abg8k03102010.htm
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of
report (Date of earliest event reported): March 11,
2010 (March 10, 2010)
Avis
Budget Group, Inc.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
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1-10308
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06-0918165
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(State
or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
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(Commission
File Number)
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(IRS
Employer Identification Number)
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6
Sylvan Way
Parsippany,
NJ
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07054
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(Address
of Principal Executive Offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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(973)
496-4700
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(Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code)
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N/A
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(Former
name or former address, if changed since last
report)
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Check the
appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
230.425)
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Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.13e-4(c))
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1.01
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Entry
into a Material Definitive
Agreement
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Avis
Budget Group, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that it entered into an indenture
on March 10, 2010 with respect to the sale by its wholly-owned subsidiary,
Avis Budget Car Rental, LLC (“ABCR”), of $450 million aggregate principal amount
of 9 5/8% senior notes due
2018 at an issue price of 98.634% (the “Notes”). In connection with such
sale, the Company also entered into a registration rights agreement with the
initial purchasers of the Notes, under which we have agreed to use
our reasonable best efforts to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission
and cause to become effective a registration statement with respect to a
registered offer to exchange the Notes for new notes, with terms substantially
identical in all material respects to the Notes.
The Notes
were issued in a private offering that is exempt from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”),
to qualified institutional buyers in accordance with Rule 144A and to persons
outside of the United States pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act.
The Notes are senior unsecured obligations of ABCR and will be guaranteed on a
senior basis by the Company and certain of its domestic
subsidiaries.
Interest
is payable on the Notes on each March 15 and September 15, commencing September
15, 2010. The Company may redeem some or all of the Notes at any time
prior to March 15, 2014 at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the
Notes redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, and an applicable
make-whole premium. On or after March 15, 2014, the Company may redeem some or
all of the Notes at redemption prices set forth in the indenture. In
addition, at any time prior to March 15, 2013, the Company may redeem up to 35%
of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes at a specified redemption price
with the net cash proceeds of certain equity offerings.
The
indenture contains contain covenants that, among other things, restrict the
ability of ABCR and the ability of certain of its subsidiaries to: incur, assume
or guarantee additional indebtedness; pay dividends or redeem or repurchase
capital stock; make other restricted payments; incur liens; redeem debt that is
junior in right of payment to the Notes; sell or otherwise dispose of assets,
including capital stock of subsidiaries; enter into mergers or consolidations;
enter into transactions with affiliates; and enter into new lines of businesses.
These covenants are subject to a number of important exceptions and
qualifications. In addition, in certain circumstances, if ABCR sells assets or
experiences cetain changes of control, it must offer to purchase the
Notes.
Net
proceeds from the offering, were primarily used to repay outstanding
indebtedness under the Company's floating rate term loan. In connection
with such repayment, the Company also announced that ABCR has entered into the
Second Amendment, dated as of March 10, 2010, to the Credit Agreement dated as
of April 19, 2006, as amended by the First Amendment dated as of December 23,
2008 with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent and the other
lenders parties thereto (the “Second Amendment”). As a result of such
amendment, (i) the aggregate revolving commitments under the Company’s senior
credit facilities are now $1.2 billion, with $983.2 million of such commitments
having a term ending on April 19, 2013 and the balance having a term ending on
April 19, 2011; and (ii) the term loan outstanding has been reduced to $324.8
million, with $272.8 million maturing on the earlier of (a) April 19, 2014 or
(b) 91 calendar days prior to the maturity of our senior unsecured notes due
2014, if such senior unsecured notes are still outstanding on such date, and the
balance maturing on April 19, 2012. Pursuant to the Second Amendment, the
financial and other covenants and certain other provisions of our
senior credit agreement were amended and pricing was also amended for the
portion of the facility terminating/maturing after 2012, as set forth in the
Second Amendment, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit
10.1.
The
initial offering of the Notes and the related guarantees will not be registered
under the Securities Act and the Notes and the Guarantees may not be offered or
sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from
registration requirements. This current report on Form 8-K is neither an
offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes or any other
securities and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any
jurisdiction in which such offering, solicitation or sale would be
unlawful.
The
foregoing summary does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its
entirety by reference to the complete terms of the Second Amendment, the
indenture, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 4.1 hereto,
the Notes, the form of which is filed as Exhibit 4.2 and the
registration rights agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.2 hereto,
and all of which are incorporated herein by reference.
On
March 10, 2010, the Company issued a press release announcing completion of
the offering of the Notes and the Second Amendment, a copy of which is furnished
as Exhibit 99.1
hereto.
9.01
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Financial
Statements and
Exhibits.
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Exhibit
No.
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Description
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4.1
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Indenture
dated as of March 10, 2010 among Avis Budget Car Rental, LLC and Avis
Budget Finance, Inc., as Issuers, the Guarantors from time to time parties
thereto and The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York as
Trustee.
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4.2
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Form
of 9 5/8% Senior Notes Due 2018.
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10.1
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Second
Amendment, dated as of March 10, 2010, to the Credit Agreement dated as of
April 19, 2006, as amended by the First Amendment dated as of December 23,
2008, among Avis Budget Holdings, LLC, Avis Budget Car Rental, LLC, the
subsidiary borrowers from time to time parties thereto, the several
lenders from time to time parties thereto, Bank of America, N.A., Credit
Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank New York Branch (formerly known
as Calyon) and Citicorp USA, Inc. as documentation agents, Wachovia Bank,
National Association as co-documentation agent, Deutsche Bank Securities
Inc. as syndication agent and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative
agent.
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10.2
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Registration
Rights Agreement, dated March 10, 2010, among Avis Budget Car Rental, LLC
and Avis Budget Finance, Inc., the guarantors parties thereto, Banc of
America Securities LLC, and the other initial purchasers parties
thereto.
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99.1
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Press
Release issued March 10, 2010.
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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 hereto
duly authorized.
AVIS BUDGET GROUP, INC.
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By:
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/s/ Jean
M. Sera
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Name:
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Jean
M. Sera
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Title:
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Senior
Vice President and Secretary
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Date:
March 11, 2010
AVIS
BUDGET GROUP, INC.
CURRENT
REPORT ON FORM 8-K
Report
Dated March 11,
2010 (March 10, 2010)
EXHIBIT
INDEX
Exhibit
No.
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Description
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4.1
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Indenture
dated as of March 10, 2010 among Avis Budget Car Rental, LLC and Avis
Budget Finance, Inc., as Issuers, the Guarantors from time to time parties
thereto and The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York as
Trustee.
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4.2
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Form
of 9 5/8% Senior Notes Due 2018.
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10.1
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Second
Amendment, dated as of March 10, 2010, to the Credit Agreement dated as of
April 19, 2006, as amended by the First Amendment dated as of December 23,
2008, among Avis Budget Holdings, LLC, Avis Budget Car Rental, LLC, the
subsidiary borrowers from time to time parties thereto, the several
lenders from time to time parties thereto, Bank of America, N.A., Credit
Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank New York Branch (formerly known
as Calyon) and Citicorp USA, Inc. as documentation agents, Wachovia Bank,
National Association as co-documentation agent, Deutsche Bank Securities
Inc. as syndication agent and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative
agent.
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10.2
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Registration
Rights Agreement, dated March 10, 2010, among Avis Budget Car Rental, LLC
and Avis Budget Finance, Inc., the guarantors parties thereto, Banc of
America Securities LLC, and the other initial purchasers parties
thereto.
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99.1
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Press
Release issued March 10, 2010.
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indenture.htm
Exhibit
4.1
AVIS
BUDGET CAR RENTAL, LLC
and
AVIS
BUDGET FINANCE, INC.,
as
Issuers,
The
GUARANTORS from time to time parties hereto
and
THE BANK
OF NOVA SCOTIA TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK
as
Trustee
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INDENTURE
DATED as
of MARCH 10, 2010
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9 5/8%
SENIOR NOTES DUE 2018
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
Page
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
AND OTHER PROVISIONS
OF
GENERAL APPLICATION
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Section
101. Definitions
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1
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Section
102. Other
Definitions
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35
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Section
103. Rules
of Construction
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36
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Section
104. Incorporation
by Reference of TIA
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37
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Section
105. Conflict
with TIA
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37
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Section
106. Compliance
Certificates and Opinions
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37
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Section
107. Form
of Documents Delivered to Trustee
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38
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Section
108. Acts
of Noteholders; Record Dates
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Section
109. Notices,
etc., to Trustee and Company
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41
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Section
110. Notices
to Holders; Waiver
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Section
111. Effect
of Headings and Table of Contents
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42
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Section
112. Successors
and Assigns
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42
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Section
113. Separability
Clause
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42
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Section
114. Benefits
of Indenture
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42
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Section
115. GOVERNING
LAW
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42
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Section
116. Legal
Holidays
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42
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Section
117. No
Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees, Incorporators,
Equity Holders, Members and Stockholders
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Section
118. Exhibits
and Schedules
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Section
119. Counterparts
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ARTICLE
II
NOTE
FORMS
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Section
201. Forms
Generally
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Section
202. Form
of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication
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Section
203. Restrictive
and Global Note Legends
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ARTICLE
III
THE
NOTES
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Section
301. Title
and Terms
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48
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Section
302. Denominations
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Section
303. Execution,
Authentication and Delivery and Dating
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Section
304. Temporary
Notes
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Section
305. Note
Registrar and Paying Agent
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Section
306. Mutilated,
Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Notes
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51
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Section
307. Payment
of Interest Rights Preserved
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52
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Section
308. Persons
Deemed Owners
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Section
309. Cancellation
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Section
310. Computation
of Interest
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Section
311. CUSIP
Numbers, Etc.
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Section
312. Book-Entry
Provisions for Global Notes
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Section
313. Special
Transfer Provisions
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Section
314. Payment
of Additional Interest
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ARTICLE
IV
COVENANTS
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Section
401. Payment
of Principal, Premium and Interest
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Section
402. Maintenance
of Office or Agency
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Section
403. Money
for Payments to Be Held in Trust
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Section
404. [Reserved]
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60
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Section
405. Reports
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60
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Section
406. Statement
as to Default
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61
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Section
407. Limitation
on Indebtedness
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61
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Section
408. [Reserved]
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65
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Section
409. Limitation
on Restricted Payments
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Section
410. Limitation
on Restrictions on Distributions from Restricted
Subsidiaries
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68
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Section
411. Limitation
on Sales of Assets and Subsidiary Stock
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70
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Section
412. Limitation
on Transactions with Affiliates
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73
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Section
413. Limitation
on Liens
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74
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Section
414. Future
Subsidiary Guarantors
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75
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Section
415. Purchase
of Notes Upon a Change in Control
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75
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ARTICLE
V
SUCCESSORS
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Section
501. When
the Company May Merge, Etc.
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76
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Section
502. Successor
Company Substituted
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ARTICLE
VI
REMEDIES
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Section
601. Events
of Default
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78
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Section
602. Acceleration
of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment
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80
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Section
603. Other
Remedies; Collection Suit by Trustee
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81
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Section
604. Trustee
May File Proofs of Claim
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81
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Section
605. Trustee
May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Notes
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81
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Section
606. Application
of Money Collected
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81
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Section
607. Limitation
on Suits
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82
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Section
608. Unconditional
Right of Holders to Receive Principal and Interest
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82
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Section
609. Restoration
of Rights and Remedies
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82
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Section
610. Rights
and Remedies Cumulative
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82
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Section
611. Delay
or Omission Not Waiver
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83
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Section
612. Control
by Holders
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83
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Section
613. Waiver
of Past Defaults
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83
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Section
614. Undertaking
for Costs
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84
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Section
615. Waiver
of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws
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84
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ARTICLE
VII
THE
TRUSTEE
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Section
701. Certain
Duties and Responsibilities
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84
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Section
702. Notice
of Defaults
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85
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Section
703. Certain
Rights of Trustee
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85
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Section
704. Not
Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Notes
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86
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Section
705. May
Hold Notes
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86
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Section
706. Money
Held in Trust
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87
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Section
707. Compensation
and Reimbursement
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87
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Section
708. Conflicting
Interests
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87
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Section
709. Corporate
Trustee Required; Eligibility
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87
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Section
710. Resignation
and Removal; Appointment of Successor
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88
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Section
711. Acceptance
of Appointment by Successor
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89
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Section
712. Merger,
Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business
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89
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Section
713. Preferential
Collection of Claims Against the Company
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89
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Section
714. Appointment
of Authenticating Agent
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89
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ARTICLE
VIII
HOLDERS’
LISTS AND REPORTS BY
TRUSTEE
AND THE COMPANY
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Section
801. The
Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders
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90
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Section
802. Preservation
of Information; Communications to Holders
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90
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Section
803. Reports
by Trustee
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90
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ARTICLE
IX
AMENDMENT,
SUPPLEMENT OR WAIVER
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Section
901. Without
Consent of Holders
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91
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Section
902. With
Consent of Holders
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92
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Section
903. Execution
of Amendments, Supplements or Waivers
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93
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Section
904. Revocation
and Effect of Consents
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93
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Section
905. Conformity
with TIA
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93
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Section
906. Notation
on or Exchange of Notes
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93
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ARTICLE
X
REDEMPTION
OF NOTES
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Section
1001. Right
of Redemption
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94
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Section
1002. Applicability
of Article
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95
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Section
1003. Election
to Redeem; Notice to Trustee
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95
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Section
1004. Selection
by Trustee of Notes to Be Redeemed
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95
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Section
1005. Notice
of Redemption
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96
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Section
1006. Deposit
of Redemption Price
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97
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Section
1007. Notes
Payable on Redemption Date
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97
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Section
1008. Notes
Redeemed in Part
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97
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ARTICLE
XI
SATISFACTION
AND DISCHARGE
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Section
1101. Satisfaction
and Discharge of Indenture
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98
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Section
1102. Application
of Trust Money
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99
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ARTICLE
XII
DEFEASANCE
OR COVENANT DEFEASANCE
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Section
1201. The
Company’s Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant
Defeasance
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99
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Section
1202. Defeasance
and Discharge
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99
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Section
1203. Covenant
Defeasance
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100
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Section
1204. Conditions
to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
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100
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Section
1205. Deposited
Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Other
Miscellaneous Provisions
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102
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Section
1206. Reinstatement
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102
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Section
1207. Repayment
to the Company
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102
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ARTICLE
XIII
GUARANTEES
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Section
1301. Guarantees
Generally
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103
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Section
1302. Continuing
Guarantees
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104
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Section
1303. Release
of Guarantees
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105
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Section
1304. [Reserved]
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105
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Section
1305. Waiver
of Subrogation
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105
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Section
1306. Notation
Not Required
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106
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Section
1307. Successors
and Assigns of Guarantors
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106
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Section
1308. Execution
and Delivery of Guarantees
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106
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Section
1309. Notices
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106
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Exhibit
A
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Form
of Initial Note
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Exhibit
B
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Form
of Exchange Note
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Exhibit
C
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Form
of Certificate of Beneficial Ownership
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Exhibit
D
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Form
of Regulation S Certificate
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Exhibit
E
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Form
of Supplemental Indenture in Respect of Subsidiary
Guarantees
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Exhibit
F
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Form
of Certificate from Acquiring Institutional Accredited
Investors
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Exhibit
G
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List
of Agreements Named in Section
412(b)(iv)
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Certain
Sections of this Indenture relating to Sections 310 through 318
inclusive
of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939:
Trust Indenture Act Section
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Indenture Section
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§
310(a)(1)
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709
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(a)(2)
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709
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(a)(3)
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Not
Applicable
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(a)(4)
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Not
Applicable
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(b)
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708
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§
311(a)
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713
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(b)
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713
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§
312(a)
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801,
802
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(b)
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802
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(c)
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802
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§
313(a)
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803
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(b)
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803
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(c)
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803
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(d)
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803
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§
314(a)
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405
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(a)(4)
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106,
406
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(b)
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Not
Applicable
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(c)(1)
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106
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(c)(2)
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106
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(c)(3)
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Not
Applicable
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(d)
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Not
Applicable
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(e)
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106
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§
315(a)
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701
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(b)
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702,
803
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(c)
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701
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(d)
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701
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(d)(1)
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701
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(d)(2)
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701
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(d)(3)
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612,
701
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(e)
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614
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§
316(a)
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612,
613
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(a)(1)(A)
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602,
612
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(a)(1)(B)
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613
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(a)(2)
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Not
Applicable
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(b)
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608
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(c)
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108
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§
317(a)(1)
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603
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(a)(2)
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604
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(b)
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403
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§
318(a)
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105
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_____________________________
This
cross-reference table shall not for any purpose be deemed to be part of this
Indenture.
INDENTURE,
dated as of March 10, 2010 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from
time to time, this “Indenture”), among
Avis Budget Car Rental, LLC, a limited liability company organized under the
laws of the state of Delaware (the “Company”), and Avis
Budget Finance, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of
Delaware (together with the Company, “the Issuers”), the
guarantors from time to time parties hereto (the “Guarantors”) and The
Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York, as trustee (the “Trustee”).
RECITALS
OF THE ISSUERS
The
Issuers have duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to
provide for the issuance of the Notes.
All
things necessary to make the Original Notes, when executed and delivered by the
Issuers and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee hereunder and duly issued
by the Issuers, the valid several obligations of the Issuers, and to make this
Indenture a valid agreement of the Issuers in accordance with the terms of the
Original Notes and this Indenture, have been done.
NOW,
THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and
in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Notes by the Holders
thereof, it is mutually agreed, for the benefit of all Holders of the Notes, as
follows:
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER
PROVISIONS
OF GENERAL
APPLICATION
Section
101. Definitions.
“9 5/8% Notes”
means the Issuers’ 9 5/8% Senior Notes due 2018.
“Acquired
Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of a Person (i) existing at the time
such Person becomes a Subsidiary or (ii) assumed in connection with the
acquisition of assets from such Person, in each case other than Indebtedness
Incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such Person becoming a
Subsidiary or such acquisition. Acquired Indebtedness shall be deemed
to be Incurred on the date of the related acquisition of assets from any Person
or the date the acquired Person becomes a Subsidiary.
“Additional Assets”
means (i) any property or assets that replace the property or assets that are
the subject of an Asset Disposition; (ii) any property or assets (other than
Indebtedness and Capital Stock) used or to be used by the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary or otherwise useful in a Related Business (including any
capital expenditures on any property or assets already so used); (iii) the
Capital Stock of a Person that is engaged in a Related Business and becomes a
Restricted Subsidiary as a result of the acquisition of such Capital Stock by
the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary; or (iv) Capital Stock of any
Person that at such time is a Restricted Subsidiary acquired from a third
party.
“Additional Notes”
means any notes issued under this Indenture in addition to the Original Notes
(other than any Notes issued pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 312(c), 312(d) or 1008).
“Affiliate” of any
specified Person means any other Person, directly or indirectly, controlling or
controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified
Person. For 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.
“Asset Disposition”
means any sale, lease (other than an operating lease entered into in the
ordinary course of business), transfer or other disposition of shares of Capital
Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary (other than directors’ qualifying shares, or
(in the case of a Foreign Subsidiary) to the extent required by applicable law),
property or other assets (each referred to for the purposes of this definition
as a “disposition”) by the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (including any disposition by
means of a merger, consolidation or similar transaction), other than (i) a
disposition to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, (ii) a sale or other
disposition in the ordinary course of business, (iii) the sale or discount (with
or without recourse, and on customary or commercially reasonable terms) of
accounts receivable or notes receivable arising in the ordinary course of
business, or the conversion or exchange of accounts receivable for notes
receivable, (iv) any Restricted Payment Transaction, (v) a disposition that is
governed by Article
V, (vi) any Financing Disposition, (vii) any “fee in lieu” or other
disposition of assets to any governmental authority or agency that continue in
use by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, so long as the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary may obtain title to such assets upon reasonable notice by
paying a nominal fee, (viii) any exchange of property pursuant to or intended to
qualify under Section 1031 (or any successor section) of the Code, or any
exchange of equipment to be leased, rented or otherwise used in a Related
Business, (ix) any financing transaction with respect to property built or
acquired by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary after the Issue Date,
including without limitation any sale/leaseback transaction or asset
securitization, (x) any disposition arising from foreclosure, condemnation or
similar action with respect to any property or other assets, or exercise of
termination rights under any lease, license, concession or other agreement, (xi)
any disposition of Capital Stock, Indebtedness or other securities of an
Unrestricted Subsidiary, (xii) a disposition of Capital Stock of a Restricted
Subsidiary pursuant to an agreement or other obligation with or to a Person
(other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) from whom such Restricted
Subsidiary was acquired, or from whom such Restricted Subsidiary acquired its
business and assets (having been newly formed in connection with such
acquisition), entered into in connection with such acquisition, (xiii) a
disposition of not more than 5% of the outstanding Capital Stock of a Foreign
Subsidiary that has been approved by the Board of Directors, (xiv) any
disposition or series of related dispositions for aggregate consideration not to
exceed $50.0 million, (xv) the creation of a Permitted Lien and
dispositions in connection with Permitted Liens, (xvi) dispositions of
Investments or receivables, in each case in connection with the compromise,
settlement or collection thereof in the ordinary course of business or in
bankruptcy or similar proceedings, (xvii) the unwinding of any Hedging
Obligation, or (xviii) the licensing of any intellectual
property.
“Authenticating Agent”
means any Person authorized by the Trustee pursuant to Section 714 to act on
behalf of the Trustee to authenticate the Notes.
“Average Book Value”
means, for any period, the amount equal to (x) the sum of the respective book
values of Rental Vehicles of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of
the end of each of the most recent thirteen fiscal months of the Company that
have ended at or prior to the end of such period, divided by (y)
13.
“Average Interest
Rate” means, for any period, the amount equal to (x) the total interest
expense of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period
(excluding any interest expense on any Indebtedness of any Special Purpose
Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary directly or indirectly Incurred to
finance or refinance the acquisition of, or secured by, Rental Vehicles and/or
related rights and/or assets), divided by (y) the Average Principal Amount of
Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period
(excluding any Indebtedness of any Special Purpose Subsidiary that is a
Restricted Subsidiary directly or indirectly Incurred to finance or refinance
the acquisition of, or secured by, Rental Vehicles and/or related rights and/or
assets).
“Average Principal
Amount” means, for any period, the amount equal to (x) the sum of the
respective aggregate outstanding principal amounts of the applicable
Indebtedness as of the end of each of the most recent thirteen fiscal months of
the Company that have ended at or prior to the end of such period, divided by
(y) 13.
“Bank Indebtedness”
means any and all amounts, whether outstanding on the Issue Date or thereafter
incurred, payable under or in respect of any Credit Facility, including without
limitation principal, premium (if any), interest (including interest accruing on
or after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or for reorganization relating
to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary whether or not a claim for
post-filing interest is allowed in such proceedings), fees, charges, expenses,
reimbursement obligations, guarantees, other monetary obligations of any nature
and all other amounts payable thereunder or in respect thereof.
“Board of Directors”
means, for any Person, the board of directors or other governing body of such
Person or, if such Person is owned or managed by a single entity, the board of
directors or other governing body of such entity, or, in either case, any
committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such board or governing
body. Unless otherwise provided, “Board of Directors” means the Board
of Directors of the Company.
“Business Day” means a
day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banking
institutions are authorized or required by law to close in New York City (or any
other city in which a Paying Agent maintains its office).
“Canadian Securitization
Entity” means WTH Funding Limited Partnership, an Ontario limited
partnership, any other special purpose entity formed for the purpose of engaging
in vehicle financing in Canada including, without limitation, any other
partnership formed from time to time and each of the special purpose entities
that may be partners in WTH Funding Limited Partnership or in any other such
partnerships, and any successor of the foregoing.
“Capital Stock” of any
Person means any and all shares of, rights to purchase, warrants or options for,
or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated) equity of such
Person, including any Preferred Stock, but excluding any debt securities
convertible into such equity.
“Capitalized Lease
Obligation” means an obligation that is required to be classified and
accounted for as a capitalized lease for financial reporting purposes in
accordance with GAAP. The Stated Maturity of any Capitalized Lease
Obligation shall be the date of the last payment of rent or any other amount due
under the related lease.
“Cash Equivalents”
means any of the following: (a) securities issued or fully guaranteed or insured
by the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof, (b)
marketable general obligations issued by any state of the United States of
America or any political subdivision of any such state or any public
instrumentality thereof having a credit rating of “A” or better at the time of
acquisition from either S&P or Moody’s, (c) time deposits, certificates
of deposit or bankers’ acceptances of (i) any lender under the Senior Credit
Facilities or any affiliate thereof or (ii) any commercial bank having capital
and surplus in excess of $500,000,000 and the commercial paper of the holding
company of which is rated at least A-2 or the equivalent thereof by S&P or
at least P-2 or the equivalent thereof by Moody’s (or if at such time neither is
issuing ratings, then a comparable rating of another nationally recognized
rating agency), (d) money market instruments, commercial paper or other
short-term obligations rated at least A-2 or the equivalent thereof by S&P
or at least P-2 or the equivalent thereof by Moody’s (or if at such time neither
is issuing ratings, then a comparable rating of another nationally recognized
rating agency), (e) investments in money market funds subject to the risk
limiting conditions of Rule 2a-7 or any successor rule of the SEC under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended and (f) investments similar to any of
the foregoing denominated in foreign currencies approved by the Board of
Directors.
“Change of Control”
means:
(i) any
“person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act),
other than one or more Permitted Holders or a Parent, becomes the “beneficial
owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or
indirectly, of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of
the Company, provided
that (x) so long as the Company is a Subsidiary of any Parent, no “person” shall
be deemed to be or become a “beneficial owner” of more than 50% of the total
voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company unless such “person” shall be or
become a “beneficial owner” of more than 50% of the total voting power of the
Voting Stock of such Parent and (y) any Voting Stock of which any Permitted
Holder is the “beneficial owner” shall not in any case be included in any Voting
Stock of which any such “person” is the “beneficial owner”;
(ii) the
Company or the Parent merges or consolidates with or into, or sells or transfers
(in one or a series of related transactions) all or substantially all of the
assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to,
another Person (other than one or more Permitted Holders) and any “person” (as
defined in clause (i) above), other than one or more Permitted Holders or any
Parent, is or becomes the “beneficial
owner”
(as so defined), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the total voting
power of the Voting Stock of the surviving Person in such merger or
consolidation, or the transferee Person in such sale or transfer of assets, as
the case may be, provided that (x) so long as
such surviving or transferee Person is a Subsidiary of a parent Person, no
“person” shall be deemed to be or become a “beneficial owner” of more than 50%
of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of such surviving or transferee
Person unless such “person” shall be or become a “beneficial owner” of more than
50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of such parent Person and (y)
any Voting Stock of which any Permitted Holder is the “beneficial owner” shall
not in any case be included in any Voting Stock of which any such “person” is
the beneficial owner; or
(iii) during
any period of two consecutive years (during which period the Company has been a
party to this Indenture), individuals who at the beginning of such period were
members of the Board of Directors of the Company (together with any new members
thereof whose election by such Board of Directors or whose nomination for
election by holders of Capital Stock of the Company was approved by one or more
Permitted Holders or by a vote of a majority of the members of such Board of
Directors then still in office who were either members thereof at the beginning
of such period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so
approved) cease for any reason to constitute a majority of such Board of
Directors then in office.
“Clearstream” means
Clearstream Banking, société anonyme, or any successor securities clearing
agency.
“Code” means the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Commodities
Agreement” means, in respect of a Person, any commodity futures contract,
forward contract, option or similar agreement or arrangement (including
derivative agreements or arrangements), as to which such Person is a party or
beneficiary.
“Company” means Avis
Budget Car Rental, LLC, and any and all successors thereto.
“Company Request” and
“Company Order”
mean, respectively, a written request, or order signed in the name of the
Company by an Officer of the Company.
“Consolidated Coverage
Ratio” as of any date of determination means the ratio of (i) the
aggregate amount of Consolidated EBITDA for the period of the most recent four
consecutive fiscal quarters ending prior to the date of such determination for
which consolidated financial statements of the Company are available to (ii)
Consolidated Interest Expense for such four fiscal quarters (in each of the
foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), determined for each fiscal quarter of the four
fiscal quarters ending prior to the Issue Date); provided, that
(1) if since the beginning of such period
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary has Incurred any Indebtedness that
remains outstanding on such date of determination or if the transaction giving
rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated Coverage Ratio is an Incurrence
of Indebtedness, Consolidated EBITDA and Consolidated Interest Expense for such
period shall be calculated after giving effect on a
pro forma
basis to such Indebtedness as if such Indebtedness had been Incurred on the
first day of such period (except that in making such computation, the amount of
Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility outstanding on the date of such
calculation shall be computed based on (A) the average daily balance of such
Indebtedness during such four fiscal quarters or such shorter period for which
such facility was outstanding or (B) if such facility was created after the end
of such four fiscal quarters, the average daily balance of such Indebtedness
during the period from the date of creation of such facility to the date of such
calculation);
(2) if since the beginning of such period
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary has repaid, repurchased, redeemed,
defeased or otherwise acquired, retired or discharged any Indebtedness that is
no longer outstanding on such date of determination or the Indebtedness of any
Special Purpose Subsidiary which is an Unrestricted Subsidiary is reduced (each,
a “Discharge”)
or if the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated
Coverage Ratio involves a Discharge of Indebtedness (in each case other than
Indebtedness Incurred under any revolving credit facility unless such
Indebtedness has been permanently repaid), Consolidated EBITDA and Consolidated
Interest Expense for such period shall be calculated after giving effect on a
pro forma basis to such Discharge of such Indebtedness, including with the
proceeds of such new Indebtedness, as if such Discharge had occurred on the
first day of such period;
(3) if since the beginning of such period
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary shall have disposed of any company, any
business or any group of assets constituting an operating unit of a business
(any such disposition, a “Sale”), the
Consolidated EBITDA for such period shall be reduced by an amount equal to the
Consolidated EBITDA (if positive) attributable to the assets that are the
subject of such Sale for such period or increased by an amount equal to the
Consolidated EBITDA (if negative) attributable thereto for such period and
Consolidated Interest Expense for such period shall be reduced by an amount
equal to (A) the Consolidated Interest Expense attributable to any Indebtedness
of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary repaid, repurchased, redeemed,
defeased or otherwise acquired, retired or discharged with respect to the
Company and its continuing Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such Sale
for such period (including but not limited to through the assumption of such
Indebtedness by another Person) plus (B) if the Capital Stock of any Restricted
Subsidiary is sold, the Consolidated Interest Expense for such period
attributable to the Indebtedness of such Restricted Subsidiary to the extent the
Company and its continuing Restricted Subsidiaries are no longer liable for such
Indebtedness after such Sale;
(4) if since the beginning of such period
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (by merger, consolidation or otherwise)
shall have made an Investment in any Person that thereby becomes a Restricted
Subsidiary, or otherwise acquired any company, any business or any group of
assets constituting an operating unit of a business, including any such
Investment or acquisition occurring in connection with a transaction causing a
calculation to be made hereunder (any such Investment or acquisition, a “Purchase”),
Consolidated EBITDA and Consolidated Interest Expense for such period shall be
calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto (including the Incurrence of
any related Indebtedness) as if such Purchase occurred on the first day of such
period; and
(5) if since the beginning of such period
any Person became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged or consolidated with or
into the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, and since the beginning of such
period such Person shall have Discharged any Indebtedness or made any Sale or
Purchase that would have required an adjustment pursuant to clause (2), (3) or
(4) above if made by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary since the beginning
of such period, Consolidated EBITDA and Consolidated Interest Expense for such
period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such
Discharge, Sale or Purchase occurred on the first day of such
period.
For
purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to any
Sale, Purchase or other transaction, or the amount of income or earnings
relating thereto and the amount of Consolidated Interest Expense associated with
any Indebtedness Incurred or repaid, repurchased, redeemed, defeased or
otherwise acquired, retired or discharged in connection therewith, the pro forma
calculations in respect thereof (including without limitation in respect of
anticipated cost savings or synergies relating to any such Sale, Purchase or
other transaction) shall be as determined in good faith by the Chief Financial
Officer or an authorized Officer of the Company. If any Indebtedness
bears a floating rate of interest and is being given pro forma effect, the
interest expense on such Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the rate in
effect on the date of determination had been the applicable rate for the entire
period (taking into account any Interest Rate Agreement applicable to such
Indebtedness). If any Indebtedness bears, at the option of the
Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, a rate of interest based on a prime or
similar rate, a eurocurrency interbank offered rate or other fixed or floating
rate, and such Indebtedness is being given pro forma effect, the interest
expense on such Indebtedness shall be calculated by applying such optional rate
as the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary may designate. If any
Indebtedness that is being given pro forma effect was Incurred under a revolving
credit facility, the interest expense on such Indebtedness shall be computed
based upon the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during the applicable
period. Interest on a Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed to
accrue at an interest rate determined in good faith by a responsible financial
or accounting Officer of the Company to be the rate of interest implicit in such
Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated EBITDA”
means, for any period, the Consolidated Net Income for such period, plus the
following to the extent deducted in calculating such Consolidated Net Income,
without duplication: (i) provision for all taxes (whether or not paid, estimated
or accrued) based on income, profits or capital, (ii) Consolidated Interest
Expense and any Special Purpose Financing Fees, (iii) depreciation (excluding
Consolidated Vehicle Depreciation), amortization (including but not limited to
amortization of goodwill and intangibles and amortization and write-off of
financing costs) and all other non-cash charges or non-cash losses, (iv) any
expenses or charges related to any Equity Offering, Investment or Indebtedness
permitted by this Indenture (whether or not consummated or incurred), and (v)
the amount of any minority interest expense.
“Consolidated Interest
Expense” means, for any period, (i) the total interest expense of the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent deducted in calculating
Consolidated Net Income, net of any interest income of the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries, including without limitation any such interest expense
consisting of (a) interest expense attributable to Capitalized Lease
Obligations, (b) amortization of debt discount, (c)
interest
in respect of Indebtedness of any other Person that has been Guaranteed by the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, but only to the extent that such interest
is actually paid by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, (d) non-cash
interest expense, (e) the interest portion of any deferred payment obligation
and (f) commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to
letters of credit and bankers’ acceptance financing, plus (ii) Preferred Stock
dividends paid in cash in respect of Disqualified Stock of the Company held by
Persons other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary and minus (iii) to the
extent otherwise included in such interest expense referred to in clause (i)
above, (x) Consolidated Vehicle Interest Expense and (y) amortization or
write-off of financing costs, in each case under clauses (i) through (iii) as
determined on a Consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (to the extent
applicable, in the case of Consolidated Vehicle Interest Expense); provided, that gross interest
expense shall be determined after giving effect to any net payments made or
received by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to Interest
Rate Agreements; provided,
further, that notwithstanding the definition of “Consolidated Vehicle
Interest Expense,” “Consolidated Interest Expense” shall include the interest
expense in respect of Indebtedness that is secured by Liens incurred pursuant to
clause (v) of the definition of “Permitted Liens.”
“Consolidated Net
Income” means, for any period, the net income (loss) of the Company and
its Restricted Subsidiaries, determined on a Consolidated basis in accordance
with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of Preferred Stock dividends;
provided, that there
shall not be included in such Consolidated Net Income:
(i) any net
income (loss) of any Person if such Person is not a Restricted Subsidiary,
except that (A) subject to the limitations contained in clause (iii) below, the
Company’s equity in the net income of any such Person for such period shall be
included in such Consolidated Net Income up to the aggregate amount actually
distributed by such Person during such period to the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary as a dividend or other distribution (subject, in the case of a
dividend or other distribution to a Restricted Subsidiary, to the limitations
contained in clause (ii) below) and (B) the Company’s equity in the net loss of
such Person shall be included to the extent of the aggregate Investment of the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in such Person;
(ii) solely
for purposes of determining the amount available for Restricted Payments under
Section
409(a)(3)(A), any net income (loss) of any Restricted Subsidiary that is
not a Subsidiary Guarantor if such Restricted Subsidiary is subject to
restrictions, directly or indirectly, on the payment of dividends or the making
of similar distributions by such Restricted Subsidiary, directly or indirectly,
to the Company by operation of the terms of such Restricted Subsidiary’s charter
or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute or governmental
rule or regulation applicable to such Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders
(other than (x) restrictions that have been waived or otherwise released, (y)
restrictions pursuant to the Notes or this Indenture and (z) restrictions in
effect on the Issue Date with respect to a Restricted Subsidiary and other
restrictions with respect to such Restricted Subsidiary that taken as a whole
are not materially less favorable to the Noteholders than such restrictions in
effect on the Issue Date), except that (A) subject to the limitations contained
in clause (iii) below, the Company’s equity in the net income of any such
Restricted Subsidiary for such period shall be included in such Consolidated Net
Income up to the aggregate amount of any
dividend
or distribution that was or that could have been made by such Restricted
Subsidiary during such period to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary
(subject, in the case of a dividend that could have been made to another
Restricted Subsidiary, to the limitation contained in this clause) and (B) the
net loss of such Restricted Subsidiary shall be included to the extent of the
aggregate Investment of the Company or any of its other Restricted Subsidiaries
in such Restricted Subsidiary;
(iii) any gain
or loss realized upon the sale or other disposition of any asset of the Company
or any Restricted Subsidiary (including pursuant to any sale/leaseback
transaction) that is not sold or otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course of
business (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors);
(iv) the
cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles;
(v) all
deferred financing costs written off and premiums paid in connection with any
early extinguishment of Indebtedness;
(vi) any
unrealized gains or losses in respect of Currency Agreements;
(vii) any
unrealized foreign currency transaction gains or losses in respect of
Indebtedness of any Person denominated in a currency other than the functional
currency of such Person;
(viii) any
non-cash compensation charge arising from any grant of stock, stock options or
other equity based awards;
(ix) to the
extent otherwise included in Consolidated Net Income, any unrealized foreign
currency translation or transaction gains or losses in respect of Indebtedness
or other obligations of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary owing to the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(x) any
non-cash charge, expense or other impact attributable to application of the
purchase method of accounting (including the total amount of depreciation and
amortization, cost of sales or other non-cash expense resulting from the
write-up of assets to the extent resulting from such purchase accounting
adjustments); and
(xi) any item
classified as an extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring gain, loss or charge,
including fees, expenses and charges associated with the Separation Transactions
and any acquisition, merger or consolidation after the Issue Date.
For
purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to any
Sale, Purchase or other transaction, or the amount of income or earnings
relating thereto, the pro forma calculations in respect thereof (including
without limitation in respect of anticipated cost savings or synergies relating
to any such Sale, Purchase or other transaction) shall be as determined in good
faith by a responsible financial or accounting Officer of the
Company.
“Consolidated Quarterly
Tangible Assets” means, as of any date of determination, the total assets
less the sum of the goodwill, net, and “other intangibles, net,” in each
case
reflected
on the consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries
as at the end of any fiscal quarter of the Company for which such a balance
sheet is available, determined on a Consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP
(and, in the case of any determination relating to any incurrence of
Indebtedness or any Investment, on a pro forma basis including any property
or assets being acquired in connection therewith).
“Consolidated Secured
Indebtedness” means, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to
the Consolidated Total Indebtedness as of such date that in each case the
payment of which is then secured by Liens on property or assets of the Company
and its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than property or assets held in a
defeasance or similar trust or arrangement for the benefit of the Indebtedness
secured thereby).
“Consolidated Secured
Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (x)
Consolidated Secured Indebtedness as at such date to (y) the aggregate amount of
Consolidated EBITDA for the period of the most recent four consecutive fiscal
quarters ending prior to the date of such determination for which consolidated
financial statements of the Company are available (determined for each fiscal
quarter (or portion thereof) of the four fiscal quarters ending prior to the
Issue Date), provided,
that:
(1) if since the beginning of such period
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary has Incurred any Consolidated Secured
Indebtedness that remains outstanding on such date of determination or if the
transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated Secured
Leverage Ratio is an Incurrence of Consolidated Secured Indebtedness,
Consolidated EBITDA and Consolidated Secured Indebtedness (to the extent it does
not already include such Incurrence of Consolidated Secured Indebtedness) for
such period shall be calculated after giving effect on a pro forma basis to such
Consolidated Secured Indebtedness as if such Consolidated Secured Indebtedness
had been Incurred on the first day of such period (except that in making such
computation, the amount of Consolidated Secured Indebtedness under any revolving
credit facility outstanding on the date of such calculation shall be computed
based on (A) the average daily balance of such Consolidated Secured Indebtedness
during such four fiscal quarters or such shorter period for which such facility
was outstanding or (B) if such facility was created after the end of such four
fiscal quarters, the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during the
period from the date of creation of such facility to the date of such
calculation);
(2) if since the beginning of such period
Consolidated Secured Indebtedness has been Discharged or if the transaction
giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated Secured Leverage Ratio
involves a Discharge of Consolidated Secured Indebtedness (in each case other
than Indebtedness Incurred under any revolving credit facility unless such
Indebtedness has been permanently repaid), Consolidated EBITDA and Consolidated
Secured Indebtedness (to the extent it does not already exclude such Discharge
of Consolidated Secured Indebtedness) for such period shall be calculated after
giving effect on a pro forma basis to such Discharge of such Consolidated
Secured Indebtedness, including with the proceeds of such new Consolidated
Secured Indebtedness, as if such Discharge had occurred on the first day of such
period;
(3) if since the beginning of such period
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary shall have made a Sale, the
Consolidated EBITDA for such period shall be reduced by an amount equal to the
Consolidated EBITDA (if positive) attributable to the assets that are the
subject of such Sale for such period or increased by an amount equal to the
Consolidated EBITDA (if negative) attributable thereto for such
period;
(4) if since the beginning of such period
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (by merger, consolidation or otherwise)
shall have made a Purchase (including any Purchase occurring in connection with
a transaction causing a calculation to be made hereunder), Consolidated EBITDA
for such period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto as if
such Purchase occurred on the first day of such period; and
(5) if since the beginning of such period
any Person became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged or consolidated with or
into the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, and since the beginning of such
period such Person shall have made any Sale or Purchase that would have required
an adjustment pursuant to clause (2), (3) or (4) above if made by the Company or
a Restricted Subsidiary since the beginning of such period, Consolidated EBITDA
and Consolidated Secured Indebtedness for such period shall be calculated after
giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Sale or Purchase occurred on the
first day of such period.
For
purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to any
Sale, Purchase or other transaction, or the amount of income or earnings
relating thereto, the pro forma calculations in respect thereof (including
without limitation in respect of anticipated cost savings or synergies relating
to any such Sale, Purchase or other transaction) shall be as determined in good
faith by a responsible financial or accounting Officer of the
Company.
“Consolidated Tangible
Assets” means, as of any date of determination, the amount equal to (x)
the sum of Consolidated Quarterly Tangible Assets as at the end of each of the
most recently ended four fiscal quarters of the Company for which a calculation
thereof is available, divided by (y) four; provided that for purposes of
Section 407(b),
Section 409 and
the definition of “Permitted Investment,” Consolidated Tangible Assets shall not
be deemed to be less than $10,646 million.
“Consolidated Total
Indebtedness” means, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to
(1) the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Indebtedness of the Company
and its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than the Notes) as of such date
consisting of (without duplication) Indebtedness for borrowed money (including
Purchase Money Obligations and unreimbursed outstanding drawn amounts under
funded letters of credit); Capitalized Lease Obligations; debt obligations
evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments; Disqualified
Stock; and (in the case of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary
Guarantor) Preferred Stock, determined on a Consolidated basis in accordance
with GAAP (excluding items eliminated in Consolidation, and for the avoidance of
doubt, excluding Hedging Obligations), minus (2) the amount of such Indebtedness
consisting of Indebtedness of a type referred to in, or Incurred pursuant to,
Section
407(b)(ix) to the extent not Incurred to finance or refinance the
acquisition of Rental Vehicles, and minus (3) the Consolidated Vehicle
Indebtedness as of such date.
“Consolidated Vehicle
Depreciation” means, for any period, depreciation on all Rental Vehicles
(after adjustments thereto), to the extent deducted in calculating Consolidated
Net Income for such period.
“Consolidated Vehicle
Indebtedness” means, as of any date of determination, the amount equal to
either (a) the sum of (x) the aggregate principal amount of then outstanding
Indebtedness of any Special Purpose Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary
directly or indirectly Incurred to finance or refinance the acquisition of, or
secured by, Rental Vehicles and/or related rights and/or assets plus (y) the
aggregate principal amount of other then outstanding Indebtedness of the Company
and its Restricted Subsidiaries that is attributable to the financing or
refinancing of Rental Vehicles and/or related rights and/or assets, as
determined in good faith by the Chief Financial Officer or an authorized Officer
of the Company (which determination shall be conclusive) or, at the Company’s
option, (b) 90% of the book value of Rental Vehicles of the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries (such book value being determined as of the end of the
most recently ended fiscal month of the Company for which internal consolidated
financial statements of the Company are available, on a pro forma basis
including (x) any Rental Vehicles acquired by the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary since the end of such fiscal month and (y) in the case of any
determination relating to any Incurrence of Indebtedness, any Rental Vehicles
being acquired by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection
therewith).
“Consolidated Vehicle
Interest Expense” means, for any period, the sum of (a) the aggregate
interest expense for such period on any Indebtedness (including costs associated
with letters of credit related to such Indebtedness) of any Special Purpose
Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary directly or indirectly Incurred to
finance or refinance the acquisition of, or secured by, Rental Vehicles and/or
related rights and/or assets plus (b) either (x) the aggregate interest expense
for such period on other Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries that is attributable to the financing or refinancing of Rental
Vehicles and/or any related rights and/or assets, as determined in good faith by
the Chief Financial Officer or an authorized Officer of the Company (which
determination shall be conclusive) or, at the Company’s option, (y) an amount of
the total interest expense of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for
such period equal to (i) the Average Interest Rate for such period multiplied by
(ii) the amount equal to (1) 90% of the Average Book Value for such period of
Rental Vehicles of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries minus (2) the
Average Principal Amount for such period of any Indebtedness of any Special
Purpose Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary directly or indirectly
Incurred to finance or refinance the acquisition of, or secured by, Rental
Vehicles and/or related rights and/or assets.
“Consolidation” means
the consolidation of the accounts of each of the Restricted Subsidiaries with
those of the Company in accordance with GAAP; provided that “Consolidation”
will not include consolidation of the accounts of any Unrestricted Subsidiary,
but the interest of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in any Unrestricted
Subsidiary will be accounted for as an investment. The term
“Consolidated” has a correlative meaning.
“Corporate Trust
Office” means the office of the Trustee at which at any particular time
its corporate trust business shall be administered, which office on the Issue
Date is located at One Liberty Plaza, 23rd Floor, New York, NY
10006.
“Credit Facilities”
means one or more of (i) the Senior Credit Facilities, and (ii) any other
facilities or arrangements designated by the Company, in each case with one or
more banks or other lenders or institutions providing for revolving credit
loans, term loans, receivables or fleet financings (including without limitation
through the sale of receivables or fleet assets to such institutions or to
special purpose entities formed to borrow from such institutions against such
receivables or fleet assets or the creation of any Liens in respect of such
receivables or fleet assets in favor of such institutions), letters of credit or
other Indebtedness, in each case, including all agreements, instruments and
documents executed and delivered pursuant to or in connection with any of the
foregoing, including but not limited to any notes and letters of credit issued
pursuant thereto and any guarantee and collateral agreement, patent and
trademark security agreement, mortgages or letter of credit applications and
other guarantees, pledge agreements, security agreements and collateral
documents, in each case as the same may be amended, supplemented, waived or
otherwise modified from time to time, or refunded, refinanced, restructured,
replaced, renewed, repaid, increased or extended from time to time (whether in
whole or in part, whether with the original banks, lenders or institutions or
other banks, lenders or institutions or otherwise, and whether provided under
any original Credit Facility or one or more other credit agreements, indentures,
financing agreements or other Credit Facilities or
otherwise). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
term “Credit Facility” shall include any agreement (i) changing the maturity of
any Indebtedness Incurred thereunder or contemplated thereby, (ii) adding
Subsidiaries as additional borrowers or guarantors thereunder, (iii) increasing
the amount of Indebtedness Incurred thereunder or available to be borrowed
thereunder or (iv) otherwise altering the terms and conditions
thereof.
“Currency Agreement”
means, in respect of a Person, any foreign exchange contract, currency swap
agreement, futures contract, option contract or other similar agreement or
arrangements (including derivative agreements or arrangements), as to which such
Person is a party or a beneficiary.
“Default” means any
event or condition that is, or after notice or passage of time or both would be,
an Event of Default.
“Depositary” means The
Depository Trust Company, its nominees and successors.
“Designated Noncash
Consideration” means the Fair Market Value of noncash consideration
received by the Company or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with
an Asset Disposition that is so designated as Designated Noncash Consideration
pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate, setting forth the basis of such
valuation.
“Direct Parent” means
Avis Budget Holdings, LLC, a limited liability company organized under the laws
of the State of Delaware.
“Disinterested
Directors” means, with respect to any Affiliate Transaction, one or more
members of the Board of Directors of the Company, or one or more members of the
Board of Directors of a Parent, having no material direct or indirect financial
interest in or with respect to such Affiliate Transaction. A member
of any such Board of Directors shall not be deemed to
have such
a financial interest by reason of such member’s holding Capital Stock of the
Company or any Parent or any options, warrants or other rights in respect of
such Capital Stock.
“Disqualified Stock”
means, with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock that by its terms (or by
the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is
exchangeable or exercisable) or upon the happening of any event (other than
following the occurrence of a Change of Control or other similar event described
under such terms as a “change of control,” or an Asset Disposition) (i) matures
or is mandatorily redeemable pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise,
(ii) is convertible or exchangeable for Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or
(iii) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than following
the occurrence of a Change of Control or other similar event described under
such terms as a “change of control,” or an Asset Disposition), in whole or in
part, in each case on or prior to the final Stated Maturity of the
Notes.
“Dollars” or “$” means dollars in
lawful currency of the United States of America.
“Domestic Subsidiary”
means any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company other than a Foreign
Subsidiary.
“Equity Offering”
means a sale of Capital Stock (x) that is a sale of Capital Stock of the
Company (other than Disqualified Stock) or (y) proceeds of which in an
amount equal to or exceeding the Redemption Amount are contributed to the equity
capital of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
“Equity Interests”
means Capital Stock and all warrants, options, profits, interests, equity
appreciation rights or other rights to acquire or purchase Capital Stock (but
excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for,
Capital Stock).
“Euroclear” means
Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear System, or any successor
securities clearing agency.
“Exchange Act” means
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Exchange Notes” means
the Issuers’ 9 5/8% Senior Notes due 2018, containing terms substantially
identical to the Initial Notes or any Initial Additional Notes (except that (i)
such Exchange Notes may omit terms with respect to transfer restrictions and may
be registered under the Securities Act, and (ii) certain provisions relating to
an increase in the stated rate of interest thereon may be eliminated), that are
issued and exchanged for (a) the Initial Notes, as provided for in the
Registration Rights Agreement, or (b) such Initial Additional Notes as may be
provided in any registration rights agreement relating to such Additional Notes
that are Notes and this Indenture (including any amendment or supplement
hereto.)
“Fair Market Value”
means, with respect to any asset or property, the fair market value of such
asset or property as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, whose
determination will be conclusive.
“Financing
Disposition” means any sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition
of, or creation or incurrence of any Lien on, property or assets by the Company
or any Subsidiary thereof to or in favor of any Special Purpose Entity, or by
any Special Purpose Subsidiary, in each case in connection with a financing by a
Special Purpose Entity or in connection with the Incurrence by a Special Purpose
Entity of Indebtedness or obligations to make payments to the obligor on
Indebtedness, which may be secured by a Lien in respect of such property or
assets.
“Foreign Subsidiary”
means (a) any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is not organized under
the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof or the District of
Columbia ,(b) any Restricted Subsidiary of a Restricted Subsidiary described in
clause (a), and (c) any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that has no
material assets other than securities or Indebtedness of one or more Foreign
Subsidiaries (or Subsidiaries thereof), and other assets relating to an
ownership interest in any such securities, Indebtedness or
Subsidiaries.
“GAAP” means generally
accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as in effect on
the Issue Date, including those 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 approved by
a significant segment of the accounting profession. All ratios and
computations based on GAAP contained in this Indenture shall be computed in
conformity to the extent possible with GAAP.
“Guarantee” means any
obligation, contingent or otherwise, of any Person directly or indirectly
guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person; provided that the term
“Guarantee” shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the
ordinary course of business. The term “Guarantee” used as a verb has
a corresponding meaning.
“Guarantor” means the
Indirect Parent, the Direct Parent and each Subsidiary Guarantor.
“Guarantor Subordinated
Obligations” means, with respect to a Subsidiary Guarantor, any
Indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor (whether outstanding on the Issue Date
or thereafter Incurred) that is expressly subordinated in right of payment to
the obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee
pursuant to a written agreement.
“Hedging Obligations”
of any Person means the obligations of such Person pursuant to any Interest Rate
Agreement, Currency Agreement or Commodities Agreement.
“Holder” or “Noteholder” means the
Person in whose name a Note is registered in the Note Register.
“Incur” means issue,
assume, enter into any Guarantee of, incur or otherwise become liable for; and
the terms “Incurs,” “Incurred” and “Incurrence” shall have a correlative
meaning; provided, that
any Indebtedness or Capital Stock of a Person existing at the time such Person
becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (whether by merger, consolidation, acquisition
or otherwise) shall be deemed to be Incurred by such Restricted Subsidiary at
the time it becomes a
Restricted
Subsidiary. Accrual of interest, the accretion of accreted value and
the payment of interest in the form of additional Indebtedness will not be
deemed to be an Incurrence of Indebtedness. Any Indebtedness issued
at a discount (including Indebtedness on which interest is payable through the
issuance of additional Indebtedness) shall be deemed Incurred at the time of
original issuance of the Indebtedness at the initial accreted amount
thereof.
“Indebtedness” means,
with respect to any Person on any date of determination (without
duplication):
(i) the
principal of indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money;
(ii) the
principal of obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or
other similar instruments;
(iii) the
principal component of all reimbursement obligations of such Person in respect
of letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances or other similar instruments (except
to the extent such reimbursement obligation relates to a Trade Payable or
similar liability and such obligation is satisfied within 30 days of
Incurrence);
(iv) the
principal component of all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred and
unpaid purchase price of property (except Trade Payables), which purchase price
is due more than one year after the date of placing such property in final
service or taking final delivery and title thereto;
(v) all
Capitalized Lease Obligations of such Person;
(vi) the
redemption, repayment or other repurchase amount of such Person with respect to
any Disqualified Stock of such Person or (if such Person is a Subsidiary of the
Company other than a Subsidiary Guarantor) any Preferred Stock of such
Subsidiary, but excluding, in each case, any accrued dividends (the amount of
such obligation to be equal at any time to the maximum fixed involuntary
redemption, repayment or repurchase price for such Capital Stock, or if less (or
if such Capital Stock has no such fixed price), to the involuntary redemption,
repayment or repurchase price thereof calculated in accordance with
the terms thereof as if then redeemed, repaid or repurchased, and if such price
is based upon or measured by the fair market value of such Capital Stock, such
fair market value shall be as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors
or the board of directors or other governing body of the issuer of such Capital
Stock);
(vii) the
principal component of all Indebtedness of other Persons secured by a Lien on
any asset of such Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such
Person; provided that
the amount of Indebtedness of such Person shall be the lesser of (A) the fair
market value of such asset at such date of determination (as determined in good
faith by the Company) and (B) the amount of such Indebtedness of such other
Persons;
(viii) the
principal component of Indebtedness of other Persons, to the extent Guaranteed
by such Person; and
(ix) to the
extent not otherwise included in this definition, net Hedging Obligations of
such Person (the amount of any such obligation to be equal at any time to the
termination value of such agreement or arrangement giving rise to such Hedging
Obligation that would be payable by such Person at such time).
The
amount of Indebtedness of any Person at any date shall be determined as set
forth above or otherwise provided in this Indenture, or otherwise shall equal
the amount thereof that would appear as a liability on a balance sheet of such
Person (excluding any notes thereto) prepared in accordance with
GAAP.
“Indirect Parent”
means Avis Budget Group, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the
State of Delaware.
“Initial Additional
Notes” means Additional Notes issued in an offering not registered under
the Securities Act (and any Notes issued in respect thereof pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 312(c), 312(d) or 1008).
“Initial Notes” means
the 9 5/8% Notes issued on the Issue Date (and any Notes issued in respect
thereof pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 312(c), 312(d) or 1008).
“interest,” with
respect to the Notes, means interest on the Notes and, except for purposes of
Article IX,
additional or special interest pursuant to the terms of any Note.
“Interest Payment
Date” means, when used with respect to any Note and any installment of
interest thereon, the date specified in such Note as the fixed date on which
such installment of interest is due and payable, as set forth in such
Note.
“Interest Period”
means the period commencing on and including an interest payment date and ending
on and including the day immediately preceding the next succeeding interest
payment date, with the exception that the first Interest Period shall commence
on and include the Issue Date and end on and include September 14,
2010.
“Interest Rate
Agreement” means, with respect to any Person, any interest rate
protection agreement, future agreement, option agreement, swap agreement, cap
agreement, collar agreement, hedge agreement or other similar agreement or
arrangement (including derivative agreements or arrangements), as to which such
Person is party or a beneficiary.
“Inventory” means
goods held for sale, lease or use by a Person in the ordinary course of
business, net of any reserve for goods that have been segregated by such Person
to be returned to the applicable vendor for credit, as determined in accordance
with GAAP.
“Investment” in any
Person by any other Person means any direct or indirect advance, loan or other
extension of credit (other than to customers, dealers, licensees, franchisees,
suppliers, directors, officers or employees of any Person in the ordinary course
of business) or capital contribution (by means of any transfer of cash or other
property to others or any payment for property or services for the account or
use of others) to, or any purchase or acquisition of Capital Stock, Indebtedness
or other similar instruments issued by, such Person. For purposes of
the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary” and Section 409 only,
(i)
“Investment”
shall include the portion (proportionate to the Company’s equity interest in
such Subsidiary) of the Fair Market Value of the net assets of any Subsidiary of
the Company at the time that such Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted
Subsidiary, provided
that upon a redesignation of such Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, the
Company shall be deemed to continue to have a permanent “Investment” in an
Unrestricted Subsidiary in an amount (if positive) equal to (x) the Company’s
“Investment” in such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation less (y) the
portion (proportionate to the Company’s equity interest in such Subsidiary) of
the Fair Market Value of the net assets of such Subsidiary at the time of such
redesignation, and (ii) any property transferred to or from an Unrestricted
Subsidiary shall be valued at its Fair Market Value at the time of such
transfer. Guarantees shall not be deemed to be
Investments. The amount of any Investment outstanding at any time
shall be the original cost of such Investment, reduced (at the Company’s option)
by any dividend, distribution, interest payment, return of capital, repayment or
other amount or value received in respect of such Investment; provided, that to the extent
that the amount of Restricted Payments outstanding at any time is so reduced by
any portion of any such amount or value that would otherwise be included in the
calculation of Consolidated Net Income, such portion of such amount or value
shall not be so included for purposes of calculating the amount of Restricted
Payments that may be made pursuant to Section
409(a).
“Issue Date” means the
first date on which Notes are issued.
“Issuers” means Avis
Budget Car Rental, LLC and Avis Budget Finance, Inc., and any and all successors
thereto.
“Lien” means any
mortgage, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, lien or charge of any kind
(including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement or lease in
the nature thereof).
“Management Advances”
means loans or advances made to directors, officers or employees of any Parent,
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (x) in respect of travel, entertainment
or moving-related expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business, (y) in
respect of moving-related expenses incurred in connection with any closing or
consolidation of any facility, or (z) in the ordinary course of business and (in
the case of this clause (z)) not exceeding $5.0 million in the aggregate
outstanding at any time.
“Moody’s” means
Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., and its successors.
“Net Available Cash”
from an Asset Disposition means an amount equal to all cash payments received
(including any cash payments received by way of deferred payment of principal
pursuant to a note or installment receivable or otherwise, but only as and when
received, but excluding any other consideration received in the form of
assumption by the acquiring person of Indebtedness or other obligations relating
to the properties or assets that are the subject of such Asset Disposition or
received in any other non-cash form) therefrom, in each case net of (i) all
legal, accounting, investment banking, title and recording tax expenses,
commissions and other fees and expenses incurred, and all federal, state,
provincial, foreign and local taxes required to be paid or to be accrued as a
liability under GAAP, as a consequence of such Asset Disposition (including as a
consequence of any transfer of funds in connection with
the
application thereof in accordance with Section 411),
(ii) all payments made, and all installment payments required to be made, on any
Indebtedness that is secured by any assets subject to such Asset Disposition, in
accordance with the terms of any Lien upon such assets, or that must by its
terms, or in order to obtain a necessary consent to such Asset Disposition, or
by applicable law, be repaid out of the proceeds from such Asset Disposition,
(iii) all distributions and other payments required to be made to minority
interest holders in Subsidiaries or joint ventures as a result of such Asset
Disposition, or to any other Person (other than the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary) owning a beneficial interest in the assets disposed of in such Asset
Disposition, (iv) the deduction of appropriate amounts to be provided by the
Seller as a reserve, in accordance with GAAP, against any liabilities,
(v) any liabilities or obligations associated with the assets disposed of
in such Asset Disposition and retained by the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary after such Asset Disposition, including without limitation pension
and other post-employment benefit liabilities, liabilities related to
environmental matters, and liabilities relating to any indemnification
obligations associated with such Asset Disposition, and (vi) the amount of any
purchase price or similar adjustment (x) claimed by any Person to be owed by the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, until such time as such claim shall have
been settled or otherwise finally resolved, or (y) paid or payable by the
Company, in either case in respect of such Asset Disposition.
“Net Cash Proceeds”
means, with respect to any issuance or sale of any securities of the Company or
any Subsidiary by the Company or any Subsidiary, or any capital contribution, an
amount equal to all the cash proceeds of such issuance, sale or contribution net
of attorneys’ fees, accountants’ fees, underwriters’ or placement agents’ fees,
listing fees, discounts or commissions and brokerage, consultant and other fees
and charges actually incurred in connection with such issuance, sale or
contribution and net of taxes paid or payable as a result thereof.
“Non-U.S. Person”
means a Person who is not a U.S. person, as defined in Regulation
S.
“Notes” means the
Initial Notes, any Additional Notes, the Exchange Notes and any notes issued in
respect thereof pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 312(c), 312(d) or 1008.
“Obligations” means,
with respect to any Indebtedness, any principal, premium (if any), interest
(including interest accruing on or after the filing of any petition in
bankruptcy or for reorganization relating to the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary whether or not a claim for post-filing interest is allowed in such
proceedings), fees, charges, expenses, reimbursement obligations, Guarantees of
such Indebtedness (or of Obligations in respect thereof), other monetary
obligations of any nature and all other amounts payable thereunder or in respect
thereof.
“Officer” means, with
respect to the Company or any other obligor upon the Notes, the Chairman of the
Board, the President, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer,
any Vice President, the Controller, the Treasurer or the Secretary (a) of such
Person or (b) if such Person is owned or managed by a single entity, of such
entity (or any other individual designated as an “Officer” for the purposes of
this Indenture by the Board of Directors).
“Officer’s
Certificate” means, with respect to the Company or any other obligor upon
the Notes, a certificate signed by one Officer of such Person.
“Opinion of Counsel”
means a written opinion from legal counsel who is reasonably acceptable to the
Trustee. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company,
any Parent or the Trustee.
“Original Notes” means
the Initial Notes and any Exchange Notes issued in exchange
therefor.
“Outstanding,” when
used with respect to Notes means, as of the date of determination, all Notes
theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture,
except:
(i) Notes
theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation;
(ii) Notes for
whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has been theretofore
deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust for the Holders of such
Notes, provided that,
if such Notes are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given
pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor reasonably satisfactory to the
Trustee has been made; and
(iii) Notes in
exchange for or in lieu of which other Notes have been authenticated and
delivered pursuant to this Indenture.
A Note
does not cease to be Outstanding because the Company or any Affiliate of the
Company holds the Note, provided that in determining
whether the Holders of the requisite amount of Outstanding Notes have given any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder,
Notes owned by the Company or any Affiliate of the Company shall be disregarded
and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, for the purpose of determining
whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Notes which the
Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. Notes so
owned that have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the
pledgee establishes to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s
right to act with respect to such Notes and that the pledgee is not the Company
or an Affiliate of the Company.
“Parent” means any of
the Indirect Parent and any Other Parent and any other Person that is a
Subsidiary of the Indirect Parent, or any Other Parent and of which the Company
is a Subsidiary. As used herein, “Other Parent” means a Person of
which the Company becomes a Subsidiary after the Issue Date, provided that either (x)
immediately after the Company first becomes a Subsidiary of such Person, more
than 50% of the Voting Stock of such Person shall be held by one or more Persons
that held more than 50% of the Voting Stock of a Parent of the Company
immediately prior to the Company first becoming such Subsidiary or (y) such
Person shall be deemed not to be an Other Parent for the purpose of determining
whether a Change of Control shall have occurred by reason of the Company first
becoming a Subsidiary of such Person.
“Parent Expenses”
means (i) costs (including all professional fees and expenses) incurred by
any Parent in connection with its reporting obligations under, or in connection
with compliance with, applicable laws or applicable rules of any governmental,
regulatory or self-regulatory body or stock exchange, this Indenture or any
other agreement or instrument relating to Indebtedness of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary, including in respect of any reports filed with respect to
the Securities Act, Exchange Act or the respective rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder, (ii) corporate overhead expenses Incurred in the
ordinary course of business, and to pay salaries or other compensation of
employees who perform services for any Parent or for both such Parent and the
Company, (vi) of this paragraph, (iii) expenses incurred by any Parent
in connection with the acquisition, development, maintenance, ownership,
prosecution, protection and defense of its intellectual property and associated
rights (including but not limited to trademarks, service marks, trade names,
trade dress, patents, copyrights and similar rights, including registrations and
registration or renewal applications in respect thereof; inventions, processes,
designs, formulae, trade secrets, know-how, confidential information, computer
software, data and documentation, and any other intellectual property rights;
and licenses of any of the foregoing) to the extent such intellectual property
and associated rights relate to the business or businesses of the Company or any
Subsidiary thereof, (iv) indemnification obligations of any Parent owing to
directors, officers, employees or other Persons under its charter or by-laws or
pursuant to written agreements with any such Person, (v) other operational and
tax expenses of any Parent incurred on behalf of the Company in the ordinary
course of business, including obligations in respect of director and officer
insurance (including premiums therefor); it being understood for purposes of
this definition, that all operational and tax expenses of any Parent are deemed
to be incurred on behalf of the Company if the Company’s activities represent
substantially all of the operating activities of any Parent and all of its
Subsidiaries, and (vi) fees and expenses incurred by any Parent in
connection with any offering of Capital Stock or Indebtedness, (x) where
the net proceeds of such offering are intended to be received by or contributed
or loaned to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, or (y) in a prorated amount
of such expenses in proportion to the amount of such net proceeds intended to be
so received, contributed or loaned, or (z) otherwise on an interim basis prior
to completion of such offering so long as any Parent shall cause the amount of
such expenses to be repaid to the Company or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary
out of the proceeds of such offering promptly if completed.
“Paying Agent” means
any Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal of (and premium, if
any) or interest on any Notes on behalf of the Company; provided that neither the
Company nor any of its Affiliates shall act as Paying Agent for purposes of
Section 1102 or
Section
1205.
“Permitted Holder”
means any Person acting in the capacity of an underwriter in connection with a
public or private offering of Voting Stock of any Parent or the
Company. In addition, any “person” (as such term is used in Sections
13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) whose status as a “beneficial owner” (as
defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act) constitutes or results
in a Change of Control in respect of which a Change of Control Offer is made in
accordance with the requirements of the Indenture, together with its Affiliates,
shall thereafter constitute Permitted Holders.
“Permitted Investment”
means an Investment by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in, or
consisting of, any of the following:
(i) a
Restricted Subsidiary, the Company, or a Person that will, upon the making of
such Investment, become a Restricted Subsidiary so long as such Person is
primarily engaged in a Related Business;
(ii) another
Person if as a result of such Investment such other Person is merged or
consolidated with or into, or transfers or conveys all or substantially all its
assets to, or is liquidated into, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary so long
as such Person is primarily engaged in a Related Business;
(iii) Temporary
Cash Investments or Cash Equivalents;
(iv) receivables
owing to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, if created or acquired in the
ordinary course of business;
(v) any
securities or other Investments received as consideration in, or retained in
connection with, sales or other dispositions of property or assets, including
Asset Dispositions made in compliance with Section
411;
(vi) securities
or other Investments received in settlement of debts created in the ordinary
course of business and owing to, or of other claims asserted by, the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary, or as a result of foreclosure, perfection or
enforcement of any Lien, or in satisfaction of judgments, including in
connection with any bankruptcy proceeding or other reorganization of another
Person;
(vii) Investments
in existence or made pursuant to legally binding written commitments in
existence on the Issue Date;
(viii) Currency
Agreements, Interest Rate Agreements, Commodities Agreements and related Hedging
Obligations, which obligations are Incurred in compliance with Section
407;
(ix) pledges
or deposits (x) with respect to leases or utilities in the ordinary course of
business or (y) otherwise described in the definition of “Permitted Liens” or
made in connection with Liens permitted under Section
413;
(x) (1)
Investments in a Subsidiary, consisting of a demand note or promissory note of
the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary issued in favor of or for the benefit of
a Special Purpose Subsidiary and which serves solely as credit enhancement for
any vehicle-related financing in such Special Purpose Subsidiary,
(2) Investments by a Special Purpose Subsidiary which is a Restricted
Subsidiary in any such demand note or other promissory note issued by the
Company, any Restricted Subsidiary or any Parent to such Special Purpose
Subsidiary which is a Restricted Subsidiary, provided that if such Parent
receives cash from the relevant Special Purpose Entity in exchange for such
note, an equal cash amount is contributed by any Parent to the Company and (3)
Investments
made
between Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with, or relating to, a Canadian
Special Purpose Financing;
(xi) bonds
secured by assets leased to and operated by the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary that were issued in connection with the financing of such assets so
long as the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary may obtain title to such assets
at any time by paying a nominal fee, canceling such bonds and terminating the
transaction;
(xii) Notes;
(xiii) any
Investment to the extent made using Capital Stock of the Company (other than
Disqualified Stock) or Capital Stock of any Parent as
consideration;
(xiv) Management
Advances;
(xv) Investments
consisting of, or arising out of or related to, Vehicle Rental Concession Rights
(including any Investments referred to in the definition of the term “Vehicle Rental Concession
Rights”);
(xvi) any
transaction to the extent it constitutes an Investment that is permitted by and
made in accordance with Section 412(b)
(except transactions described in clauses (i), (v) and (vi) of such
paragraph);
(xvii) other
Investments in an aggregate amount outstanding at any time not to exceed 1.0% of
Consolidated Tangible Assets;
(xviii) Equity
Interests, obligations or securities received in settlement of debts created in
the ordinary course of business and owing to the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary or in satisfaction of judgments or pursuant to any plan of
reorganization or similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of a
debtor; and
(xix) endorsements
of negotiable instruments and documents in the ordinary course of business or
pledges or deposits permitted under clause (c) of the definition of “Permitted
Liens.”
If any
Investment pursuant to clause (xvii) above is made in any Person that is not a
Restricted Subsidiary and such Person thereafter becomes a Restricted
Subsidiary, such Investment shall thereafter be deemed to have been made
pursuant to clause (i) above and not clause (xvii) above for so long as such
Person continues to be a Restricted Subsidiary.
“Permitted Liens”
means:
(a) Liens for
taxes, assessments or other governmental charges not yet delinquent or the
nonpayment of which in the aggregate would not reasonably be expected to have a
material adverse effect on the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries or that
are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings if adequate
reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the Company or a
Subsidiary thereof, as the case may be, in accordance with GAAP;
(b) carriers’,
warehousemen’s, mechanics’, landlords’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s or other like
Liens arising in the ordinary course of business in respect of obligations that
are not overdue for a period of more than 60 days or that are bonded or that are
being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings;
(c) pledges,
deposits or Liens in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment
insurance and other social security and other similar legislation or other
insurance-related obligations (including, without limitation, pledges or
deposits securing liability to insurance carriers under insurance or
self-insurance arrangements);
(d) pledges,
deposits or Liens to secure the performance of bids, tenders, trade, government
or other contracts (other than for borrowed money), obligations for utilities,
leases, licenses, statutory obligations, completion guarantees, surety,
judgment, appeal or performance bonds, other similar bonds, instruments or
obligations, and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary
course of business;
(e) easements
(including reciprocal easement agreements), rights-of-way, building, zoning and
similar restrictions, utility agreements, covenants, reservations, restrictions,
encroachments, charges, and other similar encumbrances or title defects
incurred, or leases or subleases granted to others, in the ordinary course of
business, which do not in the aggregate materially interfere with the ordinary
conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole;
(f) Liens
existing on, or provided for under written arrangements existing on, the Issue
Date, or (in the case of any such Liens securing Indebtedness of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries existing or arising under written arrangements existing
on the Issue Date) securing any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of such
Indebtedness so long as the Lien securing such Refinancing Indebtedness is
limited to all or part of the same property, assets or substitute assets (plus
improvements, accessions, proceeds or dividends or distributions in respect
thereof) that secured (or under such written arrangements could secure) the
original Indebtedness; provided that liens incurred
under the Senior Credit Facilities or any Refinancing Indebtedness with respect
thereto shall not be deemed to be permitted under this clause (f);
(g) (i)
mortgages, liens, security interests, restrictions, encumbrances or any other
matters of record that have been placed by any developer, landlord or other
third party on property over which the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of
the Company has easement rights or on any leased property and subordination or
similar agreements relating thereto and (ii) any condemnation or eminent domain
proceedings affecting any real property;
(h) Liens
securing Indebtedness (including Liens securing any Obligations in respect
thereof) consisting of Hedging Obligations, Purchase Money Obligations or
Capitalized Lease Obligations Incurred in compliance with Section
407;
(i) Liens
arising out of judgments, decrees, orders or awards in respect of which the
Company shall in good faith be prosecuting an appeal or proceedings
for
review,
which appeal or proceedings shall not have been finally terminated, or if the
period within which such appeal or proceedings may be initiated shall not have
expired;
(j) leases,
subleases, licenses or sublicenses (including, without limitation, real property
and intellectual property rights) to third parties;
(k) Liens
securing Indebtedness (including Liens securing any Obligations in respect
thereof) consisting of (1) Indebtedness Incurred in compliance with Section 407(b)(i),
Section
407(b)(iv), Section 407(b)(v),
Section
407(b)(vii), Section 407(b)(viii)
or Section
407(b)(ix), or Section 407(b)(iii)
(other than Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred in respect of Indebtedness
described in Section
407(a)), (2) Bank Indebtedness Incurred in compliance with Section 407(b), (3)
the Notes, (4) Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a
Subsidiary Guarantor, and (5) Indebtedness or other obligations of any Special
Purpose Entity;
(l) Liens
existing on property or assets of a Person at the time such Person becomes a
Subsidiary of the Company (or at the time the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary
acquires such property or assets, including any acquisition by means of a merger
or consolidation with or into the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary); provided, however, that such Liens are
not created in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person
becoming such a Subsidiary (or such acquisition of such property or assets), and
that such Liens are limited to all or part of the same property or assets (plus
improvements, accessions, proceeds or dividends or distributions in respect
thereof) that secured (or, under the written arrangements under which such Liens
arose, could secure) the obligations to which such Liens relate;
(m) Liens on
Capital Stock, Indebtedness or other securities of an Unrestricted Subsidiary
that secure Indebtedness or other obligations of such Unrestricted
Subsidiary;
(n) any
encumbrance or restriction (including, but not limited to, put and call
agreements) with respect to Capital Stock of any joint venture or similar
arrangement pursuant to any joint venture or similar agreement;
(o) Liens
securing Indebtedness (including Liens securing any Obligations in respect
thereof) consisting of Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred in respect of any
Indebtedness secured by, or securing any refinancing, refunding, extension,
renewal or replacement (in whole or in part) of any other obligation secured by,
any other Permitted Liens, provided that any such new
Lien is limited to all or part of the same property or assets or replacements
thereof (plus improvements, accessions, proceeds or dividends or distributions
in respect thereof) that secured (or, under the written arrangements under which
the original Lien arose, could secure) the obligations to which such Liens
relate, other than Liens incurred in compliance with clause (k) above or clause
(v) below;
(p) Liens (1)
arising by operation of law (or by agreement to the same effect) in the ordinary
course of business, (2) on property or assets under construction (and related
rights) in favor of a contractor or developer or arising from progress or
partial payments by a third party relating to such property or assets, (3) on
cash set aside at the
time of
the Incurrence of any Indebtedness or government securities purchased with such
cash, in either case to the extent that such cash or government securities
prefund the payment of interest on such Indebtedness and are held in an escrow
account or similar arrangement to be applied for such purpose, (4) securing or
arising by reason of any netting or set-off arrangement entered into in the
ordinary course of banking or other trading activities, (5) in favor of the
Company or any Subsidiary (other than Liens on property or assets of the Company
or any Subsidiary Guarantor in favor of any Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary
Guarantor), (6) arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or
similar arrangements for the sale of goods entered into in the ordinary course
of business, (7) relating to pooled deposit or sweep accounts to permit
satisfaction of overdraft, cash pooling or similar obligations incurred in the
ordinary course of business, (8) attaching to commodity trading or other
brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business, (9) on
receivables (including related rights) or (10) arising in connection with
repurchase agreements permitted under Section 407 on assets
that are the subject of such repurchase agreements;
(q) Liens on
or under, or arising out of or relating to, any Vehicle Rental Concession
Rights;
(r) other
Liens securing obligations, which obligations do not exceed $50.0 million at any
time outstanding;
(s) Liens
securing Indebtedness (including Liens securing any Obligations in respect
thereof) consisting of Indebtedness Incurred in compliance with Section 407 not to
exceed $25 million;
(t) any
interest or title of a lessor under any Capitalized Lease Obligation or
operating lease;
(u) Liens
securing the Notes and Subsidiary Guarantees;
(v) Liens
securing Indebtedness which is secured by Rental Vehicles so long as the
aggregate amount of Indebtedness secured by such Rental Vehicles does not exceed
the sum of (i) 75% of the estimated value of such Rental Vehicles and (ii) the
aggregate amount of letters of credit supporting such Indebtedness;
and
(w) Liens
securing Indebtedness (including Liens securing any Obligations in respect
thereof) consisting of Indebtedness Incurred in compliance with Section 407, provided that on the date of
the Incurrence of such Indebtedness after giving effect to such Incurrence (or
on the date of the initial borrowing of such Indebtedness after giving pro forma
effect to the Incurrence of the entire committed amount of such Indebtedness),
the Consolidated Secured Leverage Ratio shall not exceed 4.0 to
1.0.
“Person” means any
individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock
company, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated organization,
government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other
entity.
“Place of Payment”
means a city or any political subdivision thereof in which any Paying Agent
appointed pursuant to Article III is
located.
“Predecessor Notes” of
any particular Note means every previous Note evidencing all or a portion of the
same debt as that evidenced by such particular Note; and, for the purposes of
this definition, any Note authenticated and delivered under Section 306 in lieu
of a mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Note shall be deemed to evidence the
same debt as the mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Note.
“Preferred Stock” as
applied to the Capital Stock of any corporation means Capital Stock of any class
or classes (however designated) that by its terms is preferred as to the payment
of dividends, or as to the distribution of assets upon any voluntary or
involuntary liquidation or dissolution of such corporation, over shares of
Capital Stock of any other class of such corporation.
“Public Facility”
means (i) any airport; marine port; rail, subway, bus or other transit stop,
station or terminal; stadium; convention center; or military camp, fort, post or
base or (ii) any other facility owned or operated by any nation or government or
political subdivision thereof, or agency, authority or other instrumentality of
any thereof, or other entity exercising regulatory, administrative or other
functions of or pertaining to government, or any organization of nations
(including the United Nations, the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization).
“Public Facility
Operator” means a Person that grants or has the power to grant a Vehicle
Rental Concession.
“Purchase Money
Obligations” means any Indebtedness Incurred to finance or refinance the
acquisition, leasing, construction or improvement of property (real or personal)
or assets, and whether acquired through the direct acquisition of such property
or assets or the acquisition of the Capital Stock of any Person owning such
property or assets, or otherwise; provided that for purposes of
Section
407(b)(iv), the term “Purchase Money Obligations” shall not include
Indebtedness to the extent Incurred to finance or refinance the direct
acquisition of Inventory or Vehicles (not acquired through the acquisition of
Capital Stock of any Person owning property or assets, or through the
acquisition of property or assets, that include Inventory or
Vehicles).
“QIB” or “Qualified Institutional
Buyer” means a “qualified institutional buyer,” as that term is defined
in Rule 144A.
“Receivable” means a
right to receive payment pursuant to an arrangement with another Person pursuant
to which such other Person is obligated to pay, as determined in accordance with
GAAP.
“Redemption Date,”
when used with respect to any Note to be redeemed or purchased, means the date
fixed for such redemption or purchase by or pursuant to this Indenture and the
Notes.
“refinance” means
refinance, refund, replace, renew, repay, modify, restate, defer, substitute,
supplement, reissue, resell or extend (including pursuant to any defeasance or
discharge mechanism); and the terms “refinances,” “refinanced” and “refinancing”
as used for any purpose in this Indenture shall have a correlative
meaning.
“Refinancing
Indebtedness” means Indebtedness that is Incurred to refinance any
Indebtedness existing on the date of this Indenture or Incurred in compliance
with this Indenture (including Indebtedness of the Company that refinances
Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary (to the extent permitted in this
Indenture) and Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary that refinances
Indebtedness of another Restricted Subsidiary) including Indebtedness that
refinances Refinancing Indebtedness; provided, that (1) if the
Indebtedness being refinanced is Subordinated Obligations or Guarantor
Subordinated Obligations, the Refinancing Indebtedness has a final Stated
Maturity at the time such Refinancing Indebtedness is Incurred that is equal to
or greater than the final Stated Maturity of the Indebtedness being refinanced
(or if shorter, the Notes), (2) such Refinancing Indebtedness is Incurred in an
aggregate principal amount (or if issued with original issue discount, an
aggregate issue price) that is equal to or less than the sum of (x) the
aggregate principal amount (or if issued with original issue discount, the
aggregate accreted value) then outstanding of the Indebtedness being refinanced,
plus (y) fees, underwriting discounts, premiums and other costs and expenses
incurred in connection with such Refinancing Indebtedness and (3) Refinancing
Indebtedness shall not include (x) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary that
is not a Subsidiary Guarantor that refinances Indebtedness of the Company or a
Subsidiary Guarantor that could not have been initially Incurred by such
Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 407 or (y)
Indebtedness of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary that refinances
Indebtedness of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
“Registration Rights
Agreement” means the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of March 10,
2010, by and among the Issuers, the Guarantors and the other parties named on
the signature pages thereof, as such agreement may be amended, modified or
supplemented from time to time.
“Regular Record Date”
for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date means the date specified
for that purpose in Section
301.
“Regulation S” means
Regulation S under the Securities Act.
“Regulation S
Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit
D.
“Related Business”
means those businesses in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is
engaged on the date of this Indenture, or that are related, complementary,
incidental or ancillary thereto or extensions, developments or expansions
thereof.
“Related Taxes” means
any and all Taxes required to be paid by any Parent other than Taxes directly
attributable to (i) the income of any entity other than any Parent, the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) owning stock or other equity interests of any
corporation or other entity other than any Parent, the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or (iii) withholding
taxes on
payments actually made by any Parent other than to another Parent, the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries.
“Rental Vehicles”
means all passenger Vehicles owned by or leased to the Company or any Subsidiary
that are or have been offered for lease or rental by any of the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries in their vehicle rental operations (and not, for the
avoidance of doubt, in connection with any business or operations involving the
leasing or renting of other types of Vehicles), including any such Vehicles
being held for sale.
“Representative
Amount” means a principal amount of not less than U.S. $1,000,000 for a
single transaction in the relevant market at the relevant time.
“Resale Restriction
Termination Date” means, with respect to any Note, the date that is the
later of (1) the date that is one year after the later of (a) the original issue
date in respect of such Note and (b) the last date on which the Company or any
Affiliate of the Company was the owner of such Note (or any Predecessor Note
thereto), or such shorter period of time as permitted by Rule 144 under the
Securities Act, or any successor provision thereto, with respect to the resale
by non-affiliates of Restricted Securities without restriction, and (2) such
later date, if any, as may be required by applicable laws.
“Responsible Officer”
when used with respect to the Trustee means the chairman or vice-chairman of the
board of directors, the chairman or vice-chairman of the executive committee of
the board of directors, the president, any vice president or assistant 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 and 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 to whom such matter is
referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular
subject.
“Restricted Payment
Transaction” means any Restricted Payment permitted pursuant to Section 409, any
Permitted Payment, any Permitted Investment, or any transaction specifically
excluded from the definition of the term “Restricted Payment” (including
pursuant to the exception contained in clause (i) and the parenthetical
exclusions contained in clauses (ii) and (iii) of such definition).
“Restricted Security”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Rule 144(a)(3) under the Securities
Act; provided, however, that the Trustee
shall be entitled to receive, at its request, and conclusively rely on an
Opinion of Counsel with respect to whether any Note constitutes a Restricted
Security.
“Restricted
Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Company other than an
Unrestricted Subsidiary.
“Rule 144A” means Rule
144A under the Securities Act.
“S&P” means
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies,
Inc., and its successors.
“SEC” means the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Securities Act” means
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Senior Credit
Facilities” or “Senior Credit
Agreement” means the senior secured credit facilities expected to be
entered into by Avis Budget Car Rental, LLC, as borrower, and certain of its
subsidiaries, as subsidiary borrowers, with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as
administrative agent, Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc., as syndication agent, and
the lenders party thereto from time to time, any Loan Documents (as defined
therein), any notes and letters of credit issued pursuant thereto and any
guarantee and collateral agreement, patent and trademark security agreement,
mortgages, letter of credit applications and other guarantees, pledge
agreements, security agreements and collateral documents, and other instruments
and documents, executed and delivered pursuant to or in connection with any of
the foregoing, in each case as the same may be amended, supplemented, waived or
otherwise modified from time to time, or refunded, refinanced, restructured,
replaced, renewed, repaid, increased or extended from time to time (whether in
whole or in part, whether with the original agent and lenders or other agents
and lenders or otherwise, and whether provided under one or more credit
agreements, indentures (including this Indenture) or financing agreements or
otherwise). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
term “Senior Credit
Facilities” shall include any agreement (i) changing the maturity of any
Indebtedness Incurred thereunder or contemplated thereby, (ii) adding
Subsidiaries of the Company as additional borrowers or guarantors thereunder,
(iii) increasing the amount of Indebtedness Incurred thereunder or available to
be borrowed thereunder or (iv) otherwise altering the terms and conditions
thereof.
“Significant
Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary that would be a “significant
subsidiary” of the Company within the meaning of Rule 1-02 under Regulation S-X
promulgated by the SEC, as such Regulation is in effect on the Issue
Date.
“Special Purpose
Entity” means (x) any Special Purpose Subsidiary, (y) any other Person
that is engaged in the business of (i) acquiring, selling, collecting, financing
or refinancing Receivables, accounts (as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code
as in effect in any jurisdiction from time to time), other accounts and/or other
receivables, and/or related assets, and/or (ii) acquiring, selling, leasing,
financing or refinancing Vehicles, and/or related rights (including under
leases, manufacturer warranties and buy-back programs, and insurance policies)
and/or assets (including managing, exercising and disposing of any such rights
and/or assets) or (z) any successor of any of the foregoing.
“Special Purpose
Financing” means any financing or refinancing of assets consisting of or
including Receivables, Vehicles of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that
have been transferred to a Special Purpose Entity or made subject to a Lien in a
Financing Disposition.
“Special Purpose Financing
Fees” means distributions or payments made directly or by means of
discounts with respect to any participation interest issued or sold in
connection with, and other fees paid to a Person that is not a Restricted
Subsidiary in connection with, any Special Purpose Financing.
“Special Purpose Financing
Undertakings” means representations, warranties, covenants, indemnities,
guarantees of performance and (subject to clause (y) of the proviso below) other
agreements and undertakings entered into or provided by the Company or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries that the Company determines in good faith (which
determination shall be conclusive) are customary or otherwise necessary or
advisable in connection with a Special Purpose Financing or a Financing
Disposition; provided
that (x) it is understood that Special Purpose Financing Undertakings may
consist of or include (i) reimbursement and other obligations in respect of
notes, letters of credit, surety bonds and similar instruments provided for
credit enhancement purposes or (ii) Hedging Obligations, or other obligations
relating to Interest Rate Agreements, Currency Agreements or Commodities
Agreements entered into by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, in respect
of any Special Purpose Financing or Financing Disposition, and (y) subject to
the preceding clause (x), any such other agreements and undertakings shall not
include any Guarantee of Indebtedness of a Special Purpose Subsidiary by the
Company or a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Special Purpose
Subsidiary.
“Special Purpose
Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary of the Company that (a) is engaged solely
in (x) the business of (i) acquiring, selling, collecting, financing or
refinancing Receivables, accounts (as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code as
in effect in any jurisdiction from time to time) and other accounts and
receivables (including any thereof constituting or evidenced by chattel paper,
instruments or general intangibles), all proceeds thereof and all rights
(contractual and other), collateral and other assets relating thereto, and/or
(ii) acquiring, selling, leasing, financing or refinancing Vehicles, and/or
related rights (including under leases, manufacturer warranties and buy-back
programs, and insurance policies) and/or assets (including managing, exercising
and disposing of any such rights and/or assets), all proceeds thereof and all
rights (contractual and other), collateral and other assets relating thereto,
and (y) any business or activities incidental or related to such business, and
(b) is designated as a “Special Purpose Subsidiary” by the Board of Directors
and which shall, for greater certainty, include any Canadian Securitization
Entity.
“Special Record Date”
for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the Trustee
pursuant to Section
307.
“Stated Maturity”
means, with respect to any security, the date specified in such security as the
fixed date on which the payment of principal of such security is due and
payable, including pursuant to any mandatory redemption provision (but excluding
any provision providing for the repurchase of such security at the option of the
holder thereof upon the happening of any contingency).
“Subordinated
Obligations” means any Indebtedness of the Company (whether outstanding
on the date of this Indenture or thereafter Incurred) that is expressly
subordinated in right of payment to the Notes pursuant to a written
agreement.
“Subsidiary” of any
Person means (x) any corporation, association, partnership or other business
entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital
Stock or other equity interests (including partnership interests) entitled
(without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of
directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled,
directly or indirectly, by (i) such Person and/or (ii) one or
more
Subsidiaries of such Person or (y) any partnership, where more than 50% of the
general partners of such partnership are owned or controlled, directly or
indirectly, by (i) such Person and/or (ii) one or more Subsidiaries of such
Person.
“Subsidiary Guarantee”
means any guarantee that may from time to time be entered into by a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company on or after the Issue Date pursuant to Section
414.
“Subsidiary Guarantor”
means each Domestic Subsidiary that guarantees payment by the Company of any
Indebtedness of the Company under the Senior Credit Facilities and any
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that enters into a Subsidiary
Guarantee.
“Successor Company”
shall have the meaning assigned thereto in clause (i) under Section
501.
“Supplemental
Indenture” means a Supplemental Indenture, to be entered into
substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
E.
“Taxes” means any
taxes, charges or assessments, including but not limited to income, sales, use,
transfer, rental, ad valorem, value-added, stamp, property consumption,
franchise, license, capital, net worth, gross receipts, excise, occupancy,
intangibles or similar tax, charges or assessments.
“Tax Sharing
Agreement” means any tax sharing, indemnity or similar agreement of which
the Indirect Parent or any of its subsidiaries is or will be a
party.
“Temporary Cash
Investments” means any of the following: (i) any investment in (x) direct
obligations of the United States of America, a member state of The European
Union or any country in whose currency funds are being held pending their
application in the making of an investment or capital expenditure by the Company
or a Restricted Subsidiary in that country or with such funds, or any agency or
instrumentality of any thereof or obligations Guaranteed by the United States of
America or a member state of The European Union or any country in whose currency
funds are being held pending their application in the making of an investment or
capital expenditure by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in that country or
with such funds, or any agency or instrumentality of any of the foregoing, or
obligations guaranteed by any of the foregoing or (y) direct obligations of any
foreign country recognized by the United States of America rated at least “A” by
S&P or “A-1” by Moody’s (or, in either case, the equivalent of such rating
by such organization or, if no rating of S&P or Moody’s then exists, the
equivalent of such rating by any nationally recognized rating organization),
(ii) overnight bank deposits, and investments in time deposit accounts,
certificates of deposit, bankers’ acceptances and money market deposits (or,
with respect to foreign banks, similar instruments) maturing not more than one
year after the date of acquisition thereof issued by (x) any bank or other
institutional lender under a Credit Facility or any affiliate thereof or (y) a
bank or trust company that is organized under the laws of the United States of
America, any state thereof or any foreign country recognized by the United
States of America having capital and surplus aggregating in excess of $250.0
million (or the foreign currency equivalent thereof) and whose long term debt is
rated at least “A” by S&P or “A-1” by Moody’s (or, in either case, the
equivalent of such rating by such
organization
or, if no rating of S&P or Moody’s then exists, the equivalent of such
rating by any nationally recognized rating organization) at the time such
Investment is made, (iii) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than 30
days for underlying securities of the types described in clause (i) or (ii)
above entered into with a bank meeting the qualifications described in clause
(ii) above, (iv) Investments in commercial paper, maturing not more than 270
days after the date of acquisition, issued by a Person (other than that of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries), with a rating at the time as of which any
Investment therein is made of “P-2” (or higher) according to Moody’s or “A-2”
(or higher) according to S&P (or, in either case, the equivalent of such
rating by such organization or, if no rating of S&P or Moody’s then exists,
the equivalent of such rating by any nationally recognized rating organization),
(v) Investments in securities maturing not more than one year after the date of
acquisition issued or fully guaranteed by any state, commonwealth or territory
of the United States of America, or by any political subdivision or taxing
authority thereof, and rated at least “A” by S&P or “A” by Moody’s (or, in
either case, the equivalent of such rating by such organization or, if no rating
of S&P or Moody’s then exists, the equivalent of such rating by any
nationally recognized rating organization), (vi) Preferred Stock (other than of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) having a rating of “A” or higher by
S&P or “A-2” or higher by Moody’s (or, in either case, the equivalent of
such rating by such organization or, if no rating of S&P or Moody’s then
exists, the equivalent of such rating by any nationally recognized rating
organization), (vii) investment funds investing 95% of their assets in
securities of the type described in clauses (i)-(vi) above (which funds may also
hold reasonable amounts of cash pending investment and/or distribution), (viii)
any money market deposit accounts issued or offered by a domestic commercial
bank or a commercial bank organized and located in a country recognized by the
United States of America, in each case, having capital and surplus in excess of
$250.0 million (or the foreign currency equivalent thereof), or investments in
money market funds subject to the risk limiting conditions of Rule 2a-7 (or any
successor rule) of the SEC under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended,
and (ix) similar investments approved by the Board of Directors in the ordinary
course of business.
“TIA” means the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. §§ 77aaa-7bbbb), as amended from time to
time.
“Trade Payables”
means, with respect to any Person, any accounts payable or any indebtedness or
monetary obligation to trade creditors created, assumed or guaranteed by such
Person arising in the ordinary course of business in connection with the
acquisition of goods or services.
“Trustee” means the
party named as such in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor
replaces it and, thereafter, means the successor.
“Trust Officer” means
the Chairman of the Board, the President or any other officer or assistant
officer of the Trustee assigned by the Trustee to administer its corporate trust
matters.
“Unrestricted
Subsidiary” means (i) any Subsidiary of the Company that at the time of
determination is an Unrestricted Subsidiary, as designated by the Board of
Directors in the manner provided below, (ii) any Special Purpose Subsidiary that
is designated by the Board of Directors in the manner provided below and
(iii) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
The Board
of Directors may designate any Subsidiary of the Company (including any newly
acquired or newly formed Subsidiary of the Company) to be an Unrestricted
Subsidiary unless such Subsidiary or any of its Subsidiaries owns any Capital
Stock or Indebtedness of, or owns or holds any Lien on any property of, the
Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is not a
Subsidiary of the Subsidiary to be so designated; provided, that (A) such
designation was made at or prior to the Issue Date, or (B) the Subsidiary to be
so designated has total consolidated assets of $1,000 at the time of designation
or less or (C) if such Subsidiary has consolidated assets greater than $1,000,
then such designation would be permitted under Section
409. The Board of Directors may designate any Unrestricted
Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided, that immediately
after giving effect to such designation (x) the Company could Incur at least
$1.00 of additional Indebtedness under Section 407(a) or (y)
the Consolidated Coverage Ratio would be greater than it was immediately prior
to giving effect to such designation or (z) such Subsidiary shall be a Special
Purpose Subsidiary with no Indebtedness outstanding other than Indebtedness that
can be Incurred (and upon such designation shall be deemed to be Incurred and
outstanding) pursuant to Section
407(b). Any such designation by the Board of Directors shall
be evidenced to the Trustee by promptly filing with the Trustee a copy of the
resolution of the Company’s Board of Directors giving effect to such designation
and an Officer’s Certificate of the Company certifying that such designation
complied with the foregoing provisions.
“U.S. Government
Obligation” means (x) any security that is (i) a direct obligation of the
United States of America for the payment of which the full faith and credit of
the United States of America is pledged or (ii) an obligation of a Person
controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the
United States of America the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a
full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America, which, in
either case under the preceding clause (i) or (ii), is not callable or
redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and (y) any depositary receipt
issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act) as
custodian with respect to any U.S. Government Obligation that is specified in
clause (x) above and held by such bank for the account of the holder of such
depositary receipt, or with respect to any specific payment of principal of or
interest on any U.S. Government Obligation that is so specified and held, provided that (except as
required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the
amount payable to the holder of such depositary receipt from any amount received
by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Obligation or the specific
payment of principal or interest evidenced by such depositary
receipt.
“Vehicle Rental
Concession” means any right, whether or not exclusive, to conduct a
Vehicle rental business at a Public Facility, or to pick up or discharge persons
or otherwise to possess or use all or part of a Public Facility in connection
with such a business, and any related rights or interests.
“Vehicle Rental Concession
Rights” means any or all of the following: (a) any Vehicle Rental
Concession, (b) any rights of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof
under or relating to (i) any law, regulation, license, permit, request for
proposals, invitation to bid, lease, agreement or understanding with a Public
Facility Operator in connection with which a Vehicle Rental Concession has been
or may be granted to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and (ii) any
agreement with, or Investment or other interest or participation in,
any
Person,
property or asset required (x) by any such law, ordinance, regulation, license,
permit, request for proposals, invitation to bid, lease, agreement or
understanding or (y) by any Public Facility Operator as a condition to obtaining
or maintaining a Vehicle Rental Concession, and (c) any liabilities or
obligations relating to or arising in connection with any of the
foregoing.
“Vehicles” means
vehicles owned or operated by, or leased or rented to or by, the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries, including automobiles, trucks, tractors, trailers, vans,
sport utility vehicles, buses, campers, motor homes, motorcycles and other motor
vehicles.
“Vice President”, when
used with respect to any Person, means any vice president of such Person,
whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added before or after
the title “vice president.”
“Voting Stock” of an
entity means all classes of Capital Stock of such entity then outstanding and
normally entitled to vote in the election of directors or all interests in such
entity with the ability to control the management or actions of such
entity.
Section
102. Other
Definitions.
Term
|
Defined
in Section
|
|
|
“Act”
|
108
|
“Affiliate
Transaction”
|
412
|
“Agent
Members”
|
312
|
“Amendment”
|
410
|
“Applicable
Premium”
|
1001
|
“Authentication
Order”
|
303
|
“Bankruptcy
Law”
|
601
|
“Certificate
of Beneficial Ownership”
|
313
|
“Change
of Control Offer”
|
415
|
“Covenant
Defeasance”
|
1203
|
“Custodian”
|
601
|
“Defaulted
Interest”
|
307
|
“Defeasance”
|
1202
|
“Defeased
Notes”
|
1201
|
“Distribution
Compliance Period”
|
201
|
“Event
of Default”
|
601
|
“Excess
Proceeds”
|
411
|
“Expiration
Date”
|
108
|
“Global
Notes”
|
201
|
“Initial
Agreement”
|
410
|
“Initial
Lien”
|
413
|
“Note
Register” and “Note Registrar”
|
305
|
“Notice
of Default”
|
601
|
“Offer”
|
411
|
“Permanent
Regulation S Global Note”
|
201
|
“Permitted
Payment”
|
409
|
“Physical
Notes”
|
201
|
“Private
Placement Legend”
|
203
|
“Redemption
Amount”
|
1001
|
“Redemption
Price”
|
1001
|
“Refinancing
Agreement”
|
410
|
“Regular
Record Date”
|
301
|
“Regulation
S Global Notes”
|
201
|
“Regulation
S Note Exchange Date”
|
313
|
“Regulation
S Physical Notes”
|
201
|
“Restricted
Payment”
|
409
|
“Rule
144A Global Note”
|
201
|
“Rule
144A Physical Notes”
|
201
|
“Subsidiary
Guaranteed Obligations”
|
1301
|
“Successor
Company”
|
501
|
“Temporary
Regulation S Global Note”
|
201
|
“Treasury
Rate”
|
1001
|
Section
103. Rules of
Construction. For
all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless
the context otherwise requires:
(1) the terms
defined in this Indenture have the meanings assigned to them in this
Indenture;
(2) “or” is not
exclusive;
(3) all
accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them
in accordance with GAAP;
(4) the words
“herein,”
“hereof” and
“hereunder” and
other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any
particular Article, Section or other subdivision;
(5) all
references to “$” or “dollars” shall refer
to the lawful currency of the United States of America;
(6) all
references to “€” shall
refer to the lawful currency of the member states of the European Union that
adopt the single currency in accordance with the Treaty establishing the
European Communities;
(7) the words
“include,”
“included” and
“including,” as
used herein, shall be deemed in each case to be followed by the phrase “without limitation,”
if not expressly followed by such phrase or the phrase “but not limited
to”;
(8) words in
the singular include the plural, and words in the plural include the
singular;
(9) references
to sections of, or rules under, the Securities Act shall be deemed to include
substitute, replacement or successor sections or rules adopted by the SEC from
time to time; and
(10) any
reference to a Section, Article or clause refers to such Section, Article or
clause of this Indenture.
Section
104. Incorporation by Reference
of TIA. Whenever
this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated
by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. This Indenture is
subject to the mandatory provisions of the TIA, which are incorporated by
reference in and made a part of this Indenture. Any terms
incorporated by reference in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined
by any TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule under the TIA,
have the meanings so assigned to them therein. The following TIA
terms have the following meanings:
“indenture securities”
means the Notes.
“indenture security
holder” means a Noteholder.
“indenture to be
qualified” means this Indenture.
“indenture trustee” or
“institutional
trustee” means the Trustee.
“obligor” on the
indenture securities means the Issuers, any Guarantor, and any successor or
other Person that is liable thereon.
Section
105. Conflict
with TIA. If
any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the TIA
that is required under the TIA to be a part of and govern this Indenture, the
latter 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 latter provision shall be deemed (i) to apply to this Indenture as
so modified or (ii) to be excluded, as the case may be.
Section
106. Compliance Certificates and
Opinions. Upon
any application or request by the Issuers or by any other obligor upon the Notes
(including any Guarantor) to the Trustee to take any action under any provision
of this Indenture, the Issuers or such other obligor (including any Guarantor),
as the case may be, shall furnish to the Trustee such certificates and opinions
as may be required under the TIA. Each such certificate or opinion
shall be given in the form of one or more Officer’s Certificates, if to be given
by an Officer, or an Opinion of Counsel, if to be given by counsel, and shall
comply with the requirements of the TIA and any other requirements set forth in
this Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of any
such request or application as to which the furnishing of any Officer’s
Certificate or Opinion of Counsel is specifically required by any provision of
this Indenture relating to such particular request or application, no additional
certificate or opinion need be furnished.
Every
certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant
provided for in this Indenture (except for certificates provided for in Section 406) shall
include:
(1) a
statement that the individual signing such certificate or opinion has read such
covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;
(2) a brief
statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon
which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are
based;
(3) a
statement that, in the opinion of such individual, he or she made such
examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him or her to express an
informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been
complied with; and
(4) a
statement as to whether, in the opinion of such individual, such condition or
covenant has been complied with.
Section
107. Form of Documents Delivered
to Trustee. In
any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an
opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be
certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they
be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify
or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such
Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion
as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any
certificate or opinion of an Officer may be based, insofar as it relates to
legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel,
unless such Officer knows that the certificate or opinion or representations
with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are
erroneous. Any such certificate or opinion of counsel may be based,
insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, an Officer or Officers to the effect that the information
with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Issuers, unless
such counsel knows that the certificate or opinion or representations with
respect to such matters are erroneous.
Where any
Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests,
consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this
Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one
instrument.
Section
108. Acts of Noteholders; Record
Dates. (a) Any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may be
embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar
tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agent duly appointed in writing;
and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become
effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee, and,
where it is hereby expressly required, to the Issuers, as the case may
be. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein
and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the Holders
signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any
such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient
for any purpose of this Indenture and
(subject
to
Section
701) conclusive in favor of the Trustee, the Issuers and anyother
obligor upon the Notes, if made in the manner provided in thisSection
108.
(b) The fact
and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be
proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by the certificate of
any notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of
deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing
acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution is by
an officer of a corporation or a member of a partnership or other legal entity
other than an individual, on behalf of such corporation or partnership or
entity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of
such Person’s authority. The fact and date of the execution of any
such instrument or writing, or the authority of the person executing the same,
may also be proved in any other manner that the Trustee deems
sufficient.
(c) The
ownership of Notes shall be proved by the Note Register.
(d) Any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action by the Holder of any Note shall bind the Holder of every Note issued upon
the transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof, in respect of
anything done, suffered or omitted to be done by the Trustee, the Issuers or any
other obligor upon the Notes in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of
such action is made upon such Note.
(e) (i) The
Issuers may set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the
Holders of Outstanding Notes entitled to give, make or take any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or
permitted by this Indenture to be given, made or taken by Holders of Notes,
provided that the
Issuers may not set a record date for, and the provisions of this paragraph
shall not apply with respect to, the giving or making of any notice,
declaration, request or direction referred to in the next
paragraph. If any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the
Holders of Outstanding Notes on such record date (or their duly designated
proxies), and no other Holders, shall be entitled to take the relevant action,
whether or not such Persons remain Holders after such record date; provided that no such action
shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable
Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding
Notes on such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be
construed to prevent the Issuers from setting a new record date for any action
for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph
(whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and with no action
by any Person be cancelled and of no effect), and nothing in this paragraph
shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the
requisite principal amount of Outstanding Notes on the date such action is
taken. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this
paragraph, the Issuers, at their expense, shall cause notice of such record
date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be
given to the Trustee in writing and to each Holder of Notes in the manner set
forth in Section
110.
(ii) The
Trustee may set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the
Holders of Outstanding Notes entitled to join in the giving or making of (A) any
Notice of Default, (B) any declaration of acceleration referred to in Section 602, (C) any
request to institute proceedings referred to in Section 607(ii) or
(D) any direction
referred
to in Section
612, in each case with respect to Notes. If any record date is
set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Notes on such record
date, and no other Holders, shall be entitled to join in such notice,
declaration, request or direction, whether or not such Holders remain Holders
after such record date; provided that no such action
shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable
Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding
Notes on such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be
construed to prevent the Trustee from setting a new record date for any action
for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph
(whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and with no action
by any Person be cancelled and of no effect), and nothing in this paragraph
shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the
requisite principal amount of Outstanding Notes on the date such action is
taken. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this
paragraph, the Trustee, at the Issuers’ expense, shall cause notice of such
record date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date
to be given to the Issuers in writing and to each Holder of Notes in the manner
set forth in Section
110.
(iii) With
respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section 108, the
party hereto that sets such record dates may designate any day as the “Expiration Date” and
from time to time may change the Expiration Date to any earlier or later day;
provided that no such
change shall be effective unless notice of the proposed new Expiration Date is
given to the Issuers or the Trustee, whichever such party is not setting a
record date pursuant to this Section 108(e) in
writing, and to each Holder of Notes in the manner set forth in Section 110, on or
prior to the existing Expiration Date. If an Expiration Date is not
designated with respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section, the
party hereto that set such record date shall be deemed to have initially
designated the 180th day after such record date as the Expiration Date with
respect thereto, subject to its right to change the Expiration Date as provided
in this paragraph. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Expiration Date
shall be later than the 180th day after the applicable record date.
(iv) Without
limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder to take any action hereunder
with regard to any particular Note may do so with regard to all or any part of
the principal amount of such Note or by one or more duly appointed agents each
of which may do so pursuant to such appointment with regard to all or any part
of such principal amount.
(v) Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, a Holder, including the Depositary,
that is the Holder of a Global Note, may make, give or take, by a proxy or
proxies duly appointed in writing, any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided in this Indenture to
be made, given or taken by Holders or the Depositary, as the Holder of a Global
Note, may provide its proxy or proxies to the beneficial owners of interest in
any such Global Note through such depositary’s standing instructions and
customary practices.
(vi) The
Issuers may fix a record date for the purpose of determining the persons who are
beneficial owners of interests in any Global Note held by the
Depositary
entitled under the procedures of such depositary to make, give or take, by a
proxy or proxies duly appointed in writing, any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided in this Indenture to
be made, given or taken by Holders. If such a record date is fixed,
the Holders on such record date or their duly appointed proxy or proxies, and
only such persons, shall be entitled to make, give or take such request, demand,
authorization direction, notice consent, waiver or other action, whether or not
such Holders remain Holders after such record date. No such request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action shall
be valid or effective if made, given or taken more than 90 days after such
record date.
Section
109. Notices, etc., to Trustee
and Company. Any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of
Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made
upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,
(1) the
Trustee by any Holder or by the Company or by any other obligor upon the Notes
shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or
filed in writing to or with the Trustee at One Liberty Plaza, 23rd Floor, New
York, NY 10006, Attention: Corporate Trust Department (telephone: 212-225-5427;
telecopier: 212-225-5436), or at any other address furnished in writing to the
Company by the Trustee, or
(2) the
Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for every purpose
hereunder if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Company
at Avis Budget Car Rental, LLC, One Campus Drive, Parsippany, NJ 07054, or at
any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the
Company.
(3) The
Company or the Trustee, by notice to the other, may designate additional or
different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.
Section
110. Notices to Holders;
Waiver. Where
this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such notice shall be
sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing
and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, or by overnight air courier
guaranteeing next day delivery, to each Holder affected by such event, at such
Holder’s address as it appears in the Note Register, not later than the latest
date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such
notice. In any case where notice to Holders is given by mail, neither
the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any
particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to
other Holders.
Where
this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in
writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after
the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such
notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee,
but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action
taken in reliance upon such waiver.
In case,
by reason of the suspension of regular mail service, or by reason of any other
cause, it shall be impossible to mail notice of any event as required by any
provision of this Indenture, then such notification as shall be made with the
approval of the Trustee (such
approval
not to be unreasonably withheld) shall constitute a sufficient notification for
every purpose hereunder.
Section
111. Effect of Headings and Table
of Contents. The
Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for
convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
Section
112. Successors and
Assigns. All
covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Issuers shall bind its
respective successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not. All
agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its
successors.
Section
113. Separability
Clause. In
case any provision in this Indenture or in the Notes 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.
Section
114. Benefits of
Indenture. Nothing
in this Indenture or in the Notes, express or implied, shall give to any Person,
other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder, any Paying Agent
and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim
under this Indenture.
Section
115. GOVERNING
LAW. THIS
INDENTURE AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH,
THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. THE TRUSTEE, THE COMPANY, ANY
OTHER OBLIGOR IN RESPECT OF THE NOTES AND (BY THEIR ACCEPTANCE OF THE NOTES) THE
HOLDERS AGREE TO SUBMIT TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY UNITED STATES FEDERAL OR
STATE COURT LOCATED IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK IN ANY
ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES OR
THE GUARANTEES.
Section
116. Legal
Holidays. In
any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity of
any Note shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment, then
(notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the Notes) payment
of interest or principal and premium (if any) need not be made at such Place of
Payment on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at
such Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest
Payment Date or Redemption Date, or at the Stated Maturity, and no interest
shall accrue on such payment for the intervening period.
Section
117. No Personal Liability of
Directors, Officers, Employees, Incorporators, Equity Holders, Members and
Stockholders. No
director, officer, employee, incorporator, equity holder, member or stockholder
of the Company, any Guarantor or any Subsidiary of any thereof shall have any
liability for any obligation of the Company or any Guarantor under this
Indenture, the Notes or any Guarantee, or for any claim based on, in respect of,
or by reason of, any such obligation or its creation. Each
Noteholder, by accepting the Notes, waives and releases all such
liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for
issuance of the Notes.
Section
118. Exhibits and
Schedules. All
exhibits and schedules attached hereto are by this reference made a part hereof
with the same effect as if herein set forth in full.
Section
119. Counterparts. This
Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be
an original; but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the
same instrument.
ARTICLE
II
NOTE
FORMS
Section
201. Forms
Generally. The
Initial Notes and Initial Additional Notes that are not Exchange Notes and the
Trustee’s certificate of authentication relating thereto shall be in
substantially the forms set forth, or referenced, in this Article II and Exhibit A, annexed
hereto. The Exchange Notes and any Additional Notes that are not
Initial Additional Notes, or that are issued in a registered offering pursuant
to the Securities Act, and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication relating
thereto shall be in substantially the forms set forth, or referenced, in this
Article II and
Exhibit B,
annexed hereto. Each of Exhibits A and B is hereby
incorporated in and expressly made a part of this Indenture. The
Notes may have such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions, notations,
legends, endorsements, identifications and other variations as are required or
permitted by law, stock exchange rule or depositary rule or usage, agreements to
which the Company is subject, if any, or other customary usage, or as may
consistently herewith be determined by the Officers of the Company executing
such Notes, as evidenced by such execution (provided always that any such
notation, legend, endorsement, identification or variation is in a form
acceptable to the Company). Each Note shall be dated the date of its
authentication. The terms of the Notes set forth in Exhibits A and B are part of the
terms of this Indenture. Any portion of the text of any Note may be
set forth on the reverse thereof or attached thereto, with an appropriate
reference thereto on the face of the Note.
Initial
Notes and any Initial Additional Notes offered and sold in reliance on Rule 144A
shall, unless the Issuers otherwise notify the Trustee in writing, be issued in
the form of one or more permanent global Notes in substantially the form set
forth in Exhibit
A hereto, except as otherwise permitted herein. Such Global
Notes shall be referred to collectively herein as the “Rule 144A Global
Note.” The Rule 144A Global Notes shall be deposited with the
Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary or its nominee, in each case for credit
to an account of an Agent Member, and shall be duly executed by the Issuers and
authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided. The aggregate
principal amount of a Rule 144A Global Note may from time to time be increased
or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee as hereinafter
provided.
Initial
Notes and any Initial Additional Notes offered and sold in offshore transactions
in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act shall, unless the Issuers
otherwise notify the Trustee in writing, be issued in the form of one or more
temporary global Notes in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto,
except as otherwise permitted herein. Such Global Notes shall be
referred to collectively herein as the “Temporary Regulation S
Global Note.” The Temporary Regulation S Global Notes shall be
deposited with the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary or its nominee for
the accounts of designated Agent Members
holding
on behalf of Euroclear or Clearstream, and shall be duly executed by the Issuers
and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided. The
aggregate principal amount of a Regulation S Global Note may from time to time
be increased or increased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee as
hereinafter provided.
Following
the expiration of the distribution compliance period set forth in Regulation S
(the “Distribution
Compliance Period”) with respect to any Temporary Regulation S Global
Note, beneficial interests in such Temporary Regulation S Global Note shall be
exchanged as provided in Sections 312 and
313 for
beneficial interests in one or more permanent global Notes in substantially the
form set forth in Exhibit A hereto,
except as otherwise permitted herein. Such Global Notes shall be
referred to collectively herein as the “Permanent Regulation S
Global Note.” The Permanent Regulation S Global Notes and the
Temporary Regulation S Global Notes shall be referred to collectively herein as
the “Regulation S
Global Notes.” The Permanent Regulation S Global Notes shall be deposited
with the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary or its nominee for credit to
the account of an Agent Member, and shall be duly executed by the Issuers and
authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided. Simultaneously
with the authentication of a Permanent Regulation S Global Note, the Trustee
shall cancel the related Temporary Regulation S Global Note.
Subject
to the limitations on the issuance of certificated Notes set forth in Sections 312 and
313, Initial
Notes and any Initial Additional Notes issued pursuant to Section 305 in
exchange for or upon transfer of beneficial interests (x) in a Rule 144A Global
Note shall be in the form of permanent certificated Notes substantially in the
form set forth in Exhibit A hereto (the
“Rule 144A Physical
Notes”) or (y) in a Regulation S Global Note (if any), on or after the
Regulation S Note Exchange Date with respect to such Regulation S Global Note,
shall be in the form of permanent certificated Notes substantially in the form
set forth in Exhibit
A hereto (the “Regulation S Physical
Notes”), respectively, as hereinafter provided.
The Rule
144A Physical Notes and Regulation S Physical Notes shall be construed to
include any certificated Notes issued in respect thereof pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306 or 1008, and the Rule
144A Global Notes and Regulation S Global Notes shall be construed to include
any global Notes issued in respect thereof pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306 or 1008. The
Rule 144A Physical Notes and the Regulation S Physical Notes, together with any
other certificated Notes issued and authenticated pursuant to this Indenture,
are sometimes collectively herein referred to as the “Physical Notes.” The
Rule 144A Global Notes and the Regulation S Global Notes, together with any
other global Notes that are issued and authenticated pursuant to this Indenture,
are sometimes collectively referred to as the “Global
Notes.”
Exchange
Notes shall be issued substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit B hereto and,
subject to Section
312(b), shall be in the form of one or more Global Notes. The
9 5/8% Notes issued in the form of a global Note are sometimes collectively
referred to as “Global
Notes.”
Section
202. Form of Trustee’s
Certificate of Authentication. The
Notes will have endorsed thereon a Trustee’s certificate of authentication in
substantially the following form:
This is
one of the Notes referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
as
Trustee
By:
Authorized officer
Dated:
If an
appointment of an Authenticating Agent is made pursuant to Section 714, the
Notes may have endorsed thereon, in lieu of the Trustee’s certificate of
authentication, an alternative certificate of authentication in substantially
the following form:
This is
one of the Notes referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
THE BANK
OF NOVA SCOTIA TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK
As
Trustee
By:
By:
Authorized
officer
Dated:
Section
203. Restrictive and Global Note
Legends. Each
Global Note and Physical Note (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or
substitution thereof) shall bear the following legend set forth below (the
“Private Placement
Legend”) on the face thereof until the Private Placement Legend is
removed or not required in accordance with Section
313(4):
THIS
SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED
(THE “SECURITIES
ACT”). THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS SECURITY, AGREES FOR THE
BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE RESOLD, PLEDGED OR
OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED (X) PRIOR TO THE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE ISSUANCE
HEREOF (OR ANY PREDECESSOR SECURITY HERETO) OR (Y) BY ANY HOLDER THAT WAS AN
AFFILIATE OF THE COMPANY AT ANY TIME DURING THE THREE MONTHS PRECEDING THE DATE
OF SUCH TRANSFER, IN EITHER CASE OTHER THAN:
(1) TO
THE COMPANY,
(2) SO
LONG AS THIS SECURITY IS ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”), TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS
A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A, PURCHASING FOR
ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM
NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE RESALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN
RELIANCE ON RULE 144A (AS INDICATED BY THE BOX CHECKED BY THE TRANSFEROR ON THE
CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER ON THE REVERSE OF THIS SECURITY),
(3) IN AN
OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
(AS INDICATED BY THE BOX CHECKED BY THE TRANSFEROR ON THE CERTIFICATE OF
TRANSFER ON THE REVERSE OF THIS SECURITY),
(4) TO AN
INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a)(1), (2),
(3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (AS INDICATED BY THE BOX
CHECKED BY THE TRANSFEROR ON THE CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER ON THE REVERSE OF THIS
SECURITY) THAT IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES AND NOT FOR
DISTRIBUTION, AND A CERTIFICATE WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE COMPANY OR THE
TRUSTEE IS DELIVERED BY THE TRANSFEREE TO THE COMPANY AND THE
TRUSTEE,
(5)
PURSUANT TO ANY EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY
RULE 144 (IF APPLICABLE) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR
(6)
PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT,
IN EACH
CASE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE
UNITED STATES.
AN
INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR HOLDING THIS SECURITY AGREES THAT IT WILL
FURNISH TO THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE SUCH CERTIFICATES, OPINIONS OF COUNSEL
AND OTHER INFORMATION AS THEY MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT THE
TRANSFER BY IT OF THIS SECURITY COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS. THE
HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS SECURITY, REPRESENTS AND AGREES FOR THE
BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT IT IS (1) A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE
MEANING OF RULE 144A OR (2) PURCHASING FROM A PERSON NOT PARTICIPATING IN THE
INITIAL DISTRIBUTION OF THIS SECURITY (OR ANY PREDECESSOR SECURITY), THAT IT IS
AN INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a)(l),
(2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND THAT IT IS HOLDING
THIS SECURITY FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES AND NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION OR (3) A NON-U.S.
PERSON OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF (OR AN ACCOUNT SATISFYING
THE REQUIREMENTS OF PARAGRAPH (k)(2)(i) OF RULE 902 UNDER) REGULATION S UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT.
Each
Global Note, whether or not an Initial Note, shall also bear the following
legend on the face thereof:
UNLESS
THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY
TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”) TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR
REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS
REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED
BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE &
CO. OR
TO SUCH
OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY
TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON
IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN
INTEREST HEREIN.
TRANSFERS
OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO
NOMINEES OF CEDE & CO. OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE
AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN SECTIONS 312 AND 313 OF THE
INDENTURE (AS DEFINED HEREIN).
Each
Temporary Regulation S Global Note shall also bear the following legend on the
face thereof:
EXCEPT AS
SPECIFIED IN THE INDENTURE, BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP INTERESTS IN THIS TEMPORARY
REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE WILL NOT BE EXCHANGEABLE FOR INTERESTS IN THE PERMANENT
REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE OR ANY OTHER NOTE REPRESENTING AN INTEREST IN THE NOTES
REPRESENTED HEREBY WHICH DO NOT CONTAIN A LEGEND CONTAINING RESTRICTIONS ON
TRANSFER, UNTIL THE EXPIRATION OF THE “40 DAY DISTRIBUTION COMPLIANCE PERIOD”
(WITHIN THE MEANING of RULE 903(b)(2) of REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT). DURING SUCH 40 DAY DISTRIBUTION COMPLIANCE PERIOD, BENEFICIAL
OWNERSHIP INTERESTS IN THIS TEMPORARY REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE MAY ONLY BE SOLD,
PLEDGED OR TRANSFERRED THROUGH EUROCLEAR BANK S.A./N.A., AS OPERATOR of THE
EUROCLEAR SYSTEM, OR CLEARSTREAM BANKING, SOCIÉTÉ ANONYME.
ARTICLE
III
THE
NOTES
Section
301. Title and
Terms. The
aggregate principal amount of Notes that may be authenticated and delivered and
Outstanding under this Indenture will be limited. The Initial Notes
will be issued in an aggregate principal amount of $450 million. The
9 5/8% Notes shall vote and consent together on all matters as one class,
and, none of the Notes will have the right to vote or consent as a class
separate from one another on any matter. Additional Notes (including
any Exchange Notes issued in exchange therefor) will vote (or consent) as a
class with the other Notes (except as otherwise provided in Section 902) and
otherwise be treated as Notes for all purposes of this Indenture.
The
9 5/8% Notes shall be known and designated as the “9 5/8% Senior Notes
due 2018” of the Issuers. The 9 5/8% Notes will mature on March
15, 2018. Each 9 5/8% Note will bear interest at a rate per annum of
9.625%.
Interest
on the 9 5/8% Notes will be payable semiannually in cash to Holders of
record at the close of business on the March 1 and September 1 immediately
preceding the interest payment date (each such March 1 and September 1, a “Regular Record
Date”), on March 15 and September 15 of each year, commencing September
15, 2010. Interest will be paid on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of
twelve 30-day months and accrue from the date of original issuance.
Interest
on the Original Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest
has been paid or duly provided for or, if no interest has been paid, from March
10, 2010; and interest on any Additional Notes (and Exchange Notes issued in
exchange therefor) will accrue (or will be deemed to have accrued) from the most
recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for or, if no
interest has been paid on such Additional Notes, from the Interest Payment Date
immediately preceding the date of issuance of such Additional Notes, or if the
date of issuance of such Additional Notes is an Interest Payment Date, from such
date of issuance; provided that if any Note is
surrendered for exchange on or after a record date for an Interest Payment Date
that will occur on or after the date of such exchange, interest on the Note
received in exchange thereof will accrue from the date of such Interest Payment
Date.
Section
302. Denominations. The
9 5/8% Notes shall be issuable only in fully registered form, without
coupons, and only in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of
$1,000 in excess thereof.
Section
303. Execution, Authentication
and Delivery and Dating. The
Notes shall be executed on behalf of the Issuers by one Officer of each of
them. The signature of any such Officer on the Notes may be manual or
by facsimile. Notes bearing the manual or facsimile signature of an individual
who was at any time an Officer of any Issuer shall bind such Issuer,
notwithstanding that such individual has ceased to hold such office prior to the
authentication and delivery of such Notes or did not hold such office at the
date of such Notes.
At any
time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture,
the Issuers may deliver Notes executed by the Issuers to the Trustee for
authentication; and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver (i) Initial Notes
for original issue in the aggregate principal amount not to exceed $450 million,
(ii) Additional Notes from time to time for original issue in aggregate
principal amounts specified by the Issuers and (iii) Exchange Notes from time to
time for issue in exchange for a like principal amount of Initial Notes or
Initial Additional Notes, in each case specified in clauses (i) through (iii)
above, upon a written order of the Issuers in the form of an Officer’s
Certificate of each of the Issuers (an “Authentication
Order”). Such Officer’s Certificate shall specify the amount
of Notes to be authenticated and the date on which the Notes are to be
authenticated, the “CUSIP”, “Common Code” or other similar identification
numbers of such Notes, if any, whether the Notes are to be Initial Notes,
Additional Notes or Exchange Notes and whether the Notes are to be issued as one
or more Global Notes or Physical Notes and such other information as the Issuers
may include or the Trustee may reasonably request.
All Notes
shall be dated the date of their authentication.
No Note
shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory
for any purpose, unless there appears on such Note a certificate of
authentication substantially in the form provided for herein executed by the
Trustee by manual signature, and such certificate upon any Note shall be
conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Note has been duly
authenticated and delivered hereunder.
Section
304. Temporary
Notes. Until
definitive Notes are ready for delivery, the Issuers may prepare and upon
receipt of an Authentication Order the Trustee shall authenticate temporary
Notes. Temporary Notes shall be substantially in the form of
definitive Notes but may have variations that the Issuers consider appropriate
for temporary Notes. If temporary Notes are issued, the Issuers will
cause definitive Notes to be prepared without unreasonable
delay. After the preparation of definitive Notes, the temporary Notes
shall be exchangeable for definitive Notes upon surrender of the temporary Notes
at the office or agency of the Issuers in a Place of Payment, without charge to
the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of anyone or more
temporary Notes the Issuers shall execute and upon receipt of an Authentication
Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like
principal amount of definitive Notes of authorized
denominations. Until so exchanged the temporary Notes shall in all
respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive
Notes.
Section
305. Note Registrar and Paying
Agent. The
Issuers shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee a
register (the register maintained in such office and in any other office or
agency of the Issuers in a Place of Payment being herein sometimes collectively
referred to as the “Note Register”) in
which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Issuers
shall provide for the registration of Notes and of transfers of
Notes. The Issuers may have one or more co-registrars. The
term “Note
Registrar” includes any co-registrars.
The
Issuers shall also maintain an office or agent within the United States where
Notes may be presented for payment (the “Paying Agent”); provided, however, that at the option
of the Issuers payment of interest on a Note may be made by check mailed to the
address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Note
Register. The Issuers may have one or more additional paying agents,
and the term “Paying
Agent” includes any such additional Paying Agent.
The
Issuers initially appoint the Trustee as “Note Registrar” and “Paying Agent” in
connection with the Notes, until such time as such entity has resigned or a
successor has been appointed. The Issuers may change the Paying Agent
or Note Registrar for the Notes without prior notice to the Holders of
Notes. The Issuers may enter into an appropriate agency agreement
with any Note Registrar or Paying Agent not a party to this
Indenture. Any such agency agreement shall implement the provisions
of this Indenture that relate to such agent. The Issuers shall notify
the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any such agent. If
the Issuers fail to appoint or maintain a Note Registrar or Paying Agent, the
Trustee shall act as such and shall be entitled to appropriate compensation
therefor pursuant to Section
707. The Company or any wholly-owned Domestic Subsidiary of
the Company may act as Paying Agent, Note Registrar or transfer
agent.
Upon
surrender for transfer of any Note at the office or agency of the Issuers in a
Place of Payment, in compliance with all applicable requirements of this
Indenture and applicable law, the Issuers shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or
transferees, one or more new Notes of the same series of any authorized
denominations and of a like tenor and aggregate principal amount.
At the
option of the Holder, Notes may be exchanged for other Notes of any authorized
denominations and of a like tenor and aggregate principal amount, upon surrender
of the Notes to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any
Notes are so surrendered for exchange, the Issuers shall execute, and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Notes that the Holder making the
exchange is entitled to receive.
All Notes
issued upon any transfer or exchange of Notes shall be the valid obligations of
the Issuers, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under
this Indenture, as the Notes surrendered upon such transfer or
exchange.
Every
Note presented or surrendered for transfer or exchange shall (if so required by
the Issuers or the Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Issuers and the Note
Registrar duly executed, by the Holder thereof or such Holder’s attorney duly
authorized in writing.
No
service charge shall be made for any registration, transfer or exchange of
Notes, but the Issuers may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any
transfer tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection
therewith.
The
Issuers shall not be required (i) to issue, transfer or exchange any Note during
a period beginning at the opening of business 15 Business Days before the day of
the mailing of a notice of redemption (or purchase) of Notes selected for
redemption (or purchase) under Section 1004 and
ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or (ii) to transfer
or exchange any Note so selected for redemption (or purchase) in whole or in
part.
Section
306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost
and Stolen Notes. If
a mutilated Note is surrendered to the Note Registrar or if the Holder of a Note
claims that the Note has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, the Issuers
shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a replacement Note if the
requirements of Section 8-405 of the Uniform Commercial Code are met, such that
the Holder (a) satisfies the Issuers or the Trustee within a reasonable time
after such Holder has notice of such loss, destruction or wrongful taking and
the Note Registrar does not register a transfer prior to receiving such
notification, (b) makes such request to the Issuers or the Trustee prior to the
Note being acquired by a protected purchaser as defined in Section 8303 of the
Uniform Commercial Code (a “protected purchaser”) and (c) satisfies any other
reasonable requirements of the Trustee. If required by the Trustee or
the Issuers, such Holder shall furnish an indemnity bond sufficient in the
judgment of the Trustee to protect the Issuers, the Trustee, a Paying Agent and
the Note Registrar from any loss that any of them may suffer if a Note is
replaced.
In case
any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note has become or is about to
become due and payable, the Issuers in their discretion may, instead of issuing
a new Note, pay such Note.
Upon the
issuance of any new Note under this Section 306, the
Issuers may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other
expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected
therewith.
Every new
Note issued pursuant to this Section 306 in lieu
of any destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall constitute an original additional
contractual obligation of the Issuers, whether or not the destroyed, lost or
stolen Note shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to
all the benefits of this Indenture equally and ratably with any and all other
Notes duly issued hereunder.
The
provisions of this Section 306 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 Notes.
Section
307. Payment of Interest Rights
Preserved. Interest
on any Note that is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any
Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Note (or
one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on the
Regular Record Date for such interest specified in Section
301.
Any
interest on any Note that is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly
provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein called “Defaulted Interest”)
shall forthwith cease to be payable to the registered Holder on the relevant
Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder; and such Defaulted
Interest may be paid by the Issuers, at their election, as provided in clause
(1) or clause (2) below:
(1) The
Issuers may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in
whose names the Notes (or their respective Predecessor Notes) are registered at
the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted
Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Issuers
shall notify the Trustee and Paying Agent in writing of the amount of Defaulted
Interest proposed to be paid on each Note and the date of the proposed payment,
and at the same time the Issuers shall deposit with the Trustee or Paying Agent
an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect
of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements reasonably satisfactory to
the Trustee or Paying Agent for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed
payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the
Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as provided in this clause
(1). Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the
payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 nor less than
10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days
after the receipt by the Trustee and the Paying Agent of the notice of the
proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Issuers of
such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Issuers,
shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the
Special
Record Date therefor to be mailed, first class postage prepaid, to each Holder
at such Holder’s address as it appears in the Note Register, not less than 10
days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed
payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having
been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose
names the Notes (or their respective Predecessor Notes) are registered on such
Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following
clause (2).
(2) The
Issuers may make payment of any Defaulted Interest in any other lawful manner
not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the
Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange,
if, after notice given by the Issuers to the Trustee and the Paying Agent of the
proposed payment pursuant to this clause (2), such payment shall be deemed
practicable by the Trustee.
Subject
to the foregoing provisions of this Section 307, each
Note delivered under this Indenture upon transfer of or in exchange for or in
lieu of any other Note shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid,
and to accrue, that were carried by such other Note.
Section
308. Persons Deemed
Owners. The
Issuers, any Guarantor, the Trustee, the Paying Agent and any agent of any of
them may treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered as the owner of
such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of (and premium, if
any), and (subject to Section 307) interest
on, such Note and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Note be
overdue, and neither the Issuers, any Guarantor, the Trustee, the Paying Agent
nor any agent of any of them shall be affected by notice to the
contrary.
Section
309. Cancellation. All
Notes surrendered for payment, redemption, transfer, exchange or conversion
shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the
Trustee and, if not already cancelled, shall be promptly cancelled by
it. The Issuers may at any time deliver to the Trustee for
cancellation any Notes previously authenticated and delivered hereunder that any
of them may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Notes so delivered
shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. No Notes shall be
authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Notes cancelled as provided in
this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All
cancelled Notes held by the Trustee shall be disposed of by the Trustee in
accordance with its customary procedures (subject to the record retention
requirements of the Exchange Act).
Section
310. Computation of
Interest. Interest
on the Notes shall be computed as set forth in the Notes.
Section
311. CUSIP Numbers,
Etc. The
Issuers in issuing the Notes may use “CUSIP” numbers and “Common Code” numbers
(if then generally in use), and if so, the Trustee may use the CUSIP numbers and
“Common Code” numbers 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 such numbers printed in the notice or on the Notes; that reliance
may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the
Notes;
and that any redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of
such numbers.
Section
312. Book-Entry Provisions for
Global Notes. (a) Each
Global Note initially shall (i) be registered in the name of the Depositary for
such Global Note or the nominee of such Depositary, in each case for credit to
the account of an Agent Member, and (ii) be delivered to the Trustee as
custodian for such Depositary. Neither of the Issuers nor any of
their agents shall have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the
records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership
interests of a Global Note, or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any
records relating to such beneficial ownership interests.
Members
of, or participants in, the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream (“Agent Members”) shall
have no rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Note held on
their behalf by the Depositary, or its custodian, or under such Global
Notes. The Depositary may be treated by the Issuers, any other
obligor upon the Notes, the Trustee and any agent of any of them as the absolute
owner of the Global Notes for all purposes
whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall
prevent the Issuers, any other obligor upon the Notes, the Trustee or any agent
of any of them from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other
authorization furnished by the Depositary, or impair, as between the Depositary,
Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, and their respective Agent
Members, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the
rights of a beneficial owner of any Note. The registered Holder of a
Global Note may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including
Agent Members and Persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take
any action that a Holder is entitled to take under this Indenture or the
Notes.
(b) Transfers
of a Global Note shall be limited to transfers of such Global Note in whole,
but, subject to the immediately succeeding sentence, not in part, to the
Depositary, its successors or their respective nominees. Interests of
beneficial owners in a Global Note may not be transferred or exchanged for
Physical Notes unless (i) the Issuers have consented thereto in writing, or such
transfer or exchange is made pursuant to the next sentence, and (ii) such
transfer or exchange is in accordance with the applicable rules and procedures
of the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, and the
provisions of Sections
305 and 313. Subject
to the limitation on issuance of Physical Notes set forth in Section 313(3),
Physical Notes shall be transferred to all beneficial owners in exchange for
their beneficial interests in the relevant Global Note, if (i) the Depositary
notifies the Issuers at any time that it is unwilling or unable to continue as
Depositary for the Global Notes and a successor depositary is not appointed
within 120 days; (ii) the Depositary ceases to be registered as a “Clearing
Agency” under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and a successor depositary is
not appointed within 120 days; (iii) the Issuers, at their option, notify the
Trustee that they elect to cause the issuance of Physical Notes; or (iv) an
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to the Notes
and the Trustee has received a written request from the Depositary to issue
Physical Notes.
(c) In
connection with any transfer or exchange of a portion of the beneficial interest
in any Global Note to beneficial owners for Physical Notes pursuant to Section 312(b), the
Note Registrar shall record on its books and records the date and a decrease in
the principal amount of such Global Note in an amount equal to the beneficial
interest in the Global Note
being
transferred, and the Issuers shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate
and deliver, one or more Physical Notes of like tenor and principal amount of
authorized denominations.
(d) In
connection with a transfer of an entire Global Note to beneficial owners
pursuant to Section
312(b), the applicable Global Note shall be deemed to be surrendered to
the Trustee for cancellation, and the Issuers shall execute, and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver, to each beneficial owner identified by the
Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, in exchange for its
beneficial interest in the applicable Global Note, an equal aggregate principal
amount at maturity of Rule 144A Physical Notes (in the case of any Rule 144A
Global Note) or Regulation S Physical Notes (in the case of any Regulation S
Global Note), as the case may be, of authorized denominations.
(e) The
transfer and exchange of a Global Note or beneficial interests therein shall be
effected through the Depositary, in accordance with this Indenture (including
applicable restrictions on transfer set forth in Section 313) and the
procedures therefor of the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may
be. Any beneficial interest in one of the Global Notes that is
transferred to a Person who takes delivery in the form of an interest in a
different Global Note will, upon transfer, cease to be an interest in such
Global Note and become an interest in the other Global Note and, accordingly,
will thereafter be subject to all transfer restrictions, if any, and other
procedures applicable to beneficial interests in such other Global Note for as
long as it remains such an interest. A transferor of a beneficial
interest in a Global Note shall deliver to the Note Registrar a written order
given in accordance with the procedures of the Depositary or of Euroclear or
Clearstream, as applicable, containing information regarding the participant
account of the Depositary to be credited with a beneficial interest in the
relevant Global Note. Subject to Section 313, the Note
Registrar shall, in accordance with such instructions, instruct the Depositary
or Euroclear or Clearstream, as applicable, to credit to the account of the
Person specified in such instructions a beneficial interest in such Global Note
and to debit the account of the Person making the transfer the beneficial
interest in the Global Note being transferred.
(f) Any
Physical Note delivered in exchange for an interest in a Global Note pursuant to
Section 312(b)
shall, unless such exchange is made on or after the Resale Restriction
Termination Date applicable to such Note and except as otherwise provided in
Section 203 and
Section 313,
bear the Private Placement Legend.
(g) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, through the Restricted Period, a beneficial interest in a
Regulation S Global Note may be held only through Euroclear or Clearstream, or
designated Agent Members holding on behalf of Euroclear or Clearstream, unless
delivery is made in accordance with the applicable provisions of Section
313.
(h) The
Holder of any Global Note may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person,
including Agent Members and Persons that may hold interests through Agent
Members, to take any action which a Holder is entitled to take under this
Indenture or the Notes.
Section
313. Special Transfer
Provisions.
(1) Transfers to Non-U.S.
Persons. The following provisions shall apply with respect to
the registration of any proposed transfer of a Note that is a Restricted
Security
to any
Non-U.S. Person: The Note Registrar shall register such transfer if it complies
with all other applicable requirements of this Indenture (including Section 305)
and,
(a) if (x)
such transfer is after the relevant Resale Restriction Termination Date with
respect to such Note or (y) the proposed transferor has delivered to the Note
Registrar and the Issuers and the Trustee a Regulation S Certificate and, unless
otherwise agreed by the Issuers and the Trustee, an opinion of counsel,
certifications and other information satisfactory to the Issuers and the
Trustee, and
(b) if the
proposed transferor is or is acting through an Agent Member holding a beneficial
interest in a Global Note, upon receipt by the Note Registrar and the Issuers
and the Trustee of (x) the certificate, opinion, certifications and other
information, if any, required by clause (a) above and (y) written instructions
given in accordance with the procedures of the Note Registrar and of the
Depositary;
whereupon
(i) the Note Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and (if
the transfer does not involve a transfer of any Outstanding Physical Note) a
decrease in the principal amount of the relevant Global Note in an amount equal
to the principal amount of the beneficial interest in the relevant Global Note
to be transferred, and (ii) either (A) if the proposed transferee is or is
acting through an Agent Member holding a beneficial interest in a relevant
Regulation S Global Note, the Note Registrar shall reflect on its books and
records the date and an increase in the principal amount of such Regulation S
Global Note in an amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial
interest being so transferred or (B) otherwise the Issuers shall execute and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver one or more Physical Notes of like tenor
and amount.
(2) Transfers to
QIBs. The following provisions shall apply with respect to the
registration of any proposed transfer of a Note that is a Restricted Security to
a QIB (excluding transfers to Non-U.S. Persons): The Note Registrar shall
register such transfer if it complies with all other applicable requirements of
this Indenture (including Section 305)
and,
(a) if such
transfer is being made by a proposed transferor who has checked the box provided
for on the form of such Note stating, or has otherwise certified to the Note
Registrar and the Issuers and the Trustee in writing, that the sale has been
made in compliance with the provisions of Rule 144A to a transferee who has
signed the certification provided for on the form of such Note stating, or has
otherwise certified to Note Registrar and the Issuers and the Trustee in
writing, that it is purchasing such Note for its own account or an account with
respect to which it exercises sole investment discretion and that it and any
such account is a QIB within the meaning of Rule 144A, and is aware that the
sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A and acknowledges that it has
received such information regarding the Issuers as it has requested pursuant to
Rule 144A or has determined not to request such information and that it is aware
that the transferor is relying upon its foregoing representations in order to
claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A; and
(b) if the
proposed transferee is an Agent Member, and the Note to be transferred consists
of a Physical Note that after transfer is to be evidenced by an interest in a
Global Note or consists of a beneficial interest in a Global Note that after the
transfer is to be evidenced by an interest in a different Global Note, upon
receipt by the Note Registrar of written instructions given in accordance with
the procedures of the Note Registrar and of the Depositary, whereupon the Note
Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and an increase in the
principal amount of the transferee Global Note in an amount equal to the
principal amount of the Physical Note or such beneficial interest in such
transferor Global Note to be transferred, and the Trustee shall cancel the
Physical Note so transferred or reflect on its books and records the date and a
decrease in the principal amount of such transferor Global Note, as the case may
be.
(3) Limitation on Issuance of
Physical Notes. No Physical Note shall be exchanged for a
beneficial interest in any Global Note, except in accordance with Section 312 and
this Section
313.
A
beneficial owner of an interest a Temporary Regulation S Global Note (and, in
the case of any Additional Notes for which no Temporary Regulation S Global Note
is issued, any Regulation S Global Note) shall not be permitted to exchange such
interest for a Physical Note or (in the case of such interest in a Temporary
Regulation S Global Note) an interest in a Permanent Regulation S Global Note
until a date, which must be after Distribution Compliance Date, on which the
Issuers receive a certificate of beneficial ownership substantially in the form
of Exhibit C
from such beneficial owner (a “Certificate of Beneficial
Ownership”). Such date, as it relates to a Regulation S Global
Note, is herein referred to as the “Regulation S Note Exchange
Date.”
(4) Private Placement
Legend. Upon the transfer, exchange or replacement of Notes
not bearing the Private Placement Legend, the Note Registrar shall deliver Notes
that do not bear the Private Placement Legend. Upon the transfer,
exchange or replacement of Notes bearing the Private Placement Legend, the Note
Registrar shall deliver only Notes that bear the Private Placement Legend unless
(i) the requested transfer is after the relevant Resale Restriction Termination
Date with respect to such Notes, (ii) upon written request of the Issuers after
there is delivered to the Note Registrar an opinion of counsel (which opinion
and counsel are satisfactory to the Issuers and the Trustee) to the effect that
neither such legend nor the related restrictions on transfer are required in
order to maintain compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act, (iii)
with respect to a Regulation S Global Note (on or after the Regulation S Note
Exchange Date with respect to such Regulation S Global Note) or Regulation S
Physical Note, in each case with the agreement of the Issuers, or (iv) such
Notes are sold or exchanged pursuant to an effective registration statement
under the Securities Act.
(5) Other
Transfers. The Note Registrar shall effect and register, upon
receipt of a written request from the Issuers to do so, a transfer not otherwise
permitted by this Section 313, such
registration to be done in accordance with the otherwise applicable provisions
of this Section
313, upon the furnishing by the proposed transferor or transferee of a
written opinion of counsel (which opinion and counsel are satisfactory to the
Issuers and the Trustee) to the effect that, and such other certifications or
information
as the
Issuers or the Trustee may require (including, in the case of a transfer to an
Accredited Investor (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under
Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act), a certificate substantially
in the form of Exhibit
F) to confirm that, the proposed transfer is being made pursuant to an
exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration
requirements of the Securities Act.
A Note
that is a Restricted Security may not be transferred other than as provided in
this Section
313. A beneficial interest in a Global Note that is a
Restricted Security may not be exchanged for a beneficial interest in another
Global Note other than through a transfer in compliance with this Section
313.
(6) General. By
its acceptance of any Note bearing the Private Placement Legend, each Holder of
such a Note acknowledges the restrictions on transfer of such Note set forth in
this Indenture and in the Private Placement Legend and agrees that it will
transfer such Note only as provided in this Indenture.
The Note
Registrar shall retain copies of all letters, notices and other written
communications received pursuant to Section 312 or this
Section 313
(including all Notes received for transfer pursuant to Section
313). The Issuers shall have the right to require the Note
Registrar to deliver to the Issuers, at the Issuers’ expense, copies of all such
letters, notices or other written communications at any reasonable time upon the
giving of reasonable written notice to the Note Registrar.
In
connection with any transfer of any Note, the Trustee, the Note Registrar and
the Issuers shall be entitled to receive, shall be under no duty to inquire
into, may conclusively presume the correctness of, and shall be fully protected
in relying upon the certificates, opinions and other information referred to
herein (or in the forms provided herein, attached hereto or to the Notes, or
otherwise) received from any Holder and any transferee of any Note regarding the
validity, legality and due authorization of any such transfer, the eligibility
of the transferee to receive such Note and any other facts and circumstances
related to such transfer.
Section
314. Payment of Additional
Interest. (a)
Under certain circumstances the Issuers will be obligated to pay certain
additional amounts of interest to the Holders of certain Initial Notes, as more
particularly set forth in such Initial Notes.
(b) Under
certain circumstances the Issuers may be obligated to pay certain additional
amounts of interest to the Holders of certain Initial Additional Notes, as may
be more particularly set forth in such Initial Additional Notes.
(c) Prior to
any Interest Payment Date on which any such additional interest is payable, the
Issuers shall give notice to the Trustee of the amount of any additional
interest due on such Interest Payment Date.
ARTICLE
IV
COVENANTS
Section
401. Payment of Principal,
Premium and Interest. The
Issuers shall duly and punctually pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and
interest on the Notes in accordance with the terms of the Notes and this
Indenture. Principal amount (and premium, if any) and interest on the
Notes shall be considered paid on the date due if the Issuers shall have
deposited with the applicable Paying Agent (if other than the Company or a
wholly-owned Domestic Subsidiary of the Company) as of 12:00 p.m. New York City
time on the due date money in immediately available funds and designated for and
sufficient to pay all principal amount (and premium, if any) and interest then
due.
Section
402. Maintenance of Office or
Agency. (a)
The Company shall maintain in the United States one or more offices or agencies
where Notes may be presented or surrendered for payment, where Notes may be
surrendered for transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon
the Company in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be
served. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee
of the location, and of any change in the location, of such office or
agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain such office
or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such
presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the
Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.
(b) The
Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or
agencies where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or all purposes
and may from time to time rescind such designations.
The
Company hereby designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee as such
office or agency of the Company where Notes may be presented or surrendered for
payment or for transfer or exchange for so long as such Corporate Trust Office
remains a Place of Payment, in accordance with Section 305
hereof.
Section
403. Money for Payments to Be
Held in Trust. If
the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent, it shall, on or
before 12:00 p.m., New York City time each due date of the principal of (and
premium, if any) or interest on, any of the Notes, segregate and hold in trust
for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the
principal (and premium, if any) or interest so becoming due until such sums
shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided, and
shall promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to
act.
If the
Company is not acting as its own Paying Agent, it shall, on or prior to 12:00
p.m., New York City time each due date of the principal of (and premium, if any)
or interest on, any Notes, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay
the principal (and premium, if any) or interest, so becoming due, such sum to be
held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such principal, premium
or interest, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company shall
promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
If the
Company is not acting as its own Paying Agent, the Company shall cause any
Paying Agent other than the Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an
instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to
the provisions of this Section 403,
that such Paying Agent shall
(1) hold all
sums held by it for the payment of principal of (and premium, if any) or
interest on Notes in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until
such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein
provided;
(2) give the
Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the
Notes) in the making of any such payment of principal (and premium, if any) or
interest;
(3) at any
time during the continuance of any such default, upon the written request of the
Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying
Agent; and
(4) acknowledge,
accept and agree to comply in all respects with the provisions of this Indenture
and TIA relating to the duties, rights and liabilities of such Paying
Agent.
The
Issuers may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Company Order
direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the
Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same
trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such Paying
Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying
Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such
money.
Any money
deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in
trust for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on
any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal (and
premium, if any) or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the
Company on Company Request, or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged
from such trust; and the Holder of such Note shall thereafter, as an unsecured
general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all
liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money,
and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon
cease.
Section
404. [Reserved].
Section
405. Reports. Prior
to consummation of the exchange offer contemplated by the Registration Rights
Agreement or the registration of the Notes with the SEC for resale and when any
Notes under the Indenture are outstanding, the Company will provide to the
Trustee and the holders of Notes: (a) within 90 days after the end of the
Company’s fiscal year, financial statements and management’s discussion and
analysis of financial condition and results of operations substantially
equivalent to that which would be required to be included in an Annual Report on
Form 10-K of the Company were the Company subject to an obligation to file such
a report under the Exchange Act, and (b) within 45 days after the end of each of
the first three fiscal quarters in each fiscal year of the Company, financial
statements and management’s
discussion
and analysis of financial condition and results of operations substantially
equivalent to that which would be required to be included in a Quarterly Report
on Form 10-Q of the Company were the Company subject to an obligation to file
such a report under the Exchange Act; provided, however, that the
reports set forth in clauses (a) and (b) above shall not be required
to: (x) contain any certification required by any such form or the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, (y) include separate financial statements of
any Guarantor or Avis Budget Finance, Inc. or (z) include any exhibit;
provided, further, however, that if such reports
do not include either (1) separate financial statements for each Guarantor or
(2) consolidating condensed financial statements of the Subsidiary Guarantors,
in accordance with Rule 3-10(d) of Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC, then
such reports shall include a calculation of the Consolidated Coverage Ratio, the
Consolidated Secured Leverage Ratio and the amount of Restricted Payments that
could be made pursuant to Section 409(a), in each case at the end of the period
to which the report relates.
Following
consummation of the exchange offer contemplated by the Registration Rights
Agreement or the registration of the Notes with the SEC for resale,
notwithstanding that the Company may not be required to be or remain subject to
the reporting requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the
Company will file with the SEC (unless such filing is not permitted under the
Exchange Act or by the SEC), so long as the Notes are Outstanding, the annual
reports, information, documents and other reports that the Company is required
to file with the SEC pursuant to such Section 13(a) or 15(d) or would be so
required to file if the Company were so subject. The Company will
also, within 15 days after the date on which the Company was so required to file
or would be so required to file if the Company were so subject, transmit by mail
to all applicable Holders, as their names and addresses appear in the Note
Register, and to the Trustee (or make available on a Company website) copies of
any such information, documents and reports (without exhibits) so required to be
filed. The Company will be deemed to have satisfied the requirements
of this Section
405 if any Parent files with the SEC and provides reports, documents and
information of the types otherwise so required, in each case within the
applicable time periods specified by the applicable rules and regulations of the
SEC, and the Company is not required to file such reports, documents and
information separately under the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC
(after giving effect to any exemptive relief) because of the filings by such
Parent. The Company will comply with the other provisions of TIA §
314(a).
Section
406. Statement as to
Default. The
Issuers shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each
fiscal year of the Company ending after January 1, 2010, an Officer’s
Certificate to the effect that to the best knowledge of the signer thereof none
of the Issuers is or is not in default in the performance and observance of any
of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture (without regard to any
period of grace or requirement of notice provided hereunder) and, if any of the
Issuers shall be in default, specifying all such defaults and the nature and
status thereof of which such signer may have knowledge. To the extent
required by the TIA, each Guarantor shall comply with TIA §
314(a)(4). The individual signing any certificate given by any Person
pursuant to this Section 406 shall be
the principal executive, financial or accounting Officer of such Person, in
compliance with TIA § 314(a)(4).
Section
407. Limitation on
Indebtedness. (a) The
Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, Incur any
Indebtedness; provided, however, that
the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary may Incur Indebtedness if on the date of
the Incurrence of such Indebtedness, after giving effect to the Incurrence
thereof, the Consolidated Coverage Ratio would be greater than 2.00 to
1.00.
(b) Notwithstanding
the foregoing paragraph (a), the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries may
Incur the following Indebtedness:
(i) Indebtedness
Incurred pursuant to any Credit Facility (including but not limited to in
respect of letters of credit or bankers’ acceptances issued or created
thereunder) and Indebtedness Incurred other than under any Credit Facility, and
(without limiting the foregoing), in each case, any Refinancing Indebtedness in
respect thereof, in a maximum principal amount at any time outstanding not
exceeding in the aggregate the amount equal to 2,675 million;
(ii) Indebtedness
(A) of any Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or (B) of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary to any Restricted Subsidiary; provided, that any subsequent
issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock of such Restricted Subsidiary to which
such Indebtedness is owed, or other event, that results in such Restricted
Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent
transfer of such Indebtedness (except to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary)
will be deemed, in each case, an Incurrence of such Indebtedness by the issuer
thereof not permitted by this clause (ii);
(iii) Indebtedness
represented by the Notes, the Subsidiary Guarantees and the related exchange
notes and exchange guarantees issued in an exchange transaction pursuant to the
Registration Rights Agreement, any Indebtedness (other than the Indebtedness
described in clause (ii) above) outstanding on the Issue Date and any
Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred in respect of any Indebtedness described in
this clause (iii), Section 407(b)(x) or
paragraph (a) above;
(iv) Purchase
Money Obligations and Capitalized Lease Obligations, and any Refinancing
Indebtedness with respect thereto;
(v) Indebtedness
consisting of (x) accommodation guarantees for the benefit of trade creditors of
the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, (y) Guarantees in connection
with the construction or improvement of all or any portion of a Public Facility
to be used by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or (z) Guarantees
required or reasonably necessary (in the good faith determination of the
Company) in connection with Vehicle Rental Concession Rights;
(vi) (A)
Guarantees by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness or any
other obligation or liability of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other
than any Indebtedness Incurred by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as
the case may be, in violation of this Section 407), or (B)
without limiting Section 413,
Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary arising by reason of
any Lien granted by or applicable to such Person securing Indebtedness of the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Indebtedness Incurred by
the
Company
or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, in violation of this Section 407);
(vii) Indebtedness
of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (A) arising from the honoring of a
check, draft or similar instrument of such Person drawn against insufficient
funds, provided that
such Indebtedness is extinguished within five Business Days of its Incurrence,
or (B) consisting of guarantees, indemnities, obligations in respect of earnouts
or other purchase price adjustments, or similar obligations, Incurred in
connection with the acquisition or disposition of any business, assets or
Person;
(viii) Indebtedness
of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of (A) deductible
obligations, self-insurance obligations, reinsurance obligations, completion
guarantees, surety, judgment, appeal or performance bonds, or other similar
bonds, instruments or obligations, provided, or relating to liabilities or
obligations incurred, in the ordinary course of business, or (B) Hedging
Obligations, entered into for bona fide hedging purposes that are incurred in
the ordinary course of business, or (C) the financing of insurance premiums in
the ordinary course of business, or (D) netting, overdraft protection and other
arrangements arising under standard business terms of any bank at which the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary maintains an overdraft, cash pooling or
other similar facility or arrangement;
(ix) Indebtedness
(A) of a Special Purpose Subsidiary secured by a Lien on all or part of the
assets disposed of in, or otherwise Incurred in connection with, a Financing
Disposition or (B) otherwise Incurred in connection with a Special Purpose
Financing; provided
that (1) such Indebtedness is not recourse to the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary that is not a Special Purpose Subsidiary (other than with respect to
Special Purpose Financing Undertakings or with respect to potential liability of
Aviscar Inc. or Budgetcar Inc., or their respective successors, in their
capacity as partners in a Canadian Securitization Entity), (2) in the event such
Indebtedness shall become recourse to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
that is not a Special Purpose Subsidiary (other than with respect to Special
Purpose Financing Undertakings), such Indebtedness will be deemed to be, and
must be classified by the Company as, Incurred at such time (or at the time
initially Incurred) under one or more of the other provisions of this Section 407 for so
long as such Indebtedness shall be so recourse; and (3) in the event that at any
time thereafter such Indebtedness shall comply with the provisions of the
preceding subclause (1), the Company may classify such Indebtedness in whole or
in part as Incurred under this Section
407(b)(ix);
(x) Indebtedness
of any Person that is assumed by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in
connection with its acquisition of assets from such Person or any Affiliate
thereof or is issued and outstanding on or prior to the date on which such
Person was acquired by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or merged or
consolidated with or into any Restricted Subsidiary (other than Indebtedness
Incurred to finance, or otherwise Incurred in connection with, such
acquisition), provided
that on the date of such acquisition, merger or consolidation, after giving
effect thereto, the Company could Incur at least $1.00 of additional
Indebtedness pursuant to paragraph (a) above; and any Refinancing Indebtedness
with respect to any such Indebtedness;
(xi) Indebtedness
of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that (A) is in the form of a demand
note or other promissory note, (B) is in favor of, or for the benefit of, any
Unrestricted Subsidiary, and (C) serves as credit enhancement for any
vehicle-related financing; and
(xii) in
addition to the items referred to in clauses (i) through (xi) above,
Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in an aggregate
outstanding principal amount at any time not exceeding an amount equal to 3.25%
of Consolidated Tangible Assets.
(c) For
purposes of determining compliance with, and the outstanding principal amount of
any particular Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to and in compliance with, this
Section 407,
(i) any other obligation of the obligor on such Indebtedness (or of any other
Person who could have Incurred such Indebtedness under this Section 407) arising
under any Guarantee, Lien or letter of credit, bankers’ acceptance or other
similar instrument or obligation supporting such Indebtedness shall be
disregarded to the extent that such Guarantee, Lien or letter of credit,
bankers’ acceptance or other similar instrument or obligation secures the
principal amount of such Indebtedness; (ii) in the event that Indebtedness meets
the criteria of more than one of the types of Indebtedness described in
paragraphs (a) or (b) above, the Company, in its sole discretion, shall classify
such item of Indebtedness and may include the amount and type of such
Indebtedness in one or more of such clauses (including in part under one such
clause and in part under another such clause), and may reclassify such item of
Indebtedness in any manner that complies with this Section 407 and only
be required to include the amount and type of such Indebtedness in one of such
clauses; (iii) if obligations in respect of letters of credit are Incurred
pursuant to a Credit Facility and are being treated as Incurred pursuant to
Section
407(b)(i) and the letters of credit relate to other Indebtedness, then
such other Indebtedness shall not be included; and (iv) the amount of
Indebtedness issued at a price that is less than the principal amount thereof
shall be equal to the amount of the liability in respect thereof determined in
accordance with GAAP.
(d) For
purposes of determining compliance with any Dollar-denominated restriction on
the Incurrence of Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency, the
Dollar-equivalent principal amount of such Indebtedness Incurred pursuant
thereto shall be calculated based on the relevant currency exchange rate in
effect on the date that such Indebtedness was Incurred, in the case of term
Indebtedness, or first committed, in the case of revolving credit Indebtedness,
provided that (x) the
Dollar-equivalent principal amount of any such Indebtedness outstanding on the
Issue Date shall be calculated based on the relevant currency exchange rate in
effect on the Issue Date, (y) if such Indebtedness is Incurred to refinance
other Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency (or in a different currency
from such Indebtedness so being Incurred), and such refinancing would cause the
applicable Dollar-denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the
relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date of such refinancing, such
Dollar-denominated restriction shall be deemed not to have been exceeded so long
as the principal amount of such refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed (i) the
outstanding or committed principal amount (whichever is higher) of such
Indebtedness being refinanced plus (ii) the aggregate amount of fees,
underwriting discounts, premiums and other costs and expenses incurred in
connection with such refinancing and (z) the Dollar-equivalent principal amount
of Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency and Incurred pursuant to the
Senior
Credit Facilities shall be calculated based on the relevant currency exchange
rate in effect on, at the Company’s option, (i) the Issue Date, (ii) any date on
which any of the respective commitments under such Senior Credit Facilities
shall be reallocated between or among facilities or subfacilities thereunder, or
on which such rate is otherwise calculated for any purpose thereunder, or (iii)
the date of such Incurrence. The principal amount of any Indebtedness
Incurred to refinance other Indebtedness, if Incurred in a different currency
from the Indebtedness being refinanced, shall be calculated based on the
currency exchange rate applicable to the currencies in which such respective
Indebtedness is denominated that is in effect on the date of such
refinancing.
Section
408. [Reserved].
Section
409. Limitation on Restricted
Payments. (a)
The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary, directly
or indirectly, to (i) declare or pay any dividend or make any distribution on or
in respect of its Capital Stock (including any such payment in connection with
any merger or consolidation to which the Company is a party) except (x)
dividends or distributions payable solely in its Capital Stock (other than
Disqualified Stock) and (y) dividends or distributions payable to the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary (and, in the case of any such Restricted Subsidiary
making such dividend or distribution, to other holders of its Capital Stock on
no more than a pro rata
basis), (ii) purchase, redeem, retire or otherwise acquire for value any Capital
Stock of the Company held by Persons other than the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary, (iii) voluntarily purchase, repurchase, redeem, defease or otherwise
voluntarily acquire or retire for value, prior to scheduled maturity, scheduled
repayment or scheduled sinking fund payment, any Subordinated Obligations (other
than a purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or
retirement for value in anticipation of satisfying a sinking fund obligation,
principal installment or final maturity, in each case due within one year of the
date of such acquisition or retirement) or (iv) make any Investment (other than
a Permitted Investment) in any Person (any such dividend, distribution,
purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance, other acquisition or retirement or
Investment being herein referred to as a “Restricted Payment”),
if at the time the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary makes such Restricted
Payment and after giving effect thereto:
(1) a Default
shall have occurred and be continuing (or would result therefrom);
(2) the
Company could not Incur at least an additional $1.00 of Indebtedness pursuant to
Section 407(a);
or
(3) the
aggregate amount of such Restricted Payment and all other Restricted Payments
(the amount so expended, if other than in cash, to be as determined in good
faith by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be conclusive and
evidenced by a resolution of the Board of Directors) declared or made subsequent
to the Issue Date and then outstanding would exceed, without duplication, the
sum of:
(A) 50% of
the Consolidated Net Income accrued during the period (treated as one accounting
period) beginning on April 1, 2006 to the end of the most recent fiscal quarter
ending prior to the date of such Restricted Payment for
which
consolidated financial statements of the Company are available (or, in case such
Consolidated Net Income shall be a negative number, 100% of such negative
number);
(B) 100% of
the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds and the fair value (as determined in good faith
by the Board of Directors) of property or assets received (x) by the Company as
capital contributions to the Company after the Issue Date or from the issuance
or sale (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary) of its Capital Stock (other than
Disqualified Stock) after the Issue Date or (y) by the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary from the issuance and sale by the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary of Indebtedness that shall have been converted into or exchanged
after the Issue Date for Capital Stock of the Company or any Parent (other than
Disqualified Stock), plus the amount of any cash and the fair value (as
determined in good faith by the Board of Directors) of any property or assets,
received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary upon such conversion or
exchange;
(C) the
aggregate amount equal to the net reduction in Investments in Unrestricted
Subsidiaries resulting from (i) dividends, distributions, cancellation of
indebtedness for borrowed money owed by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
to an Unrestricted Subsidiary, interest payments, return of capital, repayments
of Investments or other transfers of assets to the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary from any Unrestricted Subsidiary, including dividends or other
distributions related to dividends or other distributions made pursuant to Section 409(b)(viii)
(but only to the extent such amount is not included in Consolidated Net Income),
or (ii) the redesignation of any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted
Subsidiary (valued in each case as provided in the definition of “Investment”), not to
exceed in the case of any such Unrestricted Subsidiary the aggregate amount of
Investments (other than Permitted Investments) made by the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary in such Unrestricted Subsidiary after the Issue Date;
and
(D) in the
case of any disposition or repayment of any Investment constituting a Restricted
Payment (without duplication of any amount deducted in calculating the amount of
Investments at any time outstanding included in the amount of Restricted
Payments), an amount in the aggregate equal to the lesser of the return of
capital, repayment or other proceeds with respect to all such Investments
received by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary and the initial amount of all
such Investments constituting Restricted Payments.
(b) The
provisions of Section
409(a) will not prohibit any of the following, so long as a Default shall
not have occurred and be continuing (or would result therefrom) (each, a “Permitted
Payment”):
(i) any
purchase, redemption, repurchase, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement
of Capital Stock of the Company or Subordinated Obligations made by exchange
(including any such exchange pursuant to the exercise of a conversion
right or
privilege in connection with which cash is paid in lieu of the issuance of
fractional shares) for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent
issuance or sale of, Capital Stock of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock
and other than Capital Stock issued or sold to a Restricted Subsidiary) or a
substantially concurrent capital contribution to the Company; provided, that the Net Cash
Proceeds from such issuance, sale or capital contribution shall be excluded in
subsequent calculations under Section 409(a)(3)(B);
(ii) any
purchase, redemption, repurchase, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement
of Subordinated Obligations (w) made by exchange for, or out of the proceeds of
the substantially concurrent issuance or sale of, Indebtedness of the Company or
Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred in compliance with Section 407, (x) from
Net Available Cash to the extent permitted by Section 411, (y)
following the occurrence of a Change of Control (or other similar event
described therein as a “change of control”),
but only if the Company shall have complied with Section 415 and, if
required, purchased all Notes tendered pursuant to the offer to repurchase all
the Notes required thereby, prior to purchasing or repaying such Subordinated
Obligations or (z) constituting Acquired Indebtedness;
(iii) dividends
paid within 60 days after the date of declaration thereof if at such date of
declaration such dividend would have complied with Section
409(a);
(iv) the
payment by the Company of, or loans, advances, dividends or distributions by the
Company to any Parent to pay, any outstanding principal amount of, plus accrued
and unpaid interest on, the Indirect Parent’s 3.50% Convertible Senior Notes due
2014;
(v) the
payment by the Company of, or loans, advances, dividends or distributions by the
Company to any Parent to pay, dividends on or purchase or repurchase the common
stock or equity of such Parent in an amount not to exceed in any fiscal year $25
million;
(vi) notwithstanding
the existence of any default or Event of Default, loans, advances, dividends or
distributions to any Parent or other payments by the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary to permit such Parent to make payments pursuant to (A) any Tax
Sharing Agreement, or (B) to pay or permit any Parent to pay (1) any Parent
Expenses or (2) any Related Taxes;
(vii) payments
by the Company, or loans, advances, dividends or distributions by the Company to
any Parent to make payments, to holders of Capital Stock of the Company or any
Parent in lieu of issuance of fractional shares of such Capital Stock, not to
exceed $5.0 million in the aggregate outstanding at any time;
(viii) dividends
or other distributions of Capital Stock, Indebtedness or other securities of
Unrestricted Subsidiaries;
(ix) the
declaration and payment of dividends to holders of any class or series of
Disqualified Stock, or of any Preferred Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary,
Incurred in accordance with the terms of the covenant described under Section 407
above;
(x) distributions
by a Special Purpose Entity organized outside the United States to its partners
pursuant to a financing arrangement solely out of the cash flows of such Special
Purpose Entity;
(xi) Restricted
Payments (including loans and advances) in an aggregate amount outstanding at
any time not exceeding an amount (net of repayments of such loans or advances)
equal to 1% of Consolidated Tangible Assets;
(xii) the
purchase, redemption or other acquisition, cancellation or retirement for value
of Equity Interests of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or any Parent
held by any existing or former employees or management or directors of the
Company or any Parent or any Subsidiary of the Company or their assigns, estates
or heirs, in each case in connection with (x) the death or disability of
such employee, manager or director or (y) the repurchase provisions under
employee stock option or stock purchase agreements or other agreements to
compensate management employees or directors; provided that in the case of
clause (y) such redemptions or repurchases pursuant to such clause will not
exceed $2.5 million in the aggregate during any twelve-month period plus the
aggregate Net Cash Proceeds received by the Company after the Issue Date from
the issuance of such Capital Stock or equity appreciation rights to, or the
exercise of options, warrants or other rights to purchase or acquire Capital
Stock of the Company by, any current or former director, officer or employee of
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that the amount of
such Net Cash Proceeds received by the Company and utilized pursuant to this
Section
409(b)(xii) for any such repurchase, redemption, acquisition or
retirement will be excluded from Section 409(a)(3)(B);
and provided, further,
that unused amounts available pursuant to this Section
409(b)(xii) to be utilized for Restricted Payments during any
twelve-month period may be carried forward and utilized in the next succeeding
twelve-month period; and
(xiii) repurchases
of Capital Stock deemed to occur upon the exercise of stock options, warrants or
other convertible securities if such Capital Stock represents (i) a portion
of the exercise price thereof or (ii) withholding incurred in connection
with such exercise.
provided, that (A) in the
case of clauses (iii), (v), (vi)(B)(1) (but only such Parent Expenses referred
to in clause (ii) and clause (iv) of the definition of “Parent Expenses”),
(vii), (ix) and (xi), the net amount of any such Permitted Payment shall be
included in subsequent calculations of the amount of Restricted Payments (but
only to the extent such amount was not included as an expense in the calculation
of Consolidated Net Income), and (B) in all cases other than pursuant to clause
(A) immediately above, the net amount of any such Permitted Payment shall be
excluded in subsequent calculations of the amount of Restricted
Payments.
Section
410. Limitation on Restrictions
on Distributions from Restricted Subsidiaries. The
Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, create or
otherwise cause to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or
restriction on the
ability
of any Restricted Subsidiary to (i) pay dividends or make any other
distributions on its Capital Stock or pay any Indebtedness or other obligations
owed to the Company, (ii) make any loans or advances to the Company or (iii)
transfer any of its property or assets to the Company (provided that dividend or
liquidation priority between classes of Capital Stock, or subordination of any
obligation (including the application of any remedy bars thereto) to any other
obligation, will not be deemed to constitute such an encumbrance or
restriction), except any encumbrance or restriction:
(1) pursuant
to any agreement in effect at or entered into on the Issue Date, including,
without limitation, this Indenture, the Notes, the Senior Credit Facilities or
any other Credit Facility;
(2) pursuant
to any agreement or instrument of a Person, or relating to Indebtedness or
Capital Stock of a Person, which Person is acquired by or merged or consolidated
with or into the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, or which agreement or
instrument is assumed by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection
with an acquisition of assets from such Person, as in effect at the time of such
acquisition, merger or consolidation (except to the extent that such
Indebtedness was incurred to finance, or otherwise in connection with, such
acquisition, merger or consolidation); provided that for purposes of
this clause (2), if a Person other than the Company is the Successor Company
with respect thereto, any Subsidiary thereof or agreement or instrument of such
Person or any such Subsidiary shall be deemed acquired or assumed, as the case
may be, by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, when such
Person becomes such Successor Company;
(3) pursuant
to an agreement or instrument (a “Refinancing
Agreement”) effecting a refinancing of Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to,
or that otherwise extends, renews, refunds, refinances or replaces, an agreement
or instrument referred to in clause (1) or (2) of this Section 410 or this
clause (3) (an “Initial Agreement”)
or contained in any amendment, supplement or other modification to an Initial
Agreement (an “Amendment”); provided, however, that the
encumbrances and restrictions contained in any such Refinancing Agreement or
Amendment taken as a whole are not materially less favorable to the Holders of
the Notes than encumbrances and restrictions contained in the Initial Agreement
or Initial Agreements to which such Refinancing Agreement or Amendment relates
(as determined in good faith by the Company);
(4) (A) that
restricts in a customary manner the subletting, assignment or transfer of any
property or asset that is subject to a lease, license or similar contract, or
the assignment or transfer of any lease, license or other contract, (B) by
virtue of any transfer of, agreement to transfer, option or right with respect
to, or Lien on, any property or assets of the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary not otherwise prohibited by this Indenture, (C) contained in
mortgages, pledges or other security agreements securing Indebtedness of a
Restricted Subsidiary to the extent restricting the transfer of the property or
assets subject thereto, (D) pursuant to customary provisions restricting
dispositions of real property interests set forth in any reciprocal easement
agreements of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, (E) pursuant to Purchase
Money Obligations that impose encumbrances or restrictions on the property or
assets so acquired, (F) on
cash or
other deposits or net worth imposed by customers or suppliers under agreements
entered into in the ordinary course of business, (G) pursuant to customary
provisions contained in agreements and instruments entered into in the ordinary
course of business (including but not limited to leases and joint venture and
other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business), (H)
that arises or is agreed to in the ordinary course of business and does not
detract from the value of property or assets of the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary in any manner material to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary,
(I) pursuant to Hedging Obligations or (J) in connection with or relating to any
Vehicle Rental Concession Right or (K) that is included in the constating
documents of a Special Purpose Entity;
(5) with
respect to a Restricted Subsidiary (or any of its property or assets) imposed
pursuant to an agreement entered into for the direct or indirect sale or
disposition of all or substantially all the Capital Stock or assets of such
Restricted Subsidiary (or the property or assets that are subject to such
restriction) pending the closing of such sale or disposition;
(6) by reason
of any applicable law, rule, regulation or order, or required by any regulatory
authority having jurisdiction over the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or
any of their businesses; or
(7) pursuant
to an agreement or instrument (A) relating to any Indebtedness permitted to be
Incurred subsequent to the Issue Date pursuant to the provisions of Section 407 (i) if
the encumbrances and restrictions contained in any such agreement or instrument
taken as a whole are not materially less favorable to the Holders of the Notes
than the encumbrances and restrictions contained in the Initial Agreements (as
determined in good faith by the Company), or (ii) if such encumbrance or
restriction is not materially more disadvantageous to the Holders of the Notes
than is customary in comparable financings (as determined in good faith by the
Company) and either (x) the Company determines in good faith that such
encumbrance or restriction will not materially affect the Company’s ability to
make principal or interest payments on the Notes or (y) such encumbrance or
restriction applies only if a default occurs in respect of a payment or
financial covenant relating to such Indebtedness, (B) relating to any sale of
receivables by a Foreign Subsidiary, (C) of or relating to Indebtedness of or a
Financing Disposition by or to or in favor of any Special Purpose Entity or (D)
of a financing arrangement of a Special Purpose Entity organized outside the
United States.
Section
411. Limitation on Sales of
Assets and Subsidiary Stock. (a)
The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, make any
Asset Disposition unless
(i) the
Company or such Restricted Subsidiary receives consideration (including by way
of relief from, or by any other Person assuming responsibility for, any
liabilities, contingent or otherwise) at the time of such Asset Disposition at
least equal to the fair market value of the shares and assets subject to such
Asset Disposition, as such fair market value may be determined (and shall be
determined, to the extent such Asset Disposition or any series of related Asset
Dispositions involves aggregate consideration
in excess
of $25.0 million) in good faith by the Board of Directors, whose determination
shall be conclusive (including as to the value of all non-cash
consideration);
(ii) in the
case of any Asset Disposition (or series of related Asset Dispositions) having a
fair market value of $25.0 million or more other than in a sale of the Budget
Truck Division for fair market value, at least 75% of the consideration therefor
(excluding, in the case of an Asset Disposition (or series of related Asset
Dispositions), any consideration by way of relief from, or by any other Person
assuming responsibility for, any liabilities, contingent or otherwise, that are
not Indebtedness) received by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary is in
the form of cash; and
(iii) an amount
equal to 100% of the Net Available Cash from such Asset Disposition is applied
by the Company (or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be) as
follows:
(A) first, either (x) to the
extent the Company elects (or is required by the terms of any Bank Indebtedness,
any senior indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor or any
Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor), to
prepay, repay or purchase any such Indebtedness or (in the case of letters of
credit, bankers’ acceptances or other similar instruments) cash collateralize
any such Indebtedness (in each case other than Indebtedness owed to the Company
or a Restricted Subsidiary) within 365 days after the later of the date of such
Asset Disposition and the date of receipt of such Net Available Cash, or (y) to
the extent the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary elects, to invest in
Additional Assets (including by means of an investment in Additional Assets by a
Restricted Subsidiary with an amount equal to Net Available Cash received by the
Company or another Restricted Subsidiary) within 365 days from the later of the
date of such Asset Disposition and the date of receipt of such Net Available
Cash, or, if such investment in Additional Assets is a project authorized by the
Board of Directors that will take longer than such 365 days to complete, the
period of time necessary to complete such project;
(B) second, if the balance of
such Net Available Cash after application in accordance with clause (A) above
exceeds $25.0 million (such balance, the “Excess Proceeds”), to
the extent of such Excess Proceeds, to make an offer to purchase Notes and (to
the extent the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary elects, or is required by
the terms thereof) to purchase, redeem or repay any other unsubordinated
indebtedness of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, pursuant and subject to
Section 41l(b)
and Section
41l(c) and the agreements governing such other Indebtedness;
and
(C) third, to the extent of the
balance of such Net Available Cash after application in accordance with clauses
(A) and (B) above, to fund (to the extent consistent with any other applicable
provision of this Indenture) any general corporate purpose (including but not
limited to the repurchase, repayment or other acquisition or retirement of any
Subordinated Obligations);
provided, however, that in connection
with any prepayment, repayment or purchase of Indebtedness pursuant to clause
(A)(x) or (B) above, the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary will retire such
Indebtedness and will cause the related loan commitment (if any) to be
permanently reduced in an amount equal to the principal amount so prepaid,
repaid or purchased.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing provisions of this Section 411, the
Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries shall not be required to apply any Net
Available Cash or equivalent amount in accordance with this Section 411 except to
the extent that the aggregate Net Available Cash from all Asset Dispositions or
equivalent amount that is not applied in accordance with this Section 411
exceeds $50.0 million. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes or
other Indebtedness of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary validly
tendered and not withdrawn (or otherwise subject to purchase, redemption or
repayment) in connection with an offer pursuant to clause (B) above exceeds the
Excess Proceeds, the Excess Proceeds will be apportioned between such Notes and
such other Indebtedness of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, with the
portion of the Excess Proceeds payable in respect of such Notes to equal the
lesser of (x) the Excess Proceeds amount multiplied by a fraction, the numerator
of which is the outstanding principal amount of such Notes and the denominator
of which is the sum of the outstanding principal amount of the Notes and the
outstanding principal amount of the relevant other Indebtedness of the Company
or a Restricted Subsidiary, and (y) the aggregate principal amount of Notes
validly tendered and not withdrawn.
For the
purposes of clause (ii) of paragraph (a) above, the following are deemed to be
cash: (1) Temporary Cash Investments and Cash Equivalents, (2) the assumption of
Indebtedness of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock of the Company) or
any Restricted Subsidiary and the release of the Company or such Restricted
Subsidiary from all liability on payment of the principal amount of such
Indebtedness in connection with such Asset Disposition, (3) Indebtedness of
any Restricted Subsidiary that is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary as a result
of such Asset Disposition, to the extent that the Company and each other
Restricted Subsidiary are released from any Guarantee of payment of the
principal amount of such Indebtedness in connection with such Asset Disposition,
(4) securities received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary from the
transferee that are converted by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary into
cash within 180 days, and (5) consideration consisting of Indebtedness of the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary.
(b) In the
event of an Asset Disposition that requires the purchase of Notes pursuant to
Section
41l(a)(iii)(B), the Company will be required to purchase Notes tendered
pursuant to an offer by the Company for the Notes (the “Offer”) at a purchase
price of 100% of their principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest to the
Purchase Date in accordance with the procedures (including prorating in the
event of oversubscription) set forth in Section
41l(c). If the aggregate purchase price of the Notes tendered
pursuant to the offer is less than the Net Available Cash allotted to the
purchase of Notes, the remaining Net Available Cash will be available to the
Company for use in accordance with Section
41l(a)(iii)(B) (to repay other Indebtedness of the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary) or Section
41l(a)(iii)(C). The Company shall not be required to make an
offer for Notes pursuant to this Section 411 if the
Net Available Cash available therefor (after application of the proceeds as
provided in Section 41l(a)(iii)(A))
is less than $50.0 million for any particular Asset Disposition (which lesser
amounts shall be carried forward for purposes of determining whether an offer is
required
with
respect to the Net Available Cash from any subsequent Asset
Disposition). No Note will be repurchased in part if less than $2,000
in original principal amount of such Note would be left
outstanding.
(c) The
Company shall, not later than 45 days after the Company becomes obligated to
make an offer pursuant to this Section 411, mail a
notice to each Holder with a copy to the Trustee stating: (1) that an Asset
Disposition that requires the purchase of a portion of the Notes has occurred
and that such Holder has the right (subject to the prorating described below) to
require the Company to purchase a portion of such Holder’s Notes at a purchase
price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and
unpaid interest, if any, to the date of purchase (subject to Section 307); (2) the
circumstances and relevant facts and financial information regarding such Asset
Disposition; (3) the repurchase date (which shall be no earlier than 30 days nor
later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed; (4) the instructions
determined by the Company, consistent with this Section 411, that a
Holder must follow in order to have its Notes purchased; and (5) the amount of
the offer. If, upon the expiration of the period for which the offer
remains open, the aggregate principal amount of Notes surrendered by the Holder
exceeds the amount of the offer, the Company shall select the Notes to be
purchased on a pro rata
basis (with such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate by the Company so that
only Notes in denominations of $2,000 or integral multiples of $1,000 in excess
thereof shall be purchased).
(d) To the
extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with
provisions of this Section 411, the
Company may comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will
not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 411 by virtue
thereof.
Section
412. Limitation on Transactions
with Affiliates. (a)
The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly
or indirectly, enter into or conduct any transaction or series of related
transactions (including the purchase, sale, lease or exchange of any property or
the rendering of any service) with any Affiliate of the Company (an “Affiliate
Transaction”) unless (i) such Affiliate Transaction is entered into in
good faith and the terms of such Affiliate Transaction are, taken as a whole,
fair and reasonable to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, and (ii) if
such Affiliate Transaction involves aggregate consideration in excess of $25.0
million, the terms of such Affiliate Transaction have been approved by a
majority of the Disinterested Directors. For purposes of this Section 412(a), any
Affiliate Transaction shall be deemed to have satisfied the requirements set
forth in this Section
412(a) if (x) such Affiliate Transaction is approved by a majority of the
Disinterested Directors or (y) in the event there are no Disinterested
Directors, the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary receives an opinion in
customary form from a nationally recognized appraisal or investment banking firm
to the effect that such Affiliate Transaction is fair to the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary from a financial point of view.
(b) The
provisions of Section
412(a) will not apply to:
(i) any
Restricted Payment Transaction;
(ii) (1) the
entering into, maintaining or performance of any employment contract, collective
bargaining agreement, benefit plan, program or arrangement, related trust
agreement or any other similar arrangement for or with any employee, officer or
director heretofore or hereafter entered into in the ordinary course of
business, including vacation, health, insurance, deferred compensation,
severance, retirement, savings or other similar plans, programs or arrangements,
(2) the payment of compensation, performance of indemnification or contribution
obligations, or any issuance, grant or award of stock, options, other
equity-related interests or other securities, to employees, officers or
directors in the ordinary course of business, (3) the payment of reasonable fees
to directors of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (as determined in good
faith by the Company or such Subsidiary), or (4) Management Advances and
payments in respect thereof (or in reimbursement of any expenses referred to in
the definition of such term);
(iii) any
transaction with, including an investment in, the Company, any Restricted
Subsidiary, or any Special Purpose Entity;
(iv) any
transaction arising out of agreements or instruments in existence on the Issue
Date and listed on Exhibit G hereto (other than any Tax Sharing Agreement
referred to in Section
412(b)(vi)), and any payments made pursuant thereto;
(v) any
transaction in the ordinary course of business, or approved by a majority of the
Board of Directors, between the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and any
Affiliate of the Company controlled by the Company that is a joint venture or
similar entity;
(vi) the
execution, delivery and performance of any Tax Sharing Agreement;
(vii) any
issuance or sale of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company
or capital contribution to the Company;
(viii) transactions
with Affiliates solely in their capacity as holders of Indebtedness or Capital
Stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, where such Affiliates hold less
Indebtedness or Capital Stock than non-Affiliates and such Affiliates receive
the same consideration as non-Affiliates in such transactions;
(ix) any
transaction with any Person who is not an Affiliate immediately before the
consummation of such transaction that becomes an Affiliate as a result of such
transaction; and
(x) transactions
exclusively between or among the Company and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries,
provided such transactions are not otherwise prohibited by this
Indenture.
Section
413. Limitation on
Liens. The
Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly
or indirectly, create or permit to exist any Lien (other than Permitted Liens)
on any of its property or assets (including Capital Stock of any other Person),
whether
owned on the date of this Indenture or thereafter acquired, securing any
Indebtedness (the “Initial Lien”),
unless contemporaneously therewith effective provision is made to secure the
Indebtedness due under this Indenture and the Notes or, in respect of Liens on
any Restricted Subsidiary’s property or assets, any Subsidiary Guarantee of such
Restricted Subsidiary, equally and ratably with (or on a senior basis to, in the
case of Subordinated Obligations or Guarantor Subordinated Obligations) such
obligation for so long as such obligation is so secured by such Initial
Lien. Any such Lien thereby created in favor of the Notes or any such
Subsidiary Guarantee will be automatically and unconditionally released and
discharged upon (i) the release and discharge of the Initial Lien to which it
relates, (ii) in the case of any such Lien in favor of any such Subsidiary
Guarantee, upon the termination and discharge of such Subsidiary Guarantee in
accordance with the terms of Section 1303 or (iii)
any sale, exchange or transfer (other than a transfer constituting a transfer of
all or substantially all of the assets of the Company that is governed by Section 501) to any
Person not an Affiliate of the Company of the property or assets secured by such
Initial Lien, or of all of the Capital Stock held by the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary in, or all or substantially all the assets of, any
Restricted Subsidiary creating such Initial Lien.
Section
414. Future Subsidiary
Guarantors. From
and after the Issue Date, the Company will cause each Domestic Subsidiary that
guarantees payment by the Company of any Indebtedness of the Company under the
Senior Credit Facilities to execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental
indenture or other instrument pursuant to which such Domestic Subsidiary will
guarantee payment of the Notes, whereupon such Domestic Subsidiary will become a
Subsidiary Guarantor for all purposes under this Indenture. In
addition, the Company may cause any Subsidiary or other Person that is not a
Subsidiary Guarantor to guarantee payment of the Notes and become a Subsidiary
Guarantor. Subsidiary Guarantees will be subject to release and
discharge under certain circumstances prior to payment in full of the
Notes.
Section
415. Purchase of Notes Upon a
Change in Control. (a)
Upon the occurrence after the Issue Date of a Change of Control, each Holder of
Notes will have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part
of such Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount
thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the
date of repurchase (subject to Section 307); provided, however, that the Company
shall not be obligated to repurchase Notes pursuant to this Section 415 in the
event that it has exercised its right to redeem all of the Notes as provided in
Article
X.
(b) In the
event that, at the time of such Change of Control, the terms of any Bank
Indebtedness restrict or prohibit the repurchase of the Notes pursuant to this
Section 415,
then prior to the mailing of the notice to Holders provided for in Section 415(c) but in
any event not later than 30 days following the date the Company obtains actual
knowledge of any Change of Control (unless the Company has exercised its right
to redeem all the Notes as provided in Article X), the
Company shall, or shall cause one or more of its Subsidiaries to, (i) repay in
full all such Bank Indebtedness subject to such terms or offer to repay in full
all such Bank Indebtedness and repay the Bank Indebtedness of each lender who
has accepted such offer or (ii) obtain the requisite consent under the
agreements governing such Bank Indebtedness to permit the repurchase of the
Notes as provided for in Section
415(c). The Company shall first comply with the provisions of
the immediately preceding sentence before it shall be required to
repurchase
Notes pursuant to the provisions set forth in this Section
415. The Company’s failure to comply with the provisions of
this Section
415(b) or Section 415(c) shall
constitute an Event of Default described in Section 601(iv) and
not in Section
601(ii).
(c) Unless
the Company has exercised its right to redeem all the Notes as described under
Article X, the
Company shall, not later than 30 days following the date the Company obtains
actual knowledge of any Change of Control having occurred, mail a notice (a
“Change of Control
Offer”) to each Holder with a copy to the Trustee stating: (1) that a
Change of Control has occurred or may occur and that such Holder has, or upon
such occurrence will have, the right to require the Company to purchase such
Holder’s Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount
thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the
date of purchase (subject to the right of Holders of record on a record date to
receive interest on the relevant interest payment date); (2) the repurchase date
(which shall be no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date
such notice is mailed); (3) the instructions determined by the Company,
consistent with this Section 415, that a
Holder must follow in order to have its Notes purchased; and (4) if such notice
is mailed prior to the occurrence of a Change of Control, that such offer is
conditioned on the occurrence of such Change of Control. No Note will
be repurchased in part if less than $2,000 in original principal amount of such
Note would be left outstanding.
(d) The
Company will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of
Control if (i) a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at
the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in the
Indenture applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by the Company and
purchases all Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn under such Change of
Control Offer, or (ii) notice of redemption has been given pursuant to the
Indenture as provided in Article X, unless and until there is a default of the
applicable redemption price.
(e) To the
extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with
provisions of this Section 415, the
Company may comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will
not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 415 by virtue
thereof.
ARTICLE
V
SUCCESSORS
Section
501. When the Company May Merge,
Etc. (a)
The Company will not consolidate with or merge with or into, or convey, transfer
or lease all or substantially all its assets to, any Person,
unless:
(i) the
resulting, surviving or transferee Person (the “Successor Company”)
will be a Person organized and existing under the laws of the United States of
America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia and the Successor Company
(if not the Company) will expressly assume all the obligations of the Company
under the Notes and this Indenture by executing and delivering to the Trustee a
supplemental indenture or one or more other documents or
instruments;
(ii) immediately
after giving effect to such transaction (and treating any Indebtedness that
becomes an obligation of the Successor Company or any Restricted Subsidiary as a
result of such transaction as having been Incurred by the Successor Company or
such Restricted Subsidiary at the time of such transaction), no Default will
have occurred and be continuing;
(iii) immediately
after giving effect to such transaction, either (A) the Successor Company could
Incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to Section 407(a), or
(B) the Consolidated Coverage Ratio of the Company (or, if applicable, the
Successor Company with respect thereto) would equal or exceed the Consolidated
Coverage Ratio of the Company immediately prior to giving effect to such
transaction;
(iv) each
applicable Subsidiary Guarantor (other than (x) any Subsidiary Guarantor that
will be released from its obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee in
connection with such transaction and (y) any party to any such consolidation or
merger) shall have delivered a supplemental indenture or other document or
instrument, confirming its Subsidiary Guarantee (other than any Subsidiary
Guarantee that will be discharged or terminated in connection with such
transaction); and
(v) the
Company will have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel, each to the effect that such consolidation, merger or
transfer complies with the provisions described in this paragraph, provided that (x) in giving
such opinion such counsel may assume compliance with the foregoing clauses (ii)
and (iii) to the extent such opinion would otherwise be required to address
financial matters or tests, and as to any matters of fact may rely on an
Officer’s Certificate, and (y) no Opinion of Counsel will be required for a
consolidation, merger or transfer described in Section 50l(b).
Any
Indebtedness that becomes an obligation of the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary (or that is deemed to be Incurred by any Person that becomes a
Restricted Subsidiary) as a result of any such transaction undertaken in
compliance with this Section 501, and any
Refinancing Indebtedness with respect thereto, shall be deemed to have been
Incurred in compliance with Section
407.
(b) Clauses
(ii) and (iii) of Section 50l(a) will
not apply to any transaction in which (1) any Restricted Subsidiary consolidates
with, merges with or into or conveys or transfers all or part of its assets to
the Company or (2) the Company consolidates with or merges with or into or
conveys or transfers all or substantially all its properties and assets to (x)
an Affiliate incorporated or organized for the purpose of reincorporating or
reorganizing the Company in another jurisdiction or changing its legal structure
to a corporation or other entity or (y) a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company
so long as all assets of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries immediately
prior to such transaction (other than Capital Stock of such Restricted
Subsidiary) are owned by such Restricted Subsidiary and its Restricted
Subsidiaries immediately after the consummation thereof.
Section
502. Successor Company
Substituted. Upon
any transaction involving the Company in accordance with Section 501 in which
the Company is not the Successor Company, the Successor Company shall succeed
to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the
Company under this Indenture, and thereafter the predecessor Company shall be
relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture, except that the
predecessor Company in the case of a lease of all or substantially all its
assets shall not be released from the obligation to pay the principal of and
interest on the Notes.
ARTICLE
VI
REMEDIES
Section
601. Events of
Default. An
“Event of
Default” means the occurrence of the following:
(i) a default
in any payment of interest on any Note when due, continued for a period of 30
days;
(ii) a default
in the payment of principal of any Note when due, whether at its Stated
Maturity, upon optional redemption, upon required repurchase, upon declaration
of acceleration or otherwise;
(iii) the
failure by the Company to comply with its obligations under Section
50l(a);
(iv) the
failure by the Company to comply for 30 days after the notice specified in the
penultimate paragraph of this Section 601 with any
of its obligations under Section 415 (other
than a failure to purchase the Notes);
(v) the
failure by the Company to comply for 60 days after the notice specified in the
penultimate paragraph of this Section 601 with its
other agreements contained in the Notes or this Indenture;
(vi) the
failure by any Subsidiary Guarantor to comply for 45 days after the notice
specified in the penultimate paragraph of this Section 601 with its
obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee;
(vii) the
failure by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to pay any Indebtedness
within any applicable grace period after final maturity or the acceleration of
any such Indebtedness by the holders thereof because of a default, if the total
amount of such Indebtedness so unpaid or accelerated exceeds $50.0 million or
its foreign currency equivalent; provided, that no Default or
Event of Default will be deemed to occur with respect to any such accelerated
Indebtedness that is paid or otherwise acquired or retired within 30 days after
such acceleration;
(viii) the
taking of any of the following actions by the Company or a Significant
Subsidiary, or by each of such other Restricted Subsidiaries that are not
Significant
Subsidiaries but would in the aggregate constitute a Significant Subsidiary if
considered as a single Person, pursuant to or within the meaning of any
Bankruptcy Law:
(A) the
commencement of a voluntary case;
(B) the
consent to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary
case;
(C) the
consent to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for any substantial part of
its property; or
(D) the
making of a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors;
(ix) a court
of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law
that:
(A) is for
relief against the Company or any Significant Subsidiary, or against each of
such other Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Significant Subsidiaries but
would in the aggregate constitute a Significant Subsidiary if considered as a
single Person, in an involuntary case;
(B) appoints
(x) a Custodian of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary or for any
substantial part of its property, or (y) a Custodian of each of such other
Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Significant Subsidiaries but would in the
aggregate constitute a Significant Subsidiary if considered as a single Person,
or for any substantial part of their property in the aggregate; or
(C) orders
the winding up or liquidation of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary, or
of each of such other Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Significant
Subsidiaries but would in the aggregate constitute a Significant Subsidiary if
considered as a single Person;
and the
order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 days;
(x) the
rendering of any judgment or decree for the payment of money in an amount (net
of any insurance or indemnity payments actually received in respect thereof
prior to or within 90 days from the entry thereof, or to be received in respect
thereof in the event any appeal thereof shall be unsuccessful) in excess of
$50.0 million or its foreign currency equivalent against the Company or a
Significant Subsidiary, or jointly and severally against other Restricted
Subsidiaries that are not Significant Subsidiaries but would in the aggregate
constitute a Significant Subsidiary if considered as a single Person, that is
not discharged, or bonded or insured by a third Person, if such judgment or
decree remains outstanding for a period of 90 days following such judgment or
decree and is not discharged, waived or stayed; or
(xi) the
failure of any Subsidiary Guarantee by a Subsidiary Guarantor that is a
Significant Subsidiary to be in full force and effect (except as contemplated by
the terms thereof or of this Indenture) or the denial or disaffirmation in
writing by any
Subsidiary
Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary of its obligations under this
Indenture or its Subsidiary Guarantee (other than by reason of the termination
of this Indenture or such Subsidiary Guarantee or the release of such Subsidiary
Guarantee in accordance with such Subsidiary Guarantee and this Indenture), if
such Default continues for 10 days.
The
foregoing will constitute Events of Default whatever the reason for any such
Event of Default and whether it is voluntary or involuntary or is effected by
operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or
any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental
body.
The term
“Bankruptcy
Law” means Title 11, United States Code, or any similar federal, state or
foreign law for the relief of debtors. The term “Custodian” means any
receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator, custodian or similar official under any
Bankruptcy Law.
However,
a Default under clause (iv), (v) or (vi) will not constitute an Event of Default
until the Trustee or the Holders of at least 30% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Notes notify the Company of the Default and the Company does not
cure such Default within the time specified in such clause after receipt of such
notice. Such notice must specify the Default, demand that it be
remedied and state that such notice is a “Notice of Default.”
When a Default or an Event of Default is cured, it ceases.
The
Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 30 days after the occurrence
thereof, written notice in the form of an Officer’s Certificate of any Event of
Default under clause (vii) or (x) and any event that with the giving of notice
or the lapse of time would become an Event of Default under clause (iv), (v) or
(vi), its status and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with
respect thereto.
Section
602. Acceleration of Maturity;
Rescission and Annulment. If
an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 601(viii) or
Section
60l(ix)) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee by notice to the Company,
or the Holders of at least 30% in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes by
notice to the Company and the Trustee, in either case specifying in such notice
the respective Event of Default and that such notice is a “notice of
acceleration,” may declare the principal of and accrued but unpaid interest on
all the Notes to be due and payable. Upon the effectiveness of such a
declaration, such principal and interest will be due and payable
immediately.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if an Event of Default specified in Section 60l(viii)
or Section
60l(ix) occurs and is continuing, the principal of and accrued but unpaid
interest on all the Outstanding Notes will ipso facto become immediately due and
payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any
Holder. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Notes by notice to the Company and the Trustee may rescind an
acceleration and its consequences if the rescission would not conflict with any
judgment or decree and if all existing Events of Default have been cured or
waived except non-payment of principal or interest that has become due solely
because of such acceleration. No such rescission shall affect any
subsequent Default or impair any right consequent thereto.
Section
603. Other Remedies; Collection
Suit by Trustee. If
an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may, but is not
obligated under Section 603 to,
pursue any available remedy to collect the payment of principal of or interest
on the Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Notes or this
Indenture. If an Event of Default specified in Section 60l(i) or
60l(ii) occurs
and is continuing, the Trustee may recover judgment in its own name and as
trustee of an express trust against the Company for the whole amount then due
and owing (together with interest on any unpaid interest to the extent lawful)
and the amounts provided for in Section
707.
Section
604. Trustee May File Proofs of
Claim. The
Trustee may 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 and the
Holders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company or any other
obligor upon the Notes, its creditors or its property and, unless prohibited by
law or applicable regulations, may vote on behalf of the Holders in any election
of a trustee in bankruptcy or other Person performing similar functions, and any
Custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to
make payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to
the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any
amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and
advances of the Trustee, its agents and its counsel, and any other amounts due
the Trustee under Section
707.
No
provision of this Indenture shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to
authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or
the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect
of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.
Section
605. Trustee May Enforce Claims
Without Possession of Notes. All
rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Notes may be prosecuted
and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Notes or the
production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding
instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an
express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the
payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of
the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders
of the Notes in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.
Section
606. Application of Money
Collected. Any
money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article VI shall be
applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and,
in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal (or premium,
if any) or interest, upon presentation of the Notes and the notation thereon of
the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully
paid:
First: To the payment
of all amounts due the Trustee under Section
707;
Second: To the
payment of the amounts then due and unpaid upon the Notes for principal (and
premium, if any) and interest, in respect of which or for the benefit of which
such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any
kind,
according
to the amounts due and payable on such Notes for principal (and premium, if any)
and interest, respectively; and
Third: To the
Company.
Section
607. Limitation on
Suits. Subject
to Section 608
hereof, no Holder may pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the
Notes unless:
(i) such
Holder has previously given the Trustee written notice that an Event of Default
is continuing;
(ii) Holders
of at least 30% in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes have requested the
Trustee in writing to pursue the remedy;
(iii) such
Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity
against any loss, liability or expense;
(iv) the
Trustee has not complied with the request within 60 days after receipt of the
request and the offer of security or indemnity; and
(v) the
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes have not
given the Trustee a direction inconsistent with the request within such 60-day
period.
A Holder
may not use this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of another
Holder, to obtain a preference or priority over another Holder or to enforce any
right under this Indenture except in the manner herein provided and for the
equal and ratable benefit of all Holders.
Section
608. Unconditional Right of
Holders to Receive Principal and Interest. Notwithstanding
any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Note shall have the
absolute and unconditional right to receive payment of the principal of,
premium, (if any) and all (subject to Section 307)
interest on such Note on the respective Stated Maturity or Interest Payment
Dates expressed in such Note and to institute suit for the enforcement of any
such payment on or after such respective Stated Maturity or Interest Payment
Dates, and such right shall not be impaired without the consent of such
Holder.
Section
609. Restoration of Rights and
Remedies. If
the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or
remedy under this Indenture or any Note and such proceeding has been
discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to
the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case the Company, any
other obligor upon the Notes, the Trustee and the Holders shall, subject to any
determination in such proceeding, be restored severally and respectively to
their former positions hereunder, and thereafter all rights and remedies of the
Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been
instituted.
Section
610. Rights and Remedies
Cumulative. No
right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the
Holders is intended to be exclusive of any
other
right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by
law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given
hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or
otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy
hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or
employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
Section
611. Delay or Omission Not
Waiver. No
delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Note to exercise any
right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right
or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence
therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article VI or by law
to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as
often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case
may be.
Section
612. Control by
Holders. The
Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Notes shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or of
exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, provided that
(1) such
direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture,
and
(2) the
Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not
inconsistent with such direction.
However,
the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this
Indenture or, subject to Section 701, that the
Trustee determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of any other Holder or
that would involve the Trustee in personal liability; provided, however, that the Trustee
may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee that is not inconsistent
with such direction. Prior to taking any action under this Indenture,
the Trustee shall be entitled to indemnification satisfactory to it in its sole
discretion against all losses and expenses caused by taking or not taking such
action. This Section 612 shall be
in lieu of § 316(a)(1)(A) of the TIA, and such § 316(a)(1)(A) of the TIA is
hereby expressly excluded from this Indenture and the Notes, as permitted by the
TIA.
Section
613. Waiver of Past
Defaults. The
Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Notes may on behalf of the Holders of all the Notes waive any past
Default hereunder and its consequences, except a Default
(1) in the
payment of the principal of or interest on any Note (which may only be waived
with the consent of each Holder of Notes affected), or
(2) in
respect of a covenant or provision hereof that pursuant to the second paragraph
of Section 902
cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each
Outstanding Note affected.
Upon any
such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising
therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this
Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or
Event of Default or impair any
right
consequent thereon. In case of any such waiver, the Company, any
other obligor upon the Notes, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored to
their former positions and rights hereunder and under the Notes,
respectively. This paragraph of this Section 613 shall be
in lieu of § 316(a)(1)(B) of the TIA, and such § 316(a)(1)(B) of the TIA is
hereby expressly excluded from this Indenture and the Notes, as permitted by the
TIA.
Section
614. Undertaking for
Costs. All
parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Note by such Holder’s
acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its
discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under
this Indenture or the Notes, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action
taken, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in
such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court
may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’
fees, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits
and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party
litigant. This Section 614 shall not
apply to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any
Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% in principal
amount of the Outstanding Notes, or to any suit instituted by any Holder for the
enforcement of the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest
on any Note on or after the respective Stated Maturity or Interest Payment Dates
expressed in such Note.
Section
615. Waiver of Stay, Extension or
Usury Laws. The
Company (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) shall not at any time insist
upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or
advantage of, any stay or extension law or any usury or other similar law
wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, that would prohibit or
forgive the Company from paying all or any portion of the principal of (or
premium, if any) or interest on the Notes contemplated herein or in the Notes or
that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the
Company (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all
benefit or advantage of any such law, and shall 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.
ARTICLE
VII
THE
TRUSTEE
Section
701. Certain Duties and
Responsibilities. (a)
Except during the continuance of an Event of Default,
(1) the
Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are
specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or
obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee;
and
(2) in the
absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the
truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein,
upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the
requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of any such certificates or
opinions that by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished
to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a
duty to
examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of
this Indenture, but need not verify the contents thereof.
(b) In case
an Event of Default 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 such person’s own
affairs.
(c) No
provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee 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 Section
70l(a); (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; and (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
612.
(d) No
provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own
funds or otherwise incur 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 to believe that repayment of such funds or adequate
indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to
it.
(e) Whether
or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating
to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the
Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section 701 and Section
703.
Section
702. Notice of
Defaults. If
a Default occurs and is continuing and is known to the Trustee, the Trustee must
mail within 90 days after it occurs, to all Holders as their names and addresses
appear in the Note Register, notice of such Default hereunder known to the
Trustee unless such Default shall have been cured or waived; provided, however, that, except in the
case of a Default in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or
interest on any Note, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice
if and so long as the board of directors, the executive committee or a trust
committee of Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determines that
the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Holders.
Section
703. Certain Rights of
Trustee. Subject
to the provisions of Section 701:
(1) the
Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon
any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice,
request, direction, consent, order, bond, note, other evidence of indebtedness
or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed
or presented by the proper party or parties;
(2) any
request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently
evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order thereof, and any resolution of
any Person’s Board of Directors shall be sufficiently evidenced if certified
by an
Officer of such Person as having been duly adopted and being in full force and
effect on the date of such certificate;
(3) whenever
in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable that
a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any
action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically
prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officer’s
Certificate of the Company;
(4) the
Trustee may consult with counsel and the written advice of such counselor and
any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection
in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good
faith and in reliance thereon;
(5) 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 of the Holders
pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders 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;
(6) 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, note, other evidence of
indebtedness or other paper or document; and
(7) the
Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties
hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee
shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any
agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder.
Section
704. Not Responsible for Recitals
or Issuance of Notes. The
recitals contained herein and in the Notes, except the Trustee’s certificates of
authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and neither the
Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent assumes any responsibility for their
correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity
or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Notes, except that the Trustee
represents that it is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Indenture,
authenticate the Notes and perform its obligations hereunder and that the
statements made by it in a Statement of Eligibility and Qualification on Form
T-l supplied to the Company and any other obligor upon the Notes in connection
with the registration of any Notes and any Subsidiary Guarantees issued
hereunder are and will be true and accurate subject to the qualifications set
forth therein. Neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent shall
be accountable for the use or application by the Company of the Notes or the
proceeds thereof.
Section
705. May Hold
Notes. The
Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Note Registrar or any
other agent of the Company, in its individual or any other capacity, may become
the owner or pledgee of Notes and, subject to Section 708 and Section 713, may
otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates with the same rights it
would
have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Note Registrar
or such other agent.
Section
706. Money Held in
Trust. Money
held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds
except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under no
liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise
agreed in writing with the Company.
Section
707. Compensation and
Reimbursement. The
Company agrees,
(1) to pay to
the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for all services rendered
by the Trustee hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any
provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express
trust);
(2) except as
otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the Trustee upon its request
for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Trustee in accordance
with any provision of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and
the expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such
expense, disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its negligence or bad
faith; and
(3) to
indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability
or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on the Trustee’s part,
arising out of or in connection with the administration of the trust or trusts
hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any
claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its
powers or duties hereunder.
The
Company need not pay for any settlement made without its consent. The
provisions of this Section 707 shall
survive the termination of this Indenture.
Section
708. Conflicting
Interests. If
the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the meaning of
the TIA, the Trustee shall eliminate such interest, apply to the SEC for
permission to continue as Trustee with such conflict or resign, to the extent
and in the manner provided by, and subject to the provisions of, the TIA and
this Indenture. To the extent permitted by the TIA, the Trustee shall
not be deemed to have a conflicting interest by virtue of being a trustee under
this Indenture with respect to Original Notes and Additional Notes, or a trustee
under any other indenture between the Company and the Trustee.
Section
709. Corporate Trustee Required;
Eligibility. There
shall at all times be one (and only one) Trustee hereunder. The
Trustee shall be a Person that is eligible pursuant to the TIA to act as such
and has a combined capital and surplus (together with its corporate parent) of
at least $50,000,000. If any such Person publishes reports of
condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of its
supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section and to
the extent permitted by the TIA, the combined capital and surplus of such Person
shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most
recent report of condition so published. If at any time the Trustee
shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 709, it shall
resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in
this Article.
Section
710. Resignation and Removal;
Appointment of Successor. No
resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee
pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of
appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable
requirements of Section
711.
The
Trustee may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the
Company. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee
required by Section
711 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the
giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any
court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor
Trustee.
The
Trustee may be removed at any time by Act of the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Notes, delivered to the Trustee and to the
Company.
If at any
time:
(1) the
Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 708 after
written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been a bona
fide Holder of a Note for at least six months, or
(2) the
Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 709 and shall
fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any such
Holder, or
(3) the
Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged bankrupt or
insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or
any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its
property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or
liquidation,
then, in
any such case, (A) the Company may remove the Trustee, or (B) subject to Section 614, any
Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Note for at least six months may, on
behalf of itself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of
competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a
successor Trustee or Trustees.
If the
Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy
shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, the Company shall promptly
appoint a successor Trustee and shall comply with the applicable requirements of
Section
711. If, within one year after such resignation, removal or
incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee shall be
appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Notes delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the
successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such
appointment in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 711, become
the successor Trustee and to that extent supersede the successor Trustee
appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee shall have been so
appointed by the Company or the Holders and accepted appointment in the manner
required by Section
711, then, subject to Section 614, any
Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Note for at least six months may, on
behalf of itself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of
competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
The
Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee
and each appointment of a successor Trustee to all Holders in the manner
provided in Section
110. Each notice shall include the name of the successor
Trustee and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.
Section
711. Acceptance of Appointment by
Successor. In
case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee, every such successor
Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and
to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon
the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and
such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall
become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring
Trustee; but, on the request of the Company or the successor Trustee, such
retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an
instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and
trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to
such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee
hereunder.
Upon
request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall execute any and all
instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such
successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to
above.
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.
Section
712. Merger, Conversion,
Consolidation or Succession to Business. Any
corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it
may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or
consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation
succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business of the
Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided such
corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article VII, without
the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of
the parties hereto. In case any Notes shall have been authenticated,
but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger,
conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such
authentication and deliver the Notes so authenticated with the same effect as if
such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Notes.
Section
713. Preferential Collection of
Claims Against the Company. If
and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Company (or any other
obligor upon the Notes), the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of the
TIA regarding the collection of claims against the Company (or any such other
obligor) or realizing on certain property received by it in respect of such
claims.
Section
714. Appointment of
Authenticating Agent. The
Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent acceptable to the Company to
authenticate the Notes. Any such appointment shall be evidenced by an
instrument in writing signed by a Trust Officer, a copy of which instrument
shall be promptly furnished to the Company. Unless limited by the
terms of such appointment, an Authenticating Agent may authenticate Notes
whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to
authentication (or execution of a certificate of authentication) by the Trustee
includes authentication (or execution of a certificate of
authentication)
by such Authenticating Agent. An Authenticating Agent has the same
rights as any Registrar, Paying Agent or agent for service of notices and
demands.
ARTICLE
VIII
HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS
BY
TRUSTEE AND THE
COMPANY
Section
801. The Company to Furnish
Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders. The
Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee
(1) semi-annually,
not more than 10 days after each Regular Record Date, a list, in such form as
the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders as
of such Regular Record Date, and
(2) at such
other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after the
receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form and content
as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is
furnished;
provided, however, that if and to the
extent and so long as the Trustee shall be the Note Registrar, no such list need
be furnished pursuant to this Section
801.
Section
802. Preservation of Information;
Communications to Holders. The
Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the
names and addresses of Holders contained in the most recent list, if any,
furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 801 and the
names and addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as Note
Registrar; provided, however, that if and so long
as the Trustee shall be the Note Registrar, the Note Register shall satisfy the
requirements relating to such list. None of the Company, any
Guarantor or the Trustee or any other Person shall be under any responsibility
with regard to the accuracy of such list. The Trustee may destroy any
list furnished to it as provided in Section 801 upon
receipt of a new list so furnished.
The
rights of Holders to communicate with other Holders with respect to their rights
under this Indenture or under the Notes, and the corresponding rights and
privileges of the Trustee, shall be as provided by the TIA.
Every
Holder of Notes, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Company and
the Trustee that neither the Company nor the Trustee, nor any agent of either of
them, shall be held accountable by reason of any disclosure of information as to
names and addresses of Holders made pursuant to the TIA.
Section
803. Reports by
Trustee. Within
60 days after each December 15, beginning with December 15, 2006, the Trustee
shall transmit to Holders such reports concerning the Trustee and its actions
under this Indenture as may be required pursuant to the TIA at the times and in
the manner provided pursuant thereto for so long as any Notes remain
outstanding. A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such
transmission to Holders, be filed by the Trustee or any applicable listing agent
with each stock exchange upon which any
Notes are
listed, with the SEC and with the Company. The Company will notify
the Trustee when any Notes are listed on any stock exchange.
ARTICLE
IX
AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT OR
WAIVER
Section
901. Without Consent of
Holders. Without
the consent of the Holders of any Notes, the Company, the Trustee and (as
applicable) each Subsidiary Guarantor may amend or supplement this Indenture or
the Notes, for any of the following purposes:
(1) to cure
any ambiguity, manifest error, omission, defect or inconsistency;
(2) to
provide for the assumption by a Successor Company of the obligations of the
Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor under this Indenture;
(3) to
provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated
Notes;
(4) to add
Guarantees with respect to the Notes, to secure the Notes, to confirm and
evidence the release, termination or discharge of any Guarantee or Lien with
respect to or securing the Notes when such release, termination or discharge is
provided for under this Indenture;
(5) to add to
the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders or to surrender any
right or power conferred upon the Company;
(6) to
provide for or confirm the issuance of Additional Notes;
(7) to
conform the text of this Indenture, the Notes or any Subsidiary Guarantee to any
provision of the “Description of Notes” section of the offering memorandum to
the extent that such provision in such “Description of Notes” section was
intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of this Indenture, Guarantee
or the Notes;
(8) to
provide additional rights or benefits to the Holders or make any change that
does not materially adversely affect the rights of any Holder under the Notes or
this Indenture;
(9) to
release a Subsidiary Guarantor from its obligations under its Subsidiary
Guarantee or this Indenture in accordance with the applicable provisions of this
Indenture;
(10) to
provide for the appointment of a successor Trustee, provided that the successor
Trustee is otherwise qualified and eligible to act as such under the terms of
this Indenture; or
(11) to comply
with any requirement of the SEC in connection with the qualification of this
Indenture under the TIA or otherwise.
Section
902. With Consent of
Holders. Subject
to Section 608,
the Company, the Trustee and (if applicable) each Subsidiary Guarantor may amend
or supplement this Indenture or the Notes with the written consent of the
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes
(including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer
for Notes); provided
that the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of
the Outstanding Notes by written notice to the Trustee (including consents
obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for Notes) may
waive any existing Default or Event of Default or compliance by the Company or
any Subsidiary Guarantor with any provision of this Indenture, the Notes or any
Subsidiary Guarantee.
Notwithstanding
the provisions of this Section 902, without
the consent of each Holder of an Outstanding Note affected, an amendment or
waiver, including a waiver pursuant to Section 613, may
not:
(i) reduce
the principal amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment or
waiver;
(ii) reduce
the rate of or extend the time for payment of interest on any Note;
(iii) reduce
the principal of or extend the Stated Maturity of any Note;
(iv) reduce
the premium payable upon the redemption of any Note or change the date on which
any Note may be redeemed as described in Section
1001;
(v) make any
Note payable in money other than that stated in such Note;
(vi) impair
the right of any Holder to receive payment of principal of and interest on such
Holder’s Notes on or after the due dates therefor or to institute suit for the
enforcement of any such payment on or with respect to such Holder’s Notes;
or
(vii) make any
change in the amendment or waiver provisions described in this
paragraph.
It shall
not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this Section 902 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 902 becomes
effective, the Company shall mail to the Holders, with a copy to the Trustee, 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 supplemental indenture
or the effectiveness of any such amendment, supplement or waiver.
Section
903. Execution of Amendments,
Supplements or Waivers. 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, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. If it does, the
Trustee may, but need not, sign it. In signing or refusing to sign
such amendment, supplement or waiver, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive,
and shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Officer’s Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the execution of such amendment,
supplement or waiver has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Company and that, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent
transfer, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other laws now
or hereinafter in effect affecting creditors’ rights or remedies generally and
to general principles of equity (including standards of materiality, good faith,
fair dealing and reasonableness), whether considered in a proceeding at law or
at equity, such amendment, supplement or waiver is a valid and binding agreement
of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its
terms.
Section
904. Revocation and Effect of
Consents. Until
an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a
Holder is a continuing consent by the Holder and every subsequent Holder of that
Note or any Note that evidences all or any part of the same debt as the
consenting Holder’s Note, even if notation of the consent is not made on any
Note. Subject to the following paragraph of this Section 904, any such
Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent as to such Holder’s Note by
written notice to the Trustee or the Company, received by the Trustee or the
Company, as the case may be, before the date on which the Trustee receives an
Officer’s Certificate certifying that the Holders of the requisite principal
amount of Notes have consented (and not theretofore revoked such consent) to the
amendment, supplement or waiver. The Company may, but shall not be
obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders
entitled to consent to any amendment, supplement or waiver as set forth in Section
108.
After an
amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, it shall bind every Holder of
Notes, unless it makes a change described in any of clauses (i) through (vii) of
the second paragraph of Section
902. In that case, the amendment, supplement or waiver shall
bind each Holder of a Note who has consented to it and every subsequent Holder
of such Note or any Note that evidences all or any part of the same debt as the
consenting Holder’s Note.
Section
905. Conformity with
TIA. Every
amendment or supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall
conform to the requirements of the TIA as then in effect.
Section
906. Notation on or Exchange of
Notes. If
an amendment, supplement or waiver changes the terms of a Note, the Trustee
shall (if required by the Company and in accordance with the specific direction
of the Company) request the Holder of the Note to deliver it to the
Trustee. The Trustee shall (if required by the Company and in
accordance with the specific direction of the Company) place an appropriate
notation on the Note 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 Note shall issue and the Trustee shall
authenticate a new Note that reflects the changed terms. Failure to
make the appropriate notation or issue a new Note shall not affect the validity
and effect of such amendment, supplement or waiver.
ARTICLE
X
REDEMPTION OF
NOTES
Section
1001. Right of
Redemption. (a)
The 9 5/8% Notes will be redeemable, at the Company’s option, in whole or
in part, at any time and from time to time on or after March 15, 2014 and prior
to maturity at the applicable redemption price set forth below. Such
redemption may be made upon notice mailed by first-class mail to each Holder’s
registered address in accordance with Section
1005. The Company may provide in such notice that payment of
the redemption price and the performance of the Company’s obligations with
respect to such redemption may be performed by another Person. Any
such redemption and notice may, in the Company’s discretion, be subject to the
satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, including but not limited to
the occurrence of a Change of Control. The Notes will be so
redeemable at the following redemption prices (expressed as a percentage of
principal amount), plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not
including, the relevant Redemption Date (subject to Section 307), if
redeemed during the 12-month period commencing on March 15 of each of the years
set forth below:
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2014
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104.813%
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2015
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102.406%
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2016
and
thereafter
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100.000%
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(b) In
addition, at any time and from time to time on or prior to March 15, 2013, the
Company at its option may redeem Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to
up to 35% of the original aggregate principal amount of the 9 5/8% Notes
(including the principal amount of any Additional Notes), with funds in an
aggregate amount (the “Redemption Amount”)
not exceeding the aggregate proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings, at a
redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount thereof) of
109.625% for the 9 5/8% Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any,
to, but not including, the Redemption Date (subject to Section 307); provided, however, that if 9 5/8%
Notes are redeemed, an aggregate principal amount of 9 5/8% Notes equal to
at least 65% of the original aggregate principal amount of 9 5/8% Notes
(including the principal amount of any Additional Notes) must remain outstanding
after each such redemption of 9 5/8% Notes.
The
Company may make such redemption upon notice mailed by first-class mail to each
Holder’s registered address in accordance with Section 1005 (but in
no event more than 180 days after the completion of the related Equity
Offering). The Company may provide in such notice that payment of the
redemption price and performance of the Company’s obligations with respect to
such redemption may be performed by another Person. Any such notice
may be given prior to the completion of the related Equity Offering, and any
such redemption or notice may, at the Company’s discretion, be subject to the
satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, including but not limited to
the completion of the related Equity Offering.
(c) At any
time prior to March 15, 2014, the 9 5/8% Notes may also be redeemed or
purchased (by the Company or any other Person) in whole or in part, at the
Company’s option, at a price (the “Redemption Price”)
equal to 100% of the principal amount
thereof
plus the Applicable Premium as of, and accrued but unpaid interest, if any, to,
but not including, the Redemption Date (subject to Section
307). Such redemption or purchase may be made upon notice
mailed by first-class mail to each Holder’s registered address in accordance
with Section 1005. The
Company may provide in such notice that payment of the Redemption Price and
performance of the Company’s obligations with respect to such redemption or
purchase may be performed by another Person. Any such redemption,
purchase or notice may, at the Company’s discretion, be subject to the
satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, including but not limited to
the occurrence of a Change of Control.
“Applicable Premium”
means, with respect to a Note at any Redemption Date, the greater of (i) 1.0% of
the principal amount of such Note and (ii) the excess of (A) the present value
at such Redemption Date of (1) the redemption price of such Note on March 15,
2014 (such redemption price being that described in Section 100l(a)) plus
(2) all required remaining scheduled interest payments due on such Note through
such date, computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate plus 50
basis points, over (B) the principal amount of such Note on such Redemption
Date; as calculated by the Company or on behalf of the Company by such Person as
the Company shall designate; provided that such
calculation shall not be a duty or obligation of the Trustee.
“Treasury Rate” means,
with respect to a Redemption Date, the yield to maturity at the time of
computation of United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as
compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release
H.15(519) that has become publicly available at least two Business Days prior to
such Redemption Date (or, if such Statistical Release is no longer published,
any publicly available source of similar market data)) most nearly equal to the
period from such Redemption Date to March 15, 2014; provided, however, that if the period
from the Redemption Date to such date is not equal to the constant maturity of a
United States Treasury security for which a weekly average yield is given, the
Treasury Rate shall be obtained by linear interpolation (calculated to the
nearest one-twelfth of a year) from the weekly average yields of United States
Treasury securities for which such yields are given, except that if the period
from the Redemption Date to such date is less than one year, the weekly average
yield on actually traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to a
constant maturity of one year shall be used.
Section
1002. Applicability of
Article. Redemption
or purchase of Notes as permitted by Section 1001 shall be
made in accordance with this Article
X.
Section
1003. Election to Redeem; Notice
to Trustee. In
case of any redemption at the election of the Company of less than all of the
Notes, the Company shall, at least two Business Days (but not more than 60 days)
prior to the date on which notice is required to be mailed or caused to be
mailed to Holders pursuant to Section 1005, notify
the Trustee of such Redemption Date and of the principal amount of Notes to be
redeemed.
Section
1004. Selection by Trustee of
Notes to Be Redeemed. In
the case of any partial redemption, selection of the Notes for redemption will
be made by the Trustee not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date on a
pro rata basis or, to
the extent a pro rata
basis is not permitted, by such other method as the Trustee shall deem to be
fair and appropriate, although no Note of $2,000 in original principal amount or
less will be redeemed in part.
The
Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Notes selected for
redemption and, in the case of any Note selected for partial redemption, the
principal amount thereof to be redeemed. On and after the Redemption
Date, interest will cease to accrue on Notes or portions thereof called for
redemption.
For all
purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all
provisions relating to the redemption of Notes shall relate, in the case of any
Note redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal of
such Note that has been or is to be redeemed.
Section
1005. Notice of
Redemption. Notice
of redemption or purchase as provided in Section 1001 shall be
given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than 30 nor more
than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, to each Holder of Notes to be
redeemed, at such Holder’s address appearing in the Note Register.
Any such
notice shall state:
(1) the
expected Redemption Date;
(2) the
redemption price (or the formula by which the redemption price will be
determined);
(3) if less
than all Outstanding Notes are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the
case of partial redemption, the portion of the respective principal amounts) of
the Notes to be redeemed;
(4) that, on
the Redemption Date, the redemption price will become due and payable upon each
such Note, and that, unless the Company defaults in making such redemption
payment or the Paying Agent is prohibited from making such payment pursuant to
the terms of this Indenture, interest thereon shall cease to accrue from and
after said date; and
(5) the place
where such Notes are to be surrendered for payment of the redemption
price.
In
addition, if such redemption, purchase or notice is subject to satisfaction of
one or more conditions precedent, as permitted by Section 1001, such
notice shall describe each such condition, and if applicable, shall state that,
in the Company’s discretion, the Redemption Date may be delayed until such time
as any or all such conditions shall be satisfied, or such redemption or purchase
may not occur and such notice may be rescinded in the event that any or all such
conditions shall not have been satisfied by the Redemption Date, or by the
Redemption Date as so delayed.
The
Company may provide in such notice that payment of the redemption price and the
performance of the Company’s obligations with respect to such redemption may be
performed by another Person.
Notice of
such redemption or purchase of Notes to be so redeemed or purchased at the
election of the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company’s
request (made to the Trustee at least 40 days (or such shorter period as shall
be satisfactory to the Trustee) prior to the Redemption Date), by the Trustee in
the name and at the expense of the Company. Any such request will set
forth the information to be stated in such notice, as provided by this Section
1005.
The
notice if mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to
have been given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice. In
any case, failure to give such notice by mail or any defect in the notice to the
Holder of any Note designated for redemption as a whole or in part shall not
affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other
Note.
Section
1006. Deposit of Redemption
Price. On
or prior to 12:00 p.m., New York City time, on any Redemption Date, the Company
shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is
acting as its own Paying Agent, the Company shall segregate and hold in trust as
provided in Section
403) an amount of money sufficient to pay the redemption price of, and
any accrued and unpaid interest on, all the Notes or portions thereof which are
to be redeemed on that date.
Section
1007. Notes Payable on Redemption
Date. Notice
of redemption having been given as provided in this Article X, the Notes
so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the
redemption price herein specified and from and after such date (unless the
Company shall default in the payment of the redemption price or the Paying Agent
is prohibited from paying the redemption price pursuant to the terms of this
Indenture) such Notes shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of
such Notes for redemption in accordance with such notice, such Notes shall be
paid by the Company at the redemption price. Installments of interest
whose Interest Payment Date is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be
payable to the Holders of such Notes registered as such on the relevant Regular
Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section
307.
On and
after any Redemption Date, if money sufficient to pay the redemption price of
and any accrued and unpaid interest on Notes called for redemption shall have
been made available in accordance with Section 1006, the
Notes (or the portions thereof) called for redemption will cease to accrue
interest and the only right of the Holders of such Notes (or portions thereof)
will be to receive payment of the redemption price of and, subject to the last
sentence of the preceding paragraph, any accrued and unpaid interest on such
Notes (or portions thereof) to the Redemption Date. If any Note (or
portion thereof) called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender
thereof for redemption, the principal (and premium, if any) shall, until paid,
bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate borne by the Note (or portion
thereof).
Section
1008. Notes Redeemed in
Part. Any
Note that is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at the Place of
Payment (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or
a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the
Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in
writing) and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver to the Holder of such Note without service charge, a new Note or Notes,
of any
authorized
denomination as requested by such Holder in aggregate principal amount equal to
and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Note so
surrendered.
ARTICLE
XI
SATISFACTION AND
DISCHARGE
Section
1101. Satisfaction and Discharge
of Indenture. This
Indenture shall be discharged and shall cease to be of further effect (except as
to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Notes herein
expressly provided for), and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the
Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture, when
(i) either
(a) all Notes
theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than Notes that have been
destroyed, lost or stolen and that have been replaced or paid as provided in
Section 306,
and (ii) Notes for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust
or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the
Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 403) have
been delivered to the Trustee cancelled or for cancellation; or
(b) all such
Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee cancelled or for
cancellation
(1) have
become due and payable, or
(2) will
become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year, or
(3) have been
or are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the
Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company,
(ii) the
Company has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee
money or U.S. Government Obligations, or a combination thereof, sufficient
(without reinvestment) to pay and discharge the entire Indebtedness on such
Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee cancelled or for cancellation,
for principal (and premium, if any) and interest to, but not including, the date
of such deposit (in the case of Notes that have become due and payable), or to
the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be (provided that if such
redemption shall be pursuant to Section 1001(c), (x)
the amount of money or U.S. Government Obligations or a combination thereof that
the Company must irrevocably deposit or cause to be deposited shall be
determined using an assumed Applicable Premium calculated as of the date of such
deposit, and (y) the Company must irrevocably deposit or cause to be deposited
additional money in trust on the Redemption Date, as required by Section 1006, as
necessary to pay the Applicable Premium as determined on such
date);
(iii) the
Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums then payable hereunder by
the Company; and
(iv) the
Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate of the Company and
an Opinion of Counsel, each to the effect that all conditions precedent provided
for in this Section
1101 relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have
been complied with, provided that any such
counsel may rely on any Officer’s Certificate as to matters of fact (including
as to compliance with the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii)).
Notwithstanding
the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Company
to the Trustee under Section 707 and, if
money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 110l(ii), the
obligations of the Trustee under Section 1102 shall
survive.
Section
1102. Application of Trust
Money. Subject
to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 403, all
money and/or U.S. Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof)
deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 1101 shall be
held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Notes
and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent
as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal
(and premium, if any) and interest on the Notes; but such money need not be
segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
ARTICLE
XII
DEFEASANCE OR COVENANT
DEFEASANCE
Section
1201. The Company’s Option to
Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. The
Company may, concurrently (and not separately) at its option, at any time, elect
to have terminated the obligations of the Company with respect to Outstanding
Notes and to have terminated all of the obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantors
with respect to the Subsidiary Guarantees, in each case, as set forth in this
Article XII,
and elect to have either Section 1202 or Section 1203 be
applied to all of the Outstanding Notes (the “Defeased Notes”),
upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in Section
1204. Either Section 1202 or Section 1203 may be
applied to the Defeased Notes to any Redemption Date or the Stated Maturity of
the Notes.
Section
1202. Defeasance and
Discharge. Upon
the Company’s exercise under Section 1201 of the
option applicable to this Section 1202, the
Company shall be deemed to have been released and discharged from its
obligations with respect to the Defeased Notes on the date the relevant
conditions set forth in Section 1204 below
are satisfied (hereinafter, “Defeasance”). For
this purpose, such Defeasance means that the Company shall be deemed to have
paid and discharged the entire Indebtedness represented by the Defeased Notes,
which shall thereafter be deemed to be “Outstanding” only for the purposes of
Section 1205
and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in clauses (a) and (b)
below, and the Company and each of the Subsidiary Guarantors shall be deemed to
have satisfied all other obligations under such Notes and this Indenture insofar
as such Notes are concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company,
shall
execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following,
which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (a) the
rights of Holders of Defeased Notes to receive, solely from the trust fund
described in Section
1204 and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments in respect of
the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on such Notes when such
payments are due, (b) the Company’s obligations with respect to such Defeased
Notes under Sections
304, 305, 306, 402 and 403, (c) the rights,
powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder, including the
Trustee’s rights under Section 707, and (d)
this Article
XII. If the Company exercises its option under this Section 1202, payment
of the Notes may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default with respect
thereto. Subject to compliance with this Article XII, the
Company may, at its option and at any time, exercise its option under this Section 1202
notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 1203
with respect to the Notes.
Section
1203. Covenant
Defeasance. Upon
the Company’s exercise under Section 1201 of the
option applicable to this Section 1203, (a) the
Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall be released from their respective
obligations under any covenant or provision contained in Section 405 and Sections 407 through
415 and the
provisions of clauses (iii), (iv) and (v) of Section 50l(a) shall
not apply, and (b) the occurrence of any event specified in clause (iv), (v)
(with respect to Section 405 and Sections 407 through
415,
inclusive), (vi), (vii), (viii) (with respect to Subsidiaries), (ix) (with
respect to Subsidiaries), (x) or (xi) of Section 601 shall be
deemed not to be or result in an Event of Default, in each case with respect to
the Defeased Notes on and after the date the conditions set forth below are
satisfied (hereinafter, “Covenant
Defeasance”), and the Notes shall thereafter be deemed not to be
“Outstanding” for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration
or Act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such
covenants or provisions, 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 Notes, the Company and the
Subsidiary Guarantors may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in
respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant or
provision, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere
herein to any such covenant or provision or by reason of any reference in any
such covenant or provision 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 601, but,
except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Outstanding
Notes shall be unaffected thereby.
Section
1204. Conditions to Defeasance or
Covenant Defeasance. The
following shall be the conditions to application of either Section 1202 or Section 1203 to the
Outstanding Notes:
(1) The
Company shall have irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the
Trustee, in trust, money or U.S. Government Obligations, or a combination
thereof, in amounts as will be sufficient (without reinvestment), to pay and
discharge the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on the Defeased
Notes to the Stated Maturity or relevant Redemption Date in accordance with the
terms of this Indenture and the Notes (provided that if such
redemption shall be pursuant to Section 1001(c), (x)
the amount of money or U.S. Government Obligations or a combination thereof that
the Company must irrevocably deposit or cause to be deposited shall be
determined using an
assumed
Applicable Premium calculated as of the date of such deposit, and (y) the
Company must irrevocably deposit or cause to be deposited additional money in
trust on the Redemption Date, as required by Section 1006, as
necessary to pay the Applicable Premium as determined on such
date);
(2) No
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of
such deposit;
(3) Such
deposit shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a Default or
Event of Default under, this Indenture or any other material agreement or
instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound;
(4) In the
case of an election under Section 1202, the
Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel (subject to
customary exceptions and exclusions) to the effect that (x) the Company has
received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a
ruling or (y) since the Issue Date, there has been a change in the applicable
federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon
such opinion shall confirm to the effect that, the Holders of the Outstanding
Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as
a result of such 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 Defeasance had not occurred; provided that such Opinion of
Counsel need not be delivered if all Notes theretofore authenticated and
delivered (other than (i) Notes that have been destroyed, lost or stolen and
that have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 306, and (ii)
Notes for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or
segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company
or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 403) not
theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation have become due and
payable, will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year,
or are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the
Company;
(5) In the
case of an election under Section 1203, the
Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel (subject to
customary exceptions and exclusions) to the effect that the Holders of the
Outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax
purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to federal
income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as
would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;
and
(6) The
Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel, each to the effect that all conditions precedent provided
for in this Section
1204 relating to either the Defeasance under Section 1202 or the
Covenant Defeasance under Section 1203, as the
case may be, have been complied with. In rendering such Opinion of
Counsel, counsel may rely on an Officer’s Certificate as to compliance with the
foregoing clauses (1), (2) and (3) of this Section 1204 or as to
any matters of fact.
Section
1205. Deposited Money and U.S.
Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous
Provisions. Subject
to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 403, all
money and U.S. Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited
with the Trustee (or such other Person that would qualify to act as successor
Trustee under Article
VII, collectively and solely for purposes of this Section 1205, the
“Trustee”)
pursuant to Section
1204 in respect of the Defeased Notes shall be held in trust and applied
by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Notes and this
Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent as the
Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Notes of all sums due and to
become due thereon in respect of principal, premium, if any, 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 and its agents and hold them
harmless against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the
U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 1204, or the
principal, premium, if any, and interest received in respect thereof, other than
any such tax, fee or other charge that by law is for the account of the Holders
of the Defeased Notes.
Anything
in this Article
XII to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver to the
Company from time to time, upon Company Request, any money or U.S. Government
Obligations held by it as provided in Section 1204 that, in
the opinion of a nationally recognized accounting or investment banking firm
expressed in a written certification thereof to the Trustee, are in excess of
the amount thereof that would then be required to be deposited to effect an
equivalent Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. Subject to Article VII, the
Trustee shall not incur any liability to any Person by relying on such
opinion.
Section
1206. Reinstatement. If
the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or U.S. Government
Obligations in accordance with Section 1202 or 1203, as the case may
be, by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority
enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the
obligations of the Company and each of the Subsidiary Guarantors under this
Indenture, the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees shall be revived and
reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 1202 or 1203, as the case may
be, until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all
such money and U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with Section 1202 or 1203, as the case may
be; provided, however, that if the Company
or any Subsidiary Guarantor makes any payment of principal, premium, if any, or
interest on any Note following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company
or Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, shall be subrogated to the rights
of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money and U.S.
Government Obligations held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
Section
1207. Repayment to the
Company. The
Trustee shall pay to the Company upon Company Request any money held by it for
the payment of principal or interest that remains unclaimed for two
years. After payment to the Company, Holders entitled to money must
look 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.
ARTICLE
XIII
GUARANTEES
Section
1301. Guarantees
Generally.
(a) Guarantee of Each
Guarantor. Each Guarantor, as primary obligor and not merely
as surety, will jointly and severally, irrevocably, fully and unconditionally
Guarantee, on an unsecured unsubordinated basis, the punctual payment when due,
whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, of all monetary
obligations of the Company under this Indenture and the Notes, whether for
principal of or interest on the Notes, expenses, indemnification or otherwise
(all such obligations guaranteed by the Subsidiary Guarantors being herein
called the “Subsidiary
Guaranteed Obligations”).
The
obligations of each Guarantor will be limited to the maximum amount as will,
after giving effect to all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such
Guarantor (including but not limited to any Guarantee by it of any Bank
Indebtedness) and after giving effect to any collections from or payments made
by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such
other Guarantor under its Guarantee or pursuant to its contribution obligations
under this Indenture, result in the obligations of such Guarantor under the
Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer under
applicable law, or being void or unenforceable under any law relating to
insolvency of debtors.
(b) Further Agreements of Each
Guarantor. (i) Each Guarantor hereby agrees that (to the
fullest extent permitted by law) its obligations hereunder shall be
unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of
this Indenture, the Notes or the obligations of the Company or any other
Guarantor to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder, the absence of
any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder with respect
to any provisions hereof or thereof, any release of any other Guarantor, the
recovery of any judgment against the Company, any action to enforce the same,
whether or not a notation concerning its Guarantee is made on any particular
Note, or any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a legal or
equitable discharge or defense of a Guarantor.
(ii) Each
Guarantor hereby waives (to the fullest extent permitted by law) the benefit of
diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the
event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a
proceeding first against the Company, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever
and covenants that (except as otherwise provided in Section 1303) its
Guarantee will not be discharged except by complete performance of the
obligations contained in the Notes, this Indenture and this
Guarantee. Such Guarantee is a guarantee of payment and not of
collection. Each Guarantor further agrees (to the fullest extent
permitted by law) that, as between it, on the one hand, and the Holders of Notes
and the Trustee, on the other hand, subject to this Article XIII, (1) the
maturity of the obligations guaranteed by its Guarantee may be accelerated as
and to the extent provided in Article VI for the
purposes of such Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other
prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations
guaranteed by such Guarantee, and (2) in
the event
of any acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article VI, such
obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and
payable by such Guarantor in accordance with the terms of this Section 1301 for
the purpose of such Guarantee. Neither the Trustee nor any other
Person shall have any obligation to enforce or exhaust any rights or remedies or
to take any other steps under any security for the Subsidiary Guaranteed
Obligations or against the Company or any other Person or any property of the
Company or any other Person before the Trustee is entitled to demand payment and
performance by any or all Subsidiary Guarantors of their obligations under their
respective Subsidiary Guarantees or under this Indenture.
(iii) Until
terminated in accordance with Section 1303, each
Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect and continue to be effective
should any petition be filed by or against the Company for liquidation or
reorganization, should the Company become insolvent or make an assignment for
the benefit of creditors or should a receiver or trustee be appointed for all or
any significant part of the Company’s assets, and shall, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be,
if at any time payment and performance of the Notes are, pursuant to applicable
law, rescinded or reduced in amount, or must otherwise be restored or returned
by any obligee on such Notes, whether as a “voidable preference,” “fraudulent
transfer” or otherwise, all as though such payment or performance had not been
made. In the event that any payment, or any part thereof, is
rescinded, reduced, restored or returned, the Notes shall, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, be reinstated and deemed reduced only by such amount paid and
not so rescinded, reduced, restored or returned.
(c) Each
Subsidiary Guarantor that makes a payment or distribution under its Subsidiary
Guarantee shall have the right to seek contribution from the Company or any
nonpaying Subsidiary Guarantor that has also Guaranteed the relevant Subsidiary
Guaranteed Obligations in respect of which such payment or distribution is made,
so long as the exercise of such right does not impair the rights of the Holders
under the Subsidiary Guarantees.
(d) Each
Guarantor acknowledges that it will receive direct and indirect benefits from
the financing arrangements contemplated by this Indenture and that its
Guarantee, and the waiver set forth in Section 1305, are
knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits.
(e) Each
Guarantor, pursuant to its Guarantee, also hereby agrees to pay any and all
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable counsel fees and
expenses) incurred by the Trustee or the Holders in enforcing any rights under a
Guarantee.
Section
1302. Continuing
Guarantees. (a)
Each Guarantee shall be a continuing Guarantee and shall (i) subject to Section 1303, remain
in full force and effect until payment in full of the principal amount of all
Outstanding Notes (whether by payment at maturity, purchase, redemption,
defeasance, retirement or other acquisition) and all other applicable
obligations then due and owing, (ii) be binding upon such Guarantor and (iii)
inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Trustee, the Holders and their
permitted successors, transferees and assigns.
(b) The
obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall continue to be effective or shall
be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any payment which would
otherwise
have reduced or terminated the obligations of any Guarantor hereunder and under
its Guarantee (whether such payment shall have been made by or on behalf of the
Company or by or on behalf of a Guarantor) is rescinded or reclaimed from any of
the Holders upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, liquidation or reorganization of
the Company or any Guarantor or otherwise, all as though such payment had not
been made.
Section
1303. Release of
Guarantees. Notwithstanding
the provisions of Section 1302, a
Guarantee will be subject to termination and discharge under the circumstances
described in this Section
1303. A Guarantor will automatically and unconditionally be
released from all obligations under its Guarantee, and such Guarantee shall
thereupon terminate and be discharged and of no further force or effect, (i) in
the case of a Subsidiary Guarantor, concurrently with any direct or indirect
sale or disposition (by merger or otherwise) of any Subsidiary Guarantor or any
interest therein not prohibited by the terms of this Indenture (including Section 411 and Section 501) by the
Company or a Restricted Subsidiary or any other transaction, following which
such Subsidiary Guarantor is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company,
(ii) at any time that such Guarantor is released from all of its obligations
under all of its Guarantees of payment by the Company of any Indebtedness of the
Company under the Senior Credit Facilities (it being understood that a release
subject to contingent reinstatement is still a release, and that if any such
Guarantee is so reinstated, such Guarantee shall also be reinstated); provided that the release of
obligations described in this clause (ii) shall not apply to the Indirect
Parent, (iii) upon the merger or consolidation of any Guarantor with and into
the Company or another Guarantor that is the surviving Person in such merger or
consolidation, or upon the liquidation of such Guarantor following or
contemporaneously with the transfer of all of its assets to the Company or
another Guarantor; provided that the release of
obligations described in this clause (iii) shall not apply to the Indirect
Parent, (iv) concurrently with a Subsidiary Guarantor becoming an Unrestricted
Subsidiary, (v) upon legal or covenant defeasance of the Company’s obligations,
or satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, or (vi) subject to Section 1302(b), upon
payment in full of the aggregate principal amount of all Notes then
Outstanding. In addition, the Company will have the right, upon 5
days’ notice to the Trustee, to cause any Subsidiary Guarantor that has not
guaranteed payment by the Company of any Indebtedness of the Company under the
Senior Credit Facilities to be unconditionally released from all obligations
under its Subsidiary Guarantee, and such Subsidiary Guarantee shall thereupon
terminate and be discharged and of no further force or effect.
Upon any
such occurrence specified in this Section 1303, the
Trustee shall execute any documents reasonably required in order to evidence
such release, discharge and termination in respect of the applicable
Guarantee.
Section
1304. [Reserved].
Section
1305. Waiver of
Subrogation. Each
Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives any claim or other rights that it may now or
hereafter acquire against the Company that arise from the existence, payment,
performance or enforcement of the Company’s obligations under the Notes and this
Indenture or such Guarantor’s obligations under its Subsidiary and this
Indenture, including any right of subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration,
indemnification, and any right to participate in any claim or remedy of any
Holder of Notes against the Company, whether or not such claim, remedy or right
arises in equity, or under contract, statute or common
law,
until this Indenture is discharged and all of the Notes are discharged and paid
in full. If any amount shall be paid to any Guarantor in violation of
the preceding sentence and the Notes shall not have been paid in full, such
amount shall be deemed to have been paid to such Guarantor for the benefit of,
and held in trust for the benefit of, the Holders of the Notes, and shall
forthwith be paid to the Trustee for the benefit of such Holders to be credited
and applied upon the Notes, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with the
terms of this Indenture.
Section
1306. Notation Not
Required. Neither
the Company nor any Guarantor shall be required to make a notation on the Notes
to reflect any Guarantee or any release, termination or discharge
thereof.
Section
1307. Successors and Assigns of
Guarantors. All
covenants and agreements in this Indenture by each Guarantor shall bind its
respective successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
Section
1308. Execution and Delivery of
Guarantees. The
Notes shall be guaranteed by the Indirect Parent and the Direct
Parent. In addition, the Company shall cause each Restricted
Subsidiary that is required to become a Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to Section 414, and each
Subsidiary of the Company that the Company causes to become a Subsidiary
Guarantor pursuant to Section 414, to
promptly execute and deliver to the Trustee a Supplemental Indenture
substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit E to this
Indenture, or otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Trustee, evidencing its Subsidiary Guarantee on substantially the terms set
forth in this Article
XIII. Concurrently therewith, the Company shall deliver to the
Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
the Trustee to the effect that such Supplemental Indenture has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by such Restricted Subsidiary and that,
subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, fraudulent
conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other laws now or hereafter in effect
affecting creditors’ rights or remedies generally and to general principles of
equity (including standards of materiality, good faith, fair dealing and
reasonableness), whether considered in a proceeding at law or at equity, such
Supplemental Indenture is a valid and binding agreement of such Restricted
Subsidiary, enforceable against such Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with
its terms.
Section
1309. Notices. Notice
to any Guarantor shall be sufficient if addressed to such Guarantor in care of
the Company at the address, place and manner provided in Section
109.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly
executed, all as of the date first written above.
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AVIS
BUDGET CAR RENTAL, LLC
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By
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/s/
Rochelle Tarlowe
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Name: Rochelle
Tarlowe
Title: Vice
President and Treasurer
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AVIS
BUDGET FINANCE, INC.
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By
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/s/
Rochelle Tarlowe
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Name: Rochelle
Tarlowe
Title: Vice
President and Treasurer
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AVIS
BUDGET GROUP, INC.
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By
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/s/
Rochelle Tarlowe
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Name: Rochelle
Tarlowe
Title: Vice
President and Treasurer
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AVIS
BUDGET HOLDINGS, LLC
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By
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/s/
Rochelle Tarlowe
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Name: Rochelle
Tarlowe
Title: Vice
President and Treasurer
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AB
CAR RENTAL SERVICES, INC.
ARACS
LLC
AVIS
ASIA AND PACIFIC, LIMITED
AVIS
CAR RENTAL GROUP, LLC
AVIS
CARIBBEAN, LIMITED
AVIS
ENTERPRISES, INC.
AVIS
GROUP HOLDINGS, LLC
AVIS
INTERNATIONAL, LTD.
AVIS
OPERATIONS, LLC
AVIS
RENT A CAR SYSTEM, LLC
PF
CLAIMS MANAGEMENT, LTD.
PR
HOLDCO, INC.
WIZARD
CO., INC.
WIZARD
SERVICES, INC.
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By
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/s/
Rochelle Tarlowe
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Name: Rochelle
Tarlowe
Title: Vice
President and Treasurer
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BGI
LEASING, INC.
BUDGET
RENT A CAR SYSTEM, INC.
BUDGET
TRUCK RENTAL LLC
RUNABOUT,
LLC
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By
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/s/
David B. Wyshner
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Name: David
B. Wyshner
Title: Executive
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and
Treasurer
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THE
BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA TRUST
COMPANY
OF NEW YORK,
as
Trustee
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By
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/s/
Warren A. Goshine
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Name: Warren
A. Goshine
Title: Vice
President
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EXHIBIT
A
AVIS
BUDGET CAR RENTAL, LLC
AVIS
BUDGET FINANCE, INC.
9 5/8%
Senior Notes due 2018
CUSIP No.
_______________ No. ___
$______________
Avis
Budget Car Rental, LLC, a limited liability company duly organized and existing
under the laws of the State of Delaware, and Avis Budget Finance, Inc., a
corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware
(together, “the Company,” which term
includes their successors and assigns), promise to pay to CEDE & CO., or
registered assigns, the principal sum of $________________
([ ]
United States Dollars) [(or such lesser or greater amount as shall be
outstanding hereunder from time to time in accordance with Sections 312 and 313
of the Indenture referred to herein)]2 (the “Principal Amount”) on
March 15, 2018. The Company promises to pay interest semi-annually in
cash on March 15 and September 15 of each year, commencing September 15, 2010,
at the rate of 9.625% per annum (subject to adjustment as provided below)3 until the Principal Amount is paid or made
available for payment. [Interest on this Note will accrue from the
most recent date to which interest on this Note or any of its Predecessor Notes
has been paid or duly provided for or, if no interest has been paid, from the
Issue Date.]4 [Interest on this Note will accrue
(or will be deemed to have accrued) from the most recent date to which interest
on this Note or any of its Predecessor Notes has been paid or duly provided for
or, if no such interest has been paid, from ______, ______5.]6 Interest on the Notes shall be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day
months. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided
for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid
to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is
registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such
interest, which shall be the March 1 or September 1 (whether or not a Business
Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment
Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for
will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and
may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more
Predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record
Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee,
notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Notes not more than 15 days nor less
than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any
other lawful manner not
inconsistent
with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes may be
listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more
fully provided in said Indenture.
[The
Holder of this Note is entitled to the benefits of the Registration Rights
Agreement, dated March 10, 2010, among the Company, the Guarantors and the
initial purchasers named therein (the “Registration Rights
Agreement”). Until (i) this Note has been exchanged for an
Exchange Security (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) in an
Exchange Offer (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement); (ii) a Shelf
Registration Statement (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement)
registering this Note under the Securities Act has been declared or becomes
effective and this Note has been sold or otherwise transferred by the Holder
thereof pursuant to and in a manner contemplated by such effective Shelf
Registration Statement; (iii) this Note is sold under circumstances in which any
legend borne by this Note relating to restrictions on transferability thereof,
under the Securities Act or otherwise, is removed by the Company or pursuant to
the Indenture referred to herein; or (iv) this Note is eligible to be sold
pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act by a Person that is not an
“affiliate” (within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act) of the
Company or any Guarantor: From and including the date on which a Registration
Default (as defined below) shall occur to but excluding the date on which such
Registration Default has been cured, additional interest will accrue on this
Note until such time as all Registration Defaults have been cured at the rate of
(a) prior to the 91st day of such period (for so long as such period is
continuing), 0.25% per annum and (b) thereafter (so long as such period is
continuing), 0.50% per annum. Any such additional interest shall not
exceed such respective rates for such respective periods, and shall not in any
event exceed 0.50% per annum in the aggregate, regardless of the number of
Registration Defaults that shall have occurred and be continuing. Any
such additional interest shall be paid in the same manner and on the same dates
as interest payments in respect of this Note. Following the cure of
all Registration Defaults, the accrual of such additional interest will
cease. A Registration Default under clause (iii) or (iv) below will
be deemed cured upon consummation of the Exchange Offer in the case of a Shelf
Registration Statement required to be filed due to a failure to consummate the
Exchange Offer within the required time period. For purposes of the
foregoing, each of the following events, as more particularly defined in the
Registration Rights Agreement, is a “Registration
Default”: (i) the Exchange Offer has not been consummated within 405 days
after the Issue Date; (ii) if a Shelf Registration Statement required by the
Registration Rights Agreement is not declared effective by the SEC on or before
the later of (1) 405 days after the Issue Date or (2) 90 days after the delivery
of a request to file a Shelf Registration Statement as provided for in the
Registration Rights Agreement; or (iii) if any Shelf Registration Statement
required by the Registration Rights Agreement is filed and declared effective,
and during the period the Company is required to use its reasonable best efforts
to cause the Shelf Registration Statement to remain effective, the Company shall
have suspended the Shelf Registration Statement or it ceases to be effective for
more than 75 days in any twelve-
month
period and be continuing to suspend the availability of the Shelf Registration
Statement.]7 8
Payment
of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Note will be made
at the office of the applicable Paying Agent, or such other office or agency of
the Company maintained for that purpose; provided, however, that at the option
of the Company payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of
the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Note
Register.
Reference
is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the attached
Additional Terms of the Notes, which further provisions shall for all purposes
have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless
the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee
referred to herein by manual signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any
benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any
purpose.
1
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Insert
any applicable legends from Article
II.
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2
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Include
only if the Note is issued in global
form.
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3
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Include
only for Initial Note.
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4
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Include
only for Original Notes.
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5
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Insert
the Interest Payment Date immediately preceding the date of issuance of
the applicable Additional Notes, or if the date of issuance of such
Additional Notes is an Interest Payment Date, such date of
issuance.
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Include
only for Additional Notes.
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7
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Include
only for Initial Note when required by the Registration Rights
Agreement.
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8
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For
an Initial Additional Note, add any similar provision, if any, as may be
agreed by the Company with respect to additional interest on such Initial
Additional Note.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly
executed.
AVIS
BUDGET CAR RENTAL, LLC
By: __________________________
AVIS
BUDGET FINANCE, INC.
By: __________________________
This is
one of the Notes referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
THE BANK
OF NOVA SCOTIA TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK,
as
Trustee
By: __________________________
Dated:
Additional
Terms of the Notes
This Note
is one of the duly authorized issue of 9 5/8% Senior Notes due 2018 of the
Company (herein called the “Notes”), issued under
an Indenture, dated as of March 10, 2010 (herein called the “Indenture,” which
term shall have the meanings assigned to it in such instrument), among the
Company, the Guarantors from time to time parties thereto (“the Guarantors”) and The
Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York, as Trustee (herein called the
“Trustee,”
which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), and reference is
hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights,
limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, any
other obligor upon this Note, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes and of
the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and
delivered. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the
Indenture and those made a part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, as in effect from time to time (the “TIA”). The
Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture
and the TIA for a statement of such terms. Additional Notes may be
issued under the Indenture which will vote as a class with the Notes and
otherwise be treated as Notes for purposes of the Indenture.
All terms
used in this Note that are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Indenture.
This Note
may hereafter be entitled to certain other Guarantees made for the benefit of
the Holders. Reference is made to Article XIII of the Indenture for
terms relating to such Guarantees, including the release, termination and
discharge thereof. Neither the Company nor any Guarantor shall be
required to make any notation on this Note to reflect any Guarantee or any such
release, termination or discharge.
The Notes
will be redeemable, at the Company’s option, in whole or in part, at any time
and from time to time on or after March 15, 2014, and prior to maturity at the
applicable redemption price set forth below. Such redemption may be
made upon notice mailed by first-class mail to each Holder’s registered address
in accordance with the Indenture. The Company may provide in such
notice that payment of the redemption price and the performance of the Company’s
obligations with respect to such redemption may be performed by another
Person. Any such redemption and notice may, in the Company’s
discretion, be subject to the satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent,
including but not limited to the occurrence of a Change of
Control. The Notes will be so redeemable at the following redemption
prices (expressed as a percentage of principal amount), plus accrued and unpaid
interest, if any, to the relevant Redemption Date (subject to the right of
Holders of record on the relevant Regular Record Date to receive interest due on
the relevant Interest Payment Date), if redeemed during the 12-month period
commencing on March 15 of each of the years set forth below:
Period
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Redemption Price
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2014
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104.813%
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2015
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102.406%
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2016
and
thereafter
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100.000%
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In
addition, at any time and from time to time on or prior to March 15, 2013, the
Company at its option may redeem Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to
up to 35% of the original aggregate principal amount of Notes (including the
principal amount of any Additional Notes), with funds in an aggregate amount not
exceeding the aggregate proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings, at a
redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount thereof) of
109.625%, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the
Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant
Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date);
provided, however, that an aggregate
principal amount of Notes equal to at least 65% of the original aggregate
principal amount of Notes (including the principal amount of any Additional
Notes) must remain outstanding after each such redemption. The
Company may make such redemption upon notice mailed by first-class mail to each
Holder’s registered address in accordance with the Indenture (but in no event
more than 180 days after the completion of the related Equity
Offering). The Company may provide in such notice that payment of the
redemption price and performance of the Company’s obligations with respect to
such redemption may be performed by another Person. Any such notice
may be given prior to the completion of the related Equity Offering, and any
such redemption or notice may, at the Company’s discretion, be subject to the
satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, including the completion of
the related Equity Offering.
At any
time prior to March 15, 2014, Notes may also be redeemed or purchased (by the
Company or any other Person) in whole or in part, at the Company’s option, at a
price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus the Applicable Premium
as of, and accrued but unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the
Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant
Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment
Date). Such redemption or purchase may be made upon notice mailed by
first-class mail to each Holder’s registered address in accordance with the
Indenture. The Company may provide in such notice that payment of the
Redemption Price and performance of the Company’s obligations with respect to
such redemption or purchase may be performed by another Person. Any
such redemption, purchase or notice may, at the Company’s discretion, be subject
to the satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, including but not
limited to the occurrence of a Change of Control.
The
Indenture provides that, upon the occurrence after the Issue Date of a Change of
Control, each Holder will have the right to require that the Company repurchase
all or any part of such Holder’s Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101%
of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to,
but not including, the date of such repurchase (subject to the right of Holders
of record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant
Interest Payment Date); provided, however, that the Company
shall not be obligated to repurchase Notes in the event it has exercised its
right to redeem all the Notes as described above.
The Notes
will not be entitled to the benefit of a sinking fund.
The
Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire
indebtedness of this Note or certain restrictive covenants and certain Events of
Default with respect to this Note, in each case upon compliance with certain
conditions set forth in the Indenture.
If an
Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall occur and be continuing, the
principal of and accrued but unpaid interest on the Notes may be declared due
and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the
Indenture.
The
Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment
thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and
the rights of the Holders of the Notes to be effected under the Indenture at any
time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of at least
a majority in principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding to be
affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the
Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Notes at the time
Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Notes, to waive compliance by the
Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under
the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by
the Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and
upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the
registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof,
whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this
Note.
As
provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this
Note shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the
Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other
remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee
written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Notes, the
Holders of not less than 30% in principal amount of the Notes at the time
Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to pursue such remedy
in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee
reasonable security or indemnity against any loss, liability or expense, and the
Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal
amount of Notes at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such
request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days
after receipt of such notice, request and offer of security or
indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by
the Holder of this Note for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof
or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed
herein.
No
reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the
Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute
and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on this
Note at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein
prescribed.
As
provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth,
the transfer of this Note is registrable in the Note Register, upon surrender of
this Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in
a Place of Payment, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of
transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Note Registrar duly
executed by, the Holder hereof or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in
writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes of like tenor, of authorized
denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the
designated transferee or transferees.
The Notes
are issuable only in fully registered form without coupons in minimum
denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $l,000 in excess
thereof. As provided in
the
Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the Notes are
exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of like tenor of a
different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the
same.
No
service charge shall be made for any such registration, transfer or exchange,
but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer
tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
Prior to
due presentment of this Note for registration or transfer, the Company, any
other obligor in respect of this Note, the Trustee and any agent of the Company,
such other obligor or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Note
is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note be
overdue, and none of the Company, any other obligor upon this Note, the Trustee
nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
No
director, officer, employee, incorporator, equity holder, member or stockholder,
as such, of the Company, any Guarantor or any Subsidiary of any thereof shall
have any liability for any obligation of the Company or any Guarantor under the
Indenture, the Notes or any Guarantee, or for any claim based on, in respect of,
or by reason of, any such obligation or its creation. Each Holder, by
accepting this Note, hereby waives and releases all such
liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for
issuance of the Notes.
THE
INDENTURE AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. THE TRUSTEE, THE COMPANY, ANY
OTHER OBLIGOR IN RESPECT OF THE NOTES AND (BY THEIR ACCEPTANCE OF THE NOTES) THE
HOLDERS, AGREE TO SUBMIT TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY UNITED STATES FEDERAL OR
STATE COURT LOCATED IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK IN ANY
ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE INDENTURE, THE NOTES OR
THE GUARANTEES.
GUARANTEE
For value
received, the undersigned hereby unconditionally guarantees, as principal
obligor and not only as a surety, to the Holder of this Note the cash payments
in United States dollars of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on this
Note (and including Additional Interest payable thereon) in the amounts and at
the times when due and interest on the overdue principal, premium, if any, and
interest, if any, of this Note, if lawful, and the payment or performance of all
other Obligations of the Company under the Indenture (as defined below) or the
Note, to the Holder of this Note and the Trustee, all in accordance with and
subject to the terms and limitations of this Note, Article XIII of the Indenture
and this Guarantee. This Guarantee will become effective in accordance with
Article XIII of the Indenture and its terms shall be evidenced therein. The
validity and enforceability of this Guarantee shall not be affected by the fact
that it is not affixed to any particular Note.
Capitalized
terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in
the Indenture, dated as of March 10, 2010, among Avis Budget Car Rental, LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company, and Avis Budget Finance, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (together, “the Company”), the Guarantors from time to time parties
thereto and The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York, as
Trustee.
THIS
GUARANTEE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK. EACH GUARANTOR HEREBY AGREES TO SUBMIT TO THE
JURISDICTION OF ANY UNITED STATES FEDERAL OR STATE COURT LOCATED IN THE BOROUGH
OF MANHATTAN, IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF
OR RELATING TO THIS GUARANTEE.
This
Guarantee is subject to release upon the terms set forth in the
Indenture.
AVIS
BUDGET GROUP, INC.
By: __________________________
AVIS
BUDGET HOLDINGS, LLC
By: __________________________
AB CAR
RENTAL SERVICES, INC.
ARACS
LLC
AVIS ASIA
AND PACIFIC, LIMITED
AVIS CAR
RENTAL GROUP, LLC
AVIS
CARIBBEAN, LIMITED
AVIS
ENTERPRISES, INC.
AVIS
GROUP HOLDINGS, LLC
AVIS
INTERNATIONAL, LTD.
AVIS
OPERATIONS, LLC
AVIS RENT
A CAR SYSTEM, LLC
PF CLAIMS
MANAGEMENT, LTD.
PR
HOLDCO, INC.
WIZARD
CO., INC.
WIZARD
SERVICES, INC.
By: __________________________
BGI
LEASING, INC.
BUDGET
RENT A CAR SYSTEM, INC.
BUDGET
TRUCK RENTAL LLC
RUNABOUT,
LLC
By: __________________________
[FORM OF
CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER]
FOR VALUE
RECEIVED the undersigned Holder hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s)
unto
Insert
Taxpayer Identification No.
(Please
print or typewrite name and address including zip code of assignee)
the
within Note and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and
appointing
attorney
to transfer such Note on the books of the Company with full power of
substitution in the premises.
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This
Note is being sold, assigned and transferred (check
one):
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or
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(b)
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to
a person whom the Holder reasonably believes is a qualified institutional
buyer within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933,
purchasing for its own account or for the account of a qualified
institutional buyer to whom notice is given that the resale, pledge or
other transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities
Act of 1933;
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or
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(c)
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in
an offshore transaction in accordance with Regulation S under the
Securities Act of 1933;
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to
an institution that is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule
501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act of
1933 that is acquiring this Note for investment purposes and not for
distribution;
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or
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(e)
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pursuant
to any exemption from registration under the Securities Act of 1933
provided by Rule 144 (if applicable) under the Securities Act of
1933;
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or
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(f)
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pursuant
to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of
1933;
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or
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(g)
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this
Note is being transferred other than in accordance with (a), (b) or (c)
above and documents are being furnished which comply with the conditions
of transfer set forth in this Note and the
Indenture.
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If none
of the foregoing boxes is checked, the Trustee or other Note Registrar shall not
be obligated to register this Note in the name of any Person other than the
Holder hereof unless and until the conditions to any such transfer of
registration set forth herein and in Section 313 of the Indenture shall have
been satisfied.
Date:
NOTICE:
The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon
the face of the within-mentioned instrument in every particular, without
alteration or any change whatsoever.
Signature
Guarantee:
Signatures
must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the
requirements of the Note Registrar, which requirements include membership or
participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other
“signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Note Registrar in
addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
TO BE
COMPLETED BY PURCHASER IF (a) ABOVE IS CHECKED.
The
undersigned represents and warrants that it is purchasing this Note for its own
account or an account with respect to which it exercises sole investment
discretion and that it and any such account is a “qualified institutional buyer”
within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A and
acknowledges that it has received such information regarding the Company as the
undersigned has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined not to request
such information and that it is aware that the transferor is relying upon the
undersigned’s foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption from
registration provided by Rule 144A.
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NOTICE:
To be executed by an executive
officer
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OPTION OF
HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If you
wish to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 411 or 415
of the Indenture, check the box: [ ].
If you
wish to have a portion of this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section
411 or 415 of the Indenture, state the amount (in principal amount)
below:
$________________
Date:
Your
Signature:
(Sign
exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note)
Signature
Guarantee:
Signatures
must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the
requirements of the Note Registrar, which requirements include membership or
participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other
“signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Note Registrar in
addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
SCHEDULE
OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL NOTE
The
following increases or decreases in this Global Note have been
made:
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of decreases in Principal Amount of this Global Note
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Amount
of increases in Principal Amount of this Global Note
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Principal
amount of this Global Note following such decreases or
increases
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Signature
of authorized officer of Trustee or Notes
Custodian
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EXHIBIT
B
AVIS
BUDGET CAR RENTAL, LLC
AVIS
BUDGET FINANCE, INC.
9 5/8%
Senior Notes due 2018
CUSIP No.
_______________ No.
___
$______________
Avis
Budget Car Rental, LLC, a limited liability company duly organized and existing
under the laws of the State of Delaware, and Avis Budget Finance, Inc., a
corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware
(together, “the Company,” which term
includes their successors and assigns), promise to pay to ___________, or
registered assigns, the principal sum of $___________________
([ ]
United States Dollars) [(or such lesser or greater amount as shall be
outstanding hereunder from time to time in accordance with Sections 312 and 313
of the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof)]10 (the “Principal Amount”) on
March 15, 2018. The Company promises to pay interest semi-annually in
cash on March 15 and September 15 of each year, commencing September 15, 2010,
at the rate of 9.625% per annum, except that interest accrued on this Note for
periods prior to the date on which the Initial Note was surrendered in exchange
for this Note will accrue at the rate or rates borne by such Initial Note from
time to time during such periods, until the Principal Amount is paid or made
available for payment. [Interest on this Note will accrue from the
most recent date to which interest on this Note or any of its Predecessor Notes
has been paid or duly provided for or, if no interest has been paid, from the
Issue Date.]11 [Interest on this Note will accrue
(or will be deemed to have accrued) from the most recent date to which interest
on this Note or any of its Predecessor Notes has been paid or duly provided for
or, if no such interest has been paid, from ____________, ____12.]13 Interest on the Notes shall be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day
months. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided
for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid
to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is
registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such
interest, which shall be the March 1 or September 1 (whether or not a Business
Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment
Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for
will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and
may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more
Predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record
Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee,
notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Notes not more than 15 days nor less
than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any
other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities
exchange on which the Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be
required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said
Indenture.
Payment
of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Note will be made
at the office of the applicable Paying Agent, or such other office or agency of
the Company maintained for that purpose; provided, however, that at the option
of the Company payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of
the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Note
Register.
Reference
is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the attached
Additional Terms of the Notes, which further provisions shall for all purposes
have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless
the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee
referred to herein by manual signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any
benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any
purpose.
9
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any applicable legends from Article
II.
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only if the Note is issued in global
form.
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11
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only for Original Notes.
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12
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Insert
the Interest Payment Date immediately preceding the date of issuance of
the applicable Additional Notes, or if the date of issuance of such
Additional Notes is an Interest Payment Date, such date of
issuance.
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13
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only for Exchange Notes issued in the exchange for Additional
Notes.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly
executed.
AVIS
BUDGET CAR RENTAL, LLC
By: __________________________
AVIS
BUDGET FINANCE, INC.
By: __________________________
This is
one of the Notes referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
THE BANK
OF NOVA SCOTIA TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK,
as
Trustee
By: __________________________
Dated:
Additional
Terms of the Notes
This Note
is one of the duly authorized issue of 9 5/8% Senior Notes due 2018 of the
Company (herein called the “Notes”), issued under
an Indenture, dated as of March 10, 2010 (herein called the “Indenture,” which
term shall have the meanings assigned to it in such instrument), among the
Company, the Guarantors from time to time parties thereto (“the Guarantors”) and The
Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York, as Trustee (herein called the
“Trustee,”
which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), and reference is
hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights,
limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, any
other obligor upon this Note, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes and of
the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and
delivered. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the
Indenture and those made a part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, as in effect from time to time (the “TIA”). The
Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture
and the TIA for a statement of such terms. Additional Notes may be
issued under the Indenture which will vote as a class with the Notes and
otherwise be treated as Notes for purposes of the Indenture.
All terms
used in this Note that are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Indenture.
This Note
may hereafter be entitled to certain other Guarantees made for the benefit of
the Holders. Reference is made to Article XIII of the Indenture for
terms relating to such Guarantees, including the release, termination and
discharge thereof. Neither the Company nor any Guarantor shall be
required to make any notation on this Note to reflect any Guarantee or any such
release, termination or discharge.
The Notes
will be redeemable, at the Company’s option, in whole or in part, at any time
and from time to time on or after March 15, 2014, and prior to maturity at the
applicable redemption price set forth below. Such redemption may be
made upon notice mailed by first-class mail to each Holder’s registered address
in accordance with the Indenture. The Company may provide in such
notice that payment of the redemption price and the performance of the Company’s
obligations with respect to such redemption may be performed by another
Person. Any such redemption and notice may, in the Company’s
discretion, be subject to the satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent,
including but not limited to the occurrence of a Change of
Control. The Notes will be so redeemable at the following redemption
prices (expressed as a percentage of principal amount), plus accrued and unpaid
interest, if any, to the relevant Redemption Date (subject to the right of
Holders of record on the relevant Regular Record Date to receive interest due on
the relevant Interest Payment Date), if redeemed during the 12-month period
commencing on March 15 of each of the years set forth below:
Period
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Redemption Price
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2014
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104.813%
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2015
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102.406%
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2016
and
thereafter
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100.000%
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In
addition, at any time and from time to time on or prior to March 15, 2013, the
Company at its option may redeem Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to
up to 35% of the original aggregate principal amount of Notes (including the
principal amount of any Additional Notes), with funds in an aggregate amount not
exceeding the aggregate proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings, at a
redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount thereof) of
109.625%, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the
Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant
Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date);
provided, however, that an aggregate
principal amount of Notes equal to at least 65% of the original aggregate
principal amount of Notes (including the principal amount of any Additional
Notes) must remain outstanding after each such redemption. The
Company may make such redemption upon notice mailed by first-class mail to each
Holder’s registered address in accordance with the Indenture (but in no event
more than 180 days after the completion of the related Equity
Offering). The Company may provide in such notice that payment of the
redemption price and performance of the Company’s obligations with respect to
such redemption may be performed by another Person. Any such notice
may be given prior to the completion of the related Equity Offering, and any
such redemption or notice may, at the Company’s discretion, be subject to the
satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, including the completion of
the related Equity Offering.
At any
time prior to March 15, 2014, Notes may also be redeemed or purchased (by the
Company or any other Person) in whole or in part, at the Company’s option, at a
price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus the Applicable Premium
as of, and accrued but unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the
Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant
Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment
Date). Such redemption or purchase may be made upon notice mailed by
first-class mail to each Holder’s registered address in accordance with the
Indenture. The Company may provide in such notice that payment of the
Redemption Price and performance of the Company’s obligations with respect to
such redemption or purchase may be performed by another Person. Any
such redemption, purchase or notice may, at the Company’s discretion, be subject
to the satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, including but not
limited to the occurrence of a Change of Control.
The
Indenture provides that, upon the occurrence after the Issue Date of a Change of
Control, each Holder will have the right to require that the Company repurchase
all or any part of such Holder’s Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101%
of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to,
but not including, the date of such repurchase (subject to the right of Holders
of record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant
Interest Payment Date); provided, however, that the Company
shall not be obligated to repurchase Notes in the event it has exercised its
right to redeem all the Notes as described above.
The Notes
will not be entitled to the benefit of a sinking fund.
The
Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire
indebtedness of this Note or certain restrictive covenants and certain Events of
Default with respect to this Note, in each case upon compliance with certain
conditions set forth in the Indenture.
If an
Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall occur and be continuing, the
principal of and accrued but unpaid interest on the Notes may be declared due
and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the
Indenture.
The
Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment
thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and
the rights of the Holders of the Notes to be effected under the Indenture at any
time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of at least
a majority in principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding to be
affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the
Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Notes at the time
Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Notes, to waive compliance by the
Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under
the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by
the Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and
upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the
registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof,
whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this
Note.
As
provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this
Note shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the
Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other
remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee
written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Notes, the
Holders of not less than 30% in principal amount of the Notes at the time
Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to pursue such remedy
in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee
reasonable security or indemnity against any loss, liability or expense, and the
Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal
amount of Notes at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such
request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days
after receipt of such notice, request and offer of security or
indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by
the Holder of this Note for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof
or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed
herein.
No
reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the
Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute
and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on this
Note at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein
prescribed.
As
provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth,
the transfer of this Note is registrable in the Note Register, upon surrender of
this Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in
a Place of Payment, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of
transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Note Registrar duly
executed by, the Holder hereof or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in
writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes of like tenor, of authorized
denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the
designated transferee or transferees.
The Notes
are issuable only in fully registered form without coupons in minimum
denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $l,000 in excess
thereof. As provided
in
the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the Notes
are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of like tenor of
a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the
same.
No
service charge shall be made for any such registration, transfer or exchange,
but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer
tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
Prior to
due presentment of this Note for registration or transfer, the Company, any
other obligor in respect of this Note, the Trustee and any agent of the Company,
such other obligor or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Note
is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note be
overdue, and none of the Company, any other obligor upon this Note, the Trustee
nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
No
director, officer, employee, incorporator, equity holder, member or stockholder,
as such, of the Company, any Guarantor or any Subsidiary of any thereof shall
have any liability for any obligation of the Company or any Guarantor under the
Indenture, the Notes or any Guarantee, or for any claim based on, in respect of,
or by reason of, any such obligation or its creation. Each Holder, by
accepting this Note, hereby waives and releases all such
liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for
issuance of the Notes.
THE
INDENTURE AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. THE TRUSTEE, THE COMPANY, ANY
OTHER OBLIGOR IN RESPECT OF THE NOTES AND (BY THEIR ACCEPTANCE OF THE NOTES) THE
HOLDERS, AGREE TO SUBMIT TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY UNITED STATES FEDERAL OR
STATE COURT LOCATED IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK IN ANY
ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE INDENTURE, THE NOTES OR
THE GUARANTEES.
GUARANTEE
For value
received, the undersigned hereby unconditionally guarantees, as principal
obligor and not only as a surety, to the Holder of this Note the cash payments
in United States dollars of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on this
Note (and including Additional Interest payable thereon) in the amounts and at
the times when due and interest on the overdue principal, premium, if any, and
interest, if any, of this Note, if lawful, and the payment or performance of all
other Obligations of the Company under the Indenture (as defined below) or the
Note, to the Holder of this Note and the Trustee, all in accordance with and
subject to the terms and limitations of this Note, Article XIII of the Indenture
and this Guarantee. This Guarantee will become effective in accordance with
Article XIII of the Indenture and its terms shall be evidenced therein. The
validity and enforceability of this Guarantee shall not be affected by the fact
that it is not affixed to any particular Note.
Capitalized
terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in
the Indenture, dated as of March 10, 2010, among Avis Budget Car Rental, LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company, Avis Budget Finance, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (together, “the Company”), the Guarantors from time to time parties
thereto and The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York, as
Trustee.
THIS
GUARANTEE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK. EACH GUARANTOR HEREBY AGREES TO SUBMIT TO THE
JURISDICTION OF ANY UNITED STATES FEDERAL OR STATE COURT LOCATED IN THE BOROUGH
OF MANHATTAN, IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF
OR RELATING TO THIS GUARANTEE.
This
Guarantee is subject to release upon the terms set forth in the
Indenture.
AVIS
BUDGET GROUP, INC.
By: __________________________
AVIS
BUDGET HOLDINGS, LLC
By: __________________________
AB CAR
RENTAL SERVICES, INC.
ARACS
LLC
AVIS ASIA
AND PACIFIC, LIMITED
AVIS CAR
RENTAL GROUP, LLC
AVIS
CARIBBEAN, LIMITED
AVIS
ENTERPRISES, INC.
AVIS
GROUP HOLDINGS, LLC
AVIS
INTERNATIONAL, LTD.
AVIS
OPERATIONS, LLC
AVIS RENT
A CAR SYSTEM, LLC
PF CLAIMS
MANAGEMENT, LTD.
PR
HOLDCO, INC.
WIZARD
CO., INC.
WIZARD
SERVICES, INC.
By: __________________________
BGI
LEASING, INC.
BUDGET
RENT A CAR SYSTEM, INC.
BUDGET
TRUCK RENTAL LLC
RUNABOUT,
LLC
By: __________________________
[FORM OF
CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER]
FOR VALUE
RECEIVED the undersigned Holder hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s)
unto
Insert
Taxpayer Identification No.
(Please
print or typewrite name and address including zip code of assignee)
the
within Note and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and
appointing
attorney
to transfer such Note on the books of the Company with full power of
substitution in the premises.
NOTICE:
The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon
the face of the within-mentioned instrument in every particular, without
alteration or any change whatsoever.
Signature
Guarantee:
Signatures
must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the
requirements of the Note Registrar, which requirements include membership or
participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other
“signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Note Registrar in
addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
OPTION OF
HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If you
wish to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 411 or 415
of the Indenture, check the box: [ ].
If you
wish to have a portion of this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section
411 or 415 of the Indenture, state the amount (in principal amount)
below:
$_______________
Date:
Your
Signature:
(Sign
exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note)
Signature
Guarantee:
Signatures
must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the
requirements of the Note Registrar, which requirements include membership or
participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other
“signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Note Registrar in
addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
SCHEDULE
OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL NOTE
The
following increases or decreases in this Global Note have been
made:
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Amount
of decreases in Principal Amount of this Global Note
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Amount
of increases in Principal Amount of this Global Note
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Principal
amount of this Global Note following such decreases or
increases
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Signature
of authorized officer of Trustee or Notes
Custodian
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EXHIBIT
C
Form of Certificate of
Beneficial Ownership
On or
after [_________________], 20[ ]
THE BANK
OF NOVA SCOTIA TRUST
COMPANY
OF NEW YORK
One
Liberty Plaza
23rd
Floor
New York,
NY 10006
Attention:
Corporate Trust Department
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Re:
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Avis
Budget Car Rental, LLC and Avis Budget Finance, Inc. (the
“Company”)
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9 5/8% Senior
Notes due 2018 (the “Notes”)
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Ladies
and Gentlemen:
This
letter relates to $450 million principal amount of Notes represented by the
offshore [temporary] global note certificate (the “[Temporary] Regulation S
Global Note”). Pursuant to Section 313(3) of the Indenture
dated as of March 10, 2010 relating to the Notes (the “Indenture”), we
hereby certify that (1) we are the beneficial owner of such principal amount of
Notes represented by the [Temporary] Regulation S Global Note and (2) we are
either (i) a Non-U.S. Person to whom the Notes could be transferred in
accordance with Rule 903 or 904 of Regulation S (“Regulation S”)
promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”) or (ii) a U.S.
Person who purchased securities in a transaction that did not require
registration under the Act.
You, the
Company and counsel for the Company are entitled to rely upon this letter and
are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any
interested party in any administrative or legal proceedings or official inquiry
with respect to the matters covered hereby. Terms used in this
certificate have the meanings set forth in Regulation S.
Very
truly yours,
[Name of
Holder]
By:
Authorized
Signature
EXHIBIT
D
Form of Regulation S
Certificate
Regulation S
Certificate
THE BANK
OF NOVA SCOTIA TRUST
COMPANY
OF NEW YORK
One
Liberty Plaza
23rd
Floor
New York,
NY 10006
Attention:
Corporate Trust Department
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Re:
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Avis
Budget Car Rental, LLC and Avis Budget Finance, Inc. (the
“Company”)
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9 5/8% Senior
Notes due 2018 (the “Notes”)
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Ladies
and Gentlemen:
In
connection with our proposed sale of $450 million aggregate principal amount of
Notes, we confirm that such sale has been effected pursuant to and in accordance
with Regulation S (“Regulation S”) under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and
accordingly, we hereby certify as follows:
1. The offer
of the Notes was not made to a person in the United States (unless such person
or the account held by it for which it is acting is excluded from the definition
of “U.S. person” pursuant to Rule 902(k) of Regulation S under the circumstances
described in Rule 902(h)(3) of Regulation S) or specifically targeted at an
identifiable group of U.S. citizens abroad.
2. Either
(a) at the time the buy order was originated, the buyer was outside the United
States or we and any person acting on our behalf reasonably believed that the
buyer was outside the United States or (b) the transaction was executed in, on
or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market, and
neither we nor any person acting on our behalf knows that the transaction was
pre-arranged with a buyer in the United States.
3. No
directed selling efforts have been made in the United States in contravention of
the requirements of Rule 903(a)(2) or Rule 904(a)(2) of Regulation S, as
applicable.
4. The
proposed transfer of Notes is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the
registration requirements of the Securities Act.
5. If we are
a dealer or a person receiving a selling concession or other fee or remuneration
in respect of the Notes, and the proposed transfer takes place before the end of
the distribution compliance period under Regulation S, or we are an officer or
director of the Company or a distributor, we certify that the proposed transfer
is being made in accordance with the provisions of Rules 903 and 904 of
Regulation S.
6. If the
proposed transfer takes place before the end of the distribution compliance
period under Regulation S, the beneficial interest in the Notes so transferred
will be held immediately thereafter through Euroclear (as defined in the
Indenture) or Clearstream (as defined in the Indenture).
7. We have
advised the transferee of the transfer restrictions applicable to the
Notes.
You, the
Company and counsel for the Company are entitled to rely upon this Certificate
and are irrevocably authorized to produce this Certificate or a copy hereof to
any interested party in any administrative or legal proceeding or official
inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby. Terms used in
this certificate have the meanings set forth in Regulation S.
Very
truly yours,
[NAME of
SELLER]
By:
Name:
Title:
Address:
Date of
this Certificate: _____________________ __, 20__
EXHIBIT
E
Form of Supplemental
Indenture in Respect of Subsidiary Guarantee
SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURE, dated as of [_________] (this “Supplemental
Indenture”), among [name of Subsidiary Guarantor(s)] (the “Subsidiary
Guarantor(s)”), Avis Budget Car Rental, LLC, a limited liability company
duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and Avis
Budget Finance, Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws
of the State of Delaware (together, the “Company,” which term
includes their successors and assigns), each other then existing Guarantor under
the Indenture referred to below (the “Existing
Guarantors”), and The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York, as
trustee (“the Trustee”) under the
Indenture referred to below.
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS,
the Company, any Existing Guarantors and the Trustee have heretofore become
parties to an Indenture, dated as of March 10, 2010 (as amended, supplemented,
waived or otherwise modified, the “Indenture”),
providing for the issuance of 9 5/8% Senior Notes due 2018 of the Company
(the “Notes”);
WHEREAS,
Section 1308 of the Indenture provides that the Company is required to cause the
Subsidiary Guarantors to execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental
indenture pursuant to which the Subsidiary Guarantors shall guarantee the
Company’s Subsidiary Guaranteed Obligations under the Notes pursuant to a
Subsidiary Guarantee on the terms and conditions set forth herein and in Article
XIII of the Indenture;
WHEREAS,
each Subsidiary Guarantor desires to enter into such supplemental indenture for
good and valuable consideration, including substantial economic benefit in that
the financial performance and condition of such Subsidiary Guarantor is
dependent on the financial performance and condition of the Company, the
obligations hereunder of which such Subsidiary Guarantor has guaranteed, and on
such Subsidiary Guarantor’s access to working capital through the Company’s
access to revolving credit borrowings under the Senior Credit Agreement;
and
WHEREAS,
pursuant to Section 901 of the Indenture, the parties hereto are authorized to
execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture to amend the Indenture, without
the consent of any Holder;
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Subsidiary
Guarantors, the Company, the Existing Guarantors and the Trustee mutually
covenant and agree for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes as
follows:
1. Defined
Terms. As used in this Supplemental Indenture, terms defined
in the Indenture or in the preamble or recital hereto are used herein as therein
defined. The words “herein,” “hereof’ and “hereby” and other words of
similar import used in this Supplemental Indenture refer to this Supplemental
Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Section hereof.
2. Agreement to
Guarantee. [The] [Each] Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees,
jointly and severally with [all] [any] other Subsidiary Guarantors and
irrevocably, fully and unconditionally, to guarantee the Subsidiary Guaranteed
Obligations under the Indenture and the Notes on the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in Article XIII of the Indenture and to be bound by (and
shall be entitled to the benefits of) all other applicable provisions of the
Indenture as a Subsidiary Guarantor.
3. Termination, Release and
Discharge. [The] [Each] Subsidiary Guarantor’s Subsidiary
Guarantee shall terminate and be of no further force or effect, and [the] [each]
Subsidiary Guarantor shall be released and discharged from all obligations in
respect of such Subsidiary Guarantee, as and when provided in Section 1303 of
the Indenture.
4. Parties. Nothing
in this Supplemental Indenture is intended or shall be construed to give any
Person, other than the Holders and the Trustee, any legal or equitable right,
remedy or claim under or in respect of [the] [each] Subsidiary Guarantor’s
Subsidiary Guarantee or any provision contained herein or in Article XIII of the
Indenture.
5. Governing
Law. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. THE
TRUSTEE, THE COMPANY, ANY OTHER OBLIGOR IN RESPECT OF THE NOTES AND (BY THEIR
ACCEPTANCE OF THE NOTES) THE HOLDERS AGREE TO SUBMIT TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY
UNITED STATES FEDERAL OR STATE COURT LOCATED IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, IN THE
CITY OF NEW YORK IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE.
6. Ratification of Indenture;
Supplemental Indentures Part of Indenture. Except as expressly
amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all
the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and
effect. This Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the
Indenture for all purposes, and every Holder of Notes heretofore or hereafter
authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby. The Trustee makes
no representation or warranty as to the validity or sufficiency of this
Supplemental Indenture or as to the accuracy of the recitals to this
Supplemental Indenture.
7. Counterparts. The
parties hereto may sign one or more copies of this Supplemental Indenture in
counterparts, all of which together shall constitute one and the same
agreement.
8. Headings. The
Section headings herein are for convenience of reference only and shall not be
deemed to alter or affect the meaning or interpretation of any provisions
hereof.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to
be duly executed as of the date first above written.
[NAME OF
SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR(S)],
as
Subsidiary Guarantor
By: __________________________
AVIS
BUDGET GROUP, INC.
By: __________________________
AVIS
BUDGET HOLDINGS, LLC
By: __________________________
THE BANK
OF NOVA SCOTIA TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK,
as
Trustee
By: __________________________
EXHIBIT
F
[Form of Certificate from
Acquiring Institutional Accredited Investors]
Certificate from Acquiring
Institutional Accredited Investor
THE BANK
OF NOVA SCOTIA TRUST
COMPANY
OF NEW YORK
One
Liberty Plaza
23rd
Floor
New York,
NY 10006
Attention:
Corporate Trust Department
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Re:
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Avis
Budget Car Rental, LLC and Avis Budget Finance, Inc. (the “Company”)
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9 5/8% Senior
Notes due 2018 (the “Notes”)
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In
connection with our proposed sale of $450 million aggregate principal amount of
Notes, we confirm that:
1. We
understand that any subsequent transfer of the Notes is subject to certain
restrictions and conditions set forth in the Indenture dated as of March 10,
2010 relating to the Notes (the “Indenture”) and the
undersigned agrees to be bound by, and not to resell, pledge or otherwise
transfer the Notes except in compliance with, such restrictions and conditions
and the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities
Act”).
2. We
understand that the Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act or
any other applicable securities law, and that the Notes may not be offered, sold
or otherwise transferred except as permitted in the following
sentence. We agree, on our own behalf and on behalf of any accounts
for which we are acting as hereinafter stated, that if we should offer, sell,
transfer, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of any Notes within two years
after the original issuance of the Notes, we will do so only (A) to the Company,
(B) inside the United States to a “qualified institutional buyer” in compliance
with Rule 144A under the Securities Act, (C) inside the United States to an
institutional “accredited investor” (as defined below) that, prior to such
transfer, furnishes to you a signed letter substantially in the form of this
letter, (D) outside the United States to a foreign person in compliance with
Rule 904 of Regulation S under the Securities Act, (E) pursuant to the exemption
from registration provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act (if available),
or (F) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act,
and we further agree to provide to any person purchasing any of the Notes from
us a notice advising such purchaser that resales of the Notes are restricted as
stated herein and in the Indenture.
3. We
understand that, on any proposed transfer of any Notes prior to the later of the
original issue date of the Notes and the last date the Notes were held by an
affiliate of the Company pursuant to paragraphs 2(C), 2(D) and 2(E) above, we
will be required to furnish to you and the Company such certifications, legal
opinions and other information as you and the Company may reasonably require to
confirm that the proposed transfer complies with the foregoing
restrictions. We further understand that the Notes purchased by us
will bear a legend to the foregoing effect.
4. We are an
institutional “accredited investor” (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or
(7) under the Securities Act) and have such knowledge and experience in
financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and
risks of our investment in the Notes, and we and any accounts for which we are
acting are acquiring the Notes for investment purposes and not with a view to,
or offer or sale in connection with, any distribution in violation of the
Securities Act, and we are each able to bear the economic risk of our or its
investment.
5. We are
acquiring the Notes purchased by us for our own account or for one or more
accounts (each of which is an institutional “accredited investor”)
as to each of which we exercise sole investment discretion.
You and
the Company are entitled to rely upon this letter and are irrevocably authorized
to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested party in any
administrative or legal proceedings or official inquiry with respect to the
matters covered hereby.
Very
truly yours,
(Name of
Transferee)
By
Authorized
Signature
EXHIBIT
G
The Agreements in Existence
on the Issue Date and Identified under “Certain relationships and related
transactions” of the Company’s Offering Memorandum, dated March 5,
2010
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1.
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Separation
and Distribution Agreement, dated as of July 27, 2006 (as amended,
modified or supplemented in accordance with its terms), among Avis Budget
Group, Inc., Realogy Corporation, Wyndham Worldwide Corporation and
Travelport Inc.
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2.
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Tax
Sharing Agreement, dated as of July 28, 2006 (as amended, modified or
supplemented in accordance with its terms), Avis Budget Group, Inc.,
Realogy Corporation, Wyndham Worldwide Corporation and Travelport
Inc.
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notes.htm
Exhibit
4.2
Form
of 9 5/8% Senior Notes
AVIS
BUDGET CAR RENTAL, LLC
AVIS
BUDGET FINANCE, INC.
9 5/8%
Senior Notes due 2018
CUSIP
No.
0; No.
Avis
Budget Car Rental, LLC, a limited liability company duly organized and existing
under the laws of the State of Delaware, and Avis Budget Finance, Inc., a
corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware
(together, “the Company,” which term
includes their successors and assigns), promise to pay
to ________________ , or registered assigns, the principal sum
of ________________ ) (or such lesser or greater amount as shall
be outstanding hereunder from time to time in accordance with Sections 312 and
313 of the Indenture referred to herein) (the “Principal Amount”) on
March 15, 2018. The Company promises to pay interest semi-annually in
cash on March 15 and September 15 of each year, commencing September 15, 2010,
at the rate of 9.625% per annum (subject to adjustment as provided below) until
the Principal Amount is paid or made available for payment. Interest
on this Note will accrue from the most recent date to which interest on this
Note or any of its Predecessor Notes has been paid or duly provided for or, if
no interest has been paid, from the Issue Date. Interest on the Notes
shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day
months. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided
for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid
to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is
registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such
interest, which shall be the March 1 or September 1 (whether or not a Business
Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment
Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for
will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and
may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more
Predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record
Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee,
notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Notes not more than 15 days nor less
than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any
other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities
exchange on which the Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be
required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said
Indenture.
The
Holder of this Note is entitled to the benefits of the Registration Rights
Agreement, dated March 10, 2010, among the Company, the Guarantors and the
initial purchasers named therein (the “Registration Rights
Agreement”). Until (i) this Note has been exchanged for an
Exchange Security (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) in an
Exchange Offer (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement); (ii) a Shelf
Registration Statement (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement)
registering this Note under the Securities Act has been declared or becomes
effective and this Note has been sold or otherwise transferred by the Holder
thereof pursuant to and in a manner contemplated by such effective Shelf
Registration Statement; (iii) this Note is sold under circumstances in which any
legend borne by this Note relating to restrictions on transferability thereof,
under the Securities Act or otherwise, is removed by the Company or pursuant to
the Indenture referred to herein; or (iv) this
Note is
eligible to be sold pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act by a Person
that is not an “affiliate” (within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities
Act) of the Company or any Guarantor: From and including the date on which a
Registration Default (as defined below) shall occur to but excluding the date on
which such Registration Default has been cured, additional interest will accrue
on this Note until such time as all Registration Defaults have been cured at the
rate of (a) prior to the 91st day of such period (for so long as such period is
continuing), 0.25% per annum and (b) thereafter (so long as such period is
continuing), 0.50% per annum. Any such additional interest shall not
exceed such respective rates for such respective periods, and shall not in any
event exceed 0.50% per annum in the aggregate, regardless of the number of
Registration Defaults that shall have occurred and be continuing. Any
such additional interest shall be paid in the same manner and on the same dates
as interest payments in respect of this Note. Following the cure of
all Registration Defaults, the accrual of such additional interest will
cease. A Registration Default under clause (iii) or (iv) below will
be deemed cured upon consummation of the Exchange Offer in the case of a Shelf
Registration Statement required to be filed due to a failure to consummate the
Exchange Offer within the required time period. For purposes of the
foregoing, each of the following events, as more particularly defined in the
Registration Rights Agreement, is a “Registration
Default”: (i) the Exchange Offer has not been consummated within 405 days
after the Issue Date; (ii) if a Shelf Registration Statement required by the
Registration Rights Agreement is not declared effective by the SEC on or before
the later of (1) 405 days after the Issue Date or (2) 90 days after the delivery
of a request to file a Shelf Registration Statement as provided for in the
Registration Rights Agreement; or (iii) if any Shelf Registration Statement
required by the Registration Rights Agreement is filed and declared effective,
and during the period the Company is required to use its reasonable best efforts
to cause the Shelf Registration Statement to remain effective, the Company shall
have suspended the Shelf Registration Statement or it ceases to be effective for
more than 75 days in any twelve-month period and be continuing to suspend the
availability of the Shelf Registration Statement.
Payment
of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Note will be made
at the office of the applicable Paying Agent, or such other office or agency of
the Company maintained for that purpose; provided, however, that at the option
of the Company payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of
the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Note
Register.
Reference
is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the attached
Additional Terms of the Notes, which further provisions shall for all purposes
have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless
the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee
referred to herein by manual signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any
benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any
purpose.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly
executed.
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AVIS
BUDGET CAR RENTAL, LLC
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By
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Name: Rochelle
Tarlowe
Title: Vice
President and Treasurer
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AVIS
BUDGET FINANCE, INC.
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By
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Name: Rochelle
Tarlowe
Title: Vice
President and Treasurer
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This is
one of the Notes referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
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THE
BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA TRUST
COMPANY
OF NEW YORK,
as
Trustee
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By
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Name: Warren
A. Goshine
Title: Vice
President
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Dated:
March 10, 2010
Additional
Terms of the Notes
This Note
is one of the duly authorized issue of 9 5/8% Senior Notes due 2018 of the
Company (herein called the “Notes”), issued under
an Indenture, dated as of March 10, 2010 (herein called the “Indenture,” which
term shall have the meanings assigned to it in such instrument), among the
Company, the Guarantors from time to time parties thereto (“the Guarantors”) and The
Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York, as Trustee (herein called the
“Trustee,”
which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), and reference is
hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights,
limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, any
other obligor upon this Note, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes and of
the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and
delivered. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the
Indenture and those made a part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, as in effect from time to time (the “TIA”). The
Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture
and the TIA for a statement of such terms. Additional Notes may be
issued under the Indenture which will vote as a class with the Notes and
otherwise be treated as Notes for purposes of the Indenture.
All terms
used in this Note that are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Indenture.
This Note
may hereafter be entitled to certain other Guarantees made for the benefit of
the Holders. Reference is made to Article XIII of the Indenture for
terms relating to such Guarantees, including the release, termination and
discharge thereof. Neither the Company nor any Guarantor shall be
required to make any notation on this Note to reflect any Guarantee or any such
release, termination or discharge.
The Notes
will be redeemable, at the Company’s option, in whole or in part, at any time
and from time to time on or after March 15, 2014, and prior to maturity at the
applicable redemption price set forth below. Such redemption may be
made upon notice mailed by first-class mail to each Holder’s registered address
in accordance with the Indenture. The Company may provide in such
notice that payment of the redemption price and the performance of the Company’s
obligations with respect to such redemption may be performed by another
Person. Any such redemption and notice may, in the Company’s
discretion, be subject to the satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent,
including but not limited to the occurrence of a Change of
Control. The Notes will be so redeemable at the following redemption
prices (expressed as a percentage of principal amount), plus accrued and unpaid
interest, if any, to the relevant Redemption Date (subject to the right of
Holders of record on the relevant Regular Record Date to receive interest due on
the relevant Interest Payment Date), if redeemed during the 12-month period
commencing on March 15 of each of the years set forth below:
Period
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Redemption Price
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2014
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104.813%
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2015
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102.406%
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2016
and
thereafter
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100.000%
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In
addition, at any time and from time to time on or prior to March 15, 2013, the
Company at its option may redeem Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to
up to 35% of the original aggregate principal amount of Notes (including the
principal amount of any Additional Notes), with funds in an aggregate amount not
exceeding the aggregate proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings, at a
redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount thereof) of
109.625%, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the
Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant
Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date);
provided, however, that an aggregate
principal amount of Notes equal to at least 65% of the original aggregate
principal amount of Notes (including the principal amount of any Additional
Notes) must remain outstanding after each such redemption. The
Company may make such redemption upon notice mailed by first-class mail to each
Holder’s registered address in accordance with the Indenture (but in no event
more than 180 days after the completion of the related Equity
Offering). The Company may provide in such notice that payment of the
redemption price and performance of the Company’s obligations with respect to
such redemption may be performed by another Person. Any such notice
may be given prior to the completion of the related Equity Offering, and any
such redemption or notice may, at the Company’s discretion, be subject to the
satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, including the completion of
the related Equity Offering.
At any
time prior to March 15, 2014, Notes may also be redeemed or purchased (by the
Company or any other Person) in whole or in part, at the Company’s option, at a
price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus the Applicable Premium
as of, and accrued but unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the
Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant
Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment
Date). Such redemption or purchase may be made upon notice mailed by
first-class mail to each Holder’s registered address in accordance with the
Indenture. The Company may provide in such notice that payment of the
Redemption Price and performance of the Company’s obligations with respect to
such redemption or purchase may be performed by another Person. Any
such redemption, purchase or notice may, at the Company’s discretion, be subject
to the satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, including but not
limited to the occurrence of a Change of Control.
The
Indenture provides that, upon the occurrence after the Issue Date of a Change of
Control, each Holder will have the right to require that the Company repurchase
all or any part of such Holder’s Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101%
of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to,
but not including, the date of such repurchase (subject to the right of Holders
of record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant
Interest Payment Date); provided, however, that the Company
shall not be obligated to repurchase Notes in the event it has exercised its
right to redeem all the Notes as described above.
The Notes
will not be entitled to the benefit of a sinking fund.
The
Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire
indebtedness of this Note or certain restrictive covenants and certain Events of
Default with
respect
to this Note, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in
the Indenture.
If an
Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall occur and be continuing, the
principal of and accrued but unpaid interest on the Notes may be declared due
and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the
Indenture.
The
Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment
thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and
the rights of the Holders of the Notes to be effected under the Indenture at any
time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of at least
a majority in principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding to be
affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the
Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Notes at the time
Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Notes, to waive compliance by the
Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under
the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by
the Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and
upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the
registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof,
whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this
Note.
As
provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this
Note shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the
Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other
remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee
written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Notes, the
Holders of not less than 30% in principal amount of the Notes at the time
Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to pursue such remedy
in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee
reasonable security or indemnity against any loss, liability or expense, and the
Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal
amount of Notes at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such
request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days
after receipt of such notice, request and offer of security or
indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by
the Holder of this Note for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof
or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed
herein.
No
reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the
Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute
and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on this
Note at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein
prescribed.
As
provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth,
the transfer of this Note is registrable in the Note Register, upon surrender of
this Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in
a Place of Payment, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of
transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Note Registrar duly
executed by, the Holder hereof or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in
writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes of like tenor, of authorized
denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the
designated transferee or transferees.
The Notes
are issuable only in fully registered form without coupons in minimum
denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $l,000 in excess
thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, the Notes are exchangeable for a like aggregate
principal amount of Notes of like tenor of a different authorized denomination,
as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No
service charge shall be made for any such registration, transfer or exchange,
but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer
tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
Prior to
due presentment of this Note for registration or transfer, the Company, any
other obligor in respect of this Note, the Trustee and any agent of the Company,
such other obligor or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Note
is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note be
overdue, and none of the Company, any other obligor upon this Note, the Trustee
nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
No
director, officer, employee, incorporator, equity holder, member or stockholder,
as such, of the Company, any Guarantor or any Subsidiary of any thereof shall
have any liability for any obligation of the Company or any Guarantor under the
Indenture, the Notes or any Guarantee, or for any claim based on, in respect of,
or by reason of, any such obligation or its creation. Each Holder, by
accepting this Note, hereby waives and releases all such
liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for
issuance of the Notes.
THE
INDENTURE AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. THE TRUSTEE, THE COMPANY, ANY
OTHER OBLIGOR IN RESPECT OF THE NOTES AND (BY THEIR ACCEPTANCE OF THE NOTES) THE
HOLDERS, AGREE TO SUBMIT TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY UNITED STATES FEDERAL OR
STATE COURT LOCATED IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK IN ANY
ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE INDENTURE, THE NOTES OR
THE GUARANTEES.
GUARANTEE
For value
received, the undersigned hereby unconditionally guarantees, as principal
obligor and not only as a surety, to the Holder of this Note the cash payments
in United States dollars of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on this
Note (and including Additional Interest payable thereon) in the amounts and at
the times when due and interest on the overdue principal, premium, if any, and
interest, if any, of this Note, if lawful, and the payment or performance of all
other Obligations of the Company under the Indenture (as defined below) or the
Note, to the Holder of this Note and the Trustee, all in accordance with and
subject to the terms and limitations of this Note, Article XIII of the Indenture
and this Guarantee. This Guarantee will become effective in accordance with
Article XIII of the Indenture and its terms shall be evidenced therein. The
validity and enforceability of this Guarantee shall not be affected by the fact
that it is not affixed to any particular Note.
Capitalized
terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in
the Indenture, dated as of March 10, 2010, among Avis Budget Car Rental, LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company, and Avis Budget Finance, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (together, “the Company”), the Guarantors from time to time parties
thereto and The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York, as
Trustee.
THIS
GUARANTEE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK. EACH GUARANTOR HEREBY AGREES TO SUBMIT TO THE
JURISDICTION OF ANY UNITED STATES FEDERAL OR STATE COURT LOCATED IN THE BOROUGH
OF MANHATTAN, IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF
OR RELATING TO THIS GUARANTEE.
This
Guarantee is subject to release upon the terms set forth in the
Indenture.
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AVIS
BUDGET GROUP, INC.
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By
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Name: Rochelle
Tarlowe
Title: Vice
President and Treasurer
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AVIS
BUDGET HOLDINGS, LLC
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By
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Name: Rochelle
Tarlowe
Title: Vice
President and Treasurer
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AB
CAR RENTAL SERVICES, INC.
ARACS
LLC
AVIS
ASIA AND PACIFIC, LIMITED
AVIS
CAR RENTAL GROUP, LLC
AVIS
CARIBBEAN, LIMITED
AVIS
ENTERPRISES, INC.
AVIS
GROUP HOLDINGS, LLC
AVIS
INTERNATIONAL, LTD.
AVIS
OPERATIONS, LLC
AVIS
RENT A CAR SYSTEM, LLC
PF
CLAIMS MANAGEMENT, LTD.
PR
HOLDCO, INC.
WIZARD
CO., INC.
WIZARD
SERVICES, INC.
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By
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Name: Rochelle
Tarlowe
Title: Vice
President and Treasurer
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BGI
LEASING, INC.
BUDGET
RENT A CAR SYSTEM, INC.
BUDGET
TRUCK RENTAL LLC
RUNABOUT,
LLC
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By
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Name: David
B. Wyshner
Title: Executive
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and
Treasurer
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[FORM
OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER]
FOR VALUE
RECEIVED the undersigned Holder hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s)
unto
Insert
Taxpayer Identification No.
(Please
print or typewrite name and address including zip code of assignee)
the
within Note and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and
appointing
attorney
to transfer such Note on the books of the Company with full power of
substitution in the premises.
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This
Note is being sold, assigned and transferred (check
one):
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or
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(b)
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to
a person whom the Holder reasonably believes is a qualified institutional
buyer within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933,
purchasing for its own account or for the account of a qualified
institutional buyer to whom notice is given that the resale, pledge or
other transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities
Act of 1933;
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or
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[ ]
(c)
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in
an offshore transaction in accordance with Regulation S under the
Securities Act of 1933;
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or
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(d)
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to
an institution that is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule
501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act of
1933 that is acquiring this Note for investment purposes and not for
distribution;
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or
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[ ]
(e)
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pursuant
to any exemption from registration under the Securities Act of 1933
provided by Rule 144 (if applicable) under the Securities Act of
1933;
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or
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[ ]
(f)
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pursuant
to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of
1933;
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or
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(g)
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this
Note is being transferred other than in accordance with (a), (b) or (c)
above and documents are being furnished which comply with the conditions
of transfer set forth in this Note and the
Indenture.
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If none
of the foregoing boxes is checked, the Trustee or other Note Registrar shall not
be obligated to register this Note in the name of any Person other than the
Holder hereof unless and until the conditions to any such transfer of
registration set forth herein and in Section 313 of the Indenture shall have
been satisfied.
Date: ________________
NOTICE:
The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon
the face of the within-mentioned instrument in every particular, without
alteration or any change whatsoever.
Signature
Guarantee: ________________
Signatures
must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the
requirements of the Note Registrar, which requirements include membership or
participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other
“signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Note Registrar in
addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
TO BE
COMPLETED BY PURCHASER IF (a) ABOVE IS CHECKED.
The
undersigned represents and warrants that it is purchasing this Note for its own
account or an account with respect to which it exercises sole investment
discretion and that it and any such account is a “qualified institutional buyer”
within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A and
acknowledges that it has received such information regarding the Company as the
undersigned has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined not to request
such information and that it is aware that the transferor is relying upon the
undersigned’s foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption from
registration provided by Rule 144A.
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Dated: ________________
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NOTICE:
To be executed by an executive
officer
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OPTION OF
HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If you
wish to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 411 or 415
of the Indenture, check the box: [ ].
If you
wish to have a portion of this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section
411 or 415 of the Indenture, state the amount (in principal amount)
below:
$________________
Date: ________________
Your
Signature: ________________
(Sign
exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note)
Signature
Guarantee: ________________
Signatures
must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the
requirements of the Note Registrar, which requirements include membership or
participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other
“signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Note Registrar in
addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
SCHEDULE
OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL NOTE
The
following increases or decreases in this Global Note have been
made:
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Amount
of decreases in Principal Amount of this Global Note
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Amount
of increases in Principal Amount of this Global Note
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Principal
amount of this Global Note following such decreases or
increases
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Signature
of authorized officer of Trustee or Notes
Custodian
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secondamendment.htm
Exhibit
10.1
SECOND
AMENDMENT
This
Second Amendment, dated as of March 10, 2010 (this “Amendment”), to the
Credit Agreement dated as of April 19, 2006, as amended by the First
Amendment dated as of December 23, 2008 (the “Credit Agreement”),
among AVIS BUDGET HOLDINGS, LLC (“Holdings”), AVIS
BUDGET CAR RENTAL, LLC (the “Borrower”), the
subsidiary borrowers from time to time parties thereto, the several lenders from
time to time parties thereto (the “Lenders”), BANK OF
AMERICA, N.A., CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE & INVESTMENT BANK NEW YORK BRANCH
(formerly known as CALYON) and CITICORP USA, INC. as documentation agents,
WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION as co-documentation agent, DEUTSCHE BANK
SECURITIES INC. as syndication agent and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as
administrative agent (the “Administrative
Agent”; and together with the other agents named therein, the “Agents”).
W I T N E S S E T
H:
WHEREAS,
Holdings, the Borrower, the Lenders and the Agents are parties to the Credit
Agreement;
WHEREAS,
the Borrower has requested that the Lenders agree to extend the tenor of their
respective Term Loans and Revolving Commitments, as applicable, and amend
certain other terms in the Credit Agreement in the manner provided for herein;
and
WHEREAS,
the Administrative Agent and the Lenders are willing to agree to the requested
amendments subject to the provisions of this Amendment;
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises contained herein, the parties hereto
agree as follows:
1. Defined
Terms. Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms are
used herein as defined in the Credit Agreement as amended hereby.
2. Amendments. The
Credit Agreement (including the Annexes, Schedules and Exhibits thereto) is
hereby amended in accordance with Exhibit A hereto: (a) by deleting each term
thereof which is lined out and (b) by inserting each term thereof which is
double underlined, in each case in the place where such term appears
therein.
3. Extension of Maturity
Date.
(a) Each
Extending Term Loan Lender hereby extends the final maturity date applicable to
all or any portion of its Term Loan (as detailed on its signature page hereto)
to the Extended Term Loan Maturity Date. The final maturity date applicable to
each other Term Lender (in each case, a “Non-Extending Term Loan
Lender”) shall be the Non-Extended Term Loan Maturity Date, and the
Extending Lenders understand and agree that the Term Loans of each Non-Extending
Term Loan Lender shall become due and be payable, together with all interest and
fees related thereto, on the Non-Extended Term Loan Maturity Date.
(b) Each Extending Revolving Lender
hereby extends the termination date as applicable to all or any portion of its
Revolving Commitment (as detailed on its signature page hereto) to the Extended
Revolving Termination Date. The termination date applicable to each
other Revolving Lender (in each case, a “Non-Extending Revolving
Lender”; Non-Extending Revolving
Lenders and Non-Extending Term Loan Lenders, collectively, the “Non-Extending
Lenders”) shall be the Non-Extended Revolving Termination Date and the
Extending Lenders understand and agree that
the
Revolving Loans of each Non-Extending Revolving Lender shall become due and
payable, together with all interest and fees related thereto, on the
Non-Extended Revolving Termination Date.
4. Reduction in Revolving
Commitment and Prepayment of Term Loans. On the Second
Amendment Effective Date, the Borrower shall (a) reduce the Extended Revolving
Commitment of each Extending Revolving Lender that has delivered a Commitment
Reduction Notice substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto in an amount
equal to 20% of such Extending Revolving Lender’s Extended Revolving Commitment
and (b) prepay pro rata the principal amounts owing to the Term Lenders so that
the sum of (i) the aggregate amount of Term Loans outstanding and (ii) the
aggregate amount of Revolving Commitments outstanding after giving effect to the
reduction pursuant to clause (a) above shall not exceed $1,500,000,000. With
respect to the prepayment of the Term Loans, each Extending Term Loan Lender
shall have the right to refuse such prepayment by checking the applicable box on
its signature page hereto indicating such refusal, and any prepayment of the
Term Loans so refused shall be reallocated and applied pro rata towards the
payment of the principal amounts of (i) the then outstanding Term Loans of the
Non- Extending Term Loan Lenders and (ii) any portion of the then outstanding
Term Loans of the Extending Term Loan Lenders not being extended pursuant to
this Amendment.
5. Allocation and Repayment of
Revolving Loans and Letters of Credit. Notwithstanding
anything in the Credit Agreement to the contrary:
(a) From the Second
Amendment Effective Date until the Non-Extended Revolving Termination Date, all
Revolving Loans shall be made in accordance with the aggregate Revolving
Commitments (including both the Extended Revolving Commitments and the
Non-Extended Revolving Commitments thereunder from time to time in
effect).
(b) On
the Second Amendment Effective Date, the participations in any outstanding
Letters of Credit shall be reallocated so that after giving effect thereto the
Extending Revolving Lenders and the Non-Extending Revolving Lenders thereunder
shall share ratably in the Aggregate Exposures thereunder in accordance with the
aggregate Revolving Commitments (including both the Extended Revolving
Commitments and the Non-Extended Revolving Commitments thereunder from time to
time in effect). Thereafter until the Non-Extended Revolving Termination Date,
the participations in any new Letters of Credit shall be allocated in accordance
with the aggregate Revolving Commitments. On the Non-Extended
Revolving Termination Date, the participations in the outstanding Letters of
Credit of the Non-Extending Revolving Lenders shall be reallocated to the
Extending Revolving Lenders ratably in accordance with their Extended Revolving
Commitments but in any case, only to the extent the sum of the outstanding
Revolving Extensions of Credit of all Extending Revolving Lenders before giving
effect to such reallocation plus the participations in the outstanding Letters
of Credit of the Non-Extending Revolving Lenders does not exceed the total
Revolving Commitments of all Extending Revolving Lenders.
(c)
If the reallocation described in clause (b) above cannot, or can only partially,
be effected as a result of the limitations set forth therein, the Borrower shall
within five Business Days following notice by the Administrative Agent, either
(x) cash collateralize such Non-Extending Revolving Lender’s participations in
the outstanding Letters of Credit (after giving effect to any partial
reallocation pursuant to clause (b) above) or (y) backstop such Non-Extending
Revolving Lender’s participations in the Letters of Credit (after giving effect
to any partial reallocation pursuant to clause (b) above) with a letter of
credit reasonably satisfactory to the Issuing Lender, in each case, for so long
as any Letters of Credit are outstanding.
6. Replacement
Lenders. The Lenders party hereto and the Administrative Agent
agree that the Borrower shall have the right on or before the Non-Extended Term
Loan Maturity Date (with respect to Term Loans) or Non-Extended Revolving
Termination Date (with respect to Revolving Commitments) to replace, in whole or
in part (but if in part, in an aggregate principal amount of not
less than
$1,000,000 (with respect to Term Loans) and $5,000,000 (with respect to
Revolving Commitments) (other than in the case of the replacement of all of a
Non-Extending Lender’s interest under the Credit Agreement)), the Commitment of
any Non-Extending Lender with increases in the outstanding Term Loans or
Revolving Commitments of one or more Extending Lenders or with new Term Loans or
Revolving Commitments of one or more other lenders or financial
institutions or other entities that will become “Lenders” (each, a “Replacement Term Loan
Lender” or “Replacement Revolving
Lender”, as applicable; the Replacement Term Loan Lenders and Replacement
Revolving Lenders collectively, the “Replacement
Lenders”), subject (in the case of the replacement of the Term Loans or
Revolving Commitments of any Non-Extending Lenders) to the payment at par of all
amounts, including principal and accrued interest and fees, owing to such
Non-Extending Lender with respect to the portion of the Term Loans or the
Revolving Commitments, as applicable, being replaced under the Credit Agreement.
Each Replacement Lender shall (i) be subject to the consent of the Borrower and
the Administrative Agent (such consent, in each case, shall not be unreasonably
withheld) and (ii) have entered into an Assignment and Assumption or other
documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower and the Administrative
Agent pursuant to which such Replacement Lender shall assume all or part of the
outstanding Term Loan or Revolving Commitment of such Non-Extending Lender or
shall agree to have a new or additional Term Loan or Revolving Commitment under
which Loans may be borrowed only from the date of any reduction in or
termination of the Term Loan or Revolving Commitment of such Non-Extending
Lender; provided that after giving effect to any such replacement, the aggregate
amount of the outstanding Term Loans and Revolving Commitments under the Credit
Agreement shall not exceed the Maximum Facilities Amount. For the avoidance of
doubt, after the Second Amendment Effective Date and on or before the
Non-Extended Term Loan Maturity Date (with respect to Term Loans) or
Non-Extended Revolving Termination Date (with respect to Revolving Commitments),
any Non-Extending Lender that has not been replaced may, with the consent of the
Borrower, extend all, or a portion of, its Term Loan or Revolving Commitment
(but if electing to extend only a portion of its Term Loan or Revolving
Commitment, in an aggregate amount not less than $1,000,000 and $5,000,000,
respectively), converting such Lender (as to the portion so extended) into an
Extending Term Loan Lender or Extending Revolving Lender, as
applicable.
7. Termination of Local
Facilities. On and as of the Second Amendment Effective Date,
each New Local Facility (as defined in the existing Credit Agreement before
giving effect to the Second Amendment) shall be terminated, the commitments
outstanding thereunder shall be redesignated for availability under the
Revolving Facility and each letter of credit outstanding thereunder shall be
deemed to be a Letter of Credit outstanding under the Revolving
Facility.
8. Fees.
(a) The
Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each
Extending Term Loan Lender that has executed and delivered a counterpart of this
Amendment by 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on March 8, 2010, an extension fee
in an amount equal to 12.5 basis points of such Lender’s Extended Term
Loan.
(b) The
Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each
Extending Revolving Lender that has executed and delivered a counterpart of this
Amendment by 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on March 8, 2010, an extension fee
in an amount equal to 100.0 basis points of such Lender’s Extended Revolving
Commitment.
9. Representations and
Warranties. On and as of the date hereof, after giving effect
to this Amendment, the Borrower hereby confirms that the representations and
warranties set forth in Section 4 of the Credit Agreement are true and correct
in all material respects except to the extent that such representations and
warranties expressly relate solely to a specific earlier date.
10. Effectiveness of
Amendment. This Amendment shall become effective upon
satisfaction of the following conditions precedent (such date, the “Second Amendment Effective
Date”):
(a)
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the
Lenders shall have consented to extend at least 75% of the existing Term
Loans; provided that the Borrower shall have the right to waive this
condition in its sole discretion;
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(b)
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the
Borrower shall have received, or substantially concurrently with the
satisfaction of the other conditions precedent set forth in this Section,
shall receive gross cash proceeds of not less than $250,000,000 from a
public or private capital markets transaction not otherwise prohibited by
the terms of the Credit Agreement (as amended by this Amendment);
and
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(c)
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the
Administrative Agent shall have received the
following:
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(i)
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counterparts
to this Amendment duly executed by Holdings, the Borrower, the Majority
Facility Lenders for each Facility, each Extending Revolving Lender and
each Extending Term Loan Lender
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(ii)
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an
extension fee for the account of each Extending Term Loan Lender that is a
party to this Amendment in accordance with Section 8(a)
hereof;
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(iii)
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an
extension fee for the account of each Extending Revolving Lender that is a
party to this Amendment in accordance with Section 8(b)
hereof;
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(iv)
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all
other fees required to be paid, and all expenses for which invoices have
been presented (including the reasonable fees and expenses of legal
counsel) required to be paid;
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(v)
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executed
counterparts from each Loan Party of the Guarantee and Collateral
Acknowledgement substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
C;
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(vi)
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certified
resolutions from the board of directors, members or other similar body of
each Loan Party authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the
Amendment; and
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(vii)
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the
legal opinion of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, counsel to the Loan Parties and
each special and local counsel as may be reasonably requested by the
Administrative Agent. Each such legal opinion shall cover such
customary matters incidental to the Amendment as the Administrative Agent
may request and shall be addressed to the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders.
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10. Continuing Effect; No Other
Amendments or Consents. Except as expressly provided herein,
all of the terms and provisions of the Credit Agreement are and shall remain in
full force and effect. The amendments provided for herein are limited
to the specific subsections of the Credit Agreement specified herein and shall
not constitute a consent, waiver or amendment of, or an indication of the
Administrative Agent’s or the Lenders’ willingness to consent to any action
requiring consent under any other provisions of the Credit Agreement or the same
subsection for any other date or time period.
11. Expenses. The
Borrower agrees to pay and reimburse the Administrative Agent for all its
reasonable costs and out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with the
preparation and delivery of this Amendment, including, without limitation, the
reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative
Agent.
12. Counterparts. This
Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts by the parties hereto
(including by facsimile and electronic (e.g. “.pdf”, or “.tif”) transmission),
each of which counterparts when so executed shall be an original, but all the
counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.
13. GOVERNING
LAW. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND
INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Amendment to be duly executed and
delivered by their proper and duly authorized officers as of the day and year
first above written.
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AVIS
BUDGET HOLDINGS, LLC
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By
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/s/
Rochelle Tarlowe
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Name: Rochelle
Tarlowe
Title: Vice
President and Treasurer
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AVIS
BUDGET CAR RENTAL, LLC
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By
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/s/
Rochelle Tarlowe
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Name: Rochelle
Tarlowe
Title:
Vice President and Treasurer
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JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as
Administrative Agent
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By
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/s/
Robert P. Kellas
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Name: Robert
P. Kellas
Title: Executive
Director
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JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as
an Extending Term Loan Lender
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By
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/s/
Susan E. Atkins
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Name: Susan
E. Atkins
Title: Managing
Director
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J.P.
Morgan Whitefriars Inc.,
as
an Extending Term Loan Lender
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By
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/s/ Virginia R.
Conway
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Name: Virginia
R. Conway
Title: Attorney-in-Fact
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Citibank,
N.A.,
as
an Extending Term Loan Lender
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By
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/s/ Brian
Blessing
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Name: Brian
Blessing
Title: Attorney-in-Fact
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Deutsche
Bank AG New York Branch,
as
an Extending Term Loan Lender
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By
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/s/ Edward
Schaffer
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Name: Edward
Schaffer
Title: Vice
President
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By
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/s/ Peter
Schoepe
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Name: Peter
Schoepe
Title: Authorized
Signatory
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Deutsche
Bank AG London Branch,
as
an Extending Term Loan Lender
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By
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/s/ Deirdre
Cesario
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Name: Deirdre
Cesario
Title: Assistant
Vice President
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By
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/s/ Angeline Quintana
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Name: Angeline
Quintana
Title: Assistant
Vice President
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Wells
Fargo Bank,
as
an Extending Term Loan Lender
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By
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/s/ Ross Berger
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Name: Ross
Berger
Title: Senior
Vice President
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Bank
of America, N.A.,
as
an Extending Term Loan Lender
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By
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/s/ Jonathan M. Barnes
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Name: Jonathan
M. Barnes
Title: Vice
President
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____________,
as
an Extending Term Loan Lender
By: ____________
Name:
Title:
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JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as
an Extending Revolving Lender
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By
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/s/
Robert P. Kellas
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Name: Robert
P. Kellas
Title: Executive
Director
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Credit
Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank,
as
an Extending Revolving Lender
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By
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/s/ Rod
Hurst
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Name: Rod
Hurst
Title: Managing
Director
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By
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/s/ Yuri
Muzichenko
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Name: Yuri
Muzichenko
Title: Director
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Wachovia
Bank, National Association,
as
an Extending Revolving Lender
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By
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/s/
Ronald F. Bentien, Jr.
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Name: Ronald
F. Bentien, Jr.
Title: Director
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Deutsche
Bank AG New York Branch,
as
an Extending Revolving Lender
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By
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/s/ Omayra
Laucella
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Name: Omayra
Laucella
Title: Vice
President
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By
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/s/ Carin Keegan
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Name: Carin
Keegan
Title: Director
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Citibank,
N.A.,
as
an Extending Revolving Lender
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By
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/s/
Michael M. Schadt
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Name: Michael
M. Schadt
Title: Director
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Wells
Fargo Bank, National Association,
as
an Extending Revolving Lender
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By
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/s/
Jennifer Clark
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Name: Jennifer
Clark
Title: Vice
President
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Bank
of America, N.A.,
as
an Extending Revolving Lender
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By
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/s/
Chas A. McDonell
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Name: Chas
A. McDonell
Title: Senior
Vice President
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____________,
as
an Extending Revolving Lender
By: ____________
Name:
Title:
____________,
as
an Amending Non-Extending Lender
By: ____________
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT
A
among
AVIS
BUDGET HOLDINGS, LLC,
AVIS
BUDGET CAR RENTAL, LLC,
as
Borrower,
The
Subsidiary Borrowers from Time to Time Parties Hereto,
The
Several Lenders from Time to Time Parties Hereto,
JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as
Administrative Agent
DEUTSCHE
BANK SECURITIES INC.,
as
Syndication Agent,
BANK OF
AMERICA, N.A.,
CREDIT
AGRICOLE CORPORATE & INVESTMENT BANK
NEW YORK
BRANCH (formerly known as CALYON),
and
CITICORP
USA, INC.,
as
Documentation Agents,
and
WACHOVIA
BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as
Co-Documentation Agent
Dated as
of April 19, 2006
JPMORGAN
SECURITIES INC.
and
DEUTSCHE
BANK SECURITIES INC.,
as Joint
Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners
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1
Reflects changes made
pursuant to the Second Amendment dated as of March 10,
2010
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TABLE OF
CONTENTS
SECTION
1. DEFINITIONS
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1
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1.1 Defined
Terms
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1.2 Other
Definitional Provisions
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SECTION
2. AMOUNT
AND TERMS OF COMMITMENTS
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26
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2.1 Term
Commitments
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26
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2.2 Procedure
for Term Loan Borrowing
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26
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2.3 Repayment
of Term Loan
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27
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2.4 Revolving
Commitments
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27
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2.5 Procedure
for Revolving Loan Borrowing
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28
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2.6 Swingline
Commitment
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28
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2.7 Procedure
for Swingline Borrowing; Refunding of Swingline Loans
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29
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2.8 Commitment
Fees, et
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30
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2.9 Termination
or Reduction of Revolving Commitments
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30
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2.10 Optional
Prepayments
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31
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2.11 Mandatory
Prepayments
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31
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2.12 Conversion
and Continuation Options
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32
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2.13 Limitations
on Eurocurrency Tranche
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32
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2.14 Interest
Rates and Payment Dates
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32
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2.15 Computation
of Interest and Fees
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33
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2.16 Inability
to Determine Interest Rate
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33
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2.17 Pro
Rata Treatment and Payments
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33
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2.18 Requirements
of Law
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35
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2.19 Taxes
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36
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2.20 Indemnity
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37
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2.21 Change
of Lending Office
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38
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2.22 Replacement
of Lenders
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38
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2.23 Incremental
Facilities
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38
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2.24 Prepayments
Required Due to Currency Fluctuation
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2.25 Defaulting
Lenders
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41
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SECTION
3. LETTERS
OF CREDIT
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42
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3.1 L/C
Commitment
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42
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3.2 Procedure
for Issuance of Letter of Credit
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42
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3.3 Fees
and Other Charges
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43
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3.4 L/C
Participations
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3.5 Reimbursement
Obligation of the Borrowe
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3.6 Obligations
Absolute
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44
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3.7 Letter
of Credit Payments
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45
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3.8 Applications
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45
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3.9 Existing
Letters of Credit
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45
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SECTION
4 REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
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45
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4.1 Financial
Condition
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45
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4.2 No
Change
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46
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4.3 Existence;
Compliance with Law
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46
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4.4 Power;
Authorization; Enforceable Obligations
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46
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4.5 No
Legal Bar
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4.6 Litigation
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46
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4.7 No
Default
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47
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4.8 Ownership
of Property; Liens
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47
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4.9 Intellectual
Property
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47
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4.10 Taxes
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47
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4.11 Federal
Regulations
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47
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4.12 ERISA
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47
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4.13 Investment
Company Act; Other Regulations
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4.14 Subsidiaries
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48
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4.15 Use
of Proceeds
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48
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4.16 Accuracy
of Information, etc
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4.17 Security
Documents
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4.18 Certain
Documents
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SECTION
5. CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT
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5.1 Conditions
to Initial Extension of Credit
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5.2 Conditions
to Each Extension of Credit
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51
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SECTION
6 AFFIRMATIVE
COVENANTS
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51
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6.1 Financial
Statements
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51
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6.2 Certificates;
Other Information
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52
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6.3 Payment
of Obligations
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6.4 Maintenance
of Existence; Compliance
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53
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6.5 Maintenance
of Property; Insurance
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53
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6.6 Inspection
of Property; Books and Records; Discussions
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6.7 Notices
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54
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6.8 Environmental
Laws
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54
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6.9 Additional
Collateral, etc
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SECTION
7 NEGATIVE
COVENANTS
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7.1 Financial
Condition Covenants
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7.2 Indebtedness
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7.3 Liens
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7.4 Fundamental
Changes
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61
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7.5 Disposition
of Property
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61
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7.6 Restricted
Payments
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7.7 Investments
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7.8 Optional
Payments and Modifications of Certain Agreements
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7.9 Transactions
with Affiliates
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7.10 Sales
and Leasebacks
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7.11 Changes
in Fiscal Periods
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65
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7.12 Clauses
Restricting Subsidiary Distributions
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65
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7.13 Lines
of Business
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65
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7.14 Business
Activities of Holdings
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65
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SECTION
8. EVENTS
OF DEFAULT
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66
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SECTION
9 THE
AGENTS
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68
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9.1 Appointment
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68
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9.2 Delegation
of Duties
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69
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9.3 Exculpatory
Provisions
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69
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9.4 Reliance
by Administrative Agent
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69
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9.5 Notice
of Default
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69
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9.6 Non-Reliance
on Agents and Other Lenders
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9.7 Indemnification
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9.8 Agent
in Its Individual Capacity
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9.9 Successor
Administrative Agent
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71
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9.10 Co-Documentation
Agent, Documentation Agent and Syndication Agent
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71
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SECTION
10 MISCELLANEOUS
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71
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10.1 Amendments
and Waivers
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71
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10.2 Notices
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73
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10.3 No
Waiver; Cumulative Remedies
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74
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10.4 Survival
of Representations and Warranties
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74
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10.5 Payment
of Expenses and Taxes
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74
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10.6 Successors
and Assigns; Participations and Assignments
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75
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10.7 Adjustments;
Set-off
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78
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10.8 Counterparts
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78
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10.9 Severability
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78
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10.10 Integration
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78
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10.11 GOVERNING
LAW
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79
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10.12 Submission
To Jurisdiction; Waivers
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79
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10.13 Judgment
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79
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10.14 Acknowledgements
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79
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10.15 Releases
of Guarantees and Liens
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80
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10.16 Confidentiality
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80
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10.17 WAIVERS OF JURY
TRIAL
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80
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10.18 USA
Patriot Act
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81
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SCHEDULES:
1.1A Commitments
1.1B Excluded
Subsidiaries
1.1C Mandatory
Costs
1.1D Separation
Agreement
1.1E Tax
Sharing Agreement
1.1F Mortgaged
Properties
2
Extended and Non-Extended Revolving Commitments
3.9
Existing Letters of Credit
4.4
Consents, Authorizations, Filings and Notices
4.9
Intellectual Property Matters
4.14 Subsidiaries
4.17 UCC
Filing Jurisdictions
7.2(f) Existing
Indebtedness
7.3(g) Existing
Liens
7.5(h) Dispositions
7.7(k) Investments
7.9
Permitted Transactions
7.12 Certain
Agreements
EXHIBITS:
A Form
of Guarantee and Collateral Agreement
B Form
of Compliance Certificate
C Form
of Closing Certificate
D Form
of Assignment and Assumption
E Form
of Legal Opinion of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
F Form
of Exemption Certificate
G Form
of Joinder
H Form
of Mortgage
ANNEXES:
A Form
of Fleet Financing Forecast
CREDIT
AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as
of April 19, 2006, among AVIS BUDGET HOLDINGS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company (“Holdings”), AVIS
BUDGET CAR RENTAL, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Borrower”), the
Subsidiary Borrowers (as defined herein) from time to time parties hereto, the
several banks and other financial institutions or entities from time to time
parties hereto (the “Lenders”), DEUTSCHE
BANK SECURITIES INC., as syndication agent (in such capacity, the “Syndication Agent”),
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE & INVESTMENT BANK NEW YORK
BRANCH (formerly known as CALYON) and CITICORP USA, INC., as documentation
agents (in such capacity, the “Documentation
Agents”), WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as co-documentation agent
(in such capacity, the “Co-Documentation
Agent”), and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as administrative
agent.
The
parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
SECTION
1. DEFINITIONS
1.1 Defined
Terms. As
used in this Agreement, the terms listed in this Section 1.1 shall have the
respective meanings set forth in this Section 1.1.
“ABR”: for
any day, a rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/16 of
1%) equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b)(i)
the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus (ii) ½ of 1% and
(c)(i) the Eurocurrency Rate for a one month interest period in effect on such
day (or if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business
Day) plus (ii) 1%. For purposes hereof: (1) “Prime Rate”
shall mean the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time
by JPMorgan Chase Bank as its prime rate in effect at its principal office in
New York City (the Prime Rate not being intended to be the lowest rate of
interest charged by JPMorgan Chase Bank in connection with extensions of credit
to debtors) and (2) the Eurocurrency Rate for any day shall be based on the rate
for deposits in Dollars appearing on the Reuters BBA Libor Rates Page 3750 (or
on any successor or substitute page of such page) at approximately 11:00 a.m.
London time on such day. Any change in the ABR due to a change in the
Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Eurocurrency Rate shall be
effective as of the opening of business on the effective day of such change in
the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Eurocurrency Rate,
respectively.
“ABR
Loans”: Loans the rate of interest applicable to which is
based upon the ABR.
“AESOP Base
Indenture”: the Second Amended and Restated Base Indenture,
dated as of June 3, 2004, between the AESOP Issuer and the AESOP Trustee, as
amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.
“AESOP Financing
Program”: the transactions contemplated by the AESOP Base
Indenture, as it may be from time to time further amended, supplemented or
modified, and the instruments and agreements referenced therein and otherwise
executed in connection therewith, and any successor program.
“AESOP
Indebtedness”: any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to the AESOP
Financing Program.
“AESOP
Issuer”: Avis Budget Rental Car Funding (AESOP)
LLC.
“AESOP
Trustee”: The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., in
its capacity as Trustee under the AESOP Base Indenture.
“Administrative
Agent”: JPMorgan Chase Bank, together with its affiliates, as
the arranger of the Commitments and as the administrative agent for the Lenders
under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with any of its
successors.
“Affiliate”: as
to any Person, any other Person which, directly or indirectly, is in control of,
is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person. For
purposes of this definition, a Person shall be deemed to be “controlled by”
another if such latter Person possesses, directly or indirectly, power either to
(i) vote 10% or more of the securities having ordinary voting power for the
election of directors of such controlled Person or (ii) direct or cause the
direction of the management and policies of such controlled Person whether by
contract or otherwise.
“Agents”: the
collective reference to the Syndication Agent, the Documentation Agents, the
Co-Documentation Agent and the Administrative Agent.
“Aggregate
Exposure”: with respect to any Lender at any time, an amount
equal to (a) until the Closing Date, the aggregate amount of such Lender’s
Commitments at such time and (b) thereafter, the sum of (i) the aggregate then
unpaid principal amount of such Lender’s Term Loans and (ii) the amount of such
Lender’s Revolving Commitment then in effect or, if the Revolving Commitments
have been terminated, the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Extensions of Credit
then outstanding.
“Aggregate Exposure
Percentage”: with respect to any Lender at any time, the ratio
(expressed as a percentage) of such Lender’s Aggregate Exposure at such time to
the Aggregate Exposure of all Lenders at such time.
“Agreement”: as
defined in the preamble hereto.
“Amending Non-Extending
Lender”: any Lender who agreed to the amendments set forth in
the Second Amendment, but declined to extend any portion of its Term Loan or
Revolving Commitment, as applicable, beyond its scheduled maturity
date.
“Applicable Margin”:
(a) with respect to Non-Extended Term Loans, (i) 2.75% in the case of ABR Loans
and (ii) 3.75% in the case of Eurocurrency Loans, (b) with respect to Revolving
Loans and Swingline Loans made pursuant to Non-Extended Revolving Commitments,
(i) 3.00% in the case of ABR Loans and (ii) 4.00% in the case of Eurocurrency
Loans, (c) with respect to Extended Term Loans, (i) 3.25% in the case of ABR
Loans and (ii) 4.25% in the case of Eurocurrency Loans and (d) with respect to
Revolving Loans made pursuant to Extended Revolving Commitments, a rate
determined in accordance with the Pricing Grid, provided that prior to and on
the Non-Extended Revolving Termination Date, such rate shall not be, in any
event, lower than (x) 3.00% in the case of ABR Loans and (y) 4.00% in the case
of Eurocurrency Loans.
“Application”: an
application, in such form as the Issuing Lender may specify from time to time,
requesting the Issuing Lender to open a Letter of Credit.
“Approved
Fund”: as defined in Section 10.6(b).
“Asset
Sale”: any Disposition of property or series of related
Dispositions of property (excluding any such Disposition permitted by clause
(a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) of Section 7.5) that yields gross proceeds to any Loan
Party (valued at the initial principal amount thereof in the case of non-cash
proceeds consisting of notes or other debt securities and valued at fair market
value in the case of other non-cash proceeds) in excess of
$15,000,000.
“Assignee”: as
defined in Section 10.6(b).
“Assignment and
Assumption”: an Assignment and Assumption, substantially in
the form of Exhibit D.
“Australian Dollars”
and “A$”: the
lawful money of Australia.
“Available Revolving
Commitment”: as to any Revolving Lender at any time, an amount
equal to the excess, if any, of (a) such Lender’s Revolving Commitment then in
effect over (b)
such Lender’s Revolving Extensions of Credit then outstanding; provided, that in
calculating any Lender’s Revolving Extensions of Credit for the purpose of
determining such Lender’s Available Revolving Commitment pursuant to Section
2.8(a), the aggregate principal amount of Swingline Loans then outstanding shall
be deemed to be zero.
“Avis Budget
Finance”: Avis Budget Finance, Inc., a Delaware
corporation.
“Benefitted
Lender”: as defined in Section 10.7(a).
“Board”: the
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States (or any
successor).
“Borrower”: as
defined in the preamble hereto.
“Borrowing
Date”: any Business Day specified by the Borrower or any
Subsidiary Borrower as a date on which the Borrower or such Subsidiary Borrower
requests the relevant Lenders to make Loans hereunder.
“Budget”: as
defined in Section 6.2(c).
“Budget Truck
Division”: the truck rental business of Budget Rent A Car
System, Inc. and its Subsidiaries.
“Business
Day”: any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on
which banks in the State of New York are permitted to close; provided, however, that when
used in connection with a Eurocurrency Loan, the term “Business Day” shall also
exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in Dollar deposits or
deposits in any Optional Currency, as applicable, in the London Interbank
market.
“Canadian Dollars” and
“C$”: the
lawful money of Canada.
“Canadian Securitization
Entity” means WTH Funding Limited Partnership, WTH Car Rental Limited
Partnership, each an Ontario limited partnership, and any other special purpose
entity formed for the purpose of engaging in vehicle financing in Canada
including, without limitation, any other partnerships formed from time to time
and each of the special purpose entities that may be partners in WTH Funding
Limited Partnership, WTH Car Rental Limited Partnership or in any other such
partnerships.
“Capital Lease
Obligations”: as to any Person, the obligations of such Person
to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying
the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which
obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on
a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP and, for the purposes of this
Agreement, the
amount of
such obligations at any time shall be the capitalized amount thereof at such
time determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Capital
Stock”: any and all shares, interests, participations or other
equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any and all
equivalent ownership interests in a Person (other than a corporation) and any
and all warrants, rights or options to purchase any of the
foregoing.
“Cash
Equivalents”: any of the following, to the extent acquired for
investment and not with a view to achieving trading profits: (i) obligations
fully backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America
maturing not in excess of twelve months from the date of acquisition, (ii)
commercial paper maturing not in excess of twelve months from the date of
acquisition and rated at least “P-1” by Moody’s or “A-1” by S&P on the date
of such acquisition, (iii) the following obligations of any Lender or any
domestic commercial bank having capital and surplus in excess of $500,000,000,
which has, or the holding company of which has, a commercial paper rating
meeting the requirements specified in clause (ii) above: (a) time deposits,
certificates of deposit and acceptances maturing not in excess of twelve months
from the date of acquisition, or (b) repurchase obligations with a term of not
more than thirty days for underlying securities of the type referred to in
clause (i) above, (iv) money market funds that invest exclusively in interest
bearing, short-term money market instruments and adhere to the minimum credit
standards established by Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended, and (v) municipal securities: (a) for which the pricing period in
effect is not more than twelve months long and (b) rated at least “P-1” by
Moody’s or “A-1” by S&P.
“Cendant”: Cendant
Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
“Change in Control”:
(i) the acquisition by any Person or group (within the meaning of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules of the SEC thereunder as in
effect on the Closing Date), directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record,
of ownership or control of in excess of 50% of the voting common stock of
Cendant on a fully diluted basis at any time or (ii) if at any time, individuals
who at the Closing Date constituted the Board of Directors of Cendant (together
with any new directors whose election by such Board of Directors or whose
nomination for election by the shareholders of Cendant, as the case may be, was
approved by a vote of the majority of the directors then still in office who
were either directors at the Closing Date or whose election or nomination for
election was previously so approved) cease for any reason to constitute a
majority of the Board of Directors of Cendant, (iii) Cendant shall
cease to own, directly or through one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries, all of
the capital stock of Holdings, free and clear of any direct or indirect Liens
(other than statutory Liens) or (iv) Holdings shall cease to directly own all of
the capital stock of the Borrower, free and clear of any direct or indirect
Liens (other than statutory Liens or Liens created by the Loan
Documents). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
this definition, the consummation of the Spin-Off Transactions shall not result
in a Change in Control.
“Closing
Date”: the date on which the conditions precedent set forth in
Section 5.1 shall have been satisfied, which date is April 19,
2006.
“Code”: the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
“Co-Documentation
Agent”: as defined in the preamble hereto.
“Collateral”: all
property of the Loan Parties, now owned or hereafter acquired, upon which a Lien
is purported to be created by any Security Document, provided, however, that
Collateral shall not include the assets of any Foreign Subsidiary or more than
66% of the voting Capital Stock of any Foreign Subsidiary.
“Commitment”: as
to any Lender, the sum of the Term Commitment and the Revolving Commitment of
such Lender.
“Commitment Fee
Rate”: with respect to (i) Extended Revolving Commitments,
0.75% and (ii) Non-Extended Revolving Commitments, 0.50%.
“Commonly Controlled
Entity”: an entity, whether or not incorporated, that is under
common control with the Borrower within the meaning of Section 4001 of ERISA or
is part of a group that includes the Borrower and that is treated as a single
employer under Section 414 of the Code.
“Compliance
Certificate”: a certificate duly executed by a Responsible
Officer substantially in the form of Exhibit B.
“Collateralized”: secured
by cash collateral arrangements and/or backstop letters of credit entered into
on terms and in amounts reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and
the relevant Issuing Lender.
“Conduit
Lender”: any special purpose corporation organized and
administered by any Lender for the purpose of making Loans otherwise required to
be made by such Lender and designated by such Lender in a written instrument;
provided, that
the designation by any Lender of a Conduit Lender shall not relieve the
designating Lender of any of its obligations to fund a Loan under this Agreement
if, for any reason, its Conduit Lender fails to fund any such Loan, and the
designating Lender (and not the Conduit Lender) shall have the sole right and
responsibility to deliver all consents and waivers required or requested under
this Agreement with respect to its Conduit Lender, and provided, further, that no
Conduit Lender shall (a) be entitled to receive any greater amount pursuant to
Section 2.18, 2.19, 2.20 or 10.5 than the designating Lender would have been
entitled to receive in respect of the extensions of credit made by such Conduit
Lender or (b) be deemed to have any Commitment.
“Confidential Information
Memorandum”: the Confidential Information Memorandum dated
March 2006 and furnished to certain Lenders.
“Consolidated
EBITDA”: without duplication, for any period, Consolidated Net
Income plus (a)
provision for taxes based on income, (b) depreciation expense (excluding any
such expense attributable to depreciation of Eligible Assets), (c) Consolidated
Total Interest Expense, (d) amortization expense (excluding any such expense
attributable to amortization of Eligible Assets), (e) non-cash stock option and
restricted stock grant expense, (f)(i) separation, integration, restructuring
and severance cash items and (ii) other extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring
cash items, in the case of each of (i) and (ii) in an aggregate amount not to
exceed $60,000,000 for any period, (g) other unusual or non-recurring non-cash
expenses or losses, including fees, expenses and charges associated with the
transactions contemplated by the Separation Agreement, (h) unrealized losses
from interest rate, foreign exchange and gasoline Swap Agreements and (i) any
other non-cash charges and expenses (including amortization of deferred
financing fees), in the case of each of (a)-(i) above, to the extent such items
are reflected as a charge in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income for such
period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in calculating Consolidated
EBITDA for any period, pro forma effect shall be given to (i)(A) any
non-recurring gains (losses) on business unit dispositions outside the ordinary
course of business and (B) any unusual or non-recurring non-cash income, in the
case of each of (A) and (B) above, to the extent such items are reflected as
income (losses) in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income for such period
and (ii) any cash payments made during such period in respect of items described
in clause (g) and (h) above subsequent to the fiscal quarter in which the
relevant non-cash expenses or non-cash or unrealized losses were reflected as a
charge in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income, all as determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP. For the purposes of calculating
Consolidated EBITDA for any period of four consecutive fiscal
quarters
(each, a “Reference Period”) pursuant to any determination of the Consolidated
Leverage Ratio, (i) if at any time during such Reference Period the Borrower or
any Subsidiary shall have made any Material Disposition, the Consolidated EBITDA
for such Reference Period shall be reduced by an amount equal to the
Consolidated EBITDA (if positive) attributable to the property that is the
subject of such Material Disposition for such Reference Period or increased by
an amount equal to the Consolidated EBITDA (if negative) attributable thereto
for such Reference Period and (ii) if during such Reference Period the Borrower
or any Subsidiary shall have made a Material Acquisition, Consolidated EBITDA
for such Reference Period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto
as if such Material Acquisition occurred on the first day of such Reference
Period. As used in this definition, “Material Acquisition” means any
acquisition of property or series of related acquisitions of property that (a)
constitutes assets comprising all or substantially all of an operating unit of a
business or constitutes all or substantially all of the common stock of a Person
and (b) involves the payment of consideration by the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries in excess of $25,000,000; and “Material Disposition” means any
Disposition of property or series of related Dispositions of property under
Section 7.5(f), (g) or (h) that yields gross proceeds to the Borrower or any of
its Subsidiaries in excess of $25,000,000.
“Consolidated Financial
Statements”: as defined in Section 4.1(b).
“Consolidated Interest
Coverage Ratio”: for any period, the ratio of (a) Consolidated
EBITDA for such period to (b) Consolidated Interest Expense for such
period.
“Consolidated Interest
Expense”: for any period, (a) total interest expense paid or
payable in cash (including that properly attributable to Capital Leases
Obligations, but excluding in any event (w) all capitalized interest and
amortization of debt discount and debt issuance costs, (x) upfront fees in
connection with any debt issuance and fees and expenses in connection with any
amendment of debt, and (y) debt extinguishment costs) of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP including, without
limitation, all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with
respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptance financing paid or payable
in cash and net cash costs (or minus net profits) under interest rate Swap
Agreements minus, (b) without
duplication, any interest income of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP during such period (other than
interest income earned on any Related Eligible
Assets). Notwithstanding the foregoing, interest expense in respect
of any (i) Securitization Indebtedness, (ii) AESOP Indebtedness or (iii)
Recourse Vehicle Indebtedness, in an amount, for this clause (iii), of up to
$750,000,000, shall not be included in Consolidated Interest Expense; provided that for any
period when the Consolidated Leverage Ratio is less than 3.25 to 1.0, interest
expense on Recourse Vehicle Indebtedness in an amount up to $850,000,000 shall
not be included in Consolidated Interest Expense. For purposes of
calculating Consolidated Interest Expense related to Recourse Vehicle
Indebtedness, such amount shall be equal to the product of:
Recourse
Vehicle Indebtedness – $750,000,000 (or $850,000,000, as
applicable)
|
x
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total
cash interest expense on Recourse Vehicle Indebtedness
|
Recourse
Vehicle Indebtedness
|
“Consolidated Leverage
Ratio”: as at the last day of any period, the ratio of (a)
Consolidated Total Debt on such day to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for such
period.
“Consolidated Net
Income”: for any period for which such amount is being
determined, the net income (or loss) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries during
such period determined on a consolidated basis for such period taken as a single
accounting period in accordance with GAAP; provided that there
shall be excluded (i) income (loss) of any Person (other than a Subsidiary of
the Borrower) in which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries has any equity
investment or comparable interest, except to the extent of the amount of
dividends or other distributions actually paid to the Borrower or its
Subsidiaries
by such
Person during such period, (ii) the income of any Subsidiary of the Borrower to
the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions
by that Subsidiary of the income is not at the time permitted by operation of
the terms of its charter, or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order,
statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to that Subsidiary, (iii)
any extraordinary after-tax gains and (iv) any extraordinary or unusual pretax
non-cash losses.
“Consolidated Total
Debt”: at any date, the aggregate principal amount of all
Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries at such date, determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided that, for
purposes of this definition, Indebtedness shall not include (i)(x)
Securitization Indebtedness, (y) AESOP Indebtedness or (z) Recourse Vehicle
Indebtedness up to $750,000,000; provided that for any
period when the Consolidated Leverage Ratio is less than 3.25 to 1.0, Recourse
Vehicle Indebtedness up to $850,000,000 shall be excluded from Consolidated
Total Debt, (ii) the aggregate undrawn amount of outstanding Letters of Credit,
(iii) the aggregate undrawn amount of outstanding letters of credit under the
Letter of Credit Facilities or (iv) obligations under Swap
Agreements. In addition, for purposes of this definition, the amount
of Indebtedness at any time shall be reduced (but not to less than zero) by the
amount of Excess Cash.
“Consolidated Total Interest
Expense”: for any period, without duplications (a) total
interest expense paid or payable in cash (including that properly attributable
to Capital Leases Obligations) plus, (b)(x) all
capitalized interest and amortization of debt discount and debt issuance costs
and (y) debt extinguishment costs, in each case, of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP including, without
limitation, all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with
respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptance financing and net cash
costs (or minus net profits) under interest rate Swap Agreements minus, (c) without
duplication, any interest income of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP during such period (other than
interest income earned on any Related Eligible
Assets). Notwithstanding the foregoing, interest expense in respect
of any (i) Securitization Indebtedness, (ii) AESOP Indebtedness or (iii)
Recourse Vehicle Indebtedness, in an amount up to $750,000,000, shall not be
included in Consolidated Total Interest Expense; provided that for any
period when the Consolidated Leverage Ratio is less than 3.25 to 1.0, interest
expense on Recourse Vehicle Indebtedness in an amount up to $850,000,000 shall
not be included in Consolidated Total Interest Expense. For purposes
of calculating Consolidated Total Interest Expense related to Recourse Vehicle
Indebtedness, such amount shall be equal to the product of:
Recourse
Vehicle Indebtedness – $750,000,000 (or $850,000,000, as
applicable)
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x
|
total
interest expense on Recourse Vehicle Indebtedness
|
Recourse
Vehicle Indebtedness
|
“Contractual
Obligation”: as to any Person, any provision of any security
issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to
which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is
bound.
“Currency”: Dollars
or any Optional Currency.
“Default”: any
of the events specified in Section 8, whether or not any requirement for
the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, has been
satisfied.
“Defaulting Lender”
means any Lender, as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent, that has
(a) failed to fund any portion of its Loans or participations in Letters of
Credit or Swingline Loans within three Business Days of the date required to be
funded by it hereunder, unless such requirement to
fund such Loan or participation in Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans is
based on such Lender's good faith determination that the conditions precedent to
funding such Loan or participation in Letters of Credit
or Swingline Loans under this
Agreement have not been satisfied and such Lender has notified the
Administrative Agent in writing to that effect, (b)
notified the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender, the
Swingline Lender or any Lender in writing that it does not intend to comply with
any of its funding obligations generally under this Agreement or has made a
public statement to the effect that it does not intend to comply with its
funding obligations generally under this Agreement or under other agreements in
which it commits to extend credit, (c) failed, within three Business Days after
written request by the Administrative Agent, to confirm that it will comply with
the terms of this Agreement relating to its obligations to fund prospective
Loans and participations in then outstanding Letters of Credit and Swingline
Loans, provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender under
this clause (c) upon receipt of such confirmation by the Administrative Agent,
or (d) otherwise failed to pay over to the Administrative Agent or any other
Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder within three
Business Days of the date when due, unless the subject of a good faith dispute;
provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the
ownership or acquisition of any ownership interest in such Lender or a parent
company thereof or the exercise of control over a Lender or parent company
thereof by a Governmental Authority or instrumentality thereof.
“Disposition”: with
respect to any property, any sale, lease, sale and leaseback, assignment,
conveyance, transfer or other disposition thereof. The terms “Dispose” and “Disposed of” shall
have correlative meanings.
“Documentation
Agents”: as defined in the preamble hereto.
“Dollar
Equivalent”: on any date of determination, (a) with respect to
any amount denominated in Dollars, such amount, and (b) with respect to an
amount denominated in any Optional Currency, the equivalent in Dollars of such
amount determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with normal banking
industry practice using the Exchange Rate on the date of determination of such
equivalent. In making any determination of the Dollar Equivalent (for
purposes of calculating the amount of Loans to be borrowed from the respective
Lenders on any date or for any other purpose), the Administrative Agent shall
use the relevant Exchange Rate in effect on the date on which the Borrower or
any Subsidiary Borrower delivers a request for Revolving Loans or on such other
date upon which a Dollar Equivalent is required to be determined pursuant to the
provisions of this Agreement. As appropriate, amounts specified
herein as amounts in Dollars shall be or include any relevant Dollar Equivalent
amount.
“Dollars” and “$”: the
lawful money of the United States.
“Domestic
Subsidiary”: any Subsidiary of the Borrower organized under
the laws of any jurisdiction within the United States.
“Domestic Subsidiary
Borrower”: any Subsidiary Borrower which is a Domestic
Subsidiary.
“Eligible
Assets”: any of the following and any proceeds thereof: (a)
assets (and interests in assets) that are of the type described as “assets under
vehicle programs” in the consolidated financial statements of the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries, dated December 31, 2005, which shall include, without
limitation, vehicles, vehicle leases, fleet maintenance contracts, fleet
management contracts, other service contracts, receivables generated by any of
the foregoing and other asset servicing rights, and (b) equity interests or
other securities issued by any Subsidiary or other Person issuing securities or
incurring Indebtedness secured by, payable from or representing beneficial
interests in, or holding title or ownership interests in, assets of the type
described in clause (a) above or interests in such assets.
“Environmental
Laws”: all laws, rules, orders, regulations, statutes,
ordinances, codes, decrees, judgments, injunctions, notices or requirements
issued, promulgated or entered into by any Governmental Authority, relating in
any way to the environment, preservation or reclamation of natural resources,
the management, release or threatened release of any Materials of Environmental
Concern or to health and safety matters, including without limitation, the Clean
Water Act also known as the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (“FWPCA”)
33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq., the Clean Air
Act (“CAA”), 42
U.S.C. §§ 7401 et seq., the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (“FIFRA”),
7 U.S.C. §§ 136 et seq., the Surface
Mining Control and Reclamation Act (“SMCRA”),
30 U.S.C. §§ 1201 etseq., the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (“CERCLA”),
42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq., the Superfund
Amendment and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (“SARA”), Public Law
99-499, 100 Stat. 1613, the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act
(“ECPCRKA”),
42 U.S.C. § 11001 et seq., the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”),
42 U.S.C. § 6901 etseq., the
Occupational Safety and Health Act as amended (“OSHA”),
29 U.S.C. § 655 and § 657, together, in each case, with any
amendment thereto, and the regulations adopted and binding publications
promulgated thereunder and all substitutions thereof.
“ERISA”: the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to
time.
“Euro” and “€”: the
official currency of the European Union.
“Eurocurrency Base
Rate”: with respect to each day during each Interest Period
pertaining to a Eurocurrency Loan, the rate per annum determined on the basis of
the rate for deposits in Dollars or the applicable Optional Currency for a
period equal to such Interest Period commencing on the first day of such
Interest Period appearing on the applicable page of the Telerate screen as of
11:00 A.M., London time, two Business Days prior to the beginning of such
Interest Period. In the event that such rate does not appear on such
page of the Telerate screen (or otherwise on such screen), the “Eurocurrency Base
Rate” shall be determined by reference to such other comparable publicly
available service for displaying eurocurrency rates for the applicable Currency
as may be selected by the Administrative Agent or, in the absence of such
availability, by reference to the rate at which the Administrative Agent is
offered Dollar deposits or deposits in the applicable Optional Currency at or
about 11:00 A.M., New York City time, two Business Days prior to the beginning
of such Interest Period in the London interbank eurocurrency for delivery on the
first day of such Interest Period for the number of days comprised
therein.
“Eurocurrency
Loans”: Loans the rate of interest applicable to which is
based upon the Eurocurrency Rate.
“Eurocurrency
Rate”: with respect to each day during each Interest Period
pertaining to a Eurocurrency Loan, a rate per annum determined for such day in
accordance with the following formula (rounded upward to the nearest 1/100th
of 1%):
Eurocurrency
Base Rate
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1.00
- Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements
|
; provided that with
respect to any Eurocurrency Loan denominated in Euro or Pounds Sterling, the
Eurocurrency Rate shall the mean the Eurocurrency Base Rate plus if applicable,
as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with Schedule
1.1C, the Mandatory Costs; and provided further that
the Eurocurrency Rate applicable to any Term Loan shall, in any event, be at all
times no less than 1.50%.
“Eurocurrency Reserve
Requirements”: a fraction (expressed as a decimal), the
numerator of which is the number one and the denominator of which is the number
one minus the aggregate of the maximum reserve percentages (including any
marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves) expressed as a decimal
established by the Board and any other banking authority to which the
Administrative Agent or any Lender is subject, for Eurocurrency Liabilities (as
defined in Regulation D). Such reserve percentages shall include
those imposed under Regulation D. Eurocurrency Loans shall be deemed
to constitute Eurocurrency Liabilities and as such shall be deemed to be subject
to such reserve requirements without benefit of or credit for proration,
exceptions or offsets which may be available from time to time to any Lender
under Regulation D. Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements shall be
adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any
reserve percentage.
“Eurocurrency
Tranche”: the collective reference to Eurocurrency Loans under
a particular Facility the then current Interest Periods with respect to all of
which begin on the same date and end on the same later date (whether or not such
Loans shall originally have been made on the same day).
“Event of
Default”: any of the events specified in Section 8, provided that any
requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, has been
satisfied.
“Excess
Cash”: all cash and Cash Equivalents of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries at such time determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with
GAAP in excess of $25,000,000.
“Exchange
Rate”: for any day with respect to any Optional Currency, the
rate at which such Optional Currency may be exchanged into Dollars, as set forth
at 11:00 A.M., London time, on such day on the applicable Reuters currency page
with respect to such Optional Currency. In the event that such rate
does not appear on the applicable Reuters currency page, the Exchange Rate with
respect to such Optional Currency shall be determined by reference to such other
publicly available service for displaying exchange rates as may be agreed upon
by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower or, in the absence of such
agreement, such Exchange Rate shall instead be the spot rate of exchange of the
Administrative Agent in the London Interbank market or other market where its
foreign currency exchange operations in respect of such Optional Currency are
then being conducted, at or about 11:00 A.M., London time, on such day for the
purchase of Dollars with such Optional Currency, for delivery two Business Days
later; provided, however, that if at
the time of any such determination, for any reason, no such spot rate is being
quoted, the Administrative Agent may use any reasonable method it deems
appropriate to determine such rate, and such determination shall be conclusive
absent manifest error.
“Excluded
Person”: as defined in the definition of
“Subsidiary”.
“Excluded
Subsidiary”: each Subsidiary listed on Schedule 1.1B and any
other Subsidiary so long as the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower does
not have the controlling authority under the organizational documents of such
Excluded Subsidiary to incur Indebtedness on its behalf or grant Liens on its
assets (other than purchase money security interests).
“Extended Revolving
Commitment”: with respect to any Extending Revolving Lender at
any time, the portion of such Lender’s Revolving Commitment extended pursuant to
the Second Amendment (including any increase thereof in connection with the
Second Amendment).
“Extended Revolving
Termination Date”: the date that is the earlier of (a) April
19, 2013 or (b) 91 calendar days prior to the Non-Extended Term Loan Maturity
Date unless on such date, either (i)
the
principal amount of Term Loans (other than Extended Term Loans) that remain
outstanding does not exceed $75,000,000 or (ii) the Consolidated Leverage Ratio
is not more than 4.00 to 1.00.
“Extended Term
Loan”: with respect to any Extending Term Loan Lender at any
time, the portion of such Lender’s outstanding Term Loan extended pursuant to
the Second Amendment (including any increase thereof in connection with the
Second Amendment).
“Extending
Lenders”: the Extending Term Loan Lenders and Extending
Revolving Lenders, individually or collectively, as the context may
require.
“Extending Revolving
Lender”: (a) any Revolving Lender who has agreed to extend all
or a portion of its Revolving Commitment until the Extended Revolving
Termination Date, (b) any Replacement Revolving Lender (as defined in the Second
Amendment) or (c) any non-Extending Lender that has converted to become an
Extending Revolving Lender pursuant to Section 6 of the Second
Amendment. A Lender shall only be an Extending Revolving Lender (x)
for the period from, as the case may be, the Second Amendment Effective Date,
the date that it becomes a Replacement Revolving Lender or the date it converts
to become an Extending Revolving Lender and (y) only with respect to its
Extended Revolving Commitment and any Loans made by it thereunder.
“Extending Term Loan
Lender”: (a) any Term Loan Lender who has agreed to extend all
or a portion of its outstanding Term Loan until the Extended Term Loan Maturity
Date, (b) any Replacement Term Loan Lender (as defined in the Second Amendment)
or (c) any non-Extending Lender that has converted to become an Extending Term
Loan Lender pursuant to Section 6 of the Second Amendment. A Lender
shall only be an Extending Term Loan Lender (x) for the period from, as the case
may be, the Second Amendment Effective Date, the date that it becomes a
Replacement Term Loan Lender or the date it converts to become an Extending Term
Loan Lender and (y) only with respect to the Extended Term Loans made by it
thereunder.
“Extended Term Loan Maturity
Date”: earlier of (a) April 19, 2014 or (b) 91 calendar days
prior to the maturity of the Senior Unsecured Notes due May 15, 2014, if such
Senior Unsecured Notes have not been repaid or refinanced by such
date.
“Facility”: each
of (a) the Term Commitments and the Term Loans made thereunder (the “Term Facility”) and
(b) the Revolving Commitments and the extensions of credit made thereunder (the
“Revolving
Facility”).
“Federal Funds Effective
Rate”: for any day, the weighted average of the rates on
overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System
arranged by federal funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business
Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so
published for any day that is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for
the day of such transactions received by JPMorgan Chase Bank from three federal
funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.
“Fee Payment
Date”: (a) the third Business Day following the last day of
each March, June, September and December and (b) the last day of the Revolving
Commitment Period.
“First Amendment Effective
Date”: December 23, 2008.
“Fleet Financing
Forecast”: the Borrower’s annual forecast of financing needs
for its domestic rental car rental fleet (including detailed sources and uses),
substantially in the form set forth in Section 1 of Annex A.
“Foreign
Subsidiary”: any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a
Domestic Subsidiary.
“Foreign Subsidiary
Borrower”: any Subsidiary Borrower that is not a Domestic
Subsidiary.
“Funding
Office”: the office of the Administrative Agent specified in
Section 10.2 or such other office as may be specified from time to time by the
Administrative Agent as its funding office by written notice to the Borrower and
the Lenders.
“GAAP”: generally
accepted accounting principles in the United States as in effect from time to
time.
“Governmental
Authority”: any federal, state, municipal or other
governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality,
or any federal, state or municipal court, in each case whether of the United
States or foreign.
“Group
Members”: the collective reference to Holdings, the Borrower
and their respective Subsidiaries.
“Guarantee and Collateral
Agreement”: the Amended and Restated Guarantee and Collateral
Agreement, dated as of the First Amendment Effective Date, as amended, modified
or supplemented from time to time.
“Guarantee
Obligation”: any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the
Person guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any
Indebtedness of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in
any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of the
guarantor, direct or indirect, (a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply
funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness (including reasonable
fees and expenses related thereto) or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds
for the purchase of) any security for the payment thereof, (b) to purchase or
lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of
such Indebtedness of the payment thereof, (c) to maintain working capital,
equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity of the
primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or
(d) as an account party in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty
issued to support such Indebtedness; provided, however, that the
amount of any Guarantee Obligation shall be limited to the extent necessary so
that such amount does not exceed the value of the assets of such Person (as
reflected on a consolidated balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance
with GAAP) to which any creditor or beneficiary of such Guarantee Obligation
would have recourse. Notwithstanding the foregoing definition, the
term “Guarantee Obligation” shall not include any direct or indirect obligation
of a Person as a general partner of a general partnership or a joint venturer of
a joint venture in respect of Indebtedness of such general partnership or joint
venture, to the extent such Indebtedness is contractually non-recourse to the
assets of such Person as a general partner or joint venturer (other than assets
comprising the capital of such general partnership or joint
venture). The term “Guarantee Obligation” shall not include
endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of
business.
“Guarantors”: the
collective reference to Holdings and the Subsidiary Guarantors.
“Holdings”: as
defined in the preamble hereto.
“Increased Amount
Date”: is defined in Section 2.23.
“Incremental Commitment
Agreement”: is defined in Section 2.23.
“Incremental Loan
Commitments”: is defined in Section 2.23.
“Incremental Revolving
Commitments”: is defined in Section 2.23.
“Incremental Revolving
Lender”: is defined in Section 2.23.
“Incremental Revolving
Loan”: is defined in Section 2.23.
“Incremental Term
Loan”: is defined in Section 2.23.
“Incremental Term Loan
Commitments”: is defined in Section 2.23.
“Incremental Term Loan
Lender”: is defined in Section 2.23.
“Indebtedness”: of
any Person at any date, without duplication, (a) all indebtedness of such Person
for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such Person for the deferred purchase
price of property or services (other than current trade payables incurred in the
ordinary course of such Person’s business), (c) all obligations of such Person
evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or other similar instruments, (d) all
indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other title
retention agreement with respect to property acquired by such Person (even
though the rights and remedies of the seller or lender under such agreement in
the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property), (e)
all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person, (f) all obligations of such
Person, contingent or otherwise, as an account party or applicant under or in
respect of acceptances, letters of credit, surety bonds or similar arrangements,
(g) the liquidation value of all mandatorily redeemable preferred Capital Stock
of such Person, (h) all Guarantee Obligations of such Person in respect of
obligations of the kind referred to in clauses (a) through (g) above, (i) all
obligations of the kind referred to in clauses (a) through (h) above secured by
(or for which the holder of such obligation has an existing right, contingent or
otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property (including accounts and
contract rights) owned by such Person, whether or not such Person has assumed or
become liable for the payment of such obligation, and (j) for the purposes of
Section 8(e) only, all obligations of such Person in respect of Swap
Agreements. The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the
Indebtedness of any other entity (including any partnership in which such Person
is a general partner) to the extent such Person is liable therefor as a result
of such Person’s ownership interest in or other relationship with such entity,
except to the extent the terms of such Indebtedness expressly provide that such
Person is not liable therefor.
“Insolvency”: with
respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the condition that such Plan is insolvent
within the meaning of Section 4245 of ERISA.
“Insolvent”: pertaining
to a condition of Insolvency.
“Intellectual
Property”: the collective reference to all rights, priorities
and privileges with respect to intellectual property, whether arising under
United States, multinational or foreign laws or otherwise, including copyrights,
copyright licenses, patents, patent licenses, trademarks, trademark licenses,
technology, know-how and processes, and all rights to sue at law or in equity
for any infringement or other impairment thereof, including the right to receive
all proceeds and damages therefrom.
“Interest Payment
Date”: (a) as to any ABR Loan (other than any Swingline Loan),
the last day of each March, June, September and December to occur while such
Loan is outstanding and the final maturity date of such Loan, (b) as to any
Eurocurrency Loan having an Interest Period of three months or less, the last
day of such Interest Period, (c) as to any Eurocurrency Loan having an Interest
Period longer than three months, each day that is three months, or a whole
multiple thereof, after the first day of such
Interest
Period and the last day of such Interest Period, (d) as to any Loan (other than
any Revolving Loan that is an ABR Loan and any Swingline Loan), the date of any
repayment or prepayment made in respect thereof and (e) as to any Swingline
Loan, the day that such Loan is required to be repaid.
“Interest
Period”: as to any Eurocurrency Loan, (a) initially, the
period commencing on the borrowing or conversion date, as the case may be, with
respect to such Eurocurrency Loan and ending one, two, three or six (or, if
agreed to by all Lenders under the relevant Facility, nine or twelve) months
thereafter, as selected by the Borrower or relevant Subsidiary Borrower in its
notice of borrowing or notice of conversion, as the case may be, given with
respect thereto; and (b) thereafter, each period commencing on the last day of
the next preceding Interest Period applicable to such Eurocurrency Loan and
ending one, two, three or six (or, if agreed to by all Lenders under the
relevant Facility, nine or twelve) months thereafter, as selected by the
Borrower or relevant Subsidiary Borrower by irrevocable notice to the
Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 Noon, New York City time, on the date
that is three Business Days prior to the last day of the then current Interest
Period with respect thereto; provided that, all of
the foregoing provisions relating to Interest Periods are subject to the
following:
(i)
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if
any Interest Period would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business
Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding
Business Day unless the result of such extension would be to carry such
Interest Period into another calendar month in which event such Interest
Period shall end on the immediately preceding Business
Day;
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(ii)
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the
Borrower or relevant Subsidiary Borrower may not select an Interest Period
under a particular Facility that would extend beyond the Revolving
Termination Date or beyond the date final payment is due on the Term
Loans;
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(iii)
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any
Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month
(or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the
calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last
Business Day of a calendar month;
and
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(iv)
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the
Borrower and any relevant Subsidiary Borrower shall select Interest
Periods so as not to require a payment or prepayment of any Eurocurrency
Loan during an Interest Period for such
Loan.
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“Investments”: as
defined in Section 7.7.
“Issuing
Lender”: JPMorgan Chase Bank or any affiliate thereof and such
other Lenders or affiliates thereof as may be designated in writing by the
Borrower which agree in writing to act as such in accordance with the terms
hereof and are reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent (including the
issuer of any Existing Letters of Credit), in the capacity as issuer of any
Letter of Credit.
“Joinder Agreement”:
is defined in Section 10.1.
“JPMorgan Chase
Bank”: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
“judgment
currency”: as defined in Section 10.13.
“L/C
Obligations”: at any time, an amount equal to the sum of (a)
the aggregate then undrawn and unexpired amount of the then outstanding Letters
of Credit and (b) the aggregate amount of drawings under Letters of Credit that
have not then been reimbursed pursuant to Section 3.5.
“L/C
Participants”: the collective reference to all the Revolving
Lenders other than the Issuing Lender.
“Lenders”: as
defined in the preamble hereto; provided, that unless
the context otherwise requires, each reference herein to the Lenders shall be
deemed to include any Conduit Lender.
“Letter of Credit
Facilities”: the Cendant letter of credit facilities, dated as
of July 2, 2004, as such agreements may be amended, supplemented and amended and
restated from time to time.
“Letters of
Credit”: as defined in Section 3.1(a).
“Lien”: with
respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge,
hypothecation, encumbrance, charge or security interest in, on or of such asset
and (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale
agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any financing lease
having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating
to such asset.
“Loan”: any
loan made by any Lender pursuant to this Agreement.
“Loan
Documents”: this Agreement, the Security Documents, the Notes
and any amendment, waiver, supplement or other modification to any of the
foregoing.
“Loan
Parties”: each Group Member that is a party to a Loan
Document.
“Majority Facility
Lenders”: with respect to any Facility, the holders of more
than 50% of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Term Loans or the Total
Revolving Extensions of Credit, as the case may be, outstanding under such
Facility (or, in the case of the Revolving Facility, prior to any termination of
the Revolving Commitments, the holders of more than 50% of the Total Revolving
Commitments).
“Material
Acquisition”: as defined in the definition of “Consolidated
EBITDA”.
“Material Adverse
Effect”: any event, development or circumstance that has had
or could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on
(i) the business, operations, property or condition (financial or
otherwise) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole (it being
understood that a bankruptcy filing by, or change in the actual or perceived
credit quality of, or work stoppage affecting any “big three” auto manufacturer
shall not constitute a Material Adverse Effect so long as such “big three” auto
manufacturer has not failed to perform its material performance obligations owed
to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) or (ii) the validity or
enforceability of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or the
rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders hereunder or
thereunder; provided that on the
date of making the initial extensions of credit under this Agreement, “Material
Adverse Effect” shall mean any event, development or circumstance that has had
or could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the
business, operations, property or condition (financial or otherwise) of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, excluding in any case, any
event, development or circumstance resulting from (A) general changes or
developments (other than those resulting from acts of terrorism, war or armed
hostilities) in the vehicle rental industry or in the general economy (except to
the extent such changes or developments have a disproportionate adverse effect
on the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, relative to other
participants in the vehicle rental industry), (B) normal seasonal changes in the
results of operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, (C) the announcement
of the Spin-Off Transactions and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated thereby, (D) changes in accounting requirements or principles or
any changes in applicable laws or interpretations thereof, or (E)
any
failure in and of itself by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to meet any
estimates of revenues or earnings or other financial performance for any period
(it being agreed that the facts and circumstances giving rise to such failure
may be taken into account in determining whether there has been a Material
Adverse Effect); provided that a
bankruptcy filing by, or change in the actual or perceived credit quality of, or
work stoppage affecting any “big three” auto manufacturer shall not constitute a
Material Adverse Effect so long as such “big three” auto manufacturer has not
failed to perform its material performance obligations owed to the Borrower or
any of its Subsidiaries.
“Material
Disposition”: as defined in the definition of “Consolidated
EBITDA”.
“Materials of Environmental
Concern”: all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes
and all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including
petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos containing materials,
polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes and all other
substances or wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to any Environmental
Law.
“Maximum
Facilities Amount”: as defined in Section 2.23.
“Moody’s”: Moody’s
Investors Service, Inc.
“Mortgaged
Properties”: the real properties listed on Schedule 1.1F, as
to which the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders shall be
granted a Lien pursuant to the Mortgages.
“Mortgages”: each
of the mortgages and deeds of trust made by any Loan Party in favor of, or for
the benefit of, the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders,
substantially in the form of Exhibit H (with such changes thereto as the
Administrative Agent may approve or as shall be advisable under the law of the
jurisdiction in which such mortgage or deed of trust is to be
recorded).
“Multiemployer
Plan”: a Plan that is a multiemployer plan as defined in
Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
“Net Cash
Proceeds”: (a) in connection with any Asset Sale or any
Recovery Event, the proceeds thereof in the form of cash and Cash Equivalents
(including any such proceeds received by way of deferred payment of principal
pursuant to a note or installment receivable or purchase price adjustment
receivable or otherwise, but only as and when received), net of attorneys’ fees,
accountants’ fees, investment banking fees, amounts required to be applied to
the repayment of Indebtedness secured by a Lien expressly permitted hereunder on
any asset that is the subject of such Asset Sale or Recovery Event (other than
any Lien pursuant to a Security Document) and other customary fees and expenses
actually incurred in connection therewith and net of taxes paid or reasonably
estimated to be payable as a result thereof (after taking into account any
available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements, to the
extent such tax credits or deductions or tax sharing arrangements are utilized)
and (b) in connection with any issuance or sale of Capital Stock or any
incurrence of Indebtedness, the cash proceeds received from such issuance or
incurrence, net of attorneys’ fees, investment banking fees, accountants’ fees,
underwriting discounts and commissions and other customary fees and expenses
actually incurred in connection therewith.
“New Zealand Dollars”
and “NZ$”: the
lawful money of New Zealand.
“Non-Excluded
Taxes”: as defined in Section 2.19(a).
“Non-Extended Term
Loan”: any Term Loan or portion thereof not extended pursuant
to the Second Amendment.
“Non-Extended Revolving
Commitment”: any Revolving Commitment or portion thereof not
extended pursuant to the Second Amendment.
“Non-Extended Revolving
Termination Date”: April 19, 2011.
“Non-Extended Term Loan
Maturity Date”: April 19, 2012.
“Non-U.S.
Lender”: as defined in Section 2.19(d).
“Notes”: the
collective reference to any promissory note evidencing Loans.
“Obligations”: the
unpaid principal of and interest on (including interest accruing after the
maturity of the Loans and Reimbursement Obligations and interest accruing after
the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency,
reorganization or like proceeding, relating to the Borrower or any Subsidiary
Borrower, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is
allowed in such proceeding) the Loans and all other obligations and liabilities
of the Borrower and each Subsidiary Borrower to any Agent or Lender (or, in the
case of Specified Swap Agreements and Specified Cash Management Agreements, any
affiliate of any Agent or Lender, in each case, at the time such agreement was
entered into), whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to
become due, or now existing or hereafter incurred, which may arise under, out
of, or in connection with, this Agreement, any other Loan Document, the Letters
of Credit, any Specified Swap Agreement, any Specified Cash Management Agreement
or any other document made, delivered or given in connection herewith or
therewith, whether on account of principal, interest, reimbursement obligations,
swap coupon or termination payments, fees or indemnities, or reasonable
out-of-pocket costs or expenses (including reasonable out-of-pocket fees,
charges and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent or to any
Lender that are required to be paid by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Borrower
pursuant hereto) or otherwise.
“OID”: is defined in
Section 2.23.
“Optional
Currency”: at any time, Australian Dollars, Canadian Dollars,
Euro, New Zealand Dollars, Pounds Sterling and such other currencies which are
convertible into Dollars and are freely traded and available in the London
interbank eurocurrency market.
“original
currency”: as defined in Section 10.13.
“Other
Taxes”: any and all present or future stamp or documentary
taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies arising
from any payment made hereunder or from the execution, delivery or enforcement
of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan
Document.
“Parent”: each
of Cendant, Cendant Financing Holding Company, LLC and any other direct or
indirect parent of Holdings and the Borrower.
“Parent
Expenses”: (i) costs (including all professional fees and
expenses) incurred by any Parent in connection with its reporting obligations
under, or in connection with compliance with, applicable laws or applicable
rules of any applicable laws or applicable rules of any governmental, regulatory
or self-regulatory body or stock exchange, the Senior Unsecured Note Indenture,
or any other agreement or
instrument
relating to Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor, including
in respect of any reports filed with respect to the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the respective
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, (ii) an aggregate amount not to
exceed $5,000,000 in any fiscal year to permit any Parent to pay its corporate
overhead expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business, and to pay
salaries or other compensation of employees who perform services for any Parent
or for such Parent and the Borrower, provided that Cendant allocates such
overhead among its Subsidiaries in conformity with clause (vi) of this
paragraph, (iii) expenses incurred by any Parent in connection with the
acquisition, development, maintenance, ownership, prosecution, protection and
defense of its Intellectual Property and associated rights to the extent such
Intellectual Property and associated rights relate to the business or businesses
of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, (iv) indemnification obligations of any
Parent owing to directors, officers, employees or other Persons under its
charter or by-laws or pursuant to written agreements with any such Person, (v)
other operational and tax expenses of any Parent attributable to or incurred on
behalf of Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of
business, including reimbursement obligations under the Letter of Credit
Facilities and including obligations in respect of director and officer
insurance (including premiums therfor); provided, that
following the completion of the Spin-Off Transactions, all operational and tax
expenses of any Parent are deemed to be attributable to or incurred on behalf of
the Borrower if the Borrower’s and its Subsidiaries’ activities represent
substantially all of the operating activities of such Parent and all of its
Subsidiaries, (vi) prior to the completion of the Spin-Off Transactions, general
corporate overhead expenses allocated in conformity with past practices of the
Borrower or as applied to other Subsidiaries of Cendant (or, if applicable, to
former Subsidiaries of Cendant), and (vii) fees and expenses incurred by any
Parent in connection with any offering of Capital Stock or Indebtedness, (x)
where the net proceeds of such offering are intended to be received by or
contributed or loaned to the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor, or (y) in a
prorated amount of such expenses in proportion to the amount of such net
proceeds intended to be so received, contributed or loaned, or (z) otherwise on
an interim basis prior to completion of such offering so long as any Parent
shall cause the amount of such expenses to be repaid to the Borrower or the
relevant Subsidiary Guarantor out of the proceeds of such offering promptly if
completed.
“Participant”: as
defined in Section 10.6(c).
“PBGC”: the
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established pursuant to Subtitle A of Title
IV of ERISA (or any successor).
“Permitted
Acquisition”: an acquisition or any series of related
acquisitions by a Loan Party (including any merger where such Loan Party (or a
Subsidiary that becomes a Loan Party) is the surviving entity) of (a) all or
substantially all of the assets or a majority of the outstanding Capital Stock
of any Person or (b) any division, line of business or other business unit of
any Person (such Person or such division, line of business or other business
unit of such Person shall be referred to herein as the “Target”), in each
case that is a type of business (or assets used in a type of business) permitted
to be engaged in by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries pursuant to Section 7.13,
so long as (i) no Default or Event of Default shall then exist or would exist
after giving effect thereto, (ii) the Borrower shall demonstrate to the
reasonable satisfaction of the Administrative Agent (which calculations and
information provided to the Administrative Agent shall be made available to the
Lenders) that, after giving effect to the acquisition on a pro forma basis, the
Borrower is in compliance with each of the financial covenants set forth in
Section 7.1 as of the most recently ended fiscal quarter for which financial
statements have been delivered hereunder, (iii) the Administrative Agent, on
behalf of the Lenders, shall have received (or shall receive in connection with
the closing of such acquisition) a first priority perfected security interest,
subject only to Permitted Liens, in Collateral described in the Guarantee and
Collateral Agreement (including, without limitation, Capital Stock) acquired
with respect to the Target in accordance with the terms of Section 6.9 and the
Target, if a Person that has not merged with any Loan Party, shall have taken
such actions as are required of
it under
Section 6.9 and (iv) such acquisition shall not be a “hostile” acquisition and
shall have been approved by the Board of Directors and/or shareholders of the
applicable Loan Party and the Target.
“Permitted
Lien”: any Lien permitted by Section 7.3.
“Permitted
Refinancing”: any Indebtedness or Capital Stock issued in
exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to extend, refinance, renew,
replace, defease or refund other Indebtedness; provided
that:
(i) the
principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Indebtedness does
not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the
Indebtedness so extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded
(plus all accrued interest thereon and the amount of all fees, expenses and
premiums incurred in connection therewith);
(ii) such
Indebtedness has a final maturity date later than the final maturity date of,
and has a weighted average life to maturity equal to or greater than the
weighted average life to maturity of, the Indebtedness being extended,
refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded; and
(iii) such
Indebtedness is incurred by the obligor (or obligors) on the Indebtedness being
extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded.
“Person”: an
individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, business trust,
joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture,
Governmental Authority or other entity of whatever nature.
“Plan”: at
a particular time, any employee benefit plan that is covered by ERISA and in
respect of which the Borrower or a Commonly Controlled Entity is (or, if such
plan were terminated at such time, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed
to be) an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.
“Pounds Sterling” and
“£: the
lawful money of the United Kingdom.
“Pricing
Grid”: the table set forth below (in basis
points):
Level
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Specified
Rating
|
Applicable
Margin
Eurodollar
Loans
|
Applicable
Margin
ABR
Loans
|
Level
I
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≥
Ba3 from Moody’s and
≥
BB- from S&P
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3.75%
|
2.75%
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Level
II
|
B1
from Moodys’s and
B+
from S&P
|
4.00%
|
3.00%
|
Level
III
|
<B1
from Moody’s and
<B+
from S&P
|
4.50%
|
3.50%
|
In the
event the Specified Rating assigned by Moody’s is not equivalent to the
Specified Rating assigned by S&P, the lower of the two Specified Ratings
will determine the Applicable Margin, unless the Specified Ratings are two or
more levels apart, in which case the Applicable Margin shall be based on Level
II so long as the lower Specified Rating is at least B1 from Moody’s or B+ from
S&P. In the event either
Moody’s
or S&P shall cease to assign a Specified Rating, then the Applicable Margin
shall be based on Level III. Any change in the Applicable Margin determined in
accordance with the foregoing table shall become effective on the date of
announcement or publication by the Borrower or either rating agency of any
change in the Specified Ratings or, in the absence of such announcement or
publication, on the effective date of such change in the Specified
Ratings.
“Pro Forma Balance
Sheet”: as defined in Section 4.1(a).
“Properties”: the
facilities and properties owned, leased or operated by any Group
Member.
“Recourse Vehicle
Indebtedness”: Indebtedness (i) secured by, payable from or
representing beneficial interests in Eligible Assets or (ii) that is unsecured,
the proceeds of which are used, directly or indirectly, to purchase Eligible
Assets, which provides for recourse to the Borrower or any Subsidiary (other
than a Securitization Entity); provided that Recourse Vehicle Indebtedness shall
not include any Indebtedness of the Borrower and Avis Budget Finance in respect
of the Senior Unsecured Notes and any Permitted Refinancing
thereof.
“Recovery
Event”: any settlement of or payment in a principal amount
greater than $15,000,000 in respect of any property or casualty insurance claim
or any condemnation proceeding relating to any asset of any Loan
Party.
“Reference Period”: as
defined in the definition of “Consolidated EBITDA”.
“Refunded Swingline
Loans”: as defined in Section 2.7.
“Register”: as
defined in Section 10.6(b).
“Regulation
S-X”: Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities
Act of 1933, as such Regulation is in effect on the date hereof.
“Regulation
U”: Regulation U of the Board as in effect from time to
time.
“Reimbursement
Obligation”: the obligation of the Borrower or relevant
Subsidiary Borrower to reimburse the Issuing Lender pursuant to Section 3.5 for
amounts drawn under Letters of Credit.
“Reinvestment Deferred
Amount”: with respect to any Reinvestment Event, the aggregate
Net Cash Proceeds received by any Loan Party in connection therewith that are
not applied to prepay the Term Loans or reduce the Revolving Commitments
pursuant to Section 2.11(b) as a result of the delivery of a Reinvestment
Notice.
“Reinvestment
Event”: any Asset Sale or Recovery Event in respect of which
the Borrower has delivered a Reinvestment Notice.
“Reinvestment
Notice”: a written notice executed by a Responsible Officer
stating that no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and that the
Borrower (directly or indirectly through a Subsidiary) intends and expects to
use all or a specified portion of the Net Cash Proceeds of an Asset Sale or
Recovery Event to acquire or repair assets useful in its business.
“Reinvestment Prepayment
Amount”: with respect to any Reinvestment Event, the
Reinvestment Deferred Amount relating thereto less any amount expended prior to
the relevant Reinvestment Prepayment Date to acquire or repair assets useful in
the Borrower’s business.
“Reinvestment Prepayment
Date”: with respect to any Reinvestment Event, the earlier of
(a) the date occurring six months after such Reinvestment Event and (b) the date
on which the Borrower shall have determined not to, or shall have otherwise
ceased to, acquire or repair assets useful in the Borrower’s business with all
or any portion of the relevant Reinvestment Deferred Amount.
“Related Eligible
Assets”: Eligible Assets that secure or are the direct or
indirect source of payment for AESOP Indebtedness, Securitization Indebtedness
or Recourse Vehicle Indebtedness.
“Related
Taxes”: any and all Taxes required to be paid by the Borrower
or any Parent other than Taxes directly attributable to (i) the income of any
entity other than any Parent, Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries,
(ii) owning the Capital Stock of any corporation or other entity other than any
Parent, Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or (iii) withholding
taxes on payments actually made by any Parent other than to any other Parent,
Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.
“Reorganization”: with
respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the condition that such plan is in
reorganization within the meaning of Section 4241 of ERISA.
“Replaced Term
Loan”: as defined in Section 10.1(b).
“Replacement Term
Loan”: as defined in Section 10.1(b).
“Reportable
Event”: any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of
ERISA, other than those events as to which the thirty day notice period is
waived under subsections .27, .28, .29, .30, .31, .32, .34 or .35 of PBGC Reg.
§ 4043.
“Required
Lenders”: at any time, the holders of more than 50% of (a)
until the Closing Date, the Commitments then in effect and (b) thereafter, the
sum of (i) the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Term Loans then
outstanding and (ii) the Total Revolving Commitments then in effect or, if the
Revolving Commitments have been terminated, the Total Revolving Extensions of
Credit then outstanding.
“Requirements of
Law”: as to any Person, the Certificate of Incorporation and
By-Laws or other organizational or governing documents of such Person, and any
law, treaty, rule or regulation or determination of an arbitrator or a court of
competent jurisdiction or other Governmental Authority, in each case applicable
to and binding upon such Person and any of its property, and to which such
Person and any of its property is subject.
“Responsible
Officer”: the chief executive officer, president, chief
accounting officer, chief financial officer, treasurer or assistant treasurer of
the Borrower.
“Restricted
Payments”: as defined in Section 7.6.
“Revolving
Commitment”: as to any Lender, the obligation of such Lender,
if any, to make Revolving Loans and participate in Swingline Loans and Letters
of Credit in an aggregate principal and/or face amount not to exceed the amount
set forth under the heading “Revolving Commitment” opposite such Lender’s name
on Schedule 1.1A or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to
which
such
Lender became a party hereto, as the same may be changed from time to time
pursuant to the terms hereof. The amount of the Extended Revolving
Commitment and the Non-Extended Revolving Commitment of such Lender after the
Second Amendment Effective date is set forth in Schedule 2.
“Revolving Commitment
Period”: the period from and including the Closing Date to the
Revolving Termination Date.
“Revolving Extensions of
Credit”: as to any Revolving Lender at any time, an amount
equal to the sum of (a) the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate principal amount
of all Revolving Loans held by such Lender then outstanding, (b) the Dollar
Equivalent of such Lender’s Revolving Percentage of the L/C Obligations then
outstanding and (c) such Lender’s Revolving Percentage of the aggregate
principal amount of Swingline Loans then outstanding.
“Revolving
Lender”: each Lender that has a Revolving Commitment or that
holds Revolving Loans.
“Revolving
Loans”: as defined in Section 2.4(a).
“Revolving
Percentage”: as to any Revolving Lender at any time, the
percentage which such Lender’s Revolving Commitment then constitutes of the
Total Revolving Commitments or, at any time after the Revolving Commitments
shall have expired or terminated, the percentage which the aggregate principal
amount of such Lender’s Revolving Loans then outstanding constitutes of the
aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Loans then outstanding, provided, that, in
the event that the Revolving Loans are paid in full prior to the reduction to
zero of the Total Revolving Extensions of Credit, the Revolving Percentages
shall be determined in a manner designed to ensure that the other outstanding
Revolving Extensions of Credit shall be held by the Revolving Lenders on a
comparable basis.
“Revolving Termination
Date”: (a) with respect to Revolving Commitments other than
Extended Revolving Commitments, the Non-Extended Revolving Termination Date and
(b) with respect to Extended Revolving Commitments, the Extended Revolving
Termination Date.
“S&P”: Standard
& Poor’s Ratings Group.
“SEC”: the
Securities and Exchange Commission, any successor thereto and any analogous
Governmental Authority.
“Second
Amendment”: the Second Amendment to this Agreement, dated as
of March 10, 2010, among Holdings, Borrower, the Extending Term Loan Lenders,
the Extending Revolving Lenders and the Amending Non-Extending Lenders party
thereto.
“Second Amendment Effective
Date”: the date on which all the conditions set forth in
Section 10 of the Second Amendment are satisfied.
“Securitization
Entity”: any Subsidiary or other Person (a) engaged solely in
the business of effecting asset securitization transactions and related
activities or (b) whose primary purpose is to hold title or ownership interests
in Eligible Assets, it being understood that each Canadian Securitization
entity, shall be deemed to be a Securitization Entity.
“Securitization
Indebtedness”: Indebtedness incurred by or attributable to a
Securitization Entity that does not permit or provide for recourse (other than
Standard Securitization Undertakings) to the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the
Borrower (other than a Securitization Entity or a Foreign
Subsidiary
organized
under the laws of Canada) or any property or asset of the Borrower or any
Subsidiary of the Borrower (other than the property or assets of, or any equity
interests or other securities issued by, a Securitization Entity or a Foreign
Subsidiary organized under the laws of Canada).
“Security
Documents”: the collective reference to the Guarantee and
Collateral Agreement, the Mortgages and all other security documents hereafter
delivered to the Administrative Agent granting a Lien on any property of any
Person to secure the obligations and liabilities of any Loan Party under any
Loan Document.
“Senior Unsecured Note
Indenture”: the Indenture entered into by the Borrower and
Avis Budget Finance in connection with the issuance of the Senior Unsecured
Notes, together with all instruments and other agreements entered into by the
Borrower, Avis Budget Finance and any other Subsidiary of the Borrower in
connection therewith.
“Senior Unsecured
Notes”: (i) the 7.625% senior notes of the Borrower and Avis
Budget Finance due 2014, (ii) the 7.75% senior notes of the Borrower and Avis
Budget Finance due 2016 and (iii) the floating rate senior notes of the Borrower
and Avis Budget Finance due 2014 issued pursuant to the Senior Unsecured Note
Indenture.
“Separation
Agreement”: as described on Schedule 1.1D.
“Significant
Subsidiary”: any Subsidiary that would be a “significant
subsidiary” as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X.
“Single Employer
Plan”: any Plan that is covered by Title IV of ERISA, but that
is not a Multiemployer Plan.
“Specified Cash Management
Agreement”: any agreement providing for treasury, depositary
or cash management services, including in connection with any automated clearing
house transfers of funds or any similar transactions between the Borrower or any
Guarantor and any Lender or affiliate thereof or any Agent or affiliate thereof,
which has been designated by such Lender and the Borrower, by notice to the
Administrative Agent not later than 90 days after the execution and delivery by
the Borrower or such Guarantor, as a “Specified Cash Management
Agreement”.
“Specified
Ratings”: the corporate credit rating assigned by Moody’s and
the corporate issuer rating assigned by S&P, in each case, with respect to
the Borrower. In the event that either Moody’s or S&P places the Borrower’s
corporate credit rating on “Watchlist” for a possible downgrade in the case of
Moody’s or the Borrowers’ corporate issuer rating on “CreditWatch” with negative
implications in the case of S&P (or, in each case, any successor,
replacement or analogous list) the Specified Rating from such rating agency
shall be the next lower rating below the then corporate credit rating or the
corporate issuer rating, as the case may be, of the Borrower assigned by such
rating agency.
“Specified Swap
Agreement”: any Swap Agreement entered into by the Borrower or
any Guarantor and any counterparty that at the time such Swap Agreement was
entered into was an Agent, Lender or affiliate thereof, to hedge or mitigate its
risk with respect to interest rates, currency exchange rates or commodity
prices, including, without limitation, Swap Agreements entered into by such
parties with respect to AESOP Indebtedness, Recourse Vehicle Indebtedness or
Securitization Indebtedness.
“Spin-Off
Transactions”: the separation of Cendant as contemplated by
the Separation Agreement.
“Standard Securitization
Undertakings”: representations, warranties (and any related
repurchase obligations), servicer obligations, guaranties, covenants and
indemnities entered into by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower of a
type that are reasonably customary in securitizations.
“Subsidiary”: (a)
with respect to any Person, any corporation, association, joint venture,
partnership, limited liability company or other business entity (whether now
existing or hereafter organized) of which at least a majority of the voting
stock or other ownership interests having ordinary voting power for the election
of directors (or the equivalent) is, at the time as of which any determination
is being made, owned or controlled by such Person or one or more subsidiaries of
such Person or by such Person and one or more subsidiaries of such Person or (b)
any partnership where more than 50% of the general partners of such partnership
are owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by (i) such Person and/or (ii)
one or more Subsidiaries of such Person. Unless otherwise qualified,
all references to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” in this Agreement shall
refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Borrower; provided, that, at
Borrower’s election, any Person in which an investment is made pursuant to
Section 7.7(p) shall, so long as such investment is maintained in reliance on
such Section, not be a “Subsidiary” of the Borrower for any purpose of this
Agreement (other than Section 6.1) (each such Person referred to in this proviso
being an “Excluded
Person”); provided, further, that Borrower may elect to designate any
Excluded Person as a “Subsidiary” at any time, upon which such Excluded Person
shall be a “Subsidiary” for all purposes of this Agreement and be required to
comply with all requirements applicable to such Subsidiary herein.
“Subsidiary
Borrower”: any Subsidiary of the Borrower that becomes a party
hereto pursuant to Section 10.1(c)(i) until such time as such Subsidiary
Borrower is removed as a party hereto pursuant to Section
10.1(c)(ii).
“Subsidiary
Guarantor”: each Subsidiary of the Borrower other than any
Foreign Subsidiary, Excluded Subsidiary or Securitization Entity.
“Swap
Agreement”: any agreement with respect to any swap, forward,
future or derivative transaction or option or similar agreement involving, or
settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or
debt instruments or securities, or economic, financial or pricing indices or
measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value or any similar
transaction or any combination of these transactions; provided that no
phantom stock or similar plan providing for payments only on account of services
provided by current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall be a “Swap
Agreement”.
“Swingline
Commitment”: the obligation of the Swingline Lender to make
Swingline Loans pursuant to Section 2.6 in an aggregate principal amount at any
one time outstanding not to exceed $50,000,000.
“Swingline
Lender”: JPMorgan Chase Bank, in its capacity as the lender of
Swingline Loans.
“Swingline
Loans”: as defined in Section 2.6.
“Swingline Participation
Amount”: as defined in Section 2.7.
“Syndication
Agent”: as defined in the preamble hereto.
“Target”: as defined
in the definition of “Permitted Acquisition”.
“Tax Sharing
Agreement”: as described on Schedule 1.1E.
“Taxes” means any
taxes, charges or assessments, including but not limited to income, sales, use,
transfer, rental, ad valorem, value-added, stamp, property consumption,
franchise, license, capital, net worth, gross receipts, excise, occupancy,
intangibles or similar tax, charges or assessments.
“Term
Commitment”: as to any Lender, the obligation of such Lender,
if any, to make a Term Loan to the Borrower in a principal amount not to exceed
the amount set forth under the heading “Term Commitment” opposite such Lender’s
name on Schedule 1.1A.
“Term
Lender”: each Lender that has a Term Commitment or holds a
Term Loan.
“Term
Loans”: as defined in Section 2.1.
“Term
Percentage”: as to any Term Lender at any time, (i) in the
case of Extended Term Loans, the percentage which the aggregate principal amount
of such Lender’s Extended Term Loans then outstanding constitutes of the
aggregate principal amount of the Extended Term Loans then outstanding and (ii)
in the case of the Non-Extended Term Loans, the percentage which the aggregate
principal amount of such Lender’s Non-Extended Term Loans then outstanding
constitutes of the aggregate principal amount of the Non-Extended Term Loans
then outstanding.
“Total Revolving
Commitments”: at any time, the aggregate amount of the
Revolving Commitments then in effect.
“Total Revolving Extensions
of Credit”: at any time, the aggregate amount of the Revolving
Extensions of Credit of the Revolving Lenders outstanding at such
time.
“Transferee”: any
Assignee or Participant.
“Type”: as
to any Loan, its nature as an ABR Loan or a Eurocurrency Loan.
“United
States”: the United States of America.
“Wholly Owned
Subsidiary”: as to any Person, any other Person all of the
Capital Stock of which (other than directors’ qualifying shares required by law)
is owned by such Person directly and/or through other Wholly Owned
Subsidiaries.
“WTH Funding
LP”: WTH Funding Limited Partnership, an Ontario limited
partnership, and any successor special purpose entity formed for the purpose of
engaging in vehicle financings in Canada.
1.2 Other Definitional
Provisions
(a)
Unless otherwise specified therein, all terms defined in this Agreement shall
have the defined meanings when used in the other Loan Documents or any
certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto or
thereto.
(b) As
used herein and in the other Loan Documents, and any certificate or other
document made or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, (i) accounting terms
relating to any Group Member not defined in Section 1.1 and accounting terms
partly defined in Section 1.1, to the extent not defined, shall have the
respective meanings given to them under GAAP, (ii) the words “include”,
“includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without
limitation”, (iii) the word “incur” shall be construed to mean incur, create,
issue, assume, become liable in respect of or suffer to exist (and
the
words
“incurred” and “incurrence” shall have correlative meanings), (iv) the words
“asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect
and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties,
including cash, Capital Stock, securities, revenues, accounts, leasehold
interests and contract rights, and (v) references to agreements or other
Contractual Obligations shall, unless otherwise specified, be deemed to refer to
such agreements or Contractual Obligations as amended, supplemented, restated or
otherwise modified from time to time.
(c) The
words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import, when used
in this Agreement, shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any
particular provision of this Agreement, and Section, Schedule and Exhibit
references are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified.
(d) The
meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable to both the
singular and plural forms of such terms.
SECTION
2. AMOUNT
AND TERMS OF COMMITMENTS
2.1 Term
Commitments. Subject
to the terms and conditions hereof, each Term Lender severally agrees to make a
term loan (a “Term
Loan”) in Dollars to the Borrower on the Closing Date in an amount not to
exceed the amount of the Term Commitment of such Lender. The Term
Loans may from time to time be Eurocurrency Loans or ABR Loans, as determined by
the Borrower and notified to the Administrative Agent in accordance with
Sections 2.2 and 2.12.
2.2 Procedure for Term Loan
Borrowing. The
Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent irrevocable notice (which notice
must be received by the Administrative Agent prior to (a) 12:00 Noon, New York
City time, three Business Days prior to the anticipated Closing Date, in the
case of Eurocurrency Loans, or (b) 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the day of
the anticipated Closing Date, in the case of ABR Loans) requesting that the Term
Lenders make the Term Loans on the Closing Date and specifying the amount to be
borrowed. Upon receipt of such notice the Administrative Agent shall
promptly notify each Term Lender thereof. Not later than 12:00 Noon,
New York City time, on the Closing Date each Term Lender shall make available to
the Administrative Agent at the Funding Office an amount in immediately
available funds equal to the Term Loan or Term Loans to be made by such
Lender. The Administrative Agent shall credit the account of the
Borrower on the books of such office of the Administrative Agent with the
aggregate of the amounts made available to the Administrative Agent by the Term
Lenders in immediately available funds.
2.3 Repayment
of Term Loans. (a) The
Non-Extended Term Loans shall be repayable on each date set forth below in an
amount equal to such Non-Extending Term Loan Lender’s Term Percentage multiplied
by the amount set forth below opposite such date, subject to reduction pursuant
to Section 2.17(b):
Installment
|
Principal
Amount
|
April
30, 2010
|
$146,654.38
|
July
30, 2010
|
$146,654.38
|
October
29, 2010
|
$146,654.38
|
January
31, 2011
|
$146,654.38
|
April
29, 2011
|
$146,654.38
|
July
29, 2011
|
$146,654.38
|
October
31, 2011
|
$146,654.38
|
January
31, 2012
|
$146,654.38
|
Non-Extended
Term Loan Maturity Date
|
$50,847,169.57
|
|
|
(b) The
Extended Term Loans shall be repayable on each date set forth below in an amount
equal to such Extending Term Loan Lender’s Term Percentage multiplied by the
amount set forth below opposite such date, subject to reduction pursuant to
Section 2.17(b):
Installment
|
Principal
Amount
|
April
30, 2010
|
$769,012.15
|
July
30, 2010
|
$769,012.15
|
October
29, 2010
|
$769,012.15
|
January
31, 2011
|
$769,012.15
|
April
29, 2011
|
$769,012.15
|
July
29, 2011
|
$769,012.15
|
October
31, 2011
|
$769,012.15
|
January
31, 2012
|
$769,012.15
|
April
30, 2012
|
$769,012.15
|
July
31, 2012
|
$769,012.15
|
October
31, 2012
|
$769,012.15
|
January
31, 2013
|
$769,012.15
|
April
30, 2013
|
$769,012.15
|
July
31, 2013
|
$769,012.15
|
October
31, 2013
|
$769,012.15
|
January
31, 2014
|
$769,012.15
|
Extended
Term Loan Maturity Date
|
$260,475,400.97
|
2.4 Revolving Commitments (a) Subject to the
terms and conditions hereof, each Revolving Lender severally agrees to make
revolving credit loans (“Revolving Loans”) in
Dollars and in any Optional Currency to the Borrower or any Subsidiary Borrower
from time to time during the Revolving Commitment Period in an aggregate
principal amount at any one time outstanding which, when added to such Lender’s
Revolving Percentage of the sum of the Dollar Equivalent of (i) the L/C
Obligations then outstanding and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of the
Swingline Loans then outstanding, does not exceed the amount of such Lender’s
Revolving Commitment. During the Revolving Commitment Period the
Borrower and any Subsidiary Borrower may use the Revolving Commitments by
borrowing, prepaying
the
Revolving Loans in whole or in part, and reborrowing, all in accordance with the
terms and conditions hereof. The Revolving Loans may from time to
time be Eurocurrency Loans or ABR Loans, as determined by the Borrower or any
Subsidiary Borrower and notified to the Administrative Agent in accordance with
Sections 2.5 and 2.12. ABR Loans shall be denominated only in
Dollars.
(b) The
Borrower and any relevant Subsidiary Borrower shall repay all
outstanding
Revolving
Loans on the Revolving Termination Date.
2.5 Procedure for Revolving Loan
Borrowing. The
Borrower and any Subsidiary Borrower may borrow under the Revolving Commitments
during the Revolving Commitment Period on any Business Day, provided that the
Borrower or the relevant Subsidiary Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent
irrevocable notice (which notice must be received by the Administrative Agent
prior to (a) 12:00 Noon, New York City time, three Business Days prior to the
requested Borrowing Date, in the case of Eurocurrency Loans, or (b) 12:00 Noon,
New York City Time, on the date of the proposed borrowing, in the case of ABR
Loans) (provided that any
such notice of a borrowing of ABR Loans under the Revolving Facility to finance
payments required by Section 3.5 may be given not later than 12:00 Noon,
New York City time, on the date of the proposed borrowing), specifying (i) the
amount and Type of Revolving Loans to be borrowed, (ii) the requested Borrowing
Date and (iii) in the case of Eurocurrency Loans, the respective amounts of each
such Type of Loan, the Currency with respect thereto and the respective lengths
of the initial Interest Period therefor. If no election as to the
Type of a Revolving Loan is specified in any such notice, then the requested
borrowing shall be an ABR Loan. If no Currency with respect to any
Eurocurrency Loans is specified in any such notice, then the Borrower or the
relevant Subsidiary Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a borrowing in
Dollars. If no Interest Period with respect to any Eurocurrency Loan
is specified in any such notice, then the Borrower or the relevant Subsidiary
Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s
duration. Each borrowing under the Revolving Commitments shall be in
an amount equal to (x) in the case of ABR Loans, $1,000,000 or a whole multiple
thereof (or, if the then aggregate Available Revolving Commitments are less than
$1,000,000, such lesser amount) and (y) in the case of Eurocurrency Loans,
$5,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof; provided, that the
Swingline Lender may request, on behalf of the Borrower or any Subsidiary
Borrower, borrowings under the Revolving Commitments that are ABR Loans in other
amounts pursuant to Section 2.7. Upon receipt of any such notice from
the Borrower or any Subsidiary Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall promptly
notify each Revolving Lender thereof. Each Revolving Lender will make
the amount of its pro rata share of each
borrowing available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Borrower
or the relevant Subsidiary Borrower at the Funding Office prior to 2:00 P.M.,
New York City time, on the Borrowing Date requested by the Borrower in funds
immediately available to the Administrative Agent. Such borrowing
will then be made available to the Borrower or the relevant Subsidiary Borrower
by the Administrative Agent crediting the account of the Borrower or the
relevant Subsidiary Borrower on the books of such office or such other account
as the Borrower or relevant Subsidiary Borrower may specify to the
Administrative Agent in writing with the aggregate of the amounts made available
to the Administrative Agent by the Revolving Lenders and in like funds as
received by the Administrative Agent.
2.6 Swingline
Commitment. (a)
Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Swingline Lender agrees to make
a portion of the credit otherwise available to the Borrower and any Subsidiary
Borrower under the Revolving Commitments from time to time during the Revolving
Commitment Period by making swing line loans (“Swingline Loans”) in
Dollars to the Borrower and any Subsidiary Borrower; provided that (i) the
aggregate principal amount of Swingline Loans outstanding at any time shall not
exceed the Swingline Commitment then in effect (notwithstanding that the
Swingline Loans outstanding at any time, when aggregated with the Swingline
Lender’s other outstanding Revolving Loans, may exceed the Swingline Commitment
then in effect) and (ii) the Borrower or the relevant Subsidiary Borrower shall
not request, and the Swingline Lender shall not make, any Swingline Loan
if,
after
giving effect to the making of such Swingline Loan, the aggregate amount of the
Available Revolving Commitments would be less than zero. During the
Revolving Commitment Period, the Borrower and any Subsidiary Borrower may use
the Swingline Commitment by borrowing, repaying and reborrowing, all in
accordance with the terms and conditions hereof. Swingline Loans
shall be ABR Loans only.
(b) The
Borrower or relevant Subsidiary Borrower shall repay to the Swingline Lender the
then unpaid principal amount of each Swingline Loan on the earlier of the
Revolving Termination Date and the first date after such Swingline Loan is made
that is the 15th or last day of a calendar month and is at least two Business
Days after such Swingline Loan is made; provided that on each
date that a Revolving Loan is borrowed, the Borrower or relevant Subsidiary
Borrower shall repay all Swingline Loans then outstanding.
2.7 Procedure for Swingline
Borrowing; Refunding of Swingline Loans. (a)
Whenever the Borrower or any Subsidiary Borrower desires that the Swingline
Lender make Swingline Loans it shall give the Swingline Lender irrevocable
telephonic notice confirmed promptly in writing (which telephonic notice must be
received by the Swingline Lender not later than 1:00 P.M., New York City time,
on the proposed Borrowing Date), specifying (i) the amount to be borrowed and
(ii) the requested Borrowing Date (which shall be a Business Day during the
Revolving Commitment Period). Each borrowing under the Swingline
Commitment shall be in an amount equal to $500,000 or a whole multiple of
$100,000 in excess thereof. Not later than 3:00 P.M., New York City
time, on the Borrowing Date specified in a notice in respect of Swingline Loans,
the Swingline Lender shall make available to the Administrative Agent at the
Funding Office an amount in immediately available funds equal to the amount of
the Swingline Loan to be made by the Swingline Lender. The
Administrative Agent shall make the proceeds of such Swingline Loan available to
the Borrower or relevant Subsidiary Borrower on such Borrowing Date by
depositing such proceeds in the account of the Borrower or relevant Subsidiary
Borrower with the Administrative Agent or such other account as the Borrower or
relevant Subsidiary Borrower may specify to the Administrative Agent in writing
on such Borrowing Date in immediately available funds.
(b) The
Swingline Lender, at any time and from time to time in its sole and absolute
discretion may, on behalf of the Borrower or relevant Subsidiary Borrower (each
of which hereby irrevocably directs the Swingline Lender to act on its behalf),
on one Business Day’s notice given by the Swingline Lender no later than 12:00
Noon, New York City time, request each Revolving Lender to make, and each
Revolving Lender hereby agrees to make, a Revolving Loan, in an amount equal to
such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Percentage of the aggregate amount of the
Swingline Loans (the “Refunded Swingline
Loans”) outstanding on the date of such notice, to repay the Swingline
Lender. Each Revolving Lender shall make the amount of such Revolving
Loan available to the Administrative Agent at the Funding Office in immediately
available funds, not later than 10:00 A.M., New York City time, one Business Day
after the date of such notice. The proceeds of such Revolving Loans
shall be immediately made available by the Administrative Agent to the Swingline
Lender for application by the Swingline Lender to the repayment of the Refunded
Swingline Loans. The Borrower and relevant Subsidiary Borrower
irrevocably authorize the Swingline Lender to charge the Borrower’s and relevant
Subsidiary Borrower’s accounts with the Administrative Agent (up to the amount
available in each such account) in order to immediately pay the amount of such
Refunded Swingline Loans to the extent amounts received from the Revolving
Lenders are not sufficient to repay in full such Refunded Swingline
Loans.
(c) If
prior to the time a Revolving Loan would have otherwise been made pursuant to
Section 2.7(b), one of the events described in Section 8(f) shall have occurred
and be continuing with respect to the Borrower or relevant Subsidiary Borrower
or if for any other reason, as determined by the Swingline Lender in its sole
discretion, Revolving Loans may not be made as contemplated by Section 2.7(b),
each Revolving Lender shall, on the date such Revolving Loan was to have been
made pursuant to the notice referred to in Section 2.7(b), purchase for cash an
undivided participating interest in the then outstanding Swingline Loans by
paying to the Swingline Lender an amount (the “Swingline
Participation
Amount”) equal to (i)
such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Percentage times (ii) the sum of
the aggregate principal amount of Swingline Loans then outstanding that were to
have been repaid with such Revolving Loans.
(d) Whenever,
at any time after the Swingline Lender has received from any Revolving Lender
such Lender’s Swingline Participation Amount, the Swingline Lender receives any
payment on account of the Swingline Loans, the Swingline Lender will distribute
to such Lender its Swingline Participation Amount (appropriately adjusted, in
the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such
Lender’s participating interest was outstanding and funded and, in the case of
principal and interest payments, to reflect such Lender’s pro rata portion of such
payment if such payment is not sufficient to pay the principal of and interest
on all Swingline Loans then due); provided, however, that in the
event that such payment received by the Swingline Lender is required to be
returned, such Revolving Lender will return to the Swingline Lender any portion
thereof previously distributed to it by the Swingline Lender.
(e) Each
Revolving Lender’s obligation to make the Loans referred to in Section 2.7(b)
and to purchase participating interests pursuant to Section 2.7(c) shall be
absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance,
including (i) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right that
such Revolving Lender or the Borrower or any Subsidiary Borrower may have
against the Swingline Lender, the Borrower or any Subsidiary Borrower or any
other Person for any reason whatsoever, (ii) the occurrence or continuance of a
Default or an Event of Default or the failure to satisfy any of the other
conditions specified in Section 5, (iii) any adverse change in the condition
(financial or otherwise) of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Borrower, (iv) any
breach of this Agreement or any other Loan Document by the Borrower, any
Subsidiary Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Revolving Lender or (v)
any other circumstance, happening or event whatsoever, whether or not similar to
any of the foregoing.
2.8 Commitment Fees,
etc. (a) The
Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each
Revolving Lender a commitment fee for the period from and including the date
hereof to the last day of the Revolving Commitment Period, computed at the
Commitment Fee Rate on the average daily amount of the Available Revolving
Commitment of such Lender during the period for which payment is made, payable
quarterly in arrears on each Fee Payment Date, commencing on the first such date
to occur after the date hereof.
(b) The
Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent the fees in the amounts and
on the dates as set forth in any fee agreements with the Administrative Agent
and to perform any other obligations contained therein.
2.9 Termination or Reduction of
Revolving Commitments. The
Borrower shall have the right, upon not less than three Business Days’ notice to
the Administrative Agent, to terminate the Revolving Commitments or, from time
to time, to reduce the amount of the Revolving Commitments; provided that no such
termination or reduction of Revolving Commitments shall be permitted if, after
giving effect thereto and to any prepayments of the Revolving Loans and
Swingline Loans made on the effective date thereof, the Total Revolving
Extensions of Credit would exceed the Total Revolving
Commitments. Any such reduction shall be in an amount equal to
$1,000,000, or a whole multiple thereof, and shall reduce permanently the
Revolving Commitments then in effect. Each notice delivered by the
Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.9 shall be irrevocable; provided, that a
notice to terminate the Revolving Commitments delivered by the Borrower may
state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit
facilities or a Change in Control, in either case, which such notice may be
revoked by the Borrower (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to
the specified effective date) if such condition is not
satisfied. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the revocation of a
termination notice
shall not
affect the Borrower’s obligation to indemnify any Lender in accordance with
Section 2.20 for any loss or expense sustained or incurred as a consequence
thereof.
2.10 Optional
Prepayments. The
Borrower and any relevant Subsidiary Borrower may at any time and from time to
time prepay the Loans, in whole or in part, without premium or penalty, upon
irrevocable notice (except as otherwise provided below) delivered to the
Administrative Agent no later than 12:00 Noon, New York City time, three
Business Days prior thereto, in the case of Eurocurrency Loans, and no later
than 12:00 Noon, New York City time, on the day of such prepayment, in the case
of ABR Loans, which notice shall specify the date and amount of prepayment and
whether the prepayment is of Eurocurrency Loans or ABR Loans; provided, that if a
Eurocurrency Loan is prepaid on any day other than the last day of the Interest
Period applicable thereto, the Borrower or relevant Subsidiary Borrower shall
also pay any amounts owing pursuant to Section 2.20; provided, further, that such
notice to prepay the Loans delivered by the Borrower may state that such notice
is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities or a Change in
Control, in either case, which such notice may be revoked by the Borrower (by
further notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified
effective date) if such condition is not satisfied. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the revocation of a termination notice shall not affect the
Borrower’s obligation to indemnify any Lender in accordance with Section 2.20
for any loss or expense sustained or incurred as a consequence
thereof. Upon receipt of any such notice the Administrative Agent
shall promptly notify each relevant Lender thereof. If any such
notice is given, the amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on
the date specified therein, together with (except in the case of Revolving Loans
that are ABR Loans and Swingline Loans) accrued interest to such date on the
amount prepaid. Partial prepayments of Term Loans and Revolving Loans
shall be in an aggregate principal amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple
thereof. Partial prepayments of Swingline Loans shall be in an
aggregate principal amount of $100,000 or a whole multiple thereof.
2.11 Mandatory Prepayments
(a) If
any Indebtedness shall be issued or incurred by any Group Member (excluding (i)
any Indebtedness incurred in accordance with Section 7.2, other than paragraph
(y) thereof to the extent that the Net Cash Proceeds of any such Indebtedness
incurred under Section 7.2(y) exceeds $150,000,000 and (ii) any Permitted
Refinancing of Indebtedness incurred under Section 7.2(y)), an amount equal to
75% of the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be applied on the date of such
issuance or incurrence, or in the event such Net Cash Proceeds are received
after 12:00 Noon, New York City time, on the next Business Day, toward the
prepayment of the Term Loans as set forth in Section 2.11(c).
(b) If
on any date any Loan Party shall receive Net Cash Proceeds from any Asset Sale
or Recovery Event then, unless a Reinvestment Notice shall be delivered in
respect thereof, 100% of such Net Cash Proceeds or, in the case of any
Disposition permitted by Section 7.5(f), 100% of such Net Cash Proceeds, shall
be applied within three Business Days toward the prepayment of the Term Loans as
set forth in Section 2.11(c); provided that on each
Reinvestment Prepayment Date, an amount equal to the Reinvestment Prepayment
Amount with respect to the relevant Reinvestment Event shall be applied toward
the prepayment of the Term Loans as set forth in Section 2.11(c).
(c) Amounts
to be applied in connection with prepayments of the outstanding Term Loans
pursuant to this Section 2.11 shall be applied, first, to ABR Loans
and, second, to
Eurocurrency Loans and, in each case, in accordance with Section
2.17(b). Each prepayment of the Term Loans under this Section 2.11
shall be accompanied by accrued interest to the date of such prepayment on the
amount prepaid. If no Term Loans are outstanding, such remaining
amounts shall be retained by the relevant Group Member.
(d) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the provisions of this Section 2.11 shall be suspended at any
time when the Specified Ratings are Baa3 or better from Moody’s and BBB- or
better from S&P, in each case with stable or positive outlook.
2.12 Conversion and Continuation
Options. (a) The
Borrower or any Subsidiary Borrower may elect from time to time to convert
Eurocurrency Loans to ABR Loans by giving the Administrative Agent prior
irrevocable notice of such election no later than 11:00 A.M., New York City
time, on the Business Day preceding the proposed conversion date, provided that any
such conversion of Eurocurrency Loans may only be made on the last day of an
Interest Period with respect thereto. The Borrower or any Subsidiary
Borrower may elect from time to time to convert ABR Loans to Eurocurrency Loans
by giving the Administrative Agent prior irrevocable notice of such election no
later than 12:00 Noon, New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding
the proposed conversion date (which notice shall specify the length of the
initial Interest Period therefor), provided that no ABR
Loan under a particular Facility may be converted into a Eurocurrency Loan when
any Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent
or the Majority Facility Lenders in respect of such Facility have determined in
its or their sole discretion not to permit such conversions. Upon
receipt of any such notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each
relevant Lender thereof.
(b) Any
Eurocurrency Loan may be continued as such upon the expiration of the then
current Interest Period with respect thereto by the Borrower or relevant
Subsidiary Borrower giving irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent, in
accordance with the applicable provisions of the term “Interest Period” set
forth in Section 1.1, of the length of the next Interest Period to be applicable
to such Loans, provided that no
Eurocurrency Loan under a particular Facility may be continued as such when any
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent has
or the Majority Facility Lenders in respect of such Facility have determined in
its or their sole discretion not to permit such continuations (and the
Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower within a reasonable amount of
time of any such determination), and provided, further, that if the
Borrower or such Subsidiary Borrower shall fail to give any required notice as
described above in this paragraph such Loans shall be automatically continued as
Eurocurrency Loans having an Interest Period of one month in duration or if such
continuation is not permitted pursuant to the preceding proviso such Loans shall
be automatically converted to ABR Loans on the last day of such then expiring
Interest Period. Upon receipt of any such notice the Administrative
Agent shall promptly notify each relevant Lender thereof.
2.13 Limitations on Eurocurrency
Tranches. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Agreement, all borrowings, conversions and
continuations of Eurocurrency Loans and all selections of Interest Periods shall
be in such amounts and be made pursuant to such elections so that, (a) after
giving effect thereto, the aggregate principal amount of the Eurocurrency Loans
comprising each Eurocurrency Tranche shall be equal to $5,000,000 or a whole
multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof and (b) no more than ten Eurocurrency
Tranches shall be outstanding at any one time.
2.14 Interest Rates and Payment
Dates. (a) Each
Eurocurrency Loan shall bear interest for each day during each Interest Period
with respect thereto at a rate per annum equal to the Eurocurrency Rate
determined for such day plus the Applicable Margin.
(b) Each
ABR Loan shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the ABR plus the
Applicable Margin.
(c)
(i) If all or a portion of the principal amount of any Loan or
Reimbursement Obligation shall not be paid when due (whether at the stated
maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), such overdue amount shall bear interest
at a rate per annum equal to (x) in the case of the Loans, the rate that would
otherwise be applicable thereto pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this
Section plus 2%
or (y) in the case of Reimbursement Obligations, the rate applicable to ABR
Loans under the Revolving Facility plus 2%, and (ii) if
all or a portion of any interest payable on any Loan or Reimbursement Obligation
or any commitment fee or other amount payable hereunder shall not be paid when
due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), such overdue
amount shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to
the rate
then applicable to ABR Loans under the relevant Facility plus 2% (or, in the
case of any such other amounts that do not relate to a particular Facility, the
rate then applicable to ABR Loans under the Revolving Facility plus 2%), in each
case, with respect to clauses (i) and (ii) above, from the date of such
non-payment until such amount is paid in full (as well after as before
judgment).
(d) Interest
shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date, provided that
interest accruing pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section shall be payable
from time to time on demand.
2.15 Computation of Interest and
Fees. (a) Interest
and fees payable pursuant hereto shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day
year for the actual days elapsed, except that, with respect to ABR Loans the
rate of interest on which is calculated on the basis of the Prime Rate, the
interest thereon shall be calculated on the basis of a 365- (or 366-, as the
case may be) day year for the actual days elapsed. The Administrative
Agent shall as soon as practicable notify the Borrower or relevant Subsidiary
Borrower and the relevant Lenders of each determination of a Eurocurrency
Rate. Any change in the interest rate on a Loan resulting from a
change in the ABR or the Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements shall become
effective as of the opening of business on the day on which such change becomes
effective. The Administrative Agent shall as soon as practicable
notify the Borrower or relevant Subsidiary Borrower and the relevant Lenders of
the effective date and the amount of each such change in interest
rate.
(b) Each
determination of an interest rate by the Administrative Agent pursuant to any
provision of this Agreement shall be conclusive and binding on the Borrower, any
Subsidiary Borrower and the Lenders in the absence of manifest
error. The Administrative Agent shall, at the request of the Borrower
or any Subsidiary Borrower, deliver to the Borrower or such Subsidiary Borrower
a statement showing the quotations used by the Administrative Agent in
determining any interest rate pursuant to Section 2.14(a).
2.16 Inability to Determine
Interest Rate. If prior
to the first day of any Interest Period:
(a) the
Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination shall be
conclusive and binding upon the Borrower or relevant Subsidiary Borrower) that,
by reason of circumstances affecting the relevant market, adequate and
reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Eurocurrency Rate for such
Interest Period, or
(b) the
Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Majority Facility
Lenders in respect of the relevant Facility that the Eurocurrency Rate
determined or to be determined for such Interest Period will not adequately and
fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders (as conclusively certified by such
Lenders) of making or maintaining their affected Loans during such Interest
Period,
the
Administrative Agent shall give telecopy or telephonic notice thereof to the
Borrower or relevant Subsidiary Borrower and the relevant Lenders as soon as
practicable thereafter. If such notice is given (w) any Eurocurrency
Loans under the relevant Facility requested to be made on the first day of such
Interest Period shall be made as ABR Loans, (x) any Loans under the
relevant Facility that were to have been converted on the first day of such
Interest Period to Eurocurrency Loans shall be continued as ABR Loans and (y)
any outstanding Eurocurrency Loans under the relevant Facility shall be
converted, on the last day of the then-current Interest Period, to ABR
Loans. Until such
notice has been withdrawn by the Administrative Agent, no further Eurocurrency
Loans under the relevant Facility shall be made or continued as such, nor shall
the Borrower nor any Subsidiary Borrower have the right to convert Loans under
the relevant Facility to Eurocurrency Loans.
2.17 Pro Rata Treatment and
Payments. (a) Each
borrowing of Revolving Loans by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Borrower from the
Lenders hereunder, each payment by the Borrower on
account
of any commitment fee and any reduction of the Commitments of the Lenders shall
be made pro
rata according
to the respective Revolving Percentages of the relevant Lenders.
(b) Each
payment (including each prepayment) by the Borrower on account of principal of
and interest on the Term Loans shall be made pro rata according to the
respective outstanding principal amounts of the Term Loans then held by the Term
Lenders; provided that at the
option of the Borrower, all or a portion of any optional prepayments of the Term
Loans made in accordance with Section 2.10 may be applied to repay the Term
Loans other than the Extended Term Loans. The amount of each
principal prepayment of the Term Loans shall be applied to reduce the then
remaining installments of the Term Loans as directed by the
Borrower. Amounts prepaid on account of the Term Loans may not be
reborrowed.
(c) Each
payment (including each prepayment) by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Borrower
on account of principal of and interest on the Revolving Loans shall be made
pro rata according to the
respective outstanding principal amounts of the Revolving Loans then held by the
Revolving Lenders.
(d) All
payments (including prepayments) to be made by the Borrower or any Subsidiary
Borrower hereunder, whether on account of principal, interest, fees or
otherwise, shall be made without setoff or counterclaim and shall be made prior
to 1:00 P.M., New York City time, on the due date thereof to the Administrative
Agent, for the account of the Lenders, at the Funding Office, in Dollars or in
any other applicable currency and in immediately available funds. The
Administrative Agent shall distribute such payments to the Lenders promptly upon
receipt in like funds as received. If any payment hereunder (other
than payments on the Eurocurrency Loans) becomes due and payable on a day other
than a Business Day, such payment shall be extended to the next succeeding
Business Day. If any payment on a Eurocurrency Loan becomes due and
payable on a day other than a Business Day, the maturity thereof shall be
extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless the result of such extension
would be to extend such payment into another calendar month, in which event such
payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day. In
the case of any extension of any payment of principal pursuant to the preceding
two sentences, interest thereon shall be payable at the then applicable rate
during such extension. Any obligation under this Agreement denominated in
currency other than Dollars should be payable in such currency unless the
obligor, the obligee and the Administrative Agent shall otherwise
agree.
(e) Unless
the Administrative Agent shall have been notified in writing by any Lender prior
to a borrowing that such Lender will not make the amount that would constitute
its share of such borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, the
Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender is making such amount available
to the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon
such assumption, make available to the Borrower or any Subsidiary Borrower a
corresponding amount. If such amount is not made available to the
Administrative Agent by the required time on the Borrowing Date therefor, such
Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent, on demand, such amount with
interest thereon, at a rate up to the greater of (i) the Federal Funds Effective
Rate and (ii) a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with
banking industry rules on interbank compensation, for the period until such
Lender makes such amount immediately available to the Administrative
Agent. A certificate of the Administrative Agent submitted to any
Lender with respect to any amounts owing under this paragraph shall be
conclusive in the absence of manifest error. If such Lender’s share
of such borrowing is not made available to the Administrative Agent by such
Lender within three Business Days after such Borrowing Date, the Administrative
Agent shall also be entitled to recover such amount with interest thereon at the
rate per annum applicable to ABR Loans under the relevant Facility, on demand,
from the Borrower or relevant Subsidiary Borrower.
(f) Unless
the Administrative Agent shall have been notified in writing by the Borrower or
relevant Subsidiary Borrower prior to the date of any payment due to be made by
the Borrower or such Subsidiary Borrower hereunder that the Borrower or such
Subsidiary Borrower will not make such payment
to the
Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower or
such Subsidiary Borrower is making such payment, and the Administrative Agent
may, but shall not be required to, in reliance upon such assumption, make
available to the Lenders their respective pro rata shares of a
corresponding amount. If such payment is not made to the
Administrative Agent by the Borrower or relevant Subsidiary Borrower within
three Business Days after such due date, the Administrative Agent shall be
entitled to recover, on demand, from each Lender to which any amount which was
made available pursuant to the preceding sentence, such amount with interest
thereon at the rate per annum equal to the daily average Federal Funds Effective
Rate. Nothing herein shall be deemed to limit the rights of the
Administrative Agent or any Lender against the Borrower or any Subsidiary
Borrower.
2.18 Requirements of
Law. Except
with respect to Taxes, which shall be governed exclusively by Section 2.19 of
this Agreement:
(a) If
the adoption of or any change in any Requirement of Law or in the interpretation
or application thereof or compliance by any Lender with any request or directive
(whether or not having the force of law) from any central bank or other
Governmental Authority made subsequent to the date hereof:
(i) shall
impose, modify or hold applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan
or similar requirement against assets held by, deposits or other liabilities in
or for the account of, advances, loans or other extensions of credit by, or any
other acquisition of funds by, any office of such Lender that is not otherwise
included in the determination of the Eurocurrency Rate; or
(ii)
shall impose on such Lender any other condition;
and the
result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender, by an
amount that such Lender deems to be material, of making, converting into,
continuing or maintaining Eurocurrency Loans or issuing or participating in
Letters of Credit, or to reduce any amount receivable hereunder in respect
thereof, then, in any such case, the Borrower or relevant Subsidiary Borrower
shall promptly pay such Lender, upon its demand, any additional amounts
necessary to compensate such Lender for such increased cost or reduced amount
receivable. If any Lender becomes entitled to claim any additional
amounts pursuant to this paragraph, it shall promptly notify the Borrower or
relevant Subsidiary Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) of the
event by reason of which it has become so entitled.
(b) If
any Lender shall have determined that the adoption of or any change in any
Requirement of Law regarding capital adequacy or in the interpretation or
application thereof or compliance by such Lender or any corporation controlling
such Lender with any request or directive regarding capital adequacy (whether or
not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority made subsequent to
the date hereof shall have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such
Lender’s or such corporation’s capital as a consequence of its obligations
hereunder or under or in respect of any Letter of Credit to a level below that
which such Lender or such corporation could have achieved but for such adoption,
change or compliance (taking into consideration such Lender’s or such
corporation’s policies with respect to capital adequacy) by an amount deemed by
such Lender to be material, then from time to time, after submission by such
Lender to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) of a written
request therefor, the Borrower shall pay to such Lender such additional amount
or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such corporation for such
reduction.
(c) A
certificate as to any additional amounts payable pursuant to this Section
submitted by any Lender to the Borrower or relevant Subsidiary Borrower (with a
copy to the Administrative Agent) shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest
error. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section, the
Borrower or relevant Subsidiary Borrower shall not be required to compensate a
Lender pursuant to this Section for any amounts incurred more than six months
prior to the date that such Lender
notifies
the Borrower or such Subsidiary Borrower of such Lender’s intention to claim
compensation therefor; provided that, if the
circumstances giving rise to such claim have a retroactive effect, then such
six-month period shall be extended to include the period of such retroactive
effect. The obligations of the Borrower or relevant Subsidiary
Borrower pursuant to this Section shall survive the termination of this
Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable
hereunder.
2.19 Taxes. (a) All
payments made by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Borrower under this Agreement
shall be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for or on
account of, any present or future income, stamp or other taxes, levies, imposts,
duties, charges, fees, deductions or withholdings, now or hereafter imposed,
levied, collected, withheld or assessed by any Governmental Authority, excluding
(a) net income taxes and franchise taxes (imposed in lieu of net income taxes)
imposed on the Administrative Agent or any Lender as a result of a present or
former connection between the Administrative Agent or such Lender and the
jurisdiction of the Governmental Authority imposing such tax or any political
subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein (other than any such
connection arising solely from the Administrative Agent or such Lender having
executed, delivered or performed its obligations or received a payment under, or
enforced, this Agreement or any other Loan Document) and (b) any branch profit
taxes imposed by the United States or any similar tax imposed by any other
Governmental Authority. If any such non-excluded taxes, levies,
imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions or withholdings (“Non-Excluded Taxes”)
or Other Taxes are required to be withheld from any amounts payable to the
Administrative Agent or any Lender hereunder, the amounts so payable to the
Administrative Agent or such Lender shall be increased to the extent necessary
to yield to the Administrative Agent or such Lender (after payment of all
Non-Excluded Taxes and Other Taxes) interest or any such other amounts payable
hereunder at the rates or in the amounts specified in this Agreement, provided, however, that neither
the Borrower nor any Subsidiary Borrower shall be required to increase any such
amounts payable to any Lender with respect to any Non-Excluded Taxes (i) that
are attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the requirements of
paragraph (d) or (e) of this Section, (ii) that are United States withholding
taxes imposed on amounts payable to such Lender at the time such Lender becomes
a party to this Agreement (or designates a new lending office or offices)
except, in the case of an assignment or designation of a new lending office, to
the extent that the Lender making such assignment or designation was entitled,
at the time of such assignment or designation, to receive additional amounts
from the Borrower or the relevant Subsidiary Borrower with respect to
Non-Excluded Taxes pursuant to this section or (iii) that are imposed as a
result of a Lender’s gross negligence or willful misconduct.
(b) In
addition, the Borrower or any relevant Subsidiary Borrower shall pay any Other
Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable
law.
(c)
Whenever any Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes are payable by the Borrower or
any Subsidiary Borrower, as promptly as possible thereafter the Borrower or such
Subsidiary Borrower shall send to the Administrative Agent for its own account
or for the account of the relevant Lender, as the case may be, a certified copy
of an original official receipt received by the Borrower or such Subsidiary
Borrower showing payment thereof. If the Borrower or any Subsidiary
Borrower fails to pay any Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes when due to the
appropriate taxing authority or fails to remit to the Administrative Agent the
required receipts or other required documentary evidence, the Borrower and each
Subsidiary Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent and the Lenders for
any incremental taxes, interest or penalties that may become payable by the
Administrative Agent or any Lender as a result of any such failure.
(d) Each
Lender (or Transferee) (i) that is not a “U.S. Person” as defined in Section
7701(a)(30) of the Code (a “Non-U.S. Lender”)
shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (or, in the case of a
Participant, to the Lender from which the related participation shall have been
purchased) two copies of either U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or
Form W-8ECI, or, in the
case of a
Non-U.S. Lender claiming exemption from U.S. federal withholding tax under
Section 871(h) or 881(c) of the Code with respect to payments of “portfolio
interest”, a statement substantially in the form of Exhibit F and a Form W-8BEN,
or any subsequent versions thereof or successors thereto, properly completed and
duly executed by such Non-U.S. Lender claiming complete exemption from, or a
reduced rate of, U.S. federal withholding tax on all payments by the Borrower or
any Subsidiary Borrower under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and
(ii) that is a “U.S. Person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code shall
deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (or in the case of a
Participant, to the Lender from which the related participation shall have been
purchased) two copies of U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-9. Such
forms shall be delivered by each Lender on or before the date it becomes a party
to this Agreement (or, in the case of any Participant, on or before the date
such Participant purchases the related participation). In addition,
each Lender shall deliver such forms promptly upon the obsolescence or
invalidity of any form previously delivered by such Lender at any other time
prescribed by applicable law or as reasonably requested by the
Borrower. Each Non-U.S. Lender shall promptly notify the Borrower at
any time it determines that it is no longer in a position to provide any
previously delivered certificate to the Borrower (and any other form of
certification adopted by the U.S. taxing authorities for such
purpose).
(e) A
Lender or Transferee that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of
non-U.S. withholding tax under the law of the jurisdiction in which the Borrower
or any Subsidiary Borrower is located, or any treaty to which such jurisdiction
is a party, with respect to payments under this Agreement shall deliver to the
Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at the time or times
prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrower, such
properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable law as
will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced
rate.
(f) If
the Administrative Agent, any Transferee or any Lender determines, in its sole
good faith discretion, that it has received a refund of any Non-Excluded Taxes
or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by the Borrower or any
Subsidiary Borrower or with respect to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary
Borrower has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.19, it shall pay
over such refund to the Borrower or such Subsidiary Borrower (but only to the
extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by the Borrower
or such Subsidiary Borrower under this Section 2.19 with respect to the
Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all
out-of-pocket expenses of the Administrative Agent, such Transferee or such
Lender and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant
Governmental Authority with respect to such refund); provided, that the
Borrower or such Subsidiary Borrower, upon the request of the Administrative
Agent , such Transferee or such Lender, agrees to repay the amount paid over to
the Borrower or such Subsidiary Borrower (plus any penalties, interest or other
charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Administrative
Agent, such Transferee or such Lender in the event the Administrative Agent,
such Transferee or such Lender is required to repay such refund to such
Governmental Authority. This paragraph shall not be construed to require the
Administrative Agent, any Transferee or any Lender to make available its tax
returns (or any other information relating to its taxes which it deems
confidential) to the Borrower, any Subsidiary Borrower or any other
Person.
(g) Each
Assignee shall be bound by this Section 2.19.
(h) The
agreements in this Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement and
the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.
2.20 Indemnity. The
Borrower or relevant Subsidiary Borrower agrees to indemnify each Lender for,
and to hold each Lender harmless from, any actual loss or expense that such
Lender may sustain or incur as a consequence of (a) default by the Borrower
or relevant Subsidiary Borrower in making
a
borrowing of, conversion into or continuation of Eurocurrency Loans after the
Borrower or such Subsidiary Borrower has given a notice requesting the same in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, (b) default by the Borrower or
relevant Subsidiary Borrower in making any prepayment of or conversion from
Eurocurrency Loans after the Borrower or such Subsidiary Borrower has given a
notice thereof in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement or (c) the
making of a prepayment of Eurocurrency Loans on a day that is not the last day
of an Interest Period with respect thereto. Such indemnification may
include an amount up to the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest that
would have accrued on the amount so prepaid, or not so borrowed, converted or
continued, for the period from the date of such prepayment or of such failure to
borrow, convert or continue to the last day of such Interest Period (or, in the
case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue, the Interest Period that would
have commenced on the date of such failure) in each case at the applicable rate
of interest for such Loans provided for herein (excluding, however, the
Applicable Margin and any minimum Eurocurrency Rate to the extent in effect,
included therein, if any) over (ii) the amount
of interest (as reasonably determined by such Lender) that would have accrued to
such Lender on such amount by placing such amount on deposit for a comparable
period with leading banks in the interbank eurocurrency market. A
certificate as to any amounts payable pursuant to this Section submitted to the
Borrower or relevant Subsidiary Borrower by any Lender shall be conclusive in
the absence of manifest error. This covenant shall survive the
termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts
payable hereunder.
2.21 Change of Lending
Office. Each
Lender agrees that, upon the occurrence of any event giving rise to the
operation of Section 2.18 or 2.19(a) with respect to such Lender, it will, if
requested by the Borrower, use reasonable efforts (subject to overall policy
considerations of such Lender) to designate another lending office for any Loans
affected by such event with the object of avoiding the consequences of such
event; provided, that such
designation is made on terms that, in the sole judgment of such Lender, cause
such Lender and its lending office(s) to suffer no economic, legal or regulatory
disadvantage, and provided, further, that nothing
in this Section shall affect or postpone any of the obligations of the Borrower
or any Subsidiary Borrower or the rights of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.18
or 2.19(a).
2.22 Replacement of
Lenders. The
Borrower shall be permitted to replace any Lender that (a) requests
reimbursement for amounts owing pursuant to Section 2.18 or 2.19(a), (b) becomes
a Defaulting Lender or (c) fails to give its consent for any issue requiring the
consent of 100% of the Lenders or all affected Lenders (and such Lender is an
affected Lender) and for which Lenders holding 66 2/3 of the Loans and/or
Commitments required for such vote have consented, with a replacement financial
institution; provided that (i)
such replacement does not conflict with any Requirement of Law, (ii) no Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such replacement,
(iii) prior to any such replacement, such Lender shall have taken no action
under Section 2.21 so as to eliminate the continued need for payment of amounts
owing pursuant to Section 2.18 or 2.19(a), (iv) the replacement financial
institution shall purchase, at par, all Loans and other amounts owing to such
replaced Lender on or prior to the date of replacement, (v) the Borrower shall
be liable to such replaced Lender under Section 2.20 if any Eurocurrency Loan
owing to such replaced Lender shall be purchased other than on the last day of
the Interest Period relating thereto, (vi) the replacement financial institution
shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (vii) the replaced
Lender shall be obligated to make such replacement in accordance with the
provisions of Section 10.6 (provided that the Borrower shall be obligated to pay
the registration and processing fee referred to therein), (viii) until such time
as such replacement shall be consummated, the Borrower shall pay all additional
amounts (if any) required pursuant to Section 2.18 or 2.19(a), as the case may
be, and (ix) any such replacement shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any
rights that the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or any other Lender shall
have against the replaced Lender.
2.23 Incremental
Facilities.
(a) After
the Second Amendment Effective Date and before the Extended Term Loan Maturity
Date (with respect to Term Loans) and Extended Revolving Termination Date (with
respect to Revolving Loans), as applicable, the Borrower, by written notice to
Administrative Agent, may request (i) the establishment of one or more
additional tranches of term loans (the commitments thereto, the “Incremental Term Loan
Commitments”) and/or (ii) increases in the Revolving Commitments (the
“Incremental Revolving
Commitments” and, together with the Incremental Term Loan Commitments,
the “Incremental Loan
Commitments”); provided that (i)
each such request shall be for not less than $25,000,000 (or such lesser amount
up to the Maximum Facilities Amount) and (ii) after giving effect to each such
request, the aggregate amount (the “Maximum Facilities
Amount”) of outstanding Term Loans and Revolving Commitments shall not
exceed $1,500,000,000. Each such notice shall specify the date (each,
an “Increased Amount
Date”) on which the Borrower proposes that the Incremental Loan
Commitments shall be effective, which shall be a date not less than 10 Business
Days after the date on which such notice is delivered to the Administrative
Agent. The Borrower may approach any Lender or any Person to provide
all or a portion of the Incremental Loan Commitments; provided that (i) no
Lender will be required to provide such Incremental Loan Commitment and (ii) any
entity providing all or a portion of the Incremental Loan Commitments other than
a Lender, an affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund, shall be reasonably
acceptable to the Administrative Agent (with such acceptance by the
Administrative Agent to not be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
(b) In
each case, such Incremental Loan Commitments shall become effective as of the
applicable Increased Amount Date, provided that (i) no
Default or Event of Default shall exist on such Increased Amount Date before or
after giving effect to such Incremental Loan Commitments, (ii) the Borrower
shall be in compliance with Section 7.1 as of the most recently ended fiscal
quarter after giving effect to such Incremental Loan Commitments, (iii) the
weighted average life to maturity of any Incremental Term Loan shall be greater
than or equal to the then-remaining weighted average life to maturity of the
Extended Term Loans, (iv) the interest rate margin in respect of any Incremental
Revolving Loans that is in effect on the Increased Amount Date (giving effect to
original issue discount (“OID”) or upfront
fees, (which shall be deemed to constitute like amounts of OID, with OID being
equated to interest rates in a manner determined by the Administrative Agent
based on a four-year life to maturity) paid to all of the Incremental Revolving
Lenders in connection therewith) shall not exceed the sum of (x) the Applicable
Margin for the Revolving Loans made pursuant to Extended Revolving Commitments
that is in effect on the Increased Amount Date, and (y) the upfront fees paid to
all of the Lenders in respect of their Extended Revolving Commitments, which
shall be equated to interest rate based on a four-year life to maturity, or if
it does so exceed the sum of such Applicable Margin and such fees, such
Applicable Margin for the Revolving Loans made pursuant to Extended Revolving
Commitments shall be increased so that the interest rate margin in respect of
such Incremental Revolving Loan that is in effect on the Increased Amount Date
(giving effect to any OID issued or upfront fees paid to all of the Incremental
Lenders in connection therewith) is no greater than the sum of (x) the
Applicable Margin for the Revolving Loans made pursuant to Extended Revolving
Commitments that is in effect on the Increased Amount Date and (y) the upfront
fees paid to all of the Lenders in respect of their Extended Revolving
Commitments, (v) unless the final maturity date of such Incremental Term Loans
is at least one year later than the final maturity date of the Extended Term
Loans, the interest rate margin in respect of such Incremental Term Loans
(giving effect to OID or upfront fees paid to all of the Incremental Term
Lenders in connection therewith (with fees and OID being equated to interest
rate in the manner set forth above)) shall not exceed the sum of (x) the
Applicable Margin for the Extended Term Loans, and (y) the upfront fees paid to
all of the Lenders in respect of their Extended Term Loans, which shall be
equated to interest rate based on a four-year life to maturity, or if it does so
exceed the sum of such Applicable Margin and such fees, such Applicable Margin
for the Extended Term Loans shall be increased so that the interest rate margin
in respect of such Incremental Term Loan (giving effect to any OID issued or
upfront fees paid to all of the Incremental Term Lenders in connection
therewith) is no greater than the sum of (x) the Applicable Margin for the
Extended Term Loans and (y) the upfront fees paid to all of the Lenders in
respect of their Extended Term Loans, (vi) if the final maturity
date
of such
Incremental Term Loans is at least one year later than the final maturity date
of the Extended Term Loans, the interest rate margin in respect of such
Incremental Term Loans (giving effect to OID or upfront fees paid to all of the
Incremental Term Lenders in connection therewith (with fees and OID being
equated to interest rate in the manner set forth above)) shall not exceed by
more than 25 bps the sum of (x) the Applicable Margin for the Extended Term
Loans, and (y) the upfront fees paid to all of the Lenders in respect of their
Extended Term Loans, which shall be equated to interest rate based on a
four-year life to maturity, or if it does so exceed by more than 25 bps the sum
of such Applicable Margin and such fees, such Applicable Margin for the Extended
Term Loans shall be increased so that the interest rate margin in respect of
such Incremental Term Loan (giving effect to any OID issued or upfront fees paid
to all of the Incremental Term Lenders in connection therewith) is no greater
than the sum of (x) the Applicable Margin for the Extended Term Loans, (y) the
upfront fees paid to all of the Lenders in respect of their Extended Term Loans
and (z) 25 bps, and (vii) the Incremental Loan Commitments shall be effected
pursuant to one or more incremental commitment agreements in a form reasonably
acceptable to the Administrative Agent (each, a “Incremental Commitment
Agreement”) executed and delivered by the Borrower, the applicable
Incremental Term Loan Lender and the Administrative Agent pursuant to which such
Incremental Term Loan Lender agrees to be bound to the terms of this Agreement
as a Lender. Any Incremental Term Loans made on an Increased Amount
Date shall be designated a separate tranche of Incremental Term Loans for all
purposes of this Agreement.
(c) On
any Increased Amount Date on which Incremental Revolving Commitments are
effected, subject to the satisfaction of the foregoing terms and conditions, (a)
each of the Lenders with Revolving Commitments shall assign to each Person with
an Incremental Revolving Commitment (each, an “Incremental Revolving
Lender”) and each of the Incremental Revolving Lenders shall purchase
from each of the Lenders with Revolving Commitments, at the principal amount
thereof, such interests in the Revolving Loans outstanding on such Increased
Amount Date as shall be necessary in order that, after giving effect to all such
assignments and purchases, the Revolving Loans will be held by existing
Revolving Lenders and Incremental Revolving Lenders ratably in accordance with
their Revolving Commitments after giving effect to the addition of such
Incremental Revolving Commitments to the Revolving Commitments, (b) each
Incremental Revolving Commitment shall be deemed for all purposes a Revolving
Commitment and each Loan made thereunder (an “Incremental Revolving
Loan”) shall be deemed, for all purposes, a Revolving Loan and (c) each
Incremental Revolving Lender shall become a Lender with respect to the
Incremental Revolving Commitment and all matters relating thereto. The terms and
provisions of the Incremental Revolving Loans and Incremental Revolving
Commitments shall be identical to the Revolving Loans and the Revolving
Commitments.
(d) On
any Increased Amount Date on which any Incremental Term Loan Commitments are
effected, subject to the satisfaction of the foregoing terms and conditions, (i)
each Person with an Incremental Term Loan Commitment (each, an “Incremental Term Loan
Lender”) shall make a Loan to the Borrower (an “Incremental Term
Loan”) in an amount equal to its Incremental Term Loan Commitment, and
(ii) each Incremental Term Loan Lender shall become a Lender hereunder with
respect to the Incremental Term Loan Commitment and the Incremental Term Loans
made pursuant thereto.
(e) Each
Incremental Commitment Agreement may, without the consent of any other Lenders,
effect such amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may be
necessary or appropriate, in the opinion of the Administrative Agent, to effect
the provisions of this Section 2.23.
2.24 Prepayments Required Due to
Currency Fluctuation. On
the last Business Day of each fiscal quarter, or at such other time as is
reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent
shall determine the Dollar Equivalent of aggregate outstanding Revolving
Extensions of Credit. If, at the time of such determination the
aggregate outstanding Revolving Extensions of Credit exceed the Revolving
Commitments then in effect by 5% or more, then within five Business
Days
of notice
to the Borrower, the Borrower or the relevant Subsidiary Borrower shall prepay
Revolving Loans or Swingline Loans or cash collateralize the outstanding Letters
of Credit in an aggregate principal amount at least equal to such excess; provided that the
failure of the Administrative Agent to determine the Dollar Equivalent Amount of
the aggregate outstanding Revolving Extensions of Credit as provided in this
Section 2.24 shall not subject the Administrative Agent to any liability
hereunder.
2.25 Defaulting
Lenders. Notwithstanding
any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if any Lender becomes a
Defaulting Lender, then the following provisions shall apply for so long as such
Lender is a Defaulting Lender:
(a) if
any L/C Obligations exist at the time a Revolving Lender is a Defaulting Lender
then:
(i) subject
to the satisfaction of the condition precedent in Section 5.2(b) of the Credit
Agreement and following notice by the Administrative Agent, all or any part of
the Defaulting Lender’s ratable participating interest in the L/C Obligations
shall be reallocated among the Revolving Lenders that are not Defaulting Lenders
in accordance with their respective Revolving Percentages but, in any case, only
to the extent the sum of the outstanding Revolving Extensions of Credit of all
Revolving Lenders that are not Defaulting Lenders before giving effect to such
reallocation plus such Defaulting Lender’s ratable participating interest in the
L/C Obligations does not exceed the total of the Revolving Commitments of all
Revolving Lenders that are not Defaulting Lenders; provided that if such
condition precedent is not satisfied on the date of such notice by the
Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall within five Business Days following
notice by the Administrative Agent, either (x) cash collateralize such
Defaulting Lender’s ratable participating interest in the L/C Obligations or (y)
backstop such Defaulting Lender’s participating interest in the L/C Obligations
with a letter of credit reasonably satisfactory to the Issuing
Lender;
(ii) if
the reallocation described in clause (i) above cannot, or can only partially, be
effected as a result of the limitations set forth therein, the Borrower shall
within five Business Days following notice by the Administrative Agent, either
(x) cash collateralize such Defaulting Lender’s participating interest in the
L/C Obligations (after giving effect to any partial reallocation pursuant to
clause (i) above) or (y) backstop such Defaulting Lender’s participating
interest in the L/C Obligations (after giving effect to any partial reallocation
pursuant to clause (i) above) with a letter of credit reasonably satisfactory to
the Issuing Lender, in each case, for so long as such L/C Obligations are
outstanding;
(iii) if
the Borrower cash collateralizes or backstops any portion of such Defaulting
Lender’s L/C Obligations pursuant to this paragraph (a), the Borrower shall not
be required to pay any fees to such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 3.3
with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s L/C Obligations during the period such
Defaulting Lender’s L/C Obligations are cash collateralized or
backstopped;
(iv) if
the L/C Obligations attributable to the Defaulting Lenders that are Revolving
Lenders is reallocated pursuant to this paragraph (a), then the fees payable to
the Lenders pursuant to Sections 2.8 and 3.3 shall be adjusted in accordance
with the non-Defaulting Lenders’ respective Revolving Percentages;
(v) if
any Defaulting Lender’s participating interest in L/C Obligations is neither
cash collateralized, backstopped nor reallocated pursuant to this paragraph (a),
then, without prejudice to any rights or remedies of the Issuing Lenders or any
Lender hereunder, all letter of credit fees payable under Section 3.3 with
respect to such Defaulting Lender’s participating interest
in all
L/C Obligations shall be payable to the applicable Issuing Lenders until such
participating interest in all L/C Obligations is backstopped, cash
collateralized and/or reallocated;
(vii) any
subsequent request for issuance, amendment or increase of any Letter of Credit
shall be subject to reallocating or cash collateralizing the relating L/C
Obligations attributable to any Defaulting Lender that is a Revolving Lender in
the manner described above; and
(viii) in
the event a Revolving Lender ceases to be a Defaulting Lender, all outstanding
L/C Obligations shall be immediately reallocated ratably to the Revolving
Lenders who are not Defaulting Lenders and any cash collateral posted in respect
of such Lender’s participating interest shall be returned to the Borrower and
any letter of credit issued to backstop such Lender’s participating interest
shall be terminated, cancelled or returned to the Borrower for cancellation, in
each case, within three Business Days.
(b) if
any Swingline Loans are outstanding at the time a Lender is a Defaulting Lender,
the Borrower shall within five Business Days following notice by the
Administrative Agent prepay such Swingline Loans or, if agreed by the Swingline
Lender, cash collateralize the participating interests in the Swingline Loans of
the Defaulting Lender on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Swingline Lender;
and
(c) following
the notice by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower pursuant to clauses (a)
or (b) above, the Swingline Lender shall not be required to fund any Swingline
Loan and the Issuing Lender shall not be required to issue or increase any
Letter of Credit unless it is reasonably satisfied that the reallocation and
cash collateral requirements described in clauses (a) and (b) above shall be
provided for.
SECTION
3 LETTERS
OF CREDIT
3.1 L/C
Commitment. (a) Subject
to the terms and conditions hereof, the Issuing Lender, in reliance on the
agreements of the other Revolving Lenders set forth in Section 3.4(a), agrees to
issue letters of credit (“Letters of Credit”)
for the account of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Borrower on any Business Day
during the Revolving Commitment Period in such form as may be approved from time
to time by the Issuing Lender; provided that the
Issuing Lender shall not issue any Letter of Credit if, after giving effect to
such issuance, the aggregate amount of the Available Revolving Commitments would
be less than zero. Each Letter of Credit shall (i) be denominated in
Dollars or an Optional Currency and (ii) expire no later than the earlier of (x)
the first anniversary of its date of issuance and (y) the date that is five
Business Days prior to the Revolving Termination Date, provided that any
Letter of Credit with a one-year term may provide for the automatic renewal or
renewal thereof for additional one-year periods (which shall in no event extend
beyond the date referred to in clause (y) above).
(b) The
Issuing Lender shall not at any time be obligated to issue any Letter of Credit
if such issuance would conflict with, or cause the Issuing Lender or any L/C
Participant to exceed any limits imposed by, any applicable Requirement of
Law.
3.2 Procedure for Issuance of
Letter of Credit. The
Borrower or any Subsidiary Borrower may from time to time request that the
Issuing Lender issue a Letter of Credit by delivering to the Issuing Lender at
its address for notices specified herein an Application therefor, completed to
the satisfaction of the Issuing Lender, and such other certificates, documents
and other papers and information as the Issuing Lender may
request. Upon receipt of any Application, the Issuing Lender will
process such Application and the certificates, documents and other papers and
information delivered to it in connection
therewith
in accordance with its customary procedures and shall promptly issue the Letter
of Credit requested thereby (but in no event shall the Issuing Lender be
required to issue any Letter of Credit earlier than three Business Days after
its receipt of the Application therefor and all such other certificates,
documents and other papers and information relating thereto) by issuing the
original of such Letter of Credit to the beneficiary thereof or as otherwise may
be agreed to by the Issuing Lender and the Borrower or relevant Subsidiary
Borrower. The Issuing Lender shall furnish a copy of such Letter of
Credit to the Borrower or relevant Subsidiary Borrower promptly following the
issuance thereof. The Issuing Lender shall promptly furnish to the
Administrative Agent, which shall in turn promptly furnish to the Lenders,
notice of the issuance of each Letter of Credit (including the amount
thereof).
3.3 Fees and Other
Charges.
(a) The Borrower will pay a fee on all outstanding Letters of Credit
issued for the account of the Borrower and any relevant Subsidiary Borrower at a
per annum rate equal to the Applicable Margin then in effect with respect to
Eurocurrency Loans under the Revolving Facility, shared ratably among the
Revolving Lenders and payable quarterly in arrears on each Fee Payment Date
after the issuance date. In addition, the Borrower shall pay a
fronting fee in an amount to be agreed with the Issuing Lender (but, in any
event, not greater than of 0.125% per annum) on the undrawn and unexpired amount
of each Letter of Credit issued for the account of the Borrower or any relevant
Subsidiary Borrower, payable quarterly in arrears on each Fee Payment Date after
the issuance date.
(b) In
addition to the foregoing fees, the Borrower shall pay or reimburse the Issuing
Lender for such normal and customary costs and expenses as are incurred or
charged by the Issuing Lender in issuing, negotiating, effecting payment under,
amending or otherwise administering any Letter of Credit.
3.4 L/C
Participations.
(a) The Issuing Lender irrevocably agrees to grant and hereby grants
to each L/C Participant, and, to induce the Issuing Lender to issue Letters of
Credit, each L/C Participant irrevocably agrees to accept and purchase and
hereby accepts and purchases from the Issuing Lender, on the terms and
conditions set forth below, for such L/C Participant’s own account and risk an
undivided interest equal to such L/C Participant’s Revolving Percentage in the
Issuing Lender’s obligations and rights under and in respect of each Letter of
Credit and the amount of each draft paid by the Issuing Lender
thereunder. Each L/C Participant agrees with the Issuing Lender that,
if a draft is paid under any Letter of Credit for which the Issuing Lender is
not reimbursed in full by the Borrower or relevant Subsidiary Borrower in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such L/C Participant shall pay to
the Issuing Lender upon demand at the Issuing Lender’s address for notices
specified herein an amount equal to such L/C Participant’s Revolving Percentage
of the amount of such draft, or any part thereof, that is not so
reimbursed. Each L/C Participant’s obligation to pay such amount
shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any
circumstance, including (i) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or
other right that such L/C Participant may have against the Issuing Lender, the
Borrower, any Subsidiary Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever,
(ii) the occurrence or continuance of a Default or an Event of Default or the
failure to satisfy any of the other conditions specified in Section 5, (iii) any
adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise) of the Borrower or any
Subsidiary Borrower, (iv) any breach of this Agreement or any other Loan
Document by the Borrower, any Subsidiary Borrower, any other Loan Party or any
other L/C Participant or (v) any other circumstance, happening or event
whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing
(b) If
any amount required to be paid by any L/C Participant to the Issuing Lender
pursuant to Section 3.4(a) in respect of any unreimbursed portion of any payment
made by the Issuing Lender under any Letter of Credit is paid to the Issuing
Lender within three Business Days after the date such payment is due, such L/C
Participant shall pay to the Issuing Lender on demand an amount equal to the
product of (i) such amount, times (ii) the daily average Federal Funds Effective
Rate during the period from and including the date such payment is required to
the date on which such payment is immediately available to the Issuing Lender,
times (iii) a fraction the numerator of which is the number of days that elapse
during
such
period and the denominator of which is 360. If any such amount
required to be paid by any L/C Participant pursuant to Section 3.4(a) is not
made available to the Issuing Lender by such L/C Participant within three
Business Days after the date such payment is due, the Issuing Lender shall be
entitled to recover from such L/C Participant, on demand, such amount with
interest thereon calculated from such due date at the rate per annum applicable
to ABR Loans under the Revolving Facility. A certificate of the
Issuing Lender submitted to any L/C Participant with respect to any amounts
owing under this Section shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest
error.
(c)
Whenever, at any time after the Issuing Lender has made payment under any Letter
of Credit and has received from any L/C Participant its pro rata share of such
payment in accordance with Section 3.4(a), the Issuing Lender receives any
payment related to such Letter of Credit (whether directly from the Borrower or
relevant Subsidiary Borrower or otherwise, including proceeds of collateral
applied thereto by the Issuing Lender), or any payment of interest on account
thereof, the Issuing Lender will distribute to such L/C Participant its pro rata share thereof;
provided, however, that in the
event that any such payment received by the Issuing Lender shall be required to
be returned by the Issuing Lender, such L/C Participant shall return to the
Issuing Lender the portion thereof previously distributed by the Issuing Lender
to it.
3.5 Reimbursement Obligation of
the Borrower. If
any draft is paid under any Letter of Credit, the Borrower or relevant
Subsidiary Borrower shall reimburse the Issuing Lender for the amount of (a) the
draft so paid and (b) any taxes, fees, charges or other costs or expenses
incurred by the Issuing Lender in connection with such payment, not later than
1:00 P.M., New York City time, on (i) the Business Day that the Borrower or
relevant Subsidiary Borrower receives notice of such draft, if such notice is
received on such day prior to 10:00 A.M., New York City time, or (ii) if clause
(i) above does not apply, the Business Day immediately following the day that
the Borrower or relevant Subsidiary Borrower receives such
notice. Each such payment shall be made to the Issuing Lender at its
address for notices referred to herein in Dollars or in any other applicable
currency and in immediately available funds. Interest shall be
payable on any such amounts from the date on which the relevant draft is paid
until payment in full at the rate set forth in (x) until the Business Day next
succeeding the date of the relevant notice, Section 2.14(b) and (y) thereafter,
Section 2.14(c).
3.6 Obligations
Absolute. The
obligations of the Borrower and any relevant Subsidiary Borrower under this
Section 3 shall be absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances
and irrespective of any setoff, counterclaim or defense to payment that the
Borrower or such Subsidiary Borrower, as the case may be, may have or have had
against the Issuing Lender, any beneficiary of a Letter of Credit or any other
Person. The Borrower and each relevant Subsidiary Borrower also
agrees with the Issuing Lender that the Issuing Lender shall not be responsible
for, and the Reimbursement Obligations under Section 3.5 of the Borrower and any
relevant Subsidiary Borrower shall not be affected by, among other things, the
validity or genuineness of documents or of any endorsements thereon, even though
such documents shall in fact prove to be invalid, fraudulent or forged, or any
dispute between or among the Borrower or such Subsidiary Borrower, as the case
may be, and any beneficiary of any Letter of Credit or any other party to which
such Letter of Credit may be transferred or any claims whatsoever of the
Borrower or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, against any beneficiary of such
Letter of Credit or any such transferee. The Issuing Lender shall not
be liable for any error, omission, interruption or delay in transmission,
dispatch or delivery of any message or advice, however transmitted, in
connection with any Letter of Credit, except for errors or omissions found by a
final and nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have
resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Issuing
Lender. The Borrower and each relevant Subsidiary Borrower agrees
that any action taken or omitted by the Issuing Lender under or in connection
with any Letter of Credit or the related drafts or documents, if done in the
absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct, shall be binding on the
Borrower or such
Subsidiary
Borrower and shall not result in any liability of the Issuing Lender to the
Borrower or such Subsidiary Borrower.
3.7 Letter of Credit
Payments. If
any draft shall be presented for payment under any Letter of Credit, the Issuing
Lender shall promptly notify the Borrower or relevant Subsidiary Borrower of the
date and amount thereof. The responsibility of the Issuing Lender to
the Borrower or relevant Subsidiary Borrower in connection with any draft
presented for payment under any Letter of Credit shall, in addition to any
payment obligation expressly provided for in such Letter of Credit, be limited
to determining that the documents (including each draft) delivered under such
Letter of Credit in connection with such presentment are substantially in
conformity with such Letter of Credit.
3.8 Applications. To
the extent that any provision of any Application related to any Letter of Credit
is inconsistent with the provisions of this Section 3, the provisions of this
Section 3 shall apply.
SECTION
4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
To induce
the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to enter into this Agreement and to
make the Loans and issue or participate in the Letters of Credit, Holdings and
the Borrower hereby jointly and severally represent and warrant to the
Administrative Agent and each Lender that:
4.1 Financial
Condition. (a)
The unaudited pro forma consolidated
balance sheet of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at December
31, 2005 (including the notes thereto) (the “Pro Forma Balance
Sheet”), copies of which have heretofore been furnished to each Lender,
has been prepared giving effect (as if such events had occurred on such date) to
(i) the Loans to be made on the Closing Date and the use of proceeds thereof,
(ii) the issuance of the Senior Unsecured Notes and the use of proceeds thereof
and (iii) the payment of fees and expenses in connection with the
foregoing. The Pro Forma Balance Sheet has been prepared based on the
best information available to the Borrower as of the date of delivery thereof,
and presents fairly on a pro forma basis the
estimated financial position of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries
as at December 31, 2005, assuming that the events specified in the preceding
sentence had actually occurred at such date.
(b) The
audited consolidated balance sheets of the Borrower as at December 31, 2005,
December 31, 2004 and December 31, 2003, and the related consolidated statements
of income and of cash flows for the fiscal years ended on such dates (the “Consolidated Financial
Statements”), reported on by and accompanied by an unqualified report
from Deloitte & Touche LLP, present fairly the consolidated financial
condition of the Borrower as at such date, and the consolidated results of its
operations and its consolidated cash flows for the respective fiscal years then
ended. All such financial statements, including the related schedules
and notes thereto, have been prepared in accordance with GAAP applied
consistently throughout the periods involved (except as approved by the
aforementioned firm of accountants and disclosed therein). No Group
Member has any material Guarantee Obligations, or any unusual forward or
long-term commitments, including any interest rate or foreign currency swap or
exchange transaction or other obligation in respect of derivatives, that are not
reflected in the most recent financial statements referred to in this
paragraph. During the period from December 31, 2005 to and including
the date hereof there has been no Disposition by any Group Member of any
material part of the business or property of the Group Members taken as a
whole.
4.2 No Change. Since
December 31, 2008, there has been no development or event that has had or could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.3 Existence; Compliance with
Law. Each
Group Member (a) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under
the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, except where (other than the
Borrower) the failure to be so organized, existing or in good standing could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (b) has the power and
authority, and the legal right, to own and operate its property, to lease the
property it operates as lessee and to conduct the business in which it is
currently engaged, except where failure to have such power, authority and legal
right could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (c) is
duly qualified as a foreign corporation or other organization and in good
standing or has applied for authority to operate as a foreign corporation under
the laws of each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of
property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification and where a
failure to be in good standing as a foreign corporation would have a Material
Adverse Effect and (d) is in compliance with all Requirements of Law except to
the extent that the failure to comply therewith could not, in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.4 Power; Authorization;
Enforceable Obligations. Each
Loan Party has the power and authority, and the legal right, to make, deliver
and perform the Loan Documents to which it is a party and, in the case of the
Borrower, to obtain extensions of credit hereunder. Each Loan Party
has taken all necessary organizational action to authorize the execution,
delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which it is a party and, in
the case of the Borrower, to authorize the extensions of credit on the terms and
conditions of this Agreement. No consent or authorization of, filing
with, notice to or other act by or in respect of, any Governmental Authority or
any other Person is required in connection with the extensions of credit
hereunder or with the execution, delivery, performance, validity or
enforceability of this Agreement or any of the Loan Documents, except (i)
consents, authorizations, filings and notices described in Schedule 4.4, which
consents, authorizations, filings and notices have been obtained or made and are
in full force and effect and (ii) the filings referred to in Section
4.17. Each Loan Document has been duly executed and delivered on
behalf of each Loan Party party thereto. This Agreement constitutes,
and each other Loan Document upon execution will constitute, a legal, valid and
binding obligation of each Loan Party party thereto, enforceable against each
such Loan Party in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be
limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or
similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by
general equitable principles (whether enforcement is sought by proceedings in
equity or at law).
4.5 No Legal
Bar. The
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents, the issuance of Letters of Credit, the borrowings hereunder and the
use of the proceeds thereof will not violate any material Requirement of Law or
any material Contractual Obligation of any Group Member and will not result in,
or require, the creation or imposition of any Lien on any of their respective
properties or revenues pursuant to any Requirement of Law or any such
Contractual Obligation (other than the Liens created by the Security
Documents). No Requirement of Law or Contractual Obligation
applicable to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.6 Litigation. Except
as disclosed by the Borrower to the Lenders in writing at least three Business
Days prior to the Closing Date, there shall not exist any action, investigation,
litigation or proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower,
threatened in any court or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority that
if adversely determined would have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.7 No
Default. No
Group Member is in default under or with respect to any of its Contractual
Obligations in any respect that could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect. No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing.
4.8 Ownership of Property;
Liens. Each
Group Member has title in fee simple to, or a valid leasehold interest in, all
its real property (except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect) and none of such property is subject to any Lien except a
Permitted Lien.
4.9 Intellectual
Property. Each
Group Member owns, or is licensed to use, to its knowledge, all material
Intellectual Property necessary for the conduct of its business as currently
conducted. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.9, to each Group
Member’s knowledge, no claim has been asserted and is pending against such Group
Member by any Person challenging or questioning the use of any Intellectual
Property or the validity or effectiveness of any Intellectual Property, nor does
Holdings or the Borrower know of any valid basis for any such claim that if
adversely determined could have a material adverse effect on the value of any
material Intellectual Property owned by such Group Member. Subject to
the foregoing sentence, the use of Intellectual Property by each Group Member
does not infringe, to its knowledge, on the rights of any Person in any material
respect.
4.10 Taxes. Each
Group Member has filed or caused to be filed all federal, state and local income
and other material tax returns that are required to be filed by it and has paid
all taxes shown to be due and payable on said returns or on any assessments made
against it or any of its property and all other taxes, fees or other charges
imposed on it or any of its property by any Governmental Authority (other than
any amount the validity of which is currently being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings and with respect to which reserves in conformity with
GAAP have been provided on the books of the relevant Group Member or to the
extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect) or with respect to which the failure to have filed such
tax returns or have paid such taxes would not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.11 Federal
Regulations. No
part of the proceeds of any Loans, and no other extensions of credit hereunder,
will be used (a) for “buying” or “carrying” any “margin stock” within the
respective meanings of each of the quoted terms under Regulation U as now and
from time to time hereafter in effect for any purpose that violates the
provisions of the Regulations of the Board or (b) for any purpose that violates
the provisions of the Regulations of the Board. If requested by any
Lender or the Administrative Agent, the Borrower will furnish to the
Administrative Agent and each Lender a statement to the foregoing effect in
conformity with the requirements of FR Form G-3 or FR Form U-1, as applicable,
referred to in Regulation U.
4.12 ERISA. (a)
Neither a Reportable Event nor an “accumulated funding deficiency” (within the
meaning of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA) has occurred
during the five-year period prior to the date on which this representation is
made or deemed made with respect to any Plan, and each Plan has complied in all
material respects with the applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code; (b) no
termination of a Single Employer Plan has occurred, and no Lien in favor of the
PBGC or a Plan has arisen, during such five-year period; (c) the present value
of all accrued benefits under each Single Employer Plan (based on those
assumptions used to fund such Plans) did not, as of the last annual valuation
date prior to the date on which this representation is made or deemed made,
exceed the value of the assets of such Plan allocable to such accrued benefits
by a material amount; (d) neither the Borrower nor any Commonly Controlled
Entity has had a complete or partial withdrawal from any Multiemployer Plan that
has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a liability under
ERISA, and neither the Borrower nor any Commonly Controlled Entity would become
subject to any material liability under ERISA if the Borrower or any such
Commonly Controlled Entity were to withdraw completely from all Multiemployer
Plans as of the valuation date most closely preceding the date on which this
representation is made or
deemed
made; and (e) no such Multiemployer Plan is in Reorganization or Insolvent,
except where, in each of clauses (a) through (e), such event or condition,
together with all other events or conditions, could not reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.13 Investment Company Act;
Other Regulations. No
Loan Party is an “investment company”, or a company “controlled” by an
“investment company”, within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940,
as amended.
4.14 Subsidiaries. As
of the Closing Date, (a) Schedule 4.14 sets forth the name and jurisdiction of
organization of each Subsidiary and, (i) as to each such Subsidiary (other than
WTH Funding LP), the percentage of each class of Capital Stock owned by any Loan
Party and (ii) in the case of WTH Funding LP, the names of the partners of such
partnership and to the extent that the partners of such partnership are
Subsidiaries, the percentage of Capital Stock of such Subsidiaries owned by any
Loan Party and (b) there are no outstanding subscriptions, options, warrants,
calls, rights or other agreements or commitments (other than stock options
granted to employees or directors and directors’ qualifying shares) of any
nature relating to any Capital Stock of the Borrower or any Subsidiary (other
than WTH Funding LP), except as created by the Loan Documents.
4.15 Use of
Proceeds. The
proceeds of the Term Loans shall be used (i) to repay AESOP Indebtedness, (ii)
to pay costs and expenses in connection with the entering into of the Loan
Documents and the issuance of the Senior Unsecured Notes and (iii) to finance
the working capital needs and general corporate purposes of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries. The proceeds of the Revolving Loans and the Swingline
Loans, and the Letters of Credit, shall be used to finance the working capital
needs and general corporate purposes of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries.
4.16 Accuracy of Information,
etc. No
statement or information (other than the projections and pro forma financial
information) contained in this Agreement, any other Loan Document, the
Confidential Information Memorandum or any other document, certificate or
statement furnished by or on behalf of any Loan Party to the Administrative
Agent or the Lenders, or any of them, for use in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Loan Documents taken as
a whole, contained as of the date such statement, information, document or
certificate was so furnished (or, in the case of the Confidential Information
Memorandum, as of the date of this Agreement), any untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements contained herein or therein not misleading. The
projections and pro forma financial
information contained in the materials referenced above are based upon good
faith estimates and assumptions believed by management of the Borrower to be
reasonable at the time made, it being recognized by the Lenders that such
financial information as it relates to future events is not to be viewed as fact
and that actual results during the period or periods covered by such financial
information may differ from the projected results set forth therein by a
material amount. As of the Closing Date there is no fact known to any
Loan Party that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect
that has not been expressly disclosed herein, in the other Loan Documents, in
the Confidential Information Memorandum or in any other documents, certificates
and statements furnished to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders for use in
connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan
Documents.
4.17 Security
Documents. (a)
The Guarantee and Collateral Agreement is effective to create in favor of the
Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties (as defined in the
Guarantee and Collateral Agreement), a legal, valid and enforceable security
interest in the Collateral described therein and proceeds thereof. In
the case of the Pledged Stock described in the Guarantee and Collateral
Agreement, when stock certificates representing such Pledged Stock are delivered
to the Administrative Agent, and in the case of the other Collateral described
in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, when financing statements and other
filings specified on Schedule 4.17 in appropriate form are
filed in
the offices specified on Schedule 4.17, the Guarantee and Collateral
Agreement shall constitute a fully perfected Lien on, and security interest in,
all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties in such Collateral and the
proceeds thereof, as security for the Obligations (as defined in the Guarantee
and Collateral Agreement), in each case prior and superior in right to any other
Person (except (i) in the case of Collateral other than Pledged Stock, Permitted
Liens and (ii) in the case of Pledged Stock, statutory Liens); and (b) When
executed, each of the Mortgages will be effective to create in favor of the
Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, a legal, valid and
enforceable Lien on the Mortgaged Properties described therein and proceeds
thereof, and when the Mortgages are accepted for recording in the applicable
recording offices, each such Mortgage shall constitute a fully perfected Lien
on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties
in the Mortgaged Properties and the proceeds thereof, as security for the
Obligations (as defined in the relevant Mortgage), in each case prior and
superior in right to any other Person (except for any Permitted Lien other than
Liens securing Indebtedness). Schedule 1.1F lists, as of the First
Amendment Effective Date, each parcel of owned real property and each leasehold
interest in real property located in the United States and held by the Borrower
or any of its Subsidiaries that has a value, in the reasonable opinion of the
Borrower, in excess of $400,000.
4.18 Certain
Documents. The
Borrower has delivered to the Administrative Agent a complete and correct copy
of the Senior Unsecured Note Indenture and such other documents as the
Administrative Agent shall have reasonably requested.
SECTION
5. CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT
5.1 Conditions to Initial
Extension of Credit. The
agreement of each Lender to make the initial extension of credit requested to be
made by it is subject to the satisfaction, prior to or concurrently with the
making of such extension of credit on the Closing Date, of the following
conditions precedent:
(a) Credit Agreement; Guarantee
and Collateral Agreement. The Administrative Agent shall have
received (i) this Agreement, executed and delivered by the Administrative
Agent, Holdings, the Borrower and each Person listed on Schedule 1.1A and (ii)
the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, executed and delivered by Holdings, the
Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor.
(b) Senior Unsecured Notes
Issuance. The Borrower and Avis Budget Finance shall have
received at least $1,000,000,000 in gross cash proceeds from the issuance of the
Senior Unsecured Notes on terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to the
Joint Arrangers.
(c) Pro Forma Balance Sheet;
Financial Statements. The Lenders shall have received (i) the
Pro Forma Balance Sheet, (ii) the Consolidated Financial Statements and (iii)
unaudited interim consolidated financial statements of the Borrower for each
fiscal quarter ended more than 45 days before the Closing Date and after the
date of the latest applicable financial statements delivered pursuant to clause
(ii) of this paragraph as to which such financial statements are available, and
such financial statements shall not, in the reasonable judgment of the Lenders,
reflect any material inconsistency with the financial statements or projections
contained in the Confidential Information Memorandum, except as a result of
changes thereto required by GAAP.
(d) Projections. The
Lenders shall have received satisfactory projections through 2011.
(e) Approvals. All
material governmental and third party approvals necessary in connection with the
continuing operations of the Group Members, the issuance of the Senior Unsecured
Notes and the financing contemplated hereby shall have been obtained and be in
full force and effect, and all applicable waiting periods shall have expired
without any action being
taken or
threatened by any competent authority that would restrain, prevent or otherwise
impose adverse conditions on the issuance of the Senior Unsecured Notes or the
financing contemplated hereby.
(f) Lien
Searches. The Administrative Agent shall have received the
results of a recent lien search in each jurisdiction where the Loan Parties have
their chief executive office or are organized, and such search shall reveal no
Liens on any of the assets of the Loan Parties except for Liens permitted by
Section 7.3, Liens discharged on or prior to the Closing Date or Liens for which
termination arrangements have been made pursuant to documentation and on terms
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(g) Fees. The
Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall have received all fees required to be
paid, and all expenses for which invoices have been presented (including the
reasonable fees and expenses of legal counsel), on or before the Closing
Date. All such amounts will be paid with proceeds of Loans made on
the Closing Date and will be reflected in the funding instructions given by the
Borrower to the Administrative Agent on or before the Closing Date.
(h) Closing Certificate;
Certified Certificate of Incorporation; Good Standing
Certificates. The Administrative Agent shall have received (i)
a certificate of each Loan Party, dated the Closing Date, substantially in the
form of Exhibit C, with appropriate insertions and attachments, including the
certificate of incorporation of each Loan Party that is a corporation certified
by the relevant authority of the jurisdiction of organization of such Loan
Party, and (ii) a long form good standing certificate for each Loan Party from
its jurisdiction of organization.
(i) Legal
Opinions. The Administrative Agent shall have received the
executed legal opinion of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, counsel
to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, substantially in the form of Exhibit
E.
(j) Pledged Stock; Stock Powers;
Pledged Notes. The Administrative Agent shall have received
(i) the certificates representing the shares of Capital Stock pledged pursuant
to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, together with an undated stock power
for each such certificate executed in blank by a duly authorized officer of the
pledgor thereof and (ii) each promissory note (if any) pledged to the
Administrative Agent pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement endorsed
(without recourse) in blank (or accompanied by an executed transfer form in
blank) by the pledgor thereof.
(k) Filings, Registrations and
Recordings. Each document (including any Uniform Commercial
Code financing statement) required by the Security Documents or under law
or reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to be filed, registered or
recorded in order to create in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the
benefit of the Lenders, a perfected Lien on the Collateral described therein,
prior and superior in right to any other Person (other than with respect to
Liens expressly permitted by Section 7.3), shall be in proper form for filing,
registration or recordation.
(l) Solvency
Opinion. The Administrative Agent shall have received a
satisfactory solvency opinion from Duff & Phelps LLC that shall document the
solvency of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries after giving effect to the
financing contemplated hereby and the issuance of the Senior Unsecured
Notes.
(m) Officer’s
Certificate. The Lenders shall have received a certificate
from the chief financial officer of the Borrower documenting the Borrower’s
compliance with the conditions set
forth in
paragraphs (a) and (b) of Section 5.2 on a pro forma basis after giving effect
to the financing contemplated hereby and the issuance of the Senior Unsecured
Notes.
5.2 Conditions to Each Extension
of Credit. The
agreement of each Lender to make any extension of credit requested to be made by
it on any date (including its initial extension of credit) is subject to the
satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:
(a) Representations and
Warranties. Each of the representations and warranties made by
any Loan Party in or pursuant to the Loan Documents shall be true and correct in
all material respects on and as of such date as if made on and as of such
date.
(b) No
Default. No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred
and be continuing on such date or after giving effect to the extensions of
credit requested to be made on such date.
(c) No Excess
Proceeds. The amount of any extension of credit, after giving
effect to the application of proceeds thereof, shall not exceed the reasonable
working capital needs of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries by a material
amount.
(d) Extensions of Credit to a
Subsidiary Borrower. The representations and warranties
contained in Sections 4.3, 4.4 and 4.5 as to any Subsidiary Borrower to which an
extension of credit is to be made shall be true and correct in all material
respects on and as of such date as if made on and as of such date.
Each
borrowing by and issuance of a Letter of Credit on behalf of the Borrower or any
Subsidiary Borrower hereunder shall constitute a representation and warranty by
the Borrower, or such Subsidiary Borrower, as applicable, as of the date of such
extension of credit that the conditions contained in this Section 5.2 have been
satisfied.
SECTION
6. AFFIRMATIVE
COVENANTS
Holdings
and the Borrower hereby jointly and severally agree that, so long as the
Commitments remain in effect, any Letter of Credit remains outstanding or any
Loan or other amount is owing to any Lender or the Administrative Agent
hereunder, each of Holdings and the Borrower shall and shall cause each of its
Subsidiaries to:
6.1 Financial
Statements. Furnish
to the Administrative Agent and each Lender:
(a) as soon
as available, but in any event within 100 days after the end of each fiscal
year of the Borrower, a copy of the audited consolidated balance sheet of the
Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of such year and the
related audited consolidated statements of income and of cash flows for such
year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the
previous year, reported on without a “going concern” or like qualification or
exception, or qualification arising out of the scope of the audit, by Deloitte
& Touche LLP or other independent certified public accountants of nationally
recognized standing; and
(b) as soon
as available, but in any event not later than 55 days after the end of each of
the first three quarterly periods of each fiscal year of the Borrower, the
unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its consolidated
Subsidiaries as at the end of such quarter and the related unaudited
consolidated statements of income and of cash flows for such quarter and the
portion of the fiscal year through the end of such quarter, setting forth in
each case in comparative form the
figures
for the previous year, certified by a Responsible Officer as being fairly stated
in all material respects (subject to normal year-end audit
adjustments).
All such
financial statements shall be complete and correct in all material respects and
shall be prepared in reasonable detail and in accordance with GAAP applied
(except as approved by such accountants or officer, as the case may be, and
disclosed in reasonable detail therein) consistently throughout the periods
reflected therein and with prior periods and shall be deemed to have been
delivered on the date on which the Borrower provides notice to the
Administrative Agent that such information has been posted on the Borrower’s
website at the website address listed on the signature pages of such notice, at
www.sec.gov or at such other website identified in such notice and accessible by
the Lenders without charge; provided that the
Borrower shall deliver paper copies of such financial statements to the
Administrative Agent or any Lender who requests the Borrower to deliver such
paper copies until written notice to cease delivering paper copies is given by
the Administrative Agent or such Lender. The Borrower will be deemed
to have satisfied the requirements of this Section 6.1 if any parent files with
the SEC and provides reports, documents and information of the types otherwise
so required, in each case within the applicable time periods specified by the
applicable rules and regulations of the SEC, and the Borrower is not required to
file such reports, documents and information separately under the applicable
rules and regulations of the SEC (after giving effect to any exemptive relief)
because of the filings by such parent.
6.2 Certificates; Other
Information. Furnish
to the Administrative Agent and each Lender (or, in the case of clause (d), to
the relevant Lender):
(a) concurrently
with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Section 6.1(a), a
letter, written and signed by the independent certified public accountants
reporting on such financial statements describing the scope of such financial
statements and certifying that such financial statements are presented in an
accurate manner and in accordance with GAAP;
(b) concurrently
with the delivery of any financial statements pursuant to Section 6.1, (i) a
certificate of a Responsible Officer stating that, to the best of each such
Responsible Officer’s knowledge, each Loan Party during such period has observed
or performed all of its covenants and other agreements, and satisfied every
condition contained in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it
is a party to be observed, performed or satisfied by it, and that such
Responsible Officer has obtained no knowledge of any Default or Event of Default
except as specified in such certificate and (ii) in the case of quarterly or
annual financial statements, (x) a Compliance Certificate containing all
information and calculations necessary for determining compliance by each Group
Member with the provisions of this Agreement referred to therein as of the last
day of the fiscal quarter or fiscal year of the Borrower, as the case may be,
and (y) to the extent not previously disclosed to the Administrative Agent, (1)
a description of any change in the jurisdiction of organization of any Loan
Party and the name and jurisdiction of organization of any new Subsidiary and
the percentage of each class of Capital Stock owned by any Loan Party and (2) a
list of any Intellectual Property registrations and applications acquired by any
Loan Party since the date of the most recent report delivered pursuant to this
clause (y) (or, in the case of the first such report so delivered, since the
Closing Date);
(c) as soon
as available, and in any event no later than 45 days after the end of each
fiscal year of the Borrower, a consolidated budget for the following fiscal year
(which shall include the Fleet Financing Forecast for such fiscal year) and, as
soon as available, significant revisions, if any, of such budget with respect to
such fiscal year (the “Budget”), which
Budget shall in each case be accompanied by a certificate of a Responsible
Officer stating that such Budget is based on reasonable estimates, information
and assumptions and that such Responsible Officer has no reason to believe that
such Budget is incorrect or misleading in any material respect, it being
understood
that such
Budget is based upon good faith estimates and assumptions believed by management
of the Borrower to be reasonable at the time made, and it being recognized by
the Lenders that such financial information as it relates to future events is
not to be viewed as fact and that actual results during the period or periods
covered by such financial information may differ from Budget by a material
amount;
(d) unless
the Borrower shall at such time have Specified Ratings of at least Ba2 or better
from Moody’s and BB or better from S&P (in each case with a stable or
positive outlook), as soon as available, but in any event not later than ten
Business Days after the end of each calendar month, a financial report setting
forth in comparative detail the Borrower’s financial performance and liquidity
for such calendar month (including rental car financing activity) against the
projected performance and liquidity for such calendar month contained in the
consolidated budget for the fiscal year (including the Fleet Financing Forecast,
it being understood that the financial performance information provided pursuant
to this Section 6.2(e) will be subject to quarterly and year-end adjustments),
substantially in the form set forth in Section 2 of Annex A; and
(e) promptly,
such additional financial and other information as any Lender may from time to
time reasonably request.
6.3 Payment of
Obligations. Pay,
discharge or otherwise satisfy at or before maturity or before they become
delinquent, as the case may be, its obligations and liabilities in respect of
taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed upon it or upon
its income or profits or in respect of its property, except where the amount or
validity thereof is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings and reserves in conformity with GAAP with respect thereto have been
provided on the books of the relevant Group Member or except to the extent that
failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect.
6.4 Maintenance of Existence;
Compliance. (a)(i) Preserve,
renew and keep in full force and effect its organizational existence (provided
that Holdings and any of its Subsidiaries may change its organizational form so
long as such change shall not adversely affect the interests of the Lenders) and
(ii) take all reasonable action to maintain all rights, privileges and
franchises necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business, except,
in each case, as otherwise permitted by Section 7.4 and except to the extent
that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect; and (b) comply with all Contractual Obligations and Requirements
of Law except to the extent that failure to comply therewith could not, in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
6.5 Maintenance of Property;
Insurance. (a)
Keep all property material to its business in good working order and condition
consistent with industry practices, ordinary wear and tear excepted, except
where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect and
(b) maintain with financially sound and reputable insurance companies
insurance on all its material property in amounts and against such risks (but
including in any event, to the extent available on commercially reasonable
terms, public liability, product liability and business interruption) as are
usually insured against in the same general area by companies engaged in the
same or a similar business.
6.6 Inspection of Property;
Books and Records; Discussions. (a) Keep
proper books of records and account in which full, true and correct entries in
conformity with GAAP and all Requirements of Law shall be made of all dealings
and transactions in relation to its business and activities and (b) permit the
Administrative Agent, and after the occurrence and during the continuance of an
Event of Default, representatives of any Lender (in coordination with the
Administrative Agent), to visit and inspect any of its properties and examine
and make abstracts from any of its books and records at any reasonable time and
upon reasonable advance notice, and to discuss the business, operations,
properties and financial
and other
condition of the Group Members with officers and employees of the Group Members
and with their independent certified public accountants; provided that a
representative of the Loan Parties shall be permitted to be present for any
discussion with independent certified accountants referred to
above. Notwithstanding Section 10.5, unless any such visit or
inspection is conducted after the occurrence and during the continuance of a
Default or Event of Default, the Borrower shall not be required to pay any costs
or expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, any Lender or Lender’s
representative in connection with such visit or inspection.
6.7 Notices. Promptly
upon obtaining actual knowledge thereof, give notice to the Administrative Agent
and each Lender of:
(a) the
occurrence of any Default or Event of Default;
(b) any (i)
default or event of default under any Contractual Obligation of any Group Member
or (ii) litigation, investigation or proceeding that may exist at any time
between any Group Member and any Governmental Authority, that in either case, if
not cured or if adversely determined, as the case may be, could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(c) any
litigation or proceeding affecting any Group Member (i) in which the amount
involved is $50,000,000 or more and not covered by insurance, (ii) in which
injunctive or similar relief is sought or (iii) which relates to any Loan
Document;
(d) the
following events, as soon as possible and in any event within 30 days after the
Borrower knows or has reason to know thereof: (i) the occurrence of
any Reportable Event with respect to any Plan, a failure to make any required
contribution to a Plan, the creation of any Lien in favor of the PBGC or a Plan
or any withdrawal from, or the termination, Reorganization or Insolvency of, any
Multiemployer Plan or (ii) the institution of proceedings or the taking of any
other action by the PBGC or the Borrower or any Commonly Controlled Entity or
any Multiemployer Plan with respect to the withdrawal from, or the termination,
Reorganization or Insolvency of, any Plan; and
(e) any
development or event that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
Each
notice pursuant to this Section 6.7 shall be accompanied by a statement of a
Responsible Officer setting forth details of the occurrence referred to therein
and stating what action the relevant Group Member proposes to take with respect
thereto.
6.8 Environmental
Laws. (a)
Comply with, and use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure compliance by all
tenants and subtenants, if any, with, all applicable Environmental Laws, and
obtain and comply with and maintain, and use commercially reasonable efforts to
ensure that all tenants and subtenants obtain and comply with and maintain, any
and all licenses, approvals, binding notifications, registrations or permits
required by applicable Environmental Laws, except where the failure to do so
could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Conduct
and complete all investigations, studies, sampling and testing, and all
remedial, removal and other actions required under Environmental Laws and
promptly comply with all lawful orders and directives of all Governmental
Authorities regarding Environmental Laws, except where the failure to do so
could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.9 Additional Collateral,
etc. (a)
With respect to any property constituting Collateral described in the Guarantee
and Collateral Agreement acquired after the Closing Date by any Loan Party as to
which the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, does not have a
perfected Lien, promptly (i) execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent
such amendments to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or such other
documents as the Administrative Agent deems necessary or advisable to grant to
the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, a security interest in
such property and (ii) take all actions necessary or advisable to grant to the
Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, a perfected first priority
security interest in such property, including the filing of Uniform Commercial
Code financing statements in such jurisdictions as may be required by the
Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or by law or as may be requested by the
Administrative Agent; provided that the
Loan Parties shall not be required to take any such action with respect to any
Intellectual Property acquired after the Closing Date until the earlier of the
date on which (i) the aggregate value of all such Intellectual Property with
respect to which the actions described above have not already been taken shall
be at least $10,000,000 or (ii) the list describing such Intellectual Property
is required to be furnished to the Administrative Agent and each Lender pursuant
to Section 6.2(b).
(b) With
respect to any new Subsidiary (other than a Foreign Subsidiary, an Excluded
Subsidiary, an Excluded Person, a Securitization Entity or any Subsidiary of a
Foreign Subsidiary, Excluded Subsidiary or Securitization Entity) created or
acquired after the Closing Date by any Loan Party, promptly (i) execute and
deliver to the Administrative Agent such amendments to the Guarantee and
Collateral Agreement as the Administrative Agent deems necessary or advisable to
grant to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, a perfected
first priority security interest in the Capital Stock of such new Subsidiary
that is owned by any Loan Party, (ii) deliver to the Administrative Agent the
certificates representing such Capital Stock, together with undated stock
powers, in blank, executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of the
relevant Loan Party, (iii) cause such new Subsidiary (A) to become a party
to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, (B) to take such actions necessary or
advisable to grant to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders a
perfected first priority security interest in the Collateral described in the
Guarantee and Collateral Agreement with respect to such new Subsidiary,
including the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements in such
jurisdictions as may be required by the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or by
law or as may be requested by the Administrative Agent and (C) to deliver to the
Administrative Agent a certificate of such Subsidiary, substantially in the form
of Exhibit C, with appropriate insertions and attachments, and (iv) if
reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, deliver to the Administrative
Agent legal opinions relating to the matters described above, which opinions
shall be in form and substance, and from counsel, reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent.
(c) With
respect to any new Foreign Subsidiary created or acquired after the Closing Date
by any Loan Party (other than by any Foreign Subsidiary, an Excluded Subsidiary,
an Excluded Person or a Securitization Entity), promptly (i) execute and deliver
to the Administrative Agent such amendments to the Guarantee and Collateral
Agreement as the Administrative Agent deems necessary or advisable to grant to
the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, a perfected first
priority security interest in a portion of the Capital Stock of such new
Subsidiary that is owned by any such Loan Party (provided that in no event shall
more than 66% of the total outstanding voting Capital Stock of any such new
Subsidiary be required to be so pledged), (ii) deliver to the Administrative
Agent the certificates representing such Capital Stock, together with undated
stock powers, in blank, executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of
the relevant Group Member, and take such other action as may be necessary or, in
the opinion of the Administrative Agent, desirable to perfect the Administrative
Agent’s security interest therein, and (iii) if reasonably requested by the
Administrative Agent, deliver to the Administrative Agent legal opinions
relating to the matters described above, which opinions shall be in form and
substance, and from counsel, reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent.
(d) With
respect to any fee interest or leasehold interest in any real property having a
value (together with improvements thereof) of at least $1,000,000 acquired after
the Second Amendment Effective Date by any Group Member (other than (x) any such
real property subject to a Lien expressly permitted by Section 7.3(h) or 7.3(o)
and (y) real property acquired by any Excluded Subsidiary, Excluded Person or
Foreign Subsidiary), promptly (i) execute and deliver a first priority Mortgage,
in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, covering
such real property; provided that the
obligation to deliver a Mortgage covering any leasehold property shall be
limited to the use by the applicable Group Member of its commercially reasonable
efforts to obtain any necessary landlord consents or waivers and (ii) in the
case of any real property with a value of $5,000,000 or more, if requested by
the Administrative Agent (x) provide the Lenders with title and extended
coverage insurance covering such real property in an amount at least equal to
the purchase price of such real property (or such other amount as shall be
reasonably specified by the Administrative Agent) and (y) deliver to the
Administrative Agent legal opinions relating to the matters described above,
which opinions shall be in form and substance, and from counsel, reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
SECTION
7. NEGATIVE
COVENANTS
Holdings
and the Borrower hereby jointly and severally agree that, so long as the
Commitments remain in effect, any Letter of Credit remains outstanding or any
Loan or other amount is owing to any Lender or the Administrative Agent
hereunder, each of Holdings and the Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any
of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:
7.1 Financial Condition
Covenants. (a) Consolidated Leverage
Ratio. Permit the Consolidated Leverage Ratio as at the last
day of any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower ending
with any fiscal quarter set forth below (commencing with the fiscal quarter
ending June 30, 2010) to exceed the ratio set forth below opposite such fiscal
quarter:
|
Fiscal Quarter
|
Consolidated
Leverage Ratio
|
June
30, 2010
|
6.25
to 1.00
|
|
September
30, 2010
|
5.75
to 1.00
|
|
December
31, 2010
|
5.50
to 1.00
|
|
March
31, 2011
|
5.50
to 1.00
|
|
June
30, 2011
|
5.25
to 1.00
|
|
September
30, 2011
|
5.00
to 1.00
|
|
December
31, 2011
|
4.75
to 1.00
|
|
March
31, 2012
|
4.75
to 1.00
|
|
June
30, 2012
|
4.75
to 1.00
|
|
September
30, 2012
|
4.50
to 1.00
|
|
December
31, 2012
|
4.50
to 1.00
|
|
March
31, 2013
|
4.50
to 1.00
|
|
June
30, 2013
|
4.50
to 1.00
|
|
September
30, 2013
|
4.25
to 1.00
|
|
December
31, 2013
|
4.25
to 1.00
|
|
March
31, 2014
|
4.25
to 1.00
|
|
(b) Consolidated Interest
Coverage Ratio. Permit the Consolidated Interest Coverage
Ratio for any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower ending
with any fiscal quarter set forth below (commencing with the fiscal quarter
ending June 30, 2010) to be less than the ratio set forth below opposite such
fiscal quarter:
Fiscal Quarter
|
Consolidated
Interest Coverage Ratio
|
June
30, 2010
|
1.30
to 1.00
|
September
30, 2010
|
1.30
to 1.00
|
December
31, 2010
|
1.35
to 1.00
|
March
31, 2011
|
1.40
to 1.00
|
June
30, 2011
|
1.45
to 1.00
|
September
30, 2011
|
1.55
to 1.00
|
December
31, 2011
|
1.60
to 1.00
|
March
31, 2012
|
1.60
to 1.00
|
June
30, 2012
|
1.65
to 1.00
|
September
30, 2012
|
1.70
to 1.00
|
December
31, 2012
|
1.70
to 1.00
|
March
31, 2013
|
1.70
to 1.00
|
June
30, 2013
|
1.70
to 1.00
|
September
30, 2013
|
1.75
to 1.00
|
December
31, 2013
|
1.75
to 1.00
|
March
31, 2014
|
1.75
to 1.00
|
|
|
7.2 Indebtedness. Create,
issue, incur, assume, become liable in respect of or suffer to exist any
Indebtedness, except:
(a) Indebtedness
of any Loan Party pursuant to any Loan Document;
(b) Indebtedness
of the Borrower to any Subsidiary and of any Subsidiary Guarantor to the
Borrower or any other Subsidiary;
(c) Guarantee
Obligations of the Borrower, Holdings and any Subsidiary of the Borrower in
respect of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement;
(d) Guarantee
Obligations incurred by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of obligations
of any Subsidiary Guarantor or the Borrower;
(e) Guarantee
Obligations of the Borrower in respect of obligations under the Letter of Credit
Facilities;
(f) Indebtedness
outstanding on the date hereof or required to be incurred pursuant to a
Contractual Obligation in existence on the date hereof (other than AESOP
Indebtedness and Securitization Indebtedness) and listed on Schedule 7.2(f) and
any Permitted Refinancing thereof;
(g) Indebtedness
(including, without limitation, Capital Lease Obligations) secured by Liens
permitted by Section 7.3(h) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed
$100,000,000 at any one time outstanding;
(h) Indebtedness
of the Borrower and Avis Budget Finance in respect of the Senior Unsecured Notes
and any Permitted Refinancing thereof;
(i) unsecured
Guarantee Obligations of Holdings and any Subsidiary of the Borrower in respect
of the Senior Unsecured Notes; provided that each
guarantor under the Senior Unsecured Notes or any Permitted Refinancing thereof
shall be a guarantor of the Obligations pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral
Agreement or such other agreement as the Administrative Agent may approve in its
reasonable discretion;
(j) AESOP
Indebtedness;
(k) Securitization
Indebtedness;
(l) Recourse
Vehicle Indebtedness;
(m) Indebtedness
incurred in connection with any acquisition by the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries of vehicles directly from a manufacturer pursuant to such
manufacturer’s repurchase program; provided that (i)
such Indebtedness is not greater than the net book value of such vehicles and
(ii) such vehicles could not be financed under the AESOP Financing
Program;
(n) Indebtedness
incurred pursuant to terminal rental adjustment clause lease financings of
trucks to be used in the truck rental operations of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries;
(o) Indebtedness
under any Swap Agreement;
(p) Indebtedness
of any Foreign Subsidiary, Excluded Subsidiary or Securitization Entity to the
Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor incurred in the ordinary course of business
or to satisfy the general financing needs of such Foreign Subsidiary, Excluded
Subsidiary or Securitization Entity;
(q) Indebtedness
of any Foreign Subsidiary, Excluded Subsidiary or Securitization Entity to the
Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor in an amount not to exceed $50,000,000 at
any one time outstanding;
(r) Indebtedness
of any Foreign Subsidiary, Excluded Subsidiary or Securitization Entity to any
Foreign Subsidiary, Excluded Subsidiary or Securitization Entity;
(s) Guarantee
Obligations incurred by any Foreign Subsidiary, Excluded Subsidiary or
Securitization Entity in respect of Indebtedness of any Foreign Subsidiary,
Excluded Subsidiary or Securitization Entity;
(t) Indebtedness
of any Foreign Subsidiary in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed
$50,000,000 at any one time outstanding and any Permitted Refinancing
thereof;
(u) Indebtedness
of any Person that becomes a Subsidiary pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition or
that is otherwise assumed by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in
connection
with a
Permitted Acquisition which is not incurred in contemplation of such Permitted
Acquisition and any Permitted Refinancing thereof;
(v) unsecured
or subordinated Indebtedness of the Borrower, Holdings or any Subsidiary
Guarantor of the Borrower having no scheduled principal payments or prepayments
prior to the Extended Term Loan Maturity Date incurred in connection with
Permitted Acquisitions and any Permitted Refinancing thereof;
(w) additional
Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in an aggregate
principal amount not to exceed $50,000,000 at any one time
outstanding;
(x) Indebtedness
incurred in connection with the financing of any insurance premiums;
and
(y) additional
unsecured or subordinated Indebtedness of the Borrower, Holdings or any
Subsidiary Guarantor having no scheduled principal payments or prepayments
(other than (i) as a result of change of control, asset sale, or issuance of
Capital stock or Indebtedness or (ii) pursuant to other mandatory prepayment
requirements customary for similar Indebtedness after taking into account then
prevailing market conditions, in each case, not otherwise in conflict with the
mandatory prepayment requirements contained in Section 2.11) prior to the
Extended Term Loan Maturity Date and any Permitted Refinancing
thereof;
provided, that if the
Group Member’s action or event meets the criteria of more than one of the types
of Indebtedness described in the clauses above, the Borrower in its sole
discretion may classify such action or event in one or more clauses (including
in part under one such clause and in part under another such
clause).
7.3 Liens. Create,
incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property, whether now
owned or hereafter acquired, except:
(a) Liens for
taxes, assessments, governmental charges or other similar obligations not yet
due or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, provided that
adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the
Borrower or its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, in conformity with
GAAP;
(b) carriers’,
warehousemen’s, mechanics’, landlord’s, materialmen’s, repairmen’s or other like
Liens arising in the ordinary course of business that are not overdue for a
period of more than 60 days or that are being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings;
(c) Liens
incidental to the conduct of the Borrower’s business or the ownership of its
assets which were not incurred in connection with the borrowing of money, and
which do not in the aggregate materially detract from the value of its assets or
materially impair the use thereof in the operation of its business;
(d) pledges
or deposits in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and
other social security legislation;
(e) pledges
or deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts (other than for
borrowed money), leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds,
performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the
ordinary course of business;
(f) easements,
rights-of-way, restrictions, covenants and other similar encumbrances incurred
in the ordinary course of business or of record that, in the aggregate, are not
substantial in amount and that do not in any case materially detract from the
value of the property subject thereto or materially interfere with the ordinary
conduct of the business of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;
(g) Liens in
existence on the date hereof listed on Schedule 7.3(g), securing Indebtedness
permitted by Section 7.2(f), provided that no such
Lien is spread to cover any additional property after the Closing Date and that
the amount of Indebtedness secured thereby is not increased;
(h) Liens
securing Indebtedness of the Borrower or any other Subsidiary incurred pursuant
to Section 7.2(g) to finance the acquisition of fixed or capital assets, provided that (i)
such Liens shall be created substantially simultaneously with the acquisition of
such fixed or capital assets, (ii) such Liens do not at any time encumber any
property other than the property financed by such Indebtedness and (iii) the
amount of Indebtedness secured thereby is not increased;
(i) Liens
created pursuant to the Security Documents;
(j) Liens on
any Related Eligible Assets or arising out of the transfer of Related Eligible
Assets to Securitization Entities; provided that such
transfer is otherwise permitted by the Agreement;
(k) Liens
securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.2(j), (k), (l), (m) and
(n);
(l) Liens
securing judgments which do not constitute an Event of Default;
(m) statutory
rights of tenants under leases with respect to which the Borrower or any
Subsidiary is the lessor;
(n) any
interest or title of a lessor under any lease entered into by the Borrower or
any other Subsidiary in the ordinary course of its business and covering only
the assets so leased;
(o) Liens
existing on any property or asset prior to the acquisition thereof by any Group
Member or existing on any property or asset of any Person that becomes a
Subsidiary after the date hereof prior to the time such Person becomes a
Subsidiary; provided that such
Lien is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition
or such Person becoming a Subsidiary, as the case may be, and such Lien shall
secure only those obligations which it secures on the date of such acquisition
or the date on which such Person becomes a Subsidiary, as the case may be, and
any Permitted Refinancing of such obligations; provided further that no such
Liens shall be permitted to exist on the Capital Stock of any Person that is
required to be a Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder; and
(p) Liens
attaching solely to cash earnest money deposits in connection with any permitted
Investment or Permitted Acquisition;
(q) Liens on
insurance policies and the proceeds thereof securing the financing of the
insurance premiums with respect thereto;
(r) Encumbrances
permitted under Section 7.12 or otherwise imposed pursuant to an agreement that
has been entered into in connection with a Disposition of assets;
and
(s) Liens not
otherwise permitted by this Section so long as neither (i) the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of the obligations secured thereby nor (ii) the
aggregate fair market value (determined as of the date such Lien is incurred) of
the assets subject thereto exceeds (as to the Borrower and all Subsidiaries)
$50,000,000 at any one time;
provided, that if the
Group Member’s action or event meets the criteria of more than one of the types
of Liens described in the clauses above, the Borrower in its sole discretion may
classify such action or event in one or more clauses (including in part under
one such clause and in part under another such clause).
7.4 Fundamental
Changes. Enter
into any merger, consolidation or amalgamation, or liquidate, wind up or
dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution), or Dispose of all or
substantially all of its property or business, except that:
(a) any
Subsidiary of the Borrower may be merged or consolidated with or into the
Borrower (provided that the
Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving corporation) or with or into any
Wholly Owned Subsidiary (provided that the
Wholly Owned Subsidiary shall be the continuing or surviving corporation); provided that any
such merger or consolidation of a Subsidiary Guarantor shall only be with or
into the Borrower or another Subsidiary Guarantor;
(b) any
Subsidiary of the Borrower may Dispose of any or all of its assets (i) to the
Borrower or any Wholly Owned Subsidiary (upon voluntary liquidation or
otherwise); provided that any
such Disposition by a Subsidiary Guarantor shall only be to the Borrower or
another Subsidiary Guarantor or (ii) pursuant to a Disposition permitted by
Section 7.5; and
(c) any
Investment expressly permitted by Section 7.7 may be structured as a merger,
consolidation or amalgamation.
7.5 Disposition of
Property. Dispose
of any of its property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or, in the case
of any Subsidiary, issue or sell any shares of such Subsidiary’s Capital Stock
to any Person, except:
(a) the
Disposition of obsolete or worn out property in the ordinary course of
business;
(b) the
sale of inventory in the ordinary course of business;
(c) Dispositions
permitted by clause (i) of Section 7.4(b), Investments permitted under Section
7.7 (other than Section 7.7 (m)) and Restricted Payments permitted under Section
7.6;
(d) the sale
or issuance of any Subsidiary’s Capital Stock to the Borrower or any Wholly
Owned Subsidiary; provided that any
sale or issuance of any Subsidiary Guarantor’s Capital Stock shall only be to
the Borrower or another Subsidiary Borrower;
(e) Dispositions
of any Related Eligible Assets (i) in connection with the AESOP Financing
Program, (ii) to any Securitization Entity or (iii) in connection with the
incurrence of any Securitization Indebtedness;
(f) the sale
of the Budget Truck Division for fair market value as determined by the board of
directors of the Borrower;
(g) the
Disposition of other property having a fair market value not to exceed
$200,000,000 in the aggregate for any fiscal year of the Borrower;
(h) the
Dispositions listed on Schedule 7.5(h);
(i) Dispositions
of properties subject to condemnation, eminent domain or taking;
(j) leases,
subleases, licenses and sublicenses of real or personal property in the ordinary
course of business;
(k) dispositions
or use of cash and Cash Equivalents in the ordinary course of
business;
(l) the
abandonment, termination or other disposition of intellectual property or
leasehold properties in the ordinary course of business; and
(m) dispositions,
discounts or forgiveness of accounts receivable in connection with the
collection or compromise thereof;
provided that all
Dispositions permitted under paragraphs (f) and (g) of this Section 7.5 shall be
made for fair value and for at least 75% cash consideration.
7.6 Restricted
Payments. Declare
or pay any dividend (other than dividends payable solely in common stock of the
Person making such dividend) on, or make any payment on account of, or set apart
assets for a sinking or other analogous fund for, the purchase, redemption,
defeasance, retirement or other acquisition of, any Capital Stock of any Group
Member, whether now or hereafter outstanding, or make any other distribution in
respect thereof, either directly or indirectly, whether in cash or property or
in obligations of any Group Member (collectively, “Restricted
Payments”), except that:
(a) any
Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments to the Borrower or any Subsidiary
Guarantor; provided, that any
non-Subsidiary Guarantor may make Restricted Payments to any Group
Member;
(b) so
long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing,
the Borrower may pay dividends to Holdings and Holdings may pay dividends to
Cendant to purchase Cendant common stock or common stock options from present or
former officers or employees of any Group Member upon the death, disability or
termination of employment of such officer or employee;
(c) the
Borrower may make Restricted Payments to Holdings to permit Holdings to (i) pay
corporate overhead expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business and (ii)
pay any taxes that are due and payable by Holdings or the Borrower;
(d) (i) the
Borrower may make Restricted Payments to Holdings to permit Holdings to pay
dividends to any higher tier entity to provide for the payment of (A) Parent
Expenses, (B) Related Taxes and (C) any Taxes that are due and payable by any
Group Member as part of a consolidated group or which have been paid for the
account of any Group Member pursuant to the Tax Sharing Agreement and (ii) so
long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing,
the Borrower may make Restricted Payments to Holdings to permit Holdings to pay
dividends to any Parent in an aggregate amount not to exceed $40,000,000 plus 50% of
Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, determined on a
cumulative basis since April 1, 2010, during the term of this
Agreement;
(e) Investments
permitted by Section 7.7; and
(f) any
Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments (including in respect of management
fees) to the holders of the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary ratably based on
the respective ownership interests of such holders.
7.7 Investments
. Make
any advance, loan, extension of credit (by way of guaranty or otherwise) or
capital contribution to, or purchase any Capital Stock, bonds, notes, debentures
or other debt securities of, or any assets constituting a business unit of, or
make any other investment in, any other Person (all of the foregoing, “Investments”),
except:
(a) Investments
consisting of extensions of trade credit and Investments received in
satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof from financially troubled account
debtors and other credits to suppliers in the ordinary course of
business;
(b) Investments
in Cash Equivalents;
(c) Guarantee
Obligations permitted by Section 7.2;
(d) loans and
advances to employees of any Group Member in the ordinary course of business
(including for travel, entertainment and relocation expenses) in an aggregate
amount not to exceed $500,000 in any fiscal year;
(e) Investments
in assets useful in the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries made by
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries with the proceeds of any Reinvestment
Deferred Amount;
(f) intercompany
Investments by any Group Member in the Borrower or any Person that, prior to
such investment, is a Subsidiary Guarantor;
(g) intercompany
Investments by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor in any Securitization
Entity, Foreign Subsidiary or Excluded Subsidiary made in the ordinary course of
business or to satisfy the general financing needs of such Securitization
Entity, Foreign Subsidiary or Excluded Subsidiary;
(h) intercompany
Investments by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor in any Securitization
Entity, Foreign Subsidiary or Excluded Subsidiary in an amount not to exceed
$50,000,000 at any one time outstanding;
(i) intercompany
Investments by any Foreign Subsidiary, Excluded Subsidiary or Securitization
Entity in any Foreign Subsidiary, Excluded Subsidiary or Securitization
Entity;
(j) Restricted
Payments to Cendant permitted by Section 7.6 in the form of loans and
advances;
(k) Investments
listed on Schedule 7.7(k);
(l) Permitted
Acquisitions, provided that the
aggregate amount (or, in the case of consideration consisting of assets, fair
market value) of the consideration paid by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
(net of acquired cash and Cash Equivalents and excluding consideration in
respect of acquired vehicles as long as (i) the purchase price for such vehicles
does not exceed their fair market value and (ii) such vehicles will be financed
in the Borrower’s normal operation of its business through the AESOP Financing
Program or any other similar financing program, or will be
replaced
with vehicles financed through the AESOP Financing Program or any other similar
financing program) shall not exceed (i) $50,000,000 or (ii) $200,000,000 in the
event that after giving pro forma effect to such acquisition, the Consolidated
Leverage Ratio is less than 4.00 to 1.00 as of the most recently ended fiscal
quarter for which financial statements have been delivered hereunder, in each
case, on a cumulative basis for all such acquisitions;
(m)
Investments
consisting of Liens, Indebtedness, fundamental changes, Dispositions, Restricted
Payments permitted under Sections 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5 or 7.6
respectively;
(n) any
seller-financing or other non-cash consideration received in connection with
Dispositions permitted by Section 7.5;
(o) the
Borrower or any Subsidiary may make Investments to purchase from a minority
shareholder the Capital Stock of such shareholder in a joint venture entity in
which any Group Member owns a majority equity interest (regardless of whether
such a joint venture entity is a Subsidiary); and
(p) in
addition to Investments otherwise expressly permitted by this Section,
Investments by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount
(valued at cost) not to exceed $50,000,000 during the term of this
Agreement;
provided, that (i) if
the Group Member’s action or event meets the criteria of more than one of the
types of Investments described in the clauses above, the Borrower in its sole
discretion may classify such action or event in one or more clauses (including
in part under one such clause and in part under another such clause) and (ii)
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may not make any Investment in an Excluded
Person except to the extent permitted by Section 7.7(p).
7.8 Optional Payments and
Modifications of Certain Agreements.
(a) Make or offer to make any optional or voluntary payment,
prepayment, repurchase or redemption of or otherwise optionally or voluntarily
defease or segregate funds with respect to the Indebtedness permitted by Section
7.2(h), (t) or (v); provided that any
such Indebtedness may be repaid, prepaid, repurchased or redeemed (i) in
connection with a Permitted Refinancing or (ii) for consideration (including any
premium paid in connection therewith) in an aggregate amount of up to
$50,000,000 plus
an additional $50,000,000 in the event that after giving pro forma effect
to such prepayment, repurchase or redemption, the Consolidated Leverage Ratio is
less than 4.00 to 1.00, (b) amend, modify, waive or otherwise change, or consent
or agree to any amendment, modification, waiver or other change to, any of the
terms of the Senior Unsecured Notes in a manner materially adverse to the
Lenders or (c) amend, modify, waive or otherwise change, or consent or agree to
any amendment, modification, waiver or other change to, any of the terms of the
Separation Agreement or the Tax Sharing Agreement in a manner materially adverse
to the Lenders, it being understood that an increase of the obligations or
potential liability of Cendant resulting from any such amendment, modification
or other change to the Separation Agreement or Tax Sharing Agreement shall not,
in and of itself, be regarded as materially adverse to the Lenders.
7.9 Transactions with
Affiliates. Enter
into any transaction (other than (i) transactions listed on Schedule 7.9, (ii)
transactions permitted by Section 7.6, (iii) Investments permitted by Section
7.7(d) and (o), (iv) Investments in joint ventures permitted by Section 7.7 and
(v) issuances of Equity Interests, including any servicing agreement, purchase,
sale, lease or exchange of property, the rendering of any service or the payment
of any management, advisory or similar fees, with any Affiliate (other than
Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary) unless such transaction is
(a) otherwise permitted under this Agreement and (b) upon fair and
reasonable terms taken as a whole no less favorable to the relevant Group Member
than it would obtain in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person that
is not an Affiliate.
7.10 Sales and
Leasebacks. Enter
into any arrangement with any Person providing for the leasing by any Group
Member of real or personal property that has been or is to be sold or
transferred by such Group Member to such Person or to any other Person to whom
funds have been or are to be advanced by such Person on the security of such
property or rental obligations of such Group Member except sale-lease back
transactions relating to Eligible Assets not in excess of $50,000,000 and
without duplication of any such transactions permitted by Section
7.2.
7.11 Changes in Fiscal
Periods. Permit
the fiscal year of the Borrower to end on a day other than December 31 or change
the Borrower’s method of determining fiscal quarters.
7.12 Clauses Restricting
Subsidiary Distributions. Enter
into or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or
restriction on the ability of any Subsidiary of the Borrower (other than a
Securitization Entity) to (a) make Restricted Payments in respect of any Capital
Stock of such Subsidiary held by, or pay any Indebtedness owed to, the Borrower
or any other Subsidiary of the Borrower, (b) make loans or advances to, or other
Investments in, the Borrower or any other Subsidiary of the Borrower or (c)
transfer any of its assets to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary of the
Borrower, except for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by
reason of (i) any restrictions existing under the Loan Documents, (ii) any
restrictions with respect to a Subsidiary or assets imposed pursuant to an
agreement that has been entered into in connection with the Disposition of all
or substantially all of the Capital Stock or assets of such Subsidiary or such
assets other than the Senior Unsecured Note Indenture and such other agreements
listed on Schedule 7.12 , (iii) restrictions which are not more restrictive than
those contained in this Agreement contained in any documents governing any
Indebtedness incurred in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, (iv)
any documents relating to joint ventures to the extent that such joint ventures
are not prohibited hereunder, (v) any agreement in effect at the time a Person
became a Subsidiary or assets are first acquired pursuant to an Investment
permitted under Section 7.7, so long as (x) such agreement was not entered into
solely in contemplation of such Investment and (y) such encumbrance or
restriction applies only to such Person and assets, and (vi)with respect to the
restrictions in clause (c), (x) restrictions or conditions imposed by any
agreement relating to secured debt permitted by this Agreement if such
restrictions or conditions apply only to the property or assets securing such
debt, and (y) customary provisions in leases, licenses or contracts restricting
assignability or subleasing prohibit the granting of Liens on the rights
contained therein; provided that loans made by the Borrower or any Subsidiary to
any other Subsidiary that is a Securitization Entity or a partner or direct
equity owner of a Securitization Entity may be subject to customary repayment
restrictions required by the lenders to such Securitization Entity.
7.13 Lines of
Business. Enter
into any business, either directly or through any Subsidiary, except for those
businesses in which the Borrower and its Subsidiaries are engaged on the date of
this Agreement or that are reasonably related thereto.
7.14 Business Activities of
Holdings. In
the case of Holdings, (i) conduct, transact or otherwise engage in, or commit to
conduct, transact or otherwise engage in, any business or operations other than
those incidental to its ownership of the Capital Stock of the Borrower, (ii)
incur, create, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness or other liabilities
or financial obligations, except (w) Guarantee Obligations permitted pursuant to
Section 7.2(c) and 7.2(i), (x) nonconsensual obligations imposed by operation of
law, (y) obligations pursuant to the Loan Documents to which it is a party and
(z) obligations with respect to its Capital Stock, or (iii) own, lease, manage
or otherwise operate any properties or assets (including cash (other than cash
received in connection with dividends made by the Borrower in accordance with
Section 7.6 pending application in the manner contemplated by said Section) and
cash equivalents (other than cash received from capital contributions to, or the
issuance of Capital Stock by Holdings) other than the ownership of shares of
Capital Stock of the Borrower.
SECTION
8. EVENTS
OF DEFAULT
If any of
the following events shall occur and be continuing:
(a) the
Borrower or any Subsidiary Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Loan
or Reimbursement Obligation when due in accordance with the terms hereof; or the
Borrower or any Subsidiary Borrower shall fail to pay any interest on any Loan
or Reimbursement Obligation, or any other amount payable hereunder or under any
other Loan Document, within five days after any such interest or other amount
becomes due in accordance with the terms hereof; or
(b) any
representation or warranty made or deemed made by any Loan Party herein or in
any other Loan Document or that is contained in any certificate, document or
financial or other statement furnished by it at any time under or in connection
with this Agreement or any such other Loan Document shall prove to have been
false or misleading in any material respect on or as of the date made or
delivered; or
(c) any Loan
Party shall default in the observance or performance of any agreement contained
in clause (i) or (ii) of Section 6.4(a) (with respect to Holdings and the
Borrower only), Section 6.7(a) or Section 7 of this Agreement or Sections
6.4 or 6.6(b) of
the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement; or
(d) any Loan
Party shall default in the observance or performance of any other agreement
contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document (other than as provided
in paragraphs (a) through (c) of this Section), and such default shall continue
unremedied for a period of 30 days after notice to the Borrower from the
Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders; or
(e) any Group
Member shall (i) default in making any payment of any principal of any
Indebtedness (including any Guarantee Obligation, but excluding the Loans) on
the scheduled or original due date with respect thereto; or (ii) default in
making any payment of any interest on any such Indebtedness beyond the period of
grace, if any, provided in the instrument or agreement under which such
Indebtedness was created; or (iii) default in the observance or performance of
any other agreement or condition relating to any such Indebtedness or contained
in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any
other event shall occur or condition exist, the effect of which default or other
event or condition is to cause, or to permit the holder or beneficiary of such
Indebtedness (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or beneficiary) to
cause, with the giving of notice if required, such Indebtedness to become due
prior to its stated maturity or (in the case of any such Indebtedness
constituting a Guarantee Obligation) to become payable; provided, that a
default, event or condition described in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) of this
paragraph (e) shall not at any time constitute an Event of Default unless, at
such time, one or more defaults, events or conditions of the type described in
clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of this paragraph (e) shall have occurred and be
continuing with respect to Indebtedness (x) the outstanding principal amount of
which exceeds in the aggregate $50,000,000; and (y) in the case of such
Indebtedness which is Securitization Indebtedness (including AESOP
Indebtedness), (1) an amortization or termination event pursuant to a
securitization program prior to the end of the scheduled term or revolving
period thereunder shall have occurred, (2) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
shall become unable to finance the purchase of vehicles and (3) the Borrower
shall have failed, by the 45th day after the occurrence of an event referred to
in clause (y)(1) and the expiration of all grace periods applicable thereto, to
either (A) replace such securitization program with an alternative source of
financing having terms not materially adverse to the Lenders from the program
being replaced or having terms acceptable to the Required Lenders, or (B) obtain
a waiver with respect to the occurrence of such event from the applicable
required noteholders or lenders under such
securitization
program, and provided that until and unless the event described in clause (y)(3)
shall have occurred, no Event of Default shall exist as a result of the
occurrence of an event referred to in clause (y)(1). Upon the
entering into of any replacement facility referred to in clause (y)(1)(A), the
Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a written officer’s
certificate providing that the Borrower has sufficient vehicle financing
arrangements available to it to carry-on its business activities consistent, in
all material respects, with its past practices; or
(f) (i) any
Group Member (other than any Subsidiary which is not a Significant Subsidiary)
shall commence any case, proceeding or other action (A) under any existing or
future law of any jurisdiction, domestic or foreign, relating to bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors, seeking to have an order for
relief entered with respect to it, or seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or
insolvent, or seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, winding-up,
liquidation, dissolution, composition or other relief with respect to it or its
debts, or (B) seeking appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator
or other similar official for it or for all or any substantial part of its
assets, or any Group Member (other than any Subsidiary which is not a
Significant Subsidiary) shall make a general assignment for the benefit of its
creditors; or (ii) there shall be commenced against any Group Member any case,
proceeding or other action of a nature referred to in clause (i) above that (A)
results in the entry of an order for relief or any such adjudication or
appointment or (B) remains undismissed or undischarged for a period of 60 days;
or (iii) there shall be commenced against any Group Member any case, proceeding
or other action seeking issuance of a warrant of attachment, execution,
distraint or similar process against all or any substantial part of its assets
that results in the entry of an order for any such relief that shall not have
been vacated, discharged, or stayed or bonded pending appeal within 60 days from
the entry thereof; or (iv) any Group Member shall take any action in furtherance
of, or indicating its consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in, any of the
acts set forth in clause (i), (ii), or (iii) above; or (v) any Group Member
shall generally not, or shall be unable to, or shall admit in writing its
inability to, pay its debts as they become due; or
(g) (i) any
Person shall engage in any “prohibited transaction” (as defined in Section 406
of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) involving any Plan, (ii) any
“accumulated funding deficiency” (as defined in Section 302 of ERISA), whether
or not waived, shall exist with respect to any Plan or any Lien in favor of the
PBGC or a Plan shall arise on the assets of any Group Member or any Commonly
Controlled Entity, (iii) a Reportable Event shall occur with respect to, or
proceedings shall commence to have a trustee appointed, or a trustee shall be
appointed, to administer or to terminate, any Single Employer Plan, which
Reportable Event or commencement of proceedings or appointment of a trustee is,
in the reasonable opinion of the Required Lenders, likely to result in the
termination of such Plan for purposes of Title IV of ERISA, (iv) any Single
Employer Plan shall terminate for purposes of Title IV of ERISA, (v) any
Group Member or any Commonly Controlled Entity shall, or in the reasonable
opinion of the Required Lenders is likely to, incur any liability in connection
with a withdrawal from, or the Insolvency or Reorganization of, a Multiemployer
Plan or (vi) any other event or condition shall occur or exist with respect to a
Plan; and in each case in clauses (i) through (vi) above, such event or
condition, together with all other such events or conditions in this clause (g),
if any, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
or
(h) one or
more judgments or decrees shall be entered against any Group Member involving in
the aggregate a liability (to the extent not paid or fully covered by insurance
provided by a carrier not disputing coverage) of $50,000,000 or more, and all
such judgments or decrees shall not have been vacated, discharged, stayed or
bonded pending appeal within 30 days from the entry thereof; or
(i) any
material provision of any Security Documents shall cease, for any reason, to be
in full force and effect, or any Loan Party or any Affiliate of any Loan Party
shall so assert, or any Lien created by any of the Security Documents shall
cease to be enforceable and of the same effect and priority purported to be
created thereby with respect to any Collateral, other than Collateral having a
de minimus
value (unless due to action or inaction by the Administrative Agent);
or
(j) the
guarantees contained in Section 2 and Section 3 of the Guarantee and Collateral
Agreement shall cease, for any reason, to be in full force and effect or any
Loan Party or any Affiliate of any Loan Party shall so assert; or
(k) the
occurrence of a Change in Control;
then, and
in any such event, (A) if such event is an Event of Default specified in clause
(i) or (ii) of paragraph (f) above with respect to the Borrower or any
Subsidiary Borrower, automatically the Commitments shall immediately terminate
and the Loans (with accrued interest thereon) and all other amounts owing under
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including all amounts of L/C
Obligations, whether or not the beneficiaries of the then outstanding Letters of
Credit shall have presented the documents required thereunder) shall immediately
become due and payable, and (B) if such event is any other Event of Default,
either or both of the following actions may be taken: (i) with the
consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent may, or upon the
request of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall, by notice to
the Borrower declare the Revolving Commitments to be terminated forthwith,
whereupon the Revolving Commitments shall immediately terminate; and (ii) with
the consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent may, or upon the
request of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall, by notice to
the Borrower, declare the Loans (with accrued interest thereon) and all other
amounts owing under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including all
amounts of L/C Obligations, whether or not the beneficiaries of the then
outstanding Letters of Credit shall have presented the documents required
thereunder) to be due and payable forthwith, whereupon the same shall
immediately become due and payable. With respect to all Letters of
Credit with respect to which presentment for honor shall not have occurred at
the time of an acceleration pursuant to this paragraph, the Borrower or the
relevant Subsidiary Borrower shall at such time deposit in a cash collateral
account opened by the Administrative Agent an amount equal to the aggregate then
undrawn and unexpired amount of such Letters of Credit. Amounts held
in such cash collateral account shall be applied by the Administrative Agent to
the payment of drafts drawn under such Letters of Credit, and the unused portion
thereof after all such Letters of Credit shall have expired or been fully drawn
upon, if any, shall be applied to repay other obligations of the Borrower and
any Subsidiary Borrower hereunder and under the other Loan
Documents. After all such Letters of Credit shall have expired or
been fully drawn upon, all Reimbursement Obligations shall have been satisfied
and all other obligations of the Borrower and any Subsidiary Borrower hereunder
and under the other Loan Documents shall have been paid in full, the balance, if
any, in such cash collateral account shall be returned to the Borrower or such
Subsidiary Borrower (or such other Person as may be lawfully entitled
thereto). Except as expressly provided above in this Section,
presentment, demand, protest and all other notices of any kind are hereby
expressly waived by the Borrower and each Subsidiary Borrower.
SECTION
9. THE
AGENTS
9.1 Appointment. Each
Lender hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Administrative Agent as
the agent of such Lender under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and
each such Lender irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent, in such
capacity, to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to exercise such powers and perform
such duties as are expressly delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms
of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with such other powers
as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any
provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, the Administrative
Agent
shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth
herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Lender, and no implied covenants,
functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read
into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against the
Administrative Agent.
9.2 Delegation of
Duties. The
Administrative Agent may execute any of its duties under this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents by or through agents or attorneys-in-fact and shall be
entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such
duties. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the
negligence or misconduct of any agents or attorneys in-fact selected by it with
reasonable care.
9.3 Exculpatory
Provisions. Neither
any Agent nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents,
attorneys-in-fact or affiliates shall be (i) liable for any action lawfully
taken or omitted to be taken by it or such Person under or in connection with
this Agreement or any other Loan Document (except to the extent that any of the
foregoing are found by a final and nonappealable decision of a court of
competent jurisdiction to have resulted from its or such Person’s own gross
negligence or willful misconduct) or (ii) responsible in any manner to any of
the Lenders for any recitals, statements, representations or warranties made by
any Loan Party or any officer thereof contained in this Agreement or any other
Loan Document or in any certificate, report, statement or other document
referred to or provided for in, or received by the Agents under or in connection
with, this Agreement or any other Loan Document or for the value, validity,
effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or
any other Loan Document or for any failure of any Loan Party a party thereto to
perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. The Agents shall not
be under any obligation to any Lender to ascertain or to inquire as to the
observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions
of, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or to inspect the properties,
books or records of any Loan Party.
9.4 Reliance by Administrative
Agent. The
Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in
relying, upon any instrument, writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate,
affidavit, letter, telecopy, telex or teletype message, e-mail, statement, order
or other document or conversation believed by it to be genuine and correct and
to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person or Persons and upon
advice and statements of legal counsel (including counsel to Holdings or the
Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by the
Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may deem and treat the
payee of any Note as the owner thereof for all purposes unless a written notice
of assignment, negotiation or transfer thereof shall have been filed with the
Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be fully
justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Agreement or any
other Loan Document unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of
the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all Lenders) as it
deems appropriate or it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the
Lenders against any and all liability and expense that may be incurred by it by
reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. The
Administrative Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in
refraining from acting, under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents in
accordance with a request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this
Agreement, all Lenders), and such request and any action taken or failure to act
pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all the Lenders and all future holders of
the Loans.
9.5 Notice of
Default. The
Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the
occurrence of any Default or Event of Default unless the Administrative Agent
has received notice from a Lender, Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary
Borrower referring to this Agreement, describing such Default or Event of
Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default”. In the
event that the Administrative Agent receives such a notice, the Administrative
Agent shall give notice thereof to the Lenders. The Administrative
Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as
shall be reasonably directed by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by
this
Agreement,
all Lenders); provided that unless
and until the Administrative Agent shall have received such directions, the
Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or
refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default or Event of
Default as it shall deem advisable in the best interests of the
Lenders.
9.6 Non-Reliance on Agents and
Other Lenders. Each
Lender expressly acknowledges that neither the Agents nor any of their
respective officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or
affiliates have made any representations or warranties to it and that no act by
any Agent hereafter taken, including any review of the affairs of a Loan Party
or any affiliate of a Loan Party, shall be deemed to constitute any
representation or warranty by any Agent to any Lender. Each Lender
represents to the Agents that it has, independently and without reliance upon
any Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it
has deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of and investigation into the
business, operations, property, financial and other condition and
creditworthiness of the Loan Parties and their affiliates and made its own
decision to make its Loans hereunder and enter into this
Agreement. Each Lender also represents that it will, independently
and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender, and based on such
documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to
make its own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking
action under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and to make such
investigation as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business,
operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the
Loan Parties and their affiliates. Except for notices, reports and
other documents expressly required to be furnished to the Lenders by the
Administrative Agent hereunder, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty
or responsibility to provide any Lender with any credit or other information
concerning the business, operations, property, condition (financial or
otherwise), prospects or creditworthiness of any Loan Party or any affiliate of
a Loan Party that may come into the possession of the Administrative Agent or
any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or
affiliates.
9.7 Indemnification. The
Lenders agree to indemnify each Agent in its capacity as such (to the extent not
reimbursed by Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary Borrower and without
limiting the obligation of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary Borrower to
do so), ratably according to their respective Aggregate Exposure Percentages in
effect on the date on which indemnification is sought under this Section (or, if
indemnification is sought after the date upon which the Commitments shall have
terminated and the Loans shall have been paid in full, ratably in accordance
with such Aggregate Exposure Percentages immediately prior to such date), from
and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties,
actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind
whatsoever that may at any time (whether before or after the payment of the
Loans) be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against such Agent in any way
relating to or arising out of, the Commitments, this Agreement, any of the other
Loan Documents or any documents contemplated by or referred to herein or therein
or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or any action taken or
omitted by such Agent under or in connection with any of the foregoing; provided that no
Lender shall be liable for the payment of any portion of such liabilities,
obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs,
expenses or disbursements that are found by a final and nonappealable decision
of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from such Agent’s gross
negligence or willful misconduct. The agreements in this Section
shall survive the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable
hereunder.
9.8 Agent in Its Individual
Capacity. Each
Agent and its affiliates may make loans to, accept deposits from and generally
engage in any kind of business with any Loan Party as though such Agent were not
an Agent. With respect to its Loans made or renewed by it and with
respect to any Letter of Credit issued or participated in by it, each Agent
shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents as any Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an
Agent, and the terms “Lender” and “Lenders” shall include each Agent in its
individual capacity.
9.9 Successor Administrative
Agent. The
Administrative Agent may resign as Administrative Agent upon 10 days’ notice to
the Lenders and the Borrower. If the Administrative Agent shall
resign as Administrative Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents, then the Required Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a
successor agent for the Lenders, which successor agent shall (unless an Event of
Default under Section 8(a) or Section 8(f) with respect to the Borrower shall
have occurred and be continuing) be subject to approval by the Borrower (which
approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), whereupon such
successor agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the
Administrative Agent, and the term “Administrative Agent” shall mean such
successor agent effective upon such appointment and approval, and the former
Administrative Agent’s rights, powers and duties as Administrative Agent shall
be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such
former Administrative Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement or any
holders of the Loans. If no successor agent has accepted appointment
as Administrative Agent by the date that is 10 days following a retiring
Administrative Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring Administrative Agent
may, on behalf of the Lenders and with the consent of the Borrower (such consent
not to be unreasonably withheld), appoint a successor Administrative Agent,
which shall be a commercial bank organized or licensed under the laws of the
United States of America or of any State thereof and having a combined capital
and surplus of at least $500,000,000. Upon the acceptance of any
appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor Administrative
Agent, such successor Administrative Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become
vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring
Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged
from its duties and obligations under this Agreement. After any retiring
Administrative Agent’s resignation as Administrative Agent, the provisions of
this Section 9 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to
be taken by it while it was Administrative Agent under this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents.
9.10 Co-Documentation Agent,
Documentation Agent and Syndication Agent. Neither
of the Co-Documentation Agent, the Documentation Agents nor the Syndication
Agent shall have any duties or responsibilities hereunder in its capacity as
such.
SECTION
10. MISCELLANEOUS
10.1 Amendments and
Waivers. (a) Neither
this Agreement, any other Loan Document, nor any terms hereof or thereof may be
amended, supplemented or modified except in accordance with the provisions of
this Section 10.1. The Required Lenders and each Loan Party party to
the relevant Loan Document may, or, with the written consent of the Required
Lenders, the Administrative Agent and each Loan Party party to the relevant Loan
Document may, from time to time, (i) enter into written amendments, supplements
or modifications hereto and to the other Loan Documents for the purpose of
adding any provisions to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or changing
in any manner the rights of the Lenders or of the Loan Parties hereunder or
thereunder or (ii) waive, on such terms and conditions as the Required Lenders
or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, may specify in such instrument,
any of the requirements of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or any
Default or Event of Default and its consequences; provided, however, that no such
waiver and no such amendment, supplement or modification shall (A) forgive any
principal amount or extend the final scheduled date of maturity of any Loan or
any Reimbursement Obligation or extend the scheduled date of any amortization
payment in respect of any Term Loan (for the purpose of clarity each of the
foregoing not to include any waiver of a prepayment), reduce the stated rate of
any interest or fee payable hereunder (except (1) in connection with the waiver
of applicability of any post-default increase in interest rates (which waiver
shall be effective with the consent of the Majority Facility Lenders of each
adversely affected Facility) and (2) that any amendment or modification of
defined terms used in the financial covenants in this Agreement shall not
constitute a reduction in the rate of interest or fees for purposes of this
clause (A)) or extend the scheduled date of any payment thereof, or increase the
amount or extend the expiration date of any Lender’s Revolving Commitment, in
each case without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby;
(B) eliminate or reduce the voting rights of any Lender under this Section 10.1
without the written consent
of such
Lender; (C) reduce any percentage specified in the definition of Required
Lenders, consent to the assignment or transfer by the Borrower or any Subsidiary
Borrower of any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents, release all or substantially all of the Collateral or release
all or substantially all of the Subsidiary Guarantors from their obligations
under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement except as otherwise provided in the
Loan Documents, in each case without the written consent of all Lenders;
(D) amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 2.11 or 2.17 without
the written consent of the Majority Facility Lenders in respect of each Facility
adversely affected thereby; (E) reduce the percentage specified in the
definition of Majority Facility Lenders with respect to any Facility without the
written consent of all Lenders under such Facility; (F) after the Closing Date,
amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 5.2 without the written consent
of the Majority Facility Lenders with respect of the Revolving Facility, (G)
amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 9 without the written consent of
the Administrative Agent; (H) amend, modify or waive any provision of Section
2.6 or 2.7 without the written consent of the Swingline Lender; or (I) amend,
modify or waive any provision of Section 3 without the written consent of the
Issuing Lender. Any such waiver and any such amendment, supplement or
modification shall apply equally to each of the Lenders and shall be binding
upon the Loan Parties, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and all future
holders of the Loans. In the case of any waiver, the Loan Parties,
the Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall be restored to their former
position and rights hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, and any
Default or Event of Default waived shall be deemed to be cured and not
continuing; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default
or Event of Default, or impair any right consequent thereon.
(b) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, this Agreement may be amended with the written consent of the
Administrative Agent, the Borrower and each of the Lenders providing the
relevant Replacement Term Loans (as defined below) to permit the refinancing,
replacement or modification of all outstanding Term Loans (“Replaced Term Loans”)
with a replacement term loan tranche hereunder (“Replacement Term
Loans”), provided that (i) the
aggregate principal amount of such Replacement Term Loans shall not exceed the
aggregate principal amount of such Replaced Term Loans, (ii) the Applicable
Margin for such Replacement Term Loans shall not be higher than the Applicable
Margin for such Replaced Term Loans and (iii) the weighted average life to
maturity of such Replacement Term Loans shall not be shorter than the weighted
average life to maturity of such Replaced Term Loans at the time of such
refinancing.
(c) In
addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be amended without
consent of the Lenders, so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing, as follows:
(i) to
designate any Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower as a Domestic Subsidiary
Borrower under the Revolving Facility upon (A) ten Business Days prior notice to
the Lenders (such notice to contain the name, primary business address and
taxpayer identification number of such Subsidiary), (B) the execution and
delivery by the Borrower, such Subsidiary and the Administrative Agent of a
Joinder Agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit G (a “Joinder Agreement”),
providing for such Subsidiary to become a Subsidiary Borrower, (C) the agreement
and acknowledgment by the Borrower and each other Subsidiary Borrower that the
Guarantee and Collateral Agreement covers the Obligations of such Subsidiary and
(D) the delivery to the Administrative Agent of (1) corporate or other
applicable resolutions, other corporate or other applicable documents,
certificates and legal opinions in respect of such Subsidiary reasonably
equivalent to comparable documents delivered on the Closing Date and (2) such
other documents with respect thereto as the Administrative Agent shall
reasonably request; and
(ii) to remove any
Subsidiary as a Subsidiary Borrower upon execution and delivery by the Borrower
to the Administrative Agent of a written notification to such effect and
repayment in full of all Loans made to such Subsidiary Borrower, cash
collateralization of all L/C Obligations in respect of any Letters of Credit
issued for the account of such Subsidiary Borrower and repayment in full of all
other amounts owing by such Subsidiary Borrower under this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents (it being agreed that any such repayment shall be in
accordance with the other terms of this Agreement).
10.2 Notices. All
notices, requests and demands to or upon the respective parties hereto to be
effective shall be in writing (including by telecopy or electronic
transmission), and, unless otherwise expressly provided herein, shall be deemed
to have been duly given or made when delivered, or three Business Days after
being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, or, in the case of telecopy notice
or electronic transmission, when received, addressed as follows in the case of
Holdings, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and as set forth in an
administrative questionnaire delivered to the Administrative Agent in the case
of the Lenders, or to such other address as may be hereafter notified by the
respective parties hereto:
Holdings:
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Avis
Budget Holdings, LLC
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1
Campus Drive
Parsippany,
New Jersey 07054
Attention: David
B. Wyshner
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Telecopy: (973)
496-5080
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Telephone: (973)
496-7938
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Borrower:
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Avis
Budget Car Rental, LLC
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1
Campus Drive
Parsippany,
New Jersey 07054
Attention: David
B. Wyshner
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Telecopy: (973)
496-5080
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Telephone: (973)
496-7938
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Administrative
Agent:
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JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A.
1111
Fannin Street
10th
Floor
Houston,
Texas 77002
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Attn:
Syed A Abbas
Telecopy:
(713) 750-2938
Telephone:
(713) 750-7924
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with a copy to:
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JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A.
383
Madison Avenue
Floor
24
New
York, NY 10179
Attention: Robert
Kellas
Telecopy: 212-270-5100
Telephone:
212-270-3560
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provided that any
notice, request or demand to or upon the Administrative Agent or the Lenders
shall not be effective until received.
Notices
and other communications to the Lenders hereunder may be delivered or furnished
by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by the
Administrative Agent; provided that the
foregoing shall not apply to notices pursuant to Section 2 unless otherwise
agreed by the Administrative Agent and the applicable Lender. The
Administrative Agent or the Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept
notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications
pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided that
approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or
communications.
10.3 No Waiver; Cumulative
Remedies. No
failure to exercise and no delay in exercising, on the part of the
Administrative Agent or any Lender, any right, remedy, power or privilege
hereunder or under the other Loan Documents shall operate as a waiver thereof;
nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or
privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the
exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. The rights,
remedies, powers and privileges herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive
of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by law.
10.4 Survival of Representations
and Warranties. All
representations and warranties made hereunder, in the other Loan Documents and
in any document, certificate or statement delivered pursuant hereto or in
connection herewith shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement
and the making of the Loans and other extensions of credit
hereunder.
10.5 Payment of Expenses and
Taxes. The
Borrower agrees (a) to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent for all its
reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the
development, preparation and execution of, and any amendment, supplement or
modification to, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any other
documents prepared in connection herewith or therewith, and the consummation and
administration of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including
the reasonable fees and disbursements of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP and
filing and recording fees and expenses, with statements with respect to the
foregoing to be submitted to the Borrower prior to the Closing Date (in the case
of amounts to be paid on the Closing Date) and from time to time thereafter on a
quarterly basis or such other periodic basis as the Administrative Agent shall
deem appropriate, (b) to pay or reimburse each Lender and the Administrative
Agent for all its reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in
connection with the enforcement or preservation of any rights under this
Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any such other documents, including the
fees and disbursements of counsel to the Lenders and of counsel to the
Administrative Agent; provided, that the
Borrower shall not be liable for the fees and disbursements of more than one
separate firm for the Lenders (unless there shall exist an actual conflict of
interest among the Lenders) in connection with any one action or any separate
but substantially similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction, nor shall
the Borrower be liable for any settlement or extra-judicial resolution of claims
without the Borrower’s written consent, (c) to pay, indemnify, and hold each
Lender and the Administrative Agent harmless from, any and all recording and
filing fees and any and all liabilities with respect to, or resulting from any
delay in paying, stamp, excise and similar taxes, if any, that may be payable or
determined to be payable in connection with the execution and delivery of, or
consummation or administration of any of the transactions contemplated by, or
any amendment, supplement or modification of, or any waiver or consent under or
in respect of, this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any such other
documents, and (d) to pay, indemnify, and hold each Lender and the
Administrative Agent and their respective officers, directors, employees,
affiliates, agents and controlling persons (each, an “Indemnitee”) harmless
from and against any and all other liabilities, obligations, losses, damages,
penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any
kind or nature whatsoever (other than with respect to taxes, which shall be
governed exclusively by Section 2.19) with respect
to the execution, delivery, enforcement, performance and administration of this
Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any such other documents, including any
of the foregoing relating to the use of proceeds of the Loans or the violation
of, noncompliance with or liability under, any Environmental Law applicable to
the operations of any Group Member or any of the
Properties
and the reasonable fees and expenses of legal counsel in connection with claims,
actions or proceedings by any Indemnitee against any Loan Party under any Loan
Document (all the foregoing in this clause (d), collectively, the “Indemnified
Liabilities”), provided, that the
Borrower shall have no obligation hereunder to any Indemnitee with respect to
Indemnified Liabilities to the extent such Indemnified Liabilities are found by
a final and nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have
resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee;
provided further, that that
the Borrower shall not be liable for the fees and disbursements of more than one
separate firm for any Indemnitees (unless there shall exist an actual conflict
of interest among such Indemnitees) in connection with any one action or any
separate but substantially similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction,
nor shall the Borrower be liable for any settlement or extra-judicial resolution
of such Indemnitees’ claims without the Borrower’s written
consent. Without limiting the foregoing, and to the extent permitted
by applicable law, the Borrower agrees not to assert and to cause its
Subsidiaries not to assert, and hereby waives and agrees to cause its
Subsidiaries to waive, all rights for contribution or any other rights of
recovery with respect to all claims, demands, penalties, fines, liabilities,
settlements, damages, costs and expenses of whatever kind or nature, under or
related to Environmental Laws, that any of them might have by statute or
otherwise against any Indemnitee. All amounts due under this Section
10.5 shall be payable not later than 10 days after written demand
therefor. Statements payable by the Borrower pursuant to this Section
10.5 shall be submitted to David B. Wyshner (Telephone No. 973-496-7938)
(Telecopy No. 973-496-5080), at the address of the Borrower set forth in
Section 10.2, or to such other Person or address as may be hereafter designated
by the Borrower in a written notice to the Administrative Agent. The
agreements in this Section 10.5 shall survive repayment of the Loans and all
other amounts payable hereunder.
10.6 Successors and Assigns;
Participations and Assignments. (a) The
provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of
the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby
(including any affiliate of the Issuing Lender that issues any Letter of
Credit), except that (i) the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any
of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each
Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by the Borrower without such
consent shall be null and void) and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise
transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this
Section.
(b)(i) Subject to the
conditions set forth in paragraph (b)(ii) below, any Lender may assign to one or
more assignees (each, an “Assignee”) all or a
portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a
portion of its Commitments and the Loans at the time owing to it) with the prior
written consent of:
(A) the Borrower (such consent not to
be unreasonably withheld), provided that no
consent of the Borrower shall be required for an assignment to a Lender, an
affiliate of a Lender, an Approved Fund (as defined below) or, if an Event of
Default under Section 8(a) or (f) has occurred and is continuing, any other
Person; and
(B) the Administrative Agent,
provided that
no consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required for an assignment of
all or any portion of a Term Loan to a Lender, an affiliate of a Lender or an
Approved Fund.
(C) the Issuing Lender, provided that no
consent of the Issuing Lender shall be required for an assignment of all or any
portion of a Term Loan or Term Commitment.
(ii) Assignments shall be subject to
the following additional conditions:
(A) except in the case of an assignment
to a Lender, an affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund or an assignment of
the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitments or Loans under
any Facility, the amount of the Commitments or Loans of the assigning Lender
subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and
Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative
Agent) shall not be less than, in the case of the Revolving Facility, $5,000,000
or, in the case of the Term Facility, $1,000,000 unless each of the Borrower and
the Administrative Agent otherwise consent, provided that (1) no
such consent of the Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default under
Section 8(a) or (f) has occurred and is continuing and (2) such amounts shall be
aggregated in respect of each Lender and its affiliates or Approved Funds, if
any;
(B) the parties to each assignment
shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and
Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500;
and
(C) the Assignee, if it shall not
be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an administrative
questionnaire.
For the
purposes of this Section 10.6, “Approved Fund” means
any Person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in making, purchasing,
holding or investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the
ordinary course of its business and that is administered or managed by (a) a
Lender, (b) an affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an affiliate of an
entity that administers or manages a Lender.
(iii) Subject to acceptance and
recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (b)(iv) below, from and after the
effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption the Assignee
thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned
by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender
under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent
of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its
obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and
Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under
this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue
to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.18, 2.19, 2.20 and
10.5). Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or
obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 10.6
shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a
participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with paragraph (c) of
this Section.
(iv) The Administrative
Agent, acting for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at
one of its offices a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and
a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and
the Commitments of, and principal amount of and interest on the Loans and L/C
Obligations owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time
(the “Register”). The
entries in the Register shall be conclusive, and the Borrower, the
Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender and the Lenders may treat each Person
whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender
hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the
contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the
Borrower, the Issuing Lender and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from
time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(v) Upon its receipt of a
duly completed Assignment and Assumption executed by an assigning Lender and an
Assignee, the Assignee’s completed administrative questionnaire (unless the
Assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation
fee referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section and any written consent to
such assignment required by paragraph (b) of this Section, the Administrative
Agent shall accept such Assignment and Assumption and record the
information
contained therein in the Register. No assignment shall be effective
for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as
provided in this paragraph.
(c)(i) Any Lender may,
without the consent of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sell
participations to one or more banks or other entities (a “Participant”) in all
or a portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement
(including all or a portion of its Commitments and the Loans owing to it); provided that
(A) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged,
(B) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto
for the performance of such obligations and (C) the Borrower, the
Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender and the other Lenders shall continue to
deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s
rights and obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement pursuant
to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender
shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any
amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such
agreement may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the
Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver that (1) requires
the consent of each Lender directly affected thereby pursuant to the proviso to
the second sentence of Section 10.1 and (2) directly affects such
Participant. Subject to paragraph (c)(ii) of this Section, the
Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of
Sections 2.18, 2.19 and 2.20 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had
acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this
Section. To the extent permitted by law, and subject to paragraph
(c)(ii) of this Section, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits
of Section 10.7(b) as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant
shall be subject to Section 10.7(a) as though it were a Lender.
(ii) A Participant shall not
be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.18 or 2.19 than the
applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the
participation sold to such Participant. A Participant shall not be
entitled to receive any funds directly from the Borrower in respect of Sections
2.18, 2.19, 2.20 or 10.7 unless such Participant shall have provided to
Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, such
information as is required to be recorded in the Register pursuant to paragraph
(b)(iv) above as if such Participant were a Lender. Any Participant
that is a Non-U.S. Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of
Section 2.19 unless such Participant complies with Section 2.19(d) as
though it were a Lender.
(d) Any Lender may at any
time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights
under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge
or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank, and this Section
shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided that no such
pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of
its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or Assignee for such
Lender as a party hereto.
(e) The
Borrower, upon receipt of written notice from the relevant Lender, agrees to
issue Notes to any Lender requiring Notes to facilitate transactions of the type
described in paragraph (d) above.
(f) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any Conduit Lender may assign any or all of the Loans it may have
funded hereunder to its designating Lender without the consent of the Borrower
or the Administrative Agent and without regard to the limitations set forth in
Section 10.6(b). Each of Holdings, the Borrower, each Subsidiary
Borrower, each Lender and the Administrative Agent hereby confirms that it will
not institute against a Conduit Lender or join any other Person in instituting
against a Conduit Lender any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency
or liquidation proceeding under any state bankruptcy or similar law, for one
year and one day after the payment in full of the latest maturing commercial
paper note issued by such Conduit Lender; provided, however,
that each Lender designating any Conduit Lender hereby agrees to indemnify, save
and hold harmless each other party hereto for any
loss,
cost, damage or expense arising out of its inability to institute such a
proceeding against such Conduit Lender during such period of
forbearance.
10.7 Adjustments;
Set-off. (a)
Except to the extent that this Agreement expressly provides for payments to be
allocated to a particular Lender or to the Lenders under a particular Facility,
if any Lender (a “Benefitted Lender”)
shall, at any time after the Loans and other amounts payable hereunder shall
immediately become due and payable pursuant to Section 8, receive any payment of
all or part of the Obligations owing to it, or receive any collateral in respect
thereof (whether voluntarily or involuntarily, by set-off, pursuant to events or
proceedings of the nature referred to in Section 8(f), or otherwise), in a
greater proportion than any such payment to or collateral received by any other
Lender, if any, in respect of the Obligations owing to such other Lender, such
Benefitted Lender shall purchase for cash from the other Lenders a participating
interest in such portion of the Obligations owing to each such other Lender, or
shall provide such other Lenders with the benefits of any such collateral, as
shall be necessary to cause such Benefitted Lender to share the excess payment
or benefits of such collateral ratably with each of the Lenders; provided, however, that if all
or any portion of such excess payment or benefits is thereafter recovered from
such Benefitted Lender, such purchase shall be rescinded, and the purchase price
and benefits returned, to the extent of such recovery, but without
interest.
(b) In
addition to any rights and remedies of the Lenders provided by law, each Lender
shall have the right, without prior notice to Holdings, the Borrower or any
Subsidiary Borrower, any such notice being expressly waived by Holdings, the
Borrower and each Subsidiary Borrower to the extent permitted by applicable law,
upon any amount becoming due and payable by Holdings, the Borrower or any
Subsidiary Borrower hereunder (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration
or otherwise), to set off and appropriate and apply against such amount any and
all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final), in any
currency, and any other credits, indebtedness or claims, in any currency, in
each case whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, matured or
unmatured, at any time held or owing by such Lender or any branch or agency
thereof to or for the credit or the account of Holdings, the Borrower or such
Subsidiary Borrower, as the case may be. Each Lender agrees promptly
to notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent after any such setoff and
application made by such Lender, provided that the
failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and
application.
10.8 Counterparts. This
Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Agreement on any
number of separate counterparts, and all of said counterparts taken together
shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery
of an executed signature page of this Agreement by facsimile or other electronic
transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart
hereof. A set of the copies of this Agreement signed by all the
parties shall be lodged with the Borrower and the Administrative
Agent.
10.9 Severability. Any
provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of
such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining
provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any
jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any
other jurisdiction.
10.10 Integration. This
Agreement and the other Loan Documents represent the entire agreement of
Holdings, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders with respect to
the subject matter hereof and thereof, and there are no promises, undertakings,
representations or warranties by the Administrative Agent or any Lender relative
to the subject matter hereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or in
the other Loan Documents.
10.11 GOVERNING
LAW. THIS
AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT
SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW
OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
10.12 Submission To Jurisdiction;
Waivers. Each
of the Agents, Lenders, Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiary Borrowers
hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:
(a) submits
for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party, or for
recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the
non-exclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York, the
courts of the United States for the Southern District of New York, and
appellate courts from any thereof;
(b) consents
that any such action or proceeding may be brought in such courts and waives any
objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such action or
proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought in an
inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same;
(c) agrees
that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be effected by
mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially
similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to Holdings, the Borrower or the
relevant Subsidiary Borrower, as the case may be, at its address set forth in
Section 10.2 or at such other address of which the Administrative Agent shall
have been notified pursuant thereto;
(d) agrees
that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect service of process in any
other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right to sue in any other
jurisdiction; and
(e) waives,
to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have to claim or
recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to in this Section any
special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages.
10.13 Judgment. The
obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Borrower in respect of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents due to any party hereto shall,
notwithstanding any judgment in a currency (the “judgment currency”)
other than the currency in which the sum originally due to such party is
denominated (the “original currency”),
be discharged only to the extent that on the Business Day following receipt by
such party of any sum adjudged to be so due in the judgment currency such party
may in accordance with normal banking procedures purchase the original currency
with the judgment currency; if the amount of the original currency so purchased
is less than the sum originally due under such judgment to such party in the
original currency, the Borrower or such Subsidiary Borrower, as the case may be,
agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to
indemnify such party against such loss, and if the amount of the original
currency so purchased exceeds the sum originally due to any party to this
Agreement, such party agrees to remit to the Borrower such
excess. The provisions of this Section 10.13 shall survive the
termination of this Agreement and payment of the obligations of the Borrower and
the Subsidiary Borrowers under this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents.
10.14 Acknowledgements. Each
of Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiary Borrowers hereby acknowledges
that:
(a) it has
been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution and delivery of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents;
(b) neither
the Administrative Agent nor any Lender has any fiduciary relationship with or
duty to Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary Borrower arising out of or in
connection with this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, and the
relationship between Administrative Agent and Lenders, on one hand, and
Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary Borrower, on the other hand, in
connection herewith or therewith is solely that of debtor and creditor;
and
(c) no
joint venture is created hereby or by the other Loan Documents or otherwise
exists by virtue of the transactions contemplated hereby among the Lenders or
among Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary Borrower and the
Lenders.
10.15 Releases of Guarantees and
Liens. (a)
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan
Document, the Administrative Agent is hereby irrevocably authorized by each
Lender (without requirement of notice to or consent of any Lender except as
expressly required by Section 10.1) to take any action requested by the Borrower
having the effect of releasing any Collateral or guarantee obligations (i) to
the extent necessary to permit consummation of any transaction not prohibited by
any Loan Document or that has been consented to in accordance with Section 10.1
or (ii) under the circumstances described in paragraph (b) below.
(b) At
such time as the Loans, the Reimbursement Obligations and the other obligations
under the Loan Documents (other than obligations under or in respect of
Specified Swap Agreements) shall have been paid in full, the Commitments have
been terminated and no Letters of Credit shall be outstanding (or such Letters
of Credit are Collateralized), the Collateral shall be released from the Liens
created by the Security Documents, and the Security Documents and all
obligations (other than those expressly stated to survive such termination) of
the Administrative Agent and each Loan Party under the Security Documents shall
terminate, all without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by
any Person.
10.16 Confidentiality. Each
of the Administrative Agent and each Lender agrees to keep confidential all
non-public information provided to it by any Loan Party, the Administrative
Agent or any Lender pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement that is
designated by the provider thereof as confidential; provided that nothing
herein shall prevent the Administrative Agent or any Lender from disclosing any
such information (a) to the Administrative Agent, any other Lender or any
affiliate thereof, (b) subject to an agreement to comply with the provisions of
this Section, to any actual or prospective Transferee or any direct or indirect
counterparty to any Swap Agreement (or any professional advisor to such
counterparty), (c) to its employees, directors, agents, attorneys, accountants
and other professional advisors or those of any of its affiliates for performing
the purposes of a Loan Document, (d) upon the request or demand of any
Governmental Authority, (e) in response to any order of any court or other
Governmental Authority or as may otherwise be required pursuant to any
Requirement of Law, after notice to the Borrower if reasonably feasible, (f) if
requested or required to do so in connection with any litigation or similar
proceeding, after notice to the Borrower if reasonably feasible, (g) that has
been publicly disclosed, (h) to the National Association of Insurance
Commissioners or any similar organization or any nationally recognized rating
agency that requires access to information about a Lender’s investment portfolio
in connection with ratings issued with respect to such Lender, or (i) in
connection with the exercise of any remedy hereunder or under any other Loan
Document.
10.17 WAIVERS OF JURY
TRIAL. HOLDINGS,
THE BORROWER, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE LENDERS HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND
UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING
TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM
THEREIN.
10.18 USA Patriot
Act. Each
Lender hereby notifies Holdings and the Borrower that pursuant to the
requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into
law October 26, 2001)) (the “USA Patriot Act”), it is required to obtain, verify
and record information that identifies Holdings and the Borrower, which
information includes the name and address of Holdings and the Borrower and other
information that will allow such Lender to identify Holdings and the Borrower in
accordance with the USA Patriot Act
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly
executed and delivered by their proper and duly authorized officers as of the
day and year first above written.
AVIS
BUDGET HOLDINGS, LLC
By:
Title:
AVIS
BUDGET CAR RENTAL, LLC
By:
Name:
Title:
JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent and as a Lender
By:
Name:
Title:
DEUTSCHE
BANK SECURITIES INC., as Syndication Agent
By:
Name:
Title:
By:
Name:
Title:
DEUTSCHE
BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, as a Lender
By:
Name:
Title:
By:
Name:
Title:
BANK OF
AMERICA, N.A., as a Documentation Agent and as a Lender
By:
Name:
Title:
CREDIT
AGRICOLE CORPORATE & INVESTMENT BANK NEW YORK BRANCH (formerly known as
CALYON), as a Documentation Agent and as a Lender
By:
Name:
Title:
CITICORP
USA, INC., as a Documentation Agent and as a Lender
By:
Name:
Title:
WACHOVIA
BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Documentation Agent and as a Lender
By:
Name:
Title:
Schedule
2
REVOLVING
COMMITMENTS
Lenders
|
Aggregate
Revolving
Commitments
|
Extended
Revolving Commitments2
|
Non-Extended
Revolving Commitments
|
JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK, N.A.
|
$125,000,000.00
|
$125,000,000.00
|
$0.00
|
DEUTSCHE
BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH
|
$125,000,000.00
|
$125,000,000.00
|
$0.00
|
DEUTSCHE
BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH GCT
|
$30,666,666.67
|
$0.00
|
$30,666,666.67
|
DEUTSCHE
BANK AG - LONDON BRANCH
|
$2,300,000.00
|
$0.00
|
$2,300,000.00
|
BANK
OF AMERICA, N.A.
|
$97,033,333.33
|
$97,033,333.33
|
$0.00
|
CITIBANK,
N.A.
|
$95,833,333.33
|
$95,833,333.33
|
$0.00
|
WACHOVIA
BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
|
$82,033,333.33
|
$82,033,333.33
|
$0.00
|
CREDIT
AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK (fka CALYON)
|
$82,033,333.33
|
$82,033,333.33
|
$0.00
|
BARCLAYS
BANK PLC
|
$82,000,000.00
|
$82,000,000.00
|
$0.00
|
THE
ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC
|
$75,000,000.00
|
$75,000,000.00
|
$0.00
|
THE
BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA
|
$57,500,000.00
|
$57,500,000.00
|
$0.00
|
THE
BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD
|
$46,000,000.00
|
$46,000,000.00
|
$0.00
|
CREDIT
SUISSE GROUP AG
|
$34,500,000.00
|
$0.00
|
$34,500,000.00
|
SUMITOMO
MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION
|
$30,666,666.66
|
$30,666,666.66
|
$0.00
|
BANK
OF MONTREAL
|
$27,600,000.00
|
$27,600,000.00
|
$0.00
|
COMMERZBANK
AG
|
$24,533,333.33
|
$0.00
|
$24,533,333.33
|
MIZUHO
CORPORATE BANK LTD
|
$19,500,000.00
|
$0.00
|
$19,500,000.00
|
WELLS
FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
|
$19,166,666.67
|
$19,166,666.67
|
$0.00
|
THE
BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
|
$19,166,666.67
|
$0.00
|
$19,166,666.67
|
IBM
CREDIT LLC
|
$19,166,666.67
|
$0.00
|
$19,166,666.67
|
UNICREDIT
BANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH
|
$15,333,333.34
|
$15,333,333.34
|
$0.00
|
FIRST
COMMERCIAL BANK LTD
|
$15,333,333.33
|
$0.00
|
$15,333,333.33
|
BANK
HAPOALIM BM
|
$11,500,000.00
|
$0.00
|
$11,500,000.00
|
WESTPAC
BANKING CORPORATION
|
$9,200,000.00
|
$9,200,000.00
|
$0.00
|
MERRILL
LYNCH CAPITAL CORPORATION
|
$7,666,666.67
|
$7,666,666.67
|
$0.00
|
NATIXIS
|
$7,666,666.67
|
$0.00
|
$7,666,666.67
|
CHANG
HWA COMMERCIAL BANK LIMITED
|
$7,666,666.67
|
$0.00
|
$7,666,666.67
|
RAYMOND
JAMES BANK, FSB
|
$6,133,333.34
|
$6,133,333.34
|
$0.00
|
2After giving effect to the reduction of
the Extended Revolving Commitments pursuant to Section 4 of the
Second Amendment.
EXHIBIT
B
Form
of Commitment Reduction Notice
Reference
is made to the Credit Agreement dated as of April 19, 2006 (as amended from time
to time, the “Credit
Agreement”) among Avis Budget Car Rental, LLC, the Lenders and other
parties thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative
agent. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein are used with
the meanings assigned to them in the Credit Agreement.
The
undersigned Lender hereby elects to have its Revolving Commitment reduced in
accordance with Section 4 of the Second Amendment.
Lender
Name: _________________
Revolving
Commitment: $ _________________
EXHIBIT
C
Form
of Guarantee and Collateral Acknowledgement
Reference
is made to the Credit Agreement dated as of April 19, 2006 (as amended from time
to time, the “Credit
Agreement”) among others Avis Budget Car Rental, LLC, the Lenders and
other parties thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative
agent. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein are used with
the meanings assigned to them in the Credit Agreement.
Each Loan
Party executing a copy of this Guarantee and Collateral Acknowledgement confirms
and agrees that notwithstanding the effectiveness of the foregoing Second
Amendment, each Loan Document to which such Person is a party is, and shall
continue to be, in full force and effect and is hereby ratified and confirmed in
all respects, in each case as amended by the Second Amendment.
registrationrightsagreement.htm
Exhibit
10.2
REGISTRATION
RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT dated March 10, 2010 (the “Agreement”) is
entered into by and among Avis Budget Car Rental, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company and Avis Budget Finance, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(together, the “Company”), the
guarantors listed in Schedule 1 hereto (the “Guarantors”), Banc of
America Securities LLC (the “Representative”), and
the other initial purchasers listed on Schedule 2 hereto (collectively, with the
Representative, the “Initial
Purchasers”).
The
Company, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers are parties to the Purchase
Agreement dated March 5, 2010 (the “Purchase Agreement”),
which provides for the sale by the Company to the Initial Purchasers of
$450,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 9 5/8% Senior Notes due
2018 (the “Securities”) which
will be guaranteed on an unsecured senior basis by each of the
Guarantors. As an inducement to the Initial Purchasers to enter into
the Purchase Agreement, the Company and the Guarantors have agreed to provide to
the Initial Purchasers and their direct and indirect transferees the
registration rights set forth in this Agreement. The execution and
delivery of this Agreement is a condition to the closing under the Purchase
Agreement.
In
consideration of the foregoing, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
1.
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Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the
following terms shall have the following
meanings:
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“Additional Guarantor”
shall mean any subsidiary of the Company that executes a Guarantee under the
Indenture after the date of this Agreement.
“Business Day” shall
mean any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial
banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to remain
closed.
“Closing Date” shall
mean March 10, 2010.
“Company” shall have
the meaning set forth in the preamble and shall also include the Company’s
successors.
“Exchange Act” shall
mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to
time.
“Exchange Dates” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(ii) hereof.
“Exchange Offer” shall
mean the exchange offer by the Company and the Guarantors of Exchange Securities
for Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof.
“Exchange Offer
Registration” shall mean a registration under the Securities Act effected
pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof.
“Exchange Offer Registration
Statement” shall mean an exchange offer registration statement on Form
S-4 (or, if applicable, on another appropriate form) and all amendments and
supplements
to such registration statement, in each case including the Prospectus contained
therein or deemed a part thereof, all exhibits thereto and any document
incorporated by reference therein.
“Exchange Securities”
shall mean senior notes issued by the Company and guaranteed by the Guarantors
under the Indenture containing terms identical to the Securities (except that
the Exchange Securities will not be subject to restrictions on transfer or to
any increase in annual interest rate for failure to comply with this Agreement)
and to be offered to Holders of Securities in exchange for Securities pursuant
to the Exchange Offer.
“Free Writing
Prospectus” means each free writing prospectus (as defined in Rule 405
under the Securities Act) prepared by or on behalf of the Company or used or
referred to by the Company in connection with the sale of the
Securities.
“Guarantees” shall
mean the guarantees of the Securities and Exchange Securities by the Guarantors
under the Indenture.
“Guarantors” shall
have the meaning set forth in the preamble and shall also include any
Guarantor’s successors and any Additional Guarantors.
“Holders” shall mean
the Initial Purchasers, for so long as they own any Registrable Securities, and
each of their successors, assigns and direct and indirect transferees who become
owners of Registrable Securities under the Indenture; provided that for purposes
of Sections 4 and 5 of this Agreement, the term “Holders” shall include
Participating Broker-Dealers.
“Indemnified Person”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c) hereof.
“Indemnifying Person”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c) hereof.
“Indenture” shall mean
the Indenture relating to the Securities dated as of March 10, 2010 among the
Company, the Guarantors and The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York,
as Trustee, and as the same may be amended from time to time in accordance with
the terms thereof.
“Initial Purchasers”
shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.
“Inspector” shall have
the meaning set forth in Section 3(a)(xiii) hereof.
“Issuer Information”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(a) hereof.
“Majority Holders”
shall mean the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the
outstanding Registrable Securities; provided that whenever the consent or
approval of Holders of a specified percentage of Registrable Securities is
required hereunder, any Registrable Securities owned directly or indirectly by
the Company or any of its affiliates shall not be counted in determining whether
such consent or approval was given by the Holders of such required percentage or
amount; and provided, further, that if the Company shall issue any additional
Securities under the Indenture prior to consummation of the Exchange Offer or,
if applicable, the effectiveness of any Shelf Registration Statement, such
additional Securities and
the
Registrable Securities to which this Agreement relates shall be treated together
as one class for purposes of determining whether the consent or approval of
Holders of a specified percentage of Registrable Securities has been
obtained.
“Participating
Broker-Dealers” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a)
hereof.
“Person” shall mean an
individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, trust or
unincorporated organization, or a government or agency or political subdivision
thereof.
“Prospectus” shall
mean the prospectus included in a Registration Statement, including any
preliminary prospectus, and any such prospectus as amended or supplemented by
any prospectus supplement, including a prospectus supplement with respect to the
terms of the offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities covered by a
Shelf Registration Statement, and by all other amendments and supplements to
such prospectus, and in each case including any document incorporated by
reference therein.
“Purchase Agreement”
shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.
“Registrable
Securities” shall mean the Securities; provided that the Securities shall
cease to be Registrable Securities when (i) a Registration Statement with
respect to such Securities has become effective under the Securities Act and
such Securities have been exchanged or disposed of pursuant to such Registration
Statement, (ii) such Securities become eligible to be sold pursuant to Rule 144
under the Securities Act by a Person that is not an “affiliate” (within the
meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act) of the Company or any Guarantor,
(iii) such Securities are sold under circumstances in which any legend borne by
such Securities relating to restrictions on transferability thereof, under the
Securities Act or otherwise, is removed by the Company or (iv) such Securities
cease to be outstanding.
“Registration
Expenses” shall mean any and all expenses incident to performance of or
compliance by the Company and the Guarantors with this Agreement, including
without limitation: (i) all SEC, stock exchange or Financial Industry Regulatory
Authority, Inc. registration and filing fees, (ii) all fees and expenses
incurred in connection with compliance with state securities or blue sky laws
(including reasonable fees and disbursements of not more than one counsel for
any Underwriters or Holders (whose counsel shall be selected by the Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of Registrable Securities to be
registered in the applicable Registration Statement) in connection with blue sky
qualification of any Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities), (iii) all
expenses of any Persons in preparing or assisting in preparing, word processing,
printing and distributing any Registration Statement, any Prospectus and any
amendments or supplements thereto, any underwriting agreements, securities sales
agreements or other similar agreements and any other documents relating to the
performance of and compliance with this Agreement, (iv) all rating agency fees,
(v) all fees and disbursements relating to the qualification of the Indenture
under applicable securities laws, (vi) the fees and disbursements of the Trustee
and its counsel, (vii) the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and
the Guarantors and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the fees and
disbursements of one counsel for the Holders (which counsel shall be selected by
the Majority Holders and which counsel may also be counsel for the Initial
Purchasers), and (viii) the fees and disbursements of the independent public
accountants of the Company and the Guarantors,
including
the expenses of any special audits or “comfort” letters required by or incident
to the performance of and compliance with this Agreement, but excluding any and
all fees and expenses of advisors or counsel to the Underwriters (other than
fees and expenses set forth in clause (ii) above) or the Holders and
underwriting discounts and commissions, brokerage commissions and transfer
taxes, if any, relating to the sale or disposition of Registrable Securities by
a Holder pursuant to any Registration Statement.
“Registration
Statement” shall mean any registration statement of the Company and the
Guarantors that covers any of the Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities
pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement and all amendments and supplements
to any such registration statement, including post-effective amendments, in each
case including the Prospectus contained therein or deemed a part thereof, all
exhibits thereto and any document incorporated by reference
therein.
“Representative” shall
have the meaning set forth in the preamble.
“SEC” shall mean the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Securities” shall
have the meaning set forth in the preamble.
“Securities Act” shall
mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time.
“Shelf Additional Interest
Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(d)
hereof.
“Shelf Effectiveness
Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b)
hereof.
“Shelf Registration”
shall mean a registration effected pursuant to Section 2(b) hereof.
“Shelf Registration
Statement” shall mean a “shelf” registration statement of the Company and
the Guarantors that covers all or a portion of the Registrable Securities (but
no other securities unless approved by a majority of the Holders whose
Registrable Securities are to be covered by such Shelf Registration Statement)
on an appropriate form under Rule 415 under the Securities Act, or any similar
rule that may be adopted by the SEC, and all amendments and supplements to such
registration statement, including post-effective amendments, in each case
including the Prospectus contained therein or deemed a part thereof, all
exhibits thereto and any document incorporated by reference
therein.
“Shelf Request” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b) hereof.
“Staff” shall mean the
staff of the SEC.
“Target Registration
Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(d)
hereof.
“Trust Indenture Act”
shall mean the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended from time to
time.
“Trustee” shall mean
the trustee with respect to the Securities under the Indenture.
“Underwriter” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 3(e) hereof.
“Underwritten
Offering” shall mean an offering in which Registrable Securities are sold
to an Underwriter for reoffering to the public.
2.
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Registration Under the
Securities Act. (a) To the extent not
prohibited by any applicable law or applicable interpretations of the
Staff, the Company and the Guarantors shall use their reasonable best
efforts to (i) cause to be filed with the SEC an Exchange Offer
Registration Statement covering an offer to the Holders to exchange all
the Registrable Securities for Exchange Securities and (ii) have such
Registration Statement remain effective until 180 days after the last
Exchange Date for use by one or more Participating
Broker-Dealers. The Company and the Guarantors shall commence
the Exchange Offer promptly after the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement is declared effective by the SEC and use their reasonable best
efforts to complete the Exchange Offer not later than 45 days after such
effective date.
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The
Company and the Guarantors shall commence the Exchange Offer by mailing the
related Prospectus, appropriate letters of transmittal and other accompanying
documents to each Holder stating, in addition to such other disclosures as are
required by applicable law, substantially the following:
(i) that the
Exchange Offer is being made pursuant to this Agreement and that all Registrable
Securities validly tendered and not properly withdrawn will be accepted for
exchange;
(ii) the dates
of acceptance for exchange (which shall be a period of at least 20 Business Days
from the date such notice is mailed) (the “Exchange
Dates”);
(iii) that any
Registrable Security not tendered will remain outstanding and continue to accrue
interest but will not retain any rights under this Agreement, except as
otherwise specified herein;
(iv) that any
Holder electing to have a Registrable Security exchanged pursuant to the
Exchange Offer will be required to (A) surrender such Registrable Security,
together with the appropriate letters of transmittal, to the institution and at
the address (located in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York) and in
the manner specified in the notice, or (B) effect such exchange otherwise in
compliance with the applicable procedures of the depositary for such Registrable
Security, in each case prior to the close of business on the last Exchange Date;
and
(v) that any
Holder will be entitled to withdraw its election, not later than the close of
business on the last Exchange Date, by (A) sending to the institution and at the
address (located in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York) specified in
the notice, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth
the name of such Holder, the principal amount of Registrable Securities
delivered for exchange and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing its
election to have such Securities exchanged or (B) effecting such withdrawal in
compliance with the applicable procedures of the depositary for the Registrable
Securities.
As a
condition to participating in the Exchange Offer, each Holder will be required
to represent to the Company and the Guarantors prior to the consummation of the
Exchange Offer (which representation may be contained in the letter of
transmittal contemplated by the Exchange Offer Registration Statement) that (i)
any Exchange Securities to be received by it will be acquired in the ordinary
course of its business, (ii) at the time of the commencement of the Exchange
Offer it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, and has no
arrangement or understanding with any Person to participate in the distribution
(within the meaning of the Securities Act) of the Exchange Securities in
violation of the provisions of the Securities Act, (iii) it is not an
“affiliate” (within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act) of the
Company or any Guarantor and (iv) if such Holder is a broker-dealer that will
receive Exchange Securities for its own account in exchange for Registrable
Securities that were acquired as a result of market-making or other trading
activities, then such Holder will deliver a Prospectus (or, to the extent
permitted by law, make available a Prospectus to purchasers) in connection with
any resale of such Exchange Securities.
As soon
as practicable after the last Exchange Date, the Company and the Guarantors
shall:
(i) accept
for exchange Registrable Securities or portions thereof validly tendered and not
properly withdrawn pursuant to the Exchange Offer; and
(ii) deliver,
or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee for cancellation all Registrable
Securities or portions thereof so accepted for exchange by the Company and
issue, and cause the Trustee to promptly authenticate and deliver to each
Holder, Exchange Securities equal in principal amount to the principal amount of
the Registrable Securities validly tendered by such Holder and accepted for
exchange pursuant to the Exchange Offer.
The
Company and the Guarantors shall use their reasonable best efforts to complete
the Exchange Offer as provided above and shall comply with the applicable
requirements of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and other applicable laws
and regulations in connection with the Exchange Offer. The Exchange
Offer shall not be subject to any conditions, other than that the Exchange Offer
does not violate any applicable law or applicable interpretations of the
Staff.
(b) In the
event that (i) the Company and the Guarantors determine that the Exchange Offer
Registration provided for in Section 2(a) above is not available or may not be
completed as soon as practicable after the last Exchange Date because it would
violate any applicable law or applicable interpretations of the Staff, (ii) the
Exchange Offer is not for any other reason completed by April 19, 2011 or (iii)
upon receipt of a written request (a “Shelf Request”) from
any Initial Purchaser representing that it holds Registrable Securities that are
or were ineligible to be exchanged in the Exchange Offer, the Company and the
Guarantors shall use their reasonable best efforts to cause to be filed as soon
as practicable after such determination, date or Shelf Request, as the case may
be, a Shelf Registration Statement providing for the sale of all the Registrable
Securities by the Holders thereof and to have such Shelf Registration Statement
become effective.
In the
event that the Company and the Guarantors are required to file a Shelf
Registration Statement pursuant to clause (iii) of the preceding sentence, the
Company and the Guarantors shall use their reasonable best efforts to file and
have become effective both an Exchange Offer Registration Statement pursuant to
Section 2(a) with respect to all Registrable Securities and a Shelf Registration
Statement (which may be a combined Registration Statement with the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement) with respect to offers and sales of Registrable
Securities held by the Initial Purchasers after completion of the Exchange
Offer.
The
Company and the Guarantors agree to use their reasonable best efforts to keep
the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective (i) until the expiration
of the time period referred to in Rule 144(b)(i) under the Securities Act or
(ii) for such shorter period that will terminate when all the Registrable
Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement (x) have been sold
pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement or (y) cease to be outstanding (the
“Shelf Effectiveness
Period”). The Company and the Guarantors further agree to
supplement or amend the Shelf Registration Statement and the related Prospectus
if required by the rules, regulations or instructions applicable to the
registration form used by the Company for such Shelf Registration Statement or
by the Securities Act or by any other rules and regulations thereunder or if
reasonably requested by a Holder of Registrable Securities with respect to
information relating to such Holder, and to use their reasonable best efforts to
cause any such amendment to become effective, if required, and such Shelf
Registration Statement and Prospectus to become usable as soon as thereafter
practicable. The Company and the Guarantors agree to furnish to the
Holders of Registrable Securities copies of any such supplement or amendment
promptly after its being used or filed with the SEC.
(c) The
Company and the Guarantors shall pay all Registration Expenses in connection
with any registration pursuant to Section 2(a) or Section 2(b)
hereof. Each Holder shall pay all underwriting discounts and
commissions, brokerage commissions and transfer taxes, if any, relating to the
sale or disposition of such Holder’s Registrable Securities pursuant to the
Shelf Registration Statement.
(d) An
Exchange Offer Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof will not
be deemed to have become effective unless it has been declared effective by the
SEC. A Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(b) hereof
will not be deemed to have become effective unless it has been declared
effective by the SEC or is automatically effective upon filing with the SEC as
provided by Rule 462 under the Securities Act.
In the
event that either the Exchange Offer is not completed or the Shelf Registration
Statement, if required pursuant to Section 2(b)(i) or 2(b)(ii) hereof, has not
become effective on or prior to April 19, 2011 (the “Target Registration
Date”), the interest rate on the Registrable Securities will be increased
by (i) 0.25% per annum for the first 90-day period immediately following the
Target Registration Date and (ii) an additional 0.25% per annum with respect to
each subsequent 90-day period, in each case until the Exchange Offer is
completed or the Shelf Registration Statement, if required hereby, becomes
effective or the Securities become freely tradable under the Securities Act, up
to a maximum increase of 0.50% per annum. In the event that the
Company receives a Shelf Request pursuant to Section 2(b)(iii), and the Shelf
Registration Statement required to be filed thereby has not become effective by
the later of (x) April 19, 2011 or (y) 90 days after delivery of such Shelf
Request (such later date, the “Shelf
Additional Interest
Date”), then the interest rate on the Registrable Securities will be
increased by (i) 0.25% per annum for the first 90-day period payable commencing
from one day after the Shelf Additional Interest Date and (ii) an additional
0.25% per annum with respect to each subsequent 90-day period, in each case
until the Shelf Registration Statement becomes effective or the Securities
become freely tradable under the Securities Act, up to a maximum increase of
0.50% per annum.
If the
Shelf Registration Statement, if required hereby, has become effective and
thereafter either ceases to be effective or the Prospectus contained therein
ceases to be usable, in each case whether or not permitted by this Agreement, at
any time during the Shelf Effectiveness Period, and such failure to remain
effective or usable exists for more than 75 days (whether or not consecutive) in
any 12-month period, then the interest rate on the Registrable Securities will
be increased commencing on the 75th day
in such 12-month period by (i) 0.25% per annum for the first 90-day period
immediately following such 75th day,
and (ii) an additional 0.25% per annum with respect to each subsequent 90-day
period, up to a maximum increase of 0.50% per annum, and ending on such date
that the Shelf Registration Statement has again become effective or the
Prospectus again becomes usable.
(e) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, the increased interest rate described
in Section 2(d) above is the sole and exclusive remedy available to Holders due
to a registration default, so long as the Company and the Guarantors are acting
in good faith hereunder, including, without limitation, with respect to
satisfying their obligations.
(f) The
Company represents, warrants and covenants that, unless it obtains the prior
consent of counsel for the Majority Holders or the consent of the managing
underwriter(s) in connection with any Underwritten Offering of Registrable
Securities, it (including its agents and representatives) will not prepare,
make, use, authorize, approve or refer to any “free writing prospectus” (as
defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) in connection with the Securities
or the Exchange Securities, other than any communication pursuant to Rule 134
under the Securities Act or any document constituting an offer to sell or
solicitation of an offer to buy the Securities or the Exchange Securities that
falls within the exception from the definition of prospectus in Section
2(a)(10)(a) of the Securities Act.
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Registration
Procedures. (a) In connection with
their obligations pursuant to Section 2(a) and Section 2(b) hereof, the
Company and the Guarantors shall as soon as practicable (unless otherwise
stated below):
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(i) prepare
and file with the SEC a Registration Statement on the appropriate form under the
Securities Act, which form (x) shall be selected by the Company and the
Guarantors, (y) shall, in the case of a Shelf Registration, be available for the
sale of the Registrable Securities by the Holders thereof and (z) shall comply
as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the applicable form
and include all financial statements required by the SEC to be filed therewith;
and use their reasonable best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to
become effective and remain effective for the applicable period in accordance
with Section 2 hereof;
(ii) prepare
and file with the SEC such amendments and post-effective amendments to each
Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement
effective for the applicable period in accordance with Section 2 hereof and
cause each Prospectus to be supplemented by any required prospectus supplement
and, as so supplemented, to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities
Act; and keep each Prospectus current during the period described in Section
4(3) of and Rule 174 under the Securities Act that is applicable to transactions
by brokers or dealers with respect to the Registrable Securities or Exchange
Securities;
(iii) in the
case of a Shelf Registration, upon written request, furnish to each Holder of
Registrable Securities, to counsel for the Initial Purchasers, to counsel for
all such Holders and to each Underwriter of an Underwritten Offering of
Registrable Securities, if any, without charge, as many copies of each
Prospectus or preliminary prospectus, and any amendment or supplement thereto,
as such Holder, counsel or Underwriter may reasonably request in writing in
order to facilitate the sale or other disposition of the Registrable Securities
thereunder; and the Company and the Guarantors consent to the use of such
Prospectus, preliminary prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto in
accordance with applicable law by each of the Holders of Registrable Securities
and any such Underwriters in connection with the offering and sale of the
Registrable Securities covered by and in the manner described in such
Prospectus, preliminary prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto in
accordance with applicable law;
(iv) use their
reasonable best efforts to register or qualify the Registrable Securities under
all applicable state securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as any
Holder of Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement shall
reasonably request in writing by the time the applicable Registration Statement
becomes effective; cooperate with such Holders in connection with any filings
required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.; and
use their reasonable best efforts to do any and all other acts and things that
may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable each Holder to complete the
disposition in each such jurisdiction of the Registrable Securities owned by
such Holder; provided that neither the Company nor any Guarantor shall be
required to (1) qualify as a foreign corporation or other entity or as a dealer
in securities in any such jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required
to so qualify, (2) file any general consent to service of process in any such
jurisdiction, (3) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction if it is
not so subject, or (4) make any changes to its incorporating or organizational
documents or limited liability agreement, if applicable, or any other agreement
between it and its stockholders or members, if any;
(v) notify
counsel for the Initial Purchasers and, in the case of a Shelf Registration,
notify each Holder of Registrable Securities and counsel for such Holders
promptly and, if requested by any such Holder or counsel, confirm such advice in
writing (1) when a Registration Statement has become effective, when any
post-effective amendment thereto has been filed and becomes effective and when
any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus has been filed, (2) of any request
by the SEC or any state securities authority for amendments and supplements to a
Registration Statement or Prospectus or for additional information after the
Registration Statement has become
effective,
(3) of the issuance by the SEC or any state securities authority of any stop
order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or the initiation
of any proceedings for that purpose, including the receipt by the Company of any
notice of objection of the SEC to the use of a Shelf Registration Statement or
any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the
Securities Act, (4) if, between the applicable effective date of a Shelf
Registration Statement and the closing of any sale of Registrable Securities
covered thereby, the representations and warranties of the Company or any
Guarantor contained in any underwriting agreement, securities sales agreement or
other similar agreement, if any, relating to an offering of such Registrable
Securities cease to be true and correct in all material respects or if the
Company or any Guarantor receives any notification with respect to the
suspension of the qualification of the Registrable Securities for sale in any
jurisdiction or the initiation of any proceeding for such purpose, (5) of the
happening of any event during the period a Shelf Registration Statement is
effective that makes any statement made in such Shelf Registration Statement or
the related Prospectus untrue in any material respect or that requires the
making of any changes in such Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus in
order to make the statements therein, with respect to a Prospectus, in the light
of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading, and
(6) of any determination by the Company or any Guarantor that a post-effective
amendment to a Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the
Prospectus would be appropriate;
(vi) use their
reasonable best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the
effectiveness of a Registration Statement or, in the case of a Shelf
Registration, the resolution of any objection of the SEC pursuant to Rule
401(g)(2), including by promptly filing an amendment to such Shelf Registration
Statement on the proper form, and provide notice promptly to each Holder of the
withdrawal of any such order or such resolution;
(vii) in the
case of a Shelf Registration, furnish to each Holder of Registrable Securities,
without charge, at least one conformed copy of each Registration Statement and
any post-effective amendment thereto (without any documents incorporated therein
by reference or exhibits thereto, unless requested);
(viii) in the
case of a Shelf Registration, cooperate with the Holders of Registrable
Securities to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates
representing Registrable Securities to be sold and not bearing any restrictive
legends and enable such Registrable Securities to be issued in such
denominations and registered in such names (consistent with the provisions of
the Indenture) as such Holders may reasonably request at least three Business
Days prior to the closing of any sale of Registrable Securities made by such
Holders;
(ix) in the
case of a Shelf Registration, upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by
Section 3(a)(v)(5) hereof, use their reasonable best efforts to prepare and file
with the SEC a supplement or post-effective amendment to such Shelf Registration
Statement or the related Prospectus or any document incorporated therein by
reference or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered
(or, to the
extent
permitted by law, made available) to purchasers of the Registrable Securities,
such Prospectus will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light
of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and the Company
shall notify the Holders of Registrable Securities to suspend use of the
Prospectus as promptly as practicable after the occurrence of such an event, and
such Holders hereby agree to suspend use of the Prospectus until the Company and
the Guarantors have amended or supplemented the Prospectus to correct such
misstatement or omission;
(x) a
reasonable time prior to the filing of any Registration Statement, any
Prospectus, any amendment to a Registration Statement or amendment or supplement
to a Prospectus (other than any document that is to be incorporated by reference
into a Registration Statement or a Prospectus after initial filing of a
Registration Statement and doesn’t name the Holders of Registrable Securities in
their capacity as such), provide copies of such document to the Initial
Purchasers and their counsel (if the Initial Purchasers holds any Registrable
Securities) (and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, to the Holders
of Registrable Securities and their counsel) and make such of the
representatives of the Company and the Guarantors as shall be reasonably
requested by the Initial Purchasers or their counsel (if the Initial Purchasers
holds any Registrable Securities) (and, in the case of a Shelf Registration
Statement, the Holders of Registrable Securities or their counsel) available for
discussion of such document; and the Company and the Guarantors shall not, at
any time after initial filing of a Registration Statement, use or file any
Prospectus, any amendment of or supplement to a Registration Statement or a
Prospectus (other than any document that is to be incorporated by reference into
a Registration Statement or a Prospectus and doesn’t name the Holders of
Registrable Securities in their capacity as such), of which the Initial
Purchasers and their counsel (if the Initial Purchasers holds any Registrable
Securities) (and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Holders of
Registrable Securities and their counsel) shall not have previously been advised
and furnished a copy or to which the Initial Purchasers or their counsel (if the
Initial Purchasers hold any Registrable Securities) (and, in the case of a Shelf
Registration Statement, the Holders of Registrable Securities or their counsel)
shall reasonably object within five Business Days after receipt thereof, unless
the Company believes such Prospectus, amendment or supplement to a Prospectus is
required by applicable law;
(xi) obtain a
CUSIP number for all Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities, as the case
may be, not later than the initial effective date of a Registration Statement
covering such Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities;
(xii) cause the
Indenture to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act in connection with the
registration of the Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities, as the case
may be; cooperate with the Trustee and the Holders to effect such changes to the
Indenture as may be required for the Indenture to be so qualified in accordance
with the terms of the Trust Indenture Act; and execute, and use their reasonable
best efforts to cause the Trustee to execute, all documents as may be required
to effect such changes and all other forms and documents required to be filed
with the SEC to enable the Indenture to be so qualified in a timely
manner;
(xiii) in the
case of a Shelf Registration, make available for inspection by a representative
of the Holders of a majority of the outstanding aggregate principal amount of
the Registrable Securities to be included in such Shelf Registration (an “Inspector”), any
Underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to such Shelf Registration
Statement, any attorneys and one firm of accountants designated by such Holders
and any attorneys (but not more than one counsel acting for all such Holders)
and accountants designated by such Underwriter, at reasonable times and in a
reasonable manner, all pertinent financial and other records, documents and
properties of the Company, the Guarantors and their subsidiaries, and cause the
respective officers, directors and employees of the Company and the Guarantors
to supply all information reasonably requested by any such Inspector,
Underwriter, attorney or accountant to conduct reasonable investigation within
the meaning of Section 11 of the Securities Act in connection with a Shelf
Registration Statement; provided that the foregoing investigation and
information gathering shall be coordinated on behalf of such parties by one
counsel designated by and on behalf of such parties; and provided further that
if any such information is identified by the Company or any Guarantor as being
confidential or proprietary, each Person receiving such information shall take
such actions as are reasonably necessary to protect the confidentiality of such
information to the extent such action is otherwise not inconsistent with, an
impairment of or in derogation of the rights and interests of any Inspector,
Holder or Underwriter);
(xiv) in the
case of a Shelf Registration, use their reasonable best efforts to cause all
Registrable Securities to be listed on any securities exchange or any automated
quotation system on which similar securities issued or guaranteed by the Company
or any Guarantor are then listed if requested by the Majority Holders, to the
extent such Registrable Securities satisfy applicable listing
requirements;
(xv) if
reasonably requested by any Holder of Registrable Securities covered by a Shelf
Registration Statement, promptly include in a Prospectus supplement or
post-effective amendment such information with respect to such Holder as such
Holder reasonably requests to be included therein and make all required filings
of such Prospectus supplement or such post-effective amendment promptly after
the Company has received notification of the matters to be so included in such
filing;
(xvi) in the
case of a Shelf Registration, enter into such customary agreements, including,
but not limited to, an underwriting agreement which contains indemnities
substantially similar to those contained in the Purchase Agreement, and use its
reasonable best efforts to take all such other actions in connection therewith
(including those requested by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of
the Registrable Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement) in order
to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities
including, but not limited to, an Underwritten Offering and in such connection,
(1) to the extent possible, make such representations and warranties to the
Holders and any Underwriters of such Registrable Securities with respect to the
business of the Company, the Guarantors and their subsidiaries and the
Registration Statement, Prospectus and documents incorporated by reference or
deemed incorporated by reference, if any, in each case, in form, substance and
scope as are customarily made by issuers and guarantors to underwriters in
Underwritten Offerings
and
confirm the same if and when required by the applicable underwriting agreement,
(2) obtain opinions of counsel to the Company and the Guarantors (which counsel
and opinions, in form, scope and substance, shall be reasonably satisfactory to
such Underwriters and their counsel) addressed to each Underwriter of
Registrable Securities, in customary form subject to customary limitations,
assumptions and exclusions and covering the matters customarily covered in
opinions requested in Underwritten Offerings, (3) obtain “comfort” letters from
the independent certified public accountants of the Company and the Guarantors
(and, if necessary, any other certified public accountant of any subsidiary of
the Company or any Guarantor, or of any business acquired by the Company or any
Guarantor for which financial statements and financial data are or are required
to be included in the Registration Statement) addressed to each selling Holder
(to the extent permitted by applicable professional standards) and Underwriter
of Registrable Securities, such letters to be in customary form and covering
matters of the type customarily covered in “comfort” letters in connection with
Underwritten Offerings, including but not limited to financial information
contained in any preliminary prospectus or Prospectus and (4) deliver such
documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested by the Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the Registrable Securities being sold or the
Underwriters, and which are customarily delivered in Underwritten Offerings, to
evidence the continued validity of the representations and warranties of the
Company and the Guarantors made pursuant to clause (1) above and to evidence
compliance with any customary conditions contained in the applicable
underwriting agreement; and
(xvii) so long
as any Registrable Securities remain outstanding, cause each Additional
Guarantor upon the creation or acquisition by the Company of such Additional
Guarantor, to execute a counterpart to this Agreement in the form attached
hereto as Annex A and to deliver such counterpart to the Initial Purchasers no
later than five Business Days following the execution thereof.
(b) In the
case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Company may require each Holder of
Registrable Securities to furnish to the Company such information regarding such
Holder and the proposed disposition by such Holder of such Registrable
Securities as the Company and the Guarantors may from time to time reasonably
request in writing. The Company and the Guarantors shall be entitled
to refuse to include for registration the Registrable Securities held by any
Holder who fails to comply with such request and provide the requested
information after being given 15 Business Days notice of such request to the
extent such information is required by applicable law to be included in the
Shelf Registration Statement, and such Holder shall not be entitled to
additional interest pursuant to Section 2(d) above.
(c) In the
case of a Shelf Registration Statement, each Holder of Registrable Securities
covered in such Shelf Registration Statement agrees that, upon receipt of any
notice from the Company and the Guarantors of the happening of any event of the
kind described in Section 3(a)(v)(3), (5), or (6) hereof, such Holder will
forthwith discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to the
Shelf Registration Statement until such Holder’s receipt of the copies of the
supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 3(a)(ix) hereof, or
until it is advised in writing by the Company that the use of the Prospectus may
be resumed, and, if so directed by the Company and the Guarantors, such Holder
will deliver to the Company
and the
Guarantors all copies in its possession, other than permanent file copies then
in such Holder’s possession, of the Prospectus covering such Registrable
Securities that is current at the time of receipt of such notice.
(d) If the
Company and the Guarantors shall give any notice pursuant to Section 3(c) hereof
to suspend the disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Shelf
Registration Statement, the Company and the Guarantors shall extend the period
during which such Shelf Registration Statement shall be maintained effective
pursuant to this Agreement by the number of days equal to the number of days in
the period from and including the date of the giving of such notice to and
including the date when the Holders of such Registrable Securities shall have
received copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus necessary to resume
such dispositions. The Company and the Guarantors may give any such
notice pursuant to Section 3(c) only twice during any 365-day period and any
such suspensions shall not exceed 75 days in any 365-day period and there shall
not be more than two suspensions in effect during any 365-day
period.
(e) In the
case of an Underwritten Offering, the investment bank or investment banks and
manager or managers (each an “Underwriter”) that
will administer the offering will be selected by the Holders of a majority of
the outstanding aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Securities
included in such offering, subject to the Company’s consent, which consent shall
not be unreasonably withheld. Such Holders shall be responsible for
all underwriting commissions and discounts in connection
therewith. No Holder of Registrable Securities may participate in any
Underwritten Offering unless such Holder (i) agrees to sell such Holder’s
Registrable Securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements
approved by the Persons entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements and (ii)
completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities,
underwriting agreements and other documents required under the terms of such
underwriting arrangements, provided that the Holders are given 15 Business Days
notice of such requests.
(f) Notwithstanding
anything contained herein, the Holders may only sell their Registrable
Securities in an Underwritten Offering with the Company’s consent, which may be
granted or withheld in the Company’s sole discretion.
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Participation of
Broker-Dealers in Exchange
Offer. (a) The Staff has taken the
position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its
own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were
acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other
trading activities (a “Participating
Broker-Dealer”) may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the
meaning of the Securities Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the
requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of such
Exchange Securities.
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The
Company and the Guarantors understand that it is the Staff’s position that if
the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a
plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by
which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without
naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange
Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating
Broker-Dealers (or, to the extent permitted by law, made available to
purchasers) to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities
Act in
connection
with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the
Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities Act.
(b) In light
of the above, and notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the
Company and the Guarantors agree to use their reasonable best efforts to amend
or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement for a period of up to 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such
period may be extended pursuant to Section 3(d) of this Agreement (in the case
of a Shelf Registration Statement that is combined with an Exchange Offer
Registration Statement)), if requested by the Initial Purchasers or by one or
more Participating Broker-Dealers, in order to expedite or facilitate the
disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers
consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a)
above. The Company and the Guarantors further agree that
Participating Broker-Dealers shall be authorized to deliver such Prospectus (or,
to the extent permitted by law, make available) during such period in connection
with the resales contemplated by this Section 4. The Participating
Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Company to deliver and shall not
deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection with the resales
contemplated by this Section 4.
(c) The
Initial Purchasers shall have no liability to the Company, any Guarantor or any
Holder with respect to any request that they may make pursuant to Section 4(b)
above.
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Indemnification and
Contribution. (a) The Company and each
Guarantor, jointly and severally, agree to indemnify and hold harmless (i)
each Initial Purchaser and each Holder, their respective affiliates,
directors and officers and each Person, if any, who controls any Initial
Purchaser or any Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities
Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any and all
losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation,
legal fees and other expenses incurred in connection with any suit, action
or proceeding or any claim asserted, as such fees and expenses are
incurred), joint or several, that arise out of, or are based upon, (1) any
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained
in any Registration Statement or any omission or alleged omission to state
therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in
order to make the statements therein not misleading, or (2) any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any
Prospectus, any Free Writing Prospectus used in violation of this
Agreement or any “issuer information” (“Issuer
Information”) filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d)
under the Securities Act, or any omission or alleged omission to state
therein a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein,
in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading, in each case except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or
omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and
in conformity with any information relating to any Initial Purchaser or
information relating to any Holder furnished to the Company in writing
through the Representative or any selling Holder respectively expressly
for use therein. In connection with any Underwritten Offering
permitted by Section 3, the Company and the Guarantors, jointly and
severally, will also indemnify the Underwriters, if any, selling brokers,
dealers and similar securities industry professionals participating in the
distribution, their respective affiliates and each Person who controls
such Persons(within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange
Act) to the same extent as provided above with respect to the
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indemnification of the Holders, if requested in connection with
any Registration Statement, any Prospectus, any Free Writing Prospectus or any
Issuer Information.)
(b) Each
Holder agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the
Company, the Guarantors, the Initial Purchasers and the other selling Holders,
the directors of the Company and the Guarantors, each officer of the Company and
the Guarantors who signed the Registration Statement and each Person, if any,
who controls the Company, the Guarantors, any Initial Purchaser and any other
selling Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section
20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the indemnity set forth in
paragraph (a) above, but only with respect to any losses, claims, damages or
liabilities that arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or
omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in
conformity with any information relating to such Holder furnished to the Company
in writing by or on behalf of such Holder expressly for use in any Registration
Statement and any Prospectus.
(c) If any
suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory
investigation), claim or demand shall be brought or asserted against any Person
in respect of which indemnification may be sought pursuant to either paragraph
(a) or (b) above, such Person (the “Indemnified Person”)
shall promptly notify the Person against whom such indemnification may be sought
(the “Indemnifying
Person”) in writing; provided that the failure to notify the Indemnifying
Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have under paragraph
(a) or (b) above except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced
(through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and
provided, further, that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not
relieve it from any liability that it may have to an Indemnified Person
otherwise than under paragraph (a) or (b) above. If any such
proceeding shall be brought or asserted against an Indemnified Person and it
shall have notified the Indemnifying Person thereof, the Indemnifying Person
shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person (who
shall not, without the consent of the Indemnified Person, be counsel to the
Indemnifying Person) to represent the Indemnified Person and any others entitled
to indemnification pursuant to this Section 5 that the Indemnifying Person may
designate in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and expenses of such
proceeding and shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel related to such
proceeding, as incurred. In any such proceeding, any Indemnified
Person shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses
of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Person unless (i)
the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person shall have mutually agreed to
the contrary; (ii) the Indemnifying Person has failed within a reasonable time
to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person; (iii) the
Indemnified Person shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal
defenses available to it that are different from or in addition to those
available to the Indemnifying Person; or (iv) the named parties in any such
proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the Indemnifying
Person and the Indemnified Person and representation of both parties by the same
counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests
between them. It is understood and agreed that the Indemnifying
Person shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceeding in the
same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate
firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all Indemnified Persons, and that
all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are
incurred. Any such separate firm (x) for any Initial Purchaser, its
affiliates, directors and officers and any control Persons of such Initial
Purchaser shall be
designated
in writing by the Representative, (y) for any Holder, its directors and officers
and any control Persons of such Holder shall be designated in writing by the
Majority Holders and (z) in all other cases shall be designated in writing by
the Company. The Indemnifying Person shall not be liable for any
settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if
settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the
Indemnifying Person agrees to indemnify each Indemnified Person from and against
any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or
judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an
Indemnified Person shall have requested that an Indemnifying Person reimburse
the Indemnified Person for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by this
paragraph, the Indemnifying Person shall be liable for any settlement of any
proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is
entered into more than 30 days after receipt by the Indemnifying Person of such
request; (ii) the Indemnifying Person shall not have reimbursed the Indemnified
Person in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement and
(iii) the Indemnified Person shall have given at least 30 days prior written
notice of its intention to settle. No Indemnifying Person shall,
without the written consent of the Indemnified Person, effect any settlement of
any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Person
is or could have been a party and indemnification could have been sought
hereunder by such Indemnified Person, unless such settlement (A) includes an
unconditional release of such Indemnified Person, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person, from all liability on claims
that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (B) does not include any
statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or
on behalf of any Indemnified Person.
(d) If the
indemnification provided for in paragraphs (a) and (b) above is unavailable to
or insufficient to hold harmless an Indemnified Person in respect of any losses,
claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then each Indemnifying
Person under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Person
thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified
Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the
Company and the Guarantors from the offering of the Securities and the Exchange
Securities, on the one hand, and by the Holders from receiving Securities or
Exchange Securities registered under the Securities Act, on the other hand, or
(ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable
law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative
benefits referred to in clause (i) but also the relative fault of the Company
and the Guarantors on the one hand and the Holders on the other in
connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses,
claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations. The relative fault of the Company and the Guarantors
on the one hand and the Holders on the other shall be determined by reference
to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact
relates to information supplied by the Company and the Guarantors on the one
hand or by the Holders on the other and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge,
access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or
omission.
(e) The
Company, the Guarantors and the Holders agree that it would not be just and
equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 5 were determined by pro rata
allocation (even if the Holders were treated as one entity for such purpose) or
by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable
considerations referred to in paragraph (d) above. The amount paid or
payable by an Indemnified Person as a result of the losses, claims,
damages
and liabilities referred to in paragraph (d) above shall be deemed to include,
subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection with investigating,
preparing to defend, or defending any such action or
claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 5, in no event
shall a Holder be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by
which the total price at which the Securities or Exchange Securities sold by
such Holder exceeds the amount of any damages that such Holder has otherwise
been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or
omission or alleged omission. No Person guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act)
shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such
fraudulent misrepresentation. The Holders’ obligations to contribute
pursuant to this Section 5 are several in proportion to the respective principal
amount of the Registrable Securities held by each Holder and not
joint.
(f) The
remedies provided for in this Section 5 are not exclusive and shall not limit
any rights or remedies that may otherwise be available to any Indemnified Person
at law or in equity.
(g) The
indemnity and contribution provisions contained in this Section 5 shall remain
operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any termination of this
Agreement, (ii) any investigation made by or on behalf of the Initial Purchasers
or any Holder or any Person controlling any Initial Purchaser or any Holder, or
by or on behalf of the Company or the Guarantors or the officers or directors of
or any Person controlling the Company or the Guarantors, (iii) acceptance of any
of the Exchange Securities and (iv) any sale of Registrable Securities pursuant
to a Shelf Registration Statement .
(a) No Inconsistent
Agreements. The Company and the Guarantors represent, warrant
and agree that (i) the rights granted to the Holders hereunder do not in any way
conflict with and are not inconsistent with the rights granted to the holders of
any other outstanding securities issued or guaranteed by the Company or any
Guarantor under any other agreement and (ii) neither the Company nor any
Guarantor has entered into, or on or after the date of this Agreement will enter
into, any agreement that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders
of Registrable Securities in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the
provisions hereof.
(b) Amendments and
Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement, including the
provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and
waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given
unless the Company and the Guarantors have obtained the written consent of
Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding
Registrable Securities affected by such amendment, modification, supplement,
waiver or consent ; provided that no amendment, modification, supplement, waiver
or consent to any departure from the provisions of Section 5 hereof shall be
effective as against any Holder of Registrable Securities unless consented to in
writing by such Holder. Any amendments, modifications, supplements,
waivers or consents pursuant to this Section 6(b) shall be by a writing executed
by each of the parties hereto.
(c) Notices. All
notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be
made in writing by hand-delivery, registered first-class mail, telex,
telecopier, or any courier guaranteeing overnight delivery (i) if to a Holder,
at the most current address given by such Holder to the Company by means of a
notice given in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6(c), which
address initially is, with respect to the Initial Purchasers, the address set
forth in the Purchase Agreement; (ii) if to the Company and the Guarantors,
initially at the Company’s address set forth in the Purchase Agreement and
thereafter at such other address, notice of which is given in accordance with
the provisions of this Section 6(c); and (iii) to such other persons at their
respective addresses as provided in the Purchase Agreement and thereafter at
such other address, notice of which is given in accordance with the provisions
of this Section 6(c). All such notices and communications shall be
deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally
delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage
prepaid, if mailed; when answered back, if telexed; when receipt is
acknowledged, if telecopied; and on the next Business Day if timely delivered to
an air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery. Copies of all such
notices, demands or other communications shall be concurrently delivered by the
Person giving the same to the Trustee, at the address specified in the
Indenture.
(d) Successors and
Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be
binding upon the successors, assigns and transferees of each of the parties,
including, without limitation and without the need for an express assignment,
subsequent Holders; provided that nothing herein shall be deemed to permit any
assignment, transfer or other disposition of Registrable Securities in violation
of the terms of the Purchase Agreement or the Indenture. If any
transferee of any Holder shall acquire Registrable Securities in any manner,
whether by operation of law or otherwise, such Registrable Securities shall be
held subject to all the terms of this Agreement, and by taking and holding such
Registrable Securities such Person shall be conclusively deemed to have agreed
to be bound by and to perform all of the terms and provisions of this Agreement
and such Person shall be entitled to receive the benefits hereof. The
Initial Purchasers (in their capacity as Initial Purchasers) shall have no
liability or obligation to the Company or the Guarantors with respect to any
failure by a Holder to comply with, or any breach by any Holder of, any of the
obligations of such Holder under this Agreement.
(e) Third Party
Beneficiaries. Each Holder shall be a third party beneficiary
to the agreements made hereunder between the Company and the Guarantors, on the
one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, and shall have the
right to enforce such agreements directly to the extent it deems such
enforcement necessary or advisable to protect its rights or the rights of other
Holders hereunder.
(f) Counterparts. This
Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the 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.
(g) Headings. The
headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only, are not a part
of this Agreement and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning
hereof.
(h) Governing
Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
(i) Entire Agreement;
Severability. This Agreement contains the entire agreement
between the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all
oral statements and prior writings with respect thereto. If any term,
provision, covenant or restriction contained in this Agreement is held by a
court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or unenforceable or against
public policy, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and
restrictions contained herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in
no way be affected, impaired or invalidated. The Company, the
Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers shall endeavor in good faith negotiations
to replace the invalid, void or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions
the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid,
void or unenforceable provisions.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first
written above.
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AVIS
BUDGET CAR RENTAL, LLC
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By
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/s/
Rochelle Tarlowe
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Name: Rochelle
Tarlowe
Title: Vice
President and Treasurer
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AVIS
BUDGET FINANCE, INC.
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By
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/s/
Rochelle Tarlowe
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Name: Rochelle
Tarlowe
Title: Vice
President and Treasurer
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AVIS
BUDGET GROUP, INC.
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By
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/s/
Rochelle Tarlowe
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Name: Rochelle
Tarlowe
Title: Vice
President and Treasurer
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AVIS
BUDGET HOLDINGS, LLC
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By
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/s/
Rochelle Tarlowe
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Name: Rochelle
Tarlowe
Title: Vice
President and Treasurer
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AB
CAR RENTAL SERVICES, INC.
ARACS
LLC
AVIS
ASIA AND PACIFIC, LIMITED
AVIS
CAR RENTAL GROUP, LLC
AVIS
CARIBBEAN, LIMITED
AVIS
ENTERPRISES, INC.
AVIS
GROUP HOLDINGS, LLC
AVIS
INTERNATIONAL, LTD.
AVIS
OPERATIONS, LLC
AVIS
RENT A CAR SYSTEM, LLC
PF
CLAIMS MANAGEMENT, LTD.
PR
HOLDCO, INC.
WIZARD
CO., INC.
WIZARD
SERVICES, INC.
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By
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/s/
Rochelle Tarlowe
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Name: Rochelle
Tarlowe
Title: Vice
President and Treasurer
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BGI
LEASING, INC.
BUDGET
RENT A CAR SYSTEM, INC.
BUDGET
TRUCK RENTAL LLC
RUNABOUT,
LLC
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By
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/s/
David B. Wyshner
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Name: David
B. Wyshner
Title: Executive
Vice President, ChiefFinancial Officer and
Treasurer
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Confirmed
and accepted as of the date first above written:
By
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BANC
OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC
For
itself and on behalf of the
several
Initial Purchasers
/s/
William H. Pegler
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Authorized Signatory
Annex
A
Counterpart to Registration
Rights Agreement
The
undersigned hereby absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably agrees as a
Guarantor (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of March
10, 2010 by and among the Company, a Delaware limited liability company, the
guarantors party thereto and Banc of America Securities LLC, on behalf of itself
and the other Initial Purchasers) to be bound by the terms and provisions of
such Registration Rights Agreement.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this counterpart as of
_______________.
[NAME]
By:___________________________
Name:
Title:
Schedule
1
AB Car
Rental Services, Inc.
ARACS
LLC
Avis Asia
and Pacific, Limited
Avis
Budget Group, Inc.
Avis
Budget Holdings, LLC
Avis Car
Rental Group, LLC
Avis
Caribbean, Limited
Avis
Enterprises, Inc.
Avis
Group Holdings, LLC
Avis
International, Ltd.
Avis
Operations, LLC
Avis Rent
A Car System, LLC
BGI
Leasing, Inc.
Budget
Rent A Car System, Inc.
Budget
Truck Rental LLC
PF Claims
Management, Ltd.
PR
Holdco, Inc.
Runabout,
LLC
Wizard
Co., Inc.
Wizard
Services, Inc.
Schedule
2
Barclays
Capital Inc.
Banc of
America Securities LLC
Credit
Agricole Securities (USA) Inc.
Citigroup
Global Markets Inc.
Deutsche
Bank Securities Inc.
J.P.
Morgan Securities Inc.
RBS
Securities Inc.
Scotia
Capital (USA) Inc.
Wells
Fargo Securities, LLC
pressrelease.htm
Exhibit
99.1
Press
Release
AVIS
BUDGET GROUP AMENDS EXISTING CREDIT FACILITY AND COMPLETES OFFERING OF SENIOR
NOTES
PARSIPPANY, N.J., March 10, 2010
- Avis Budget Group, Inc. (NYSE: CAR) announced today
that it has completed an amendment of its existing senior secured credit
facility, as well as its recently announced offering of $450 million aggregate
principal amount of senior notes due 2018.
The
credit facility amendment and senior notes offering:
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extend
the maturity of nearly $1.0 billion of revolving credit commitments (under
which no borrowings are currently outstanding) by two years, to
2013;
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revise
the financial and non-financial covenants in the credit facility to
provide significantly greater flexibility to the
Company;
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result
in the repayment of approximately $450 million of outstanding term loan
borrowings; and
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extend
the maturity of approximately $275 million of remaining term loan
borrowings by two years, to 2014.
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"We are
extremely pleased to have executed against our plan to refinance and extend
future corporate debt maturities well in advance of their stated maturity
dates," said David B. Wyshner, Avis Budget Group executive vice president and
chief financial officer. "The transactions that we completed today
demonstrate our strong access to the capital markets and the confidence of our
bank lending group in our prospects. Our corporate debt maturities
over the next three years now total only $50 million, and we feel very good
about our current capitalization and liquidity position."
The 9⅝%
senior notes due 2018 were priced at 98.634% of par. They are senior
unsecured obligations of the Company's Avis Budget Car Rental, LLC subsidiary
and are guaranteed on a senior basis by Avis Budget Group, Inc. and certain of
its domestic subsidiaries. Net proceeds from the offering were used
primarily to repay outstanding term loan borrowings which, including the effect
of interest rate hedges, carried an effective interest rate of approximately
9.2%.
The
senior notes and the related guarantees have not been registered under the under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered or sold in the
United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the
registration requirements. This press release shall not constitute an
offer to sell nor the solicitation of an offer to buy the senior notes or any
other securities and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any
jurisdiction in which, or to any person to whom, such an offer, solicitation or
sale is unlawful. Any offers of the senior notes will be made only by means of a
private offering memorandum.
Forward-Looking
Statements
This
press release contains certain forward-looking statements that are subject to
known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to
differ materially from those expressed or implied by such
statements. Important assumptions and other important factors that
could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the
forward-looking statements are specified in Avis Budget Group's Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 including under headings such as
"Forward-Looking Statements", “Risk Factors” and "Management’s Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and in other filings
and furnishings made by the Company with the SEC from time to
time. Except to the extent required by applicable federal securities
laws, the Company undertakes no obligation to release publicly any revisions to
any forward-looking statements, to report events or to report the occurrence of
unanticipated events.
About Avis Budget Group,
Inc.
Avis
Budget Group is a leading provider of vehicle rental services, with operations
in more than 70 countries. Through its Avis and Budget brands, the
Company is a leading general-use vehicle rental company in each of North
America, Australia, New Zealand and certain other regions. Avis
Budget Group is headquartered in Parsippany, N.J. and has approximately 23,000
employees. For more information about Avis Budget Group, visit
www.avisbudgetgroup.com.
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