

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EXHIBIT E

[FORM OF NOTATION OF GUARANTEE]

For value received, each Guarantor (which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture) has, jointly and severally, unconditionally guaranteed, to the extent set forth in the Indenture and subject to the provisions in the Indenture dated as of March 13, 2015 (the “Indenture”) among KCG Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”), the Guarantors and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (the “Trustee”) and collateral agent, (a) the due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, the Notes, whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, the due and punctual payment of interest on overdue principal of and interest on the Notes, if any, if lawful, and the due and punctual performance of all other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee all in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and (b) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, that the same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. The obligations of the Guarantors to the Holders of Notes and to the Trustee pursuant to the Note Guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article 11 of the Indenture and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for the precise terms of the Note Guarantee.

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.

 

[NAME OF GUARANTOR(S)]
By:

 

Name:
Title:

 

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EXHIBIT F

[FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE]

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of                     , 20    , among                      (the “Guaranteeing Subsidiary”), a subsidiary of KCG Holdings, Inc. (or its permitted successor), a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), the Company, the other Guarantors (as defined in the Indenture referred to herein) and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee under the Indenture referred to below (the “Trustee”).

W I T N E S S E T H

WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture (the “Indenture”), dated as of March 13, 2015 providing for the issuance of 6.875% Senior Secured Notes due 2020 (the “Notes”);

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

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

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

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

2. AGREEMENT TO GUARANTEE. The Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereby agrees to provide an unconditional Guarantee on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Note Guarantee and in the Indenture including but not limited to Article 11 thereof.

4. NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS. No director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Guaranteeing Subsidiary, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company or any Guaranteeing Subsidiary under the Indenture Documents or this Supplemental Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of the Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes. Such waiver may not be effective to waive liabilities under the federal securities laws.

5. NEW YORK LAW TO GOVERN. THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.

6. 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.

 

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

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

 

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

Dated:                     , 20    

 

[GUARANTEEING SUBSIDIARY]

By:

 

Name:
Title:
[COMPANY]
By:

 

Name:
Title:
[EXISTING GUARANTORS]
By:

 

Name:
Title:
[TRUSTEE],
  as Trustee
By:

 

Authorized Signatory

 

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EXHIBIT G

[FORM OF INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT]

[FORM OF]

 

 

INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT

dated as of []

among

KCG HOLDINGS, INC.,

as Company

[],

as First Lien Collateral Agent

and

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,

as Second Lien Collateral Agent

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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SECTION 1

  DEFINITIONS      G-2   

1.1

  Defined Terms      G-2   

1.2

  Terms Generally      G-14   

SECTION 2

  LIEN PRIORITIES      G-14   

2.1

  Relative Priorities      G-14   

2.2

  Prohibition on Contesting Liens; No Marshalling      G-15   

2.3

  No New Liens      G-16   

2.4

  Similar Liens and Agreements      G-16   

2.5

  Pari Passu Payment Lien Obligations      G-17   

SECTION 3

  ENFORCEMENT      G-17   

3.1

  Exercise of Remedies      G-17   

3.2

  Actions Upon Breach; Specific Performance      G-21   

SECTION 4

  PAYMENTS      G-21   

4.1

  Application of Proceeds      G-21   

4.2

  Payments Over      G-22   

4.3

  Certain Agreements with respect to Unenforceable Collateral      G-23   

SECTION 5

  OTHER AGREEMENTS      G-24   

5.1

  Releases      G-24   

5.2

  Insurance      G-25   

5.3

  Amendments to First Lien Loan Documents and Second Lien Documents      G-25   

5.4

  Legends      G-27   

5.5

  Gratuitous Bailee/Agent for Perfection      G-28   

5.6

  When Discharge of First Lien Obligations Deemed to Not Have Occurred      G-29   

5.7

  Purchase Right      G-30   

SECTION 6

  INSOLVENCY OR LIQUIDATION PROCEEDINGS      G-31   

6.1

  Finance and Sale Issues      G-31   

6.2

  Relief from the Automatic Stay      G-33   

6.3

  Adequate Protection      G-33   

6.4

  No Waiver      G-34   

6.5

  Avoidance Issues      G-34   

6.6

  Reorganization Securities      G-35   

6.7

  Post-Petition Interest      G-35   

6.8

  Waiver      G-35   

6.9

  Separate Grants of Security and Separate Classification      G-35   

6.10

  Effectiveness in Insolvency Proceedings      G-36   

6.11

  No Surcharge of Collateral      G-36   

 

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6.12

  Right to Credit Bid      G-36   

6.13

  Plan Treatment      G-37   

SECTION 7

  RELIANCE; WAIVERS; ETC      G-37   

7.1

  Reliance      G-37   

7.2

  No Warranties or Liability      G-37   

7.3

  No Waiver of Lien Priorities      G-38   

7.4

  Obligations Unconditional      G-39   

SECTION 8

  MISCELLANEOUS      G-40   

8.1

  Conflicts      G-40   

8.2

  Effectiveness; Continuing Nature of this Agreement; Severability      G-40   

8.3

  Amendments; Waivers      G-41   

8.4

  Information Concerning Financial Condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries      G-41   

8.5

  Subrogation      G-43   

8.6

  Application of Payments      G-43   

8.7

  SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; WAIVERS      G-43   

8.8

  Notices      G-44   

8.9

  Further Assurances      G-45   

8.10

  APPLICABLE LAW      G-45   

8.11

  Binding on Successors and Assigns      G-45   

8.12

  Headings      G-45   

8.13

  Counterparts      G-45   

8.14

  Authorization      G-46   

8.15

  No Third Party Beneficiaries; Provisions Solely to Define Relative Rights      G-46   

8.16

  No Indirect Actions      G-46   

8.17

  Grantors; Additional Grantors      G-46   

8.18

  Collateral Agents      G-46   

 

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EXHIBIT G

INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT

This INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), is dated as of [], and entered into by and among [], in its capacity as collateral agent for the holders of the First Lien Obligations (as defined below), including its successors and assigns from time to time (in such capacity, the “First Lien Collateral Agent”) and The Bank of New York Mellon (“BNYM”), in its capacity as collateral agent for the holders of the Second Lien Obligations (as defined below), including its successors and assigns from time to time (in such capacity, the “Second Lien Collateral Agent”) and acknowledged and agreed to by KCG Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) and the other Grantors (as defined below). Capitalized terms used in this Agreement have the meanings assigned to them in Section 1 below.

RECITALS

The Company, the lenders and agents party thereto, and [], as [arranger, book manager, administrative agent, collateral agent and/or other representative], have entered into that certain [Credit Agreement], dated as of the date hereof, providing for a [revolving credit facility and/or term loan] (as amended, restated, supplemented, modified, and subject to the terms hereof, replaced or refinanced, from time to time, the “First Lien Credit Agreement”);

The Company has, pursuant to the Second Lien Notes Indenture (as defined below), issued the Second Lien Notes;

Pursuant to (i) the First Lien Credit Agreement, the Company has agreed to cause certain current and future Subsidiaries (the “Subsidiary Guarantors”) to guarantee the First Lien Obligations (the “First Lien Guaranty”); and (ii) the Second Lien Notes Indenture, the Company has agreed to cause each Subsidiary Guarantor to guarantee the Second Lien Obligations (each a “Second Lien Guaranty”);

The First Lien Loan Documents and the Second Lien Documents provide, among other things, that the parties thereto shall set forth in this Agreement their respective rights and remedies with respect to the Collateral; and

In order to induce the First Lien Collateral Agent and the First Lien Claimholders to consent to the Grantors incurring the Second Lien Obligations and to induce the First Lien Claimholders to extend credit and other financial accommodations and lend monies to or for the benefit of the Company or any other Grantor, the Second Lien Documents provide that the Second Lien Collateral Agent on behalf of the Second Lien Claimholders shall agree to the intercreditor and other provisions set forth in this Agreement.

AGREEMENT

In consideration of the foregoing, the mutual covenants and obligations herein set forth and for other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

 

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SECTION 1 Definitions.

1.1 Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

Accession Agreement” means an accession agreement, if any, to the Second Lien Security Documents, in substantially the form provided in one or more of such documents, entered into by the Company, the other Grantors, the trustee, agent or other representative for the holders of the applicable Pari Passu Indebtedness and the Second Lien Collateral Agent.

Additional Secured Parties” means, collectively, the agent, trustee or other representative, if any, and any additional lenders or holders of Indebtedness identified in a Supplement to the Intercreditor Agreement or an Accession Agreement.

Affiliate” means, when used with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.

Agreement” has the meaning assigned to that term in the Preamble to this Agreement.

Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code entitled “Bankruptcy,” as now and hereafter in effect, or any successor statute.

Bankruptcy Law” means the Bankruptcy Code and all other insolvency, bankruptcy, receivership, liquidation, conservatorship, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, reorganization, or similar Legal Requirements of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors generally.

BNYM” has the meaning assigned to that term in the Preamble to this Agreement.

Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to close.

Cash Collateral” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1(a).

Collateral” means collectively, both First Lien Collateral and Second Lien Collateral, whether now or existing or hereafter acquired, pledged, or purported to be pledged as collateral or otherwise subject to a security interest or purported to be subject to a security interest under any First Lien Security Document or Second Lien Security Document including any property subject to Liens granted pursuant to Section 6 to secure both First Lien Obligations and Second Lien Obligations.

 

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Commodity Exchange Act” means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.

Company” has the meaning assigned to that term in the Preamble to this Agreement.

Comparable Second Lien Security Document” means, in relation to any Collateral subject to any Lien created under any First Lien Security Document, the Second Lien Document that creates a Lien on the same Collateral, granted by the same Grantor.

Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise, and the terms “Controlling” and “Controlled” shall have meanings correlative thereto.

DIP Financing” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 6.1(a).

Discharge of First Lien Obligations” means, except to the extent otherwise expressly provided in Section 5.6:

(a) payment in full in cash of the principal of and interest (including interest accruing on or after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, whether or not such interest would be allowed in such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding) on all Indebtedness outstanding under the First Lien Loan Documents to the extent constituting First Lien Obligations;

(b) payment in full in cash of all Hedging Obligations constituting First Lien Obligations or the cash collateralization (or other backstopping) of all such Hedging Obligations on terms satisfactory to each applicable counterparty and the expiration or termination of all outstanding transactions under First Lien Hedging Agreements relating thereto;

(c) payment in full in cash of all other First Lien Obligations that are due and payable or otherwise accrued and owing at or prior to the time such principal and interest are paid (other than any indemnification Obligations for which no claim or demand for payment, whether oral or written, has been made at such time);

(d) termination or expiration of all commitments, if any, to extend credit that would constitute First Lien Obligations; and

(e) termination or cash collateralization (or other backstopping by a letter of credit) (in either case, in an amount and manner reasonably satisfactory to the First Lien Collateral Agent, but in no event greater than 103% of the aggregate undrawn face amount) of all letters of credit issued under the First Lien Loan Documents and constituting First Lien Obligations.

 

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Discharge of Second Lien Obligations” means:

(a) either (i) payment in full in cash of the principal of and interest (including interest accruing on or after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, whether or not such interest would be allowed in such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding) on all Indebtedness outstanding under the Second Lien Documents to the extent constituting Second Lien Obligations or (ii) legal defeasance or covenant defeasance pursuant to the terms of the applicable Second Lien Documents; and

(b) payment in full in cash of all other Second Lien Obligations that are due and payable or otherwise accrued and owing at or prior to the time such principal and interest are paid (other than any indemnification Obligations for which no claim or demand for payment, whether oral or written, has been made at such time).

Disposition” means, with respect to any property, any sale, lease, sale and leaseback, assignment (other than any collateral assignment), conveyance, transfer or other disposition thereof. The terms “Dispose” and Disposed of” shall have correlative meanings.

ECP” has the meaning assigned to that term in the definition of “Excluded Swap Obligation.”

Enforcement Action” means any action to:

(a) foreclose, execute, levy, or collect on, take possession or control of (other than taking “possession” for the sole purpose of perfecting a Lien on Collateral), sell or otherwise realize upon (judicially or non-judicially), or lease, license, or otherwise dispose of (whether publicly or privately), Collateral or Restricted Assets, or otherwise exercise or enforce remedial rights with respect to Collateral or Restricted Assets under the First Lien Loan Documents or the Second Lien Documents (including by way of setoff, recoupment, notification of a public or private sale or other disposition pursuant to the UCC or other applicable law, notification to account debtors, notification to depositary banks under deposit account control agreements, or exercise of rights under landlord consents, if applicable);

(b) solicit bids from third Persons, approve bid procedures for any proposed disposition of Collateral or Restricted Assets, to conduct the liquidation or disposition of Collateral or Restricted Assets or engage or retain sales brokers, marketing agents, investment bankers, accountants, appraisers, auctioneers, or other third Persons for the purposes of valuing, marketing, promoting, and selling Collateral or Restricted Assets;

(c) receive a transfer of Collateral or Restricted Assets in satisfaction of Indebtedness or any other Obligation secured thereby;

 

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(d) otherwise enforce a security interest or exercise another right or remedy, as a secured creditor or otherwise, pertaining to the Collateral or Restricted Assets at law, in equity, or pursuant to the First Lien Loan Documents or Second Lien Documents (including the commencement of applicable legal proceedings or other actions with respect to all or any portion of the Collateral or Restricted Assets to facilitate the actions described in the clauses (a) through (e) of this definition, and exercising voting rights in respect of Equity Interests comprising Collateral or Restricted Assets); or

(e) effect the Disposition of Collateral or Restricted Assets by any Grantor after the occurrence and during the continuation of an “event of default” under the First Lien Loan Documents or the Second Lien Documents with the consent of the First Lien Collateral Agent or the Second Lien Collateral Agent (as directed, in the case of the Second Lien Collateral Agent, by the Instructing Group), as applicable;

provided that an Enforcement Action will not be deemed to include the commencement of, or joinder in filing of a petition for commencement of, an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.

Equity Interest” means, with respect to any Person, any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options, participations or other equivalents, including membership interests (however designated, whether voting or nonvoting), of equity of such Person, including, if such Person is a partnership, partnership interests (whether general or limited), or if such Person is a limited liability company, membership interests and 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 property of, such partnership, whether outstanding on the date hereof or issued on or after the date of this Agreement, but excluding debt securities convertible or exchangeable into such equity.

Excess First Lien Obligations” means any Obligations that would constitute First Lien Obligations if not for the First Lien Cap Amount.

Excess Second Lien Obligations” means any Obligations that would constitute Second Lien Obligations if not for the Second Lien Cap Amount.

Excluded Swap Obligations” means, with respect to any Subsidiary Guarantor, any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the guarantee of such Subsidiary Guarantor of, or the grant by such Subsidiary Guarantor of a security interest to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any guarantee thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of such Subsidiary Guarantor’s failure for any reason to constitute an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act (each, an “ECP”) and the regulations thereunder at the time the guarantee of such Subsidiary Guarantor or the grant of such security interest becomes effective with respect to such Swap Obligation. If a Swap Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is attributable to swaps for which such guarantee or security interest is or becomes illegal.

 

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First Lien Cap Amount” means the maximum principal amount of Indebtedness permitted to be secured by a Lien at the time of incurrence thereof pursuant to clause (1) of the definition of “Permitted Liens” under (and as defined in) the Second Lien Notes Indenture (as in effect on the date hereof) or such greater amount that is expressly permitted at the time of incurrence thereof under the Second Lien Notes Indenture.

First Lien Claimholders” means, at any relevant time, the holders of First Lien Obligations at that time, including the First Lien Lenders, the First Lien Collateral Agent, the other agents under the First Lien Loan Documents, the issuing lenders under the First Lien Credit Agreement and each First Lien Lender Counterparty.

First Lien Collateral” means, collectively, all of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement Collateral (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement), each Mortgaged Property (if any, as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) and all other property of whatever kind and nature, whether now existing or hereafter acquired, pledged or purported to be pledged as collateral or otherwise subject to a security interest or purported to be subject to a security interest under any First Lien Security Document.

First Lien Collateral Agent” has the meaning assigned to that term in the Preamble to this Agreement.

First Lien Credit Agreement” has the meaning assigned to that term in the Recitals to this Agreement.

First Lien Guaranty” has the meaning assigned to that term in the Recitals to this Agreement.

First Lien Hedging Agreement” means a Hedging Agreement entered into with a First Lien Lender Counterparty.

First Lien Lenders” means the “Lenders” under and as defined in the First Lien Loan Documents.

First Lien Lender Counterparty” means each counterparty to a Hedging Agreement if (i) at the date of entering into such Hedging Agreement, such counterparty was an Agent, a Lender or an Affiliate of an Agent or Lender (each, as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) and (ii) such counterparty complied with the terms applicable to it under the First Lien Credit Agreement.

First Lien Loan Documents” means the First Lien Credit Agreement and each of the other agreements, documents and instruments providing for or evidencing any other First Lien Obligation (including each First Lien Hedging Agreement), and any other document or instrument executed or delivered at any time in connection with any First Lien Obligations, including any intercreditor or joinder agreement among holders of First Lien Obligations, to the

 

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extent such are effective at the relevant time, as each may be amended, restated, supplemented, modified, renewed or extended from time to time in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

First Lien Obligations” means, subject to clause (c) hereof, the following:

(a) all obligations of the Company and the other Grantors from time to time arising under or in respect of the due and punctual payment of (i) the principal of and premium, if any, and interest (including any Post-Petition Interest) on the loans made pursuant to and under the First Lien Credit Agreement, when and as due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, upon one or more dates set for prepayment or otherwise, (ii) each payment required to be made by the Company and the other Grantors under the First Lien Credit Agreement in respect of any letter of credit, when and as due, including payments in respect of Reimbursement Obligations (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement), interest thereon and obligations to provide cash collateral and (iii) all other monetary obligations and liabilities of any kind, including fees, costs, expenses and indemnities, whether primary, secondary, direct, contingent, fixed or otherwise (including monetary obligations accrued or incurred during the pendency of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding regardless of whether allowed or allowable in any such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding) of the Company and the other Grantors under the First Lien Loan Documents (including each First Lien Hedging Agreement); provided, however, the term “First Lien Obligations” shall not include Excluded Swap Obligations;

(b) to the extent any payment with respect to any First Lien Obligation (whether by or on behalf of any Grantor, as proceeds of security, enforcement of any right of setoff or otherwise) is declared to be a fraudulent conveyance or a preference in any respect, set aside or required to be paid to a debtor in possession, any Second Lien Claimholders, receiver or similar Person, then the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall, for the purposes of this Agreement and the rights and obligations of the First Lien Claimholders and the Second Lien Claimholders, be deemed to be reinstated and outstanding as if such payment had not occurred. To the extent that any interest, fees, expenses or other charges (including Post-Petition Interest) to be paid pursuant to the First Lien Loan Documents are disallowed by order of any court, including, without limitation, by order of a court of competent jurisdiction presiding over an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, such interest, fees, expenses and charges (including Post-Petition Interest) shall, as between the First Lien Claimholders and the Second Lien Claimholders, be deemed to continue to accrue and be added to the amount to be calculated as the “First Lien Obligations”; and

(c) notwithstanding the foregoing, if the sum of: (1) Indebtedness for borrowed money constituting principal outstanding under the First Lien Loan Documents (but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any First Lien Hedging Agreements); plus (2) the aggregate face amount of any letters of credit issued but not reimbursed under the First Lien Credit Agreement, is in excess of the First Lien Cap Amount, then only that portion of such Indebtedness and such aggregate face amount of letters of credit equal to the First Lien Cap

 

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Amount shall be included in First Lien Obligations and interest and reimbursement obligations with respect to such Indebtedness and letters of credit shall only constitute First Lien Obligations to the extent related to such Indebtedness and face amounts of letters of credit included in the First Lien Obligations.

First Lien Security Documents” means any agreement, document or instrument documents (as amended, supplemented, restated, renewed, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with this Agreement) pursuant to which a Lien is granted securing any First Lien Obligations or under which rights or remedies with respect to such Liens are governed.

Foreign Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary of the Company that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States or any state thereof or the District of Columbia.

GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States applied on a consistent basis.

Governmental Authority” means any federal, state, local or foreign (whether civil, administrative, criminal, military or otherwise) court, central bank or governmental agency, tribunal, authority, self-regulatory organization (including the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. and any comparable foreign equivalent thereof), exchange, instrumentality or regulatory body or any subdivision thereof (including the Securities and Exchange Commission and any comparable foreign equivalent thereof) or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers of or pertaining to any government or any court, in each case whether associated with a state of the United States, the United States or a foreign entity or government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).

Grantors” means the Company, each of the Subsidiary Guarantors and each other Person that has or may from time to time hereafter execute and deliver a First Lien Security Document or a Second Lien Security Document as a “grantor” or “pledgor” (or the equivalent thereof).

Hedging Agreement” means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options or warrants to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by, or otherwise subject to, any master agreement or any netting agreement, and (b) any and all transactions or arrangements of

 

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any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement (or similar documentation) published from time to time by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such agreement or documentation, together with any related schedules, a “Master Agreement”), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.

Hedging Obligation” of any Person means any obligation of such Person pursuant to any First Lien Hedging Agreement.

Indebtedness” means and includes all Obligations that constitute “Indebtedness” within the meaning of the First Lien Credit Agreement or the Second Lien Notes Indenture, as applicable; for the avoidance of doubt “Indebtedness” shall not include Hedging Obligations.

Indenture Documents” means the Second Lien Notes, the Second Lien Notes Indenture, the Second Lien Guaranties and the Second Lien Security Documents relating thereto.

Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding” means (i) any case, action or proceeding before any court or other Governmental Authority (whether voluntary or involuntary) relating to bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, liquidation, receivership, dissolution, winding-up or relief of debtors, or (ii) any general assignment for the benefit of creditors, formal or informal moratorium, composition, marshaling of assets for creditors or other, similar arrangement in respect of its creditors generally or any substantial portion of its creditors, in each case, undertaken under United States federal or state or non-United States Legal Requirements, including the Bankruptcy Code.

Instructing Group” has the meaning assigned to that term in the Second Lien Documents.

Legal Requirements” means, as to any Person, the Organizational Documents of such Person, and any treaty, law (including the common law), statute, ordinance, code, rule, regulation, guidelines, license, permit requirement, judgment, decree, verdict, order, consent order, consent decree, writ, declaration or injunction or determination of an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority, and the interpretation or administration thereof, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject, in each case whether or not having the force of law.

Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, collateral assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge or other security interest or any preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever in the nature of a security interest (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement and any capital lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).

 

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Maximum Pari Passu Indebtedness Amount” means the maximum aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness provided under a Supplement to the Intercreditor Agreement, which is permitted under the First Lien Credit Agreement at the time of the execution and delivery of such Supplement to the Intercreditor Agreement.

New Agent” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 5.6.

New First Lien Debt Notice” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 5.6.

Obligations” means all obligations of every nature of each Grantor from time to time owed to the First Lien Claimholders, the Second Lien Claimholders or any of them or their respective Affiliates under the First Lien Loan Documents or the Second Lien Documents, whether for principal, premium, reimbursements for letters of credit (or obligations to cash collateralize letters of credit), interest or payments for early termination of Hedging Agreements, fees, expenses, indemnification or otherwise and all guarantees of any of the foregoing and including any interest, fees or expenses that accrue after the commencement by or against any Person of any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding; provided, however, the term “Obligations” shall not include any Excluded Swap Obligations.

Organizational Documents” means, with respect to any Person, (a) in the case of any corporation, the certificate of incorporation, articles of incorporation or deed of incorporation and by-laws (or similar documents) of such Person, (b) in the case of any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement or memorandum and articles of association (or similar constituent documents) of such Person, (c) in the case of any limited partnership, the certificate of formation and limited partnership agreement (or similar constituent documents) of such Person (and, where applicable, the equityholders or shareholders registry of such Person), (d) in the case of any general partnership, the partnership agreement (or similar constituent document) of such Person, (e) in any other case, the functional equivalent of the foregoing, and (f) any shareholder, voting trust or similar agreement between or among any holders of Equity Interests of such Person.

Pari Passu Agent” shall have the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.5.

Pari Passu Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness (1) that is permitted to be incurred under Section 4.10 of the Second Lien Notes Indenture (but only so long as such Indebtedness is otherwise permitted to be incurred at such time under the First Lien Credit Agreement), (2) that is secured on a pari passu (and for the avoidance of doubt, not a junior or subordinated) basis with the Second Lien Notes and the Second Lien Guaranties relating to such Second Lien Notes, as applicable, by a Permitted Lien described in clause (15) of the definition of Permitted Liens in the Second Lien Notes Indenture (as in effect on the date hereof), and (3) the aggregate principal amount of which does not at any time exceed the Maximum Pari Passu Indebtedness Amount; provided that (i) such Indebtedness is so designated as Pari Passu

 

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Indebtedness in an Officers’ Certificate (as defined in the Second Lien Notes Indenture) delivered to the Second Lien Collateral Agent and (ii) the Pari Passu Agent for the holders of such Indebtedness shall have executed and delivered a Supplement to the Intercreditor Agreement and an Accession Agreement.

Pari Passu Payment Lien Documents” means any indenture, purchase agreement, loan agreement or similar agreement relating to the Pari Passu Indebtedness and related documents identified in a Supplement to the Intercreditor Agreement.

Pay-Over Amount” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 6.3(b)(ii).

Person” means any natural person, corporation, business trust, joint venture, trust, association, company (whether limited in liability or otherwise), partnership (whether limited in liability or otherwise) or Governmental Authority, or any other entity, in any case, whether acting in a personal, fiduciary or other capacity.

Pledged Collateral” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.5(a).

Post-Petition Interest” means interest, fees, expenses and other charges that, pursuant to the First Lien Credit Agreement or the Second Lien Notes Indenture, continue to accrue after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, whether or not such interest, fees, expenses and other charges are allowed or allowable under the Bankruptcy Law or in any such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.

Purchase Price” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.7(a).

Recovery” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.5.

Refinance” means, in respect of any Indebtedness, to refinance, extend, renew, defease, amend, modify, supplement, restructure, replace, refund or repay, or to issue other indebtedness, in exchange or replacement for, such Indebtedness in whole or in part. “Refinanced” and “Refinancing” shall have correlative meanings.

Restricted Assets” means all licenses, permits, franchises, approvals or other authorizations from any Governmental Authority from time to time granted to or otherwise held by the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor to the extent the same constitute “Excluded Property” under (and as defined in) the First Lien Security Documents and the Second Lien Security Documents.

Sale Proceeds” means (i) the proceeds from the sale of the Company or one or more of the Grantors as a going concern or from the sale of Restricted Assets as a going concern, (ii) the proceeds from another sale or disposition of (x) any assets of the Grantors that includes any Restricted Assets, (y) any assets of the Grantors that benefit from any Restricted Assets or (z) where the assets sold have the benefit of any Restricted Assets, or (iii) any other economic value (whether in the form of cash or otherwise) received or distributed that is associated with the Restricted Assets.

 

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Second Lien Adequate Protection Payments” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 6.3(b)(ii).

Second Lien Cap Amount” means the sum of the aggregate principal amount of the Second Lien Notes issued on the date of the Second Lien Notes Indenture and then outstanding and the maximum aggregate principal amount of Pari Passu Indebtedness that may be incurred under the Second Lien Notes Indenture without giving effect to clause (3) of the definition of the term “Pari Passu Indebtedness”; provided, that the “Second Lien Cap Amount” shall not exceed the greater of (i) the aggregate principal amount outstanding under all Second Lien Documents on the date of this Agreement and (ii) such greater amount as may be permitted under the First Lien Loan Documents.

Second Lien Claimholders” means, at any relevant time, the holders of Second Lien Obligations at that time, including the Second Lien Noteholders, the Second Lien Collateral Agent, the Second Lien Notes Trustee and the Additional Secured Parties, if any.

Second Lien Collateral” means collectively, all of the Collateral (as defined in the Second Lien Notes Indenture).

Second Lien Collateral Agent” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble of this Agreement.

Second Lien Documents” means the Indenture Documents and the Pari Passu Payment Lien Documents.

Second Lien Guaranty” has the meaning assigned to that term in the Recitals to this Agreement.

Second Lien Noteholders” means the Person or Persons in whose name the Second Lien Notes are registered in accordance with the Second Lien Notes Indenture.

Second Lien Notes” means the Company’s []% Senior Secured Notes due March [], 2020, issued pursuant to the Second Lien Notes Indenture.

Second Lien Notes Indenture” means the Indenture, dated as [], by and among the Company, as issuer, the Subsidiaries of the Company that are guarantors party thereto and the Second Lien Notes Trustee.

Second Lien Notes Trustee” means BNYM in its capacity as trustee pursuant to the Second Lien Documents and any successor appointed in accordance with the Second Lien Documents.

 

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Second Lien Obligations” means all Indebtedness and other Obligations evidenced by the Second Lien Notes, the other Indenture Documents and any Pari Passu Payment Lien Documents.

Second Lien Security Documents” means the security agreements, pledge agreements, mortgages, collateral assignments and other security documents (as amended, supplemented, restated, renewed, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with this Agreement) entered into pursuant to the Second Lien Notes Indenture and other Second Lien Documents in which Liens are granted on the Collateral to the Second Lien Collateral Agent for its benefit and the benefit of the Second Lien Claimholders.

Short Fall” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 6.3(b)(ii).

Standstill Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(a)(i).

Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person (the “parent”) at any date, (a) any Person the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the parent in the parent’s consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP as of such date, (b) any other corporation, limited liability company, association or other business entity of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the voting power of all equity interests entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of the board of directors thereof are, as of such date, owned, controlled or held by the parent and/or one or more subsidiaries of the parent, (c) any partnership (i) the sole general partner or the managing general partner of which is the parent and/or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or (ii) the only general partners of which are the parent and/or one or more subsidiaries of the parent and (d) any other Person that is otherwise Controlled by the parent and/or one or more subsidiaries of the parent.

Subsidiary Guarantors” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals to this Agreement.

Supplement to the Intercreditor Agreement” means a supplement, if any, to this Agreement, in substantially the form of Annex A attached hereto, entered into by the Company, the other Grantors, the Pari Passu Agent, the First Lien Collateral Agent and the Second Lien Collateral Agent.

Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Subsidiary Guarantor, any Hedging Obligation to pay or perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.

UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time (except as otherwise specified) in any applicable state or jurisdiction.

 

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1.2 Terms Generally. The definitions of terms in this Agreement shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.” The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall.” Unless the context requires otherwise:

(a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, restated, supplemented, modified, renewed or extended;

(b) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns;

(c) the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder,” and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof;

(d) all references herein to Sections shall be construed to refer to Sections of this Agreement;

(e) all references to “knowledge” in this Agreement refer to the actual knowledge (after reasonable inquiry) of such Person making such certification;

(f) any reference to any law or regulation shall (i) include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing or interpreting or supplementing such law or regulation, and (ii) unless otherwise specified, refer to such law or regulation as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time; and

(g) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.

Section 2 Lien Priorities

2.1 Relative Priorities. Notwithstanding the date, time, method, manner or order of grant, attachment or perfection of any Liens securing the Second Lien Obligations granted on the Collateral or of any Liens securing the First Lien Obligations granted on the Collateral and notwithstanding any provision of the UCC, or any other applicable law or the Second Lien Documents or any defect or deficiencies in, or failure to perfect or lapse in perfection of, or avoidance as a fraudulent conveyance or otherwise of, the Liens securing the First Lien Obligations or any other circumstance whatsoever, whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against the Company or any other Grantor, the Second Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the Second Lien Claimholders, hereby agrees that:

 

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(a) any Lien on the Collateral securing any First Lien Obligations now or hereafter held by or on behalf of the First Lien Collateral Agent or any First Lien Claimholders or any agent or trustee therefor, regardless of how acquired, whether by grant, possession, statute, operation of law, subrogation or otherwise, shall be senior and prior in all respects to any Lien on the Collateral securing any Second Lien Obligations;

(b) any Lien on the Collateral securing any Second Lien Obligations now or hereafter held by or on behalf of the Second Lien Collateral Agent, any Second Lien Claimholders or any agent or trustee therefor, regardless of how acquired, whether by grant, possession, statute, operation of law, subrogation or otherwise, shall be junior and subordinate in all respects to all Liens on the Collateral securing any First Lien Obligations. All Liens on the Collateral securing any First Lien Obligations shall be and remain senior and prior in all respects to any Lien on the Collateral securing any Second Lien Obligations for all purposes, whether or not such Liens securing any First Lien Obligations are subordinated to any Lien securing any other obligation of the Company, any other Grantor or any other Person; and

(c) any Lien on the Collateral securing any Excess First Lien Obligations now or hereafter held by or on behalf of the First Lien Collateral Agent, any First Lien Claimholders or any agent or trustee therefor, regardless of how acquired, whether by grant, possession, statute, operation of law, subrogation or otherwise, shall be junior and subordinate in all respects to any Lien on the Collateral securing any Second Lien Obligations up to but not exceeding the Second Lien Cap Amount (but only with respect to such excess amounts). All Liens securing Excess First Lien Obligations will be senior in all respects and prior to any Lien on the Collateral securing any Excess Second Lien Obligations and all Liens securing any Excess Second Lien Obligations will be junior and subordinate in all respects and prior to any Lien securing Excess First Lien Obligations.

The subordination of Liens securing Second Lien Obligations to Liens securing First Lien Obligations in this Agreement affects only the relative priority of those Liens, and does not subordinate the Second Lien Obligations in right of payment to the First Lien Obligations. Nothing in this Agreement will affect the entitlement of any Second Lien Claimholder to receive and retain required payments of interest, principal, and other amounts in respect of a Second Lien Obligation unless the receipt is expressly prohibited by, or results from the Second Lien Claimholder’s or Second Lien Collateral Agent’s breach of, this Agreement.

2.2 Prohibition on Contesting Liens; No Marshalling. Each of the Second Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of each Second Lien Claimholder, and the First Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of each First Lien Claimholder, agrees that it will not (and hereby waives any right to) directly or indirectly contest or support any other Person in contesting, in any proceeding (including any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding), the priority, validity, perfection, extent or enforceability of a Lien held, or purported to be held, by or on behalf of any of the First Lien Claimholders in the First Lien Collateral or by or on behalf of any of the Second Lien Claimholders in the Second Lien Collateral, as the case may be, or the provisions of this Agreement; provided that nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent or impair the rights of the First Lien Collateral Agent or any First Lien Claimholder to enforce any provision of this Agreement. Until the Discharge of First Lien Obligations, neither the Second Lien Collateral Agent nor any Second

 

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Lien Claimholder will assert (and the Second Lien Collateral Agent and any Second Lien Claimholder hereby waives any right to assert) any marshaling, appraisal, valuation or other similar right that may otherwise be available to a junior secured creditor.

2.3 No New Liens. So long as the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has not occurred, whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against the Company or any other Grantor, the parties hereto agree that the Company shall not, and shall not permit any other Grantor to:

(a) grant or permit any additional Liens on any property to secure any Second Lien Obligation unless it has granted or concurrently grants a Lien on such property to secure the First Lien Obligations, the parties hereto agreeing that any such Lien shall be subject to Section 2.1; or

(b) grant or permit any additional Liens on any property to secure any First Lien Obligations unless it has granted or concurrently grants a Lien on such property to secure the Second Lien Obligations; provided that this provision will not be violated if the Second Lien Collateral Agent is given a reasonable opportunity to accept a Lien and declines in writing to accept a Lien on such property.

To the extent that the foregoing provisions are not complied with for any reason, without limiting any other rights and remedies available to the First Lien Collateral Agent and/or the First Lien Claimholders, the Second Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of Second Lien Claimholders, agrees that any amounts received by or distributed to any of them pursuant to or as a result of Liens granted in contravention of this Section 2.3 shall be subject to Section 4.2.

2.4 Similar Liens and Agreements. The parties hereto agree that it is their intention that the First Lien Collateral and the Second Lien Collateral be identical. In furtherance of the foregoing and of Section 8.9, the parties hereto agree, subject to the other provisions of this Agreement:

(a) upon request by the First Lien Collateral Agent or the Second Lien Collateral Agent, to cooperate in good faith (and to direct their counsel to cooperate in good faith) from time to time in order to determine the specific items included in the First Lien Collateral and the Second Lien Collateral and the steps taken to perfect their respective Liens thereon and the identity of the respective Persons obligated under the First Lien Loan Documents and the Second Lien Documents; and

(b) that the documents and agreements creating or evidencing the First Lien Collateral and the Second Lien Collateral and guarantees for the First Lien Obligations and the Second Lien Obligations, subject to Section 5.3(c) and the proviso to Section 2.3(b), shall be in all material respects the same forms of documents other than with respect to the first lien and the second lien nature of the Obligations thereunder.

Notwithstanding the foregoing Sections 2.3 and 2.4, (x) to the extent a second lien pledge of the Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary is prohibited or otherwise unenforceable under local law of any jurisdiction outside the United States but a first lien pledge thereof is not so prohibited or otherwise unenforceable, the First Lien Loan Documents may include a pledge of such Equity Interests and the Second Lien Documents may not include a pledge of such Equity Interests and, except to the extent held

 

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as a bailee or custodian or agent by the First Lien Collateral Agent on behalf of the Second Lien Collateral Agent under Section 5.5, the Second Lien Collateral shall not include the Equity Interests of such Foreign Subsidiary and (y) it is understood by each of the parties that to the extent that the First Lien Collateral Agent or the Second Lien Collateral Agent obtains a Lien on an asset (of a type that is not included in the types of assets included in the Collateral as of the date hereof or which would not constitute Collateral without a grant of a security interest or Lien separate from the First Lien Loan Documents or Second Lien Documents, as applicable, as in effect immediately prior to obtaining such Lien on such asset) which the other party to this Agreement elects in writing not to obtain after receiving prior written notice thereof, the Collateral securing the First Lien Obligations and the Second Lien Obligations will not be identical, and the provisions of the documents, agreements and instruments evidencing such Liens also will not be substantively similar, and any such difference in the scope or extent of perfection with respect to the Collateral resulting therefrom are hereby expressly permitted by this Agreement.

2.5 Pari Passu Payment Lien Obligations.

As a condition to either the Company or any other Grantor incurring any Pari Passu Indebtedness, (i) a Supplement to the Intercreditor Agreement, identifying the proposed Indebtedness, the authorized representative of the lenders or holders providing such Indebtedness (the “Pari Passu Agent”) and the documents in connection with such Indebtedness, shall be executed and delivered and (ii) the Pari Passu Agent shall enter into an Accession Agreement, pursuant to which such authorized representative shall agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Second Lien Security Documents.

Section 3 Enforcement.

3.1 Exercise of Remedies.

(a) Until the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has occurred, whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against the Company or any other Grantor, the Second Lien Collateral Agent and the Second Lien Claimholders:

(i) will not commence or maintain, or seek to commence or maintain, any Enforcement Action or otherwise exercise any rights or remedies with respect to the Collateral; provided that the Second Lien Collateral Agent may commence an Enforcement Action or otherwise exercise any or all such rights or remedies after the passage of a period of at least 180 days has elapsed since the later of: (i) the date on which the Second Lien Collateral Agent declared the existence of any “Event of Default” under any Second Lien Documents and demanded the repayment of all the principal amount of any Second Lien Obligations and (ii) the date on which the First Lien Collateral Agent received notice from the Second Lien Collateral Agent of such declarations of an “Event of Default” (the “Standstill Period”) (provided that the Second Lien Collateral Agent shall have given the First Lien Collateral Agent at least 15 days written notice prior to such Enforcement Action, which notice may be given during the pendency of the applicable Standstill Period); provided, further, that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event shall the Second Lien Collateral Agent or any Second Lien Claimholder exercise any rights or remedies with respect to the Collateral if, notwithstanding the expiration of

 

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the Standstill Period, the First Lien Collateral Agent or First Lien Claimholders shall have commenced and be diligently pursuing an Enforcement Action or other exercise of their rights or remedies (or shall have sought or requested relief or modification of the automatic stay or any other stay in an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding to enable the commencement and pursuit thereof) in each case with respect to all or any material portion of the Collateral (prompt notice of such exercise to be given to the Second Lien Collateral Agent);

(ii) will not contest, protest or object to any foreclosure proceeding or action brought by the First Lien Collateral Agent or any First Lien Claimholder or any other exercise by the First Lien Collateral Agent or any First Lien Claimholder of any rights and remedies relating to the Collateral under the First Lien Loan Documents or otherwise;

(iii) subject to their rights under clause (a)(i) above, will not object to the forbearance by the First Lien Collateral Agent or the First Lien Claimholders from bringing or pursuing any foreclosure proceeding or action or any other exercise of any rights or remedies relating to the Collateral, in each case so long as any proceeds received by the First Lien Collateral Agent in excess of those necessary to achieve a Discharge of First Lien Obligations are distributed in accordance with the UCC and other applicable law, subject to the relative priorities described herein;

(iv) will not take or cause to be taken any action, the purpose or effect of which is to make any Lien in respect of any Second Lien Obligation pari passu with or senior to, or give any Second Lien Claimholder any preference or priority relative to, the Liens with respect to the First Lien Obligations or the First Lien Claimholders; and

(v) will not institute any suit or other proceeding or assert in any suit, Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or other proceeding any claim against any First Lien Claimholder or First Lien Collateral Agent seeking damages from or other relief by way of specific performance, injunction or otherwise, with respect to, and no First Lien Claimholder or First Lien Collateral Agent shall be liable to the Second Lien Collateral Agent or any Second Lien Claimholder for, any action taken or omitted to be taken by such First Lien Claimholder or First Lien Collateral Agent with respect to any Collateral or pursuant to the First Lien Loan Documents.

(b) Until the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has occurred, whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against the Company or any other Grantor, subject to Section 3.1(a)(i), the First Lien Collateral Agent and the First Lien Claimholders shall have the exclusive right to commence and maintain an Enforcement Action or otherwise enforce rights, exercise remedies (including set-off, recoupment and the right to “credit bid” their debt, except that the Second Lien Collateral Agent shall have the “credit bid” rights set forth in Section 3.1(c)(vi)), subject to Section 5.1, to make determinations regarding the release, disposition, or restrictions with respect to the Collateral without any consultation with or the consent of the Second Lien Collateral Agent or any Second Lien Claimholder; provided that any proceeds received by the First Lien Collateral Agent in excess of those necessary to achieve a Discharge of First Lien Obligations are distributed in accordance with the UCC and other applicable law, subject to the relative priorities described herein. In commencing or maintaining any Enforcement Action or otherwise exercising rights and remedies with respect to the Collateral, the First Lien Collateral Agent and the First Lien Claimholders may enforce the provisions of

 

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the First Lien Loan Documents and exercise remedies thereunder, all in such order and in such manner as they may determine in the exercise of their sole discretion in compliance with any applicable law and without consultation with the Second Lien Collateral Agent or any Second Lien Claimholder and regardless of whether any such exercise is adverse to the interest of any Second Lien Claimholder. Such exercise and enforcement shall include the rights of an agent appointed by them to sell or otherwise dispose of Collateral upon foreclosure, to incur expenses in connection with such sale or disposition, and to exercise all the rights and remedies of a secured creditor under the UCC and of a secured creditor under Bankruptcy Laws of any applicable jurisdiction.

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Second Lien Collateral Agent and any Second Lien Claimholder may:

(i) file a claim or statement of interest with respect to the Second Lien Obligations; provided that an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against the Company or any other Grantor;

(ii) take any action (not adverse to the priority status of the Liens on the Collateral securing the First Lien Obligations, or the rights of any First Lien Collateral Agent or the First Lien Claimholders to exercise remedies in respect thereof) in order to create, perfect, preserve or protect its Lien on the Collateral;

(iii) file any necessary responsive or defensive pleadings in opposition to any motion, claim, adversary proceeding or other pleading made by any Person objecting to or otherwise seeking the disallowance of the claims of the Second Lien Claimholders, including any claims secured by the Collateral, if any, in each case in accordance with the terms of this Agreement;

(iv) vote on any plan of reorganization, arrangement, compromise or liquidation, file any proof of claim, make other filings and make any arguments and motions that are, in each case, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, with respect to the Second Lien Obligations and the Collateral; provided that no filing of any claim or vote, or pleading relating to such claim or vote, to accept or reject a disclosure statement, plan of reorganization, arrangement, compromise or liquidation, or any other document, agreement or proposal similar to the foregoing by the Second Lien Collateral Agent or any Second Lien Claimholder may be inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement;

(v) exercise any of its rights or remedies with respect to the Collateral after the termination of the Standstill Period to the extent permitted by Section 3.1(a)(i); and

(vi) bid for or purchase Collateral at any public, private or judicial foreclosure upon such Collateral initiated by the First Lien Collateral Agent or any First Lien Claimholder, or any sale of Collateral during an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding; provided that such bid may not include a “credit bid” in respect of any Second Lien Obligations unless the cash proceeds of such bid are otherwise sufficient to cause the Discharge of First Lien Obligations.

 

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The Second Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the Second Lien Claimholders, agrees that it will not take or receive any Collateral or any proceeds of Collateral in connection with the exercise of any right or remedy (including set-off and recoupment) with respect to any Collateral in its capacity as a creditor, unless and until the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has occurred, except in connection with any foreclosure expressly permitted by Section 3.1(a)(i) to the extent the Second Lien Collateral Agent and Second Lien Claimholders are permitted to retain the proceeds thereof in accordance with Section 4.2 of this Agreement). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, unless and until the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has occurred, except as expressly provided in Sections 3.1(a), 6.3(b) and this Section 3.1(c), the sole right of the Second Lien Collateral Agent and the Second Lien Claimholders with respect to the Collateral is to hold a Lien on the Collateral pursuant to the Second Lien Security Documents for the period and to the extent granted therein and to receive a share of the proceeds thereof, if any, after the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has occurred.

(d) Subject to Sections 3.1(a) and (c) and Section 6.3(b):

(i) the Second Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of the Second Lien Claimholders, agrees that the Second Lien Collateral Agent and the Second Lien Claimholders will not take any action that would hinder any exercise of remedies under the First Lien Loan Documents or is otherwise prohibited hereunder, including any sale, lease, exchange, transfer or other disposition of the Collateral, whether by foreclosure or otherwise;

(ii) the Second Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of the Second Lien Claimholders, hereby waives any and all rights it or the Second Lien Claimholders may have as a junior lien creditor or otherwise to object to the manner in which the First Lien Collateral Agent or the First Lien Claimholders seek to enforce or collect the First Lien Obligations or the Liens securing the First Lien Obligations granted in any of the First Lien Collateral undertaken in accordance with this Agreement, regardless of whether any action or failure to act by or on behalf of the First Lien Collateral Agent or First Lien Claimholders is adverse to the interest of the Second Lien Claimholders; and

(iii) the Second Lien Collateral Agent hereby acknowledges and agrees that no covenant, agreement or restriction contained in the Second Lien Security Documents or any other Second Lien Document (other than this Agreement) shall be deemed to restrict in any way the rights and remedies of the First Lien Collateral Agent or the First Lien Claimholders with respect to the Collateral as set forth in this Agreement and the First Lien Loan Documents.

(e) To the extent not inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement, the Second Lien Collateral Agent and the Second Lien Claimholders may exercise rights and remedies as unsecured creditors against the Company or any other Grantor that has guaranteed or granted Liens to secure the Second Lien Obligations in accordance with the terms of the Second Lien Documents and applicable law (other than initiating or joining in an involuntary case or proceeding under any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding with respect to any Grantor); provided that in the event that any Second Lien Claimholder becomes a judgment Lien creditor in respect of Collateral as a result of its enforcement of its rights as an unsecured creditor with respect to the Second Lien Obligations, such judgment Lien shall be subject to the terms of this Agreement for all purposes (including in relation to the First Lien Obligations) as the other Liens securing the Second Lien Obligations are subject to this Agreement.

 

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(f) Except as specifically set forth in Sections 3.1(a) and (d), nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit the receipt by the Second Lien Collateral Agent or any Second Lien Claimholders of the required payments of interest, principal, premium, fees and other amounts owed in respect of the Second Lien Obligations so long as such receipt is not the direct or indirect result of the exercise by the Second Lien Collateral Agent or any Second Lien Claimholders of rights or remedies as a secured creditor (including set-off and recoupment) or enforcement in contravention of this Agreement of any Lien held by any of them. Nothing in this Agreement shall impair or otherwise adversely affect any rights or remedies the First Lien Collateral Agent or the First Lien Claimholders may have with respect to the First Lien Collateral.

3.2 Actions Upon Breach; Specific Performance. If any Second Lien Claimholder, in contravention of the terms of this Agreement, in any way takes, attempts to or threatens to take any action with respect to the Collateral (including, without limitation, any attempt to realize upon or enforce any remedy with respect to this Agreement), or fails to take any action required by this Agreement, this Agreement shall create an irrebutable presumption and admission by such Second Lien Claimholder that relief against such Second Lien Claimholder by injunction, specific performance and/or other appropriate equitable relief is necessary to prevent irreparable harm to the First Lien Claimholders, it being understood and agreed by the Second Lien Collateral Agent on behalf of each Second Lien Claimholder that (i) the First Lien Claimholders’ damages from its actions may at that time be difficult to ascertain and may be irreparable, and (ii) each Second Lien Claimholder waives any defense that the Grantors and/or the First Lien Claimholders cannot demonstrate damage and/or be made whole by the awarding of damages. Each of the First Lien Collateral Agent and the Second Lien Collateral Agent may demand specific performance of this Agreement. The First Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the First Lien Claimholders under the First Lien Loan Documents, and the Second Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the Second Lien Claimholders, hereby irrevocably waive any defense based on the adequacy of a remedy at law and any other defense which might be asserted to bar the remedy of specific performance in any action which may be brought by the First Lien Collateral Agent or the First Lien Claimholders or the Second Lien Collateral Agent or the Second Lien Claimholders, as the case may be. No provision of this Agreement shall constitute or be deemed to constitute a waiver by the First Lien Collateral Agent on behalf of itself and the First Lien Claimholders or the Second Lien Collateral Agent on behalf of itself and the Second Lien Claimholders of any right to seek damages from any Person in connection with any breach or alleged breach of this Agreement.

SECTION 4 Payments.

4.1 Application of Proceeds. So long as the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has not occurred, whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against the Company or any other Grantor, any Collateral or any proceeds thereof, Restricted Assets or any proceeds thereof, or Sale Proceeds received in connection with

 

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any Enforcement Action or other exercise of remedies by the First Lien Collateral Agent or First Lien Claimholders, shall be applied: first, by the First Lien Collateral Agent to the First Lien Obligations that are not Excess First Lien Obligations in such order as specified in the relevant First Lien Loan Documents; second, to the payment by the Second Lien Collateral Agent to the Second Lien Obligations that are not Excess Second Lien Obligations in such order as specified in the relevant Second Lien Documents; third, by the First Lien Collateral Agent to the payment of any Excess First Lien Obligations in such order as specified in the relevant First Lien Loan Documents; fourth, by the Second Lien Collateral Agent to the payment of any Excess Second Lien Obligations in such order as specified in the relevant Second Lien Documents; and fifth, to the applicable Grantor or as otherwise required by applicable law; provided that any non-cash Collateral or non-cash proceeds will be held by the First Lien Collateral Agent as Collateral unless the failure to apply such amounts would be commercially unreasonable. Upon the Discharge of First Lien Obligations, the First Lien Collateral Agent shall deliver to the Second Lien Collateral Agent any Collateral and proceeds thereof, Restricted Assets and proceeds thereof and all Sale Proceeds held by it in the same form as received, with any necessary endorsements to the Second Lien Collateral Agent, or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct, to be applied by the Second Lien Collateral Agent to the Second Lien Obligations in such order as specified in the Second Lien Security Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, it is the intention of the parties hereto that no amount of any Sale Proceeds will in any event be allocated to any Restricted Assets, and none of the Second Lien Collateral Agent or Second Lien Claimholders will, in any forum (including in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding) assert that any amount of any Sale Proceeds should be allocated to any Restricted Assets.

4.2 Payments Over.

(a) So long as the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has not occurred, whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against the Company or any other Grantor, any Collateral or any proceeds thereof, Restricted Assets or proceeds thereof and all Sale Proceeds (including assets or proceeds subject to Liens referred to in the final sentence of Section 2.3 and any assets or proceeds subject to Liens that have been avoided or otherwise invalidated) received by the Second Lien Collateral Agent or any Second Lien Claimholders in connection with any Enforcement Action or other exercise of any right or remedy relating to the Collateral or the Restricted Assets in contravention of this Agreement in all cases shall be segregated and held in trust and forthwith paid over to the First Lien Collateral Agent for the benefit of the First Lien Claimholders in the same form as received, with any necessary endorsements or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct. The First Lien Collateral Agent is hereby authorized to make any such endorsements as agent for the Second Lien Collateral Agent or any such Second Lien Claimholders. This authorization is coupled with an interest and is irrevocable until the Discharge of First Lien Obligations.

(b) So long as the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has not occurred, whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against the Company or any other Grantor, any Collateral or any proceeds thereof, Restricted Assets or any proceeds thereof and all Sale Proceeds (including assets or proceeds subject to Liens referred to in the final sentence of Section 2.3 and any assets or proceeds subject to Liens that have been avoided or otherwise

 

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invalidated) received by the Second Lien Collateral Agent or any Second Lien Claimholders in connection with any Enforcement Action or other exercise of any right or remedy relating to the Collateral or the Restricted Assets not in contravention of this Agreement shall be segregated and held in trust and forthwith paid over to the First Lien Collateral Agent for the benefit of the First Lien Claimholders in the same form as received, with any necessary endorsements or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct; provided that, with respect to Collateral, this Section 4.2(b) shall only be applicable if the exercise of such right or remedy by the Second Lien Collateral Agent or any Second Lien Claimholder has the effect of discharging the Lien of the First Lien Collateral Agent on such Collateral. The First Lien Collateral Agent is hereby authorized to make any such endorsements as agent for the Second Lien Collateral Agent or any such Second Lien Claimholders. This authorization is coupled with an interest and is irrevocable until the Discharge of First Lien Obligations.

(c) So long as the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has not occurred, if in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding the Second Lien Collateral Agent or any Second Lien Claimholders shall receive any distribution of money or other property in respect of the Collateral, Restricted Assets or Sale Proceeds (including any assets or proceeds subject to Liens that have been avoided or otherwise invalidated), such money or other property shall be segregated and held in trust and forthwith paid over to the First Lien Collateral Agent for the benefit of the First Lien Claimholders in the same form as received, with any necessary endorsements. Any Lien received by the Second Lien Collateral Agent or any Second Lien Claimholders in respect of any of the Second Lien Obligations in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding shall be subject to the terms of this Agreement.

4.3 Certain Agreements with respect to Unenforceable Collateral.

In addition to the rights and obligations of the First Lien Collateral Agent, the Second Lien Collateral Agent, the First Lien Claimholders and Second Lien Claimholders set forth herein, in the event that in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding a determination is made that Liens of the First Lien Collateral Agent or the First Lien Claimholders encumbering any Collateral are not enforceable for any reason, then the Second Lien Collateral Agent and the Second Lien Claimholders agree that, any distribution or recovery they may receive with respect to, or allocable to, the value of such Collateral or any proceeds thereof shall (for so long as the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has not occurred) be segregated and held in trust and forthwith paid over to the First Lien Collateral Agent for the benefit of the First Lien Claimholders in the same form as received without recourse, representation or warranty (other than a representation of the Second Lien Collateral Agent that it has not otherwise sold, assigned, transferred or pledged any right, title or interest in and to such distribution or recovery) but with any necessary endorsements or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct until such time as the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has occurred. The First Lien Collateral Agent is hereby authorized to make any such endorsements as agent for the Second Lien Collateral Agent or any such Second Lien Claimholders. This authorization is coupled with an interest and is irrevocable.

 

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Section 5 Other Agreements.

5.1 Releases.

(a) If in connection with any Enforcement Action by the First Lien Collateral Agent or any other exercise of the First Lien Collateral Agent’s remedies in respect of the Collateral, in each case, prior to the Discharge of First Lien Obligations, the First Lien Collateral Agent, for itself or on behalf of any of the First Lien Claimholders, releases any of its Liens on any part of the Collateral, then the Liens, if any, of the Second Lien Collateral Agent, for itself or for the benefit of the Second Lien Claimholders, on such Collateral shall be automatically, unconditionally and simultaneously released. If in connection with any Enforcement Action or other exercise of rights and remedies by the First Lien Collateral Agent, in each case, prior to the Discharge of First Lien Obligations, the equity interests of any Person are foreclosed upon or otherwise disposed of and the First Lien Collateral Agent releases its Lien on the property of such Person then the Liens of Second Lien Collateral Agent with respect to the property of such Person will be automatically released to the same extent as the Liens of the First Lien Collateral Agent. The Second Lien Collateral Agent, for itself or on behalf of any such Second Lien Claimholders, promptly shall execute and deliver to the First Lien Collateral Agent such termination statements, releases and other documents as the First Lien Collateral Agent may reasonably request to effectively confirm the foregoing releases.

(b) If in connection with any Disposition permitted under the terms of the First Lien Loan Documents and not expressly prohibited under the terms of the Second Lien Documents (other than in connection with an Enforcement Action or other exercise of the First Lien Collateral Agent’s remedies in respect of the Collateral which shall be governed by Section 5.1(a)), the First Lien Collateral Agent, for itself or on behalf of any of the First Lien Claimholders, releases any of its Liens on any part of the Collateral, other than (i) in connection with, or following, the Discharge of First Lien Obligations and (ii) after the occurrence and during the continuance of any “Event of Default” under the Second Lien Notes Indenture, then the Liens, if any, of the Second Lien Collateral Agent, for itself or for the benefit of the Second Lien Claimholders, on such Collateral shall be automatically, unconditionally and simultaneously released. The Second Lien Collateral Agent, for itself or on behalf of any such Second Lien Claimholders, promptly shall execute and deliver to the First Lien Collateral Agent such termination statements, releases and other documents as the First Lien Collateral Agent may reasonably request to effectively confirm such release.

(c) Until the Discharge of First Lien Obligations occurs, the Second Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of the Second Lien Claimholders, hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the First Lien Collateral Agent and any officer or agent of the First Lien Collateral Agent, with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable power and authority in the place and stead of the Second Lien Collateral Agent or such holder or in the First Lien Collateral Agent’s own name, from time to time in the First Lien Collateral Agent’s commercially reasonable discretion, for the purpose of carrying out the terms of this Section 5.1, to take any and all appropriate action and to execute any and all documents and instruments which may be necessary to accomplish the purposes of this Section 5.1, including any endorsements or other instruments of transfer or release. This power is coupled with an interest and is irrevocable until the Discharge of First Lien Obligations.

 

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(d) Until the Discharge of First Lien Obligations occurs, to the extent that the First Lien Collateral Agent or the First Lien Claimholders (i) have released any Lien on Collateral and any such Liens are later reinstated or (ii) obtain any new liens, then the Second Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and for the Second Lien Claimholders, shall be granted a Lien on any such Collateral, subject to the lien subordination provisions of this Agreement.

5.2 Insurance. Unless and until the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has occurred, the First Lien Collateral Agent and the First Lien Claimholders shall have the sole and exclusive right, subject to the rights of the Grantors under the First Lien Loan Documents, to adjust settlement for any insurance policy covering the Collateral in the event of any loss thereunder and to approve any award granted in any condemnation or similar proceeding (or any deed in lieu of condemnation) affecting the Collateral. Unless and until the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has occurred, and subject to the rights of the Grantors under the First Lien Loan Documents, all proceeds of any such policy and any such award (or any payments with respect to a deed in lieu of condemnation) if in respect to the Collateral shall be paid to the First Lien Collateral Agent for the benefit of the First Lien Claimholders pursuant to the terms of the First Lien Loan Documents (including for purposes of cash collateralization of letters of credit) and thereafter, to the extent no First Lien Obligations are outstanding, and subject to the rights of the Grantors under the Second Lien Documents, to the Second Lien Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Second Lien Claimholders to the extent required under the Second Lien Security Documents and then, to the extent no Second Lien Obligations are outstanding, to the owner of the subject property, such other Person as may be entitled thereto or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct. Until the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has occurred, if the Second Lien Collateral Agent or any Second Lien Claimholders shall, at any time, receive any proceeds of any such insurance policy or any such award or payment in contravention of this Agreement, it shall segregate and hold in trust and forthwith pay such proceeds over to the First Lien Collateral Agent in accordance with the terms of Section 4.2.

5.3 Amendments to First Lien Loan Documents and Second Lien Documents.

(a) The First Lien Loan Documents may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with their terms and the First Lien Credit Agreement may be Refinanced, in each case, without notice to, or the consent of, the Second Lien Collateral Agent or the Second Lien Claimholders, all without affecting the lien subordination or other provisions of this Agreement; provided that the holders of such Refinancing debt bind themselves in a writing addressed to the Second Lien Collateral Agent to the terms of this Agreement and any such amendment, supplement, modification or Refinancing shall not, without the consent of the Second Lien Collateral Agent (as directed, in the case of the Second Lien Collateral Agent, by the Instructing Group):

(i) increase the sum of (A) the then outstanding aggregate principal amount of the Indebtedness for borrowed money outstanding under the First Lien Credit Agreement (including, if any, any undrawn portion of any commitment under the First Lien Credit Agreement) and (B) the aggregate face amount of any letters of credit issued under the First Lien Credit Agreement and not reimbursed, in excess of the First Lien Cap Amount; or

 

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(ii) add to the Collateral securing the First Lien Obligations other than as specifically provided by this Agreement;

provided, however, that the Second Lien Collateral Agent shall have all the rights and protections of the applicable Second Lien Documents when consenting to an amendment under this Section 5.3.

(b) Without the prior written consent of the First Lien Collateral Agent, no Second Lien Document may be Refinanced, amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified or entered into to the extent such Refinancing, amendment, restatement, supplement or modification, or the terms of any new Second Lien Document, would:

(i) increase the then outstanding principal amount of the Second Lien Notes, in excess of the Second Lien Cap Amount;

(ii) increase the interest rate by more than 300 basis points (excluding increases resulting from the accrual of interest at the default rate);

(iii) accelerate any dates upon which a scheduled payment of principal or interest is due, or otherwise decreases the weighted average life to maturity;

(iv) modify (or have the effect of a modification of) the mandatory prepayment provisions of the Second Lien Notes Indenture in a manner materially adverse to the lenders under the First Lien Credit Agreement;

(v) increase the obligations of the obligor thereunder or to confer any additional material rights of the Second Lien Noteholders (or a representative on their behalf) which would be materially adverse to the First Lien Collateral Agent or any other First Lien Claimholders; or

(vi) add to the Collateral securing the Second Lien Obligations other than as specifically provided by this Agreement.

(c) In the event the First Lien Collateral Agent or the First Lien Claimholders and the relevant Grantor enter into any amendment, waiver or consent in respect of any of the First Lien Security Documents for the purpose of adding to, or deleting from, or waiving or consenting to any departures from any provisions of, any First Lien Security Document or changing in any manner the rights of the First Lien Collateral Agent in a manner not otherwise prohibited by this Section 5.3, then such amendment, waiver or consent shall apply automatically to any comparable provision of the Comparable Second Lien Security Document without the consent of the Second Lien Collateral Agent or the Second Lien Claimholders and without any action by the Second Lien Collateral Agent, the Company or any other Grantor, provided that:

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(A) removing assets subject to the Lien of the Second Lien Security Documents, except to the extent that a release of such Lien is permitted or required by Section 5.1 and provided that there is a corresponding release of the Liens securing the First Lien Obligations;

(B) imposing duties on the Second Lien Collateral Agent without its consent;

(C) permitting other Liens on the Collateral not permitted under the terms of the Second Lien Documents or Section 6; or

(D) being prejudicial to the interests of the Second Lien Claimholders to a greater extent than the First Lien Claimholders (other than by virtue of their relative priority and the rights and obligations hereunder); and

(ii) notice of such amendment, waiver or consent shall have been given to the Second Lien Collateral Agent within ten (10) Business Days after the effective date of such amendment, waiver or consent.

5.4 Legends. The Company agrees that each Second Lien Security Document and each First Lien Security Document shall include the following language (or language to similar effect approved, in the case of the Second Lien Security Documents, by the First Lien Collateral Agent, and in the case of the First Lien Security Documents, by the Second Lien Collateral Agent):

“Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the lien and security interest granted to the [Second Lien Collateral Agent/First Lien Collateral Agent] pursuant to this Agreement and the exercise of any right or remedy by such Collateral Agent hereunder are subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of [] (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Intercreditor Agreement”), among the Company, [], as First Lien Collateral Agent and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Second Lien Collateral Agent and certain other Persons party or that may become party thereto from time to time. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and this Agreement, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control.”

In addition, the Company agrees that each mortgage covering any Collateral shall contain such other language as the First Lien Collateral Agent, in the case of the Second Lien Security Documents, and the Second Lien Collateral Agent, in the case of the First Lien Security Documents, may reasonably request to reflect the subordination and other provisions of this Agreement.

 

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5.5 Gratuitous Bailee/Agent for Perfection.

(a) The First Lien Collateral Agent agrees to hold that part of the Collateral that is in its possession or control (or in the possession or control of its agents or bailees) to the extent that possession or control thereof is taken to perfect a Lien thereon under the UCC (such Collateral being the “Pledged Collateral”) as collateral agent for the First Lien Claimholders and as gratuitous bailee for the Second Lien Collateral Agent (such bailment being intended, among other things, to satisfy the requirements of Sections 8-106(d)(3), 8-301(a)(2) and 9-313(c) of the UCC) and any assignee solely for the purpose of perfecting the security interest granted under the First Lien Loan Documents and the Second Lien Documents, respectively, subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 5.5. Solely with respect to any deposit accounts under the control (within the meaning of Section 9-104 of the UCC) of the First Lien Collateral Agent, the First Lien Collateral Agent agrees to also hold control over such deposit accounts as gratuitous agent for the Second Lien Collateral Agent, subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 5.5.

(b) The First Lien Collateral Agent shall have no obligation whatsoever to the First Lien Claimholders, the Second Lien Collateral Agent or any Second Lien Claimholder to ensure that the Pledged Collateral is genuine or owned by any of the Grantors, any security interest granted in any such Pledged Collateral is valid or in effect or otherwise perfected or to preserve rights or benefits of any Person except as expressly set forth in this Section 5.5. The duties or responsibilities of the First Lien Collateral Agent under this Section 5.5 shall be limited solely to holding the Pledged Collateral as bailee (and with respect to deposit accounts, agent) in accordance with this Section 5.5 and delivering the Pledged Collateral upon a Discharge of First Lien Obligations as provided in paragraph (d) below.

(c) None of the First Lien Collateral Agent and the First Lien Claimholder shall have by reason of the First Lien Security Documents, the Second Lien Security Documents, this Agreement or any other document a fiduciary relationship in respect of the Second Lien Collateral Agent or any Second Lien Claimholder, and the Second Lien Collateral Agent and the Second Lien Claimholders hereby waive and release the First Lien Collateral Agent and the First Lien Claimholders from all claims and liabilities arising pursuant to the First Lien Collateral Agent’s role under this Section 5.5 as gratuitous bailee and gratuitous agent with respect to the Pledged Collateral. It is understood and agreed that the interests of the First Lien Collateral Agent and the First Lien Claimholders, on the one hand, and the Second Lien Collateral Agent and the Second Lien Claimholders, on the other hand, may differ and the First Lien Collateral Agent and the First Lien Claimholders shall be fully entitled to act in their own interest without taking into account the interests of the Second Lien Collateral Agent or the Second Lien Claimholders.

(d) Upon the Discharge of First Lien Obligations under the First Lien Loan Documents to which the First Lien Collateral Agent is a party, the First Lien Collateral Agent shall deliver the remaining Pledged Collateral in its possession (if any) together with any necessary endorsements (such endorsement shall be without recourse to, and without any representation or warranty by, the First Lien Collateral Agent), first, to the Second Lien Collateral Agent to the extent Second Lien Obligations remain outstanding and second, to the Company only to the extent no First Lien Obligations, Excess First Lien Obligations, Second Lien Obligations or Excess Second Lien Obligations remain outstanding (in each case, so as to allow such Person to obtain possession or control of such Pledged Collateral) or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct. The First Lien Collateral Agent further agrees to take all other action reasonably requested by the Second Lien Collateral Agent (as directed, in the case of the Second Lien Collateral Agent, by the Instructing Group) at the expense of the Company in connection with the Second Lien Collateral Agent obtaining a first-priority security interest

 

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in the Collateral. The Second Lien Collateral Agent will have no obligation to any First Lien Claimholder or Second Lien Claimholder to ensure that any Pledged Collateral is genuine or owned by any of the Grantors or to preserve rights or benefits of any Person except as expressly set forth in this Section 5.5(d). The duties or responsibilities of the Second Lien Collateral Agent under this Section 5.5(d) will be limited solely to possessing or controlling the Pledged Collateral as bailee and/or agent for perfection in accordance with this Section 5.5(d) and delivering the Pledged Collateral upon the Discharge of Second Lien Obligations first to the First Lien Collateral Agent and second, to the Company only to the extent no First Lien Obligations, Excess First Lien Obligations, Second Lien Obligations or Excess Second Lien Obligations remain outstanding.

(e) To the extent that any Collateral (or proceeds thereof) comes into the possession or under the control of the Second Lien Collateral Agent or any other Second Lien Claimholder at any time prior to the Discharge of First Lien Obligations, such Collateral (and proceeds thereof) (whether arising out of the action taken to enforce, collect or realize upon any Collateral or otherwise) shall be promptly delivered to the First Lien Collateral Agent without recourse and without any representation or warranty of any kind whatsoever, together with any necessary endorsements. Until such time as such Collateral (or proceeds thereof) shall have been so delivered to the First Lien Collateral Agent, the Second Lien Collateral Agent or other Second Lien Claimholder shall hold same as agent and bailee for the First Lien Collateral Agent and any assignee solely for the purpose of perfecting the security interest (improving the priority thereof) granted in such Collateral pursuant to the First Lien Loan Documents.

5.6 When Discharge of First Lien Obligations Deemed to Not Have Occurred.

If, at any time after the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has occurred, the Company thereafter enters into any Refinancing of any First Lien Loan Document evidencing a First Lien Obligation, which Refinancing is permitted by the Second Lien Documents, then such Discharge of First Lien Obligations shall automatically be deemed not to have occurred for all purposes of this Agreement (other than with respect to any actions taken as a result of the occurrence of such first Discharge of First Lien Obligations), and, from and after the date on which the New First Lien Debt Notice is delivered to the Second Lien Collateral Agent in accordance with the next sentence, the obligations under such Refinancing of the First Lien Loan Document shall automatically be treated as First Lien Obligations for all purposes of this Agreement, including for purposes of the Lien priorities and rights in respect of Collateral set forth herein, and the First Lien Collateral Agent under such First Lien Loan Documents shall be the First Lien Collateral Agent for all purposes of this Agreement. Upon receipt of a notice (the “New First Lien Debt Notice”) stating that the Company has entered into a new First Lien Loan Document (which notice shall include the identity of the new first lien collateral agent, such agent, the “New Agent”), the Second Lien Collateral Agent shall promptly (a) enter into such documents and agreements (including amendments or supplements to this Agreement) as the Company or such New Agent shall reasonably request in order to provide to the New Agent the rights contemplated hereby, in each case consistent in all material respects with the terms of this Agreement and (b) deliver to the New Agent any Pledged Collateral held by it together with any necessary endorsements (or otherwise allow the New Agent to obtain control of such Pledged

 

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Collateral). The New Agent shall agree in a writing addressed to the Second Lien Collateral Agent and the Second Lien Claimholders to be bound by the terms of this Agreement. If the new First Lien Obligations under the new First Lien Loan Documents are secured by assets of the Grantors constituting Collateral that do not also secure the Second Lien Obligations, then the Second Lien Obligations shall be secured at such time by a second priority Lien on such assets to the same extent provided in the Second Lien Security Documents and this Agreement.

5.7 Purchase Right.

(a) Without prejudice to the enforcement of any of the First Lien Claimholders’ remedies under the First Lien Loan Documents, this Agreement, at law or in equity or otherwise, the First Lien Claimholders agree that at any time following: (i) an acceleration of the First Lien Obligations in accordance with the terms of the First Lien Credit Agreement, (ii) a payment default in respect of principal or interest under the First Lien Credit Agreement that has not been cured or waived by the First Lien Claimholders within 60 days of the occurrence thereof or (iii) the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, the First Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of the First Lien Claimholders, will offer the Second Lien Claimholders, including the Second Lien Noteholders, by written notice to the Second Lien Collateral Agent, the option to purchase the entire aggregate amount of outstanding First Lien Obligations (including unfunded commitments under the First Lien Credit Agreement) at the Purchase Price without warranty or representation or recourse except as provided in Section 5.7(c). The “Purchase Price” will equal the sum of: (1) the principal amount of all loans, advances or similar extensions of credit included in the First Lien Obligations (including an amount in cash equal to 103% of the undrawn amount of outstanding letters of credit), and all accrued and unpaid interest thereon through the date of purchase (but excluding any prepayment penalties or premiums), (2) the net aggregate amount then owing to First Lien Lender Counterparties under First Lien Hedging Agreements, including all amounts owing to the First Lien Lender Counterparties as a result of the termination (or early termination) thereof, and (3) all accrued and unpaid fees, expenses and other amounts owed to the First Lien Claimholders under the First Lien Loan Documents on the date of purchase to the extent not allocable to Excess First Lien Obligations.

(b) The Second Lien Claimholders opting to purchase the First Lien Obligations shall irrevocably accept such offer within twenty (20) Business Days of the receipt thereof and shall agree to consummate the purchase no later than the fortieth (40th) Business Day after the receipt of such offer, subject to any required approval of any court or other Governmental Authority then in effect, if any. Such sale shall be pursuant to documentation mutually acceptable to each of the First Lien Collateral Agent and the Second Lien Collateral Agent, without the prior written consent of the Company or any other Grantor. If the Second Lien Claimholders reject such offer (or do not so irrevocably accept such offer within the required timeframe), the First Lien Claimholders shall have no further obligations pursuant to this Section 5.7 and may take any further actions in their sole discretion in accordance with the First Lien Loan Documents and this Agreement. Each First Lien Claimholder will retain all rights to indemnification provided in the relevant First Lien Loan Documents for all claims and other amounts relating to periods prior to the purchase of the First Lien Obligations pursuant to this Section 5.7. The Purchase Price shall be remitted by wire transfer in federal funds to such bank account of the First Lien Collateral Agent for the ratable account of the First Lien Collateral Agent and the First Lien Claimholders in New York, New York, as the First Lien Collateral Agent may designate in writing to the Second Lien Collateral Agent for such purpose. Interest shall be calculated to but excluding the Business Day on

 

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which such purchase and sale shall occur if the amounts so paid by the Second Lien Noteholders that have exercised such option to the bank account designated by the First Lien Collateral Agent are received in such bank account prior to 1:00 p.m., New York City time and interest shall be calculated to and including such Business Day if the amounts so paid by such Second Lien Noteholders to the bank account designated by the First Lien Collateral Agent are received in such bank account later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time on such Business Day.

(c) The Second Lien Claimholders agree that the purchase and sale of the First Lien Obligations under this Section 5.7 will be expressly made without recourse and without representation or warranty of any kind by the First Lien Claimholders, except that the First Lien Claimholders shall severally and not jointly represent and warrant to the Second Lien Claimholders that on the date of the purchase, immediately before giving effect to such purchase:

(i) the principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on the First Lien Obligations, and the fees and expenses thereof owed to the respective First Lien Claimholders, are as stated in any assignment agreement prepared in connection with the purchase and sale of the First Lien Obligations; and

(ii) each First Lien Claimholder owns the First Lien Obligations purported to be owned by it free and clear of any Liens (other than participation interests not prohibited by the First Lien Credit Agreement, in which case the Purchase Price will be appropriately adjusted so that the Second Lien Claimholders do not pay amounts represented by participation interests).

(d) Any Excess First Lien Obligations will, after the closing of the purchase of the First Lien Obligations in accordance with this Section 5.7 remain Excess First Lien Obligations for all purposes of this Agreement.

Section 6 Insolvency or Liquidation Proceedings.

6.1 Finance and Sale Issues.

(a) Until the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has occurred, if the Company or any other Grantor shall be subject to any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding and the First Lien Collateral Agent shall desire to permit the use of “Cash Collateral” (as such term is defined in Section 363(a) of the Bankruptcy Code), on which the First Lien Collateral Agent or any other creditor has a Lien or to permit the Company or any other Grantor to obtain financing, whether from the First Lien Claimholders or any other Person under Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code or any similar Bankruptcy Law (“DIP Financing”), then the Second Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the Second Lien Claimholders, agrees that it will raise no objection to or contest (or join with or support any third party in objecting or contesting), and each Second Lien Claimholder shall be deemed to have consented to, such Cash Collateral use or DIP Financing (including any proposed orders for such Cash Collateral use and/or DIP Financing which are acceptable to the First Lien Collateral Agent) and to the extent the Liens securing the First Lien Obligations are subordinated to or pari passu with such DIP Financing, the Second Lien Collateral Agent will subordinate its Liens in the Collateral to the Liens securing such DIP Financing (and all Obligations relating thereto) and will not request adequate protection or any other relief in connection therewith (except as expressly agreed by the First Lien Collateral Agent or to the extent permitted by Section 6.3); provided that (i) the aggregate principal amount of the DIP Financing

 

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plus the aggregate outstanding principal amount of First Lien Obligations constituting Indebtedness for borrowed money plus the aggregate face amount of any letters of credit issued and not reimbursed under the First Lien Credit Agreement does not exceed the sum of (I) the First Lien Cap Amount and (II) $50,000,000 and (ii) the Second Lien Collateral Agent and the Second Lien Claimholders retain the right to object to any ancillary agreements or arrangements regarding Cash Collateral use or the DIP Financing that are materially prejudicial to their interests. The Second Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and each other Second Lien Claimholder, agrees that it will not provide or seek (or support any other Person that is not a First Lien Claimholder seeking) to provide DIP Financing to the Company or any other Grantor so long as the First Lien Collateral Agent or any other First Lien Claimholder shall desire to provide such DIP Financing; provided, however, in the event that no First Lien Claimholder desires to provide a DIP Financing, the First Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and each other First Lien Claimholder, reserves the right to object to the provision of any DIP Financing by any Second Lien Claimholder.

(b) The Second Lien Collateral Agent on behalf of the Second Lien Claimholders agrees that it will not seek consultation rights in connection with, and it will raise no objection or oppose, a motion to Dispose of Collateral under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code if the requisite First Lien Claimholders have consented to such Disposition. The Second Lien Collateral Agent on behalf of the Second Lien Claimholders further agrees that it will not directly or indirectly oppose or impede entry of any order in connection with such Disposition, including orders to retain professionals or set bid procedures in connection with such sale, liquidation or disposition if the requisite First Lien Claimholders have consented to such (i) retention of professionals and bid procedures in connection with such sale, liquidation or disposition of such assets and (ii) the Disposition of such assets, in which event the Second Lien Claimholders will be deemed to have consented to the Disposition of Collateral pursuant to Section 363(f) of the Bankruptcy Code and such motion does not impair the rights of the Second Lien Claimholders under Section 363(k) of the Bankruptcy Code; provided that (i) the First Lien Cap Amount shall be reduced by an amount equal to the net cash proceeds of such sale or other disposition which are used to pay the principal or face amount of the First Lien Obligations and (ii) any proceeds in excess of those necessary for the Discharge of First Lien Obligations shall be applied in accordance with this Agreement and applicable law.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision hereof to the contrary, the Second Lien Collateral Agent on its behalf and on behalf of the Second Lien Claimholders, agrees that (i) without the consent of the First Lien Claimholders, none of the Second Lien Collateral Agent, the Second Lien Claimholders or any agent or the trustee on behalf of any of them shall, for any purpose during any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or otherwise, support, endorse, propose or submit, whether directly or indirectly, any valuation of any of the Grantors or their respective assets that allocates or ascribes any value whatsoever to any of the Restricted Assets and (ii) without the consent of the First Lien Claimholders, none of the Second Lien Collateral Agent, the Second Lien Claimholders or any agent or trustee on behalf of any of them shall for any purpose during any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or otherwise challenge, dispute or object to any valuation of the Company or any of the Subsidiary Guarantors or their respective assets, or otherwise take any position with respect to such valuation, that is proposed, supported or otherwise arises in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, on grounds that such valuation does not allocate or ascribe adequate or appropriate value to any of the Restricted Assets.

 

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6.2 Relief from the Automatic Stay. Until the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has occurred, the Second Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the Second Lien Claimholders, agrees that none of them shall: (i) seek (or support any other Person seeking) relief from the automatic stay or any other stay in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in respect of the Collateral or the Restricted Assets, without the prior written consent of the First Lien Collateral Agent or (ii) oppose (or support any other Person in opposing) any request by the First Lien Collateral Agent for relief from such stay.

6.3 Adequate Protection.

(a) The Second Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the Second Lien Claimholders, agrees that none of them shall contest (or support any other Person contesting):

(i) any request by the First Lien Collateral Agent or the First Lien Claimholders for adequate protection under any Bankruptcy Law; or

(ii) any objection by the First Lien Collateral Agent or the First Lien Claimholders to any motion, relief, action or proceeding based on the First Lien Collateral Agent or the First Lien Claimholders claiming a lack of adequate protection.

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions in this Section 6.3, in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding:

(i) if the First Lien Claimholders (or any subset thereof) are granted adequate protection in the form of additional collateral in connection with any use of Cash Collateral or DIP Financing, then the Second Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself or any of the Second Lien Claimholders, may seek or request adequate protection in the form of a Lien on such additional collateral, which Lien will be subordinated to the Liens securing the First Lien Obligations and such use of Cash Collateral or DIP Financing (and all Obligations relating thereto) on the same basis as the other Liens securing the Second Lien Obligations are so subordinated to the First Lien Obligations under this Agreement; and

(ii) the Second Lien Collateral Agent and the Second Lien Claimholders shall only be permitted to seek adequate protection with respect to their respective rights in the Collateral in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in the form of (A) additional collateral; provided that as adequate protection for the First Lien Obligations, the First Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of the First Lien Claimholders, is also granted a senior Lien on such additional collateral; (B) replacement Liens on the Collateral; provided that as adequate protection for the First Lien Obligations, the First Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of the First Lien Claimholders, is also granted senior replacement Liens on the Collateral; and (C) an administrative expense claim; provided that as adequate protection for the First Lien Obligations, the First Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of the First Lien Claimholders, is also granted an administrative expense claim which is senior and prior to the administrative expense claim of the Second Lien Collateral Agent and the Second Lien Claimholders. If any Second Lien Claimholder receives post-petition interest and/or adequate protection payments in an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding (“Second Lien Adequate Protection Payments”), and the First Lien Claimholders do not receive payment in full in cash of all First Lien Obligations (subject, in the case of principal outstanding under the First Lien Credit Agreement and the other First Lien Loan

 

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Documents and face amounts of letters of credit, to the First Lien Cap Amount) upon the effectiveness of the plan of reorganization for, or conclusion of, that Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, then, each Second Lien Claimholders shall pay over to the First Lien Claimholders an amount (the “Pay-Over Amount”) equal to the lesser of (i) the Second Lien Adequate Protection Payments received by such Second Lien Claimholders and (ii) the amount of the short-fall (the “Short Fall”) in payment in full of the First Lien Obligations (subject, in the case of principal outstanding under the First Lien Credit Agreement and the other First Lien Loan Documents and face amounts of letters of credit, to the First Lien Cap Amount); provided that to the extent any portion of the Short Fall represents payments received by the First Lien Claimholders in the form of promissory notes, equity or other property, equal in value to the cash paid in respect of the Pay-Over Amount, the First Lien Claimholders shall, upon receipt of the Pay-Over Amount, transfer those promissory notes, equity or other property, pro rata, equal in value to the cash paid in respect of the Pay-Over Amount to the applicable Second Lien Claimholders in exchange for the Pay-Over Amount. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the First Lien Claimholders shall not be deemed to have consented to, and expressly retain their rights to object to, the grant of adequate protection in the form of cash payments to the Second Lien Claimholders made pursuant to this Section 6.3(b).

(c) The Second Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of the other Second Lien Claimholders, agrees that notice of a hearing to approve DIP Financing or use of Cash Collateral on an interim basis shall be adequate if delivered to the Second Lien Collateral Agent at least two (2) Business Days in advance of such hearing and that notice of a hearing to approve DIP Financing or use of Cash Collateral on a final basis shall be adequate if delivered to the Second Lien Collateral Agent at least fifteen (15) days in advance of such hearing.

6.4 No Waiver. Subject to Sections 3.1(a), 3.1(c), 3.1(d) and 6.7(b), nothing contained herein shall prohibit or in any way limit the First Lien Collateral Agent or any First Lien Claimholder from objecting in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or otherwise to any action taken by the Second Lien Collateral Agent or any of the Second Lien Claimholders, including the seeking by the Second Lien Collateral Agent or any Second Lien Claimholders of adequate protection or the asserting by the Second Lien Collateral Agent or any Second Lien Claimholders of any of its rights and remedies under the Second Lien Documents or otherwise.

6.5 Avoidance Issues. If any First Lien Claimholder is required in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or otherwise to turn over or otherwise pay to the estate of the Company or any other Grantor any amount paid in respect of First Lien Obligations (a “Recovery), then such First Lien Claimholders shall be entitled to a reinstatement of First Lien Obligations with respect to all such recovered amounts on the date of such Recovery, and from and after the date of such reinstatement the Discharge of First Lien Obligations shall be deemed not the have occurred for all purposes hereunder. If this Agreement shall have been terminated prior to such Recovery, this Agreement shall be reinstated in full force and effect, and such prior termination shall not diminish, release, discharge, impair or otherwise affect the obligations of the parties hereto from such date of reinstatement.

 

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6.6 Reorganization Securities. If, in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, debt obligations of the reorganized debtor secured by Liens upon any property of the reorganized debtor are distributed pursuant to a plan of reorganization, arrangement, compromise or liquidation or similar dispositive restructuring plan, both on account of First Lien Obligations and on account of Second Lien Obligations, then, to the extent the debt obligations distributed on account of the First Lien Obligations and on account of the Second Lien Obligations are secured by Liens upon the same property, the provisions of this Agreement will survive the distribution of such debt obligations pursuant to such plan and will apply with like effect to the Liens securing such debt obligations.

6.7 Post-Petition Interest.

(a) Neither the Second Lien Collateral Agent nor any Second Lien Claimholder shall oppose or seek to challenge any claim by the First Lien Collateral Agent or any First Lien Claimholder for allowance in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding of First Lien Obligations consisting of Post-Petition Interest to the extent of the value of any First Lien Claimholder’s Lien, without regard to the existence of the Lien of the Second Lien Collateral Agent on behalf of the Second Lien Claimholders on the Collateral.

(b) Neither the First Lien Collateral Agent nor any other First Lien Claimholder shall oppose or seek to challenge any claim by the Second Lien Collateral Agent or any Second Lien Claimholder for allowance in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding of Second Lien Obligations consisting of Post-Petition Interest to the extent of the value of the Lien of the Second Lien Collateral Agent on behalf of the Second Lien Claimholders on the Collateral (after taking into account the value of the First Lien Obligations).

6.8 Waiver. The Second Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of the Second Lien Claimholders, waives any claim it may hereafter have against any First Lien Claimholder arising out of the election of any First Lien Claimholder of the application of Section 1111(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code, and/or out of any cash collateral or financing arrangement or out of any grant of a security interest in connection with the Collateral in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding so long as such actions are not in express contravention of the terms of this Agreement.

6.9 Separate Grants of Security and Separate Classification. The Second Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of the Second Lien Claimholders, and the First Lien Collateral Agent for itself and on behalf of the First Lien Claimholders, acknowledges and agrees that:

(a) the grants of Liens pursuant to the First Lien Security Documents and the Second Lien Security Documents constitute two separate and distinct grants of Liens; and

(b) because of, among other things, their differing rights in the Collateral, the Second Lien Obligations are fundamentally different from the First Lien Obligations and must be separately classified in any plan of reorganization proposed or adopted in an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.

 

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To further effectuate the intent of the parties as provided in the immediately preceding sentence, if it is held that the claims of the First Lien Claimholders and the Second Lien Claimholders in respect of the Collateral constitute only one secured claim (rather than separate classes of senior and junior secured claims), then each of the parties hereto hereby acknowledges and agrees (and by the acceptance of the benefits hereof, each of the First Lien Claimholders and Second Lien Claimholders acknowledges and agrees) that, subject to Sections 2.1 and 4.1, all distributions shall be made as if there were separate classes of senior and junior secured claims against the Grantors in respect of the Collateral (with the effect being that, to the extent that the aggregate value of the Collateral is sufficient (for this purpose ignoring all claims held by the Second Lien Claimholders), the First Lien Claimholders shall be entitled to receive, in addition to amounts distributed to them in respect of principal, pre-petition interest and other claims, all amounts owing (or that would be owing if there were such separate classes of senior and junior secured claims) in respect of Post-Petition Interest, including any additional interest payable pursuant to the First Lien Credit Agreement, arising from or related to a default, which is disallowed as a claim in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding) before any distribution is made in respect of the claims held by the Second Lien Claimholders with respect to the Collateral, with the Second Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of the Second Lien Claimholders, hereby acknowledging and agreeing to turn over to the First Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of the First Lien Claimholders, Collateral or proceeds of Collateral otherwise received or receivable by them to the extent necessary to effectuate the intent of this sentence, even if such turnover has the effect of reducing the claim or recovery of the Second Lien Claimholders).

6.10 Effectiveness in Insolvency Proceedings. The parties acknowledge that this Agreement is a “subordination agreement” under Section 510(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, which will be effective before, during and after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. All references in this Agreement to any Grantor will include such Person as a debtor-in-possession and any receiver or trustee for such Person in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.

6.11 No Surcharge of Collateral. None of the Second Lien Collateral Agent or any other Second Lien Claimholder shall, in an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or otherwise, assert or enforce, at any time when the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has not occurred, any claim under Section 506(c) of Title 11 of the United States Code (and otherwise) for costs or expenses of preserving or disposing of any Collateral.

6.12 Right to Credit Bid. None of the Second Lien Collateral Agent or any other Second Lien Claimholder shall object to, contest or oppose (or support any other Person in objecting to, contesting or opposing) in any manner the exercise by the First Lien Collateral Agent or any of the First Lien Lenders of the right to “credit bid” pursuant to Section 363(k) of Title 11 of the United States Code or other applicable law in respect of the Collateral.

 

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6.13 Plan Treatment. None of the Second Lien Collateral Agent or any other Second Lien Claimholder shall seek (or cause or support any other Person to seek) the filing or confirmation of any plan of reorganization or liquidation or similar dispositive plan that does not expressly provide for the Discharge of First Lien Obligations on the plan’s effective date.

SECTION 7 Reliance; Waivers; Etc.

7.1 Reliance. Other than any reliance on the terms of this Agreement, the First Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the First Lien Claimholders, acknowledges that it and such First Lien Claimholders have, independently and without reliance on the Second Lien Collateral Agent or any Second Lien Claimholder, and based on documents and information deemed by them appropriate, made their own credit analysis and decision to enter into each of the First Lien Loan Documents and be bound by the terms of this Agreement and they will continue to make their own credit decision in taking or not taking any action under the First Lien Loan Documents or this Agreement. The Second Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the Second Lien Claimholders, acknowledges that it and the Second Lien Claimholders have, independently and without reliance on the First Lien Collateral Agent or any First Lien Claimholder, and based on documents and information deemed by them appropriate, made their own credit analysis and decision to enter into each of the Second Lien Documents and be bound by the terms of this Agreement and they will continue to make their own credit decision in taking or not taking any action under the Second Lien Documents or this Agreement.

7.2 No Warranties or Liability. The First Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the First Lien Claimholders, acknowledges and agrees that each of the Second Lien Collateral Agent and the Second Lien Claimholders have made no express or implied representation or warranty, including with respect to the execution, validity, legality, completeness, collectability or enforceability of any of the Second Lien Documents, the ownership of any Collateral or the perfection or priority of any Liens thereon. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Second Lien Claimholders will be entitled to manage and supervise their respective loans and extensions of credit under the Second Lien Documents in accordance with law and as they may otherwise, in their sole discretion, deem appropriate. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Second Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the Second Lien Claimholders, acknowledges and agrees that each of the First Lien Collateral Agent and the First Lien Claimholders have made no express or implied representation or warranty, including with respect to the execution, validity, legality, completeness, collectability or enforceability of any of the First Lien Loan Documents, the ownership of any Collateral or the perfection or priority of any Liens thereon. Except as otherwise provided herein, the First Lien Claimholders will be entitled to manage and supervise their respective loans and extensions of credit under the First Lien Loan Documents in accordance with law and as they may otherwise,

 

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in their sole discretion, deem appropriate. The Second Lien Collateral Agent and the Second Lien Claimholders shall have no duty to the First Lien Collateral Agent or any of the First Lien Claimholders, and the First Lien Collateral Agent and the First Lien Claimholders shall have no duty to the Second Lien Collateral Agent or any of the Second Lien Claimholders, to act or refrain from acting in a manner which allows, or results in, the occurrence or continuance of an event of default or default under any agreements with the Company or any other Grantor (including the First Lien Loan Documents and the Second Lien Documents), regardless of any knowledge thereof which they may have or be charged with.

7.3 No Waiver of Lien Priorities.

(a) No right of the First Lien Claimholders, the First Lien Collateral Agent or any of them to enforce any provision of this Agreement or any First Lien Loan Document shall at any time in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of the Company or any other Grantor or by any act or failure to act by any First Lien Claimholder or the First Lien Collateral Agent, or by any noncompliance by any Person with the terms, provisions and covenants of this Agreement, any of the First Lien Loan Documents or any of the Second Lien Documents, regardless of any knowledge thereof which the First Lien Collateral Agent or the First Lien Claimholders, or any of them, may have or be otherwise charged with.

(b) Without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing paragraph (but subject to the rights of the Company and the other Grantors under the First Lien Loan Documents and subject to the provisions of Section 5.3(a)), the First Lien Claimholders, the First Lien Collateral Agent and any of them may, at any time and from time to time in accordance with the First Lien Loan Documents and/or applicable law, without the consent of, or notice to, the Second Lien Collateral Agent or any Second Lien Claimholders, without incurring any liabilities to the Second Lien Collateral Agent or any Second Lien Claimholders and without impairing or releasing the Lien priorities and other benefits provided in this Agreement (even if any right of subrogation or other right or remedy of the Second Lien Collateral Agent or any Second Lien Claimholders is affected, impaired or extinguished thereby) do any one or more of the following:

(i) change the manner, place or terms of payment or change or extend the time of payment of, or amend, renew, exchange, increase or alter, the terms of any of the First Lien Obligations or any Lien on any First Lien Collateral or guarantee thereof or any liability of the Company or any other Grantor, or any liability incurred directly or indirectly in respect thereof (including any increase in or extension of the First Lien Obligations, without any restriction as to the tenor or terms of any such increase or extension) or otherwise amend, renew, exchange, extend, modify or supplement in any manner any Liens held by the First Lien Collateral Agent or any of the First Lien Claimholders, the First Lien Obligations or any of the First Lien Loan Documents; provided that any such increase in the First Lien Obligations shall not increase the sum of the Indebtedness for borrowed money constituting principal under the First Lien Credit Agreement and the face amount of any letters of credit issued under the First Lien Credit Agreement and not reimbursed to an amount in excess of the First Lien Cap Amount;

(ii) sell, exchange, release, surrender, realize upon, enforce or otherwise deal with in any manner and in any order any part of the First Lien Collateral or any liability of the Company or any other Grantor to the First Lien Claimholders or the First Lien Collateral Agent, or any liability incurred directly or indirectly in respect thereof;

 

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(iii) settle or compromise any First Lien Obligation or any other liability of the Company or any other Grantor or any security therefor or any liability incurred directly or indirectly in respect thereof and apply any sums by whomsoever paid and however realized to any liability (including the First Lien Obligations) in any manner or order; and

(iv) exercise or delay in or refrain from exercising any right or remedy against the Company or any security or any other Grantor or any other Person, elect any remedy and otherwise deal freely with the Company, any other Grantor or any First Lien Collateral and any security and any guarantor or any liability of the Company or any other Grantor to the First Lien Claimholders or any liability incurred directly or indirectly in respect thereof.

(c) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Second Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the Second Lien Claimholders, also agrees that the First Lien Claimholders and the First Lien Collateral Agent shall have no liability to the Second Lien Collateral Agent or any Second Lien Claimholders, and the Second Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the Second Lien Claimholders, hereby waives any claim against any First Lien Claimholder or the First Lien Collateral Agent, arising out of any and all actions which the First Lien Claimholders or the First Lien Collateral Agent may take or permit or omit to take with respect to:

(i) the First Lien Loan Documents (other than this Agreement);

(ii) the collection of the First Lien Obligations;

(iii) the foreclosure upon, or sale, liquidation or other disposition of, any First Lien Collateral. The Second Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the Second Lien Claimholders, agrees that the First Lien Claimholders and the First Lien Collateral Agent have no duty to them in respect of the maintenance or preservation of the First Lien Collateral, the First Lien Obligations or otherwise; or

(iv) any election by a First Lien Claimholder in any proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code of the application of Section 111(b) thereof.

(d) Until the Discharge of First Lien Obligations, the Second Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the Second Lien Claimholders, agrees not to assert and hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any right to demand, request, plead or otherwise assert or otherwise claim the benefit of, any marshalling, appraisal, valuation or other similar right that may otherwise be available under applicable law with respect to the Collateral or any other similar rights a junior secured creditor may have under applicable law.

7.4 Obligations Unconditional. All rights, interests, agreements and obligations of the First Lien Collateral Agent and the First Lien Claimholders and the Second Lien Collateral Agent and the Second Lien Claimholders, respectively, hereunder shall remain in full force and effect irrespective of:

 

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(a) any lack of validity or enforceability of any First Lien Loan Documents or any Second Lien Documents;

(b) except as otherwise expressly set forth in this Agreement, any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other terms of, all or any of the First Lien Obligations or Second Lien Obligations, or any amendment or waiver or other modification, including any increase in the amount thereof or interest rate thereon, whether by course of conduct or otherwise, of the terms of any First Lien Loan Document or any Second Lien Document;

(c) except as otherwise expressly set forth in this Agreement, any exchange or impairment of any security interest in any Collateral or any other collateral, or any amendment, waiver or other modification, whether in writing or by course of conduct or otherwise, of all or any of the First Lien Obligations or Second Lien Obligations or any guarantee thereof;

(d) the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in respect of the Company or any other Grantor; or

(e) any other circumstances which otherwise might constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, the Company or any other Grantor in respect of the First Lien Collateral Agent, the First Lien Obligations, any First Lien Claimholder, the Second Lien Collateral Agent, the Second Lien Obligations or any Second Lien Claimholder in respect of this Agreement.

SECTION 8 Miscellaneous.

8.1 Conflicts. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of the First Lien Loan Documents or the Second Lien Documents, the provisions of this Agreement shall govern and control.

8.2 Effectiveness; Continuing Nature of this Agreement; Severability. This Agreement shall become effective when executed and delivered by the parties hereto. This is a continuing agreement of lien subordination and the First Lien Claimholders may continue, at any time and without notice to the Second Lien Collateral Agent or any Second Lien Claimholder subject to the Second Lien Documents, to extend credit and other financial accommodations and lend monies to or for the benefit of the Company or any Grantor constituting First Lien Obligations in reliance hereof. The Second Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the Second Lien Claimholders, hereby waives any right it may have under applicable law to revoke this Agreement or any of the provisions of this Agreement. The terms of this Agreement shall survive, and shall continue in full force and effect, in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. All references to the Company or any other Grantor shall include the Company or such Grantor as debtor and debtor-in-possession and any receiver, trustee or similar Person for the Company or any other Grantor (as the case may be) in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. Subject to the immediately succeeding sentence, this Agreement shall terminate and be of no further force and effect:

 

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(a) with respect to the First Lien Collateral Agent, the First Lien Claimholders and the First Lien Obligations, the date of Discharge of First Lien Obligations, subject to the rights of the First Lien Claimholders under Section 6.5; and

(b) with respect to the Second Lien Collateral Agent, the Second Lien Claimholders and the Second Lien Obligations, upon the later of (1) the date upon which the obligations under the Second Lien Notes Indenture terminate if there are no other Second Lien Obligations outstanding on such date and (2) if there are other Second Lien Obligations outstanding on such date, the date upon which such Second Lien Obligations terminate.

Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything else in this Agreement to the contrary, to the extent that the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has occurred (subject to the rights of the First Lien Claimholders under Section 6.5) and no Second Lien Obligations remain outstanding but there remains outstanding Excess First Lien Obligations or Excess Second Lien Obligations, (i) the provisions of this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect until such time as all Excess First Lien Obligations and all Excess Second Lien Obligations have been paid in full in cash, (ii) the Excess First Lien Obligations shall be treated for all purposes hereunder as First Lien Obligations and (iii) the Excess Second Lien Obligations shall be treated for all purposes hereunder as Second Lien Obligations.

8.3 Amendments; Waivers. No amendment, modification or waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement by the Second Lien Collateral Agent or the First Lien Collateral Agent shall be deemed to be made unless the same shall be in writing signed on behalf of each party hereto or its authorized agent and each waiver, if any, shall be a waiver only with respect to the specific instance involved and shall in no way impair the rights of the parties making such waiver or the obligations of the other parties to such party in any other respect or at any other time; provided that (x) the First Lien Collateral Agent may, without the written consent of any other First Lien Claimholder, the Second Lien Collateral Agent or any other Second Lien Claimholder, agree to modifications of this Agreement for the purpose of securing additional extensions of credit (including pursuant to the First Lien Credit Agreement or any other First Lien Loan Document or any Refinancing or extension thereof) and adding new creditors as “First Lien Claimholders” hereunder, so long as such extensions (and resulting additions) do not otherwise give rise to a violation of the express terms of the First Lien Credit Agreement or any other First Lien Loan Document or the Second Lien Notes Indenture or any other Second Lien Document and (y) additional Grantors may be added as parties hereto in accordance with the provisions of Section 8.17. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not have any right to consent to or approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement except to the extent its rights are directly and adversely affected.

8.4 Information Concerning Financial Condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries. (a) The First Lien Collateral Agent and the First Lien Claimholders, on the one hand, and the Second Lien Claimholders and the Second Lien Collateral Agent, on the other hand, shall each be responsible for keeping themselves informed of (i) the financial condition of

 

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the Company and its Subsidiaries and all endorsers and/or guarantors of the First Lien Obligations or the Second Lien Obligations and (ii) all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the First Lien Obligations or the Second Lien Obligations.

(b) The First Lien Collateral Agent and the First Lien Claimholders shall have no duty to advise the Second Lien Collateral Agent or any Second Lien Claimholder of information known to it or them regarding such condition or any such circumstances or otherwise. In the event the First Lien Collateral Agent or any of the First Lien Claimholders, in its or their sole discretion, undertakes at any time or from time to time to provide any such information to the Second Lien Collateral Agent or any Second Lien Claimholder, it or they shall be under no obligation:

(i) to make, and the First Lien Collateral Agent and the First Lien Claimholders shall not make, any express or implied representation or warranty, including with respect to the accuracy, completeness, truthfulness or validity of any such information so provided;

(ii) to provide any additional information or to provide any such information on any subsequent occasion;

(iii) to undertake any investigation; or

(iv) to disclose any information, which pursuant to accepted or reasonable commercial finance practices, such party wishes to maintain confidential or is otherwise required to maintain confidential.

(c) The Second Lien Collateral Agent and the Second Lien Claimholders shall have no duty to advise the First Lien Collateral Agent or any First Lien Claimholder of information known to it or them regarding such condition or any such circumstances or otherwise. In the event the Second Lien Collateral Agent or any of the Second Lien Claimholders, in its or their sole discretion, undertakes at any time or from time to time to provide any such information to the First Lien Collateral Agent or any First Lien Claimholder, it or they shall be under no obligation:

(i) to make, and the Second Lien Collateral Agent and the Second Lien Claimholders shall not make, any express or implied representation or warranty, including with respect to the accuracy, completeness, truthfulness or validity of any such information so provided;

(ii) to provide any additional information or to provide any such information on any subsequent occasion;

(iii) to undertake any investigation; or

(iv) to disclose any information, which pursuant to accepted or reasonable commercial finance practices, such party wishes to maintain confidential or is otherwise required to maintain confidential.

 

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8.5 Subrogation. With respect to the value of any payments or distributions in cash, or other property that any of the Second Lien Claimholders or the Second Lien Collateral Agent pays over to the First Lien Collateral Agent or the First Lien Claimholders under the terms of this Agreement, the Second Lien Claimholders and the Second Lien Collateral Agent shall be subrogated to the rights of the First Lien Collateral Agent and the First Lien Claimholders; provided that the Second Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the Second Lien Claimholders, hereby agrees not to assert or enforce all such rights of subrogation it may acquire as a result of any payment hereunder until the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has occurred. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the value of any payments or distributions in cash, or other property received by the Second Lien Collateral Agent or the Second Lien Claimholders that are paid over to the First Lien Collateral Agent or the First Lien Claimholders pursuant to this Agreement shall not reduce any of the Second Lien Obligations.

8.6 Application of Payments. (a) All payments received by the First Lien Collateral Agent or the First Lien Claimholders may be applied, reversed and reapplied, in whole or in part, to such part of the First Lien Obligations provided for in the First Lien Loan Documents. The Second Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the Second Lien Claimholders, assents to any extension or postponement of the time of payment, subject to Section 5.3(a), of the First Lien Obligations or any part thereof and, subject to the provisions of this Agreement, to any other indulgence with respect thereto, to any substitution, exchange or release of any security which may at any time secure any part of the First Lien Obligations and to the addition or release of any other Person primarily or secondarily liable therefor.

(b) All payments received by the Second Lien Collateral Agent or the Second Lien Claimholders may be applied in accordance with this Agreement, reversed and reapplied, in whole or in part, to such part of the Second Lien Obligations provided for in the Second Lien Documents. The First Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the First Lien Claimholders, assents to any extension or postponement of the time of payment, subject to Section 5.3(b), of the Second Lien Obligations or any part thereof and, subject to the provisions of this Agreement, to any other indulgence with respect thereto, to any substitution, exchange or release of any security which may at any time secure any part of the Second Lien Obligations and to the addition or release of any other Person primarily or secondarily liable therefor.

8.7 SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; WAIVERS.

(a) EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS, FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY, TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN NEW YORK COUNTY AND OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND ANY APPELLATE COURT FROM ANY THEREOF, IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, OR FOR RECOGNITION OR ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT, AND EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH NEW YORK STATE COURT OR, TO THE

 

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EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS, IN SUCH FEDERAL COURT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY APPLICABLE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS.

(b) EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS, ANY OBJECTION WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT IN ANY COURT REFERRED TO IN SECTION 8.7(a). EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT.

(c) EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO ANY FIRST LIEN LOAN DOCUMENT OR SECOND LIEN DOCUMENT, IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR NOTICES (OTHER THAN FACSIMILE OR OTHER ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION) IN SECTION 8.8.

(d) EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (i) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (ii) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 8.7(d).

8.8 Notices. All notices to the First Lien Claimholders and the Second Lien Claimholders permitted or required under this Agreement shall also be sent to the First Lien Collateral Agent and the Second Lien Collateral Agent, respectively. Unless otherwise specifically provided herein, any notice hereunder shall be in writing and may be personally served, facsimile or sent by other electronic transmission or United States mail or courier service and shall be deemed to have been given when delivered in person or by courier service and signed for against receipt thereof, upon receipt of facsimile or other electronic transmission, or three (3) Business Days after depositing it in the United States mail with postage prepaid and properly addressed. For the purposes hereof, the addresses of the parties hereto shall be as set forth below each party’s name on the signature pages hereto, or, as to each party, at such other address as may be designated by such party in a written notice to all of the other parties.

 

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8.9 Further Assurances. The First Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the First Lien Claimholders under the First Lien Loan Documents, and the Second Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the Second Lien Claimholders under the Second Lien Documents, and the Company, agree that each of them, at the sole expense of the Company, shall take such further action and shall execute and deliver such additional documents and instruments (in recordable form, if requested) as the First Lien Collateral Agent or the Second Lien Collateral Agent may reasonably request to effectuate the terms of and the Lien priorities contemplated by this Agreement, including reinstatement as control agent under any account control agreement.

8.10 APPLICABLE LAW. THIS AGREEMENT, AND ANY CLAIMS, CONTROVERSY, DISPUTE OR CAUSE OF ACTION (WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT LAW OR TORT LAW OR OTHERWISE) BASED UPON, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO ANY CHOICE OF LAW PRINCIPLES THAT WOULD APPLY THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION.

8.11 Binding on Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon the First Lien Collateral Agent, the First Lien Claimholders, the Second Lien Collateral Agent, the Second Lien Claimholders and their respective successors and assigns. If either of the First Lien Collateral Agent or the Second Lien Collateral Agent resigns or is replaced pursuant to the First Lien Credit Agreement or the Second Lien Notes Indenture, as applicable, its successor shall be deemed to be a party to this Agreement and shall have all the rights of, and be subject to all the obligations of, this Agreement. No provision of this Agreement will inure to the benefit of a trustee, debtor-in-possession, creditor trust or other representative of an estate or creditor of any Grantor, including where any such trustee, debtor-in-possession, creditor trust or other representative of any estate or creditor is the beneficiary of a Lien securing Collateral by virtue of the avoidance of such Lien in an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.

8.12 Headings. Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.

8.13 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement or any document or instrument delivered in connection herewith by telecopy, facsimile or other electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement or such other document or instrument, as applicable.

 

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8.14 Authorization. By its signature, each Person executing this Agreement on behalf of a party hereto represents and warrants to the other parties hereto that it is duly authorized to execute this Agreement.

8.15 No Third Party Beneficiaries; Provisions Solely to Define Relative Rights. This Agreement and the rights and benefits hereof shall inure to the benefit of each of the parties hereto and its respective successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of each of the First Lien Claimholders and the Second Lien Claimholders. The provisions of this Agreement are and are intended solely for the purpose of defining the relative rights of the First Lien Collateral Agent and the First Lien Claimholders on the one hand and the Second Lien Collateral Agent and the Second Lien Claimholders on the other hand. None of the Company, any other Grantor or any other creditor thereof shall have any rights hereunder and neither the Company nor any Grantor may rely on the terms hereof. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to or shall impair the obligations of the Company or any other Grantor, which are absolute and unconditional, to pay the First Lien Obligations and the Second Lien Obligations as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with their terms.

8.16 No Indirect Actions. Unless otherwise expressly stated, if a party may not take an action under this Agreement, then it may not take that action indirectly, or support any other Person in taking that action directly or indirectly. “Taking an action indirectly” means taking an action that is not expressly prohibited for the party but is intended to have substantially the same effects as the prohibited action.

8.17 Grantors; Additional Grantors. It is understood and agreed that the Company and each other Grantor on the date of this Agreement shall constitute the original Grantors party hereto. The original Grantors hereby covenant and agree to cause each Subsidiary which becomes a Subsidiary Guarantor after the date hereof to promptly become a party hereto (as a Grantor) by executing and delivering a counterpart hereof to each of the First Lien Collateral Agent and Second Lien Collateral Agent or by executing and delivering an assumption agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the First Lien Collateral Agent. The parties hereto further agree that, notwithstanding any failure to take the actions required by the immediately preceding sentence, each Person which becomes a Subsidiary Guarantor at any time (and any security granted by any such Person) shall be subject to the provisions hereof as fully as if same constituted a Grantor and had complied with the requirements of the immediately preceding sentence.

8.18 Collateral Agents. It is understood and agreed that (i) [] is entering into this Agreement in its capacity as First Lien Collateral Agent and the rights, powers, privileges and protections afforded to the “Agent” under Article [] of the First Lien Credit Agreement shall also apply to [] as First Lien Collateral Agent hereunder, (ii) BNYM is entering in this Agreement in its capacity as “Notes Collateral Agent” under the Second Lien Notes Security Agreement and the other Second Lien Documents and the rights, powers, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits afforded to the “Notes Collateral Agent” under

 

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the Second Lien Documents shall also apply to BNYM, as the Second Lien Collateral Agent hereunder, and (iii) the Second Lien Noteholders have expressly authorized and instructed the Second Lien Collateral Agent to execute and deliver this Agreement. In addition, but not in substitution of the foregoing and except as expressly provided in this Agreement, (x) the Second Lien Collateral Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary, trust or other implied duties to the First Lien Collateral Agent or the other First Lien Claimholders by reason of this Agreement and (y) the First Lien Collateral Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary, trust or other implied duties to the Second Lien Collateral Agent or the other Second Lien Claimholders by reason of this Agreement.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

First Lien Collateral Agent

[],

as First Lien Collateral Agent

By:

 

Name:
Title:

Address for Notices:

Attention:

Facsimile No.:

Second Lien Collateral Agent
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,

as Second Lien Collateral Agent

By:

 

Name:
Title:
Address for Notices: 101 Barclay St., Floor 4W New York, New York 10286 Attention: Corporate Trust Administrator Telecopier No.: (212) 815-5704

 

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Acknowledged and Agreed to by:

 

KCG HOLDINGS, INC.

Notice Address:

[        ]

[        ]

[        ]

Attention: [        ]

Facsimile No.: [        ]

By:

 

Name:
Title:

GETCO, LLC

Notice Address:

[c/o KCG Holdings, Inc.]

[        ]

[        ]

Attention: [        ]

Facsimile No.: [        ]

GETCO HOLDING COMPANY LLC
GLOBAL COLOCATION SERVICES LLC
KNIGHT CAPITAL GROUP, INC.
KNIGHT CAPITAL HOLDINGS LLC
By:

 

Title:
Name:

 

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ANNEX A

FORM OF SUPPLEMENT TO INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT

This SUPPLEMENT TO THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT (this “Supplement”) is made on                 , 201     among: (i) KCG HOLDINGS, INC. (the “Company”), (ii) [                ] (each a “Grantor” and collectively with the Company, the “Grantors”) and (iii) [                ] (the “Pari Passu Agent”).

Reference is hereby made to that certain Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of [] (as amended, the “Intercreditor Agreement”), among the Company, the other Grantors, The Bank of New York Mellon, as collateral agent for the benefit of the holders of Second Lien Obligations (in such capacity, including any successor thereto in such capacity, the “Second Lien Collateral Agent”) and [], as collateral agent for the benefit of the holders of First Lien Obligations (in such capacity, including any successor thereto in such capacity, the “First Lien Collateral Agent”).

W I T N E S S E T H

WHEREAS, the Company and the other Grantors have entered into the Pari Passu Payment Lien Documents and it is a condition under the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement to the incurrence of New Indebtedness identified below that this Supplement be executed and delivered to the First Lien Collateral Agent and the Second Lien Collateral Agent;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, the mutual covenants and obligations herein set forth and for other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

SECTION 1. Definitions. All capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Intercreditor Agreement. As used in this Supplement, the following terms shall have the following definitions:

Borrowing Date” means the date on which the Pari Passu Payment Lien Documents are effective.

Holders” means the lenders or holders providing Pari Passu Indebtedness.

New Indebtedness” means any principal and interest payable to the Holders under the Pari Passu Payment Lien Documents and any other obligations arising under Pari Passu Payment Lien Documents.

Pari Passu Agent” means [                ], as agent on behalf of the Holders providing Pari Passu Indebtedness.

 

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Pari Passu Payment Lien Documents” means the [                ], dated as of [                ] and [list other documents executed and delivered in connection therewith].

SECTION 2. Supplement. This Supplement is supplemental to the Intercreditor Agreement and is the supplement to be delivered pursuant to Section 2.5 of the Intercreditor Agreement in connection with the New Indebtedness. The Pari Passu Agent hereby agrees to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement as if it were a party thereto.

SECTION 3. Pari Passu Indebtedness. The Company hereby confirms that the Pari Passu Agent, the First Lien Collateral Agent and the other First Lien Claimholders and the Second Lien Collateral Agent and the other Second Lien Claimholders may conclusively rely on the representations set forth in the Officer’s Certificate attached hereto as Exhibit A certifying that the New Indebtedness (a) complies with the requirements of the definition of “Pari Passu Indebtedness” under the Intercreditor Agreement and (b) does not exceed the Maximum Pari Passu Indebtedness Amount. Each of the Company and the other Grantors hereby confirm that attached hereto as Exhibit B is a true, correct and complete copy of the Accession Agreement which was executed and delivered in connection with the New Indebtedness.

SECTION 4. Effectiveness; Ratification. This Supplement shall become effective upon the later of (a) the receipt of this Supplement by the First Lien Collateral Agent and the Second Lien Collateral Agent and (b) the Borrowing Date, and from and after the date hereof, the Pari Passu Agent and the Holders shall constitute “Additional Secured Parties” and “Second Lien Claimholders” under the Intercreditor Agreement.

Any and all references to the “Intercreditor Agreement” in the First Lien Loan Documents and the Second Lien Documents shall mean the Intercreditor Agreement, as supplemented hereby. Except as supplemented by this Supplement, the Intercreditor Agreement remains unmodified and in full force and effect and is hereby ratified, approved and confirmed as of the date hereof.

SECTION 5. Appointment of Collateral Agent. The Pari Passu Agent, by its execution and delivery hereof (on behalf of itself and the Holders), authorizes and appoints The Bank of New York Mellon, as the Second Lien Collateral Agent, and directs the Second Lien Collateral Agent to act on its behalf (and on behalf of the Holders) under the Intercreditor Agreement. In acting hereunder, the Second Lien Collateral Agent shall have all of the rights, benefits and immunities given to it under the Second Lien Notes Indenture and the Security Documents, all of which are incorporated by reference herein.

The Second Lien Collateral Agent shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by the Second Lien Notes Indenture, the Second Lien Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement at the request or direction of any Second Lien Noteholder or Holder, unless such requesting or directing party shall have offered to the Second Lien Collateral Agent security or

 

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indemnity satisfactory to the Second Lien Collateral Agent against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction; and no provision of the Intercreditor Agreement or any Second Lien Security Document shall require the Second Lien Collateral Agent to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.

SECTION 6. Governing Law. This Supplement shall in all respects be governed by the law of the State of New York.

SECTION 7. Third Party Beneficiary. The Second Lien Noteholders and the other Second Lien Claimholders and the First Lien Claimholders are intended third party beneficiaries of this Supplement.

SECTION 8. Disclaimer. Neither the First Lien Collateral Agent nor the Second Lien Collateral Agent shall be responsible for the validity or sufficiency of this Supplement or of the recitals hereto.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Supplement as of the date first written above.

 

KCG HOLDINGS, INC., as Company
By:

 

Name:
Title:
[                            ], as Grantor
By:

 

Name:
Title:
[                            ], as Pari Passu Agent
By:

 

Name:
Title:

 

Acknowledged and Agreed:
FIRST LIEN COLLATERAL AGENT:
[],
as First Lien Collateral Agent
By:

 

Name:
Title:
Date:
SECOND LIEN COLLATERAL AGENT:
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,as Second Lien Collateral Agent
By:

 

Name:
Title:
Date:

 

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Dates Referenced Herein   and   Documents Incorporated by Reference

This ‘8-K’ Filing    Date    Other Filings
3/15/20
3/15/17
3/15/16CORRESP,  UPLOAD
4/30/154
Filed on:3/16/15
3/13/154
For Period End:3/10/154,  CORRESP,  UPLOAD
1/27/158-K
3/19/10
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