FORM 8-K
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) July 1, 2009 (June 30, 2009)
Oxford Industries, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Georgia
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
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001-04365
(Commission
File Number)
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58-0831862
(IRS Employer
Identification No.) |
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222 Piedmont Avenue, N.E., Atlanta, GA
(Address of principal executive offices)
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30308
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Registrants telephone number, including area code (404) 659-2424
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the
filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14d-2(b))
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.13e-4(c))
Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
Overview
On June 30, 2009 (the Closing Date), Oxford Industries, Inc. (the Company) issued $150.0
million in aggregate principal amount of 11.375% Senior Secured Notes due 2015 (the Notes), which
mature on July 15, 2015, pursuant to an indenture, dated as of June 30, 2009 (the Indenture),
among the Company, the Guarantors (as defined below) and U.S. Bank National Association, as
trustee (the Trustee).
The Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities
Act) or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction. The Notes were sold to qualified
institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A of the Securities Act.
Indenture and Notes
The following is a brief description of the material provisions of the Indenture and the Notes.
The description of the Indenture and the Notes contained herein is qualified in its entirety by
reference to the Indenture herein and Form of 11.375% Senior Secured Note due 2015, filed as Exhibits 4.1
and 4.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, which are incorporated
herein by reference.
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Interest. Interest on the Notes is payable semiannually on January 15 and July
15 of each year, commencing on January 15, 2010. |
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Guarantees. The Notes are guaranteed on a senior secured basis by all of the
Companys domestic subsidiaries that guarantee debt under the Companys domestic revolving
credit facility (as defined below) and will be guaranteed by certain future additional
domestic subsidiaries (the Guarantors and such guarantees, the Guarantees). |
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Collateral. The Notes and the Guarantees are secured on a first-priority basis,
subject to permitted liens, by a lien on the U.S. registered trademarks and certain
related rights owned by the Company and the Guarantors and will be secured on a
first-priority basis, subject to permitted liens, by a lien on certain owned real property
acquired by the Company and the Guarantors following the issue date of the Notes. The
Notes and the Guarantees are secured on a second-priority basis, subject to permitted
liens, by a lien on the assets of the Company and the Guarantors that secure the Companys
domestic revolving credit facility on a first-priority basis including, subject to certain
limitations, present and future receivables, inventory, general intangibles, equipment,
investment property, stock of subsidiaries and certain other assets and proceeds relating
thereto. The property and assets securing the Notes and the Guarantees are referred to
herein as the Collateral. |
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Ranking. The Notes and the Guarantees will be the Companys and the Guarantors
senior secured obligations and will rank: |
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pari passu with any senior indebtedness of the Company and the
Guarantors (except to the extent of the value of the Collateral); |
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senior to any indebtedness of the Company and the Guarantors that is
expressly subordinated to the Notes and the Guarantees; |
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effectively senior to any unsecured indebtedness or indebtedness with a
junior lien to the lien securing the Notes and the Guarantees to the extent of the
value of the Collateral; |
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effectively junior to any secured indebtedness which is either secured
by assets that are not Collateral or which is secured by a prior lien on the
Collateral, in each case, to the extent of the value of the assets securing such
indebtedness; |
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effectively junior to the Companys and the Guarantors obligations
under the domestic revolving credit facility to the extent the Companys and the
Guarantors assets secure such obligations on a first-priority basis; and |
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effectively junior to all obligations of the Companys subsidiaries
that are not Guarantors. |
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Optional Redemption. The Notes will be redeemable at the Companys option, in
whole or in part, at any time on or after July 15, 2012, upon not less than 30 nor more
than 60 days notice, at a price of (1) 105.688% of the principal amount of the Notes if
redeemed before July 15, 2013; (2) 102.844% of the principal amount of the Notes if
redeemed on or after July 15, 2013 but before July 15, 2014; and (3) 100.000% of the
principal amount of the notes if redeemed on or after July 15, 2014, plus in any case
accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date. Prior to July 15, 2012: |
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the Company may redeem up to 35% of the original principal amount of
the Notes with the net cash proceeds from one or more equity offerings by the
Company or the net cash proceeds from specified equity offerings at a redemption
price of 111.375% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid
interest, if any, to the redemption date; and |
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the Company may redeem some or all of the Notes at a redemption price
equal to 100% of the principal amount of each Note to be redeemed plus a make-whole
premium as determined under the Indenture, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if
any, to the redemption date. |
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Change of Control. Upon a Change of Control (as defined in the Indenture), the
Company must offer to purchase the Notes at 101% of the principal amount, plus accrued and
unpaid interest to the purchase date. |
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Other Covenants. The Indenture contains certain covenants limiting the
Companys ability and the ability of its restricted subsidiaries to (subject to certain
exceptions): (i) incur additional debt and guarantees; (ii) pay dividends and repurchase
the Companys stock; (iii) make other restricted payments, including without limitation,
investments; (iv) create liens; (v) sell or otherwise dispose of assets, including capital
stock of subsidiaries; (vi) enter into sale and leaseback transactions; (vii) enter into
agreements that restrict dividends from subsidiaries; (viii) enter into transactions with
the Companys affiliates; (ix) merge or consolidate or sell substantially all of the
Companys assets; and (x) enter into new lines of business. |
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Events of Default. The Indenture also provides for customary events of default
which, if any of them occurs, would permit or require the principal of and accrued
interest on the Notes to become or to be declared due and payable. |
Note Security Agreement
Pursuant to the Security Agreement by and among the Company, the Guarantors and U.S. Bank National
Association, as collateral agent, the Trustee and each Additional
Pari Passu Agent from time to time party thereto (the Note Security Agreement), the Notes and
the Guarantees are secured by liens on the Collateral as described above.
This description of the Note Security Agreement is qualified in its entirety by the Note Security
Agreement filed as Exhibit 10.3 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, which is incorporated herein by
reference.
Domestic Revolving Credit Facility Security Agreement
In connection with the issuance of the Notes, pursuant to the terms of the domestic revolving
credit facility, the Company granted the lenders under the Second Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement dated as of August 15, 2008 among the Company and its subsidiary Tommy Bahama Group,
Inc., as the borrowers, certain subsidiaries of the Company as guarantors, the financial
institutions party thereto as lenders, the financial institutions party thereto as issuing banks,
and SunTrust Bank, as administrative agent (the domestic revolving credit facility), a lien on
any Collateral that was not previously pledged to the lenders under the domestic revolving credit
facility. On June 30, 2009, the Company and the Guarantors entered into a Second Amended and
Restated Pledge and Security Agreement with SunTrust Bank, as administrative agent for the domestic
revolving credit facility (the ABL Security Agreement), to amend the existing pledge and security
agreement to grant the additional liens described above.
This description of the ABL Security Agreement is qualified in its entirety by the ABL Security
Agreement filed as Exhibit 10.4 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, which is incorporated herein by
reference.
Intercreditor Agreement
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connection with the issuance of the Notes, U.S. Bank National
Association, as Trustee and as collateral agent under the Indenture, and SunTrust Bank, as agent under the domestic revolving credit
facility, entered into an Intercreditor Agreement dated as of June 30, 2009 (the Intercreditor
Agreement), as acknowledged by the Company and the Guarantors, which sets forth agreements with
respect to the status of the first-priority and second-priority liens contemplated in the
Indenture, the Note Security Agreement, the domestic revolving credit facility and the ABL Security
Agreement.
The Intercreditor Agreement provides, among other things, (1) that liens on the first-priority
Collateral securing the domestic revolving credit facility will be senior to the liens in favor of
the holders of the Notes on such Collateral, and consequently, the lenders under the domestic
revolving credit facility will be entitled to receive the proceeds from the foreclosure of any such
Collateral prior to the holders of the Notes, (2) that liens on the first-priority Collateral
securing the Notes will be senior to the liens in favor of the administrative agent under the
domestic
revolving credit facility on such Collateral, and consequently, the holders of the Notes will be
entitled to receive proceeds from the foreclosure of any such Collateral prior to the lenders under
the domestic revolving credit facility, (3) that during any insolvency proceedings, the
administrative agent under the domestic revolving credit facility and the collateral agent for the
Notes will coordinate their efforts to give effect to the relative priority of their liens on the
Collateral and (4) certain procedures for enforcing liens on the Collateral.
This description of the Intercreditor Agreement is qualified in its entirety by the Intercreditor
Agreement filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, which is incorporated herein by
reference.
Registration Rights Agreement
In connection with the issuance of the Notes, the Company and the Guarantors entered into a
registration rights agreement, dated as of June 30, 2009, with the initial purchasers of the 2015
Notes (the Registration Rights Agreement), obligating the Company to use its reasonable best
efforts to file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and cause to
become effective a registration statement relating to
an offer to exchange the Notes for new notes with terms substantially identical in all material
respects with the Notes on or before the 366th day after the Closing Date. If we fail to satisfy our obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement we may be
required to pay additional interest on the Notes.
This description of the Registration Rights Agreement is qualified in its entirety by the
Registration Rights Agreement filed as Exhibit 10.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, which is
incorporated herein by reference.
Item 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet
Arrangement of a Registrant.
The information set forth above under Item 1.01 is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item
2.03.
Item 8.01. Other Events.
On June 30, 2009, the Company announced the acceptance for purchase of $144,584,000 of its 87/8%
Senior Notes due 2011 (the 2011 Notes) validly tendered in the Companys tender offer for the
2011 Notes on or prior to the tender offers early tender date. The Company used the net cash proceeds
from the offering of the Notes along with borrowings under the domestic revolving credit facility
to fund the purchase of such 2011 Notes and to pre-fund the redemption of the remaining $22,221,000
in aggregate principal amount of 2011 Notes to satisfy and discharge its obligations under the
indenture governing the 2011 Notes.
A copy of the press release announcing, among other things, the acceptance of the tendered 2011
Notes is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by
reference.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits. The following exhibits are filed herewith:
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Exhibit No. |
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Description |
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4.1
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Indenture, dated June 30, 2009, among Oxford Industries, Inc., the
Guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as
trustee |
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4.2
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Form of 11.375% Senior Secured Note due 2015 (included in Exhibit 4.1) |
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10.1
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Intercreditor Agreement, dated June 30, 2009, between U.S. Bank
National Association, as trustee and as collateral
agent under the Indenture, and SunTrust Bank, as
agent under the ABL Credit Agreement, as
acknowledged by the Company and the subsidiaries party thereto |
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10.2
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Registration Rights Agreement, dated June 30, 2009, among Oxford
Industries, Inc., the guarantors party thereto, Banc of America
Securities LLC, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., Credit Suisse
Securities (USA) LLC, BB&T Capital Markets, a Division of Scott &
Stringfellow, LLC, Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc, Barclays Capital
Inc. and PNC Capital Markets LLC |
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Exhibit No. |
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Description |
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10.3
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Security Agreement, dated June 30, 2009, among Oxford Industries,
Inc., the other Grantors party thereto, U.S. Bank National Association,
as collateral agent and as trustee, and each Additional Pari Passu
Agent from time to time party thereto |
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10.4
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Second Amended and Restated Pledge and Security Agreement, dated June
30, 2009, among Oxford Industries, Inc., the other Grantors party thereto
and SunTrust Bank, as administrative agent |
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99.1
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Press Release of Oxford Industries, Inc., dated June 30, 2009 |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly
caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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Oxford Industries, Inc.
(Registrant)
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Date: July 1, 2009 |
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/s/ Thomas E. Campbell
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Thomas E. Campbell |
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Senior Vice President-Law, General Counsel and Secretary |
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EX-4.1
Exhibit 4.1
INDENTURE
Dated as of June 30, 2009
Among
OXFORD INDUSTRIES, INC.,
THE GUARANTORS NAMED ON SCHEDULE I HERETO,
and
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee
11.375% SENIOR SECURED NOTES DUE 2015
CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE*
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Trust Indenture Act Section |
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Indenture Section |
310 (a)(1) |
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7.10 |
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N.A. |
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N.A. |
(a)(5) |
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7.10 |
(b) |
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7.10 |
(c) |
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N.A. |
311 (a) |
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7.11 |
(b) |
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7.11 |
(c) |
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N.A. |
312 (a) |
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15.03 |
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15.03 |
313 (a) |
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7.06; 15.02 |
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7.06; 15.02 |
314 (a) |
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4.03; 15.02; 15.05 |
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315 (a) |
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7.05; 15.02 |
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7.01 |
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316 (a)(last sentence) |
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317 (a)(1) |
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N.A. means not applicable. |
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This Cross-Reference Table is not part of the Indenture. |
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1
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DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
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Section 1.01 Definitions |
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Section 1.02 Other Definitions |
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Section 1.03 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act |
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Section 1.04 Rules of Construction |
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Section 1.05 Acts of Holders |
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ARTICLE 2
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THE NOTES
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Section 2.01 Form and Dating; Terms |
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Section 2.02 Execution and Authentication |
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Section 2.03 Registrar and Paying Agent |
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Section 2.04 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust |
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Section 2.05 Holder Lists |
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Section 2.06 Transfer and Exchange |
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Section 2.07 Replacement Notes |
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Section 2.08 Outstanding Notes |
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Section 2.09 Treasury Notes |
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Section 2.10 Temporary Notes |
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Section 2.11 Cancellation |
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Section 2.12 Defaulted Interest |
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Section 2.13 CUSIP and ISIN Numbers |
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ARTICLE 3
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REDEMPTION
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Section 3.01 Notices to Trustee |
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Section 3.02 Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed or Purchased |
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Section 3.03 Notice of Redemption |
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Section 3.04 Effect of Notice of Redemption |
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Section 3.05 Deposit of Redemption or Purchase Price |
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Section 3.06 Notes Redeemed or Purchased in Part |
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Section 3.07 Optional Redemption |
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Section 3.08 Mandatory Redemption |
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ARTICLE 4
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COVENANTS
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Section 4.01 Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest |
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Section 4.02 Corporate Existence |
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Section 4.03 Payment of Taxes and Other Claims |
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Section 4.04 Maintenance of Properties |
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Section 4.05 Limitation on Indebtedness |
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Section 4.06 Limitation on Restricted Payments |
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Section 4.07 Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates |
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Section 4.08 Limitation on Liens |
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Section 4.09 Limitation on Sale of Assets |
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Section 4.10 Additional Guarantees |
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Section 4.11 Purchase of Notes upon a Change of Control |
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Section 4.12 Limitation on Subsidiary Preferred Stock |
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Section 4.13 Limitation on Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries |
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Section 4.14 Limitation on Unrestricted Subsidiaries |
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Section 4.15 Provision of Financial Information |
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Section 4.16 Statement by Officers as to Default |
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ARTICLE 5
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SUCCESSORS
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Section 5.01 Consolidation, Merger or Sale of Assets |
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Section 5.02 Successor Substituted |
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ARTICLE 6
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DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
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Section 6.01 Events of Default |
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Section 6.02 Acceleration |
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Section 6.03 Other Remedies |
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Section 6.04 Waiver of Past Defaults |
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Section 6.05 Control by Majority |
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Section 6.06 Limitation on Suits |
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Section 6.07 Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment |
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Section 6.08 Collection Suit by Trustee |
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Section 6.09 Restoration of Rights and Remedies |
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Section 6.10 Rights and Remedies Cumulative |
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Section 6.11 Delay or Omission Not Waiver |
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Section 6.12 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim |
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Section 6.13 Priorities |
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Section 6.14 Undertaking for Costs |
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ARTICLE 7
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TRUSTEE
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Section 7.01 Duties of Trustee |
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Section 7.02 Rights of Trustee |
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Section 7.03 Individual Rights of Trustee |
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Section 7.04 Trustees Disclaimer |
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Section 7.05 Notice of Defaults |
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Section 7.06 Reports by Trustee to Holders of the Notes |
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Section 7.07 Compensation and Indemnity |
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Section 7.08 Replacement of Trustee |
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Section 7.09 Successor Trustee by Merger, etc |
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Section 7.10 Eligibility; Disqualification |
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Section 7.11 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Issuer |
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ARTICLE 8
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LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
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Section 8.01 Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance |
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Section 8.02 Legal Defeasance and Discharge |
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Section 8.03 Covenant Defeasance |
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Section 8.04 Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance |
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Section 8.05 Deposited Money and Government Securities to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions |
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Section 8.06 Repayment to Issuer |
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Section 8.07 Reinstatement |
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ARTICLE 9
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AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER
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Section 9.01 Without Consent of Holders of Notes |
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Section 9.02 With Consent of Holders of Notes |
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Section 9.03 Compliance with Trust Indenture Act |
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Section 9.04 Revocation and Effect of Consents |
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Section 9.05 Notation on or Exchange of Notes |
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Section 9.06 Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc |
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ARTICLE 10
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INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT
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Section 10.01 Intercreditor Agreement |
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ARTICLE 11
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COLLATERAL
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Section 11.01 Security Documents |
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Section 11.02 Collateral Agent |
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Section 11.03 Authorization of Actions to Be Taken |
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Section 11.04 Release of Collateral |
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Section 11.05 Filing, Recording and Opinions |
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INDENTURE, dated as of June 30, 2009, among Oxford Industries, Inc., a Georgia corporation
(the Issuer), the Guarantors (as defined herein) listed on the signature pages hereto,
and U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association duly organized and existing
under the laws of the United States of America, as Trustee.
W I T N E S S E T H
WHEREAS, the Issuer has duly authorized the creation of an issue of $150,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of 11.375% Senior Secured Notes due 2015 (the Initial Notes);
WHEREAS, the Issuer and each of the Guarantors has duly authorized the execution and delivery
of this Indenture;
WHEREAS, all things necessary (i) to make the Notes, when executed by the Issuer and
authenticated and delivered hereunder and duly issued by the Issuer, the valid obligations of the
Company, and (ii) to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Issuer, all in accordance with
their respective terms, have been done; and
NOW, THEREFORE, the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Trustee agree as follows for the benefit of
each other and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes.
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
Section 1.01 Definitions.
144A Global Note means a Global Note substantially in the form of Exhibit A
attached hereto, as the case may be, bearing the Global Note Legend, the OID Legend and the Private
Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of, and registered in the name of, the Depositary
or its nominee that will be issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of
the Notes sold in reliance on Rule 144A.
ABL Obligations means (x) the Indebtedness and other obligations which are secured
by a Lien on the Collateral permitted by clause (b) of the definition of Permitted Liens (or to
the extent designated to the Trustee in an Officers Certificate of the Issuer, clause (q) of the
definition of Permitted Liens) and (y) obligations in respect of Bank Products (as defined in
the Intercreditor Agreement) that are permitted to be secured pursuant to the definition of
Permitted Liens.
ABL Priority Collateral has the meaning set forth in the Intercreditor
Agreement.
Acquired Indebtedness means, with respect to any specified Person, Indebtedness of
any other Person (1) existing at the time such other Person is consolidated or merged with or into,
or became a Subsidiary of, such specified Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is incurred in
connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person consolidating or merging with or into,
or becoming a Subsidiary of, such specified Person, or (2) assumed in connection with the
acquisition of assets from such other Person, in each case, whether or not such Indebtedness is
incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of such acquisition, as the case may be.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Acquired Indebtedness shall not include Indebtedness of such other
Person that is extinguished, retired or repaid concurrently with such other Person becoming a
Restricted Subsidiary of, or at the time it is consolidated or merged with or into, such specified
Person.
Additional Interest means all additional interest then owing pursuant to the
Registration Rights Agreement.
Additional Notes means additional Notes (other than the Initial Notes and other than
Exchange Notes issued in exchange for such Initial Notes) issued from time to time under this
Indenture in accordance with Sections 2.01, 4.05 and 4.08, it being understood that any Notes
issued in exchange for or replacement of any Notes shall not be Additional Notes.
Adjusted Treasury Rate means the rate per annum equal to the semiannual equivalent
yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury
Issue (expressed as a percentage of the principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price
for the redemption date, calculated in accordance with standard market practice.
Affiliate means, with respect to any specified Person: (1) any other Person
directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with
such specified Person; (2) any other Person that owns, directly or indirectly, 10% or more of any
class or series of such specified Persons (or any of such Persons direct or indirect parents)
Capital Stock or any officer or director of any such specified Person or other Person or, with
respect to any natural person, any Person having a relationship with such Person by blood, marriage
or adoption not more remote than first cousin; or (3) any other Person 10% or more of the Voting
Stock of which is beneficially owned or held directly or indirectly by such specified Person. For
the purposes of this definition, control when used with respect to any specified Person
means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly,
whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms
controlling and controlled have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
Agent means any Registrar or Paying Agent.
Applicable Procedures means, with respect to any transfer or exchange of or for
beneficial interests in any Global Note, the rules and procedures of the Depositary, Euroclear
and/or Clearstream that apply to such transfer or exchange.
Asset Sale means any sale, issuance, conveyance, transfer, lease or other
disposition (including, without limitation, by way of merger, consolidation or sale and leaseback
transaction) (collectively, a transfer), directly or indirectly, in one or a series of
related transactions, of:
(1) any Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary;
(2) all or substantially all of the properties and assets of any division or line of
business of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary; or
(3) any other properties or assets (including any transfer by written contract by the
Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary to any other Person of any of its rights to receive all
or a portion of the proceeds from the sale by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of any
such asset or properties) of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary other than in the
ordinary course of business.
For the purposes of this definition, the term Asset Sale shall not include any transfer of
properties and assets
(A) that is governed by the provisions of Section 5.01;
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(B) that is by the Issuer to any Restricted Subsidiary or by any Restricted Subsidiary
to the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with the terms of this Indenture;
provided that no transfer of Note Priority Collateral to a Restricted Subsidiary
that is not a Guarantor shall be included in the exception created by this clause (B),
(C) that would be within the definition of Restricted Payment in Section 4.06 and
would be permitted to be made as a Restricted Payment under Section 4.06,
(D) that is a disposition of Receivables and Related Assets in a Qualified
Securitization Transaction for the Fair Market Value thereof including cash or Cash
Equivalents in an amount at least equal to 75% of the Fair Market Value thereof,
(E) that are obsolete, damaged or worn out equipment or otherwise unsuitable for use in
the ordinary course of business,
(F) that is the disposition of Capital Stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary,
(G) that is the sale or other disposition of cash or Cash Equivalents,
(H) that is the issuance of Capital Stock by a Restricted Subsidiary to the Issuer or
to another Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Securitization Entity),
(I) that is the sale, transfer or disposition deemed to occur in connection with
creating or granting any Liens permitted by Section 4.08,
(J) that is the transfer of assets in connection with an Investment permitted by clause
(8) or clause (13) of the definition of Permitted Investment,
(K) the Fair Market Value of which in the aggregate does not exceed $5 million in any
transaction or series of related transactions, or
(L) consisting of the licensing of any intellectual property in the ordinary course of
business of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries.
Average Life to Stated Maturity means, as of the date of determination with respect
to any Indebtedness, the quotient obtained by dividing (1) the sum of the product of (a) the number
of years from the date of determination to the date or dates of each successive scheduled principal
payment of such Indebtedness multiplied by (b) the amount of each such principal payment by (2) the
sum of all such principal payments.
Bankruptcy Law means Title 11, United States Bankruptcy Code of 1978, as amended, or
any similar United States federal or state law or foreign law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency,
receivership, winding up, liquidation, reorganization or relief of debtors or any amendment to,
succession to or change in any such law.
Board of Directors means the board of directors or comparable governing body of the
Issuer or any Guarantor, as the case may be, or any duly authorized committee of such board or
comparable governing body.
Business Day means each day which is not a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which
banking institutions in The City of New York, the city in which the principal corporate trust
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Trustee is located or at a place of payment are authorized or required by law, regulation or
executive order to remain closed.
Capital Lease Obligation of any Person means any obligation of such Person and its
Restricted Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis under any capital lease of (or other agreement
conveying the right to use) real or personal property which, in accordance with GAAP, is required
to be recorded as a capitalized lease obligation.
Capital Stock of any Person means any and all shares, interests, participations,
rights in or other equivalents (however designated) of such Persons capital stock, other equity
interests whether now outstanding or issued after the Issue Date, partnership interests (whether
general or limited), limited liability company interests, any other interest or participation that
confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of
assets of, the issuing Person, including any Preferred Stock, and any rights (other than debt
securities convertible into Capital Stock), warrants or options exchangeable for or convertible
into such Capital Stock.
Cash Equivalents means
(1) any evidence of Indebtedness issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by
the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof,
(2) deposits, certificates of deposit or acceptances of any financial institution that
is a member of the Federal Reserve System and whose senior unsecured debt is rated at least
A-1 by S&P, or at least P-1 by Moodys or any respective successor agency,
(3) commercial paper with a maturity of 365 days or less issued by a corporation (other
than an Affiliate of the Issuer) organized and existing under the laws of the United States
of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia and rated at least A-1 by S&P
and at least P-1 by Moodys or any respective successor agency,
(4) repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements relating to marketable
direct obligations issued or unconditionally guaranteed by the United States or issued by
any agency thereof and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States maturing
within 365 days from the date of acquisition,
(5) demand and time deposits with a domestic commercial bank that is a member of the
Federal Reserve System that are FDIC insured, and
(6) money market funds which invest substantially all of their assets in securities
described in the preceding clauses (1) through (5).
Change of Control means the occurrence of any of the following events:
(1) any person or group (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the
Exchange Act) is or becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5
under the Exchange Act, except that a Person shall be deemed to have beneficial ownership of
all shares that such Person has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable
immediately or only after the passage of time), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of
the total outstanding Voting Stock of the Issuer;
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(2) during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of
such period constituted the Board of Directors of the Issuer (together with any new
directors whose election to such board or whose nomination for election by the stockholders
of the Issuer was approved by a vote of a majority of the directors then still in office who
were either directors 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;
(3) the Issuer consolidates with or merges with or into any Person or sells, assigns,
conveys, transfers, leases or otherwise disposes of all or substantially all of its and its
Restricted Subsidiaries assets to any Person, or any Person consolidates with or merges
into or with the Issuer, in any such event pursuant to a transaction in which the
outstanding Voting Stock of the Issuer is converted into or exchanged for cash, securities
or other property, other than any such transaction where
(A) the outstanding Voting Stock of the Issuer is converted into or exchanged
for (1) Voting Stock of the surviving corporation which is not Redeemable Capital
Stock or (2) cash, securities and other property (other than Capital Stock of the
surviving corporation) in an amount which could be paid by the Issuer as a
Restricted Payment under Section 4.06 (and such amount shall be treated as a
Restricted Payment for purposes of Section 4.06) and
(B) immediately after such transaction, no person or group is the
beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except
that a Person shall be deemed to have beneficial ownership of all securities that
such Person has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately
or only after the passage of time), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the
total outstanding Voting Stock of the surviving corporation; or
(4) the Issuer is liquidated or dissolved or adopts a plan of liquidation or
dissolution other than in a transaction which complies with Section 5.01.
For purposes of this definition, any transfer of an equity interest of an entity that was formed
for the purpose of acquiring Voting Stock of the Issuer will be deemed to be a transfer of such
portion of such Voting Stock as corresponds to the portion of the equity of such entity that has
been so transferred.
Clearstream means Clearstream Banking, Société Anonyme.
Collateral means, collectively, all of the property and assets that are from time to
time subject to the Lien of (i) the Security Documents (other than the Intercreditor Agreement) or
(ii) the last sentence of Section 5.4(a) of the Intercreditor Agreement, including the Liens, if
any, required pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture.
Collateral Account means the collateral account established pursuant to Section
12.01.
Collateral Agent means the Trustee, in its capacity as Collateral Agent for the
holders of Notes and Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations, together with its successors in
such capacity.
Commodity Price Protection Agreement means any forward contract, commodity swap,
commodity option or other similar agreement or arrangement relating to, or the value of which is
dependent upon, fluctuations in commodity prices and which does not increase the amount of Indebtedness
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or other obligations of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary outstanding other than as
a result of fluctuations in commodity prices or by reason of fees, indemnities and compensation
payable thereunder.
Comparable Treasury Issue means the U.S. Treasury security selected by an
Independent Investment Banker that would be used, at the time of selection and in accordance with
customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable
maturity to the remaining term of the Notes (assuming the Notes matured on July 15, 2012).
Comparable Treasury Price means either (1) the average of the Reference Treasury
Dealer Quotations for the redemption date, after excluding the highest and lowest of such Reference
Treasury Dealer Quotations or (2) if the Trustee obtains fewer than three such Reference Treasury
Dealer Quotations, the average of all quotations obtained.
Consolidated EBITDA means for any period, the sum, without duplication, of
Consolidated Net Income (Loss), and (A) in each case to the extent deducted in computing
Consolidated Net Income (Loss) for such period, (i) Consolidated Interest Expense, (ii)
Consolidated Income Tax Expense and (iii) Consolidated Non-cash Charges for such period, of such
Person all determined in accordance with GAAP, less (B) (i) all non-cash items increasing or
decreasing Consolidated Net Income for such period and (ii) all cash payments during such period
relating to Consolidated Non-cash Charges added back to Consolidated Net Income (Loss) pursuant to
clause (A)(iii) or (B)(i) above in any prior period for purposes of calculating Consolidated EBITDA
for such prior period; provided that Consolidated EBITDA shall exclude (x) gain or loss on
early retirement of Indebtedness and (y) any charges incurred as a result of LIFO adjustments.
Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of any Person means, for any period of the
most recent four fiscal quarters for which consolidated financial statements of the Issuer are
available (the Four Quarter Period), the ratio of
(a) Consolidated EBITDA for such Four Quarter Period to
(b) Consolidated Interest Expense for such Four Quarter Period (but excluding from
Consolidated Interest Expense for this purpose (i) the amortization, expensing or write-off
of deferred financing fees relating to the incurrence of Indebtedness and (ii) the accretion
of original issue discount on the Initial Notes and any Exchange Notes issued in exchange
therefor),
in the case of each of clauses (a) and (b) after giving pro forma effect to:
(1) the incurrence of the Indebtedness giving rise to the need to make such calculation
and (if applicable) the application of the net proceeds therefrom, including to refinance
other Indebtedness, as if such Indebtedness was incurred, and the application of such
proceeds occurred, on the first day of such Four Quarter Period;
(2) the incurrence, repayment or retirement of any other Indebtedness by the Issuer and
its Restricted Subsidiaries since the first day of such Four Quarter Period as if such
Indebtedness was incurred, repaid or retired at the beginning of such Four Quarter Period
(except that, in making such computation, the amount of Indebtedness under any revolving
credit facility shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Indebtedness
during such Four Quarter Period);
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(3) in the case of Acquired Indebtedness or any acquisition occurring at the time of
the incurrence of such Indebtedness, the related acquisition, assuming such acquisition had
been consummated on the first day of such Four Quarter Period; and
(4) any acquisition or disposition by the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries of any
company or any business or any assets out of the ordinary course of business, whether by
merger, stock purchase or sale or asset purchase or sale, or any related repayment of
Indebtedness, in each case since the first day of such Four Quarter Period and prior to the
date of determination, assuming such acquisition or disposition had been consummated on the
first day of such Four Quarter Period;
provided that
(1) in making such computation, the Consolidated Interest Expense attributable to
interest on any Indebtedness computed on a pro forma basis and (A) bearing a floating
interest rate shall be computed as if the rate in effect on the date of computation had been
the applicable rate for the entire Four Quarter Period and (B) which was not outstanding
during the Four Quarter Period which bears, at the option of such Person, a fixed or
floating rate of interest, shall be computed by applying at the option of such Person either
the fixed or floating rate;
(2) in making such computation, the Consolidated Interest Expense of such Person
attributable to interest on any Indebtedness under a revolving credit facility computed on a
pro forma basis shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Indebtedness
during the applicable Four Quarter Period; and
(3) whenever pro forma effect is to be given to an acquisition or disposition, such pro
forma calculation will be determined in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation S-X under
the Securities Act or any successor provision.
Consolidated Income Tax Expense of any Person means, for any period, the provision
for federal, state, local and foreign income taxes of such Person and its consolidated Restricted
Subsidiaries for such period as determined in accordance with GAAP.
Consolidated Interest Expense of any Person means, without duplication, for any
period, the sum of
(a) the interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such
period, on a consolidated basis, including, without limitation,
(1) amortization of debt discount,
(2) the net cost (benefit) associated with Interest Rate Agreements (including
amortization of discounts),
(3) the interest portion of any deferred payment obligation,
(4) all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to
letters of credit and bankers acceptance financing and
(5) accrued interest, plus
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(b) (1) the interest component of the Capital Lease Obligations paid, accrued and/or
scheduled to be paid or accrued by such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such
period and
(2) all capitalized interest of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries, plus
(c) the interest expense under any Guaranteed Debt of such Person and any Restricted
Subsidiary to the extent not included under clause (a)(4) above, whether or not paid by such
Person or its Restricted Subsidiaries, plus
(d) dividend requirements of the Issuer with respect to Redeemable Capital Stock and of
any Restricted Subsidiary with respect to Preferred Stock (except, in either case, dividends
payable solely in shares of Qualified Capital Stock of the Issuer or such Restricted
Subsidiary, as the case may be).
Consolidated Net Income (Loss) of any Person means, for any period, the consolidated
net income (or loss) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period on a
consolidated basis as determined in accordance with GAAP, adjusted, to the extent included in
calculating such net income (or loss), by excluding, without duplication,
(1) all extraordinary gains or losses net of taxes (less all fees and expenses relating
thereto),
(2) the portion of net income (or loss) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries
on a consolidated basis allocable to minority interests in unconsolidated Persons or
Unrestricted Subsidiaries to the extent that cash dividends or distributions have not
actually been received by such Person or one of its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries,
(3) any gain or loss, net of taxes, realized upon the termination of any employee
pension benefit plan,
(4) gains or losses, net of taxes (less all fees and expenses relating thereto), in
respect of dispositions of assets other than in the ordinary course of business,
(5) the net income of any Restricted Subsidiary to the extent that the declaration of
dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of that income is not at
the time permitted, directly or indirectly, by operation of the terms of its charter, any
agreement or applicable law, except to the extent of the amount of dividends or other
distributions actually paid to the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary,
(6) any net gain or loss arising from the acquisition of any securities or
extinguishment, under GAAP, of any Indebtedness of such Person,
(7) any non-cash goodwill or intangible asset impairment charges resulting from the
application of SFAS No. 142,
(8) any non-cash charges incurred relating to the underfunded portion of any pension
plan,
(9) any non-cash charges resulting from the application of SFAS No. 123,
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(10) all deferred financing costs written off, and premiums paid, in connection with
any early extinguishment of Indebtedness,
(11) any non-cash compensation charges or other non-cash expenses or charges arising
from the grant of or issuance or repricing of stock, stock options or other equity-based
awards or any amendment, modification, substitution or change of any such stock, stock
options or other equity-based awards, and
(12) any non-cash impairment charges recorded with respect to long-lived assets in
connection with the application of SFAS No. 144 and any non-cash write-downs attributable to
joint ventures held by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries under APB 19.
Consolidated Net Tangible Assets of any Person means, for any period, the total
amount of assets (less applicable reserves and other properly deductible items) after deducting (1)
all current liabilities and (2) all goodwill, trade names, trademarks, patents, unamortized debt
discount and expense and other intangibles, all as set forth on the Issuers most recent
consolidated balance sheet and computed in accordance with GAAP.
Consolidated Non-cash Charges of any Person means, for any period, the aggregate
depreciation, amortization and other non-cash charges of such Person and its Restricted
Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis for such period, as determined in accordance with GAAP
(excluding any non-cash charge which requires an accrual or reserve for cash charges for any future
period).
Consolidated Total Debt means, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to
the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Indebtedness of the Issuer and its Restricted
Subsidiaries that would be required to be reflected on a consolidated balance sheet (excluding the
notes thereto) of the Issuer as of such date.
Consolidated Total Debt Ratio means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of
(a) Consolidated Total Debt on the date of determination to (b) Consolidated EBITDA of the Issuer
and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the most recent four fiscal quarter period, ending prior to
such date for which the Issuer has consolidated financial statements available, in each case with
such pro forma adjustments to Consolidated EBITDA as are consistent with the pro forma adjustment
provisions set forth in the definition of Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio.
Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee shall be at the address of the Trustee
specified in Section 15.02 or such other address as to which the Trustee may give notice to the
Holders and the Issuer.
Credit Agreement means the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated
August 15, 2008, as amended, among the Issuer and certain of its Subsidiaries, as borrowers
thereunder, the Issuers Subsidiaries which are guarantors thereof, certain lenders party thereto,
and certain agents party thereto, together with the related documents, instruments and agreements
executed in connection therewith (including, without limitation, any guarantees, notes and security
documents), as such agreement, in whole or in part, in one or more instances, may be amended,
renewed, extended, substituted, refinanced, restructured, replaced, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time (including increasing the amount available for borrowing thereunder and
including refinancing with the same or different lenders or agents or any agreement extending the
maturity of, or increasing the commitments to extend, Indebtedness or any commitment to extend such
Indebtedness, and any successor or replacement agreements and whether by the same or any other
agent, lender or group of lenders).
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Credit Facility means one or more credit or debt facilities (including, without
limitation, any credit or debt facilities provided under the Credit Agreement), commercial paper
facilities or other debt instruments, indentures or agreements providing for revolving credit
loans, term loans, letters of credit or other debt obligations, in each case, as amended, restated,
modified, renewed, refunded, restructured, supplemented, replaced or refinanced in whole or in part
from time to time, including without limitation any amendment increasing the amount of Indebtedness
incurred or available to be borrowed thereunder, extending the maturity of any Indebtedness
incurred thereunder or contemplated thereby or deleting, adding or substituting one or more parties
thereto (whether or not such added or substituted parties are banks or other lenders).
Currency Hedging Agreements means foreign exchange contracts, currency swap
agreements or other similar agreements or arrangements designed to protect against the fluctuations
in currency values and that relate to (1) Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary
and/or (2) obligations to purchase or sell assets or properties; provided, however,
that such Currency Hedging Agreements do not increase the Indebtedness or other obligations of the
Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary outstanding other than as a result of fluctuations in foreign
currency exchange rates or by reason of fees, indemnities and compensation payable thereunder.
Custodian means the Paying Agent and Registrar, as custodian with respect to the
Notes in global form, or any successor entity thereto.
Default means any event which is, or after notice or passage of time or both would
be, an Event of Default.
Definitive Note means a certificated Note registered in the name of the Holder
thereof and issued in accordance with Section 2.06(c), (e) or (f), substantially in the form of
Exhibit A hereto, except that such Note shall not bear the Global Note Legend and shall not
have the Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note attached thereto.
Depositary means, with respect to the Notes issuable or issued in whole or in part
in global form, the Person specified in Section 2.03 as the Depositary with respect to the Notes,
and any and all successors thereto appointed as Depositary hereunder and having become such
pursuant to the applicable provision of this Indenture.
Designated Non-cash Consideration means the Fair Market Value, as set forth in an
Officers Certificate, of non-cash consideration received by the Issuer or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries in connection with an Asset Sale.
Discharge of ABL Obligations has the meaning provided in the Intercreditor
Agreement.
Disinterested Director means, with respect to any transaction or series of related
transactions, a member of the Board of Directors of the Issuer who does not have any material
direct or indirect financial interest in or with respect to such transaction or series of related
transactions.
Equity Offering means any public offering or private sale for cash of common stock
(other than Redeemable Capital Stock) of the Issuer (other than public offerings with respect to a
registration statement on Form S-4 (or any successor form covering substantially the same
transactions), Form S-8 (or any successor form covering substantially the same transactions) or
otherwise relating to equity securities issuable under any employee benefit plan of the Issuer).
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Euroclear means Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear system.
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor
statute, and the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC thereunder.
Exchange Notes means any notes issued in exchange for the Notes pursuant to Section
2.06(f).
Exchange Offer has the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.
Exchange Offer Registration Statement has the meaning set forth in the Registration
Rights Agreement.
Excluded Subsidiary shall mean any Person acquired or formed after August 15, 2008
which (i) is a Subsidiary of the Issuer, (ii) is not a wholly owned Subsidiary of the Issuer and
(iii) is (or whose parent is) contractually prohibited from becoming a Guarantor or granting a Lien
in favor of the Collateral Agent or having its Capital Stock pledged to secure the Indenture
Obligations and any Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations; provided, however,
if such Subsidiary is not contractually prohibited from taking all of the actions described in
clause (iii) above, then it shall be deemed an Excluded Subsidiary only with respect to the
actions which it or its parent is contractually prohibited from taking.
Fair Market Value means, with respect to any asset or property, the sale value that
would be obtained in an arms-length transaction between an informed and willing seller under no
compulsion to sell and an informed and willing buyer under no compulsion to buy. Fair Market Value
shall be determined by the Board of Directors of the Issuer acting in good faith.
Foreign Subsidiary means any Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer that (x) is not
organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or the District of Columbia, or
(y) was organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or the District of
Columbia and that has no material assets other than Capital Stock of one or more foreign entities
of the type described in clause (x) above and is not a guarantor of Indebtedness under the Credit
Agreement (including, without limitation, Oxford Private Limited of Delaware, Inc.).
GAAP means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and
pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in
such other statements by such other entity as have been approved by a significant segment of the
accounting profession, which are in effect on the Issue Date.
Global Note Legend means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(g)(ii), which is
required to be placed on all Global Notes issued under this Indenture.
Global Notes means, individually and collectively, each of the Restricted Global
Notes and the Unrestricted Global Notes, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto,
issued in accordance with Section 2.01, 2.06(b), 2.06(d), 2.06(f) or 2.06(j).
Government Securities means securities that are:
(1) direct obligations of the United States of America for the timely payment of which
its full faith and credit is pledged; or
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(2) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or
instrumentality of the United States of America the timely payment of which is
unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of
America,
which, in either case, are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuers thereof, and
shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the
Securities Act) as custodian with respect to any such Government Securities or a specific payment
of principal of or interest on any such Government Securities held by such custodian for the
account of the holder of such depository receipt; provided that (except as required by law)
such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of
such depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the Government
Securities or the specific payment of principal of or interest on the Government Securities
evidenced by such depository receipt.
Guarantee means the guarantee by any Guarantor of the Issuers Indenture Obligations
made pursuant to Article 13.
Guaranteed Debt of any Person means, without duplication, all Indebtedness of any
other Person referred to in the definition of Indebtedness below guaranteed directly or
indirectly in any manner by such Person, or in effect guaranteed directly or indirectly by such
Person through an agreement
(1) to pay or purchase such Indebtedness or to advance or supply funds for the payment
or purchase of such Indebtedness,
(2) to purchase, sell or lease (as lessee or lessor) property, or to purchase or sell
services, primarily for the purpose of enabling the debtor to make payment of such
Indebtedness or to assure the holder of such Indebtedness against loss,
(3) to supply funds to, or in any other manner invest in, the debtor (including any
agreement to pay for property or services without requiring that such property be received
or such services be rendered),
(4) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the debtor, or otherwise to
maintain the net worth, solvency or other financial condition of the debtor or to cause such
debtor to achieve certain levels of financial performance or
(5) otherwise to assure a creditor against loss;
provided that the term guarantee shall not include endorsements for collection or
deposit, in either case in the ordinary course of business.
Guarantor means any Subsidiary which is a Guarantor of the Notes, including any
Person that is required after the Issue Date to execute a Guarantee of the Notes pursuant to
Section 4.10, until a successor replaces such party pursuant to Section 5.01 and, thereafter, shall
mean such successor.
Holder means the Person in whose name a Note is registered in the Note Register.
IAI Global Note means a Global Note substantially in the form of Exhibit A
hereto bearing the Global Note Legend, the Private Placement Legend, and the OID Legend and
deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee that
will be issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes sold to Institutional
Accredited Investors.
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Indebtedness means, with respect to any Person, without duplication,
(1) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money or for the deferred purchase
price of property or services, excluding any trade payables and other accrued current
liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business, but including, without limitation,
all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person in connection with any letters of
credit issued under letter of credit facilities, acceptance facilities or other similar
facilities,
(2) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or other
similar instruments,
(3) all indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other title
retention agreement with respect to property acquired by such Person (even if 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), but excluding trade payables arising in the ordinary
course of business,
(4) all obligations under Interest Rate Agreements, Currency Hedging Agreements or
Commodity Price Protection Agreements of such Person (the amount of any such obligations to
be equal at any time to the termination value of such agreement or arrangement giving rise
to such obligation that would be payable by such Person at such time),
(5) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person,
(6) all Indebtedness referred to in clauses (1) through (5) above of other Persons, the
payment of which is secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing
right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien upon or with respect to property
(including, without limitation, accounts and contract rights) owned by such Person, even
though such Person has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such Indebtedness,
(7) all Guaranteed Debt of such Person,
(8) all Redeemable Capital Stock issued by such Person valued at the greater of its
voluntary or involuntary maximum fixed repurchase price plus accrued and unpaid dividends,
(9) all amounts outstanding and other obligations of such Person in respect of a
Qualified Securitization Transaction, and
(10) attributable debt with respect to sale and leaseback transactions.
For purposes hereof, the maximum fixed repurchase price of any Redeemable Capital Stock
which does not have a fixed repurchase price shall be calculated in accordance with the terms of
such Redeemable Capital Stock as if such Redeemable Capital Stock were purchased on any date on
which Indebtedness shall be required to be determined pursuant to this Indenture, and if such price
is based upon, or measured by, the Fair Market Value of such Redeemable Capital Stock, such Fair
Market Value to be determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the issuer of such
Redeemable Capital Stock.
Indenture means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time.
Indenture Obligations means the obligations of the Issuer and any other obligor
under this Indenture or under the Notes, including any Guarantor, to pay principal of, premium, if
any, and interest when due and payable, and all other amounts due or to become due under or in
connection with this
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Indenture, the Notes and the performance of all other obligations to the
Trustee and the Holders under this Indenture and the Notes, according to the respective terms
thereof.
Independent Investment Banker means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers that the
Issuer appoints.
Indirect Participant means a Person who holds a beneficial interest in a Global Note
through a Participant.
Initial Notes has the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.
Initial Purchasers means Banc of America Securities LLC, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey,
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and the other initial purchasers party to the purchase agreement
related to the Notes.
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding means:
(1) any case commenced by or against the Issuer or any Guarantor under any Bankruptcy
Law for the relief of debtors, any other proceeding for the reorganization, recapitalization
or adjustment or marshalling of the assets or liabilities of the Issuer or any Guarantor,
any receivership or assignment for the benefit of creditors relating to the Issuer or any
Guarantor or any similar case or proceeding relative to the Issuer or any Guarantor or its
creditors, as such, in each case whether or not voluntary;
(2) any liquidation, dissolution, marshalling of assets or liabilities or other winding
up of or relating to the Issuer or any Guarantor, in each case whether or not voluntary and
whether or not involving bankruptcy or insolvency; or
(3) any other proceeding of any type or nature in which substantially all claims of
creditors of the Issuer or any Guarantor are determined and any payment or distribution is
or may be made on account of such claims.
Institutional Accredited Investor means an institution that is an accredited
investor as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act, who is not also a
QIB.
Intercreditor Agreement means the Intercreditor Agreement dated as of June 30, 2009
by and among SunTrust Bank, as initial ABL Agent, U.S. Bank National Association, as notes agent,
the Trustee, the Issuer and the Guarantors, as amended, modified, restated, supplemented or
replaced from time to time.
Interest Payment Date means January 15 and July 15 of each year to Maturity.
Interest Rate Agreements means interest rate protection agreements (including,
without limitation, interest rate swaps, caps, floors, collars and similar agreements) and/or other
types of interest rate hedging agreements or arrangements designed to protect against or manage
exposure to fluctuations in interest rates in respect of Indebtedness of the Issuer or any
Restricted Subsidiary.
Investment means, with respect to any Person, directly or indirectly, any advance,
loan (including guarantees) or other extension of credit or capital contribution to (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), or any purchase, acquisition or ownership by such Person of any Capital
Stock, bonds, notes, debentures
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or other securities issued by, any other Person and all other items
that would be classified as investments on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP.
Investment shall exclude direct or indirect advances to customers or suppliers in the ordinary
course of business that are, in conformity with GAAP, recorded as accounts receivable, prepaid
expenses or deposits on the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiarys balance sheet, endorsements for
collection or deposit arising in the ordinary course of business and extensions of trade credit on
commercially reasonable terms in accordance with normal trade practices. If the Issuer or any
Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer sells or otherwise disposes of any Capital Stock of any direct
or indirect Subsidiary of the Issuer such that, after giving effect to any such sale or
disposition, such Person is no longer a Subsidiary of the Issuer (other than the sale of all of the
outstanding Capital Stock of such Subsidiary), the Issuer will be deemed to have made an Investment
on the date of such sale or disposition equal to the Fair Market Value of the Issuers Investments
in such Subsidiary that were not sold or disposed of in an amount determined as provided in Section
4.09.
Issue Date means the original issue date of the Notes under this Indenture.
Issuer means Oxford Industries, Inc, a corporation incorporated under the laws of
the State of Georgia, until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable
provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter Issuer shall mean such successor Person.
Letter of Transmittal means the letter of transmittal to be prepared by the Issuer
and sent to all Holders of the Notes for use by such Holders in connection with the Exchange Offer.
Lien means any mortgage or deed of trust, charge, pledge, lien (statutory or
otherwise), privilege, security interest, assignment, deposit, arrangement, easement,
hypothecation, claim, preference, priority or other encumbrance upon or with respect to any
property of any kind (including any conditional sale, capital lease or other title retention
agreement, any leases in the nature thereof, and any agreement to give any security interest), real
or personal, movable or immovable, now owned or hereafter acquired. A Person will be deemed to own
subject to a Lien any property which it has acquired or holds subject to the interest of a vendor
or lessor under any conditional sale agreement, Capital Lease Obligation or other title retention
agreement.
Maturity means, when used with respect to the Notes, the date on which the principal
of the Notes becomes due and payable as therein provided or as provided in this Indenture, whether
at Stated Maturity, the Offer Date or the redemption date and whether by declaration of
acceleration, Offer in respect of Excess Proceeds, Change of Control Offer in respect of a Change
of Control, call for redemption or otherwise.
Moodys means Moodys Investors Service, Inc. and any successor to its rating agency
business.
Net Cash Proceeds means
(a) with respect to any Asset Sale by any Person, the proceeds thereof (without
duplication in respect of all Asset Sales) in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents including
payments in respect of deferred payment obligations when received in the form of, or stock
or other assets when disposed of for, cash or Cash Equivalents (except to the extent that
such obligations are financed or sold with recourse to the Issuer or any Restricted
Subsidiary) net of
(1) brokerage commissions and other reasonable fees and expenses (including
fees and expenses of counsel and investment bankers) related to such Asset Sale,
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(2) provisions for all taxes payable as a result of such Asset Sale,
(3) except in the case of Liens ranking junior to the Liens securing the Notes,
payments made to retire Indebtedness where payment of such Indebtedness is secured
by the assets or properties the subject of such Asset Sale,
(4) in the case of an Asset Sale by a Restricted Subsidiary, distributions and
other payments required to be made to minority shareholders, partners or members of
such Restricted Subsidiary as a result of such Asset Sale,
(5) amounts required to be paid to any Person (other than the Issuer or any
Restricted Subsidiary) owning a beneficial interest in the assets subject to the
Asset Sale and
(6) appropriate amounts to be provided by the Issuer or any Restricted
Subsidiary, as the case may be, as a reserve, in accordance with GAAP, against any
liabilities associated with such Asset Sale and retained by the Issuer or any
Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, after such Asset Sale, including, without
limitation, pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities, liabilities
related to environmental matters and liabilities under any indemnification
obligations associated with such Asset Sale, all as reflected in an Officers
Certificate delivered to the Trustee; and
(b) with respect to any issuance or sale of Subordinated Indebtedness, Capital Stock or
options, warrants or rights to purchase Capital Stock, or debt securities or Capital Stock
that have been converted into or exchanged for Capital Stock as referred to in Section 4.06,
the proceeds of such issuance or sale in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents including
payments in respect of deferred payment obligations when received in the form of, or stock
or other assets when disposed of for, cash or Cash Equivalents (except to the extent that
such obligations are financed or sold with recourse to the Issuer or any Restricted
Subsidiary), net of attorneys fees, accountants fees and brokerage, consultation,
underwriting and other fees and expenses actually incurred in connection with such issuance
or sale and net of taxes paid or payable as a result thereof.
Non-recourse Indebtedness means, with respect to any Person, Indebtedness of such
Person as to which the Issuer and any Restricted Subsidiary may not be directly or indirectly
liable (by virtue of the Issuer or any such Restricted Subsidiary being the primary obligor on,
guarantor of, or otherwise liable in any respect to, such Indebtedness), and which, upon the
occurrence of a default with respect to such Indebtedness, does not result in, or permit any holder
of any Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary to declare, a default on such
Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary or cause the payment of Indebtedness of the
Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary to be accelerated or payable prior to its Stated Maturity.
Non-U.S. Person means a Person who is not a U.S. Person.
Note Liens means all Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent on Collateral securing
the Indenture Obligations and any Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations.
Notes means any Note authenticated and delivered under this Indenture including
Initial Notes, Exchange Notes and any Additional Notes.
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Note Priority Collateral means Collateral constituting Note Priority Collateral
under the Intercreditor Agreement.
Obligations means any principal, premium, interest (including any interest accruing
subsequent to the filing of a petition in bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding at the
rate provided for in the documentation with respect thereto, whether or not such interest is an
allowed claim under applicable state, federal or foreign law), penalties, fees, indemnifications,
reimbursements (including reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit and bankers
acceptances), damages and other liabilities, and guarantees of payment of such principal, interest,
penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities, payable under the
documentation governing any Indebtedness.
Offering Memorandum means the offering memorandum, dated June 23, 2009, relating to
the sale of the Initial Notes.
Officer means the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President,
any Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President or Vice President, the Treasurer or the
Secretary of the Issuer or a Guarantor, as applicable.
Officers Certificate means a certificate signed on behalf of the Issuer by an
Officer of the Issuer or on behalf of a Guarantor by an Officer of such Guarantor (or, if
applicable, such Guarantors sole member or general partner) as applicable, that meets the
requirements set forth in this Indenture.
OID Legend means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(g)(iv) to be placed on all
Notes issued under this Indenture that have more than a de minimis amount of original issue
discount for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
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 Issuer or the
Trustee.
Pari Passu Indebtedness means any Indebtedness of the Issuer that is not
contractually subordinated to the Notes.
Participant means, with respect to the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, a
Person who has an account with the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, respectively (and, with
respect to DTC, shall include Euroclear and Clearstream).
Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations means obligations under any Additional
Notes or any other Indebtedness (whether or not consisting of Additional Notes) secured by the Note
Liens; provided that if, after giving effect to the Incurrence thereof, the aggregate
principal amount of Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations issued following the Issue Date
would exceed $50 million (excluding any Indebtedness secured by the Note Liens in reliance on
clause (q) of the definition of Permitted Liens), then immediately after giving effect to the
incurrence of such Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations, the Consolidated Total Debt Ratio
of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries would be less than or equal to 3.25:1.0;
provided that (i) the trustee or agent under such Permitted Additional Pari Passu
Obligation executes a joinder agreement to the Security Agreement in the form attached thereto
agreeing to be bound thereby and (ii) the Issuer has designated such Indebtedness as Permitted
Additional Pari Passu Obligations under the Security Agreement.
Permitted Business means the business conducted by the Issuer and its Restricted
Subsidiaries on the Issue Date and the business reasonably related, complementary or ancillary
thereto, including reasonably related extensions or expansions thereof.
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Permitted Investment means
(1) Investments in the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Securitization
Entity and other than a transfer of Note Priority Collateral to a Restricted Subsidiary that
is not a Guarantor) or any Person which, as a result of such Investment, (a) becomes a
Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Securitization Entity) or (b) is merged or consolidated
with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated
into, the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Securitization Entity);
(2) Indebtedness of the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary described under clauses (3),
(4), (5), (6) and (7) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness;
(3) Investments in any of the Notes;
(4) Investments in Cash Equivalents;
(5) Investments acquired by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with
an Asset Sale permitted by Section 4.09 to the extent such Investments are non-cash proceeds
as permitted thereunder;
(6) Investments by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary in a Securitization Entity in
connection with a Qualified Securitization Transaction, which Investment consists of a
retained interest in transferred Receivables and Related Assets;
(7) (x) Investments in existence on the Issue Date and (y) an Investment in any Person
to the extent such Investment replaces or refinances an Investment covered by clause (x)
above or this clause (y) in an amount not exceeding the amount of the Investment being
replaced or refinanced; provided, however, that the Investment under clause
(y) is on terms and conditions no less favorable to the Issuer and its Restricted
Subsidiaries taken as a whole than the Investment being replaced or refinanced;
(8) Investments in a Related Business Entity in the aggregate amount outstanding at any
one time of up to 2.5% of the Issuers Consolidated Net Tangible Assets;
(9) Investments in a Person whose primary business is a Permitted Business acquired in
exchange for the issuance of Capital Stock (other than Redeemable Capital Stock of the
Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary or Preferred Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary) or acquired
with the net cash proceeds received by the Issuer after the Issue Date from the issuance and
sale of Capital Stock (other than Redeemable Stock of the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary
or Preferred Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary); provided that such Net Cash Proceeds
are used to make such Investment within 30 days of the receipt thereof and the amount of all
such Net Cash Proceeds will be excluded from Section 4.06(a)(3)(B);
(10) Investments in prepaid expenses, negotiable instruments held for collection and
lease, utility and workers compensation, performance and other similar deposits provided to
third parties in the ordinary course of business;
(11) loans or advances to employees of the Issuer in the ordinary course of business
for bona fide business purposes of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries (including
travel, entertainment and moving expenses) made in compliance with applicable law;
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(12) any Investments received in good faith in settlement or compromise of obligations
of trade creditors or customers that were incurred in the ordinary course of business,
including pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy
or insolvency of any trade creditor or customer; and
(13) other Investments in the aggregate amount outstanding at any one time of up to $15
million.
In connection with any assets or property contributed or transferred to any Person as an
Investment, such property and assets shall be equal to the Fair Market Value at the time of
Investment.
Permitted Lien means:
(a) any Lien existing as of the Issue Date on Indebtedness existing on the Issue Date;
(b) any Lien with respect to the Credit Agreement or any other Credit Facility so long
as the aggregate principal amount outstanding under the Credit Agreement or any successor
Credit Facility does not exceed the principal amount which could be borrowed under clause
(1) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness;
(c) any Lien arising by reason of
(1) any judgment, decree or order of any court, so long as such Lien is
promptly adequately bonded and any appropriate legal proceedings which may have been
duly initiated for the review of such judgment, decree or order shall not have been
finally terminated or the period within which such proceedings may be initiated
shall not have expired;
(2) taxes not yet delinquent or which are being contested in good faith;
(3) security for payment of workers compensation or other insurance;
(4) good faith deposits in connection with tenders, leases or contracts (other
than contracts for the payment of money);
(5) zoning restrictions, easements, licenses, reservations, title defects,
rights of others for rights of way, utilities, sewers, electric lines, telephone or
telegraph lines, and other similar purposes, provisions, covenants, conditions,
waivers, restrictions on the use of property or minor irregularities of title (and
with respect to leasehold interests, mortgages, obligations, liens and other
encumbrances incurred, created, assumed or permitted to exist and arising by,
through or under a landlord or owner of the leased property, with or without consent
of the lessee), none of which materially impairs the use of any parcel of property
material to the operation of the business of the Issuer or any Subsidiary or the
value of such property for the purpose of such business;
(6) deposits to secure public or statutory obligations, or in lieu of surety or
appeal bonds; or
(7) operation of law in favor of mechanics, carriers, warehousemen, landlords,
materialmen, laborers, employees or suppliers, incurred in the ordinary course of
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business for sums which are not yet delinquent or are being contested in good
faith by negotiations or by appropriate proceedings which suspend the collection
thereof;
(d) any Lien securing Acquired Indebtedness created prior to (and not created in
connection with or in contemplation of) the incurrence of such Indebtedness by the Issuer or
any Subsidiary and which does not extend to any assets other than the assets acquired;
(e) any Lien to secure the performance bids, trade contracts, leases (including,
without limitation, statutory and common law landlords liens), statutory obligations,
surety and appeal bonds, letters of credit and other obligations of a like nature and
incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Issuer or any Subsidiary;
(f) any Lien securing obligations under Interest Rate Agreements, Commodity Price
Protection Agreements and Currency Hedging Agreements;
(g) any Lien securing Capital Lease Obligations or Purchase Money Obligations incurred
in accordance with this Indenture (including clause (8) of the definition of Permitted
Indebtedness);
(h) leases and subleases of real property which do not materially interfere with the
ordinary conduct of the business of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(i) bankers Liens, rights of set-off or similar rights and remedies as to deposit
accounts or other funds maintained with a depositary institution; provided that:
(1) such deposit account is not a dedicated cash collateral account and is not
subject to restrictions against access by the Issuer in excess of those set forth by
regulations promulgated by the Federal Reserve Board or other applicable law; and
(2) such deposit account is not intended by the Issuer or any Restricted
Subsidiary to provide collateral to the depository institution;
(j) Liens on property, assets or shares of stock of a Person at the time such Person
becomes a Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that such Liens are not
created, incurred or assumed in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person
becoming a Restricted Subsidiary; provided, further, that any such Lien may
not extend to any other property owned by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary and assets
fixed or appurtenant thereto;
(k) Liens securing Indebtedness or other obligations of a Restricted Subsidiary owing
to the Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Securitization Entity);
(l) Liens securing the Notes and the Guarantees issued on the Issue Date (and any
Exchange Notes and related Guarantees issued in exchange therefor);
(m) Liens on assets transferred to a Securitization Entity or on assets of a
Securitization Entity, in either case incurred in connection with a Qualified Securitization
Transaction;
(n) Liens on property of any Foreign Subsidiary securing Indebtedness of a Foreign
Subsidiary permitted by Section 4.05;
(o) Liens securing Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations;
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(p) any extension, renewal, refinancing or replacement, in whole or in part, of any
Lien described in the foregoing clauses (a) through (m) and this clause (p) so long as no
additional collateral is granted as security thereby; and
(q) in addition to the items referred to in clauses (a) through (p) above, Liens of the
Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries on Indebtedness in an aggregate amount which, when
taken together with the aggregate amount of all other Liens on Indebtedness incurred
pursuant to this clause (q) and then outstanding, will not exceed 7.5% of the Issuers
Consolidated Net Tangible Assets at any one time outstanding.
Person means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership,
joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, government or
any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity.
plan of reorganization means any plan of reorganization, plan of liquidation,
agreement for composition, or other type of plan of arrangement proposed in or in connection with
any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.
Preferred Stock means, with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock of any class or
classes (however designated) which is preferred as to the payment of dividends or distributions, or
as to the distribution of assets upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation or dissolution of
such Person, over the Capital Stock of any other class in such Person.
Private Placement Legend means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(g)(i) to be
placed on all Notes issued under this Indenture, except where otherwise permitted by the provisions
of this Indenture.
Purchase Money Obligation means any Indebtedness secured by a Lien on assets related
to the business of the Issuer and any additions and accessions thereto, which are purchased or
constructed by the Issuer at any time after the Issue Date; provided that
(1) the security agreement or conditional sales or other title retention contract
pursuant to which the Lien on such assets is created (collectively a Purchase Money
Security Agreement) shall be entered into within 360 days after the purchase or
substantial completion of the construction of such assets and shall at all times be confined
solely to the assets so purchased or acquired, any additions and accessions thereto and any
proceeds therefrom,
(2) at no time shall the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Indebtedness
secured thereby be increased, except in connection with the purchase of additions and
accessions thereto and except in respect of fees and other obligations in respect of such
Indebtedness, and
(3) (A) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Indebtedness secured thereby
(determined on a per asset basis in the case of any additions and accessions) shall not at
the time such Purchase Money Security Agreement is entered into exceed 100% of the purchase
price to the Issuer of the assets subject thereto or (B) the Indebtedness secured thereby
shall be with recourse solely to the assets so purchased or acquired, any additions and
accessions thereto and any proceeds therefrom.
Purchase Money Security Agreement has the meaning ascribed thereto under the
definition of Purchase Money Obligation.
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QIB means a qualified institutional buyer as defined in Rule 144A.
Qualified Capital Stock of any Person means any and all Capital Stock of such Person
other than Redeemable Capital Stock.
Qualified Securitization Transaction means any transaction or series of transactions
that may be entered into by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to which (a) the
Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary may sell, convey or otherwise transfer to a Securitization
Entity its interests in Receivables and Related Assets and (b) such Securitization Entity transfers
to any other Person, or grants a security interest in, such Receivables and Related Assets,
pursuant to a transaction customary in the industry which is used to achieve a transfer of
financial assets under GAAP.
Receivables and Related Assets means any account receivable (whether now existing or
arising hereafter) of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary, and any assets related thereto
including all collateral securing such accounts receivable, all contracts and contract rights and
all guarantees or other obligations in respect of such accounts receivable, proceeds of such
accounts receivable and other assets which are customarily transferred or in respect of which
security interests are customarily granted in connection with an asset securitization transaction
involving accounts receivable.
Record Date for the interest or Additional Interest, if any, payable on any
applicable Interest Payment Date means January 1 or July 1 (whether or not a Business Day) next
preceding such Interest Payment Date.
Redeemable Capital Stock means any Capital Stock that, either by its terms or by the
terms of any security into which it is convertible or exchangeable (at the option of the holders
thereof), is, or upon the happening of an event or passage of time would be, required to be
redeemed (at the option of the holders thereof) prior to the Maturity of the Notes (other than upon
a change of control of or sale of assets by the Issuer in circumstances where the Holders of the
Notes would have similar rights), or is convertible into or exchangeable for debt securities at any
time prior to the Maturity of the Notes at the option of the holder thereof.
Redemption Date when used with respect to any Note to be redeemed pursuant to any
provision in this Indenture means the date fixed for such redemption pursuant to this Indenture.
Reference Treasury Dealer means each of Banc of America Securities LLC (and its
successors) and any other nationally recognized investment banking firm specified from time to time
by the Issuer that is a primary U.S. government securities dealer.
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations means, with respect to each Reference Treasury
Dealer and any redemption date, the average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked
prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal
amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer as of 3:30 p.m., New
York time, on the third business day preceding the redemption date.
Registration Rights Agreement means the Registration Rights Agreement related to the
Notes, dated as of the Issue Date, among the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers, as
such agreement may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time and, with respect to any
Additional Notes, one or more registration rights agreements between the Issuer and the other
parties thereto, as such agreement(s) may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time,
relating to rights given by the Issuer to the purchasers of Additional Notes to have the exchange
or resale of such Additional Notes registered under the Securities Act.
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Regulation S means Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act.
Regulation S Global Note means a Global Note substantially in the form of
Exhibit A hereto, bearing the Global Note Legend, the OID Legend and the Private Placement
Legend and deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its
nominee, issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes sold in
reliance on Regulation S.
Related Business Entity means
(1) any corporation at least 35% of the outstanding voting power of the Voting Stock of
which is owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by the Issuer, or
(2) any other Person in which the Issuer, directly or indirectly, has at least 35% of
the outstanding partnership, equity or other similar interests,
which, in the case of (1) or (2) above, conducts its principal business as a Permitted Business.
Replacement Assets means properties or assets to replace the properties or assets
that were the subject of an Asset Sale or properties and assets that will be used in businesses of
the Issuer or its Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, existing at the time such assets are
sold or Capital Stock of a Person, the principal portion of whose assets consist of such property
or assets; provided that in the case of a sale of Note Priority Collateral such replacement
properties or assets constitute Collateral (and in the case of a sale of Tommy Bahama Collateral,
such properties or assets constitute Note Priority Collateral).
Responsible Officer means, when used with respect to the Trustee, any officer within
the corporate trust department of the Trustee, including any managing director, director, vice
president, assistant vice president, trust officer or any other officer of the Trustee who
customarily performs functions similar to those performed by the Persons who at the time shall be
such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of such
Persons knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and who shall have direct
responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.
Restricted Definitive Note means a Definitive Note bearing the Private Placement
Legend and the OID Legend.
Restricted Global Note means a Global Note bearing the Private Placement Legend and
the OID Legend.
Restricted Period means the 40-day distribution compliance period as defined in
Regulation S.
Restricted Subsidiary means any Subsidiary of the Issuer that has not been
designated by the Board of Directors of the Issuer by a board resolution delivered to the Trustee
as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to and in compliance with Section 4.14.
Rule 144 means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act.
Rule 144A means Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act.
Rule 903 means Rule 903 promulgated under the Securities Act.
Rule 904 means Rule 904 promulgated under the Securities Act.
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S&P means Standard & Poors, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and any
successor to its rating agency business.
SEC means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any successor
statute, and the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC thereunder.
Securitization Entity means a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary (or another Person
in which the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer makes an Investment and to which the Issuer or
any Subsidiary of the Issuer transfers Receivables and Related Assets) that, in the case of a
Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary, engages in no activities other than in connection with the
financing of Receivables and Related Assets and that is designated by the Board of Directors of the
Issuer (as provided below) as a Securitization Entity and:
(a) no portion of the Indebtedness or any other obligations (contingent or otherwise)
of which:
(1) is guaranteed by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary (excluding
Guarantees (other than the principal of, and interest on, Indebtedness) pursuant to
Standard Securitization Undertakings);
(2) is recourse to or obligates the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary (other
than such Securitization Entity) in any way other than pursuant to Standard
Securitization Undertakings; or
(3) subjects any property or asset of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary
(other than such Securitization Entity), directly or indirectly, contingently or
otherwise, to the satisfaction thereof, other than pursuant to Standard
Securitization Undertakings;
(b) with which neither the Issuer nor any Restricted Subsidiary (other than such
Securitization Entity) has any material contract, agreement, arrangement or understanding
other than on terms no less favorable to the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary than those
that might be obtained at the time from Persons that are not Affiliates of the Issuer, other
than fees payable in the ordinary course of business in connection with servicing accounts
receivable of such entity;
(c) to which neither the Issuer nor any Restricted Subsidiary (other than such
Securitization Entity) has any obligation to maintain or preserve such entitys financial
condition or cause such entity to achieve certain levels of operating results; and
(d) such entity is a qualified special purpose entity in accordance with GAAP.
Any designation of a Subsidiary as a Securitization Entity shall be evidenced to the Trustee
by filing with the Trustee a certified copy of the resolution of the Board of Directors of the
Issuer giving effect to the designation and an Officers Certificate certifying that the
designation complied with the preceding conditions and was permitted by this Indenture.
Security Agreement means the Security Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2009, by and
among the Issuer, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Collateral Agent, as the same may be amended,
modified, restated, supplemented or replaced from time to time in accordance with its terms.
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Security Documents means the Security Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement and all
of the security agreements, pledges, collateral assignments, mortgages, deeds of trust, trust deeds
or other instruments evidencing or creating or purporting to create any security interests in favor
of the Collateral Agent for its benefit and for the benefit of the Trustee and the Holders of the
Notes and the holders of any Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations, in all or any portion of
the Collateral, as amended, modified, restated, supplemented or replaced from time to time.
Shelf Registration Statement means the Shelf Registration Statement as defined in
the Registration Rights Agreement.
Significant Subsidiary means, at any time, any Restricted Subsidiary that qualifies
at such time as a significant subsidiary within the meaning of Regulation S-X promulgated by the
SEC (as in effect on the Issue Date).
Standard Securitization Undertakings means representations, warranties, covenants
and indemnities entered into by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary that are reasonably
customary in an accounts receivable securitization transaction.
Stated Maturity means, when used with respect to any Indebtedness or any installment
of interest thereon, the dates specified in such Indebtedness as the fixed date on which the
principal of such Indebtedness or such installment of interest, as the case may be, is due and
payable.
Subordinated Indebtedness means Indebtedness of the Issuer or a Guarantor that is
contractually subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or a Guarantee, as the case may be.
Subsidiary of a Person means
(1) any corporation more than 50% of the outstanding voting power of the Voting Stock
of which is owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or by one or more
other Subsidiaries of such Person, or by such Person and one or more other Subsidiaries
thereof, or
(2) any limited partnership of which such Person or any Subsidiary of such Person is a
general partner, or
(3) any other Person in which such Person, or one or more other Subsidiaries of such
Person, or such Person and one or more other Subsidiaries, directly or indirectly, have more
than 50% of the outstanding partnership or similar interests or have the power, by contract
or otherwise, to direct or cause the direction of the policies, management and affairs
thereof.
Tommy Bahama Collateral means any Note Priority Collateral (i) consisting of the
Tommy Bahama trademarks and related rights or (ii) which was acquired with the proceeds of the Net
Cash Proceeds from any Asset Sale of Note Priority Collateral described in clause (i).
Transfer Agent means the Person specified in Section 2.03 as the Transfer Agent, and
any and all successors thereto, to receive on behalf of the Registrar any Notes or Exchange Notes
for transfer or exchange pursuant to this Indenture.
Trust Indenture Act means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, or any
successor statute.
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Trustee means U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, until a successor replaces
it in accordance with Section 7.08 and thereafter means the successor serving hereunder.
Trust Monies means all cash and Cash Equivalents:
(1) received by the Issuer upon the release of Collateral from the Lien of this
Indenture or the Security Documents in connection with any Asset Sale; or
(2) received by the Collateral Agent as proceeds of any sale or other disposition of
all or any part of the Collateral by or on behalf of the Collateral Agent or any collection,
recovery, receipt, appropriation or other realization of or from all or any part of the
Collateral pursuant to this Indenture or any of the Security Documents;
provided, however, that Trust Monies shall in no event include any property
deposited with the Trustee for any redemption, Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance of Notes,
for the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or to pay the purchase price of Notes and any
Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations pursuant to an Offer in accordance with the terms of
this Indenture and shall not include any cash received or applicable by the Trustee in payment of
its fees and expenses (or, prior to the Discharge of ABL Obligations, any amounts attributable to
ABL Priority Collateral).
UCC means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of
New York; provided, however, that, at any time, if by reason of mandatory
provisions of law, any or all of the perfection or priority of the Collateral Agents security
interest in any item or portion of the Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in
effect in a jurisdiction other that the State of New York, the term UCC shall mean the Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect, at such time, in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the
provisions hereof relating to such perfection or priority and for purposes of definitions relating
to such provisions.
Unrestricted Definitive Note means one or more Definitive Notes that do not bear and
are not required to bear the Private Placement Legend.
Unrestricted Global Note means a permanent Global Note, substantially in the form of
Exhibit A attached hereto, that bears the Global Note Legend and the OID Legend and that
has the Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note attached thereto, and that is
deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary, representing Notes
that do not bear the Private Placement Legend.
Unrestricted Subsidiary means any Subsidiary of the Issuer (other than a Guarantor)
designated as such pursuant to and in compliance with Section 4.14.
U.S. Person means a U.S. person as defined in Rule 902(k) under the Securities Act.
Voting Stock of a Person means Capital Stock of such Person of the class or classes
pursuant to which the holders thereof have the general voting power under ordinary circumstances to
elect at least a majority of the Board of Directors, managers or trustees of such Person
(irrespective of whether or not at the time Capital Stock of any other class or classes shall have
or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency).
Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary means a Restricted Subsidiary all the Capital
Stock of which is owned by the Issuer or another Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary (other than
directors qualifying shares).
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Section 1.02 Other Definitions.
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Authentication Order |
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2.02 |
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Change of Control Offer |
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4.11 |
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Change of Control Purchase Date |
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Change of Control Purchase Notice |
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Change of Control Purchase Price |
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Covenant Defeasance |
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Designation Amount |
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Event of Default |
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incur |
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Note Register |
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Offer |
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Paying Agent |
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Permitted Payment |
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Restricted Payment |
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Section 1.03 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.
Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the Trust Indenture Act, the provision is
incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture.
The following Trust Indenture Act terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:
indenture securities means the Notes;
indenture security holder means a Holder of a Note;
indenture to be qualified means this Indenture;
indenture trustee or institutional trustee means the Trustee; and
obligor on the Notes and the Guarantees means the Issuer and the Guarantors,
respectively, and any successor obligor upon the Notes and the Guarantees, respectively.
All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the Trust Indenture Act, defined by
Trust Indenture Act reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule under the Trust Indenture
Act have the meanings so assigned to them.
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Section 1.04 Rules of Construction.
Unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) a term has the meaning assigned to it;
(b) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in
accordance with GAAP;
(c) or is not exclusive;
(d) words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the singular;
(e) will shall be interpreted to express a command;
(f) provisions apply to successive events and transactions;
(g) 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;
(h) unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an Article, Section or
clause refers to an Article, Section or clause, as the case may be, of this Indenture; and
(i) the words herein, hereof and hereunder and other words of similar import
refer to this Indenture as a whole and not any particular Article, Section, clause or other
subdivision.
Section 1.05 Acts of Holders.
(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 an agent
duly appointed in writing. Except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become
effective when such instrument or instruments or record or both are delivered to the Trustee and,
where it is hereby expressly required, to the Issuer. Proof of execution of any such instrument or
of a writing appointing any such agent, or the holding by any Person of a Note, shall be sufficient
for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 7.01) conclusive in favor of the Trustee
and the Issuer, if made in the manner provided in this Section 1.05.
(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 or on behalf of any legal entity other than an individual, such certificate or affidavit
shall also constitute proof of the authority of the Person executing the same. 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.
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(d) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action by
the Holder of any Note shall bind every future Holder of the same Note and the Holder of every Note
issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof, in
respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by the Trustee or the Issuer in reliance thereon,
whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Note.
(e) The Issuer may, in the circumstances permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, set a record
date for purposes of determining the identity of Holders entitled to give any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or take any other act, or to vote or consent to
any action by vote or consent authorized or permitted to be given or taken by Holders. Unless
otherwise specified, if not set by the Issuer prior to the first solicitation of a Holder made by
any Person in respect of any such action, or in the case of any such vote, prior to such vote, any
such record date shall be the later of 30 days prior to the first solicitation of such consent or
the date of the most recent list of Holders furnished to the Trustee prior to such solicitation.
(f) Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled 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. Any notice given or action taken by a
Holder or its agents with regard to different parts of such principal amount pursuant to this
paragraph shall have the same effect as if given or taken by separate Holders of each such
different part.
(g) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a Holder, including DTC, 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, and DTC, as the Holder of a Global Note, may
provide its proxy or proxies to the beneficial owners of interests in any such Global Note through
such depositarys standing instructions and customary practices.
(h) The Issuer may fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Persons who are
beneficial owners of interests in any Global Note held by DTC 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.
ARTICLE 2
THE NOTES
Section 2.01 Form and Dating; Terms.
(a) General. The Notes and the Trustees certificate of authentication shall be
substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto. The Notes may have notations, legends or
endorsements required by law, stock exchange rules or usage. Each Note shall be dated the date of
its authentication. The Notes shall be in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples
of $1,000 in excess thereof.
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(b) Global Notes. Notes issued in global form shall be substantially in the form of
Exhibit A hereto (including the Global Note Legend thereon and the Schedule of Exchanges
of Interests in the Global Note attached thereto). Notes issued in definitive form shall be
substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto (but without the Global Note Legend
thereon and without the Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note attached thereto).
Each Global Note shall represent such of the outstanding Notes as shall be specified in the
Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note attached thereto and each shall provide
that it shall represent up to the aggregate principal amount of Notes from time to time endorsed
thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby may from
time to time be reduced or increased, as applicable, to reflect exchanges and redemptions. Any
endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the aggregate
principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee or the
Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, in accordance with instructions given by the Holder
thereof as required by Section 2.06.
(c) [Reserved]
(d) Terms. The aggregate principal amount of Notes that may be authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.
The terms and provisions contained in the Notes shall constitute, and are hereby expressly
made, a part of this Indenture and the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Trustee, by their execution
and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound
thereby. However, to the extent any provision of any Note conflicts with the express provisions of
this Indenture, the provisions of this Indenture shall govern and be controlling.
The Notes shall be subject to repurchase by the Issuer pursuant to an Offer as provided in
Section 4.09 or a Change of Control Offer as provided in Section 4.11. The Notes shall not be
redeemable, other than as provided in Article 3.
Additional Notes ranking pari passu with the Initial Notes may be created and issued from time
to time by the Issuer without notice to or consent of the Holders and shall be consolidated with
and form a single class with the Initial Notes and shall have the same terms as to status,
redemption or otherwise (other than with respect to the purchase price thereof and the date from
which the interest accrues) as the Initial Notes; provided that the Issuers ability to
issue Additional Notes shall be subject to the Issuers compliance with Section 4.05 and Section
4.08. Except as described under Article 9, the Notes offered by the Issuer and any Additional
Notes subsequently issued under this Indenture will be treated as a single class for all purposes
under this Indenture, including waivers, amendments, redemptions and offers to purchase. Unless
the context requires otherwise, references to Notes for all purposes of this Indenture include
any Additional Notes that are actually issued. Any Additional Notes shall be issued with the
benefit of an indenture supplemental to this Indenture.
(e) Euroclear and Clearstream Procedures Applicable. The provisions of the Operating
Procedures of the Euroclear System and Terms and Conditions Governing Use of Euroclear and the
General Terms and Conditions of Clearstream Banking and Customer Handbook of Clearstream shall
be applicable to transfers of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Global Notes that are held
by Participants through Euroclear or Clearstream.
Section 2.02 Execution and Authentication.
At least one Officer shall execute the Notes on behalf of the Issuer by manual or facsimile
signature.
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If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at the time a Note is
authenticated, the Note shall nevertheless be valid.
A Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for
any purpose until authenticated substantially in the form provided for in Exhibit A
attached hereto, by the manual signature of the Trustee. The signature shall be conclusive
evidence that the Note has been duly authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.
On the Issue Date, the Trustee shall, upon receipt of an issuer order (an Authentication
Order), authenticate and deliver the Initial Notes. In addition, at any time, from time to
time, the Trustee shall upon an Authentication Order authenticate and deliver any (i) Additional
Notes and (ii) Exchange Notes or private exchange notes for issue only in an Exchange Offer or a
private exchange, respectively, pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement, for a like principal
amount of Initial Notes. Such Authentication Order shall specify the amount of the Notes to be
authenticated and, in the case of any issuance of Additional Notes pursuant to Section 2.01, shall
certify that such issuance is in compliance with Section 4.05 and Section 4.08.
The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Issuer to authenticate
Notes. An authenticating agent may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each
reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent.
An authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with Holders or an Affiliate of
the Issuer.
Section 2.03 Registrar and Paying Agent.
The Issuer shall maintain an office or agency where Notes may be presented for registration of
transfer or for exchange (Registrar) and an office or agency where Notes may be presented
for payment (Paying Agent), including an office or agency for such purposes in the City
of New York, which shall initially be the corporate trust office of the Trustee located in the City
of New York. The Registrar shall keep a register of the Notes (Note Register) and of
their transfer and exchange. The Issuer may appoint one or more co-registrars and one or more
additional paying agents. The term Registrar includes any co-registrar and the term Paying
Agent includes any additional paying agent. The Issuer may change any Paying Agent or Registrar
without prior notice to any Holder. The Issuer shall notify the Trustee in writing of the name and
address of any Agent not a party to this Indenture. If the Issuer fails to appoint or maintain
another entity as Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such. The Issuer or any of
its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.
The Issuer initially appoints The Depository Trust Company (DTC) to act as
Depositary with respect to the Global Notes.
The Issuer initially appoints the Trustee to act as the Paying Agent, Registrar and Transfer
Agent for the Notes and the Registrar to act as Custodian with respect to the Global Notes.
Section 2.04 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.
The Issuer shall require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that the
Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all money held by the
Paying Agent for the payment of principal, premium, if any, or Additional Interest, if any, or
interest on the Notes, and will notify the Trustee of any default by the Issuer in making any such
payment. While any such default continues, the Trustee may require a Paying Agent to pay all money
held by it to the Trustee. The Issuer at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held
by it to the Trustee. Upon payment over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent (if other than the Issuer
or a Subsidiary) shall have no further
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liability for the money. If the Issuer or a Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it shall
segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders all money held by it as
Paying Agent. Upon any bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings relating to the Issuer, the
Trustee shall serve as Paying Agent for the Notes.
Section 2.05 Holder Lists.
The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent
list available to it of the names and addresses of all Holders and shall otherwise comply with
Trust Indenture Act Section 312(a). If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Issuer shall furnish
to the Trustee at least two Business Days before each Interest Payment Date and at such other times
as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may
reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Holders of Notes and the Issuer shall
otherwise comply with Trust Indenture Act Section 312(a).
Section 2.06 Transfer and Exchange.
(a) Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes. Except as otherwise set forth in this
Section 2.06, a Global Note may be transferred, in whole and not in part, only to another nominee
of the Depositary or to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary. A
beneficial interest in a Global Note may not be exchanged for a Definitive Note unless (i) the
Depositary (x) notifies the Issuer that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for
such Global Note or (y) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and,
in either case, a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Issuer within 90 days, (ii) there
shall have occurred and be continuing a Default with respect to the Notes or (iii) the Issuer in
its sole discretion executes and delivers an Officers Certificate stating that such Global Note
shall be so exchangeable. Upon the occurrence of any of the preceding events in (i), (ii) or (iii)
above, Definitive Notes delivered in exchange for any Global Note or beneficial interests therein
will be registered in the names, and issued in any approved denominations, requested by or on
behalf of the Depositary (in accordance with its customary procedures). Global Notes also may be
exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Sections 2.07 and 2.10. Every Note
authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or in lieu of, a Global Note or any portion thereof,
pursuant to this Section 2.06 or Section 2.07 or 2.10, shall be authenticated and delivered in the
form of, and shall be, a Global Note, except for Definitive Notes issued subsequent to any of the
preceding events in (i), (ii) or (iii) above and pursuant to Section 2.06(c), (e) or (f). A Global
Note may not be exchanged for another Note other than as provided in this Section 2.06(a);
provided, however, beneficial interests in a Global Note may be transferred and
exchanged as provided in Sections 2.06(b), (c), (f) and (j).
(b) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the Global Notes. The transfer
and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Notes shall be effected through the Depositary,
in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the Applicable Procedures. Beneficial
interests in the Restricted Global Notes shall be subject to restrictions on transfer comparable to
those set forth herein to the extent required by the Securities Act. Transfers of beneficial
interests in the Global Notes also shall require compliance with either subparagraph (i) or (ii)
below, as applicable, as well as one or more of the other following subparagraphs, as applicable:
(i) Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Note. Beneficial
interests in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery
thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the same Restricted Global Note in
accordance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Private Placement Legend;
provided, however, that prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period,
transfers of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Global Note may not be made to a U.S.
Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person (other than an Initial
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Purchaser). Beneficial interests in any Unrestricted Global Note may be transferred to
Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted
Global Note. No written orders or instructions shall be required to be delivered to the
Registrar to effect the transfers described in this Section 2.06(b)(i).
(ii) All Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes.
In connection with all transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests that are not subject
to Section 2.06(b)(i), the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the
Registrar either (A) (1) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given
to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to
credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in another Global Note in an amount
equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and (2) instructions given
in accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the
Participant account to be credited with such increase or (B) (1) a written order from a
Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the
Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to cause to be issued a Definitive Note in an
amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and (2) instructions
given by the Depositary to the Registrar containing information regarding the Person in
whose name such Definitive Note shall be registered to effect the transfer or exchange
referred to in (1) above; provided that in no event shall Definitive Notes be issued
upon the transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Global Note prior
to (A) the expiration of the Restricted Period and (B) the receipt by the Registrar of any
certificates required pursuant to Rule 903; provided, further, that in no
event shall a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note be credited, or an
Unrestricted Definitive Note be issued, to a Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule
144) of the Issuer. Upon consummation of an Exchange Offer by the Issuer in accordance with
Section 2.06(f), the requirements of this Section 2.06(b)(ii) shall be deemed to have been
satisfied upon receipt by the Registrar of the instructions contained in the Letter of
Transmittal delivered by the Holder of such beneficial interests in the Restricted Global
Notes. Upon satisfaction of all of the requirements for transfer or exchange of beneficial
interests in Global Notes contained in this Indenture and the Notes or otherwise applicable
under the Securities Act, the Trustee shall adjust the principal amount of the relevant
Global Note(s) pursuant to Section 2.06(h).
(iii) Transfer of Beneficial Interests to Another Restricted Global Note. A
beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to a Person who takes
delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Restricted Global Note if
the transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.06(b)(ii) and the Registrar
receives the following:
(A) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest
in the 144A Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form
of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;
(B) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest
in the Regulation S Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in
the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2)
thereof; or
(C) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest
in a IAI Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of
Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications, certificates and Opinion of
Counsel required by item (3)(d) of Exhibit B, if applicable.
(iv) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note for
Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Note. A beneficial interest in any
Restricted Global
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Note may be exchanged by any Holder thereof for a beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Note or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form
of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note if the exchange or transfer complies
with the requirements of Section 2.06(b)(ii) and:
(A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the Exchange Offer in
accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the holder of the beneficial
interest to be transferred, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the
case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not
(1) a broker-dealer, (2) a Person participating in the distribution of the Exchange
Notes or (3) a Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Issuer;
(B) such transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement in
accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;
(C) such transfer is effected by a broker-dealer pursuant to the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;
(D) the Registrar receives the following:
(1) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global
Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a beneficial interest
in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder substantially
in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in
item (1)(a) thereof; or
(2) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global
Note proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall
take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of
Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;
and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the Registrar so
requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form
reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer
is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer
contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order
to maintain compliance with the Securities Act; or
(E) such transfer is effected pursuant to an automatic exchange in accordance
with Section 2.06(j) of this Indenture.
If any such transfer is effected pursuant to subparagraph (B), (D) or (E) above at a
time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Issuer shall issue and,
upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02, the Trustee shall
authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to
the aggregate principal amount of beneficial interests transferred pursuant to subparagraph
(B), (D) or (E) above.
Beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global Note cannot be exchanged for, or
transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of, a beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note.
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(c) Transfer or Exchange of Beneficial Interests for Definitive Notes.
(i) Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes.
If any holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such
beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a
Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note, then, upon the
occurrence of any of the events in paragraph (i), (ii) or (iii) of Section 2.06(a) and receipt by
the Registrar of the following documentation:
(A) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to
exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such
holder substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications
in item (2)(a) thereof;
(B) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule
144A, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications in item (1) thereof;
(C) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an
offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904, a certificate substantially in
the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof;
(D) if such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144, a certificate
substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item
(3)(a) thereof;
(E) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to the Issuer or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B
hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof;
(F) if such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an effective
registration statement under the Securities Act, a certificate substantially in the form of
Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(c) thereof, or
(G) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to an Institutional Accredited
Investor in reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities
Act other than those listed in subparagraphs (B) through (D) above, a certificate to the
effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications, certificates and
Opinion of Counsel required by item (3)(d) thereof, if applicable;
the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced
accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(h), and the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and mail to the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the
applicable principal amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.06(c) shall be registered in such name or names
and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest
shall instruct the Registrar through instructions from the Depositary and the Participant or
Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall mail such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names
such Notes are so registered. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in
a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(i) shall bear the Private Placement
Legend and shall be subject to all restrictions on transfer contained therein.
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(ii) Beneficial Interests in Regulation S Global Note to Definitive Notes.
Notwithstanding Sections 2.06(c)(i)(A) and (C), a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global
Note may not be exchanged for a Definitive Note or transferred to a Person who takes delivery
thereof in the form of a Definitive Note prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period.
(iii) Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive
Notes. A holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note may exchange such
beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or may transfer such beneficial interest to
a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note only upon the
occurrence of any of the events in subsection (i), (ii) or (iii) of Section 2.06(a) and if:
(A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the Exchange Offer in accordance
with the Registration Rights Agreement and the holder of such beneficial interest, in the
case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the
applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not (1) a broker-dealer, (2) a Person
participating in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or (3) a Person who is an affiliate
(as defined in Rule 144) of the Issuer;
(B) such transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement in
accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;
(C) such transfer is effected by a broker-dealer pursuant to the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;
(D) the Registrar receives the following:
(1) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note
proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a
certificate from such holder substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto,
including the certifications in item (1)(b) thereof; or
(2) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note
proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery
thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such
holder substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications in item (4) thereof;
and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the Registrar so requests or
if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable
to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the
Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private
Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities
Act; or
(E) such transfer is effected pursuant to an automatic exchange in accordance with
Section 2.06(j) of this Indenture.
(iv) Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive
Notes. If any holder of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note proposes to
exchange such beneficial interest for a Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to
a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note, then, upon the occurrence of
any of the events in subsection (i), (ii) or (iii) of Section 2.06(a) and satisfaction of the
conditions set forth in Section 2.06(b)(ii), the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount
of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(h), and the Issuer
shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and mail to
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the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the applicable principal
amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section
2.06(c)(iv) shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or
denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the Registrar through
instructions from or through the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The
Trustee shall mail such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so
registered. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this
Section 2.06(c)(iv) shall not bear the Private Placement Legend.
(d) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Beneficial Interests.
(i) Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes.
If any Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial
interest in a Restricted Global Note or to transfer such Restricted Definitive Note to a Person who
takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, then, upon
receipt by the Registrar of the following documentation:
(A) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for
a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder
substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item
(2)(b) thereof;
(B) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with
Rule 144A, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including
the certifications in item (1) thereof;
(C) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an
offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904, a certificate substantially in
the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof;
(D) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant to an exemption
from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144, a
certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications in item (3)(a) thereof;
(E) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to the Issuer or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B
hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof;
(F) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant to an effective
registration statement under the Securities Act, a certificate substantially in the form of
Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(c) thereof, or
(G) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to an Institutional
Accredited Investor in reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements of the
Securities Act other than those listed in subparagraphs (B) through (D) above, a certificate
to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications,
certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item (3)(d) thereof, if applicable;
the Trustee shall cancel the Restricted Definitive Note, increase or cause to be increased the
aggregate principal amount of, in the case of clause (A) above, the applicable Restricted Global
Note, in the case of clause (B) above, the applicable 144A Global Note, in the case of clause (C)
above, the applicable Regulation S Global Note and, in the case of clause (G) above, the applicable
IAI Global Note.
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(ii) Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes.
A Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Restricted Definitive Note to a Person who takes delivery
thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note only if:
(A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the Exchange Offer in accordance
with the Registration Rights Agreement and the Holder, in the case of an exchange, or the
transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal
that it is not (1) a broker-dealer, (2) a Person participating in the distribution of the
Exchange Notes or (3) a Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Issuer;
(B) such transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement in
accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;
(C) such transfer is effected by a broker-dealer pursuant to the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;
(D) the Registrar receives the following:
(1) if the Holder of such Definitive Notes proposes to exchange such Notes for
a beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such
Holder substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the
certifications in item (1)(c) thereof; or
(2) if the Holder of such Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Notes to a
Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the
Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder substantially in the form
of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;
and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the Registrar so requests or
if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable
to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the
Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private
Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities
Act; or
(E) such transfer is effected pursuant to an automatic exchange in accordance with
Section 2.06(j) of this Indenture.
Upon satisfaction of the conditions of any of the subparagraphs in this Section 2.06(d)(ii),
the Trustee shall cancel the Definitive Notes and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate
principal amount of the Unrestricted Global Note.
(iii) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global
Notes. A Holder of an Unrestricted Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial
interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Definitive Notes to a Person who takes
delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note at any time.
Upon receipt of a request for such an exchange or transfer, the Trustee shall cancel the applicable
Unrestricted Definitive Note and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount
of one of the Unrestricted Global Notes.
If any such exchange or transfer from a Definitive Note to a beneficial interest is effected
pursuant to subparagraph (ii)(B), (ii)(D) or (iii) above at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note
has not
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yet been issued, the Issuer shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in
accordance with Section 2.02, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes
in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of Definitive Notes so transferred.
(e) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Definitive Notes. Upon request by a
Holder of Definitive Notes and such Holders compliance with the provisions of this Section
2.06(e), the Registrar shall register the transfer or exchange of Definitive Notes. Prior to such
registration of transfer or exchange, the requesting Holder shall present or surrender to the
Registrar the Definitive Notes duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of transfer in
form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by such Holder or by its attorney, duly authorized
in writing. In addition, the requesting Holder shall provide any additional certifications,
documents and information, as applicable, required pursuant to the following provisions of this
Section 2.06(e):
(i) Restricted Definitive Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes. Any Restricted
Definitive Note may be transferred to and registered in the name of Persons who take
delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note if the Registrar receives the
following:
(A) if the transfer will be made to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A, then
the transferor must deliver a certificate substantially in the form of
Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;
(B) if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 903 or Rule 904, then the
transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto,
including the certifications in item (2) thereof; or
(C) if the transfer will be made pursuant to any other exemption from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act, then the transferor must deliver a
certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications
required by item (3) thereof, if applicable.
(ii) Restricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. Any
Restricted Definitive Note may be exchanged by the Holder thereof for an Unrestricted
Definitive Note or transferred to a Person or Persons who take delivery thereof in the form
of an Unrestricted Definitive Note if:
(A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the Exchange Offer in
accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the Holder, in the case of an
exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable
Letter of Transmittal that it is not (1) a broker-dealer, (2) a Person participating
in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or (3) a Person who is an affiliate (as
defined in Rule 144) of the Issuer;
(B) any such transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement
in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;
(C) any such transfer is effected by a broker-dealer pursuant to the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;
(D) the Registrar receives the following:
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(1) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to
exchange such Notes for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from
such Holder substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including
the certifications in item (1)(d) thereof; or
(2) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to
transfer such Notes to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form
of an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder
substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications in item (4) thereof;
and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the Registrar so
requests, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to
the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act
and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement
Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities
Act; or
(E) such transfer is effected pursuant to an automatic exchange in accordance
with Section 2.06(j) of this Indenture.
(iii) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. A Holder
of Unrestricted Definitive Notes may transfer such Notes to a Person who takes delivery
thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note. Upon receipt of a request to
register such a transfer, the Registrar shall register the Unrestricted Definitive Notes
pursuant to the instructions from the Holder thereof.
(f) Exchange Offer. Upon the occurrence of an Exchange Offer in accordance with the
Registration Rights Agreement, the Issuer shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order
in accordance with Section 2.02, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global
Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial interests in
the Restricted Global Notes accepted for exchange in the Exchange Offer. Concurrently with the
issuance of such Notes, the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable
Restricted Global Notes to be reduced accordingly, and the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee
shall authenticate and mail to the Persons designated by the Holders of Definitive Notes so
accepted Unrestricted Definitive Notes in the applicable principal amount. Any Notes that remain
outstanding after the consummation of an Exchange Offer, and Exchange Notes issued in connection
with an Exchange Offer, shall be treated as a single class of securities under this Indenture.
(g) Legends. The following legends shall appear on the face of all Global Notes and
Definitive Notes issued under this Indenture unless specifically stated otherwise in the applicable
provisions of this Indenture:
(i) Private Placement Legend.
(A) Except as permitted by subparagraph (B) below, each Global Note and each Definitive
Note (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution therefor) shall bear the
legend in substantially the following form:
THIS NOTE (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) EVIDENCED HEREBY WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION
EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 5 OF THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED (THE SECURITIES ACT), AND THE NOTE EVIDENCED HEREBY MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR
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OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION
THEREFROM. EACH PURCHASER OF THE NOTE EVIDENCED HEREBY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER
MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT
PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER. THE HOLDER OF THE NOTE
EVIDENCED HEREBY AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ISSUER THAT:
(A) SUCH NOTE MAY BE OFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, ONLY:
(i)(a) TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN A
TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (b) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE
REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (c) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO A
NON-U.S. PERSON IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 903 OR 904 UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT, (d) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR (AS DEFINED IN RULE
501(a)(1),(2),(3) OR (7) OF THE SECURITIES ACT (AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR))
THAT, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISHES THE TRUSTEE A SIGNED LETTER CONTAINING CERTAIN
REPRESENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS (THE FORM OF WHICH CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE TRUSTEE) AND,
IF SUCH TRANSFER IS IN RESPECT OF AN AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOTES LESS THAN
$100,000, AN OPINION OF COUNSEL ACCEPTABLE TO THE ISSUER THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS IN
COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (e) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT (AND BASED UPON AN OPINION OF COUNSEL
AND OTHER CERTIFICATIONS AND DOCUMENTS IF THE ISSUER SO REQUESTS),
(ii) TO THE ISSUER, OR
(iii) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
AND, IN EACH CASE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE
OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION AND IN EACH CASE SUBJECT TO
ANY REQUIREMENT OF LAW THAT THE DISPOSITION OF THIS NOTE BY THE HOLDER OR BY ANY
INVESTOR ACCOUNT OR ACCOUNTS BE AT ALL TIMES WITHIN ITS OR THEIR CONTROL; AND
(B) THE HOLDER WILL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO, NOTIFY ANY
PURCHASER FROM IT OF THE NOTE EVIDENCED HEREBY OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS SET
FORTH IN (A) ABOVE.
(B) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Global Note or Definitive Note issued pursuant
to subparagraph (b)(iv), (c)(iii), (c)(iv), (d)(ii), (d)(iii), (e)(ii), (e)(iii), (f) or (j)
of this Section 2.06 (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof)
shall not bear the Private Placement Legend.
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(ii) Global Note Legend. Each Global Note shall bear a legend in substantially
the following form:
THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE
GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE
BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY
CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (I) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY
BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(h) OF THE INDENTURE, (II) THIS GLOBAL NOTE
MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(a) OF THE
INDENTURE, (III) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR
CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.11 OF THE INDENTURE AND (IV) THIS GLOBAL
NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN
CONSENT OF THE ISSUER. UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART
FOR NOTES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A
WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE
DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE
DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH
SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW
YORK) (DTC) TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE
OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO.
OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC
(AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED
BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE
HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE
REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
(iii) IAI Note Legend. Each Definitive Note held by an Institutional
Accredited Investor shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:
IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE REGISTRAR AND
TRANSFER AGENT SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS SUCH TRANSFER AGENT
MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING
RESTRICTIONS.
(iv) OID Legend. Each Note issued hereunder that has more than a de minimis
amount of original issue discount for U.S. Federal Income Tax purposes shall bear a legend
in substantially the following form:
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THIS NOTE IS ISSUED WITH ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT FOR PURPOSES OF SECTION
1271 ET SEQ. OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. A HOLDER MAY OBTAIN THE ISSUE
PRICE, AMOUNT OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT, ISSUE DATE AND YIELD TO MATURITY
FOR SUCH NOTES BY SUBMITTING A WRITTEN REQUEST FOR SUCH INFORMATION TO THE
ISSUER AT THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS: OXFORD INDUSTRIES, INC., 222 PIEDMONT
AVENUE, N.E., ATLANTA GEORGIA 30308, ATTENTION: GENERAL COUNSEL.
(v) ERISA Legend. Each Note issued hereunder shall bear shall bear a
legend in substantially the following form:
THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE ACQUIRED OR HELD WITH THE ASSETS OF (I) AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT
PLAN (AS DEFINED IN THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED
(ERISA)) THAT IS SUBJECT TO ERISA, (II) A PLAN WHICH IS SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975
OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE CODE), (III) ANY ENTITY
DEEMED UNDER ERISA TO HOLD PLAN ASSETS OF ANY OF THE FOREGOING BY REASON OF AN
EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS OR PLANS INVESTMENT IN SUCH ENTITY, OR (IV) A GOVERNMENTAL
PLAN OR CHURCH PLAN SUBJECT TO APPLICABLE LAW THAT IS SIMILAR IN PURPOSE OR EFFECT
TO THE FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY OR PROHIBITED TRANSACTION PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR
SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE (SIMILAR LAW), UNLESS THE ACQUISITION AND HOLDING OF THIS
NOTE BY THE PURCHASER OR TRANSFEREE, THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD THAT IT HOLDS THIS NOTE,
ARE EXEMPT FROM THE PROHIBITED TRANSACTION RESTRICTIONS UNDER ERISA AND SECTION 4975
OF THE CODE OR ANY PROVISIONS OF SIMILAR LAW, AS APPLICABLE, PURSUANT TO ONE OR MORE
PROHIBITED TRANSACTION STATUTORY OR ADMINISTRATIVE EXEMPTIONS. BY ITS ACQUISITION OR
HOLDING OF THIS NOTE, EACH PURCHASER AND TRANSFEREE WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE
REPRESENTED AND WARRANTED THAT THE FOREGOING REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN SATISFIED.
(h) Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Notes. At such time as all beneficial
interests in a particular Global Note have been exchanged for Definitive Notes or a particular
Global Note has been redeemed, repurchased or canceled in whole and not in part, each such Global
Note shall be returned to or retained and canceled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.11.
At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged
for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest
in another Global Note or for Definitive Notes, the principal amount of Notes represented by such
Global Note shall be reduced accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note by
the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such reduction. If the
beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery
thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note, such other Global Note shall
be increased accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by
the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.
(i) General Provisions Relating to Transfers and Exchanges.
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(i) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Issuer shall execute and the
Trustee shall authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes upon receipt of an Authentication
Order in accordance with Section 2.02 or at the Registrars request.
(ii) No service charge shall be made to a holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note or
to a Holder of a Definitive Note for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Issuer may
require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge
payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes or similar governmental charge
payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections 2.07, 2.10, 3.06, 3.09, 3.10, 4.09, 4.11 and
9.05).
(iii) Neither the Registrar nor the Issuer shall be required to register the transfer of or
exchange any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any
Note being redeemed in part.
(iv) All Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or
exchange of Global Notes or Definitive Notes shall be the valid obligations of the Issuer,
evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Global
Notes or Definitive Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
(v) The Issuer shall not be required (A) to issue, to register the transfer of or to exchange
any Notes during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of any
selection of Notes for redemption under Section 3.02 and ending at the close of business on the day
of selection, (B) to register the transfer of or to exchange any Note so selected for redemption in
whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part, or (C) to
register the transfer of or to exchange a Note between a Record Date and the next succeeding
Interest Payment Date.
(vi) Prior to due presentment for the registration of a transfer of any Note, the Trustee, any
Agent and the Issuer may deem and treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered as the
absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of (and premium, if
any) and interest (including Additional Interest, if any) on such Notes and for all other purposes,
and none of the Trustee, any Agent or the Issuer shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
(vii) Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Note at the office or agency of the
Issuer designated pursuant to Section 4.02, the Issuer shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and mail, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more
replacement Notes of any authorized denomination or denominations of a like aggregate principal
amount.
(viii) At the option of the Holder, Notes may be exchanged for other Notes of any authorized
denomination or denominations of a like aggregate principal amount upon surrender of the Notes to
be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Global Notes or Definitive Notes are so
surrendered for exchange, the Issuer shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and mail,
the replacement Global Notes and Definitive Notes which the Holder making the exchange is entitled
to in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.02.
(ix) All certifications, certificates and Opinions of Counsel required to be submitted to the
Registrar pursuant to this Section 2.06 to effect a registration of transfer or exchange may be
submitted by facsimile.
(j) Automatic Exchange from Restricted Global Note to Unrestricted Global Note. At
the option of the Issuer and upon compliance with the following procedures, beneficial interests in
a Restricted Global Note shall be exchanged for beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global
Note. In
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order to effect such exchange, the Issuer shall provide written notice to the Trustee
instructing the Trustee to (i) direct the Depositary to transfer the specified amount of the
outstanding beneficial interests in a particular Restricted Global Note to an Unrestricted Global
Note and provide the Depositary with all such information as is necessary for the Depositary to
appropriately credit and debit the relevant Holder accounts and (ii) provide prior written notice
to all Holders of such exchange, which notice must include the date such exchange is proposed to
occur, the CUSIP number of the relevant Restricted Global Note and the CUSIP number of the
Unrestricted Global Note into which such Holders beneficial interests will be exchanged. As a
condition to any such exchange pursuant to this Section 2.06(j), the Trustee shall be entitled to
receive from the Issuer, and rely upon conclusively without any liability, an Officers Certificate
and an Opinion of Counsel, in form and in substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, to the
effect that such transfer of beneficial interests to the Unrestricted Global Note shall be effected
in compliance with the Securities Act. The Issuer may request from Holders such information it
reasonably determines is required in order to be able to deliver such Officers Certificate and
Opinion of Counsel. Upon such exchange of beneficial interests pursuant to this Section 2.06(j),
the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date of such transfer and a decrease and
increase, respectively, in the principal amount of the applicable Restricted Global Note and the
Unrestricted Global Note, respectively, equal to the principal amount of beneficial interests
transferred. Following any such transfer pursuant to this Section 2.06(j) of all of the beneficial
interests in a Restricted Global Note, such Restricted Global Note shall be cancelled.
Section 2.07 Replacement Notes.
If any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee or the Issuer and the Trustee receives
evidence to its satisfaction of the ownership and destruction, loss or theft of any Note, the
Issuer shall issue and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, shall authenticate a
replacement Note if the Trustees requirements are met. If required by the Trustee or the Issuer,
an indemnity bond must be supplied by the Holder that is sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee
and the Issuer to protect the Issuer, the Trustee, any Agent and any authenticating agent from any
loss that any of them may suffer if a Note is replaced. The Issuer and/or the Trustee may charge
for their expenses in replacing a Note.
Every replacement Note is a contractual obligation of the Issuer and shall be entitled to all
of the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with all other Notes duly issued
hereunder.
Section 2.08 Outstanding Notes.
The Notes outstanding at any time are all the Notes authenticated by the Trustee except for
those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation, those reductions in the interest in a
Global Note effected by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions hereof, and those described
in this Section 2.08 as not outstanding. Except as set forth in Section 2.09, a Note does not
cease to be outstanding because the Issuer or an Affiliate of the Issuer holds the Note.
If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07, it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee
receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Note is held by a bona fide purchaser.
If the principal amount of any Note is considered paid under Section 4.01, it ceases to be
outstanding and interest on it ceases to accrue.
If the Paying Agent (other than the Issuer, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of any thereof)
holds, on a redemption date or maturity date, money sufficient to pay Notes payable on that date,
then on
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and after that date such Notes shall be deemed to be no longer outstanding and shall cease to
accrue interest.
Section 2.09 Treasury Notes.
In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Notes have concurred in
any direction, waiver or consent, Notes owned by the Issuer, or by any Affiliate of the Issuer,
shall be considered as though not outstanding, except that for the purposes of determining whether
the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Notes that
a Responsible Officer of the Trustee knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. Notes so owned
which have been pledged in good faith shall not be disregarded if the pledgee establishes to the
satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgees right to deliver any such direction, waiver or consent
with respect to the Notes and that the pledgee is not the Issuer or any obligor upon the Notes or
any Affiliate of the Issuer or of such other obligor.
Section 2.10 Temporary Notes.
Until certificates representing Notes are ready for delivery, the Issuer may prepare and the
Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, shall authenticate temporary Notes. Temporary
Notes shall be substantially in the form of certificated Notes but may have variations that the
Issuer considers appropriate for temporary Notes and as shall be reasonably acceptable to the
Trustee. Without unreasonable delay, the Issuer shall prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate
definitive Notes in exchange for temporary Notes.
Holders and beneficial holders, as the case may be, of temporary Notes shall be entitled to
all of the benefits accorded to Holders, or beneficial holders, respectively, of Notes under this
Indenture.
Section 2.11 Cancellation.
The Issuer at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and
Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for registration of
transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee or, at the direction of the Trustee, the Registrar or
the Paying Agent and no one else shall cancel all Notes surrendered for registration of transfer,
exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and shall destroy cancelled Notes (subject to the
record retention requirement of the Exchange Act). Certification of the destruction of all
cancelled Notes shall be delivered to the Issuer. The Issuer may not issue new Notes to replace
Notes that it has paid or that have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.
Section 2.12 Defaulted Interest.
If the Issuer defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes, it shall pay the defaulted
interest in any lawful manner plus, to the extent lawful, interest payable on the defaulted
interest to the Persons who are Holders on a subsequent special record date, in each case at the
rate provided in the Notes. The Issuer shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of
defaulted interest proposed to be paid on each Note and the date of the proposed payment, and at
the same time the Issuer shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate
amount proposed to be paid in respect of such defaulted interest or shall make arrangements
satisfactory to the Trustee 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 Section 2.12. The Trustee shall fix or cause to be fixed each such
special record date and payment date; provided that no such special record date shall be
less
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than 10 days prior to the related payment date for such defaulted interest. The Trustee shall
promptly notify the Issuer of such special record date. At least 15 days before the special record
date, the Issuer (or, upon the written request of the Issuer, the Trustee in the name and at the
expense of the Issuer) shall mail or cause to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each
Holder a notice at his or her address as it appears in the Note Register that states the special
record date, the related payment date and the amount of such interest to be paid.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.12 and for greater certainty, each Note
delivered under this Indenture upon registration of 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, which were
carried by such other Note.
Section 2.13 CUSIP and ISIN Numbers
The Issuer in issuing the Notes may use CUSIP and/or ISIN numbers (if then generally in use)
and, if so, the Trustee shall use CUSIP and/or ISIN numbers in notices of redemption as a
convenience to Holders; provided, that any such notice may state that no representation is
made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any
notice of redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers
printed on the Notes, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of
such numbers. The Issuer will as promptly as practicable notify the Trustee of any change in the
CUSIP or ISIN numbers.
ARTICLE 3
REDEMPTION
Section 3.01 Notices to Trustee.
If the Issuer elects to redeem Notes pursuant to Section 3.07, it shall furnish to the
Trustee, at least 5 Business Days (or such shorter period as is agreed to by the Trustee) before
notice of redemption is required to be mailed or caused to be mailed to Holders pursuant to Section
3.03 but not more than 60 days before a Redemption Date, an Officers Certificate setting forth (i)
the paragraph or subparagraph of such Note and/or Section of this Indenture pursuant to which the
redemption shall occur, (ii) the redemption date, (iii) the principal amount of the Notes to be
redeemed and (iv) the redemption price.
Section 3.02 Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed or Purchased.
If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed or purchased in an offer to purchase at any
time, the Registrar and Paying Agent shall select the Notes to be redeemed or purchased (a) if the
Notes are listed on any national securities exchange, in compliance with the requirements of the
principal national securities exchange on which the Notes are listed, (b) or otherwise, on a pro
rata basis, by lot or by such other method in accordance with the procedures of the Depositary. In
the event of partial redemption or purchase by lot, the particular Notes to be redeemed or
purchased shall be selected, unless otherwise provided herein, not less than 30 nor more than 60
days prior to the redemption date by the Registrar and Paying Agent from the outstanding Notes not
previously called for redemption or purchase.
The Registrar and Paying Agent shall promptly notify the Issuer in writing of the Notes
selected for redemption or purchase and, in the case of any Note selected for partial redemption or
purchase, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed or purchased. No Notes of $2,000 or less
shall be redeemed in part, except that if all of the Notes of a Holder are to be redeemed, the
entire outstanding amount of Notes held by such Holder, even if not $2,000 or a multiple of $1,000
in excess thereof, shall
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be redeemed. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, provisions of this Indenture that
apply to Notes called for redemption also apply to portions of Notes called for redemption.
Section 3.03 Notice of Redemption.
Subject to Sections 3.09 and 3.10, the Issuer shall mail or cause to be mailed by first-class
mail notices of redemption at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to
each Holder of Notes to be redeemed at such Holders registered address or otherwise in accordance
with the procedures of DTC, except that redemption notices may be mailed more than 60 days prior to
a Redemption Date if the notice is issued in connection with Article 8 or Article 14. Notices of
redemption may not be conditional.
The notice shall identify the Notes to be redeemed and shall state:
(a) the Redemption Date;
(b) the redemption price;
(c) if any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the portion of the principal amount of
that Note that is to be redeemed and that, after the Redemption Date upon surrender of such
Note, a new Note or Notes in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the
original Note representing the same indebtedness to the extent not redeemed will be issued
in the name of the Holder of the Notes upon cancellation of the original Note;
(d) the name and address of the Paying Agent;
(e) that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect
the redemption price;
(f) that, unless the Issuer defaults in making such redemption payment, interest on
Notes called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the Redemption Date;
(g) the paragraph or subparagraph of the Notes and/or Section of this Indenture
pursuant to which the Notes called for redemption are being redeemed; and
(h) that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP
and/or ISIN number, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Notes.
At the Issuers request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Issuers name
and at its expense; provided that the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee, at least
5 Business Days before notice of redemption is required to be mailed or caused to be mailed to
Holders pursuant to this Section 3.03 (unless a shorter notice shall be agreed to by the Trustee),
an Officers Certificate requesting that the Trustee give such notice and setting forth the
information to be stated in such notice as provided in the preceding paragraph.
Section 3.04 Effect of Notice of Redemption.
Once notice of redemption is mailed in accordance with Section 3.03, Notes called for
redemption become irrevocably due and payable on the Redemption Date at the redemption price. The
notice, if mailed in a 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
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the notice to the Holder of any Note designated for redemption in whole or in part
shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Note. Subject to
Section 3.05, on and after the Redemption Date, interest ceases to accrue on Notes or portions
thereof called for redemption.
Section 3.05 Deposit of Redemption or Purchase Price.
Prior to 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the redemption or purchase date, the Issuer shall
deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the redemption or
purchase price of and accrued and unpaid interest (including Additional Interest, if any) on all
Notes to be redeemed or purchased on that date. The Trustee or the Paying Agent shall promptly
return to the Issuer any money deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent by the Issuer in
excess of the amounts necessary to pay the redemption price of, and accrued and unpaid interest on,
all Notes to be redeemed or purchased.
If the Issuer complies with the provisions of the preceding paragraph, on and after the
redemption or purchase date, interest shall cease to accrue on the Notes or the portions of Notes
called for redemption or purchase. If a Note is redeemed or purchased on or after a Record Date
but on or prior to the related Interest Payment Date, then any accrued and unpaid interest to the
redemption or purchase date shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Note was registered at
the close of business on such Record Date. If any Note called for redemption or purchase shall not
be so paid upon surrender for redemption or purchase because of the failure of the Issuer to comply
with the preceding paragraph, interest shall be paid on the unpaid principal, from the redemption
or purchase date until such principal is paid, and to the extent lawful on any interest accrued to
the redemption or purchase date not paid on such unpaid principal, in each case at the rate
provided in the Notes and in Section 4.01.
Section 3.06 Notes Redeemed or Purchased in Part.
Upon surrender of a Note that is redeemed or purchased in part, the Issuer shall issue and the
Trustee shall authenticate for the Holder at the expense of the Issuer a new Note equal in
principal amount to the unredeemed or unpurchased portion of the Note surrendered representing the
same indebtedness to the extent not redeemed or purchased; provided that each new Note will
be in a principal amount of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. It is
understood that, notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary, only an Authentication
Order and not an Opinion of Counsel or Officers Certificate is required for the Trustee to
authenticate such new Note.
Section 3.07 Optional Redemption.
(a) At any time prior to July 15, 2012, the Issuer may redeem all or a portion of the Notes,
on not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior notice, in amounts of $1,000 or an integral
multiple thereof, at a price equal to the greater of: (x) 100% of the aggregate principal amount of
the Notes to be redeemed, together with accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of
redemption, and (y) as determined by an Independent Investment Banker, the sum of the present
values of 105.688% of the principal of the Notes being redeemed plus scheduled payments of interest
(not including any portion of such payments of interest accrued as of the date of redemption) from
the Redemption Date to July 15, 2012 discounted to the Redemption Date on a semiannual basis
(assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Adjusted Treasury Rate plus 50
basis points, together with accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the Redemption Date.
(b) On or after July 15, 2012, the Issuer may redeem all or a portion of the Notes, on not
less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior notice, in amounts of $1,000 or an integral multiple
thereof at the following redemption prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount),
together with
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accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the Redemption Date, if redeemed during the 12-month
period beginning July 15 of the years indicated below:
|
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Redemption |
Year |
|
Pice |
2012 |
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|
105.688 |
% |
2013 |
|
|
102.844 |
% |
2014 and thereafter |
|
|
100.000 |
% |
(c) In addition, at any time prior to July 15, 2012, the Issuer, at its option, may use the
net proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings to redeem up to an aggregate of 35% of the aggregate
principal amount of Notes originally issued under this Indenture at a redemption price equal to
111.375% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest,
if any, to the redemption date; provided that at least 65% of the initial aggregate
principal amount of Notes must remain outstanding immediately after the occurrence of such
redemption and the Issuer must complete such redemption within 90 days of the closing of the Equity
Offering.
(d) In addition to the Issuers rights to redeem the Notes as set forth above, the Issuer may
purchase Notes in open-market transactions, tender offers or otherwise.
Section 3.08 Mandatory Redemption.
The Issuer will not be required to make any mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with
respect to the Notes.
ARTICLE 4
COVENANTS
Section 4.01 Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.
The Issuer shall duly and punctually pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on
the Notes in accordance with the terms of the Notes and this Indenture.
Section 4.02 Corporate Existence.
Subject to Section 5.01, the Issuer shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to
preserve and keep in full force and effect the corporate existence and related rights and
franchises (charter and statutory) of the Issuer and each Restricted Subsidiary; provided,
however, that the Issuer shall not be required to preserve any such right or franchise or
the corporate existence of any such Restricted Subsidiary if the Board of Directors of the Issuer
shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer necessary or desirable in the conduct of
the business of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries as a whole and that the loss thereof
could not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Issuer to
perform its obligations hereunder; and provided, further, however, that the
foregoing shall not prohibit a sale, transfer or conveyance of a Restricted Subsidiary or any of
its assets in compliance with the terms of this Indenture.
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Section 4.03 Payment of Taxes and Other Claims.
The Issuer shall pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged, on or before the date the
same shall become due and payable, (a) all taxes, assessments and governmental charges levied or
imposed upon the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shown to be due on any return of the
Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or otherwise assessed or upon the income, profits or
property of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries if failure to pay or discharge the
same could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Issuer or
any Guarantor to perform its obligations hereunder and (b) all lawful claims for labor, materials
and supplies, which, if unpaid, would by law become a Lien upon the property of the Issuer or any
of its Restricted Subsidiaries, except for any Lien permitted to be incurred under Section 4.08, if
failure to pay or discharge the same could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect
on the ability of the Issuer or any Guarantor to perform its obligations hereunder;
provided, however, that the Issuer shall not be required to pay or discharge or
cause to be paid or discharged any such tax, assessment, charge or claim whose amount,
applicability or validity is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings properly
instituted and diligently conducted and in respect of which appropriate reserves (in the good faith
judgment of management of the Issuer) are being maintained in accordance with GAAP.
Section 4.04 Maintenance of Properties.
The Issuer shall cause all material properties owned by the Issuer and its Restricted
Subsidiaries or used or held for use in the conduct of its business or the business of any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to be maintained and kept in good condition, repair and working order
(ordinary wear and tear excepted) and supplied with all necessary equipment and will cause to be
made all necessary repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments and improvements thereof, all as in
the reasonable judgment of the Issuer may be necessary so that the business carried on in
connection therewith may be properly conducted at all times; provided, however,
that nothing in this Section shall prevent the Issuer from discontinuing the maintenance of any of
such properties if such discontinuance is in the ordinary course of business or, in the reasonable
judgment of the Issuer, desirable in the conduct of its business or the business of any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries and not reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect on the
ability of the Issuer to perform its obligations hereunder; and provided, further,
however, that the foregoing shall not prohibit a sale, transfer or conveyance of a
Restricted Subsidiary or any of its properties or assets in compliance with the terms of this
Indenture.
Section 4.05 Limitation on Indebtedness.
(a) The Issuer will not, and will not cause or permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to,
create, issue, incur, assume, guarantee or otherwise in any manner become directly or indirectly
liable for, contingently or otherwise (collectively, incur), any Indebtedness (including
any Acquired Indebtedness), unless such Indebtedness is incurred by the Issuer or any Guarantor or
constitutes Acquired Indebtedness of the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary and, in each case, the
Issuers Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the most recent four full fiscal quarters for
which consolidated financial statements are available immediately preceding the incurrence of such
Indebtedness taken as one period is at least equal to or greater than 2.0:1.0.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 4.05(a), the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries may incur the
following (collectively, the Permitted Indebtedness):
(1) Indebtedness of the Issuer and the Guarantors under any Credit Facility in an
aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the greater of:
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(A) $275.0 million, less, without duplication, (i) any permanent repayment
thereof or permanent reduction in commitments thereunder from the proceeds of one or
more asset sales which are used to repay a Credit Facility pursuant to Section
4.09(b)(i) and (ii) the amount of Indebtedness outstanding at the date of
determination pursuant to Section 4.05(b)(9); or
(B) (i) 85% of accounts receivable of the Issuer and its Restricted
Subsidiaries (excluding any Receivables and Related Assets sold, conveyed or
otherwise transferred to a Securitization Entity in connection with a Qualified
Securitization Transaction) as of the end of the most recently ended fiscal quarter
for which consolidated financial statements are available, plus (ii) 60% of
inventory of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of the end of the most
recently ended fiscal quarter for which consolidated financial statements are
available;
(2) Indebtedness pursuant to (A) the Notes (excluding any Additional Notes) and any
Guarantee of the Notes, and (B) any Exchange Notes issued in exchange for the Notes pursuant
to the Registration Rights Agreement and any Guarantee of the Exchange Notes;
(3) Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary outstanding on the Issue
Date other than Indebtedness referred to in clauses (1) or (2) above or clause (11)(y) of
Section 4.05(b);
(4) Indebtedness of the Issuer owing to a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that
any Indebtedness of the Issuer owing to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor
incurred after the Issue Date is unsecured and is subordinated in right of payment to the
Notes; provided, further, that any disposition or transfer of any such
Indebtedness to a Person (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary) shall be deemed to be an
incurrence of such Indebtedness by the Issuer or other obligor not permitted by this clause
(4);
(5) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary owing to the Issuer or another Restricted
Subsidiary; provided that any disposition or transfer of any such Indebtedness to a
Person (other than a disposition or transfer to the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary or a
Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary) shall be deemed to be an incurrence of such
Indebtedness by the obligor not permitted by this clause (5);
(6) guarantees by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness of the Issuer
or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than guarantees by the Issuer or any Guarantor
of Acquired Indebtedness incurred in reliance on Section 4.05(a) of any Person that does not
become a Guarantor that is acquired by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary other than
guarantees of such Acquired Indebtedness by any other Person so acquired in connection
therewith) which Indebtedness is permitted to be incurred under this Section 4.05;
(7) Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to any:
(A) Interest Rate Agreements,
(B) Currency Hedging Agreements and
(C) Commodity Price Protection Agreements;
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(8) Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary represented by Capital
Lease Obligations or Purchase Money Obligations or other Indebtedness in connection with the
acquisition or development of real or personal, movable or immovable, property, in each case
incurred or assumed for the purpose of financing or refinancing all or any part of the
purchase price or cost of construction or improvement of property used in the business of
the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $20
million outstanding at any one time;
(9) Indebtedness incurred by a Securitization Entity in connection with a Qualified
Securitization Transaction that is Non-recourse Indebtedness with respect to the Issuer and
its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, however, that in the event such
Securitization Entity ceases to qualify as a Securitization Entity or such Indebtedness
ceases to constitute such Non-recourse Indebtedness, such Indebtedness will be deemed, in
each case, to be incurred at such time;
(10) Indebtedness of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection
with surety, performance, appeal or similar bonds, completion guarantees or similar
instruments entered into in the ordinary course of business or from letters of credit or
other obligations in respect of self-insurance and workers compensation obligations or
similar arrangements; provided that, in each case contemplated by this clause (10),
upon the drawing of such instrument, such obligations are reimbursed within 30 days
following such drawing;
(11) (x) Indebtedness of Foreign Subsidiaries (including Foreign Subsidiaries formed
under the laws of the United Kingdom) in an aggregate principal amount of up to $10 million
outstanding at any one time and (y) in addition to Indebtedness permitted by the foregoing
subclause (x), Indebtedness of Foreign Subsidiaries formed under the laws of the United
Kingdom in the aggregate principal amount of up to £12 million outstanding at any one time;
(12) Indebtedness of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries arising from the
honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument
inadvertently (except in the case of daylight overdrafts such amount need not be
inadvertent) drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business;
provided, however, that such Indebtedness is extinguished within three
business days of receipt by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of notice of such
insufficient funds;
(13) Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary to the extent the net
proceeds thereof are promptly deposited effect a to Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
as described in Article 8 or to satisfy and discharge this Indenture pursuant to Section
14.01;
(14) Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary arising from agreements
for indemnification or purchase price adjustment obligations or similar obligations, or from
guarantees or letters of credit, surety bonds or performance bonds securing any obligation
of the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to such an agreement, in each case,
incurred or assumed in connection with the acquisition or disposition of any business,
assets or properties;
(15) any renewals, extensions, substitutions, refundings, refinancing or replacements
(collectively, a refinancing) of any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section
4.05(a) and clauses (2) and (3) of Section 4.05(b), including any successive refinancing so
long as Indebtedness of the Issuer or a Guarantor may only be refinanced with Indebtedness
of the Issuer or a Guarantor and the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness refinanced
is not increased by such refinancing except by an amount equal to the lesser of (A) the
stated amount of any premium or other payment contractually required to be paid in
connection with such a refinancing pursuant to
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the terms of the Indebtedness being refinanced or (B) the amount of premium or other
payment actually paid at such time to refinance the Indebtedness, plus, in either case, the
amount of expenses of the Issuer incurred in connection with such refinancing and (1) in the
case of any refinancing of Indebtedness that is Subordinated Indebtedness, such new
Indebtedness is made subordinated to the Notes at least to the same extent as the
Indebtedness being refinanced and (2) in the case of Pari Passu Indebtedness or Subordinated
Indebtedness, as the case may be, such refinancing does not reduce the Average Life to
Stated Maturity or the Stated Maturity of such Indebtedness;
(16) Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations in an amount not to exceed $50
million; and
(17) Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in addition to that
described in clauses (1) through (16) above, and any refinancing of such Indebtedness, so
long as the aggregate principal amount of all such Indebtedness shall not exceed $20 million
outstanding at any one time.
(c) For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.05, in the event that an item
of Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Permitted Indebtedness, or
is permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.05(a), the Issuer will be permitted to classify
such item of Indebtedness on the date of its incurrence or, subject to Section 4.05(d), later
reclassify all or a portion of such item of Indebtedness, in any manner that complies with this
covenant;
(d) Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement which is in existence or available on or prior to
the Issue Date, and any renewals, extensions, substitutions, refundings, refinancing or
replacements thereof, will be deemed to have been incurred on such date under clause (1) of the
definition of Permitted Indebtedness, and the Issuer will not be permitted to reclassify any
portion of such Indebtedness thereafter;
(e) Indebtedness permitted by this covenant need not be permitted solely by reference to one
provision permitting such Indebtedness but may be permitted in part by one such provision and in
part by one or more other provisions of this Section 4.05 permitting such Indebtedness;
(f) Accrual of interest, accretion or amortization of original issue discount and the payment
of interest on any Indebtedness in the form of additional Indebtedness with the same terms, and the
payment of dividends on any Redeemable Capital Stock or Preferred Stock in the form of additional
shares of the same class of Redeemable Capital Stock or Preferred Stock will not be deemed to be an
incurrence of Indebtedness for purposes of this Section 4.05; provided, in each such case,
that the amount thereof as accrued is included in Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the
Issuer;
(g) 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;
(h) For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.05 or other provisions of this
Indenture, the outstanding principal amount of any particular Indebtedness shall be counted only
once and any obligations arising under any guarantee, Lien, letter of credit or similar instrument
supporting such Indebtedness shall not be double counted; and
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(i) The amount of Indebtedness issued at a price less than the amount of the liability thereof
shall be determined in accordance with GAAP.
Section 4.06 Limitation on Restricted Payments.
(a) The Issuer will not, and will not cause or permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly
or indirectly (each a Restricted Payment):
(i) declare or pay any dividend on, or make any distribution to holders of, any shares
of the Issuers Capital Stock (other than dividends or distributions payable solely in
shares of its Qualified Capital Stock or in options, warrants or other rights to acquire
shares of such Qualified Capital Stock);
(ii) purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value, directly or
indirectly, shares of the Issuers Capital Stock or any Capital Stock of any Subsidiary of
the Issuer (other than Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer);
(iii) make any principal payment on, or repurchase, redeem, defease, retire or
otherwise acquire for value, prior to any scheduled principal payment, sinking fund payment
or maturity, any Subordinated Indebtedness (other than (x) Indebtedness permitted under
clause (4) or (5) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness or (y) the purchase,
repurchase or other acquisition of such Subordinated Indebtedness purchased in anticipation
of satisfying a sinking fund obligation, principal installment or final maturity, in each
case due within one year of the date of purchase, repurchase or acquisition);
(iv) declare or pay any dividend or distribution on any Capital Stock of any Restricted
Subsidiary to any Person (other than (a) dividends or distributions payable solely in shares
of Capital Stock of such Restricted Subsidiary or in options, warrants or other rights to
acquire shares of such Capital Stock, (b) to the Issuer or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries or (c) dividends or distributions made by a Restricted Subsidiary on a pro rata
basis to all stockholders of such Restricted Subsidiary); or
(v) make any Investment (other than any Permitted Investments)
(the amount of any such Restricted Payment, if other than cash, shall be the Fair Market Value of
the assets proposed to be transferred), unless
(1) at the time of and after giving effect to such proposed Restricted Payment, no
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
(2) at the time of and after giving effect to such Restricted Payment, the Issuer could
incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness under Section 4.05(a); and
(3) after giving effect to the proposed Restricted Payment, the aggregate amount of all
such Restricted Payments (other than Permitted Payments described in clauses (2) through (9)
of clause (b) below) declared (with respect to dividends) or made after March 1, 2003 and
all Designation Amounts does not exceed the sum of:
(A) 50% of the aggregate Consolidated Net Income (Loss) of the Issuer accrued
on a cumulative basis during the period beginning on March 1, 2003 and ending on the
last day of the Issuers last fiscal quarter ending prior to the date of the
Restricted
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Payment (or, if such aggregate cumulative Consolidated Net Income (Loss) shall
be a loss, minus 100% of such loss);
(B) 100% of the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds received after March 1, 2003 by the
Issuer either (1) as capital contributions in the form of nonredeemable equity to
the Issuer or (2) from the issuance or sale (other than to any of its Subsidiaries)
of Qualified Capital Stock of the Issuer or any options, warrants or rights to
purchase such Qualified Capital Stock of the Issuer, plus 100% of the Fair Market
Value as of the date of issuance of any Qualified Capital Stock issued by the Issuer
since March 1, 2003 as consideration for the purchase by the Issuer or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries (including by means of a merger, consolidation or other
business combination permitted under this Indenture) of any assets or properties of,
or a majority of the Voting Stock of, any Person whose primary business is, a
Permitted Business (except, in each case, to the extent such proceeds are used to
purchase, redeem or otherwise retire Capital Stock or Subordinated Indebtedness as
set forth in Section 4.06(b)(2) or (3)) (excluding the Net Cash Proceeds from the
issuance of Qualified Capital Stock financed, directly or indirectly, using funds
borrowed from the Issuer or any Subsidiary until and to the extent such borrowing is
repaid);
(C) 100% of the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds received after March 1, 2003 by the
Issuer (other than from any of its Subsidiaries) upon the exercise of any options,
warrants or rights to purchase Qualified Capital Stock of the Issuer (excluding the
Net Cash Proceeds from the exercise of any options, warrants or rights to purchase
Qualified Capital Stock financed, directly or indirectly, using funds borrowed from
the Issuer or any Subsidiary until and to the extent such borrowing is repaid);
(D) 100% of the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds received after March 1, 2003 by the
Issuer from the conversion or exchange, if any, of debt securities or Redeemable
Capital Stock of the Issuer or its Restricted Subsidiaries into or for Qualified
Capital Stock of the Issuer plus, to the extent such debt securities or Redeemable
Capital Stock so converted or exchanged were issued after March 1, 2003, the
aggregate of Net Cash Proceeds from their original issuance (excluding the Net Cash
Proceeds from the conversion or exchange of debt securities or Redeemable Capital
Stock financed, directly or indirectly, using funds borrowed from the Issuer or any
Subsidiary until and to the extent such borrowing is repaid);
(E) (a) in the case of the disposition or repayment of any Investment
constituting a Restricted Payment made after the Issue Date, an amount (to the
extent not included in Consolidated Net Income) equal to the lesser of the return of
capital with respect to such Investment and the initial amount of such Investment,
in either case, less the cost of the disposition of such Investment and net of
taxes, and (b) in the case of the designation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary as a
Restricted Subsidiary (as long as the designation of such Subsidiary as an
Unrestricted Subsidiary was deemed a Restricted Payment), the Fair Market Value of
the Issuers interest in such Subsidiary as of the date of such designation,
provided that such amount shall not in any case exceed the amount of the
Restricted Payment deemed made at the time the Subsidiary was designated as an
Unrestricted Subsidiary;
(F) any amount which previously qualified as a Restricted Payment on account of
any guarantee entered into by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary;
provided
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that such guarantee has not been called upon and the obligation arising under
such guarantee no longer exists; and
(G) $5 million.
(b) The provisions of Section 4.06(a) shall not prohibit the following Restricted Payments
(each, a Permitted Payment):
(1) (x) the payment of any dividend or redemption of any Capital Stock within 60 days
after the date of declaration thereof or call for redemption, if at such date of declaration
or call for redemption such payment or redemption was permitted by the provisions of Section
4.06(a) (the declaration of such payment will be deemed a Restricted Payment under Section
4.06(a) as of the date of declaration, and the payment itself will be deemed to have been
paid on such date of declaration and will not also be deemed a Restricted Payment under
Section 4.06(a)) (it being understood that any Restricted Payment made in reliance on this
clause (x) shall reduce the amount available for Restricted Payments pursuant to Section
4.06(a)(3) above only once) and (y) declaration and the payment of dividends on the Issuers
common stock in an amount not to exceed $6.5 million during any twelve month period;
(2) the repurchase, redemption, or other acquisition or retirement for value of any
shares of any class of Capital Stock of the Issuer in exchange for (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 or scrip), or out of the Net
Cash Proceeds of a substantially concurrent issuance and sale for cash (other than to a
Subsidiary) of, Qualified Capital Stock of the Issuer; provided that the Net Cash
Proceeds from the issuance of such shares of Qualified Capital Stock are excluded from
Section 4.06(a)(3)(B);
(3) the repurchase, redemption, defeasance, retirement or acquisition for value or
payment of principal of any Subordinated Indebtedness in exchange for, or out of the Net
Cash Proceeds of, a substantially concurrent issuance and sale for cash (other than to any
Subsidiary) of any Qualified Capital Stock of the Issuer, provided that the Net Cash
Proceeds from the issuance of such shares of Qualified Capital Stock are excluded from
Section 4.06(a)(3)(B);
(4) the repurchase, redemption, defeasance, retirement or acquisition for value or
payment of principal of any Subordinated Indebtedness (other than Redeemable Capital Stock)
in exchange for, or out of the Net Cash Proceeds of, the substantially concurrent issuance
of new Subordinated Indebtedness of the Issuer, provided that any such new
Subordinated Indebtedness
(a) shall be in a principal amount that does not exceed the principal amount so
refinanced, plus the amount of premium or other payment reasonably determined as
necessary to refinance the Indebtedness, plus the amount of expenses of the Issuer
incurred in connection with such refinancing;
(b) has an Average Life to Stated Maturity equal to or greater than the
remaining Average Life to Stated Maturity of the Subordinated Indebtedness being
refinanced;
(c) has a Stated Maturity for its final scheduled principal payment later than
the Stated Maturity for the final scheduled principal payment of the Subordinated
Indebtedness being refinanced; and
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(d) is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Notes at least to the
same extent as the Subordinated Indebtedness to be refinanced;
(5) the repurchase of Capital Stock deemed to occur upon (a) exercise of stock options
to the extent that shares of such Capital Stock represent a portion of the exercise price of
such options and (b) the withholding of a portion of the Capital Stock granted or awarded to
an employee to pay taxes associated therewith;
(6) the payment of cash in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares in connection with
the exercise of warrants, options or other securities convertible into or exercisable for
Capital Stock of the Issuer;
(7) the repurchase, redemption, or other acquisition or retirement for value of
Redeemable Capital Stock of the Issuer made by exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the
sale of, Redeemable Capital Stock;
(8) so long as no default or event of default exists or would occur, the repurchase,
redemption, or other acquisition or retirement for value of any shares of Capital Stock of
the Issuer from employees, former employees, directors or former directors of the Issuer or
any Restricted Subsidiary or their authorized representatives upon the death, disability or
termination of employment of such employees, former employees, directors or former
directors, in an amount of up to $3 million in the aggregate during any fiscal year of the
Issuer (with unused amounts from any fiscal year available in any of the next two succeeding
years); and
(9) so long as no default or event of default exists or would occur, payments or
distributions to stockholders pursuant to appraisal rights required under applicable law in
connection with any consolidation, merger or transfer of assets, that complies with Section
5.01.
For clarity purposes, all payments made pursuant to Sections 4.06(b)(2) through (9) shall not
reduce the amount that would otherwise be available for Restricted Payments under Section 4.06(a).
Section 4.07 Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates.
The Issuer will not, and will not cause or permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to,
directly or indirectly, enter into any transaction or series of related transactions (including,
without limitation, the sale, purchase, exchange or lease of assets, property or services) with or
for the benefit of any Affiliate of the Issuer (other than the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary,
including any Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of such transaction) unless:
(1) such transaction or series of related transactions is on terms that are no less
favorable to the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, than those that
would be available in a comparable transaction in arms-length dealings with an unrelated
third party,
(2) with respect to any transaction or series of related transactions involving
aggregate value in excess of $2.5 million, the Issuer delivers an Officers Certificate to
the Trustee certifying that such transaction or series of related transactions complies with
clause (1) above, and
(3) with respect to any transaction or series of related transactions involving
aggregate value in excess of $10 million, either
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(A) such transaction or series of related transactions has been approved by a
majority of the Disinterested Directors of the Board of Directors of the Issuer, or
in the event there is only one Disinterested Director, by such Disinterested
Director, or
(B) the Issuer delivers to the Trustee a written opinion of an investment
banking firm of national standing or other recognized independent expert stating
that the transaction or series of related transactions is fair to the Issuer or such
Restricted Subsidiary from a financial point of view; provided,
however, that this provision shall not apply to:
(i) directors fees, consulting fees, employee salaries, bonuses or
employment agreements, incentive arrangements, compensation or employee
benefit arrangements with any officer, director or employee of the Issuer or
a Subsidiary of the Issuer, including under any stock option or stock
incentive plans, customary indemnification arrangements with officers,
directors or employees of the Issuer or a Subsidiary of the Issuer, in each
case entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(ii) any Restricted Payments or Permitted Payments made in compliance
with Section 4.06;
(iii) any Qualified Securitization Transaction;
(iv) any issuance or sale of Qualified Capital Stock of the Issuer to
Affiliates;
(v) transactions among the Issuer and/or any Restricted Subsidiary
and/or any Related Business Entity;
(vi) loans or advances to employees or consultants of the Issuer in the
ordinary course of business for bona fide business purposes of the Issuer
and its Restricted Subsidiaries (including travel, entertainment and moving
expenses) made in compliance with applicable law; and
(vii) any transactions undertaken pursuant to any agreements in
existence on the Issue Date (as in effect on the Issue Date) and any
renewals, replacements or modifications of such contracts (pursuant to new
transactions or otherwise) on terms no less favorable in any material
respect to the Holders of the Notes than those in effect on the Issue Date.
Section 4.08 Limitation on Liens.
The Issuer will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, directly or
indirectly, to enter into, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Liens of any kind, on or
with respect to any of its properties to secure Indebtedness of the Issuer or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries other than Permitted Liens. Additionally, the Issuer will not, and will not permit
any Guarantor, to grant or suffer to exist any Lien (other than pursuant to clause (a), (d), (j) or
(p) of the definition of Permitted Liens) on any real property of the Issuer or any Guarantor
owned in fee simple on the Issue Date for purposes of securing any Indebtedness for money borrowed
unless the Issuer shall have granted a first-priority Lien on such fee owned real property to the
Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Holders of Notes and the holders of Permitted Additional
Pari Passu Obligations.
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Section 4.09 Limitation on Sale of Assets.
(a) The Issuer will not, and will not cause or permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to,
directly or indirectly, consummate an Asset Sale unless (1) at least 75% of the consideration from
such Asset Sale is received in cash, Cash Equivalents or Replacement Assets, (2) the Issuer or such
Restricted Subsidiary receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the
Fair Market Value of the shares or assets subject to such Asset Sale, (3) if such Asset Sale
involves the disposition of Collateral, the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary has complied with
the provisions of this Indenture and the Security Documents, and (4) if such Asset Sale involves
the disposition of Note Priority Collateral or, after the Discharge of ABL Obligations, the
disposition of ABL Priority Collateral, the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be paid directly by the
purchaser of the Collateral to the Collateral Agent for deposit into the Collateral Account pending
application in accordance with the provisions described below, and, if any property other than cash
or Cash Equivalents is included in such Net Cash Proceeds, such property shall be made subject to
the Note Liens.
For purposes of Section 4.09(a)(1) above, the following will be deemed to be cash:
(A) the amount of any liabilities (other than Subordinated Indebtedness) of the Issuer
or any Restricted Subsidiary that is actually assumed by the transferee in such Asset Sale
and from which the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries are fully and unconditionally
released (excluding any liabilities that are incurred in connection with or in anticipation
of such Asset Sale and contingent liabilities);
(B) the amount of any notes, securities or other similar obligations received by the
Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that is converted, sold or
exchanged within 90 days of the related Asset Sale by the Issuer or the Restricted
Subsidiaries into cash in an amount equal to the net cash proceeds realized upon such
conversion, sale or exchange; and
(C) the amount of any Designated Non-cash Consideration received by the Issuer or any
of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the Asset Sale; provided that the aggregate of
such Designated Non-cash Consideration received in connection with Asset Sales (and still
held) shall not exceed $5 million at any one time (with the Fair Market Value in each case
being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in
value).
(b) All or a portion of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale may be applied by the Issuer
or a Restricted Subsidiary, to the extent the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary elects (or is
required by the terms of any Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement or any Credit Facility):
(i) to the extent such Net Cash Proceeds constitute proceeds from the sale of
Collateral (other than Tommy Bahama Collateral) or assets that are not Collateral, to repay
permanently any Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement or any other Credit Facility or
Indebtedness of any non-Guarantor with respect to the proceeds from the sale of assets of
any non-Guarantor then outstanding as required by the terms thereof (and in the case of any
such Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement or any other Credit Facility, effect a
permanent reduction in the availability under the Credit Agreement or any other Credit
Facility);
(ii) to acquire all or substantially all of the assets of, or a majority of the Voting
Stock of, a Permitted Business (or in the case of an Asset Sale of ABL Priority Collateral
or Note Priority Collateral other than Tommy Bahama Collateral, to acquire additional
Collateral); provided that to the extent such Net Cash Proceeds are received in
respect of Tommy Bahama Collateral, such Net Cash Proceeds are applied to acquire assets that constitute Note
Priority Collateral;
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(iii) to make a capital expenditure; provided that to the extent such Net Cash
Proceeds are received in respect of Note Priority Collateral, such expenditures shall relate
to Collateral (and to the extent such Net Cash Proceeds are received in respect of Tommy
Bahama Collateral, such expenditures shall relate to Note Priority Collateral); or
(iv) to invest the Net Cash Proceeds (or enter into a legally binding agreement to
invest) in Replacement Assets; provided that to the extent such Net Cash Proceeds
are received in respect of Note Priority Collateral, such Replacement Assets constitute
Collateral (and to the extent such Net Cash Proceeds are received in respect of Tommy Bahama
Collateral, such Collateral shall be Note Priority Collateral).
Pending the final application of any such Net Cash Proceeds (other than Trust Monies), the
Issuer may temporarily reduce Indebtedness or otherwise invest such Net Cash Proceeds in any manner
that is not prohibited by this Indenture. If any such legally binding agreement to invest such Net
Cash Proceeds is terminated, the Issuer shall, within 90 days of such termination or within 365
days of such Asset Sale, whichever is later, invest such Net Cash Proceeds as provided in Section
4.09(b)(i) through (iv) (without regard to the first parenthetical contained in Section
4.09(b)(iv)). The amount of such Net Cash Proceeds not used or invested in accordance with the
preceding Section 4.09(b)(i) through (iv) within 365 days of the Asset Sale constitutes Excess
Proceeds.
(c) When the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $15.0 million, within 30 days
thereof, the Issuer will make an offer (an Offer) to all Holders of Notes and (x) in the
case of Net Cash Proceeds from an Asset Sale of Note Priority Collateral, to the holders of any
other Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations containing provisions similar to those set forth
in this Indenture with respect to asset sales or (y) in the case of any other Net Cash Proceeds, to
all holders of other Pari Passu Indebtedness containing provisions similar to those set forth in
this Section 4.09 with respect to asset sales, in each case, equal to the Excess Proceeds. The
offer price in any Offer to Purchase will be equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes
(and 100% of the principal amount or, if different, the accreted value of any Permitted Additional
Pari Passu Obligations or Pari Passu Indebtedness) plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of
purchase, and will be payable in cash. If any Excess Proceeds remain after consummation of an
Offer, the Issuer may use those Excess Proceeds for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by this
Indenture and such remaining amount shall not be added to any subsequent Excess Proceeds for any
purpose under this Indenture. If the aggregate principal of the Notes and principal amount or, if
different, accreted value of other Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations (in the case of Net
Cash Proceeds from Note Priority Collateral) or Notes and other Pari Passu Indebtedness (in the
case of any other Net Cash Proceeds) tendered into such Offer to Purchase exceeds the amount of
Excess Proceeds, the Trustee will select the Notes and other Permitted Additional Pari Passu
Obligations or other Pari Passu Indebtedness, as the case may be, to be purchased on a pro rata
basis. Upon completion of each Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds will be reset at zero.
(d) The Issuer will comply with the applicable tender offer rules, including Rule 14e-1 under
the Exchange Act, and any other applicable securities laws or regulations in connection with an
Offer and shall not be deemed to have violated the provisions of this Section 4.09 as a result of
such compliance.
Section 4.10 Additional Guarantees.
The Issuer will cause any Restricted Subsidiary formed or acquired after the Issue Date (other
than a Foreign Subsidiary, a Securitization Entity or an Excluded Subsidiary) to execute and
deliver a supplemental indenture to this Indenture in the form of Exhibit D hereto
providing for a Guarantee of the Notes and supplements to the applicable Security Documents in
order to grant a Lien in the Collateral
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owned by such Restricted Subsidiary. Guarantees shall be
released and discharged in accordance with Section 13.06.
Section 4.11 Purchase of Notes upon a Change of Control.
(a) If a Change of Control occurs, each Holder of Notes will have the right to require that
the Issuer purchase all or any part (in integral multiples of $1,000 except that no Note will be
purchased in part if the remaining amount of such Note would be less than $2,000) of such Holders
Notes pursuant to a Change of Control Offer. In the Change of Control Offer, the Issuer
will offer to purchase all of the Notes, at a purchase price (the Change of Control Purchase
Price) in cash in an amount equal to 101% of the principal amount of such Notes, plus accrued
and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of purchase (the Change of Control Purchase
Date) (subject to the rights of Holders of record on relevant Record Dates to receive interest
due on an Interest Payment Date).
(b) Within 30 days of any Change of Control or, at the Issuers option, prior to such Change
of Control but after it is publicly announced, the Issuer must notify the Trustee and give written
notice (a Change of Control Purchase Notice) of the Change of Control to each Holder of
Securities, by first-class mail, postage prepaid, at its address appearing in the Note Register.
The notice must state:
(i) that a Change of Control has occurred or will occur, the date of such event, and
that such Holder has the right to require the Issuer to repurchase such Holders Notes at
the Change of Control Purchase Price;
(ii) that the Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 4.11 and
that all Notes properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer will be accepted
for payment at the Change of Control Purchase Price;
(iii) the Change of Control Purchase Date, which shall be fixed by the Issuer on a
Business Day no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is
mailed, or such later date as is necessary to comply with requirements under the Exchange
Act; provided that the Change of Control Purchase Date may not occur prior to the
Change of Control;
(iv) the Change of Control Purchase Price;
(v) the names and addresses of the Paying Agent and the offices or agencies referred to
in Section 2.03;
(vi) that Notes must be surrendered on or prior to the Change of Control Purchase Date
to the Paying Agent at the office of the Paying Agent or to an office or agency referred to
in Section 2.03 to collect payment;
(vii) that the Change of Control Purchase Price for any Notes which has been properly
tendered and not withdrawn will be paid promptly following the Change of Control Purchase
Date;
(viii) that Holders electing to have any Notes purchased pursuant to a Change of
Control Offer will be required to surrender such Notes, with the form entitled Option of
Holder to Elect Purchase on the reverse of such Notes completed, to the Paying Agent
specified in the notice at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of
business on the third Business Day preceding the Change of Control Purchase Date;
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(ix) that Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their tendered Notes and their election
to require the Issuer to purchase such Notes, provided that the Paying Agent
receives, not later than the close of business on the 30th day following the date of the
Change of Control Purchase Notice, a facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name
of the Holder of the Notes, the principal amount of Notes tendered for purchase, and a
statement that such Holder is withdrawing its tendered Notes and its election to have such
Notes purchased;
(x) that any Note not tendered will continue to accrue interest; and
(xi) that, unless the Issuer defaults in the payment of the Change of Control Purchase
Price, any Notes accepted for payment pursuant to the Change of Control Offer shall cease to
accrue interest after the Change of Control Purchase Date.
(c) On the Change of Control Purchase Date, the Issuer shall, to the extent permitted by law,
(i) accept for payment all Notes issued by it or portions thereof properly tendered
pursuant to the Change of Control Offer;
(ii) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the aggregate Change of Control
Purchase Price in respect of all Notes or portions thereof so tendered; and
(iii) deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee for cancellation the Notes so
accepted together with an Officers Certificate to the Trustee stating that such Notes or
portions thereof have been tendered to and purchased by the Issuer.
(d) Subject to applicable escheat laws, the Trustee and the Paying Agent shall return to the
Issuer any cash that remains unclaimed, together with interest or dividends, if any, thereon, held
by them for the payment of the Change of Control Purchase Price; provided, however,
that, (x) to the extent that the aggregate amount of cash deposited by the Issuer pursuant to
clause (ii) of clause (c) above exceeds the aggregate Change of Control Purchase Price of the Notes
or portions thereof to be purchased, then the Trustee shall hold such excess for the Issuer and (y)
unless otherwise directed by the Issuer in writing, promptly after the Business Day following the
Change of Control Purchase Date the Trustee shall return any such excess to the Issuer together
with interest, if any, thereon.
(e) The Issuer shall comply, to the extent applicable, with the applicable tender offer rules,
including Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act, and any other applicable securities laws or
regulations in connection with a Change of Control Offer.
(f) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Issuer will not be required to make a Change of Control
Offer upon a Change of Control if a third party makes the Change of Control Offer, in the manner,
at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in this Section 4.11
applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by the Issuer and purchases all the Notes validly
tendered and not withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer.
Section 4.12 Limitation on Subsidiary Preferred Stock.
(a) The Issuer will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer to issue, sell or
transfer any Preferred Stock of such Restricted Subsidiary, except for (1) Preferred Stock issued
or sold to, held by or transferred to the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary, and (2) Preferred
Stock issued by a Person prior to the time (A) such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, (B)
such Person consolidates or
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merges with or into the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary or (C) a
Restricted Subsidiary consolidates or merges with or into such Person; provided that such
Preferred Stock was not issued or incurred by such Person in anticipation of the type of
transaction contemplated by Section 4.12(a)(2)(A), (B) or (C). This Section 4.12(a) shall not
apply upon the acquisition by a third party of all the outstanding Capital Stock of such Restricted
Subsidiary in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.
(b) The Issuer will not permit any Person (other than the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary)
to acquire Preferred Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary from the Issuer or any Restricted
Subsidiary, except upon the acquisition of all the outstanding Capital Stock of such Restricted
Subsidiary in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.
Section 4.13 Limitation on Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries.
(a) The Issuer will not, and will not cause or permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to,
directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause to exist or become effective any consensual
encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to:
(1) pay dividends or make any other distributions on its Capital Stock,
(2) pay any Indebtedness owed to the Issuer or any other Restricted Subsidiary,
(3) make any Investment in the Issuer or any other Restricted Subsidiary or
(4) transfer any of its properties or assets to the Issuer or any other Restricted
Subsidiary.
(b) However, Section 4.13(a) will not prohibit any:
(1) encumbrance or restriction pursuant to an agreement or instrument (including the
Credit Agreement, the Notes, this Indenture, the Guarantees and the Security Documents) in
effect on the Issue Date (or in respect of the Credit Agreement on the date of the Credit
Agreement);
(2) encumbrance or restriction with respect to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a
Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer on the Issue Date, in existence at the time such Person
becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer and not incurred in connection with, or in
contemplation of, such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary, provided that such
encumbrances and restrictions are not applicable to the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary
or the properties or assets of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary other than such
Subsidiary which is becoming a Restricted Subsidiary;
(3) encumbrance or restriction pursuant to any agreement governing any Indebtedness
represented by Capital Lease Obligations or Purchase Money Obligations permitted to be
incurred under Section 4.05;
(4) encumbrance or restriction contained in any Acquired Indebtedness or other
agreement of any Person or related to assets acquired (whether by merger, consolidation or
otherwise) by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiaries, so long as such encumbrance or
restriction (A) was not entered into in contemplation of the acquisition, merger or
consolidation transaction, and (B) is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or
assets of any Person, other than the
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Person, or the property or assets of the Person, so
acquired, so long as the agreement containing such restriction does not violate any other
provision of this Indenture;
(5) encumbrance or restriction existing under applicable law or any requirement of any
regulatory body;
(6) in the case of Section 4.13(a)(4), Liens securing Indebtedness otherwise permitted
to be incurred under Section 4.08 that limit the right of the debtor to dispose of the
assets subject to such Liens;
(7) customary non-assignment provisions in leases, licenses or contracts;
(8) customary restrictions contained in (A) asset sale agreements permitted to be
incurred under Section 4.09 that limit the transfer of such assets pending the closing of
such sale and (B) any other agreement for the sale or other disposition of a Restricted
Subsidiary that restricts distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary pending its sale or
other disposition;
(9) customary restrictions imposed by the terms of shareholders, partnership or joint
venture agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business in connection with a
joint venture arrangement which is permitted pursuant to clause (7) of the definition of
Permitted Investment; provided, however, that such restrictions do not
apply to any Restricted Subsidiaries other than the applicable company, partnership or joint
venture;
(10) restrictions contained in Indebtedness of Foreign Subsidiaries permitted to be
incurred under clause (11) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness, so long as such
restrictions or encumbrances are customary for Indebtedness of the type incurred;
(11) encumbrance or restriction with respect to a Securitization Entity in connection
with a Qualified Securitization Transaction; provided, however, that such
encumbrances and restrictions are customarily required by the institutional sponsor or
arranger of such Qualified Securitization Transaction in similar types of documents relating
to the purchase of similar receivables in connection with the financing thereof;
(12) restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers under
contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(13) encumbrance or restriction under any agreement that amends, extends, renews,
refinances or replaces the agreements containing the encumbrances or restrictions in the
foregoing clauses (1) through (12) or in this clause (13), provided that the terms
and conditions of any such encumbrances or restrictions are no more restrictive in any
material respect than those under or pursuant to the agreement evidencing the Indebtedness
so extended, renewed, refinanced or replaced.
Section 4.14 Limitation on Unrestricted Subsidiaries.
The Issuer may designate after the Issue Date any Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary
under this Indenture only if:
(a) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of or after giving
effect to such designation;
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(b) the Issuer would be permitted to make an Investment (other than a Permitted
Investment) at the time of designation (assuming the effectiveness of such designation)
pursuant to Section 4.06(a) in an amount (the Designation Amount) equal to the
Fair Market Value of the Issuers and its Restricted Subsidiaries Investments in such
Subsidiary (including any guarantee of the obligations of such Unrestricted Subsidiary but
excluding any amounts attributable to Investments made prior to the Issue Date);
(c) such Unrestricted Subsidiary does not own any Capital Stock in any Restricted
Subsidiary of the Issuer which is not simultaneously being designated an Unrestricted
Subsidiary;
(d) such Unrestricted Subsidiary is not liable, directly or indirectly, with respect to
any Indebtedness other than Non-Recourse Indebtedness, provided that an Unrestricted
Subsidiary may provide a Guarantee for the Notes; and
(e) such Unrestricted Subsidiary is not a party to any agreement, contract, arrangement
or understanding at such time with the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary unless the terms
of any such agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding are no less favorable to the
Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from
persons who are not Affiliates of the Issuer or, in the event such condition is not
satisfied, the value of such agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding to such
Unrestricted Subsidiary from and after the date of designation shall be deemed a Restricted
Payment.
In the event of any such designation, the Issuer shall be deemed to have made an Investment
constituting a Restricted Payment pursuant to Section 4.06 for all purposes of this Indenture in
the Designation Amount.
For purposes of the foregoing, the designation of a Subsidiary of the Issuer as an
Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be deemed to be the designation of all of the Subsidiaries of such
Subsidiary as Unrestricted Subsidiaries. Unless so designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, any
person that becomes a Subsidiary of the Issuer will be classified as a Restricted Subsidiary.
The Issuer may revoke any designation of a Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary if:
(a) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of and after giving
effect to such revocation;
(b) all Liens and Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary outstanding immediately
following such revocation would, if incurred at such time, have been permitted to be
incurred for all purposes of this Indenture; and
(c) unless such redesignated Subsidiary shall not have any Indebtedness outstanding
(other than Indebtedness that would be Permitted Indebtedness), (x) if prior to such
revocation the Issuer could incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness (other than Permitted
Indebtedness) pursuant
to Section 4.05(a) immediately after giving effect to such proposed revocation, and
after giving pro forma effect to the incurrence of any such Indebtedness of such
redesignated Subsidiary as if such Indebtedness was incurred on the date of the revocation,
the Issuer could incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness (other than Permitted Indebtedness)
pursuant to Section 4.05 or (y) if prior to such revocation the Issuer could not incur $1.00
of additional Indebtedness (other than Permitted Indebtedness) pursuant to Section 4.05(a),
the Issuers Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio does not decline as a result of such
revocation.
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All designations and revocations must be evidenced by a resolution of the Board of Directors
of the Issuer delivered to the Trustee certifying compliance with the foregoing provisions
Section 4.15 Provision of Financial Information.
Whether or not the Issuer is subject to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Issuer
will, to the extent permitted under the Exchange Act, file with the SEC the annual reports,
quarterly reports and other documents which the Issuer would have been required to file with the
SEC pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) if the Issuer were so subject, such documents to be filed
with the SEC on or prior to the date (the Required Filing Date) by which the Issuer would
have been required so to file such documents if the Issuer were so subject.
The Issuer will also in any event within 15 days of each Required Filing Date (a) file with
the Trustee copies of the annual reports, quarterly reports and other documents which the Issuer
filed with the SEC or would have been required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Exchange Act if the Issuer were subject to either of such Sections and (b) if filing
such reports and documents by the Issuer with the SEC is not accepted by the SEC or is not
permitted under the Exchange Act, transmit by mail to all Holders of the Notes, as their names and
addresses appear in the Note Register, without cost to such Holders, copies of such reports and
documents.
In addition, so long as any of the Notes remain outstanding, the Issuer will make available to
any prospective purchaser of Notes or beneficial owner of Notes in connection with any sale thereof
the information required by Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act, until such time as the Issuer
has either exchanged the Notes for securities identical in all material respects which have been
registered under the Securities Act or until such time as the Holders thereof have disposed of such
Notes pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act.
Section 4.16 Statement by Officers as to Default.
(a) The Issuer will deliver to the Trustee, on or before a date not more than 120 days after
the end of each fiscal year of the Issuer and 60 days after the end of each fiscal quarter, an
Officers Certificate, as to compliance herewith, including whether or not, after a review of the
activities of the Issuer during such year or such quarter and of the Issuers and each Guarantors
performance under this Indenture, to the best knowledge, based on such review, of the signers
thereof, the Issuer and each Guarantor have fulfilled all of their respective obligations and are
in compliance with all conditions and covenants under this Indenture throughout such year or
quarter, as the case may be, and, if there has been a Default specifying each Default and the
nature and status thereof and any actions being taken by the Issuer and the Guarantors with respect
thereto.
(b) When any Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Issuer shall
deliver to the Trustee by registered or certified mail or facsimile transmission of an Officers
Certificate specifying such Default or Event of Default, within five Business Days after becoming
aware of the occurrence of such Default or Event of Default.
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ARTICLE 5
SUCCESSORS
Section 5.01 Consolidation, Merger or Sale of Assets.
(a) The Issuer will not, in a single transaction or through a series of related transactions,
consolidate with or merge with or into any other Person or sell, assign, convey, transfer, lease or
otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person or group
of Persons, or permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to enter into any such transaction or
series of transactions, if such transaction or series of transactions, in the aggregate, would
result in a sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or disposition of all or substantially
all of the properties and assets of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated
basis to any other Person or group of Persons, unless at the time and after giving effect thereto
(1) either (a) the Issuer will be the continuing corporation or (b) the Person formed
by or surviving such consolidation or merger or the Person which acquires by sale,
assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or disposition all or substantially all of the
properties and assets of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis
(the Surviving Entity) (i) shall be a corporation duly organized and validly
existing under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or the District
of Columbia, (ii) shall expressly assume by a supplemental indenture, in a form reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee, all the obligations of the Issuer under the Notes and this
Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement, as the case may be, and the Notes and this
Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement will remain in full force and effect as so
supplemented (and any Guarantees will be confirmed as applying to such Surviving Entitys
obligations) and (iii) shall expressly assume the due and punctual performance of the
covenants and obligations of the Issuer under the Security Documents;
(2) after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default exists;
(3) after giving effect to such transaction, the Issuer (or the Surviving Entity if the
Issuer is not the continuing obligor under this Indenture) could incur $1.00 of additional
Indebtedness (other than Permitted Indebtedness) under the provisions of Section 4.05(a);
(4) at the time of the transaction, each Guarantor, if any, unless it is the other
party to the transactions described above, will have by supplemental indenture confirmed
that its Guarantee shall apply to such Persons obligations under this Indenture and the
Notes;
(5) at the time of the transaction, the Issuer or the Surviving Entity will have
delivered, or caused to be delivered, to the Trustee, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee, an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each to the
effect that such consolidation, merger, transfer, sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer,
lease or other transaction and the supplemental indenture in respect thereof comply with
this Indenture and that all conditions provided for in this Section 5.01 relating to such
transaction have been complied with;
(6) the Issuer or the Surviving Entity, as applicable, promptly causes such amendments,
supplements or other instruments to be executed, delivered, filed and recorded, as
applicable, in such jurisdictions as may be required by applicable law to preserve and
protect the Lien of the Security Documents on the Collateral owned by or transferred to the
Issuer or the Surviving Entity; and
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(7) the Collateral owned by or transferred to the Issuer or the Surviving Entity, as
applicable, shall (a) continue to constitute Collateral under this Indenture and the
Security Documents, (b) be subject to the Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent for the
benefit of the Trustee and the holders of the Notes, and (c) not be subject to any Lien
other than Permitted Liens.
Notwithstanding Section 5.01(a)(3), (1) any Restricted Subsidiary may consolidate with, merge
into or transfer all or part of its properties and assets to the Issuer or another Restricted
Subsidiary and (2) the Issuer may merge with an Affiliate that has no significant assets or
liabilities and was formed solely for the purpose of changing the Issuers jurisdiction of
organization to another state of the United States, provided that the Surviving Entity
assumes, by supplemental indenture in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, the Issuers
obligation under this Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement.
(b) Each Guarantor will not, and the Issuer will not permit a Guarantor to, in a single
transaction or through a series of related transactions, consolidate with or merge with or into any
other Person (other than the Issuer or any Guarantor) or sell, assign, convey, transfer, lease or
otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person or group
of Persons (other than the Issuer or any Guarantor) or permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to
enter into any such transaction or series of transactions if such transaction or series of
transactions, in the aggregate, would result in a sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or
disposition of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Guarantor and its
Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis to any other Person or group of Persons (other than
the Issuer or any Guarantor), unless at the time and after giving effect thereto:
(1) either (a) the Guarantor will be the continuing corporation in the case of a
consolidation or merger involving the Guarantor or (b) the Person formed by or surviving
such consolidation or merger or the Person which acquires by sale, assignment, conveyance,
transfer, lease or disposition all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the
Guarantor and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis (the Surviving
Guarantor Entity) will be a corporation, limited liability company, limited liability
partnership, partnership or trust duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the
United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia and such Person (i)
expressly assumes, by a supplemental indenture, in a form reasonably satisfactory to the
Trustee, all the obligations of such Guarantor under its Guarantee of the Notes and this
Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement and such Guarantee, Indenture and
Registration Rights Agreement will remain in full force and effect; and (ii) shall expressly
assume the due and punctual performance of the covenants and obligations of the applicable
Guarantor under the Security Documents;
(2) after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default exists;
(3) at the time of the transaction such Guarantor or the Surviving Guarantor Entity
will have delivered, or caused to be delivered, to the Trustee, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel,
each to the effect that such consolidation, merger, transfer, sale, assignment, conveyance,
lease or other transaction and the supplemental indenture in respect thereof comply with
this Indenture and that all conditions precedent therein provided for relating to such
transaction have been complied with;
(4) the Guarantor or the Surviving Guarantor Entity, as applicable, promptly causes
such amendments, supplements or other instruments to be executed, delivered, filed and
recorded, as applicable, in such jurisdictions as may be required by applicable law to
preserve and protect the Lien of the Security Documents on the Collateral owned by or
transferred to the Guarantor or the Surviving Guarantor Entity;
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(5) the Collateral owned by or transferred to the Guarantor or the Surviving Guarantor
Entity, as applicable, shall (a) continue to constitute Collateral under this Indenture and
the Security Documents, (b) be subject to the Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent for the
benefit of the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes, and (c) not be subject to any Lien
other than Permitted Liens; and
(6) the property and assets of the Person which is merged or consolidated with or into
the Guarantor or the Surviving Guarantor Entity, as applicable, to the extent that they are
property or assets of the types which would constitute Collateral under the Security
Documents, shall be treated as after-acquired property and the Guarantor or the Surviving
Guarantor Entity shall take such action as may be reasonably necessary to cause such
property and assets to be made subject to the Lien of the Security Documents in the manner
and to the extent required in this Indenture;
provided, however, that this Section 5.01(b) shall not apply to any Guarantor whose
Guarantee of the Notes is unconditionally released and discharged in accordance with Section 13.06.
Section 5.02 Successor Substituted.
Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or
disposition of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Issuer or any
Guarantor, if any, in accordance with Section 5.01, the successor Person formed by such
consolidation or into which the Issuer or such Guarantor, as the case may be, is merged, or the
successor Person to which such sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or disposition is
made, shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the
Issuer or such Guarantor, as the case may be, under this Indenture, the Notes and/or the related
Guarantee, as the case may be, and the Registration Rights Agreement, with the same effect as if
such successor had been named as the Issuer or such Guarantor, as the case may be, herein, in the
Notes and/or in the Guarantee, as the case may be, and the Registration Rights Agreement, and the
Issuer and such Guarantor, as the case may be, shall be discharged from all obligations and
covenants under this Indenture and the Notes or its Guarantee, as the case may be, and the
Registration Rights Agreement; provided that in the case of a transfer by lease, the
predecessor shall not be released from the payment of principal and interest on the Notes or its
Guarantee, as the case may be.
ARTICLE 6
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
Section 6.01 Events of Default.
An Event of Default wherever used herein, means any one of the following events
(whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or
be 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):
(1) there shall be a default in the payment of any interest on any Note when it becomes
due and payable, and such default shall continue for a period of 30 days;
(2) there shall be a default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any,
on) any Note at its Maturity (upon acceleration, optional redemption, required repurchase or
otherwise);
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(3) (a) there shall be a default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or
agreement of the Issuer or any Guarantor under this Indenture, any Guarantee or any Security
Document (other than a default in the performance, or breach, of a covenant or agreement
which is specifically dealt with in clause (1) or (2) above or subclause (b), (c) or (d) of
this clause (3) and such default or breach shall continue for a period of 30 days with
respect to defaults or breaches of the items set forth under Article 4, and 60 days in all
other cases, in each case after written notice has been given, by certified mail, (1) to the
Issuer by the Trustee or (2) to the Issuer and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in
aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes; (b) there shall be a default in the
performance or breach of the provisions described in Section 5.01; (c) the Issuer shall have
failed to make or consummate an Offer in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.09; or
(d) the Issuer shall have failed to make or consummate a Change of Control Offer in
accordance with the provisions of Section 4.11;
(4) (a) any default in the payment of the principal or premium, if any, on any
Indebtedness when due under any of the agreements, indentures or instruments under which the
Issuer, any Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary then has outstanding Indebtedness in
excess of $15 million and such default shall have continued after giving effect to any
applicable grace period and shall not have been cured or waived and, if not already matured
at its final maturity in accordance with its terms, the holder of such Indebtedness shall
have the right to accelerate such Indebtedness or (b) an event of default as defined in any
of the agreements, indentures or instruments described in subclause (a) of this clause (4)
shall have occurred and the Indebtedness thereunder, if not already matured at its final
maturity in accordance with its terms, shall have been accelerated;
(5) any Guarantee of any Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries
which collectively (as of the latest audited consolidated financial statements for the
Issuer) would constitute a Significant Subsidiary shall for any reason cease to be, or shall
for any reason be asserted in writing by any Guarantor or the Issuer not to be, in full
force and effect and enforceable in accordance with its terms, except to the extent
permitted by this Indenture and any such Guarantee;
(6) one or more final, non-appealable judgments or orders of any court or regulatory or
administrative agency for the payment of money in excess of $15 million (net of any amounts
to the extent that they are covered by insurance), either individually or in the aggregate,
shall be rendered against the Issuer, any Guarantor or any Subsidiary which has not been
discharged, fully bonded or stayed for a period of 60 consecutive days;
(7) there shall have been the entry of a decree or order that remains unstayed and in
effect for 60 consecutive days by a court of competent jurisdiction under any applicable
Bankruptcy Law (a) for relief in an involuntary case or proceeding in respect of the Issuer,
any Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries which collectively (as of
the latest audited consolidated financial statements for the Issuer and its Restricted
Subsidiaries) would constitute a Significant Subsidiary or (b) adjudging the Issuer, any
Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries which collectively (as of the
latest audited consolidated financial statements for the Issuer and its Restricted
Subsidiaries) would constitute a Significant Subsidiary bankrupt or insolvent or (c) seeking
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition under any applicable federal or state
law of or in respect of the Issuer, any Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted
Subsidiaries which collectively (as of the latest audited consolidated financial statements
for the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries) would constitute a Significant Subsidiary or
(d) appointing a custodian of the Issuer, any Significant Subsidiary or any group of
Restricted
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Subsidiaries which collectively (as of the latest audited consolidated financial
statements for the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries) would constitute a Significant
Subsidiary or of substantially all of the assets of the Issuer or such Significant
Subsidiary, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of their affairs;
(8) the Issuer, any Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries
which collectively (as of the latest audited consolidated financial statements for the
Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries) would constitute a Significant Subsidiary (i)
commences a voluntary case or proceeding in respect of the Issuer, such Significant
Subsidiary or such group of Restricted Subsidiaries under any applicable Bankruptcy Law or
any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated bankrupt or insolvent, (ii) consents to the
entry of a decree or order for debt relief in respect of the Issuer, such Significant
Subsidiary or such group of Restricted Subsidiaries in an involuntary case or proceeding
under any applicable Bankruptcy Law or to the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency
case or proceeding against it, (iii) files a petition or answer or consent seeking
reorganization or debt relief in respect of the Issuer, such Significant Subsidiary or such
group of Restricted Subsidiaries under any Bankruptcy Law or applicable federal or state
insolvency law, (iv) consents to the filing of such petition for the appointment of, or
taking possession by, a custodian of the Issuer, such Significant Subsidiary or such group
of Restricted Subsidiaries or of substantially all of the assets of the Issuer or such
Significant Subsidiary, (v) makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors, (vi) admits in
writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due or (vii) takes any
corporate action to authorize any such actions in this clause (8); or
(9) unless all of the Collateral has been released from the Note Liens in accordance
with the provisions of the Security Documents, (x) default by the Issuer or any Subsidiary
in the performance of the Security Documents which materially adversely affects the
enforceability, validity, perfection or priority of the Note Liens on a material portion of
the Collateral, (y) the repudiation or disaffirmation by the Issuer or any Guarantor of its
material obligations under the Security Documents or (z) the determination in a judicial
proceeding that the Security Documents are unenforceable or invalid against the Issuer or
any Guarantor party thereto for any reason with respect to a material portion of the
Collateral and, in the case of any event described in subclauses (x) through (z), such
default, repudiation, disaffirmation or determination is not rescinded, stayed, or waived by
the Persons having such authority pursuant to the Security Documents) or otherwise cured
within 60 days after the Issuer receives written notice thereof specifying such occurrence
from the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% of the outstanding principal amount of the
Notes and demanding that such default be remedied.
Section 6.02 Acceleration.
If an Event of Default (other than as specified in Section 6.01(a)(7) or (8) with respect to
the Issuer) shall occur and be continuing with respect to this Indenture, the Trustee or the
Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may, and
the Trustee at the request of such Holders shall, declare all unpaid principal of, premium, if any,
and accrued interest on all Notes to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the
Issuer (and to the Trustee if given by the Holders of the Notes) and upon any such declaration,
such principal, premium, if any, and interest shall become due and payable immediately. If an
Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(a)(7) or (8) with respect to the Issuer occurs and is
continuing, then all the Notes shall automatically become and be due and payable immediately in an
amount equal to the principal amount of the Notes, together with accrued and unpaid interest, if
any, to the date the Notes become due and payable, without any declaration or other act on the part
of the Trustee or any Holder.
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After a declaration of acceleration, but before a judgment or decree for payment of the money
due has been obtained by the Trustee, the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of
Notes outstanding by written notice to the Issuer and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such
declaration and its consequences if:
(a) the Issuer has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay (1) all
sums paid or advanced by the Trustee under this Indenture and the reasonable compensation,
expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, (2) all overdue
interest on all Notes then outstanding, (3) the principal of, and premium, if any, on any
Notes then outstanding which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of
acceleration and interest thereon at the rate borne by the Notes and (4) to the extent that
payment of such interest is lawful, interest upon overdue interest at the rate borne by the
Notes; and
(b) all Events of Default, other than the non-payment of principal of, premium, if any,
and interest on the Notes which have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration,
have been cured or waived.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 6.03 Other Remedies.
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy
to collect the payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes or to enforce the
performance of any provision of the Notes, this Indenture or any Security Document.
The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Notes or does not
produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder of a Note
in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or
remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. All remedies are
cumulative to the extent permitted by law.
Section 6.04 Waiver of Past Defaults.
The Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes outstanding
may on behalf of the Holders of all outstanding Notes waive any past Default under this Indenture
and its consequences, except a Default (1) in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or
interest on any Note (which may only be waived with the consent of each Holder of Notes effected)
or (2) in respect of a covenant or provision which under this Indenture cannot be modified or
amended without the consent of the Holder of each Note affected by such modification or amendment.
Section 6.05 Control by Majority.
Subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, the Holders of a majority in principal
amount of the then total outstanding Notes may 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. The Trustee, however, may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or
this Indenture or that the Trustee determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of any other
Holder of a Note or that would involve the Trustee in personal liability.
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Section 6.06 Limitation on Suits.
No Holder of any of the Notes has any right to institute any proceedings with respect to this
Indenture or any remedy thereunder, unless (a) such Holder has previously given notice to the
Trustee of a continuing Event of Default; (b) the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal
amount of the outstanding Notes have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings
in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as trustee under this Indenture and the Notes;
(c) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity against the costs,
expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request; (d) the Trustee has failed
to institute such proceeding within 15 days after receipt of such notice; and (e) the Trustee,
within such 15-day period, has not received directions inconsistent with such written request by
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes. Such limitations do
not, however, apply to a suit instituted by a Holder of a Note for the enforcement of the payment
of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on such Note on or after the respective due dates
expressed in such Note.
Section 6.07 Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder of a Note to
receive payment of principal, premium, if any, and Additional Interest, if any, and interest on the
Note, on or after the respective due dates expressed in the Note (including in connection with an
Offer or a Change of Control Offer), or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or
after such respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.
Section 6.08 Collection Suit by Trustee.
If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(1) or (2) occurs and is continuing, the
Trustee is authorized to recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust
against the Issuer for the whole amount of principal of, premium, if any, and Additional Interest,
if any, and interest remaining unpaid on the Notes and interest on overdue principal and, to the
extent lawful, interest and such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and
expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances
of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.
Section 6.09 Restoration of Rights and Remedies.
If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy
under this Indenture 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, subject to
any determination in such proceedings or any other proceedings, the Issuer, the Trustee and the
Holders shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and
thereafter all rights and remedies hereunder of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as
though no such proceeding has been instituted.
Section 6.10 Rights and Remedies Cumulative.
Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Notes in Section 2.07, 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.
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Section 6.11 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 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 6.12 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
Subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, the Trustee is authorized to file such proofs of claim
and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the
Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances
of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and the Holders of the Notes allowed in any judicial
proceedings relative to the Issuer (or any other obligor upon the Notes including the Guarantors),
its creditors or its property and shall be entitled and empowered to participate as a member in any
official committee of creditors appointed in such matter and to collect, receive and distribute any
money or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and any custodian in any such
judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee, and
in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders,
to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements
and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under
Section 7.07. To the extent that the payment of any such compensation, expenses, disbursements and
advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under
Section 7.07 out of the estate in any such proceeding, shall be denied for any reason, payment of
the same shall be secured by a Lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions,
dividends, money, securities and other properties that the Holders may be entitled to receive in
such proceeding whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or
otherwise. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or
consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement,
adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder, or to authorize the
Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.
Section 6.13 Priorities.
Subject to the Security Documents, if the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article
6 (including any amounts received from the Collateral Agent), it shall pay out the money in the
following order:
(i) to the Trustee, Paying Agent, Registrar, Transfer Agent, their agents and attorneys
for amounts due under Section 7.07, including payment of all compensation, expenses and
liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee, Paying Agent, Registrar or
Transfer Agent and the costs and expenses of collection;
(ii) to Holders of Notes for amounts due and unpaid on the Notes for principal,
premium, if any, and Additional Interest, if any, and interest, ratably, without preference
or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Notes for
principal, premium, if any, and Additional Interest, if any, and interest, respectively; and
(iii) to the Issuer or to such party as a court of competent jurisdiction shall direct,
including a Guarantor, if applicable.
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The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders of Notes
pursuant to this Section 6.13.
Section 6.14 Undertaking for Costs.
In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit
against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as a Trustee, a court in its discretion
may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the
suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys
fees, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the
claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section 6.14 does not apply to a suit by the
Trustee, a suit by a Holder of a Note pursuant to Section 6.07, or a suit by Holders of more than
10% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes.
ARTICLE 7
TRUSTEE
Section 7.01 Duties of Trustee.
(a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of
the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in
its exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of
such persons own affairs.
(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(i) the duties of the Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions of
this Indenture and the Trustee need perform only those duties that are specifically set
forth in this Indenture and no others, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read
into this Indenture against the Trustee; and
(ii) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to
the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon
certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this
Indenture. However, in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provision
hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall examine
the certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements
of this Indenture.
(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liabilities for its own grossly negligent action, its
own grossly negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:
(i) this paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of this Section 7.01;
(ii) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a
Responsible Officer, unless it is proved in a court of competent jurisdiction 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 6.05.
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(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture that in
any way relates to the Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Section 7.01.
(e) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers under
this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders of the Notes unless the Holders
have offered to the Trustee indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to it against any loss,
liability or expense.
(f) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the
Trustee may agree in writing with the Issuer. Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be
segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
Section 7.02 Rights of Trustee.
(a) The Trustee may conclusively rely upon any document believed by it to be genuine and to
have been signed or presented by the proper Person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or
matter stated in the document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or
investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to
make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and
premises of the Issuer, personally or by agent or attorney at the sole cost of the Issuer and shall
incur no liability or additional liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation.
(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officers Certificate
or an Opinion of Counsel or both. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits
to take in good faith in reliance on such Officers Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee
may consult with counsel of its selection and the written advice of such counsel or any Opinion of
Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of any
action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon.
(c) The Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and shall not be responsible for the
misconduct or negligence of any agent or attorney appointed with due care.
(d) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith
that it believes to be authorized or within the rights or powers conferred upon it by this
Indenture.
(e) Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, any demand, request, direction
or notice from the Issuer shall be sufficient if signed by an Officer of the Issuer.
(f) None of the provisions of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its
own funds or otherwise to incur any liability, financial or otherwise, in the performance of any of
its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers if it shall have reasonable
grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or indemnity satisfactory to it against such
risk or liability is not assured to it.
(g) The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default unless a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any
event which is in fact such a Default is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of
the Trustee, and such notice references the Notes and this Indenture
(h) In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, indirect, or
consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit)
irrespective
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of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and
regardless of the form of action.
(i) The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee,
including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be
enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and
other Person employed to act hereunder.
(j) In the event the Issuer is required to pay Additional Interest, the Issuer will provide
written notice to the Trustee of the Issuers obligation to pay Additional Interest no later than
15 days prior to the next Interest Payment Date, which notice shall set forth the amount of the
Additional Interest to be paid by the Issuer. The Trustee shall not at any time be under any duty
or responsibility to any Holders to determine whether the Additional Interest is payable and the
amount thereof.
Section 7.03 Individual Rights of Trustee.
The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes
and may otherwise deal with the Issuer or any Affiliate of the Issuer with the same rights it would
have if it were not Trustee. However, in the event that the Trustee acquires any conflicting
interest it must eliminate such conflict within 90 days, apply to the SEC for permission to
continue as trustee or resign. Any Agent may do the same with like rights and duties. The Trustee
is also subject to Sections 7.10 and 7.11.
Section 7.04 Trustees Disclaimer.
The Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or
adequacy of this Indenture or the Notes, it shall not be accountable for the Issuers use of the
proceeds from the Notes or any money paid to the Issuer or upon the Issuers direction under any
provision of this Indenture, it shall not be responsible for the use or application of any money
received by any Paying Agent other than the Trustee, and it shall not be responsible for any
statement or recital herein or any statement in the Notes or any other document in connection with
the sale of the Notes or pursuant to this Indenture other than its certificate of authentication.
Section 7.05 Notice of Defaults.
If a Default occurs and is continuing and if it is known to the Trustee, the Trustee shall
mail to Holders of Notes a notice of the Default within 90 days after it occurs. Except in the
case of a Default relating to the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest on any Note,
the Trustee may withhold from the Holders notice of any continuing Default if and so long as a
committee of its Responsible Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in
the interests of the Holders of the Notes. The Trustee shall not be deemed to know of any Default
unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice
of any event which is such a Default is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of
the Trustee.
Section 7.06 Reports by Trustee to Holders of the Notes.
Within 60 days after each May 15, beginning with the May 15 following the date of this
Indenture, and for so long as Notes remain outstanding, the Trustee shall mail to the Holders of
the Notes a brief report dated as of such reporting date that complies with Trust Indenture Act
Section 313(a) (but if no event described in Trust Indenture Act Section 313(a) has occurred within
the twelve months preceding the reporting date, no report need be transmitted). The Trustee also
shall comply with Trust Indenture
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Act Section 313(b)(2). The Trustee shall also transmit by mail all reports as required by
Trust Indenture Act Section 313(c).
A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to the Holders of Notes shall be mailed to
the Issuer and filed with the SEC and each stock exchange on which the Notes are listed in
accordance with Trust Indenture Act Section 313(d). The Issuer shall promptly notify the Trustee
when, if applicable, the Notes are listed on any stock exchange.
Section 7.07 Compensation and Indemnity.
The Issuer and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, shall pay to the Trustee from time to
time such compensation for its acceptance of this Indenture and services hereunder as the parties
shall agree in writing from time to time. The Trustees compensation shall not be limited by any
law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Issuer and the Guarantors, jointly and
severally, shall reimburse the Trustee promptly upon request for all reasonable disbursements,
advances and expenses incurred or made by it in addition to the compensation for its services.
Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation, disbursements and expenses of the
Trustees agents and counsel.
The Issuer and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, shall indemnify the Trustee for, and
hold the Trustee harmless against, any and all loss, damage, claims, liability or expense
(including attorneys fees and expenses) incurred by it in connection with the acceptance or
administration of this trust and the performance of its duties hereunder (including the costs and
expenses of enforcing this Indenture against the Issuer or any of the Guarantors (including this
Section 7.07) or defending itself against any claim whether asserted by any Holder, the Issuer or
any Guarantor, or liability in connection with the acceptance, exercise or performance of any of
its powers or duties hereunder). The Trustee shall notify the Issuer promptly of any claim for
which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Trustee to so notify the Issuer shall not relieve the
Issuer of its obligations hereunder. The Issuer shall defend the claim and the Trustee may have
separate counsel and the Issuer shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel. The Issuer and
the Guarantors need not reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss, liability or expense
incurred by the Trustee through the Trustees own willful misconduct, gross negligence or bad
faith.
The obligations of the Issuer under this Section 7.07 shall survive the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture or the earlier resignation or removal of the Trustee.
Notwithstanding anything contrary in Section 4.08 hereto, to secure the payment obligations of
the Issuer and the Guarantors in this Section 7.07, the Trustee shall have a Lien prior to the
Notes on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, except that held in trust to pay
principal and interest on particular Notes. Such Lien shall survive the satisfaction and discharge
of this Indenture.
When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in
Section 6.01(6) or (7) occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services (including the
fees and expenses of its agents and counsel) are intended to constitute expenses of administration
under any Bankruptcy Law.
The Trustee shall comply with the provisions of Trust Indenture Act Section 313(b)(2) to the
extent applicable. As used in this Section 7.07, the term Trustee shall also include each of the
Paying Agent, Registrar, and Transfer Agent, as applicable.
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Section 7.08 Replacement of Trustee.
A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee shall become
effective only upon the successor Trustees acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section
7.08. The Trustee may resign in writing at any time and the Registrar, Paying Agent and Transfer
Agent may resign with 90 days prior written notice and be discharged from the trust hereby created
by so notifying the Issuer. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding
Notes may remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and the Issuer in writing and may remove
the Registrar, Paying Agent or Transfer Agent by so notifying such Registrar, Paying Agent or
Transfer Agent, as applicable, with 90 days prior written notice. The Issuer may remove the
Trustee if:
(a) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10;
(b) the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent or an order for relief is
entered with respect to the Trustee under any Bankruptcy Law;
(c) a custodian or public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or
(d) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.
If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any
reason, the Issuer shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee. Within one year after the successor
Trustee takes office, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes
may appoint a successor Trustee to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the Issuer.
If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns
or is removed, the retiring Trustee (at the Issuers expense), the Issuer or the Holders of at
least 10% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
If the Trustee, after written request by any Holder who has been a Holder for at least six
months, fails to comply with Section 7.10, such Holder may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.
A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring
Trustee and to the Issuer. Thereupon, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall
become effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the
Trustee under this Indenture. The successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to
Holders. The retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the
successor Trustee; provided all sums owing to the Trustee hereunder have been paid and
subject to the Lien provided for in Section 7.07. Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee
pursuant to this Section 7.08, the Issuers obligations under Section 7.07 shall continue for the
benefit of the retiring Trustee.
As used in this Section 7.08, the term Trustee shall also include each of the Paying Agent,
Registrar and Transfer Agent, as applicable.
Section 7.09 Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.
If the Trustee consolidates, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of
its corporate trust business to, another corporation, the successor corporation without any further
act shall be the successor Trustee.
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Section 7.10 Eligibility; Disqualification.
There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder that is a corporation or national banking
association organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or of any
state thereof that is authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trustee power, that is
subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authorities and that has a combined
capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual report
of condition.
This Indenture shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the requirements of Trust Indenture
Act Sections 310(a)(1), (2) and (5). The Trustee is subject to Trust Indenture Act Section 310(b).
Section 7.11 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Issuer.
The Trustee is subject to Trust Indenture Act Section 311(a), excluding any creditor
relationship listed in Trust Indenture Act Section 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been
removed shall be subject to Trust Indenture Act Section 311(a) to the extent indicated therein.
ARTICLE 8
LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
Section 8.01 Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
The Issuer may, at its option and at any time, elect to have either Section 8.02 or 8.03
applied to all outstanding Notes upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this
Article 8.
Section 8.02 Legal Defeasance and Discharge.
Upon the Issuers exercise under Section 8.01 of the option applicable to this Section 8.02,
the Issuer and the Guarantors shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in
Section 8.04, be deemed to have been discharged from their obligations with respect to all
outstanding Notes and Guarantees on the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied
(Legal Defeasance). For this purpose, Legal Defeasance means that the Issuer shall be
deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Indebtedness represented by the outstanding Notes,
which shall thereafter be deemed to be outstanding only for the purposes of Section 8.05 and the
other Sections of this Indenture referred to in (a) and (b) below, and to have satisfied all its
other obligations under such Notes and this Indenture including that of the Guarantors (and the
Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Issuer, shall execute proper instruments
acknowledging the same), except for the following provisions which shall survive until otherwise
terminated or discharged hereunder:
(a) the rights of Holders of Notes to receive payments in respect of the principal of,
premium, if any, and interest on the Notes when such payments are due solely out of the
trust referred to in Section 8.05;
(b) the Issuers obligations with respect to Notes concerning issuing temporary Notes,
registration of such Notes, mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes and the maintenance
of an office or agency for payment and money for security payments held in trust;
(c) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee, and the Issuers
obligations in connection therewith; and
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(d) this Section 8.02.
Subject to compliance with this Article 8, the Issuer may exercise its option under this
Section 8.02 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 8.03.
Section 8.03 Covenant Defeasance.
Upon the Issuers exercise under Section 8.01 of the option applicable to this Section 8.03,
the Issuer and the Guarantors shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in
Section 8.04, be released from their obligations under the covenants contained in Sections 4.03,
4.05, 4.06, 4.07, 4.08, 4.09, 4.10, 4.11, 4.12, 4.13, 4.14 and 4.15, clauses (2) through (7) of
Section 5.01(a) and Sections 5.01(b) with respect to the outstanding Notes on and after the date
the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 are satisfied (Covenant Defeasance), and the
Notes shall thereafter be deemed not outstanding for the purposes of any direction, waiver,
consent or declaration or act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with
such covenants, but shall continue to be deemed outstanding for all other purposes hereunder (it
being understood that such Notes shall not be deemed outstanding for accounting purposes). For
this purpose, Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to the outstanding Notes, the Issuer may
omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set
forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere
herein to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in any such covenant to any other
provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply shall not constitute a
Default or an Event of Default under Section 6.01, but, except as specified above, the remainder of
this Indenture and such Notes shall be unaffected thereby. In addition, upon the Issuers exercise
under Section 8.01 of the option applicable to this Section 8.03, subject to the satisfaction of
the conditions set forth in Section 8.04, Sections 6.01(3) (as it relates to the covenants
specified above), 6.01(4), 6.01(5), 6.01(6), 6.01(7) (solely with respect to Restricted
Subsidiaries that are Significant Subsidiaries), 6.01(8) (solely with respect to Restricted
Subsidiaries that are Significant Subsidiaries) and 6.01(9) shall not constitute Events of Default.
Section 8.04 Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance.
The following shall be the conditions to the application of either Section 8.02 or 8.03 to the
outstanding Notes:
In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance with respect to the Notes:
(1) the Issuer must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of
the Holders of the Notes, cash in U.S. dollars, Government Securities, or a combination
thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized
firm of independent public accountants or a nationally recognized investment banking firm,
to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest due on the Notes on the Maturity
thereof or, to the extent the Issuer has previously provided a notice of redemption with
respect to the outstanding Notes, on the applicable Redemption Date, as the case may be, of
such principal, premium, if any, or interest on such Notes, and the Issuer must specify
whether such Notes are being defeased to Maturity or to a particular Redemption Date;
(2) in the case of Legal Defeasance, the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Opinion of Counsel from independent counsel in the United States reasonably acceptable to
the Trustee confirming that, subject to customary assumptions and exclusions,
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(a) the Issuer has received from, or there has been published by, the United
States Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or
(b) since the issuance of the Notes, there has been a change in the applicable
U.S. federal income tax law,
in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm
that the Holders of the Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal
income tax purposes, as applicable, as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will be subject
to U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as
would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not occurred;
(3) in the case of Covenant Defeasance, the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee
an Opinion of Counsel reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that the Holders of
the Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a
result of such Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to such tax on the same amounts, in
the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Covenant
Defeasance had not occurred;
(4) no Default or Event of Default pursuant to Section 6.01(7) shall have occurred and
be continuing on the date of such deposit or at any time during the period ending on the
91st day after the date of deposit;
(5) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or
violation of, or constitute a default under the Indenture or any other material agreement to
which the Issuer or any Guarantor is a party or by which the Issuer or any Guarantor is
bound;
(6) the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from
independent counsel in the United States to the effect that (assuming no Holder of the Notes
would be considered an insider of the Issuer or any Guarantor under any applicable
bankruptcy or insolvency law and assuming no intervening bankruptcy or insolvency of the
Issuer or any Guarantor between the date of deposit and the 91st day following the deposit)
after the 91st day following the deposit, the trust funds will not be subject to the effect
of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting
creditors rights generally;
(7) no event or condition shall exist that would prevent the Issuer from making
payments of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes on the date of such
deposit or at any time ending on the 91st day after the date of such deposit; and
(8) the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel each stating that all conditions precedent provided for or relating to
the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance, as the case may be, have been complied
with.
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Subject to Section 8.06, all money and Government Securities (including the proceeds thereof)
deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section
8.05, the Trustee) pursuant to Section 8.04 in respect of the outstanding 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 (including the Issuer or a
Guarantor acting as Paying
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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 and Additional Interest, if any, and interest,
but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
The Issuer shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on
or assessed against the cash or Government Securities deposited pursuant to Section 8.04 or the
principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge
which by law is for the account of the Holders of the outstanding Notes.
Anything in this Article 8 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay
to the Issuer from time to time upon the written request of the Issuer any money or Government
Securities held by it as provided in Section 8.04 which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized
firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to
the Trustee (which may be the opinion delivered under Section 8.04(2)), are in excess of the amount
thereof that would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance or
Covenant Defeasance.
Section 8.06 Repayment to Issuer.
Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Issuer, in trust
for the payment of the principal of, premium and Additional Interest, if any, or interest on any
Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, and premium and Additional
Interest, if any, or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Issuer on its request
or (if then held by the Issuer) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Note
shall thereafter look only to the Issuer for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or
such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Issuer as trustee
thereof, shall thereupon cease.
Section 8.07 Reinstatement.
If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any U.S. dollars or Government Securities in
accordance with Section 8.04 or 8.05, 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 Issuers obligations under this Indenture and the Notes shall be revived and reinstated as
though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.04 or 8.05 until such time as the Trustee or
Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with Section 8.04 or 8.05, as the
case may be; provided that, if the Issuer makes any payment of principal of, premium and
Additional Interest, if any, or interest on any Note following the reinstatement of its
obligations, the Issuer shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive
such payment from the money held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
ARTICLE 9
AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER
Section 9.01 Without Consent of Holders of Notes.
Notwithstanding Section 9.02, the Issuer, any Guarantor and the Trustee may amend or
supplement this Indenture, any Guarantee, any Security Document or Notes without the consent of any
Holder:
(1) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Issuer or a Guarantor, and the
assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Issuer or such Guarantor in this
Indenture, the Notes, any Guarantee and the Security Documents in accordance with Section
5.01;
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(2) to add to the covenants of the Issuer, any Guarantor or any other obligor upon the
Notes for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes or to surrender any right or power
conferred upon the Issuer or any Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Notes, as
applicable, in this Indenture, the Notes, any Guarantee or any Security Document;
(3) to cure any ambiguity, or to correct or supplement any provision in this Indenture,
the Notes, any Guarantee or any Security Document which may be defective or inconsistent
with any other provision in this Indenture, the Notes, any Guarantee or any Security
Document or make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under
this Indenture, the Notes, any Guarantee or any Security Document; provided that, in
each case, such provisions shall not adversely affect the interest of the Holders of the
Notes in any material respect;
(4) to comply with the requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the
qualification of this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act;
(5) to add to the Collateral securing the Notes or to add a Guarantor under this
Indenture;
(6) to evidence and provide the acceptance of the appointment of a successor Trustee or
Collateral Agent under this Indenture and the Security Documents;
(7) to mortgage, pledge, hypothecate or grant a Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent
for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes as additional security for the payment and
performance of the Issuers and any Guarantors obligations under this Indenture, in any
property, or assets, including any of which are required to be mortgaged, pledged or
hypothecated, or in which a security interest is required to be granted to or for the
benefit of the Trustee or the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Indenture, any of the
Security Documents or otherwise;
(8) to provide for the release of Collateral from the Lien of this Indenture and the
Security Documents when permitted or required by any of the Security Documents, the
Intercreditor Agreement or this Indenture;
(9) to secure any Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations under the Security
Documents and to appropriately include the same in the Intercreditor Agreement; or
(10) in the sole discretion of the Issuer, to conform any provision of this Indenture
to the provisions of the Description of the Notes contained in the Offering Memorandum to
the extent such provision was intended to be a verbatim recital of a provision contained
herein.
The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes outstanding may waive
compliance with certain restrictive covenants and provisions of this Indenture.
Section 9.02 With Consent of Holders of Notes.
Except as provided below in this Section 9.02, the Issuer and the Trustee may amend or
supplement this Indenture, the Notes, the Guarantees and any Security Document with the consent of
the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Notes (including Additional Notes, if
any) then outstanding voting as a single class (including, without limitation, consents obtained in
connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for, or purchase of, the Notes), and, subject to
Sections 6.04 and 6.07, any existing Default or Event of Default (other than a Default or Event of
Default in the payment of the principal of, premium and Additional Interest, if any, or interest on
the Notes, except a payment default
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resulting from an acceleration that has been rescinded) or compliance with any provision of this
Indenture, the Guarantees, the Security Documents or the Notes may be waived with the consent of
the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes (including Additional
Notes, if any) voting as a single class (including consents obtained in connection with a tender
offer or exchange offer for, or purchase of, the Notes). Section 2.08 and Section 2.09 shall
determine which Notes are considered to be outstanding for the purposes of this Section 9.02.
Without the consent of each affected Holder of Notes, an amendment or waiver under this
Section 9.02 may not (with respect to any Notes held by a non-consenting Holder):
(1) change the Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of interest on, or
change to an earlier date any redemption date of, or waive a default in the payment of the
principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, any such Note or reduce the principal amount
thereof or the rate of interest thereon or any premium payable upon the redemption thereof,
or change the coin or currency in which the principal of any such Note or any premium or the
interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of
any such payment after the Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the
Redemption Date);
(2) amend, change or modify the obligation of the Issuer to make and consummate a
Change of Control Offer in the event of a Change of Control in accordance with Section 4.11,
including amending, changing or modifying any definitions related thereto;
(3) reduce the percentage in principal amount of such outstanding Notes, the consent of
whose Holders is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose
Holders is required for any waiver or compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture;
(4) modify any of the provisions relating to supplemental indentures requiring the
consent of Holders or relating to the waiver of past defaults or relating to the waiver of
certain covenants, except to increase the percentage of such outstanding Notes required for
such actions or to provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be
modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each such Note affected thereby;
(5) amend or modify any of the provisions of this Indenture in any manner which
subordinates the Notes issued thereunder in right of payment to any other Indebtedness of
the Issuer or which subordinates any Guarantee in right of payment to any other Indebtedness
of the Guarantor issuing any such Guarantee;
(6) release any Guarantee except in compliance with the terms of this Indenture; or
(7) release all or substantially all of the Collateral other than in accordance with
this Indenture.
Section 9.03 Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.
Every amendment or supplement to this Indenture or the Notes shall be set forth in an amended
or supplemental indenture that complies with the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect.
Section 9.04 Revocation and Effect of Consents.
Until an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder of a
Note is a continuing consent by the Holder of a Note and every subsequent Holder of a Note or
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portion of a Note that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holders Note, even if notation
of the consent is not made on any Note. An amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective in
accordance with its terms and thereafter binds every Holder; provided that any amendment or waiver
that requires the consent of each affected Holder shall not become effective with respect to any
non-consenting Holder.
The Issuer may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of
determining the Holders entitled to consent to any amendment, supplement, or waiver. If a record
date is fixed, then, notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, those Persons who were Holders at
such record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only such Persons, shall be entitled to
consent to such amendment, supplement, or waiver or to revoke any consent previously given, whether
or not such Persons continue to be Holders after such record date. No such consent shall be valid
or effective for more than 120 days after such record date unless the consent of the requisite
number of Holders has been obtained.
Section 9.05 Notation on or Exchange of Notes.
The Trustee may place an appropriate notation about an amendment, supplement or waiver on any
Note thereafter authenticated. The Issuer in exchange for all Notes may issue and the Trustee
shall, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, authenticate new Notes that reflect the amendment,
supplement or waiver.
Failure to make the appropriate notation or issue a new Note shall not affect the validity and
effect of such amendment, supplement or waiver.
Section 9.06 Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc.
The Trustee shall sign any amendment, supplement or waiver authorized pursuant to this Article
9 if the amendment or supplement does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or
immunities of the Trustee. The Issuer may not sign an amendment, supplement or waiver until the
Board of Directors approves it. In executing any amendment, supplement or waiver, the Trustee
shall be entitled to receive and (subject to Section 7.01) shall be fully protected in relying
upon, in addition to the documents required by Section 15.04, an Officers Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amended or supplemental indenture is
authorized or permitted by this Indenture and that such amendment, supplement or waiver is the
legal, valid and binding obligation of the Issuer and any Guarantors party thereto, enforceable
against them in accordance with its terms, subject to customary exceptions, and complies with the
provisions hereof (including Section 9.03). Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Opinion of Counsel
will be required for the Trustee to execute any amendment or supplement adding a new Guarantor
under this Indenture.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders of Notes under this Article 9 to
approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such
consent approves the substance thereof. The consent of the Collateral Agent shall not be necessary
for any amendment, supplement or waiver to this Indenture, except for any amendment, supplement or
waiver to Article 10 or 11 or as to this sentence.
After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.02 becomes effective, the Issuer
shall mail to the Holders of Notes affected thereby a notice briefly describing the amendment,
supplement or waiver. Any failure of the Issuer to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall
not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such amended or supplemental
indenture or waiver.
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ARTICLE 10
INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT
Section 10.01 Intercreditor Agreement.
Each Holder agrees that the Note Liens are subject to the terms of the Intercreditor
Agreement. The Holders hereby authorize the Trustee and the Collateral Agent to enter into the
Intercreditor Agreement on behalf of the Holders and agree that the Holders shall comply with the
provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement applicable to them in their capacities as such to the
same extent as if the Holders were parties thereto.
ARTICLE 11
COLLATERAL
Section 11.01 Security Documents.
The Indenture Obligations are secured as provided in the Security Documents and will be
secured by Security Documents hereafter delivered as required or permitted by this Indenture. The
Issuer shall, and shall cause each Guarantor to, and each Guarantor shall, do all filings
(including filings of continuation statements and amendments to UCC financing statements that may
be necessary to continue the effectiveness of such UCC financing statements) as are required by the
Security Documents to maintain (at the sole cost and expense of the Issuer and the Guarantors) the
security interest created by the Security Documents in the Collateral as a perfected security
interest, subject only to Permitted Liens.
Section 11.02 Collateral Agent.
(a) The Collateral Agent shall have all the rights and protections provided in the Security
Documents and, additionally, shall have all the rights and protections provided to the Trustee
under Article VII.
(b) Subject to Section 7.01, none of the Collateral Agent, Trustee, Paying Agent, Registrar or
Transfer Agent nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, attorneys or agents will
be responsible or liable for the existence, genuineness, value or protection of any Collateral, for
the legality, enforceability, effectiveness or sufficiency of the Security Documents, for the
creation, perfection, priority, sufficiency or protection of any Note Liens, or any defect or
deficiency as to any such matters.
(c) Except as required or permitted by the Security Documents, the Holders acknowledge that
the Collateral Agent will not be obligated:
(i) to act upon directions purported to be delivered to it by any other Person, except
in accordance with the Security Documents;
(ii) to foreclose upon or otherwise enforce any Note Lien; or
(iii) to take any other action whatsoever with regard to any or all of the Note Liens,
Security Documents or Collateral.
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Section 11.03 Authorization of Actions to Be Taken.
(a) Each Holder of Notes, by its acceptance thereof, consents and agrees to the terms of each
Security Document, as originally in effect and as amended, supplemented or replaced from time to
time in accordance with its terms or the terms of this Indenture, authorizes and directs the
Collateral Agent to enter into the Security Documents to which it is a party, authorizes and
empowers the Collateral Agent to execute and deliver the Intercreditor Agreement and authorizes and
empowers the Collateral Agent to bind the Holders of Notes and other holders of Indenture
Obligations as set forth in the Security Documents to which the Collateral Agent is a party and the
Intercreditor Agreement and to perform its obligations and exercise its rights and powers
thereunder.
(b) The Trustee is authorized and empowered to receive for the benefit of the Holders of Notes
any funds collected or distributed to the Collateral Agent under the Security Documents to which
the Trustee is a party and, subject to the terms of the Security Documents, to make further
distributions of such funds to the Holders of Notes according to the provisions of this Indenture.
(c) Subject to the provisions of Section 7.01, Section 7.02, and the Security Documents, the
Trustee may, in its sole discretion and without the consent of the Holders, direct, on behalf of
the Holders, the Collateral Agent to take all actions it deems necessary or appropriate in order
to:
(i) foreclose upon or otherwise enforce any or all of the Note Liens;
(ii) enforce any of the terms of the Security Documents to which the Collateral Agent
is a party; or
(iii) collect and receive payment of any and all Obligations.
Subject to the Intercreditor Agreement and at the Issuers sole cost and expense, the Trustee
is authorized and empowered to institute and maintain, or direct the Collateral Agent to institute
and maintain, such suits and proceedings as it may deem reasonably expedient to protect or enforce
the Note Liens or the Security Documents to which the Collateral Agent or Trustee is a party or to
prevent any impairment of Collateral by any acts that may be unlawful or in violation of the
Security Documents or this Indenture, and such suits and proceedings as the Trustee may deem
reasonably expedient, at the Issuers sole cost and expense, to preserve or protect its interests
and the interests of the Holders of Notes in the Collateral, including power to institute and
maintain suits or proceedings to restrain the enforcement of or compliance with any legislative or
other governmental enactment, rule or order that may be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid if
the enforcement of, or compliance with, such enactment, rule or order would impair the Note Liens
or be prejudicial to the interests of Holders or the Trustee.
Section 11.04 Release of Collateral.
Collateral may be released from the Lien and security interest created by the Security
Documents at any time or from time to time in accordance with the provisions of the Security
Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement. In addition, upon the request of the Issuer pursuant to
an Officers Certificate and Opinion of Counsel certifying that all conditions precedent hereunder
have been met, the Issuer and the Guarantors will be entitled to the release of assets included in
the Collateral from the Liens securing the Notes, and the Trustee shall (or, if the Trustee is not
then the Collateral Agent, shall direct the Collateral Agent to) release the same from such Liens
at the Issuers sole cost and expense, under any one or more of the following circumstances:
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(1) in whole or in part, as applicable, as to all or any portion of property subject to
such Note Liens which has been taken by eminent domain, condemnation or other similar
circumstances;
(2) in whole upon (a) satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture in accordance with
Article 13 or (b) a Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance under Article 8;
(3) in part, as to any property that (a) is sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of
by the Issuer or any Guarantor (other than to the Issuer or another Guarantor) in a
transaction not prohibited by this Indenture at the time of such sale, transfer or
disposition or (b) is owned or at any time acquired by a Guarantor that has been released
from its Guarantee pursuant to Section 13.06, concurrently with the release of such
Guarantee;
(4) as to property that constitutes all or substantially all of the Collateral securing
the Notes, with the consent of each Holder of the Notes;
(5) as to property that constitutes less than all or substantially all of the
Collateral securing the Notes, with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding; or
(6) in part, in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Security Documents.
Section 11.05 Filing, Recording and Opinions.
(a) The Issuer will comply with the provisions of Trust Indenture Act Sections 314(b) and
314(d), in each case following qualification of this Indenture pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act,
except to the extent not required as set forth in any SEC regulation or interpretation (including
any no-action letter issued by the Staff of the SEC, whether issued to the Issuer or any other
Person). Following such qualification, to the extent the Issuer is required to furnish to the
Trustee an Opinion of Counsel pursuant to Trust Indenture Act Section 314(b)(2), the Issuer will
furnish such opinion not more than 60 but not less than 30 days prior to each September 30.
(b) Any release of Collateral permitted by Section 11.04 will be deemed not to impair the
Liens under this Indenture and the Security Documents in contravention thereof and any person that
is required to deliver an Officers Certificate or Opinion of Counsel pursuant to Section 314(d) of
the Trust Indenture Act shall be entitled to rely upon the foregoing as a basis for delivery of
such certificate or opinion. The Trustee shall, to the extent permitted by Sections 7.01 and 7.02,
accept as conclusive evidence of compliance with the foregoing provisions the appropriate
statements contained in such Officers Certificate or Opinion of Counsel.
(c) If any Collateral is released in accordance with this Indenture or any Security Document,
the Trustee will determine whether it has received all documentation required by Trust Indenture
Act Section 314(d) in connection with such release and, based on such determination and the Opinion
of Counsel delivered pursuant to Section 11.04(a), will, upon request, deliver a certificate to the
Collateral Agent and the Issuer setting forth such determination.
Section 11.06 Powers Exercisable by Receiver or Trustee.
In case the Collateral shall be in the possession of a receiver or trustee, lawfully
appointed, the powers conferred in this Article 11 upon the Issuer or a Guarantor with respect to
the release, sale or other disposition of such property may be exercised by such receiver or
trustee, and an instrument
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signed by such receiver or trustee shall be deemed the equivalent of any similar instrument of
the Issuer or a Guarantor or of any officer or officers thereof required by the provisions of this
Article 11; and if the Trustee or the Collateral Agent shall be in the possession of the Collateral
under any provision of this Indenture, then such powers may be exercised by the Trustee or the
Collateral Agent, as the case may be.
ARTICLE 12
APPLICATION OF TRUST MONIES
Section 12.01 Collateral Account.
No later than 30 days following the first date on which the Issuer or any Guarantor receives
any Trust Monies, there shall be established and, at all times thereafter until this Indenture
shall have terminated, there shall be maintained with the Collateral Agent the Collateral Account.
The Collateral Account shall be established and maintained by the Collateral Agent at the office of
the Collateral Agent. For the avoidance of doubt, no other deposit account or securities account
shall be, or shall be deemed to be, the Collateral Account, and Trust Monies shall include only
cash and cash equivalents required to be deposited into the Collateral Account pursuant to the
terms of this Indenture. The Issuer shall cause all Trust Monies to be deposited in the Collateral
Account and any such Trust Monies shall be held by and under the dominion and control of the
Collateral Agent for its benefit and for the benefit of the Secured Parties (as defined in the
Security Agreement) as a part of the Collateral until released in accordance with this Article 12.
Section 12.02 Withdrawal of Net Cash Proceeds in Connection with
Reinvestments.
To the extent that any Trust Monies consist of Net Cash Proceeds of an Asset Sale, such Trust
Monies may be withdrawn by the Issuer and shall be paid by the Collateral Agent (upon the direction
of the Trustee) upon a written request by the Issuer delivered to the Trustee and the Collateral
Agent to reimburse the Issuer or Guarantor for expenditures made, or to pay costs to be incurred,
by the Issuer or such Guarantor in connection with a reinvestment of such Net Cash Proceeds or
repayment of Indebtedness with such Net Cash Proceeds, in each case complying with Section 4.09,
upon receipt by the Trustee and the Collateral Agent of the following:
(a) An Officers Certificate, dated not more then 30 days prior to the date of the
application for the withdrawal and payment of such Trust Monies to the effect that:
(A) such Net Cash Proceeds that have been (or will be within thirty (30)
Business Days of the requested date of release) applied in compliance with the
requirements of Section 4.09 (which Officers Certificate shall contain a brief
description of the amount and the manner of application of such Net Cash Proceeds);
and
(B) to the extent required by Section 4.09 the Issuer has taken (or will take
not later than thirty (30) Business Days following the application of such Net Cash
Proceeds) all steps, if any, required by the Security Documents in order to grant
and/or perfect the security interest of the Collateral Agent in any assets in which
such Net Cash Proceeds have been reinvested (which Officers Certificate shall
attach copies of (or forms of) any additional Security Documents or amendments
thereto or filings thereunder, if any, required to comply with the Security
Documents and Section 4.09); and
(b) An Opinion of Counsel to the effect that:
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(A) the instruments that have been or are therewith delivered to the Collateral
Agent comply as to form to the requirements of this Indenture, and that, upon the
basis thereof and the accompanying documents specified in this Section 12.02 and
assuming the correctness and accuracy of such documents, all conditions precedent
herein provided for such withdrawal and payment have been satisfied, and such
withdrawal and payment is permitted under this Section 12.02; and
(B) the relevant Security Documents create (or upon the execution, filing
and/or delivery, as applicable of any documents contemplated by clause (a), will
create) a valid, binding and enforceable Lien on and security interest in such
assets in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Holders to the extent
required by Section 4.09.
Upon compliance with the foregoing provisions of this Section 12.02, the Collateral Agent shall,
upon receipt of a written request by the Issuer (which may be contained in the Officers
Certificate), pay an amount of Net Cash Proceeds constituting Trust Monies equal to the amount of
the expenditures or costs related to such assets as stated in the Officers Certificate required by
clause (a) of this Section 12.02 as directed by the Issuer.
Section 12.03 Withdrawal of Net Cash Proceeds to Fund an Offer or Release Following an Offer.
To the extent that any Trust Monies consist of Net Cash Proceeds received by the Collateral
Agent pursuant to the provisions of Section 4.09 and an Offer, as applicable, has been made in
accordance therewith, such Trust Monies may be withdrawn by the Issuer and shall be paid by the
Trustee to the Paying Agent for application in accordance with Section 4.09 upon written notice by
the Issuer to the Trustee and upon receipt by the Trustee and the Collateral Agent of the
following:
An Officers Certificate, dated not more than three (3) days prior to the Purchase
Date, setting forth the amount of Excess Proceeds, as applicable, subject to the Offer and
the date on which Notes and Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations are to be purchased,
and to the effect that:
(A) (x) such Trust Monies constitute Net Cash Proceeds and (y) pursuant to and
in accordance with Section 4.09, the Issuer has made an Offer; and
(B) all conditions precedent and covenants herein provided for such application
of Trust Monies have been satisfied.
Upon compliance with the foregoing provisions of this Section 12.03, the Collateral Agent
shall apply the Trust Monies as directed and specified by the Issuer, subject to Section 4.09
(including to return to the Issuer any such amount of Excess Proceeds that are subject to the Offer
and which are not required to be applied to the purchase of Notes, Permitted Additional Pari Passu
Obligations or other Indebtedness pursuant to Section 4.09).
Section 12.04 Investment of Trust Monies.
So long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, all or any
part of any Trust Monies held by (or held in an account subject to the sole control of) the
Collateral Agent shall from time to time be invested or reinvested by the Collateral Agent in any
Cash Equivalents pursuant to a written request by the Issuer in the form of an Officers
Certificate, which shall specify the Cash Equivalents in which such Trust Monies shall be invested
and shall certify that such investments
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constitute Cash Equivalents; and the Collateral Agent shall sell any such Cash Equivalent only
upon receipt of such a written request by the Issuer specifying the particular Cash Equivalent to
be sold. So long as no Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing, any interest or
dividends accrued, earned or paid on such Cash Equivalents (in excess of any accrued interest or
dividends paid at the time of purchase) that may be received by the Collateral Agent shall be
forthwith paid to the Issuer. Such Cash Equivalents shall be held by the Collateral Agent as a
part of the Collateral, subject to the same provisions hereof as the cash used by it to purchase
such Cash Equivalents.
The Trustee and Collateral Agent shall not be liable or responsible for any loss resulting
from such investments or sales except only for its own grossly negligent action, its own grossly
negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct in complying with this Section 12.04.
Section 12.05 Application of other Trust Monies.
The Collateral Agent shall return all Trust Monies to the Issuer upon any Legal Defeasance,
Covenant Defeasance or satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture under Section 14.01. The
Collateral Agent shall have all rights and remedies with respect to the Collateral Account and any
Trust Monies as provided in the Security Documents.
ARTICLE 13
GUARANTEES
Section 13.01 Guarantee.
Subject to this Article 13, each of the Guarantors hereby, jointly and severally, fully and
unconditionally guarantees to each Holder of a Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and
to the Trustee and its successors and assigns, irrespective of the validity and enforceability of
this Indenture, the Notes or the obligations of the Issuer hereunder or thereunder, that: (a) the
principal of, interest, premium and Additional Interest, if any, on the Notes shall be promptly
paid in full when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and interest
on the overdue principal of and interest on the Notes, if any, if lawful, and all other obligations
of the Issuer to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder shall be promptly paid in full
or performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; and (b) in case of any extension
of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, that same shall be
promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or
renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. Failing payment when due of any
amount so guaranteed or any performance so guaranteed for whatever reason, the Guarantors shall be
jointly and severally obligated to pay the same immediately. Each Guarantor agrees that this is a
guarantee of payment and not a guarantee of collection.
The Guarantors hereby agree that their obligations hereunder shall be unconditional,
irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Notes or this Indenture, the
absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder of the Notes with
respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the Issuer, any
action to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or
equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor. Each Guarantor hereby waives diligence,
presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or
bankruptcy of the Issuer, any right to require a proceeding first against the Issuer, protest,
notice and all demands whatsoever and covenants that this Guarantee shall not be discharged except
by complete performance of the obligations contained in the Notes and this Indenture.
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Each Guarantor also agrees to pay any and all costs and expenses (including reasonable
attorneys fees) incurred by the Trustee or any Holder in enforcing any rights under this Section
13.01.
If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to the Issuer,
the Guarantors or any custodian, trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in relation
to either the Issuer or the Guarantors, any amount paid either to the Trustee or such Holder, this
Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall be reinstated in full force and effect.
Each Guarantor agrees that it shall not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to
the Holders in respect of any obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all
obligations guaranteed hereby. Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between the Guarantors, on
the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (x) the maturity of the
obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 for the purposes of this
Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration
in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby, and (y) in the event of any declaration of
acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article 6, such obligations (whether or not due and
payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantors for the purpose of this
Guarantee. The Guarantors shall have the right to seek contribution from any non-paying Guarantor
so long as the exercise of such right does not impair the rights of the Holders under the
Guarantees.
Each Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect and continue to be effective should any
petition be filed by or against the Issuer for liquidation or reorganization, should the Issuer
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 Issuers 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 the Notes or Guarantees,
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.
In case any provision of any Guarantee 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.
Each payment to be made by a Guarantor in respect of its Guarantee shall be made without
set-off, counterclaim, reduction or diminution of any kind or nature.
As used in this Section 13.01, the term Trustee shall also include each of the Paying Agent,
Registrar and Transfer Agent, as applicable.
Section 13.02 Limitation on Guarantor Liability.
Each Guarantor, and by its acceptance of Notes, each Holder, hereby confirms that it is the
intention of all such parties that the Guarantee of such Guarantor not constitute a fraudulent
transfer or conveyance for purposes of Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the
Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar federal or state law to the extent applicable to any
Guarantee. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Trustee, the Holders and the Guarantors
hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of each Guarantor shall be limited to the maximum
amount as will, after giving effect to such maximum amount and all other contingent and fixed
liabilities of such Guarantor that are relevant
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under such laws and after giving effect to any collections from, rights to receive
contribution from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the
obligations of such other Guarantor under this Article 13, result in the obligations of such
Guarantor under its Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer under
applicable law. Each Guarantor that makes a payment under its Guarantee shall be entitled upon
payment in full of all guaranteed obligations under this Indenture to a contribution from each
other Guarantor in an amount equal to such other Guarantors pro rata portion of such payment based
on the respective net assets of all the Guarantors at the time of such payment determined in
accordance with GAAP.
Section 13.03 Execution and Delivery.
To evidence its Guarantee set forth in Section 13.01, each Guarantor hereby agrees that this
Indenture shall be executed on behalf of such Guarantor by its President, one of its Vice
Presidents or one of its Assistant Vice Presidents. Each Guarantor hereby agrees to execute a
Notation of Guarantee substantially in the form included in Exhibit A hereto on each Note
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee.
Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its Guarantee set forth in Section 13.01 shall remain in
full force and effect notwithstanding the absence of the endorsement of any notation of such
Guarantee on the Notes.
If an Officer whose signature is on this Indenture no longer holds that office at the time the
Trustee authenticates the Note, the Guarantee shall be valid nevertheless.
The delivery of any Note by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, shall
constitute due delivery of the Guarantee set forth in this Indenture on behalf of the Guarantors.
Section 13.04 Subrogation.
Each Guarantor shall be subrogated to all rights of Holders of Notes against the Issuer in
respect of any amounts paid by any Guarantor pursuant to the provisions of Section 13.01;
provided that, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, no Guarantor shall be
entitled to enforce or receive any payments arising out of, or based upon, such right of
subrogation until all amounts then due and payable by the Issuer under this Indenture or the Notes
shall have been paid in full.
Section 13.05 Benefits Acknowledged.
Each Guarantor acknowledges that it will receive direct and indirect benefits from the
financing arrangements contemplated by this Indenture and that the guarantee and waivers made by it
pursuant to its Guarantee are knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits.
Section 13.06 Release of Guarantees.
Nothwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, any Guarantee by a Restricted
Subsidiary (and all Liens securing the same) shall be automatically and unconditionally released
and discharged upon:
(1) such Subsidiary ceasing to constitute a Restricted Subsidiary in a transaction that
complies with this Indenture (whether upon a sale, exchange, transfer or disposition of
Capital Stock in such Restricted Subsidiary (including by way of merger or consolidation),
or the designation of such Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary), or
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(2) the merger or dissolution of a Guarantor into the Issuer or another Guarantor or
the transfer or sale of all or substantially all of the assets of a Guarantor to the Issuer
or another Guarantor.
ARTICLE 14
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Section 14.01 Satisfaction and Discharge.
This Indenture shall be discharged and shall cease to be of further effect as to all Notes,
when:
(1) either (A) all such Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered (except lost,
stolen or destroyed Notes which have been replaced or paid or Notes whose payment has been
deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Issuer and thereafter repaid to
the Issuer or discharged from such trust as provided for in the Indenture) have been
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation or (B) all Notes not theretofore delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation (a) have become due and payable, (b) will become due and payable at
their Maturity within one year, or (c) are to be called for redemption within one year under
arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the
Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Issuer; or
(2) the Issuer or any Guarantor has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited
with the Trustee as trust funds in trust an amount in United States dollars sufficient to
pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on the Notes not theretofore delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation, including principal of, premium, if any, and accrued interest at
such Maturity, Stated Maturity or Redemption Date;
(3) after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and
be continuing under any Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary on the date
of such deposit;
(4) such satisfaction and discharge will not result in a breach or violation of, or
constitute a default under any other material agreement or instrument to which the Issuer or
any Restricted Subsidiary is a party or by which the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary is
bound;
(5) the Issuer or any Guarantor has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable
under this Indenture by the Issuer; and
(6) the Issuer has delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an opinion of
independent counsel each stating that all conditions precedent under this Section 14.01
relating to the satisfaction and discharge of such Indenture have been complied with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, if money shall have been
deposited with the Trustee pursuant to clause (2) of this Section 14.01, the provisions of Section
14.02 and Section 8.06 shall survive.
Section 14.02 Application of Trust Money.
Subject to the provisions of Section 8.06, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to
Section 14.01 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the
Notes
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and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the
Issuer acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled
thereto, of the principal (and premium and Additional Interest, if any) and interest for whose
payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee; but such money need not be segregated from
other funds except to the extent required by law.
If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money in accordance with Section 14.01
by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or
governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the
Issuers and any Guarantors obligations under this Indenture and the Notes shall be revived and
reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 14.01; provided that if
the Issuer has made any payment of principal of, premium and Additional Interest, if any, or
interest on any Notes because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Issuer shall be
subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money held
by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
ARTICLE 15
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 15.01 Trust Indenture Act Controls.
If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by
Trust Indenture Act Section 318(c), the imposed duties shall control.
Section 15.02 Notices.
Any notice or communication by the Issuer, any Guarantor, the Collateral Agent or the Trustee
to the others is duly given if in writing and delivered in person or mailed by first-class mail
(registered or certified, return receipt requested), fax or overnight air courier guaranteeing next
day delivery, to the others address:
If to the Issuer and/or any Guarantor:
c/o Oxford Industries, Inc.
222 Piedmont Avenue, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30308
Facsimile: (404) 653-1224
Attention: General Counsel
If to the Trustee:
U.S. Bank National Association
1349 W. Peachtree Street, NW
Two Midtown Plaza, Suite 1050
Atlanta, GA 30309
Fax No.: (404) 898-8844
Attention: Muriel Shaw
The Issuer, any Guarantor or the Trustee, by notice to the others, may designate additional or
different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.
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All notices and communications (other than those sent to Holders) shall be deemed to have been
duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five calendar days after being
deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed by first-class mail; when receipt acknowledged,
if faxed; and the next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by overnight air
courier guaranteeing next day delivery; provided that any notice or communication delivered
to the Trustee shall be deemed effective upon actual receipt thereof.
Any notice or communication to a Holder shall be mailed by first-class mail, certified or
registered, return receipt requested, or by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery to
its address shown on the register kept by the Registrar. Any notice or communication shall also be
so mailed to any Person described in Trust Indenture Act Section 313(c), to the extent required by
the Trust Indenture Act. Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it
shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders.
If the Issuer mails a notice or communication to Holders, it shall mail a copy to the Trustee
and each Agent at the same time.
Section 15.03 Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes.
Holders may communicate pursuant to Trust Indenture Act Section 312(b) with other Holders with
respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Notes. The Issuer, the Trustee, the Registrar
and anyone else shall have the protection of Trust Indenture Act Section 312(c).
Section 15.04 Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.
Upon any request or application by the Issuer or any of the Guarantors to the Trustee to take
any action under this Indenture, the Issuer or such Guarantor, as the case may be, shall furnish to
the Trustee:
(a) an Officers Certificate in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Trustee (which shall include the statements set forth in Section 15.05) stating that, in the
opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent and covenants, if any, provided for in this
Indenture relating to the proposed action have been satisfied; and
(b) an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee
(which shall include the statements set forth in Section 15.05) stating that, in the opinion
of such counsel, all such conditions precedent and covenants have been satisfied.
Section 15.05 Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.
Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided
for in this Indenture (other than a certificate provided pursuant to Trust Indenture Act Section
314(a)(4)) shall comply with the provisions of Trust Indenture Act Section 314(e) and shall
include:
(a) a statement that the Person making such certificate or opinion has read such
covenant or condition;
(b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation
upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
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(c) a statement that, in the opinion of such Person, he or she has made such
examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as
to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with (and, in the case of an
Opinion of Counsel, may be limited to reliance on an Officers Certificate as to matters of
fact); and
(d) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person, such condition or
covenant has been complied with.
Section 15.06 Rules by Trustee and Agents.
The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of Holders. The Registrar
or Paying Agent may make reasonable rules and set reasonable requirements for its functions.
Section 15.07 No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders.
No director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Issuer or any Guarantor or
any of their parent companies (other than the Issuer and the Guarantors) shall have any liability
for any obligations of the Issuer or the Guarantors under the Notes, the Guarantees or this
Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of such obligations or their
creation. Each Holder 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 15.08 Governing Law.
THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES AND ANY GUARANTEE WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
Section 15.09 Force Majeure.
In no event shall the Trustee, Paying Agent, Registrar or Transfer Agent be responsible or
liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations under this Indenture arising
out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its reasonable control, including
without limitation strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military
disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or
malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software or hardware) services.
Section 15.10 Successors.
All agreements of the Issuer in this Indenture and the Notes shall bind its successors. All
agreements of the Trustee and the Paying Agent, Registrar and Transfer Agent in this Indenture
shall bind their respective successors. All agreements of each Guarantor in this Indenture shall
bind its successors, except as otherwise provided in Section 13.06. The provisions of Article 11
referring to the Collateral Agent shall inure to the benefit of such Collateral Agent.
Section 15.11 Severability.
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.
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Section 15.12 Counterpart Originals.
The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an
original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. Delivery of an executed
counterpart of a signature page to this Indenture by facsimile, email or other electronic means
shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Indenture.
Section 15.13 Table of Contents, Headings, etc.
The Table of Contents, Cross-Reference Table and headings of the Articles and Sections of this
Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part of
this Indenture and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
Section 15.14 Qualification of Indenture.
The Issuer and the Guarantors shall qualify this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act in
accordance with and to the extent required by the terms and conditions of the Registration Rights
Agreement and shall pay all reasonable costs and expenses (including attorneys fees and expenses
for the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Trustee) incurred in connection therewith, including, but
not limited to, costs and expenses of qualification of this Indenture and the Notes and printing
this Indenture and the Notes. The Trustee shall be entitled to receive from the Issuer and the
Guarantors any such Officers Certificates, Opinions of Counsel or other documentation as it may
reasonably request in connection with any such qualification of this Indenture under the Trust
Indenture Act.
Section 15.15 USA Patriot Act
The parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the USA Patriot Act the
Trustee and Agents, like all financial institutions and in order to help fight the funding of
terrorism and money laundering, are required to obtain, verify, and record information that
identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account. The
parties to this agreement agree that they will provide the Trustee and the Agents with such
information as they may request in order to satisfy the requirements of the USA Patriot Act.
[Signatures on following pages]
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Guarantors
BEN SHERMAN CLOTHING, INC.
LIONSHEAD CLOTHING COMPANY
OXFORD CARIBBEAN, INC.
OXFORD GARMENT, INC.
OXFORD INTERNATIONAL, INC.
OXFORD LOCKBOX, INC.
OXFORD OF SOUTH CAROLINA, INC.
PIEDMONT APPAREL CORPORATION
SFI OF OXFORD ACQUISITION CORPORATION
TOMMY BAHAMA GROUP, INC.
TOMMY BAHAMA BEVERAGES, LLC
TOMMY BAHAMA R&R HOLDINGS, INC.
TOMMY BAHAMA TEXAS BEVERAGES, LLC
VIEWPOINT MARKETING, INC.
EXHIBIT A
[Face of Note]
[Insert the Global Note Legend, if applicable, pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture]
[Insert the Private Placement Legend, if applicable, pursuant to the provisions of the
Indenture]
[Insert the IAI Note Legend, if applicable, pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture]
[Insert the ERISA Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture]
[Insert the OID Legend, if applicable, pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture]
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CUSIP [ ]
ISIN [ ]1
[RULE 144A][REGULATION S] GLOBAL NOTE
11.375% Senior Secured Notes due 2015
OXFORD INDUSTRIES, INC.
promises to pay to CEDE & CO. or registered assigns, the principal sum [set forth on the Schedule
of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note attached hereto] [of United
States Dollars] on January 15, 2015.
Interest Payment Dates: January 15 and July 15
Record Dates: January 1 and July 1
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Rule 144A Note CUSIP: 691497AD3
Rule 144A Note ISIN: US691497AD35
Regulation S Note CUSIP: U6919TAB6
Regulation S Note ISIN: USU6919TAB62
Exchange Note CUSIP: 691497AE1
Exchange Note ISIN: US691497AE18 |
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IN WITNESS HEREOF, the Issuer has caused this instrument to be duly executed.
Dated: [ ]
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This is one of the Notes referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture:
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[Back of Note]
11.375% Senior Secured Notes due 2015
Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture
referred to below unless otherwise indicated.
1. INTEREST. Oxford Industries, Inc., a Georgia corporation, promises to pay interest on the
principal amount of this Note at 11.375% per annum from June 30, 2009 until maturity and shall pay
the Additional Interest, if any, payable pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement referred to
below. The Issuer will pay interest and Additional Interest, if any, semi-annually in arrears on
January 15 and July 15 of each year, or if any such day is not a Business Day, on the next
succeeding Business Day (each, an Interest Payment Date). Interest on the Notes will
accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid,
from the date of issuance; provided that the first Interest Payment Date shall be January
15, 2010. The Issuer will pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under
any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal and premium, if any, from time to time on demand at the
interest rate on the Notes; it shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any
proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest and Additional Interest,
if any, (without regard to any applicable grace periods) from time to time on demand at the
interest rate on the Notes. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of
twelve 30-day months.
2. METHOD OF PAYMENT. The Issuer will pay interest on the Notes and Additional Interest, if
any, to the Persons who are registered Holders of Notes at the close of business on the January 1
or July 1 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, immediately preceding the Interest
Payment Date, even if such Notes are canceled after such record date and on or before such Interest
Payment Date, except as provided in Section 2.12 of the Indenture with respect to defaulted
interest. Payment of interest and Additional Interest, if any, may be made by check mailed to the
Holders at their addresses set forth in the register of Holders, provided that payment by
wire transfer of immediately available funds will be required with respect to principal of and
interest, premium and Additional Interest, if any, on, all Global Notes and all other Notes the
Holders of which shall have provided wire transfer instructions to the Issuer or the Paying Agent.
Such payment shall be in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of
payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.
3. PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR. Initially, U.S. Bank National Association, will act as Paying
Agent and Registrar. The Issuer may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to the
Holders. The Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries may act in any such capacity.
4. INDENTURE. The Issuer issued the Notes under an Indenture, dated as of June 30, 2009 (the
Indenture), among Oxford Industries Inc., the Guarantors named therein and the Trustee.
This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of notes of the Issuer designated as its 11.375% Senior
Secured Notes due 2015. The Issuer shall be entitled to issue Additional Notes pursuant to
Section 2.01 of the Indenture. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and
those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the
Trust Indenture Act). The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred
to the Indenture and such Act for a statement of such terms. To the extent any provision of this
Note conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall
govern and be controlling.
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5. OPTIONAL REDEMPTION.
(a) At any time prior to July 15, 2012, the Issuer may redeem all or a portion of the Notes,
on not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior notice, in amounts of $1,000 or an integral
multiple thereof, at a price equal to the greater of: (x) 100% of the aggregate principal amount of
the Notes to be redeemed, together with accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of
redemption, and (y) as determined by an Independent Investment Banker, the sum of the present
values of 105.688% of the principal of the Notes being redeemed plus scheduled payments of interest
(not including any portion of such payments of interest accrued as of the Redemption Date) from the
date of redemption to July 15, 2012 discounted to the Redemption Date on a semiannual basis
(assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Adjusted Treasury Rate plus 50
basis points, together with accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the Redemption Date.
(b) On or after July 15, 2012, the Issuer may redeem all or a portion of the Notes, on not
less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior notice, in amounts of $1,000 or an integral multiple
thereof at the following redemption prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount),
together with accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the Redemption Date, if redeemed during the
12-month period beginning July 15 of the years indicated below:
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(c) In addition, at any time prior to July 15, 2012, the Issuer, at its option, may use the
net proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings to redeem up to an aggregate of 35% of the aggregate
principal amount of Notes originally issued under this Indenture at a redemption price equal to
111.375% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest,
if any, to the redemption date; provided that at least 65% of the initial aggregate
principal amount of Notes must remain outstanding immediately after the occurrence of such
redemption and the Issuer must complete such redemption within 90 days of the closing of the Equity
Offering.
(d) If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select the Notes to be
redeemed in compliance with the requirements of the principal national security exchange, if any,
on which the Notes are listed, or if the Notes are not listed, on a pro rata basis, by lot or by
any other method the Trustee shall deem fair and reasonable. Notes redeemed in part must be
redeemed only in integral multiples of $1,000 and no Note with a principal amount of less than
$2,000 will be redeemed in part.
(e) In addition to the Issuers rights to redeem the Notes as set forth above, the Issuer may
purchase Notes in open-market transactions, tender offers or otherwise
6. MANDATORY REDEMPTION. The Issuer shall not be required to make mandatory redemption or
sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes.
7. NOTICE OF REDEMPTION. Subject to Section 3.03 of the Indenture, notice of redemption will
be mailed by first-class mail at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the
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redemption date
(except that redemption notices may be mailed more than 60 days prior to a redemption date if the
notice is issued in connection with Article 8 or Article 11 of the Indenture) to each Holder
whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address. Notes in denominations larger than
$2,000 may be redeemed in part but only in whole multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof, unless all
of the Notes held by a Holder are to be redeemed. On and after the redemption date interest ceases
to accrue on Notes or portions thereof called for redemption.
8. OFFERS TO REPURCHASE.
(a) If a Change of Control occurs, each Holder of Notes will have the right to require this
Issuer to purchase all or any part (in integral multiples of $1,000 except that no partial
redemption will be permitted that would result in a Note having a remaining principal amount of
less than $2,000) of such Holders Notes pursuant to a Change of Control offer. In the Change of
Control offer, the Issuer will offer to purchase all of the Notes, at a purchase price in cash in
an amount equal to 101% of the principal amount of such Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if
any, to the date of purchase (subject to the rights of Holders of record on relevant record dates
to receive interest due on an interest payment date). The Change of Control offer shall be made in
accordance with Section 4.11 of the Indenture.
(b) Under certain circumstances described in the Indenture, the Issuer will be required to
apply the proceeds of Asset Sales to the repayment of the Securities and Permitted Additional Pari
Passu Indebtedness. The offer shall be made in accordance with Section 4.09 of the Indenture
9. DENOMINATIONS, TRANSFER, EXCHANGE. The Notes are in registered form without coupons in
denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. The transfer of Notes
may be registered and Notes may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Registrar and the
Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer
documents and the Issuer may require a Holder to pay any taxes and fees required by law or
permitted by the Indenture. The Issuer need not exchange or register the transfer of any Notes or
portion of Notes selected for redemption, except for the unredeemed portion of any Notes being
redeemed in part. Also, the Issuer need not exchange or register the transfer of any Notes for a
period of 15 days before a selection of Notes to be redeemed.
10. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS. The registered Holder of a Note may be treated as its owner for
all purposes.
11. AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER. The Indenture, the Guarantees or the Notes may be
amended or supplemented as provided in the Indenture.
12. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES. The Events of Default relating to the Notes are defined in Section
6.01 of the Indenture. If any Event of Default shall occur and be continuing with respect to the
Indenture, the Trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the
Notes then outstanding may, and the Trustee at the request of such holders shall, declare all
unpaid principal of, premium, if any, and accrued interest on all Notes to be due and payable
immediately, by a notice in writing to the Issuer (and to the Trustee if given by the holders of
the Notes) and upon any such declaration, such principal, premium, if any, and interest shall
become due and payable immediately. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an Event of
Default arising from certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency, then all the Notes shall
automatically become and be due and payable immediately in an amount equal to the principal amount
of the Notes, together with accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date the Notes become due
and payable, without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any holder. Holders
may not enforce the Indenture, the Notes or the Guarantees except as provided in the Indenture.
Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
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outstanding Notes may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may
withhold from Holders of the Notes notice of any continuing Default (except a Default relating to
the
payment of principal, premium, if any, Additional Interest, if any, or interest) if it
determines that withholding notice is in their interest. The Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Notes then outstanding by notice to the Trustee may on behalf of the
Holders of all of the Notes waive any existing Default or and its consequences under the Indenture
except a continuing Default in payment of the principal of, premium, if any, Additional Interest,
if any, or interest on, any of the Notes held by a non-consenting Holder. The Issuer and each
Guarantor (to the extent that such Guarantor is so required under the Trust Indenture Act) is
required to deliver to the Trustee annually a statement regarding compliance with the Indenture,
and the Issuer is required within five (5) Business Days after becoming aware of any Default, to
deliver to the Trustee a statement specifying such Default and what action the Issuer proposes to
take with respect thereto.
13. AUTHENTICATION. This Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be
valid or obligatory for any purpose until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee.
14. ADDITIONAL RIGHTS OF HOLDERS OF RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTES AND RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES.
In addition to the rights provided to Holders of Notes under the Indenture, Holders of Restricted
Global Notes and Restricted Definitive Notes shall have all the rights set forth in the
Registration Rights Agreement, including the right to receive Additional Interest (as defined in
the Registration Rights Agreement).
15. GOVERNING LAW. THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES AND ANY GUARANTEE WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
16. CUSIP/ISIN NUMBERS. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform
Security Identification Procedures, the Issuer has caused CUSIP/ISIN numbers to be printed on the
Notes and the Trustee may use CUSIP/ISIN numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to
Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the
Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other
identification numbers placed thereon.
The Issuer will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the
Indenture and/or the Registration Rights Agreement. Requests may be made to the Issuer at the
following address:
Oxford Industries Inc.
222 Piedmont Avenue, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30308
Facsimile: (404) 653-1224
Attention: General Counsel
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Note, fill in the form below:
(I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to:
(Insert assignee legal name)
(Insert assignees soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)
(Print or type assignees name, address and zip code)
and irrevocably appoint
to transfer this Note on the books of the Issuer. The agent may substitute another to act for him.
Date:
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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Issuer pursuant to Section 4.09 or
4.11 of the Indenture, check the appropriate box below:
o Section 4.09 o Section 4.11
If you want to elect to have only part of this Note purchased by the Issuer pursuant to
Section 4.09 or Section 4.11 of the Indenture, state the amount you elect to have purchased:
$
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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE*
The initial outstanding principal amount of this Global Note is $___. The following
exchanges of a part of this Global Note for an interest in another Global Note or for a Definitive
Note, or exchanges of a part of another Global or Definitive Note for an interest in this Global
Note, have been made:
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Notation of Guarantee
Pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of June 30, 2009 (the Indenture), among Oxford
Industries, Inc., the Guarantors named therein, and the Trustee, each Guarantor, subject to the
provisions of Article 13 of the Indenture, hereby, jointly and severally, fully and unconditionally
guarantees to each Holder of a Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee
and its successors and assigns, irrespective of the validity and enforceability of the Indenture,
the Notes or the obligations of the Issuer thereunder, that: (a) the principal of, interest,
premium and Additional Interest, if any, on the Notes shall be promptly paid in full when due,
whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue
principal of and interest on the Notes, if any, if lawful, and all other obligations of the Issuer
to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder shall be promptly paid in full or performed,
all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; and (b) in case of any extension of time of
payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, that same shall be promptly paid
in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at
stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. Failing payment when due of any amount so
guaranteed or any performance so guaranteed for whatever reason, the Guarantors shall be jointly
and severally obligated to pay the same immediately. Each Guarantor agrees that this is a
guarantee of payment and not a guarantee of collection.
The Guarantors hereby agree that their obligations hereunder shall be unconditional,
irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Notes or this Indenture, the
absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder of the Notes with
respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the Issuer, any
action to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or
equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor. Each Guarantor hereby waives diligence,
presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or
bankruptcy of the Issuer, any right to require a proceeding first against the Issuer, protest,
notice and all demands whatsoever and covenants that this Guarantee shall not be discharged except
by complete performance of the obligations contained in the Notes and this Indenture.
Each Guarantor also agrees to pay any and all costs and expenses (including reasonable
attorneys fees) incurred by the Trustee or any Holder in enforcing any rights under Section 13.01
of the Indenture.
If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to the Issuer,
the Guarantors or any custodian, trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in relation
to either the Issuer or the Guarantors, any amount paid either to the Trustee or such Holder, this
Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall be reinstated in full force and effect.
Each Guarantor agrees that it shall not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to
the Holders in respect of any obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all
obligations guaranteed hereby. Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between the Guarantors, on
the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (x) the maturity of the
obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 of the Indenture for the
purposes of this Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing
such acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby, and (y) in the event of any
declaration of acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article 6 of the Indenture, such
obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the
Guarantors for the purpose of this Guarantee. The Guarantors shall have the right to seek
contribution from any non-paying Guarantor so long as the exercise of such right does not impair
the rights of the Holders under the Guarantees.
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Each Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect and continue to be effective should any
petition be filed by or against the Issuer for liquidation, reorganization, should the Issuer
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 Issuers 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 the Notes or Guarantees,
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.
In case any provision of any Guarantee 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.
Each payment to be made by a Guarantor in respect of its Guarantee shall be made without
set-off, counterclaim, reduction or diminution of any kind or nature.
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OXFORD LOCKBOX, INC. |
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SFI OF OXFORD ACQUISITION CORPORATION |
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TOMMY BAHAMA TEXAS BEVERAGES, LLC, as Guarantor
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER
Oxford Industries, Inc.
222 Piedmont Avenue, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30308
Facsimile: (404) 653-1224
Attention: General Counsel
U.S. Bank National Association
1349 W. Peachtree Street, NW
Two Midtown Plaza, Suite 1050
Atlanta, GA 30309
Fax No.: (404) 898-8844
Attention: Muriel Shaw
Re: 11.375% Senior Secured Notes due 2015
Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of June 30, 2009 (the
Indenture), among Oxford Industries, Inc., the Guarantors named therein and the Trustee.
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the
Indenture.
(the
Transferor) owns and proposes to transfer the Note[s] or
interest in such Note[s] specified in Annex A hereto, in the principal amount of $ in
such Note[s] or interests (the Transfer), to (the Transferee),
as further specified in Annex A hereto. In connection with the Transfer, the Transferor hereby
certifies that:
[CHECK ALL THAT APPLY]
1. o CHECK IF TRANSFEREE WILL TAKE DELIVERY OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN THE 144A GLOBAL
NOTE OR A DEFINITIVE NOTE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A. The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in
accordance with Rule 144A under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
Securities Act), and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that the
beneficial interest or Definitive Note is being transferred to a Person that the Transferor
reasonably believes is purchasing the beneficial interest or Definitive Note for its own account,
or for one or more accounts with respect to which such Person exercises sole investment discretion,
and such Person and each such account is a qualified institutional buyer within the meaning of
Rule 144A in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A and such Transfer is in compliance
with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.
2. o CHECK IF TRANSFEREE WILL TAKE DELIVERY OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN THE REGULATION S
GLOBAL NOTE OR A DEFINITIVE NOTE PURSUANT TO REGULATION S. The Transfer is being effected pursuant
to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act and, accordingly, the
Transferor hereby further certifies that (i) the Transfer is not being made to a person in the
United States and (x) at the time the buy order was originated, the Transferee was outside the
United States or such Transferor and any Person acting on its behalf reasonably believed and
believes that the Transferee was outside the United States or (y) the transaction was executed in,
on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market and neither such Transferor
nor any Person acting on its behalf knows that the transaction was prearranged with a buyer in the
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United States, (ii) no directed selling efforts have been made in contravention of the requirements
of Rule 903(b) or Rule 904(b) of Regulation S under the Securities Act (iii) the transaction is not
part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act and (iv) if
the proposed transfer is being made prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, the transfer
is not being made to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person (other than an
Initial Purchaser). Upon consummation of the proposed transfer in accordance with the terms of the
Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will be subject to the
restrictions on Transfer enumerated in the Indenture and the Securities Act.
3. o CHECK AND COMPLETE IF TRANSFEREE WILL TAKE DELIVERY OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A
GLOBAL NOTE OR A DEFINITIVE NOTE PURSUANT TO ANY PROVISION OF THE SECURITIES ACT OTHER THAN RULE
144A OR REGULATION S. The Transfer is being effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions
applicable to beneficial interests in Restricted Global Notes and Restricted Definitive Notes and
pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act and any applicable blue sky securities laws
of any state of the United States, and accordingly the Transferor hereby further certifies that
(check one):
(a) o such Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144
under the Securities Act;
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(b) o such Transfer is being effected to the Issuer or a subsidiary thereof;
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(c) o such Transfer is being effected pursuant to an effective registration
statement under the Securities Act and in compliance with the prospectus delivery
requirements of the Securities Act;
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(d) o such Transfer is being effected to an Institutional Accredited Investor and
pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than
Rule 144A, Rule 144, Rule 903 or Rule 904, and the Transferor hereby further certifies that
it has not engaged in any general solicitation within the meaning of Regulation D under the
Securities Act and the Transfer complies with the transfer restrictions applicable to
beneficial interests in a Restricted Global Note or Restricted Definitive Notes and the
requirements of the exemption claimed, which certification is supported by (1) a certificate
executed by the Transferee in the form of Exhibit B-1 to the Indenture and (2) if
such Transfer is in respect of a principal amount of Notes at the time of Transfer of less
than $100,000, an Opinion of Counsel provided by the Transferor or the Transferee (a copy of
which the Transferor has attached to this certification), to the effect that such Transfer
is in compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed transfer in
accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or
Definitive Note will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private
Placement Legend printed on the IAI Global Note and/or the Restricted Definitive Notes and
in the Indenture and the Securities Act.
4. o CHECK IF TRANSFEREE WILL TAKE DELIVERY OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN AN UNRESTRICTED
GLOBAL NOTE OR OF AN UNRESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE.
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(a) o CHECK IF TRANSFER IS PURSUANT TO RULE 144. (i) The Transfer is being effected
pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144 to a Person who is not an affiliate (as defined in Rule
144) of the Issuer under the Securities Act and in compliance with the transfer restrictions
contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United
States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement
Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation
of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial
interest or Definitive Note will no longer be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in
the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes, on Restricted Definitive Notes
and in the Indenture.
(b) o CHECK IF TRANSFER IS PURSUANT TO REGULATION S. (i) The Transfer is being effected
pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act to a Person who is
not an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Issuer and in compliance with the transfer
restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of
the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private
Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon
consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the
transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will no longer be subject to the restrictions on
transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes, on
Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.
(c) o CHECK IF TRANSFER IS PURSUANT TO OTHER EXEMPTION. (i) The Transfer is being effected
pursuant to and in compliance with an exemption from the registration requirements of the
Securities Act other than Rule 144, Rule 903 or Rule 904 to a Person who is not an affiliate (as
defined in Rule 144) of the Issuer and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in
the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any State of the United States and
(ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are
not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the
proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial
interest or Definitive Note will not be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the
Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes or Restricted Definitive Notes and
in the Indenture.
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This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit
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ANNEX A TO CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER
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EXHIBIT B-1
FORM OF CERTIFICATE FROM
ACQUIRING INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR
Oxford Industries, Inc.
222 Piedmont Avenue, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30308
Facsimile: (404) 653-1224
Attention: General Counsel
U.S. Bank National Association
1349 W. Peachtree Street, NW
Two Midtown Plaza, Suite 1050
Atlanta, GA 30309
Fax No.: (404) 898-8844
Attention: Muriel Shaw
Re: 11.375% Senior Secured Notes due 2015
Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of June 30, 2009 (the
Indenture), among Oxford Industries, Inc., the Guarantors named therein, and the Trustee.
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the
Indenture.
In connection with our proposed purchase of $ aggregate principal amount of:
(a) o a beneficial interest in a Global Note, or
(b) o a Definitive Note,
we confirm that:
1. We understand that any subsequent transfer of the Notes or any interest therein is subject
to certain restrictions and conditions set forth in the Indenture and the undersigned agrees to be
bound by, and not to resell, pledge or otherwise transfer the Notes or any interest therein except
in compliance with, such restrictions and conditions and the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the Securities Act).
2. We understand that the offer and sale of the Notes have not been registered under the
Securities Act, and that the Notes and any interest therein may not be offered or sold except as
permitted in the following sentence. We agree, on our own behalf and on behalf of any accounts for
which we are acting as hereinafter stated, that if we should sell the Notes or any interest
therein, we will do so only (A) to the Issuer, (B) in accordance with Rule 144A under the
Securities Act to a qualified institutional buyer (as defined therein), (C) to an institutional
accredited investor (as defined below) that, prior to such transfer, furnishes (or has furnished
on its behalf by a U.S. broker-dealer) to you and to the Issuer a signed letter substantially in
the form of this letter and, if such transfer is in respect of a principal amount of Notes at the
time of transfer of less than $100,000, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable
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to the Issuer to the effect that such transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act,
(D) outside the United States in accordance with Rule 904 of Regulation S under the Securities Act,
(E) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, (F) in accordance
with Rule 144 under the Securities Act or (G) in accordance with another exemption from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act, and we further agree to provide to any Person
purchasing the Definitive Note or beneficial interest in a Global Note from us in a transaction
meeting the requirements of clauses (A) through (G) of this paragraph a notice advising such
purchaser that resales thereof are restricted as stated herein.
3. We understand that, on any proposed resale of the Notes or beneficial interest therein, we
will be required to furnish to you and the Issuer such certifications, legal opinions and other
information as you and the Issuer may reasonably require to confirm that the proposed sale complies
with the foregoing restrictions. We further understand that the Notes purchased by us will bear a
legend to the foregoing effect.
4. We are an institutional accredited investor (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or
(7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act) and have such knowledge and experience in financial
and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of our investment in the
Notes, and we and any accounts for which we are acting are each able to bear the economic risk of
our or its investment.
5. We are acquiring the Notes or beneficial interest therein purchased by us for our own
account or for one or more accounts (each of which is an institutional accredited investor) as to
each of which we exercise sole investment discretion.
You and the Issuer are entitled to rely upon this letter and are irrevocably authorized to
produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal
proceedings or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby.
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EXHIBIT C
FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE
Oxford Industries, Inc.
222 Piedmont Avenue, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30308
Facsimile: (404) 653-1224
Attention: General Counsel
U.S. Bank National Association
1349 W. Peachtree Street, NW
Two Midtown Plaza, Suite 1050
Atlanta, GA 30309
Fax No.: (404) 898-8844
Attention: Muriel Shaw
Re: 11.375% Senior Secured Notes due 2015
Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of June 30, 2009 (the
Indenture), among Oxford Industries, Inc., the Guarantors named therein and the Trustee.
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the
Indenture.
(the Owner) owns and proposes to exchange the Note[s] or interest in
such Note[s] specified herein, in the principal amount of $ in such Note[s] or interests
(the Exchange). In connection with the Exchange, the Owner hereby certifies that:
1) EXCHANGE OF RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES OR BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE
FOR UNRESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES OR BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN AN UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE
a) o CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL
NOTE TO BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN AN UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE. In connection with the
Exchange of the Owners beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for a
beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note in an equal principal amount, the
Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owners
own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance
with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Global Notes and pursuant to and in
accordance with the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
Securities Act), (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the
Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain
compliance with the Securities Act, (iv) the beneficial interest in an Unrestricted
Global Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities
laws of any state of the United States and (v) the Owner is not an affiliate (as
defined in Rule 144) of the Issuer.
b) o CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL
NOTE TO UNRESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE. In connection with the Exchange of the
Owners beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for an Unrestricted
Definitive Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Definitive Note is being
acquired for the Owners own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has
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been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the
Restricted Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act,
(iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private
Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the
Securities Act, (iv) the Definitive Note is being acquired in compliance with any
applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States and (v) the
Owner is not an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Issuer.
c) o CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE TO BENEFICIAL
INTEREST IN AN UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE. In connection with the Owners Exchange of
a Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global
Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for
the Owners own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in
compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Definitive Notes
and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on
transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not
required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act, (iv) the
beneficial interest is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky
securities laws of any state of the United States and (v) the Owner is not an
affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Issuer.
d) o CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE TO UNRESTRICTED
DEFINITIVE NOTE. In connection with the Owners Exchange of a Restricted Definitive
Note for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the
Unrestricted Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owners own account without
transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer
restrictions applicable to Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in
accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in
the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain
compliance with the Securities Act, (iv) the Unrestricted Definitive Note is being
acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of
the United States and (v) the Owner is not an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of
the Issuer.
2) EXCHANGE OF RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES OR BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTES
FOR RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES OR BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTES
a) o CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL
NOTE TO RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE. In connection with the Exchange of the Owners
beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for a Restricted Definitive Note
with an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies that the Restricted
Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owners own account without transfer.
Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with the terms of the
Indenture, the Restricted Definitive Note issued will continue to be subject to the
restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the
Restricted Definitive Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.
b) o CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE TO BENEFICIAL
INTEREST IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE. In connection with the Exchange of the
Owners Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial
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o IAI Global Note , with an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies
(i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owners own account without
transfer and (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer
restrictions applicable to the Restricted Global Notes and pursuant to and in
accordance with the Securities Act, and in compliance with any applicable blue sky
securities laws of any state of the United States. Upon consummation of the
proposed Exchange in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the beneficial
interest issued will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the
Private Placement Legend printed on the relevant Restricted Global Note and in the
Indenture and the Securities Act.
3) o CHECK IF OWNER IS AN AFFILIATE OF THE ISSUER.
4) o CHECK IF OWNER IS EXCHANGING THIS NOTE IN CONNECTION WITH AN EXPECTED TRANSFER TO AN
AFFILIATE OF THE ISSUER.
This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit
of the Issuer and are dated .
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EXHIBIT D
[FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
TO BE DELIVERED BY SUBSEQUENT GUARANTORS]
Supplemental Indenture (this Supplemental Indenture), dated as of , among
(the Guaranteeing Subsidiary), a subsidiary of Oxford Industries,
Inc., a Georgia Corporation (the Issuer) and U.S. Bank National Association, a national
banking association organized and existing under the bank of the United States of America, as
trustee (the Trustee).
W I T N E S S E T H
WHEREAS, each of Oxford Industries, Inc. and the Guarantors (as defined in the Indenture
referred to below) have heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture (the
Indenture), dated as of June 30, 2009, providing for the issuance of an unlimited
aggregate principal amount of 11.375% Senior Secured Notes due 2015 (the Notes);
WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Guaranteeing Subsidiary
shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the
Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall unconditionally guarantee all of the Issuers Obligations under the
Notes and the Indenture on the terms and conditions set forth herein and under the Indenture (the
Guarantee); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the Trustee is authorized to execute and
deliver this Supplemental Indenture.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties mutually covenant and agree
for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows:
(1) Capitalized Terms. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have
the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
(2) Agreement to be Bound. The Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereby becomes a party to the
Indenture as a Guarantor and as such will have all of the rights and be subject to all of the
obligations and agreements of a Guarantor under the Indenture.
(3) Guarantee. The Guaranteeing Subsidiary agrees, on a joint and several basis with
all the existing Guarantors, to fully, unconditionally and irrevocably Guarantee to each Holder of
the Notes and the Trustee the Indenture Obligations pursuant to Article XIII of the Indenture on a
secured basis.
(4) No Recourse Against Others. No director, officer, employee, incorporator or
stockholder of the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall have any liability for any obligations of the
Issuer or the Guarantors (including the Guaranteeing Subsidiary) under the Notes, any Guarantees,
the Indenture or this Supplemental Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason
of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting Notes waives and releases all
such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes.
(5) Governing Law. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
(6) Counterparts. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental
Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same
agreement.
(7) Effect of Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and
shall not affect the construction hereof.
(8) The Trustee. The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or
in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of
the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by the Guaranteeing
Subsidiary.
(9) Benefits Acknowledged. The Guaranteeing Subsidiarys Guarantee is subject to the
terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture. The Guaranteeing Subsidiary acknowledges that it
will receive direct and indirect benefits from the financing arrangements contemplated by the
Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture and that the guarantee and waivers made by it pursuant to
this Guarantee are knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits.
(10) Successors. All agreements of the Guaranteeing Subsidiary in this Supplemental
Indenture shall bind its Successors, except as otherwise provided in the Indenture. All agreements
of the Trustee in this Supplemental Indenture shall bind its successors.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly
executed, all as of the date first above written.
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EX-10.1
Exhibit 10.1
INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT
This INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT (this Agreement) is dated as of June 30, 2009, and
entered into by and between SunTrust Bank, in its capacity as agent under the ABL Credit Agreement,
including its successors and assigns from time to time (the Initial ABL Agent), and U.S.
Bank National Association, as Trustee (the Trustee), not in its individual capacity, but
solely in its capacity as trustee and collateral agent under the Indenture, including its
successors and assigns from time to time (in such capacities, the Notes Agent) and is
acknowledged by Oxford Industries, Inc., a Georgia corporation (the Company), and the
subsidiaries of the Company listed on the signature pages hereof (together with any subsidiary that
becomes a party hereto after the date hereof, each a Company Subsidiary, and,
collectively, the Company Subsidiaries). Capitalized terms used in this Agreement have
the meanings assigned to them in Article 1.
RECITALS
The Company, certain subsidiaries of the Company, the ABL Lenders, and the Initial ABL Agent
have entered into that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of August 15,
2008 (as amended, restated, supplemented, modified, replaced, or refinanced from time to time, the
Initial ABL Credit Agreement);
The Company has issued, or will issue 11.375% senior secured notes due 2015 in a principal
amount of $150,000,000 (the Initial Notes) under an indenture, dated as of June 30, 2009
(as amended, restated, supplemented, modified, replaced, or refinanced from time to time, the
Indenture) among the Company, each Company Subsidiary, and the Notes Agent;
The Company may from time to time following the date hereof issue Additional Pari Passu Notes
Obligations to the extent permitted by the ABL Credit Agreement and the Indenture; and
In order to induce the ABL Agent and the ABL Lenders to consent to the Grantors incurring the
Note Obligations and granting the Liens to the Notes Agent and in order to induce the Notes Agent
and the Noteholders to consent to the Grantors incurring the ABL Obligations and granting the Liens
to the ABL Agent, the ABL Agent, on behalf of the ABL Lenders, and the Notes Agent, on behalf of
the Noteholders, have agreed to the relative priority of their respective Liens on the Collateral
and certain other rights, priorities and interests as set forth in this Agreement.
AGREEMENT
In consideration of the foregoing, the mutual covenants and obligations herein set forth and
for other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
I.
DEFINITIONS.
1.1. Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the
following meanings:
ABL Agent means the Initial ABL Agent and any successor or other agent under
any ABL Credit Agreement.
ABL Claimholders means, at any relevant time, the holders of ABL Obligations
at that time, including, without limitation, the ABL Lenders and the ABL Agent under the ABL
Credit Agreement and the Bank Product Providers.
ABL Collateral means all of the assets and property of any Grantor, whether
real, personal or mixed, with respect to which a Lien is granted as security for any ABL
Obligations.
ABL Credit Agreement means collectively, (a) the Initial ABL Credit Agreement
and (b) any other credit agreement or credit agreements, one or more debt facilities, and/or
commercial paper facilities, in each case, with banks or other lenders providing for
revolving credit loans, term loans, receivables financing (including through the sale of
receivables to such lenders or to special purpose entities formed to borrow from (or sell
such receivables to) such lenders), letters of credit, bankers acceptances, or other
borrowings, that have been incurred to increase, replace (whether upon or after termination
or otherwise), refinance or refund in whole or in part from time to time the Obligations
outstanding under the Initial ABL Credit Agreement or any other agreement or instrument
referred to in this clause, whether or not such increase, replacement, refinancing or
refunding occurs (i) with the original parties thereto, (ii) on one or more separate
occasions or (iii) simultaneously or not with the termination or repayment of the Initial
ABL Credit Agreement or any other agreement or instrument referred to in this clause, unless
such agreement or instrument expressly provides that it is not intended to be and is not an
ABL Credit Agreement, or such agreement or instrument is not a Permitted Refinancing
Agreement. Any reference to the ABL Credit Agreement hereunder shall be deemed a reference
to any ABL Credit Agreement then in existence.
ABL Default means an Event of Default (as defined in the ABL Credit
Agreement).
ABL Lenders means the Lenders under and as defined in the ABL Credit
Agreement or any other Person which extends credit under the ABL Credit Agreement.
ABL Loan Documents means the ABL Credit Agreement and the Loan Documents
(as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement), including Hedge Agreements and other Bank
Products, and each of the other agreements, documents and instruments executed pursuant
thereto, and any other document or instrument executed or delivered at any time in
connection with the ABL Credit Agreement or any Bank Products, including any intercreditor
or joinder agreement among holders of ABL Obligations, to the extent
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such are effective at the relevant time, as each may be amended, restated,
supplemented, modified, renewed, extended or Refinanced from time to time in accordance with
the provisions of this Agreement.
ABL Mortgages means a collective reference to each mortgage, deed of trust
and other document or instrument under which any Lien on real property owned or leased by
any Grantor is granted to secure any ABL Obligations or under which rights or remedies with
respect to any such Liens are governed.
ABL Obligations means all Obligations outstanding under the ABL Credit
Agreement and the other ABL Loan Documents, including any Bank Products. ABL Obligations
shall include all interest, fees and expenses accrued or accruing (or which would, absent
commencement of an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, accrue) after commencement of an
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in accordance with the rate specified in the relevant
ABL Loan Document whether or not the claim for such interest is allowed as a claim in such
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.
ABL Priority Collateral means all now-owned or hereafter acquired ABL
Collateral that constitutes:
(a) Accounts, other than Accounts which arise from the sale, license, assignment or
other disposition of Note Priority Collateral;
(b) Equipment and fixtures;
(c) Inventory;
(d) Investment Property;
(e) Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts (including all cash, cash equivalents,
Money, checks, Instruments, funds, ACH transfers, wired funds, Investment Property, and
other funds and property held in or on deposit in any of the foregoing, but excluding any
identifiable Notes Priority Collateral held in any of the foregoing), other than the Notes
Collateral Account and the Notes Trust Monies;
(f) General Intangibles (other than Trademark Collateral);
(g) Other Intellectual Property;
(h) Letter of Credit Rights arising out of, or related to, or derivative of any of the
property or interests in property described in this definition;
(i) letters of credit transferred to the ABL Agent or any ABL Lender, or with respect
to which the Proceeds thereof have been assigned to the ABL Agent or any ABL Lender, or on
which the ABL Agent or any ABL Lender is named as beneficiary, in each case arising out of,
related to, or derivative of the property or interests described in this definition;
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(j) Supporting Obligations and Commercial Tort Claims, in each case, to the extent
arising out of, or related to, or derivative of the property or interests in property
described in this definition;
(k) contracts, contract rights and other General Intangibles (other than any Trademark
Collateral), all Documents, Chattel Paper, and Instruments (including promissory notes), in
each case, to the extent arising out of, or related to, or derivative of the property or
interests in property described in this definition;
(l) books and Records relating to the items referred to in the preceding clauses (a)
through (k) (including all books, databases, data processing software, customer lists,
engineer drawings, and Records, whether tangible or electronic, which contain any
information relating to any of the items referred to in the preceding clauses (a) through
(k));
(m) other Collateral other than Note Priority Collateral; and
(n) collateral security and guarantees with respect to any of the foregoing and all
proceeds, products, substitutions, replacements, accessions, cash, Money, insurance
proceeds, Instruments, Securities, Security Entitlements, Financial Assets, Deposit Accounts
and Securities Accounts (except for the Notes Collateral Account, the Notes Trust Monies and
any identifiable Note Priority Proceeds held in any of the foregoing) received as Proceeds
of any of the foregoing, but excluding identifiable Proceeds of Note Priority Collateral
(such non-excluded Proceeds, collectively, ABL Priority Proceeds);
provided that no Proceeds of ABL Priority Proceeds will constitute ABL Priority
Collateral unless such Proceeds of ABL Priority Proceeds would otherwise constitute ABL
Priority Collateral.
For purposes of clarification, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this
Agreement, any of the items set forth in this paragraph that are or become branded, or otherwise
produced through the use or other application of, any Trademark Collateral, whether pursuant to the
exercise of rights pursuant to Section 3.4 or otherwise, shall fully constitute ABL
Priority Collateral, and no Proceeds arising from any Disposition of any such ABL Priority
Collateral shall be, or be deemed to be, attributable to Note Priority Collateral
ABL Security Documents means any agreement, document or instrument pursuant to which
a Lien is granted securing any ABL Obligations or under which rights or remedies with respect to
such Liens are governed.
ABL Standstill Period has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(a)(i).
Access Period means for each parcel of Mortgaged Premises, the period, after the
commencement of an Enforcement Period by the ABL Agent, which begins on the earlier of (a) the day
on which the ABL Agent provides the Notes Agent with the written notice of its election to request
access pursuant to Section 3.3(b) and (b) the fifth Business Day after the Notes Agent
provides the ABL Agent with notice that the Notes Agent (or its agent) has obtained possession or
control of such parcel and ends on the earliest of (i) the 270th day after the date (the
Initial Access Date) on which the ABL Agent, or its designee, initially obtains the
ability to take
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physical possession of, remove, or otherwise control physical access to, or actually uses, the
ABL Collateral located on such Mortgaged Premises plus such number of days, if any, after the
Initial Access Date that it is stayed or otherwise prohibited by law or court order from exercising
remedies with respect to Collateral located on such Mortgaged Premises, and (ii) the termination of
such Enforcement Period.
Account Agreements means any lockbox account agreement, pledged account agreement,
blocked account agreement, securities account control agreement, or any similar deposit or
securities account agreements among the Notes Agent and/or the ABL Agent, one or more Grantors and
the relevant financial institution depository or securities intermediary.
Accounts means all now present and future accounts (as defined in Article 9 of the
UCC).
Additional Pari Passu Notes Agent means the Person appointed to act as trustee,
agent or representative for the holders of Additional Pari Passu Notes Obligations pursuant to any
Additional Pari Passu Notes Agreement, it being understood and agreed that no Additional Pari Passu
Notes Agent shall hold any Lien on Collateral.
Additional Pari Passu Notes Agreement means the indenture, credit agreement or other
agreement under which any Additional Pari Passu Notes Obligations are incurred.
Additional Pari Passu Notes Obligations means Indebtedness of the Grantors issued
following the date of this Agreement to the extent (a) such Indebtedness is permitted by the terms
of the ABL Credit Agreement to be secured by Liens on the Collateral ranking pari
passu with the Liens securing the Note Obligations, (b) the Grantors have granted Liens on
the Collateral to secure the obligations in respect of such Indebtedness, and (c) the Additional
Pari Passu Notes Agent, for the holders of such Indebtedness has signed a joinder to this Agreement
or the Note Documents reasonably satisfactory to each Agent agreeing on behalf of itself and such
holders to (i) be bound by the terms of this Agreement applicable to them, (ii) appoint the Notes
Agent to act as their representative hereunder and (iii) agree to be bound by the pari
passu intercreditor provisions contained in the Note Security Documents entered into in
connection with the Indenture (which provisions are binding on the Note Claimholders only).
Affiliate means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly,
or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common
control with the Person specified. For purposes of this definition, a Person shall be deemed to
control or be controlled by a Person if such Person possesses, directly or
indirectly, power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person
whether through ownership of equity interests, by contract or otherwise.
Agents means the ABL Agent and the Notes Agent.
Agreement means this Intercreditor Agreement, as amended, restated, renewed,
extended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
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Bank Product Debt means Indebtedness and other Obligations relating to Bank
Products.
Bank Product Provider shall mean any ABL Lender or Affiliate of an ABL Lender that
provides any Bank Products to any Grantor.
Bank Products means Bank Products as such term is defined in the ABL Credit
Agreement.
Bankruptcy Code means Title 11 of the United States Code entitled Bankruptcy, as
now and hereafter in effect, or any successor statute.
Bankruptcy Law means the Bankruptcy Code and any similar federal, state or foreign
law for the relief of debtors.
Business Day means a day that is a Business Day under both the Indenture and the
ABL Credit Agreement.
Capital Stock means (a) in the case of a corporation, capital stock, (b) in the case
of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or
other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock, (c) in the case of a partnership,
partnership interests (whether general or limited), (d) in the case of a limited liability company,
membership interests and (e) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right
to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person
and all rights, warrants or options exchangeable for or convertible into any of the items described
in clauses (a) through (e) above; provided that with respect to the foregoing, Capital
Stock shall exclude any debt securities convertible into Capital Stock, whether or not such debt
securities include any right of vote or participation with Capital Stock.
Chattel Paper means all present and future chattel paper (as defined in Article 9
of the UCC).
Claimholder means any Note Claimholder or ABL Claimholder, as applicable.
Collateral means any and all of the assets and property of any Grantor, whether
real, personal or mixed, which constitute ABL Collateral or Notes Collateral.
Commercial Tort Claims means all present and future commercial tort claims (as
defined in Article 9 of the UCC).
Company has the meaning assigned to that term in the Preamble to this Agreement.
Company Subsidiary has the meaning assigned to that term in the Preamble to this
Agreement.
Conforming Plan of Reorganization means any Plan of Reorganization whose provisions
are consistent with the provisions of this Agreement.
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Copyrights means (a) all registered United States copyrights in any works which are
subject to copyright protection pursuant to Title 17 of the United States Code, now existing or
hereafter created or acquired, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications in
connection therewith, including, without limitation, registrations, recordings and applications in
the United States Copyright Office and (b) all renewals thereof.
Deposit Accounts means all present and future deposit accounts (as defined in
Article 9 of the UCC).
DIP Financing has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 6.1.
Discharge of ABL Obligations means, except to the extent otherwise expressly
provided in Section 5.5:
(a) payment in full in cash of all ABL Obligations (other than contingent obligations
or contingent indemnification obligations except as provided in clause (e) below);
(b) termination or expiration of all commitments, if any, to extend credit under the
ABL Loan Documents;
(c) termination, cash collateralization (in an amount and manner reasonably
satisfactory to the ABL Agent, but in no event greater than 105% of the aggregate undrawn
face amount, plus commissions, fees, and expenses) or backstop of all letters of credit
issued under the ABL Credit Agreement in compliance with the terms of the ABL Credit
Agreement;
(d) cash collateralization (in an amount and manner reasonably satisfactory to the ABL
Agent) of the ABL Obligations constituting Bank Product Debt; and
(e) cash collateralization (or support by a letter of credit) for any costs, expenses
and contingent indemnification obligations consisting of ABL Obligations not yet due and
payable but with respect to which a claim has been threatened or asserted under any ABL Loan
Documents (in an amount and manner reasonably satisfactory to the ABL Agent).
Discharge of Note Obligations means, except to the extent otherwise expressly
provided in Section 5.5, payment in full in cash of all Note Obligations, satisfaction and
discharge of the Indenture and any Additional Pari Passu Notes Agreement or legal or covenant
defeasance of the Indenture (other than obligations that expressly survive such satisfaction and
discharge or legal or covenant defeasance).
Disposition means any sale, lease, exchange, transfer or other disposition of any
Collateral.
Documents means all present and future documents (as defined in Article 9 of the
UCC.
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Enforcement means, collectively or individually for one or both of the ABL Agent and
the Notes Agent, when an ABL Default or Note Default, as applicable, has occurred and is
continuing, to enforce or attempt to enforce any right or power to repossess, replevy, attach,
garnish, levy upon, collect the Proceeds of, foreclose or realize in any manner whatsoever its Lien
upon, sell, liquidate or otherwise dispose of, or otherwise restrict or interfere with the use of,
or exercise any remedies with respect to, any material amount of Collateral, whether by judicial
enforcement of any of the rights and remedies under the ABL Loan Documents, the Note Documents
and/or under any applicable law, by self-help repossession, by non-judicial foreclosure sale,
lease, or other disposition, by set-off, by notification to account obligors of any Grantor, by any
sale, lease, or other disposition implemented by any Grantor following an ABL Default or a Note
Default, as applicable, in connection with which the ABL Agent or the Notes Agent, as applicable,
has agreed to release its Liens on the subject property, or otherwise, but in all cases excluding
(i) the establishment of borrowing base reserves, collateral ineligibles, or other conditions for
advances, (ii) the changing of advance rates or advance sublimits, (iii) the imposition of a
default rate or late fee, (iv) the collection and application of Accounts or other monies deposited
from time to time in Deposit Accounts or Securities Accounts, in each case, to the extent
constituting ABL Priority Collateral, against the ABL Obligations pursuant to the provisions of the
ABL Loan Documents (including, without limitation, the notification of account debtors, depositary
institutions or any other Person to deliver proceeds of Collateral to the ABL Agent), (v) the
cessation of lending pursuant to the provisions of the ABL Loan Documents, including upon the
occurrence of a default on the existence of an over-advance, (vi) the filing of a proof of claim in
any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, (vii) the consent by the ABL Agent to disposition by any
Grantor of any of the ABL Priority Collateral, and (viii) the acceleration of the Notes Obligations
or the ABL Obligations.
Enforcement Notice means a written notice delivered, at a time when an ABL Default
or Note Default has occurred and is continuing, by either the ABL Agent or the Notes Agent to the
other announcing that an Enforcement Period has commenced, specifying the relevant event of
default, stating the current balance of the ABL Obligations or the Note Obligations, as applicable,
and requesting the current balance of the ABL Obligations or Note Obligations, as applicable, owing
to the noticed party.
Enforcement Period means the period of time following the receipt by either the ABL
Agent or the Notes Agent of an Enforcement Notice from the other until the earliest of (a) in the
case of an Enforcement Period commenced by the Notes Agent, the Discharge of Note Obligations, (b)
in the case of an Enforcement Period commenced by the ABL Agent, the Discharge of ABL Obligations,
(c) the ABL Agent or the Notes Agent (as applicable) agreeing in writing to terminate the
Enforcement Period, or (d) the date on which the ABL Default or the Note Default that was the
subject of the Enforcement Notice relating to such Enforcement Period has been cured to the
satisfaction of the ABL Agent or the Notes Agent, as applicable, or waived in writing.
Equipment means, as to each Grantor, all of such Grantors now owned and hereafter
acquired equipment, as defined in Article 9 of the UCC, wherever located, including all
attachments, accessions and property now or hereafter affixed thereto or used in connection
therewith, and substitutions and replacements thereof, wherever located.
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Financial Assets means all present and future financial assets (as defined in
Article 9 of the UCC).
General Intangibles means all present and future general intangibles (as defined
in Article 9 of the UCC).
Governmental Authority means any federal, state, municipal, national or other
government, governmental department, commission, board, bureau, court, agency or instrumentality or
political subdivision thereof or any entity or officer exercising executive, legislative, judicial,
regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to any government or any court, in each
case whether associated with a state of the United States, the United States, or a foreign entity
or government.
Grantors means the Company, each Company Subsidiary and each other Person that has
or may from time to time hereafter execute and deliver an ABL Security Document or a Note Security
Document as a grantor of a security interest (or the equivalent thereof).
Hedge Agreements means any agreement relating to any swap, cap, floor, collar,
option, forward, cross right or obligation, or combination thereof or similar transaction, with
respect to interest rate, foreign exchange, currency, or commodity risk.
Indebtedness means and includes all Obligations that constitute Debt,
Indebtedness, Obligations, Liabilities or any similar term within the meaning of the ABL
Credit Agreement or the Indenture, as applicable.
Indenture has the meaning assigned to that term in the Recitals to this Agreement.
Initial ABL Credit Agreement has the meaning assigned to that term in the Recitals.
Initial Access Date has the meaning assigned to that term in the definition of the
term Access Period.
Initial Notes has the meaning assigned to that term in the Recitals.
Initial Use Date has the meaning assigned to that term in the definition of the term
Use Period.
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding means:
(a) any voluntary or involuntary case or proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code with respect to
any Grantor;
(b) any other voluntary or involuntary insolvency, reorganization or bankruptcy case or
proceeding, or any receivership, liquidation, reorganization or other similar case or proceeding
with respect to any Grantor or with respect to a material portion of their respective assets, in
each case, except as permitted under the ABL Credit Agreement, the Indenture and any Additional
Pari Passu Notes Agreement;
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(c) any composition of liabilities or similar arrangement relating to any Grantor, whether or
not under a courts jurisdiction or supervision;
(d) any liquidation, dissolution, reorganization or winding up of any Grantor, whether
voluntary or involuntary, whether or not under a courts jurisdiction or supervision, and whether
or not involving insolvency or bankruptcy; or
(e) any general assignment for the benefit of creditors or any other marshalling of assets and
liabilities of any Grantor.
Instruments means all present and future instruments (as defined in Article 9 of
the UCC).
Intellectual Property License means a license or other agreement related to any
Trademark granting a right to use such Trademark, to which a Grantor is a party, whether as a
licensee or a licensor, and the right to use any such Trademark (to the extent permitted by such
license).
Inventory means as to each Grantor, all of such Grantors now owned and hereafter
existing or acquired inventory, as defined in Article 9 of the UCC, wherever located.
Investment Property means all present and future investment property (as defined
in Article 9 of the UCC), including, without limitation, all Capital Stock of Subsidiaries of the
Company.
Letter of Credit Rights means all present and future letter of credit rights (as
defined in Article 9 of the UCC).
Lien means any mortgage, pledge, hypothec, hypothecation, assignment, deposit
arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge or other security interest or any other
security agreement (including, without limitation, any conditional sale or other title retention
agreement and any Capital Lease (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement) having substantially the
same economic effect as any of the foregoing).
Money means all present and future money (as defined in Article 9 of the UCC).
Mortgaged Premises means any real property which shall now or hereafter be subject
to a Note Mortgage and/or an ABL Mortgage.
New Agent has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 5.5.
New Debt Notice has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 5.5.
Non-Conforming Plan of Reorganization means any Plan of Reorganization whose
provisions are inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement, including any plan of
reorganization that purports to re-order (whether by subordination, invalidation, or otherwise) or
otherwise disregard, in whole or part, the provisions of Article II (including the Lien
priorities of Section 2.1), the provisions of Article IV, or the provisions of
Article VI, unless such Plan of
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Reorganization has been accepted by the voluntary required vote of each class of ABL
Claimholders and Note Claimholders.
Note Claimholders means, at any relevant time, the holders of Note Obligations at
that time, including the Noteholders, each Additional Pari Passu Notes Agent and the Notes Agent.
Note Collateral means any and all of the assets and property of any Grantor, whether
real, personal or mixed, with respect to which a Lien is granted as security for any Note
Obligations.
Note Default means an Event of Default as defined in the Indenture or in any
Additional Pari Passu Notes Agreement.
Note Documents means the Indenture, the Notes, each Additional Pari Passu Notes
Agreement, the Note Security Documents and each of the other agreements, documents and instruments
executed pursuant thereto, and any other document or instrument executed or delivered at any time
in connection with any Note Obligations, including any intercreditor or joinder agreement among
holders of Note Obligations to the extent such are effective at the relevant time, as each may be
amended, restated, supplemented, modified, renewed, extended or Refinanced from time to time in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
Noteholders means the Holders as defined in the Indenture and any holders of
Additional Pari Passu Notes Obligations.
Note Mortgages means a collective reference to each mortgage, deed of trust and any
other document or instrument under which any Lien on real property owned or leased by any Grantor
is granted to secure any Note Obligations or under which rights or remedies with respect to any
such Liens are governed.
Note Obligations means all Obligations outstanding under the Notes and the other
Note Documents, and all Additional Pari Passu Notes Obligations. Note Obligations shall
include all interest accrued or accruing (or which would, absent commencement of an Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceeding, accrue) after commencement of an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in
accordance with the rate specified in the relevant Note Document or Additional Pari Passu Notes
Agreement, whether or not the claim for such interest is allowed as a claim in such Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceeding.
Note Priority Collateral means all now owned or hereafter acquired Note Collateral
that constitutes:
(a) Real Estate Assets (other than fixtures);
(b) Trademark Collateral;
(c) Notes Trust Monies;
(d) the Notes Collateral Account;
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(e) Supporting Obligations and Commercial Tort Claims, in each case, to the extent arising out
of, or related to, or derivative of, the property or interests described in this definition; and
(f) collateral security and guarantees with respect to any of the foregoing and all proceeds,
products, substitutions, replacements, accessions, cash, Money, insurance proceeds, Instruments,
Securities, Security Entitlements and Financial Assets received as Proceeds of any of the
foregoing, but excluding indentifiable Proceeds of ABL Priority Collateral (such non-excluded
Proceeds, collectively, Note Priority Proceeds); provided that no Proceeds of
Note Priority Proceeds will constitute Note Priority Collateral unless such Proceeds of Note
Priority Proceeds would otherwise constitute Note Priority Collateral.
Note Security Documents means any agreement, document or instrument pursuant to
which a Lien is granted securing any Note Obligations or under which rights or remedies with
respect to such Liens are governed.
Note Standstill Period has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(a)(i).
Notes means, collectively, (a) the Initial Notes and (b) any other credit agreement,
loan agreement, note agreement, promissory note, indenture or other agreement or instrument
evidencing or governing the terms of any indebtedness or other financial accommodation that has
been incurred to increase, replace, refinance or refund in whole or in part the Obligations
outstanding under the Initial Notes or any other agreement or instrument referred to in this
clause, unless such agreement or instrument expressly provides that it is not intended to be and is
not a Note, or such agreement or instrument is not a Permitted Refinancing Agreement. Any
reference to the Notes hereunder shall be deemed a reference to any Notes then in existence.
Notes Agent has the meaning assigned to that term in the Preamble of this Agreement.
Notes Collateral Account means any deposit account or securities account required to
be established pursuant to the Note Documents for purposes of holding proceeds of Note Priority
Collateral pending application as required under the Note Documents.
Notes Trust Monies means proceeds of Note Priority Collateral required pursuant to
the Note Documents to be deposited into the Notes Collateral Account.
Obligations means all present and future loans, advances, liabilities, obligations,
covenants, duties, and debts from time to time owing by any Grantor to any agent or trustee
(including either Agent), the ABL Claimholders, the Note Claimholders or any of them or their
respective Affiliates, arising from or in connection with the ABL Loan Documents, the Note
Documents or Bank Products, whether for principal, interest or payments for early termination,
whether or not evidenced by any note, or other instrument or document, whether arising from an
extension of credit, opening of a letter of credit, acceptance, loan, guaranty, indemnification or
otherwise, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, primary or
secondary, as principal or guarantor, and including all principal, interest, charges, expenses,
fees, attorneys fees, filing fees and any other sums chargeable to the Grantors, including,
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limitation, the Obligations, as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement, and the Obligations,
as defined in the Indenture, under the Notes and any Additional Pari Passu Notes Agreement.
Other Intellectual Property means, all of the following in any jurisdiction
throughout the world to the extent not constituting Trademark Collateral: (a) patents, patent
applications and inventions, including all renewals, extensions, combinations, divisions, or
reissues thereof, (Patents); (b) Copyrights; (c) all computer software, source code,
executable code, data, databases and documentation thereof; (d) all trade secret rights in
information, including trade secret rights in any formula, pattern, compilation, program, device,
method, technique, or process, that (1) derives independent economic value, actual or potential,
from not being generally known to, and not being readily ascertainable by proper means by, other
persons who can obtain economic value from its disclosure or use, and (2) is the subject of efforts
that are reasonable under the circumstances to maintain its secrecy; (e) all other intellectual
property or proprietary rights in any discoveries, concepts, ideas, research and development,
know-how, formulae, patterns, inventions, compilations, compositions, manufacturing and production
processes and techniques, program, device, method, technique, technical data, procedures, designs,
recordings, graphs, drawings, reports, analyses, specifications, databases, and other proprietary
or confidential information, including customer lists, supplier lists, pricing and cost
information, business and marketing plans and proposals and advertising and promotional materials;
and (f) all rights to sue at law or in equity for any infringement or other impairment or violation
thereof and all products and proceeds of the foregoing.
Permitted Refinancing means any Refinancing the governing documentation of which
constitutes Permitted Refinancing Agreements.
Permitted Refinancing Agreements means, with respect to either the ABL Credit
Agreement, the Notes or any Additional Pari Passu Notes Agreement, as applicable, any credit
agreement, loan agreement, note agreement, promissory note, indenture or other agreement or
instrument evidencing or governing the terms of any indebtedness or other financial accommodation
that has been incurred to increase, replace (whether upon or after termination or otherwise),
refinance or refund in whole or in part the Obligations outstanding under the ABL Credit Agreement,
the Notes or any Additional Pari Passu Notes Agreement, whether or not such increase, replacement,
refinancing or refunding occurs (i) with the original parties thereto, (ii) on one or more separate
occasions or (iii) simultaneously or not with the termination or repayment of the ABL Credit
Agreement, the Notes or any Additional Pari Passu Notes Agreement or any other agreement or
instrument referred to in this clause, unless such agreement or instrument expressly provides that
it is not intended to be and is not a Permitted Refinancing Agreement, as such financing
documentation may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time and
that would not be prohibited by Section 5.3(c) or Section 5.3(d), as applicable.
Person means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust,
joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.
Plan of Reorganization means any plan of reorganization, plan of liquidation,
agreement for composition, or other type of plan of arrangement proposed in or in connection with
any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.
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Pledged Collateral has the meaning set forth in Section 5.4(a).
Proceeds means all proceeds (as defined in Article 9 of the UCC), including any
payment or property received on account of any claim secured by Collateral in any Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceeding.
Real Estate Asset means, at any time of determination, any interest (fee, leasehold
or otherwise) then owned by the Company or any Grantor in any real property.
Records means all present and future records (as defined in Article 9 of the UCC).
Recovery has the meaning set forth in Section 6.4.
Refinance means, in respect of any Indebtedness, to refinance, extend, renew,
defease, amend, modify, supplement, restructure, replace, refund or repay, or to issue other
indebtedness, in exchange or replacement for, such Indebtedness, in any case in whole or in part.
Refinanced and Refinancing shall have correlative meanings.
Secured Parties means the ABL Claimholders and the Note Claimholders.
Security means all present and future Securities (as defined in Article 9 of the
UCC).
Security Entitlements means all present and future security entitlements (as
defined in Article 9 of the UCC).
Securities Accounts means all present and future securities accounts (as defined
in Article 8 of the UCC), including all monies, uncertificated securities, and securities
entitlements (as defined in Article 8 of the UCC) contained therein.
Subsidiary means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, partnership, limited
liability company, association, joint venture or other business entity of which more than 50% of
the total voting power of shares of stock or other ownership interests entitled (without regard to
the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of the Person or Persons (whether
directors, managers, trustees or other Persons performing similar functions) having the power to
direct or cause the direction of the management and policies thereof is at the time owned or
controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that
Person or a combination thereof.
Supporting Obligations means all present and future supporting obligations (as
defined in Article 9 of the UCC).
Trademark Collateral means, collectively, all Trademarks and Intellectual Property
Licenses.
Trademarks means trademarks, trade names, registered trademarks, trademark
applications, service marks, registered service marks, service mark applications, and Copyrights
(whether or not registered) embodied in any of the foregoing or related to works with which the
goodwill of any Grantor has become associated, and (a) all renewals thereof, (b) all income,
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royalties, damages and payments now and hereafter due or payable under and with respect thereto,
including payments under all licenses entered into in connection therewith and damages and payments
for past or future infringements or dilutions thereof, (c) the right to sue for past, present and
future infringements and dilutions thereof, (d) the goodwill of each Grantors business symbolized
by the foregoing and connected therewith, and (e) all of each Grantors rights corresponding
thereto throughout the world.
UCC means the Uniform Commercial Code (or any similar equivalent legislation) as in
effect from time to time in the State of New York; provided, however, that, at any
time, if by reason of mandatory provisions of law, any or all of the perfection or priority of the
Agents security interest in any item or portion of the Collateral is governed by the Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction other that the State of New York, the term UCC
shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect, at such time, in such other jurisdiction for
purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such perfection or priority and for purposes of
definitions relating to such provisions.
Use Period means, with respect to the Note Priority Collateral, the period, after
the commencement of an Enforcement Period by the ABL Agent, which begins on the earlier of (a) the
day on which the ABL Agent provides the Notes Agent with an Enforcement Notice and (b) the fifth
Business Day after the Notes Agent provides the ABL Agent with notice that the Notes Agent (or its
agent) has obtained possession or control of such Collateral and ends on the earliest of (i) the
270th day after the date (the Initial Use Date) on which the ABL Agent, or its designee,
initially obtains the ability to take physical possession of, remove, or otherwise control physical
access to, or actually uses, such Note Priority Collateral plus such number of days, if any, after
the Initial Use Date that it is stayed or otherwise prohibited by law or court order from
exercising remedies with respect to such Note Priority Collateral and (ii) the termination of such
Enforcement Period.
1.2. Terms Generally. The definitions of terms in this Agreement shall apply equally
to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any
pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words include,
includes and including shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase without limitation. The
word will shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word shall. Unless the
context requires otherwise:
(a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall
be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time
amended, restated, supplemented, modified, renewed or extended;
(b) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Persons permitted
successors and assigns;
(c) the words herein, hereof and hereunder, and words of similar import, shall be
construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof;
(d) all references herein to Sections or Articles shall be construed to refer to Sections or
Articles of this Agreement;
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(e) all uncapitalized terms have the meanings, if any, given to them in the UCC, as now or
hereafter enacted in the State of New York (unless otherwise specifically defined herein);
(f) the words asset and property shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect
and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash,
securities, accounts and contract rights;
(g) any reference herein to a Person in a particular capacity or capacities excludes such
Person in any other capacity or individually;
(h) any reference herein to any law shall be construed to refer to such law as amended,
modified, codified, replaced, or re-enacted, in whole or in part, and in effect on the pertinent
date; and
(i) in the compilation of periods of time hereunder from a specified date to a later specified
date, the word from means from and including and the words to and until each means to, but
not through or including.
II.
LIEN PRIORITIES.
2.1. Relative Priorities. Irrespective of the date, time, method, manner or order of
grant, attachment or perfection of any Liens securing the Note Obligations granted on the
Collateral or of any Liens securing the ABL Obligations granted on the Collateral (including, in
each case, irrespective of whether any such Lien is granted (or secures Obligations relating to the
period) before or after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding) and
notwithstanding any provision of any UCC, or any other applicable law, or the ABL Loan Documents or
the Note Documents or any defect or deficiencies in, or failure to attach or perfect, the Liens
securing the ABL Obligations or the Note Obligations or any other circumstance whatsoever, the ABL
Agent, on behalf of the ABL Claimholders, and the Notes Agent, on behalf of the Note Claimholders,
hereby agree that:
(a) any Lien of the ABL Agent on the ABL Priority Collateral securing the ABL Obligations,
whether such Lien is now or hereafter held by or on behalf of the ABL Agent or any other ABL
Claimholder or any other agent or trustee therefor, regardless of how or when acquired, whether by
grant, possession, statute, operation of law, subrogation or otherwise, shall be senior in all
respects and prior to any Lien on the ABL Priority Collateral securing any Note Obligations; and
(b) any Lien of the Notes Agent on the Note Priority Collateral securing the Note Obligations,
whether such Lien is now or hereafter held by or on behalf of the Notes Agent, any other Note
Claimholder or any other agent or trustee therefor, regardless of how or when acquired, whether by
grant, possession, statute, operation of law, subrogation or otherwise, shall be senior in all
respects to all Liens on the Note Priority Collateral securing any ABL Obligations.
2.2. Prohibition on Contesting Liens. Each of the Notes Agent, on behalf of each Note
Claimholder, and the ABL Agent, on behalf of each ABL Claimholder, consents to the granting
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of Liens in favor of the other to secure the ABL Obligations and the Note Obligations, as
applicable, and agrees that no Claimholder will be entitled to, and it will not (and shall be
deemed to have irrevocably, absolutely, and unconditionally waived any right to), contest (directly
or indirectly) or support (directly or indirectly) any other Person in contesting, in any
proceeding (including any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding): (a) the attachment, perfection,
priority, validity or enforceability of any Lien in the Collateral held by or on behalf of any of
the ABL Claimholders to secure the payment of the ABL Obligations or any of the Note Claimholders
to secure the payment of the Note Obligations, (b) the priority, validity or enforceability of the
ABL Obligations or the Note Obligations, including the allowability or priority of the Note
Obligations or the ABL Obligations, as applicable, in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, or
(c) the validity or enforceability of the provisions of this Agreement; provided that
nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent or impair the rights of the ABL Agent, on
behalf of the ABL Claimholders, or the Notes Agent, on behalf of the Note Claimholders, to enforce
this Agreement, including the provisions of this Agreement relating to the priority of the Liens
securing the Obligations as provided in Sections 2.1, 3.1, 3.2 and
6.1.
2.3. No New Liens. So long as neither the Discharge of ABL Obligations nor the
Discharge of Note Obligations has occurred, whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding
has been commenced by or against one or more of the Company or any other Grantor, the parties
hereto agree, subject to Article VI, that the Company shall not, and shall not permit any
other Grantor to:
(a) grant or permit any additional Liens on any asset or property to secure any Note
Obligations unless it has granted or concurrently grants a Lien on such asset or property to secure
the ABL Obligations; or
(b) grant or permit any additional Liens on any asset or property to secure any ABL
Obligations unless it has granted or concurrently grants a Lien on such asset or property to secure
the Note Obligations.
To the extent any additional Liens are granted on any asset or property (except as contemplated by
Section 2.4) pursuant to this Section 2.3, the priority of such additional Liens
shall be determined in accordance with Section 2.1. In addition, to the extent that the
foregoing provisions are not complied with for any reason, without limiting any other rights or
remedies available hereunder, the ABL Agent, on behalf of the ABL Claimholders, and the Notes
Agent, on behalf of Note Claimholders, agree that any amounts received by or distributed to any of
them pursuant to or as a result of Liens granted in contravention of this Section 2.3 shall
be subject to Section 4.2.
2.4. Similar Liens and Agreements. The parties hereto agree that it is their
intention that the ABL Collateral and the Note Collateral be identical except (a) the Note
Collateral shall not include a Lien on securities of Company Subsidiaries included in the ABL
Collateral to the extent a Lien in favor of the Note Agent thereon would require the filing of
financial statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 3-16 of
Regulation S-X under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and (b) as provided in Article
VI and as otherwise provided herein. In furtherance of the foregoing and of Section
8.8, the parties hereto agree, subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, upon request
by the ABL Agent or the Notes Agent, to cooperate in good faith (and to direct their counsel to
cooperate in good faith) from
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time to time in order to determine the specific items included in the ABL Collateral and the
Note Collateral and the steps taken to perfect their respective Liens thereon and the identity of
the respective parties obligated under the ABL Loan Documents and the Note Documents.
III.
EXERCISE OF REMEDIES; ENFORCEMENT.
3.1. Restrictions on the Notes Agent and the Note Claimholders.
(a) Until the Discharge of ABL Obligations has occurred, whether or not any Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against any Grantor, the Notes Agent and the other
Note Claimholders:
(i) will not exercise or seek to exercise (but instead shall be deemed to have hereby
irrevocably, absolutely and unconditionally waived for the duration of the Note Standstill
Period), any rights, powers, or remedies with respect to any ABL Priority Collateral
(including (A) any right of set-off or any right under any Account Agreement, landlord
waiver or bailees letter or similar agreement or arrangement to which the Notes Agent or
any Note Claimholder is a party, (B) any right to undertake self-help re-possession or
non-judicial disposition of any ABL Priority Collateral (including any partial or complete
strict foreclosure), and/or (C) any right to institute, prosecute, or otherwise maintain any
action or proceeding with respect to such rights, powers or remedies (including any action
of foreclosure)) provided, however, that the Notes Agent may exercise any or
all of such rights, powers, or remedies after a period of at least 270 days has elapsed
since the later of: (i) the date on which the Notes Agent declared the existence of a Note
Default, accelerated (to the extent such amount was not already due and owing) the payment
of the principal amount of all Note Obligations, and demanded payment thereof and (ii) the
date on which the ABL Agent received the Enforcement Notice from the Notes Agent;
provided, further, however, that neither the Notes Agent nor any
other Note Claimholder shall exercise any rights or remedies with respect to the ABL
Priority Collateral if, notwithstanding the expiration of such 270-day period, the ABL Agent
or the other ABL Claimholders (A) shall have commenced, whether before or after the
expiration of such 270-day period, and be diligently pursuing the exercise of their rights,
powers, or remedies with respect to all or any material portion of such Collateral (prompt
written notice of such exercise to be given to the Notes Agent), or (B) shall have been
stayed by operation of law or any court order from pursuing any such exercise of remedies
(the period during which the Notes Agent and the other Note Claimholders may not pursuant to
this Section 3.1(a)(i) exercise any rights, powers, or remedies with respect to the
ABL Priority Collateral, the Note Standstill Period);
(ii) will not, directly or indirectly, contest, protest or object to or hinder any
judicial or non-judicial foreclosure proceeding or action (including any partial or complete
strict foreclosure) brought by the ABL Agent or any other ABL Claimholder relating to the
ABL Priority Collateral or any other exercise by the ABL Agent or any other ABL Claimholder
of any other rights, powers and remedies relating to the ABL Priority Collateral, including
any sale, lease, exchange, transfer, or other disposition of the ABL
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Priority Collateral, whether under the ABL Loan Documents, applicable law, or
otherwise;
(iii) subject to their rights under clause (a)(i) above (and under clause (vi) of
Section 3.1(c)), will not object to the forbearance by the ABL Agent or the ABL
Claimholders from bringing or pursuing any Enforcement with respect to the ABL Priority
Collateral;
(iv) except as may be permitted in Section 3.1(c), irrevocably, absolutely, and
unconditionally waive any and all rights the Notes Agent or the Note Claimholders may have
as a junior lien creditor or otherwise to object (and seek or be awarded any relief of any
nature whatsoever based on any such objection) to the manner in which the ABL Agent or the
ABL Claimholders (A) enforce or collect (or attempt to collect) the ABL Obligations or (B)
realize or seek to realize upon or otherwise enforce the Liens in and to the ABL Priority
Collateral securing the ABL Obligations, regardless of whether any action or failure to act
by or on behalf of the ABL Agent or ABL Claimholders is adverse to the interest of the Notes
Agent or the Note Claimholders. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Note
Claimholders shall be deemed to have hereby irrevocably, absolutely, and unconditionally
waived any right to object (and seek or be awarded any relief of any nature whatsoever based
on any such objection), at any time prior or subsequent to any disposition of any of the ABL
Priority Collateral, on the ground(s) that any such disposition of ABL Priority Collateral
(x) would not be or was not commercially reasonable within the meaning of any applicable
UCC and/or (y) would not or did not comply with any other requirement under any applicable
UCC or under any other applicable law governing the manner in which a secured creditor
(including one with a Lien on real property) is to realize on its collateral; and
(v) subject to Section 3.1(a) and (c), acknowledge and agree that no
covenant, agreement or restriction contained in the Note Security Documents or any other
Note Document (other than this Agreement) shall be deemed to restrict in any way the rights
and remedies of the ABL Agent or the ABL Claimholders with respect to the ABL Priority
Collateral as set forth in this Agreement and the ABL Loan Documents;
provided, however, that, in the case of (i), (ii) and (iii) above, the Liens
granted to secure the Note Obligations of the Note Claimholders shall attach to any Proceeds
resulting from actions taken by the ABL Agent or any ABL Claimholder with respect to the ABL
Priority Collateral in accordance with this Agreement after application of such Proceeds to the
extent necessary to meet the requirements of a Discharge of ABL Obligations.
(b) Until the Discharge of ABL Obligations, whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding has been commenced by or against any Grantor, the ABL Agent and the other ABL
Claimholders shall have the right to enforce rights, exercise remedies (including set-off and the
right to credit bid their debt) and, in connection therewith (including voluntary Dispositions of
ABL Priority Collateral by the respective Grantors after an ABL Default) make determinations
regarding the release, disposition, or restrictions with respect to the ABL Priority Collateral
without any consultation with or the consent of the Notes Agent or any Note Claimholder;
provided, however, that the Lien securing the Note Obligations shall remain on the
Proceeds (other
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than those properly applied to the ABL Obligations in accordance with Section 4.1) of
such Collateral released or disposed of subject to the relative priorities described in Section
2.1. In exercising rights, powers, and remedies with respect to the ABL Priority Collateral,
the ABL Agent and the ABL Claimholders may enforce the provisions of the ABL Loan Documents and
exercise rights, powers, and/or remedies thereunder and/or under applicable law or otherwise, all
in such order and in such manner as they may determine in the exercise of their sole discretion.
Such exercise and enforcement shall include the rights of an agent appointed by them to sell or
otherwise dispose of the ABL Priority Collateral upon foreclosure, to incur expenses in connection
with such sale or disposition, and to exercise all the rights and remedies of a secured creditor
under the UCC and of a secured creditor under the Bankruptcy Laws of any applicable jurisdiction.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Notes Agent and any Note
Claimholder may:
(i) file a claim or statement of interest with respect to the Note Obligations;
provided that an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or
against any Grantor;
(ii) take any action (not adverse to the priority status of the Liens on the ABL
Priority Collateral, or the rights of the ABL Agent or any of the ABL Claimholders to
exercise rights, powers, and/or remedies in respect thereof, including those under
Article VI) in order to create, perfect, preserve or protect (but not enforce) its
Lien on any of the ABL Priority Collateral;
(iii) file any necessary responsive or defensive pleadings in opposition to any motion,
claim, adversary proceeding or other pleading made by any person objecting to or otherwise
seeking the disallowance of the claims of the Note Claimholders, including any claims
secured by the ABL Priority Collateral, if any, in each case in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement;
(iv) file any pleadings, objections, motions or agreements which assert rights or
interests available to unsecured creditors of the Grantors arising under either any
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or applicable non-bankruptcy law, in each case not
inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement or applicable law (including the Bankruptcy
Laws of any applicable jurisdiction) and any pleadings, objections, motions or agreements
which assert rights or interests available to secured creditors solely with respect to the
Note Priority Collateral;
(v) vote on any Plan of Reorganization, file any proof of claim, make other filings and
make any arguments, obligations, and motions (including in support of or opposition to, as
applicable, the confirmation or approval of any Plan of Reorganization) that are, in each
case, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing or of the other provisions of this Agreement, any vote to accept, and any
other act to support the confirmation or approval of, any Non-Conforming Plan of
Reorganization shall be inconsistent with and accordingly, a violation of the terms of this
Agreement, and the ABL Agent shall be entitled to have any such
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vote to accept a Non-Conforming Plan of Reorganization changed and any such support of
any Non-Conforming Plan of Reorganization withdrawn;
(vi) exercise any of the rights, powers and/or remedies with respect to any of the ABL
Priority Collateral after the termination of the Note Standstill Period to the extent
permitted by Section 3.1(a)(i); and
(vii) take any action described in clauses (iii), (vi) and (viii) of the definition of
Enforcement.
The Notes Agent, on behalf of the Note Claimholders, agrees that no Note Claimholder will take or
receive any ABL Priority Collateral (including Proceeds) in connection with the exercise of any
right or remedy (including set-off) with respect to ABL Priority Collateral in its capacity as a
creditor in violation of this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, unless
and until the Discharge of ABL Obligations has occurred, except as expressly provided in
Sections 3.1(a)(i), 6.7 and clause (vi) of Section 3.1(c), the sole
right of the Notes Agent and the Note Claimholders with respect to the ABL Priority Collateral is
to hold a Lien on such Collateral pursuant to the Note Security Documents for the period and to the
extent granted therein and to receive a share of the Proceeds thereof, if any, in accordance with
Section 4.1.
(d) Except as otherwise specifically set forth in Sections 3.1(a), 3.4 and
3.5 and Article VI, the Notes Agent and the Note Claimholders may exercise rights
and remedies as unsecured creditors against any Grantor and may exercise rights and remedies with
respect to the Note Priority Collateral, in each case, in accordance with the terms of the Note
Documents and applicable law; provided, however, that in the event that the Notes
Agent or any Note Claimholder becomes a judgment Lien creditor in respect of ABL Priority
Collateral as a result of its enforcement of its rights as an unsecured creditor with respect to
the Note Obligations, such judgment Lien shall be subject to the terms of this Agreement for all
purposes (including in relation to the ABL Obligations) as the other Liens securing the Note
Obligations are subject to this Agreement.
(e) Except as provided in Section 5.3(d), nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit the
receipt by the Notes Agent or any other Note Claimholders of the required payments of interest,
principal and other amounts owed in respect of the Note Obligations so long as such receipt is not
the direct or indirect result of the exercise by the Notes Agent or any Note Claimholders of rights
or remedies as a secured creditor (including set-off) with respect to ABL Priority Collateral or
enforcement in contravention of this Agreement of any Lien held by any of them. Nothing in this
Agreement impairs or otherwise adversely affects any rights or remedies the ABL Agent or the ABL
Claimholders may have against the Grantors under the ABL Loan Documents.
3.2. Restrictions on the ABL Agent and ABL Claimholders.
(a) Until the Discharge of Note Obligations has occurred, whether or not any Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against any Grantor, subject to the limited extent
provided in Article VI, the ABL Agent and the other ABL Claimholders:
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(i) will not exercise or seek to exercise (but instead shall be deemed to have hereby
irrevocably, absolutely and unconditionally waived for the duration of the ABL Standstill
Period) any rights, powers, or remedies with respect to any Note Priority Collateral
(including (A) any right of set-off or any right under any Account Agreement, landlord
waiver or bailees letter or similar agreement or arrangement to which the ABL Agent or any
ABL Claimholder is a party, (B) any right to undertake self-help repossession or nonjudicial
disposition of any Note Priority Collateral (including any partial or complete strict
foreclosure), or (C) any right to institute, prosecute or otherwise maintain any action or
proceeding with respect to such rights, powers, or remedies (including any action of
foreclosure)); provided, however, that the ABL Agent may exercise any or all
of such rights, powers, or remedies after a period of at least 270 days has elapsed since
the later of: (i) the date on which the ABL Agent declared the existence of an ABL Default,
accelerated (to the extent such amount was not already due and owing) the payment of the
principal amount of all ABL Obligations, and demanded payment thereof and (ii) the date on
which the Notes Agent received the Enforcement Notice from the ABL Agent relating to such
action; provided, further, however, that neither the ABL Agent nor
the other ABL Claimholders shall exercise any remedies with respect to the Notes Priority
Collateral if, notwithstanding the expiration of such 270-day period, the Notes Agent or the
Notes Claimholders (A) shall have commenced, whether before or after the expiration of such
270-day period, and be diligently pursuing the exercise of their rights or remedies with
respect to all or any material portion of such Collateral (prompt notice of such exercise to
be given to the ABL Agent) or (B) shall have been stayed by operation of law or by any court
order from pursuing any such exercise of remedies (the period during which the ABL Agent and
the other ABL Claimholders may not pursuant to this Section 3.2(a)(i) exercise any
rights or remedies with respect to the Note Priority Collateral, the ABL Standstill
Period); provided, finally, however, that the ABL Agent,
independent in all respects of the preceding provisos, may exercise the rights provided for
in Section 3.3 (with respect to any Access Period) and Section 3.4 (with
respect to any Access Period or Use Period);
(ii) will not, directly or indirectly, contest, protest or object to or hinder any
judicial or non-judicial foreclosure proceeding or action (including any partial or complete
strict foreclosure) brought by the Notes Agent or any other Note Claimholder relating to the
Note Priority Collateral or any other exercise by the Notes Agent or any other Note
Claimholder of any rights, powers and remedies relating to the Note Priority Collateral,
including any sale, lease, exchange, transfer, or other disposition of the Note Priority
Collateral, whether under the Note Documents, applicable law, or otherwise subject to the
Notes Agents and the other Note Claimholders obligations under Sections 3.3 and
3.4;
(iii) subject to Section 3.2(a), will not object to the forbearance by the
Notes Agent or the Note Claimholders from bringing or pursuing any Enforcement with respect
to the Note Priority Collateral;
(iv) subject to Sections 3.2(c), 3.3, 3.4, and 3.5,
irrevocably, absolutely and unconditionally waive any and all rights the ABL Agent and ABL
Claimholders may have as a junior lien creditor or otherwise to object (and seek or be
awarded any relief of
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any nature whatsoever based on any such objection) to the manner in which the Notes
Agent or the Note Claimholders (a) enforce or collect (or attempt to collect) the Note
Obligations or (b) realize or seek to realize upon or otherwise enforce the Liens in and to
the Note Priority Collateral securing the Note Obligations, regardless of whether any action
or failure to act by or on behalf of the Notes Agent or Note Claimholders is adverse to the
interest of the ABL Claimholders. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the ABL
Claimholders shall be deemed to have hereby irrevocably, absolutely and unconditionally
waived any right to object (and seek or be awarded any relief of any nature whatsoever based
on any such objection), at any time prior to or subsequent to any disposition of any Note
Priority Collateral, on the ground(s) that any such disposition of Note Priority Collateral
(a) would not be or was not commercially reasonable within the meaning of any applicable
UCC and/or (b) would not or did not comply with any other requirement under any applicable
UCC or under any other applicable law governing the manner in which a secured creditor
(including one with a Lien on real property) is to realize on its collateral; and
(v) subject to Sections 3.2(a) and (c) and Sections 3.3,
3.4, and 3.5, acknowledge and agree that no covenant, agreement or
restriction contained in the ABL Security Documents or any other ABL Loan Document (other
than this Agreement) shall be deemed to restrict in any way the rights and remedies of the
Notes Agent or the Note Claimholders with respect to the Note Priority Collateral as set
forth in this Agreement and the Note Documents;
provided, however, that in the case of (i), (ii) and (iii) above, the Liens granted
to secure the ABL Obligations of the ABL Claimholders shall attach to any Proceeds resulting from
actions taken by the Notes Agent or any Note Claimholder with respect to the Note Priority
Collateral in accordance with this Agreement after application of such Proceeds to the extent
necessary to meet the requirements of a Discharge of Note Obligations.
(b) Until the Discharge of Note Obligations has occurred, whether or not any Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against any Grantor, the Notes Agent and the Note
Claimholders shall have the right to enforce rights, exercise remedies (including set-off and the
right to credit bid their debt) and make, in connection therewith (including voluntary Dispositions
of Note Priority Collateral by the respective Grantors after a Note Default) determinations
regarding the release, disposition, or restrictions with respect to the Note Priority Collateral
without any consultation with or the consent of the ABL Agent or any ABL Claimholder subject to the
Notes Agents and the Note Claimholders obligations under Sections 3.3 and 3.4;
provided, however, that the Lien securing the ABL Obligations shall remain on the
Proceeds (other than those properly applied to the Note Obligations in accordance with the Note
Documents) of such Collateral released or disposed of subject to the relative priorities described
in Section 2.1. In exercising rights and remedies with respect to the Note Priority
Collateral, the Notes Agent and the Note Claimholders may enforce the provisions of the Note
Documents and exercise remedies thereunder, all in such order and in such manner as they may
determine in the exercise of their sole discretion subject to the Notes Agents and the Note
Claimholders obligations under Sections 3.3 and 3.4. Such exercise and
enforcement shall include the rights of an agent appointed by them to sell or otherwise dispose of
the Note Priority Collateral upon foreclosure, to incur expenses in connection with such sale or
disposition, and to exercise all the rights
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and remedies of a secured creditor under the UCC and of a secured creditor under the
Bankruptcy Laws of any applicable jurisdiction.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the ABL Agent and any ABL
Claimholder may:
(i) file a claim or statement of interest with respect to the ABL Obligations;
provided that an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or
against any Grantor;
(ii) take any action (not adverse to the priority status of the Liens on the Note
Priority Collateral, or the rights of the Notes Agent or any of the Note Claimholders to
exercise rights, powers and/or remedies in respect thereof, including those under
Article VI) in order to create, perfect, preserve or protect (but, subject to the
provisions of Sections 3.3, and 3.4, not enforce) its Lien on any of the
Note Priority Collateral;
(iii) file any necessary responsive or defensive pleadings in opposition to any motion,
claim, adversary proceeding or other pleading made by any person objecting to or otherwise
seeking the disallowance of the claims of the ABL Claimholders, including any claims secured
by the Note Priority Collateral, if any, in each case in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement;
(iv) file any pleadings, objections, motions or agreements which assert rights or
interests available to unsecured creditors of the Grantors arising under either any
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or applicable non-bankruptcy law, in each case not
inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement or applicable law (including the Bankruptcy
Laws of any applicable jurisdiction) and any pleadings, objections, motions or agreements
which assert rights or interests available to secured creditors solely with respect to the
ABL Priority Collateral;
(v) vote on any Plan of Reorganization, file any proof of claim, make other filings and
make any arguments and motions (including in support of or opposition to, as applicable, the
confirmation or approval of any Plan of Reorganization) that are, in each case, in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing or of the other provisions of this Agreement, any vote to accept, and any other
act to support the confirmation or approval of, any Non-Conforming Plan of Reorganization
shall be inconsistent with and, accordingly, a violation of the terms of this Agreement, and
the Notes Agent shall be entitled to have any such vote to accept a Non-Conforming Plan of
Reorganization changed and any such support of any Non-Conforming Plan of Reorganization
withdrawn;
(vi) exercise any of its rights, powers, and/or remedies with respect to any of the
Note Priority Collateral to the extent permitted by Sections 3.2(a)(i), 3.3,
and 3.4.; and
(vii) take any action described in clauses (i) through (viii) of the definition of
Enforcement.
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The ABL Agent, on behalf of the ABL Claimholders, agrees that no ABL Claimholder will take or
receive any Note Priority Collateral (including Proceeds) in connection with the exercise of any
right or remedy (including set-off) with respect to any Note Priority Collateral in its capacity as
a creditor in violation of this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
unless and until the Discharge of Note Obligations has occurred, except as expressly provided in
Sections 3.2(a)(i), 3.3, 3.4 and 3.5 and clause (vi) of this
Section 3.2(c), the sole right of the ABL Agent and the ABL Claimholders with respect to
the Note Priority Collateral is to hold a Lien on such Collateral pursuant to the ABL Security
Documents for the period and to the extent granted therein and to receive a share of the Proceeds
thereof, if any, in accordance with Section 4.1.
(d) Except as otherwise specifically set forth in Sections 3.2(a) and 3.5 and
Article VI, the ABL Agent and the ABL Claimholders may exercise rights and remedies as
unsecured creditors against any Grantor and may exercise rights and remedies with respect to the
ABL Priority Collateral, in each case, in accordance with the terms of the ABL Loan Documents and
applicable law; provided, however, that in the event that any the ABL Agent or ABL
Claimholder becomes a judgment Lien creditor in respect of Note Priority Collateral as a result of
its enforcement of its rights as an unsecured creditor with respect to the ABL Obligations, such
judgment Lien shall be subject to the terms of this Agreement for all purposes (including in
relation to the Note Obligations) as the other Liens securing the ABL Obligations are subject to
this Agreement.
(e) Except as provided in Section 5.3(c), nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit the
receipt by the ABL Agent or any ABL Claimholders of the required payments of interest, principal
and other amounts owed in respect of the ABL Obligations so long as such receipt is not the direct
or indirect result of the exercise by the ABL Agent or any ABL Claimholders of rights or remedies
as a secured creditor (including set-off) with respect to Note Priority Collateral or enforcement
in contravention of this Agreement of any Lien held by any of them. Nothing in this Agreement
impairs or otherwise adversely affects any rights or remedies the Notes Agent or the Note
Claimholders may have against the Grantors under the Note Documents.
3.3. Collateral Access Rights.
(a) The ABL Agent and the Notes Agent agree not to commence Enforcement until an Enforcement
Notice has been given to the other Agent. Subject to the provisions of Sections 3.1 and
3.2, either Agent may join in any judicial proceedings commenced by the other Agent to
enforce Liens on the Collateral, provided that neither Agent, nor the other ABL
Claimholders or the other Note Claimholders, as applicable, shall interfere with the Enforcement
actions of the other with respect to Collateral in which such party has the priority Lien in
accordance with Section 2.1 and Section 2.2.
(b) If the Notes Agent, or any agent or representative of the Notes Agent, or any receiver,
shall, after any Note Default, obtain possession or physical control of any of the Mortgaged
Premises, the Notes Agent shall promptly notify the ABL Agent in writing of that fact, and the ABL
Agent shall, within ten (10) Business Days thereafter, notify the Notes Agent in writing as to
whether the ABL Agent desires to exercise access rights under this Agreement. In addition, if the
ABL Agent, or any agent or representative or the ABL Agent, or any receiver, shall obtain
possession or physical control of any of the Mortgaged Premises or any of the
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tangible Note Priority Collateral located on any premises other than a Mortgaged Premises or
control over any intangible Note Priority Collateral, following the delivery to the Note Agent of
an Enforcement Notice, then the ABL Agent shall promptly notify the Note Agent in writing that the
ABL Agent is exercising its access rights under this Agreement and its rights under Section
3.4 under either circumstance. Upon delivery of such notice by the ABL Agent to the Notes
Agent, the parties shall confer in good faith to coordinate with respect to the ABL Agents
exercise of such access rights. Consistent with the definition of Access Period, access rights
will apply to differing parcels of Mortgaged Premises at differing times, in which case, a
differing Access Period will apply to each such property.
(c) During any pertinent Access Period, the ABL Agent and its agents, representatives and
designees shall have an irrevocable, non-exclusive right to have access to, and a rent-free right
to use, the Note Priority Collateral for the purpose of (i) arranging for and effecting the sale or
disposition of ABL Priority Collateral located on such parcel, including the production,
completion, packaging and other preparation of such ABL Priority Collateral for sale or
disposition, (ii) selling (by public auction, private sale or a store closing, going out of
business or similar sale, whether in bulk, in lots or to customers in the ordinary course of
business or otherwise and which sale may include augmented Inventory of the same type sold in any
Grantors business), (iii) storing or otherwise dealing with the ABL Priority Collateral, in each
case without notice to, the involvement of or interference by the Notes Agent or any Note
Claimholder or liability to the Notes Agent or any Note Claimholder. During any such Access
Period, the ABL Agent and its representatives (and persons employed on their behalf), may continue
to operate, service, maintain, process and sell the ABL Priority Collateral, as well as to engage
in bulk sales of ABL Priority Collateral. The ABL Agent shall take proper and reasonable care
under the circumstances of any Note Priority Collateral that is used by the ABL Agent during the
Access Period and repair and replace any damage (ordinary wear-and-tear excepted) caused by the ABL
Agent or its agents, representatives or designees and the ABL Agent shall comply with all
applicable laws in all material respects in connection with its use or occupancy of the Note
Priority Collateral. The ABL Agent and the ABL Claimholders shall reimburse the Notes Agent and
the Note Claimholders for any injury or damage to Persons or property (ordinary wear-and-tear
excepted) caused by the acts or omissions of Persons under its control; provided,
however, that the ABL Agent and the ABL Claimholders will not be liable for any diminution
in the value of the Mortgaged Premises caused by the absence of the ABL Priority Collateral
therefrom. In no event shall the ABL Claimholders or the ABL Agent have any liability to the Note
Claimholders and/or to the Notes Agent hereunder as a result of any condition (including any
environmental condition, claim or liability) on or with respect to the Note Priority Collateral
existing prior to the date of the exercise by the ABL Agent) of its rights under this Agreement.
The ABL Agent and the Notes Agent shall cooperate and use reasonable efforts to ensure that their
activities during the Access Period as described above do not interfere materially with the
activities of the other as described above, including the right of Notes Agent to show the Note
Priority Collateral to prospective purchasers and to ready the Note Priority Collateral for sale.
(d) Consistent with the definition of the term Access Period, if any order or injunction is
issued or stay is granted or is otherwise effective by operation of law that prohibits the ABL
Agent from exercising any of its rights hereunder, then the Access Period granted to the ABL Agent
under this Section 3.3 shall be stayed during the period of such prohibition and shall
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continue thereafter for the number of days remaining in the applicable Access Period or Use
Period, as the case may be. The Notes Agent shall not foreclose or otherwise sell or dispose of
any of the Note Priority Collateral during the Access Period or Use Period, as applicable, unless
the buyer agrees in writing to acquire the Note Priority Collateral subject to the terms of
Section 3.3 and Section 3.4 of this Agreement and agrees therein to comply with the
terms of this Section 3.3. The rights of ABL Agent and the ABL Claimholders under this
Section 3.3 and Section 3.4 during the Access Period or Use Period shall continue
notwithstanding such foreclosure, sale or other disposition by the Notes Agent.
(e) The ABL Agent and the ABL Claimholders shall have the right to bring an action to enforce
their rights under this Section 3.3 and Section 3.4, including, without limitation,
an action seeking possession of the applicable Collateral and/or specific performance of this
Section 3.3 and Section 3.4.
3.4. Note Priority Collateral Rights/Access to Information. For the purposes of
enabling the ABL Agent to exercise rights and remedies under this Agreement during the Enforcement
Period, the Notes Agent and each Grantor hereby grants (to the full extent of their respective
rights and interests) the ABL Agent and its agents, representatives and designees an irrevocable,
non-exclusive, royalty-free, rent-free license and lease (which will be binding on any successor or
assignee of any Note Priority Collateral) to use all of the Note Priority Collateral to collect all
Accounts included in ABL Priority Collateral, to copy, use, or preserve any and all information
relating to any of the ABL Priority Collateral, and to complete the manufacture, packaging,
advertising for sale and sale of (i) work-in-process, (ii) raw materials and (iii) complete
inventory; provided, however, the royalty-free, rent-free license and lease with
respect to the applicable Note Priority Collateral, shall immediately expire upon the end of (1)
the Access Period applicable to such Note Priority Collateral located on any Mortgaged Premises and
(2) the applicable Use Period with respect to any Note Priority Collateral not located on any
Mortgaged Premises; provided, further, that such expiration shall be without
prejudice to the sale or other disposition of the ABL Priority Collateral in accordance with
applicable law.
3.5. Set-Off and Tracing of and Priorities in Proceeds. The Notes Agent, on behalf of
the Note Claimholders, acknowledges and agrees that, to the extent the Notes Agent or any Note
Claimholder exercises its rights of set-off against any ABL Priority Collateral, the amount of such
set-off shall be held and distributed pursuant to Section 4.1. The ABL Agent, for itself
and on behalf of the ABL Claimholders, and the Notes Agent, for itself and on behalf of the Note
Claimholders, further agree that prior to an issuance of an Enforcement Notice or the commencement
of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, any Proceeds of Collateral, whether or not deposited
under Account Agreements, which are used by any Grantor to acquire other property which is
Collateral shall not (solely as between the Agents, the ABL Claimholders and the Note Claimholders)
be treated as Proceeds of Collateral for purposes of determining the relative priorities in the
Collateral which was so acquired. In addition, unless and until the Discharge of ABL Obligations
occurs, subject to Section 4.2, the Notes Agent and the Note Claimholders each hereby
consents to the application, prior to the receipt by the ABL Agent of an Enforcement Notice issued
by the Notes Agent, of cash or other Proceeds of Collateral, deposited under Account Agreements to
the repayment of ABL Obligations pursuant to the ABL Loan Documents.
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IV.
PAYMENTS.
4.1. Application of Proceeds.
(a) So long as the Discharge of ABL Obligations has not occurred, whether or not any
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against any Grantor, all ABL Priority
Collateral or Proceeds thereof received in connection with the sale or other disposition of, or
collection on, such ABL Priority Collateral as a result of the exercise of remedies or other
Enforcement by either Agent or any ABL Claimholders or Note Claimholders, shall be delivered to the
ABL Agent and shall be applied or further distributed by the ABL Agent to or on account of the ABL
Obligations in such order, if any, as specified in the relevant ABL Loan Documents or as a court of
competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct. Upon the Discharge of ABL Obligations, the ABL Agent
shall deliver to the Notes Agent any Collateral and Proceeds of Collateral received or delivered to
it pursuant to the preceding sentence, in the same form as received, with any necessary
endorsements, to be applied by the Notes Agent to the Note Obligations in such order as specified
in the Note Security Documents or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct.
(b) So long as the Discharge of Note Obligations has not occurred, whether or not any
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against any Grantor, all Note
Priority Collateral or Proceeds thereof received in connection with the sale or other disposition
of, or collection on, such Note Priority Collateral as a result of the exercise of remedies or
other Enforcement by either Agent or any Note Claimholders or ABL Claimholders, shall be delivered
to the Notes Agent and shall be applied by the Notes Agent to the Note Obligations in such order as
specified in the relevant Note Documents or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise
direct. Upon the Discharge of Note Obligations, the Notes Agent shall deliver to the ABL Agent any
Collateral and Proceeds of Collateral received or delivered to it pursuant to the preceding
sentence, in the same form as received, with any necessary endorsements to be applied by the ABL
Agent to the ABL Obligations in such order as specified in the ABL Security Documents or as a court
of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct.
4.2. Payments Over in Violation of Agreement. So long as neither the Discharge of ABL
Obligations nor the Discharge of Note Obligations has occurred, whether or not any Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against any Grantor, any Collateral (including
assets or Proceeds subject to Liens referred to in the final sentence of Section 2.3)
received by either Agent or any Note Claimholders or ABL Claimholders in connection with the
exercise of any right, power, or remedy (including set-off) relating to the Collateral in
contravention of this Agreement shall be segregated and held in trust and forthwith paid over to
the appropriate Agent for the benefit of the Note Claimholders or the ABL Claimholders, as
applicable, in the same form as received, with any necessary endorsements or as a court of
competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct. Each Agent is hereby authorized by the other Agent to
make any such endorsements as agent for the other Agent or any Note Claimholders or ABL
Claimholders, as applicable. This authorization is coupled with an interest and is irrevocable
until the Discharge of ABL Obligations and Discharge of Note Obligations.
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4.3. Application of Payments. Subject to the other terms of this Agreement, all
payments received by (a) the ABL Agent or the ABL Claimholders may be applied, reversed and
reapplied, in whole or in part, to the ABL Obligations to the extent provided for in the ABL Loan
Documents and (b) the Notes Agent or the Note Claimholders may be applied, reversed and reapplied,
in whole or in part, to the Note Obligations to the extent provided for in the Note Documents.
4.4. Revolving Nature of ABL Obligations. The Notes Agent, on behalf of the Note
Claimholders, acknowledges and agrees that the ABL Credit Agreement includes a revolving commitment
and that the amount of the ABL Obligations that may be outstanding at any time or from time to time
may be increased or reduced and subsequently reborrowed.
V.
OTHER AGREEMENTS.
5.1. Releases.
(a) (i) If, in connection with (A) any exercise of remedies or Enforcement (including as
provided for in Section 3.1(b) or Section 6.8(a)), or (B) any sale, transfer or
other disposition of all or any portion of the ABL Priority Collateral (other than in connection
with a refinancing as described in Section 5.5), so long as such sale, transfer or other
disposition is then not prohibited by the ABL Documents (or consented to by the requisite ABL
Lenders) or by the Note Documents (or consented to by the requisite Noteholders), irrespective of
whether an ABL Default has occurred and is continuing, the ABL Agent, on behalf of any of the ABL
Claimholders, releases any of its Liens on any part of the ABL Priority Collateral, then the Liens,
if any, of the Notes Agent, for the benefit of the Note Claimholders, on the Collateral sold or
disposed of in connection therewith, shall be automatically, unconditionally and simultaneously
released; provided that, to the extent the Proceeds of such ABL Priority Collateral are not
applied to reduce ABL Obligations, the Notes Agent shall retain a Lien on such Proceeds in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement. The Notes Agent, on behalf of the Note Claimholders,
promptly shall execute and deliver to the ABL Agent or such Grantor such termination statements,
releases and other documents as the ABL Agent or such Grantor may request in writing to effectively
confirm such release.
(ii) If, in connection with (A) any exercise of remedies or Enforcement (including as provided
for in Sections 3.2(b) or Section 6.8(b)), or (B) any sale, transfer or other
disposition of all or any portion of the Note Priority Collateral (other than in connection with a
refinancing as described in Section 5.5), so long as such sale, transfer or other
disposition is then not prohibited by the Note Documents (or consented to by the requisite
Noteholders) or by the ABL Documents (or consented to by the requisite ABL Lenders), irrespective
of whether a Note Default has occurred and is continuing, the Notes Agent, on behalf of any of the
Note Claimholders, releases any of its Liens on any part of the Note Priority Collateral, then the
Liens, if any, of the ABL Agent, for the benefit of the ABL Claimholders, on the Collateral sold or
disposed of in connection therewith, shall be automatically, unconditionally and simultaneously
released; provided that the provisions of Section 3.3 and 3.4 shall
continue, to the extent such Sections are applicable at the time of such sale, transfer or other
disposition; provided, further that, to the extent the Proceeds of such Note
Priority Collateral are not applied to reduce Note Obligations, the ABL
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Agent shall retain a Lien on such Proceeds in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. The ABL
Agent, on behalf of the ABL Claimholders, promptly shall execute and deliver to the Notes Agent or
such Grantor such termination statements, releases and other documents as the Notes Agent or such
Grantor may request to effectively confirm such release.
(b) Until the Discharge of ABL Obligations and Discharge of Note Obligations shall occur, the
ABL Agent, on behalf of the ABL Claimholders, and the Notes Agent, on behalf of the Note
Claimholders, as applicable, hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the other Agent and any
officer or agent of the other Agent, with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful
attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable power and authority in the place and stead of the other
Agent or such holder or in the Agents own name, from time to time in such Agents discretion
exercised in good faith, for the purpose of carrying out the terms of this Section 5.1, to
take any and all appropriate action and to execute any and all documents and instruments which may
be necessary to accomplish the purposes of this Section 5.1, including any endorsements or
other instruments of transfer or release.
(c) Until the Discharge of ABL Obligations and Discharge of Note Obligations shall occur, to
the extent that the Agents or the ABL Claimholders or the Note Claimholders (i) have released any
Lien on Collateral and such Lien is later reinstated or (ii) obtain any new Liens from any Grantor,
then, in accordance with Section 2.3, the Grantors shall grant a Lien on any such
Collateral, subject to the Lien priority provisions of this Agreement, to the other Agent, for the
benefit of the ABL Claimholders or Note Claimholders, as applicable.
5.2. Insurance.
(a) Unless and until the Discharge of ABL Obligations and subject to the terms of, and the
rights of the Grantors under, the ABL Loan Documents, the ABL Agent, on behalf of the ABL
Claimholders, shall have the sole and exclusive right to adjust settlement for any insurance policy
covering the ABL Priority Collateral in the event of any loss thereunder and to approve any award
granted in any condemnation or similar proceeding (or any deed in lieu of condemnation) affecting
such Collateral. Until the Discharge of ABL Obligations has occurred, (i) all Proceeds of any such
policy and any such award (or any payments with respect to a deed in lieu of condemnation) if in
respect of the ABL Priority Collateral and to the extent required by the ABL Loan Documents shall
be paid to the ABL Agent for the benefit of the ABL Claimholders pursuant to the terms of the ABL
Loan Documents (including, without limitation, for purposes of cash collateralization of letters of
credit) and thereafter, if the Discharge of ABL Obligations has occurred, and subject to the rights
of the Grantors under the Note Security Documents, to the Notes Agent for the benefit of the Note
Claimholders to the extent required under the Note Security Documents and then, to the extent no
Note Obligations are outstanding, to the owner of the subject property, such other Person as may be
entitled thereto or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct, and (ii) if the
Notes Agent or any Note Claimholders shall, at any time, receive any Proceeds of any such insurance
policy or any such award or payment with respect to ABL Priority Collateral in contravention of
this Agreement, it shall segregate and hold in trust and forthwith pay such Proceeds over to the
ABL Agent in accordance with the terms of Section 4.2.
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(b) Unless and until the Discharge of Note Obligations has occurred, subject to the terms of,
and the rights of the Grantors under, the Note Documents, (i) the Notes Agent, on behalf of the
Note Claimholders, shall have the sole and exclusive right to adjust settlement for any insurance
policy covering the Note Priority Collateral in the event of any loss thereunder and to approve any
award granted in any condemnation or similar proceeding (or any deed in lieu of condemnation)
affecting such Collateral; (ii) all Proceeds of any such policy and any such award (or any payments
with respect to a deed in lieu of condemnation) if in respect of the Note Priority Collateral and
to the extent required by the Note Documents shall be paid to the Notes Agent for the benefit of
the Note Claimholders pursuant to the terms of the Note Documents and thereafter, if the Discharge
of Note Obligations has occurred, and subject to the rights of the Grantors under the ABL Loan
Documents, to the ABL Agent for the benefit of the ABL Claimholders to the extent required under
the ABL Security Documents and then, to the extent no ABL Obligations are outstanding, to the owner
of the subject property, such other Person as may be entitled thereto or as a court of competent
jurisdiction may otherwise direct, and (iii) if the ABL Agent or any ABL Claimholders shall, at any
time, receive any Proceeds of any such insurance policy or any such award or payment with respect
to Note Priority Collateral in contravention of this Agreement, it shall segregate and hold in
trust and forthwith pay such Proceeds over to the Notes Agent in accordance with the terms of
Section 4.2.
(c) To effectuate the foregoing, and to the extent that the pertinent insurance company agrees
to issue such endorsements, the Agents shall each receive separate lenders loss payable
endorsements naming themselves as loss payee and additional insured, as their interests may appear,
with respect to any policies which insure Collateral hereunder.
5.3. Amendments to ABL Loan Documents and Note Documents; Refinancing.
(a) Subject to Sections 5.3(c) and 5.3(d), the ABL Loan Documents and Note
Documents may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with their terms, all
without affecting the Lien subordination or other provisions of this Agreement. The ABL
Obligations may be Refinanced without notice to, or the consent of, the Notes Agent or the Note
Claimholders and without affecting the Lien subordination or other provisions of this Agreement,
and the Note Obligations may be Refinanced without notice to, or consent of, the ABL Agent or the
ABL Claimholders and without affecting the Lien subordination and other provisions of this
Agreement so long as such Refinancing is on terms and conditions that would not violate the Note
Documents or the ABL Loan Documents, each as in effect on the date hereof (or, if less restrictive
to the Company, as in effect on the date of such amendment or Refinancing); provided,
however, that, in each case, the lenders or holders of such Refinancing debt bind
themselves in a writing addressed to the Notes Agent and the Note Claimholders or the ABL Agent and
the ABL Claimholders, as applicable, to the terms of this Agreement; provided
further, however, that, if such Refinancing debt is secured by a Lien on any
Collateral the holders of such Refinancing debt shall be deemed bound by the terms hereof
regardless of whether or not such writing is provided. For the avoidance of doubt, the sale or
other transfer of Indebtedness is not restricted by this Agreement but the provisions of this
Agreement shall be binding on all holders of ABL Obligations and Note Obligations.
(b) Subject to Sections 5.3(c) and 5.3(d), the ABL Agent and the Notes Agent
shall each use good faith efforts to notify the other party of any written amendment or
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the ABL Documents and Note Documents, but the failure to do so shall not create a cause of
action against the party failing to give such notice or create any claim or right on behalf of any
third party.
(c) Without the consent of the Notes Agent, the ABL Claimholders will not be entitled to agree
(and will not agree) to any amendment to or modification of the ABL Loan Documents, whether in a
Refinancing or otherwise, that is not permitted by the Indenture as in effect on the date hereof
(or, if less restrictive to the ABL Claimholders, on the date of such amendment or modification).
(d) Without the consent of the ABL Agent, the Notes Agent and the Note Claimholders will not
be entitled to agree (and will not agree) to any amendment to or modification of the Note
Documents, whether in a Refinancing or otherwise, that is not permitted by the ABL Credit Agreement
as in effect on the date hereof (or, if less restrictive to the Note Claimholders, on the date of
such amendment or modification).
(e) So long as the Discharge of ABL Obligations has not occurred, the Notes Agent agrees that
each applicable Note Security Document that grants a Lien on any material Collateral shall include
the following language (or similar language acceptable to the ABL Agent): Notwithstanding anything
herein to the contrary, the liens and security interests granted to U.S. Bank National Association,
as Trustee, pursuant to this Agreement and the exercise of any right or remedy by U.S. Bank
National Association, as Trustee hereunder, are subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor
Agreement dated as of June 30, 2009 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from
time to time, the Intercreditor Agreement), among SunTrust Bank, as the ABL Agent, U.S.
Bank National Association, as Trustee and as Notes Agent and the Grantors (as defined in the
Intercreditor Agreement) from time to time party thereto. In the event of any conflict between the
terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and the terms of this Agreement, the terms of the
Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control.
(f) So long as the Discharge of Note Obligations has not occurred, the ABL Agent agrees that
each applicable ABL Security Document executed on or after the date hereof that grants a Lien on
any material Collateral shall include the following language (or similar language acceptable to the
Note Agent): Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the liens and security interests
granted to the Agent pursuant to this Agreement and the exercise of any right or remedy by the
Agent hereunder, are subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement dated as of June 30,
2009 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the
Intercreditor Agreement), among the Administrative Agent, as ABL Agent, U.S. Bank
National Association, as Trustee and as Notes Agent and the Grantors (as defined in the
Intercreditor Agreement) from time to time party thereto. In the event of any conflict between the
terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and the terms of this Agreement, the terms of the
Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control.
5.4. Bailees for Perfection.
(a) Each Agent agrees to hold that part of the Collateral that is in its possession or control
(or in the possession or control of its agents or bailees) to the extent that possession or control
thereof is taken to perfect a Lien thereon (such Collateral, which shall include, without
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limitation, Account Agreements and Capital Stock, being the Pledged Collateral) as
(i) in the case of the ABL Agent, the collateral agent for the ABL Claimholders under the ABL Loan
Documents or, in the case of the Notes Agent, the collateral agent for the Note Claimholders under
the Note Documents and (ii) gratuitous bailee for the benefit of the other Agent (such bailment
being intended, among other things, to satisfy the requirements of Sections 8-301(a)(2) and
9-313(c) of the UCC) and any assignee solely for the purpose of perfecting the security interest
granted under the ABL Loan Documents and the Note Documents, respectively, subject to the terms and
conditions of this Section 5.4. The Notes Agent and the Note Claimholders hereby appoint
the ABL Agent as their gratuitous bailee for the purposes of perfecting their security interest in
all Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries. The ABL
Agent hereby accepts such appointment and acknowledges and agrees that it shall act for the benefit
of the Notes Agent and the other Note Claimholders under each Account Agreement and that any
Proceeds received by the ABL Agent under any Account Agreement shall be applied in accordance with
Article IV. In furtherance of the foregoing, each Grantor hereby grants (x) a security
interest in the Pledged Collateral to the Notes Agent for the benefit of the ABL Claimholders and
(y) a security interest in the Pledged Collateral (other than securities of Company Subsidiaries to
the extent such security interest would require the filing of financial statements with the
Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 3-16 of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended) to the ABL Agent for the benefit of the Note Claimholders.
(b) Neither Agent shall have any obligation whatsoever to the other Agent, to any other ABL
Claimholder, or to any other Note Claimholder to ensure that the Pledged Collateral is genuine or
owned by any of the Grantors or to preserve rights or benefits of any Person except as expressly
set forth in this Section 5.4. The duties or responsibilities of the respective Agents
under this Section 5.4 shall be limited solely to holding the Pledged Collateral as bailee
in accordance with this Section 5.4 and delivering the Pledged Collateral or Proceeds
thereof upon a Discharge of ABL Obligations or Discharge of Note Obligations, as applicable, as
provided in paragraph (d) below.
(c) Neither Agent acting pursuant to this Section 5.4 shall have by reason of the ABL
Loan Documents, the Note Documents, this Agreement or any other document a fiduciary relationship
in respect of the other Agent, any other ABL Claimholder or any other Note Claimholder.
(d) Upon the Discharge of ABL Obligations or the Discharge of Note Obligations, as applicable,
the Agent under the ABL Credit Agreement or Note Agreement, as applicable, that has been discharged
shall deliver the remaining Pledged Collateral (if any) together with any necessary endorsements,
first, to the other Agent to the extent the other Obligations remain outstanding, and
second, to the applicable Grantor to the extent the Discharge of ABL Obligations and the
Discharge of Note Obligations have occurred (in each case, so as to allow such Person to obtain
possession or control of such Pledged Collateral) or as otherwise required by law. Each Agent
further agrees to take all other action reasonably requested by the other Agent in connection with
the other Agent obtaining a first-priority interest in the Collateral or as a court of competent
jurisdiction may otherwise direct. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Agreement, any obligation of the Agent, which has been discharged, to make any delivery to the
other Agent under this Section 5.4(d) or Section 5.5 is subject to (i) the order of
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competent jurisdiction, or (ii) any automatic stay imposed in connection with any Insolvency
or Liquidation Proceeding.
(e) Subject to the terms of this Agreement, (i) so long as the Discharge of ABL Obligations
has not occurred, the ABL Agent shall be entitled to deal with the Pledged Collateral or Collateral
within its control in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and other ABL Loan Documents,
but only to the extent that such Collateral constitutes ABL Priority Collateral, as if the Liens of
the Notes Agent on behalf of the Note Claimholders did not exist, and (ii) so long as the Discharge
of Note Obligations has not occurred, the Notes Agent shall be entitled to deal with the Pledged
Collateral or Collateral within its control in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and
other Note Documents, but only to the extent that such Collateral constitutes Note Priority
Collateral, as if the Liens of the ABL Agent on behalf of the ABL Claimholders did not exist.
5.5. When Discharge of ABL Obligations and Discharge of Note Obligations Deemed to Not
Have Occurred. If at any time after the Discharge of ABL Obligations or a Discharge of Note
Obligations, the Company shall enter into any Permitted Refinancing of any ABL Obligation or Note
Obligation, as applicable, then such Discharge of ABL Obligations or the Discharge of Note
Obligations shall automatically be deemed not to have occurred for all purposes of this Agreement
(other than with respect to any actions taken as a result of the occurrence of such first Discharge
of ABL Obligations or the Discharge of Note Obligations in order to effectuate such discharge among
(i) the agent(s) and other claimholders under the facility to be discharged, (ii) the agents and
other claimholders under the new facility, and (iii) the Company and the Company Subsidiaries),
and, from and after the date on which the New Debt Notice is delivered to the appropriate Agent in
accordance with the next sentence, the obligations under such Permitted Refinancing shall
automatically be treated as ABL Obligations or Note Obligations for all purposes of this Agreement,
as applicable, including for purposes of the Lien priorities and rights in respect of Collateral
set forth herein, and the ABL Agent or the Notes Agent, as applicable, under such new ABL Loan
Documents or Note Documents, as applicable, shall be the ABL Agent or the Notes Agent, as
applicable, for all purposes of this Agreement. Upon receipt of a notice (the New Debt
Notice) stating that the Company has entered into new ABL Loan Documents or new Note Documents
(which notice shall include a complete copy of the relevant new documents and provide the identity
of the new Agent, such agent, the New Agent), the other Agent, upon written request of
the New Agent, shall promptly (a) enter into such documents and agreements (including amendments or
supplements to this Agreement) as the Company or such New Agent shall reasonably request in order
to provide to the New Agent the rights contemplated hereby, in each case consistent in all material
respects with the then terms of this Agreement and (b) deliver to the New Agent any Pledged
Collateral held by it together with any necessary endorsements (or otherwise allow the New Agent to
obtain control of such Pledged Collateral). In accordance with Section 5.3(a), the New
Agent shall agree in a writing addressed to the other Agent and the ABL Claimholders or the Note
Claimholders, as applicable, to be bound by the terms of this Agreement.
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VI.
INSOLVENCY OR LIQUIDATION PROCEEDINGS.
6.1. Finance and Sale Issues. The Notes Agent, on behalf of the Note Claimholders,
hereby agrees that, until the Discharge of ABL Obligations has occurred, if any Grantor shall be
subject to any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding and the ABL Agent shall desire to permit the
use of Cash Collateral (as such term is defined in Section 363(a) of the Bankruptcy Code)
constituting ABL Priority Collateral or to permit any Grantor to obtain financing, whether from the
ABL Claimholders or any other Person under Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code or any similar
Bankruptcy Law (DIP Financing) secured by a Lien on ABL Priority Collateral, then any
Note Claimholder will not be entitled to raise (and will not raise or support any Person in
raising), but instead shall be deemed to have hereby irrevocably and absolutely waived, any
objection to, and shall not otherwise in any manner be entitled to oppose or will oppose or support
any Person in opposing, such Cash Collateral use or DIP Financing (including, except as expressly
provided below, that the Note Claimholders are entitled to adequate protection of their interest in
the Collateral as a condition thereto) so long as such Cash Collateral use or DIP Financing meets
the following requirements: (i) the Notes Agent and the other Note Claimholders retain a Lien on
the Collateral and, with respect to the Note Priority Collateral, with the same priority as existed
prior to the commencement of the Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, (ii) to the extent that the
ABL Agent is granted adequate protection in the form of a Lien, the Notes Agent is permitted to
seek a Lien (without objection from the ABL Agent or any ABL Claimholder) on Collateral arising
after the commencement of the Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding (so long as, with respect to ABL
Priority Collateral, such Lien is junior to the Liens securing such DIP Financing and any other
Liens in favor of the ABL Agent), (iii) the terms of the Cash Collateral use or the DIP Financing
require that any Lien on the Note Priority Collateral to secure such DIP Financing is subordinate
to the Lien of the Notes Agent securing the Note Obligations with respect thereto and (iv) the
terms of such DIP Financing or use of Cash Collateral do not require any Grantor to seek approval
for any Plan of Reorganization that is inconsistent with this Agreement. The Notes Agent shall be
required to subordinate and will subordinate its Liens in the ABL Priority Collateral to the Liens
securing such DIP Financing (and all obligations relating thereto, including any carve-out
granting administrative priority status or Lien priority to secure repayment of fees and expenses
of professionals retained by any debtor or creditors committee) and, consistent with the preceding
provisions of this Section 6.1, will not request adequate protection or any other relief in
connection therewith (except as expressly provided in clause (ii) above); provided,
however, if the Liens securing the DIP Financing rank junior to the Liens securing the ABL
Obligations, the Notes Agent shall be required to subordinate its Liens in the ABL Priority
Collateral to the Liens securing such DIP Financing. The Notes Agent, on behalf of itself and the
Note Claimholders, agrees that no such Person shall provide to such Grantor any DIP Financing to
the extent that the Notes Agent or any Note Claimholder would, in connection with such financing,
be granted a Lien on the ABL Priority Collateral senior to or pari passu with the
Liens of the ABL Agent. The ABL Agent, on behalf of itself and the ABL Claimholders, agrees that
no such Persons shall provide to such Grantor any DIP Financing to the extent that the ABL Agent or
any ABL Claimholder would, in connection with such financing, be granted a Lien on the Note
Priority Collateral senior to or pari passu with the Liens of the Notes Agent.
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6.2. Relief from the Automatic Stay.
(a) Until the Discharge of ABL Obligations, the Notes Agent, on behalf of the other Note
Claimholders, agrees that none of them shall seek (or support any other Person seeking) relief from
the automatic stay or any other stay in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in respect of the
ABL Priority Collateral, without the prior written consent of the ABL Agent (given or not given in
its sole and absolute discretion), unless (i) the ABL Agent already has filed a motion (which
remains pending) for such relief with respect to its interest in such ABL Priority Collateral and
(ii) a corresponding motion, in the reasonable judgment of the Notes Agent, must be filed for the
purpose of preserving the Notes Agents ability to receive residual distributions pursuant to
Section 4.1, although the Note Claimholders shall otherwise remain subject to the
restrictions in Section 3.1 following the granting of any such relief from the automatic
stay.
(b) Until the Discharge of Note Obligations has occurred, the ABL Agent, on behalf of the
other ABL Claimholders, agrees that none of them shall seek (or support any other Person seeking)
relief from the automatic stay or any other stay in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in
respect of the Note Priority Collateral (other than to the extent such relief is required to
exercise its rights under Sections 3.3 and 3.4), without the prior written consent
of the Notes Agent (given or not given in its sole and absolute discretion), unless (i) the Notes
Agent already has filed a motion (which remains pending) for such relief with respect to its
interest in the Note Priority Collateral and (ii) a corresponding motion, in the reasonable
judgment of the ABL Agent, must be filed for the purpose of preserving the ABL Agents ability to
receive residual distributions pursuant to Section 4.1, although the ABL Agent shall
otherwise remain subject to the restrictions in Section 3.2 following the granting of any
such relief from the automatic stay.
6.3. Adequate Protection.
(a) The Notes Agent, on behalf of itself and the Note Claimholders, agrees that none of them
shall be entitled to contest and none of them shall contest (or support any other Person
contesting) (but instead shall be deemed to have hereby irrevocably, absolutely, and
unconditionally waived any right):
(i) any request by the ABL Agent or the other ABL Claimholders for relief from the
automatic stay with respect to the ABL Priority Collateral; or
(ii) any request by the ABL Agent or the other ABL Claimholders for adequate protection
with respect to the ABL Priority Collateral; or
(iii) any objection by the ABL Agent or the other ABL Claimholders to any motion,
relief, action or proceeding based on the ABL Agent or the other ABL Claimholders claiming a
lack of adequate protection with respect to the ABL Priority Collateral.
(b) The ABL Agent, on behalf of itself and the ABL Claimholders, agrees that none of them
shall be entitled to contest and none of them shall contest (or support any other Person
contesting) (but instead shall be deemed to have hereby irrevocably, absolutely, and
unconditionally waived any right):
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(i) any request by the Notes Agent or the other Note Claimholders for relief from the
automatic stay with respect to the Note Priority Collateral; or
(ii) any request by the Notes Agent or the Note Claimholders for adequate protection
with respect to the Note Priority Collateral; or
(iii) any objection by the Notes Agent or the Note Claimholders to any motion, relief,
action or proceeding based on the Notes Agent or the Note Claimholders claiming a lack of
adequate protection with respect to the Note Priority Collateral.
(c) Consistent with the foregoing provisions in this Section 6.3, and except as
provided in Sections 6.1 and 6.7, in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding:
(i) no Note Claimholder shall be entitled (and each Note Claimholder shall be deemed to
have hereby irrevocably, absolutely, and unconditionally waived any right) to seek or
otherwise be granted any type of adequate protection with respect to its interests in the
ABL Priority Collateral (except as expressly set forth in Section 6.1 or as may
otherwise be consented to in writing by the ABL Agent in its sole and absolute discretion);
provided, however, subject to Section 6.1, Note Claimholders may
seek and obtain adequate protection in the form of an additional or replacement Lien on
Collateral so long as (i) the ABL Claimholders have been granted adequate protection in the
form of a replacement lien on such Collateral, and (ii) any such Lien on ABL Priority
Collateral (and on any Collateral granted as adequate protection for the ABL Claimholders in
respect of their interest in such ABL Priority Collateral) is subordinated to the Liens of
the ABL Agent in such Collateral on the same basis as the other Liens of the Notes Agent on
ABL Priority Collateral; and
(ii) no ABL Claimholder shall be entitled (and each ABL Claimholder shall be deemed to
have hereby irrevocably, absolutely, and unconditionally waived any right) to seek or
otherwise be granted any type of adequate protection in respect of Note Priority Collateral
except as may be consented to in writing by the Notes Agent in its sole and absolute
discretion; provided, however, ABL Claimholders may seek and obtain adequate
protection in the form of an additional or replacement Lien on Collateral so long as (i) the
Note Claimholders have been granted adequate protection in the form of a replacement lien on
such Collateral, and (ii) any such Lien on Note Priority Collateral (and on any Collateral
granted as adequate protection for the Note Claimholders in respect of their interest in
such Note Priority Collateral) is subordinated to the Liens of the Notes Agent in such
Collateral on the same basis as the other Liens of the ABL Agent on Note Priority
Collateral.
(d) With respect to (i) the ABL Priority Collateral, nothing herein shall limit the rights of
the Notes Agent or the Note Claimholders from seeking adequate protection with respect to their
rights in the Note Priority Collateral in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding (including
adequate protection in the form of a cash payment, periodic cash payments or otherwise) so long as
such request is not otherwise inconsistent with this Agreement and (ii) the Note Priority
Collateral, nothing herein shall limit the rights of the ABL Agent or the ABL Claimholders from
seeking adequate protection with respect to their rights in the ABL Priority Collateral
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in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding (including adequate protection in the form of
a cash payment, periodic cash payments or otherwise) so long as such request is not otherwise
inconsistent with this Agreement.
6.4. Avoidance Issues. If any ABL Claimholder or Note Claimholder is required in any
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or otherwise to turn over or otherwise pay to the estate of
the applicable Grantor any amount paid in respect of ABL Obligations or the Note Obligations, as
applicable (a Recovery), then such ABL Claimholders or Note Claimholders shall be
entitled to a reinstatement of ABL Obligations or the Note Obligations, as applicable, with respect
to all such recovered amounts. If this Agreement shall have been terminated prior to such
Recovery, this Agreement shall be reinstated in full force and effect, and such prior termination
shall not diminish, release, discharge, impair or otherwise affect the obligations of the parties
hereto from such date of reinstatement.
6.5. Reorganization Securities. Subject to the ability of the ABL Claimholders and
the Note Claimholders, as applicable, to support or oppose confirmation or approval of any
Conforming Plan of Reorganization or to oppose confirmation or approval of any Non-Conforming Plan
of Reorganization, as provided herein, if, in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, debt
obligations of the reorganized debtor secured by Liens upon any property of the reorganized debtor
are distributed pursuant to a Plan of Reorganization, both on account of ABL Obligations and on
account of Note Obligations, then, to the extent the debt obligations distributed on account of the
ABL Obligations and on account of the Note Obligations are secured by Liens upon the same property,
the provisions of this Agreement will survive the distribution of such debt obligations pursuant to
such plan and will apply with like effect to the debt obligations so distributed, to the Liens
securing such debt obligations and the distribution of Proceeds thereof.
6.6. Post-Petition Interest.
(a) Neither the Notes Agent nor any Note Claimholder shall oppose or seek to challenge any
claim by the ABL Agent or any ABL Claimholder for allowance in any Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding of ABL Obligations consisting of post-petition interest, fees or expenses to the extent
of the value of the Lien securing any ABL Claimholders claim, without regard to the existence of
the Lien of the Notes Agent on behalf of the Note Claimholders on the Collateral; provided
that nothing contained in this Section 6.6(a) prohibits the Notes Agent on behalf of the
Note Claimholders from seeking adequate protection (to the extent it has not already done so under
other provisions of this Agreement) with respect to their rights in the Note Priority Collateral in
any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding if such Note Priority Collateral is the source of payment
of post-petition interest, fees or expenses payable to the ABL Agent or any ABL Claimholder.
(b) Neither the ABL Agent nor any other ABL Claimholder shall oppose or seek to challenge any
claim by the Notes Agent or any Note Claimholder for allowance in any Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding of Note Obligations consisting of post-petition interest, fees or expenses to the extent
of the value of the Lien securing any Note Claimholders claim, without regard to the existence of
the Lien of the ABL Agent on behalf of the ABL Claimholders on the Collateral; provided
that nothing contained in this Section 6.6(b) prohibits the ABL Agent on
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behalf of the ABL Claimholders from seeking adequate protection (to the extent it has not
already done so under other provisions of this Agreement) with respect to their rights in the ABL
Priority Collateral in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding if such ABL Priority Collateral is
the source of payment of post-petition interest, fees or expenses payable to the Notes Agent or any
Note Claimholder.
6.7. Separate Grants of Security and Separate Classification. The Notes Agent, on
behalf of the Note Claimholders, and the ABL Agent on behalf of the ABL Claimholders, acknowledge
and intend that: the grants of Liens pursuant to the ABL Security Documents and the Note Security
Documents constitute two separate and distinct grants of Liens, and because of, among other things,
their differing rights in the Collateral, the Note Obligations are fundamentally different from the
ABL Obligations and must be separately classified in any Plan of Reorganization proposed or
confirmed (or approved) in an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. To further effectuate the
intent of the parties as provided in the immediately preceding sentence, if it is held that the
claims of the ABL Claimholders and the Note Claimholders in respect of the Collateral constitute
claims in the same class (rather than separate classes of senior and junior secured claims), then
the ABL Claimholders and the Note Claimholders hereby acknowledge and agree that all distributions
shall be made as if there were separate classes of ABL Obligations and Note Obligations against the
Grantors (with the effect being that, to the extent that the aggregate value of the ABL Priority
Collateral or Note Priority Collateral is sufficient (for this purpose ignoring all claims held by
the other Secured Parties for whom such Collateral is non-priority in accordance with Section
2.1 and Section 2.2), the ABL Claimholders or the Note Claimholders, respectively,
shall be entitled to receive, in addition to amounts distributed to them in respect of principal,
pre-petition interest and other claims, all amounts owing in respect of post-petition interest,
fees or expenses that is available from each pool of priority Collateral for each of the ABL
Claimholders and the Note Claimholders, respectively, before any distribution is made in respect of
the claims held by the other Secured Parties for whom such Collateral is non-priority, with such
other Secured Parties hereby acknowledging and agreeing to turn over to the respective other
Secured Parties amounts otherwise received or receivable by them to the extent necessary to
effectuate the intent of this sentence, even if such turnover has the effect of reducing the
aggregate recoveries.
6.8. Asset Dispositions in an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.
(a) Without limiting the ABL Agents and the ABL Claimholders rights under Section
3.1(b), neither the Notes Agent nor any other Note Claimholder shall, in any Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceeding or otherwise, oppose any sale or disposition of any ABL Priority Collateral
that is supported by the ABL Claimholders, and the Notes Agent and each other Note Claimholder will
be deemed to have irrevocably, absolutely, and unconditionally consented under Section 363 of the
Bankruptcy Code (and otherwise) to any sale of any ABL Priority Collateral supported by the ABL
Claimholders and to have released their Liens on such assets; provided that to the extent
the Proceeds of such Collateral are not applied to reduce ABL Obligations the Notes Agent shall
retain a Lien on such Proceeds in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(b) Without limiting the Notes Agents and the Note Claimholders rights under Section
3.2(b), neither the ABL Agent nor any other ABL Claimholder shall, in any Insolvency Proceeding
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or otherwise, oppose any sale or disposition of any Note Priority Collateral that is
supported by the Note Claimholders and made subject to Section 3.3(d), and the ABL Agent
and each other ABL Claimholder will be deemed to have consented under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy
Code (and otherwise) to any sale of any Note Priority Collateral supported by the Note Claimholders
and to have released their Liens on such assets; provided that to the extent the Proceeds
of such Collateral are not applied to reduce Note Obligations, the ABL Agent shall retain a Lien on
such Proceeds in accordance with the terms of this Agreement; provided further that
the ABL Agents and the ABL Claimholders rights under Sections 3.3 and 3.4 shall
survive any such sale or disposition.
VII.
RELIANCE; WAIVERS; ETC.
7.1. Reliance. Other than any reliance on the terms of this Agreement, the ABL Agent,
on behalf of the ABL Claimholders, acknowledges that it and the other ABL Claimholders have,
independently and without reliance on the Notes Agent or any Note Claimholder, and based on
documents and information deemed by them appropriate, made their own credit analysis and decision
to enter into ABL Loan Documents and be bound by the terms of this Agreement, and they will
continue to make their own credit decision in taking or not taking any action under the ABL Loan
Documents or this Agreement. The Notes Agent, on behalf of the Note Claimholders, acknowledges
that it and the other Note Claimholders have, independently and without reliance on the ABL Agent
or any other ABL Claimholder, and based on documents and information deemed by them appropriate,
made their own credit analysis and decision to enter into each of the other Note Documents and be
bound by the terms of this Agreement, and they will continue to make their own credit decision in
taking or not taking any action under the Note Documents or this Agreement.
7.2. No Warranties or Liability. The ABL Agent, on behalf of the ABL Claimholders,
acknowledges and agrees that each of the Notes Agent and the Note Claimholders have made no express
or implied representation or warranty, including with respect to the execution, validity, legality,
completeness, collectibility or enforceability of any of the other Note Documents, the ownership of
any Collateral or the perfection or priority of any Liens thereon. Except as otherwise provided in
this Agreement, the Notes Agent and the Note Claimholders will be entitled to manage and supervise
their respective loans and extensions of credit under the Note Documents in accordance with law and
as they may otherwise, in their sole discretion, deem appropriate. The Notes Agent, on behalf the
Note Claimholders, acknowledges and agrees that the ABL Agent and the other ABL Claimholders have
made no express or implied representation or warranty, including with respect to the execution,
validity, legality, completeness, collectibility or enforceability of any of the other ABL Loan
Documents, the ownership of any Collateral or the perfection or priority of any Liens thereon.
Except as otherwise provided herein, the ABL Agent and the other ABL Claimholders will be entitled
to manage and supervise their respective loans and extensions of credit under their respective ABL
Loan Documents in accordance with law and as they may otherwise, in their sole discretion, deem
appropriate. The Notes Agent and the Note Claimholders shall have no duty to the ABL Agent or any
of the ABL Claimholders, and the ABL Agent and the other ABL Claimholders shall have no duty to the
Notes Agent or any of the other Note Claimholders, to act or refrain from acting in a manner which
allows, or results in, the occurrence or continuance of an event of default or default under
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any agreements with any Grantor (including the ABL Loan Documents and the Note Documents),
regardless of any knowledge thereof which they may have or be charged with.
7.3. No Waiver of Lien Priorities.
(a) No right of the Agents, the other ABL Claimholders or the other Note Claimholders to
enforce any provision of this Agreement or any ABL Loan Document or Note Document shall at any time
in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of any Grantor or by
any act or failure to act by such Agents, ABL Claimholders or Note Claimholders or by any
noncompliance by any Person with the terms, provisions and covenants of this Agreement, any of the
ABL Loan Documents or any of the Note Documents, regardless of any knowledge thereof which the
Agents or the ABL Claimholders or Note Claimholders, or any of them, may have or be otherwise
charged with.
(b) Without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing paragraph (but subject to the
rights of the Grantors under the ABL Loan Documents and Note Documents and subject to the
provisions of Sections 5.3(a), 5.3(c), and, as applicable, 5.3(d)), the
Agents, the other ABL Claimholders and the other Note Claimholders may, at any time and from time
to time in accordance with the ABL Loan Documents and Note Documents and/or applicable law, without
the consent of, or notice to, the other Agent or the ABL Claimholder or the Note Claimholders (as
applicable), without incurring any liabilities to such Persons and without impairing or releasing
the Lien priorities and other benefits provided in this Agreement (even if any right of subrogation
or other right or remedy is affected, impaired or extinguished thereby) do any one or more of the
following:
(i) change the manner, place or terms of payment or change or extend the time of
payment of, or amend, renew, exchange, increase or alter, the terms of any of the
Obligations or any Lien or guaranty thereof or any liability of any Grantor, or any
liability incurred directly or indirectly in respect thereof (including any increase in or
extension of the Obligations, without any restriction as to the tenor or terms of any such
increase or extension) or otherwise amend, renew, exchange, extend, modify or supplement in
any manner any Liens held by the Agents or any rights or remedies under any of the ABL Loan
Documents or the Note Documents;
(ii) sell, exchange, release, surrender, realize upon, enforce or otherwise deal with
in any manner and in any order any part of the Collateral (except to the extent provided in
this Agreement) or any liability of any Grantor or any liability incurred directly or
indirectly in respect thereof;
(iii) settle or compromise any Obligation or any other liability of any Grantor or any
security therefor or any liability incurred directly or indirectly in respect thereof and
apply any sums by whomsoever paid and however realized to any liability in any manner or
order that is not inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement; and
(iv) exercise or delay in or refrain from exercising any right or remedy against any
security or any Grantor or any other Person, elect any remedy and otherwise deal freely with
any Grantor.
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7.4. Obligations Unconditional. All rights, interests, agreements and obligations of
the ABL Claimholders and the Note Claimholders, respectively, hereunder shall remain in full force
and effect irrespective of:
(a) any lack of validity or enforceability of any ABL Loan Documents or any Note Documents;
(b) except, in each case, as otherwise expressly set forth in this Agreement, any change in
the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other terms of, all or any of the ABL
Obligations or Note Obligations, or any amendment or waiver or other modification, including any
increase in the amount thereof, whether by course of conduct or otherwise, of the terms of any ABL
Loan Document or any Note Document;
(c) except as otherwise expressly set forth in this Agreement, any exchange, release, voiding,
avoidance or non-perfection of any security interest in any Collateral or any other collateral, or
any amendment, waiver or other modification, whether in writing or by course of conduct or
otherwise, of all or any of the ABL Obligations or Note Obligations or any guaranty thereof;
(d) the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in respect of any Grantor; or
(e) any other circumstances which otherwise might constitute a defense available to, or a
discharge of, any Grantor in respect of the ABL Agent, the ABL Obligations, any ABL Claimholder,
the Notes Agent, the Note Obligations or any Note Claimholder in respect of this Agreement.
VIII.
MISCELLANEOUS.
8.1. Conflicts. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Agreement
and the provisions of any ABL Loan Document or any Note Document, the provisions of this Agreement
shall govern and control.
8.2. Effectiveness; Continuing Nature of this Agreement; Severability. This Agreement
shall become effective when executed and delivered by the parties hereto. This is a continuing
agreement of Lien subordination (as opposed to an agreement of debt or claim subordination), and
the ABL Claimholders and Note Claimholders may continue, at any time and without notice to the
other Agent, to extend credit and other financial accommodations and lend monies to or for the
benefit of any Grantor in reliance hereon. Each of the Agents, on behalf the ABL Claimholders or
the Note Claimholders, as applicable, hereby irrevocably, absolutely, and unconditionally waives
any right any Claimholder may have under applicable law to revoke this Agreement or any of the
provisions of this Agreement. The terms of this Agreement shall survive, and shall continue in
full force and effect, in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. Consistent with, but not in
limitation of, the preceding sentence, each of the Agents, on behalf of the ABL Claimholders and
the Note Claimholders, as applicable, irrevocably acknowledges that this Agreement constitutes a
subordination agreement within the meaning of both New York
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law and Section 510(a) of the Bankruptcy Code. Any provision of this Agreement that is
prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate the remaining provisions
hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or
render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. All references to any Grantor shall
include such Grantor as debtor and debtor-in-possession and any receiver or trustee for any Grantor
(as applicable) in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. This Agreement shall terminate and be
of no further force and effect:
(a) with respect to the ABL Agent, the ABL Claimholders and the ABL Obligations, the date of
the Discharge of ABL Obligations, subject to the rights of the ABL Claimholders under Section
6.4; and
(b) with respect to the Notes Agent, the Note Claimholders and the Note Obligations, the date
of the Discharge of Note Obligations, subject to the rights of the Note Claimholders under
Section 6.4.
8.3. Amendments; Waivers. No amendment, modification or waiver of any of the
provisions of this Agreement by the Notes Agent or the ABL Agent shall be deemed to be made unless
the same shall be in writing signed on behalf of each party hereto or its authorized agent and each
waiver, if any, shall be a waiver only with respect to the specific instance involved and shall in
no way impair the rights of the parties making such waiver or the obligations of the other parties
to such party in any other respect or at any other time. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Grantor
shall have any right to consent to or approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any
provision of this Agreement except to the extent its rights are directly affected.
8.4. Information Concerning Financial Condition of the Company and Their Subsidiaries.
The ABL Agent and the ABL Claimholders, on the one hand, and the Notes Agent and the Note
Claimholders, on the other hand, shall each be responsible for keeping themselves informed of (a)
the financial condition of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries and all endorsers and/or
guarantors and other Grantors of the ABL Obligations or the Note Obligations and (b) all other
circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the ABL Obligations or the Note Obligations.
Neither the ABL Claimholders, on the one hand, nor the Note Claimholders, on the other hand, shall
have any duty to advise the other of information known to it or them regarding such condition or
any such circumstances or otherwise. In the event that either the ABL Agent or any of the other
ABL Claimholders, on the one hand, or the Notes Agent or any of the other Note Claimholders, on the
other hand, undertakes at any time or from time to time to provide any such information to any of
the others, it or they shall be under no obligation, (i) to make, and shall not make, any express
or implied representation or warranty, including with respect to the accuracy, completeness,
truthfulness or validity of any such information so provided, (ii) to provide any additional
information or to provide any such information on any subsequent occasion, (iii) to undertake any
investigation, or (iv) to disclose any information, which pursuant to accepted or reasonable
commercial finance practices, such party wishes to maintain confidential or is otherwise required
to maintain confidential.
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(a) With respect to the value of any payments or distributions in cash, property or other
assets that any of the Note Claimholders actually pays over to the ABL Agent or the ABL
Claimholders under the terms of this Agreement, the Note Claimholders shall be subrogated to the
rights of the ABL Claimholders; provided, however, that the Notes Agent, on behalf
of the Note Claimholders, hereby agrees not to assert or enforce all such rights of subrogation it
may acquire as a result of any payment hereunder until the Discharge of ABL Obligations has
occurred. The Grantors acknowledge and agree that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, the
value of any payments or distributions in cash, property or other assets received by the Note
Claimholders that are paid over to the ABL Claimholders pursuant to this Agreement shall not reduce
any of the Note Obligations. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section
8.5(a), none of the Note Claimholders shall have any claim against any of the ABL Claimholders
for any impairment of any subrogation rights herein granted to the Note Claimholders.
(b) With respect to the value of any payments or distributions in cash, property or other
assets that any of the ABL Claimholders actually pays over to the Note Claimholders under the terms
of this Agreement, the ABL Claimholders shall be subrogated to the rights of the Note Claimholders;
provided, however, that the ABL Agent, on behalf of the ABL Claimholders, hereby
agrees not to assert or enforce all such rights of subrogation it may acquire as a result of any
payment hereunder until the Discharge of Note Obligations has occurred. The Grantors acknowledge
and agree that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, the value of any payments or
distributions in cash, property or other assets received by the ABL Claimholders that are paid over
to the Note Claimholders pursuant to this Agreement shall not reduce any of the ABL Obligations.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 8.5(b), none of the ABL
Claimholders shall have any claim against any of the Note Claimholders for any impairment of any
subrogation rights herein granted to the ABL Claimholders.
8.6. SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; WAIVERS.
(a) ALL JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS BROUGHT AGAINST ANY PERSON ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING HERETO MAY
BE BROUGHT IN ANY STATE OR FEDERAL COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION IN THE STATE, COUNTY AND CITY OF
NEW YORK. BY EXECUTING AND DELIVERING THIS AGREEMENT, EACH PARTY, FOR ITSELF AND ON BEHALF OF THE
NOTE CLAIMHOLDERS (IN THE CASE OF THE NOTES AGENT) AND THE ABL CLAIMHOLDERS (IN THE CASE OF THE ABL
AGENT), IRREVOCABLY:
(1) AGREES THAT THE ONLY NECESSARY PARTIES TO ANY AND ALL JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS
ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE THE PARTIES HERETO, EXCEPT
WHERE IN ANY SUCH JUDICIAL PROCEEDING RELIEF (INCLUDING INJUNCTIVE RELIEF OR THE
RECOVERY OF MONEY) IS BEING SOUGHT DIRECTLY AGAINST OR FROM A PERSON THAT IS NOT A
PARTY AND EXCEPT THAT, IN ANY SUCH JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS BETWEEN THE NOTES AGENT AND
THE ABL AGENT THAT DOES NOT SEEK ANY RELIEF AGAINST OR FROM THE COMPANY OR ANY OF
THE COMPANY SUBSIDIARIES, THE COMPANY AND THE SUBSIDIARIES SHALL NOT BE NECESSARY
PARTIES. WITHOUT
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LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, AND CONSISTENT WITH THE PROVISIONS OF
SECTIONS 8.14 AND 8.17, NONE OF THE ABL CLAIMHOLDERS (OTHER THAN THE
ABL AGENT) OR THE NOTE CLAIMHOLDERS (OTHER THAN THE NOTES AGENT) SHALL BE NECESSARY
OR OTHERWISE APPROPRIATE PARTIES TO ANY SUCH JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS, UNLESS IN SUCH
JUDICIAL PROCEEDING SUMS ARE BEING SOUGHT TO BE RECOVERED DIRECTLY FROM SUCH
PERSONS, INCLUDING PURSUANT TO SECTION 4.2.
(2) ACCEPTS GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY THE NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION AND
VENUE OF SUCH COURTS;
(3) WAIVES ANY DEFENSE OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS;
(4) AGREES THAT SERVICE OF ALL PROCESS IN ANY SUCH PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT
MAY BE MADE BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED, TO THE
APPLICABLE PERSON (AND IN THE CASE OF A PARTY, AT ITS ADDRESS PROVIDED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH SECTION 8.7); AND
(5) AGREES THAT SERVICE AS PROVIDED IN CLAUSE (3) ABOVE IS SUFFICIENT TO CONFER
PERSONAL JURISDICTION OVER THE APPLICABLE PERSON IN ANY SUCH PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH
COURT, AND OTHERWISE CONSTITUTES EFFECTIVE AND BINDING SERVICE IN EVERY RESPECT.
(b) WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A
TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN
CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OF THE ABL LOAN DOCUMENTS OR ANY OF THE NOTE DOCUMENTS. EACH
OF THE PARTIES HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY
HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF
LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES
HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT, THE ABL LOAN DOCUMENTS AND THE NOTE
DOCUMENTS, AS APPLICABLE, BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS
SECTION 8.6.
8.7. Notices. All notices permitted or required under this Agreement need be sent
only to the Notes Agent and the ABL Agent, as applicable, in order to be effective and otherwise
binding on any applicable Claimholder. If any notice is sent for whatever reason to the other Note
Claimholders or the ABL Claimholders, such notice shall also be sent to the applicable Agent.
Unless otherwise specifically provided herein, any notice hereunder shall be in writing and may be
personally served, telexed or sent by telefacsimile or United States mail or courier service and
shall be deemed to have been given when delivered in person or by overnight courier service and
signed for against receipt thereof, upon receipt of telefacsimile or telex during
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normal business hours, or three Business Days after depositing it in the United States
certified mails (return receipt requested) with postage prepaid and properly addressed. For the
purposes hereof, the addresses of the parties hereto shall be as set forth below each partys name
on the signature pages hereto, or, as to each party, at such other address as may be designated by
such party in a written notice to all of the other parties.
8.8. Further Assurances. The ABL Agent, on behalf of the ABL Claimholders, and the
Notes Agent, on behalf of the Note Claimholders, and the Grantors, agree that each of them shall
take such further action and shall execute and deliver such additional documents and instruments
(in recordable form, if requested) as the ABL Agent or the Notes Agent may reasonably request to
effectuate the terms of and the Lien priorities contemplated by this Agreement.
8.9. APPLICABLE LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND
ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
8.10. Specific Performance. Each of the ABL Agent and the Notes Agent may demand
specific performance of this Agreement. The ABL Agent, on behalf of itself and the ABL
Claimholders, and the Notes Agent, on behalf of itself and the Note Claimholders, hereby
irrevocably waive any defense based on the adequacy of a remedy at law and any other defense which
might be asserted to bar the remedy of specific performance in any action which may be brought by
the ABL Agent or the other ABL Claimholders or the Notes Agent or the other Note Claimholders, as
applicable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing or of the other provisions of this
Agreement, in seeking specific performance in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, an Agent
may seek such relief as if it were the holder of the claims of the other Agents Claimholders
under Section 1126(a) of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise had been granted an irrevocable power of
attorney by the other Agents Claimholders.
8.11. Headings. Section headings in this Agreement are included herein for
convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Agreement for any other
purpose or be given any substantive effect.
8.12. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts,
each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such separate counterparts shall together
constitute but one and the same instrument. In proving this Agreement in any judicial proceedings,
it shall not be necessary to produce or account for more than one such counterpart signed by the
party against whom such enforcement is sought. Any signatures delivered by a party by facsimile
transmission or by e-mail transmission shall be deemed an original signature hereto.
8.13. Authorization. By its signature, each party hereto represents and warrants to
the other parties hereto that the individual signing this Agreement on its behalf is duly
authorized to execute this Agreement. The Notes Agent hereby represents that it is authorized to,
and by its signature hereon does, bind the other Note Claimholders to the terms of this Agreement.
The ABL Agent hereby represents that it is authorized to, and by its signature hereon does, bind
the other ABL Claimholders to the terms of this Agreement.
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8.14. No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement and the rights and benefits hereof
shall inure to the benefit of each of the parties hereto and its respective successors and assigns
and shall inure to the benefit of (and shall be binding upon) each of the Agents, the other ABL
Claimholders and the other Note Claimholders and their respective successors and assigns. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of the Indenture, each Additional Pari Passu Notes
Agreement and the amendments to ABL Security Documents shall expressly refer to this Agreement and
acknowledge that its provisions shall be binding on the Notes Agent, and the other Note
Claimholders (and their respective successors and assigns) and on the ABL Agent and the other ABL
Claimholders (and their respective successors and assigns), as applicable, and, in any event, this
Agreement shall be binding on the Agents, the other ABL Claimholders, and the other Note
Claimholders and their respective successors and assigns as if its provisions were set forth in
their entirety in the ABL Credit Agreement, the Indenture and each Additional Pari Passu Notes
Agreement.
8.15. Provisions Solely to Define Relative Rights. The provisions of this Agreement
are and are intended solely for the purpose of defining the relative rights of the ABL Claimholders
on the one hand and the Note Claimholders on the other hand. No Grantor or any other creditor
thereof shall have any rights hereunder, and no Grantor may rely on the terms hereof. Nothing in
this Agreement is intended to or shall impair as between the Grantors and the ABL Agent and the
other ABL Claimholders, or as between the Grantors and the Notes Agent and the other Note
Claimholders, the obligations of any Grantor, which are absolute and unconditional, to pay
principal, interest, fees and other amounts as provided in the other ABL Loan Documents and the
other Note Documents, respectively, including as and when the same shall become due and payable in
accordance with their terms.
8.16. Marshalling of Assets. The Notes Agent, on behalf of the Note Claimholders,
hereby irrevocably, absolutely, and unconditionally waives any and all rights or powers any Note
Claimholder may have at any time under applicable law or otherwise to have the ABL Priority
Collateral, or any part thereof, marshaled upon any foreclosure or other enforcement of the ABL
Agents Liens. The ABL Agent, on behalf of the ABL Claimholders, hereby waives irrevocably,
absolutely, and unconditionally any and all rights any ABL Claimholder may have at any time under
applicable law or otherwise to have the Note Priority Collateral, or any part thereof, marshaled
upon any foreclosure or other enforcement of the Notes Agents Liens.
8.17. Exclusive Means of Exercising Rights under this Agreement. The Note
Claimholders shall be deemed to have irrevocably appointed the Notes Agent, and the ABL
Claimholders shall be deemed to have irrevocably appointed the ABL Agent, as their respective and
exclusive agents hereunder. Consistent with such appointment, the Note Claimholders and the ABL
Claimholders further shall be deemed to have agreed that only their respective Agent (and not any
individual Claimholder or group of Claimholders) shall have the exclusive right to exercise any
rights, powers, and/or remedies under or in connection with this Agreement (including bringing any
action to interpret or otherwise enforce the provisions of this Agreement) or the Collateral;
provided, that (i) ABL Claimholders holding obligations in respect to Bank Products or
Obligations in respect of Hedging Agreements may exercise customary netting rights with respect
thereto, (ii) cash collateral may be held pursuant to the terms of the ABL Loan Documents
(including any relating to Bank Products or Hedging Agreements) and any such individual ABL
Claimholder may act against such Collateral, and (iii) ABL Claimholders may
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exercise customary rights of setoff against depository or other accounts maintained with them.
Specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Noteholder or group of
Noteholders, and each ABL Lender or group of ABL Lenders, shall not be entitled to take or file,
but instead shall be precluded from taking or filing (whether in any Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding or otherwise), any action, judicial or otherwise, to enforce any right or power or
pursue any remedy under this Agreement (including any declaratory judgment or other action to
interpret or otherwise enforce the provisions of this Agreement) or otherwise in relation to the
Collateral, except solely as provided in the proviso in the preceding sentence.
8.18. Interpretation. This Agreement is a product of negotiations among
representatives of, and has been reviewed by counsel to, the Notes Agent, the ABL Agent, the
Company, and the Company Subsidiaries and is the product of those Persons on behalf of themselves
and the Note Claimholders (in the case of the Notes Agent) and the ABL Claimholders (in the case of
the ABL Claimholders). Accordingly, this Agreements provisions shall not be construed against, or
in favor of, any party or other Person merely by virtue of that party or other Persons
involvement, or lack of involvement, in the preparation of this Agreement and of any of its
specific provisions.
8.19. Capacity of Notes Agent. U.S. Bank National Association is entering into this
Agreement solely in its capacity as Trustee and Collateral Agent under the Indenture and the
rights, powers, privileges and protections afforded to the Trustee and Collateral Agent under the
Indenture shall also apply to U.S. Bank National Association as the Notes Agent hereunder. The Note
Claimholders have expressly authorized and instructed the Notes Agent to execute and deliver this
Agreement.
8.20. Termination. Subject to the provisions of Section 5.5, this Agreement
shall terminate and be of no further force and effect upon the Discharge of the ABL Obligations or
upon the Discharge of the Note Obligations, subject to the rights of the ABL Lenders and the
Noteholders, as applicable, under Section 6.4.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Intercreditor Agreement as of the
date first written above.
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SunTrust Bank |
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Notes Agent:
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its
individual capacity, but solely in its
capacity as Trustee and Collateral Agent under
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Note Documents, as Notes Agent
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OXFORD INDUSTRIES, INC. |
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Oxford Industries, Inc.
222 Piedmont Avenue
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OXFORD CARIBBEAN, INC. |
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OXFORD GARMENT, INC. |
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OXFORD INTERNATIONAL, INC. |
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OXFORD OF SOUTH CAROLINA, INC. |
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OXFORD LOCKBOX, INC. |
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EX-10.2
Exhibit 10.2
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
by and among
Oxford Industries, Inc.
and the Guarantors party hereto
and
Banc of America Securities LLC
SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc.
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
BB&T Capital Markets, a Division of Scott & Stringfellow LLC
Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc.
Barclays Capital Inc.
PNC Capital Markets LLC
Dated as of June 30, 2009
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This Registration Rights Agreement (this Agreement) is made and entered into as of June 30,
2009, by and among Oxford Industries, Inc., a Georgia corporation (the Company), the Guarantors
party hereto (collectively, the Guarantors), and Banc of America Securities LLC, SunTrust
Robinson Humphrey, Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, BB&T Capital Markets, a Division of
Scott & Stringfellow, LLC, Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc, Barclays Capital Inc. and PNC Capital
Markets LLC (collectively, the Initial Purchasers), each of whom has agreed to purchase the
Companys 11.375% Senior Secured Notes due 2015 (the Initial Notes) which are fully and
unconditionally guaranteed by the Guarantors (the Guarantees) pursuant to the Purchase Agreement
(as defined below). The Initial Notes and the Guarantees attached thereto are herein collectively
referred to as the Initial Securities.
This Agreement is made pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, dated June 23, 2009 (the Purchase
Agreement), among the Company, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers (i) for the benefit of
the Initial Purchasers and (ii) for the benefit of the holders from time to time of the Initial
Securities, including the Initial Purchasers. In order to induce the Initial Purchasers to
purchase the Initial Securities, the Company has agreed to provide the registration rights set
forth in this Agreement. The execution and delivery of this Agreement is a condition to the
obligations of the Initial Purchasers set forth in Section 5(f) of the Purchase Agreement.
The parties hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following capitalized terms shall have
the following meanings:
Additional Interest Payment Date: With respect to the Initial Securities, each Interest
Payment Date.
Advice: As defined in Section 6(c) hereof.
Broker-Dealer: Any broker or dealer registered under the Exchange Act.
Business Day: Any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or U.S. federal holiday or a day on which
banking institutions or trust companies located in New York, New York are authorized or obligated
to be closed.
Closing Date: The date of this Agreement.
Commission: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Consummate: A registered Exchange Offer shall be deemed Consummated for purposes of this
Agreement upon the occurrence of (i) the filing and effectiveness under the Securities Act of the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement relating to the Exchange Securities to be issued in the
Exchange Offer, (ii) the maintenance of such Registration Statement continuously effective and the
keeping of the Exchange Offer open for a period not less than the minimum period required pursuant
to Section 3(b) hereof, and (iii) the delivery by the Company to the Registrar
under the Indenture of Exchange Securities in the same aggregate principal amount as the
aggregate principal amount of Initial Securities that were tendered by Holders thereof pursuant to
the Exchange Offer.
Effectiveness Target Date: As defined in Section 5 hereof.
Exchange Act: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
Exchange Date: As defined in Section 3 hereof.
Exchange Offer: The registration by the Company under the Securities Act of the Exchange
Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement pursuant to which the Company offers the Holders of
all outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities permitted under applicable law and Commission policy
to participate in such offer the opportunity to exchange all such outstanding Transfer Restricted
Securities held by such Holders for Exchange Securities in an aggregate principal amount equal to
the aggregate principal amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities tendered in such exchange
offer by such Holders.
Exchange Offer Registration Statement: The Registration Statement relating to the Exchange
Offer, including the related Prospectus.
Exchange Securities: The 11.375% Senior Secured Notes due 2015, of the same series under the
Indenture as the Initial Notes and the Guarantees attached thereto, to be issued to Holders in
exchange for Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to this Agreement.
FINRA: Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.
Holders: As defined in Section 2(b) hereof.
Indemnified Holder: As defined in Section 8(a) hereof.
Indenture: The Indenture, dated as of June 30, 2009, by and among the Company, the Guarantors
and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the Trustee), pursuant to which the Securities
are to be issued, as such Indenture is amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with
the terms thereof.
Initial Purchaser: As defined in the preamble hereto.
Initial Placement: The issuance and sale by the Company of the Initial Securities to the
Initial Purchasers pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.
Initial Securities: As defined in the preamble hereto.
Interest Payment Date: As defined in the Indenture and the Securities.
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Person: Any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture,
association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, government or any agency or
political subdivision thereof or any other entity.
Prospectus: The prospectus included in a Registration Statement, as amended or supplemented
by any prospectus supplement and by all other amendments thereto, including post-effective
amendments, and all material incorporated by reference into such Prospectus.
Registration Default: As defined in Section 5 hereof.
Registration Statement: Any registration statement of the Company relating to (a) an offering
of Exchange Securities pursuant to an Exchange Offer or (b) the registration for resale of Transfer
Restricted Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, which is filed pursuant to the
provisions of this Agreement, in each case, including the Prospectus included therein, all
amendments and supplements thereto (including post-effective amendments) and all exhibits and
material incorporated by reference therein.
Securities: As defined in the preamble hereto.
Securities Act: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
Shelf Filing Deadline: As defined in Section 4(a) hereof.
Shelf Registration Statement: As defined in Section 4(a) hereof.
Trust Indenture Act: The Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder.
Transfer Restricted Securities: Each Initial Security, until the earliest to occur of (a) the
date on which such Initial Security is exchanged in the Exchange Offer for an Exchange Security,
(b) the date on which such Initial Security has been effectively registered under the Securities
Act and disposed of in accordance with a Shelf Registration Statement and (c) the date on which
such Initial Security is distributed to the public pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or
by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the Plan of Distribution contemplated by the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement (including delivery of the Prospectus contained therein).
Underwritten Registration or Underwritten Offering: A registration in which securities of the
Company are sold to an underwriter for reoffering to the public.
SECTION 2. Securities Subject to this Agreement.
(a) Transfer Restricted Securities. The securities entitled to the benefits of this Agreement
are the Transfer Restricted Securities.
(b) Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities. A Person is deemed to be a holder of Transfer
Restricted Securities (each, a Holder) whenever such Person owns Transfer Restricted Securities.
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SECTION 3. Registered Exchange Offer.
(a) Unless the Exchange Offer shall not be permissible under applicable law or Commission
policy (after the procedures set forth in Section 6(a) hereof have been complied with), each of the
Company and the Guarantors shall use its reasonable best efforts (i) to file with the Commission a
Registration Statement under the Securities Act relating to the Exchange Securities and the
Exchange Offer, (ii) to cause such Registration Statement to become effective, (iii) in connection
with the foregoing, (A) file all pre-effective amendments to such Registration Statement as may be
necessary in order to cause such Registration Statement to become effective, (B) if applicable,
file a post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430A under the
Securities Act and (C) cause all necessary filings in connection with the registration and
qualification of the Exchange Securities to be made under the state securities or blue sky laws of
such jurisdictions as any Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities covered by such Registration
Statement shall reasonably request in writing prior to such Registration Statement being declared
effective by the Commission, and (iv) upon the effectiveness of such Registration Statement,
commence the Exchange Offer. Each of the Company and the Guarantors shall use its reasonable best
efforts to Consummate the Exchange Offer not later than 366 days following the Closing Date (or if
such 366th day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day) (the Exchange Date). The
Exchange Offer shall be on the appropriate form permitting registration of the Exchange Securities
to be offered in exchange for the Transfer Restricted Securities and to permit resales of Initial
Securities held by Broker-Dealers as contemplated by Section 3(c) hereof.
(b) The Company and the Guarantors shall cause the Exchange Offer Registration Statement to be
effective continuously and shall keep the Exchange Offer open for a period of not less than the
minimum period required under applicable federal and state securities laws to Consummate the
Exchange Offer; provided, however, that in no event shall such period be less than 20 Business Days
after the date notice of the Exchange Offer is mailed to the Holders. The Company shall cause the
Exchange Offer to comply with all applicable federal and state securities laws. No securities
other than the Exchange Securities shall be included in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement.
(c) The Company shall indicate in a Plan of Distribution section contained in the Prospectus
forming a part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement that any Broker-Dealer who holds
Initial Securities that are Transfer Restricted Securities and that were acquired for its own
account as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities (other than Transfer
Restricted Securities acquired directly from the Company), may exchange such Initial Securities
pursuant to the Exchange Offer; however, such Broker-Dealer may be deemed to be an underwriter
within the meaning of the Securities Act and must, therefore, deliver a prospectus meeting the
requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resales of the Exchange Securities
received by such Broker-Dealer in the Exchange Offer, which prospectus delivery requirement may be
satisfied by the delivery by such Broker-Dealer of the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement. Such Plan of Distribution section shall also contain all other
information with respect to such resales by Broker-Dealers that the Commission may require in order
to permit such resales pursuant thereto, but such Plan of Distribution shall not name any such
Broker-Dealer or disclose the amount of Initial Securities held by any such
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Broker-Dealer except to the extent required by the Commission as a result of a change in
policy after the date of this Agreement.
Each of the Company and the Guarantors shall use its reasonable best efforts to keep the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement continuously effective, supplemented and amended as required
by the provisions of Section 6(c) hereof to the extent necessary to ensure that it is available for
resales of Initial Securities acquired by Broker-Dealers for their own accounts as a result of
market-making activities or other trading activities, and to ensure that it conforms with the
requirements of this Agreement, the Securities Act and the policies, rules and regulations of the
Commission as announced from time to time, for a period ending on the earlier of (i) 180 days from
the date on which the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is declared effective and (ii) the date
on which a Broker-Dealer is no longer required to deliver a prospectus in connection with
market-making or other trading activities.
The Company shall provide sufficient copies of the latest version of such Prospectus to
Broker-Dealers promptly upon request at any time during such 180-day (or shorter as provided in the
foregoing sentence) period in order to facilitate such resales.
SECTION 4. Shelf Registration.
(a) Shelf Registration. If (i) the Company is not required to file an Exchange Offer
Registration Statement or to consummate the Exchange Offer because the Exchange Offer is not
permitted by applicable law or Commission policy (after the procedures set forth in Section 6(a)
hereof have been complied with), (ii) for any reason the Exchange Offer is not Consummated by the
Exchange Date, or (iii) with respect to any Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities (A) such
Holder is prohibited by applicable law or Commission policy from participating in the Exchange
Offer, or (B) such Holder may not resell the Exchange Securities acquired by it in the Exchange
Offer to the public without delivering a prospectus and that the Prospectus contained in the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not appropriate or available for such resales by such
Holder, or (C) such Holder is a Broker-Dealer and holds Initial Securities acquired directly from
the Company or one of its affiliates, then, upon such Holders request, the Company and the
Guarantors shall
(x) cause to be filed a shelf registration statement pursuant to Rule 415 under the
Securities Act, which may be an amendment to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (in
either event, the Shelf Registration Statement) as promptly as practicable (such date
being the Shelf Filing Deadline), which Shelf Registration Statement shall provide for
resales of all Transfer Restricted Securities the Holders of which shall have provided the
information required pursuant to Section 4(b) hereof; and
(y) use their reasonable best efforts to cause such Shelf Registration Statement to be
declared effective by the Commission.
Each of the Company and the Guarantors shall use its reasonable best efforts to keep such
Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective, supplemented and amended as required by the
provisions of Sections 6(b) and (c) hereof to the extent necessary to ensure that it is available
for resales of Initial Securities by the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities entitled to the
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benefit of this Section 4(a), and to ensure that it conforms with the requirements of this
Agreement, the Securities Act and the policies, rules and regulations of the Commission as
announced from time to time, for a period of at least two years following the Closing Date (or
shorter period that will terminate when all the Initial Securities covered by such Shelf
Registration Statement have been sold pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement).
(b) Provision by Holders of Certain Information in Connection with the Shelf Registration
Statement. No Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities may include any of its Transfer Restricted
Securities in any Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to this Agreement unless and until such
Holder furnishes to the Company in writing, within 20 Business Days after receipt of a request
therefor, such information as the Company may reasonably request for use in connection with any
Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus included therein. Each Holder
as to which any Shelf Registration Statement is being effected agrees to furnish promptly to the
Company all information required to be disclosed in order to make the information previously
furnished to the Company by such Holder not materially misleading.
SECTION 5. Additional Interest. If (i) the Exchange Offer has not been Consummated by the
Exchange Date, (ii) any Shelf Registration Statement, if required hereby, has not been declared
effective by the Commission prior to the Exchange Date (if required pursuant to Section 4(a)(C),
has not been declared effective by the Commission prior to the later of the Exchange Date and the
date that is 90 days after such Holder makes such request pursuant to Section 4(a) hereof) or (iii)
any Shelf Registration Statement required by this Agreement has been declared effective but ceases
to be effective at any time at which it is required to be effective under this Agreement (each such
event referred to in clauses (i) through (iii), a Registration Default), the Company hereby
agrees that the interest rate borne by the Transfer Restricted Securities shall be increased by
0.25% per annum during the 90-day period immediately following the occurrence of any Registration
Default and shall increase by 0.25% per annum at the end of each subsequent 90-day period, but in
no event shall such increase exceed 1.00% per annum. Following the cure of all Registration
Defaults relating to any particular Transfer Restricted Securities, the interest rate borne by the
relevant Transfer Restricted Securities will be reduced to the original interest rate borne by such
Transfer Restricted Securities; provided, however, that, if after any such reduction in interest
rate, a different Registration Default occurs, the interest rate borne by the relevant Transfer
Restricted Securities shall again be increased pursuant to the foregoing provisions.
All obligations of the Company and the Guarantors set forth in the preceding paragraph that
are outstanding with respect to any Transfer Restricted Security at the time such security ceases
to be a Transfer Restricted Security shall survive until such time as all such obligations with
respect to such security shall have been satisfied in full.
SECTION 6. Registration Procedures.
(a) Exchange Offer Registration Statement. In connection with the Exchange Offer, the Company
and the Guarantors shall comply with all of the provisions of Section 6(c) hereof, shall use their
reasonable best efforts to effect such exchange to permit the sale of Transfer Restricted
Securities being sold in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution thereof,
and shall comply with all of the following provisions:
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(i) As a condition to its participation in the Exchange Offer pursuant to the terms of
this Agreement, each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities shall furnish, upon the
request of the Company, prior to the Consummation thereof, a written representation to the
Company (which may be contained in the letter of transmittal contemplated by the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement) to the effect that (A) it is not an affiliate of the Company,
(B) it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, and has no arrangement or
understanding with any Person to participate in, a distribution of the Exchange Securities
to be issued in the Exchange Offer and (C) it is acquiring the Exchange Securities in its
ordinary course of business. In addition, all such Holders of Transfer Restricted
Securities shall otherwise cooperate in the Companys preparations for the Exchange Offer.
Each Holder hereby acknowledges and agrees that any Broker-Dealer and any such Holder using
the Exchange Offer to participate in a distribution of the securities to be acquired in the
Exchange Offer (1) could not under Commission policy as in effect on the date of this
Agreement rely on the position of the Commission enunciated in Morgan Stanley and Co.,
Inc. (available June 5, 1991) and Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (available
May 13, 1988), as interpreted in the Commissions letter to Shearman & Sterling dated July
2, 1993, and similar no-action letters, and (2) must comply with the registration and
prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with a secondary resale
transaction and that such a secondary resale transaction should be covered by an effective
registration statement containing the selling security holder information required by Item
507 or 508, as applicable, of Regulation S-K if the resales are of Exchange Securities
obtained by such Holder in exchange for Initial Securities acquired by such Holder directly
from the Company.
(b) Shelf Registration Statement. In connection with the Shelf Registration Statement, each
of the Company and the Guarantors shall comply with all the provisions of Section 6(c) hereof and
shall use its reasonable best efforts to effect such registration to permit the sale of the
Transfer Restricted Securities being sold in accordance with the intended method or methods of
distribution thereof, and pursuant thereto each of the Company and the Guarantors will as
expeditiously as possible prepare and file with the Commission a Registration Statement relating to
the registration on any appropriate form under the Securities Act, which form shall be available
for the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities in accordance with the intended method or
methods of distribution thereof.
(c) General Provisions. In connection with any Registration Statement and any Prospectus
required by this Agreement to permit the sale or resale of Transfer Restricted Securities
(including, without limitation, any Registration Statement and the related Prospectus required to
permit resales of Initial Securities by Broker-Dealers), each of the Company and the Guarantors
shall:
(i) use its reasonable best efforts to keep such Registration Statement continuously
effective and provide all requisite financial statements (including, if required by the
Securities Act or any regulation thereunder, financial statements of the Guarantors) for the
period specified in Section 3 or 4 hereof, as applicable; upon the occurrence of any event
that would cause any such Registration Statement or the Prospectus contained therein (A) to
contain a material misstatement or omission or (B) not to be effective and
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usable for resale of Transfer Restricted Securities during the period required by this
Agreement, the Company shall file promptly an appropriate amendment to such Registration
Statement, in the case of clause (A), correcting any such misstatement or omission, and, in
the case of either clause (A) or (B), use its reasonable best efforts to cause such
amendment to be declared effective and such Registration Statement and the related
Prospectus to become usable for their intended purpose(s) as soon as practicable thereafter;
(ii) use its reasonable best efforts to prepare and file with the Commission such
amendments and post-effective amendments to the applicable Registration Statement as may be
necessary to keep the Registration Statement effective for the applicable period set forth
in Section 3 or 4 hereof, as applicable, or such shorter period as will terminate when all
Transfer Restricted Securities covered by such Registration Statement have been sold; cause
the 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 to comply fully
with the applicable provisions of Rules 424 and 430A under the Securities Act in a timely
manner; and comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition
of all securities covered by such Registration Statement during the applicable period in
accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution by the sellers thereof set
forth in such Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus;
(iii) advise the underwriter(s), if any, and selling Holders promptly and, if requested
by such Persons, to confirm such advice in writing, (A) when the Prospectus or any
Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed, and, with respect to any
Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto, when the same has become
effective, (B) of any request by the Commission for amendments to the Registration Statement
or amendments or supplements to the Prospectus or for additional information relating
thereto, (C) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement under the Securities Act or of the suspension by
any state securities commission of the qualification of the Transfer Restricted Securities
for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation of any proceeding for any of the
preceding purposes, (D) of the existence of any fact or the happening of any event that
makes any statement of a material fact made in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus,
any amendment or supplement thereto, or any document incorporated by reference therein
untrue, or that requires the making of any additions to or changes in the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein not misleading. If at
any time the Commission shall issue any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement, or any state securities commission or other regulatory authority
shall issue an order suspending the qualification or exemption from qualification of the
Transfer Restricted Securities under state securities or blue sky laws, each of the Company
and the Guarantors shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the withdrawal or lifting
of such order at the earliest possible time;
(iv) furnish without charge to each of the Initial Purchasers, each selling Holder
named in any Registration Statement, and each of the underwriter(s), if any, before filing
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with the Commission, copies of any Registration Statement or any Prospectus included therein or any amendments or supplements to any such Registration Statement or
Prospectus (including all documents incorporated by reference after the initial filing of
such Registration Statement), which documents will be subject to the review and comment of
such Holders and underwriter(s) in connection with such sale, if any, for a period of at
least five Business Days, and the Company will not file any such Registration Statement or
Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to any such Registration Statement or Prospectus
(including all such documents incorporated by reference) to which an Initial Purchaser of
Transfer Restricted Securities covered by such Registration Statement or the underwriter(s),
if any, shall reasonably object in writing within five Business Days after the receipt
thereof (such objection to be deemed timely made upon confirmation of telecopy transmission
within such period). The objection of an Initial Purchaser or underwriter, if any, shall be
deemed to be reasonable if such Registration Statement, amendment, Prospectus or supplement,
as applicable, as proposed to be filed, contains a material misstatement or omission;
(v) promptly prior to the filing of any document that is to be incorporated by
reference into a Registration Statement or Prospectus, provide copies of such document to
the Initial Purchasers, each selling Holder named in any Registration Statement, and to the
underwriter(s), if any, make the Companys and the Guarantors representatives available for
discussion of such document and other customary due diligence matters, and include such
information in such document prior to the filing thereof as such selling Holders or
underwriter(s), if any, reasonably may request;
(vi) make available at reasonable times for inspection by the Initial Purchasers, the
managing underwriter(s), if any, participating in any disposition pursuant to such
Registration Statement and any attorney or accountant retained by such Initial Purchasers or
any of the underwriter(s), all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents
and properties of each of the Company and the Guarantors and cause the Companys and the
Guarantors officers, directors and employees to supply all information reasonably requested
by any such Holder, underwriter, attorney or accountant in connection with such Registration
Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto subsequent to the filing thereof and prior
to its effectiveness and to participate in meetings with investors to the extent requested
by the managing underwriter(s), if any;
(vii) if requested by any selling Holders or the underwriter(s), if any, promptly
incorporate in any Registration Statement or Prospectus, pursuant to a supplement or
post-effective amendment if necessary, such information as such selling Holders and
underwriter(s), if any, may reasonably request to have included therein, including, without
limitation, information relating to the Plan of Distribution of the Transfer Restricted
Securities, information with respect to the principal amount of Transfer Restricted
Securities being sold to such underwriter(s), the purchase price being paid therefor and any
other terms of the offering of the Transfer Restricted Securities to be sold in such
offering; and make all required filings of such Prospectus supplement or post-effective
amendment as soon as practicable after the Company is notified of the matters to be
incorporated in such Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment;
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(viii) cause the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Registration Statement
to be rated, if not then rated, with the appropriate rating agencies, if so requested by the
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Securities covered thereby or the
underwriter(s), if any;
(ix) furnish to each Initial Purchaser, each selling Holder and each of the
underwriter(s), if any, without charge, at least one copy of the Registration Statement, as
first filed with the Commission, and of each amendment thereto, including financial
statements and schedules, all documents incorporated by reference therein and all exhibits
(including exhibits incorporated therein by reference);
(x) deliver to each selling Holder and each of the underwriter(s), if any, without
charge, as many copies of the Prospectus (including each preliminary prospectus) and any
amendment or supplement thereto as such Persons reasonably may request; each of the Company
and the Guarantors hereby consents to the use of the Prospectus and any amendment or
supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders and each of the underwriter(s), if any, in
connection with the offering and the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by
the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto;
(xi) enter into such customary agreements (including an underwriting agreement), and
make such representations and warranties, and take all such other actions in connection
therewith in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of the Transfer Restricted
Securities pursuant to any Registration Statement contemplated by this Agreement, all to
such extent as may be reasonably requested by any Initial Purchaser or by any Holder of
Transfer Restricted Securities or underwriter in connection with any sale or resale pursuant
to any Registration Statement contemplated by this Agreement; and whether or not an
underwriting agreement is entered into and whether or not the registration is an
Underwritten Registration, each of the Company and the Guarantors shall:
(A) furnish to each Initial Purchaser, each selling Holder and each
underwriter, if any, in such substance and scope as they may reasonably request and
as are customarily made by issuers to underwriters in primary underwritten
offerings, upon the date of the Consummation of the Exchange Offer or, if
applicable, the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement:
(1) certificates, dated the date of Consummation of the Exchange Offer
or the date of effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement, as the
case may be, executed by (A) the Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive
Officer or President of the Company and the chief financial officer or chief
accounting officer of the Company and (B) two officers of each Guarantor
with the title Vice President or above (or, in the case of Tommy Bahama
Texas Beverages LLC, two such officers of its sole member), in each case,
confirming, as of the date thereof, the matters set forth in paragraphs (i),
(ii) and (iii) of Section 5(e) of the Purchase Agreement and such other
matters as such parties may reasonably request;
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(2) an opinion, dated the date of Consummation of the Exchange Offer or
the date of effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement, as the case
may be, of counsel for the Company and the Guarantors, covering the matters
set forth in Section 5(c) of the Purchase Agreement and such other matter as
such parties may reasonably request, and in any event including a statement
to the effect that such counsel has participated in conferences with
officers and other representatives of the Company and the Guarantors,
representatives of the independent public accountants for the Company and
the Guarantors, representatives of the underwriter(s), if any, and counsel
to the underwriter(s), if any, in connection with the preparation of such
Registration Statement and the related Prospectus and have considered the
matters required to be stated therein and the statements contained therein,
although such counsel has not independently verified the accuracy,
completeness or fairness of such statements; and that such counsel advises
that, on the basis of the foregoing, no facts came to such counsels
attention that caused such counsel to believe that the applicable
Registration Statement, at the time such Registration Statement or any
post-effective amendment thereto became effective, and, in the case of the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as of the date of Consummation,
contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading, or that the Prospectus contained in such
Registration Statement as of its date and, in the case of the opinion dated
the date of Consummation of the Exchange Offer, as of the date of
Consummation, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to
state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not
misleading. Without limiting the foregoing, such counsel may state further
that such counsel assumes no responsibility for, and has not independently
verified, the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the financial
statements, notes and schedules and other financial data included in any
Registration Statement contemplated by this Agreement or the related
Prospectus; and
(3) a customary comfort letter, dated the date of effectiveness of the
Shelf Registration Statement, from the Companys independent accountants, in
the customary form and covering matters of the type customarily requested to
be covered in comfort letters by underwriters in connection with primary
underwritten offerings, and covering or affirming the matters set forth in
the comfort letters delivered pursuant to Section 5(a) of the Purchase
Agreement, without exception;
(B) set forth in full or incorporate by reference in the underwriting
agreement, if any, the indemnification provisions and procedures of Section 8 hereof
with respect to all parties to be indemnified pursuant to said Section; and
(C) deliver such other documents and certificates as may be reasonably
requested by such parties to evidence compliance with Section 6(c)(xi)(A) hereof
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and with any customary conditions contained in the underwriting agreement or other
agreement entered into by the Company or any of the Guarantors pursuant to this
Section 6(c)(xi), if any.
If at any time the representations and warranties of the Company and the Guarantors
contemplated in Section 6(c)(xi)(A)(1) hereof cease to be true and correct, the Company or
the Guarantors shall so advise the Initial Purchasers and the underwriter(s), if any, and
each selling Holder promptly and, if requested by such Persons, shall confirm such advice in
writing;
(xii) prior to any public offering of Transfer Restricted Securities, cooperate with
the selling Holders, the underwriter(s), if any, and their respective counsel in connection
with the registration and qualification of the Transfer Restricted Securities under the
state securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as the selling Holders or
underwriter(s), if any, may reasonably request and do any and all other acts or things
necessary or advisable to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Transfer
Restricted Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement; provided, however, that
none of the Company or the Guarantors shall be required to register or qualify as a foreign
corporation where it is not then so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to
the service of process in suits or to taxation, other than as to matters and transactions
relating to the Registration Statement, in any jurisdiction where it is not then so subject;
(xiii) shall issue, upon the request of any Holder of Initial Securities covered by the
Shelf Registration Statement, Exchange Securities having an aggregate principal amount equal
to the aggregate principal amount of Initial Securities surrendered to the Company by such
Holder in exchange therefor or being sold by such Holder; such Exchange Securities to be
registered in the name of such Holder or in the name of the purchaser(s) of such Securities,
as the case may be; in return, the Initial Securities held by such Holder shall be
surrendered to the Company for cancellation;
(xiv) cooperate with the selling Holders and the underwriter(s), if any, to facilitate
the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Transfer Restricted
Securities to be sold and not bearing any restrictive legends; and enable such Transfer
Restricted Securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as the
Holders or the underwriter(s), if any, may request at least two Business Days prior to any
sale of Transfer Restricted Securities made by such Holders or underwriter(s);
(xv) use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Transfer Restricted Securities
covered by the Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other
governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary to enable the seller or sellers
thereof or the underwriter(s), if any, to consummate the disposition of such Transfer
Restricted Securities, subject to the proviso contained in Section 6(c)(xii) hereof;
(xvi) if any fact or event contemplated by Section 6(c)(iii)(D) hereof shall exist or
have occurred, prepare a supplement or post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or related Prospectus or any document incorporated therein by reference or
file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of
Transfer
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Restricted Securities, the Prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein not misleading;
(xvii) provide a CUSIP number for all Securities not later than the effective date of
the Registration Statement covering such Securities and provide the Trustee under the
Indenture with printed certificates for such Securities which are in a form eligible for
deposit with the Depository Trust Company and take all other action necessary to ensure that
all such Securities are eligible for deposit with the Depository Trust Company;
(xviii) cooperate and assist in any filings required to be made with the FINRA and in
the performance of any due diligence investigation by any underwriter (including any
qualified independent underwriter) that is required to be retained in accordance with the
rules and regulations of the FINRA;
(xix) otherwise use its reasonable best efforts to comply with all applicable rules and
regulations of the Commission, and make generally available to its security holders, as soon
as practicable, a consolidated earnings statement meeting the requirements of Rule 158 of
the Securities Act (which need not be audited) for the twelve-month period (A) commencing at
the end of any fiscal quarter in which Transfer Restricted Securities are sold to
underwriters in a firm commitment or best efforts Underwritten Offering or (B) if not sold
to underwriters in such an offering, beginning with the first month of the Companys first
fiscal quarter commencing after the effective date of the Registration Statement;
(xx) cause the Indenture to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act not later than
the effective date of the first Registration Statement required by this Agreement, and, in
connection therewith, cooperate with the Trustee and the Holders of Securities to effect
such changes to the Indenture as may be required for such Indenture to be so qualified in
accordance with the terms of the Trust Indenture Act; and to execute and use its best
efforts to cause the Trustee to execute, all documents that may be required to effect such
changes and all other forms and documents required to be filed with the Commission to enable
such Indenture to be so qualified in a timely manner; and
(xxi) provide promptly to each Holder upon request each document filed with the
Commission pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 and Section 15 of the Exchange Act.
Each Holder agrees by acquisition of a Transfer Restricted Security that, upon receipt of any
notice from the Company of the existence of any fact of the kind described in Section 6(c)(iii)(D)
hereof, such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of Transfer Restricted Securities
pursuant to the applicable Registration Statement until such Holders receipt of the copies of the
supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 6(c)(xvi) hereof, or until it is advised
in writing (the Advice) by the Company that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed, and has
received copies of any additional or supplemental filings that are incorporated by reference in the Prospectus. If so directed by the Company, each Holder will deliver to
the Company (at the Companys expense) all copies, other than permanent file copies then in such
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Holders possession, of the Prospectus covering such Transfer Restricted Securities that was
current at the time of receipt of such notice. In the event the Company shall give any such
notice, the time period regarding the effectiveness of such Registration Statement set forth in
Section 3 or 4 hereof, as applicable, shall be extended by the number of days during the period
from and including the date of the giving of such notice pursuant to Section 6(c)(iii)(D) hereof to
and including the date when each selling Holder covered by such Registration Statement shall have
received the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 6(c)(xvi)
hereof or shall have received the Advice; provided, however, that no such extension shall be taken
into account in determining whether Additional Interest is due pursuant to Section 5 hereof or the
amount of such Additional Interest, it being agreed that the Companys option to suspend use of a
Registration Statement pursuant to this paragraph shall be treated as a Registration Default for
purposes of Section 5 hereof.
SECTION 7. Registration Expenses.
(a) All expenses incident to the Companys and the Guarantors performance of or compliance
with this Agreement will be borne by the Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally,
regardless of whether a Registration Statement becomes effective, including, without limitation:
(i) all registration and filing fees and expenses (including filings made by any Initial Purchaser
or Holder with the FINRA (and, if applicable, the fees and expenses of any qualified independent
underwriter and its counsel that may be required by the rules and regulations of the FINRA)); (ii)
all fees and expenses of compliance with federal securities and state securities or blue sky laws;
(iii) all expenses of printing (including printing certificates for the Exchange Securities to be
issued in the Exchange Offer and printing of Prospectuses), messenger and delivery services and
telephone; (iv) all fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, the Guarantors and, subject
to Section 7(b) hereof, the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities; (v) all application and
filing fees, if applicable, in connection with listing the Exchange Securities on a securities
exchange or automated quotation system pursuant to the requirements thereof; and (vi) all fees and
disbursements of independent certified public accountants of the Company and the Guarantors
(including the expenses of any special audit and comfort letters required by or incident to such
performance).
Each of the Company and the Guarantors will, in any event, bear its internal expenses
(including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing
legal or accounting duties), the expenses of any annual audit and the fees and expenses of any
Person, including special experts, retained by the Company or the Guarantors.
(b) In connection with any Registration Statement required by this Agreement (including,
without limitation, the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and the Shelf Registration
Statement), the Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, will reimburse the Initial
Purchasers and the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities being tendered in the Exchange Offer
and/or resold pursuant to the Plan of Distribution contained in the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement or registered pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, as applicable, for the
reasonable fees and disbursements of not more than one counsel, who shall be Cahill Gordon & Reindel llp or such other counsel as may be chosen by the Holders of a majority in
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amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities for whose benefit such Registration
Statement is being prepared.
SECTION 8. Indemnification.
(a) The Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, agree to indemnify and hold
harmless (i) each Holder and (ii) each Person, if any, who controls (within the meaning of Section
15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) any Holder (any of the Persons referred
to in this clause (ii) being hereinafter referred to as a controlling person) and (iii) the
respective officers, directors, partners, employees, representatives and agents of any Holder or
any controlling person (any Person referred to in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) may hereinafter be
referred to as an Indemnified Holder), to the fullest extent lawful, from and against any and all
losses, claims, damages, liabilities, judgments, actions and expenses (including, without
limitation, and as incurred, reimbursement of all reasonable costs of investigating, preparing,
pursuing, settling, compromising, paying or defending any claim or action, or any investigation or
proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, including the reasonable
fees and expenses of counsel to any Indemnified Holder in accordance with this Section 8(a)),
arising out of or in connection with any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material
fact contained in any Registration Statement or Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement
thereto), or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except insofar as such
losses, claims, damages, liabilities, judgments, actions or expenses arise out of or are based upon
an untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission that is made in reliance
upon and in conformity with information relating to any of the Holders furnished in writing to the
Company by any of the Holders expressly for use therein. This indemnity agreement shall be in
addition to any liability which the Company or any of the Guarantors may otherwise have.
In case any action or proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation or
proceeding) shall be brought or asserted against any of the Indemnified Holders with respect to
which indemnity may be sought against the Company or the Guarantors, such Indemnified Holder (or
the Indemnified Holder controlled by such controlling person) shall promptly notify the Company and
the Guarantors in writing; provided, however, that the failure to give such notice shall not
relieve any of the Company or the Guarantors of its obligations pursuant to this Agreement to the
extent that the Company and the Guarantors are not prejudiced as a proximate result of such
failure. Such Indemnified Holder shall have the right to employ its own counsel in any such action
and the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be paid, as incurred, by the Company and the
Guarantors (regardless of whether it is ultimately determined that an Indemnified Holder is not
entitled to indemnification hereunder). The Company and the Guarantors shall not, in connection
with any one such action or proceeding or separate but substantially similar or related actions or
proceedings in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances,
be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys (in
addition to any local counsel) at any time for such Indemnified Holders, which firm shall be
designated by the Holders. The Company and the Guarantors shall be liable for any settlement of
any such action or proceeding effected with the Companys and the Guarantors prior written
consent, which consent shall not be withheld unreasonably, and each of the Company and the Guarantors agrees to indemnify and hold harmless any Indemnified Holder from and
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against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense by reason of any settlement of any action
effected with the written consent of the Company and the Guarantors. The Company and the
Guarantors shall not, without the prior written consent of each Indemnified Holder, settle or
compromise or consent to the entry of judgment in or otherwise seek to terminate any pending or
threatened action, claim, litigation or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or
contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not any Indemnified Holder is a party thereto),
unless such settlement, compromise, consent or termination includes an unconditional release of
each Indemnified Holder from all liability arising out of such action, claim, litigation or
proceeding.
(b) Each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities agrees, severally and not jointly, to
indemnify and hold harmless (i) the Company, the Guarantors and their respective directors and
officers, partners, employees, representatives and agents, and (ii) any Person controlling (within
the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) the Company or
any of the Guarantors, and the respective officers, directors, partners, employees, representatives
and agents of each such Person (any Person referred to in clause (i) or (ii) may be hereinafter be
referred to as a Company Indemnified Party), to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from
the Company and the Guarantors to each of the Indemnified Holders, but only with respect to claims
and actions arising out of or based upon information relating to such Holder furnished in writing
by such Holder expressly for use in any Registration Statement. In case any action or proceeding
shall be brought against a Company Indemnified Party in respect of which indemnity may be sought
against a Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities, such Holder shall have the rights and duties
given the Company and the Guarantors, and the Company Indemnified Party shall have the rights and
duties given to each Holder by the preceding paragraph.
(c) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is unavailable to an indemnified
party under Section 8(a) or (b) hereof (other than by reason of exceptions provided in those
Sections) in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities, judgments, actions or expenses
referred to therein, then each applicable indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such
indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a
result of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities, judgments or expenses in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Guarantors, on the one
hand, and the Holders, on the other hand, from the Initial Placement (which in the case of the
Company and the Guarantors shall be deemed to be equal to the total gross proceeds to the Company
and the Guarantors from the Initial Placement), the amount of Additional Interest which did not
become payable as a result of the filing of the Registration Statement resulting in such losses,
claims, damages, liabilities, judgments, actions or expenses, and such Registration Statement, or
if such allocation is not permitted by applicable law, the relative fault of the Company and the
Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders, on the other hand, in connection with the statements
or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses, as well as
any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the Company on the one hand and
of the 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 or any of the Guarantors, on the one
hand, or the Holders, on the other hand, and the parties relative intent, knowledge, access to
information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities and
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expenses referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in
the second paragraph of Section 8(a) hereof, any legal or other fees or expenses reasonably
incurred by such party in connection with investigating or defending any action or claim.
The Company, the Guarantors and each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities agree that it
would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 8(c) were determined by
pro rata allocation (even if the Holders were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any
other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to
in the immediately preceding paragraph. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a
result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to in the immediately
preceding paragraph shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any
legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with
investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this
Section 8, none of the Holders (and its related Indemnified Holders) shall be required to
contribute, in the aggregate, any amount in excess of the amount by which the total discount with
respect to the Initial Securities received by such Holder exceeds the amount of any damages which
such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement
or omission or alleged omission. No Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the
meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person
who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Holders obligations to contribute
pursuant to this Section 8(c) are several in proportion to the respective principal amount of
Initial Securities held by each of the Holders hereunder and not joint.
SECTION 9. Rule 144A. Each of the Company and the Guarantors hereby agrees with each Holder,
for so long as any Transfer Restricted Securities remain outstanding, to make available to any
Holder or beneficial owner of Transfer Restricted Securities in connection with any sale thereof
and any prospective purchaser of such Transfer Restricted Securities from such Holder or beneficial
owner, the information required by Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act in order to permit
resales of such Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
SECTION 10. Participation in Underwritten Registrations. No Holder may participate in any
Underwritten Registration hereunder unless such Holder (a) agrees to sell such Holders Transfer
Restricted Securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the
Persons entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements and (b) completes and executes all
reasonable questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements, lock-up
letters and other documents required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements.
SECTION 11. Selection of Underwriters. The Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities covered
by the Shelf Registration Statement who desire to do so may sell such Transfer Restricted
Securities in an Underwritten Offering. In any such Underwritten Offering, the investment
banker(s) and managing underwriter(s) that will administer such offering will be selected by the
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities included
in such offering; provided, however, that such investment banker(s) and managing underwriter(s)
must be reasonably satisfactory to the Company.
SECTION 12. Miscellaneous.
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(a) Remedies. Each of the Company and the Guarantors hereby agrees that monetary damages
would not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of the
provisions of this Agreement and hereby agree to waive the defense in any action for specific
performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.
(b) No Inconsistent Agreements. Each of the Company and the Guarantors will not on or after
the date of this Agreement enter into any agreement with respect to its securities that is
inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with
the provisions hereof. Neither the Company nor any of the Guarantors has previously entered into
any agreement granting any registration rights with respect to its securities to any Person. 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 the Companys or any of the Guarantors securities under
any agreement in effect on the date hereof.
(c) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement may not be amended, modified or
supplemented, and waivers or consents to or departures from the provisions hereof may not be given
unless the Company has (i) in the case of Section 5 hereof and this Section 12(d)(i), obtained the
written consent of Holders of all outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities and (ii) in the case
of all other provisions hereof, obtained the written consent of Holders of a majority of the
outstanding principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities (excluding any Transfer Restricted
Securities held by the Company or its Affiliates). Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or
consent to departure from the provisions hereof that relates exclusively to the rights of Holders
whose securities are being tendered pursuant to the Exchange Offer and that does not affect
directly or indirectly the rights of other Holders whose securities are not being tendered pursuant
to such Exchange Offer may be given by the Holders of a majority of the outstanding principal
amount of Transfer Restricted Securities being tendered or registered; provided, however, that,
with respect to any matter that directly or indirectly affects the rights of any Initial Purchaser
hereunder, the Company shall obtain the written consent of each such Initial Purchaser with respect
to which such amendment, qualification, supplement, waiver, consent or departure is to be
effective.
(d) Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall
be made in writing by hand-delivery, first-class mail (registered or certified, return receipt
requested), telex, telecopier, or air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery:
(i) if to a Holder, at the address set forth on the records of the Registrar under the
Indenture, with a copy to the Registrar under the Indenture; and
(ii) If to the Company or the Guarantors:
Oxford Industries, Inc.
222 Piedmont Avenue, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30308
Facsimile: (404) 653-1224
Attention: General Counsel
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with a copy to:
King & Spalding LLP
1185 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10036
Facsimile: (212) 556-2222
Attention: Tracy Kimmel
All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time
delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail,
postage prepaid, if mailed; when answered back, if telexed; when receipt acknowledged, if
telecopied; and on the next Business Day, if timely delivered to an air courier guaranteeing
overnight delivery.
Copies of all such notices, demands or other communications shall be concurrently delivered by
the Person giving the same to the Trustee at the address specified in the Indenture.
(e) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon
the successors and assigns of each of the parties, including, without limitation, and without the
need for an express assignment, subsequent Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities; provided,
however, that this Agreement shall not inure to the benefit of or be binding upon a successor or
assign of a Holder unless and to the extent such successor or assign acquired Transfer Restricted
Securities from such Holder.
(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. Delivery of
an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement by facsimile, email or other
electronic means shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this
Agreement.
(g) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only 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, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAW RULES THEREOF.
(i) Severability. In the event that any one or more of the provisions contained herein, or
the application thereof in any circumstance, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the
validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of the
remaining provisions contained herein shall not be affected or impaired thereby.
(j) Entire Agreement. This Agreement is intended by the parties as a final expression of
their agreement and intended to be a complete and exclusive statement of the agreement and
understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained herein. There are
no restrictions, promises, warranties or undertakings, other than those set forth or referred to
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herein with respect to the registration rights granted by the Company with respect to the
Transfer Restricted Securities. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings
between the parties with respect to such subject matter.
(k) Termination. The obligations of the Company and the Guarantors under this Agreement will
terminate on the second anniversary of the Closing Date; provided, however, that Sections 7, 8 and
12(d) shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written
above.
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The foregoing Registration Rights Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date
first above written:
Banc of America Securities LLC
SunTrust Robinson Humphrey
Acting on behalf of themselves
and as the Representatives of
the several Initial Purchasers
By: Banc of America Securities LLC
By: /s/ Aaron Peyton
Aaron Peyton
Principal
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EX-10.3
Exhibit 10.3
This Agreement, the liens and security interests granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to
this Agreement and the exercise of any right or remedy by the Collateral Agent hereunder,
are subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement dated as of June 30, 2009 (as
amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the
Intercreditor Agreement), among SunTrust Bank, as ABL Agent and U.S. Bank National
Association, as Trustee and as Collateral Agent, and acknowledged by the Grantors from time
to time party thereto.
SECURITY AGREEMENT
This AGREEMENT (this Agreement) is made as of this 30th day of June, 2009, among the
Grantors listed on the signature pages hereof and those additional entities that hereafter become
parties hereto by executing the form of Supplement attached hereto as Annex I
(collectively, jointly and severally, Grantors and each individually Grantor),
U.S. Bank National Association, in its capacity as collateral agent (together with its successors,
Collateral Agent), the Trustee (as defined below) on behalf of itself and the
Noteholders, and each Additional Pari Passu Agent from time to time party hereto, on behalf of
itself and the Secured Parties under the Additional Pari Passu Agreement under which it is acting
in such capacity.
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, Oxford Industries, Inc., a Georgia corporation (the Company) and the other
Grantors have entered into that certain Indenture, dated as of June 30, 2009 (as amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Indenture), by and among the
Company, the other Grantors and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (together with its
successors in such capacity, the Trustee), on behalf of the holders (the
Noteholders) of the Notes (as defined below) pursuant to which the Company is issuing
$150,000,000 aggregate principal amount at maturity of its 11.375% Senior Secured Notes due 2015
(the Notes), which are guaranteed by each of the Grantors other than the Company;
WHEREAS, the Trustee has been appointed to serve as Collateral Agent under the Indenture and
in such capacity, is authorized and directed to enter into this Agreement;
WHEREAS, following the date hereof, the Grantors may incur Permitted Additional Pari Passu
Obligations (as defined in the Indenture) which are secured equally and ratably with the Grantors
obligations in respect of the Notes in accordance with Section 27 of this Agreement;
WHEREAS, each Grantor will receive substantial benefits from the execution, delivery and
performance of the obligations under the Indenture, the Notes and any Additional Pari Passu
Agreement, and each is, therefore, willing to enter into this Agreement; and
WHEREAS, in order to induce the Trustee to enter into the Indenture and to induce the
Noteholders to purchase the Notes, Grantors have agreed to grant a continuing security interest in
and to the Collateral (as defined herein) in order to secure the prompt and complete payment,
observance and performance of, the Secured Obligations (as defined herein);
NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the recitals made above and other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt, sufficiency and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Defined Terms. All capitalized terms used herein (including in the preamble and
recitals hereof) without definition shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture. Any
terms used in this Agreement that are defined in the UCC shall be construed and defined as set
forth in the UCC unless otherwise defined herein or in the Indenture; provided, however, that to
the extent that the UCC is used to define any term herein and such term is defined differently in
different Articles of the UCC, the definition of such term contained in Article 9 of the UCC shall
govern. In addition to those terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, as used in this Agreement,
the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(a) ABL Agent shall have the meaning set forth in the Intercreditor
Agreement.
(b) ABL Claimholder shall have the meaning set forth in the Intercreditor
Agreement.
(c) ABL Collateral shall have the meaning set forth in the Intercreditor
Agreement.
(d) Account Debtor shall mean any Person who is obligated to make payments in
respect of an Account.
(e) Accounts means all accounts, as such term is defined in the UCC, of
each Grantor whether now existing or hereafter created or arising, including, without
limitation, (a) all accounts receivable, other receivables, book debts and other forms of
obligations (other than forms of obligations evidenced by Chattel Paper or Instruments)
(including any such obligations that may be characterized as an account or contract right
under the UCC), (b) all of each Grantors rights in, to and under all purchase orders or
receipts for goods or services, (c) all of each Grantors rights to any goods represented by
any of the foregoing (including unpaid sellers rights of rescission, replevin, reclamation
and stoppage in transit and rights to returned, reclaimed or repossessed goods), (d) all
rights to payment due to a Grantor for property sold, leased, licensed, assigned or
otherwise disposed of, for a policy of insurance issued or to be issued, for a secondary
obligation incurred or to be incurred, for energy provided or to be provided, for the use or
hire of a vessel under a charter or other contract, arising out of the use of a credit card
or charge card, or for services rendered or to be rendered by such Grantor or in connection
with any other transaction (whether or not yet earned by performance on the part of such
Grantor), (e) all health care insurance receivables and (f) all collateral security of any
kind, given by any Account Debtor or any other Person with respect to any of the foregoing.
(f) Additional Pari Passu Agent means the Person appointed to act as trustee,
agent or representative for any holder of Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations
pursuant to any Additional Pari Passu Agreement and designated as Additional Pari Passu
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Agent for such holder in an Additional Pari Passu Joinder Agreement delivered to
the Collateral Agent, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity.
(g) Additional Pari Passu Agreement means the indenture, credit agreement or
other agreement under which any Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations (other than
Additional Notes) are incurred and any notes or other instruments representing such
Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations, as the same may be amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
(h) Additional Pari Passu Joinder Agreement means an agreement substantially
in the form of Annex II.
(i) Bankruptcy Code shall mean the United States Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S.C.
Section 101 et seq.), as now or hereafter amended, and any successor statute.
(j) Books means books and Records (including each Grantors Records
indicating, summarizing, or evidencing such Grantors assets (including the Collateral) or
liabilities, each Grantors Records relating to such Grantors business operations or
financial condition, and each Grantors Goods or General Intangibles (other than Excluded
Trademarks and Excluded Trademark Licenses) related to such information).
(k) Cash Equivalents shall mean, collectively, (a) marketable, direct
obligations of the United States of America and its agencies maturing within three hundred
sixty-five (365) days of the date of purchase, (b) commercial paper issued by corporations,
each of which shall have a consolidated net worth of at least $500,000,000, which commercial
paper will mature within one hundred eighty (180) days from the date of the original issue
thereof and is rated P-1 or better by Moodys or A-1 or better by S&P, (c) certificates
of deposit maturing within three hundred sixty-five (365) days of the date of purchase and
issued by a US national or state bank having deposits totaling more than $500,000,000, and
whose short-term debt is rated P-1 or better by Moodys or A-1 or better by S&P, (d) up
to $100,000 per institution and up to $1,000,000 in the aggregate in (i) short-term
obligations issued by any local commercial bank or trust company located in those areas
where the Company conducts its business, whose deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation, or (ii) commercial bank-insured money market funds, or any
combination of the types of investments described in this clause (d), and (e) overnight
investments with such financial institutions having a short term deposit rating of P-1 or
better by Moodys, or A-1 or better by S&P.
(l) Chattel Paper means chattel paper (as that term is defined in the UCC)
and includes tangible chattel paper and electronic chattel paper.
(m) Collateral has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2;
provided, that any reference to Collateral in Section 10, Section 23, Annex II or
Annex III shall also refer to each Mortgaged Property.
(n) Commercial Tort Claims means commercial tort claims (as that term is
defined in the UCC), and includes those commercial tort claims listed on Schedule 2.
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(o) Copyrights means copyrights and copyright registrations, including the
copyright registrations and applications for registration listed on Schedule 3, and
(i) all renewals thereof, (ii) all income, royalties, damages and payments now and hereafter
due or payable under and with respect thereto, including payments under all licenses entered
into in connection therewith and damages and payments for past or future infringements or
dilutions thereof, (iii) the right to sue for past, present and future infringements and
dilutions thereof and (iv) all of each Grantors rights corresponding thereto throughout the
world, but excluding, in each case, copyrights included in the definition of Excluded
Trademarks hereunder.
(p) Copyright Security Agreement means each Copyright Security Agreement
among Grantors, or any of them, and the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured
Parties, in substantially the form of Exhibit A attached hereto, pursuant to which
Grantors have granted to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a
security interest in all their respective Copyrights.
(q) Deposit Account means any deposit account (as that term is defined in the
UCC).
(r) Discharge of Obligations means, both (i) in the case of the Indenture,
Legal Defeasance, Covenant Defeasance or satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture in
accordance with Section 8.02, Section 8.03 or Section 14.01 thereof and (ii) in the case of
each Additional Pari Passu Agreement, any event or circumstance with respect to the
Additional Pari Passu Obligations that under such agreement entitles the Grantors to obtain
a release of all Liens securing such Additional Pari Passu Obligations under the Security
Documents.
(s) Documents means documents (as that term is defined in the UCC).
(t) Domestic Subsidiary means any Subsidiary that is not a Foreign
Subsidiary.
(u) Draft means a draft (as that term is defined in the UCC).
(v) Equipment means equipment (as that term is defined in the UCC).
(w) Equity Interests shall mean, as applied to any Person, any capital stock,
membership interests, partnership interests or other equity interests issued by such Person,
regardless of class or designation, and all warrants, options, purchase rights, conversion
or exchange rights, voting rights, calls or claims of any character with respect thereto.
(x) Event of Default means an event of default under the Indenture or under
any Additional Pari Passu Agreement.
(y) Excluded Trademark Licenses means any Intellectual Property License
related to a Trademark to the extent such Intellectual Property License is not a U.S.
Trademark License.
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(z) Excluded Trademarks means any Trademarks that are not U.S. Trademarks.
(aa) First-Tier Foreign Subsidiary shall mean any Foreign Subsidiary that is
directly held by the Company or its Domestic Subsidiaries.
(bb) Fixtures means fixtures (as that term is defined in the UCC).
(cc) General Intangibles means general intangibles (as that term is defined
in the UCC) and, in any event, including payment intangibles, contract rights, rights to
payment, rights arising under common law, statutes, or regulations, choses or things in
action, goodwill (including the goodwill associated with any Trademark), Patents,
Trademarks, Copyrights, URLs and domain names, industrial designs, other industrial or
Intellectual Property or rights therein or applications therefor, whether under license or
otherwise, programs, programming materials, blueprints, drawings, purchase orders, customer
lists, monies due or recoverable from pension funds, route lists, rights to payment and
other rights under any royalty or licensing agreements, including Intellectual Property
Licenses, infringement claims, computer programs, information contained on computer disks or
tapes, software, literature, reports, catalogs, pension plan refunds, pension plan refund
claims, insurance premium rebates, tax refunds, and tax refund claims, uncertificated Equity
Interests not constituting a security (as defined in the UCC), and any other personal
property other than commercial tort claims, money, Accounts, Chattel Paper, Deposit
Accounts, Goods, Investment Related Property, Negotiable Collateral, and oil, gas, or other
minerals before extraction.
(dd) Goods means goods (as that term is defined in the UCC).
(ee) Governmental Authority shall mean any nation or government, any state or
other political subdivision thereof and any entity to the extent exercising executive,
legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to any
government.
(ff) Grantor and Grantors has the meaning specified therefor in the
recitals to this Agreement.
(gg) Insolvency Proceeding means (a) any case, action or proceeding before
any court or other Governmental Authority relating to bankruptcy, reorganization,
insolvency, liquidation, receivership, dissolution, winding-up or relief of debtors, or (b)
any general assignment for the benefit of creditors, composition, marshalling of assets for
creditors or other, similar arrangement in respect of its creditors generally or any
substantial portion of its creditors, in each of (a) and (b) undertaken under federal, state
or foreign law, including the Bankruptcy Code.
(hh) Instrument means an instrument (as that term is defined in the UCC).
(ii) Intellectual Property means any and all Intellectual Property Licenses,
Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks and trade secrets.
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(jj) Intellectual Property Licenses means a license or other agreement
granting a right to use any Patent, Trademark, Copyright or other Intellectual Property, to
which a Grantor is a party, whether as a licensee or a licensor, including the license
agreements listed on Schedule 4, and the right to use any such Patent, Trademark,
Copyright or other Intellectual Property (to the extent permitted by such license) in
connection with the enforcement of the Secured Parties rights under the Senior Secured Note
Documents or any Additional Pari Passu Agreement, including the right to prepare for sale
and sell any and all Inventory and Equipment now or hereafter owned by any Grantor and now
or hereafter covered by such licenses.
(kk) Intercreditor Agreement has the meaning set forth in the legend on the
first page of this Agreement.
(ll) Inventory means inventory (as that term is defined in the UCC).
(mm) Investment Related Property means (i) investment property (as that term
is defined in the UCC), and (ii) all of the following regardless of whether classified as
investment property under the UCC: all Pledged Interests; Pledged Operating Agreements; and
Pledged Partnership Agreements.
(nn) Letter-of-Credit Rights means letter-of-credit rights (as that term is
defined in the UCC).
(oo) Mortgage means an agreement, including, but not limited to, a mortgage,
deed of trust or any other document creating and evidencing a Lien on a Mortgaged Property
in favor of or for the benefit of the Collateral Agent, which shall be in form which is
effective to create a Lien in such Mortgaged Property in favor of the Collateral Agent to
secure the Secured Obligations that is enforceable against the applicable Grantor and third
parties, in each case, with such schedules and including such provisions as shall be
necessary or desirable to conform such document to applicable local law requirements or as
shall be customary under applicable local law requirements.
(pp) Mortgaged Property means each parcel of Real Property, if any, which
shall be subject to a Mortgage delivered after the Issue Date pursuant to Section 3.
(qq) Negotiable Collateral means Instruments, Letter-of-Credit Rights,
Promissory Notes, Drafts and Documents.
(rr) Patent Security Agreement means each Patent Security Agreement among
Grantors, or any of them, and the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties,
in substantially the form of Exhibit B attached hereto, pursuant to which Grantors
have granted to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security
interest in all their respective Patents.
(ss) Patents means patents and patent applications, including the patents and
patent applications listed on Schedule 5, and (i) all continuations and
continuations-in-part, (ii) all income, royalties, damages and payments now and hereafter
due or payable under and with respect thereto, including payments under all licenses entered
into in connection
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therewith and damages and payments for past or future infringements or
dilutions thereof, (iii) the right to sue for past, present and future infringements and
dilutions thereof, and (iv) all of each Grantors rights corresponding thereto throughout
the world.
(tt) Pledged Companies means, each Person listed on Schedule 7 as a
Pledged Company, together with each other Person, all or a portion of whose Equity
Interests, are acquired or otherwise owned by a Grantor after the date hereof and are
required to be pledged to the Collateral Agent, other than any such Equity Interest excluded
from the term Collateral under the last paragraph of Section 2.
(uu) Pledged Interests means all of each Grantors right, title and interest
in and to all of the Equity Interests now or hereafter owned by such Grantor, regardless of
class or designation, in each of the Pledged Companies, and all substitutions therefor and
replacements thereof, all proceeds thereof and all rights relating thereto, including any
certificates representing the Equity Interests, the right to request after the occurrence
and during the continuation of an Event of Default that such Equity Interests be registered
in the name of the Collateral Agent or any of its nominees, the right to receive any
certificates representing any of the Equity Interests and the right to require that such
certificates be delivered to the Collateral Agent together with undated powers or
assignments of investment securities with respect thereto, duly endorsed in blank by such
Grantor, all warrants, options, share appreciation rights and other rights, contractual or
otherwise, in respect thereof and of all dividends, distributions of income, profits,
surplus, or other compensation by way of income or liquidating distributions, in cash or in
kind, and cash, Instruments, and other property from time to time received, receivable, or
otherwise distributed in respect of or in addition to, in substitution of, on account of, or
in exchange for any or all of the foregoing, except that Pledged Interests shall not include
any property or assets which are excluded from the term Collateral under the last
paragraph of Section 2.
(vv) Pledged Interests Addendum means a Pledged Interests Addendum
substantially in the form of Exhibit D to this Agreement.
(ww) Pledged Operating Agreements means all of each Grantors rights, powers,
and remedies under the limited liability company operating agreements of the Pledged
Companies that are limited liability companies.
(xx) Pledged Partnership Agreements means all of each Grantors rights,
powers, and remedies under the partnership agreements of the Pledged Companies that are
partnerships.
(yy) Proceeds has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.
(zz) Promissory Note means a promissory note (as that term is defined in the
UCC).
(aaa) Real Property means any estates or interests in real property now owned
or hereafter acquired by any Grantor and the improvements thereto.
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(bbb) Record means a record (as that term is defined in the UCC).
(ccc) Required Secured Parties means the holders of a majority in aggregate
outstanding or committed principal amount of (i) the Notes and (ii) any Indebtedness
constituting Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations (other than Additional Notes)
voting as a single class, in each case, excluding any Notes or Permitted Additional Pari
Passu Obligations that are required to be disregarded for voting purposes under the
Indenture or the applicable Additional Pari Passu Agreement.
(ddd) Secured Obligations means any principal, premium, interest (including
any interest accruing subsequent to the filing of a petition in bankruptcy, reorganization
or similar proceeding at the rate provided for in the documentation with respect thereto,
whether or not such interest is an allowed claim under applicable state, federal or foreign
law), penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements (including reimbursement obligations
with respect to letters of credit and bankers acceptances), damages and other liabilities,
and guarantees of payment of such principal, interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications,
reimbursements, damages and other liabilities, and any fees or expenses owed to the Trustee,
Collateral Agent or any Additional Pari Passu Agent, in their respective capacities as such,
by any Grantor, payable or arising under any of (i) the Indenture and the Notes (other than
any Additional Notes and provisions in the Indenture relating solely to such Additional
Notes, except to the extent constituting Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations), (ii)
any Additional Notes and documentation in the Indenture relating solely to Additional Notes
and (iii) any Additional Pari Passu Agreement and any other documentation relating to the
Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations incurred thereunder; provided that no
obligations in respect of Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations (other than
obligations with respect to Additional Notes) shall constitute Secured Obligations unless
the Additional Pari Passu Agent for the holders of such Permitted Additional Pari Passu
Obligations has executed an Additional Pari Passu Joinder Agreement in the form of Annex
II hereto.
(eee) Secured Parties means, collectively, the Collateral Agent, the Trustee,
each Additional Pari Passu Agent, the Noteholders, the holders of any Additional Pari Passu
Obligations, and any other holders of Secured Obligations.
(fff) Securities Account means a securities account (as that term is defined
in the UCC).
(ggg) Security Interest has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.
(hhh) Supporting Obligations means supporting obligations (as such term is
defined in the UCC), and includes Letter-of-Credit Rights and guaranties issued in support
of Accounts, Chattel Paper, Documents, General Intangibles, Instruments, or Investment
Related Property.
(iii) Trademarks means trademarks, trade names, registered trademarks,
trademark applications, service marks, registered service marks, service mark applications,
and Copyrights (whether or not registered) embodied in any of the foregoing or related
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to works with which the goodwill of any Grantor has become associated, and (i)
all renewals thereof, (ii) all income, royalties, damages and payments now and hereafter due
or payable under and with respect thereto, including payments under all licenses entered
into in connection therewith and damages and payments for past or future infringements or
dilutions thereof, (iii) the right to sue for past, present and future infringements and
dilutions thereof, (iv) the goodwill of each Grantors business symbolized by the foregoing
and connected therewith, and (v) all of each Grantors rights corresponding thereto
throughout the world.
(jjj) Trademark Security Agreement means each Trademark Security Agreement
among Grantors, or any of them, and the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured
Parties, in substantially the form of Exhibit C attached hereto, pursuant to which
such Grantors have granted to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties,
a security interest in all their respective U.S. Trademarks and U.S. Trademark Licenses.
(kkk) UCC shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as the same may, from time
to time, be enacted and in effect in the State of New York; provided, that in the event
that, by reason of mandatory provisions of law, any or all of the attachment, perfection or
priority of, or remedies with respect to, the Collateral Agents Lien on any Collateral is
governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted and in effect in a jurisdiction other
than the State of New York, the term UCC shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted
and in effect in such other jurisdiction solely for purposes of the provisions thereof
relating to such attachment, perfection, priority or remedies and for purposes of
definitions related to such provisions.
(lll) URL means uniform resource locator, an internet web address.
(mmm) U.S. Trademark Licenses means a license or other agreement to the
extent granting a right to use any U.S. Trademark owned by a Grantor, to which a Grantor is
a party as a licensor, including the license agreements listed on Schedule 6 to the
extent granting a right to use any U.S. Trademark owned by a Grantor, including the right to
royalties and any other consideration now or hereafter paid to a Grantor under and with
respect thereto by any entity for such rights thereunder.
(nnn) U.S. Trademarks means, with respect to any Grantor, trademarks, trade
names and service marks and any applications for the foregoing (including those set forth on
Schedule 6) owned by such Grantor and registered in (or in the case of applications,
filed with) the United States Patent and Trademark Office (or any successor office
performing similar functions) including (i) Copyrights (whether or not registered) embodied
in any of the foregoing, (ii) all renewals thereof, (iii) all income, royalties, damages and
payments now and hereafter due or payable under and with respect thereto, including payments
under all licenses entered into in connection therewith and damages and payments for past or
future infringements or dilutions thereof, (iv) the right to sue for past, present and
future infringements and dilutions thereof and (v) the goodwill of such Grantors business
symbolized by the foregoing and connected therewith.
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2. Grant of Security. Each Grantor hereby unconditionally grants, assigns, and
pledges to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a continuing security
interest (hereinafter referred to as the Security Interest) in all personal property of
such Grantor, other than personal property expressly excluded in the last paragraph of this
Section 2, whether now owned or hereafter acquired or arising and wherever located,
including such Grantors right, title, and interest in and to the following, whether now owned or
hereafter acquired or arising and wherever located (the Collateral):
(a) all of such Grantors Accounts (other than Accounts related to the Grantors
Excluded Trademarks or Excluded Trademark Licenses);
(b) all of such Grantors Books;
(c) all of such Grantors Chattel Paper;
(d) all of such Grantors interest with respect to any Deposit Account and the
Collateral Account (including, any Trust Monies);
(e) all of such Grantors Equipment and fixtures;
(f) all of such Grantors General Intangibles (other than Excluded Trademarks and
Excluded Trademark Licenses) including, without limitation, U.S. Trademarks and U.S.
Trademark Licenses;
(g) all of such Grantors Inventory;
(h) all of such Grantors Investment Related Property;
(i) all of such Grantors Negotiable Collateral;
(j) all of such Grantors rights in respect of Supporting Obligations;
(k) all of such Grantors interest with respect to any Commercial Tort Claims listed on
Schedule 2;
(l) all of such Grantors money, Cash Equivalents, or other assets that now or
hereafter come into the possession, custody, or control of any ABL Claimholder; and
(m) all of the proceeds and products, whether tangible or intangible, of any of the
foregoing, including proceeds of insurance or commercial tort claims covering or relating to
any or all of the foregoing, and any and all Accounts, Books, Chattel Paper, Deposit
Accounts, Equipment, General Intangibles (other than Excluded Trademarks and Excluded
Trademark Licenses), Inventory, Investment Related Property, Negotiable Collateral,
Supporting Obligations, money, or other tangible or intangible property resulting from the
sale, lease, license, exchange, collection, or other disposition of any of the foregoing,
the proceeds of any award in condemnation with respect to any of the property of Grantors
constituting Collateral, any rebates or refunds, whether for taxes or otherwise, and all
proceeds of any such proceeds, or any portion thereof or interest therein, and the
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proceeds thereof, and all proceeds of any loss of, damage to, or destruction of the
above, whether insured or not insured, and, to the extent not otherwise included, any
indemnity, warranty, or guaranty payable by reason of loss or damage to, or otherwise with
respect to any of the foregoing Collateral (the Proceeds). Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the term Proceeds includes whatever is receivable or received
when Investment Related Property or proceeds are sold, exchanged, collected, or otherwise
disposed of, whether such disposition is voluntary or involuntary, and includes proceeds of
any indemnity or guaranty payable to any Grantor or the Collateral Agent from time to time
with respect to any of the Investment Related Property.
Notwithstanding anything contained in this Section 2 to the contrary, the term Collateral
shall not include: (i) any of the Equity Interests of a Foreign Subsidiary of a Grantor other than
a First-Tier Foreign Subsidiary of such Grantor, (ii) with respect to any First-Tier Foreign
Subsidiary of a Grantor, any Equity Interests in excess of sixty-five percent (65%) of the Equity
Interests of such First-Tier Foreign Subsidiary, together with all certificates representing such
Equity Interests, all Proceeds thereof and all rights relating thereto, (iii) any Equity Interests
in an Excluded Subsidiary, (iv) any Equity Interests in Patch Licensing LLC, (v) any Excluded
Trademark or any Excluded Trademark License owned by any Grantor (as licensor or as licensee) and
any Proceeds related thereto, (vi) to the extent (and only for so long as) such property does not
constitute ABL Collateral, assets and all Proceeds thereof and all rights relating thereto subject
to Liens permitted pursuant to clauses (d), (g), (j) or (p) (as it relates to any of the foregoing)
of the definition of Permitted Liens in the Indenture to the extent the documentation relating to
such Liens prohibits the applicable Grantors from granting a Lien on such assets to secure the
Secured Obligations, (vii) to the extent (and only for so long as) such property does not
constitute ABL Collateral, any Equity Interests of a Person that is not a Subsidiary of the Company
and all Proceeds thereof and all rights relating thereto to the extent that a pledge of such Equity
Interests, Proceeds or rights is prohibited by such Persons organizational documents or any
shareholders agreement or joint venture agreement relating to such Equity Interests, Proceeds or
rights, (viii) to the extent (and only for so long as) such property does not constitute ABL
Collateral, any contract, lease, license or other agreement and all Proceeds thereof and all rights
relating thereto to the extent that the grant of a security interest therein would violate
applicable law, result in the invalidation thereof or provide any party thereto with a right of
termination or any other remedy that materially increases the costs or burden of any Grantor
thereunder with respect thereto (in each case, after giving effect to Sections 9-406(d), 9-407(a),
9-408(a) and 9-409 of the UCC (or any successor provision or provisions) or any other applicable
law), (ix) any Equity Interests or other securities of any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of
the maximum amount of such Equity Interests or securities that could be included in the Collateral
without creating a requirement pursuant to Rule 3-16 of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act for
separate financial statements of such Subsidiary to be included in filings by Company with the SEC
and (x) any intent-to-use trademark application to the extent and for so long as creation by a
Grantor of a security interest therein would result in the loss by such Grantor of any material
rights therein.
3. Real Estate Collateral. In the event that following the Issue Date, any Grantor
shall acquire any fee simple ownership interest in any parcel of Real Property (except to the
extent subject to a Lien permitted by clauses (d), (g), (j) or (p) (as it relates to any of the
foregoing) of the definition of Permitted Liens in the Indenture to the extent the documentation
relating to
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such Lien prohibits the granting of a Lien thereon to secure the Secured Obligations)
with a Fair Market Value in excess of $5,000,000 as of the date of acquisition (a Specified Real
Property), such Grantor shall provide a Mortgage in favor of the Collateral Agent in such
Specified Real Property within 120 days following the date of acquisition thereof. In the event
that any Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations are incurred following the date any Mortgage
is provided, the Grantors shall notify the Collateral Agent thereof in writing and within 120 days
following such incurrence take all such action as may be reasonably required to amend each then
existing Mortgage in order to ensure that such Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations are
secured by such Mortgage. In connection with the provision of any new Mortgage or any amendment to
any Mortgage pursuant to this Section 3, the related Grantors will provide (a) an Opinion of
Counsel stating that such Mortgage creates an enforceable Lien on the applicable Specified Real
Property in favor of the Collateral Agent or, if applicable, the relevant Additional Pari Passu
Agent, to secure the Secured Obligations, subject to the assumptions and qualifications specified
therein, and (b) UCC-1 fixture filings relating to such Specified Real Property filed in the
appropriate filing office.
4. Security for Secured Obligations. This Agreement and the Security Interest created
hereby secure the payment and performance of all of the Secured Obligations, whether now existing
or arising hereafter. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, this Agreement secures the
payment of all amounts which constitute part of the Secured Obligations and would be owed by
Grantors, or any of them, to the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party, but for the fact that
they are unenforceable or not allowable due to the existence of an Insolvency Proceeding involving
any other Grantor.
5. Grantors Remain Liable. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, (a) each
of the Grantors shall remain liable under the contracts and agreements included in the Collateral,
including the Pledged Operating Agreements and the Pledged Partnership Agreements, to perform all
of the duties and obligations thereunder to the same extent as if this Agreement had not been
executed, (b) the exercise by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party of any of the rights
hereunder shall not release any Grantor from any of its duties or obligations under such contracts
and agreements included in the Collateral, and (c) no Secured Party shall have any obligation or
liability under such contracts and agreements included in the Collateral by reason of this
Agreement, nor shall any Secured Party be obligated to perform any of the obligations or duties of
any Grantors thereunder or to take any action to collect or enforce any claim for payment assigned
hereunder. Until an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, except as otherwise provided
in this Agreement, the Indenture or any Additional Pari Passu Agreement, Grantors shall have the
right to possession and enjoyment of the Collateral. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, it is the intention of the parties hereto that record and beneficial ownership of the
Pledged Interests, including all voting, consensual, and dividend rights, shall remain in the
applicable Grantor until the occurrence of an Event of Default and until the Collateral Agent shall
notify the applicable Grantor of the Collateral Agents exercise of voting, consensual, or dividend
rights with respect to the Pledged Interests pursuant to Section 17 hereof.
6. Representations and Warranties. Each Grantor hereby represents and warrants as
follows:
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(a) The exact legal name of each of the Grantors is set forth on the signature pages of
this Agreement or a written notice provided to the Collateral Agent pursuant to
Section 7(d). No Grantor conducts, and, during the five-year period immediately
preceding the date hereof, no Grantor has conducted, business under any trade name or other
name other than those set forth on Schedule 1 attached hereto.
(b) Such Grantors organizational identification number (within the meaning of Section
9-516(b)(5)(C)(iii) of the UCC), and its chief executive office, principal place of business
and the place where such Grantor maintains its records concerning the Collateral is set
forth on Schedule 1. If such Grantor is a corporation, limited liability company,
limited partnership, corporate trust or other registered organization, the state under whose
law such registered organization was organized is set forth on Schedule 1.
(c) Intentionally Omitted.
(d) Intentionally Omitted.
(e) This Agreement creates a valid security interest in the Collateral of each of
Grantors, to the extent a security interest therein can be created under the UCC, securing
the payment of the Secured Obligations. Except to the extent a security interest in the
Collateral cannot be perfected by the filing of a financing statement under the UCC, the
filing of a Copyright Security Agreement with the United States Copyright Office and the
filing of a Trademark Security Agreement and a Patent Security Agreement with the United
States Patent and Trademark Office, all filings and other actions necessary or desirable to
perfect and protect such security interest have been duly taken or will have been taken upon
the filing of financing statements and such other filings listing each applicable Grantor,
as a debtor, and the Collateral Agent, as secured party, in the jurisdictions listed next to
such Grantors name on Schedule 8. Upon the making of such filings, the Collateral
Agent shall have a perfected security interest in the Collateral of each Grantor to the
extent such security interest can be perfected by the filing of a financing statement and
such other filings, subject only to Permitted Liens.
(f) (i) Each Grantor is the sole holder of record and the legal and beneficial owner,
free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens and the Security Interest created
hereby, of the Pledged Interests indicated on Schedule 7 as being owned by such
Grantor and, when acquired by such Grantor, any Pledged Interests acquired after the Issue
Date; (ii) all of the Pledged Interests are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable and the Pledged Interests constitute or will constitute the percentage of the
issued and outstanding Equity Interests of the Pledged Companies of such Grantor identified
on Schedule 7 as supplemented or modified by any Pledged Interests Addendum or any
supplement to this Agreement; (iii) such Grantor has the right and requisite authority to
pledge the Pledged Interests pledged by such Grantor to the Collateral Agent as provided
herein; (iv) all actions necessary to perfect the Collateral Agents Security Interest in
the Pledged Interests will have been duly taken, (A) upon the execution and delivery of this
Agreement; (B) upon the taking of possession by the ABL Agent of any certificates
constituting the Pledged Interests, to the extent such Pledged Interests are represented by
certificates, together with undated powers endorsed in blank by the applicable
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Grantor and
(C) upon the filing of financing statements in the applicable jurisdiction set forth on
Schedule 8 for such Grantor with respect to the Pledged Interests of such Grantor
that are not represented by certificates; and (v) each Grantor has delivered to and
deposited with the ABL Agent (or, with respect to any Pledged Interests created or obtained
after the date hereof, subject to Section 7(k), will deliver and deposit in accordance with
Sections 7(a) and 9) all certificates representing the Pledged Interests owned by such
Grantor to the extent such Pledged Interests are represented by certificates, and undated
powers endorsed in blank with respect to such certificates. None of the Pledged Interests
owned or held by such Grantor has been issued or transferred in violation of any securities
registration, securities disclosure or similar laws of any jurisdiction to which such
issuance or transfer may be subject.
(g) No consent, approval, authorization, or other order or other action by, and no
notice to or filing with, any Governmental Authority or any other Person is required (i) for
the grant of a Security Interest by such Grantor in and to the Collateral pursuant to this
Agreement or for the execution, delivery, or performance of this Agreement by such Grantor,
or (ii) for the exercise by the Collateral Agent of the voting or other rights provided for
in this Agreement with respect to the Investment Related Property or the remedies in respect
of the Collateral pursuant to this Agreement, except as may be required in connection with
such disposition of Investment Related Property by laws affecting the offering and sale of
securities generally.
7. Covenants. Each Grantor, jointly and severally, covenants and agrees with the
Collateral Agent that from and after the date of this Agreement and until the date of termination
of this Agreement in accordance with Section 23 hereof:
(a) Possession of Collateral; Other Actions as to Any and All Collateral.
Subject to Section 7(k), on or prior to March 31 and September 30 of each year (commencing
March 31, 2010), each Grantor shall (i) deliver physical possession of any Collateral
acquired or obtained by such Grantor during the two fiscal quarters of the Company most
recently ended prior to such date (or, in the case of March 31, 2010, during the period
commencing on the Issue Date and ending on the last day of the fiscal quarter of the Company
most recently ended prior to March 31, 2010) to the extent such Collateral consists of (A)
Investment Related Property (other than Pledged Interests and any security or security
entitlement that is maintained in a securities account), Negotiable Collateral, Chattel
Paper (electronic, tangible or otherwise) or Instruments, in each case, individually, having
a face amount of at least $1,000,000, or (B) any Pledged Interests (other than dividends and
distributions paid in cash), together with such undated endorsements or powers endorsed in
blank as shall be necessary, in each case only if and to the extent that perfection or
priority of Collateral Agents Security Interest in such Collateral is dependent on
possession, and (ii) in the case of any such Pledged Interests, deliver to Collateral Agent
a duly executed Pledged Interests Addendum identifying such Pledged Interests.
(b) Chattel Paper.
(i) Subject to Section 7(k), each Grantor shall take all steps reasonably necessary to
grant Collateral Agent control of all electronic Chattel Paper constituting Collateral
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in
accordance with the UCC and all transferable records as that term is defined in Section 16
of the Uniform Electronic Transaction Act and Section 201 of the federal
Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act as in effect in any relevant
jurisdiction with respect to Chattel Paper, individually, in the face amount of at least
$1,000,000;
(ii) Subject to Section 7(k), if any Grantor retains possession of any Chattel Paper or
Instruments constituting Collateral, individually, in the face amount of at least $1,000,000
(which retention of possession shall be subject to the extent permitted hereby), such
Chattel Paper and Instruments shall be marked with the following legend: This writing and
the obligations evidenced or secured hereby are subject to the Security Interest of U.S.
Bank National Association, as Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties;
(c) Commercial Tort Claims. On or prior to March 31 and September 30 of each
year (commencing March 31, 2010), if any Grantor shall have commenced a legal action during
the two fiscal quarters of the Company most recently ended prior to such date (or, in the
case of March 31, 2010, during the period commencing on the Issue Date and ending on the
last day of the fiscal quarter of the Company most recently ended prior to March 31, 2010)
with respect to a Commercial Tort Claim which if successful would involve a recovery of at
least $1,000,000 (to the extent such Commercial Tort Claim would constitute Collateral),
such Grantor shall amend Schedule 2 to this Agreement and file additional financing
statements or amendments to existing financing statements and do such other acts or things,
in each case, as are deemed necessary by the Grantors to give Collateral Agent a perfected
security interest in any such Commercial Tort Claim;
(d) Change in Names; Etc. No Grantor shall effect any change (i) in such
Grantors legal name, (ii) in the location of such Grantors chief executive office, (iii)
in such Grantors organizational structure, (iv) in such Grantors organizational
identification number, if any, or (v) in such Grantors jurisdiction of organization (in
each case, including by merging with or into any other entity, reorganizing, dissolving,
liquidating, reorganizing or organizing in any other jurisdiction), unless it shall within
90 days after such change, give the Collateral Agent written notice thereof and take all
action required to maintain the perfection and priority of the security interest of the
Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties in the Collateral of such Grantor;
(e) Intellectual Property. On or prior to March 31 and September 30 of each
year (commencing March 31, 2010), if any Grantor shall have obtained or acquired during the
two fiscal quarters of the Company most recently ended prior to such date (or, in the case
of March 31, 2010, during the period commencing on the Issue Date and ending on the last day
of the fiscal quarter of the Company most recently ended prior to March 31, 2010) any
Collateral consisting of Patents, Trademarks or Copyrights (but, excluding in each case
applications therefor) registered with the United States Patent & Trademark Office or the
United States Copyright Office (in each case, or any successor office performing similar
functions), in order to facilitate filings with the United States Patent and Trademark
Office and the United States Copyright Office, such Grantor shall execute and deliver to
Collateral Agent one or more Copyright Security Agreements, Trademark Security
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Agreements or
Patent Security Agreements to evidence Collateral Agents Lien on such Collateral, and shall
cause such agreements to be filed with the United States Patent
& Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office (in each case, or any
successor office performing similar functions), as applicable;
(f) Pledged Interests.
(i) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, all sums of
money and property paid or distributed in respect of the Pledged Interests which are
received by any Grantor shall be held by the Grantors in trust for the benefit of Collateral
Agent segregated from such Grantors other property, and such Grantor shall, subject to
Section 7(k), deliver such money and property forthwith to Collateral Agent in the exact
form received;
(ii) No Grantor shall make or consent to any amendment or other modification or waiver
with respect to any Pledged Interests, Pledged Operating Agreement, or Pledged Partnership
Agreement, or enter into any agreement or permit to exist any restriction with respect to
any Pledged Interests to the extent prohibited under the Indenture or any Additional Pari
Passu Agreement;
(iii) Subject to Section 7(k), upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an
Event of Default, each Grantor agrees that it will cooperate with Collateral Agent in
obtaining all necessary approvals and making all necessary filings under federal, state or
local law in connection with the Security Interest on the Pledged Interests or any sale or
transfer thereof;
(g) Insurance. The Grantors shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause
all property insurance policies covering Collateral located in the U.S. and all U.S. general
liability insurance policies of the Grantors to name the Collateral Agent as additional
insured and, once obtained, the Grantors shall deliver to the Collateral Agent the original
certificates of insurance evidencing that such U.S. property and general liability insurance
policies of the Grantors that name the Collateral Agent as additional insured are in force;
(h) [omitted];
(i) [omitted];
(j) Other Actions to Perfect. The Grantors shall not be required to take any
action to perfect the security interest of the Collateral Agent, other than the filing of
UCC-1 financing statements, in any of the following Collateral: (i) any vehicles, aircraft
or equipment subject to certificate of title statutes, (ii) assets located in any country
other than the United States of America, (iii) Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary,
(iv) any Deposit Account or Securities Account (other than the Collateral Account) and (v)
Intellectual Property that is not registered with the United States Copyright Office or the
United States Patent & Trademark Office, or any successor office thereto; provided that in
the event any Grantor takes any action (other than granting control over such asset to the
ABL Agent and except as contemplated by Section 7(k) below) to grant or perfect
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a Lien in
favor of the ABL Agent in any assets which are not excluded from the Collateral
pursuant to Section 2, such Grantor shall also take such action to grant or perfect a
Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent to secure the Secured Obligations.
(k) Delivery of Possessory Collateral to ABL Agent. Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary herein, any requirement that any Grantor deliver any Equity Interests,
Negotiable Collateral, Investment Related Property, Chattel Paper or other Collateral to the
Collateral Agent or any Proceeds therefrom (including, without limitation, any money or
property distributed in respect of the Pledged Interests) at any time prior to the Discharge
of ABL Obligations (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) shall be satisfied by the
delivery of such item by such Grantor to the ABL Agent.
8. Relation to Other Security Documents. The provisions of this Agreement shall be
subject to Section 28 and shall be read and construed with the other Security Documents referred to
below in the manner so indicated.
(a) Mortgages. The provisions of any Mortgage shall govern the security interest of
the Collateral Agent in any Specified Real Property.
(b) Patent, Trademark and Copyright Security Agreements. The provisions of the
Copyright Security Agreements, the Trademark Security Agreements and Patent Security Agreements are
supplemental to the provisions of this Agreement, and nothing contained in the Copyright Security
Agreements, the Trademark Security Agreements or the Patent Security Agreements shall limit any of
the rights or remedies of Collateral Agent hereunder.
9. Further Assurances.
(a) Subject to Sections 7(j) and (k), each Grantor agrees that from time to time, at its own
expense, such Grantor will promptly execute and deliver all further instruments and documents, and
take all further action, that may be necessary in order to perfect any Security Interest granted or
purported to be granted hereby.
(b) Each Grantor acknowledges that it is not authorized to file any financing statement or
amendment or termination statement with respect to any financing statement filed in connection with
this Agreement except to the extent permitted by Section 23; provided however, that this Section
shall not prohibit any Grantor from filing financing statements to perfect or protect the
Collateral Agents Security Interest as otherwise required by this Agreement.
10. The Collateral Agent.
(a) Duties of The Collateral Agent.
(i) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Collateral Agent has
received written notice thereof from the Company, the Trustee or any Additional Pari Passu
Agent, the Collateral Agent may exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this
Agreement and the Security Documents, and shall use the same degree of care and skill in its
exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of
his or her own affairs; provided that, subject to the limitations
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on the obligations of the
Collateral Agent to take actions as provided herein, in the
Indenture or any Additional Pari Passu Agreement, Collateral Agent shall exercise, or
refrain from exercising, any remedies provided for herein, in accordance with the written
instructions of the Required Secured Parties;
(ii) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(A) the duties of the Collateral Agent shall be determined solely by the
express provisions of this Agreement and the Collateral Agent need perform only
those duties that are specifically set forth in this Agreement and the other
Security Documents and no others, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be
read into this Agreement or the Security Documents against the Collateral Agent; and
(B) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Collateral Agent 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
Collateral Agent.
(iii) The Collateral Agent may not be relieved from liability for its own gross
negligent action, its own grossly negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct,
except that:
(A) this paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (ii) or (v) of this
Section 10(a);
(B) the Collateral Agent shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in
good faith by an officer of the Collateral Agent, unless it is proved that the
Collateral Agent was grossly negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and
(C) the Collateral Agent 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
at the direction of the Required Secured Parties, or for the method and place of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Collateral Agent, or
exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Collateral Agent, under this
Agreement or any other Security Document.
(iv) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Agreement or
any provision of any other Security Document that in any way relates to the Collateral Agent
is subject to paragraphs (i), (ii), (iii), (v) and (vi) of this Section 10(a).
(v) No provision of this Agreement or any other Security Document shall require the
Collateral Agent to expend or risk its own funds or incur any liability.
(vi) The Collateral Agent shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it
except as the Collateral Agent may agree in writing with the Grantors. Money held in trust
by the Collateral Agent need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent
required by law.
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(b) Rights of the Collateral Agent.
(i) The Collateral Agent may conclusively rely and shall be fully protected in acting
or refraining from acting on any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been
signed or presented by the proper Person. The Collateral Agent need not investigate any
fact or matter stated in any such document. The Collateral Agent shall not be obligated to
communicate with or deal in any way with any Secured Party other than the Trustee and any
Additional Pari Passu Agent. In determining (x) the amount of Secured Obligations
outstanding under the Indenture or any Additional Pari Passu Agreement or (y) whether the
consent of any Secured Party to any amendment, waiver or other action under this Agreement
or any other Security Document has been obtained, the Collateral Agent may conclusively rely
on any statement by the Trustee or the applicable Additional Pari Passu Agent as to such
matter.
(ii) Before the Collateral Agent acts or refrains from acting, it may require an
Officers Certificate. The Collateral Agent shall not be liable for any action it takes or
omits to take in good faith in reliance on such Officers Certificate. The Collateral Agent
may consult with counsel of the Collateral Agents own choosing (which may be counsel to the
Grantors) and the Collateral Agent shall be fully protected from liability in respect of any
action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance on the
advice or opinion of such counsel or on any Opinion of Counsel.
(iii) The Collateral Agent may act through its attorneys and agents and shall not be
responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any attorney or agent appointed with due
care.
(iv) The Collateral Agent shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take
in good faith that it believes to be authorized or within the rights or powers conferred
upon it by this Agreement or any other Security Document. Whenever in the administration of
this Agreement or any Security Document the Collateral Agent shall deem it desirable that a
matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder,
the Collateral Agent (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the
absence of bad faith on its part, conclusively rely upon an Officers Certificate.
(v) Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement or any other Security
Document, any demand, request, direction or notice from any Grantor shall be sufficient if
evidenced by an Officers Certificate.
(vi) The Collateral Agent shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or
powers vested in it by this Agreement or any other Security Document at the request or
direction of any of the Secured Parties unless such Secured Parties shall have offered to
the Collateral Agent reasonable security and indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the
Collateral Agent against the costs, expenses and liabilities that might be incurred by it in
compliance with such request or direction.
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(vii) The Collateral Agent shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts
or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report,
notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of
indebtedness or other paper or documents, but the Collateral Agent, in its discretion, may
make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit,
and, if the Collateral Agent shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation,
it shall be entitled to examine during normal business hours and upon reasonable notice the
books, records and premises of any Grantor, personally or by agent or attorney at the sole
cost of the Grantors, and shall incur no liability or additional liability of any kind by
reason of such inquiry or investigation.
(viii) The rights, privileges, protections and benefits given to the Collateral Agent,
including, without limitation, its rights to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be
enforceable by, the Collateral Agent in each of its capacities hereunder, and to each agent,
custodian and other Persons employed to act hereunder or under any Security Document.
(ix) The Collateral Agent may request that the Company deliver an Officers Certificate
setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to
take specified actions pursuant to this Agreement or any other Security Document, which
Officers Certificate may be signed by any person authorized to sign an Officers
Certificate, including any person specified as so authorized in any such certificate
previously delivered and not superseded.
(x) The permissive right of the Collateral Agent to take or refrain from taking any
actions enumerated in this Agreement or any other Security Document shall not be construed
as a duty.
(c) Individual Rights of Collateral Agent. The Collateral Agent in its individual or
any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Secured Obligations and may otherwise deal
with any Grantor or any Affiliate of any Grantor with the same rights it would have if it were not
Collateral Agent.
(d) Collateral Agents Disclaimer. The Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for
and makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Agreement or any other Security
Document, or the existence, genuineness, value or protection of any Collateral (except for the safe
custody of Collateral in its possession and the accounting for Trust Monies actually received by it
in accordance with the terms hereof), the legality, effectiveness or sufficiency of any Security
Document, or the creation, perfection, priority, sufficiency or protection of any Lien on any
Collateral, and it shall not be responsible for any statement or recital in this Agreement or any
other Security Document.
(e) Replacement of Collateral Agent. A resignation or removal of the Collateral Agent
and appointment of a successor Collateral Agent shall become effective only upon the successor
Collateral Agents acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section 10(e). The Collateral
Agent may resign in writing at any time by so notifying the Company, the Trustee and each
Additional Pari Passu Agent. The Company may remove the Collateral Agent if:
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(i) the Collateral Agent is removed as Trustee under the Indenture;
(ii) the Collateral Agent fails to comply with Section 10(g) hereof;
(iii) the Collateral Agent is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent or an order for
relief is entered with respect to the Collateral Agent under the Bankruptcy Code;
(iv) a custodian or public officer takes charge of the Collateral Agent or its
property; or
(v) the Collateral Agent becomes incapable of acting.
If the Collateral Agent resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of
Collateral Agent for any reason, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor Collateral Agent
which complies with the eligibility requirements contained in the Indenture and each Additional
Pari Passu Agreement.
If a successor Collateral Agent does not take office within 30 days after the retiring
Collateral Agent resigns or is removed, the retiring Collateral Agent, the Company or the holders
of at least 10% in principal amount of the then outstanding principal amount of Secured Obligations
may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Collateral
Agent.
A successor Collateral Agent shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the
retiring Collateral Agent and to the Company. Thereupon, the resignation or removal of the
retiring Collateral Agent shall become effective, and the successor Collateral Agent shall have all
the rights, powers and the duties of the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other
Security Documents. The successor Collateral Agent shall mail a notice of its succession to the
Trustee and each Additional Pari Passu Agent. The retiring Collateral Agent shall promptly
transfer all property held by it as Collateral Agent to the successor Collateral Agent.
(f) Successor Collateral Agent by Merger, Etc. If the Collateral Agent consolidates,
merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business to,
another Person, the successor Person without any further act shall be the successor Collateral
Agent under this Agreement and the other Security Documents.
(g) Eligibility. There shall at all times be a Collateral Agent hereunder that (i)
meets the requirements for being a Trustee under the Indenture (prior to the discharge or
defeasance of the Indenture) and (ii) following the discharge or defeasance of the Indenture, meets
the requirements for being the Additional Pari Passu Agent under any then extant Additional Pari
Passu Agreement.
(h) Collateral Agents Application for Instructions from the Company. Any application
by the Collateral Agent for written instructions from the Company may, at the option of the
Collateral Agent, set forth in writing any action proposed to be taken or omitted by the Collateral
Agent under this Agreement or any other Security Document and the date on and/or after which such
action shall be taken or such omission shall be effective. The Collateral Agent shall not be
liable for any action taken by, or omission of, the Collateral Agent in accordance
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with a proposal
included in such application on or after the date specified in such application (which date shall
not be less than twenty Business Days after the date any officer of the Company actually receives
such application, unless any such officer shall have consented in writing to any earlier date)
unless prior to taking any such action (or the effective date in the case of an omission), the
Collateral Agent shall have received written instructions in response to such application
specifying or objecting to the action to be taken or omitted.
(i) Co-Collateral Agent; Separate Collateral Agent. At any time or times, for the
purpose of meeting the legal requirements of any jurisdiction in which any of the Collateral may at
the time be located, the Company and the Collateral Agent shall have power to appoint agents and
sub-agents to the extent permitted under the Indenture and each Additional Pari Passu Agreement.
11. Collateral Agents Right to Perform Contracts. Upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default, Collateral Agent (or its designee) may (but shall be under no
obligation to) upon prior notice to the Company proceed to perform any and all of the obligations
of any Grantor contained in any contract, lease, or other agreement constituting Collateral and
exercise any and all rights of any Grantor therein contained as fully as such Grantor itself could.
12. Collateral Agent Appointed Attorney-in-Fact. Each Grantor hereby irrevocably
appoints Collateral Agent its attorney-in-fact, with full authority in the place and stead of such
Grantor and in the name of such Grantor or otherwise, at such time as an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, to take any action and to execute any instrument which Collateral Agent
may reasonably deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement, including:
(a) to ask, demand, collect, sue for, recover, compromise, receive and give acquittance
and receipts for moneys due and to become due under or in connection with the Accounts
constituting Collateral or any other Collateral of such Grantor;
(b) to receive and open all mail addressed to such Grantor and to notify postal
authorities to change the address for the delivery of mail to such Grantor to that of
Collateral Agent;
(c) to receive, indorse, and collect any Drafts or other Instruments, Documents,
Negotiable Collateral or Chattel Paper;
(d) to file any claims or take any action or institute any proceedings which Collateral
Agent may deem necessary or desirable for the collection of any of the Collateral of such
Grantor or otherwise to enforce the rights of Collateral Agent with respect to any of the
Collateral;
(e) to repair, alter, or supply Goods, if any, necessary to fulfill in whole or in part
the purchase order of any Person obligated to such Grantor in respect of any Account of such
Grantor constituting Collateral;
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(f) to use any labels, Patents, Trademarks, trade names, URLs, domain names, industrial
designs, Copyrights, advertising matter or other industrial or intellectual property rights,
in advertising for sale and selling Inventory and other Collateral and to collect any
amounts due under Accounts constituting Collateral, contracts or Negotiable Collateral of
such Grantor to the extent permitted under applicable licenses agreements or as permitted by
applicable law; and
(g) to bring suit in its own name to enforce Collateral consisting of the Patents,
Trademarks, Copyrights and Intellectual Property Licenses related to Patents, Trademarks and
Copyrights and, if Collateral Agent shall commence any such suit, the appropriate Grantor
shall, at the request of Collateral Agent, do any and all lawful acts and execute any and
all proper documents reasonably required by Collateral Agent in aid of such enforcement.
To the extent permitted by law, each Grantor hereby ratifies all that such attorney-in-fact
shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney is coupled with an
interest and shall be irrevocable until this Agreement is terminated.
13. Collateral Agent May Perform. If any of the Grantors fails to perform any
agreement contained herein, Collateral Agent may itself perform, or cause performance of, such
agreement, and the reasonable expenses of Collateral Agent incurred in connection therewith shall
be payable, jointly and severally, by Grantors.
14. Collateral Agents Duties. The powers conferred on Collateral Agent hereunder are
solely to protect Collateral Agents interest in the Collateral, for the benefit of the Secured
Parties, and shall not impose any duty upon Collateral Agent to exercise any such powers. Except
for the safe custody of any Collateral in its actual possession and the accounting for moneys
actually received by it hereunder, Collateral Agent shall have no duty as to any Collateral or as
to the taking of any necessary steps to preserve rights against prior parties or any other rights
pertaining to any Collateral.
15. Collection of Certain Accounts, Certain General Intangibles and Negotiable
Collateral. At any time upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of
Default, Collateral Agent or Collateral Agents designee may (a) notify Account Debtors of any
Grantor to pay all amounts owing on Accounts constituting Collateral to Collateral Agent, for the
benefit of the Secured Parties, and (b) collect the Accounts, General Intangibles and Negotiable
Collateral (in each case to the extent constituting Collateral) directly, and any collection costs
and expenses shall constitute part of such Grantors Secured Obligations under the Security
Documents.
16. Disposition of Pledged Interests by Collateral Agent. None of the Pledged
Interests existing as of the date of this Agreement are, and none of the Pledged Interests
hereafter acquired on the date of acquisition thereof will be, registered or qualified under the
various federal or state securities laws of the United States and disposition thereof after an
Event of Default may be restricted to one or more private (instead of public) sales in view of the
lack of such registration. Each Grantor understands that in connection with such disposition,
Collateral Agent may approach only a restricted number of potential purchasers and further
understands that a sale under
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such circumstances may yield a lower price for the Pledged Interests
than if the Pledged Interests were registered and qualified pursuant to federal and state
securities laws and sold on the open market. Each Grantor, therefore, agrees that: (a) if
Collateral Agent shall, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, sell or cause the Pledged
Interests or any portion thereof to be sold at a private sale, Collateral Agent shall have the
right to rely upon the advice and opinion of any nationally recognized brokerage or investment firm
(but shall not be obligated to seek such advice and the failure to do so shall not be considered in
determining the commercial reasonableness of such action) as to the best manner in which to offer
the Pledged Interests or any portion thereof for sale and as to the best price reasonably
obtainable at the private sale thereof; and (b) such reliance shall be conclusive evidence that
Collateral Agent has handled the disposition in a commercially reasonable manner.
17. Voting Rights.
Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, (i) Collateral Agent
may, at its option, and with prior notice to any Grantor, and in addition to all rights and
remedies available to Collateral Agent under any other agreement, at law, in equity, or otherwise,
exercise all voting rights, and all other ownership or consensual rights in respect of the Pledged
Interests owned by such Grantor, but under no circumstances is Collateral Agent obligated by the
terms of this Agreement to exercise such rights, and (ii) if Collateral Agent duly exercises its
right to vote any of such Pledged Interests, each Grantor hereby appoints Collateral Agent, such
Grantors true and lawful attorney-in-fact and grants to Collateral Agent an IRREVOCABLE PROXY to
vote such Pledged Interests in any manner Collateral Agent deems advisable for or against all
matters submitted or which may be submitted to a vote of shareholders, partners or members, as the
case may be. The power-of-attorney granted hereby is coupled with an interest and shall be
irrevocable.
18. Remedies. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(a) Collateral Agent may exercise in respect of the Collateral, in addition to other
rights and remedies provided for herein, in the Indenture or any Additional Pari Passu
Agreement, or otherwise available to it, all the rights and remedies of a secured party on
default under the UCC or any other applicable law. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, each Grantor expressly agrees that, in any such event, Collateral Agent without
demand of performance or other demand, advertisement or notice of any kind (except a notice
specified below of time and place of public or private sale) to or upon any of Grantors or
any other Person (all and each of which demands, advertisements and notices are hereby
expressly waived to the maximum extent permitted by the UCC or any other applicable law),
may take immediate possession of all or any portion of the Collateral and (i) require
Grantors to, and each Grantor hereby agrees that it will at its own expense and upon request
of Collateral Agent forthwith, assemble all or part of the Collateral as directed by
Collateral Agent and make it available to Collateral Agent at one or more locations where
such Grantor regularly maintains Inventory, and (ii) without notice (except as specified
below), sell the Collateral or any part thereof in one or more parcels at public or private
sale, at any of Collateral Agents offices or elsewhere, for cash, on credit, and upon such
other terms as Collateral Agent may deem commercially reasonable.
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Each Grantor agrees that,
to the extent notice of sale shall be required by law, at least 10 days notice to any of
Grantors of the time and place of any public sale or the time after which any private sale
is to be made shall constitute reasonable notification and specifically such notice shall
constitute a reasonable authenticated notification of disposition within the meaning of
Section 9-611 of the UCC. Collateral Agent shall not be obligated to make any sale of
Collateral regardless of notice of sale having been given. Collateral Agent may adjourn any
public or private sale from time to time by announcement at the time and place fixed
therefor, and such sale may, without further notice, be made at the time and place to which
it was so adjourned.
(b) Collateral Agent is hereby granted a license or other right to use, without
liability for royalties or any other charge, each Grantors labels, Patents, Copyrights,
rights of use of any name, trade secrets, trade names, Trademarks, service marks and
advertising matter, URLs, domain names, industrial designs, other industrial or Intellectual
Property or any property of a similar nature owned by any of Grantors, as it pertains to the
Collateral, in each case in preparing for sale, advertising for sale and selling any
Collateral and in connection with such sale. Each Grantors rights under all licenses and
all franchise agreements shall inure to the benefit of Collateral Agent in each case, solely
to the extent permitted under applicable licenses and franchise agreements or as permitted
by applicable law, in preparing for sale, advertising for sale and selling any Collateral
and in connection with such sale.
(c) Any cash held by Collateral Agent as Collateral and all cash proceeds received by
Collateral Agent in respect of any sale of, collection from or other realization upon all or
any part of the Collateral shall be applied against the Secured Obligations in the order set
forth in Annex III. In the event the proceeds of Collateral are insufficient to satisfy all
of the Secured Obligations in full, each Grantor shall remain jointly and severally liable
for any such deficiency.
(d) Each Grantor hereby acknowledges that the Secured Obligations arose out of a
commercial transaction, and agrees that if an Event of Default shall occur and be
continuing, Collateral Agent shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, have the
right to an immediate writ of possession without notice of a hearing. Collateral Agent
shall have the right to the appointment of a receiver for the properties and assets of each
Grantor, and each Grantor hereby consents to such rights and such appointment and hereby
waives any objection such Grantors may have thereto or the right to have a bond or other
security posted by Collateral Agent.
19. Remedies Cumulative. Each right, power, and remedy of Collateral Agent as
provided for in this Agreement or in the other Security Documents or now or hereafter existing at
law or in equity or by statute or otherwise shall be cumulative and concurrent and shall be in
addition to every other right, power, or remedy provided for in this Agreement or in the other
Security Documents or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or by statute or otherwise, and
the exercise or beginning of the exercise by Collateral Agent of any one or more of such rights,
powers, or remedies shall not preclude the simultaneous or later exercise by Collateral Agent of
any or all such other rights, powers, or remedies.
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20. Marshaling. Collateral Agent shall not be required to marshal any present or
future collateral security (including but not limited to the Collateral) for, or other assurances
of payment of, the Secured Obligations or any of them or to resort to such collateral security or
other assurances of payment in any particular order, and all of its rights and remedies hereunder
and in respect of such collateral security and other assurances of payment shall be cumulative and
in addition to all other rights and remedies, however existing or arising. To the extent that it
lawfully may, each Grantor hereby agrees that it will not invoke any law relating to the marshaling
of collateral which might cause delay in or impede the enforcement of Collateral Agents rights and
remedies under this Agreement or under any other instrument creating or evidencing any of the
Secured Obligations or under which any of the Secured Obligations is outstanding or by which any of
the Secured Obligations is secured or payment thereof is otherwise assured, and, to the extent that
it lawfully may, each Grantor hereby irrevocably waives the benefits of all such laws.
21. Merger, Amendments, Waivers; Etc. THIS WRITTEN AGREEMENT, TOGETHER WITH THE OTHER
SECURITY DOCUMENTS AND ANY ADDITIONAL PARI PASSU AGREEMENT, REPRESENTS THE FINAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE PARTIES AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL
AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES. THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE PARTIES. No waiver of
any provision of this Agreement, and no consent to any departure by any of Grantors herefrom, shall
in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Collateral Agent,
and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the
specific purpose for which given. No modification of any terms of this Agreement or any other
Security Document (including any waiver thereof) shall be effective, unless such modification is
specifically provided in a writing directed to the applicable Grantor and executed by the
Collateral Agent with the consent of such Secured Parties, if any, required by (i) the Indenture
and (ii) any Additional Pari Passu Agreement, and such modification shall be applicable only to the
matter specified.
22. Addresses for Notices. All notices and other communications provided for
hereunder shall be given in the form and manner and delivered to Collateral Agent or the Trustee at
its address specified in the Indenture, to any of the Grantors at their respective addresses
specified in the Indenture and to any Additional Pari Passu Agent, to it at the address specified
in the applicable Additional Pari Passu Joinder Agreement or, as to any party, at such other
address as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to the other parties.
23. Continuing Security Interest. This Agreement shall create a continuing security
interest in the Collateral (other than any Mortgaged Property) and shall (a) remain in full force
and effect until the Discharge of Obligations, (b) be binding upon each of the Grantors, and their
respective successors and assigns, and (c) inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable by,
Collateral Agent, and its successors, transferees and assigns. Upon the Discharge of Obligations,
the Security Interest granted hereby shall terminate and all rights to the Collateral shall revert
to Grantors or any other Person entitled thereto. No transfer, renewal, extension or assignment of
this Agreement, any other Security Document or any Additional Pari Passu Agreement, or any other
instrument or document executed and delivered by any Grantor to Collateral Agent, nor the taking of
further security, nor the retaking of the Collateral by Collateral Agent, nor any other act
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Secured Party shall release any of Grantors from any obligation under this Agreement or any other
Security Document. Collateral Agent shall not by any act, delay, omission or otherwise, be deemed
to have waived any of its rights or remedies hereunder, unless such waiver is in writing and signed
by Collateral Agent and then only to the extent therein set forth. A waiver by Collateral Agent of
any right or remedy on any occasion shall not be construed as a bar to the exercise of any such
right or remedy which Collateral Agent would otherwise have had on any other occasion. In
addition, the Security Interests granted hereunder and the Liens granted under any of the other
Security Documents shall terminate and be released, in whole or in part, (i) as to the Secured
Obligations under the Indenture and the Notes, as provided in the Indenture and (ii) as to the
Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations under any Additional Pari Passu Agreement, as provided
in such Additional Pari Passu Agreement. Collateral shall be released from the Security Interest
under this Agreement and the Lien under any of the other Security Documents as provided in (i) the
Indenture with respect to Liens securing Secured Obligations under the Indenture and the Notes and
(ii) each Additional Pari Passu Agreement relating to Permitted Pari Passu Obligations with respect
to Liens securing such Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations. The Grantors may file
appropriate termination statements, mortgage releases satisfactions and re-conveyances, and other
filings to terminate or evidence the termination of the Security Interests in and Liens on any
assets that have been released from the Security Interest under this Agreement and the Liens under
any other Security Documents in accordance with this Section 23 and, at the Grantors expense, the
Collateral Agent shall return all Collateral in its possession to the Grantors and shall execute
any termination, amendment, mortgage release, satisfaction or re-conveyance, required or desirable
to terminate or evidence the termination of the Security Interest in or Lien on any property or
assets released from the Security Interest under this Agreement or any Lien released under any
other Security Document.
24. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED
BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF.
25. New Subsidiaries. Any new direct or indirect Domestic Subsidiary (whether by
acquisition or creation) of a Grantor that under the terms of the Indenture of any Additional Pari
Passu Agreement is required to enter into this Agreement shall do so by executing and delivering in
favor of Collateral Agent a supplement to this Agreement in the form of Annex 1 attached
hereto. Upon the execution and delivery of such supplement by such new Domestic Subsidiary, such
Domestic Subsidiary shall become a Grantor hereunder with the same force and effect as if
originally named as a Grantor herein. The execution and delivery of any instrument adding an
additional Grantor as a party to this Agreement shall not require the consent of any Grantor or any
other party hereunder. The rights and obligations of each Grantor hereunder shall remain in full
force and effect notwithstanding the addition of any new Grantor hereunder.
26. Collateral Agent. Each reference herein to any right granted to, benefit
conferred upon or power exercisable by Collateral Agent shall be a reference to Collateral Agent,
for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
27. Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations. On or after the Issue Date, the
Company may from time to time designate additional obligations as Permitted Additional Pari Passu
Obligations by delivering to the Collateral Agent, the Trustee and each Additional Pari
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(a) an Officers Certificate (i) identifying the obligations so designated and the aggregate
principal amount or face amount thereof, stating that such obligations are designated as Permitted
Additional Pari Passu Obligations for purposes hereof, (ii) representing that such designation
complies with the terms of the Indenture and each then extant Additional Pari Passu Agreement, and
(iii) specifying the name and address of the Additional Pari Passu Agent for such obligations (if
other than the Trustee); (b) except in the case of Additional Notes, a fully executed Additional
Pari Passu Joinder Agreement (in the form attached as Annex 2); and (c) an Opinion of Counsel to
the effect that the designation of such obligations as Permitted Additional Pari Passu
Obligations does not violate the terms of the Indenture or any then extant Additional Pari Passu
Agreement (upon which the Collateral Agent may conclusively and exclusively rely) subject to the
qualifications specified therein.
28. Intercreditor Matters. By accepting the benefits of this Agreement and the other
Security Documents, the Collateral Agent, the Trustee, on behalf of itself and the Noteholders and
each Additional Pari Passu Agent, on behalf of itself and the Secured Parties under the Additional
Pari Passu Agreement under which it is acting in such capacity, agrees that it is bound by (i) the
terms of the Intercreditor Agreement applicable to each of them and (ii) the provisions of Annex
III. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and the terms
of this Agreement, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control.
29. Miscellaneous.
(a) This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties on
separate counterparts, each of which, when executed and delivered, shall be deemed to be an
original, and all of which, when taken together, shall constitute but one and the same Agreement.
Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Agreement by telefacsimile or other electronic method
of transmission shall be equally as effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of
this Agreement. Any party delivering an executed counterpart of this Agreement by telefacsimile or
other electronic method of transmission also shall deliver an original executed counterpart of this
Agreement but the failure to deliver an original executed counterpart shall not affect the
validity, enforceability, and binding effect of this Agreement.
(b) Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable shall be ineffective
to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions
hereof in that jurisdiction or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any
other jurisdiction.
(c) Headings used in this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not be used in
connection with the interpretation of any provision hereof.
(d) The pronouns used herein shall include, when appropriate, either gender and both singular
and plural, and the grammatical construction of sentences shall conform thereto.
(e) Unless the context of this Agreement or any other Security Document clearly requires
otherwise, references to the plural include the singular, references to the singular include the
plural, the terms includes and including are not limiting, and the term or has,
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otherwise indicated, the inclusive meaning represented by the phrase and/or. The words hereof,
herein, hereby, hereunder, and similar terms in this Agreement refer to this Agreement as a
whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement. Section, subsection, clause,
schedule, and exhibit references herein are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified. Any
reference in this Agreement to any agreement, instrument, or document shall include all
alterations, amendments, changes, extensions, modifications, renewals, replacements, substitutions,
joinders, and supplements, thereto and thereof, as applicable (subject to any restrictions on such
alterations, amendments, changes, extensions, modifications, renewals, replacements, substitutions,
joinders, and supplements set forth herein). Any reference herein to any Person shall be construed
to include such Persons successors and assigns. Any requirement of a writing contained herein or
in any other Security Document shall be satisfied by the transmission of a Record and any Record so
transmitted shall constitute a representation and warranty as to the accuracy and completeness of
the information contained therein.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned parties hereto have executed this Agreement by and
through their duly authorized officers, as of the day and year first above written.
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OXFORD INDUSTRIES, INC. |
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TOMMY BAHAMA GROUP, INC. |
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BEN SHERMAN CLOTHING, INC. |
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LIONSHEAD CLOTHING COMPANY |
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OXFORD CARIBBEAN, INC. |
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OXFORD GARMENT, INC. |
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OXFORD INTERNATIONAL, INC. |
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OXFORD OF SOUTH CAROLINA, INC. |
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PIEDMONT APPAREL CORPORATION |
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SFI OF OXFORD ACQUISITION CORPORATION |
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VIEWPOINT MARKETING, INC. |
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OXFORD LOCKBOX, INC. |
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The following schedules have been deleted herefrom, but are available to the Commission upon
request:
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Schedule 1
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Trade Names; Organizational Identification Numbers; Chief
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Schedule 2
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Schedule 3
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ANNEX 1 TO SECURITY AGREEMENT FORM OF SUPPLEMENT
Supplement No. ___ (this Supplement) dated as of , 20___, to the
Security Agreement dated as of June 30, 2009 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time, the Security Agreement) among each of the parties listed on
the signature pages thereto and those additional entities that thereafter become parties thereto
(collectively, jointly and severally, Grantors and each individually Grantor)
and U.S. Bank National Association, in its capacity as Collateral Agent for the Secured Parties
(together with its successors, Collateral Agent), U.S. Bank National Association as
Trustee and each Additional Pari Passu Agent party thereto.
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the
meanings assigned to such terms in the Security Agreement; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Indenture or an Additional Pari Passu Agreement, the Company must
execute and deliver a supplement to the Security Agreement, and the execution of the Security
Agreement by the undersigned new Grantor or Grantors (collectively, the New Grantors) may
be accomplished by the execution of this Supplement in favor of Collateral Agent, for the benefit
of Secured Parties;
NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the foregoing and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, each New Grantor
hereby agrees as follows:
1. In accordance with Section 25 of the Security Agreement, each New Grantor, by its
signature below, becomes a Grantor under the Security Agreement with the same force and effect as
if originally named therein as a Grantor and each New Grantor hereby (a) agrees to all of the
terms and provisions of the Security Agreement applicable to it as a Grantor thereunder and (b)
represents and warrants that the representations and warranties made by it as a Grantor
thereunder are true and correct on and as of the date hereof. In furtherance of the foregoing,
each New Grantor, as security for the payment and performance in full of the Secured Obligations,
does hereby grant, assign, and pledge to Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties,
a security interest in and security title to all Collateral of such New Grantor to secure the full
and prompt payment of the Secured Obligations, including, any interest thereon, plus reasonable
attorneys fees and expenses if the Secured Obligations represented by the Security Agreement are
collected by law, through an attorney-at-law, or under advice therefrom. Schedule 1,
Trade Names; Organizational ID Number; Chief Executive Office, Schedule 2, Commercial
Tort Claims, Schedule 3, Copyright Registrations and Applications for Registration,
Schedule 4, Intellectual Property Licenses, Schedule 5, Patents, Schedule
6, U.S. Trademarks and U.S. Trademark Licenses and Applications for Registration,
Schedule 7, Pledged Companies and Schedule 8, List of Filing Jurisdictions
attached hereto supplement Schedule 1, Schedule 2, Schedule 3,
Schedule 4, Schedule 5, Schedule 6, Schedule 7 and
Schedule 8, respectively, to the Security Agreement and shall be deemed a part thereof for
all purposes of the Security Agreement. Each reference to a Grantor in the Security Agreement
shall be
deemed to include each New Grantor. The Security Agreement is incorporated herein by
reference.
2. Each New Grantor represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent that this Supplement has
been duly executed and delivered by such New Grantor and constitutes its legal, valid and binding
obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability thereof
may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent transfer, moratorium or other
similar laws affecting creditors rights generally and general principles of equity (regardless of
whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity).
3. This Supplement may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to
be an original, but all such separate counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same
instrument. Delivery of a counterpart hereof by facsimile transmission or by e-mail transmission
shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.
4. Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the Security Agreement shall remain in full force
and effect.
5. This Supplement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State
of New York without regard to the conflict of laws principles thereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each New Grantor and Collateral Agent have duly executed this Supplement
to the Security Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
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ANNEX II TO SECURITY AGREEMENT
FORM OF ADDITIONAL PARI PASSU JOINDER AGREEMENT
The undersigned (the Additional Pari Passu Agent) is the agent for Persons wishing
to become Secured Parties (the New Secured Parties) under the Security Agreement, dated
as of June 30, 2009 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time,
the Security Agreement (terms used without definition herein have the meanings assigned
to such terms by the Security Agreement)) among Grantors party thereto and U.S. Bank National
Association, as Collateral Agent (the Collateral Agent) and the other Security Documents.
In consideration of the foregoing, the undersigned hereby:
(i) represents that the Additional Pari Passu Agent has been authorized by the New
Secured Parties to become a party to the Security Agreement on behalf of the New Secured
Parties under that [DESCRIBE OPERATIVE AGREEMENT] (the New Secured Agreement) and
to act as the Additional Pari Passu Agent for the New Secured Parties hereunder and under
the Security Agreement;
(ii) acknowledges that the New Secured Parties have had made available to them a copy
of the Security Agreement;
(iii) irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Collateral Agent to take such action as
agent on its behalf and on behalf of the New Secured Parties and to exercise such powers
under the Security Agreement and the other Security Documents as are delegated to the
Collateral Agent by the terms thereof, together with all such powers as are reasonably
incidental thereto; and
(iv) accepts and acknowledges the terms of the Security Agreement applicable to it and
the New Secured Parties and agrees to serve as Additional Pari Passu Agent for the New
Secured Parties with respect to the Secured Obligations under the New Secured Agreement and
agrees on its own behalf and on behalf of the New Secured Parties to be bound by the terms
of the Security Agreement and the other Security Documents applicable to holders of Secured
Obligations, with all the rights and obligations of a Secured Party thereunder and bound by
all the provisions thereof as fully as if it had been a Secured Party on the effective date
of the Security Agreement.
The name and address of the representative for purposes of Section 22 of the Security
Agreement are as follows:
[name and address of Additional Pari Passu Agent]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Additional Pari Passu Joinder Agreement to
be duly executed by its authorized officer as of the day of 20___.
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ANNEX III TO SECURITY AGREEMENT
THE COLLATERAL AGENT AND
SECURED PARTY ACKNOWLEDGMENTS1
Acknowledgment of Priorities of Security Interests and Liens; Application of Proceeds
(a) Each of the Secured Parties acknowledges and agrees that, notwithstanding the date,
time or creation of any Liens securing any of the Secured Obligations under the Security
Agreement or the Security Documents, the Secured Obligations shall be equally and ratably
secured by the Liens of the Security Agreement and the Security Documents and all Liens
securing any of the Secured Obligations (and any proceeds received from the enforcement of
any such Liens) shall be for the equal and ratable benefit of all Secured Parties and shall
be applied as provided in clause (c) below. Each Secured Party, by its acceptance of the
benefits hereunder and of the Security Documents, agrees for the benefit of the other
Secured Parties that, to the extent any additional or substitute collateral for any of the
Secured Obligations is delivered by a Grantor to or for the benefit of any Secured Party,
such collateral shall be subject to the provisions of this clause (a).
(b) Each of the Secured Parties hereby agrees not to challenge or question in any
proceeding the validity or enforceability of any Security Document (in each case as a whole
or any term or provision contained therein) or the validity of any Lien or financing
statement in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties as
provided in the Security Agreement and the other Security Documents, or the relative
priority of any such Lien. Each Secured Party consents to the release of Trust Monies from
the Collateral Account in accordance with Article 12 of the Indenture.
(c) The proceeds received by the Collateral Agent in respect of any sale of, collection
from or other realization upon all or any part of the Collateral under this Agreement or any
other Security Document (excluding funds deposited with the Trustee or any Additional Pari
Passu Agent, in such capacities, in connection with any defeasance or discharge of the
Indenture or any Additional Pari Passu Agreement, which shall be applied as provided
therein) shall be applied, together with any other sums then held by the Collateral Agent
pursuant to this Agreement, promptly by the Collateral Agent as follows:
FIRST, to the payment of all costs and expenses, liabilities, fees, commissions and
taxes paid or payable by the Collateral Agent under this Agreement or any Security Document
including, without limitation, the costs and expenses of the Collateral Agent and its agents and
counsel,
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and all expenses, liabilities and advances made or incurred by the Collateral Agent in
connection therewith;
SECOND, without duplication of amounts applied pursuant to clause FIRST above,
to the payment in full in cash, pro rata, based on the amount of Secured Obligations outstanding
under the Indenture and each Additional Pari Passu Agreement and then due and owing to (i) the
Trustee to be applied as provided in the Indenture, and (ii) each Additional Pari Passu Agent to be
applied as provided in the applicable Additional Pari Passu Agreement; and
THIRD, the balance, if any, to such Grantor or as otherwise directed by a court of
competent jurisdiction.
If, despite the provisions of this Agreement, any Secured Party shall receive any payment or
other recovery in excess of its portion of payments on account of the Obligations to which it is
then entitled in accordance with this Agreement, such Secured Party shall hold such payment or
recovery in trust for the benefit of all Secured Parties for distribution in accordance with this
Annex III.
Enforcement.
Subject to the Collateral Agents rights under Section 10 of the Agreement, the Required
Secured Parties may direct the Collateral Agent in exercising any right or remedy available to the
Collateral Agent under this Agreement or any Security Document. In the absence of any such
instruction, the Collateral Agent may (but shall be under no obligation to) exercise such rights
and remedies in any manner that complies with Section 10 of the Agreement. No Secured Party (other
than the Collateral Agent) shall have any individual right to pursue any remedies under the
Agreement against any Grantor.
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EXHIBIT A
COPYRIGHT SECURITY AGREEMENT
This COPYRIGHT SECURITY AGREEMENT (this Copyright Security Agreement) is made as of
this ___ day of , 20___, among Grantors listed on the signature pages hereof
(collectively, jointly and severally, Grantors and each individually Grantor),
and U.S. Bank National Association, in its capacity as Collateral Agent for the Secured Parties
(together with its successors, Collateral Agent).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, Grantors shall have executed and delivered to Collateral Agent, for the benefit of
the Secured Parties, that certain Security Agreement dated as of June 30, 2009 (including all
annexes, exhibits or schedules thereto, as from time to time amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified, the Security Agreement); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Security Agreement, Grantors are required to execute and deliver to
Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, this Copyright Security Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants herein contained and for
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, Grantors hereby agree as follows:
1. DEFINED TERMS. All capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have
the meanings given to them in the Security Agreement.
2. GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN COPYRIGHT COLLATERAL. Each Grantor hereby grants to
Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a continuing security interest in all of
such Grantors right, title and interest in, to and under the following, whether presently existing
or hereafter created or acquired (collectively, the Copyright Collateral):
(a) all of such Grantors Copyrights and Intellectual Property Licenses with respect to
Copyrights to which it is a party as licensor or licensee including those referred to on
Schedule I hereto;
(b) all reissues, continuations or extensions of the foregoing; and
(c) all products and proceeds of the foregoing, including any claim by such Grantor
against third parties for past, present or future infringement or dilution of any Copyright
or any Copyright licensed under any Intellectual Property License.
3. SECURITY FOR OBLIGATIONS. This Copyright Security Agreement and the Security
Interest created hereby secures the payment and performance of all the Secured Obligations,
whether now existing or arising hereafter. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, this Copyright Security Agreement secures the payment of all amounts which constitute
part of the Secured Obligations and would be owed by Grantors, or any of them, to Collateral Agent,
the Secured Parties, or any of them, whether or not they are unenforceable or not allowable due to
the existence of an Insolvency Proceeding involving any Grantor.
4. SECURITY AGREEMENT. The security interests granted pursuant to this Copyright
Security Agreement are granted in conjunction with the security interests granted to Collateral
Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to the Security Agreement. Each Grantor
hereby acknowledges and affirms that the rights and remedies of Collateral Agent with respect to
the security interest in the Copyright Collateral made and granted hereby are more fully set forth
in the Security Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are incorporated by reference herein
as if fully set forth herein.
5. AUTHORIZATION TO SUPPLEMENT. Collateral Agent hereby authorizes Grantors
unilaterally to modify this Agreement by amending Schedule I to include any future United
States registered copyrights or applications therefor of Grantors. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
no failure to so modify this Copyright Security Agreement or amend Schedule I shall in any
way affect, invalidate or detract from Collateral Agents continuing security interest in all
Collateral, whether or not listed on Schedule I.
6. COUNTERPARTS. This Copyright Security Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such separate counterparts
shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. In proving this Copyright Security
Agreement in any judicial proceedings, it shall not be necessary to produce or account for more
than one such counterpart signed by the party against whom such enforcement is sought. Any
signatures delivered by a party by facsimile transmission or by other electronic transmission shall
be deemed an original signature hereto.
7. CONSTRUCTION. Unless the context of this Copyright Security Agreement clearly
requires otherwise, references to the plural include the singular, references to the singular
include the plural, the terms includes and including are not limiting, and the term or has,
except where otherwise indicated, the inclusive meaning represented by the phrase and/or. The
words hereof, herein, hereby, hereunder, and similar terms in this Copyright Security
Agreement refer to this Copyright Security Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision
of this Copyright Security Agreement. Section, subsection, clause, schedule, and exhibit
references herein are to this Copyright Security Agreement unless otherwise specified. Any
reference in this Copyright Security Agreement to any agreement, instrument, or document shall
include all alterations, amendments, changes, extensions, modifications, renewals, replacements,
substitutions, joinders, and supplements, thereto and thereof, as applicable (subject to any
restrictions on such alterations, amendments, changes, extensions, modifications, renewals,
replacements, substitutions, joinders, and supplements set forth herein). Any reference herein to
any Person shall be construed to include such Persons successors and assigns. Any requirement of
a writing contained herein shall be satisfied by the transmission of a Record and any Record so
transmitted shall constitute a representation and warranty as to the accuracy and completeness of
the information contained therein.
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8. INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the
liens and security interests granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Agreement and the
exercise of any right or remedy by the Collateral Agent hereunder, are subject to the provisions of
the Intercreditor Agreement dated as of June 30, 2009 (as amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time, the Intercreditor Agreement), among SunTrust Bank,
as ABL Agent, U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee and as Note Agent and the Grantors (as
defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) from time to time party thereto. In the event of any
conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and the terms of this Agreement, the
terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Grantor has caused this Copyright Security Agreement to be executed
and delivered by its duly authorized officer as of the date first set forth above.
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[U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION],
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SCHEDULE I
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COPYRIGHT SECURITY AGREEMENT
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Intellectual Property Licenses
EXHIBIT B
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT
This PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT (this Patent Security Agreement) is made as of this
___ day of , 20___, among Grantors listed on the signature pages hereof (collectively,
jointly and severally, Grantors and each individually Grantor), and U.S. Bank
National Association, in its capacity as Collateral Agent for the Secured Parties (together with
its successors, Collateral Agent).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Grantors shall have executed and delivered to Collateral Agent, for the benefit
of the Secured Parties, that certain Security Agreement dated as of June 30, 2009 (including all
annexes, exhibits or schedules thereto, as from time to time amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified, the Security Agreement); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Security Agreement, Grantors are required to execute and deliver to
Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, this Patent Security Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants herein contained and for
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, each Grantor hereby agrees as follows:
1. DEFINED TERMS. All capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have
the meanings given to them in the Security Agreement.
2. GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENT COLLATERAL. Each Grantor hereby grants to
Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a continuing security interest in all of
such Grantors right, title and interest in, to and under the following, whether presently existing
or hereafter created or acquired (collectively, the Patent Collateral):
(a) all of its Patents and Intellectual Property Licenses with respect to Patents to which it
is a party including those referred to on Schedule I hereto;
(b) all reissues, continuations or extensions of the foregoing; and
(c) all products and proceeds of the foregoing, including any claim by such Grantor against
third parties for past, present or future infringement or dilution of any Patent or any Patent
licensed under any Intellectual Property License.
3. SECURITY FOR OBLIGATIONS. This Patent Security Agreement and the Security Interest
created hereby secures the payment and performance of all the Secured Obligations, whether now
existing or arising hereafter. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, this Patent
Security Agreement secures the payment of all amounts which constitute part
of the Secured Obligations and would be owed by Grantors, or any of them, to Collateral Agent,
the Secured Parties, or any of them, whether or not they are unenforceable or not allowable due to
the existence of an Insolvency Proceeding involving any Grantor.
4. SECURITY AGREEMENT. The security interests granted pursuant to this Patent
Security Agreement are granted in conjunction with the security interests granted to Collateral
Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to the Security Agreement. Each Grantor
hereby acknowledges and affirms that the rights and remedies of Collateral Agent with respect to
the security interest in the Patent Collateral made and granted hereby are more fully set forth in
the Security Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are incorporated by reference herein as
if fully set forth herein.
5. AUTHORIZATION TO SUPPLEMENT. If any Grantor shall obtain rights to any new
patentable inventions or become entitled to the benefit of any patent application or patent for any
reissue, division, or continuation, of any patent, the provisions of this Patent Security Agreement
shall automatically apply thereto. Without limiting Grantors obligations under this Section
5, Collateral Agent hereby authorizes Grantors unilaterally to modify this Agreement by
amending Schedule I to include any such new patent rights of Grantors. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, no failure to so modify this Patent Security Agreement or amend Schedule I shall
in any way affect, invalidate or detract from Collateral Agents continuing security interest in
all Collateral, whether or not listed on Schedule I.
6. COUNTERPARTS. This Patent Security Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such separate counterparts
shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. In proving this Patent Security
Agreement in any judicial proceedings, it shall not be necessary to produce or account for more
than one such counterpart signed by the party against whom such enforcement is sought. Any
signatures delivered by a party by facsimile transmission or by other electronic transmission shall
be deemed an original signature hereto.
7. CONSTRUCTION. Unless the context of this Patent Security Agreement clearly
requires otherwise, references to the plural include the singular, references to the singular
include the plural, the terms includes and including are not limiting, and the term or has,
except where otherwise indicated, the inclusive meaning represented by the phrase and/or. The
words hereof, herein, hereby, hereunder, and similar terms in this Patent Security
Agreement refer to this Patent Security Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of
this Patent Security Agreement. Section, subsection, clause, schedule, and exhibit references
herein are to this Patent Security Agreement unless otherwise specified. Any reference in this
Patent Security Agreement to any agreement, instrument, or document shall include all alterations,
amendments, changes, extensions, modifications, renewals, replacements, substitutions, joinders,
and supplements, thereto and thereof, as applicable (subject to any restrictions on such
alterations, amendments, changes, extensions, modifications, renewals, replacements, substitutions,
joinders, and supplements set forth herein). Any reference herein to any Person shall be construed
to include such Persons successors and assigns. Any requirement of a writing contained herein
shall be satisfied by the transmission of a Record and any Record so transmitted shall constitute a
representation and warranty as to the accuracy and completeness of the information contained
therein.
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8. INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the
liens and security interests granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Agreement and the
exercise of any right or remedy by the Collateral Agent hereunder, are subject to the provisions of
the Intercreditor Agreement dated as of June 30, 2009 (as amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time, the Intercreditor Agreement), among SunTrust Bank,
as ABL Agent, U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee and as Note Agent and the Grantors (as
defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) from time to time party thereto. In the event of any
conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and the terms of this Agreement, the
terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Grantor has caused this Patent Security Agreement to be executed and
delivered by its duly authorized officer as of the date first set forth above.
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ACCEPTED AND ACKNOWLEDGED BY:
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Collateral Agent
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SCHEDULE I
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PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT
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EXHIBIT C
TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT
This TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT (this Trademark Security Agreement) is made as of
this ___ day of ___, 20___, among Grantors listed on the signature pages hereof
(collectively, jointly and severally, Grantors and each individually Grantor),
and U.S. Bank National Association, in its capacity as Collateral Agent for the Secured Parties
(together with its successors, Collateral Agent).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Grantors shall have executed and delivered to Collateral Agent, for the benefit
of the Secured Parties, that certain Security Agreement dated as of June 30, 2009 (including all
annexes, exhibits or schedules thereto, as from time to time amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified, the Security Agreement); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Security Agreement, Grantors are required to execute and deliver to
Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, this Trademark Security Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants herein contained and for
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, Grantors hereby agree as follows:
1. DEFINED TERMS. All capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have
the meanings given to them in the Security Agreement or, if not defined therein, in the Indenture.
2. GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN TRADEMARK COLLATERAL. Each Grantor hereby grants to
Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a continuing security interest in all of
such Grantors right, title and interest in, to and under the following, whether presently existing
or hereafter created or acquired (collectively, the Trademark Collateral):
(a) all of such Grantors U.S. Trademarks and U.S. Trademark Licenses to which it is a
party including those referred to on Schedule I hereto;
(b) all reissues, continuations or extensions of the foregoing; and
(c) all products and proceeds of the foregoing, including any claim by such Grantor
against third parties for past, present or future infringement or dilution of any U.S.
Trademark or any breach of any U.S. Trademark License.
3. SECURITY FOR OBLIGATIONS. This Trademark Security Agreement and the Security
Interest created hereby secures the payment and performance of all the Secured Obligations, whether
now existing or arising hereafter. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
this Trademark Security Agreement secures the payment of all amounts which constitute
part of the Secured Obligations and would be owed by Grantors, or any of them, to Collateral Agent,
the Secured Parties, or any of them, whether or not they are unenforceable or not allowable due to
the existence of an Insolvency Proceeding involving any Grantor.
4. SECURITY AGREEMENT. The security interests granted pursuant to this Trademark
Security Agreement are granted in conjunction with the security interests granted to Collateral
Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to the Security Agreement. Each Grantor
hereby acknowledges and affirms that the rights and remedies of Collateral Agent with respect to
the security interest in the Trademark Collateral made and granted hereby are more fully set forth
in the Security Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are incorporated by reference herein
as if fully set forth herein.
5. AUTHORIZATION TO SUPPLEMENT. Collateral Agent hereby authorizes Grantors
unilaterally to modify this Agreement by amending Schedule I to include any future U.S.
Trademarks of Grantors. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no failure to so modify this Trademark
Security Agreement or amend Schedule I shall in any way affect, invalidate or detract from
Collateral Agents continuing security interest in all Collateral, whether or not listed on
Schedule I.
6. COUNTERPARTS. This Trademark Security Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such separate counterparts
shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. In proving this Trademark Security
Agreement or any other Senior Secured Note Document in any judicial proceedings, it shall not be
necessary to produce or account for more than one such counterpart signed by the party against whom
such enforcement is sought. Any signatures delivered by a party by facsimile transmission or by
other electronic transmission shall be deemed an original signature hereto.
7. CONSTRUCTION. Unless the context of this Trademark Security Agreement clearly
requires otherwise, references to the plural include the singular, references to the singular
include the plural, the terms includes and including are not limiting, and the term or has,
except where otherwise indicated, the inclusive meaning represented by the phrase and/or. The
words hereof, herein, hereby, hereunder, and similar terms in this Trademark Security
Agreement refer to this Trademark Security Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision
of this Trademark Security Agreement. Section, subsection, clause, schedule, and exhibit
references herein are to this Trademark Security Agreement unless otherwise specified. Any
reference in this Trademark Security Agreement to any agreement, instrument, or document shall
include all alterations, amendments, changes, extensions, modifications, renewals, replacements,
substitutions, joinders, and supplements, thereto and thereof, as applicable (subject to any
restrictions on such alterations, amendments, changes, extensions, modifications, renewals,
replacements, substitutions, joinders, and supplements set forth herein). Any reference herein to
any Person shall be construed to include such Persons successors and assigns. Any requirement of
a writing contained herein shall be satisfied by the transmission of a Record and any Record so
transmitted shall constitute a representation and warranty as to the accuracy and completeness of
the information contained therein.
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8. INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the
liens and security interests granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Agreement and the
exercise of any right or remedy by the Collateral Agent hereunder, are subject to the provisions of
the Intercreditor Agreement dated as of June 30, 2009 (as amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time, the Intercreditor Agreement), among SunTrust Bank,
as ABL Agent, U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee and as Note Agent and the Grantors (as
defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) from time to time party thereto. In the event of any
conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and the terms of this Agreement, the
terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Grantor has caused this Trademark Security Agreement to be executed
and delivered by its duly authorized officer as of the date first set forth above.
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SCHEDULE I
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TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT
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EXHIBIT D
PLEDGED INTERESTS ADDENDUM
This Pledged Interests Addendum, dated as of ___, 20___, is delivered pursuant to
Section 7 of the Security Agreement referred to below. The undersigned hereby agrees that
this Pledged Interests Addendum may be attached to that certain Security Agreement, dated as
June 30, 2009 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the
Security Agreement), made by the undersigned, together with the other Grantors named
therein, to U.S. Bank National Association, as Collateral Agent. Initially capitalized terms used
but not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the Security Agreement.
The undersigned hereby agrees that the additional interests listed on this Pledged Interests
Addendum as set forth below shall be and become part of the Pledged Interests pledged by the
undersigned to Collateral Agent in the Security Agreement and any pledged company set forth on this
Pledged Interests Addendum as set forth below shall be and become a Pledged Company under the
Security Agreement, each with the same force and effect as if originally named therein.
The undersigned hereby certifies that the representations and warranties set forth in
Section 7 of the Security Agreement of the undersigned are true and correct as to the
Pledged Interests listed herein on and as of the date hereof.
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EX-10.4
Exhibit 10.4
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the liens and security interests granted to
Administrative Agent (as defined below) pursuant to this Agreement (as defined below) and the
exercise of any right or remedy by Administrative Agent hereunder, are subject to the provisions of
the Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2009 (as amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time, the Intercreditor Agreement), among Administrative
Agent, as ABL Agent, and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee and as Collateral Agent, and as
acknowledged by the Grantors (as such term is defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) from time to
time party thereto. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement
and the terms of this Agreement, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control.
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
This SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (this Agreement) is
made as of this 30th day of June, 2009, among the Grantors listed on the signature pages hereof and
those additional entities that hereafter become parties hereto by executing the form of Supplement
attached hereto as Annex 1 (collectively, jointly and severally, Grantors and
each individually Grantor), and SUNTRUST BANK, in its capacity as administrative agent
(together with its successors, Administrative Agent).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of
August 15, 2008 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time,
including all schedules thereto, the Credit Agreement) by and among Oxford Industries,
Inc., a Georgia corporation (Parent), Tommy Bahama Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(TBG; together with Parent, each referred to individually as a Borrower and,
collectively, as Borrowers), the Persons party thereto from time to time as Guarantors,
the financial institutions party thereto from time to time as Issuing Banks, the financial
institutions party thereto from time to time as lenders (Lenders) and Administrative
Agent, the Lender Group (as defined therein) is willing to make certain financial accommodations
available to Borrowers from time to time pursuant to the terms and conditions thereof; and
WHEREAS, Administrative Agent has agreed to act as agent for the benefit of the Lender Group
in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
WHEREAS, Administrative Agent and the Grantors are parties to that certain Amended and
Restated Pledge and Security Agreement, dated as of August 15, 2008 (the Prior Security
Agreement), pursuant to which the Grantors granted Administrative Agent a continuing security
interest in and to the Collateral (as defined in the Prior Security Agreement) in order to secure
the prompt and complete payment, observance and performance of the Secured Obligations (as
defined in the Prior Security Agreement); and
WHEREAS, in order to induce the Lender Group to continue to make financial accommodations to
Borrowers as provided for in the Credit Agreement, Grantors have agreed to amended and restate the
Prior Security Agreement and to grant a continuing security interest in and to the Collateral in
order to secure the prompt and complete payment, observance and performance of, among other things,
(a) all of the present and future obligations of Grantors arising from this Agreement, the Credit
Agreement, the other Loan Documents and the Bank Products Documents and (b) all Obligations of
Borrowers, including, in the case of each of clauses (a) and (b), reasonable attorneys fees and
expenses and any interest, fees or expenses that accrue after the filing of an Insolvency
Proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in whole or in part as a claim in any
Insolvency Proceeding (clauses (a) and (b) being hereinafter referred to as the Secured
Obligations);
NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the recitals made above and other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt, sufficiency and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Defined Terms. All capitalized terms used herein (including in the preamble and
recitals hereof) without definition shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Credit
Agreement. Any terms used in this Agreement that are defined in the UCC shall be construed and
defined as set forth in the UCC unless otherwise defined herein or in the Credit Agreement;
provided, however, that to the extent that the UCC is used to define any term herein and such term
is defined differently in different Articles of the UCC, the definition of such term contained in
Article 9 of the UCC shall govern. In addition to those terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement,
as used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(a) Agreement Date means June 30, 2009.
(b) Books means books and Records (including each Grantors Records indicating,
summarizing, or evidencing such Grantors assets (including the Collateral) or liabilities, each
Grantors Records relating to such Grantors business operations or financial condition, and each
Grantors Goods or General Intangibles (other than Excluded Trademarks and Excluded Trademark
Licenses) related to such information).
(c) Borrowers has the meaning specified therefor in the recitals to this Agreement.
(d) Chattel Paper means chattel paper (as that term is defined in the UCC) and
includes tangible chattel paper and electronic chattel paper.
(e) Collateral has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.
(f) Commercial Tort Claims means commercial tort claims (as that term is defined in
the UCC), and includes those commercial tort claims listed on Schedule 2.
(g) Copyrights means copyrights and copyright registrations, including the copyright
registrations and applications for registration listed on Schedule 3, and (i) all renewals
thereof, (ii) all income, royalties, damages and payments now and hereafter due or payable under
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and with respect thereto, including payments under all licenses entered into in connection
therewith and damages and payments for past or future infringements or dilutions thereof, (iii) the
right to sue for past, present and future infringements and dilutions thereof and (iv) all of each
Grantors rights corresponding thereto throughout the world, but excluding, in each case,
copyrights included in the definition of Excluded Trademarks.
(h) Copyright Security Agreement means each Copyright Security Agreement among
Grantors, or any of them, and Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Group, in
substantially the form of Exhibit A attached hereto, pursuant to which Grantors have
granted to Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Group, a security interest in all
their respective Copyrights.
(i) Credit Agreement has the meaning specified therefor in the recitals to this
Agreement.
(j) Deposit Account means any deposit account (as that term is defined in the UCC).
(k) Discharge of Note Obligations has the meaning specified therefor in the
Intercreditor Agreement.
(l) Documents means documents (as that term is defined in the UCC).
(m) Draft means a draft (as that term is defined in the UCC).
(n) Equipment means equipment (as that term is defined in the UCC).
(o) Excluded Trademark Licenses means any Intellectual Property License related to a
Trademark to the extent such Intellectual Property License is not a U.S. Trademark License.
(p) Excluded Trademarks means any Trademarks that are not U.S. Trademarks.
(q) First-Tier Foreign Subsidiary shall mean any Foreign Subsidiary that is directly
held by Parent or its Domestic Subsidiaries.
(r) Fixtures means fixtures (as that term is defined in the UCC).
(s) General Intangibles means general intangibles (as that term is defined in the
UCC) and, in any event, including payment intangibles, contract rights, rights to payment, rights
arising under common law, statutes, or regulations, choses or things in action, goodwill (including
the goodwill associated with any Trademark), Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, URLs and domain
names, industrial designs, other industrial or Intellectual Property or rights therein or
applications therefor, whether under license or otherwise, programs, programming materials,
blueprints, drawings, purchase orders, customer lists, monies due or recoverable from pension
funds, route lists, rights to payment and other rights under any royalty or licensing agreements,
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including Intellectual Property Licenses, infringement claims, computer programs, information
contained on computer disks or tapes, software, literature, reports, catalogs, pension plan
refunds, pension plan refund claims, insurance premium rebates, tax refunds, and tax refund claims,
uncertificated Equity Interests not constituting a security (as defined in the UCC), and any other
personal property other than commercial tort claims, money, Accounts, Chattel Paper, Deposit
Accounts, Goods, Investment Related Property, Negotiable Collateral, and oil, gas, or other
minerals before extraction.
(t) Goods means goods (as that term is defined in the UCC).
(u) Grantor and Grantors has the meaning specified therefor in the
recitals to this Agreement.
(v) Insolvency Proceeding means (a) any case, action or proceeding before any court
or other Governmental Authority relating to bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, liquidation,
receivership, dissolution, winding-up or relief of debtors, or (b) any general assignment for the
benefit of creditors, composition, marshalling of assets for creditors or other, similar
arrangement in respect of its creditors generally or any substantial portion of its creditors, in
each of case (a) and (b) undertaken under federal, state or foreign law, including the Bankruptcy
Code.
(w) Instrument means an instrument (as that term is defined in the UCC).
(x) Intellectual Property means any and all Intellectual Property Licenses, Patents,
Copyrights, Trademarks and trade secrets.
(y) Intellectual Property Licenses means a license or other agreement granting a
right to use any Patent, Trademark, Copyright or other Intellectual Property, to which a Grantor is
a party, whether as a licensee or a licensor, including the license agreements listed on
Schedule 4, and the right to use any such Patent, Trademark, Copyright or other
Intellectual Property (to the extent permitted by such license) in connection with the enforcement
of the Lender Groups rights under the Loan Documents, including the right to prepare for sale and
sell any and all Inventory and Equipment now or hereafter owned by any Grantor and now or hereafter
covered by such licenses.
(z) Intercreditor Agreement has the meaning set forth in the legend on the first
page of this Agreement.
(aa) Inventory means inventory (as that term is defined in the UCC).
(bb) Investment Related Property means (i) investment property (as that term is
defined in the UCC), and (ii) all of the following regardless of whether classified as investment
property under the UCC: all Pledged Interests; Pledged Operating Agreements; and Pledged
Partnership Agreements.
(cc) Letter-of-Credit Rights means letter-of-credit rights (as that term is defined
in the UCC).
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(dd) Mortgage means an agreement, including, but not limited to, a mortgage, deed of
trust or any other document creating and evidencing a Lien on a Mortgaged Property in favor of or
for the benefit of Administrative Agent, which shall be in form which is effective to create a Lien
on such Mortgaged Property in favor of Administrative Agent to secure the Secured Obligations that
is enforceable against the applicable Grantor and third parties, in each case, with such schedules
and including such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to conform such document to
applicable local law requirements or as shall be customary under applicable local law requirements.
(ee) Mortgaged Property means each parcel of Real Property, if any, which shall be
subject to a Mortgage delivered after the Agreement Date pursuant to Section 6(i).
(ff) Negotiable Collateral means Instruments, Letter-of-Credit Rights, Promissory
Notes, Drafts and Documents.
(gg) Note Collateral has the meaning specified therefor in the Intercreditor
Agreement.
(hh) Note Priority Collateral has the meaning specified therefor in the
Intercreditor Agreement.
(ii) Patent Security Agreement means each Patent Security Agreement among Grantors,
or any of them, and Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Group, in substantially the
form of Exhibit B attached hereto, pursuant to which Grantors have granted to
Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Group, a security interest in all their
respective Patents.
(jj) Patents means patents and patent applications, including the patents and patent
applications listed on Schedule 5, and (i) all continuations and continuations-in-part,
(ii) all income, royalties, damages and payments now and hereafter due or payable under and with
respect thereto, including payments under all licenses entered into in connection therewith and
damages and payments for past or future infringements or dilutions thereof, (iii) the right to sue
for past, present and future infringements and dilutions thereof, and (iv) all of each Grantors
rights corresponding thereto throughout the world.
(kk) Pledged Companies means, each Person listed on Schedule 7 as a Pledged
Company, together with each other Person, all or a portion of whose Equity Interests, are acquired
or otherwise owned by a Grantor after the Agreement Date and are required to be pledged to
Administrative Agent under Section 6.20 of the Credit Agreement, other than any such Equity
Interest excluded from the term Collateral under the last paragraph of Section 2.
(ll) Pledged Interests means all of each Grantors right, title and interest in and
to all of the Equity Interests now or hereafter owned by such Grantor, regardless of class or
designation, in each of the Pledged Companies, and all substitutions therefor and replacements
thereof, all proceeds thereof and all rights relating thereto, including any certificates
representing the Equity Interests, the right to request after the occurrence and during the
continuation of an Event of Default that such Equity Interests be registered in the name of
Administrative Agent or
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any of its nominees, the right to receive any certificates representing any
of the Equity Interests and the right to require that such certificates be delivered to
Administrative Agent together with undated powers or assignments of investment securities with
respect thereto, duly endorsed in blank by such Grantor, all warrants, options, share appreciation
rights and other rights, contractual or otherwise, in respect thereof and of all dividends,
distributions of income, profits, surplus, or other compensation by way of income or liquidating
distributions, in cash or in kind, and cash, Instruments, and other property from time to time
received, receivable, or otherwise distributed in respect of or in addition to, in substitution of,
on account of, or in exchange for any or all of the foregoing except that Pledged Interests shall
not include any property or assets which are excluded from the term Collateral under the last
paragraph of Section 2.
(mm) Pledged Interests Addendum means a Pledged Interests Addendum substantially in
the form of Exhibit C to this Agreement.
(nn) Pledged Operating Agreements means all of each Grantors rights, powers, and
remedies under the limited liability company operating agreements of each of the Pledged Companies
that are limited liability companies.
(oo) Pledged Partnership Agreements means all of each Grantors rights, powers, and
remedies under the partnership agreements of each of the Pledged Companies that are partnerships.
(pp) Proceeds has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.
(qq) Promissory Note means a promissory note (as that term is defined in the UCC).
(rr) Real Property means any estates or interests in real property now owned or
hereafter acquired by any Grantor and the improvements thereto.
(ss) Record means a record (as that term is defined in the UCC).
(tt) Secured Obligations has the meaning specified in the recitals to this
Agreement.
(uu) Securities Account means a securities account (as that term is defined in the
UCC).
(vv) Security Interest has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.
(ww) Supporting Obligations means supporting obligations (as such term is defined in
the UCC), and includes Letter-of-Credit Rights and guaranties issued in support of Accounts,
Chattel Paper, Documents, General Intangibles, Instruments, or Investment Related Property.
(xx) Trademark Security Agreement means each Trademark Security Agreement among
Grantors, or any of them, and Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the
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Lender Group, in
substantially the form of Exhibit D attached hereto, pursuant to which Grantors have
granted to Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Group, a security interest in all
their respective U.S. Trademarks and U.S. Trademark Licenses.
(yy) Trademarks means trademarks, trade names, registered trademarks, trademark
applications, service marks, registered service marks, service mark applications, and Copyrights
(whether or not registered) embodied in any of the foregoing or related to works with which the
goodwill of any Grantor has become associated, and (i) all renewals thereof, (ii) all income,
royalties, damages and payments now and hereafter due or payable under and with respect thereto,
including payments under all licenses entered into in connection therewith and damages and payments
for past or future infringements or dilutions thereof, (iii) the right to sue for past, present and
future infringements and dilutions thereof, (iv) the goodwill of each Grantors business symbolized
by the foregoing and connected therewith, and (v) all of each Grantors rights corresponding
thereto throughout the world.
(zz) URL means uniform resource locator, an internet web address.
(aaa) U.S. Trademark Licenses means a license or other agreement to the extent
granting a right to use any U.S. Trademark owned by a Grantor, to which a Grantor is a party as a
licensor, including the license agreements listed on Schedule 6 to the extent granting a
right to use any U.S. Trademark owned by a Grantor, including the right to royalties and any other
consideration now or hereafter paid to a Grantor under or with respect thereto by any entity for
such rights thereunder.
(bbb) U.S. Trademarks means, with respect to any Grantor, trademarks, trade names,
service marks and any application for the foregoing (including those set forth on Schedule
6) owned by such Grantor and registered in (or in the case of applications, filed with) the
United States Patent and Trademark Office (or any successor office performing similar functions)
including (i) Copyrights (whether or not registered) embodied in any of the foregoing, (ii) all
renewals thereof, (iii) all income, royalties, damages and payments now and hereafter due or
payable under and with respect thereto, including payments under all licenses entered into in
connection therewith and damages and payments for past or future infringements or dilutions
thereof, (iv) the right to sue for past, present and future infringements and dilutions thereof and
(v) the goodwill of such Grantors business symbolized by the foregoing and connected therewith.
2. Grant of Security. Each Grantor hereby unconditionally grants, assigns, and
pledges to Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Group, a continuing security
interest (hereinafter referred to as the Security Interest) in all personal property of
such Grantor whether now owned or hereafter acquired or arising and wherever located, including
such Grantors right, title, and interest in and to the following, whether now owned or hereafter
acquired or arising and wherever located (the Collateral):
(a) all of such Grantors Accounts (other than Accounts related to the Grantors Excluded
Trademarks or Excluded Trademark Licenses);
(b) all of such Grantors Books;
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(c) all of such Grantors Chattel Paper;
(d) all of such Grantors interest with respect to any Deposit Account;
(e) all of such Grantors Equipment and fixtures;
(f) all of such Grantors General Intangibles (other than Excluded Trademarks and Excluded
Trademark Licenses) including, without limitation, U.S. Trademarks and U.S. Trademark Licenses;
(g) all of such Grantors Inventory;
(h) all of such Grantors Investment Related Property;
(i) all of such Grantors Negotiable Collateral;
(j) all of such Grantors rights in respect of Supporting Obligations;
(k) all of such Grantors interest with respect to any Commercial Tort Claims listed on
Schedule 2;
(l) all of such Grantors money, Cash Equivalents, or other assets that now or hereafter come
into the possession, custody, or control of Administrative Agent or any other member of the Lender
Group; and
(m) all of the proceeds and products, whether tangible or intangible, of any of the foregoing,
including proceeds of insurance or commercial tort claims covering or relating to any or all of the
foregoing, and any and all Accounts, Books, Chattel Paper, Deposit Accounts, Equipment, General
Intangibles (other than Excluded Trademarks and Excluded Trademark Licenses), Inventory, Investment
Related Property, Negotiable Collateral, Supporting Obligations, money, or other tangible or
intangible property resulting from the sale, lease, license, exchange, collection, or other
disposition of any of the foregoing, the proceeds of any award in condemnation with respect to any
of the property of Grantors constituting Collateral, any rebates or refunds, whether for taxes or
otherwise, and all proceeds of any such proceeds, or any portion thereof or interest therein, and
the proceeds thereof, and all proceeds of any loss of, damage to, or destruction of the above,
whether insured or not insured, and, to the extent not otherwise included, any indemnity, warranty,
or guaranty payable by reason of loss or damage to, or otherwise with respect to any of the
foregoing Collateral (the Proceeds). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
the term Proceeds includes whatever is receivable or received when Investment Related Property or
proceeds are sold, exchanged, collected, or otherwise disposed of, whether such disposition is
voluntary or involuntary, and includes proceeds of any indemnity or guaranty payable to any Grantor
or Administrative Agent from time to time with respect to any of the Investment Related Property.
Notwithstanding anything contained in this Section 2 to the contrary, the term
Collateral shall not include: (i) any of the Equity Interests of a Foreign Subsidiary of a
Grantor other than a First-Tier Foreign Subsidiary of such Grantor, (ii) with respect to any
First-Tier
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Foreign Subsidiary of a Grantor, any Equity Interests in excess of sixty-five percent
(65%) of the Equity Interests of such First-Tier Foreign Subsidiary, together with all certificates
representing such Equity Interests, all Proceeds thereof and all rights relating thereto, (iii) any
Equity Interests in an Excluded Subsidiary, (iv) any Equity Interests in Patch Licensing LLC, (v)
any Excluded Trademark or any Excluded Trademark License owned by any Grantor (as licensor or as
licensee) and any Proceeds related thereto, (vi) to the extent (and only for so long as) such
property does not constitute Note Collateral, assets and all Proceeds thereof and all rights
relating thereto subject to Liens permitted pursuant to clause (f) (as it relates to any of the
foregoing) of the definition of Permitted Liens in the Credit Agreement to the extent the
documentation relating to such Liens prohibits the applicable Grantors from granting a Lien on such
assets to secure the Secured Obligations, (vii) to the extent (and only for so long as) such
property does not constitute Note Collateral, any Equity Interests of a Person that is not a
Subsidiary of Parent and all Proceeds thereof and all rights relating thereto to the extent that a
pledge of such Equity Interests, Proceeds or rights is prohibited by such Persons organizational
documents or any shareholders agreement or joint venture agreement relating to such Equity
Interests, Proceeds or rights, (viii) to the extent (and only for so long as) such property does
not constitute Note Collateral, any contract, lease, license or other agreement and all Proceeds
thereof and all rights relating thereto to the extent that the grant of a security interest therein
would violate applicable law, result in the invalidation thereof or provide any party thereto with
a right of termination or any other remedy that materially increases the costs or burden of any
Grantor thereunder with respect thereto (in each case, after giving effect to Sections 9-406(d),
9-407(a), 9-408(a) or 9-409 of the UCC (or any successor provision or provisions) or any other
applicable law), and (ix) any intent-to-use trademark application to the extent and for so long as
creation by a Grantor of a security interest therein would result in the loss by such Grantor of
any material rights therein.
3. Security for Secured Obligations. This Agreement and the Security Interest created
hereby secure the payment and performance of all of the Secured Obligations, whether now existing
or arising hereafter. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, this Agreement secures the
payment of all amounts which constitute part of the Secured Obligations and would be owed by
Grantors, or any of them, to Administrative Agent or any other member of the Lender Group, but for
the fact that they are unenforceable or not allowable due to the existence of an Insolvency
Proceeding involving any other Grantor.
4. Grantors Remain Liable. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, (a) each
of the Grantors shall remain liable under the contracts and agreements included in the Collateral,
including the Pledged Operating Agreements and the Pledged Partnership Agreements, to perform all
of the duties and obligations thereunder to the same extent as if this Agreement had not been
executed, (b) the exercise by Administrative Agent or any other member of the Lender Group of any
of the rights hereunder shall not release any Grantor from any of its duties or obligations under
such contracts and agreements included in the Collateral, and (c) no member of the Lender Group
shall have any obligation or liability under such contracts and agreements included in the
Collateral by reason of this Agreement, nor shall any
member of the Lender Group be obligated to perform any of the obligations or duties of any
Grantors thereunder or to take any action to collect or enforce any claim for payment assigned
hereunder. Until an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, except as otherwise
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provided
in this Agreement, the Credit Agreement, or the other Loan Documents, Grantors shall have the right
to possession and enjoyment of the Collateral for the purpose of conducting the ordinary course of
their respective businesses, subject to and upon the terms hereof and of the Credit Agreement and
the other Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, it is the intention of
the parties hereto that record and beneficial ownership of the Pledged Interests, including all
voting, consensual, and dividend rights, shall remain in the applicable Grantor until the
occurrence of an Event of Default and until Administrative Agent shall notify the applicable
Grantor of Administrative Agents exercise of voting, consensual, or dividend rights with respect
to the Pledged Interests pursuant to Section 15 hereof.
5. Representations and Warranties. Each Grantor hereby represents and warrants as
follows:
(a) The exact legal name of each of the Grantors is set forth on the signature pages of this
Agreement or a written notice provided to Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 8.7(f)
of the Credit Agreement. No Grantor conducts, and, during the five-year period immediately
preceding the Agreement Date, no Grantor has conducted, business under any trade name or other name
other than those set forth on Schedule 1 attached hereto.
(b) Such Grantors organizational identification number (within the meaning of Section
9-516(b)(5)(C)(iii) of the UCC), and its chief executive office, principal place of business and
the place where such Grantor maintains its records concerning the Collateral is set forth on
Schedule 1. If such Grantor is a corporation, limited liability company, limited
partnership, corporate trust or other registered organization, the state under whose law such
registered organization was organized is set forth on Schedule 1.
(c) Intentionally Omitted.
(d) As of the Agreement Date, no Grantor has any interest in, or title to, any U.S. Trademarks
or U.S. Trademark Licenses except as set forth on Schedule 6. This Agreement is effective
to create a valid and continuing Lien on such U.S. Trademarks and U.S. Trademark Licenses and, upon
filing of the Copyright Security Agreement with the United States Copyright Office and filing of
the Trademark Security Agreement with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and the filing
of appropriate financing statements in the jurisdictions listed on Schedule 8, all action
necessary to perfect the Security Interest in each Grantors U.S. Trademarks and U.S. Trademark
Licenses has been taken and such perfected Security Interests are enforceable as such as against
any and all creditors of and purchasers from any Grantor.
(e) This Agreement creates a valid security interest in the Collateral of each of Grantors, to
the extent a security interest therein can be created under the UCC, securing the payment of the
Secured Obligations. Except to the extent a security interest in the Collateral cannot be
perfected by the filing of a financing statement under the UCC, the filing of a Copyright Security
Agreement with the United States Copyright Office and a Trademark Security Agreement and a Patent
Security Agreement with the United States Patent and
Trademark Office, all filings and other actions necessary or desirable to perfect and protect
such security interest have been duly taken or will have been taken upon the filing of financing
statements and such other filings listing each applicable Grantor, as a debtor, and Administrative
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Agent, as secured party, in the jurisdictions listed next to such Grantors name on Schedule
8. Upon the making of such filings, Administrative Agent shall have a perfected security
interest in the Collateral of each Grantor to the extent such security interest can be perfected by
the filing of a financing statement, the filing of a Copyright Security Agreement with the United
States Copyright Office and a Trademark Security Agreement and a Patent Security Agreement with the
United States Patent and Copyright Office, subject only to Permitted Liens.
(f) (i) Each Grantor is and will at all times be the sole holder of record and the legal and
beneficial owner, free and clear of all Liens, except for Permitted Liens, the Security Interest
created hereby and the Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent (as defined in the Intercreditor
Agreement), of the Pledged Interests indicated on Schedule 7 as being owned by such Grantor
and, when acquired by such Grantor, any Pledged Interests acquired after the Agreement Date; (ii)
all of the Pledged Interests are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and
the Pledged Interests constitute or will constitute the percentage of the issued and outstanding
Equity Interests of the Pledged Companies of such Grantor identified on Schedule 7 as
supplemented or modified by any Pledged Interests Addendum or any supplement to this Agreement;
(iii) such Grantor has the right and requisite authority to pledge the Pledged Interests pledged by
such Grantor to Administrative Agent as provided herein; (iv) all actions necessary to perfect,
establish the first priority (subject to any Permitted Liens) of, or otherwise protect,
Administrative Agents Security Interest in the Pledged Interests, and the proceeds thereof, will
have been duly taken, (A) upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement; (B) upon the taking of
possession by Administrative Agent of any certificates constituting the Pledged Interests, to the
extent such Pledged Interests are represented by certificates, together with undated powers
endorsed in blank by the applicable Grantor, (C) upon the filing of financing statements in the
applicable jurisdiction set forth on Schedule 8 for such Grantor with respect to the
Pledged Interests of such Grantor that are not represented by certificates, and (D) with respect to
any Securities Accounts (other than the Notes Collateral Account as such term is defined in the
Intercreditor Agreement), upon the delivery of control agreements with respect thereto; and (v)
each Grantor has delivered to and deposited with Administrative Agent (or, with respect to any
Pledged Interests created or obtained after the Agreement Date, will deliver and deposit in
accordance with Sections 6(a) and 8 hereof) all certificates representing the
Pledged Interests owned by such Grantor to the extent such Pledged Interests are represented by
certificates, and undated powers endorsed in blank with respect to such certificates. None of the
Pledged Interests owned or held by such Grantor has been issued or transferred in violation of any
securities registration, securities disclosure or similar laws of any jurisdiction to which such
issuance or transfer may be subject.
(g) No consent, approval, authorization, or other order or other action by, and no notice to
or filing with, any Governmental Authority or any other Person is required (i) for the grant of a
Security Interest by such Grantor in and to the Collateral pursuant to this Agreement or for the
execution, delivery, or performance of this Agreement by such Grantor, or (ii) for the exercise by
Administrative Agent of the voting or other rights provided for in this Agreement with respect to
the Investment Related Property or the remedies in respect of the Collateral
pursuant to this Agreement, except as may be required in connection with such disposition of
Investment Related Property by laws affecting the offering and sale of securities generally.
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6. Covenants. Each Grantor, jointly and severally, covenants and agrees with
Administrative Agent and the other members of the Lender Group that from and after the date of this
Agreement and until the date of termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 22
hereof:
(a) Possession of Collateral. In the event that any Collateral, including proceeds,
is evidenced by or consists of Negotiable Collateral, Investment Related Property, or Chattel
Paper, individually or in the aggregate, in the face amount of at least $1,000,000, and if and to
the extent that perfection or priority of Administrative Agents Security Interest is dependent on
or enhanced by possession, the applicable Grantor, promptly, but in any case within ten (10)
Business Days thereof, upon the request of Administrative Agent and in accordance with Section
8 hereof, shall execute such other documents and instruments as shall be requested by
Administrative Agent or, if applicable, endorse and deliver physical possession of such Negotiable
Collateral, Investment Related Property, or Chattel Paper to Administrative Agent, together with
such undated powers endorsed in blank as shall be requested by Administrative Agent;
(b) Chattel Paper.
(i) Each Grantor shall take all steps reasonably necessary to grant Administrative Agent
control of all electronic Chattel Paper in accordance with the UCC and all transferable records
as that term is defined in Section 16 of the Uniform Electronic Transaction Act and Section 201 of
the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act as in effect in any relevant
jurisdiction with respect to Chattel Paper, individually or in the aggregate, in the face amount of
at least $1,000,000;
(ii) If any Grantor retains possession of any Chattel Paper or Instruments, individually or in
the aggregate, in the face amount of at least $1,000,000 (which retention of possession shall be
subject to the extent permitted hereby and by the Credit Agreement), promptly upon the request of
Administrative Agent, such Chattel Paper and Instruments shall be marked with the following legend:
This writing and the obligations evidenced or secured hereby are subject to the Security Interest
of SunTrust Bank, as Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lender Group;
(c) Control Agreements.
(i) Each Grantor shall obtain an authenticated Blocked Account Agreement, in form and
substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent, as required pursuant to Section 6.15 of the Credit
Agreement;
(ii) Each Grantor shall obtain authenticated control agreements, all in form and substance
satisfactory to Administrative Agent, from each issuer (other than a Pledged Company) of
uncertificated securities, securities intermediary, or commodities intermediary issuing or holding
any financial assets or commodities to or for any Grantor, individually or in
the aggregate, having a value of more than $1,000,000 and to the extent otherwise constituting
Collateral;
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(d) Letter-of-Credit Rights. Each Grantor that is or becomes the beneficiary of a
letter of credit shall promptly (and in any event within thirty (30) days after becoming a
beneficiary), notify Administrative Agent thereof and, as to Letter-of-Credit Rights arising under
letters of credit, individually or in the aggregate, having a face amount of more than $1,000,000,
upon the request by Administrative Agent, enter into a tri-party agreement with Administrative
Agent and the issuer or confirmation bank with respect to Letter-of-Credit Rights assigning such
Letter-of-Credit Rights to Administrative Agent and directing all payments thereunder to
Administrative Agent, all in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent;
(e) Commercial Tort Claims. Each Grantor shall promptly (and in any event within ten
(10) Business Days of receipt thereof), notify Administrative Agent in writing upon incurring or
otherwise obtaining a Commercial Tort Claim which if successful would involve a claim having a
projected value of at least $1,000,000, after the date hereof against any third party and, upon
request of Administrative Agent, promptly amend Schedule 2 to this Agreement, authorize the
filing of additional financing statements or amendments to existing financing statements and do
such other acts or things deemed necessary or desirable by Administrative Agent to give
Administrative Agent a first priority, perfected security interest in any such Commercial Tort
Claim;
(f) Intentionally Omitted;
(g) Intellectual Property.
(i) On or prior to March 31 and September 30 of each year (commencing March 31, 2010), if any
Grantor shall have obtained or acquired during the two fiscal quarters of Parent most recently
ended prior to such date (or, in the case of March 31, 2010, during the period commencing on the
Agreement Date and ending on the last day of the fiscal quarter of Parent most recently ended prior
to March 31, 2010) any Collateral consisting of Patents, Trademarks or Copyrights (but, excluding
in each case applications therefor) registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office
or the United States Copyright Office (in each case, or any successor office performing similar
functions), in order to facilitate filings with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and
the United States Copyright Office, such Grantor shall execute and deliver to Administrative Agent
one or more Copyright Security Agreements, Trademark Security Agreements or Patent Security
Agreements to evidence Administrative Agents Lien on such Collateral, and shall cause such
agreements to be filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States
Copyright Office (in each case, or any successor office performing similar functions), as
applicable;
(ii) Each Grantor shall have the duty, to the extent materially necessary or economically
desirable, in the good faith judgment of such Grantor, in the operation of such Grantors business,
(A) to promptly sue for infringement, misappropriation, or dilution and to recover any and all
damages for such infringement, misappropriation, or dilution, (B) to prosecute diligently any
trademark application or service mark application that is part of the Trademarks pending as of the
date hereof or hereafter until the termination of this Agreement, (C) to prosecute diligently any patent application that is part of the Patents pending as of
the date hereof or hereafter until the termination of this Agreement, and (D) to take all
reasonable and necessary action to preserve and maintain all of such Grantors Trademarks, Patents,
Copyrights
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and Intellectual Property Licenses related thereto, and its rights therein, including
the filing of applications for renewal, affidavits of use, affidavits of noncontestability and
opposition and interference and cancellation proceedings. Any expenses incurred in connection with
the foregoing shall be borne by the appropriate Grantor. Each Grantor further agrees not to
abandon any Trademark, Patent, Copyright, or Intellectual Property License related thereto that is
materially necessary or economically desirable in the operation of such Grantors business without
the prior written consent of Administrative Agent, except as permitted by the Credit Agreement;
(iii) Grantors acknowledge and agree that the members of the Lender Group shall have no duties
with respect to the Trademarks, Patents, Copyrights, or Intellectual Property Licenses related
thereto. Without limiting the generality of this Section 6(g), Grantors acknowledge and
agree that no member of the Lender Group shall be under any obligation to take any steps necessary
to preserve rights in the Trademarks, Patents, Copyrights, or Intellectual Property Licenses
related thereto against any other Person, but Administrative Agent or any member of the Lender
Group may do so at its option from and after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event
of Default, and all expenses incurred in connection therewith (including reasonable fees and
expenses of attorneys and other professionals) shall be for the sole account of Borrowers and shall
be chargeable to the Loan Account;
(h) Investment Related Property.
(i) If any Grantor shall receive or become entitled to receive any Pledged Interests after the
Agreement Date (other than Dividends paid in cash), it shall promptly (and in any event within
thirty (30) Business Days of receipt thereof) deliver to Administrative Agent a duly executed
Pledged Interests Addendum identifying such Pledged Interests;
(ii) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, all sums of money
and property paid or distributed in respect of the Pledged Interests which are received by any
Grantor shall be held by the Grantors in trust for the benefit of Administrative Agent segregated
from such Grantors other property, and such Grantor shall deliver such money and property
forthwith to Administrative Agent in the exact form received;
(iii) No Grantor shall make or consent to any amendment or other modification or waiver with
respect to any Pledged Interests, Pledged Operating Agreement, or Pledged Partnership Agreement, or
enter into any agreement or permit to exist any restriction with respect to any Pledged Interests
to the extent prohibited under the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement;
(iv) Each Grantor agrees that it will cooperate with Administrative Agent in obtaining all
necessary approvals and making all necessary filings under federal, state or local law in
connection with the Security Interest on the Pledged Interests or any sale or transfer thereof;
(v) As to all limited liability company or partnership interests, issued under any Pledged
Operating Agreement or Pledged Partnership Agreement, each Grantor hereby represents, warrants and
covenants that the Pledged Interests issued pursuant to such
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agreement (A) are not and shall not be
dealt in or traded on securities exchanges or in securities markets, (B) do not and will not
constitute investment company securities, and (C) are not and will not be held by such Grantor in a
securities account. In addition, none of the Pledged Operating Agreements, the Pledged Partnership
Agreements, or any other agreements governing any of the Pledged Interests issued under any Pledged
Operating Agreement or Pledged Partnership Agreement, provide or shall provide that such Pledged
Interests are securities governed by Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in any
relevant jurisdiction;
(i) Real Property. In the event that following the date hereof, but prior to the
Discharge of Note Obligations, any Grantor shall acquire any fee simple ownership interest in any
parcel of Real Property (except to the extent subject to a Lien permitted by clause (f) (as it
relates to any of the foregoing) of the definition of Permitted Liens in the Credit Agreement to
the extent the documentation relating to such Lien prohibits the granting of a Lien thereon to
secure the Secured Obligations) with a fair market value in excess of $5,000,000 as of the date of
acquisition (a Specified Real Property), such Grantor shall provide a Mortgage in favor
of Administrative Agent in such Specified Real Property within 120 days following the date of
acquisition thereof. In connection with the provision of any new Mortgage, the applicable Grantors
will provide (a) an opinion of counsel stating that such Mortgage creates an enforceable Lien on
the applicable Specified Real Property in favor of Administrative Agent to secure the Secured
Obligations, subject to the assumptions and qualifications specified therein, and (b) UCC-1 fixture
filings relating to such Specified Real Property filed in the appropriate filing office;
(j) Transfers and Other Liens. Grantors shall not (i) sell, assign (by operation of
law or otherwise) or otherwise dispose of, or grant any option with respect to, any of the
Collateral, except expressly permitted by the Credit Agreement, or (ii) create or permit to exist
any Lien upon or with respect to any of the Collateral of any of Grantors, except for Permitted
Liens, the Security Interest created hereby and the Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent (as
defined in the Intercreditor Agreement). The inclusion of Proceeds in the Collateral shall not be
deemed to constitute Administrative Agents consent to any sale or other disposition of any of the
Collateral otherwise prohibited under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents; and
(k) Other Actions as to Any and All Collateral. Each Grantor shall promptly (and in
any event within ten (10)) Business Days of acquiring or obtaining such Collateral) notify
Administrative Agent in writing upon acquiring or otherwise obtaining any Collateral after the date
hereof consisting of Investment Related Property (other than any security or security entitlement
that is maintained in a securities account which is subject to a tri-party control agreement among
Administrative Agent, the applicable Grantor and the securities intermediary), Chattel Paper
(electronic, tangible or otherwise), promissory notes (as defined in the UCC), or Instruments, in
each case, individually or in the aggregate, having a face amount of at least $1,000,000 and upon
the request of Administrative Agent and in accordance with Section 8 hereof, promptly
execute such other documents, or if applicable, deliver such Chattel Paper, other documents or
certificates evidencing any Investment Related Property in accordance with Section 6 hereof and do such other acts or things deemed necessary or desirable by
Administrative Agent to protect Administrative Agents Security Interest therein.
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7. Relation to Other Security Documents. The provisions of this Agreement shall be
read and construed with the other Loan Documents referred to below in the manner so indicated.
(a) Credit Agreement. In the event of any conflict between any provision in this
Agreement and a provision in the Credit Agreement, such provision of the Credit Agreement shall
control; provided, however, if there is any conflict between any provision in the
Credit Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement shall control.
(b) Patent, Trademark and Copyright Security Agreements. The provisions of the
Copyright Security Agreements, the Trademark Security Agreements and the Patent Security Agreements
are supplemental to the provisions of this Agreement, and nothing contained in the Copyright
Security Agreements, the Trademark Security Agreements or the Patent Security Agreements shall
limit any of the rights or remedies of Administrative Agent hereunder.
(c) Mortgages. The provisions of any Mortgage shall govern the Lien of Administrative
Agent in any Specified Real Property.
8. Further Assurances.
(a) Each Grantor agrees that from time to time, at its own expense, such Grantor will promptly
execute and deliver all further instruments and documents, and take all further action, that may be
necessary or that Administrative Agent may reasonably request, in order to perfect and protect any
Security Interest granted or purported to be granted hereby or to enable Administrative Agent to
exercise and enforce its rights and remedies hereunder with respect to any of the Collateral.
(b) Each Grantor authorizes the filing by Administrative Agent financing or continuation
statements, or amendments thereto, and such Grantor will execute and deliver to Administrative
Agent such other instruments or notices, as may be necessary or as Administrative Agent may
reasonably request, in order to perfect and preserve the Security Interest granted or purported to
be granted hereby.
(c) Each Grantor authorizes Administrative Agent at any time and from time to time to file,
transmit, or communicate, as applicable, financing statements and amendments describing the
Collateral as defined herein.
(d) Each Grantor acknowledges that it is not authorized to file any financing statement or
amendment or termination statement with respect to any financing statement filed in connection with
this Agreement without the prior written consent of Administrative Agent, subject to such Grantors
rights under Section 9-509(d)(2) of the UCC.
9. Administrative Agents Right to Perform Contracts. Upon the occurrence and during
the continuance of an Event of Default, Administrative Agent (or its designee) may proceed to
perform any and all of the obligations of any Grantor contained in any contract, lease,
or other agreement constituting Collateral and exercise any and all rights of any Grantor
therein contained as fully as such Grantor itself could.
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10. Administrative Agent Appointed Attorney-in-Fact. Each Grantor hereby irrevocably
appoints Administrative Agent its attorney-in-fact, with full authority in the place and stead of
such Grantor and in the name of such Grantor or otherwise, at such time as an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing under the Credit Agreement, to take any action and to execute any
instrument which Administrative Agent may reasonably deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the
purposes of this Agreement, including:
(a) to ask, demand, collect, sue for, recover, compromise, receive and give acquittance and
receipts for moneys due and to become due under or in connection with the Accounts constituting
Collateral or any other Collateral of such Grantor;
(b) to receive and open all mail addressed to such Grantor and to notify postal authorities to
change the address for the delivery of mail to such Grantor to that of Administrative Agent;
(c) to receive, indorse, and collect any Drafts or other Instruments, Documents, Negotiable
Collateral or Chattel Paper;
(d) to file any claims or take any action or institute any proceedings which Administrative
Agent may deem necessary or desirable for the collection of any of the Collateral of such Grantor
or otherwise to enforce the rights of Administrative Agent with respect to any of the Collateral;
(e) to repair, alter, or supply Goods, if any, necessary to fulfill in whole or in part the
purchase order of any Person obligated to such Grantor in respect of any Account of such Grantor
constituting Collateral;
(f) to use any labels, Patents, Trademarks, trade names, URLs, domain names, industrial
designs, Copyrights, advertising matter or other industrial or intellectual property rights, in
advertising for sale and selling Inventory and other Collateral and to collect any amounts due
under Accounts constituting Collateral, contracts or Negotiable Collateral of such Grantor to the
extent permitted under applicable licenses agreements or as permitted by Applicable Law; and
(g) to bring suit in its own name to enforce the Collateral consisting of Trademarks, Patents,
Copyrights and Intellectual Property Licenses related to Trademarks, Patents and Copyrights and, if
Administrative Agent shall commence any such suit, the appropriate Grantor shall, at the request of
Administrative Agent, do any and all lawful acts and execute any and all proper documents
reasonably required by Administrative Agent in aid of such enforcement.
To the extent permitted by law, each Grantor hereby ratifies all that such attorney-in-fact
shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney is coupled with an
interest and shall be irrevocable until this Agreement is terminated.
11. Administrative Agent May Perform. If any of the Grantors fails to perform any
agreement contained herein, Administrative Agent may itself perform, or cause performance of,
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agreement, and the reasonable expenses of Administrative Agent incurred in connection therewith
shall be payable, jointly and severally, by Grantors.
12. Administrative Agents Duties. The powers conferred on Administrative Agent
hereunder are solely to protect Administrative Agents interest in the Collateral, for the benefit
of the Lender Group, and shall not impose any duty upon Administrative Agent to exercise any such
powers. Except for the safe custody of any Collateral in its actual possession and the accounting
for moneys actually received by it hereunder, Administrative Agent shall have no duty as to any
Collateral or as to the taking of any necessary steps to preserve rights against prior parties or
any other rights pertaining to any Collateral. Administrative Agent shall be deemed to have
exercised reasonable care in the custody and preservation of any Collateral in its actual
possession if such Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which
Administrative Agent accords its own property.
13. Collection of Certain Accounts, Certain General Intangibles and Negotiable
Collateral. At any time upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of
Default, Administrative Agent or Administrative Agents designee may (a) notify Account Debtors of
any Grantor to pay all amounts owing on Accounts constituting Collateral to Administrative Agent,
for the benefit of the Lender Group, and (b) collect the Accounts, General Intangibles and
Negotiable Collateral (in each case to the extent constituting Collateral) directly, and any
collection costs and expenses shall constitute part of such Grantors Secured Obligations under the
Loan Documents.
14. Disposition of Pledged Interests by Administrative Agent. None of the Pledged
Interests existing as of the date of this Agreement are, and none of the Pledged Interests
hereafter acquired on the date of acquisition thereof will be, registered or qualified under the
various federal or state securities laws of the United States and disposition thereof after an
Event of Default may be restricted to one or more private (instead of public) sales in view of the
lack of such registration. Each Grantor understands that in connection with such disposition,
Administrative Agent may approach only a restricted number of potential purchasers and further
understands that a sale under such circumstances may yield a lower price for the Pledged Interests
than if the Pledged Interests were registered and qualified pursuant to federal and state
securities laws and sold on the open market. Each Grantor, therefore, agrees that: (a) if
Administrative Agent shall, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, sell or cause the Pledged
Interests or any portion thereof to be sold at a private sale, Administrative Agent shall have the
right to rely upon the advice and opinion of any nationally recognized brokerage or investment firm
(but shall not be obligated to seek such advice and the failure to do so shall not be considered in
determining the commercial reasonableness of such action) as to the best manner in which to offer
the Pledged Interests or any portion thereof for sale and as to the best price reasonably
obtainable at the private sale thereof; and (b) such reliance shall be conclusive evidence that
Administrative Agent has handled the disposition in a commercially reasonable manner.
15. Voting Rights.
(a) Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, (i) Administrative
Agent may, at its option, and with prior notice to any Grantor, and in addition
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remedies available to Administrative Agent under any other agreement, at law, in equity, or
otherwise, exercise all voting rights, and all other ownership or consensual rights in respect of
the Pledged Interests owned by such Grantor, but under no circumstances is Administrative Agent
obligated by the terms of this Agreement to exercise such rights, and (ii) if Administrative Agent
duly exercises its right to vote any of such Pledged Interests, each Grantor hereby appoints
Administrative Agent, such Grantors true and lawful attorney-in-fact and grants to Administrative
Agent an IRREVOCABLE PROXY to vote such Pledged Interests in any manner Administrative Agent deems
advisable for or against all matters submitted or which may be submitted to a vote of shareholders,
partners or members, as the case may be. The power-of-attorney granted hereby is coupled with an
interest and shall be irrevocable.
(b) For so long as any Grantor shall have the right to vote the Pledged Interests owned by it,
such Grantor covenants and agrees that it will not, without the prior written consent of
Administrative Agent, vote or take any consensual action with respect to such Pledged Interests
which would materially adversely affect the rights of Administrative Agent and the other members of
the Lender Group with respect to the Borrower Parties taken as a whole.
16. Remedies. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(a) Administrative Agent may exercise in respect of the Collateral, in addition to other
rights and remedies provided for herein, in the other Loan Documents, or otherwise available to it,
all the rights and remedies of a secured party on default under the UCC or any other Applicable
Law. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Grantor expressly agrees that, in any
such event, Administrative Agent without demand of performance or other demand, advertisement or
notice of any kind (except a notice specified below of time and place of public or private sale) to
or upon any of Grantors or any other Person (all and each of which demands, advertisements and
notices are hereby expressly waived to the maximum extent permitted by the UCC or any other
Applicable Law), may take immediate possession of all or any portion of the Collateral and (i)
require Grantors to, and each Grantor hereby agrees that it will at its own expense and upon
request of Administrative Agent forthwith, assemble all or part of the Collateral as directed by
Administrative Agent and make it available to Administrative Agent at one or more locations where
such Grantor regularly maintains Inventory, and (ii) without notice except as specified below, sell
the Collateral or any part thereof in one or more parcels at public or private sale, at any of
Administrative Agents offices or elsewhere, for cash, on credit, and upon such other terms as
Administrative Agent may deem commercially reasonable. Each Grantor agrees that, to the extent
notice of sale shall be required by law, at least 10 days notice to any of Grantors of the time and
place of any public sale or the time after which any private sale is to be made shall constitute
reasonable notification and specifically such notice shall constitute a reasonable authenticated
notification of disposition within the meaning of Section 9-611 of the UCC. Administrative Agent
shall not be obligated to make any sale of Collateral regardless of notice of sale having been
given. Administrative Agent may adjourn any public or private sale from time to time by
announcement at the time and place fixed therefor,
and such sale may, without further notice, be made at the time and place to which it was so
adjourned.
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(b) Administrative Agent is hereby granted a license or other right to use, without liability
for royalties or any other charge, each Grantors labels, Patents, Copyrights, rights of use of any
name, trade secrets, trade names, Trademarks, service marks and advertising matter, URLs, domain
names, industrial designs, other industrial or Intellectual Property or any property of a similar
nature, whether owned by any of Grantors or with respect to which any of Grantors have rights under
license, sublicense, or other agreements, as it pertains to the Collateral, in preparing for sale,
advertising for sale and selling any Collateral, and each Grantors rights under all licenses and
all franchise agreements shall inure to the benefit of Administrative Agent in each case, to the
extent permitted under applicable licenses and franchise agreements or as permitted by Applicable
Law.
(c) Any cash held by Administrative Agent as Collateral and all cash proceeds received by
Administrative Agent in respect of any sale of, collection from or other realization upon all or
any part of the Collateral shall be applied against the Secured Obligations in the order set forth
in the Credit Agreement. In the event the proceeds of Collateral are insufficient to satisfy all
of the Secured Obligations in full, each Grantor shall remain jointly and severally liable for any
such deficiency.
(d) Each Grantor hereby acknowledges that the Secured Obligations arose out of a commercial
transaction, and agrees that if an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, Administrative
Agent shall, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, have the right to an immediate writ of
possession without notice of a hearing. Administrative Agent shall have the right to the
appointment of a receiver for the properties and assets of each Grantor, and each Grantor hereby
consents to such rights and such appointment and hereby waives any objection such Grantors may have
thereto or the right to have a bond or other security posted by Administrative Agent.
17. Remedies Cumulative. Each right, power, and remedy of Administrative Agent as
provided for in this Agreement or in the other Loan Documents or now or hereafter existing at law
or in equity or by statute or otherwise shall be cumulative and concurrent and shall be in addition
to every other right, power, or remedy provided for in this Agreement or in the other Loan
Documents or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or by statute or otherwise, and the
exercise or beginning of the exercise by Administrative Agent, of any one or more of such rights,
powers, or remedies shall not preclude the simultaneous or later exercise by Administrative Agent
of any or all such other rights, powers, or remedies.
18. Marshaling. Administrative Agent shall not be required to marshal any present or
future collateral security (including but not limited to the Collateral) for, or other assurances
of payment of, the Secured Obligations or any of them or to resort to such collateral security or
other assurances of payment in any particular order, and all of its rights and remedies hereunder
and in respect of such collateral security and other assurances of payment shall be cumulative and
in addition to all other rights and remedies, however existing or arising. To the extent that it
lawfully may, each Grantor hereby agrees that it will not invoke any law relating to the marshaling
of collateral which might cause delay in or impede the enforcement of
Administrative Agents rights and remedies under this Agreement or under any other instrument
creating or evidencing any of the Secured Obligations or under which any of the Secured
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is outstanding or by which any of the Secured
Obligations is secured or payment thereof is
otherwise assured, and, to the extent that it lawfully may, each Grantor hereby irrevocably waives
the benefits of all such laws.
19. Release of Note Priority Collateral. Upon the Discharge of Note Obligations and
so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (a) all Liens and security
interests granted to Administrative Agent in the Note Priority Collateral pursuant to this
Agreement and/or any other Loan Document shall terminate and be deemed released automatically and
without further action by Administrative Agent or any other Person, and (b) thereafter all assets
of the Grantors that otherwise would constitute Note Priority Collateral but for the Discharge of
Note Obligations shall be excluded from the Collateral under Section 2 of this Agreement.
Upon the Discharge of Note Obligations, Administrative Agent will, at Grantors sole expense,
deliver to the Grantors, without any representations, warranties or recourse of any kind
whatsoever, all assets of the Grantors that would constitute Note Priority Collateral but for the
Discharge of Note Obligations held by Administrative under the Loan Documents, and execute and
deliver to the Grantors such documents as the Grantors shall reasonably request to evidence such
termination and release.
20. Merger, Amendments; Etc. THIS WRITTEN AGREEMENT, TOGETHER WITH THE OTHER LOAN
DOCUMENTS, REPRESENTS THE FINAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY
EVIDENCE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES. THERE ARE NO
UNWRITTEN AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE PARTIES. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement, and no
consent to any departure by any of Grantors herefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the
same shall be in writing and signed by Administrative Agent, and then such waiver or consent shall
be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given. No
amendment of any provision of this Agreement shall be effective unless the same shall be in writing
and signed by Administrative Agent and each of Grantors to which such amendment applies.
21. Addresses for Notices. All notices and other communications provided for
hereunder shall be given in the form and manner and delivered to Administrative Agent at its
address specified in the Credit Agreement, and to any of the Grantors at their respective addresses
specified in the Credit Agreement or, as to any party, at such other address as shall be designated
by such party in a written notice to the other parties.
22. Continuing Security Interest: Assignments under Credit Agreement. This Agreement
shall create a continuing security interest in the Collateral and shall (a) remain in full force
and effect until the Obligations have been repaid in full in cash, or otherwise satisfied to the
satisfaction of the Lender Group, in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement and the
Revolving Loan Commitment has expired or has been terminated, (b) be binding upon each of the
Grantors, and their respective successors and assigns, and (c) inure to the benefit of, and be
enforceable by, Administrative Agent, and its successors, transferees and assigns. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing clause (c), any Lender may, in accordance with
the provisions of the Credit Agreement, assign or otherwise transfer all or any portion of its
rights and obligations under the Credit Agreement to any other Person, and such other Person
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thereupon become vested with all the benefits in respect thereof granted to such Lender herein or
otherwise. Upon repayment in full in cash, or other satisfaction to the satisfaction of the Lender
Group, of the Obligations in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement and the
expiration or termination of the Revolving Loan Commitment, the Security Interest granted hereby
shall terminate and all rights to the Collateral shall revert to Grantors or any other Person
entitled thereto. At such time, Administrative Agent will authorize the filing of appropriate
termination statements to terminate such Security Interests. No transfer or renewal, extension,
assignment, or termination of this Agreement or of the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document,
or any other instrument or document executed and delivered by any Grantor to Administrative Agent
nor any additional Advances or other loans made by any Lender to Borrowers, nor the taking of
further security, nor the retaking or re-delivery of the Collateral to Grantors, or any of them, by
Administrative Agent, nor any other act of any member of the Lender Group shall release any of
Grantors from any obligation, except a release or discharge executed in writing by Administrative
Agent in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement and except for the automatic
termination and release of Liens on the Note Priority Collateral as provided in Section 19.
Administrative Agent shall not by any act, delay, omission or otherwise, be deemed to have waived
any of its rights or remedies hereunder, unless such waiver is in writing and signed by
Administrative Agent and then only to the extent therein set forth. A waiver by Administrative
Agent of any right or remedy on any occasion shall not be construed as a bar to the exercise of any
such right or remedy which Administrative Agent would otherwise have had on any other occasion.
23. GOVERNING LAW; JURISDICTION; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.
(a) THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE
OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF.
(b) FOR PURPOSES OF ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT BY ANY MEMBER OF THE LENDER GROUP
WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT, EACH GRANTOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE PERSONAL
JURISDICTION OF THE FEDERAL AND STATE COURTS SITTING IN THE COUNTY OF NEW YORK, STATE OF NEW YORK
AND HEREBY IRREVOCABLY DESIGNATES AND APPOINTS, AS ITS AUTHORIZED AGENT FOR SERVICE OF PROCESS IN
THE STATE OF NEW YORK, ADMINISTRATIVE BORROWER, OR SUCH OTHER PERSON AS SUCH GRANTOR SHALL
DESIGNATE HEREAFTER BY WRITTEN NOTICE GIVEN TO ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT (THE DESIGNEE). THE
CONSENT TO JURISDICTION HEREIN SHALL NOT BE EXCLUSIVE. THE LENDER GROUP SHALL FOR ALL PURPOSES
AUTOMATICALLY, AND WITHOUT ANY ACT ON THEIR PART, BE ENTITLED TO TREAT SUCH DESIGNEE OF EACH
GRANTOR AS THE AUTHORIZED AGENT TO RECEIVE FOR AND ON BEHALF OF SUCH GRANTOR SERVICE OF WRITS, OR
SUMMONS OR OTHER LEGAL PROCESS IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WHICH SERVICE SHALL BE DEEMED EFFECTIVE
PERSONAL SERVICE ON SUCH GRANTOR SERVED WHEN DELIVERED TO THE DESIGNEE, WHETHER OR
NOT SUCH DESIGNEE GIVES NOTICE TO SUCH GRANTOR; AND DELIVERY OF SUCH SERVICE TO ITS AUTHORIZED
AGENT SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE MADE
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WHEN PERSONALLY DELIVERED. IF THE DESIGNEE IS THE ADMINISTRATIVE
BORROWER OR AN AFFILIATE OF ADMINISTRATIVE BORROWER, SERVICE SHALL BE MADE ON DESIGNEE BY DELIVERY
TO THE DESIGNEES AGENT REGISTERED WITH THE NEW YORK SECRETARY OF STATE FOR SERVICE OF PROCESS. IN
THE EVENT THAT, FOR ANY REASON, SUCH DESIGNEE SHALL NO LONGER SERVE AS DESIGNEE FOR A GRANTOR TO
RECEIVE SERVICE OF PROCESS IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, SUCH GRANTOR SHALL SERVE AND ADVISE
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT THEREOF SO THAT AT ALL TIMES EACH GRANTOR WILL MAINTAIN AN AGENT TO RECEIVE
SERVICE OF PROCESS IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK ON BEHALF OF SUCH GRANTOR WITH RESPECT TO THIS
AGREEMENT. IN THE EVENT THAT, FOR ANY REASON, SERVICE OF LEGAL PROCESS CANNOT BE MADE IN THE
MANNER DESCRIBED ABOVE, SUCH SERVICE MAY BE MADE IN SUCH MANNER AS PERMITTED BY LAW.
(c) EACH GRANTOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION IT WOULD MAKE NOW OR HEREAFTER FOR
THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY SUIT, ACTION, OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT
BROUGHT IN THE FEDERAL COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES SITTING IN NEW YORK COUNTY, NEW YORK, AND HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY CLAIM THAT ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION, OR PROCEEDING HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN
INCONVENIENT FORUM.
(d) EACH GRANTOR AND EACH MEMBER OF THE LENDER GROUP TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW
WAIVES, AND OTHERWISE AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY COURT AND IN ANY ACTION,
PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM OF ANY TYPE IN WHICH ANY GRANTOR, ANY MEMBER OF THE LENDER GROUP OR ANY
OF THEIR RESPECTIVE SUCCESSORS OR ASSIGNS IS A PARTY, AS TO ALL MATTERS AND THINGS ARISING DIRECTLY
OR INDIRECTLY OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT.
24. New Subsidiaries. Pursuant to Section 6.20 of the Credit Agreement, any
new direct or indirect Domestic Subsidiary (whether by acquisition or creation) of a Grantor (other
than an Excluded Subsidiary) is required to enter into this Agreement by executing and delivering
in favor of Administrative Agent a supplement to this Agreement in the form of Annex 1
attached hereto. Upon the execution and delivery of Annex 1 by such new Domestic
Subsidiary, such Domestic Subsidiary shall become a Grantor hereunder with the same force and
effect as if originally named as a Grantor herein. The execution and delivery of any instrument
adding an additional Grantor as a party to this Agreement shall not require the consent of any
Grantor hereunder. The rights and obligations of each Grantor hereunder shall remain in full force
and effect notwithstanding the addition of any new Grantor hereunder.
25. Administrative Agent. Each reference herein to any right granted to, benefit
conferred upon or power exercisable by the Administrative Agent shall be a reference to
Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Group.
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26. Miscellaneous.
(a) This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties on
separate counterparts, each of which, when executed and delivered, shall be deemed to be an
original, and all of which, when taken together, shall constitute but one and the same Agreement.
Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Agreement by telefacsimile or other electronic method
of transmission shall be equally as effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of
this Agreement. Any party delivering an executed counterpart of this Agreement by telefacsimile or
other electronic method of transmission also shall deliver an original executed counterpart of this
Agreement but the failure to deliver an original executed counterpart shall not affect the
validity, enforceability, and binding effect of this Agreement.
(b) Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable shall be ineffective
to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions
hereof in that jurisdiction or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any
other jurisdiction.
(c) Headings used in this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not be used in
connection with the interpretation of any provision hereof.
(d) The pronouns used herein shall include, when appropriate, either gender and both singular
and plural, and the grammatical construction of sentences shall conform thereto.
(e) Unless the context of this Agreement or any other Loan Document clearly requires
otherwise, references to the plural include the singular, references to the singular include the
plural, the terms includes and including are not limiting, and the term or has, except where
otherwise indicated, the inclusive meaning represented by the phrase and/or. The words hereof,
herein, hereby, hereunder, and similar terms in this Agreement or any other Loan Document
refer to this Agreement or such other Loan Document, as the case may be, as a whole and not to any
particular provision of this Agreement or such other Loan Document, as the case may be. Section,
subsection, clause, schedule, and exhibit references herein are to this Agreement unless otherwise
specified. Any reference in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document to any agreement,
instrument, or document shall include all alterations, amendments, changes, extensions,
modifications, renewals, replacements, substitutions, joinders, and supplements, thereto and
thereof, as applicable (subject to any restrictions on such alterations, amendments, changes,
extensions, modifications, renewals, replacements, substitutions, joinders, and supplements set
forth herein). Any reference herein or in any other Loan Document to the satisfaction or repayment
in full of the Obligations shall mean the repayment in full in cash (or cash collateralization in
accordance with the terms hereof) of all Obligations other than unasserted contingent
indemnification Obligations. Any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such
Persons successors and assigns. Any requirement of a writing contained herein or in any other
Loan Document shall be satisfied by the transmission of a Record and any Record so transmitted
shall constitute a representation and warranty as to the accuracy and completeness of the
information contained therein.
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27. Intercreditor Agreement. By accepting the benefits of this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents, Administrative Agent, on behalf of itself and the Lenders, agrees that it is bound
by the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the
Intercreditor Agreement and the terms of this Agreement, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement
shall govern and control.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned parties hereto have executed this Agreement by and through
their duly authorized officers, as of the day and year first above written.
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OXFORD INDUSTRIES, INC.
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/s/ Thomas C. Chubb III
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Thomas C. Chubb III |
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President |
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TOMMY BAHAMA GROUP, INC.
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/s/ Thomas C. Chubb III
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Thomas C. Chubb III |
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Vice President |
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BEN SHERMAN CLOTHING, INC.
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/s/ Thomas C. Chubb III
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Thomas C. Chubb III |
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Vice President |
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LIONSHEAD CLOTHING COMPANY
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/s/ Thomas C. Chubb III
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Thomas C. Chubb III |
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Vice President |
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OXFORD CARIBBEAN, INC.
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/s/ Thomas C. Chubb III
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Thomas C. Chubb III |
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Vice President |
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OXFORD GARMENT, INC.
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/s/ Thomas C. Chubb III
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Thomas C. Chubb III |
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OXFORD INTERNATIONAL, INC.
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/s/ Thomas C. Chubb III
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Thomas C. Chubb III |
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Vice President |
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OXFORD OF SOUTH CAROLINA, INC.
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/s/ Thomas C. Chubb III
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Thomas C. Chubb III |
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PIEDMONT APPAREL CORPORATION
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/s/ Thomas C. Chubb III
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Thomas C. Chubb III |
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Vice President |
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SFI OF OXFORD ACQUISITION CORPORATION
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/s/ Thomas C. Chubb III
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Thomas C. Chubb III |
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Vice President |
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TOMMY BAHAMA BEVERAGES, LLC
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/s/ Thomas C. Chubb III
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TOMMY BAHAMA R&R HOLDINGS, INC.
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TOMMY BAHAMA TEXAS BEVERAGES, LLC
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ANNEX 1 TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
FORM OF SUPPLEMENT
Supplement No. ___ (this Supplement) dated as of , 20___, to the
Second Amended and Restated Pledge and Security Agreement dated as of [June ___, 2009] (as amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Security Agreement)
by each of the parties listed on the signature pages thereto and those additional entities that
thereafter become parties thereto (collectively, jointly and severally, Grantors and each
individually Grantor) and SUNTRUST BANK, in its capacity as Administrative Agent for the
Lender Group (together with its successors, Administrative Agent).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of
August 15, 2008 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time,
including all schedules thereto, the Credit Agreement) by and among Oxford Industries,
Inc., a Georgia corporation (Parent), Tommy Bahama Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(TBG; together with Parent, each referred to individually as a Borrower and,
collectively, as Borrowers), the Persons party thereto from time to time as Guarantors,
the financial institutions party thereto from time to time as Issuing Banks, the financial
institutions party thereto from time to time as lenders (Lenders) and SunTrust Bank, as
the administrative agent (Administrative Agent), Administrative Agent and Lenders are
willing to make certain financial accommodations available to Borrowers from time to time pursuant
to the terms and conditions thereof; and
WHEREAS, capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the
meanings assigned to such terms in the Security Agreement or, if not defined therein, in the Credit
Agreement; and
WHEREAS, Grantors have entered into the Security Agreement in order to induce the Lenders to
make certain financial accommodations to Borrowers; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 6.20 of the Credit Agreement, new direct or indirect
Domestic Subsidiaries of Borrowers (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) must execute and deliver
certain Loan Documents, including the Security Agreement, and the execution of the Security
Agreement by the undersigned new Grantor or Grantors (collectively, the New Grantors) may
be accomplished by the execution of this Supplement in favor of Administrative Agent, for the
benefit of the Lender Group;
NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the foregoing and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, each New Grantor
hereby agrees as follows:
1. In accordance with Section 24 of the Security Agreement, each New Grantor, by its
signature below, becomes a Grantor under the Security Agreement with the same force and effect as
if originally named therein as a Grantor and each New Grantor hereby (a) agrees to all of the
terms and provisions of the Security Agreement applicable to it as a Grantor thereunder and (b)
represents and warrants that the representations and warranties made by it as a Grantor
thereunder are true and correct on and as of the date hereof. In furtherance of the foregoing,
each New Grantor, as security for the payment and performance
in full of the Secured Obligations, does hereby grant, assign, and pledge to Administrative
Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Group, a security interest in and security title to all
Collateral of such New Grantor, including all property of the type described in Section 2
of the Security Agreement, to secure the full and prompt payment of the Secured Obligations,
including, any interest thereon, plus reasonable attorneys fees and expenses if the Secured
Obligations represented by the Security Agreement are collected by law, through an attorney-at-law,
or under advice therefrom. Schedule 1, Trade Names; Organizational ID Number; Chief
Executive Office, Schedule 2, Commercial Tort Claims, Schedule 3, Copyright
Registrations and Applications for Registration, Schedule 4, Intellectual Property
Licenses, Schedule 5, Patents, Schedule 6, U.S. Trademarks and U.S. Trademark
Licenses and Applications for Registrations, Schedule 7, Pledged Companies, Schedule
8, List of Uniform Commercial Code Filing Jurisdictions attached hereto supplement
Schedule 1, Schedule 2, Schedule 3, Schedule 4, Schedule 5,
Schedule 6, Schedule 7 and Schedule 8, respectively, to the Security
Agreement and shall be deemed a part thereof for all purposes of the Security Agreement. Each
reference to a Grantor in the Security Agreement shall be deemed to include each New Grantor.
The Security Agreement is incorporated herein by reference.
2. Each New Grantor represents and warrants to the Lender Group that this Supplement has been
duly executed and delivered by such New Grantor and constitutes its legal, valid and binding
obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability thereof
may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent transfer, moratorium or other
similar laws affecting creditors rights generally and general principles of equity (regardless of
whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity).
3. This Supplement may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to
be an original, but all such separate counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same
instrument. Delivery of a counterpart hereof by facsimile transmission or by other electronic
transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.
4. Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the Security Agreement shall remain in full force
and effect.
5. This Supplement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State
of New York without regard to the conflict of laws principles thereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each New Grantor and Administrative Agent have duly executed this
Supplement to the Security Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
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SUPPLEMENT TO PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT A
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the liens and security interests granted to
Administrative Agent pursuant to the Security Agreement (as defined below) and the exercise of any
right or remedy by Administrative Agent hereunder, are subject to the provisions of the
Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2009 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time, the Intercreditor Agreement), among Administrative Agent, as
ABL Agent, U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee and as Collateral Agent, and as acknowledged
by the Grantors (as such term is defined in the Intercreditor Agreement (as such term is defined in
the Security Agreement)) from time to time party thereto. In the event of any conflict between the
terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and the terms of this Agreement, the terms of the
Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control.
COPYRIGHT SECURITY AGREEMENT
This COPYRIGHT SECURITY AGREEMENT (this Copyright Security Agreement) is made as of
this ___ day of , 20___, among Grantors listed on the signature pages hereof
(collectively, jointly and severally, Grantors and each individually Grantor),
and SUNTRUST BANK, in its capacity as Administrative Agent for the Lender Group (together with its
successors, Administrative Agent).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of
August 15, 2008 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time,
including all schedules thereto, the Credit Agreement) by and among Oxford Industries,
Inc., a Georgia corporation (Parent), Tommy Bahama Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(TBG; together with Parent, each referred to individually as a Borrower and,
collectively, as Borrowers), the Persons party thereto from time to time as Guarantors,
the financial institutions party thereto from time to time as Issuing Banks, the financial
institutions party thereto from time to time as lenders (Lenders) and SunTrust Bank, as
the administrative agent (Administrative Agent), Administrative Agent and Lenders are
willing to make certain financial accommodations available to Borrowers from time to time pursuant
to the terms and conditions thereof; and
WHEREAS, the Lenders are willing to make the financial accommodations to Borrowers as provided
for in the Credit Agreement, but only upon the condition, among others, that Grantors shall have
executed and delivered to Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Group, that certain
Second Amended and Restated Pledge and Security Agreement dated as of June 30, 2009 (including all
annexes, exhibits or schedules thereto, as from time to time amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified, the Security Agreement); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Security Agreement, Grantors are required to execute and deliver to
Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Group, this Copyright Security Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants herein contained and for
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, Grantors hereby agree as follows:
1. DEFINED TERMS. All capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have
the meanings given to them in the Security Agreement or, if not defined therein, in the Credit
Agreement.
2. GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN COPYRIGHT COLLATERAL. Each Grantor hereby grants to
Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Group, a continuing security interest in all of
such Grantors right, title and interest in, to and under the following, whether presently existing
or hereafter created or acquired (collectively, the Copyright Collateral):
(a) all of such Grantors Copyrights and Intellectual Property Licenses with respect to
Copyrights to which it is a party as licensor or licensee including those referred to on
Schedule I hereto;
(b) all reissues, continuations or extensions of the foregoing; and
(c) all products and proceeds of the foregoing, including any claim by such Grantor against
third parties for past, present or future infringement or dilution of any Copyright or any
Copyright licensed under any Intellectual Property License.
3. SECURITY FOR OBLIGATIONS. This Copyright Security Agreement and the Security
Interest created hereby secures the payment and performance of all the Secured Obligations, whether
now existing or arising hereafter. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, this
Copyright Security Agreement secures the payment of all amounts which constitute part of the
Secured Obligations and would be owed by Grantors, or any of them, to Administrative Agent, the
Lender Group, or any of them, whether or not they are unenforceable or not allowable due to the
existence of an Insolvency Proceeding involving any Grantor.
4. SECURITY AGREEMENT. The security interests granted pursuant to this Copyright
Security Agreement are granted in conjunction with the security interests granted to Administrative
Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Group, pursuant to the Security Agreement. Each Grantor
hereby acknowledges and affirms that the rights and remedies of Administrative Agent with respect
to the security interest in the Copyright Collateral made and granted hereby are more fully set
forth in the Security Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are incorporated by reference
herein as if fully set forth herein.
5. AUTHORIZATION TO SUPPLEMENT. Grantors shall give Administrative Agent notice in
writing of any additional United States copyright registrations or applications therefor after the
date hereof in accordance with the terms of the Security Agreement. Grantors hereby authorize
Administrative Agent unilaterally to modify this Agreement by amending Schedule I to
include any future United States registered copyrights or applications therefor of Grantors.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no failure to so modify this Copyright Security Agreement or amend
Schedule I shall in any way affect, invalidate or detract from
Administrative Agents continuing security interest in all Collateral, whether or not listed
on Schedule I.
6. COUNTERPARTS. This Copyright Security Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such separate counterparts
shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. In proving this Copyright Security
Agreement or any other Loan Document in any judicial proceedings, it shall not be necessary to
produce or account for more than one such counterpart signed by the party against whom such
enforcement is sought. Any signatures delivered by a party by facsimile transmission or by other
electronic transmission shall be deemed an original signature hereto.
7. CONSTRUCTION. Unless the context of this Copyright Security Agreement or any other
Loan Document clearly requires otherwise, references to the plural include the singular, references
to the singular include the plural, the terms includes and including are not limiting, and the
term or has, except where otherwise indicated, the inclusive meaning represented by the phrase
and/or. The words hereof, herein, hereby, hereunder, and similar terms in this Copyright
Security Agreement or any other Loan Document refer to this Copyright Security Agreement or such
other Loan Document, as the case may be, as a whole and not to any particular provision of this
Copyright Security Agreement or such other Loan Document, as the case may be. Section, subsection,
clause, schedule, and exhibit references herein are to this Copyright Security Agreement unless
otherwise specified. Any reference in this Copyright Security Agreement or in any other Loan
Document to any agreement, instrument, or document shall include all alterations, amendments,
changes, extensions, modifications, renewals, replacements, substitutions, joinders, and
supplements, thereto and thereof, as applicable (subject to any restrictions on such alterations,
amendments, changes, extensions, modifications, renewals, replacements, substitutions, joinders,
and supplements set forth herein). Any reference herein or in any other Loan Document to the
satisfaction or repayment in full of the Obligations shall mean the repayment in full in cash (or
cash collateralization in accordance with the terms hereof) of all Obligations other than
unasserted contingent indemnification Obligations. Any reference herein to any Person shall be
construed to include such Persons successors and assigns. Any requirement of a writing contained
herein or in any other Loan Document shall be satisfied by the transmission of a Record and any
Record so transmitted shall constitute a representation and warranty as to the accuracy and
completeness of the information contained therein.
8. INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the liens
and security interests granted to Administrative Agent pursuant to this Copyright Security
Agreement and the exercise of any right or remedy by Administrative Agent hereunder, are subject to
the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement dated as of June 30, 2009 (as amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Intercreditor Agreement), among
SunTrust Bank, as ABL Agent, U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee and as Collateral Agent,
and the Grantors (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) from time to time party thereto. In
the event of any conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and the terms of this
Copyright Security Agreement, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control.
[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Grantor has caused this Copyright Security Agreement to be executed
and delivered by its duly authorized officer as of the date first set forth above.
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COPYRIGHT SECURITY AGREEMENT
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OXFORD INTERNATIONAL, INC.
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OXFORD OF SOUTH CAROLINA, INC.
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EXHIBIT B
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the liens and security interests granted to
Administrative Agent pursuant to the Security Agreement (as defined below) and the exercise of any
right or remedy by Administrative Agent hereunder, are subject to the provisions of the
Intercreditor Agreement dated as of June 30, 2009 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time, the Intercreditor Agreement), among Administrative Agent, as
ABL Agent, U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee and as Collateral Agent, and as acknowledged
by the Grantors (as such term is defined in the Intercreditor Agreement (as such term is defined in
the Security Agreement)) from time to time party thereto. In the event of any conflict between the
terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and the terms of this Agreement, the terms of the
Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control.
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT
This PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT (this Patent Security Agreement) is made as of this
___ day of _________, 20___, among Grantors listed on the signature pages hereof (collectively,
jointly and severally, Grantors and each individually Grantor), and SUNTRUST
BANK, in its capacity as Administrative Agent for the Lender Group (together with its successors,
Administrative Agent).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of
August 15, 2008 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time,
including all schedules thereto, the Credit Agreement) by and among Oxford Industries,
Inc., a Georgia corporation (Parent), Tommy Bahama Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(TBG; together with Parent, each referred to individually as a Borrower and,
collectively, as Borrowers), the Persons party thereto from time to time as Guarantors,
the financial institutions party thereto from time to time as Issuing Banks, the financial
institutions party thereto from time to time as lenders (Lenders) and SunTrust Bank, as
the administrative agent (Administrative Agent), Administrative Agent and Lenders are
willing to make certain financial accommodations available to Borrowers from time to time pursuant
to the terms and conditions thereof; and
WHEREAS, the Lenders are willing to make the financial accommodations to Borrowers as provided
for in the Credit Agreement, but only upon the condition, among others, that Grantors shall have
executed and delivered to Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Group, that certain
Second Amended and Restated Pledge and Security Agreement dated as of June 30, 2009 (including all
annexes, exhibits or schedules thereto, as from time to time amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified, the Security Agreement); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Security Agreement, Grantors are required to execute and deliver to
Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Group, this Patent Security Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants herein contained and for
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, each Grantor hereby agrees as follows:
1. DEFINED TERMS. All capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have
the meanings given to them in the Security Agreement or, if not defined therein, in the Credit
Agreement.
2. GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENT COLLATERAL. Each Grantor hereby grants to
Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Group, a continuing security interest in all of
such Grantors right, title and interest in, to and under the following, whether presently existing
or hereafter created or acquired (collectively, the Patent Collateral):
(a) all of its Patents and Intellectual Property Licenses with respect to Patents to which it
is a party including those referred to on Schedule I hereto;
(b) all reissues, continuations or extensions of the foregoing; and
(c) all products and proceeds of the foregoing, including any claim by such Grantor against
third parties for past, present or future infringement or dilution of any Patent or any Patent
licensed under any Intellectual Property License.
3. SECURITY FOR OBLIGATIONS. This Patent Security Agreement and the Security Interest
created hereby secures the payment and performance of all the Secured Obligations, whether now
existing or arising hereafter. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, this Patent
Security Agreement secures the payment of all amounts which constitute part of the Secured
Obligations and would be owed by Grantors, or any of them, to Administrative Agent, the Lender
Group, or any of them, whether or not they are unenforceable or not allowable due to the existence
of an Insolvency Proceeding involving any Grantor.
4. SECURITY AGREEMENT. The security interests granted pursuant to this Patent
Security Agreement are granted in conjunction with the security interests granted to Administrative
Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Group, pursuant to the Security Agreement. Each Grantor
hereby acknowledges and affirms that the rights and remedies of Administrative Agent with respect
to the security interest in the Patent Collateral made and granted hereby are more fully set forth
in the Security Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are incorporated by reference herein
as if fully set forth herein.
5. AUTHORIZATION TO SUPPLEMENT. If any Grantor shall obtain rights to any new
patentable inventions or become entitled to the benefit of any patent application or patent for any
reissue, division, or continuation, of any patent, the provisions of this Patent Security Agreement
shall automatically apply thereto. Grantors shall give notice in writing to Administrative Agent
with respect to any such new patent rights in accordance with the terms of the Security Agreement.
Without limiting Grantors obligations under this Section 5, Grantors hereby authorize
Administrative Agent unilaterally to modify this Agreement by amending Schedule I to
include any such new patent rights of Grantors. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no failure to so
modify this Patent Security Agreement or amend Schedule I shall in any way affect,
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invalidate or detract from Administrative Agents continuing security interest in all
Collateral, whether or not listed on Schedule I.
6. COUNTERPARTS. This Patent Security Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such separate counterparts
shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. In proving this Patent Security
Agreement or any other Loan Document in any judicial proceedings, it shall not be necessary to
produce or account for more than one such counterpart signed by the party against whom such
enforcement is sought. Any signatures delivered by a party by facsimile transmission or by other
electronic transmission shall be deemed an original signature hereto.
7. CONSTRUCTION. Unless the context of this Patent Security Agreement or any other
Loan Document clearly requires otherwise, references to the plural include the singular, references
to the singular include the plural, the terms includes and including are not limiting, and the
term or has, except where otherwise indicated, the inclusive meaning represented by the phrase
and/or. The words hereof, herein, hereby, hereunder, and similar terms in this Patent
Security Agreement or any other Loan Document refer to this Patent Security Agreement or such other
Loan Document, as the case may be, as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Patent
Security Agreement or such other Loan Document, as the case may be. Section, subsection, clause,
schedule, and exhibit references herein are to this Patent Security Agreement unless otherwise
specified. Any reference in this Patent Security Agreement or in any other Loan Document to any
agreement, instrument, or document shall include all alterations, amendments, changes, extensions,
modifications, renewals, replacements, substitutions, joinders, and supplements, thereto and
thereof, as applicable (subject to any restrictions on such alterations, amendments, changes,
extensions, modifications, renewals, replacements, substitutions, joinders, and supplements set
forth herein). Any reference herein or in any other Loan Document to the satisfaction or repayment
in full of the Obligations shall mean the repayment in full in cash (or cash collateralization in
accordance with the terms hereof) of all Obligations other than unasserted contingent
indemnification Obligations. Any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such
Persons successors and assigns. Any requirement of a writing contained herein or in any other
Loan Document shall be satisfied by the transmission of a Record and any Record so transmitted
shall constitute a representation and warranty as to the accuracy and completeness of the
information contained therein.
8. INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the liens
and security interests granted to Administrative Agent pursuant to this Patent Security Agreement
and the exercise of any right or remedy by Administrative Agent hereunder, are subject to the
provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement dated as of June 30, 2009 (as amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Intercreditor Agreement), among
SunTrust Bank, as ABL Agent, U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee and as Collateral Agent,
and the Grantors (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) from time to time party thereto. In
the event of any conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and the terms of this
Patent Security Agreement, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control.
[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Grantor has caused this Patent Security Agreement to be executed and
delivered by its duly authorized officer as of the date first set forth above.
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OXFORD CARIBBEAN, INC.
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OXFORD GARMENT, INC.
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OXFORD INTERNATIONAL, INC.
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OXFORD OF SOUTH CAROLINA, INC.
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Patent Security Agreement
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VIEWPOINT MARKETING, INC.
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OXFORD LOCKBOX, INC.
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ACCEPTED AND ACKNOWLEDGED BY:
SUNTRUST BANK, as Administrative Agent
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EXHIBIT C
PLEDGED INTERESTS ADDENDUM
This Pledged Interests Addendum, dated as
of _________ ___, 20___, is delivered pursuant to
Section 6 of the Security Agreement referred to below. The undersigned hereby agrees that
this Pledged Interests Addendum may be attached to that certain Second Amended and Restated Pledge
and Security Agreement, dated as June 30, 2009 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time, the Security Agreement), made by the undersigned, together
with the other Grantors named therein, to SUNTRUST BANK, as Administrative Agent. Initially
capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the
Security Agreement or, if not defined therein, defined in that certain Second Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement, dated as August 15, 2008 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time, the Credit Agreement), by and among Oxford Industries, Inc.,
a Georgia corporation (Parent), Tommy Bahama Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(TBG; together with Parent, each referred to individually as a Borrower and,
collectively, as Borrowers), the Persons party thereto from time to time as Guarantors,
the financial institutions party thereto from time to time as Issuing Banks, the financial
institutions party thereto from time to time as lenders (Lenders) and SunTrust Bank, as
the administrative agent (Administrative Agent). The undersigned hereby agrees that the
additional interests listed on this Pledged Interests Addendum as set forth below shall be and
become part of the Pledged Interests pledged by the undersigned to Administrative Agent in the
Security Agreement and any pledged company set forth on this Pledged Interests Addendum as set
forth below shall be and become a Pledged Company under the Security Agreement, each with the
same force and effect as if originally named therein.
The undersigned hereby certifies that the representations and warranties set forth in
Section 5 of the Security Agreement of the undersigned are true and correct as to the
Pledged Interests listed herein on and as of the date hereof.
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EXHIBIT D
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the liens and security interests granted to
Administrative Agent pursuant to the Security Agreement (as defined below) and the exercise of any
right or remedy by Administrative Agent hereunder, are subject to the provisions of the
Intercreditor Agreement dated as of June 30, 2009 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time, the Intercreditor Agreement), among Administrative Agent, as
ABL Agent, U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee and as Collateral Agent, and as acknowledged
by the Grantors (as such term is defined in the Intercreditor Agreement (as such term is defined in
the Security Agreement)) from time to time party thereto. In the event of any conflict between the
terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and the terms of this Agreement, the terms of the
Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control.
TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT
This TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT (this Trademark Security Agreement) is made as of
this ___ day of _________, 20___, among Grantors listed on the signature pages hereof
(collectively, jointly and severally, Grantors and each individually Grantor),
and SUNTRUST BANK, in its capacity as Administrative Agent for the Lender Group (together with its
successors, Administrative Agent).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of
August 15, 2008 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time,
including all schedules thereto, the Credit Agreement) by and among Oxford Industries,
Inc., a Georgia corporation (Parent), Tommy Bahama Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(TBG; together with Parent, each referred to individually as a Borrower and,
collectively, as Borrowers), the Persons party thereto from time to time as Guarantors,
the financial institutions party thereto from time to time as Issuing Banks, the financial
institutions party thereto from time to time as lenders (Lenders) and SunTrust Bank, as
the administrative agent (Administrative Agent), Administrative Agent and Lenders are
willing to make certain financial accommodations available to Borrowers from time to time pursuant
to the terms and conditions thereof; and
WHEREAS, the Lenders are willing to make the financial accommodations to Borrowers as provided
for in the Credit Agreement, but only upon the condition, among others, that Grantors shall have
executed and delivered to Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Group, that certain
Second Amended and Restated Pledge and Security Agreement dated as of June 30, 2009 (including all
annexes, exhibits or schedules thereto, as from time to time amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified, the Security Agreement); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Security Agreement, Grantors are required to execute and deliver to
Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Group, this Trademark Security Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants herein contained and for
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, each Grantor hereby agrees as follows:
1. DEFINED TERMS. All capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have
the meanings given to them in the Security Agreement or, if not defined therein, in the Credit
Agreement.
2. GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN TRADEMARK COLLATERAL. Each Grantor hereby grants to
Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Group, a continuing security interest in all of
such Grantors right, title and interest in, to and under the following, whether presently existing
or hereafter created or acquired (collectively, the Trademark Collateral):
(a) all of such Grantors U.S. Trademarks and U.S. Trademark Licenses to which it is a party
including those referred to on Schedule I hereto;
(b) all reissues, continuations or extensions of the foregoing; and
(c) all products and proceeds of the foregoing, including any claim by such Grantor against
third parties for past, present or future infringement or dilution of any U.S. Trademark or any
breach of any U.S. Trademark License.
3. SECURITY FOR OBLIGATIONS. This Trademark Security Agreement and the Security
Interest created hereby secures the payment and performance of all the Secured Obligations, whether
now existing or arising hereafter. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, this
Trademark Security Agreement secures the payment of all amounts which constitute part of the
Obligations and would be owed by Grantors, or any of them, to Administrative Agent, the Lender
Group, or any of them, whether or not they are unenforceable or not allowable due to the existence
of an Insolvency Proceeding involving any Grantor.
4. SECURITY AGREEMENT. The security interests granted pursuant to this Trademark
Security Agreement are granted in conjunction with the security interests granted to Administrative
Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Group, pursuant to the Security Agreement. Each Grantor
hereby acknowledges and affirms that the rights and remedies of Administrative Agent with respect
to the security interest in the Trademark Collateral made and granted hereby are more fully set
forth in the Security Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are incorporated by reference
herein as if fully set forth herein.
5. AUTHORIZATION TO SUPPLEMENT. Grantors hereby authorize Administrative Agent
unilaterally to modify this Agreement by amending Schedule I to include any future U.S.
Trademarks of Grantors. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no failure to so modify this Trademark
Security Agreement or amend Schedule I shall in any way affect, invalidate or detract from
Administrative Agents continuing security interest in all Collateral, whether or not listed on
Schedule I.
6. COUNTERPARTS. This Trademark Security Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such separate
counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. In proving this
Trademark Security Agreement or any other Loan Document in any judicial proceedings, it shall not
be necessary to produce or account for more than one such counterpart signed by the party against
whom such enforcement is sought. Any signatures delivered by a party by facsimile transmission or
by other electronic transmission shall be deemed an original signature hereto.
7. CONSTRUCTION. Unless the context of this Trademark Security Agreement or any other
Loan Document clearly requires otherwise, references to the plural include the singular, references
to the singular include the plural, the terms includes and including are not limiting, and the
term or has, except where otherwise indicated, the inclusive meaning represented by the phrase
and/or. The words hereof, herein, hereby, hereunder, and similar terms in this
Trademark Security Agreement or any other Loan Document refer to this Trademark Security Agreement
or such other Loan Document, as the case may be, as a whole and not to any particular provision of
this Trademark Security Agreement or such other Loan Document, as the case may be. Section,
subsection, clause, schedule, and exhibit references herein are to this Trademark Security
Agreement unless otherwise specified. Any reference in this Trademark Security Agreement or in any
other Loan Document to any agreement, instrument, or document shall include all alterations,
amendments, changes, extensions, modifications, renewals, replacements, substitutions, joinders,
and supplements, thereto and thereof, as applicable (subject to any restrictions on such
alterations, amendments, changes, extensions, modifications, renewals, replacements, substitutions,
joinders, and supplements set forth herein). Any reference herein or in any other Loan Document to
the satisfaction or repayment in full of the Obligations shall mean the repayment in full in cash
(or cash collateralization in accordance with the terms hereof) of all Obligations other than
unasserted contingent indemnification Obligations. Any reference herein to any Person shall be
construed to include such Persons successors and assigns. Any requirement of a writing contained
herein or in any other Loan Document shall be satisfied by the transmission of a Record and any
Record so transmitted shall constitute a representation and warranty as to the accuracy and
completeness of the information contained therein.
8. INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the liens
and security interests granted to Administrative Agent pursuant to this Trademark Security
Agreement and the exercise of any right or remedy by Administrative Agent hereunder, are subject to
the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement dated as of June 30, 2009 (as amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Intercreditor Agreement), among
SunTrust Bank, as ABL Agent, U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee and as Collateral Agent,
and the Grantors (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) from time to time party thereto. In
the event of any conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and the terms of this
Trademark Security Agreement, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control.
[signature page follows]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Grantor has caused this Trademark Security Agreement to be executed
and delivered by its duly authorized officer as of the date first set forth above.
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OXFORD INDUSTRIES, INC.
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TOMMY BAHAMA GROUP, INC.
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BEN SHERMAN CLOTHING, INC.
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LIONSHEAD CLOTHING COMPANY
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OXFORD CARIBBEAN, INC.
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OXFORD GARMENT, INC.
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Trademark Security Agreement
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OXFORD INTERNATIONAL, INC.
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OXFORD OF SOUTH CAROLINA, INC.
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PIEDMONT APPAREL CORPORATION
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SFI OF OXFORD ACQUISITION CORPORATION
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TOMMY BAHAMA BEVERAGES, LLC
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TOMMY BAHAMA R&R HOLDINGS, INC.
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TOMMY BAHAMA TEXAS BEVERAGES, LLC
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VIEWPOINT MARKETING, INC.
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OXFORD LOCKBOX, INC.
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ACCEPTED AND ACKNOWLEDGED BY:
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SCHEDULE I
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TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT
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EX-99.1
Exhibit 99.1
Oxford Industries, Inc. Press Release
222 Piedmont Avenue, N.E. Atlanta, Georgia 30308
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 30, 2009
Oxford Industries Announces Completion of Offering of $150 Million
Senior Secured Notes Due 2015
Accepts 86.68% of 87/8% Senior Unsecured Notes Due 2011 Received by Early Tender Deadline
ATLANTA, GA. Oxford Industries, Inc. (NYSE:OXM) announced today the completion of a private
offering of $150 million aggregate principal amount of 11.375% Senior Secured Notes due 2015 (the
Senior Secured Notes). The net proceeds from the sale of the Senior Secured Notes, together with
borrowings under the Companys domestic revolving credit facility, will be used to fund the
repurchase, repayment or discharge of all of the $166,805,000 aggregate principal amount of the
Companys 87/8% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2011 (the 2011 Notes) outstanding for which it is
currently conducting a previously announced tender offer.
The Senior Secured Notes are guaranteed on a senior basis by all of the Companys existing domestic
subsidiaries that currently guarantee obligations under the Companys domestic revolving credit
facility. The Senior Secured Notes are generally secured on a first-priority basis by a lien on
the U.S. registered trademarks and certain related rights of the Company and its guarantor
subsidiaries and a second-priority security interest on the assets that secure the Companys
domestic revolving credit facility.
The Senior Secured Notes were sold to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), and have not been registered under
the Securities Act or any state securities laws. Therefore, the Senior Secured Notes may not be
offered or sold in the United States absent registration or applicable exemption from such
registration requirements.
The Company also announced today that it has accepted for payment, and has paid for, $144,584,000
in aggregate principal amount of the 2011 Notes, representing approximately 86.68% of the
previously outstanding principal amount of the 2011 Notes, tendered pursuant to the Companys
previously announced offer to purchase any and all of the 2011 Notes (the Offer). The Offer
remains open and will expire at 12:00 midnight, New York City time, on July 13, 2009 (the
Expiration Date). Any additional 2011 Notes tendered prior to the Expiration Date are currently
expected to be accepted for payment on July 14, 2009 at a price of $970 per $1,000 principal amount
of the 2011 Notes validly tendered. The terms and conditions of the Offer are set forth in the
Offer to Purchase dated June 15, 2009. Oxford may amend, extend or, subject to certain conditions,
terminate the Offer.
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Oxford has retained Banc of America Securities LLC and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. as the
dealer managers in connection with the Offer. Questions regarding the Offer and requests for
documents may be directed to Banc of America Securities LLC, Global Debt Advisory Services, at
(888) 292-0070 (U.S. toll-free) and (980) 388-9217 (collect) and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc.,
Debt Advisory Services, at (404) 813-8107. Copies of the Offer to Purchase can also be obtained
from the information agent, Global Bondholder Services Corporation, at (866) 795-2200 (U.S.
toll-free) and (212) 430-3774 (collect).
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy any
security, nor shall it constitute an offer, solicitation or sale of any securities in any
jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale is unlawful. The Offer is being made solely
pursuant to the Offer to Purchase.
About Oxford Industries, Inc.
Oxford Industries, Inc. is an international apparel design, sourcing and marketing company
featuring a diverse portfolio of owned and licensed brands and a collection of private label
apparel businesses. Oxfords brands include Tommy Bahama®, Ben Sherman®, Arnold Brant®, Ely &
Walker® and Oxford Golf®. The Company also holds exclusive licenses to produce and sell certain
product categories under the Kenneth Cole®, Geoffrey Beene® and Dockers® labels. Oxfords
wholesale customers are found in every major channel of distribution, including national chains,
specialty catalogs, mass merchants, department stores, specialty stores and Internet retailers.
The Company operates retail stores, restaurants and Internet websites for some of its brands. The
Company also has license arrangements with select third parties to produce and sell certain product
categories under its Tommy Bahama and/or Ben Sherman brands.
Oxfords stock has traded on the New York Stock Exchange since 1964 under the symbol OXM. For more
information, please visit Oxfords website at www.oxfordinc.com.
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CAUTIONARY STATEMENTS REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This press release may include statements that are forward-looking statements within the meaning of
the federal securities laws. Generally, the words believe, expect, intend, estimate,
anticipate, project, will and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements, which
generally are not historical in nature. We intend for all forward-looking statements contained
herein or on our website, and all subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements
attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf, to be covered by the safe harbor provisions for
forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995 and the provisions of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (which Sections were adopted as part of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995). Important assumptions relating to these forward-looking statements
include, among others, assumptions regarding the duration and severity of the current economic
conditions and the impact on consumer demand and spending, access to capital and/or credit
markets, particularly in light of recent conditions in those markets, on our liquidity and those of
our customers, demand for our products, timing of shipments requested by our wholesale customers,
expected pricing levels, competitive conditions, the timing and cost of planned capital
expenditures, expected synergies in connection with acquisitions and joint ventures, costs of
products and raw materials we purchase, expected outcomes of pending or potential litigation and
regulatory actions and disciplined execution by key management. Forward-looking statements reflect
our current expectations, based on currently available information, and are not guarantees of
performance. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking
statements are reasonable, these expectations could prove inaccurate as such statements involve
risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our ability to control or predict. Should one or
more of these risks or uncertainties, or other risks or uncertainties not currently known to us or
that we currently deem to be immaterial, materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove
incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those anticipated, estimated or projected.
Important factors relating to these risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those
described in Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal
2008 and those described from time to time in our future reports filed with the SEC.
We caution that one should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only
as of the date on which they are made. We disclaim any intention, obligation or duty to update or
revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or
otherwise, except as required by law.
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