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FORM 10-Q
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D. C. 20549
(Mark One)
[x] QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended December 31, 1993
[ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from ____________ to ______________
Commission File #1-10459
GENEVA STEEL COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
UTAH 93-0942346
(State of Incorporation) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
10 South Geneva Road
Vineyard, Utah
(Address of principal executive offices)
84058
(Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (801) 227-9000
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such
filing requirements for the past 90 days.
Yes X No
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Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each class of the issuer's common
stock, as of the latest practicable date.
12,968,933 and 21,539,688 shares of Class A and Class B common stock,
respectively, outstanding as of February 9, 1994.
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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
GENEVA STEEL COMPANY
CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS
(Dollars in thousands)
ASSETS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
December 31, September 30,
1993 1993
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(Unaudited)
<S> <C> <C>
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents $ 16,130 $ 64,267
Accounts receivable, net 52,114 46,257
Inventories 65,346 63,230
Prepaid expenses and other 5,177 1,426
Deferred income taxes 5,823 --
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Total current assets 144,590 175,180
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Property, plant and equipment:
Land 1,931 1,931
Buildings 3,725 3,725
Machinery and equipment 416,073 369,490
Mineral property and development costs 8,425 8,425
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430,154 383,571
Less accumulated depreciation (74,623) (68,981)
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Net property, plant and equipment 355,531 314,590
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Other assets 8,215 8,614
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$508,336 $498,384
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</TABLE>
The accompanying notes to condensed financial statements are
an integral part of these condensed balance sheets.
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GENEVA STEEL COMPANY
CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS (Continued)
(Dollars in thousands)
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
December 31, September 30,
1993 1993
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(Unaudited)
<S> <C> <C>
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable $ 45,056 $ 52,982
Accrued payroll and related taxes 11,127 8,578
Accrued liabilities 12,831 11,810
Production prepayments 10,000 10,000
Accrued interest payable 7,816 1,533
Accrued pension and profit sharing costs 1,322 1,110
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Total current liabilities 88,152 86,013
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Long-term debt 224,991 224,991
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Deferred income taxes 21,528 15,619
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Redeemable preferred stock 37,665 35,986
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Stockholders' equity:
Preferred stock -- --
Common stock:
Class A 86,264 86,094
Class B 11,770 11,929
Warrants to purchase Class A common stock 5,360 5,360
Retained earnings 52,573 52,542
Class A common stock held in treasury, at cost (19,967) (20,150)
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Total stockholders' equity 136,000 135,775
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$508,336 $498,384
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</TABLE>
The accompanying notes to condensed financial statements are
an integral part of these condensed balance sheets.
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GENEVA STEEL COMPANY
CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
THREE MONTHS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1993 and 1992
(Amounts in thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1993 1992
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<S> <C> <C>
Net sales $127,099 $101,149
Cost of sales 115,626 99,468
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Gross margin 11,473 1,681
Selling, general and administrative expenses 5,682 4,635
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Income (loss) from operations 5,791 (2,954)
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Other income (expense):
Interest and other income 433 70
Interest expense (3,472) (3,570)
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(3,039) (3,500)
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Net income (loss) before provision (benefit) for income taxes 2,752 (6,454)
Provision (benefit) for income taxes 1,042 (2,517)
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Net income (loss) 1,710 (3,937)
Less redeemable preferred stock dividends and accretion for
original issue discount 1,679 --
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Net income (loss) applicable to common shares $ 31 $ (3,937)
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Net income (loss) per common share $ .002 $ (.26)
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Weighted average shares outstanding 15,095 15,036
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</TABLE>
The accompanying notes to condensed financial statements are
an integral part of these condensed statements.
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GENEVA STEEL COMPANY
CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
THREE MONTHS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1993 AND 1992
(Dollars in thousands)
(Unaudited)
Increase (Decrease) in Cash and Cash Equivalents
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1993 1992
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<S> <C> <C>
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income (loss) $ 1,710 $ (3,937)
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided
by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization 6,128 5,408
Deferred income taxes 86 2,634
(Increase) decrease in current assets--
Accounts receivable, net (5,857) 2,842
Inventories (2,116) (3,020)
Income taxes receivable -- (953)
Prepaid expenses and other (3,751) 933
Increase (decrease) in current liabilities--
Accounts payable (7,926) (1,501)
Accrued payroll and related taxes 2,549 1,940
Accrued liabilities 1,021 (1,075)
Production prepayments -- 2,389
Accrued interest payable 6,283 4,514
Accrued pension and profit sharing costs 212 14
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Net cash provided by (used for) operating activities (1,661) 10,188
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Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of property, plant and equipment (46,583) (10,356)
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Net cash used for investing activities $(46,583) $(10,356)
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</TABLE>
The accompanying notes to condensed financial statements are
an integral part of these condensed statements.
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GENEVA STEEL COMPANY
CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Continued)
THREE MONTHS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1993 AND 1992
(Dollars in thousands)
(Unaudited)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1993 1992
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<S> <C> <C>
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from long-term debt $ -- $109,469
Payments on long-term debt -- (118,127)
Payments for deferred loan costs (88) (57)
Bank overdraft -- 5,647
Issuance of Class A common stock to employee savings plan 195 114
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Net cash provided by (used for) financing activities 107 (2,954)
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Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents (48,137) (3,122)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period 64,267 3,122
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Cash and cash equivalents at end of period $ 16,130 $ --
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</TABLE>
Supplemental schedule of noncash financing activities:
For the three months ended December 31, 1993, the Company increased the
redeemable preferred stock liquidation preference by $1,508 in lieu of paying
a cash dividend. In addition, for the same period, redeemable preferred
stock was increased by $171 for the accretion required over time to amortize
the original issue discount on the redeemable preferred stock incurred at the
time of issuance.
The accompanying notes to condensed financial statements are
an integral part of these condensed statements.
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GENEVA STEEL COMPANY
NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Dollars in thousands)
(Unaudited)
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(1) INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The accompanying condensed financial statements of Geneva Steel Company
(the "Company") have been prepared pursuant to the rules and regulations of the
Securities and Exchange Commission. Certain information and disclosures
normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such
rules and regulations. The unaudited condensed financial statements as of
December 31, 1993 and for the three-month periods ended December 31, 1993 and
1992, reflect all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments)
which, in the opinion of management, are necessary to present fairly the
financial position and results of operations as of such dates and for such
periods.
It is suggested that these condensed financial statements be read in
conjunction with the financial statements and notes thereto included in the
Company's latest annual report on Form 10-K.
(2) INVENTORIES
Inventories are comprised of the following components:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
December 31, September 30,
1993 1993
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<S> <C> <C>
Raw materials $26,918 $20,138
Semi-finished and finished goods 29,783 34,462
Operating materials 8,645 8,630
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$65,346 $63,230
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</TABLE>
(3) NET INCOME (LOSS) PER COMMON SHARE
Net income (loss) per common share is calculated based upon the weighted
average number of common and common equivalent shares outstanding during the
periods. Common equivalent shares consist of warrants and options to purchase
Class A common stock which have a dilutive effect when applying the treasury
stock method. Class B common stock is included in the weighted average number
of common shares outstanding at one share for every ten shares outstanding as
the Class B common stock is convertible to Class A common stock at this same
rate.
The net income (loss) for the three month period ended December 31, 1993
was adjusted for redeemable preferred stock dividends and the accretion
required over time to amortize the original issue discount on the redeemable
preferred stock incurred at the time of issuance.
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(4) INCOME TAXES
In February 1992, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 109, "Accounting For
Income Taxes." SFAS No. 109 supersedes SFAS No. 96. Effective October 1,
1993, the Company adopted SFAS No. 109. The Company previously adopted SFAS
No. 96, and therefore, the impact of adopting SFAS No. 109 did not have a
significant impact on the Company's financial statements. In accordance with
the provisions of SFAS No. 109, as of December 31, 1993, the Company
reclassified current deferred tax items of $5,823 to a current deferred tax
asset in the accompanying financial statements. These items were netted
against deferred income tax liabilities in previous periods. As of December
31, 1993, the realizability of the deferred tax assets requires no valuation
allowance.
The components of and the changes in the net deferred tax assets and
liabilities for the period ended December 31, 1993 are as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Deferred
October 1, (Expense) December 31,
1993 Benefit 1993
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
Deferred tax assets:
Inventory costs capitalized $ 4,351 $ 168 $ 4,519
Alternative minimum tax credit
carryforward 4,134 1,804 5,938
Accrued vacation 1,723 (85) 1,638
Allowance for doubtful accounts 930 (182) 748
General business credits 1,810 419 2,229
Other 109 30 139
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Total deferred tax assets 13,057 2,154 15,211
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Deferred tax liabilities:
Accelerated depreciation (22,976) (1,878) (24,854)
Mineral property development
costs (1,792) (361) (2,153)
Operating materials (3,305) (6) (3,311)
Other (603) 5 (598)
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Total deferred tax liabilities (28,676) (2,240) (30,916)
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Net deferred tax liability $15,619 $ (86) $15,705
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</TABLE>
(5) PUBLIC DEBT OFFERING
On February 1, 1994, the Company completed a public offering of $190
million aggregate principal amount of 9 1/2% senior notes (the "9 1/2% Senior
Notes"). The 9 1/2% Senior Notes mature in 2004, are unsecured and require
interest payments semi-annually on January 15 and July 15. On or after January
15, 1999, the 9 1/2% Senior Notes are redeemable, in whole or in part, at the
option of the Company, subject to certain redemption premiums plus accrued
interest. In the event of a change of control, the Company must offer to
purchase all 9 1/2% Senior Notes then outstanding at a premium plus accrued
interest. The 9 1/2% Senior Notes were issued under an indenture dated as of
January 15, 1994 between the Company and Bankers Trust Company, as trustee, and
are governed by the terms and conditions contained therein. The net proceeds
from the offering will be used to repay an aggregate of approximately $90
million principal amount of privately-placed senior and subordinated term debt
bearing a weighted average interest rate of 11.24%, plus contractual prepayment
premiums and accrued interest. The balance of the net proceeds will be used
for capital expenditures and general corporate purposes.
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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following table sets forth the percentage relationship of certain cost and
expense items to net sales for the periods indicated with respect to the
Company:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Three Months Ended
December 31,
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1993 1992
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<S> <C> <C>
Net sales 100.0% 100.0%
Cost of sales 90.9 98.3
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Gross margin 9.1 1.7
Selling, general and administrative expenses 4.5 4.6
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Income (loss) from operations 4.6 (2.9)
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Other income (expense):
Interest and other income 0.3 0.1
Interest expense (2.7) (3.6)
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(2.4) (3.5)
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Income (loss) before provision (benefit) for income taxes 2.2 (6.4)
Provision (benefit) for income taxes 0.8 (2.5)
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Net income (loss) 1.4% (3.9)%
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</TABLE>
The following table sets forth the sales product mix as a percentage of net
sales for the periods indicated with respect to the Company:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Three Months Ended
December 31,
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1993 1992
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<S> <C> <C>
Sheet 64.3% 49.8%
Plate 25.5 33.2
Pipe 6.9 13.8
Non-Steel 3.3 3.2
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100.0% 100.0%
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</TABLE>
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THREE MONTHS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1993 COMPARED WITH THREE MONTHS
ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1992
The steel industry is cyclical in nature and generally characterized
by overcapacity. Beginning late in fiscal year 1989 and continuing through
December 1992, the industry experienced declining prices due to, among other
things, reduced demand for steel products and significant price competition.
Since early calendar year 1993, the industry has experienced increasing steel
prices resulting from increased demand. In the first quarter of calendar year
1993, the Company announced three separate price increases, each in the amount
of $10 to $20 per ton for various steel products. In addition, various
producers have recently announced price increases effective in 1994 which the
Company intends to follow as justified by market conditions. The Company sells
substantially all of its products in the spot market at prevailing market
prices. Geneva believes its percentage of such sales is significantly higher
than that of most of the other domestic integrated producers. Consequently,
the Company may be affected by price decreases and increases more quickly than
many of its competitors. Industry experience has shown, however, that
announced price increases may not be immediately realized, if at all, due to
the competitive environment within the industry.
The Company has phased in price increases as new orders have been
accepted, subject to adjustments as necessary in response to market conditions.
Price increases and other favorable developments, including reductions in steel
imports resulting from certain of the United States trade cases, increases in
customer orders, and reduced operating costs associated with completed
modernization projects, resulted in improved operating results for the past
three fiscal quarters. Notwithstanding these factors, there can be no
assurance that the Company will be able to maintain profitable operations.
Net sales increased 25.7% on increased shipments of approximately
49,600 tons, or 14.7%, for the three months ended December 31, 1993 as compared
to the same quarter of the previous fiscal year. The increased sales resulted
from higher shipments and increased average selling prices. The weighted
average sales price (net of transportation costs) per ton of sheet, plate and
pipe products increased in the three months ended December 31, 1993 compared to
the same quarter of the previous fiscal year by 19.4%, 6.7% and 2.0%,
respectively. The overall average selling price realization per ton increased
between the periods; however, this increase was offset, in part, by a shift in
product mix to lower priced sheet products from higher priced plate and pipe
products. Shipped tonnage of sheet increased approximately 70,700 tons or
35.9%, while shipped tonnage of plate and pipe decreased approximately 9,800
tons or 9.6% and 14,000 tons or 38.4%, respectively, between the two periods.
During the first quarter of fiscal year 1994, the Company increased
its percentage of sheet products sold. Although this shift in product mix
involved increased shipments of lower priced sheet products outside of the
western market at higher transportation costs, such shift improved the
Company's operating margin as a result of higher throughput efficiencies. In
the second quarter of fiscal year 1994, the Company
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will suspend production of certain plate products for approximately three
months while upgrades to various processing equipment are implemented.
During this period, the Company will further increase production of sheet
products.
Cost of sales includes raw materials, labor costs, energy costs
(consisting primarily of oxygen, electricity and natural gas), depreciation,
and other operating and support costs associated with the production process.
The Company's cost of sales, as a percentage of net sales, decreased to 90.9%
for the three months ended December 31, 1993 from 98.3% for the same quarter of
the previous fiscal year primarily as a result of higher average selling
prices. The average cost of sales per ton shipped increased approximately $4
per ton between the two periods. Costs increased as a result of production
disruptions associated with modernization and other capital projects, an
equipment failure that temporarily interrupted operation of one of the
Company's blast furnaces, increased depreciation expense resulting from
additional capital expenditures, increased wages and benefits as required by
the union labor agreement, increased coke costs as a result of purchasing coke
to supplement internal coke production, increased costs of purchased scrap and
increases in certain other operating costs. These increased costs were offset,
in part, by a shift in product mix to lower cost sheet products.
The Company expects that certain operating costs will increase in
future periods. For example, the Company's consumption of purchased coke will
be higher, thereby increasing the Company's average cost of coke used in the
manufacturing process. The Company currently purchases its iron ore pellets
and a portion of its high volatile coal under long-term contracts that expire
in fiscal year 1994. As the Company renews or replaces these contracts, the
cost of these raw materials may increase. In addition, labor costs are
expected to be higher due to wage increases and, in certain periods, due to the
implementation of the Company's performance dividend plan. Notwithstanding
these increases, the Company expects to realize significant operating cost
savings as remaining projects included in the modernization program are
implemented.
Depreciation costs included in cost of sales increased approximately
$0.5 million in the three months ended December 31, 1993 compared with the same
quarter of the previous fiscal year. This increase was due to increases in the
asset base resulting from capital expenditures. Depreciation expense will
increase substantially as the various capital improvements contemplated by the
Company's capital maintenance and modernization program become operational.
Selling, general and administrative expenses for the three months
ended December 31, 1993 increased approximately $1.0 million as compared to the
same quarter of the previous fiscal year. The higher expenses resulted
primarily from increased wages and salaries and increased outside services.
The Company expects that wages and salaries will continue to increase in fiscal
year 1994 primarily due to the implementation of the Company's performance
dividend plan.
Interest expense decreased approximately $0.1 million during the three
months ended December 31, 1993 as compared to the same quarter of the
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previous fiscal year. This decrease was due to an increase in interest
capitalized offset, in part, by higher levels of borrowing during the first
quarter of fiscal year 1993.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
The Company's liquidity requirements arise from capital expenditures
and working capital requirements, including interest payments. The Company has
met these requirements over the last three years principally from the
incurrence of additional long-term indebtedness and cash provided by
operations.
In April 1992, the Company obtained its existing revolving credit
facility in the amount of $50 million from a syndicate of banks led by Citicorp
USA, Inc., as agent (the "Revolving Credit Facility"), for the working capital
and capital expenditure needs of the Company. The Revolving Credit Facility is
secured by the Company's inventories, accounts receivable, certain general
intangibles and proceeds thereof, and expires on February 28, 1995. At such
time, management believes it will be necessary to obtain new or replacement
credit arrangements. The Company recently entered into an amendment with the
lenders under the Revolving Credit Facility pursuant to which the Company
currently has access to $25 million in borrowings under such facility. The
Company's ability to borrow funds in excess of $25 million under the Revolving
Credit Facility is subject to certain conditions contained in the amendment.
Moreover, the Company's access to any borrowings under the Revolving Credit
Facility is subject to compliance with various other financial covenants and
tests contained therein. The indentures governing the Company's 11 1/8% senior
notes (the "11 1/8% Senior Notes") and its recently issued 9 1/2% senior notes
(the "9 1/2% Senior Notes'' and, together with the 11 1/8% Senior Notes, the
"Senior Notes") also contain certain restrictions on the Company's ability to
borrow additional funds.
On February 1, 1994, the Company completed a public offering of $190
million aggregate principal amount of 9 1/2% Senior Notes (the "Public
Offering"). The 9 1/2% Senior Notes mature in 2004, are unsecured and require
interest payments semi-annually on January 15 and July 15. On or after January
15, 1999, the 9 1/2% Senior Notes are redeemable, in whole or in part, at the
option of the Company, subject to certain redemption premiums plus accrued
interest. In the event of a change of control, the Company must offer to
purchase all 9 1/2% Senior Notes then outstanding at a premium plus accrued
interest. The 9 1/2% Senior Notes were issued under an indenture dated as of
January 15, 1994 between the Company and Bankers Trust Company, as trustee, and
are governed by the terms and conditions contained therein. The net proceeds
from the offering will be used to repay an aggregate of approximately $90
million principal amount of privately-placed senior and subordinated term debt
bearing a weighted average interest rate of 11.24% (the "Private Debt"), plus
contractual prepayment premiums and accrued interest. The balance of the net
proceeds will be used for capital expenditures and general corporate purposes.
The Public Offering was undertaken to replace the Private Debt with a
portion of the 9 1/2% Senior Notes, which notes have a lower interest rate and
a longer maturity. The Public Offering was also undertaken to
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improve the Company's liquidity and financial flexibility by increasing
significantly the amount of cash on hand, by increasing access under the
Revolving Credit Facility and by eliminating near term principal sinking fund
requirements contained in the Private Debt. Prior to consummation of the
Public Offering, the Private Debt had limited the Company's access under the
Revolving Credit Facility or otherwise to a total of $20 million in borrowings.
The debt instruments governing the Revolving Credit Facility and the
Senior Notes contain cross default or acceleration and other customary
provisions. Financial covenants contained in the Revolving Credit Facility
and/or the Senior Notes also include, among other things, a limitation on
dividends and distributions on capital stock of the Company, a tangible net
worth maintenance requirement, a leverage ratio maintenance requirement, an
interest coverage requirement, a cumulative cash flow requirement, a cumulative
capital expenditure limitation, a limitation on the incurrence of additional
indebtedness unless certain financial tests are satisfied, a limitation on
mergers, consolidations and dispositions of assets and a limitation on liens.
The Company has from time to time entered into amendments relaxing certain of
the covenants and tests contained in the Revolving Credit Facility and may be
required to seek additional amendments in the future.
Besides these financing activities, the Company's major source of
liquidity has been cash provided by operations. Net cash provided by (used
for) operating activities was $(1.7) million for the first quarter of fiscal
year 1994 compared with $10.2 million for the same quarter of the previous
fiscal year. The $1.7 million used for operating activities during the three
months ended December 31, 1993 included approximately $11.7 million resulting
from an increase in current assets substantially offset by net income and
depreciation and amortization of approximately $7.8 million.
The Company expects its modernization program and capital maintenance
and other expenditures to require significant cash resources over the next
several years. Modernization program expenditures were approximately $269
million from the inception of the program through December 31, 1993. The
modernization program currently provides for capital expenditures totaling
approximately $118 million during fiscal years 1994 and 1995, including
approximately $33 million spent during the first quarter of fiscal year 1994.
In addition, the Company has budgeted approximately $60 million for capital
maintenance and other projects during these years. As a result of the Public
Offering and other factors, however, the Company may increase its capital
spending during these years as other capital projects are evaluated and
undertaken.
Given the additional liquidity, improved access under the Revolving
Credit Facility and resulting financial flexibility associated with the Public
Offering, the Company is pursuing the rolling mill finishing stand
improvements, the final remaining project included in the modernization
program. These improvements are expected to be completed in June 1995. The
Company will continue to incur substantial capital expenditures after
completion of the modernization program. Moreover, the Company may also pursue
other capital projects in addition to those presently included in the Company's
capital budget. There can be no assurance that the costs
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of modernization or capital maintenance and other projects will not exceed
those currently anticipated by the Company.
The Company will be required to make substantial interest and dividend
payments on the Senior Notes, the redeemable preferred stock (or the debentures
exchangeable therefor), and any outstanding balances under the Revolving Credit
Facility, together with interest on any additional funding necessary for the
expected and future capital expenditures and other working capital needs. The
Company's annual debt interest expense on currently outstanding amounts will be
approximately $33 million and its annual redeemable preferred stock dividends
will be approximately $6 million. Dividends not paid in cash before April 1996
will be added to the liquidation preference of the redeemable preferred stock.
As of February 1, 1994, the Company had approximately $90 million in cash and
cash equivalents. Although the Company believes that the cash and cash
equivalents on hand, together with anticipated cash from future operations and
potential borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility, will provide
sufficient liquidity for the Company to meet its debt service requirements and
to complete the remaining modernization and planned capital maintenance and
other projects, there can be no assurance that these sources will be adequate
to fund completion of these projects. The Company continues to focus on cost
control, revenue enhancement and cash flow management.
The Company is nearing completion of the continuous casting facility
and related improvements. Although the Company has implemented measures
designed to minimize production interruptions and start-up difficulties, there
can be no assurance that such conditions will not occur as the continuous
caster becomes operational or that the start-up phase will not extend beyond
the anticipated six-month period. Moreover, the Company anticipates that in
any event it will temporarily incur significant start-up and transition costs
as the remaining projects included in the modernization program are completed
and implemented.
The short-term and long-term liquidity of the Company is dependent upon
several factors, including the Company's ongoing operations, availability of
financing, foreign currency fluctuations, competitive and market forces,
modernization and environmental expenditures and general economic conditions.
Similarly, the United States steel market is subject to cyclical fluctuations
that may affect the amount of cash internally generated by the Company and the
ability of the Company to obtain external financing. Consequently, there can
be no assurance that the Company will have sufficient resources to fund all of
its planned and future modernization requirements and capital maintenance and
other projects or to satisfy other working capital and cash needs. In such
event, the Company intends to pursue alternative financing strategies, which
may include additional borrowings or the sale of equity securities. Should the
Company determine to proceed with any such financing strategies in the future,
there can be no assurance that the Company can obtain any consents or approvals
that may be required from existing lenders or stockholders or that such
financing could be consummated on terms favorable to the Company or at all.
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Inflation can be expected to have an effect on many of the Company's
operating costs and expenses. Due to worldwide competition in the steel
industry, the Company may not be able to pass through such increased costs to
its customers.
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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION
On December 17, 1993, the Company received a copy of a Schedule 13-G
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by FMR Corp. reporting its
beneficial ownership of 1,372,900 shares of the Company's Class A common stock.
Such shares include 566,000 shares subject to presently exercisable warrants,
and represent 10.22% of the outstanding Class A common stock, based on
12,871,145 shares outstanding as of December 31, 1993. FMR Corp. is the parent
holding company of Fidelity Management & Research Company, which has the power
to direct the disposition of the shares in its capacity as investment adviser
to several investment companies, none of which are known to hold more than 5%
of the outstanding Class A Common Stock. The foregoing information should be
read in conjunction with the information relating to security ownership of
certain beneficial owners and management contained in the Company's Annual
Report of Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1993.
ITEM 6. EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K
(a) Exhibits.
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Exhibit Filed
Number Exhibit Herewith
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4 Indenture dated as of January 15,
1994 between the Company and
Bankers Trust Company, as Trustee,
including a form of 9 1/2% Senior
Note due 2004. X
10 Amendment dated as of January 21,
1994 to the Revolving Credit
Agreement. X
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(b) Reports on Form 8-K.
The Company filed a report on Form 8-K on December 3, 1993, reporting
three material contracts, including (i) an agreement for the sale and purchase
of coke, (ii) an amendment to the Revolving Credit Facility, and (iii) an
amendment to the Company's collective bargaining agreement.
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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 thereunto duly authorized.
GENEVA STEEL COMPANY
By: /s/ Dennis L. Wanlass
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Vice President, Treasurer and
Chief Financial Officer
Dated: February 14, 1994
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Exhibit 4
GENEVA STEEL COMPANY,
as Issuer,
and
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY,
as Trustee
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INDENTURE
Dated as of January 15, 1994
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CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE
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TIA Section Indenture Section
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# 310 (a)(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.10
(a)(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.10
(a)(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N.A.
(a)(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N.A.
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.8; 7.10; 10.2
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N.A.
# 311 (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.11
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.11
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N.A.
# 312 (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.5
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.3
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.3
# 313 (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.6
(b)(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.6
(b)(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.6
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.6; 10.2
(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.6
# 314 (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.7; 10.2
# 314 (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N.A.
(c)(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.4
(c)(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.4
(c)(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N.A.
(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N.A.
(e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.5
(f) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N.A.
# 315 (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.1(b)
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.5; 10.2
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.1(a)
(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.1(c)
(e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.11
# 316 (a) (last sentence) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.9
(a)(1)(A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.5
(a)(1)(B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.4
(a)(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N.A.
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.7
# 317 (a)(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.8
(a)(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.9
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.4
# 318 (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.1
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N.A. means Not Applicable.
NOTE: This Cross-Reference Table shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be
a part of this Indenture.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND
INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
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1.1 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.2 Incorporation by Reference of Trust
Indenture Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
1.3 Rules of Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
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ARTICLE II
THE SECURITIES
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2.1 Form and Dating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2.2 Execution and Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
2.3 Registrar and Paying Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
2.4 Paying Agent To Hold Money in Trust . . . . . . . . . . 19
2.5 Securityholder Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
2.6 Transfer and Exchange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
2.7 Replacement Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
2.8 Outstanding Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
2.9 Treasury Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
2.10 Temporary Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
2.11 Cancellation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
2.12 Defaulted Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
2.13 CUSIP Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
2.14 Deposit of Moneys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
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ARTICLE III
REDEMPTION
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3.1 Notices to Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
3.2 Selection of Securities To Be
Redeemed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
3.3 Notice of Redemption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
3.4 Effect of Notice of Redemption . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
3.5 Deposit of Redemption Price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
3.6 Securities Redeemed in Part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
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COVENANTS
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4.1 Payment of Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
4.2 Corporate Existence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
4.3 Payment of Taxes and Other Claims . . . . . . . . . . . 28
4.4 Maintenance of Properties; Insurance;
Books and Records; Compliance with
Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
4.5 Compliance Certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
4.6 Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
4.7 Further Assurance to the Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . 30
4.8 Limitation on Additional Indebtedness . . . . . . . . . 30
4.9 Limitation on Sale-Leaseback
Transactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
4.10 Limitation on Liens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
4.11 Limitation on Restricted Payments . . . . . . . . . . . 35
4.12 Disposition of Proceeds of Asset
Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
4.13 Limitation on Transactions with
Affiliates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
4.14 Change of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
4.15 Limitation on Dividends and Other
Payment Restrictions Affecting
Subsidiaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
4.16 Conflicting Agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
4.17 Waiver of Usury Laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
4.18 Limitation on Investments, Loans and
Advances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
4.19 Limitation on Issuance and Sale of
Capital Stock of Subsidiaries . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
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SUCCESSOR CORPORATION
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5.1 When Company May Merge, Etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
5.2 Successor Entity Substituted . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
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ARTICLE VI
DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
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6.1 Events of Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
6.2 Acceleration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
6.3 Other Remedies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
6.4 Waiver of Past Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
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6.5 Control by Majority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
6.6 Limitation on Suits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
6.7 Rights of Holders To Receive Payment . . . . . . . . . 52
6.8 Collection Suit by Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
6.9 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim . . . . . . . . . . . 52
6.10 Priorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
6.11 Undertaking for Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
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ARTICLE VII
TRUSTEE
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7.1 Duties of Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
7.2 Rights of Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
7.3 Individual Rights of Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
7.4 Trustee's Disclaimer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
7.5 Notice of Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
7.6 Reports by Trustee to Holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
7.7 Compensation and Indemnity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
7.8 Replacement of Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
7.9 Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc. . . . . . . . . . . . 61
7.10 Eligibility; Disqualification . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
7.11 Preferential Collection of Claims
Against Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
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ARTICLE VIII
DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE
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8.1 Termination of Company's Obligations . . . . . . . . . 61
8.2 Legal Defeasance and Covenant
Defeasance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
8.3 Application of Trust Money . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
8.4 Repayment to Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
8.5 Reinstatement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
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ARTICLE IX
AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS
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9.1 Without Consent of Holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
9.2 With Consent of Holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
9.3 Compliance with Trust Indenture Act . . . . . . . . . . 70
9.4 Revocation and Effect of Consents . . . . . . . . . . . 70
9.5 Notation on or Exchange of Securities . . . . . . . . . 71
9.6 Trustee To Sign Amendments, Etc. . . . . . . . . . . . 71
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MISCELLANEOUS
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10.1 Trust Indenture Act Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
10.2 Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
10.3 Communications by Holders with Other
Holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
10.4 Certificate and Opinion of Counsel as
to Conditions Precedent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
10.5 Statements Required in Certificate and
Opinion of Counsel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
10.6 Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent,
Registrar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
10.7 Legal Holidays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
10.8 Governing Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
10.9 No Recourse Against Others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
10.10 Successors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
10.11 Duplicate Originals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
10.12 Separability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
10.13 Table of Contents, Headings, Etc. . . . . . . . . . . . 75
SIGNATURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
EXHIBIT A - Form of Security
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INDENTURE dated as of January 15, 1994, between GENEVA STEEL COMPANY,
a Utah corporation, as Issuer (the "Company"), and BANKERS TRUST COMPANY, a New
York banking corporation, as Trustee (the "Trustee").
The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this
Indenture to provide for the issuance of the 9 1/2% Senior Notes Due 2004 of
the Company (the "Securities") to be issued as provided for in this Indenture.
The parties hereto agree as follows for the benefit of each other and
for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
SECTION 1.1 Definitions.
"Account" has the meaning assigned to that term in the UCC.
"Acquired Indebtedness" means Indebtedness of a Person existing at the
time such Person becomes a Subsidiary of the Company or assumed in connection
with an Asset Acquisition by such Person, including, without limitation,
Indebtedness incurred in connection with, or in anticipation of, such Person
becoming a Subsidiary of the Company or such acquisition.
"Affiliate" means, with respect to any specified Person, any other
Person which, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by or is under
direct or indirect common control with, such specified Person. For the
purposes of this definition, "control", when used with respect to any Person,
means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly
or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract
or otherwise, and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings
correlative to the foregoing.
"Affiliate Transaction" has the meaning provided in Section 4.13.
"Agent" means any Registrar, Paying Agent or co-registrar.
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"Asset Acquisition" means (i) any capital contribution (by means of
transfers of cash or other property to others or payments for property or
services for the account or use of others, or otherwise), or purchase or
acquisition of Capital Stock, by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in any
other Person, or acquisition or purchase of Capital Stock by the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries in any other Person, in either case, pursuant to which such
Person shall become a Subsidiary of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or
shall be merged with or into the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (ii) any
acquisition by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of the assets of any
Person which constitute substantially all of an operating unit or business of
such Person.
"Asset Sale" means any direct or indirect sale, conveyance, transfer,
lease or other disposition to any Person (including by way of merger) other
than the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company, in one transaction or a series
of related transactions, of (i) any Capital Stock of any Subsidiary of the
Company or (ii) any other property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary of
the Company, in each case, other than Inventory in the ordinary course of
business and other than such isolated transactions which do not involve
aggregate consideration in excess of $500,000 individually (any consideration
other than cash to be valued in good faith by the Company's Board of
Directors). For the purposes of this definition, the term "Asset Sale" shall
not include (x) sales of receivables not a part of a sale of the business from
which they arose, (y) any disposition of properties and assets of the Company
or any Subsidiary that is governed under and complies with Section 4.9 or 5.1
hereof or (z) transfers of assets to any Person solely in exchange for assets
which are related to the Company's business and which have a Fair Market Value
at least equal to the Fair Market Value of the assets transferred.
"Asset Sale Offer" has the meaning provided in Section 4.12(a)(ii).
"Asset Sale Payment Date" means, with respect to any Available Amount
from an Asset Sale, the earliest of (x) the 330th day following receipt of such
Available Amount if no written commitments to apply such Available Amount to a
use other than an Asset Sale Offer have been entered into within 270 days of
such Asset Sale, (y) the 360th day following receipt of such Available Amount
and (z) such earlier date on which an Asset Sale Offer shall expire.
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"Available Amount" has the meaning provided in Section 4.12(a)(ii).
"Bankruptcy Law" means Title 11 of the United States Code or any other
bankruptcy, insolvency or similar federal or state law for the relief,
reorganization, adjustment or recomposition of debtors.
"Board of Directors" means the Board of Directors of the Company or
any committee of such Board of Directors authorized to act for it hereunder.
"Board Resolution" means a copy of a resolution certified by the
Secretary, an Assistant Secretary or any Vice President of the Company to have
been duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company 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, a Sunday or any day on
which banking institutions in Salt Lake City, Utah and the City of New York,
State of New York are required or authorized by law or other governmental
action to be closed.
"Capital Stock" means, with respect to any Person, any and all shares,
interests, participations, rights in, or other equivalents (however designated
and whether voting or non-voting) of, such Person's capital stock, whether
outstanding on the Issue Date or issued after the Issue Date, and any and all
rights, warrants or options exchangeable for or convertible into such capital
stock.
"Capitalized Lease Obligation" means any obligation to pay rent or
other amounts under a lease of (or other agreement conveying the right to use)
any property (whether real, personal or mixed) that is required to be
classified and accounted for as a capital lease obligation under GAAP, and, for
the purposes of this Indenture, the amount of such obligation at any date shall
be the capitalized amount thereof at such date, determined in accordance with
GAAP.
"Change of Control" means (i) the direct or indirect sale, lease,
exchange or other transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the
Company to any Person or entity or group of Persons or entities acting in
concert as a partnership or other group (a "Group of Persons") other than an
Affiliate
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of the Company or a Permitted Person, (ii) the merger or consolidation of the
Company with or into another corporation with the effect that the then existing
shareholders of the Company hold less than 50% of the combined voting power of
the then outstanding securities of the surviving corporation of such merger or
the corporation resulting from such consolidation ordinarily (and apart from
rights arising under special circumstances) having the right to vote in the
election of directors, and (iii) a Person or Group of Persons (other than a
Permitted Person) shall, as a result of a tender or exchange offer, open market
purchases, privately negotiated purchases or otherwise, have become the
beneficial owner (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of
securities of the Company representing more than 50% of the combined voting
power of the then outstanding securities of the Company ordinarily (and apart
from rights arising under special circumstances) having the right to vote in
the election of directors. For purposes of the foregoing, a "Permitted Person"
shall mean any holder or a group consisting solely of holders of the Class B
Common Stock of the Company on the Issue Date, any spouse or child of such
holder or any person who is an Affiliate of such holder or such spouse or
child. For the avoidance of doubt, in construing the foregoing, indirect
ownership of an entity and indirect holding of interests or voting power of an
entity, such as through a holding company or otherwise, shall constitute
ownership of such entity and holding of interests or voting power of such
entity within the meaning of the foregoing.
"Change of Control Date" has the meaning provided in Section 4.14 of
this Indenture.
"Change of Control Offer" has the meaning provided in Section 4.14 of
this Indenture.
"Change of Control Payment Date" has the meaning provided in Section
4.14 of this Indenture.
"Common Stock" means, with respect to any Person, any and all shares,
interests or other participations in, and other equivalents (however designated
and whether voting or nonvoting) of, such Person's common stock, whether
outstanding on the Issue Date or issued after such date, and includes, without
limitation, all series and classes of such common stock.
"Company" means the party named as such in this Indenture until a
successor replaces it in accordance with the
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provisions of this Indenture and, thereafter, means the successor.
"Consolidated Cash Flow" means, with respect to any Person (including
its Subsidiaries) for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person
for such period increased (to the extent deducted in determining Consolidated
Net Income) by the sum of (i) all United States Federal, state and foreign
income taxes of such Person paid or accrued in accordance with GAAP for such
period (other than income taxes attributable to extraordinary, unusual or
non-recurring gains or losses), (ii) all interest expense of such Person paid
or accrued in accordance with GAAP (net of any interest income) for such period
(including amortization of original issue discount and the interest portion of
deferred payment obligations), (iii) depreciation, and (iv) amortization,
including, without limitation, amortization of capitalized debt issuance costs.
"Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio" means, with respect to any
Person, the ratio of (i) Consolidated Cash Flow of such Person for the two full
fiscal quarters for which financial statements are available that immediately
precede the date of the proposed transaction or other circumstances giving rise
to the need to calculate the Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio (the
"Transaction Date") to (ii) all cash and non-cash interest expense of such
Person and its Subsidiaries determined in accordance with GAAP (net of any
interest income of such Person and its Subsidiaries and excluding deferred
financing fees of such Person and its Subsidiaries) for such two full fiscal
quarter period plus all cash and non-cash interest capitalized by such Person
and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP for such two fiscal quarter
period. For purposes of this definition, if the Transaction Date is to occur
prior to the date on which the Company's consolidated financial statements for
the two full fiscal quarters subsequent to the Issue Date are first available,
"Consolidated Cash Flow" and the items referred to in the preceding clause (ii)
shall be calculated, in the case of the Company, after giving effect on a pro
forma basis as if the Securities outstanding on the Transaction Date were
issued on the first day of such two full fiscal quarter period. In addition to
and without limitation of the foregoing, for purposes of this definition,
"Consolidated Cash Flow" and the items referred to in the preceding clause (ii)
shall be calculated after giving effect on a pro forma basis for the period of
such calculation to (i) the incurrence and/or retirement of any Indebtedness of
such Person or any of its Subsidiaries at any time during the period (the
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"Reference Period") (A) commencing on the first day of the two full fiscal
quarter period for which financial statements are available that precedes the
Transaction Date and (B) ending on and including the Transaction Date,
including, without limitation, the incurrence and/or retirement of the
Indebtedness giving rise to the need to make such calculation, as if such
incurrence and/or retirement occurred on the first day of the Reference Period
(for the avoidance of doubt, in construing the foregoing provision,
Indebtedness otherwise permitted and incurred simultaneously with the
incurrence of Indebtedness giving rise to the need to make the pro forma
calculation shall be excluded from such calculation); provided that if such
Person or any of its Subsidiaries directly or indirectly guarantees
Indebtedness of a third Person, the above clause shall give effect to the
incurrence of such guaranteed Indebtedness as if such Person or Subsidiary had
directly incurred such guaranteed Indebtedness and (ii) any Asset Sales or
Asset Acquisitions (including, without limitation, any Asset Acquisition giving
rise to the need to make such calculation as a result of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries (including any Person who becomes a Subsidiary as a result of
the Asset Acquisition) incurring Acquired Indebtedness) occurring during the
Reference Period and any retirement of Indebtedness in connection with such
Asset Acquisitions, as if such Asset Sale or Asset Acquisition and/or
retirement occurred on the first day of the Reference Period. Furthermore, in
calculating the denominator (but not the numerator) of this "Consolidated
Interest Coverage Ratio," (1) interest on Indebtedness determined on a
fluctuating basis as of the Transaction Date and which will continue to be so
determined thereafter shall be deemed to accrue at a fixed rate per annum equal
to the rate of interest on such Indebtedness in effect on the Transaction Date;
(2) if interest on any Indebtedness to be incurred on the Transaction Date may
optionally be determined at an interest rate based upon a factor of a prime or
similar rate, a eurocurrency interbank offered rate, or other rates, then the
interest rate based upon a factor of a prime or similar rate shall be deemed to
have been in effect; and (3) notwithstanding clause (1) above, interest on
Indebtedness determined on a fluctuating basis, to the extent such interest is
covered by agreements relating to Interest Rate Protection Obligations, shall
be deemed to accrue at the rate per annum resulting after giving effect to the
operation of such agreements.
"Consolidated Net Income" means, with respect to any Person, for any
period, the aggregate of the Net Income of such Person and its Subsidiaries for
such period, on a consolidated
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basis, determined in accordance with GAAP; provided, however, that (a) the Net
Income of any Person (the "Other Person") in which the Person in question or
any of its Subsidiaries has a less than a 100% interest (which interest does
not cause the Net Income of such other Person to be consolidated into the Net
Income of the Person in question in accordance with GAAP) shall be included
only to the extent of the amount of dividends or distributions paid to the
Person in question or the Subsidiary, (b) the Net Income of any Subsidiary of
the Person in question that is subject to any restriction or limitation on the
payment of dividends or the making of other distributions shall be excluded to
the extent of such restriction or limitation, (c) (i) the Net Income of any
Person acquired in a pooling of interests transaction for any period prior to
the date of such acquisition and (ii) any net gain (but not loss) resulting
from an Asset Sale by the Person in question or any of its Subsidiaries other
than in the ordinary course of business shall be excluded and (d) extraordinary
gains and losses shall be excluded.
"Custodian" has the meaning provided in Section 6.1(b).
"Default" means any event that is, or after the giving of notice or
the passage of time or both would be, an Event of Default.
"Disqualified Stock" means, with respect to any Person, any Capital
Stock of such Person which, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into
which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or upon the happening
of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund
obligation or otherwise, or is exchangeable for Indebtedness, or is redeemable
at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, on or prior to the
Maturity Date of the Securities.
"Event of Default" has the meaning provided in Section 6.1.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
from time to time and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the
SEC.
"Exchange Debentures" has the meaning provided in Section 4.8.
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"Existing Senior Notes" means the Company's (i) 11.4% Senior Notes
issued pursuant to Note Agreements dated as of March 1, 1990, (ii) 10.55%
Senior Notes issued pursuant to Note Agreements dated as of August 15, 1991 and
(iii) 11 1/8% Senior Notes due 2001 issued pursuant to the indenture dated as
of March 15, 1993.
"Fair Market Value" or "fair value" means, with respect to any asset
or property, the price which could be negotiated in an arm's-length free market
transaction, for cash, between a willing seller and a willing buyer, neither of
whom is under undue pressure or compulsion to complete the transaction. Fair
Market Value shall be determined by the Board of Directors acting in good faith
and shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution delivered to the Trustee with
respect to all assets or property having a Fair Market Value in excess of
$1,000,000.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the
opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of
the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such
other entity as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting
profession of the United States of America, which are applicable as of the date
of determination.
"Holder" or "Securityholder" means the Person in whose name a Security
is registered on the Registrar's books.
"incur" means, with respect to any Indebtedness, to directly or
indirectly, create, incur, assume, issue, guarantee or otherwise become liable
for or with respect to such Indebtedness; and the terms "incurred,"
"incurrence" and "incurring" have meanings correlative to the foregoing;
provided, however, that a change in GAAP that results in an obligation of any
Person that exists at such time becoming Indebtedness of such Person shall not
be deemed an incurrence of such Indebtedness by such Person.
"Indebtedness" means, with respect to any Person, without duplication,
(i) any liability, contingent or otherwise, of such Person (A) for borrowed
money (whether or not the recourse of the lender is to the whole of the assets
of such Person or only to a portion thereof), (B) evidenced by a note,
debenture or similar debt instrument or letter of credit (including a purchase
money obligation) or (C) for the payment
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of money relating to a Capitalized Lease Obligation or other obligation
relating to payment of the deferred purchase price of property; (ii) any
liability of others of the kind described in the preceding clause (i) which the
Person has guaranteed or which is otherwise its contractual liability; (iii)
any obligation secured by a Lien to which the property or assets of such Person
are subject, whether or not the obligations secured thereby shall have been
assumed by or shall otherwise be such Person's legal liability; and (iv) any
and all deferrals, renewals, extensions and refundings of, or amendments,
modifications or supplements to, any liability of the kind described in any of
the preceding clauses (i), (ii) or (iii). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
liability or obligation of a Person under any appeal or reimbursement
obligation entered into with respect to any judgment shall not constitute
Indebtedness. For the avoidance of doubt, in construing the foregoing
definition, guaranties by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of
Indebtedness, which Indebtedness is incurred by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries pursuant to, and in compliance with, Section 4.8 hereof, shall not
constitute Indebtedness within the meaning of the foregoing definition.
"Indenture" means this Indenture as amended or supplemented from time
to time pursuant to the terms hereof.
"interest," when used with respect to any Security, means the amount
of all interest accruing on such Security, including all interest accruing
subsequent to the occurrence of any events specified in Sections 6.1(a)(vi) and
(vii) or which would have accrued but for any such event.
"Interest Payment Date," when used with respect to any Security, means
the stated maturity of an installment of interest specified in such Security.
"Interest Rate" when used with respect to any Security, means the rate
per annum specified in such Security as the rate of interest accruing on the
principal amount of such Security.
"Interest Rate Protection Obligations" means the obligations of any
Person pursuant to 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
Person calculated by applying a fixed or a
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floating rate of interest on the same notional amount and shall include,
without limitation, interest rate swaps, caps, floors, collars and similar
agreements.
"Inventory" has the meaning assigned to that term in the UCC.
"Investments" has the meaning provided in Section 4.18.
"Issue Date" means February 1, 1994.
"Legal Holiday" means any day other than a Business Day.
"Lien" means any mortgage, lien (statutory or other), pledge, security
interest, encumbrance, hypothecation, assignment for security, or other
security agreement of any kind or nature whatsoever. For purposes of this
Indenture, a Person shall be deemed to own subject to a Lien any property which
it has acquired or holds subject to the interest of a vendor or lessor under
any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or other title retention
agreement relating to such property.
"Material Subsidiary" means, at any particular time, any Subsidiary of
any Person that (a) accounted for more than 10% of the consolidated revenues of
such Person and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for the most recently
completed fiscal year of such Person or (b) was the owner of more than 10% of
the assets of such Person and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as at
the end of such fiscal year, all as shown on the consolidated financial
statements of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such fiscal year.
"Maturity Date," when used with respect to any Security, means the
date specified in such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of
such Security is due and payable.
"Net Cash Proceeds" means, with respect to any Asset Sale, the
proceeds thereof in the form of cash or cash equivalents, including payments in
respect of deferred payment obligations when received in the form of cash or
cash equivalents (except to the extent that such obligations with respect to
Indebtedness are financed or sold with recourse to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries) net of (i) brokerage commissions and other reasonable fees and
expenses (including fees and
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expenses of counsel and investment bankers) related to such Asset Sale; (ii)
provisions for all taxes payable as a result of such Asset Sale; (iii) payments
made to retire Indebtedness secured by the assets subject to such Asset Sale
(including retirements of Indebtedness under the Working Capital Facility) to
the extent required pursuant to the terms of such Indebtedness; and (iv)
appropriate amounts to be provided by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
as the case may be, as a reserve, in accordance with GAAP, against any
liabilities associated with such Asset Sale and retained by the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, after such Asset Sale, including,
without limitation, pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities,
liabilities related to environmental matters and liabilities under any
indemnification obligations associated with such Asset Sale.
"Net Income" means, with respect to any Person for any period, the net
income (loss) of such Person determined in accordance with GAAP.
"Net Proceeds" means (a) in the case of any sale of Capital Stock by
the Company, the aggregate net proceeds received by the Company, after payment
of expenses, commissions and the like incurred in connection therewith, whether
such proceeds are in cash or in property (valued at the Fair Market Value
thereof, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, at the time of
receipt) and (b) in the case of any exchange, exercise, conversion or surrender
of outstanding securities of any kind for or into shares of Capital Stock of
the Company which is not Disqualified Stock, the net book value of such
outstanding securities on the date of such exchange, exercise, conversion or
surrender (plus any additional amount required to be paid by the holder to the
Company upon such exchange, exercise, conversion or surrender, less any and all
payments made to the holders, e.g., on account of fractional shares, and less
all expenses incurred by the Company in connection therewith).
"Officer" means the Chairman, the President, any Vice President, the
Chief Financial Officer, the General Counsel, the Treasurer, the Secretary, the
Chief Accounting Officer or the Controller of the Company.
"Officer's Certificate" means a certificate signed by an Officer,
unless the context herein requires more than one Officer's signature.
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"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion from legal counsel, which
may include counsel to the Company.
"Paying Agent" has the meaning provided in Section 2.3 except that,
for the purposes of Section 4.14 and Articles III and VIII, the Paying Agent
shall not be the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company or any of their
respective Affiliates.
"Permitted Investments" means (i) obligations of or guaranteed by the
U.S. government due within one year; (ii) certificates of deposit or eurodollar
deposits due within one year with a commercial bank having capital funds of at
least $100,000,000 or more; (iii) commercial paper rated A-2, P-2 or better by
Standard & Poor's Corporation or Moody's Investors Service, Inc.; (iv) money
market preferred stocks which, at the date of acquisition and at all times
thereafter, are accorded either of the two highest ratings by Standard & Poor's
Corporation or Moody's Investors Service, Inc.; (v) debt of or guaranteed by
any state or political subdivision that is rated A or better; and (vi)
Repurchase Agreements.
"Permitted Liens" means, with respect to any Person, any Lien arising
by reason of (a) any judgment, decree or order of any court, so long as such
Lien is being contested in good faith and any appropriate legal proceedings
which may have been duly initiated for the review of such judgment, decree or
order shall not have been finally terminated or the period within which such
proceedings may be initiated shall not have expired; (b) taxes not yet
delinquent or which are being contested in good faith; (c) security for payment
of workers' compensation or other insurance; (d) security for the performance
of tenders, contracts (other than contracts for the payment of borrowed money)
or leases; (e) deposits to secure public or statutory obligations, or in lieu
of surety or appeal bonds entered into in the ordinary course of business; (f)
operation of law in favor of carriers, warehousemen, landlords, mechanics,
materialmen, laborers, employees, suppliers or similar Persons, incurred in the
ordinary course of business for sums which are not yet delinquent or are being
contested in good faith by negotiations or by appropriate proceedings which
suspend the collection thereof; and (g) security for obligations of the Company
or any Material Subsidiary with respect to surety, appeal, reclamation,
performance or other similar bonds.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, limited liability company,
partnership, joint venture, trust,
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unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political
subdivision thereof.
"principal" of a debt security means the principal amount of the
security plus, when appropriate, the premium, if any, on the security.
"Private Debt" means the aggregate approximately $90 million principal
amount of privately placed senior and subordinated Indebtedness to be repaid
with the proceeds from the sale of the Securities.
"Public Equity Offering" means a public offering by the Company of
shares of its common stock (however designated and whether voting or
non-voting) and any and all rights, warrants or options to acquire such common
stock.
"Redeemable Preferred Stock" has the meaning provided in Section 4.8.
"Redemption Date" means, with respect to any Security, the Maturity
Date of such Security or the date on which such Security is to be redeemed by
the Company pursuant to the terms of the Securities.
"Registrar" has the meaning provided in Section 2.3.
"Repurchase Agreements" means repurchase agreements, reverse
repurchase agreements or similar agreements relating to marketable direct
obligations issued or unconditionally guaranteed by the United States
Government or issued by any agency thereof and backed by the full faith and
credit of the United States, in each case maturing within one year from the
date of acquisition; provided that the terms of such agreements comply with the
guidelines set forth in Federal Financial Agreements of Depository Institutions
with Securities and Others (or any successor guidelines), as adopted by the
Comptroller of the Currency.
"Restricted Payment" means any of the following: (i) the declaration
or payment of any dividend or any other distribution or payment on or in
respect of the Capital Stock of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or
any payment made to the direct or indirect holders (in their capacities as
such) of Capital Stock of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other
than (x) dividends or distributions payable solely in Capital Stock (other than
Disqualified Stock) or in
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options, warrants or other rights to purchase Capital Stock (other than
Disqualified Stock) and (y) in the case of Subsidiaries of the Company,
dividends or distributions payable to the Company or to a Subsidiary of the
Company), (ii) the purchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for
value of any Capital Stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other
than Capital Stock owned by the Company or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the
Company excluding Disqualified Stock), (iii) the making of any principal
payment on, or the purchase, defeasance, repurchase, redemption or other
acquisition or retirement for value, prior to any scheduled maturity, scheduled
repayment or scheduled sinking fund payment, of any Indebtedness which is
subordinated in right of payment to the Securities (other than subordinated
Indebtedness of the Company outstanding as of the Issue Date and other than
subordinated Indebtedness acquired in anticipation of satisfying a sinking fund
obligation, principal installment or final maturity, in each case due within
one year of the date of acquisition), and (iv) the making of any Investment or
guarantee of any Investment in any Person other than pursuant to clauses (i)
through (v) and (vii) of Section 4.18.
"Sale-Leaseback Transaction" means any arrangement with any Person
providing for the leasing by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of
any real or tangible personal property, which property has been or is to be
sold or transferred by the Company or such Subsidiary to such Person in
contemplation of such leasing.
"SEC" means the Securities and Exchange Commission and shall include
any successor organization.
"Securities" means the 9 1/2% Senior Notes Due 2004 issued,
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, as amended or supplemented
from time to time pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.
"Subsidiary" means (i) a corporation a majority of whose Capital Stock
with voting power, under ordinary circumstances, to elect directors is at the
time, directly or indirectly, owned by the Company, by a Subsidiary of the
Company or by the Company and a Subsidiary of the Company or (ii) any other
Person (other than a corporation) in which the Company, a Subsidiary of the
Company or the Company and a Subsidiary of the Company, directly or indirectly,
at the date of determination thereof, have at least a majority ownership
interest. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall
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not be deemed a Subsidiary of the Company other than for purposes of the
definition of Unrestricted Subsidiary, unless the Company shall have designated
an Unrestricted Subsidiary as a "Subsidiary" by written notice to the Trustee.
An Unrestricted Subsidiary may be designated as a Subsidiary at any time by the
Company by written notice to the Trustee, provided, that, if such Unrestricted
Subsidiary is an obligor of any Indebtedness, immediately after giving effect
to such designation, the Company could incur $1.00 of Indebtedness pursuant to
Section 4.8.
"TIA" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S. Code ##
77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date of this Indenture.
"Trustee" means the party named as such in this Indenture until a
successor replaces it in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and
thereafter means such successor.
"Trust Officer" when used with respect to the Trustee means the
Chairman or any Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chairman or any
Vice-Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors, the
Chairman of the Trust Committee, the President, any Vice President, the
Secretary, any Assistant Secretary, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the
Cashier, any Assistant Cashier, any Trust Officer or Assistant Trust Officer,
the Controller or any Assistant Controller or any other officer of the Trustee
customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above
designated officers and also means, with respect to a particular corporate
trust matter, any other officer of the Trustee to whom such matter is referred
because of his or her knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
"UCC" means the Uniform Commercial Code as the same may, from time to
time, be in effect in the State of Utah.
"U.S. Government Obligations" has the meaning provided in Section
8.1(b).
"Unrestricted Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary of the Company which at
the time of creation or acquisition thereof (and at no other time) by the
Company is designated by written notice to the Trustee as an Unrestricted
Subsidiary. An Unrestricted Subsidiary may be designated as a Subsidiary at a
later date as provided in the definition of Subsidiary.
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"Wholly-Owned Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary of the Company, 100% of
the outstanding Capital Stock of which (other than Shares of Capital Stock
representing any director's qualifying shares or investments by foreign
nationals mandated by applicable law) is owned by the Company, by a
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Company or by the Company and a Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary of the Company.
"Working Capital Facility" means the Revolving Credit Agreement, dated
as of April 29, 1992, among the Company, the financial institutions party
thereto, Citibank, N.A., as Issuer, and Citicorp USA, Inc., as Agent, and any
other agreement, instrument, facility or arrangement intended to provide
working capital (including any asset securitization facility involving the sale
of accounts), as the same may at any time be amended, amended and restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified, including any refinancing, refunding,
replacement or extension thereof and whether by the same or any other lender or
groups of lenders.
"Working Capital Proceeds" has the meaning provided in Section 4.12.
SECTION 1.2 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.
Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the
provision shall be deemed incorporated by reference in and made a part of this
Indenture. The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following
meanings:
(a) "Commission" means the SEC;
(b) "indenture securities" means the Securities;
(c) "indenture security holder" means a Securityholder;
(d) "indenture to be qualified" means this Indenture;
(e) "indenture trustee" or "institutional trustee" means the
Trustee; and
(f) "obligor" on the indenture securities means the Company or any
other obligor on the Securities.
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All other TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the
TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule and not
otherwise defined herein have the meanings so assigned to them therein.
SECTION 1.3 Rules of Construction.
Unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) a term has the meaning assigned to it;
(b) "or" is exclusive;
(c) words in the singular include the plural, and words in the
plural include the singular;
(d) "herein," "hereof" and other words of similar import refer to
this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or
other Subdivision; and
(e) unless otherwise specified herein, all accounting terms used
herein shall be interpreted, all accounting determinations hereunder shall
be made, and all financial statements required to be delivered hereunder
shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP as in effect from time to time,
applied on a basis consistent with the most recent audited consolidated
financial statements of the Company.
ARTICLE II
THE SECURITIES
SECTION 2.1 Form and Dating.
The Securities and the Trustee's certificates of authentication with
respect thereto shall be substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A
annexed hereto, which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made a part of
this Indenture. The Securities may have notations, legends or endorsements
required by law, rule, usage or agreement to which the Company is subject.
Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication. The terms and
provisions contained in the Securities shall constitute, and are expressly
made, a part of this Indenture.
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SECTION 2.2 Execution and Authentication.
Two Officers shall execute the Securities on behalf of the Company by
either manual or facsimile signature. The Company's seal shall be impressed,
affixed, imprinted or reproduced on the Securities.
If an Officer whose signature is on a Security no longer holds that
office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Security or at any time
thereafter, the Security shall be valid nevertheless.
A Security shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the
Trustee manually signs the certificate of authentication on the Security. Such
signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Security has been authenticated
under this Indenture.
The Trustee shall from time to time authenticate Securities for
original issue in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $190,000,000,
upon receipt of an Officer's Certificate signed by two Officers directing the
Trustee to authenticate the Securities and certifying that all conditions
precedent to the issuance of the Securities contained herein have been complied
with. The aggregate principal amount of Securities outstanding at any time may
not exceed $190,000,000 except as provided in Section 2.7.
The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent reasonably acceptable
to the Company to authenticate Securities. Unless limited by the terms of such
appointment, an authenticating agent may authenticate Securities whenever the
Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the
Trustee includes authentication by such agent. Such authenticating agent shall
have the same rights as the Trustee in any dealings hereunder with the Company
or with any of the Company's Affiliates.
SECTION 2.3 Registrar and Paying Agent.
The Company shall maintain an office or agency (which shall be located
in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York, State of New York) where
Securities may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (the
"Registrar"), an office or agency (which shall be located in the Borough of
Manhattan in The City of New York, State of New York) where Securities may be
presented for payment (the "Paying Agent") and an
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office or agency where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of
the Securities and this Indenture may be served. The Registrar shall keep a
register of the Securities and of their transfer and exchange. The Company may
have one or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents. The
term "Paying Agent" includes any additional paying agent.
The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any
Agent not a party to this Indenture, which shall incorporate the provisions of
the TIA. Such agreement shall implement the provisions of this Indenture that
relate to such Agent. The Company shall notify the Trustee of the name and
address of any such Agent. If the Company fails to maintain a Registrar or
Paying Agent, or fails to give the foregoing notice, the Trustee shall act as
such and shall be entitled to appropriate compensation in accordance with
Section 7.7.
The Company initially appoints the Trustee, as Registrar, Paying Agent
and agent for service of notices and demands in connection with the Securities.
SECTION 2.4 Paying Agent To Hold Money in Trust.
Each Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of the
Securityholders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the
payment of principal of or interest on the Securities, and the Company (by
means of an Officer's Certificate) and the Paying Agent (if different than the
Trustee) shall notify the Trustee of any default by the Company in making any
such payment. Money held in trust by the Paying Agent need not be segregated
except as required by law and in no event shall the Paying Agent be liable for
any interest on any money received by it hereunder; provided, however, that if
the Company, any Subsidiary or any of their respective Affiliates act as Paying
Agent, it shall segregate such money and hold it in a separate trust fund under
this Indenture. The Company at any time may require the Paying Agent (if
different than the Trustee) to pay all money held by it to the Trustee and
account for any funds disbursed and the Trustee may at any time during the
continuance of any Event of Default specified in Section 6.1(a)(i), (ii) or
(iii), upon written request to the Paying Agent, require the Paying Agent to
pay forthwith all money so held by it to the Trustee and to account for any
funds disbursed. Upon making such payment, the Paying Agent shall have no
further liability for the money delivered to the Trustee.
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SECTION 2.5 Securityholder Lists.
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
the Securityholders. If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall
furnish to the Trustee at least five Business Days before each Interest Payment
Date, and at such other times as the Trustee may reasonably request in writing,
a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require
of the names and addresses of the Securityholders.
SECTION 2.6 Transfer and Exchange.
When Securities are presented to the Registrar or a co-registrar with
a request from the Holder of such Securities to register the transfer or to
exchange them for an equal principal amount of Securities of other authorized
denominations, the Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange
as requested; provided, that every Security presented or surrendered for
registration of transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed or be accompanied
by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the
Registrar, duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorneys duly authorized
in writing. To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company
shall issue and execute and the Trustee shall authenticate new Securities
evidencing such transfer or exchange at the Registrar's request. No service
charge shall be made to the Securityholder for any registration of transfer or
exchange. The Company may require from the Securityholder payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any transfer taxes or other governmental charge that may be
imposed in relation to a transfer or exchange, but this provision shall not
apply to any exchange pursuant to Section 2.10, 3.6, 4.12, 4.14 or 9.5 (in
which events the Company will be responsible for the payment of such taxes).
The Trustee shall not be required to exchange or register a transfer of any
Security for a period of 15 days immediately preceding the first mailing of
notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed or of any Security selected,
called or being called for redemption except, in the case of any Security where
public notice has been given that such Security is to be redeemed in part, the
portion thereof not to be redeemed. The Securities shall also be subject to
any restrictions on transfer set forth on the face of such Securities.
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SECTION 2.7 Replacement Securities.
If a mutilated Security is surrendered to the Registrar or the
Trustee or if the Holder of a Security claims that the Security has been lost,
destroyed or wrongfully taken, the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall
authenticate a replacement Security if the Holder of such Security furnishes to
the Company and to the Trustee evidence reasonably acceptable to them of the
ownership and the destruction, loss or theft of such Security. If required by
the Trustee or the Company, an indemnity bond shall be posted, sufficient in
the judgment of both to protect the Company, the Trustee or any Paying Agent
from any loss that any of them may suffer from the replacement of such lost,
destroyed or wrongfully taken Security. The Company may charge such Holder for
the Company's expenses in replacing such Security and the Trustee may charge
the Company for the Trustee's expenses in replacing such Security. Every
replacement Security shall constitute an additional obligation of the Company.
Without limiting the provisions of Section 2.6, in case any
such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is to become
due and payable within 15 days, the Company in its discretion may, instead of
issuing a new Security, pay such Security.
The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall
preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to
the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.
SECTION 2.8 Outstanding Securities.
The Securities outstanding at any time are all Securities that
have been authenticated by the Trustee except for (a) those cancelled by it,
(b) those delivered to it for cancellation, (c) to the extent set forth in
Sections 8.1 and 8.2, on or after the date on which the conditions set forth in
Section 8.1 or 8.2 have been satisfied, those Securities theretofore
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee hereunder and (d) those described in
this Section 2.8 as not outstanding. A Security does not cease to be
outstanding because the Company or one of its Affiliates holds the Security.
If a Security is replaced pursuant to Section 2.7, it ceases
to be outstanding unless each of the Trustee and the Company receives proof
satisfactory to it that the replaced
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Security is held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Security
is a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company.
If the Paying Agent holds, in its capacity as such, on the
Maturity Date or on any optional redemption date, money sufficient to pay the
principal of, and accrued interest on such Securities payable on that date and
is not prohibited from paying such money to the Holders thereof pursuant to the
terms of this Indenture, then on and after that date such Securities cease to
be outstanding and interest on them ceases to accrue.
SECTION 2.9 Treasury Securities.
In determining whether the Holders of the required principal
amount of Securities have concurred in any declaration of acceleration or
notice of default or direction, waiver or consent or any amendment,
modification or other change to this Indenture, Securities owned by the
Company, any Subsidiary or Affiliate of the Company shall be disregarded as
though they were not outstanding, except that for the purposes of determining
whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver
or consent or any amendment, modification or other change to this Indenture,
only Securities that the Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so
disregarded.
SECTION 2.10 Temporary Securities.
Until definitive Securities are prepared and ready for
delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary
Securities. Temporary Securities shall be substantially in the form of
definitive Securities but may have variations that the Company considers
appropriate for temporary Securities. Without unreasonable delay, the Company
shall prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate definitive Securities in
exchange for temporary Securities. Until such exchange, temporary Securities
shall be entitled to the same rights, benefits and privileges as definitive
Securities.
SECTION 2.11 Cancellation.
The Company at any time may deliver Securities to the Trustee
for cancellation. The Registrar and the Paying Agent shall forward to the
Trustee any Securities surrendered to them for registration of transfer,
exchange or payment. The Trustee shall cancel all Securities surrendered for
registration of
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transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and shall (subject
to the record-retention requirements of the Exchange Act) dispose of cancelled
Securities unless the Company directs the Trustee in writing to return such
Securities to the Company, and, if so disposed, shall deliver a certificate of
disposition thereof to the Company. The Company may not reissue or resell, or
issue new Securities to replace, Securities that the Company has redeemed or
paid, or that have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.
SECTION 2.12 Defaulted Interest.
If the Company defaults on a payment of interest on the
Securities, it shall pay the defaulted interest, plus (to the extent permitted
by law) any interest payable on the defaulted interest, in accordance with the
terms hereof, to the Persons who are Securityholders on a subsequent special
record date, which date shall be at least five Business Days prior to the
payment date. The Company shall fix, or cause to be fixed, such special record
date and payment date in a manner satisfactory to the Trustee. At least 15
days before such special record date, the Company shall mail, or cause to be
mailed, to each Securityholder, with a copy to the Trustee, a notice that
states the special record date, the payment date and the amount of defaulted
interest, and interest payable on such defaulted interest, if any, to be paid.
SECTION 2.13 CUSIP Number.
The Company in issuing the Securities may use a "CUSIP" number
and, if so, such CUSIP number shall be included in notices of redemption or
exchange as a convenience to Holders; provided, however, that any such notice
may state that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of
the CUSIP number printed in the notice or on the Securities, and that reliance
may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the
Securities. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee of any change in the
CUSIP number.
SECTION 2.14 Deposit of Moneys.
On each Interest Payment Date and Maturity Date, the Company
shall have deposited with the Paying Agent in immediately available funds money
sufficient to make cash payments, if any, due on such Interest Payment Date or
Maturity Date, as the case may be, in a timely manner which permits the Trustee
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to remit payment to the Holders on such Interest Payment Date or Maturity Date,
as the case may be.
ARTICLE III
REDEMPTION
SECTION 3.1 Notices to Trustee.
If the Company elects to redeem Securities pursuant to
paragraph 5 of the Securities, it shall notify the Trustee and the Paying Agent
in writing of the Redemption Date and the principal amount of Securities to be
redeemed.
The Company shall give each notice provided for in this
Section 3.1 at least 45 days before the Redemption Date (and in any event, at
least 10 days prior to the date notice pursuant to Section 3.3 will be mailed
to the Holders) (unless a shorter notice shall be agreed to by the Trustee in
writing), together with an Officer's Certificate stating that such redemption
will comply with the conditions contained herein and in the Securities.
SECTION 3.2 Selection of Securities
To Be Redeemed.
If less than all of the Securities are to be redeemed, the
Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed in compliance with the
requirements of the principal national securities exchange, if any, on which
the Securities are listed or, if the Securities are not listed on a national
securities exchange, by lot. The Trustee shall make the selection from the
Securities outstanding and not previously called for redemption. The Trustee
shall promptly notify the Company in writing of such Securities selected for
redemption and, in the case of Securities selected for partial redemption, the
principal amount to be redeemed. The Trustee may select for redemption
portions of the principal amount of Securities that have denominations larger
than $1,000. Securities and portions of them the Trustee selects shall be in
principal amounts of $1,000 or integral multiples of $1,000. Provisions of
this Indenture that apply to Securities called for redemption also apply to
portions of Securities called for redemption.
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SECTION 3.3 Notice of Redemption.
At least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a Redemption
Date, the Company shall mail or cause the mailing of a notice of redemption by
first class mail to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed and the Trustee
and any Paying Agent.
The notice shall identify the Securities to be redeemed and
shall state:
(a) the Redemption Date;
(b) the redemption price and the amount of accrued
interest, if any, to be paid;
(c) the name and address of the Paying Agent;
(d) that Securities called for redemption must be
surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price and
accrued interest, if any;
(e) that, unless the Company defaults in making the
redemption payment, interest on Securities called for redemption
ceases to accrue on and after the Redemption Date and the only
remaining right of the Holders of such Securities is to receive
payment of the redemption price upon surrender to the Paying Agent of
the Securities redeemed;
(f) if any Security is to be redeemed in part, the
portion of the principal amount (equal to $1,000 or any integral
multiple thereof) of such Security to be redeemed and that, on or
after the Redemption Date, upon surrender of such Security, a new
Security or Securities in aggregate principal amount equal to the
unredeemed portion thereof will be issued without charge to the
Securityholder;
(g) if less than all of the Securities are to be
redeemed, the identification of the particular Securities (or portion
thereof) to be redeemed, as well as the aggregate principal amount of
Securities to be redeemed and the aggregate principal amount of
Securities estimated to be outstanding after such partial redemption;
and
(h) the CUSIP number, if any, pursuant to Section 2.13.
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At the Company's request, the Trustee shall give the notice of
redemption in the Company's name and at the Company's expense.
SECTION 3.4 Effect of Notice of Redemption.
Once notice of redemption is mailed, Securities called for
redemption become due and payable on the Redemption Date and at the redemption
price. Upon surrender to the Paying Agent, such Securities shall be paid at
the redemption price plus accrued interest to the Redemption Date, but interest
installments whose maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be
payable on the relevant Interest Payment Dates to the Holders of record at the
close of business on the relevant record dates referred to in the Securities.
SECTION 3.5 Deposit of Redemption Price.
On the Redemption Date, the Company shall have deposited with
the Paying Agent in immediately available funds money sufficient to pay the
redemption price of and accrued interest on all Securities or portions thereof
to be redeemed on that date.
If any Security surrendered for redemption in the manner
provided in the Securities shall not be so paid on the Redemption Date due to
the failure of the Company to deposit sufficient funds with the Paying Agent,
interest will continue to accrue from the Redemption Date until such payment is
made on the unpaid principal and, to the extent lawful, on any interest not
paid on such unpaid principal, in each case at the date and in the manner
provided in the Securities.
SECTION 3.6 Securities Redeemed in Part.
Upon surrender to the Paying Agent of a Security that is
redeemed in part, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate
for the Holder a new Security equal in principal amount to the unredeemed
portion of the Security surrendered.
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ARTICLE IV
COVENANTS
SECTION 4.1 Payment of Securities.
The Company shall pay the principal of and interest on the
Securities on the dates and in the manner provided in the Securities and this
Indenture.
An installment of principal or interest shall be considered
paid on the date due if the Trustee or the Paying Agent holds on such date
immediately available funds designated for and sufficient to pay such
installments.
The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal and (to
the extent permitted by law) on overdue installments of interest at the rate
borne by the Securities.
SECTION 4.2 Corporate Existence.
Subject to Article V, the Company shall do or cause to be
done, at its own cost and expense, all things necessary to and will cause each
of its Subsidiaries to, preserve and keep in full force and effect the
corporate or partnership existence and rights (charter and statutory), licenses
and/or franchises of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries; provided,
however, that neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall be required
to preserve any such existence, rights, licenses or franchises if the Board of
Directors of the Company shall reasonably determine that the preservation
thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company
and the loss thereof is not adverse in any material respect to the Holders.
SECTION 4.3 Payment of Taxes and Other Claims.
The Company shall pay or discharge or cause to be paid or
discharged, before the same shall become delinquent, (a) all taxes, assessments
and governmental charges levied or imposed upon its or its Subsidiaries'
income, profits or property and (b) all lawful claims for labor, materials and
supplies which, if unpaid, might by law become a Lien upon its property;
provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay or discharge
or cause to be paid or discharged any such tax, assessment, charge or claim
whose amount, applicability or validity or the payment thereof is being
contested
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in good faith by appropriate negotiations or proceedings and for which amounts
adequate reserves (in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the
Company) have been made.
SECTION 4.4 Maintenance of Properties; Insurance;
Books and Records; Compliance with Law.
(a) The Company shall, and shall cause each of its
Subsidiaries to, at all times cause all properties used or useful in the
conduct of its business to be maintained and kept in good condition, repair and
working order (reasonable wear and tear and shut-downs for maintenance, repairs
and improvements and obsolescence excepted) and supplied with all necessary
equipment, and shall cause to be made all necessary repairs, renewals,
replacements, betterments and improvements thereto (obsolescence excepted).
(b) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries shall
maintain insurance (including self-insurance) in such amounts and covering such
risks as are usually and customarily carried with respect to companies
similarly situated in the industry and with similar facilities according to
their respective locations.
(c) The Company shall, and shall cause each of its
Subsidiaries to, keep proper books of record and account, in which full and
correct entries shall be made of all financial transactions and the assets and
business of the Company and each Subsidiary of the Company, in accordance with
GAAP.
(d) The Company shall, and shall cause each of its
Subsidiaries to, comply with all statutes, laws, ordinances, or government
rules and regulations to which it is subject, non-compliance with which is
reasonably likely to materially adversely affect the business, prospects,
earnings, properties, assets or condition (financial or otherwise) of the
Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
SECTION 4.5 Compliance Certificates.
(a) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 45
days after the end of each of the first three quarters of the Company's fiscal
year, and within 90 days after the end of such fiscal year an Officer's
Certificate, signed by the Company's principal executive officer, principal
financial officer or principal accounting officer, stating (i) that a review of
the activities of the Company during the preceding fiscal
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quarter or year, as the case may be, has been made under the supervision of the
signing Officer with a view to determining whether the Company has kept,
observed, performed and fulfilled its obligations under this Indenture, and
(ii) that, to the best knowledge of the Officer signing such certificate, the
Company is not in default in the performance or observance of any of the terms
or provisions hereof (or, if a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred,
describing all such Defaults or Events of Default of which such officer may
have knowledge).
(b) So long as (and to the extent) not contrary to the
then current recommendations of the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants, the annual financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 4.6
shall be accompanied by a written statement of the Company's independent public
accountants that (i) their audit examination has included a review of the terms
of this Indenture and the Securities as they relate to accounting matters, and
(ii) in connection with their audit nothing has come to their attention that
would lead them to believe that the Company was not in compliance with the
provisions of this Indenture insofar as they relate to accounting matters or,
if any such non-compliance exists, specifying the nature and period of
existence thereof, it being understood that such accountants shall not be
liable directly or indirectly to any Person for any failure to obtain knowledge
of any such violation.
(c) The Company shall, so long as any of the Securities
are outstanding, deliver to the Trustee, not later than 30 days after an
Officer becomes aware of any Default or Event of Default, an Officer's
Certificate specifying such Default or Event of Default and what action the
Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
SECTION 4.6 Reports.
The Company shall file with the SEC the annual reports,
quarterly reports and the information, documents and other reports required to
be filed with the SEC pursuant to Sections 13 and 15 of the Exchange Act,
whether or not the Company has a class of securities registered under the
Exchange Act. In accordance with the provisions of TIA # 314(a), at any time
that the Company has a class of securities registered under the Exchange Act,
the Company shall file with the Trustee, within 15 days after it files them
with the SEC, copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents
and other
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reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the SEC may by
rules and regulations prescribe) which the Company is required to file with the
SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15 of the Exchange Act. The Company also shall
comply with the other provisions of TIA # 314(a). In addition, the Company
shall cause its annual report to stockholders and any quarterly or other
financial reports furnished by it to stockholders generally to be filed with
the Trustee and mailed, no later than the date such materials are mailed or
made available to the Company's stockholders, to the Holders at their addresses
as set forth in the register of securities maintained by the Registrar.
SECTION 4.7 Further Assurance to the Trustee.
The Company shall, upon request of the Trustee, execute and
deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as may reasonably be
necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the provisions of this
Indenture.
SECTION 4.8 Limitation on Additional Indebtedness.
The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, incur any Indebtedness (including any
Acquired Indebtedness), except for the following (each of which shall be given
independent effect):
(i) Indebtedness under the Securities and this Indenture;
(ii) Indebtedness outstanding from time to time pursuant
to the Working Capital Facility in aggregate principal amount not to
exceed the sum of 85% of the net book value of the Accounts and
proceeds thereof and 65% of the net book value of Inventory and
proceeds thereof of the Company and its Subsidiaries, in each case
calculated in accordance with GAAP;
(iii) other Indebtedness not to exceed $20,000,000 in
aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding;
(iv) Indebtedness outstanding on the Issue Date;
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(v) Indebtedness if, immediately after giving pro forma
effect to the incurrence thereof, the Consolidated Interest Coverage
Ratio of the Company would be greater than or equal to 1.5:1 on or
prior to March 15, 1996 and 2.0:1 thereafter;
(vi) Indebtedness not to exceed $40,000,000 in aggregate
principal amount at any one time outstanding, the proceeds of which
are applied solely to expenditures made in the ordinary course of
business, which are accounted for as additions to property, plant and
equipment in accordance with GAAP and are useful in the type of
business of the Company conducted on the Issue Date;
(vii) obligations arising from agreements providing for
indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations,
or from guaranties or letters of credit, surety bonds or performance
bonds securing any obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary
pursuant to such agreements, in any case incurred or assumed in
connection with the disposition of any business, assets or Subsidiary
of the Company or such Subsidiary, other than guaranties of
obligations incurred by any Person acquiring all or any portion of
such business, assets or Subsidiary for the purpose of financing such
acquisition;
(viii) obligations in respect of performance bonds and
surety bonds entered into in the ordinary course of business of the
Company or any Subsidiary;
(ix) obligations under currency hedging agreements and
Interest Rate Protection Obligations;
(x) obligations under guaranties of liabilities of
employees, not to exceed $5,000,000 in aggregate principal amount at
any one time outstanding;
(xi) obligations under guaranties of Indebtedness of
suppliers, licensees, franchisees or customers, incurred in the
ordinary course of
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business, not to exceed $10,000,000 in aggregate principal amount at
any one time outstanding;
(xii) Indebtedness incurred to repurchase shares of, or
options to purchase shares of, the Company's Capital Stock from
employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or guaranties by
the Company of Indebtedness incurred in connection with borrowings by
such employees exclusively for the purpose of exercising options to
purchase the Company's Capital Stock in an aggregate amount not to
exceed $3,000,000 at any one time outstanding;
(xiii) Indebtedness of a Subsidiary to the Company or
another Subsidiary;
(xiv) Indebtedness represented by the Subordinated
Debentures Due 2003 (the "Exchange Debentures") issued on or after
March 15, 1996 in exchange for the Company's Cumulative Redeemable
Exchangeable Preferred Stock (the "Redeemable Preferred Stock");
(xv) Indebtedness of the Company owed to any Subsidiary,
provided that any such Indebtedness is unsecured and subordinated in
right of payment to the Securities;
(xvi) Indebtedness evidenced by Repurchase Agreements; and
(xvii) Indebtedness constituting replacements, renewals,
refinancings and extensions of the Indebtedness incurred under clauses
(i), (iv), (v) and (xiv) above; provided, that any such replacement,
renewal, refinancing and extension (A) shall not provide for any
mandatory redemption, amortization or sinking fund requirement in an
amount greater than or at a time prior to the amounts and times
specified in the Indebtedness being replaced, renewed, refinanced or
extended, (B) shall not exceed the principal amount (plus accrued
interest) of the Indebtedness being replaced, renewed, refinanced or
extended, and (C) shall not rank, in right of payment with respect to
the Securities, prior to the
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Indebtedness being replaced, renewed, refinanced or extended.
SECTION 4.9 Limitation on Sale-Leaseback
Transactions.
(a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its
Subsidiaries to, enter into any Sale-Leaseback Transaction, except with another
Subsidiary of the Company.
(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this Section 4.9,
the Company and its Subsidiaries may enter into Sale-Leaseback Transactions if
(i) after giving pro forma effect to any such Sale-Leaseback Transaction at
the time such transaction is entered into, the Company is in compliance with
Section 4.8 (with the Company's lease obligations being treated as Indebtedness
for purposes of ascertaining compliance with this Section 4.9), (ii) the Net
Proceeds of such Sale-Leaseback Transaction are at least equal to the Fair
Market Value of such property (determined by the Company's Board of Directors),
and (iii) the Company or such Subsidiary shall apply the Net Cash Proceeds of
such sale as provided in Section 4.12.
SECTION 4.10 Limitation on Liens.
The Company shall not, and shall not permit, cause or suffer
any of its Material Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur,
assume or suffer to exist any Lien of any kind upon any of its property or
assets now owned or hereafter acquired by it unless the Securities are also
equally and ratably secured by such Lien, except for the following:
(i) Liens existing as of the Issue Date;
(ii) purchase money mortgages or pledges or other purchase
money Liens upon any property acquired by the Company or any
Subsidiary after the Issue Date acquired or held by such entity in the
ordinary course of business and securing solely the purchase price of
such property or Indebtedness (including related performance or
payment obligations) incurred solely for the purpose of financing the
acquisition of such property (but only to the extent the Indebtedness
secured by such Liens shall otherwise be permitted under this
Indenture), which Liens shall not secure
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Indebtedness, in aggregate principal amount, in excess of $80,000,000;
(iii) Liens on the assets or property of a Subsidiary of
the Company existing at the time such Subsidiary became a Subsidiary
of the Company and not incurred as a result of (or in connection with
or in anticipation of) such Subsidiary becoming a Subsidiary of the
Company; provided such Liens do not extend to or cover any property or
assets of the Company or any of its other Subsidiaries (other than the
property or assets so acquired);
(iv) Liens on the Inventory, Accounts, general
intangibles, and proceeds therefrom of the Company and its
Subsidiaries securing Indebtedness (and related payment and
performance obligations) under the Working Capital Facility,
agreements relating to Interest Rate Protection Obligations and
currency hedging or swap agreements;
(v) easements, reservations, licenses, rights-of-way,
zoning restrictions and covenants, conditions and restrictions and
other similar encumbrances or title defects which, in the aggregate,
do not materially detract from the use of the property subject thereto
or materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(vi) Liens for property taxes for property that the
Company or any Subsidiary has determined to abandon, provided that (i)
if the book value of such property shall at the date of determination
exceed $500,000, the Board of Directors of the Company or any
Subsidiary, as the case may be, shall have determined that the fair
market value of such property as of the date of determination does not
exceed the then outstanding amount of the property tax for such
property and (ii) the sole recourse for such tax, assessment, charge
or levy is to such property;
(vii) leases and subleases of property which do not
interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Company or
any of its
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Subsidiaries, and which are made on customary and usual terms
applicable to similar properties;
(viii) Liens securing Indebtedness (including related
payment and performance obligations) which is incurred to refinance
Indebtedness which has been secured by a Lien permitted under this
Indenture and is permitted to be refinanced under this Indenture;
provided that such Liens do not extend to or cover any property or
assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries not securing the
Indebtedness so refinanced;
(ix) Permitted Liens; and
(x) Liens securing Indebtedness or other obligations of
the Company or any Subsidiary not in excess of $10,000,000 in the
aggregate.
SECTION 4.11 Limitation on Restricted Payments.
(a) Subject to Section 4.11(b), the Company shall not
make, and shall not cause, suffer or permit any of its Subsidiaries to,
directly or indirectly, make any Restricted Payment, unless:
(i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred
and be continuing at the time of or after giving effect to such
Restricted Payment;
(ii) at the time of such Restricted Payment the Company's
Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio is at least 1.5:1 (provided, that
this clause (ii) shall not apply to (A) the making or guaranteeing of
any Investments constituting Restricted Payments or (B) the payment of
dividends on Redeemable Preferred Stock); and
(iii) immediately after giving effect to such Restricted
Payment, the aggregate of all Restricted Payments declared or made
after the Issue Date does not exceed the sum of (A) 50% of the
Company's cumulative Consolidated Net Income (or in the event such
Consolidated Net Income shall be a deficit, minus 100% of such
deficit) after December 31, 1993, (B) 100% of the aggregate Net
Proceeds and the Fair Market Value of marketable securities or other
property received by the Company from the issue or sale, after the
Issue Date, of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the
Company or any Indebtedness or other securities of the Company
convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Capital Stock
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(other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company which has been so
converted or exercised or exchanged, as the case may be, (C) in the
case of the disposition or repayment of any Investment constituting a
Restricted Payment made after the Issue Date, an amount equal to the
lesser of the return of capital invested for such Investment and the
cost thereof, in either case less the cost of such disposition, and
(D) $20,000,000. For purposes of determining under this clause (iii)
the amount expended for Restricted Payments, cash distributed shall be
valued at the face amount thereof and property other than cash shall
be valued at its Fair Market Value.
(b) The provisions of Section 4.11(a) shall not prohibit:
(i) the payment of any distribution within 60 days after
the date of declaration thereof, if at such date of declaration such
payment would comply with the provisions of this Indenture;
(ii) the retirement of any shares of Capital Stock of the
Company or subordinated Indebtedness of the Company by conversion
into, or by or in exchange for, shares of Capital Stock (other than
Disqualified Stock), or out of, the Net Proceeds of the substantially
concurrent sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the Company) of other
shares of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company
or by the payment of cash not to exceed $1,000,000 for fractional
shares;
(iii) the redemption or retirement of subordinated
Indebtedness of the Company in exchange for, by conversion into, or
out of the Net Proceeds of, a substantially concurrent sale or
incurrence of subordinated Indebtedness (other than any subordinated
Indebtedness owed to a Subsidiary) of the Company that is
contractually subordinated in right of payment to the Securities;
(iv) the retirement of any shares of Disqualified Stock by
conversion into, or by exchange for, shares of Disqualified Stock, or
out of the Net Proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale (other
than to a Subsidiary of the Company) of other shares of Disqualified
Stock;
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(v) the retirement of the Redeemable Preferred Stock in
exchange for the Exchange Debentures;
(vi) the repurchase of the Redeemable Preferred Stock or
Exchange Debentures at a price not to exceed 101% of liquidation value
plus accrued dividends or principal amount plus accrued interest, as
the case may be, within 120 days after the occurrence of a Change of
Control (provided, that before repurchasing any such Redeemable
Preferred Stock or Exchange Debentures the Company shall have first or
simultaneously made a Change of Control Offer for all Securities and
repurchased all Securities tendered pursuant thereto); or
(vii) the repurchase of shares of, or options to purchase
shares of, Capital Stock of the Company or any Subsidiary from the
employees of the Company or any Subsidiary pursuant to the terms of
the form of agreements under which employees purchase, or are granted
the option to purchase, shares of Capital Stock of the Company or any
Subsidiary not to exceed $2,000,000 in any fiscal year.
In determining the amount of Restricted Payments permissible
under clause (iii) of paragraph (a) above, the amounts expended pursuant to
clauses (i), (ii), (vi) and (vii) of paragraph (b) above after the Issue Date
shall be included as Restricted Payments.
SECTION 4.12 Disposition of Proceeds of Asset Sales.
(a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its
Subsidiaries to, make any Asset Sale unless (i) such Asset Sale is for Fair
Market Value, (ii) either (A) the Net Proceeds therefrom consist of at least
80% cash or Permitted Investments, or Indebtedness of the Company or its
Subsidiary assumed by the purchaser and the Company or its Subsidiary is
released from such Indebtedness or (B) after giving effect to such Asset Sale
the Company and its Subsidiaries hold in the aggregate no more than $5,000,000
of Net Proceeds, other than cash and Permitted Investments, received in Asset
Sales, and (iii) the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, shall
apply any Net Cash Proceeds therefrom as follows:
(i) first, to the extent such Net Cash Proceeds are
received from an Asset Sale involving the sale, transfer or
disposition of Inventory, Accounts or intangibles ("Working Capital
Proceeds"), to satisfy all mandatory
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repayment obligations, if any, under the Working Capital Facility
arising by reason of such Asset Sale; and
(ii) second, out of any Working Capital Proceeds remaining
after application pursuant to the preceding paragraph (i), together
with any Net Cash Proceeds received from an Asset Sale not involving
the sale, transfer or disposition of Inventory, Accounts or
intangibles or proceeds therefrom (the "Available Amount"), the
Company shall make an offer to purchase free and clear of Liens (the
"Asset Sale Offer") from all holders, ratably (based on the then
outstanding principal amounts thereof) of the Securities and the
Existing Senior Notes and any other senior Indebtedness of the Company
then outstanding which requires such purchase, up to a maximum
principal amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities,
the Existing Senior Notes and such other senior Indebtedness equal to
the Available Amount at a purchase price equal to 100% of the
principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if
any, to the date of purchase, provided, however, that the Company will
not be required to apply pursuant to this clause (ii) Net Cash
Proceeds received from any Asset Sale if, and only to the extent that,
such Net Cash Proceeds are committed in writing to be applied to
acquire or construct property or assets (and costs related to such
acquisition) in lines of business related to the Company's and its
Subsidiaries' business at such time within 270 days of such Asset
Sale, and are so applied within 360 days of such Asset Sale; and,
provided, further, that the Company may defer the Asset Sale Offer
until there is an aggregate unutilized Available Amount equal to or in
excess of $2,500,000 resulting from one or more Asset Sales (at which
time, the entire unutilized Available Amount, and not just the amount
in excess of $2,500,000, shall be applied as required pursuant to this
clause (ii)). The Asset Sale Offer shall remain open for a period of
at least 20 business days. To the extent the Asset Sale Offer is not
fully subscribed to by the Securityholders and holders of Existing
Senior Notes and such other senior Indebtedness, the Company may use
such unutilized portion of the Available Amount for any purpose
consistent with the other terms of the Indenture.
(b) The Company shall provide the Trustee with notice of
the Asset Sale Offer at least 30 days before any notice of any Asset Sale Offer
is mailed to Holders of the
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Securities (unless the Trustee agrees to a shorter period, which agreement
shall not be unreasonably withheld). Notice of an Asset Sale Offer shall be
mailed by the Company to all Holders of Securities not less than 30 days nor
more than 60 days before the Asset Sale Payment Date at their last registered
address with a copy to the Trustee and the Paying Agent. The Asset Sale Offer
shall remain open from the time of mailing for at least 20 Business Days and
until at least 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Business Day next
preceding the Asset Sale Payment Date. The notice, which shall govern the
terms of the Asset Sale Offer, shall include such disclosures as are required
by law and shall state:
(i) that the Asset Sale Offer is being made pursuant to
this Section 4.12;
(ii) the purchase price (including the amount of accrued
interest, if any) for each Security and the Asset Sale Payment Date;
(iii) that any Security not tendered or accepted for
payment will continue to accrue interest in accordance with the terms
thereof;
(iv) that, unless the Company defaults on making the
payment, any Security accepted for payment pursuant to the Asset Sale
Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the Asset Sale Payment
Date;
(v) that Holders electing to have Securities purchased
pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer will be required to surrender their
Securities to the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice
prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Business Day next
preceding the Asset Sale Payment Date and must complete any form
letter of transmittal proposed by the Company and acceptable to the
Trustee and the Paying Agent;
(vi) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their
election if the Paying Agent receives, not later than 5:00 p.m., New
York City time, on the Business Day next preceding the Asset Sale
Payment Date, a telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth
the name of the Holder, the principal amount of Securities the Holder
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delivered for purchase, the Security certificate number (if any) and a
statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such
Securities purchased;
(vii) that if Securities, Existing Senior Notes and such
other senior Indebtedness in a principal amount in excess of the
Available Amount are tendered pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer, the
Company shall purchase Securities, Existing Senior Notes and such
other senior Indebtedness on a pro rata basis among the Securities,
Existing Senior Notes and such other senior Indebtedness based first,
as among the Securities, the issues of Existing Senior Notes and such
other senior Indebtedness, on the then outstanding principal amounts
of the Securities, each issue of Existing Senior Notes and such other
senior Indebtedness and second, as among the Securities, based on the
principal amounts of the Securities tendered (with such adjustments as
may be deemed appropriate by the Company so that only Securities in
denominations of $1,000 or integral multiples of $1,000 shall be
acquired);
(viii) that Holders whose Securities are purchased only in
part will be issued new Securities equal in principal amount to the
unpurchased portion of the Securities surrendered; and
(ix) the instructions that Holders must follow in order to
tender their Securities.
On or before the Asset Sale Payment Date, the Company shall
(i) accept for payment, on a pro rata basis among the Securities, Existing
Senior Notes, and other senior Indebtedness (subject to adjustment as
contemplated by clause (vii) above), Securities, Existing Senior Notes and
other senior Indebtedness or portions thereof tendered pursuant to the Asset
Sale Offer, (ii) deposit with the Paying Agent on the Asset Sale Payment Date
money, in immediately available funds, in an amount sufficient to pay the
purchase price of all Securities, Existing Senior Notes and other senior
Indebtedness or portions thereof so tendered and accepted (but not in excess of
the Available Amount) and (iii) deliver to the Paying Agent the Securities so
accepted together with an Officer's Certificate setting forth the Securities,
Existing Senior Notes and other
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senior Indebtedness or portions thereof tendered to and accepted for payment by
the Company. The Paying Agent shall promptly mail or deliver to Holders of
Securities so accepted payment in an amount equal to the purchase price, and
the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and mail or deliver to such Holders a
new Security equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the
Security surrendered. Any Securities not so accepted shall be promptly mailed
or delivered by the Company to the Holder thereof. To the extent an Asset Sale
Offer is not fully subscribed to by the Holders and the holders of Existing
Senior Notes and other senior Indebtedness, the Company may use any unutilized
portion of the Available Amount for any purpose consistent with the terms of
this Indenture. The Paying Agent shall promptly deliver to the Company the
balance of any such Available Amount held by the Paying Agent after payment to
the holders of Securities as aforesaid.
The Company shall comply, to the extent applicable, with the
requirements of any applicable securities laws or regulations in connection
with the repurchase of Securities, Existing Senior Notes and other senior
Indebtedness pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer. To the extent that the
provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with provisions of
this Section 4.12, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws
and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under
this Section 4.12 by virtue thereof.
(c) No transaction or action otherwise permitted under this
Section 4.12 shall occur until the Trustee shall have received an Officer's
Certificate as to (i) the Company's compliance with this Section 4.12 and (ii)
the fulfillment of all conditions precedent to such transaction or action.
SECTION 4.13 Limitation on Transactions with
Affiliates.
The Company shall not, and shall not permit, cause or suffer
any Subsidiary of the Company to, conduct any business or enter into any
transaction or series of transactions with or for the benefit of any of their
respective Affiliates (each an "Affiliate Transaction"), except in good faith
and on terms that are fair to the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may
be, and except for any distributions permitted by Section 4.11. All Affiliate
Transactions (and each series of related Affiliate Transactions which are
similar or part of a common plan) involving aggregate payments or other market
value
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in excess of $2,000,000 shall be approved by the Board of Directors of the
Company or any such Subsidiary, as the case may be, such approval to be
evidenced by a Board Resolution stating that the Board of Directors have
determined in good faith that such transaction complies with the provisions of
this Section 4.13. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 4.13 shall not
apply to transactions between the Company and its Subsidiaries or among such
Subsidiaries.
SECTION 4.14 Change of Control.
In the event of a Change of Control (the date of such
occurrence being the "Change of Control Date"), the Company shall notify the
holders of Securities in writing of such occurrence and shall make an offer to
purchase free and clear of Liens (the "Change of Control Offer") on a Business
Day (the "Change of Control Payment Date") not later than 60 days following the
Change of Control Date, all Securities then outstanding (and not currently
being redeemed) at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount
thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the Change of Control
Payment Date.
Notice of a Change of Control Offer shall be mailed by the
Company not less than 30 days nor more than 45 days before the Change of
Control Payment Date to the holders of Securities at their last registered
addresses with a copy to the Trustee and the Paying Agent. The Change of
Control Offer shall remain open from the time of mailing for at least 20
Business Days and until 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Business Day next
preceding the Change of Control Payment Date. The notice, which shall govern
the terms of the Change of Control Offer, shall include such disclosures as are
required by law and shall state:
(a) that a Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to
this Section 4.14 and that all Securities tendered in whole or in part
(and not concurrently being redeemed) will be accepted for payment;
(b) the purchase price (including the amount of accrued
interest, if any) for each Security and the Change of Control Payment
Date;
(c) that any Security not tendered for payment will continue
to accrue interest in accordance with the terms thereof;
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(d) that, unless the Company defaults on making the payment,
any Security accepted for payment pursuant to the Change of Control
Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the Change of Control
Payment Date;
(e) that Holders electing to have Securities purchased
pursuant to a Change of Control Offer will be required to surrender
their Securities to the Paying Agent at the address specified in the
notice prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Business Day
next preceding the Change of Control Payment Date and must complete
any form letter of transmittal proposed by the Company and acceptable
to the Trustee and the Paying Agent;
(f) that Holders of Securities will not be entitled to
withdraw their election once made without the consent of the Company;
(g) that Holders whose Securities are purchased only in part
will be issued Securities equal in principal amount to the unpurchased
portion of the Securities surrendered;
(h) the instructions that Holders must follow in order to
tender their Securities; and
(i) information concerning the business of the Company, the
most recent annual and quarterly reports of the Company filed with the
Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act (or, if the Company is not
required to file any such reports with the Commission, the comparable
reports prepared pursuant to Section 4.6), a description of material
developments in the Company's business, information with respect to
pro forma historical financial information after giving effect to such
Change of Control and such other information concerning the
circumstances and relevant facts regarding Change of Control and
Change of Control Offer as would, in the good faith judgment of the
Company, be material to a Holder of Securities in connection with the
decision of such Holder as to whether or not it should tender
Securities pursuant to the Change of Control Offer.
On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company shall (i)
accept for payment Securities or portions thereof tendered pursuant to the
Change of Control Offer, (ii) deposit with the Paying Agent money sufficient
to pay the purchase
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price of all Securities or portions thereof so tendered and accepted and (iii)
deliver to the Trustee the Securities so accepted together with an Officer's
Certificate setting forth the Securities or portions thereof tendered to and
accepted for payment by the Company. The Paying Agent shall promptly mail or
deliver to the Holders of Securities so accepted payment in an amount equal to
the purchase price, and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and mail or
deliver to such Holders a new Security equal in principal amount to any
unpurchased portion of the Security surrendered. Any portions of Securities
not so tendered shall be promptly mailed or delivered by the Company to the
Holder thereof.
The Company shall comply, to the extent applicable, with the
requirements of any applicable securities laws or regulations in connection
with the repurchase of Securities pursuant to a Change of Control Offer. To
the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict
with provisions of this Section 4.14, the Company shall comply with the
applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have
breached its obligations under this Section 4.14 by virtue thereof.
SECTION 4.15 Limitation on Dividends and Other
Payment Restrictions Affecting
Subsidiaries.
The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary to,
directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become
effective any consensual encumbrance or consensual restriction of any kind on
the ability of any Subsidiary to (a) pay dividends, in cash or otherwise, or
make any other distributions on its Capital Stock or any other interest or
participation in its profits owned by, or pay any Indebtedness owed to, the
Company or a Subsidiary, (b) make any loans or advances to the Company or any
Subsidiary or (c) transfer any of its properties or assets to the Company or to
any Subsidiary, except, in each case, for such encumbrances or restrictions
existing under, contemplated by or by reason of (or similar to those existing
in) (i) the Securities or this Indenture, (ii) any restrictions existing under
or contemplated by agreements in effect on the Issue Date, including, without
limitation, restrictions under the Working Capital Facility as in effect on the
Issue Date, (iii) any restrictions, with respect to a Subsidiary that is not a
Subsidiary on the Issue Date, in existence at the time such Person becomes a
Subsidiary or immediately thereafter (but not created in contemplation of
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such Person becoming a Subsidiary), (iv) customary non-assignment provisions
contained in contracts and agreements to which a Subsidiary is or becomes a
party and (v) any restrictions existing under any agreement that refinances or
replaces an agreement containing a restriction permitted by clause (i), (ii) or
(iii) above, provided that the terms and conditions of any such restrictions
are not materially less favorable to the Holders than those under or pursuant
to the agreement being replaced or the agreement evidencing the Indebtedness
being refinanced.
SECTION 4.16 Conflicting Agreements.
The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its
Subsidiaries to, enter into any agreement or instrument that by its terms
expressly prohibits the Company from making any payments on or in respect of
the Securities required by the terms thereof and of this Indenture, as in
effect from time to time.
SECTION 4.17 Waiver of Usury Laws.
The Company covenants (to the extent permitted by law) that it
will not at any time insist upon, plead or in any manner whatsoever claim or
take the benefit or advantage of, any usury law or other law that would
prohibit or forgive the Company from paying all or any portion of the principal
of or interest on the Securities as contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now
or at any time hereafter in force, or that may affect the covenants or the
performance of this Indenture; and (to the extent permitted by law) the Company
hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants
that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein
granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such
power as though no such law had been enacted.
SECTION 4.18 Limitation on Investments,
Loans and Advances.
The Company shall not make and shall not permit any of its
Subsidiaries to make any capital contributions, advances or loans to, or
investments or purchases of Capital Stock in, any other Person (collectively,
"Investments"), except: (i) Investments by the Company in or to any Subsidiary
and Investments in or to the Company or a Subsidiary by any Subsidiary
(provided that such Investments by the Company in or to
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any Subsidiary pursuant to this clause (i) shall not exceed, individually or in
the aggregate, 10% of the total assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries
determined on a consolidated basis at the time such Investment is made); (ii)
Investments represented by Accounts created or acquired in the ordinary course
of business and any evidence of Indebtedness received with respect to such
Accounts; (iii) advances to employees in the ordinary course of business; (iv)
Investments under or pursuant to agreements relating to Interest Rate
Protection Obligations; (v) Investments made pursuant to and as permitted by
Section 4.11; (vi) Permitted Investments; and (vii) other Investments not to
exceed $6,000,000 in the aggregate in Unrestricted Subsidiaries, in other
Persons in which the Company or a Subsidiary and one or more third parties have
an ownership interest or in any other Person, whether the Company or a
Subsidiary has any such interest, provided that if the Consolidated Interest
Coverage Ratio of the Company at the time any such Investment is made is at
least 1.5:1, Investments made pursuant to this clause (vii) shall not exceed
$20,000,000 in aggregate principal amount.
SECTION 4.19 Limitation on Issuance and Sale
of Capital Stock of Subsidiaries.
The Company shall not permit any Subsidiary to issue any
Capital Stock (other than to the Company or to a Subsidiary) or permit any
Person (other than the Company or a Subsidiary) to own any Capital Stock of any
Subsidiary; provided, however, that the Company and any Subsidiary may, in any
single transaction, sell all, but not less than all, of the issued and
outstanding Capital Stock of any Subsidiary of the Company to any Person.
ARTICLE V
SUCCESSOR CORPORATION
SECTION 5.1 When Company May Merge, Etc.
The Company shall not consolidate with or merge with or into
or sell, assign, convey, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of all or
substantially all of its properties and assets as an entirety to any Person or
group of Affiliated Persons in a single transaction or through a series of
transactions unless:
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(a) either (i) the Company shall be the continuing or
surviving Person, or (ii) the resulting, surviving or transferee Person
(the "surviving entity") shall be a corporation organized and existing
under the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the District of
Columbia;
(b) the surviving entity shall expressly assume, by a
supplemental indenture executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee all of the obligations
of the Company under the Securities and this Indenture;
(c) immediately before and immediately after giving effect
to such transaction or series of transactions on a pro forma basis
(including, without limitation, any Indebtedness incurred by the Company
or the surviving entity or anticipated to be incurred in connection with
or in respect of such transaction or series of transactions), no Default
or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and
(d) immediately after giving effect to such transaction or
series of transactions on a pro forma basis, the Company could incur
$1.00 of Indebtedness as permitted under Section 4.8.
SECTION 5.2 Successor Entity Substituted.
Upon any consolidation, merger or any transfer of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Company in accordance with Section 5.1,
the surviving entity formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is
merged or to which such transfer is made shall succeed to, and be substituted
for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this
Indenture with the same effect as if such surviving entity had been named as
the Company herein.
ARTICLE VI
DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
SECTION 6.1 Events of Default.
(a) An "Event of Default" occurs if:
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(i) the Company defaults in the payment of any interest on
the Securities when it becomes due and payable or of the principal of the
Securities pursuant to an offer to purchase required hereunder and any
such Default continues for a period of 30 days;
(ii) the Company defaults in the payment of the principal of
the Securities when the same becomes due and payable;
(iii) the Company defaults in the performance of, or
breaches, any covenant in this Indenture (other than defaults or breaches
specified in clause (i) or (ii) above), and such default or breach
continues for a period of 30 days after written notice to the Company by
the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least
25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Securities;
(iv) failure by the Company or any Material Subsidiary (A) to
make any payment when due (after giving effect to any applicable grace
period) with respect to one or more classes or issues of other
Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount of $10,000,000 or more at
the date of determination; or (B) to perform any term, covenant,
condition or provision of one or more classes or issues of other
Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount of $10,000,000 or more at
the date of determination, which failure, in the case of either clause
(A) or (B), results in an acceleration of the maturity thereof;
(v) one or more final judgments, orders or decrees for the
payment of money in excess of $10,000,000, either individually or in an
aggregate amount, shall be entered against the Company or any of its
Material Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties and shall not
be discharged and there shall have been a period of 60 days during which
a stay of enforcement of such judgment or order, by reason of pending
appeal or otherwise, shall not be in effect;
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(vi) the Company or any Material Subsidiary of the Company
pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:
(A) commences a voluntary case or proceeding,
(B) consents to the entry of an order for relief
against it in an involuntary case or proceeding,
(C) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of
it or for all or substantially all of its property,
(D) makes a general assignment for the benefit of
its creditors, or
(E) shall generally not pay its debts when such
debts become due or shall admit in writing its inability to
pay its debts generally; or
(vii) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or
decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:
(A) is for relief against the Company or any
Material Subsidiary of the Company in an involuntary case or
proceeding,
(B) appoints a Custodian of the Company or any
Material Subsidiary of the Company for all or substantially
all of its properties, or
(C) orders the liquidation of the Company or any
Material Subsidiary of the Company,
and in each case the order or decree remains unstayed and in
effect for 60 days; provided, however, that if the entry of such order or
decree is appealed and dismissed on appeal then the Event of Default
hereunder by reason of the entry of such order or decree shall be deemed
to have been cured.
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(b) For purposes of this Section 6.1, the term "Custodian"
means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator, sequestrator or similar
official charged with maintaining possession or control over property for one
or more creditors.
(c) Subject to the provisions of Sections 7.1 and 7.2, the
Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any Event of Default unless
written notice thereof shall have been given to a Trust Officer at the
corporate trust office of the Trustee by the Company or any other Person.
SECTION 6.2 Acceleration.
If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default
specified in Section 6.1(a)(vi) or (vii) with respect to the Company) occurs
and is continuing, then the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal
amount of the outstanding Securities may, by written notice to the Company and
the Trustee, and the Trustee upon the request of the Holders of not less than
25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Securities shall, declare
the principal of and accrued interest on all the Securities to be due and
payable immediately. Upon any such declaration such principal amounts shall
become due and payable immediately. If an Event of Default specified in
Section 6.1(a)(vi) or (vii) with respect to the Company occurs and is
continuing, then the principal of and accrued interest on, all the Securities
shall ipso facto become and be immediately due and payable without any
declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder.
After a declaration of acceleration, the Holders of a majority
in aggregate principal amount of outstanding Securities may, by notice to the
Trustee, rescind such declaration of acceleration if all existing Events of
Default, have been cured or waived, other than the non-payment of principal of
and accrued interest on the Securities that has become due solely as a result
of such acceleration and if the rescission of acceleration would not conflict
with any judgment or decree. No such rescission shall affect any subsequent
Default or impair any right consequent thereto.
SECTION 6.3 Other Remedies.
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee
may pursue any available remedy by proceeding at law or in equity to collect
the payment of principal of or interest on
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the Securities or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Securities
or this Indenture.
All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the
Securities may be enforced by the Trustee even if the Trustee does not possess
any of the Securities or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A
delay or omission by the Trustee or any Securityholder in exercising any right
or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or
remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. No
remedy is exclusive of any other remedy. All available remedies are cumulative
to the extent permitted by law.
SECTION 6.4 Waiver of Past Default.
Subject to Sections 6.7 and 9.2, the Holders of at least a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Securities by written
notice to the Trustee may waive an existing Default or Event of Default and its
consequences, except a Default specified in Section 6.1(a)(i) or (ii) or in
respect of any provision hereof which cannot be modified or amended without the
consent of the Holder so affected pursuant to Section 9.2. When a Default or
Event of Default is so waived, it shall be deemed cured and ceases.
SECTION 6.5 Control by Majority.
The Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the
outstanding Securities may direct the time, method and place of conducting any
proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or
power conferred on it; provided, however, that the Trustee may refuse to follow
any direction that (i) conflicts with law or this Indenture, (ii) the Trustee
determines may be unduly prejudicial to the rights of another Securityholder,
or (iii) may involve the Trustee in personal liability unless the Trustee has
indemnification satisfactory to it in its sole discretion against any loss,
expense or liability caused by its following such direction; and provided,
further, that the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the
Trustee that is not inconsistent with such direction.
SECTION 6.6 Limitation on Suits.
A Securityholder may not pursue any remedy with respect to
this Indenture or the Securities unless:
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(a) the Holder gives to the Trustee written notice of a
continuing Event of Default;
(b) the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the
outstanding Securities make a written request to the Trustee to pursue
a remedy;
(c) such Holder or Holders offer and, if requested, provide
to the Trustee indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee
against any loss, liability or expense;
(d) the Trustee does not comply with the request within 60
days after receipt of the request and the offer and, if requested,
provision of indemnity; and
(e) during such 60-day period the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the outstanding Securities do not give the Trustee
a direction inconsistent with the request.
The foregoing limitations shall not apply to a suit instituted
by a Holder for the enforcement of the payment of principal of or accrued
interest on such Security on or after the respective due dates set forth in
such Security.
A Securityholder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the
rights of another Securityholder or to obtain a preference or priority over
such other Securityholder.
SECTION 6.7 Rights of Holders To Receive Payment.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the
right of any Holder to receive payment of principal of and interest on a
Security, on or after the respective due dates expressed in the Security, or to
bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective
dates, is absolute and unconditional and shall not be impaired or affected
without the consent of such Holder.
SECTION 6.8 Collection Suit by Trustee.
If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.1(a)(i) or (ii)
occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may recover judgment in its own name and
as trustee of an express trust against the Company or any other obligor on the
Securities for the whole amount of principal and accrued interest remaining
unpaid, together with interest overdue on principal and, to the
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extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest on overdue
installments of interest, in each case at the Interest Rate and such further
amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection,
including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of
the Trustee, its agents and counsel.
SECTION 6.9 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
The Trustee shall be entitled and empowered to file such
proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable
in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee,
its agents and counsel) and the Securityholders allowed in any judicial
proceedings relative to the Company, the Subsidiaries of the Company, their
creditors or their property and shall be entitled and empowered to collect and
receive any monies, securities or other property payable or deliverable on any
such claims and to distribute the same, and any Custodian in any such judicial
proceedings is hereby authorized by each Securityholder to make such payments
to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making
of such payments directly to the Securityholders, to pay to the Trustee any
amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and
advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the
Trustee under Section 7.7.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the
Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any
Securityholder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or
composition affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to
authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Securityholder in
any such proceeding.
SECTION 6.10 Priorities.
If the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article VI,
it shall pay out such money in the following order:
First: to the Trustee for all amounts due under
Section 7.7;
Second: to Holders for interest accrued on the Securities, ratably,
without preference or
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priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the
Securities for interest;
Third: to Holders for principal amounts owing under the Securities
and other amounts owing to the Holders with respect to the Securities,
ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the
amounts due and payable on the Securities for principal and other
amounts owing to the Holders with respect to the Securities; and
Fourth: to the Company.
Notwithstanding Section 2.12, the Trustee, upon prior written
notice to the Company, may fix a record date and payment date for any payment
to Securityholders pursuant to this Section 6.10.
SECTION 6.11 Undertaking for Costs.
In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under
this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or
omitted by it as Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by
any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit,
and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including
reasonable attorneys' fees, against any party litigant in the suit, having due
regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party
litigant. This Section 6.11 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by
a Holder pursuant to Section 6.7, or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in
aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Securities.
ARTICLE VII
TRUSTEE
SECTION 7.1 Duties of Trustee.
(a) If an Event of Default known to the Trustee has occurred
and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers
vested in it by this Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in
their exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the
circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.
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(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default
actually known to the Trustee:
(i) The Trustee need perform only those duties as are
specifically set forth in this Indenture and no others and no implied
covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the
Trustee.
(ii) In the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may
conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the
correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or
opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements
of this Indenture. However, in the case of any such certificates or
opinions which by any provision hereof are specifically required to be
furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall examine such certificates
and opinions to determine whether or not they conform on their face to
the requirements of this Indenture.
(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its
own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful
misconduct, except that:
(i) This paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b)
of this Section 7.1.
(ii) The Trustee shall not be liable for any error of
judgment made in good faith by a Trust Officer, unless it is proved
that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts.
(iii) The Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any
action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a
direction received by it pursuant to Section 6.5.
(d) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee
to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in
the performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of its
rights or powers if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that
repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is
not reasonably assured to it.
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(e) Every provision of this Indenture that in any way
relates to the Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d) and (g) of
this Section 7.1.
(f) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any
money received by it except as the Trustee may hereafter agree in writing with
the Company. Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from
other funds except to the extent required by law.
(g) The Trustee may refuse to perform any duty or exercise
any right or power unless it is provided adequate funds to enable it to do so
and it receives indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it in its sole discretion
against any loss, liability, fee or expense.
SECTION 7.2 Rights of Trustee.
Subject to Section 7.1:
(a) The Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or
refraining from acting upon any document believed by it to be genuine
and to have been signed or presented by the proper Person. The
Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or
matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument,
opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond,
debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or
document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further
inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit,
and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or
investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and
premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney.
(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting with
respect to any matter contemplated by this Indenture, it may require
an Officer's Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel, which shall conform
to the provisions of Section 10.5. The Trustee shall not be liable
for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on
such certificate or opinion.
(c) The Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and
shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent
or attorney (other than the
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negligence or willful misconduct of an agent who is an employee of the
Trustee) appointed with due care.
(d) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes
or omits to take in good faith which it believes to be
authorized or within its rights or powers, provided that the Trustee's
conduct does not constitute negligence.
(e) The Trustee may consult with counsel and the advice or
opinion of such counsel as to matters of law shall be full and
complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of any
action taken, omitted or suffered by it hereunder in good faith and in
accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel.
(f) Subject to clause (a) of Section 7.1 hereof, the Trustee
shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers
vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any
Holder pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holder shall have
offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the
costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in
compliance with such request or direction.
SECTION 7.3 Individual Rights of Trustee.
The Trustee in its individual capacity or any other capacity
may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with the
Company or its Subsidiaries and Affiliates with the same rights it would have
if it were not Trustee. Any Agent may do the same with like rights. However,
the Trustee is subject to Sections 7.10 and 7.11.
SECTION 7.4 Trustee's Disclaimer.
The Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no
representation as to the recitals contained herein or the validity or adequacy
of this Indenture or the Securities. It shall not be accountable for the
Company's use of the proceeds from the issuance of the Securities, and it shall
not be responsible for any statement of the Company in this Indenture or any
document issued in connection with the sale of Securities or any statement in
the Securities other than the Trustee's certificate of authentication.
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SECTION 7.5 Notice of Defaults.
If a Default or an Event of Default with respect to the
Securities occurs and is continuing and is known to the Trustee, the Trustee
shall mail to each Securityholder notice of the Default or Event of Default
within 60 days after the occurrence and during the continuance thereof. Except
in the case of a Default or an Event of Default in payment of principal of or
interest on any Security, the Trustee may withhold the notice to the
Securityholders if a committee of its Trust Officers in good faith determines
that withholding the notice is in the interest of Securityholders.
SECTION 7.6 Reports by Trustee to Holders.
To the extent required by TIA # 313(a), within 30 days after
March 1 of each year commencing with the first such day falling after the Issue
Date, and for as long as there are Securities outstanding hereunder, the
Trustee shall mail to each Securityholder a brief report dated as of such date
that complies with TIA # 313(a). The Trustee also shall comply with TIA #
313(b), (c) and (d). A copy of such report at the time of its mailing to
Securityholders shall be filed with the SEC and each stock exchange, if any, on
which the Securities are listed.
The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee if the
Securities become listed on any stock exchange, and the Trustee shall comply
with TIA # 313(d).
SECTION 7.7 Compensation and Indemnity.
The Company shall pay to the Trustee, the Paying Agent and the
Registrar from time to time reasonable compensation for their respective
services rendered hereunder as such parties may agree among themselves. The
Trustee's, the Paying Agent's and the Registrar's compensation shall not be
limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The
Company shall reimburse the Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Registrar upon
request for all reasonable out-of-pocket disbursements, expenses and advances
(including fees and expenses of agents and counsel) incurred or made by each of
them in addition to the compensation for their respective services. Such
expenses shall include the reasonable compensation, reasonable out-of-pocket
disbursements and expenses of the Trustee's, the Paying Agent's and the
Registrar's agents and counsel.
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The Company shall indemnify the Trustee, the Paying Agent and
the Registrar for, and hold each of them harmless against, any claim or demand
by a third party, or loss or liability to a third party incurred by each of
them arising out of or in connection with the acceptance of this trust or the
administration of this Indenture and their respective duties hereunder, and
expenses (including but not limited to attorneys' fees and expenses) relating
to such claim, demand or liability. Each of the Trustee, the Paying Agent and
the Registrar shall notify the Company promptly of any claim asserted against
it for which it may seek indemnity. However, failure by the Trustee, the
Paying Agent or the Registrar to so notify the Company shall not relieve the
Company of its obligations hereunder. The Company need not reimburse any
expense or indemnify against any loss or liability incurred by the Trustee, the
Paying Agent or the Registrar through the Trustee's, the Paying Agent's or the
Registrar's, as the case may be, own willful misconduct, negligence or bad
faith.
To secure the Company's payment obligations in this Section
7.7, each of the Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Registrar shall have a lien
prior to the Securities on all money or property held or collected by it, in
its capacity as Trustee, Paying Agent or Registrar, as the case may be.
When any of the Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Registrar
incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in
Section 6.1(a)(vi) or (vii) with respect to the Company occurs and during the
time it is continuing, the expenses and the compensation for the services are
intended to constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law.
SECTION 7.8 Replacement of Trustee.
The Trustee may resign at any time by so notifying the Company
in writing, such resignation to be effective upon the appointment of a
successor Trustee. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
outstanding Securities may remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee in
writing and may appoint a successor Trustee with the Company's consent, which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Company may remove the Trustee
if:
(a) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10;
(b) the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent;
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(c) a Custodian, receiver or other public officer takes
charge of the Trustee or its property; or
(d) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.
If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in
the office of the Trustee for any reason (the Trustee in such event being
referred to herein as the retiring Trustee), 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 Securities may appoint a
successor Trustee to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the Company.
A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its
appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Immediately after
that, the retiring Trustee shall transfer all property held by it as Trustee to
the successor Trustee, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall
become effective, and 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 Securityholder.
If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days
after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the
Company or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding
Securities may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment
of a successor Trustee.
If the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10, any
Securityholder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal
of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.
Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this
Section 7.8, the Company's obligations under Section 7.7 shall continue for the
benefit of the retiring Trustee.
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 VII.
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SECTION 7.9 Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc.
If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or
transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another
corporation or national banking association, the resulting, surviving or
transferee corporation or national banking association without any further act
shall be the successor Trustee provided such corporation shall be otherwise
qualified and eligible under this Article VII.
SECTION 7.10 Eligibility; Disqualification.
This Indenture shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the
requirements of TIA # 310(a)(1), (2) and (5). The Trustee shall have a combined
capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 as set forth in its most recent
published annual report of condition. The Trustee shall comply with TIA #
310(b); provided, however, that there shall be excluded from the operation of
TIA # 310(b)(1) any indenture or indentures under which other securities, or
certificates of interest or participation in other securities, of the Company
are outstanding if the requirements for such exclusion set forth in TIA #
310(b)(1) are met. The provisions of TIA # 310 shall apply to the Company, as
obligor of the Securities.
SECTION 7.11 Preferential Collection of
Claims Against Company.
The Trustee shall comply with TIA # 311(a), excluding any
creditor relationship listed in TIA # 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or
been removed shall be subject to TIA # 311(a) to the extent indicated therein.
The provisions of TIA # 311 shall apply to the Company, as obligor on the
Securities.
ARTICLE VIII
DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE
SECTION 8.1 Termination of Company's Obligations.
The Company may terminate its obligations under the Securities
and this Indenture, except those obligations referred to in the penultimate
paragraph of this Section 8.1, if all Securities previously authenticated and
delivered (other than destroyed, lost or stolen Securities which have been
replaced or paid or Securities for whose payment money has
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theretofore been deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent in trust and
thereafter repaid to the Company, as provided in Section 8.4) have been
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation and the Company has paid all sums
payable by it hereunder, or if:
(a) either (i) pursuant to Article III, the Company shall
have given notice to the Trustee and mailed a notice of redemption to
each Holder of the redemption of all of the Securities under
arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of
such notice or (ii) all Securities have otherwise become due and
payable hereunder;
(b) the Company shall have irrevocably deposited or caused to
be deposited with the Trustee or a trustee satisfactory to the
Trustee, under the terms of an irrevocable trust agreement in form and
substance satisfactory to the Trustee, as trust funds in trust solely
for the benefit of the Holders for that purpose, money or direct
non-callable obligations of, or non-callable obligations guaranteed
by, the United States of America for the payment of which guarantee or
obligation the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged
("U.S. Government Obligations") maturing as to principal and interest
in such amounts and at such times as are sufficient without
consideration of any reinvestment of such interest to pay principal of
and interest on the outstanding Securities to maturity or redemption,
as the case may be, provided that the Trustee shall have been
irrevocably instructed to apply such money or the proceeds of such
U.S. Government Obligations to the payment of said principal and
interest with respect to the Securities;
(c) the Company shall have paid all other sums payable by it
hereunder; and
(d) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all
conditions precedent providing for the termination of the Company's
obligation under the Securities and this Indenture have been complied
with.
Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraph, the Company's
obligations in Sections 2.3, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8, 4.1, 4.2, 7.7, 7.8, 8.4 and
8.5 in respect thereof shall survive until the Securities are no longer
outstanding. After the Securities
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are no longer outstanding, the Company's obligations in Sections 7.7, 8.4 and
8.5 in respect thereof shall survive.
After such delivery or irrevocable deposit the Trustee upon
request shall promptly acknowledge in writing the discharge of the Company's
obligations under the Securities and this Indenture except for those surviving
obligations specified above.
SECTION 8.2 Legal Defeasance and Covenant
Defeasance.
(a) The Company may, at its option by Board Resolution, at
any time, with respect to the Securities, elect to have either paragraph (b) or
paragraph (c) below be applied to the outstanding Securities upon compliance
with the conditions set forth in paragraph (d).
(b) Upon the Company's exercise under paragraph (a) of the
option applicable to this paragraph (b), the Company shall be deemed to have
been released and discharged from its obligations with respect to the
outstanding Securities on the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied
(hereinafter, "legal defeasance"). For this purpose, such legal defeasance
means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire
indebtedness represented by the outstanding Securities, which shall thereafter
be deemed to be "outstanding" only for the purposes of paragraph (e) below and
the other Sections of and matters under this Indenture referred to in (i) and
(ii) below, and to have satisfied all its other obligations under such
Securities and this Indenture insofar as such Securities are concerned (and the
Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall promptly execute proper
instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following which shall
survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (i) the rights of
Holders of outstanding Securities to receive solely from the trust fund
described in paragraph (d) below and as more fully set forth in such paragraph,
payments in respect of the principal of and interest on such Securities when
such payments are due, (ii) the Company's obligations with respect to such
Securities under Sections 2.3, 2.6, 2.7 and 4.2, and, with respect to the
Trustee, under Sections 7.7 and 7.8, (iii) the rights, powers, trusts, duties
and immunities of the Trustee under this Indenture and (iv) this Section 8.2
and Section 8.5. Subject to compliance with this Section 8.2, the Company may
exercise its option under this paragraph (b) notwithstanding
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the prior exercise of its option under paragraph (c) below with respect to the
Securities.
(c) Upon the Company's exercise under paragraph (a) of the
option applicable to this paragraph (c), the Company shall be released and
discharged from its obligations under any covenant contained in Article V and
in Sections 4.5 through 4.19 with respect to the outstanding Securities on and
after the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter,
"covenant defeasance"), and the Securities shall thereafter be deemed to be not
"outstanding" for the purpose of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration
or act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such
covenants, but shall continue to be deemed "outstanding" for all other purposes
hereunder. For this purpose, such covenant defeasance means that, with respect
to the outstanding Securities, the Company may omit to comply with and shall
have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in
any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference
elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in any such
covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and such
omission to comply shall not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under
Section 6.1, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture
and such Securities shall be unaffected thereby.
(d) The following shall be the conditions to application of
either paragraph (b) or paragraph (c) above to the outstanding Securities:
(i) the Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to
be deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee satisfying the
requirements of Section 7.10 who shall agree to comply with the
provisions of this Section 8.2 applicable to it) as trust funds in
trust for the purpose of making the following payments and dedicated
solely to the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, (A) money in
an amount, or (B) U.S. Government Obligations which through the
scheduled payment of principal of and interest in respect thereof in
accordance with their terms will provide, not later than one Business
Day before the due date of any payment, money in an amount, or (C) a
combination thereof, sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally
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accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to
the Trustee, to pay and discharge and which shall be applied by the
Trustee (or other qualifying trustee) to pay and discharge principal
of and interest on the outstanding Securities on the Maturity Date of
such principal or installment of principal or interest or otherwise in
accordance with the terms of this Indenture and of such Securities;
provided, however, that the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee)
shall have received an irrevocable written order from the Company
instructing the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee) to apply such
money or the proceeds of such U.S. Government Obligations to said
payments with respect to the Securities;
(ii) no Default or Event of Default or event which with notice
or lapse of time or both would become a Default or an Event of Default
with respect to the Securities shall have occurred and be continuing
on the date of such deposit or, insofar as Sections 6.1(a)(vi) and
(vii) are concerned, at any time during the period ending on the 91st
day after the date of such deposit (it being understood that this
condition shall not be deemed satisfied until the expiration of such
period);
(iii) such legal defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not
result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a Default or Event
of Default under, this Indenture or any other agreement or instrument
to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound;
(iv) in the case of an election under paragraph (b) above, the
Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel
stating that the Holders of the outstanding Securities will not
recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a
result of such legal defeasance and will be subject to Federal income
tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as
would have been the case if such legal defeasance had not occurred;
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(v) in the case of an election under paragraph (c) above, the
Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to
the effect that the Holders of the outstanding Securities will not
recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a
result of such covenant defeasance and will be subject to Federal
income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same
times as would have been the case if such covenant defeasance had not
occurred;
(vi) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that (A)
all conditions precedent provided for relating to either the legal
defeasance under paragraph (b) above or the defeasance under paragraph
(c) above, as the case may be, have been complied with and (B) if any
other Indebtedness of the Company shall then be outstanding or
committed, such legal or covenant defeasance will not violate the
provisions of the agreements or instruments evidencing such
Indebtedness.
(e) All money and U.S. Government Obligations (including the
proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee,
collectively for purposes of this paragraph (e), the "Trustee") pursuant to
paragraph (d) above in respect of the outstanding Securities shall be held in
trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such
Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any
Paying Agent (other than the Company) as the Trustee may determine, to the
Holders of such Securities of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect
of principal and interest, but such money need not be segregated from other
funds except to the extent required by law.
The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax,
fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the U.S. Government
Obligations deposited pursuant to paragraph (d) above or the principal and
interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other
charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of the outstanding
Securities.
Anything in this Section 8.2 to the contrary notwithstanding,
the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from
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time to time upon the request, in writing, by the Company any money or U.S.
Government Obligations held by it as provided in paragraph (d) above which, in
the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants
expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are in
excess of the amount thereof which would then be required to be deposited to
effect an equivalent legal defeasance or covenant defeasance.
SECTION 8.3 Application of Trust Money.
The Trustee shall hold in trust money or U.S. Government
Obligations deposited with it pursuant to Sections 8.1 and 8.2, and shall apply
the deposited money and the money from U.S. Government Obligations in
accordance with this Indenture to the payment of principal of and interest on
the Securities.
SECTION 8.4 Repayment to Company.
Subject to Sections 7.7, 8.1 and 8.2, the Trustee and/or the
Paying Agent shall promptly pay to the Company, upon receipt by the Trustee or
the Paying Agent of an Officer's Certificate, any excess money, determined in
accordance with Sections 8.2(d)(i) and (e), held by it at any time. The
Trustee and the Paying Agent shall pay to the Company upon receipt by the
Trustee or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, of an Officer's Certificate,
any money held by it for the payment of principal or interest that remains
unclaimed for two years after payment to the Holders is required; provided,
however, that the Trustee and the Paying Agent before being required to make
any payment may, but need not, at the expense of the Company cause to be
published once in a newspaper of general circulation in The City of New York or
mail to each Holder entitled to such money notice that such money remains
unclaimed and that after a date specified therein, which shall be at least 30
days from the date of such publication or mailing, any unclaimed balance of
such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company. After payment to the
Company, Securityholders entitled to money must look solely to the Company for
payment as general creditors unless an applicable abandoned property law
designates another Person, and all liability of the Trustee or Paying Agent
with respect to such money shall thereupon cease.
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SECTION 8.5 Reinstatement.
With respect to the circumstances referred to in Sections 8.1(b)
and 8.2, if the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or U.S.
Government Obligations in accordance with this Indenture by reason of any legal
proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental
authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application,
then and only then the Company's obligations under this Indenture and the
Securities shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had been made
pursuant to this Indenture until such time as the Trustee is permitted to apply
all such money or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with this
Indenture; provided, however, that if the Company has made any payment of
principal or interest on any Securities because of the reinstatement of their
obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the holders of
such Securities to receive such payment from the money or U.S. Government
Obligations held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
ARTICLE IX
AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS
SECTION 9.1 Without Consent of Holders.
The Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the
Trustee may amend, waive or supplement this Indenture or the Securities without
notice to or consent of any Securityholder:
(a) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency, provided
that such amendment or supplement does not adversely affect the rights
of any Holder;
(b) to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to
or in place of certificated Securities;
(c) to comply with any requirements of the SEC under the TIA;
(d) to evidence the succession in accordance with Article V
hereof of another Person to the Company and the assumption by any such
successor of the covenants of the Company herein and in the Securities;
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(e) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment
hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities in
accordance with the provisions hereof; or
(f) to make any change that does not adversely affect the
rights of any Holder.
SECTION 9.2 With Consent of Holders.
Subject to Section 6.7 and the provisions of this Section 9.2,
the Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture or the
Securities with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding. Subject to
Section 6.7 and the provisions of this Section 9.2, the Holders of, in the
aggregate, at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding
Securities affected may waive compliance by the Company with any provision of
this Indenture or the Securities without notice to any other Securityholder.
However, without the consent of each Securityholder affected, an amendment,
supplement or waiver, including a waiver pursuant to Section 6.4, may not:
(a) reduce the percentage in outstanding aggregate principal
amount of Securities the Holders of which must consent to an
amendment, supplement or waiver of any provision of this Indenture or
the Securities;
(b) reduce the rate of, change the method of calculation of,
or extend the time for, payment of interest on any Security;
(c) reduce the principal amount outstanding of or extend the
fixed maturity of any Security or alter the redemption provisions with
respect thereto;
(d) waive a default in the payment of the principal of, and
interest on, or redemption payment or an offer to purchase required
hereunder with respect to, any Security;
(e) make the principal of, and interest on, any Security
payable in any currency other than that stated in the Security;
(f) after the Company's obligation to purchase the Securities
in accordance with the Indenture following the
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occurrence of a Change of Control, waive any default in the
performance thereof;
(g) adversely affect the ranking of the Securities;
(h) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of
any payment on or with respect to the Securities; or
(i) modify this Section 9.2 or Section 6.4.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under
this Section 9.2 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 9.2
becomes effective, the Company shall mail to the Holders affected thereby a
notice briefly describing the amendment, supplement or waiver. 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 amendment, supplement or
waiver.
SECTION 9.3 Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.
Every amendment to or supplement of this Indenture or the
Securities shall comply with the TIA as then in effect.
SECTION 9.4 Revocation and Effect of Consents.
Until an amendment or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it
by a Holder is a continuing consent by the Holder and every subsequent Holder
of that Security or portion of that Security that evidences the same debt as
the consenting Holder's Security, even if notation of the consent is not made
on any Security. However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the
consent as to his Security or portion of a Security. Such revocation shall be
effective only if the Trustee receives the notice of revocation before the date
the amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective. Notwithstanding the
above, nothing in this paragraph shall impair the right of any Securityholder
under # 316(b) of the TIA.
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
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date is fixed, then notwithstanding the second and third 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. Such consent shall be effective only for actions taken
within 90 days after such record date.
After an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, it
shall bind every Securityholder, unless it makes a change described in any of
clauses (a) through (h) of Section 9.2; if it makes such a change, the
amendment, supplement or waiver shall bind every subsequent Holder of a
Security or portion of a Security that evidences the same debt as the
consenting Holder's Security.
SECTION 9.5 Notation on or Exchange of Securities.
If an amendment, supplement or waiver changes the terms of a
Security, the Trustee shall (in accordance with the specific direction of the
Company) request the Holder of the Security to deliver it to the Trustee. The
Trustee shall (in accordance with the specific direction of the Company) place
an appropriate notation on the Security about the changed terms and return it
to the Holder. Alternatively, if the Company or the Trustee so determines, the
Company in exchange for the Security shall issue and the Trustee shall
authenticate a new Security that reflects the changed terms. Failure to make
the appropriate notation or issue a new Security shall not affect the validity
and effect of such amendment, supplement or waiver.
SECTION 9.6 Trustee To Sign Amendments, Etc.
The Trustee shall sign any amendment, supplement or waiver
authorized pursuant to this Article IX if the amendment, supplement or waiver
does not adversely affect the rights, duties or immunities of the Trustee. If
it does adversely affect the rights, duties or immunities of the Trustee, the
Trustee may, but need not, sign it. In signing any amendment, supplement or
waiver, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, if requested, an indemnity
satisfactory to it in its sole discretion and to receive, and shall be fully
protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of
any amendment, supplement or waiver authorized pursuant to this
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Article IX is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Company may not
sign an amendment until its Board of Directors approves it.
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 10.1 Trust Indenture Act Controls.
If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or
conflicts with another provision which is deemed to be included in this
Indenture under the TIA, the required TIA provision shall control.
If any provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes any
provision of the TIA that may be so modified or excluded, the later provision
shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so modified or excluded, as the
case may be.
SECTION 10.2 Notices.
Any notice or communication shall be sufficiently given if in
writing and delivered in Person or mailed by first-class mail addressed as
follows:
(a) if to the Company:
GENEVA STEEL COMPANY
10 South Geneva Road
Vineyard, Utah 84058
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
(b) if to the Trustee:
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY
Four Albany Street
New York, New York 10006
Attention: Corporate Trust and Agency Group
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 Security-holder,
including any notice delivered in connection with TIA
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# 310(b), TIA # 313(c), TIA # 314(a) and TIA # 315(b), shall be mailed to him,
first-class postage prepaid, at his address as it appears on the registration
books of the Registrar and shall be sufficiently given to him if so mailed
within the time prescribed.
Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Securityholder or
any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other
Securityholders. Except for a notice to the Trustee, which is deemed given
only when received, if a notice or communication is mailed in the manner
provided above, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.
SECTION 10.3 Communications by Holders with Other
Holders.
Securityholders may communicate pursuant to TIA # 312(b) with
other Securityholders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the
Securities. The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and any other Person shall
have the protection of TIA # 312(c).
SECTION 10.4 Certificate and Opinion of Counsel
as to Conditions Precedent.
Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to
take any action under this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee
at the request of the Trustee (a) an Officer's Certificate in form and
substance satisfactory to the Trustee stating that, in the opinion of the
signer, all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture
relating to the proposed action have been complied with, (b) an Opinion of
Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee stating that, in the
opinion of counsel, all such conditions have been complied with and (c) where
applicable, a certificate or opinion by an independent certified public
accountant satisfactory to the Trustee that complies with TIA # 314(c).
SECTION 10.5 Statements Required in Certificate
and Opinion of Counsel.
Each certificate and Opinion of Counsel with respect to
compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall
include:
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(a) a statement that the Person making such certificate or
Opinion of Counsel has read such covenant or condition;
(b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the
examination or investigation upon which the statements contained in
such certificate or Opinion of Counsel are based;
(c) a statement that, in the opinion of such Person, he has
made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him
to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or
condition has been complied with; and
(d) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such
Person, such condition or covenant has been complied with and such
other opinions as the Trustee may reasonably request.
SECTION 10.6 Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent,
Registrar.
The Trustee may make reasonable rules in accordance with the
Trustee's customary practices for action by or at a meeting of Securityholders.
The Paying Agent or Registrar may make reasonable rules for its functions.
SECTION 10.7 Legal Holidays.
If a payment date is a Legal Holiday at a place of payment,
payment may be made at that place on the next succeeding day that is not a
Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue for the intervening period.
SECTION 10.8 Governing Law.
The internal laws of the State of New York shall govern this
Indenture and the Securities without regard to principles of conflict of laws.
SECTION 10.9 No Recourse Against Others.
A trustee, director, officer, employee, stockholder or
beneficiary, as such, of the Company shall not have any liability for any
obligations of the Company under the Securities or the Indenture or for any
claim based on, in respect of or by
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reason of such obligations or their creation. Each Securityholder by accepting
a Security waives and releases all such liability.
SECTION 10.10 Successors.
All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the
Securities shall bind their respective successors. All agreements of the
Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successor.
SECTION 10.11 Duplicate Originals.
The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture.
Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the
same agreement.
SECTION 10.12 Separability.
In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities
shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and
enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or
impaired thereby, and a Holder shall have no claim therefor against any party
hereto.
SECTION 10.13 Table of Contents, Headings, Etc.
The table of contents, cross-reference sheet and headings of the
Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of
reference only, and are not to be considered a part hereof, and shall in no way
modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first written above.
GENEVA STEEL COMPANY
By /s/ Dennis L. Wanlass
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Title: Vice President, Treasurer and
Chief Financial Officer
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY
By /s/ Kathleen Boyd
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Title: Vice President
By /s/ Attest by Valerie Dunbar
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Title: Assistant Vice President
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Exhibit A
GENEVA STEEL COMPANY
No. $
9 1/2% SENIOR NOTE DUE 2004
GENEVA STEEL COMPANY promises to pay to
or registered assigns the principal sum of Dollars on January 15, 2004.
Interest Payment Dates: January 15 and July 15
Record Dates: January 1 and July 1
GENEVA STEEL COMPANY
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Chief Executive Officer
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President
Dated:
Trustee's Certificate of Authentication
This is one of the 9 1/2% Senior Notes Due 2004 referred to in
the within-mentioned Indenture.
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY,
as Trustee
By:
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Authorized Signatory
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(REVERSE OF SECURITY)
GENEVA STEEL COMPANY
9 1/2% SENIOR NOTE DUE 2004
1. Interest. GENEVA STEEL COMPANY, a Utah corporation (the
"Company"), promises to pay, until the principal hereof is paid or made
available for payment, interest on the principal amount set forth on the
reverse side hereof at a rate of 9 1/2% per annum. Interest on the Senior
Notes will accrue from and including the most recent date to which interest has
been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from and including February 1, 1994
through but excluding the date on which interest is paid. Interest shall be
payable in arrears on each January 15, July 15, and at the stated maturity,
commencing July 15, 1994. 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 on overdue interest (to the full extent permitted by law) at a
rate of 9 1/2% per annum.
2. Method of Payment. The Company will pay interest on the
Senior Notes (except defaulted interest) to the Persons who are registered
Holders of Senior Notes at the close of business on the January 1 or July 1
preceding the interest payment date. Holders must surrender Senior Notes to a
Paying Agent to collect principal payments. The Company will pay principal and
interest in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal
tender for payment of public and private debts. The Company may pay principal
and interest by check payable in such money. The Company may mail an interest
payment check to a Holder's registered address, or may pay interest by wire
transfer to Holders owning at least $1,000,000 in principal amount of Senior
Notes.
3. Paying Agent and Registrar. Initially, Bankers Trust
Company will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may change any
Paying Agent, Registrar or co-Registrar without notice. Neither the Company
nor any of its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent, Registrar or co-Registrar.
4. Indenture. The Company issued the Senior Notes under an
Indenture dated as of January 15, 1994 (the "Indenture") between the Company
and Bankers Trust Company (the "Trustee"). This Senior Note is one of an issue
of Senior Notes of the Company issued, or to be issued, under the Indenture.
The terms of the Senior Notes include those stated in
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the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S. Code ## 77aaa-77bbbb). The Senior Notes are
subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and such
Act for a statement of them. Capitalized and certain other terms used herein
and not otherwise defined have the meanings set forth in the Indenture. The
Senior Notes are general unsecured obligations of the Company limited in
aggregate principal amount to $190,000,000. The Indenture limits, among other
things, the incurrence of Indebtedness by the Company and its Subsidiaries;
Sale-Leaseback Transactions by the Company and its Subsidiaries; the creation
of Liens by the Company and its Material Subsidiaries; purchases, redemptions,
and other acquisitions or retirements of Capital Stock of the Company and its
Subsidiaries; transactions by the Company and its Subsidiaries with their
respective Affiliates; and the ability of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries to merge with or into another entity. The limitations are subject
to a number of important qualifications and exceptions. The Company must
report to the Trustee quarterly on compliance with the limitations contained in
the Indenture.
5. Optional Redemption. The Company, at its option, may
redeem all or any of the Senior Notes, in whole or in part, at any time on or
after January 15, 1999 at the redemption prices (expressed in percentages of
principal amount) set forth below plus accrued and unpaid interest to the
Redemption Date, if redeemed during the 12-month period beginning January 15 of
the years indicated below:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Year Percentage
---- ----------
<S> <C>
1999.............................. 105.0%
2000.............................. 103.3%
2001.............................. 101.7%
2002 and thereafter............... 100.0%
</TABLE>
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may redeem in the
aggregate up to $50,000,000 principal amount of Senior Notes at any time or
from time to time prior to January 15, 1997 at a redemption price equal to
109.5% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest to the redemption
date out of the Net Proceeds of a Public Equity Offering, provided that such
redemption occurs within 90 days of such offering.
6. Notice of Redemption. Notice of redemption will be
mailed by first class mail at least 30 days but not more
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than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder of Senior Notes to be
redeemed at such Holder's registered address. On and after the Redemption
Date, unless the Company defaults in making the redemption payment, interest
ceases to accrue on Senior Notes or portions thereof called for redemption.
7. Offers To Purchase. Sections 4.12 and 4.14 of the
Indenture provide that after an Asset Sale or upon the occurrence of a Change
of Control, and subject to further limitations contained therein, the Company
shall make an offer to purchase certain amounts of Senior Notes in accordance
with the procedures set forth in the Indenture.
8. Denominations, Transfer, Exchange. The Senior Notes are
in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and integral
multiples of $1,000. A Holder may transfer or exchange Senior 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
to it any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The
Registrar need not transfer or exchange any Senior Notes or portion of a Senior
Note selected for redemption, or transfer or exchange any Senior Notes for a
period of 15 days before a selection of Senior Notes to be redeemed.
9. Persons Deemed Owners. The registered Holder of a Senior
Note may be treated as the owner of it for all purposes.
10. Unclaimed Money. If money for the payment of principal
or interest remains unclaimed for two years, the Trustee or 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 as general creditors unless
an "abandoned property" law designates another Person.
11. Amendment, Supplement, Waiver. The Company and the
Trustee may, without the consent of the Holders of any outstanding Senior
Notes, amend, waive or supplement the Indenture or the Senior Notes for certain
specified purposes, including, among other things, curing ambiguities, defects
or inconsistencies, maintaining the qualification of the Indenture under the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939 or making any change that does not adversely affect
the rights of any Holder. Other amendments and modifications of the Indenture
or the Senior Notes may be made by the Company and the Trustee with the consent
of the
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Holders of not less than a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the
outstanding Senior Notes, subject to certain exceptions requiring the consent
of the Holders of the particular Senior Notes to be affected.
12. Successor Corporation. When a successor corporation
assumes all the obligations of its predecessor under the Senior Notes and the
Indenture and the transaction complies with the terms of Article V of the
Indenture, the predecessor corporation will be released from those obligations.
13. Defaults and Remedies. Events of Default are set forth
in the Indenture. Subject to certain limitations in the Indenture, if an Event
of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 6.1(a)(vi) or
(vii) of the Indenture) (with respect to the Company) occurs and is continuing,
then the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the
outstanding Senior Notes may, and the Trustee upon the request of the Holders
of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Senior
Notes shall, declare the principal of and interest on all of the Senior Notes
to be due and payable immediately. If an Event of Default specified in Section
6.1(a)(vi) or (vii) of the Indenture (with respect to the Company) occurs and
is continuing, the principal of and interest on all of the Senior Notes shall
ipso facto become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or
other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder. Holders may not enforce
the Indenture or the Senior Notes except as provided in the Indenture. The
Trustee may require indemnity satisfactory to it before it enforces the
Indenture or the Senior Notes. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Senior Notes may direct
the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold
from Holders notice of any continuing default (except a default in payment of
principal or interest) if it determines that withholding notice is in their
interests. The Company must furnish annual and quarterly compliance
certificates to the Trustee.
14. Trustee Dealings with Company. The Trustee, in its
individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and
perform services for the Company or its Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with
the Company or its Affiliates, as if it were not Trustee.
15. No Recourse Against Others. A director, officer,
employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company shall not
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have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Senior 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 Senior Note waives
and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the
consideration for the issue of the Senior Notes.
16. Discharge. The Company's obligations pursuant to the
Indenture will be discharged, except for obligations pursuant to certain
sections thereof, subject to the terms of the Indenture, upon the payment of
all the Senior Notes or upon the irrevocable deposit with the Trustee of money
or U.S. Government Obligations sufficient to pay when due principal of and
interest on the Senior Notes to maturity or redemption, as the case may be.
17. Authentication. This Senior Note shall not be valid
until the Trustee (or its authenticating agent) signs the certificate of
authentication on the other side of this Senior Note.
18. Abbreviations. Customary abbreviations may be used in
the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common),
TENANT (= 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).
The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and
without charge a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to:
GENEVA STEEL COMPANY
10 South Geneva Road
Vineyard, Utah 84058
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
If you the Holder want to assign this Senior Note, fill in the form below and
have your signature guaranteed:
I or we assign and transfer this Senior Note to
________________________________________________________________________________
(Insert assignee's social security or tax ID number) __________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
(Print or type assignee's name, address and zip code) and irrevocably appoint
__________________________________________________________
agent to transfer this Senior Note on the books of the Company. The agent may
substitute another to act for it.
________________________________________________________________________________
Date:______________ Your signature:_____________________________________________
(Sign exactly as your name
appears on the other side of
this Senior Note)
Signature Guarantee: ___________________________________________________________
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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If you wish to have this Senior Note purchased by the Company
pursuant to Section 4.12 or 4.14 of the Indenture, check the Box: [ ]
If you wish to have a portion of this Senior Note purchased by
the Company pursuant to Section 4.12 or 4.14 of the Indenture, state the
amount:
$_____________
Date: ________________ Your Signature: _____________________________________
(Sign exactly as
your name appears on
the other side of
this Senior Note)
Signature Guarantee: _____________________________________
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Exhibit 10
THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT
TO
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
Thirteenth Amendment to Revolving Credit Agreement (this "Amendment"), dated
as of January 21, 1994, in respect of and to that certain Revolving Credit
Agreement, dated as of April 29, 1992 (as amended by this Amendment and as the
same shall have been heretofore or shall be hereafter amended, modified or
supplemented, the "Credit Agreement", and the terms defined therein and not
otherwise defined herein being used herein as therein defined), among Geneva
Steel Company, a Utah corporation (the "Borrower"), the lenders party thereto
(the "Lenders"), Citibank, N.A., as Issuer (the "Issuer") and Citicorp USA,
Inc., as Agent for the Lenders (the "Agent").
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, the Borrower desires to incur senior Indebtedness in an aggregate
principal amount not in excess of $190,000,000, to be evidenced by the
Prepayment Senior Notes, the proceeds of which will be used, in part, to prepay
in full all Indebtedness outstanding under the Existing Financing Agreements
and the payment of costs, fees and expenses in connection therewith; and
WHEREAS, to allow the Borrower to (a) incur Indebtedness evidenced by the
Prepayment Senior Notes (the "Prepayment Debt Incurrence"), and (b) consummate
the transactions contemplated in connection therewith, the Borrower has
requested that the Credit Agreement be amended in certain respects; and
WHEREAS, the Lenders, the Issuer and the Agent are willing to amend the
Credit Agreement, but only on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth
herein;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants
hereinafter contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Amendments to Credit Agreement. Subject to and upon the
satisfaction of each of the conditions set forth in Section 2 of this
Amendment, the Credit Agreement is amended, as of the Effective Date (as
defined in Section 2.1 of this Amendment), as follows:
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1.1. Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is amended as follows:
(a) by adding the following definitions in the appropriate alphabetical
order:
"Coverage Ratio" means the ratio of (a) EBITDA less Maintenance Capital
Expenditures to (b) the sum of Cash Interest Expense, Mandatory Principal Cash
Repayments and dividends actually paid in cash on any outstanding equity
securities of the Borrower.
"Maintenance Capital Expenditures" means $1,666,666.67 per month.
"Mandatory Principal Cash Repayments" means, with respect to any
Indebtedness, any repayments (excluding redemptions, prepayments and defeasance
of any outstanding Indebtedness of the Borrower under the Existing Financing
Agreements, together with the payment of any related fees, penalties, premiums,
make-whole amounts and accrued interest with respect thereto, effected solely
with the proceeds received by the Borrower from its issuance of the Prepayment
Senior Notes, and excluding the repayment of any amounts advanced to the
Borrower pursuant to this Agreement) of the principal amount of such
Indebtedness required to be made in any given period pursuant to the terms of
the Indebtedness.
(b) by amending the definition of the term "Prepayment Senior Notes" by
deleting therefrom the words "of up to $150,000,000" and inserting in lieu
thereof the words "not in excess of $190,000,000".
(c) by amending the definition of the term "Revolving Credit Commitment" by
inserting at the end thereof the following: "; provided, however, that the
amount determined pursuant to clauses (a), (b) or (c) above, as appropriate,
shall be (i) decreased (but not below $25,000,000, except as provided in
Section 2.4) by the amount by which the outstanding aggregate principal amount
of the Prepayment Senior Notes exceeds $150,000,000 and (ii) increased up to
the amount determined pursuant to clauses (a), (b) or (c) above, as
appropriate, if the Borrower (x) issues equity securities, whether in the form
of common or preferred stock, after January 21, 1994, but only by the amount of
the net cash proceeds received by the Borrower for such equity securities, or
(y) meets or exceeds a Coverage Ratio of 1.1:1.0 for any of the following
periods:
2
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Length of Period End of Period
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<S> <C>
9 months June 30, 1994
10 months July 31, 1994
11 months August 31, 1994
12 months September 30, 1994
12 months October 31, 1994
12 months November 30, 1994
12 months December 31, 1994
12 months January 31, 1995
12 months February 28, 1995
</TABLE>
; provided, however, that no such increase shall occur unless and until the
Borrower has notified the Agent thereof, which notice, in the case of (y)
above, the Borrower must give within 30 days of the end of the period for which
it has met the Coverage Ratio in order for such increase to become effective."
1.2. Section 5.1 of the Credit Agreement is amended to read in its entirety as
follows:
"5.1. Maximum Leverage Ratio. The Borrower shall achieve a ratio of (a)
Total Liabilities to (b) Tangible Net Worth not in excess of the ratio set
forth below:
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During Each Month
Ending on the Date
Set Forth Below Maximum Ratio
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<S> <C>
January 31, 1994 3.0:1.0
February 28, 1994 3.0:1.0
March 31, 1994 3.0:1.0
April 30, 1994 3.0:1.0
May 31, 1994 3.0:1.0
June 30, 1994 3.0:1.0
July 31, 1994 3.0:1.0
August 31, 1994 3.0:1.0
September 30, 1994 3.0:1.0
October 31, 1994 3.0:1.0
November 30, 1994 3.0:1.0
December 31, 1994 3.0:1.0
January 31, 1995 3.0:1.0
February 28, 1995 3.0:1.0"
</TABLE>
; provided, however, that the minimum required ratio as set forth in the
amendment contained in this Section 1.2 for any month ending prior to the
Effective Date shall be of no effect and not constitute a part of this
Amendment.
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1.3. Clause (j) of Section 7.2 of the Credit Agreement is amended to read in
its entirety as follows:
"(j) Indebtedness in an aggregate outstanding principal amount not in excess
of (i) $135,000,000 incurred under the Senior Notes Indenture and (ii)
$190,000,000 incurred under the Prepayment Senior Notes Indenture;".
SECTION 2. Conditions Precedent.
2.1. The amendments contained in Section 1 hereof shall become effective
(the "Effective Date") if and when, and only when, the Agent shall have
received counterparts of this Amendment executed by the Borrower, the Agent,
the Issuer and the Majority Lenders, and the Agent shall have additionally
received all of the following documents, in form and substance (including the
date thereof) satisfactory to the Agent and in sufficient original copies for
each Lender:
(a) Certified copies of the resolutions of the Board of Directors of the
Borrower, evidencing authorization of the Borrower to enter into this Amendment
and the documents, transactions and matters contemplated hereby;
(b) A certificate of the Director of the Division of Corporations and
Commercial Code of the Department of Commerce of the State of Utah as of a
recent date attesting to the good standing of the Borrower;
(c) A certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the
Borrower, certifying the names and true signatures of the officers of the
Borrower authorized to execute and deliver this Amendment on behalf of the
Borrower;
(d) Copies of the Prepayment Senior Notes Indenture, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Lenders, certified by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower
as being true and correct as of the Effective Date;
(e) A certificate, signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, stating
that the conditions specified in Section 2.2 hereof have been satisfied;
(f) A certificate, signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower to the
Agent, certifying that the Prepayment Debt Incurrence has been consummated; and
(g) A notice from the Borrower stating that the Second Commitment Increase
Event has occurred.
2.2. The effectiveness of this Amendment is subject to the further
conditions precedent that:
(a) The execution and delivery by the Borrower of this Amendment are not
enjoined, temporarily, preliminarily or permanently;
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(b) All costs and accrued and unpaid fees and expenses owing by the Borrower
to the Agent or the Lenders, to the extent due and payable on or prior to the
Effective Date, shall have been paid;
(c) The following statements shall be true and correct on the Effective Date:
(i) The representations and warranties of the Borrower in each Loan
Document (after giving effect to this Amendment) and in this Amendment are
correct and accurate on and as of the Effective Date, as though made on and
as of the Effective Date; and
(ii) After giving effect to this Amendment, no Default or Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing;
provided, however, that the term "Default", when used in the preceding clause
(ii) and in Section 4.11(c) of the Credit Agreement is understood, solely for
the purposes of this subsection (c), to exclude a Default resulting solely from
the Borrower's incurrence of Indebtedness under the Prepayment Senior Notes and
existing for no more than 60 days after the issuance of the Prepayment Senior
Notes or, to the extent any notes issued pursuant to the Existing Financing
Agreements cannot be prepaid because they were not held by the registered
holder at the time requisite notice was given by the Borrower, for up to 75
days after such issuance.
2.3. Section 3.2(c) of the Twelfth Amendment to the Revolving Credit
Agreement, dated as of January 3, 1994, is hereby amended by adding to the end
thereof a proviso identical to the proviso contained at the end of Section
2.2(c) of this Amendment.
SECTION 3. Representations and Warranties. In order to induce the Lenders,
the Issuer and the Agent to enter into this Amendment, the Borrower represents
and warrants to the Lenders, the Issuer and the Agent as follows:
3.1. The execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of this
Amendment and each other document and instrument to be delivered hereunder:
(a) are within the Borrower's corporate powers;
(b) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, including,
without limitation, the consent of shareholders where required;
(c) do not and will not (i) contravene its Articles of Incorporation,
by-laws or other comparable governing documents, (ii) violate any Requirement
of Law (including, without limitation, Regulations G, T, U and X of the Board
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), or any order or decree of any
court or Governmental Authority, (iii) conflict with or result in the breach
of, or constitute a default under, or result in or permit the termination or
acceleration of, any Contractual Obligation of
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the Borrower, or (iv) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any
of the property of the Borrower; and
(d) do not require the consent, authorization by, or approval of, or notice
to, or filing or registration with, any Governmental Authority or any other
Person, other than those which have been obtained and copies of which have been
delivered to the Agent, each of which is in full force and effect.
3.2. This Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by the Borrower.
3.3. This Amendment is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the
Borrower, enforceable against the Borrower in accordance with its terms.
3.4. The execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of the
Prepayment Senior Notes Indenture and the Prepayment Senior Notes, and each
document and instrument to be executed and delivered pursuant to each of the
foregoing:
(a) are within the Borrower's corporate powers;
(b) will be, on the Effective Date, duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action, including, without limitation, the consent of shareholders
where required;
(c) will not, on the Effective Date, (i) contravene its Articles of
Incorporation, by-laws or other comparable governing documents, (ii) violate
any Requirement of Law (including, without limitation, the Securities Act of
1933, as amended), or any order or decree of any court or Governmental
Authority, (iii) conflict with or result in the breach of, or constitute a
default under, or result in or permit the termination or acceleration of, any
Contractual Obligation of the Borrower, except for any default under the
Existing Financing Agreements arising solely as a result of the incurrence of
the Indebtedness evidenced by the Prepayment Senior Notes or the failure to
notify the holders of notes issued pursuant to the Existing Financing
Agreements of such default thereunder, or (iv) result in the creation or
imposition of any Lien upon any of the property of the Borrower; and
(d) will not, on the Effective Date, require the consent, authorization by,
or approval of, or notice to, or filing or registration with, any Governmental
Authority or any other Person, other than those which have been obtained and
copies of which have been delivered to the Agent, each of which is in full
force and effect.
SECTION 4. Miscellaneous.
4.1. This Amendment and the rights of the parties hereto shall be governed
by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York.
Wherever possible, each provision of this Amendment shall be interpreted in
such a manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any
provision of this Amendment
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shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be
ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without
invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions of
this Amendment.
4.2. Any legal action or proceeding with respect to this Amendment or any
document related hereto may be brought in the courts of the State of New York
or of the United States of America for the Southern District of New York, and,
by execution and delivery of this Amendment, the Borrower hereby accepts, and
submits to, for itself and in respect of its property, generally and
unconditionally, the jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts. The parties hereto
hereby irrevocably waive any objection, including, without limitation, any
objection to the laying of venue or based on the grounds of forum non
conveniens, which any of them may now or hereafter have to the bringing of any
such action or proceeding in such respective jurisdictions. The Borrower
agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be
conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment
or in any other manner provided by law.
4.3. Nothing contained in this Section 4 shall affect the right of the
Agent, any Lender or any holder of a Note to serve process in any manner
permitted by law or commence legal proceedings or otherwise proceed against the
Borrower in any other jurisdiction.
4.4. Each of the parties hereto waives any right it may have to trial by
jury in respect of any litigation based on, or arising out of, under or in
connection with this Amendment, or any course of conduct, course of dealing,
verbal or written statement or action of any party hereto.
4.5. The Section titles contained in this Amendment are and shall be without
substantive meaning or content of any kind whatsoever and are not a part of the
agreement between the parties hereto.
4.6. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by
different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so
executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together
shall constitute one and the same agreement.
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4.7. Except as expressly amended by this Amendment, the Credit Agreement
shall remain in full force and effect and is hereby ratified and confirmed.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused this Amendment to
be executed by an officer thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first above
written.
GENEVA STEEL COMPANY
By: /s/ Dennis L. Wanlass
________________________
Name: Dennis L. Wanlass
Title: Vice President,
Treasurer and Chief
Financial Officer
CITICORP USA, INC.,
as Agent
By: /s/ Keith R. Karako
________________________
Name: Keith R. Karako
Title: Vice President
CITICORP USA, INC.,
as Lender
By: /s/ Keith R. Karako
__________________________
Name: Keith R. Karako
Title: Vice President
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CITIBANK, N.A.,
as Issuer
By: /s/ Keith R. Karako
_________________________
Name: Keith R. Karako
Title: Vice President
BANK ONE, UTAH, N.A., as Lender
By: /s/ Stephen A. Cazier
_________________________
Name: Stephen A. Cazier
Title: Vice President
FIRST SECURITY BANK
OF UTAH, N.A., as Lender
By: /s/ Scott M. Eastwood
_________________________
Name: Scott M. Eastwood
Title: Vice President
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