UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
Current Report
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): December 13, 2007
SPX CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as specified in Charter)
Delaware (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
1-6948 (Commission File Number) |
38-1016240 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
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13515 Ballantyne Corporate Place
Charlotte, North Carolina 28277
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrants telephone number, including area code (704) 752-4400
NOT APPLICABLE
(Former Name or Former Address if Changed Since Last Report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
oWritten communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
oSoliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
oPre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
oPre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Indenture
On December 13, 2007, SPX Corporation (the Company) and each of its subsidiaries guaranteeing the Notes (as defined below) entered into an indenture (the Indenture) with U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, in connection with the Companys issuance of $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Companys 7.625% senior notes due 2014 (the Notes). The Indenture sets forth the terms of the Notes and the obligations of the Company thereunder. Following is a brief description of the material terms of the Indenture, which summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Indenture and the form of Notes attached thereto.
The Notes are unsecured senior obligations of the Company, guaranteed by each of the Companys domestic subsidiaries and future domestic subsidiaries that guarantee obligations under the Companys U.S. senior credit facilities, ranking equal in right of payment with all other existing and future senior unsecured indebtedness of the Company and each subsidiary guarantor, and senior in right to all the Companys and each subsidiary guarantors existing and future subordinated indebtedness. The Notes will mature on December 15, 2014. Interest on the Notes will be payable on June 15 and December 15 of each year, beginning on June 15, 2008.
The Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act) and were sold by the Company in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act.
The Company may redeem the notes at any time prior to maturity at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount plus a make-whole premium and accrued and unpaid interest. Prior to December 15, 2010 the Company may further redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes with the proceeds from certain equity offerings. If the Company experiences a change of control, as defined in the Indenture, each holder of Notes will have the right to sell to the Company all or a portion of such holders Notes at 101% of their principal amount, plus accrued but unpaid interest, if any, to the date of repurchase.
The Indenture contains covenants that, among other things, limit the Companys and certain of its subsidiaries ability to incur liens, enter into sale and lease-back transactions, and consummate certain mergers. These covenants are subject to a number of important exceptions described in the Indenture.
The Indenture provides for events of default which, if they occurred, would permit or require the principal, any premium and interest on the Notes to be immediately due and payable.
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Registration Rights Agreement
On December 13, 2007, the Company, each of its subsidiaries guaranteeing the Notes and the initial purchasers of the Notes entered into a registration rights agreement (the Registration Rights Agreement) regarding the Notes pursuant to which the Company and the subsidiary guarantors agreed to use their commercially reasonable efforts to file an exchange offer registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the purpose of exchanging the Notes for notes with substantially identical terms that may be publicly traded within 150 days from February 28, 2009. In addition, under certain circumstances, the Registration Rights Agreement requires the Company and the subsidiary guarantors to file a shelf registration statement that would permit some of or all the Notes to be offered to the public. If the Company and the subsidiary guarantors fail to comply with their obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement within the time periods set forth therein, the Company will be obligated to pay liquidated damages to the holders of the Notes in the amount of 50 basis points.
If it is determined that non-affiliates of the Company may freely resell the Notes without registration prior to the time the Company registers the Notes, then no exchange offer or shelf registration shall be required.
Banc of America Securities LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. are representatives of the initial purchasers under the Registration Rights Agreement. Under the Companys senior credit facility, each serves as joint bookrunning manager and their affiliates serve as lenders, the administrative agent and the syndication agents.
Item 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation
The information set forth under Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.
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Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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10.1 |
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Indenture, dated as of December 13, 2007 between SPX Corporation, the Initial Subsidiary Guarantors, and U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association, as trustee |
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Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of December 13, 2007, among SPX Corporation, the Guarantors, and Banc of America Securities LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., as representatives of the initial purchasers |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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SPX CORPORATION |
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Date: December 19, 2007 |
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By: |
/s/ Patrick J. OLeary |
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Patrick J. OLeary |
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Executive Vice President Finance, Treasurer and |
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Chief Financial Officer |
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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10.1 |
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Indenture, dated as of December 13, 2007 between SPX Corporation, the Initial Subsidiary Guarantors, and U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association, as trustee |
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Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of December 13, 2007, among SPX Corporation, the Guarantors, and Banc of America Securities LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., as representatives of the initial purchasers |
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Exhibit 10.1
SPX CORPORATION,
as Issuer
and
ENGINEERING ANALYSIS ASSOCIATES, INC.
FLAIR CORPORATION
KAYEX CHINA HOLDINGS, INC.
LDS TEST AND MEASUREMENT LLC
THE MARLEY COMPANY LLC
MARLEY ENGINEERED PRODUCTS LLC
THE MARLEY-WYLAIN COMPANY
MCT SERVICES LLC
P.S.D., INC.
SPX COOLING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
TCI INTERNATIONAL, INC.
VALLEY FORGE TECHNICAL INFORMATION SERVICES, INC.
WAUKESHA ELECTRIC SYSTEMS, INC.
XCEL ERECTORS, INC.
as
Initial Subsidiary Guarantors
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U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Trustee
Indenture
Dated as of December 13, 2007
7 5/8% Senior Notes due 2014
CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE
TIA Sections |
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Indenture Sections |
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§ 310 |
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7.10 |
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7.10 |
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(b) |
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7.03; 7.08 |
§ 311 |
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7.03 |
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(b) |
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7.03 |
§ 312 |
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2.04 |
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(b) |
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11.02 |
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(c) |
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11.02 |
§ 313 |
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7.06 |
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(b)(2) |
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7.07 |
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7.05; 7.06; 11.02 |
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(d) |
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7.06 |
§ 314 |
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4.11; 11.02 |
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(a)(4) |
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4.10; 11.02 |
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(c)(1) |
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11.03 |
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(c)(2) |
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11.03 |
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(e) |
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4.10; 11.04 |
§ 315 |
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7.02 |
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7.05; 11.02 |
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(c) |
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7.01 |
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(d) |
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7.02 |
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(e) |
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6.11 |
§ 316 |
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6.05 |
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(a)(1)(B) |
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6.04 |
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(b) |
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6.07 |
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(c) |
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9.03 |
§ 317 |
(a)(1) |
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6.08 |
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(a)(2) |
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6.09 |
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(b) |
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2.05 |
§ 318 |
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11.01 |
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(c) |
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11.01 |
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE ONE |
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DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE |
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SECTION 1.01. |
Definitions |
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SECTION 1.02. |
Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act |
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SECTION 1.03. |
Rules of Construction |
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ARTICLE TWO |
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THE NOTES |
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SECTION 2.01. |
Form and Dating |
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SECTION 2.02. |
Restrictive Legends |
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SECTION 2.03. |
Execution, Authentication and Denominations |
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SECTION 2.04. |
Registrar and Paying Agent |
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SECTION 2.05. |
Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust |
20 |
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SECTION 2.06. |
Transfer and Exchange |
21 |
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SECTION 2.07. |
Book-Entry Provisions for Global Notes |
22 |
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SECTION 2.08. |
Special Transfer Provisions |
23 |
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SECTION 2.09. |
Replacement Notes |
26 |
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SECTION 2.10. |
Outstanding Notes |
26 |
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SECTION 2.11. |
Temporary Notes |
27 |
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SECTION 2.12. |
Cancellation |
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SECTION 2.13. |
CUSIP Numbers |
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SECTION 2.14. |
Defaulted Interest |
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SECTION 2.15. |
Issuance of Additional Notes |
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ARTICLE THREE |
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REDEMPTION |
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SECTION 3.01. |
Right of Redemption |
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SECTION 3.02. |
Notices to Trustee |
28 |
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SECTION 3.03. |
Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed |
28 |
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SECTION 3.04. |
Notice of Redemption |
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SECTION 3.05. |
Effect of Notice of Redemption |
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SECTION 3.06. |
Deposit of Redemption Price |
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SECTION 3.07. |
Payment of Notes Called for Redemption |
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SECTION 3.08. |
Notes Redeemed in Part |
30 |
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ARTICLE FOUR |
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COVENANTS |
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SECTION 4.01. |
Payment of Notes |
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SECTION 4.02. |
Maintenance of Office or Agency |
31 |
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SECTION 4.03. |
Limitation on Liens |
31 |
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SECTION 4.04. |
Limitation on Sale-Leaseback Transactions |
34 |
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SECTION 4.05. |
Repurchase of Notes upon a Change of Control |
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SECTION 4.06. |
Existence |
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SECTION 4.07. |
Payment of Taxes and Other Claims |
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SECTION 4.08. |
Maintenance of Properties and Insurance |
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SECTION 4.09. |
Notice of Defaults |
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SECTION 4.10. |
Compliance Certificates |
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SECTION 4.11. |
Commission Reports and Reports to Holders |
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SECTION 4.12. |
Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws |
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SECTION 4.13. |
Issuance of Subsidiary Guarantees |
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SECTION 4.14. |
Additional Interest Notice |
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ARTICLE FIVE |
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SUCCESSOR CORPORATION |
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SECTION 5.01. |
When Company or Guarantors May Merge, Etc. |
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SECTION 5.02. |
Successor Substituted |
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ARTICLE SIX |
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DEFAULT AND REMEDIES |
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SECTION 6.01. |
Events of Default |
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SECTION 6.02. |
Acceleration |
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SECTION 6.03. |
Other Remedies |
40 |
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SECTION 6.04. |
Waiver of Past Defaults |
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SECTION 6.05. |
Control by Majority |
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SECTION 6.06. |
Limitation on Suits |
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SECTION 6.07. |
Rights of Holders to Receive Payment |
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SECTION 6.08. |
Collection Suit by Trustee |
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SECTION 6.09. |
Trustee May File Proofs of Claim |
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SECTION 6.10. |
Priorities |
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SECTION 6.11. |
Undertaking for Costs |
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SECTION 6.12. |
Restoration of Rights and Remedies |
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SECTION 6.13. |
Rights and Remedies Cumulative |
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SECTION 6.14. |
Delay or Omission Not Waiver |
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ARTICLE SEVEN |
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TRUSTEE |
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SECTION 7.01. |
General |
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SECTION 7.02. |
Certain Rights of Trustee |
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SECTION 7.03. |
Individual Rights of Trustee |
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SECTION 7.04. |
Trustees Disclaimer |
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SECTION 7.05. |
Notice of Default |
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SECTION 7.06. |
Reports by Trustee to Holders |
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SECTION 7.07. |
Compensation and Indemnity |
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SECTION 7.08. |
Replacement of Trustee |
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SECTION 7.09. |
Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc. |
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SECTION 7.10. |
Eligibility |
48 |
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SECTION 7.11. |
Money Held in Trust |
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ARTICLE EIGHT |
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DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE |
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SECTION 8.01. |
Termination of Companys Obligations |
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SECTION 8.02. |
Defeasance and Discharge of Indenture |
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SECTION 8.03. |
Defeasance of Certain Obligations |
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SECTION 8.04. |
Application of Trust Money |
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SECTION 8.05. |
Repayment to Company |
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SECTION 8.06. |
Reinstatement |
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ARTICLE NINE |
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AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS |
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SECTION 9.01. |
Without Consent of Holders |
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SECTION 9.02. |
With Consent of Holders |
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SECTION 9.03. |
Revocation and Effect of Consent |
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SECTION 9.04. |
Notation on or Exchange of Notes |
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SECTION 9.05. |
Trustee to Sign Amendments, Etc. |
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SECTION 9.06. |
Conformity with Trust Indenture Act |
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ARTICLE TEN |
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GUARANTEE OF NOTES |
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SECTION 10.01. |
Note Guarantee |
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SECTION 10.02. |
Obligations Unconditional |
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SECTION 10.03. |
Release of Note Guarantees |
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SECTION 10.04. |
Notice to Trustee |
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SECTION 10.05. |
This Article Not to Prevent Events of Default |
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ARTICLE ELEVEN |
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MISCELLANEOUS |
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SECTION 11.01. |
Trust Indenture Act of 1939 |
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SECTION 11.02. |
Notices |
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SECTION 11.03. |
Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent |
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SECTION 11.04. |
Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion |
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SECTION 11.05. |
Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent or Registrar |
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SECTION 11.06. |
Payment Date Other Than a Business Day |
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SECTION 11.07. |
Governing Law |
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SECTION 11.08. |
No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements |
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SECTION 11.09. |
No Recourse Against Others |
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SECTION 11.10. |
Successors |
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SECTION 11.11. |
Duplicate Originals |
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SECTION 11.12. |
Separability |
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SECTION 11.13. |
Table of Contents, Headings, Etc. |
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SECTION 11.14. |
Force Majeure |
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EXHIBIT A |
Form of Note |
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EXHIBIT B |
Form of Certificate to Be Delivered in Connection with Transfers of Temporary Regulation S Global Notes |
B-1 |
EXHIBIT C |
Form of Certificate to Be Delivered in Connection with Transfers Pursuant to Non-QIB Accredited Investors |
C-1 |
EXHIBIT D |
Form of Certificate to Be Delivered in Connection with Transfers Pursuant to Regulation S |
D-1 |
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INDENTURE, dated as of December 13, 2007 between SPX CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the Company), the Initial Subsidiary Guarantors (as defined herein), and U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association, as trustee (the Trustee).
RECITALS
The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance initially of up to $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Companys 7 5/8% Senior Notes due 2014 (the Notes) issuable as provided in this Indenture. All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company and the Initial Subsidiary Guarantors, in accordance with its terms, have been done, and the Company has done all things necessary to make the Notes, when executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee hereunder and duly issued by the Company, valid obligations of the Company as hereinafter provided.
This Indenture is subject to, and shall be governed by, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, that are required to be a part of and to govern indentures qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.
AND THIS INDENTURE FURTHER WITNESSETH
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Notes by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders, as follows:
Affiliate means, as applied to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under direct or indirect common control with, such Person. For purposes of this definition, control (including, with correlative meanings, the terms controlling, controlled by and under common control with), as applied to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
Agent means any Registrar, Co-Registrar, Paying Agent or authenticating agent.
Agent Members has the meaning provided in Section 2.07(a).
Applicable Premium means, at any Redemption Date, the greater of (1) 1.0% of the principal amount of such Note and (2) the present value at such Redemption Date of all required remaining scheduled interest payments due (excluding accrued but unpaid interest to the Redemption Date) on such Note through the Maturity Date, computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate plus 50 basis points; and, as calculated by the Company or on behalf of the
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Company by such Person as the Company shall designate; provided that such calculation shall not be a duty or obligation of the Trustee.
Attributable Debt in respect of any Sale and Leaseback Transaction, means, as of the time of determination, the total obligation (discounted to present value at the rate per annum equal to the discount rate which would be applicable to a capital lease obligation with like term in accordance with GAAP) of the lessee for rental payments (other than amounts required to be paid on account of property taxes, maintenance, repairs, insurance, water rates and other items which do not constitute payments for property rights) during the remaining portion of the initial term of the lease included in such Sale and Leaseback Transaction.
Board of Directors means, with respect to any Person, the Board of Directors of such Person or any duly authorized committee of such Board of Directors.
Board Resolution means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
Business Day means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in The City of New York or in the city of the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee are authorized by law to close.
Capital Stock means, with respect to any Person, any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated, whether voting or non-voting) in equity of such Person, whether outstanding on the Closing Date or issued thereafter, including, without limitation, all common stock and preferred stock.
Change of Control means such time as:
(i) the direct or indirect sale, 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 (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) other than the Company or a Subsidiary;
(ii) a person or group (within the meaning of Sections 13(d) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act) becomes the ultimate beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company on a fully diluted basis;
(iii) the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of the Company;
(iv) individuals who on the Closing Date constitute the Board of Directors (together with any new directors whose election by the Board of Directors or whose nomination by the Board of Directors for election by the Companys stockholders was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the members of the Board of Directors then in office who either were members of the Board of Directors on the Closing Date or whose
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election or nomination for election was previously so approved) cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the members of the Board of Directors then in office; or
(v) 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 (a) the Voting Stock of the Company outstanding immediately prior to such transaction is converted into or exchanged for Voting 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) and (b) immediately after such transaction, no person or group (as such terms are used in Section 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) becomes, directly or indirectly, the beneficial owner of 50% or more of the voting power of the Voting Stock of the surviving or transferee Person.
Closing Date means the date on which the Notes are originally issued under this Indenture.
Commission means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted, created under the Exchange Act or, if at any time after the execution of this Indenture such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the TIA, then the body performing such duties at such time.
Company means the party named as such in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor replaces it pursuant to Article Five of this Indenture and thereafter means the successor.
Company Order means a written request or order signed in the name of the Company (i) by its Chairman, a Vice Chairman, its President or a Vice President and (ii) by its Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary and delivered to the Trustee; provided, however, that such written request or order may be signed by any two of the officers or directors listed in clause (i) above in lieu of being signed by one of such officers or directors listed in such clause (i) and one of the officers listed in clause (ii) above.
Consolidated Assets means the total amount of assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, as set forth on the most recently available quarterly or annual consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries, prepared in conformity with GAAP, in each case, giving pro forma effect to any Material Asset Sale or Material Asset Acquisition, that shall have occurred since the end of such fiscal quarter.
Consolidated Cash Flow Available for Fixed Charges means, with respect to any Person for any period:
(i) the sum of, without duplication, the amounts for such period, taken as a single accounting period, of:
(a) Consolidated Net Income;
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(b) Consolidated Non-cash Charges;
(c) Consolidated Interest Expense;
(d) Consolidated Income Tax Expense (other than income tax expense (either positive or negative) attributable to extraordinary gains or losses);
(e) the write-off or amortization of deferred financing fees and any premium actually paid in connection with the prepayment or retirement of any Indebtedness); and
(ii) less non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income for such period, other than (a) the accrual of revenue consistent with past practice, and (b) reversals of prior accruals or reserves for cash items previously excluded in the calculation of Consolidated Non-cash Charges.
In calculating Consolidated Cash Flow Available for Fixed Charges for any period, if any Material Asset Sale or Material Asset Acquisition (whether pursuant to a stock or an asset transaction) shall have occurred since the first day of any twelve month period for which the Consolidated Cash Flow Available for Fixed Charges is being calculated, such calculation shall give pro forma effect to such Material Asset Sale or Material Asset Acquisition.
Consolidated Income Tax Expenses means, with respect to any Person for any period the provision for federal, state, local and foreign income taxes of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
Consolidated Interest Expense means, with respect to any Person for any period, without duplication, the sum of:
(i) the interest expense of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, including, without limitation (to the extent reflected as interest expense in accordance with GAAP):
(a) any amortization of debt discount and debt issuance costs;
(b) the cash cost under any Interest Rate Protection Obligations;
(c) the interest portion of any deferred payment obligation;
(d) all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit, bankers acceptance financing or similar activities;
(e) the interest expense on Indebtedness of another Person that is Guaranteed by the Company or one of its Subsidiaries or secured by a Mortgage on assets of the Company or one of its Subsidiaries;
(f) costs associated with hedging obligations related to Indebtedness (including amortization thereof);
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(g) the cash contributions to employee stock ownership plan or similar trust to the extent such contributions are used by such plan or trust to pay interest or fees to any Person (other than the Company) in connection with Indebtedness incurred by such plan or trust;
(h) all accrued interest;
(i) interest expense, amortization or write-off of debt discount and debt issuance costs and commissions, discounts and other premiums, fees and charges associated with Indebtedness or any receivables financing, whether in connection with the incurrence, prepayment, redemption, termination or wind-down thereof or otherwise associated with Indebtedness or any receivables financing (including the Credit Agreements, letters of credit, bankers acceptances and net costs under hedging agreements); and
(ii) the interest component of capital lease obligations paid, accrued and/or scheduled to be paid or accrued by such Person and its Subsidiaries during such period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
Consolidated Net Income means, with respect to any Person, for any period, the consolidated net income (or loss) of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period as determined in accordance with GAAP, adjusted, to the extent included in calculating such net income, by excluding, without duplication:
(i) all extraordinary gains or losses (net of fees and expenses relating to the transaction giving rise thereto);
(ii) the portion of net income of such Person and its Subsidiaries allocable to minority interests in unconsolidated Persons to the extent that cash dividends or distributions have not actually been received by such Person or one of its Subsidiaries;
(iii) gains or losses in respect of any sales of capital stock or asset sales outside the ordinary course of business by such Person or one of its Subsidiaries (net of fees and expenses relating to the transaction giving rise thereto), on an after-tax basis;
(iv) any gain or loss realized as a result of the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles;
(v) any fees and expenses paid in connection with the issuance of the Notes or other Indebtedness;
(vi) non-cash compensation expense incurred with any grant of or issuance or repricing of equity interests to an employee of such Person or any Subsidiary;
(vii) nonrecurring or unusual gains or losses;
(viii) the net after-tax effects of adjustments in the inventory, property and equipment, goodwill, intangible assets, deferred revenue and debt line items in such
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Persons consolidated financial statements pursuant to GAAP resulting from the application of purchase accounting or the amortization or write-off of any amounts thereof;
(ix) any fees and expenses incurred during such period, or any amortization thereof for such period, in connection with any acquisition, investment, asset sale, issuance or repayment of Indebtedness, issuance of stock, stock options or other equity-based awards, refinancing transaction or amendment or modification of any debt instrument (including without limitation any such transaction undertaken but not completed);
(x) any gain or loss recorded in connection with the designation of a discontinued operation (exclusive of its operating income or loss);
(xi) any non-cash compensation or other non-cash expenses or charges arising from the grant of or issuance or repricing of stock, stock options or other equity-based awards or any amendment, modification, substitution or change of any such stock, stock options or other equity-based awards; and
(xii) any non-cash impairment, restructuring or special charge or asset write-off or write-down, and the amortization or write-off of intangibles.
Consolidated Non-cash Charges means, with respect to any Person for any period, the aggregate depreciation, amortization (including amortization of goodwill and other intangibles) and other non-cash expenses (including stock option expenses and any goodwill impairment charges) of such Person and its Subsidiaries reducing Consolidated Net Income of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (excluding any such charges constituting an extraordinary item or loss or any charge which requires an accrual of or a reserve for cash charges for any future period).
Corporate Trust Office means the designated office of the Trustee at which the corporate trust business of the Trustee shall, at any particular time, be administered, which office is, at the date of this Indenture, located at Hearst Tower - 214 N. Tryon Street, 27th Floor, Charlotte, NC 28202; Attention: Katherine A. Esber, CCTS.
Credit Agreement means the credit agreement, dated as of September 21, 2007, among SPX Corporation and other borrowers party thereto from time to time, as Borrower, the lenders party thereto from time to time, Bank of America, N.A. as Administrative Agent, Deutsche Bank AG Deutschlandgeschaft Branch as Foreign Trade Facility Agent, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as Syndication Agent, Citibank, N.A. and The Bank of Nova Scotia as Co-Documentation Agents, Banc of America Securities LLC and Deutsche Bank AG Deutschlandgeschaft Branch as Joint Lead Arrangers, Banc of America Securities LLC, Deutsche Bank AG Deutschlandgeschaft Branch and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. as Joint Book Managers and the lenders from time to time party thereto, together with any agreements, instruments, security agreements, guaranties and other documents executed or delivered pursuant to or in connection with such credit agreement, as such credit agreement or such agreements, instruments, security agreements, guaranties or other documents may be amended,
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supplemented, extended, restated, renewed or otherwise modified from time to time and any successive refundings, refinancings, replacements or substitutions thereof or therefor, whether with the same or different lenders.
Credit Facilities means one or more debt facilities (including, without limitation, the Credit Agreement), commercial paper facilities or indentures, in each case with banks or other institutional lenders or a trustee, providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, receivables financing (including through the sale of receivables to such lenders or to special purpose entities formed to borrow from such lenders against such receivables), letters of credit or issuances of notes, in each case, as amended, restated, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced in whole or in part from time to time.
Default means any event that is, or after notice or passage of time or both would be, an Event of Default.
Depositary means The Depository Trust Company, its nominees, and their respective successors.
Event of Default has the meaning provided in Section 6.01.
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Exchange Notes means (i) any securities of the Company containing terms identical to the Notes (except that such Exchange Notes shall be registered under the Securities Act) that are issued and exchanged for the Notes pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement and this Indenture or (ii) any securities of the Company containing terms identical to the Notes except for the removal of restricted legends, which such security has been exchanged for Notes that become freely tradable under the Securities Act.
fair market value means the price that would be paid in an arms-length transaction between an informed and willing seller under no compulsion to sell and an informed and willing buyer under no compulsion to buy, as determined in good faith by the Company.
Foreign Subsidiary means any Subsidiary of the Company that is an entity which is a controlled foreign corporation under Section 957 of the Internal Revenue Code and does not guarantee or otherwise provide direct credit support for any Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor.
Funded Debt means all Indebtedness having a maturity of more than 12 months from the date as of which the determination is made or having a maturity of 12 months or less but by its terms being renewable or extendable beyond 12 months from such date at the option of the borrower, but excluding any such Indebtedness owed to the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company.
GAAP means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as have been
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approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession which are in effect on the Closing Date.
Global Notes has the meaning provided in Section 2.01.
Guarantee means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of any Person directly or indirectly guaranteeing any Indebtedness of any other Person and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any obligation, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, of such Person (1) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness of such other Person (whether arising by virtue of partnership arrangements, or by agreements to keep-well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services (unless such purchase arrangements are on arms-length terms and are entered into in the ordinary course of business), to take-or-pay, or to maintain financial statement conditions or otherwise) or (2) entered into for purposes of assuring in any other manner the obligee of such Indebtedness of the payment thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part); provided that the term Guarantee shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business; supplier, purchaser or customer arrangements in the ordinary course of business; representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities entered into by the Company or any Subsidiary which are reasonably customary in sale, factoring or securitization of receivables financings; or comfort letters delivered to auditors in connection with statutory audits. The term Guarantee used as a verb has a corresponding meaning.
Holder or Noteholder means the registered holder of any Note.
Indebtedness means indebtedness for borrowed money. For the avoidance of doubt, (a) a letter of credit and (b) a foreign credit instrument (as contemplated by the Credit Agreement) and analogous instruments do not constitute Indebtedness, until, in each case, it has been drawn upon.
Indenture means this Indenture as originally executed or as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time by one or more indentures supplemental to this Indenture entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture.
Initial Subsidiary Guarantors means each of the Companys existing domestic Subsidiaries and future domestic Subsidiaries that guarantees obligations under the Companys Credit Agreement.
Institutional Accredited Investor means an institution that is an accredited investor as that term is defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act.
Interest Payment Date means each semiannual interest payment date on June 15 and December 15 of each year, commencing June 15, 2008.
Interest Rate Protection Agreements means, with respect to any Person, any arrangement with any other Person whereby, directly or indirectly, such Person is entitled to receive from time to time periodic payments calculated by applying either a floating or a fixed rate of interest on a stated notional amount in exchange for periodic payments made by such
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Person calculated by applying a fixed or a floating rate of interest on the same notional amount and shall include without limitation, interest rate swaps, caps, floors, collars and similar agreements.
Interest Rate Protection Obligations means the obligations of any Person pursuant to any Interest Rate Protection Agreements.
Investment Grade means (1) BBB- or above, in the case of S&P (or its equivalent under any successor Rating Categories of S&P) and Baa3 or above, in the case of Moodys (or its equivalent under any successor Rating Categories of Moodys) or (2) the equivalent in respect of the Rating Categories of any Rating Agencies.
Material Asset Acquisition means any acquisition of property or series of related acquisitions of property that (a) constitutes all or substantially all of the assets of a business, unit or division of a Person or constitutes all or substantially all of the common stock (or equivalent) of a Person and (b) involves consideration in excess of $25,000,000.
Material Asset Sale means any disposition of property or series of related dispositions of property that (a) involves all or substantially all of the assets of a business, unit or division of a Person or constitutes all or substantially all of the common stock (or equivalent) of a Subsidiary and (b) yields gross proceeds to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in excess of $25,000,000.
Maturity Date means December 15, 2014.
Moodys means Moodys Investors Service, Inc.
Mortgage means, with respect to any property or assets, any mortgage or deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, security interest, lien, encumbrance, or any other security arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever on or with respect to such property or assets (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).
Net Cash Proceeds means the proceeds of such issuance or sale in the form of cash or cash equivalents, including payments in respect of deferred payment obligations (to the extent corresponding to the principal, but not interest, component thereof) when received in the form of cash or cash equivalents and proceeds from the conversion of other property received when converted to cash or cash equivalents, net of attorneys fees, accountants fees, underwriters or placement agents fees, discounts or commissions and brokerage, consultant and other fees incurred in connection with such issuance or sale and net of taxes paid or payable as a result thereof.
Non-U.S. Person means a person who is not a U.S. person (as defined in Regulation S).
Note Guarantee means a Guarantee of the obligations of the Company under this Indenture and the Notes by any Subsidiary Guarantor.
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Notes means any of the securities, as defined in the first paragraph of the recitals hereof, that are authenticated and delivered under this Indenture. For all purposes of this Indenture, the term Notes shall include the Notes initially issued on the Closing Date, any Exchange Notes to be issued and exchanged for any Notes pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement and this Indenture and any other Notes issued after the Closing Date under this Indenture. For purposes of this Indenture, all Notes shall vote together as one series of Notes under this Indenture.
Offer to Purchase means an offer by the Company to purchase Notes from the Holders commenced by mailing a notice to the Trustee and each Holder stating:
(i) that all Notes validly tendered will be accepted for payment on a pro rata basis;
(ii) the purchase price and the date of purchase (which shall be a Business Day no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed) (the Payment Date);
(iii) that any Note not tendered will continue to accrue interest pursuant to its terms;
(iv) that, unless the Company defaults in the payment of the purchase price, any Note accepted for payment pursuant to the Offer to Purchase shall cease to accrue interest on and after the Payment Date;
(v) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to the Offer to Purchase will be required to surrender the Note, together with the form entitled Option of the Holder to Elect Purchase on the reverse side of the Note completed, to the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Payment Date;
(vi) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Paying Agent receives, not later than the close of business on the third Business Day immediately preceding the Payment Date, a telegram, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of such Holder, the principal amount of Notes delivered for purchase and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Notes purchased; and
(vii) 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; provided that each Note purchased and each new Note issued shall be in a principal amount of $2,000 or integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.
On the Payment Date, the Company shall (a) accept for payment on a pro rata basis (with such adjustments as needed so that no Notes purchased in part shall be in an unauthorized denomination) Notes or portions thereof tendered pursuant to an Offer to Purchase; (b) deposit with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the purchase price of all Notes or portions thereof so accepted; and (c) deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee all Notes or portions thereof so accepted together with an Officers Certificate specifying the Notes or portions thereof
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accepted for payment by the Company. The Paying Agent shall promptly mail to the Holders of Notes so accepted payment in an amount equal to the purchase price, and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and mail to such Holders a new Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Note surrendered; provided that each Note purchased and each new Note issued shall be in a principal amount of $2,000 or integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. The Company will publicly announce the results of an Offer to Purchase as soon as practicable after the Payment Date. The Trustee shall act as the Paying Agent for an Offer to Purchase. The Company will comply with 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 the event that the Company is required to repurchase Notes pursuant to an Offer to Purchase.
Officer means, with respect to the Company, (i) the Chairman of the Board, any Vice Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Vice President or the Chief Financial Officer, and (ii) the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary.
Officers Certificate means a certificate signed by two officers of the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor, as applicable, one of whom must be the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer or the principal accounting officer of the Company or such Subsidiary Guarantor, as applicable. Each Officers Certificate (other than certificates provided pursuant to TIA Section 314(a)(4)) shall include the statements provided for in TIA Section 314(e).
Offshore Global Note has the meaning provided in Section 2.01.
Offshore Physical Notes has the meaning provided in Section 2.01.
Opinion of Counsel means a written opinion signed by legal counsel reasonably acceptable to the Trustee, who may be an employee of or counsel to the Company, that meets the requirements of Section 11.04. Each such Opinion of Counsel shall include the statements provided for in TIA Section 314(e).
Paying Agent has the meaning provided in Section 2.04, except that, for the purposes of Article Eight, the Paying Agent shall not be the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company or an Affiliate of any of them. The term Paying Agent includes its successors and assigns and any additional Paying Agent.
Paying Agent Office means the designated office of the Trustee at which the corporate trust paying agent office of the Trustee shall, at any particular time, be administered, which office is, at the date of this Indenture, located at Hearst Tower - 214 N. Tryon Street, 27th Floor, Charlotte, NC 28202; Attention: Katherine A. Esber, CCTS, Vice President & Account Manager.
Payment Date has the meaning provided in the definition of Offer to Purchase.
Permitted Mortgages means (1) Mortgages imposed by law for taxes that are not yet due or are being contested in good faith and for which adequate reserves are being maintained, to the extent required by GAAP; (2) carriers, warehousemens, mechanics,
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materialmens, repairmens and other like Mortgages imposed by law, arising in the ordinary course of business and securing obligations that are not overdue by more than 90 days or are being contested in good faith and for which adequate reserves are being maintained, to the extent required by GAAP; (3) pledges and deposits made in the ordinary course of business in compliance with workers compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security laws or regulations; (4) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts, leases, statutory obligations, surety, indemnity, release and appeal bonds, performance or warranty bonds and other obligations of a like nature, and guarantees or reimbursement or related obligations thereof, in each case in the ordinary course of business; (5) deposits securing liabilities to insurance carriers under insurance or self-insurance arrangements; (6) judgment (including pre-judgment attachment) Mortgages not giving rise to an Event of Default; (7) bankers Mortgages, rights of set-off or similar rights and remedies as to deposit accounts or other funds maintained with a depositary institution; provided that (a) such deposit account is not a dedicated cash collateral account and is not subject to restrictions against access by the Company or any Subsidiary in excess of those set forth by regulations promulgated by any applicable governmental authority and (b) such deposit account is not intended by the Company or any Subsidiary to provide collateral to the depositary institution; (8) Mortgages arising from UCC financing statement filings regarding operating leases or consignments entered into by the Company and any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business; (9) customary restrictions imposed on the transfer of copyrighted or patented materials or other intellectual property and customary provisions in agreements that restrict the assignment of such agreements or any rights thereunder; (10) easements, leases, subleases, ground leases, zoning restrictions, building codes, rights-of-way, minor defects or irregularities in title and similar encumbrances on real property imposed by law or arising in the ordinary course of business that do not secure any monetary obligations and do not materially detract from the value of the affected property or interfere with the ordinary conduct of business of the Company or any Subsidiary; (11) Mortgages existing on the date of this Indenture or any extension, renewal, replacement or refunding, in whole or in part, of any Indebtedness secured by a Mortgage existing on that date of this Indenture or referred to in the foregoing clauses or Mortgages created in connection with any amendment, consent or waiver relating to such Indebtedness; provided that any such extension, renewal, replacement or refunding of such Indebtedness shall be created within 360 days or repaying the Indebtedness secured by the Mortgage referred to in the foregoing clauses and the principal amount of the Indebtedness secured thereby and not otherwise authorized by the foregoing clauses shall not exceed the principal amount of Indebtedness, plus any premium or fee payable in connection with any such extension, renewal, replacement or refunding so secured at the time of such extension, renewal, replacement or refunding; and (12) customary unperfected Mortgages incurred in the ordinary course of business that secure current trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of business and payable in accordance with customary practices; provided that such Mortgages encumber only the assets related to such current trade payables. For the avoidance of doubt, the enumeration of items in this Permitted Mortgages definition does not mean that the items secured by Permitted Mortgages are Funded Debt or Indebtedness.
Person means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
Physical Notes has the meaning provided in Section 2.01.
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principal of a debt security, including the Notes, means the principal amount due on the Stated Maturity as shown on such debt security.
Private Placement Legend means the legend initially set forth as the first legend on the Notes in the form set forth in Section 2.02.
QIB means a qualified institutional buyer as defined in Rule 144A.
Rating Agencies means (1) S&P and Moodys or (2) if S&P or Moodys or both of them are not making ratings publicly available, a nationally recognized U.S. rating agency or agencies, as the case may be, selected by the Company, which will be substituted for S&P or Moodys or both, as the case may be.
Rating Category means (1) with respect to S&P, any of the following categories (any of which may include a + or -: AAA, AA, A, BBB, BB, B, CCC, CC, C and D (or equivalent successor categories), (2) with respect to Moodys, any of the following categories: Aaa, Aa, A, Baa, Ba, B, Caa, Ca, C and D (or equivalent successor categories) and (3) the equivalent of any such categories of S&P or Moodys used by another Rating Agency, if applicable.
Redemption Date means, when used with respect to any Note to be redeemed, the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.
Redemption Price means, when used with respect to any Note to be redeemed, the price at which such Note is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.
Registrar has the meaning provided in Section 2.04.
Registration Rights Agreement means that certain registration rights agreement, dated as of the date of this Indenture, by and among the Company, the Initial Subsidiary Guarantors and the initial purchasers set forth therein.
Registration Statement has the meaning provided in the Registration Rights Agreement.
Regular Record Date for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date means the June 1 or December 1 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date.
Regulation S means Regulation S under the Securities Act.
Responsible Officer, when used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer of the Trustee in its Corporate Trust Office, including any vice president, assistant vice president, assistant treasurer, assistant secretary, 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, with direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom
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such matter is referred because of his or her knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
Rule 144A means Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
Sale and Leaseback Transaction means any arrangement with any Person providing for the leasing to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of any property or assets, which property or assets has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company to such Person.
Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Security Register has the meaning provided in Section 2.04.
Shelf Registration Statement has the meaning provided in the Registration Rights Agreement.
Significant Subsidiary means, at any date of determination, any Subsidiary that would constitute a significant subsidiary within the meaning of Article 1 of Regulation S-X of the Securities Act as in effect on the Closing Date; provided that all references to 10% in the definition of significant subsidiary in Article 1 of Regulation S-X of the Securities Act shall be deemed to be 5.0%.
Stated Maturity means when used with respect to the Notes or any installment of interest thereon, the date specified in such Note as the fixed date on which the principal amount of such Note or such installment of interest is due and payable.
Subsidiary means any corporation of which at least a majority of the outstanding stock having by the terms thereof ordinary voting power for the election of directors of such corporation (irrespective of whether or not at the time stock of any other class or classes of such corporation shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency) is at the time directly or indirectly owned by the Company, or by one or more other Subsidiaries of the Company, or by the Company and one or more other Subsidiaries of the Company.
Subsidiary Guarantor means any Initial Subsidiary Guarantor and any other Subsidiary of the Company which provides a Note Guarantee of the Companys obligations under this Indenture and the Notes, until such Note Guarantee is released in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.
S&P means Standard & Poors, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies.
TIA or Trust Indenture Act means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S. Code §§ 77aaa-77bbbb), as in effect on the date this Indenture was executed, except as provided in Section 9.06.
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Treasury Rate means, with respect to a Redemption Date, the yield to maturity at the time of computation of United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H. 15(519) that has become publicly available at least two Business Days prior to such 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 such Redemption Date to December 15, 2014; provided, however, that if the period from the Redemption Date to such date is not equal to the constant maturity of a United States Treasury security for which a weekly average yield is given, the Treasury Rate shall be obtained by linear interpolation (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth of a year) from the weekly average yields of United States Treasury securities for which such yields are given, except that if the period from the Redemption Date to such date is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year shall be used.
Trustee means the party named as such in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor replaces it in accordance with the provisions of Article Seven of this Indenture and thereafter means such successor.
United States Bankruptcy Code means the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978, as amended and as codified in Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended from time to time hereafter, or any successor federal bankruptcy law.
U.S. Global Notes has the meaning provided in Section 2.01.
U.S. Government Obligations means securities that are (1) direct obligations of the United States of America for the payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged or (2) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America, which, in either case, are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof at any time prior to the Stated Maturity of the Notes, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank or trust company as custodian with respect to any such U.S. Government Obligation or a specific payment of interest on or principal of any such U.S. Government Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of a depository receipt; provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Obligation or the specific payment of interest on or principal of the U.S. Government Obligation evidenced by such depository receipt.
U.S. Physical Notes has the meaning provided in Section 2.01.
Voting Stock means with respect to any Person, Capital Stock of any class or kind ordinarily having the power to vote for the election of directors, managers or other voting members of the governing body of such Person.
SECTION 1.02. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated by
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reference in and made a part of this Indenture. The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:
indenture securities means the Notes;
indenture security holder means a Holder or a Noteholder;
indenture to be qualified means this Indenture;
indenture trustee or institutional trustee means the Trustee; and
obligor on the indenture securities means the Company or any other obligor on the Notes.
All other TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by a rule of the Commission and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them therein.
SECTION 1.03. Rules of Construction. Unless the context otherwise requires:
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The terms and provisions contained in the form of the Notes annexed hereto as Exhibit A shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture. To the extent applicable, the Company, each Subsidiary Guarantor and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby.
Notes offered and sold in reliance on Rule 144A shall be issued initially in the form of one or more permanent Global Notes in registered form in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A (the U.S. Global Notes), registered in the name of the nominee of the Depositary, deposited with the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided. The aggregate principal amount of the U.S. Global Notes may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary or its nominee, in accordance with the instructions given by the Holder thereof, as hereinafter provided.
Notes offered and sold in offshore transactions in reliance on Regulation S shall be issued initially in the form of one or more temporary Global Notes in registered form in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A (the Offshore Global Notes), registered in the name of the nominee of the Depositary, deposited with the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided. The aggregate principal amount of the Offshore Global Notes may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary or its nominee, in accordance with the instructions given by the Holder thereof, as hereinafter provided.
Notes transferred to Institutional Accredited Investors pursuant to Section 2.08(a) of this Indenture shall be issued in the form of permanent certificated Notes in registered form in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A (the U.S. Physical Notes). Notes issued pursuant to Section 2.07 in exchange for interests in the Offshore Global Notes shall be in the form of permanent certificated Notes in registered form substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A (the Offshore Physical Notes).
The Offshore Physical Notes and U.S. Physical Notes are sometimes collectively herein referred to as the Physical Notes. The U.S. Global Notes and the Offshore Global Notes are sometimes referred to herein as the Global Notes.
The definitive Notes shall be typed, printed, lithographed or engraved or produced by any combination of these methods or may be produced in any other manner permitted by the rules of any securities exchange on which the Notes may be listed, all as determined by the Officers executing such Notes, as evidenced by their execution of such Notes.
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THIS NOTE AND THE GUARANTEES ENDORSED HEREON HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE SECURITIES ACT), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NEITHER THIS NOTE NOR THE GUARANTEES ENDORSED HEREON NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE OFFERED, 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, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT. THE HOLDER OF THIS NOTE AND THE GUARANTEES ENDORSED HEREON BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF AGREES TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH SECURITY, PRIOR TO THE DATE WHICH IS TWO YEARS (OR SUCH SHORTER PERIOD THEN REQUIRED UNDER RULE 144 OR ITS SUCCESSOR RULE) AFTER THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE HEREOF AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH THE ISSUER OR ANY AFFILIATE OF THE ISSUER WAS THE OWNER OF THIS NOTE AND THE GUARANTEES ENDORSED HEREON (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF THIS NOTE) (THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE) ONLY (A) TO THE ISSUER OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (B) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) FOR SO LONG AS THE NOTES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (RULE 144A), TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER DEFINED IN RULE 144A THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (D) 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 OR (E) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO THE ISSUERS AND THE TRUSTEES RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER (i) PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (D) PRIOR TO THE END OF THE 40-DAY DISTRIBUTION COMPLIANCE PERIOD WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (E) PRIOR TO THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE, TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM, AND (ii) IN EACH OF THE FOREGOING CASES, TO REQUIRE THAT A CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER IN THE FORM APPEARING ON THIS NOTE IS COMPLETED AND DELIVERED BY THE TRANSFEROR TO THE TRUSTEE. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE REQUEST OF A HOLDER AFTER THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE.
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Each Global Note, whether or not an Exchange Note, shall also bear the following legend on the face thereof:
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY 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 IN THE NAME OF SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF CEDE & CO. OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSORS NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN SECTION 2.08 OF THE INDENTURE.
If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee or authenticating agent authenticates the Note, the Note shall be valid nevertheless.
A Note shall not be valid until the Trustee or authenticating agent manually signs the certificate of authentication on the Note. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Note has been authenticated under this Indenture.
At any time and from time to time after the execution of this Indenture, the Trustee or an authenticating agent shall upon receipt of a Company Order authenticate for original issue Notes in the aggregate principal amount specified in such Company Order; provided that the Trustee shall be entitled to receive an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel of the Company in connection with such authentication of Notes. Such Company Order shall specify the amount of Notes to be authenticated and the date on which the original issue of Notes is to be authenticated and, in case of an issuance of Notes pursuant to Section 2.15, shall certify that such issuance is in compliance with Article Four.
The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent to authenticate Notes. An authenticating agent may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in
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this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such authenticating agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor or an Affiliate of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor.
The Notes shall be issuable only in registered form without coupons and only in denominations of $2,000 in principal amount and multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.
The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Agent not a party to this Indenture. The agreement shall implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such Agent. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the name and address of any such Agent and any change in the address of such Agent. If the Company fails to maintain a Registrar, Paying Agent and/or agent for service of notices and demands, the Company shall appoint the Trustee to act as, and the Trustee shall act as, such Registrar, Paying Agent and/or agent for service of notices and demands. The Company may remove any Agent upon written notice to such Agent and the Trustee; provided that no such removal shall become effective until (i) the acceptance of an appointment by a successor Agent to such Agent as evidenced by an appropriate agency agreement entered into by the Company and such successor Agent and delivered to the Trustee or (ii) notification to the Trustee that the Trustee shall serve as such Agent until the appointment of a successor Agent in accordance with clause (i) of this proviso. The Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, or any Affiliate of any of them may act as Paying Agent, Registrar or co-Registrar, and/or agent for service of notice and demands.
The Company hereby initially appoints the Trustee as Registrar, Paying Agent, authenticating agent and agent for service of notice and demands. The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of Holders and shall otherwise comply with TIA § 312(a). If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee as of each Regular Record Date and at such other times as the Trustee may reasonably request the names and addresses of Holders as they appear in the Security Register, including the aggregate principal amount of Notes held by each Holder.
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The Registrar shall not be required (i) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Note during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of Notes selected for redemption under Section 3.03 and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any Note so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part.
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(ii) After such removal, the Registrar shall register the transfer of any such Note without requiring additional certification.
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The Registrar shall retain copies of all letters, notices and other written communications received pursuant to Section 2.07 or this Section 2.08. The Company, at its sole cost and expense, shall have the right to inspect and make copies of all such letters, notices or other written communications at any reasonable time upon the giving of reasonable written notice to the Registrar.
Every replacement Note is an additional obligation of the Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor and shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.09, it ceases to be outstanding unless and until the Trustee and the Company receive proof satisfactory to them that the replaced Note is held by a protected purchaser.
If the Paying Agent (other than the Company or an Affiliate of the Company) holds on the Maturity Date money sufficient to pay Notes payable on that date, then on and after that date such Notes cease to be outstanding and interest on them shall cease to accrue.
A Note does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or one of its Affiliates holds such Note, provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the outstanding Notes have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, Notes owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Notes or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor shall
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be disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Notes which the Trustee has actual knowledge to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Notes so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgees right so to act with respect to such Notes and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Notes or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor.
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The Company shall give each notice provided for in this Section 3.02 in an Officers Certificate at least 45 days before the Redemption Date (unless a shorter period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee).
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The Trustee shall make the selection from the Notes outstanding and not previously called for redemption. Notes in denominations of $2,000 in principal amount may only be redeemed in whole. The Trustee may select for redemption portions (equal to $2,000 in principal amount or multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof) of Notes that have denominations larger than $2,000 in principal amount. Provisions of this Indenture that apply to Notes called for redemption also apply to portions of Notes called for redemption. The Trustee shall notify the Company and the Registrar promptly in writing of the Notes or portions of Notes to be called for redemption.
The notice shall identify the Notes to be redeemed and shall state:
At the Companys request (which request may be revoked by the Company at any time prior to the time at which the Trustee shall have given such notice to the Holders), made in writing to the Trustee at least 45 days (or such shorter period as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee) before a Redemption Date, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the name and at the expense of the Company. If, however, the Company gives such notice to the Holders,
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the Company shall concurrently deliver to the Trustee an Officers Certificate stating that such notice has been given.
Notice of redemption shall be deemed to be given when mailed, whether or not the Holder receives the notice. In any event, failure to give such notice, or any defect therein, shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of Notes held by Holders to whom such notice was properly given.
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The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal and premium, if any, and interest on overdue installments of interest, to the extent lawful, at the rate per annum specified in the Notes.
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 that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency for such purposes. The Company shall 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 initially designates the Paying Agent Office of the Trustee, as such office or agency of the Company where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange or for presentation for payment.
The Company hereby initially designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, as such office where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served.
The foregoing restriction shall not apply to, and there shall be excluded from Indebtedness in any computation under such restriction, Indebtedness secured by:
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For purposes of determining compliance of any non-U.S. dollar-denominated Indebtedness with this Section 4.03, the amount outstanding under any U.S. dollar-equivalent principal amount of Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency shall at all times be calculated based on the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date such Indebtedness was incurred, in the case of term Indebtedness, or first committed, in the case of revolving credit Indebtedness; provided, however, that if such Indebtedness is incurred to refinance other Indebtedness denominated in the same or different currency, and such refinancing would cause the applicable U.S. dollar-denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date of such refinancing, such U.S. dollar-denominated restriction shall be deemed not to have been exceeded so long as the principal amount of such refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount of such Indebtedness being refinanced.
For purposes of determining what category of excluded Mortgages in the foregoing clauses or the next paragraph in which any Mortgage shall be included, the Company in its sole discretion may classify such Mortgage on the date of its incurrence and later reclassify all or a portion of such Mortgage in any manner that complies with this Section 4.03.
Notwithstanding the restrictions described above, the Company and any of its Significant Subsidiaries may create, incur, issue, assume or guarantee Indebtedness secured by Mortgages without equally and ratably securing the Notes, if at the time of such creation, incurrence, issuance, assumption or guarantee, after giving effect thereto and to the retirement of any Indebtedness which is concurrently being retired, the aggregate amount of all such Indebtedness secured by Mortgages which would otherwise be subject to such restrictions (other than any Indebtedness secured by Mortgages permitted as described in clauses (i) through (x) of this Section 4.03) plus all Attributable Debt of the Company and any of its Significant Subsidiaries in respect of Sale and Leaseback Transactions (with the exception of such transactions which are permitted under clauses (i) through (iv) of Section 4.04) does not exceed 10% of Consolidated Assets. For avoidance of doubt, the provisions in the foregoing sentence may be used concurrently in connection with one or more of the Mortgages permitted as described in clauses (i) through (x) of this Section 4.03 in any single transaction and may be effectively deemed to have occurred after such other basket clause is used.
At the Companys option, the Company may treat the entire commitment of a revolving credit facility to be fully drawn on the date such agreement is executed, and thereafter
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the amount of such commitment shall be deemed to be fully borrowed at all times for the purposes of the foregoing covenant.
(i) the Sale and Leaseback Transaction is solely with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(ii) the lease is for a period not in excess of 36 months, including renewals;
(iii) the Company or such Significant Subsidiary would (at the time of entering into such arrangement) be entitled as described in clauses (i) through (x) of Section 4.03, without equally and ratably securing the Notes then outstanding under this Indenture, to create, incur, issue, assume or guarantee Indebtedness secured by a Mortgage on such property or assets in the amount of the Attributable Debt arising from such Sale and Leaseback Transaction;
(iv) the Company or such Significant Subsidiary within 360 days after the sale of property or assets in connection with such Sale and Leaseback Transaction is completed, applies an amount equal to the greater of (A) the net proceeds of the sale of such property or assets or (B) the fair market value of such property or assets to (i) the retirement of Notes, other Funded Debt of the Company ranking on a parity with the Notes or Funded Debt of a Subsidiary or (ii) the acquisition of different property, facilities or equipment or the expansion of the Companys existing business, including the acquisition of other businesses or capital expenditures; or
(v) the Attributable Debt of the Company and its Significant Subsidiary in respect of such Sale and Leaseback Transaction and all other Sale and Leaseback Transactions entered into after the Closing Date (other than any such Sale and Leaseback Transaction as would be permitted as described in clauses (i) through (iv) of this Section 4.04), plus the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness secured by Mortgages then outstanding (not including any such Indebtedness secured by Mortgages described in clauses (i) through (x) of Section 4.03) which do not equally and ratably secure the Notes (or secure Notes on a basis that is prior to other Indebtedness secured thereby), would not exceed 10% of Consolidated Assets.
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The Company will provide or cause to be provided, for itself and its Subsidiary Guarantors, insurance (including appropriate self-insurance) in amounts and with such deductions and covering such risks as it reasonably deems adequate, with recognized, financially sound insurers or with the government of the United States of America, or an agency or
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instrumentality thereof, in such amounts, with such deductibles and by such methods as shall be customary for corporations similarly situated in the industry in which the Company or any such Subsidiary Guarantors, as the case may be, is then conducting business.
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SECTION 4.14 Additional Interest Notice. In the event that the Company is required to pay interest to holders of Notes at an increased rate pursuant to the terms of the Notes, the Company will provide written notice (Additional Interest Notice) to the Trustee of its obligation to pay interest at an increased rate no later than fifteen days prior to the proposed payment date for the interest, and the Additional Interest Notice shall set forth the amount of interest to be paid by the Company on such payment date. The Trustee shall not at any time be under any duty or responsibility to any holder of Notes to determine the interest, or with respect to the nature, extent, or calculation of the amount of interest owed, or with respect to the method employed in such calculation of the interest.
Each Subsidiary Guarantor (other than any Subsidiary Guarantor whose Note Guarantee is to be released in accordance with the terms of its Note Guarantee and this Indenture, in connection with the sale, exchange or transfer to any Person (other than an Affiliate
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of the Company) of all of the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary Guarantor) will not, and the Company will not cause or permit any Subsidiary Guarantor to, consolidate with or merge with or into any Person other than the Company or any other Subsidiary Guarantor unless:
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Any time after such declaration of acceleration, but before a judgment or decree for the payment of money due has been obtained by the Trustee, the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes by written notice to the Company and to the Trustee, may waive all past defaults and rescind and annul a declaration of acceleration and its consequences if (a) all existing Events of Default, other than the nonpayment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes that have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived and (b) the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction.
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.
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For purposes of Section 6.05 of this Indenture and this Section 6.06, the Trustee shall comply with TIA Section 316(a) in making any determination of whether the Holders of the required aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes have concurred in any request or direction of the Trustee to pursue any remedy available to the Trustee or the Holders with respect to this Indenture or the Notes or otherwise under the law.
A Holder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Holder or to obtain a preference or priority over such other Holder.
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First: to the Trustee for all amounts due under Section 7.07;
Second: to Holders for amounts then due and unpaid for principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Notes for principal, premium, if any, and interest, respectively; and
Third: to the Company or any other obligors of the Notes, as their interests may appear, or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct.
The Trustee, upon prior written notice to the Company, may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders pursuant to this Section 6.10.
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Except during the continuance of a Default, the Trustee will not be liable, except for the performance of such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture. If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee will use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise of the rights and powers vested in it under this Indenture as a prudent person would exercise under the circumstances in the conduct of such persons own affairs.
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(ix) the Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;
(x) in no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, 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;
(xi) 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; and
(xii) 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.
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A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to the Holders of Securities shall be mailed to the Company and filed with the Commission and each stock exchange on which the Securities are listed in accordance with TIA Section 313(d). The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee when the Securities are listed on any stock exchange or of any delisting thereof.
The Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor, jointly and severally, shall indemnify each of the Trustee or any predecessor Trustee and their agents for, and hold them harmless against, any and all loss, damage, claims, liability or expense, including taxes (other than taxes based upon, measured by or determined by the income of the Trustee), arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim (whether asserted by the Company, or any Holder or any other Person) or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder, or in connection with enforcing the provisions of this Section, except to the extent that such loss, damage, claim, liability or expense is due to its own negligence or bad faith. The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Trustee to so notify the Company shall not relieve the Company of its obligations hereunder, unless the Company is materially prejudiced thereby. The Company shall defend the claim and the Trustee shall cooperate in the defense provided, however, that the Trustee shall have the right to defend such claim if, upon the advice of counsel, its interests may be prejudiced by the conduct of such defense by the Company. Unless otherwise set forth herein, the Trustee may have separate counsel and the Company shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. The Company need not pay for any settlement made without its consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
To secure the Companys payment obligations in this Section 7.07, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Notes on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, in its capacity as Trustee, except money or property held in trust to pay principal of, premium, if any, and interest on particular Notes.
If the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after the occurrence of an Event of Default specified in clause (f) or (g) of Section 6.01, the expenses and the compensation for
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the services will be intended to constitute expenses of administration under Title 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code or any applicable federal or state law for the relief of debtors.
The provisions of this Section 7.07 shall survive the resignation or removal of the Trustee and termination of this Indenture.
The Trustee shall comply with the provisions of TIA Section 313(b)(2) to the extent applicable.
The Trustee may resign at any time by so notifying the Company in writing at least 30 days prior to the date of the proposed resignation. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes may remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee in writing and may appoint a successor Trustee with the consent of the Company. The Company may remove the Trustee if: (i) the Trustee is no longer eligible under Section 7.10; (ii) the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent; (iii) a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or (iv) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.
If the Trustee resigns or is removed, or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee. Within one year after the successor Trustee takes office, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes may appoint a successor Trustee to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If the successor Trustee does not deliver its written acceptance required by the next succeeding paragraph of this Section 7.08 within 30 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Company or the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes may, at the expense of the Company, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Immediately after the delivery of such written acceptance, subject to the lien provided in Section 7.07, (i) the retiring Trustee shall transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, (ii) the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and (iii) the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. A successor Trustee shall mail notice of its succession to each Holder. No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this Article.
If the Trustee is no longer eligible under Section 7.10 or shall fail to comply with TIA Section 310(b), any Holder who satisfies the requirements of TIA Section 310(b) may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 7.08, the Trustee shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect provided in this Section.
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The Company shall give notice of any resignation and any removal of the Trustee and each appointment of a successor Trustee to all Holders. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.
Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.08, the Companys obligation under Section 7.07 shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee. Upon the Trustees resignation or removal, the Company shall promptly pay the Trustee all amounts owed by the Company to the Trustee.
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With respect to the foregoing clause (i), the Companys obligations under Section 7.07 shall survive. With respect to the foregoing clause (ii), the Companys obligations in Sections 2.02, 2.03, 2.04, 2.05, 2.06, 2.07, 2.08, 2.09, 2.14, 4.02, 7.07, 7.08, 8.04, 8.05 and 8.06 shall survive until the Notes are no longer outstanding. Thereafter, only the Companys obligations in Sections 7.07, 8.04, 8.05 and 8.06 shall survive. After any such irrevocable deposit, the Trustee upon request shall acknowledge in writing the discharge of the Companys obligations under the Notes and this Indenture except for those surviving obligations specified above.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to the end of the 123-day (or one-year) period referred to in clause (B)(2) of this Section 8.02, none of the Companys obligations under this Indenture shall be discharged. Subsequent to the end of such 123-day (or one year) period with respect to this Section 8.02, the Companys obligations in Sections 2.02, 2.03, 2.04, 2.05, 2.06, 2.07, 2.08, 2.09, 2.14, 4.02, 8.04, 8.05, 8.06 and the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder shall survive until the Notes are no longer outstanding. Thereafter, only the Companys obligations in Sections 7.07, 8.04, 8.05 and 8.06 shall survive. If and when a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service or an Opinion of Counsel referred to in clause (B)(1) of this Section 8.02 is able to be provided specifically without regard to, and not in reliance upon, the continuance of the Companys obligations under Section 4.01, then the Companys obligations under such Section 4.01 shall cease upon delivery to the Trustee of such ruling or Opinion of Counsel and compliance with the other conditions precedent provided for herein relating to the defeasance contemplated by this Section 8.02.
After any such irrevocable deposit, the Trustee upon request shall acknowledge in writing the discharge of the Companys obligations under the Notes and this Indenture except for those surviving obligations in the immediately preceding paragraph.
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(1) cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency in this Indenture;
(2) comply with Article Five or Section 4.13;
(3) comply with any requirements of the Commission in connection with the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA or in order to maintain such qualification;
(4) evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee;
(5) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company in this Indenture and in the Notes;
(6) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders, or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company;
(7) to add additional Events of Default;
(8) to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of the certificated Notes;
(9) to conform the text of this Indenture or the Notes to any provision of the Description of Notes in the Companys Offering Memorandum dated December 10, 2007 related to the Notes, to the extent that such provision in such Description of Notes was intended to be a substantially verbatim recitation of a provision of this Indenture or the Notes;
(10) to allow any Subsidiary Guarantor to execute a supplemental indenture and a Note Guarantee with respect to the Notes or to release a Guarantee or a security interest under the Notes or a Note Guarantee in accordance with the terms of this Indenture;
(11) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment under this Indenture by a successor Trustee;
(12) to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders;
(13) to comply with the rules of any applicable securities depository;
(14) provide for the issuance of Additional Notes; or
(15) make any change that does not materially and adversely affect the rights of Holders.
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Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 9.02, without the consent of each Holder affected, an amendment or waiver, including a waiver pursuant to Section 6.04, may not:
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It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, supplement or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.
After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.02 becomes effective, the Company shall mail to the Holders affected thereby a notice briefly describing the amendment, supplement or waiver. The Company will mail supplemental indentures to Holders upon request. Any failure of the Company to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture or waiver.
The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to consent to any amendment, supplement or waiver. If a record date is fixed, then, notwithstanding the last two sentences of the immediately preceding paragraph, those persons who were Holders at such record date (or their duly designated proxies) and only those persons shall be entitled to consent to such amendment, supplement or waiver or to revoke any consent previously given, whether or not such persons continue to be Holders after such record date. No such consent shall be valid or effective for more than 90 days after such record date.
After an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, it shall bind every Holder unless it is of the type described in the second paragraph of Section 9.02. In case of an amendment or waiver of the type described in the second paragraph of Section 9.02, the amendment or waiver shall bind each Holder who has consented to it and every subsequent Holder of a Note that evidences the same indebtedness as the Note of the consenting Holder.
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Each Subsidiary Guarantor and by its acceptance hereof each Holder hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the Guarantee by any Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to its Note Guarantee not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of the United States Bankruptcy Code, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar Federal or state law. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Holders and each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor under its Note Guarantee shall be limited to the maximum amount as will, after giving effect to all other contingent and fixed liabilities of each Subsidiary Guarantor and after giving effect to any collections from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Subsidiary Guarantor under its Note Guarantee or pursuant to the following paragraph, result in the obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor under its Note Guarantee not constituting such fraudulent transfer or conveyance.
In order to provide for just and equitable contribution among the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Subsidiary Guarantors agree, inter se, that in the event any payment or distribution is made by any Subsidiary Guarantor (a Funding Guarantor) under its Note Guarantee, such Funding Guarantor shall be entitled to a contribution from all other Subsidiary
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Guarantors in a pro rata amount based on the Adjusted Net Assets of each Subsidiary Guarantor (including the Funding Guarantor) for all payments, damages and expenses incurred by that Funding Guarantor in discharging the Companys obligations with respect to the Notes or any other Subsidiary Guarantors obligations with respect to its Note Guarantee. Adjusted Net Assets of such Subsidiary Guarantor at any date shall mean the lesser of the amount by which (x) the fair value of the property of such Subsidiary Guarantor exceeds the total amount of liabilities, including, without limitation, contingent liabilities (after giving effect to all other fixed and contingent liabilities incurred or assumed on such date), but excluding liabilities under the Note Guarantee, of such Guarantor at such date and (y) the present fair salable value of the assets of such Subsidiary Guarantor at such date exceeds the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Subsidiary Guarantor on its debts (after giving effect to all other fixed and contingent liabilities incurred or assumed on such date and after giving effect to any collection from any Subsidiary of such Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such Subsidiary under the Note Guarantee of such Subsidiary Guarantor), excluding debt in respect of its Note Guarantee of such Subsidiary Guarantor), excluding debt in respect of its Note Guarantee, as they become absolute and matured.
Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of merger or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first against the Company, the benefit of discussion, protest or notice with respect to any such Note or the debt evidenced thereby and all demands whatsoever (except as specified above), and covenants that this Note Guarantee will not be discharged as to any such Note except by payment in full of the principal thereof and interest thereon and as provided in Sections 8.01, 8.02 and 8.03. In the event of any declaration of acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article Six, such obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by each Subsidiary Guarantor for the purposes of this Article Ten. In addition, without limiting the foregoing provisions, upon the effectiveness of an acceleration under Article Six, the Trustee shall promptly make a demand for payment on the Notes under the Note Guarantee provided for in this Article Ten.
The obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor under its Note Guarantee are independent of the obligations Guaranteed by the Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder, and a separate action or actions may be brought and prosecuted by the Trustee on behalf of, or by, the Holders, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Indenture, against any Subsidiary Guarantor to enforce this Note Guarantee, irrespective of whether any action is brought against the Company or whether the Company is joined in any such action or actions.
If the Trustee or the Holder is required by any court or otherwise to return to the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor, or any custodian, receiver, liquidator, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official acting in relation to Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor, any amount paid to the Trustee or such Holder in respect of a Note, this Note Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall be reinstated in full force and effect. Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees, to the fullest extent that it may lawfully do so, that, as between it, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, the maturity of the obligations Guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article Six hereof for the purposes of this Note Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition extant under any
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applicable bankruptcy law preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations Guaranteed hereby.
Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives any claim or other rights which it may now or hereafter acquire against the Company or any other Subsidiary Guarantor that arise from the existence, payment, performance or enforcement of its obligations under this Note Guarantee and this Indenture, including, without limitation, any right of subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, contribution, indemnification, any right to participate in any claim or remedy of the Holders against the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor or any collateral which any such Holder or the Trustee on behalf of such Holder hereafter acquires, whether or not such claim, remedy or right arises in equity, or under contract, statute or common law, including, without limitation, the right to take or receive from the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor, directly or indirectly, in cash or other property or by set-off or in any other manner, payment or security on account of such claim or other rights. If any amount shall be paid to a Subsidiary Guarantor in violation of the preceding sentence and the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued interest on the Notes shall not have been paid in full, such amount shall be deemed to have been paid to such Subsidiary Guarantor for the benefit of, and held in trust for the benefit of, the Holders, and shall forthwith be paid to the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders to be credited and applied upon the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued interest on the Notes. Each Subsidiary Guarantor acknowledges that it will receive direct and indirect benefits from the issuance of the Notes pursuant to this Indenture and that the waivers set forth in this Section 10.01 are knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits.
The Note Guarantee set forth in this Section 10.01 shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose with respect to a Note until the certificate of authentication on such Note shall have been signed by or on behalf of the Trustee.
Without limiting the foregoing, nothing contained in this Article Ten will restrict the right of the Trustee or the Holders to take any action to declare the Note Guarantee to be due and payable prior to the Stated Maturity of any Notes pursuant to Section 6.02 or to pursue any rights or remedies hereunder.
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(iv) if the Notes are rated Investment Grade by both Rating Agencies and no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and then be continuing;
(v) in the event of liquidation or dissolution of such Subsidiary or Guarantor; or
(vi) if the Notes are defeased or discharged in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.
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if to the Company:
SPX Corporation
13515 Ballantyne Corporate Place,
Charlotte, North Carolina 28277
Telecopier No.: (704) 752-7436
Attention: Office of Assistant General Counsel, SEC Reporting
if to the Trustee:
U.S. Bank National Association
Corporate Trust Services
Hearst Tower - 214 N. Tryon Street, 27th Floor
Charlotte, NC 28202
Telecopier No.: (704) 335-4676
Attention:
Katherine A. Esber, CCTS,
Vice President & Account Manager
The Company or the Trustee by notice to the other may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.
Any notice or communication mailed to a Holder shall be mailed to it at its address as it appears on the Security Register by first-class mail and shall be sufficiently given to the Holder if so mailed within the time prescribed. Any notice or communication shall also be so mailed to any Person described in TIA Section 313(c), to the extent required by the TIA. Copies of any such communication or notice to a Holder shall also be mailed to the Trustee and each Agent at the same time.
Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder as provided herein or any defect in any such notice or communication shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders. Except for a notice to the Trustee, which is deemed given only when received, and except as otherwise provided in this Indenture, if a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided in this Section 11.02, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.
Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.
In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.
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Holders may communicate pursuant to TIA Section 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 Section 312(c).
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SECTION 11.14. Force Majeure. In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and hardware) services; it being understood that the Trustee shall use reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.
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SIGNATURES
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed, all as of the date first written above.
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EXHIBIT A
[APPLICABLE LEGENDS]
[FACE OF NOTE]
SPX CORPORATION
7 5/8% Senior Note due 2014
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SPX CORPORATION a Delaware corporation (the Company, which term includes any successor under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, promises to pay to , or its registered assigns, the principal sum of Dollars ($ ) on December 15, 2014.
Interest Payment Dates: June 15 and December 15, commencing .
Regular Record Dates: June 1 and December 1.
Engineering Analysis Associates, Inc., a Michigan corporation, Flair Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Kayex China Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation, LDS Test and Measurement LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, The Marley Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Marley Engineered Products LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, The Marley-Wylain Company, a Delaware corporation, MCT Services LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, P.S.D., Inc., an Ohio Corporation, SPX Cooling Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation, TCI International, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Valley Forge Technical Information Services, Inc., a Michigan corporation, Waukesha Electric Systems, Inc., a Wisconsin corporation and XCel Erectors, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and any future Subsidiary Guarantors (collectively, the Subsidiary Guarantors, which term includes any successors under the Indenture hereinafter referred to and any Subsidiary Guarantor that provides a Note Guarantee pursuant to the Indenture), has fully and unconditionally guaranteed the payment of principal of premium, if any, and interest on the Notes.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place. Capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned to them in the within-mentioned Indenture unless otherwise indicated.
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[REVERSE SIDE OF NOTE]
SPX CORPORATION
7 5/8% Senior Note due 2014
1. Principal and Interest.
The Company will pay the principal of this Note on December 15, 2014.
The Company promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note on each Interest Payment Date, as set forth below, at a rate of 7 5/8% per annum, subject to increase as described below.
Interest will be payable semiannually in cash in arrears (to the holders of record of the Notes at the close of business on the June 1 or December 1 immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date) on each Interest Payment Date, commencing ..
If neither an exchange offer (the Exchange Offer) registered under the Securities Act is consummated nor a shelf registration statement (the Shelf Registration Statement) under the Securities Act with respect to resales of the Notes is declared effective by the Commission on or before 150 days after February 28, 2009 (the Exchange Date) in accordance with the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement dated December 13, 2007 among the Company, the Initial Subsidiary Guarantors and Banc of America Securities LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., Commerzbank Capital Markets Corp., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Mitsubishi UFJ Securities International plc, then the annual interest rate borne by the Notes shall be increased by 0.5% from the rate shown above, such additional interest accruing from and including the date on which any such registration default has occurred, payable in cash semiannually, in arrears, on each Interest Payment Date, until the consummation of the Exchange Offer or the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement. The Holder of this Note is entitled to the benefits of such Registration Rights Agreement. The Company will not be required to consummate the Exchange Offer if (i) the Notes are freely tradable before the Exchange Date, and (ii) prior to the Exchange Date and thereafter, each Holder, upon request, can exchange his Note for a new Note without restrictive legends.
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 ; provided that, if there is no existing default in the payment of interest and this Note is authenticated between a Regular Record Date referred to on the face hereof and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest shall accrue from such Interest Payment Date. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal and premium, if any, and interest on overdue installments of interest, to the extent lawful, at a rate per annum that is 2% in excess of the rate otherwise payable.
2. Method of Payment.
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The Company will pay interest (except defaulted interest) on the principal amount of the Notes as provided above on each June 15 and December 15, commencing to the persons who are Holders (as reflected in the Security Register at the close of business on the June 1 or December 1 immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date), in each case, even if the Note is cancelled on registration of transfer or registration of exchange after such record date; provided that, with respect to the payment of principal, the Company will make payment to the Holder that surrenders this Note to a Paying Agent on or after December 15, 2014.
This Note is a book-entry note and is being registered in the name of Cede & Co. as nominee of The Depositary Trust Company (DTC), a clearing agency. As long as this Note is registered in the name of DTC or its nominee, the Trustee will make payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest on this Note by wire transfer of immediately available funds to DTC or its nominee. With respect to any Note that is not registered in the name of DTC or its nominee, the Company may pay principal, premium, if any, and interest by its check payable in such money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. It may mail an interest check to a Holders registered address (as reflected in the Security Register). If a payment date is a date other than a Business Day at a place of payment, payment may be made at that place on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day and no interest shall accrue for the intervening period.
The Notes may be exchanged or transferred at the office or agency of the Company. Initially, the paying agent office of the Trustee will serve as such office.
3. Paying Agent and Registrar.
Initially, the Trustee will act as authenticating agent, Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may change any authenticating agent, Paying Agent or Registrar without notice. The Company, any Subsidiary or any Affiliate of any of them may act as Paying Agent, Registrar or co-Registrar.
4. Indenture; Limitations.
The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of December 13, 2007 (the Indenture), among the Company, the Initial Subsidiary Guarantors and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the Trustee). Capitalized terms herein are used as defined in the Indenture unless otherwise indicated. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act. The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and the Trust Indenture Act for a statement of all such terms. To the extent permitted by applicable law, in the event of any inconsistency between the terms of this Note and the terms of the Indenture, the terms of the Indenture shall control.
The Notes are general unsecured unsubordinated obligations of the Company.
The Company may, subject to and applicable law, issue additional Notes under the Indenture. The Indenture does not limit the amount of Notes that may be issued.
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5. Optional Redemption.
Notes in original denominations larger than $2,000 may be redeemed in part. On and after the Redemption Date, interest ceases to accrue on Notes or portions of Notes called for redemption, unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Redemption Price.
6. Repurchase upon Change of Control.
Upon the occurrence of any Change of Control, each Holder shall have the right to require the repurchase of its Notes by the Company in cash pursuant to the offer described in the Indenture at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of purchase (the Payment Date).
A notice of such Change of Control will be mailed within 30 days after any Change of Control occurs to each Holder at its last address as it appears in the Security Register. Notes in original denominations larger than $2,000 may be sold to the Company in part. On and after the Payment Date, interest ceases to accrue on Notes or portions of Notes surrendered for purchase by the Company, unless the Company defaults in the payment of the purchase price.
7. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange.
The Notes are in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 of principal amount and multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder may register the transfer or exchange of Notes in accordance with the Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not register the transfer or exchange of any Notes selected for redemption. Also, it need not register the transfer or exchange of any Notes for a period of 15 days before the day of mailing of a notice of redemption of Notes selected for redemption.
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8. Persons Deemed Owners.
A Holder shall be treated as the owner of a Note for all purposes.
9. Unclaimed Money.
Subject to any applicable escheat and abandoned property laws, if money for the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest remains unclaimed for two years, the Trustee and the Paying Agent will pay the money back to the Company at its request. After that, Holders entitled to the money must look to the Company for payment, unless an abandoned property law designates another Person, and all liability of the Trustee and such Paying Agent with respect to such money shall cease.
10. Discharge Prior to Redemption or Maturity.
If the Company deposits with the Trustee money or U.S. Government Obligations sufficient to pay the then outstanding principal of, premium, if any, and accrued interest on the Notes (a) to redemption or maturity, the Company will be discharged from the Indenture and the Notes, except in certain circumstances for certain provisions thereof, and (b) to the Stated Maturity, the Company will be discharged from certain covenants set forth in the Indenture.
11. Amendment; Supplement; Waiver.
Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture or the Notes may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, and any existing default or compliance with any provision may be waived with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding. Without notice to or the consent of any Holder, the parties thereto may amend or supplement the Indenture or the Notes to, among other things, cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency and make any change that does not materially and adversely affect the rights of any Holder.
12. Restrictive Covenants.
The Indenture imposes certain limitations on the ability of the Company and its Subsidiaries, among other things, suffer to exist or incur Liens, enter into sale-leaseback transactions, or merge, consolidate or transfer substantially all of its assets. Within 90 days after the end of the last fiscal quarter of each year, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers Certificate stating whether or not the signers thereof know of any Default or Event of Default under such restrictive covenants.
13. Successor Persons.
When a successor person or other entity assumes all the obligations of its predecessor under the Notes and the Indenture, the predecessor person will be released from those obligations.
14. Defaults and Remedies.
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Any of the following events constitutes an Event of Default under the Indenture:
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(8) any Subsidiary Guarantor repudiates its obligations under its Note Guarantee or, except as permitted by the Indenture, any Note Guarantee is determined to be unenforceable or invalid or shall for any reason cease to be in full force and effect.
If an Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture, occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may, and at the direction of the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding shall, declare all the Notes to be due and payable. If a bankruptcy or insolvency default with respect to the Company occurs and is continuing, the Notes automatically become due and payable. Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may require indemnity satisfactory to it before it enforces the Indenture or the Notes. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power.
15. Guarantee.
The Companys obligations under the Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally, by the Subsidiary Guarantors.
16. Trustee Dealings with the Company.
The Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from and perform services for the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors or their Affiliates and may otherwise deal with the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors or their Affiliates as if it were not the Trustee.
17. No Recourse Against Others.
No incorporator or any past, present or future partner, stockholder, other equityholder, officer, director, employee or controlling person, as such, of the Company or of any successor Person shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Notes or the Indenture 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.
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18. Authentication.
This Note shall not be valid until the Trustee or authenticating agent signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of this Note.
19. 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).
20. Governing Law.
THIS SECURITY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
The Company will furnish a copy of the Indenture to any Holder upon written request and without charge. Requests may be made to SPX Corporation, 13515 Ballantyne Corporate Place, Charlotte, North Carolina 28277; Attention: Office of Assistant General Counsel, SEC Reporting.
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[FORM OF TRANSFER NOTICE]
FOR VALUE RECEIVED the undersigned registered holder hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto
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the within Note and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing attorney to transfer said Note on the books of the Company with full power of substitution in the premises.
[THE FOLLOWING PROVISION TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL NOTES OTHER THAN EXCHANGE NOTES, UNLEGENDED OFFSHORE GLOBAL NOTES AND UNLEGENDED OFFSHORE PHYSICAL NOTES]
In connection with any transfer of this Note occurring prior to the date which is the earlier of (i) the date the Shelf Registration Statement is declared effective or (ii) the end of the period referred to in Rule 144(k) or any successor provision under the Securities Act, the undersigned confirms that without utilizing any general solicitation or general advertising that:
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If none of the foregoing boxes is checked, the Trustee or other Registrar shall not be obligated to register this Note in the name of any Person other than the Holder hereof unless and until the conditions to any such transfer of registration set forth herein and in Section 2.08 of the Indenture shall have been satisfied.
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Signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a recognized signature guaranty medallion program or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee.
TO BE COMPLETED BY PURCHASER IF (a) ABOVE IS CHECKED.
The undersigned represents and warrants that it is purchasing this Note for its own account or an account with respect to which it exercises sole investment discretion and that it and any such account is a qualified institutional buyer within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933 and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A and acknowledges that it has received such information regarding the Company as the undersigned has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined not to request such information and that it is aware that the transferor is relying upon the undersigneds foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A.
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If you wish to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.05 of the Indenture, check the Box:
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EXHIBIT B
Form of Certificate To Be Delivered
in Connection with Transfers
of Temporary Regulation S Global Notes
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U.S. Bank National Association
Corporate Trust Services
Hearst Tower - 214 N. Tryon Street, 27th Floor
Charlotte, NC 28202
Re: SPX Corporation (the Company)
7 5/8% Senior Notes due 2014 (the Notes)
Dear Sirs:
This letter relates to U.S. $ principal amount of Notes represented by a Note (the Legended Note) which bears a legend outlining restrictions upon transfer of such Legended Note. Pursuant to Section 2.02 of the Indenture dated as of December 13, 2007 (the Indenture) relating to the Notes, we hereby certify that we are (or we will hold such securities on behalf of) a person outside the United States to whom the Notes could be transferred in accordance with Rule 904 of Regulation S promulgated under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933. Accordingly, you are hereby requested to exchange the legended certificate for an unlegended certificate representing an identical principal amount of Notes, all in the manner provided for in the Indenture.
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. Terms used in this certificate have the meanings set forth in Regulation S.
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EXHIBIT C
Form of Certificate to Be
Delivered in Connection with
Transfers to Non-QIB Accredited Investors
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U.S.
Bank National Association
Corporate Trust Services
Hearst Tower - 214 N. Tryon Street, 27th Floor
Charlotte, NC 28202
Re: SPX Corporation (the Company)
7 5/8% Senior Notes due 2014 (the Notes)
Dear Sirs:
In connection with our proposed purchase of $ aggregate principal amount of the Notes, we confirm that:
1. We understand that any subsequent transfer of the Notes is subject to certain restrictions and conditions set forth in the Indenture dated as of December 13, 2007 (the Indenture) relating to the Notes and the undersigned agrees to be bound by, and not to resell, pledge or otherwise transfer the Notes 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 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 any Notes within the time period referred to in Rule 144(k) or any successor provision of the Securities, we will do so only (A) to the Company or any subsidiary thereof, (B) in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act to a qualified institutional buyer (as defined therein), (C) to an institutional accredited investor (as defined below) that, prior to such transfer, furnishes (or has furnished on its behalf by a U.S. broker-dealer) to you and to the Company a signed letter substantially in the form of this letter and, if such transfer is in respect of an aggregate principal amount of less than $100,000, an opinion of counsel acceptable to the Company that such transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act, (D) outside the United States in accordance with Rule 904 of Regulation S under the Securities Act, (E) pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act (if available) or (F) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, and we further agree to provide to any person purchasing any of the Notes from us a notice advising such purchaser that resales of the Notes are restricted as stated herein.
3. We understand that, on any proposed resale of any Notes, 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
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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 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.
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EXHIBIT D
Form of Certificate to Be Delivered in
Connection with Transfers Pursuant to Regulation S
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Bank National Association
Corporate Trust Services
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Charlotte, NC 28202
Re: SPX Corporation (the Company)
7 5/8% Senior Notes due 2014 (the Notes)
Dear Sirs:
In connection with our proposed sale of U.S.$ aggregate principal amount of the Notes, we confirm that such sale has been effected pursuant to and in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933 and, accordingly, we represent that:
(1) the offer of the Notes was not made to a person in the United States;
(2) at the time the buy order was originated, the transferee was outside the United States or we and any person acting on our behalf reasonably believed that the transferee was outside the United States;
(3) no directed selling efforts have been made by us in the United States in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or Rule 904(b) of Regulation S, as applicable; and
(4) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933.
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. Terms used in this certificate have the meanings set forth in Regulation S.
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Exhibit 10.2
REGISTRATION
RIGHTS AGREEMENT
by and among
SPX Corporation
Engineering Analysis Associates, Inc.
Flair Corporation
Kayex China Holdings, Inc.
LDS Test and Measurement LLC
The Marley Company LLC
Marley Engineered Products LLC
The Marley-Wylain Company
MCT Services LLC
P.S.D., Inc.
SPX Cooling Technologies, Inc.
TCI International, Inc.
Valley Forge Technical Information Services, Inc.
Waukesha Electric Systems, Inc.
XCel
Erectors, Inc.
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Banc of America Securities LLC
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
Citigroup Global Markets
Inc.
Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.
Commerzbank Capital Markets Corp.
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
Mitsubishi UFJ Securities International plc
Dated as of December 13, 2007
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This Registration Rights Agreement (this Agreement) is made and entered into as of December 13, 2007, by and among SPX Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the Company), Engineering Analysis Associates, Inc., a Michigan corporation, Flair Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Kayex China Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation, LDS Test and Measurement LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, The Marley Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Marley Engineered Products LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, The Marley-Wylain Company, a Delaware corporation, MCT Services LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, P.S.D., Inc., an Ohio Corporation, SPX Cooling Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation, TCI International, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Valley Forge Technical Information Services, Inc., a Michigan corporation, Waukesha Electric Systems, Inc., a Wisconsin corporation and XCel Erectors, Inc., a Delaware corporation (collectively, the Guarantors), and Banc of America Securities LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., as representatives of the initial purchasers listed on Schedule A to the Purchase Agreement (as defined below) (collectively, the Initial Purchasers), each of whom has agreed to purchase the Companys 7 5/8% Senior Notes due 2014 (the Initial Notes) fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Guarantors (the Guarantees) pursuant to the Purchase Agreement (as defined below). The Initial Notes and the Guarantees attached thereto are herein collectively referred to as the Initial Securities.
This Agreement is made pursuant to the purchase agreement, dated December 10, 2007 (the Purchase Agreement), among the Company, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers (i) for the benefit of the Initial Purchasers and (ii) for the benefit of the Holders from time to time of the Initial Securities, including the Initial Purchasers. In order to induce the Initial Purchasers to purchase the Initial Securities, the Company has agreed to provide the registration rights set forth in this Agreement. The execution and delivery of this Agreement is a condition to the obligations of the Initial Purchasers set forth in Section 5(h) of the Purchase Agreement.
The parties hereby agree as follows:
Additional Interest: As defined in Section 5 hereto.
Broker-Dealer: Any broker or dealer registered under the Exchange Act.
Business Day: Any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or U.S. federal holiday or a day on which banking institutions or trust companies located in New York, New York are authorized or obligated to be closed.
Closing Date: The date of this Agreement.
Commission: The Securities and Exchange Commission.
Consummate: A registered Exchange Offer shall be deemed Consummated for purposes of this Agreement upon the occurrence of (i) the filing and effectiveness under the Securities
Act of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement relating to the Exchange Securities to be issued in the Exchange Offer, (ii) the maintenance of such Registration Statement continuously effective and the keeping of the Exchange Offer open for a period not less than the minimum period required pursuant to Section 3(b) hereof, and (iii) the delivery by the Company to the Registrar under the Indenture of Exchange Securities in the same aggregate principal amount as the aggregate principal amount of Initial Securities that were tendered by Holders thereof pursuant to the Exchange Offer.
Effectiveness Target Date: As defined in Section 3(a) hereof.
Exchange Act: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Exchange Offer: The registration by the Company under the Securities Act of the Exchange Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement pursuant to which the Company offers the Holders of all outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities the opportunity to exchange all such outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities held by such Holders for Exchange Securities in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities tendered in such exchange offer by such Holders.
Exchange Offer Registration Statement: The Registration Statement relating to the Exchange Offer, including the related Prospectus.
Exchange Securities: The 7 5/8% Senior Notes due 2014, of the same series under the Indenture as the Initial Securities and the Guarantees attached thereto, to be issued to Holders in exchange for Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to this Agreement.
Filing Target Date: February 28, 2009.
FINRA: The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.
Guarantees: As defined in preamble hereof.
Guarantors: As defined in preamble hereof.
Holders: As defined in Section 2(b) hereof.
Indemnified Holder: As defined in Section 8(a) hereof.
Indenture: The Indenture, dated as of December 13, 2007, by and among the Company, the Guarantors and U.S. Bank, N.A., as trustee (the Trustee), pursuant to which the Securities are to be issued, as such Indenture is amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.
Initial Purchasers: As defined in the preamble hereto.
Initial Notes: As defined in the preamble hereto.
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Initial Placement: The issuance and sale by the Company of the Initial Securities to the Initial Purchasers pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.
Initial Securities: As defined in the preamble hereto.
Interest Payment Date: As defined in the Indenture and the Securities.
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus: As defined in Section 4(c) hereof.
Person: An individual, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, corporation, trust or unincorporated organization, or a government or agency or political subdivision thereof.
Prospectus: The prospectus included in a Registration Statement, as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement and by all other amendments thereto, including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference into such Prospectus.
Registration Default: As defined in Section 5 hereof.
Registration Statement: Any registration statement of the Company relating to (a) an offering of Exchange Securities pursuant to an Exchange Offer or (b) the registration for resale of Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, which is filed pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, in each case, including the Prospectus included therein, all amendments and supplements thereto (including post-effective amendments) and all exhibits and material incorporated by reference therein.
Securities: The Initial Securities and the Exchange Securities.
Securities Act: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Shelf Filing Deadline: As defined in Section 4(a) hereof.
Shelf Registration Statement: As defined in Section 4(a) hereof.
Trust Indenture Act: The Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.
Transfer Restricted Securities: Each Initial Security, until the earliest to occur of (a) the date on which such Initial Security is exchanged in the Exchange Offer for an Exchange Security entitled to be resold to the public by the Holder thereof without complying with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act, (b) the date on which such Initial Security has been effectively registered under the Securities Act and disposed of in accordance with a Shelf Registration Statement, (c) the date on which such Initial Security is distributed to the public pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the Plan of Distribution contemplated by the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (including delivery of the Prospectus contained therein), and (d)(i) the date on which such Initial Security becomes freely tradeable under the Securities Act and (ii) such Initial Security may be exchanged, upon request of the Holder, for an Exchange Security without restrictive legends.
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Underwritten Registration or Underwritten Offering: A registration in which securities of the Company are sold to an underwriter for reoffering to the public.
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Each of the Company and the Guarantors shall use commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Exchange Offer Registration Statement continuously effective, supplemented and amended as required by the provisions of Section 6(c) hereof to the extent necessary to ensure that it is available for resales of Initial Securities acquired by Broker-Dealers for their own accounts as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, and to ensure that it conforms with the requirements of this Agreement, the Securities Act and the policies, rules and regulations of the Commission as announced from time to time, for a period ending on the earlier of (i) 180 days from the date on which the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is declared effective and (ii) the date on which a Broker-Dealer is no longer required to deliver a prospectus in connection with market-making or other trading activities.
The Company shall provide sufficient copies of the latest version of such Prospectus to Broker-Dealers promptly upon request at any time during such 180-day (or shorter as provided in the foregoing sentence) period in order to facilitate such resales.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Exchange Offer or Shelf Registration Statement will be required if all of the Initial Securities are no longer Transfer Restricted Securities prior to the Effectiveness Target Date. In addition, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company will have no further obligation under this Agreement upon the Consummation of the Exchange Offer to any Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities who was eligible to participate in the Exchange Offer and did not participate in the Exchange Offer.
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prior to the 20th day following the consummation of the Exchange Offer (A) the Initial Purchasers request from the Company with respect to Transfer Restricted Securities not eligible to be exchanged for Exchange Securities in the Exchange Offer, (B) with respect to any Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities such Holder notifies the Company that (i) such Holder is prohibited by applicable law or Commission policy from participating in the Exchange Offer, or (ii) such Holder may not resell the Exchange Securities acquired by it in the Exchange Offer to the public without delivering a prospectus and that the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not appropriate or available for such resales by such Holder, or (iii) such Holder is a Broker-Dealer and holds Initial Securities acquired directly from the Company or one of its affiliates or (C) in the case of any Initial Purchaser, such Initial Purchaser notifies the Company it will not receive freely tradable Exchange Securities in exchange for Transfer Restricted Securities constituting any position of such Initial Purchasers unsold allotment, the Company and the Guarantors shall
(x) cause to be filed a shelf registration statement pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act, which may be an amendment to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (in either event, the Shelf Registration Statement) on or prior to 30 days after such obligation arises but no earlier than the Filing Target Date (or if such 30th day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day) (such date being the Shelf Filing Deadline), which Shelf Registration Statement shall provide for resales of all Transfer Restricted Securities the Holders of which shall have provided the information required pursuant to Section 4(b) hereof; and
(y) use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Shelf Registration Statement to be declared effective by the Commission on or before the 30th day after the Shelf Filing Deadline (or if such 30th day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day).
Each of the Company and the Guarantors shall use commercially reasonable efforts to keep such Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective, supplemented and amended as required by the provisions of Sections 6(b) and (c) hereof to the extent necessary to ensure that it is available for resales of Initial Securities by the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities entitled to the benefit of this Section 4(a), and to ensure that it conforms with the requirements of this Agreement, the Securities Act and the policies, rules and regulations of the Commission as announced from time to time, for a period of at least two years following the effective date of such Shelf Registration Statement (or shorter period that will terminate when all the Initial Securities covered by such Shelf Registration Statement have been sold pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement or are otherwise transferable pursuant to Rule 144(k) (as amended or restated) under the Securities Act); provided that the Company may for a period of up to 60 days in any three-month period, not to exceed 90 days in any calendar year determine that the Shelf Registration Statement is not usable under certain circumstances relating to corporate developments, public filings with the SEC and similar events, and suspend the use of the prospectus that is part of the Shelf Registration Statement.
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Restricted Securities in any Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to this Agreement unless and until such Holder furnishes to the Company in writing, within 20 Business Days after receipt of a request therefor, such information as the Company may reasonably request for use in connection with any Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus included therein. Each Holder as to which any Shelf Registration Statement is being effected agrees to furnish promptly to the Company all information required to be disclosed in order to make the information previously furnished to the Company by such Holder not materially misleading.
All obligations of the Company and the Guarantors set forth in the preceding paragraph that are outstanding with respect to any Transfer Restricted Security at the time such security ceases to be a Transfer Restricted Security shall survive until such time as all such obligations with respect to such security shall have been satisfied in full.
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Restricted Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation of any proceeding for any of the preceding purposes, (D) of the existence of any fact or the happening of any event that makes any statement of a material fact made in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any amendment or supplement thereto, or any document incorporated by reference therein untrue, or that requires the making of any additions to or changes in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein not misleading. If at any time the Commission shall issue any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, or any state securities commission or other regulatory authority shall issue an order suspending the qualification or exemption from qualification of the Transfer Restricted Securities under state securities or blue sky laws, each of the Company and the Guarantors shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal or lifting of such order at the earliest possible time;
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If at any time the representations and warranties of the Company and the Guarantors contemplated in Section 6(c)(xi)(A)(1) hereof cease to be true and correct, the Company or the Guarantors shall so advise the Initial Purchasers and the underwriter(s), if any, and each selling Holder promptly and, if requested by such Persons, shall confirm such advice in writing;
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(including the expenses of any special audit and comfort letters required by or incident to such performance).
Each of the Company and the Guarantors will, in any event, bear its internal expenses (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expenses of any annual audit and the fees and expenses of any Person, including special experts, retained by the Company or the Guarantors.
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to which indemnity may be sought against the Company or the Guarantors, such Indemnified Holder (or the Indemnified Holder controlled by such controlling person) shall promptly notify the Company and the Guarantors in writing; provided, however, that the failure to give such notice shall not relieve any of the Company or the Guarantors of their obligations pursuant to this Agreement. Such Indemnified Holder shall have the right to employ its own counsel in any such action and the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be paid, as incurred, by the Company and the Guarantors (regardless of whether it is ultimately determined that an Indemnified Holder is not entitled to indemnification hereunder). The Company and the Guarantors shall not, in connection with any one such action or proceeding or separate but substantially similar or related actions or proceedings in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys (in addition to any local counsel) at any time for such Indemnified Holders, which firm shall be designated by the Holders. The Company and the Guarantors shall be liable for any settlement of any such action or proceeding effected with the Companys and the Guarantors prior written consent, which consent shall not be withheld unreasonably, and each of the Company and the Guarantors agrees to indemnify and hold harmless any Indemnified Holder from and against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense by reason of any settlement of any action effected with the written consent of the Company and the Guarantors. The Company and the Guarantors shall not, without the prior written consent of each Indemnified Holder, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of judgment in or otherwise seek to terminate any pending or threatened action, claim, litigation or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not any Indemnified Holder is a party thereto), unless such settlement, compromise, consent or termination includes an unconditional release of each Indemnified Holder from all liability arising out of such action, claim, litigation or proceeding.
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of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders, on the other hand, from the Initial Placement (which in the case of the Company and the Guarantors shall be deemed to be equal to the total gross proceeds to the Company and the Guarantors from the Initial Placement), the amount of Additional Interest which did not become payable as a result of the filing of the Registration Statement resulting in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities, judgments actions or expenses, and such Registration Statement, or if such allocation is not permitted by applicable law, the relative fault of the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the Company on the one hand and of the Indemnified Holder on the other shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or any of the Guarantors, on the one hand, or the Indemnified Holders, on the other hand, and the parties relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in the second paragraph of Section 8(a) hereof, any legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with investigating or defending any action or claim.
The Company, the Guarantors and each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 8(c) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Holders were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8, none of the Holders (and its related Indemnified Holders) shall be required to contribute, in the aggregate, any amount in excess of the amount by which the total discount received by such Holder with respect to the Initial Securities exceeds the amount of any damages which such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Holders obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 8(c) are several in proportion to the respective principal amount of Initial Securities held by each of the Holders hereunder and not joint.
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Offer and that does not affect directly or indirectly the rights of other Holders whose securities are not being tendered pursuant to such Exchange Offer may be given by the Holders of a majority of the outstanding principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities being tendered or registered; provided, however, that, with respect to any matter that directly or indirectly affects the rights of any Initial Purchaser hereunder, the Company shall obtain the written consent of each such Initial Purchaser with respect to which such amendment, qualification, supplement, waiver, consent or departure is to be effective.
(ii) if to the Company:
SPX Corporation
13515 Ballantyne Corporate Place
Charlotte, NC 28277
Telecopier No.: (704)752-4505
Attention: Kevin L. Lilly, Esq.
With a copy to:
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
One New York Plaza
New York, NY 10004
Telecopier No.: (212)859-4000
Attention: Stuart H. Gelfond, Esq.
All such notices and communications shall 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 answered back, if telexed; when receipt acknowledged, if telecopied; and on the next Business Day, if timely delivered to an air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery.
Copies of all such notices, demands or other communications shall be concurrently delivered by the Person giving the same to the Trustee at the address specified in the Indenture.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.
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SPX CORPORATION |
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/s/ Kevin L. Lilly |
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Name: Kevin L. Lilly |
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Title: Senior Vice President &Secretary |
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ENGINEERING ANALYSIS ASSOCIATES, INC. |
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By: |
/s/ Kevin L. Lilly |
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Name: Kevin L. Lilly |
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Title: Secretary |
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FLAIR CORPORATION |
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By: |
/s/ Kevin L. Lilly |
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Name: Kevin L. Lilly |
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Title: Executive Vice President & Secretary |
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KAYEX CHINA HOLDINGS, INC. |
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By: |
/s/ Kevin L. Lilly |
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Name: Kevin L. Lilly |
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Title: Vice President & Secretary |
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LDS TEST AND MEASUREMENT LLC |
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By: |
/s/ Kevin L. Lilly |
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Name: Kevin L. Lilly |
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Title: Vice President & Secretary |
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THE MARLEY COMPANY LLC |
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By: SPX Corporation, as Managing Member |
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By: |
/s/ Kevin L. Lilly |
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Name: Kevin L. Lilly |
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Title: Senior Vice President & Secretary |
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MARLEY ENGINEERED PRODUCTS LLC |
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By: |
/s/ Kevin L. Lilly |
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Name: Kevin L. Lilly |
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Title: Executive Vice President & Secretary |
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THE MARLEY-WYLAIN COMPANY |
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By: |
/s/ Mark Coolican |
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Name: Mark Coolican |
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Title: Vice President & Secretary |
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MCT SERVICES LLC |
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By: SPX Cooling Technologies, Inc. |
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as Sole Managing Member |
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By: |
/s/ Kevin L. Lilly |
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Name: Kevin L. Lilly |
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Title: Executive Vice President & Secretary |
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P.S.D., INC. |
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By: |
/s/ Kevin L. Lilly |
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Name: Kevin L. Lilly |
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Title: Vice President & Secretary |
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SPX COOLING TECHNOLOGIES, INC. |
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By: |
/s/ Kevin L. Lilly |
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Name: Kevin L. Lilly |
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Title: Executive Vice President & Secretary |
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TCI INTERNATIONAL, INC. |
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By: |
/s/ Kevin L. Lilly |
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Name: Kevin L. Lilly |
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Title: Vice President & Secretary |
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VALLEY FORGE TECHNICAL INFORMATION SERVICES, INC. |
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By: |
/s/ Kevin L. Lilly |
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Name: Kevin L. Lilly |
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Title: Secretary |
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WAUKESHA ELECTRIC SYSTEMS, INC. |
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By: |
/s/ Kevin L. Lilly |
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Name: Kevin L. Lilly |
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Title: Vice President & Secretary |
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XCEL ERECTORS, INC. |
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By: |
/s/ Robert B. Foreman |
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Name: Robert B. Foreman |
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Title: President |
The foregoing Registration Rights Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written:
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BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC as Representatives of the Initial Purchasers |
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Banc of America Securities LLC |
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By: |
/s/ Michael Browne |
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Name: Michael Browne |
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Managing Director |
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J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. |
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By: |
/s/ Stathis Karanikolaidis |
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Name: Stathis Karanikolaidis |
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Vice President |
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