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Filed
Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(4)
Registration No. 333-174391
American Reprographics
Company
Offer to Exchange
$200,000,000 10.5% Senior
Notes due 2016
for
$200,000,000 10.5% Senior
Notes due 2016
that have been Registered Under
the Securities Act of 1933
We are offering, upon the terms and subject to the conditions
set forth in this prospectus and the accompanying letter of
transmittal, to exchange an aggregate principal amount of up to
$200,000,000 of our new 10.5% Senior Notes due 2016, which
we refer to as the exchange notes, for all of our outstanding
unregistered 10.5% Senior Notes due 2016, which we refer to
as the initial notes, in a transaction registered under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act. We
collectively refer to the initial notes and the exchange notes
as the notes. We refer to the offer described in this prospectus
to exchange the initial notes for the exchange notes as the
exchange offer.
The notes are unconditionally guaranteed by our existing and
future subsidiaries that guarantee our other existing senior
notes, revolving credit facility or any other indebtedness of
ours or of the subsidiary guarantors, which we refer to as the
subsidiary guarantors. The guarantees of the notes are unsecured
senior obligations of the subsidiary guarantors and rank equally
with existing and future unsecured senior debt of the subsidiary
guarantors and senior to existing and future subordinated debt
of the subsidiary guarantors. The guarantees are effectively
subordinated to existing and future secured debt of the
subsidiary guarantors and structurally subordinated to existing
and future debt of our non-guarantor subsidiaries.
Terms of the exchange offer:
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We will exchange all initial notes that are validly tendered and
not withdrawn prior to the expiration of the exchange offer.
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You may withdraw tenders of initial notes at any time prior to
the expiration of the exchange offer.
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We believe that the exchange of initial notes for exchange notes
will not be a taxable event for U.S. federal income tax
purposes.
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The form and terms of the exchange notes are identical in all
material respects to the form and terms of the initial notes.
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The exchange offer will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York
City time, on June 27, 2011, unless we extend the
offer. We will announce any extension by press release or
other permitted means no later than 9:00 a.m., New York
City time, on the business day after the expiration of the
exchange offer. If you fail to tender your initial notes, you
will continue to hold unregistered securities and your ability
to transfer your initial notes could be adversely affected.
No public market currently exists for the exchange notes. We do
not intend to apply for listing of the exchange notes on the New
York Stock Exchange or any other securities exchange.
For a discussion of factors you should consider in
determining whether to tender your initial notes, see the
information under Risk Factors beginning on
page 12 of this prospectus.
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC,
nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved
of these securities, or passed upon the adequacy or accuracy of
this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a
criminal offense.
The date of this prospectus is May 27, 2011.
We have not authorized anyone to give any information or to make
any representations concerning this exchange offer except that
which is in this prospectus, or which is referred to under
Where You Can Find More Information. If anyone gives
or makes any other information or representation, you should not
rely on it. This prospectus is not an offer to sell or a
solicitation of an offer to buy securities in any circumstances
in which the offer or solicitation is unlawful. You should not
interpret the delivery of this prospectus, or any sale of
securities, as an indication that there has been no change in
our affairs since the date of this prospectus. You should also
be aware that information in this prospectus may change after
this date.
This prospectus incorporates by reference, from our filings with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, business and financial
information about us that is not included in or delivered with
this prospectus. This incorporated information is available
without charge upon written or oral request directed to:
American
Reprographics Company
1981 N. Broadway, Suite 385
Walnut Creek, CA 94596
Attention: David Stickney, Vice President, Corporate
Communications
(925) 949-5100
If you would like to request copies of these documents,
please do so by June 20, 2011 (which is five business days
before the scheduled expiration of the exchange offer) in order
to receive them before the expiration of the exchange offer.
TABLE OF
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FORWARD-LOOKING
STATEMENTS
This prospectus may contain forward-looking statements within
the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act, and
Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the Exchange Act). When used in this
prospectus, the words believe, expect,
anticipate, estimate,
intend, plan, targets,
likely, will, would,
could, and variations of such words and similar
expressions as they relate to our management or to American
Reprographics Company are intended to identify forward-looking
statements. These forward-looking statements involve risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those contemplated herein. We have described
under Risk Factors a number of factors that could
cause our actual results to differ from our projections or
estimates. These factors and other risk factors described in
this prospectus are not necessarily all of the important factors
that could cause actual results to differ materially from those
expressed in any of our forward-looking statements. Other
unknown or unpredictable factors also could harm our results.
Consequently, there can be no assurance that the actual results
or developments anticipated by us will be realized or, even if
substantially realized, that they will have the expected
consequences to, or effects on, us. Given these uncertainties,
you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such
forward-looking statements.
Except where otherwise indicated, the statements made in this
prospectus are made as of the date of this prospectus and should
not be relied upon as of any subsequent date. All future written
and verbal forward-looking statements attributable to us or any
person acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their
entirety by the cautionary statements contained or referred to
in this section. Except as required by applicable law, we
undertake no obligation, and specifically disclaim any
obligation, to publicly update or revise any forward-looking
statements, whether as a result of new information, future
events or otherwise.
INDUSTRY
AND MARKET DATA
Unless otherwise indicated, all information contained in this
prospectus concerning our industry in general, including
information regarding (1) our market position and market
share within our industry, (2) historical data concerning
sales and growth of sales in our industry, (3) expectations
regarding future growth of sales in our industry and
(4) brand recognition and consumer awareness, is based on
managements estimates using internal data, data from
industry-related publications, consumer research and marketing
studies and other externally obtained data that we believe to be
reliable. However, certain industry and market data is subject
to change and cannot always be verified with complete certainty
due to, among other factors, limits on the availability and
reliability of raw data, the voluntary nature of the data gather
process and other limitations and uncertainties inherent in any
statistical survey. We have not independently verified any of
the data from third-party sources nor have we ascertained the
underlying economic assumptions relied upon therein. As a
result, you should be aware that market, ranking and other
similar industry data included in this prospectus, and estimates
and beliefs based on that data, may not be reliable. We cannot
guarantee the accuracy or completeness of any such information
contained in this prospectus.
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PROSPECTUS
SUMMARY
The following summary highlights certain information
contained in this prospectus. Because it is only a summary, it
does not contain all of the information you should consider
before participating in the exchange offer. You should carefully
read this entire prospectus before participating in the exchange
offer. In particular, you should read the section entitled
Risk Factors, and our financial statements and the
notes relating thereto presented herein and incorporated by
reference into this prospectus. Unless otherwise indicated or
required by the context, as used in this prospectus, the term
ARC refers to American Reprographics Company, a
Delaware corporation, and not its subsidiaries. The terms
Company, we, our, and
us refer to ARC and its subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis. All financial data provided in this
prospectus is the financial data of ARC and its consolidated
subsidiaries unless otherwise disclosed.
Our
Company
We are the largest reprographics company in the United States
with a network that consists of more than 225 production
facilities in the U.S., significant operations in Canada, and a
growing presence in the United Kingdom, India and China. Our
primary business is providing highly-specialized document
management services, document distribution and logistics, and
print-on-demand
services to the architectural, engineering and construction
industry, or AEC industry. As a part of these services, we
frequently place equipment in our customers offices and
sell our services on a per-use basis
on-site, a
practice commonly referred to as facilities management, or
FM services. We also sell reprographics equipment
and supplies to complement our service offerings. Based on our
extensive footprint and technology-enabled services, we are
uniquely positioned to manage, store, distribute and print
documents that are critical to the AEC industry, including
large-format construction drawings, small-format specification
documents, and color architectural renderings.
Construction documents are frequently reproduced in short runs
and fast turnaround times, and are almost always technical,
complex, constantly changing and confidential. We believe we
hold the leading market share position in 30 of the Nielsen
Groups top 50 major metropolitan markets, and operate in
eight times as many cities and with eight times the number of
service facilities as our next largest competitor. We also
provide services
on-site in
approximately 5,800 of our customers offices. We believe
our national footprint provides a significant competitive
advantage as the reprographics industry is largely comprised of
small, local operators. We are the only single-source supplier
of national reprographics services for regional, national and
global AEC firms.
We also leverage our core competencies to address market
opportunities outside of the construction industry. We provide
document management and printing services to the retail,
aerospace, technology, entertainment, and healthcare industries,
among others. A significant portion of our
non-AEC
revenues are derived from supplying digital color printing
services to customers with short-run, high-turnover promotional,
advertising and marketing needs. We began to market these
services in 2010 under a separate and dedicated brand known as
Riot Creative Imaging.
We believe our long-standing customer relationships, domain
expertise, document management capabilities and logistics
services make us critical to the $788 billion AEC industry.
Construction drawings and specifications are the primary means
of communication in the AEC industry and link architects,
engineers and construction professionals with more than 200
building trades throughout the life of a construction project.
These drawings are usually larger than 11″ x 17″,
require specialized printing and finishing equipment to produce,
and an intimate understanding of industry work flows. Changes in
construction projects are communicated through distribution of
new or updated drawings or specifications, which means that a
document may be changed, sent to a reprographer, printed and
re-distributed to project team members numerous times during the
course of a building project. An initial set of 300 design
documents can easily expand to 1,000 documents or more, and the
number of reproductions can number into the tens of thousands.
Our ability to manage this massive flow of changing and
widely-distributed documents can significantly influence the
efficiency and productivity of our customers projects.
We complement our market-leading reprographic services with the
latest document management technology and proprietary software
to strengthen our customer relationships and increase customer
retention. In June
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PlanWell Enterprise. Since then we have introduced 10 other
process improvement software applications that address online
order management, print cost recovery, bid management, print
automation, consolidated administrative access, and digital
document distribution.
While we began operations in California and currently derive
approximately 32% of our net sales from operations in that
state, our company has grown and our market share has increased
through more than 140 acquisitions of local reprographics and
related companies that, in most cases, have more than
25 years of operating history at the time of acquisition.
Our preferred practice is to maintain the senior management of
companies we acquire.
Historically, our operating segments have functioned under local
brand names. Each brand name typically represents a business or
group of businesses that has been acquired by us. In the past,
industry conventions led us to maintain acquired brands wherever
practical due to the local nature of construction activity. Over
the past several years, however, many large construction
companies have grown through mergers and acquisitions, creating
a market in which we believe that regional or national service
providers have a greater marketing advantage. As a result, we
have begun consolidating our operations under a single brand,
ARC, to highlight the scope and scale of our services,
especially with respect to customers that have a national
presence.
Industry
Overview
According to the International Reprographics Association, or
IRgA, the reprographics industry in the United States is
approximately $4.5 billion in size, with approximately
3,000 firms with average annual sales of approximately
$1.5 million and 20 to 25 employees. It is important
to note that these statistics have not been revised in recent
years and it is our belief that the industry may be
significantly smaller due to the effects of the recent recession
and downturn in the construction industry. Reprographics
companies are often family-owned, and locate their businesses in
proximity to customer locations. All reprographers focus on
their ability to turnaround jobs quickly and develop local
relationships. Reprographics services are purchased by nearly
every trade in the construction industry and are most often
passed through to project developers for reimbursement.
Demand for reprographics services in the AEC market is closely
tied to the level of activity in the construction industry,
which in turn is driven by macroeconomic trends such as GDP
growth, interest rates, job creation, and office vacancy rates.
Reprographics revenues are closely correlated to the private,
non-residential sectors of the construction industry, which are
often the largest users of reprographics services. According to
FMI Corporation, or FMI, a consulting firm to the construction
industry, the value of construction put in place in
the United States for 2010 was estimated at $840 billion,
with expenditures divided between residential construction at
29.9% and commercial and public, or non-residential,
construction at 70.1%.
Reprographers also offer services in their customers
offices where reprographics equipment, and sometimes staff, are
provided
on-site
under a FM agreement. FMs allow customers to use reprographics
equipment and services in their offices without the burden of
equipment ownership, maintenance or supplies. The
on-site use
of our equipment and services is invoiced just as if those
services were produced in our centralized production facilities,
which allows the customer to submit such invoices for
reimbursement to their clients. Like most reprographics
services, reimbursement is the primary means of cost recovery
for FM services. Growth in this offering has been robust, and is
now expanding into managed print services, or MPS, which is the
outsourced management of a customers entire print network,
including office printers, multi-function devices, and office
copiers. Photizo Group, a leading international consulting and
research firm for the managed print services market, projects
growth in the market to double from approximately
$12 billion in the U.S. in 2009, to nearly
$25 billion in 2013.
Digital color printing has been a critical part of reprographics
services since the introduction of such production equipment in
the 1990s. As the use of color has become more popular in most
printing applications, non-AEC customers in particular are
increasingly using large and small-format color imaging for
short-run production of
point-of-purchase
displays, digital publishing, presentation materials,
educational materials and marketing materials. InfoTrends, a
leading independent research organization estimates that the
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overall market for digital color printing services in the U.S.,
which includes the segments we find most compelling, will reach
$113 billion in 2010.
Our
Competitive Strengths
We believe that our competitive strengths include the following:
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Leading Market Position in a Specialized
Market. We are the largest reprographics company
in the U.S., with operations in eight times as many cities and
with eight times the number of service facilities as our next
largest competitor in this fragmented and highly specialized
market. We believe we are market share leaders in most of the
major metropolitan areas we serve, and we believe our market
share has increased as many small undercapitalized reprographers
have closed as the economic downturn continues. Our size and
national footprint provide us with significant economies of
scale, making us one of the lowest cost operators in the
reprographics industry. Furthermore, our leading position is
bolstered by a highly-diverse customer base in which no single
customer accounted for more than 2.7% of our net sales in 2010.
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Extensive National Footprint with Regional
Expertise. We are the only reprographics company
with a network that consists of more than 225 production
facilities in the U.S., significant operations in Canada, and a
growing presence in the United Kingdom, India and China. To
enhance our global presence, we also have partnerships with
independent reprographers in more than 50 countries around the
world. Our service centers are digitally connected as a cohesive
network, allowing us to provide our services locally,
nationally, and globally to more than 120,000 customers. Our
footprint also enables us to serve the local offices of our
national and regional customers under a single contract through
our Global Services (formerly Premier Accounts) program.
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Leader in Technology and Innovation. To
maintain our leadership position amid growing adoption of
technology by our customers we have invested approximately
$100 million since 2000 in developing and maintaining our
technology infrastructure and software applications. Our
technology investments have helped us automate workflow, drive
production costs down, increase efficiency and reduce errors for
our customers and ourselves. We believe our technology products
are well-positioned to become standards for document management
and distribution in the AEC industry. With PlanWell, our
cloud-based planroom application, we managed more than 30
terabytes of customer data and uploaded approximately 400,000
original documents to the system each month during 2010. We have
developed and use other proprietary technology that supports
online order management, print cost recovery, bid management,
digital document distribution, and cloud printing and project
collaboration. A dedicated staff of 44 engineers and technical
specialists, with expertise in reprographics, internet-based
applications, database management, and internet security,
provide us with technology development and support capabilities
unrivaled in our industry.
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Flexible Operating Model and Strong Cash
Flows. Our business model has several
characteristics that produce consistent cash flows under a
variety of industry and economic conditions including
(i) high gross margins relative to other reprographers,
(ii) variable costs that comprise 55% of our total cost
structure, as estimated in 2010 and (iii) the ability to
leverage our economies of scale to closely manage our inventory,
receivables and capital expenditures. We generate strong margins
due to our lower cost structure and high-margin value-added
services.
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Experienced Management Team and Highly Trained
Workforce. Members of our executive and
divisional senior management teams have an average of more than
20 years of industry experience. To maintain continuity of
operations and local relationships, it is our preferred practice
to maintain the senior management of the companies we acquire.
We regularly offer training on every aspect of our business
using a variety of online and in-person venues, conducting up to
ten webinars or training seminars a week. We also actively
develop our managerial bench through an elite
leadership and mentoring program conducted by our senior
executive staff, as well as respected third-party business
consultants.
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Our
Business Strategy
We intend to strengthen our competitive position as the
preferred provider of reprographics services in each market we
serve. We seek to leverage our assets, facilities and core
competencies to drive increasing revenue, cash flow and
profitability in existing, adjacent and new markets. Our key
strategies to accomplish these objectives include:
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Global Services (formerly Premier
Accounts). We created Global Services in
2004 to take advantage of growing globalization and business
consolidation within the AEC market. We plan to further enhance
our market share and service portfolio on a national level by
continuing to offer the services of all of ARC operating
locations to large regional and national customers. We utilize
our dedicated Global Services sales team to establish ourselves
at an enterprise level as the only national reprographics
services and technology provider with extensive geographic and
service capabilities.
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Facilities Management/Managed Print
Services. We intend to capitalize on the
continued trend of our customers to outsource their document
management services. Since the late 1990s, we have placed
reprographics equipment and sometimes staff in our
customers offices to eliminate the burden of equipment
ownership, maintenance and the procurement of supplies.
Customers are billed as if the services were outsourced, making
reimbursement the primary means of cost recovery for FM
services, and renewals for such contracts are typically high.
Commissioned studies on the use of facilities management service
strongly suggest that the FM customer is more likely to be
retained over time, and use a greater amount and number of
related reprographics services than a conventional reprographics
customer. As of December 31, 2010, we had approximately
5,800 facilities management contracts, which represented 20.4%
of our revenue in 2010. Managed print services, or MPS, is an
extension of our FM business in which we address the equipment
and cost recovery requirements of an entire enterprise print
network, including reprographics services. By assuming the
operation of substantially all of our customers print
operations, we can offer them a mix of
on-site and
off-site services to provide more cost-effective operations,
better asset management, and greater flexibility in production
capacity. While this initiative is attractive to clients of any
size, it has proved to be effective in attracting new business
from our larger Global Services customers.
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Strategic Acquisitions. We have pursued
acquisitions of reprographics companies to expand and complement
our existing geographic footprint, especially in markets where
we believe we could become a market leader. Since 1997, we have
acquired more than 140 companies, realizing substantial
operating and purchasing synergies by leveraging our existing
corporate infrastructure, best practices and economies of scale.
While we have largely refrained from purchases of
U.S. reprographics companies during the recent economic
downturn, we believe we can continue to grow our business by
acquiring small, privately-held companies that serve local
markets once the construction market begins to recover. Outside
of the U.S., we will continue to look for opportunities in
high-growth markets similar to our business venture with
Unisplendour Corporation Limited in China, and our new
operations in India.
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Generate Incremental Revenue From
Technology. Our ability to design, develop and
license
best-in-class
software applications, combined with our national distribution
footprint, creates the opportunity to establish standards for
technology use in the reprographics industry. By adding value to
conventional services with technology and charging our customers
for advances in productivity and efficiency, we seek to generate
incremental revenue growth in the future. These value-added
services include digital document distribution, file format and
document conversions, building information modeling,
scan-to-file,
and digital document archiving, some of which are based on
licensing and subscription models that create recurring revenue.
Digital services revenue compromised 8.9% of overall revenue in
2010.
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Riot Creative Imaging. Since the 1990s, we
have provided an extensive array of large- and small-format
digital color printing services to our AEC and non-AEC customers
through our reprographics service centers. Over the past
12 months, we have consolidated a significant portion of
our existing color production capacity into ten centralized
production facilities under a new, dedicated color services
brand called Riot Creative Imaging. We support these centers
with an existing color sales, support, and
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production team that has been repurposed to address the special
promotional, marketing and advertising needs of retail companies
and others in the non-AEC market. In less than a year, Riot has
attracted high-profile clients such as Adobe, Ducati
motorcycles, metropolitan and regional sports stadiums, national
restaurant chains, clothing retailers and others. We intend to
create smaller support centers within our existing branch
network throughout 2011 to facilitate national production and
distribution services.
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Corporate
Information
We are incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware. We
are a publicly traded company with common stock listed on the
New York Stock Exchange, or NYSE, under the symbol
ARC. Our main office is located at
1981 N. Broadway, Suite 385, Walnut Creek,
California, 94596, and our telephone number at that location is
(925) 949-5100.
Our website is www.e-arc.com. However, the information on
our website is not part of this prospectus.
The
Exchange Offer
On December 1, 2010, we issued $200,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of 10.5% Senior Notes due 2016 to a group
of initial purchasers in reliance on exemptions from, or in
transactions not subject to, the registration requirements of
the Securities Act and applicable securities laws. In connection
with the sale of the initial notes to the initial purchasers, we
entered into a registration rights agreement pursuant to which
we agreed, among other things, to deliver this prospectus to
you, to commence this exchange offer and to use our commercially
reasonable efforts to complete the exchange offer not later than
365 days after the issue date of the initial notes. The
summary below describes the principal terms and conditions of
the exchange offer. Some of the terms and conditions described
below are subject to important limitations and exceptions. See
The Exchange Offer for a more detailed description
of the terms and conditions of the exchange offer and
Description of Notes for a more detailed description
of the terms of the exchange notes.
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The Exchange Offer |
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We are offering to exchange up to $200,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of our new 10.5% Senior Notes due 2016,
which have been registered under the Securities Act, in exchange
for your initial notes. For each initial note surrendered to us
pursuant to the exchange offer, the holder of such initial note
will receive an exchange note having a principal amount equal to
that of the surrendered initial note. Exchange notes will only
be issued in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of
$1,000. The form and terms of the exchange notes will be
substantially the same as the form and terms of the surrendered
initial notes. The exchange notes will evidence the same
indebtedness as, and will replace the initial notes tendered in
exchange therefor and will be issued pursuant to, and entitled
to the benefits of, the indenture governing the initial notes.
As of the date of this prospectus, initial notes representing
$200,000,000 aggregate principal amount are outstanding. See
The Exchange Offer. |
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Resale of Exchange Notes |
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Based on interpretations by the staff of the SEC as detailed in
a series of no-action letters issued to third parties, we
believe that, as long as you are not a broker-dealer, the
exchange notes offered in the exchange offer may be offered for
resale, resold or otherwise transferred by you without
compliance with the registration and prospectus delivery
requirements of the Securities Act as long as: |
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you are acquiring the exchange notes in the ordinary
course of your business;
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you are not participating, do not intend to
participate in and have no arrangement or understanding with any
person to participate in a distribution of the
exchange notes; and
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you are not an affiliate of ours within
the meaning of Rule 405 of the Securities Act.
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If any of these conditions is not satisfied and you transfer any
exchange notes issued to you in the exchange offer without
delivering a proper prospectus or without qualifying for a
registration exemption, you may incur liability under the
Securities Act. Moreover, our belief that transfers of exchange
notes would be permitted without registration or prospectus
delivery under the conditions described above is based on SEC
interpretations given to other, unrelated issuers in similar
exchange offers. We cannot assure you that the SEC would make a
similar interpretation with respect to our exchange offer. We
will not be responsible for or indemnify you against any
liability you may incur under the Securities Act. |
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Any broker-dealer that acquires exchange notes for its own
account in exchange for initial notes must represent that the
initial notes to be exchanged for the exchange notes were
acquired by it as a result of market-making activities or other
trading activities and acknowledge that it will deliver a
prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in
connection with any offer to resell, resale or other retransfer
of the exchange notes. However, by so acknowledging and by
delivering a prospectus, such participating broker-dealer will
not be deemed to admit that it is an underwriter
within the meaning of the Securities Act. During the period
ending 90 days after the consummation of the exchange
offer, subject to extension in limited circumstances, a
participating broker-dealer may use this prospectus for an offer
to sell, a resale or other retransfer of exchange notes received
in exchange for initial notes which it acquired through
market-making activities or other trading activities. See
The Exchange Offer Resales of Exchange
Notes. |
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Registration Rights Agreement |
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We sold the initial notes in a private offering in reliance on
Section 4(2) of the Securities Act. The initial notes were
immediately resold by the initial purchasers to a limited number
of qualified institutional buyers, as defined in
Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act, and to
non-U.S.
persons in transactions outside the United States in reliance on
Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act. In
connection with the sale, we entered into the registration
rights agreement with the initial purchasers of the initial
notes requiring us to make this exchange offer. See The
Exchange Offer Purpose and Effect; Registration
Rights. |
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Expiration Date |
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The exchange offer will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City
time, on June 27, 2011, unless we extend the expiration
date. See The Exchange Offer Expiration Date;
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You may withdraw your tender of initial notes at any time before
the exchange offer expires. Any initial notes so withdrawn will
be deemed not to have been validly tendered for purposes of the
exchange offer. See The Exchange Offer
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Interest on the Exchange Notes and the Initial Notes |
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We will pay interest on the notes twice a year, on each June 15
and December 15, commencing June 15, 2011. The
exchange notes will bear interest from the most recent date to
which interest has been paid on the initial notes. If your
initial notes are accepted for exchange, then you will receive
interest on the exchange notes and not on the initial notes. Any
initial notes not tendered will remain outstanding and continue
to accrue interest according to their terms. |
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We have forwarded to you, along with this prospectus, a letter
of transmittal relating to this exchange offer. Because all of
the initial notes are held in book-entry accounts maintained by
the exchange agent at DTC, a holder need not submit a letter of
transmittal. However, all holders who exchange their initial
notes for exchange notes in accordance with the procedures
outlined below will be deemed to have acknowledged receipt of,
and agreed to be bound by, and to have made all of the
representations and warranties contained in the letter of
transmittal. Tenders of initial notes must be effected in
accordance with the procedures mandated by DTCs Automated
Tender Offer Program. If you wish to exchange your initial
notes, you must submit an instruction and follow the procedures
for book-entry transfer as provided under The Exchange
Offer Book-Entry Transfer. |
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Only a registered holder of record of initial notes may tender
initial notes in the exchange offer. If you are a beneficial
owner of initial notes that are registered in the name of a
broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee,
you may request your respective broker, dealer, commercial bank,
trust company or other nominee to effect the above transactions
for you. Alternatively, if you are a beneficial owner and you
wish to act on your own behalf in connection with the exchange
offer, you must either make appropriate arrangements to register
ownership of the initial notes in your name or obtain a properly
completed bond power from the registered holder. |
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By agreeing to be bound by the letter of transmittal, each
holder of initial notes that tenders such notes in the exchange
offer represents that the following are true: |
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the holder is acquiring the exchange notes in the
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the holder is not participating in, does not intend
to participate in, and has no arrangement or understanding with
any person to participate in a distribution of the
exchange notes within the meaning of the Securities Act; and
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the holder is not an affiliate of us
within the meaning of Rule 405 of the Securities Act.
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We may reject your tender of initial notes if you tender them in
a manner that does not comply with the instructions provided in
this prospectus and the accompanying letter of transmittal. See
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exchange your initial notes and The Exchange
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time will not permit you to deliver the required
documents to the exchange agent by the expiration date; or
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you cannot complete the procedure for book-entry
transfer on time,
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you may tender your initial notes pursuant to the procedures
described in The Exchange Offer Procedures for
Tendering Initial Notes Guaranteed Delivery. |
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Exchange Agent |
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Wells Fargo Bank, National Association is serving as exchange
agent in connection with this exchange offer. The address and
telephone number of the exchange agent is set forth under
The Exchange Offer The Exchange Agent. |
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U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations |
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Generally, a holder of initial notes will not recognize taxable
gain or loss on the exchange of initial notes for exchange notes
pursuant to the exchange offer. See Certain United States
Federal Income Tax Consequences. |
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Accounting Treatment |
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The exchange notes will be recorded at the same carrying value
as the initial notes, as reflected in our accounting records on
the date of exchange. Accordingly, we will recognize no gain or
loss for accounting purposes upon the closing of the exchange
offer. The expenses of the exchange offer will be expensed as
incurred. See The Exchange Offer Accounting
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Use of Proceeds |
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We will not receive any proceeds from the exchange offer or the
issuance of the exchange notes. See Use of Proceeds. |
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As a result of making this exchange offer, and upon acceptance
for exchange of all validly tendered initial notes, we will have
fulfilled our obligations under the registration rights
agreement. |
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If you do not tender your initial notes or we reject your
tender, your initial notes will remain outstanding and will be
entitled to the benefits of the indenture governing the initial
notes. Under such circumstances, you would not be entitled to
any further registration rights under the registration rights
agreement, except under limited circumstances. For a more
detailed description of our obligation to file a shelf
registration statement, see The Exchange Offer
Purpose and Effect; Registration Rights and The
Exchange Offer Consequences of Failure to
Exchange. Existing transfer restrictions would continue to
apply to the initial notes. |
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Any trading market for the initial notes could be adversely
affected if some but not all of the initial notes are tendered
and accepted in the exchange offer. |
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Description
of Exchange Notes
The form and terms of the exchange notes will be identical in
all material respects to the form and terms of the initial
notes, except that the exchange notes:
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will have been registered under the Securities Act;
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will not bear restrictive legends restricting their transfer
under the Securities Act;
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will not be entitled to the registration rights that apply to
the initial notes; and
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will not contain provisions relating to an increase in the
interest rate borne by the initial notes under circumstances
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The exchange notes represent the same debt as the initial notes
and are governed by the same indenture, which is governed by New
York law. A brief description of the material terms of the
exchange notes follows. You should read the discussion under the
heading Description of Notes for further information
regarding the exchange notes.
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Securities Offered |
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$200,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 10.5% Senior
Notes due 2016 |
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10.5% per year (calculated using a
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Interest will accrue from December 1, 2010. |
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Guarantees |
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The obligations under the notes will be fully and
unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally, by all of our
existing and future domestic restricted subsidiaries, subject to
certain exceptions. See Descriptions of Notes
Guarantees. |
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As of March 31, 2011, our non-guarantor subsidiaries
accounted for approximately 5.4% of our total assets and 2.8% of
our total liabilities determined in accordance with GAAP. |
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The notes and the guarantees will rank: |
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equally in right of payment with all of our and the
guarantors existing and future Debt (as defined under
Description of Notes Certain
Definitions) , that is not by its terms expressly
subordinated in right of payment to the notes or guarantees;
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senior in right of payment to all of our and the
guarantors existing and future Debt that is by its terms
expressly subordinated in right of payment to the notes or the
guarantees; and
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effectively subordinated in right of payment to all
of our and the guarantors existing and future secured
obligations to the extent of the assets securing such
obligations.
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As of March 31, 2011, we had approximately
$247.8 million of total indebtedness outstanding. In
addition, we had available capacity to borrow an additional
$33.3 million of secured indebtedness under our New
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We may redeem the notes, in whole or in part, at any time and
from time to time on or after December 15, 2013 at the
redemption prices listed under Description of
Notes Optional Redemption. |
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At any time prior to December 15, 2013, we may redeem the
notes, in whole or in part, at a price equal to 100% of the
principal amount plus an applicable make-whole
premium and accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date,
as described in this prospectus under Description of
Notes Optional Redemption. |
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At any time prior to December 15, 2013, we may use the net
proceeds of certain equity offerings to redeem up to 35% of the
aggregate principal amount of the notes at a redemption price
equal to 110.500% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued
and unpaid interest, if any. |
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If we experience certain types of changes of control, we will be
required to offer to repurchase the notes at a purchase price
equal to 101% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid
interest to, but excluding, the date of repurchase. See
Description of Notes Repurchase at the Option
of Holders Change of Control. |
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If for any fiscal year, commencing with the fiscal year ending
nearest December 31, 2011, we have excess cash flow (as
defined in the Description of Notes) and our
consolidated total leverage ratio (as defined in the
Description of Notes) exceeds 3.75 to 1.00 on the
Excess Cash Flow Trigger Date, we will be required within
15 days after the time period specified in the SECs
rules and regulations for the filing of an annual report on
Form 10-K
if ARC was required to file such form as a non-accelerated filer
(the Excess Cash Flow Trigger Date) to make an offer
to repurchase notes from holders of the notes (or at our option,
to repay a portion of our new senior secured revolving credit
facility, which we refer to as the New Revolving Credit
Facility), which offer shall be in an aggregate amount equal to
50% of excess cash flow for such preceding fiscal year, at a
purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount of
the notes plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption
date, as described in this prospectus under Description of
Notes Excess Cash Flow. |
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The indenture governing the notes contains covenants that limit,
among other things, our ability and the ability of our
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transfer all or substantially all of our assets or
the assets of any restricted subsidiary or enter into merger or
consolidation transactions with third parties; and
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These covenants are subject to important exceptions and
qualifications, which are described in Description of
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No Public Market |
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We do not intend to apply for a listing of the exchange notes on
the New York Stock Exchange or any other securities exchange.
Accordingly, we cannot assure you that a liquid market for the
exchange notes will develop or be maintained. |
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Required Approvals; Appraisal Rights |
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Other than the registration of the exchange notes under the
Securities Act, and compliance with federal securities laws, we
are not aware of any state or federal regulatory requirements
with which we must comply in connection with the exchange offer.
In connection with the exchange offer, you do not have any
appraisal or dissenters rights under applicable law or the
indenture. |
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The notes have been issued with original issue discount
(OID) for U.S. federal income tax purposes. If the
stated principal amount of the notes exceeds the issue price of
the notes by more than a de minimus amount, U.S. holders
will be required to include any OID in gross income (as ordinary
income) on a constant yield to maturity basis in advance of the
receipt of cash payment thereof and regardless of such
holders method of accounting for U.S. federal income tax
purposes. See Certain United States Federal Income Tax
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Risk Factors |
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Your investment in the notes will involve risks. You should
consider carefully all of the information set forth in this
prospectus and, in particular, you should evaluate the risks in
this prospectus under Risk Factors starting on
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RISK
FACTORS
An investment in our notes is subject to risks and
uncertainties. You should carefully consider the risks described
below, in addition to the other information contained in this
prospectus, before making an investment decision. Realization of
these risks could materially adversely affect our business,
financial condition or results of operations. Additional risks
and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently
deem to be immaterial may also materially adversely affect our
business operations. In such case, you may lose all or part of
your original investment.
Risks
Related to Our Business
Adverse
Domestic and Global Economic Conditions and Disruption of
Financial Markets could have a Material Adverse Impact on Our
Business and Results of Operations.
During the past several years, domestic and international
financial markets have experienced extreme disruption,
including, among other things, extreme volatility in stock
prices and severely diminished liquidity and credit
availability. These developments and the related severe domestic
and international economic downturn, have continued to adversely
impact our business and financial condition in a number of ways,
including effects beyond those that were experienced in previous
recessions in the United States and foreign economies. The
current restrictions in financial markets and the severe
prolonged economic downturn may adversely affect the ability of
our customers and suppliers to obtain financing for operations
and purchases and to perform their obligations under agreements
with us. These restrictions could result in a decrease in, or
cancellation of, existing business, could limit new business,
and could negatively impact our ability to collect on our
accounts receivable on a timely basis, if at all. Although there
have been recent signs of certain areas of economic improvement,
we are unable to predict the duration and severity of the
current economic downturn and disruption in financial markets
and their effects on our business and results of operations.
These events are more severe than the effects of previous
economic recessions and may, in the aggregate, have a material
adverse effect on our results of operations and financial
condition.
The
Residential and Non-Residential Architectural, Engineering and
Construction (AEC) Industry is in the Midst of a Severe
Downturn. A Continuing Decline in the Residential and
Non-Residential AEC Industry could Adversely Affect Our Future
Revenue and Profitability.
We believe that the residential and non-residential AEC markets
together accounted for approximately 76% of our net sales for
the year ended December 31, 2010, of which we believe the
non-residential AEC industry accounted for approximately 93% of
our net sales to the AEC market and the residential AEC industry
accounted for approximately 7% of our net sales to the AEC
market. Our historical operating results reflect the cyclical
and variable nature of the AEC industry. Both the residential
and non-residential portions of the AEC industry are in the
midst of a severe downturn. The effects of the recent economic
downturn in the United States economy and weakness in global
economic conditions have resulted in a downturn in the
residential and non-residential portions of the AEC industry. We
believe that the AEC industry generally experiences downturns
several months after a downturn in the general economy and that
there may be a similar delay in the recovery in the AEC industry
following a recovery in the general economy. A prolonged
downturn in the AEC industry would diminish demand for our
products and services, and would therefore negatively affect our
revenues and have a material adverse impact on our business,
operating results and financial condition. Since we derive a
majority of our revenues from reprographics products and
services provided to the AEC industry, our operating results are
more sensitive to this industry than other companies that serve
more diversified markets.
Because
a Majority of Our Overall Costs are Fixed, Changes in Economic
Activity, Positive or Negative, Affect Our Results of
Operations.
Because approximately 45% of our overall costs were fixed for
the year ended December 31, 2010, changes in economic
activity, positive or negative, affect our results of
operations. As a consequence, our results of operations are
subject to volatility and could deteriorate rapidly in a
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declining revenues. Failure to maintain adequate cash reserves
and to effectively manage our costs could adversely affect our
ability to offset our fixed costs and may have a material
adverse effect on our results of operations and financial
condition.
Impairment
of Goodwill may Adversely Impact Future Results of
Operations.
We have intangible assets, including goodwill and other
identifiable acquired intangibles on our balance sheet due to
prior acquisitions. The initial identification and valuation of
these intangible assets and the determination of the estimated
useful lives at the time of acquisition involve management
judgments and estimates. Based on our annual goodwill impairment
assessment, we recorded a $38.3 million impairment during
2010.
The results of our impairment analysis are as of a particular
point in time. If our assumptions regarding future forecasted
revenue or gross margins of our operating segments (or
reporting units) are not achieved, we may be
required to record additional goodwill impairment charges in
future periods, if any such change constitutes a triggering
event prior to the quarter in which we perform our annual
goodwill impairment test.
Competition
in Our Industry and Innovation by Our Competitors may Hinder Our
Ability to Execute Our Business Strategy and Maintain Our
Profitability.
The markets for our products and services are highly
competitive, with competition primarily at local and regional
levels. We compete primarily based on the level and quality of
customer service, technological leadership, product performance
and price. Our future success depends, in part, on our ability
to continue to improve our service offerings, and develop and
integrate technological advances. If we are unable to
effectively develop and integrate technological advances into
our service offerings and technology products in a timely
manner, our operating results may be adversely affected.
Technological innovation by our existing or future competitors
could put us at a competitive disadvantage. In particular, our
business could be adversely affected if any of our competitors
develop or acquire superior technology that competes directly
with or offers greater functionality than our proprietary
technology, including our flagship product, PlanWell.
We also face the possibility that competition will continue to
increase, particularly if copy and printing or business services
companies choose to expand into the reprographics services
industry. Many of these companies are substantially larger and
have significantly greater financial resources than us, which
could place us at a competitive disadvantage. In addition, we
could encounter competition in the future from large,
well-capitalized companies such as equipment dealers and system
integrators that can produce their own technology and leverage
their existing distribution channels. We could also encounter
competition from non-traditional reprographics service providers
that offer reprographics services as a component of the other
services that they provide to the AEC industry, such as vendors
to our industry that provide services directly to our customers,
bypassing reprographers. Many of these companies are
substantially larger and have significantly greater financial
resources than us, which could place us at a competitive
disadvantage. Any such future competition could adversely affect
our business and impair our future revenue and profitability.
The
Reprographics Industry has Undergone Significant Changes in
Recent Years and will Continue to Evolve. Our Failure to
Anticipate and Adapt to Future Changes in the Reprographics
Industry could Harm Our Competitive Position and Future Revenue
and Profitability.
The reprographics industry has undergone significant changes in
recent years. The industrys main production technology has
migrated from analog to digital. This has prompted a number of
industry trends, including a rapid shift toward decentralized
production and lower labor utilization. As digital output
devices become smaller, less expensive, easier to use and
interconnected, end users of construction drawings are placing
these devices within their offices and other locations.
On-site
reprographics equipment allows a customer to print documents and
review hard copies without the delays or interruptions
associated with sending documents out for copying, and digital
document services that were once considered the domain of
experts, such as ourselves, are becoming easier to accomplish in
common office settings. Also, as a direct result of advancements
in digital technology, labor demands have decreased. Instead of
producing one print
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job at a time, reprographers now have the capability to produce
multiple sets of documents with a single production employee. By
linking output devices through a single print server, a
production employee simply directs output to the device that is
best suited for the job. As a result of these trends,
reprographers have had to modify their operations to
decentralize printing and shift costs from labor to technology.
We expect the reprographics industry to continue to evolve. Our
industry is expected to continue to embrace digital technology,
not only in terms of production services, but also in terms of
network technology, digital document storage and management, and
information distribution, all of which will require investment
in, and continued development of, technological innovation. If
we fail to keep pace with current changes or fail to anticipate
or adapt to future changes in our industry, including changes in
digital document services, our competitive position could be
harmed which would have a material adverse impact on our future
revenue and profitability.
If We
Fail to Continue to Develop and Introduce New Services and
Technologies Successfully, Our Competitive Positioning and Our
Ability to Grow Our Business could be Harmed.
In order to remain competitive, we must continually invest in
new technologies that will enable us to meet the evolving
demands of our customers. We cannot guarantee that we will be
successful in the introduction, marketing and adoption of any of
our new technology services and products, or that we will
develop and introduce in a timely manner innovative services and
products that satisfy customer needs or achieve market
acceptance. Our failure to develop new services and products and
introduce them successfully could harm our competitive position
and our ability to grow our business, and our revenues and
operating results could suffer.
In addition, as reprographics technologies continue to develop,
one or more of our current service offerings may become
obsolete. In particular, digital technologies may significantly
reduce the need for high-volume printing. Digital technology
makes traditional reprographics equipment smaller and cheaper,
which may cause certain AEC customers to discontinue outsourcing
their reprographics needs. Any such developments could adversely
affect our business and impair future revenue and profitability.
If We
are Unable to Charge for Our Value-Added Services to Offset
Potential Declines in Print Volumes, Our Long Term Revenue Could
Decline.
Our customers value the ability to view and order prints over
the internet and print to output devices in their own offices
and other locations throughout the country and the world. In
2010, our reprographics services excluding digital revenues
represented approximately 58% of our total net sales, and our
facilities management services represented 20.4% of our total
net sales. Both categories of revenue are generally derived from
a charge per square foot of printed material. Future
technological advances may further facilitate and improve our
customers ability to print in their own offices or at a
job site. As technology continues to improve, this trend toward
printing on an as needed basis could result in
decreasing printing volumes and declining revenues in the longer
term. Failure to offset these potential declines in printing
volumes by changing how we charge for our services and
developing additional revenue sources could significantly affect
our business and reduce our long term revenue, resulting in an
adverse effect on our results of operations and financial
condition.
We
Derive a Significant Percentage of Net Sales from within the
State of California and Our Business could be Disproportionately
Harmed by an Economic Downturn or Natural Disaster Affecting
California.
We derived approximately 32% of our net sales in 2010 from our
operations in California. As a result, we are dependent to a
large extent upon the AEC industry in California and,
accordingly, are sensitive to economic factors affecting
California, including general and local economic conditions,
macroeconomic trends, and natural disasters (including
earthquakes and wildfires). In recent years, the real estate
development projects (both residential and non-residential) in
California have significantly declined which, in turn, has
resulted in a decline in sales from within the California-based
AEC industry. Any adverse developments affecting California
could have a disproportionately negative effect on our results
of operations and financial condition.
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Our
Growth Strategy Depends, in Part, on Our Ability to Successfully
Complete and Manage Our Acquisitions and Branch Openings.
Failure to do so could Impede Our Future Growth and Adversely
Affect Our Competitive Position.
As part of our growth strategy, we intend to prudently pursue
strategic acquisitions within the reprographics industry. Since
1997, we have acquired more than 140 businesses, most of which
were long established in the communities in which they conduct
their business. Our efforts to execute our acquisition strategy
may be affected by our ability to continue to identify,
negotiate, close acquisitions and effectively integrate acquired
businesses. In addition, any governmental review or
investigation of our proposed acquisitions, such as by the
Federal Trade Commission, may impede, limit or prevent us from
proceeding with an acquisition. Acquisition activities have not
been a significant part of our growth strategy in fiscal years
2010 and 2009 due to potential risks inherent in an economy
recovering from a recent recession. As the economy improves, we
currently expect to resume acquisition activity as a substantial
component of our growth strategy. There can be no assurance,
however, that any future acquisition activity, and any resulting
growth, will equal or exceed prior levels of acquisition
activity and growth.
Acquisitions involve a number of unique risks. For example,
there may be difficulties integrating acquired personnel and
distinct business cultures. Additional financing may be
necessary and, if used, would increase our debt level, dilute
our outstanding equity, or both. Acquisitions may divert
managements time and our other resources from existing
operations. It is possible that there could be a negative effect
on our financial statements from the impairment related to
goodwill and other intangibles acquired through implementation
of our acquisition strategy. We may experience the loss of key
employees or customers of acquired companies. In addition, risks
may include high transaction costs and expenses of integrating
acquired companies, as well as exposure to unforeseen
liabilities of acquired companies and failure of the acquired
business to achieve expected results. These risks could hinder
our future growth and adversely affect our competitive position
and operating results.
In addition to acquisitions, part of our growth strategy is to
expand our geographic coverage by opening additional satellite
branches in regions near our established operations to capture
new customers and greater market share. Although we believe that
the capital investment for a new branch is generally modest, the
branches that we open in the future may not ultimately produce
returns that justify our investment.
If We
are Unable to Successfully Monitor and Manage Operations of Our
Subsidiaries and Segments, Our Business and Profitability could
Suffer.
Since 1997, we have acquired more than 140 businesses and, in
most cases, have delegated the responsibility for marketing,
pricing, and selling practices with the local and operational
managers of those businesses. During the past two years we have
begun to centralize many of these functions, but if we do not
successfully manage our subsidiaries and segments under this
decentralized operating structure, we risk having disparate
results, lost market opportunities, lack of economic synergies,
and a loss of vision and planning, all of which could harm our
business and profitability. In addition, there is a risk that
the company-wide rebranding initiative that we commenced
following the end of the third quarter of fiscal year 2010 could
have a negative effect on our revenues and results of operations
and financial condition.
We
Depend on Certain Key Vendors for Reprographics Equipment,
Maintenance Services and Supplies, Making us Vulnerable to
Supply Shortages and Price Fluctuations.
We purchase reprographics equipment and maintenance services, as
well as paper, toner and other supplies, from a limited number
of vendors. Our three largest vendors in 2010 were Oce N.V.,
Azerty, and Xpedx, a division of International Paper Company.
Adverse developments concerning key vendors or our relationships
with them could force us to seek alternate sources for our
reprographics equipment, maintenance services and supplies, or
to purchase such items on unfavorable terms. An alternative
source of supply of reprographics equipment, maintenance
services and supplies may not be readily available. A delay in
procuring reprographics equipment, maintenance services or
supplies, or an increase in the cost to purchase these items
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could limit our ability to provide services to our customers on
a timely and cost-effective basis and could harm our results of
operations and financial condition.
Our
Failure to Adequately Protect the Proprietary Aspects of Our
Technology, Including Planwell, May Cause us to Lose Market
Share.
Our success depends on our ability to protect and preserve the
proprietary aspects of our technologies, including PlanWell. We
rely on a combination of copyright, trademark and trade secret
protection, confidentiality agreements, license agreements,
non-competition agreements, reseller agreements, customer
contracts, and technical measures to establish and protect our
rights in our proprietary technologies. Our license agreements
contain terms and conditions prohibiting the unauthorized
reproduction or transfer of our products. These protections,
however, may not be adequate to remedy harm we suffer due to
misappropriation of our proprietary rights by third parties. In
addition, United States law provides only limited protection of
proprietary rights and the laws of some foreign countries may
offer less protection than the laws of the United States. Third
parties may unlawfully copy aspects of our technology products,
unlawfully distribute them, impermissibly reverse engineer them
or otherwise obtain and use information that we regard as
proprietary. If competitors are able to develop such
technologies and we cannot successfully enforce our rights
against them, they may be able to market and sell or license
products that compete with ours, and this competition could
adversely affect our results of operations and financial
condition. Furthermore, we may, from time to time, be subject to
intellectual property litigation which can be expensive, a
burden on managements time and our Companys
resources, and the outcome of any such litigation may be
uncertain.
Damage
or Disruption to Our Facilities, Our Technology Center, Our
Vendors or a Majority of Our Customers could Impair Our Ability
to Effectively Provide Our Services and may have a Significant
Impact on Our Revenues, Expenses and Financial
Condition.
We currently store most of our customer data at our technology
center located in Silicon Valley near known earthquake fault
zones. Damage to or destruction of this technology center or a
disruption of our data storage processes resulting from
sustained process abnormalities, human error, acts of terrorism,
violence, war or a natural disaster, such as fire, earthquake or
flood, could have a material adverse effect on the markets in
which we operate and on our business operations. We store and
maintain critical customer data on computer servers at our
technology center that our customers access remotely through the
internet
and/or
directly through telecommunications lines. If our
back-up
power generators fail during any power outage, if our
telecommunications lines are severed or internet access is
impaired for any reason, our remote access customers would be
unable to access their critical data, causing an interruption in
their operations. In such event, our remote access customers and
their customers could seek to hold us responsible for any losses
that they may incur in this regard. We may also potentially lose
these customers and our reputation could be harmed. In addition,
such damage or destruction, particularly that directly impacting
our technology center or our vendors or customers, could have an
impact on our sales, supply chain, production capability, costs,
and our ability to provide services to our customers.
Although we currently maintain general property damage
insurance, if we incur losses from uninsured events, we could
incur significant expenses which would adversely affect our
results of operations and financial condition.
If We
Lose Key Personnel or Qualified Technical Staff, Our Ability to
Manage the
Day-to-Day
Aspects of Our Business will be Adversely
Affected.
We believe that our ability to attract and retain qualified
personnel is critical to our success. If we lose key personnel
and/or are
unable to recruit qualified personnel, our ability to manage the
day-to-day
aspects of our business will be adversely affected. Our
operations and prospects depend in large part on the performance
of our senior management team and the managers of our principal
operating segments. Outside of the implementation of succession
plans and executive transitions done in the normal course of
business, the loss of the services of one or more members of our
senior management team, in particular, the sudden loss of the
services of Mr. Suriyakumar, our Chairman, President and
Chief Executive Officer, would disrupt our business
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and impede our ability to execute our business strategy. Because
the other members of our executive and divisional management
team have on average more than 20 years of experience
within the reprographics industry, it would be difficult to
replace them.
Downgrades
in Our Credit Rating may Adversely Affect Our Business,
Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
From time to time, independent credit rating agencies rate our
credit worthiness. Credit market deterioration and its actual or
perceived effects on our business, financial condition and
results of operation, along with deterioration in general
economic conditions, may increase the likelihood that major
independent credit agencies will downgrade our credit rating.
Any downgrade in our credit rating could increase our cost of
borrowing, which would adversely affect our financial condition
and results of operations, perhaps materially. Any downgrade in
our credit rating may also cause a decline in the market price
of our common stock.
Valuation
Allowances Recorded Against Our Deferred Tax Assets may
Adversely Impact Our Future Results of Operations.
As of December 31, 2010, we have deferred tax assets of
$156 million and deferred tax liabilities of
$111 million, which amounts to net deferred tax assets of
$45 million on our balance sheet. Deferred tax assets are
future income tax benefits we expect to realize. The realization
of deferred tax assets requires an assessment of historical
financial performance in conjunction with various forecasts and
assumptions of future financial performance including future
flows of taxable income. Actual results of these forecasts and
projections may differ significantly whether positive or
negative. Significant negative results may require a valuation
allowance for the amount of deferred tax assets considered not
to be realized in the future.
Results
of Tax Examinations may Adversely Impact Our Future Results of
Operations.
We are subject to various tax examinations on an ongoing basis.
Adverse results of tax examinations for income, payroll, value
added, sales-based and other taxes may require future material
tax payments if we are unable to sustain our position with the
relevant jurisdiction. Where appropriate, we have made accruals
for these matters which are reflected in our Consolidated
Balance Sheets and Statements of Operations.
Our
Debt Instruments Impose Operating and Financial Restrictions on
us and, in the Event of a Default, would have a Material Adverse
Impact on Our Business and Results of Operations.
The New Revolving Credit Facility and the notes, impose
operating and other restrictions on us and many of our
subsidiaries.
The Indenture contains covenants that limit, among other things,
our companys and certain of our subsidiaries ability
to incur additional debt and issue preferred stock, make certain
restricted payments, consummate specified asset sales, enter
into certain transactions with affiliates, create liens, declare
or pay any dividend or make any other distributions, make
certain investments, and merge or consolidate with another
person.
The New Revolving Credit Facility contains covenants which,
subject to certain exceptions as set forth in the New Revolving
Credit Facility, restrict our ability to incur additional debt,
grant liens or guaranty other indebtedness, pay dividends,
redeem stock, pay or redeem subordinated indebtedness, make
investments or capital expenditures, dispose or acquire assets,
dispose of equity interests in subsidiaries, enter into any
merger, sale of assets, consolidation or liquidation
transaction, or engage in transactions with stockholders and
affiliates.
The New Revolving Credit Facility contains financial covenants
which, among other things, requires us to not exceed a specified
maximum consolidated leverage ratio, not exceed a specified
maximum consolidated senior secured leverage ratio and not go
below a specified minimum consolidated interest coverage ratio.
A breach of any of these covenants could result in a default
under our debt instruments. If any such default occurs, our
creditors under the agreements may elect to declare all
outstanding borrowings, together
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with accrued interest and other fees, to be immediately due and
payable. The creditor under the New Revolving Credit Facility
also has the right in these circumstances to terminate any
commitments to provide further borrowings.
Risks
Relating to the Exchange Offer
There
are Significant Consequences if You Fail to Exchange Your
Initial Notes.
We did not register the initial notes under the Securities Act
or any state securities laws, nor do we intend to do so after
the exchange offer. As a result, the initial notes may only be
transferred in limited circumstances under applicable securities
laws. If you do not exchange your initial notes in the exchange
offer, you will lose your right to have the initial notes
registered under the Securities Act, subject to certain
exceptions. If you continue to hold initial notes after the
exchange offer, you may be unable to sell the initial notes.
Initial notes that are not tendered or are tendered but not
accepted will, following the exchange offer, continue to be
subject to existing restrictions.
You
Must Follow the Appropriate Procedures to Tender Your Initial
Notes or They will not be Exchanged.
The exchange notes will be issued in exchange for the initial
notes only after timely receipt by the exchange agent of the
initial notes or a book-entry confirmation related thereto, a
properly completed and executed letter of transmittal or an
agents message and all other required documentation. If
you want to tender your initial notes in exchange for exchange
notes, you should allow sufficient time to ensure timely
delivery. Neither we nor the exchange agent are under any duty
to give you notification of defects or irregularities with
respect to tenders of initial notes for exchange. Initial notes
that are not tendered or are tendered but not accepted will,
following the exchange offer, continue to be subject to the
existing transfer restrictions. In addition, if you tender the
initial notes in the exchange offer to participate in a
distribution of the exchange notes, you will be required to
comply with the registration and prospectus delivery
requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale
transaction. For additional information, please refer to the
sections entitled The Exchange Offer and Plan
of Distribution later in this prospectus.
The
Consummation of the Exchange Offer may not Occur.
We are not obligated to complete the exchange offer under
certain circumstances. See The Exchange Offer
Conditions to the Exchange Offer. Even if the exchange
offer is completed, it may not be completed on the schedule
described in this prospectus. Accordingly, holders participating
in the exchange offer may have to wait longer than expected to
receive their exchange notes.
You
may be Required to Deliver Prospectuses and Comply with Other
Requirements in Connection with Any Resale of the Exchange
Notes.
If you tender your initial notes for the purpose of
participating in a distribution of the exchange notes, you will
be required to comply with the registration and prospectus
delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with
any resale of the exchange notes. In addition, if you are a
broker-dealer receiving exchange notes for your own account in
exchange for initial notes acquired as a result of market-making
activities or any other trading activities, you will be required
to acknowledge that you will deliver a prospectus in connection
with any resale of those exchange notes.
Risks
Related to the Notes
If an
Active Trading Market for the Notes does not Develop, the
Liquidity and Value of the Notes could be Harmed.
The exchange notes have been registered under the Securities
Act. Although the exchange notes are eligible for trading, we
cannot assure you that an active trading market will develop for
the exchange notes. If no active trading market develops, you
may not be able to resell your exchange notes at their fair
market
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value or at all. Future trading prices of the exchange notes
will depend on many factors, including, among other things, the
success of this exchange offer, prevailing interest rates, our
operating results and the market for similar securities. We do
not intend to apply for a listing of the exchange notes on the
NYSE or any other securities exchange.
Historically, the market for non-investment grade debt, such as
the notes, has been subject to disruptions that have caused
substantial volatility in the prices of securities similar to
the notes. We cannot assure you that the market, if any, for the
notes will be free from similar disruptions, and any such
disruptions may adversely affect the prices at which you may
sell your notes. In addition, subsequent to their initial
issuance, the notes may trade at a discount from their initial
offering price depending upon prevailing interest rates, the
market for similar notes, our performance or other factors.
Our
Substantial Indebtedness could Adversely Affect Our Financial
Health and Prevent us from Fulfilling Our Obligations Under the
Notes.
We have a significant amount of indebtedness. As of
March 31, 2011, we had $247.8 million of indebtedness
outstanding and $33.3 million of unused commitments under
the New Revolving Credit Facility.
Our substantial indebtedness could have important consequences
for you. For example, it could:
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make it more difficult for us to satisfy our obligations with
respect to the notes and our other indebtedness, which could in
turn result in an event of default on the notes or such other
indebtedness;
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limit our ability to borrow additional funds or to sell assets
to raise funds, if needed, for working capital, capital
expenditures, acquisitions or other purposes;
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increase our vulnerability to adverse economic and industry
conditions;
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require us to dedicate a substantial portion of our cash flow
from operations to payments on our debt, thereby reducing funds
available for operations, future business opportunities or other
purposes, such as funding our working capital and capital
expenditures;
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limit our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes
in the business and industry in which we operate;
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place us at a competitive disadvantage compared to certain
competitors that have proportionately less debt; and
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prevent us from raising the funds necessary to repurchase all
notes tendered to us upon the occurrence of a change of control,
which would constitute a default under the indenture governing
the notes, which in turn could trigger a default under the New
Revolving Credit Facility if the New Revolving Credit Facility
remains outstanding after such change of control.
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The occurrence of any one of these events could have a material
adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of
operations, prospects or ability to satisfy our obligations
under the notes.
In
Addition to the Indebtedness Under the Notes and the New
Revolving Credit Facility, We may be Able to Incur Substantially
More Indebtedness. This could Exacerbate the Risks Associated
with Our Substantial Indebtedness.
We and our subsidiaries may be able to incur substantially more
debt in the future. Although the indenture governing the notes
and the New Revolving Credit Facility contain restrictions on
our incurrence of additional indebtedness, these restrictions
are subject to a number of qualifications and exceptions and,
under certain circumstances, indebtedness incurred in compliance
with these restrictions could be substantial. The terms of the
indenture will permit us to incur additional indebtedness,
including additional secured indebtedness.
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Our
Ability to Generate Cash Depends on Many Factors Beyond Our
Control, and We may not be Able to Generate the Cash Required to
Service Our Debt.
Our ability to make payments on, or repay or refinance, our
indebtedness, including the notes, and to fund planned capital
expenditures, will depend largely upon our future operating
performance. Our future performance, to a certain extent, is
subject to general economic, financial, competitive,
legislative, regulatory and other factors that are beyond our
control. In particular, if adverse national and foreign economic
conditions persist, worsen, or fail to improve significantly, we
could experience decreased revenues from our operations and
could fail to generate sufficient cash to fund our liquidity
needs or fail to satisfy the financial and other restrictive
covenants that we are subject to under our indebtedness. In
addition, our ability to borrow funds in the future to make
payments on our indebtedness will depend on the satisfaction of
the covenants in the indenture, the New Revolving Credit
Facility and our other debt agreements, and other agreements we
may enter into in the future. We cannot assure you that our
business will generate sufficient cash flow from operations or
that future borrowings will be available to us under the New
Revolving Credit Facility or from other sources in an amount
sufficient to enable us to pay our indebtedness, including the
notes, or to fund our other liquidity needs.
We cannot assure you that we will be able to refinance any of
our indebtedness, including the New Revolving Credit Facility,
on commercially reasonable terms or at all. In particular, the
New Revolving Credit Facility will mature prior to the maturity
of the notes. If we were unable to make payments or refinance
our indebtedness or obtain new financing under these
circumstances, we would have to consider other options, such as
the sale of assets, the sales of equity
and/or
negotiations with our lenders to restructure the applicable
indebtedness. The indenture governing the notes, the New
Revolving Credit Facility and our other debt instruments may
restrict, or market or business conditions may limit, our
ability to take some or all of these actions.
The
Notes and the Guarantees will not be Secured by Any of Our
Assets and Therefore will be Effectively Subordinated to Our
Existing and Future Secured Indebtedness.
The notes and the guarantees will be general unsecured
obligations ranking effectively junior in right of payment to
all existing and future secured debt, including under our New
Revolving Credit Facility to the extent of the collateral
securing such debt. In addition, the indenture governing the
notes permits the incurrence of additional debt, some of which
may be secured debt. In the event that we or a guarantor is
declared bankrupt, becomes insolvent or is liquidated or
reorganized, creditors whose debt is secured by our assets or
those of the guarantors will be entitled to the remedies
available to secured holders under applicable laws, including
the foreclosure of the collateral securing such debt, before any
payment may be made with respect to the notes or the affected
guarantees. As a result, there may be insufficient assets to pay
amounts due on the notes and holders of the notes may receive
less, ratably, than holders of secured indebtedness. As of
March 31, 2011, the total amount of available capacity
under the New Revolving Credit Facility was $33.3 million
(taking into account revolving loans outstanding of
$12.8 million and letters of credit outstanding of
$3.9 million). We may also incur additional senior secured
indebtedness.
The
Notes will be Structurally Subordinated to the Liabilities of
Any of Our Subsidiaries that do not Guarantee the Notes to the
Extent of the Assets of Such Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries.
The notes will be structurally subordinated to all liabilities
of any of our subsidiaries that do not guarantee the notes.
Therefore, our rights and the rights of our creditors to
participate in the assets of any subsidiary in the event that
such a subsidiary is liquidated or reorganized are subject to
the prior claims of such subsidiarys creditors. As a
result, all indebtedness and other liabilities, including trade
payables, of the non-guarantor subsidiaries, whether secured or
unsecured, must be satisfied before any of the assets of such
subsidiaries would be available for distribution, upon a
liquidation or otherwise, to us in order for us to meet our
obligations with respect to the notes. To the extent that we may
be a creditor with recognized claims against any subsidiary, our
claims would still be subject to the prior claims of such
subsidiarys creditors to the extent that they are secured
or senior to those held by us. As of March 31, 2011, our
non-guarantor
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subsidiaries accounted for approximately 5.4% of our total
assets and 2.8% of our total liabilities determined in
accordance with GAAP.
If We
Default on Our Obligations to pay Our Other Indebtedness, We may
not be Able to Make Payments on the Notes.
If we are unable to generate sufficient cash flow and are
otherwise unable to obtain funds necessary to meet required
payments of principal or, premium, if any, and interest on our
indebtedness, or if we otherwise fail to comply with the various
covenants, including financial and operating covenants, in the
instruments governing our indebtedness, we could be in default
under the terms of the agreements governing such indebtedness.
In the event of such default, the holders of such indebtedness
could elect to declare all the funds borrowed thereunder to be
due and payable, together with accrued and unpaid interest,
cease making further loans and institute foreclosure proceedings
against our assets, and we could be forced into bankruptcy or
liquidation. Any default under the agreements governing our
indebtedness, including a default under the New Revolving Credit
Facility that is not waived by the required lenders, and the
remedies sought by the holders of such indebtedness, could
render us unable to pay the principal or, premium, if any, and
interest on the notes and substantially decrease the market
value of the notes.
The
Indenture Governing the Notes and the New Revolving Credit
Facility Contain Various Covenants Limiting the Discretion of
Our Management in Operating Our Business and could Prevent us
from Capitalizing on Business Opportunities and Taking Some
Corporate Actions.
The indenture governing the notes and the New Revolving Credit
Facility impose significant operating and financial restrictions
on us. These restrictions will limit or restrict, among other
things, our ability and the ability of our restricted
subsidiaries to:
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incur additional indebtedness;
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make restricted payments;
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make investments;
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create, incur or suffer to exist liens;
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sell assets;
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enter into agreements restricting our subsidiaries ability
to pay dividends, make loans or transfer assets to us;
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engage in transactions with affiliates; and
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consolidate, merge or sell all or substantially all of our
assets.
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These restrictions on our ability to operate our business could
seriously harm our business by, among other things, limiting our
ability to take advantage of financing, merger and acquisition
and other business opportunities. These covenants and financial
tests, with respect to the notes, are described under the
heading Description of Notes Certain
Covenants and, with respect to the New Revolving Credit
Facility, are described under the heading Description of
Certain Other Indebtedness.
Various risks, uncertainties and events beyond our control could
affect our ability to comply with these covenants. Failure to
comply with any of the covenants in our existing or future
financing agreements could result in a default under those
agreements and under other agreements containing cross-default
provisions. A default would permit lenders to accelerate the
maturity of the indebtedness under these agreements and
terminate any funding commitments. Under these circumstances, we
might not have sufficient funds or other resources to satisfy
all of our obligations, including our obligations under the
notes. We would, therefore, be required to seek alternative
sources of funding, which may not be available on commercially
reasonable terms, terms as favorable as our current agreements
or at all, or face bankruptcy. If we are unable to refinance our
indebtedness or find alternative means of financing our
operations, we may be required to curtail our operations or take
other actions that are inconsistent with our current business
practices or strategy. We cannot
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assure you that we will be able to maintain compliance with
these covenants in the future and, if we fail to do so, that we
will be able to obtain waivers from the lenders or amend the
covenants.
Fraudulent
Conveyance Laws may Permit Courts to Void the Guarantees of the
Notes in Specific Circumstances, Which would Interfere with the
Payment of the Guarantees.
Our issuance of the notes and the issuance of the guarantees by
any of our subsidiaries may be subject to review under federal
and state fraudulent conveyance or similar laws. Under the
federal bankruptcy laws and comparable provisions of state
fraudulent transfer laws, any guarantee made by our future
subsidiaries could be voided, or claims under the guarantee made
by any of our future subsidiaries could be subordinated to all
other obligations of any such subsidiary, if the subsidiary, at
the time it incurred the obligations under any guarantee:
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incurred the obligations with the intent to hinder, delay or
defraud creditors; or
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received less than reasonably equivalent value in exchange for
incurring those obligations; and
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was insolvent or rendered insolvent by reason of that incurrence;
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was engaged in a business or transaction for which such
persons remaining assets constituted unreasonably small
capital; or
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intended to incur, or believed that it would incur, debts beyond
its ability to pay those debts as they mature.
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A legal challenge to the obligations under any guarantee on
fraudulent conveyance grounds could focus on any benefits
received in exchange for the incurrence of those obligations.
The obligations of each guarantor under its note guarantee will
contain a net worth limitation to reduce the risk that a note
guarantee would constitute a fraudulent conveyance under
applicable law.
The measures of insolvency for purposes of the fraudulent
transfer laws vary depending on the law applied in the
proceeding to determine whether a fraudulent transfer has
occurred. Generally, however, an entity would be considered
insolvent if:
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the sum of its debts, including contingent liabilities, is
greater than the fair saleable value of all of its assets;
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the present fair saleable value of its assets is less than the
amount that would be required to pay its probable liabilities on
its existing debts, including contingent liabilities, as they
become absolute and mature; or
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it cannot pay its debts as they become due.
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If a court were to find that the issuance of the notes or the
incurrence of the guarantee was a fraudulent transfer or
conveyance, the court could void the payment obligations under
the notes or such guarantee or subordinate the notes or such
guarantee to presently existing and future indebtedness of ours
or of the related guarantor, or require the holders of the notes
to repay any amounts received with respect to such guarantee. In
the event of a finding that a fraudulent transfer or conveyance
occurred, you may not receive any repayment on the notes.
Although each guarantee entered into by a subsidiary will
contain a provision intended to limit that guarantors
liability to the maximum amount that it could incur without
causing the incurrence of obligations under its guarantee to be
a fraudulent transfer, this provision may not be effective to
protect those guarantees from being voided under fraudulent
transfer law, or may reduce that guarantors obligation to
an amount that effectively makes its guarantee worthless. In a
recent Florida bankruptcy case, this kind of provision was found
to be ineffective to protect the guarantees.
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The
Market Valuation of the Notes, if Any, may be Exposed to
Substantial Volatility.
A real or perceived economic downturn or higher interest rates
could cause a decline in the value of the notes, and to high
yield notes generally, and thereby negatively impact the market
for high yield notes, and more specifically, the notes offered
hereby. Because an active trading market may not develop for the
notes, it may be more difficult to sell and accurately value the
notes. In addition, as has recently been evident in the turmoil
in the global financial markets, the present economic slowdown
and the uncertainty over its breadth, depth and duration, the
market for high yield notes can experience sudden and sharp
price swings, which may impact the valuation of the notes and
may be further exacerbated by large or sustained sales by major
investors in the notes, a high-profile default by another issuer
or simply a change in the markets psychology regarding
high yield notes. Moreover, if one of the major rating agencies
lowers its credit rating of the notes, the price of the notes
will likely decline.
We may
be Unable to Repurchase the Notes Upon a Change of Control as
Required by the Indenture Governing the Notes or if We are
Required Under the Indenture to Repurchase Notes Pursuant to an
Excess Cash Flow Offer.
Upon the occurrence of certain specific kinds of change of
control events specified in Description of
Notes Repurchase at the Option of
Holders Change of Control, we must offer to
repurchase all outstanding notes at 101% of their principal
amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest and additional
interest, if any. Similarly, under certain circumstances, we may
be required to make an offer to repurchase a portion of the
outstanding notes if we have excess cash flow.
In such circumstances, we cannot assure you that we would have
sufficient funds available to make the repurchases of the notes.
Our failure to purchase the notes upon a change of control would
be a default under the indenture governing the notes, which in
turn could trigger a default under the New Revolving Credit
Facility if the New Revolving Credit Facility remains
outstanding after such change of control; however, our failure
to purchase the notes pursuant to an excess cash flow
offer would not constitute a default under the indenture
governing the notes except in certain circumstances, and as
such, would not trigger a default under the New Revolving Credit
Facility. The New Revolving Credit Facility provides that
certain specific kinds of change of control events constitute a
default. A default under the New Revolving Credit Facility would
permit lenders to accelerate the maturity of the indebtedness
outstanding under the New Revolving Credit Facility and
terminate the commitments thereunder.
You
may be Required to Recognize Taxable Income on the Notes in a
Taxable Year Before Receiving the Cash Payments Attributable to
Such Income.
The notes will be issued with OID if the stated principal amount
of the notes exceeds the issue price of the notes by more than a
de minimis amount. If the notes are issued with OID, a holder
subject to U.S. federal income tax generally will be
required to include the OID in gross income on a constant yield
to maturity basis in advance of the receipt of cash payment
thereof regardless of such holders method of accounting
for U.S. federal income tax purposes. See Certain
U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations for further
discussion.
If a
Bankruptcy Petition were Filed by or Against us, Holders of
Notes may Receive a Lesser Amount for their Claim than they
would have been Entitled to Receive Under the Indenture
Governing the Notes.
If a bankruptcy petition were filed by or against us under the
U.S. Bankruptcy Code after the issuance of the notes, the
claim by any holder of the notes for the principal amount of the
notes may be limited to an amount equal to the sum of:
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the original issue price for the notes; and
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that portion of the OID that does not constitute unmatured
interest for purposes of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.
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Any OID that was not amortized as of the date of the bankruptcy
filing would constitute unmatured interest. Accordingly, holders
of the notes under these circumstances may receive a lesser
amount than they would be entitled to receive under the terms of
the indenture governing the notes, even if sufficient funds are
available.
THE
EXCHANGE OFFER
Purpose
and Effect of the Exchange Offer
On December 1, 2010, we sold $200.0 million in
aggregate principal amount of the initial notes in a private
placement. The initial notes were sold to the initial purchasers
who in turn resold the notes to a limited number of
qualified institutional buyers, as defined in
Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act, and to
non-U.S. persons
in transactions outside the United States in reliance on
Regulation S of the Securities Act. In connection with the
sale of the initial notes, we and Merrill Lynch, Pierce,
Fenner & Smith, Incorporated, as representative of the
initial purchasers, entered into a registration rights
agreement. Under the registration rights agreement, we agreed to
use our reasonable efforts to file a registration statement
regarding the exchange of the initial notes for the exchange
notes which are registered under the Securities Act. We have
also agreed to use our reasonable efforts to cause the
registration statement to become effective with the SEC and to
conduct this exchange offer. For a more detailed explanation of
our obligations under the registration rights agreement, see the
section entitled Exchange Offer; Registration Rights.
We are making the exchange offer to comply with our obligations
under the registration rights agreement. A copy of the
registration rights agreement has been filed as an exhibit to
the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part.
In order to participate in the exchange offer, you must
represent to us, among other things, that:
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you are acquiring the exchange notes in the exchange offer in
the ordinary course of your business;
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you are not engaged in, and do not intend to engage in, a
distribution of the exchange notes;
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you do not have any arrangement or understanding with any person
to participate in the distribution of the exchange notes;
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you are not a broker-dealer tendering initial notes acquired
directly from us for your own account; and
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you are not one of our affiliates, as defined in
Rule 405 of the Securities Act.
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Terms of
the Exchange Offer
We are offering to exchange $200,000,000 in aggregate principal
amount of our 10.5% Senior Notes due 2016 which have been
registered under the Securities Act for a like aggregate
principal amount of our outstanding unregistered
10.5% Senior Notes due 2016.
Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this
prospectus, we will accept for exchange all initial notes
validly tendered and not withdrawn before 5:00 p.m., New
York City time, on the expiration date of the exchange offer. We
will issue $1,000 principal amount of exchange notes in exchange
for each $1,000 principal amount of outstanding initial notes
accepted in the exchange offer. You may tender some or all of
your initial notes under the exchange offer. Exchange notes will
be issued in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of
$1,000. The exchange offer is not conditioned upon any minimum
amount of initial notes being tendered.
The form and terms of the exchange notes are the same as the
form and terms of the initial notes, except that the exchange
notes:
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will be registered under the Securities Act;
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will not bear restrictive legends restricting their transfer
under the Securities Act;
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will not be entitled to the registration rights that apply to
the initial notes; and
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will not contain provisions relating to an increase in any
interest rate in connection with the initial notes under
circumstances related to the timing of the exchange offer.
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The exchange notes will accrue interest from the most recent
date on which interest has been paid on the initial notes or, if
no interest has been paid, from the date of issuance of the
initial notes. Accordingly, registered holders of exchange notes
on the record date for the first interest payment date following
the completion of the exchange offer will receive interest
accrued from the most recent date to which interest has been
paid on the initial notes or, if no interest has been paid, from
the date of issuance of the initial notes. However, if that
record date occurs prior to completion of the exchange offer,
then the interest payable on the first interest payment date
following the completion of the exchange offer will be paid to
the registered holders of the initial notes on that record date.
In connection with the exchange offer, you do not have any
appraisal or dissenters rights under applicable law or the
indenture. We intend to conduct the exchange offer in accordance
with the registration rights agreement and the applicable
requirements of the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations
of the SEC. The exchange offer is not being made to, nor will we
accept tenders for exchange from, holders of the initial notes
in any jurisdiction in which the exchange offer or the
acceptance of it would not be in compliance with the securities
or blue sky laws of the jurisdiction.
We will be deemed to have accepted validly tendered initial
notes when we have given oral or written notice of our
acceptance to the exchange agent. The exchange agent will act as
agent for the tendering holders for the purpose of receiving the
exchange notes from us.
If we do not accept any tendered initial notes because of an
invalid tender or for any other reason, then we will return any
unaccepted initial notes without expense to the tendering holder
promptly after the expiration date.
Holders who tender initial notes in the exchange offer will not
be required to pay brokerage commissions or fees. We will pay
all charges and expenses, other than certain applicable taxes,
in connection with the exchange offer. See
Fees and Expenses below for more
detailed information regarding the expenses of the exchange
offer.
By submitting an agents message defined below, you will be
making the representations described under
Procedures Tendering Initial Notes
Deemed Representations below.
None of us, our board of directors or our management makes
any recommendation concerning whether you should tender or not
tender initial notes in the exchange offer, nor have we or they
authorized anyone to make any recommendation. You must decide
whether to tender in the exchange offer and, if you decide to
tender, the aggregate amount of initial notes to tender.
Expiration
Date; Extension; Amendments
The exchange offer will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City
time, on June 27, 2011 unless we, in our sole discretion,
extend the exchange offer, in which case the expiration date
means the latest date and time to which we extend the exchange
offer.
In order to extend the exchange offer, we will notify the
exchange agent of any extension by written notice and will make
a public announcement thereof, each prior to 9:00 a.m., New
York City time, on the next business day after the previously
scheduled expiration date. During any extension, all initial
notes previously tendered will remain subject to the exchange
offer and may be accepted for exchange by us. Any initial notes
not accepted for exchange for any reason will be returned
without expense to the tendering holder promptly after the
expiration or termination of the exchange offer.
We reserve the right, in our sole discretion and at any time, to:
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delay accepting any initial notes;
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extend the exchange offer;
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terminate the exchange offer, by giving oral or written notice
of such delay, extension or termination to the exchange agent,
if any of the conditions set forth below under
Conditions to the Exchange Offer have
not been satisfied or waived prior to the expiration
date; and
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amend the terms of the exchange offer in any manner.
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We will notify you as promptly as practicable of any extension,
amendment or termination. We will also file a post-effective
amendment to the registration statement of which this prospectus
is a part with respect to any fundamental changes in the
exchange offer.
Conditions
to the Exchange Offer
Notwithstanding any other provision of the exchange offer, we
are not required to accept for exchange, or to issue exchange
notes in exchange for, any initial notes, if in our reasonable
judgment:
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the exchange offer violates applicable law or applicable
interpretation of the staff of the SEC;
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any action or proceeding is instituted or threatened in any
court or by any governmental agency which might materially
impair our ability to proceed with the exchange offer, or any
material adverse development shall have occurred in any existing
action or proceeding with respect to us; or
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we have not obtained all governmental approvals which we deem
necessary for the consummation of the exchange offer.
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The conditions listed above are for our sole benefit, and we may
assert them prior to the expiration date regardless of the
circumstances giving rise to any condition. Subject to
applicable law, we may waive these conditions in our discretion
in whole or in part prior to the expiration date. If we fail at
any time to exercise any of the above rights, the failure will
not be deemed a waiver of those rights, and those rights will be
deemed ongoing rights which may be asserted at any time and from
time to time.
We will not accept for exchange any initial notes tendered, and
will not issue exchange notes in exchange for any initial notes,
if at that time a stop order is threatened or in effect with
respect to the registration statement of which this prospectus
is a part or the qualification of the indenture under the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939.
Procedures
for Tendering Initial Notes
To effectively tender initial notes by book-entry transfer to
the account maintained by the exchange agent at DTC, holders of
initial notes must request a DTC participant to, on their
behalf, in lieu of physically completing and signing the letter
of transmittal and delivering it to the exchange agent,
electronically transmit their acceptance through DTCs
Automated Tender Offer Program (ATOP). DTC will then
edit and verify the acceptance and send an agents message
to the exchange agent for its acceptance. An agents
message is a message transmitted by DTC to, and received
by, the exchange agent and forming a part of the book-entry
confirmation, as defined below, which states that DTC has
received an express acknowledgment from the DTC participant
tendering initial notes on behalf of the holder of such initial
notes that such DTC participant has received and agrees to be
bound by the terms and conditions of the exchange offer as set
forth in this prospectus and the related letter of transmittal
and that we may enforce such agreement against such participant.
Timely confirmation of a book-entry transfer of the initial
notes into the exchange agents account at DTC (a
book-entry confirmation) pursuant to the book-entry
transfer procedures described below, as well as an agents
message pursuant to DTCs ATOP system must be delivered to
the exchange agent prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time,
on the expiration date of the exchange offer.
Holders of initial notes who cannot complete the procedures for
book-entry transfer on or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City
time, on the expiration date, may tender their initial notes
according to the guaranteed delivery procedures set forth in
Guaranteed Delivery Procedures below.
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The delivery of initial notes through DTC, and transmission of
an agents message through DTCs ATOP system, is at
the election and risk of the tendering holders, and the delivery
will be deemed made only when actually received or confirmed by
the exchange agent. Holders tendering initial notes through
DTCs ATOP system must allow sufficient time for completion
of the ATOP procedures during the normal business hours of DTC
on such respective date.
No documents should be sent to us. Delivery of all agents
messages, and any documents must be made to the exchange agent.
Holders may also request their respective brokers, dealers,
commercial banks, trust companies or nominees to effect such
tender for such holders.
The tender by a holder of initial notes pursuant to the delivery
of an agents message through DTCs ATOP system, will
constitute an agreement between such holder and us in accordance
with the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein
and in the letter of transmittal.
Holders of initial notes registered in the name of a broker,
dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee who wish
to tender must contact such registered holder promptly and
instruct such registered holder how to act on such
non-registered holders behalf.
Signatures on a letter of transmittal or a notice of withdrawal
must be guaranteed by a member firm of a registered national
securities exchange or of the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc., a commercial bank or trust company having an
office or correspondent in the United States or an
eligible guarantor institution within the meaning of
Rule 17Ad-15
under the Exchange Act (each an eligible
institution) unless the initial notes tendered pursuant to
the letter of transmittal or a notice of withdrawal are tendered:
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by a registered holder of initial notes (which term, for
purposes of the exchange offer, includes any participant in the
DTC system whose name appears on a security position listing as
the holder of such initial notes) who has not completed the box
entitled Special Issuance Instructions or
Special Delivery Instructions on the letter of
transmittal, or
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for the account of an eligible institution.
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If a letter of transmittal is signed by trustees, executors,
administrators, guardians, attorneys-in-fact, officers of
corporations or others acting in a fiduciary or representative
capacity, such person should so indicate when signing, and,
unless waived by us, evidence satisfactory to us of their
authority to so act must be submitted with such letter of
transmittal.
If the letter of transmittal is signed by a person other than
the registered holder, the initial notes must be endorsed or
accompanied by a properly completed bond power, signed by the
registered holder as the registered holders name appears
on the initial notes.
All questions as to the validity, form, eligibility, time of
receipt and withdrawal of the tendered initial notes will be
determined by us in our sole discretion, which determination
will be final and binding. We reserve the absolute right to
reject any and all initial notes not validly tendered or any
initial notes which, if accepted, would, in the opinion of our
counsel, be unlawful. We also reserve the absolute right to
waive any irregularities or conditions of tender as to
particular initial notes. Our interpretation of the terms and
conditions of this exchange offer, including the instructions in
the letter of transmittal, will be final and binding on all
parties. Unless waived, any defects or irregularities in
connection with tenders of initial notes must be cured within
such time as we shall determine. Although we intend to notify
you of defects or irregularities with respect to tenders of
initial notes, none of us, the exchange agent, or any other
person shall be under any duty to give notification of defects
or irregularities with respect to tenders of initial notes, nor
shall any of them incur any liability for failure to give such
notification. Tenders of initial notes will not be deemed to
have been made until such irregularities have been cured or
waived. Any initial notes received by the exchange agent that
are not validly tendered and as to which the defects or
irregularities have not been cured or waived will be returned
without cost to such holder by the exchange agent, unless
otherwise provided in the letter of transmittal, as soon as
practicable following the expiration date of the exchange offer.
Although we have no present plan to acquire any initial notes
that are not tendered in the exchange offer or to file a
registration statement to permit resales of any initial notes
that are not tendered in the exchange
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offer, we reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to purchase
or make offers for any initial notes after the expiration date
of the exchange offer, from time to time, through open market or
privately negotiated transactions, one or more additional
exchange or tender offers, or otherwise, as permitted by law,
the indenture and our other debt agreements. Following
consummation of this exchange offer, the terms of any such
purchases or offers could differ materially from the terms of
this exchange offer.
By tendering, each holder will represent to us that, among other
things:
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it is not an affiliate of ours;
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the person acquiring the exchange notes in the exchange offer is
obtaining them in the ordinary course of its business, whether
or not such person is the holder; and
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neither the holder nor such person is engaged in or intends to
engage in or has any arrangement or understanding with any
person to participate in the distribution of the exchange notes
issued in the exchange offer.
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If any holder or any such other person is an
affiliate, as defined under Rule 405 of the
Securities Act, of us, or is engaged in or intends to engage in
or has an arrangement or understanding with any person to
participate in a distribution of exchange notes to be acquired
in the exchange offer, that holder or any such other person:
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may not participate in the exchange offer;
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may not rely on the applicable interpretations of the Staff of
the SEC; and
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must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery
requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale
transaction.
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Each broker-dealer who acquired its initial notes as a result of
market-making activities or other trading activities, and
thereafter receives exchange notes issued for its own account in
the exchange offer, must acknowledge that it will deliver a
prospectus in connection with any resale of such exchange notes
issued in the exchange offer. The letter of transmittal states
that by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, a
broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an
underwriter within the meaning of the Securities
Act. See Plan of Distribution for a discussion of
the exchange and resale obligations of broker-dealers in
connection with the exchange offer.
Acceptance
of Initial Notes for Exchange; Delivery of Exchange Notes Issued
in the Exchange Offer
Upon satisfaction or waiver of all of the conditions to the
exchange offer, we will accept, promptly after the expiration
date, all initial notes properly tendered and will issue
exchange notes registered under the Securities Act. For purposes
of the exchange offer, we will be deemed to have accepted
properly tendered initial notes for exchange when, as and if we
have given oral or written notice to the exchange agent, with
written confirmation of any oral notice to be given promptly
thereafter. See Conditions to the Exchange
Offer for a discussion of the conditions that must be
satisfied before we accept any initial notes for exchange.
For each initial note accepted for exchange, the holder will
receive an exchange note registered under the Securities Act
having a principal amount equal to that of the surrendered
initial note. The exchange notes will bear interest from the
most recent date to which interest has been paid on the initial
notes, or if no interest has been paid on the initial notes,
from December 1, 2010. As a result, registered holders of
exchange notes issued in the exchange offer on the relevant
record date for the first interest payment date following the
completion of the exchange offer will receive interest accruing
from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if
no interest has been paid on the initial notes, from
December 1, 2010. Initial notes that we accept for exchange
will cease to accrue interest from and after the date of
completion of the exchange offer. Holders of initial notes
accepted for exchange will not receive any payment of accrued
interest on such initial notes on any interest payment date if
the relevant record date occurs on or after the closing date of
the exchange offer. Under the registration rights agreement, we
may be required to make additional payments in the form of
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additional interest to the holders of the initial notes under
certain circumstances relating to the timing of the exchange
offer.
In all cases, we will issue exchange notes in the exchange offer
for initial notes that are accepted for exchange only after the
exchange agent timely receives:
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a book-entry confirmation of such initial notes into the
exchange agents account at DTC or certificates for such
initial notes;
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an agents message or a properly completed and duly
executed letter of transmittal; and/or
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any other required documents.
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If for any reason set forth in the terms and conditions of the
exchange offer we do not accept any tendered initial notes, or
if a holder submits initial notes for a greater principal amount
than the holder desires to exchange or a holder withdraws
initial notes, we will return such unaccepted, non-exchanged or
withdrawn initial note without cost to the tendering holder. In
the case of initial notes tendered by book-entry transfer into
the exchange agents account at DTC, such non-exchanged
initial notes will be credited to an account maintained with
DTC. We will have the initial notes credited to the DTC account
as promptly as practicable after the expiration or termination
of the exchange offer.
Book-Entry
Transfer
The exchange agent will establish an account with respect to the
initial notes at DTC for purposes of this exchange offer. Any
financial institution that is a participant in DTCs ATOP
systems may use DTCs ATOP procedures to tender initial
notes. Such participant may make a book-entry delivery of
initial notes by causing DTC to transfer such initial notes into
the exchange agents account at DTC in accordance with
DTCs procedures for transfer. However, although delivery
of initial notes may be effected through a book-entry transfer
at DTC, an agents message pursuant to the ATOP procedures
and any other required documents must, in any case, be
transmitted to and received by the exchange agent at the address
set forth in this prospectus at or prior to 5:00 p.m., New
York City time, on the expiration date of the exchange offer, or
the guaranteed delivery procedures described below must be
complied with. Delivery of documents to DTC will not constitute
valid delivery to the exchange agent.
Guaranteed
Delivery Procedures
If your certificates for initial notes are not lost but are not
immediately available or you cannot deliver your certificates
and any other required documents to the exchange agent at or
prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the expiration
date, or you cannot complete the procedures for book-entry
transfer at or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on
the expiration date, you may nevertheless effect a tender of
your initial notes if:
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the tender is made through an eligible institution;
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prior to the expiration date of the exchange offer, the exchange
agent receives by facsimile transmission, mail or hand delivery
from such eligible institution a validly completed and duly
executed notice of guaranteed delivery, substantially in the
form provided with this prospectus, or an agents message
with respect to guaranteed delivery which;
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sets forth your name and address and the amount of your initial
notes tendered;
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states that the tender is being made thereby;
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guarantees that within three NYSE trading days after the date of
execution of the notice of guaranteed delivery, the certificates
for all physically tendered initial notes, in proper form for
transfer, or a book-entry confirmation, as the case may be, and
any other documents required by the letter of transmittal will
be deposited by the eligible institution with the exchange
agent; and
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the certificates for all physically tendered initial notes, in
proper form for transfer, or a book-entry confirmation, as the
case may be, and all other documents required by the letter of
transmittal are received by the exchange agent within three NYSE
trading days after the date of execution of the notice of
guaranteed delivery.
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Withdrawal
of Tenders
Tenders of initial notes may be properly withdrawn at any time
prior 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the expiration date
of the exchange offer.
For a withdrawal of a tender to be effective, a written notice
of withdrawal delivered by hand, overnight by courier or by
mail, or a manually signed facsimile transmission, or a properly
transmitted Request Message through DTCs ATOP
system, must be received by the exchange agent prior to
5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the expiration date of
the exchange offer. Any such notice of withdrawal must:
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specify the name of the person that tendered the initial notes
to be properly withdrawn;
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identify the initial notes to be properly withdrawn, including
certificate number or numbers and the principal amount of such
initial notes;
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in the case of initial notes tendered by book-entry transfer,
specify the number of the account at DTC from which the initial
notes were tendered and specify the name and number of the
account at DTC to be credited with the properly withdrawn
initial notes and otherwise comply with the procedures of such
facility;
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contain a statement that such holder is withdrawing its election
to have such initial notes exchanged for exchange notes;
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other than a notice transmitted through DTCs ATOP system,
be signed by the holder in the same manner as the initial
signature on the letter of transmittal by which such initial
notes were tendered, including any required signature
guarantees, or be accompanied by documents of transfer to have
the trustee with respect to the initial notes register the
transfer of such initial notes in the name of the person
withdrawing the tender; and
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specify the name in which such initial notes are registered, if
different from the person who tendered such initial notes.
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All questions as to the validity, form, eligibility and time of
receipt of such notice will be determined by us, and our
determination shall be final and binding on all parties. Any
initial notes so properly withdrawn will be deemed not to have
been validly tendered for exchange for purposes of this exchange
offer. No exchange notes will be issued with respect to any
withdrawn initial notes unless the initial notes so withdrawn
are later tendered in a valid fashion. Any initial notes that
have been tendered for exchange but are not exchanged for any
reason will be returned to the tendering holder thereof without
cost to such holder, or, in the case of initial notes tendered
by book-entry transfer into the exchange agents account at
DTC pursuant to the book-entry transfer procedures described
above, such initial notes will be credited to an account
maintained with DTC for the initial notes as soon as practicable
after withdrawal, rejection of tender or termination of the
exchange offer. Properly withdrawn initial notes may be
retendered by following the procedures described above at any
time at or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the
expiration date of the exchange offer.
Exchange
Agent
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association has been appointed as
exchange agent for this exchange offer. Any request for
materials or questions in connection with this exchange offer
should be sent or delivered by
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each holder of initial notes or a beneficial owners
broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee
to the exchange agent at the following address:
By Hand,
Overnight Mail, Courier, or Registered or Certified
Mail:
Wells Fargo
Bank, National Association
608 2nd Avenue South, 12th Floor
MAC: N9303-121
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Attention: Bondholder Communications
Reference: American Reprographics Company
For Information by Telephone:
1-800-344-5128
Fees and
Expenses
The registration rights agreement provides that we will bear all
expenses in connection with the performance of our obligations
relating to the registration of the exchange notes and the
conduct of the exchange offer. These expenses include
registration and filing fees, accounting and legal fees and
printing costs, among others. We will pay the exchange agent
reasonable and customary fees for its services and reasonable
out-of-pocket
expenses. We will also reimburse brokerage houses and other
custodians, nominees and fiduciaries for customary mailing and
handling expenses incurred by them in forwarding this prospectus
and related documents to their clients that are holders of
initial notes and for handling or tendering for such clients.
We have not retained any dealer-manager in connection with the
exchange offer and will not pay any fee or commission to any
broker, dealer, nominee or other person, other than the exchange
agent, for soliciting tenders of initial notes pursuant to the
exchange offer.
Transfer
Taxes
Holders who tender their initial notes for exchange will not be
obligated to pay any transfer taxes in connection with the
exchange. If, however, exchange notes issued in the exchange
offer are to be delivered to, or are to be issued in the name
of, any person other than the holder of the initial notes
tendered, or if a transfer tax is imposed for any reason other
than the exchange of initial notes in connection with the
exchange offer, then the holder must pay any such transfer
taxes, whether imposed on the registered holder or on any other
person. If satisfactory evidence of payment of, or exemption
from, such taxes is not submitted with the letter of
transmittal, the amount of such transfer taxes will be billed
directly to the tendering holder.
Accounting
Treatment
The exchange notes will be recorded at the same carrying value
as the initial notes, as reflected in our accounting records on
the date of exchange. Accordingly, we will recognize no gain or
loss for accounting purposes upon the closing of the exchange
offer. The expenses of the exchange offer will be expensed as
incurred.
Resales
of Exchange Notes
Based on interpretive letters issued by the SEC staff to third
parties in transactions similar to the exchange offer, we
believe that a holder of exchange notes, other than a
broker-dealer, may offer exchange notes for resale, resell and
otherwise transfer the exchange notes without delivering a
prospectus to prospective purchasers, if the holder acquired the
exchange notes in the ordinary course of business, has no
intention of engaging in a distribution (as defined
under the Securities Act) of the exchange notes and is not an
affiliate (as defined under the Securities Act) of
ARC. We will not seek our own interpretive letter. As a
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result, we cannot assure you that the staff will take the same
position on this exchange offer as it did in interpretive
letters to other parties in similar transactions.
By tendering initial notes, the holder, other than participating
broker-dealers, as defined below, of those initial notes will
represent to us that, among other things:
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the exchange notes acquired in the exchange offer are being
obtained in the ordinary course of business of the person
receiving the exchange notes, whether or not that person is the
holder;
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neither the holder nor any other person receiving the exchange
notes is engaged in, intends to engage in or has an arrangement
or understanding with any person to participate in a
distribution (as defined under the Securities Act)
of the exchange notes; and
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neither the holder nor any other person receiving the exchange
notes is an affiliate (as defined under the
Securities Act) of ARC.
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If any holder or any such other person is an
affiliate of ARC or is engaged in, intends to engage
in or has an arrangement or understanding with any person to
participate in a distribution of the exchange notes,
such holder or other person:
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may not rely on the applicable interpretations of the staff of
the SEC referred to above; and
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must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery
requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale
transaction.
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Each broker-dealer that receives exchange notes for its own
account in exchange for initial notes must represent that the
initial notes to be exchanged for the exchange notes were
acquired by it as a result of market-making activities or other
trading activities and acknowledge that it will deliver a
prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in
connection with any offer to resell, resale or other retransfer
of the exchange notes pursuant to the exchange offer. Any such
broker-dealer is referred to as a participating broker-dealer.
However, by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, the
participating broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it
is an underwriter (as defined under the Securities
Act). If a broker-dealer acquired initial notes as a result of
market-making or other trading activities, it may use this
prospectus, as amended or supplemented, in connection with
offers to resell, resales or retransfers of exchange notes
received in exchange for the initial notes pursuant to the
exchange offer. We have agreed that, during the period ending
90 days after the consummation of the exchange offer,
subject to extension in limited circumstances, we will use all
commercially reasonable efforts to keep the exchange offer
registration statement effective and make this prospectus
available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any
such resale. See Plan of Distribution for a
discussion of the exchange and resale obligations of
broker-dealers in connection with the exchange offer.
Consequences
of Failure to Exchange Initial Notes
Holders who desire to tender their initial notes in exchange for
exchange notes registered under the Securities Act should allow
sufficient time to ensure timely delivery. Neither we nor the
exchange agent is under any duty to give notification of defects
or irregularities with respect to the tenders of initial notes
for exchange.
Initial notes that are not tendered or are tendered but not
accepted will, following the consummation of the exchange offer,
continue to be subject to the provisions in the indenture
regarding the transfer and exchange of the initial notes and the
existing restrictions on transfer set forth in the legend on the
initial notes and in the offering memorandum dated
November 23, 2010, relating to the initial notes. Except in
limited circumstances with respect to the specific types of
holders of initial notes, we will have no further obligation to
provide for the registration under the Securities Act of such
initial notes. In general, initial notes, unless registered
under the Securities Act, may not be offered or sold except
pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject
to, the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. We
do not anticipate that we will take any action to register the
untendered initial notes under the Securities Act or under any
state
32
securities laws. Upon completion of the exchange offer, holders
of the initial notes will not be entitled to any further
registration rights under the registration rights agreement,
except under limited circumstances.
Initial notes that are not exchanged in the exchange offer will
remain outstanding and continue to accrue interest and will be
entitled to the rights and benefits their holders have under the
indenture relating to the initial notes and the exchange notes.
Holders of the exchange notes and any initial notes that remain
outstanding after consummation of the exchange offer will vote
together as a single class for purposes of determining whether
holders of the requisite percentage of the class have taken
certain actions or exercised certain rights under the indenture.
USE OF
PROCEEDS
We will not receive any proceeds from the exchange offer.
Because the exchange notes have substantially identical terms as
the initial notes, the issuance of the exchange notes will not
result in any increase in our indebtedness. The exchange offer
is intended to satisfy our obligations under the registration
rights agreement entered into with the initial purchasers of the
initial notes. See The Exchange Offer Purpose
and Effective Registration Rights. We used the proceeds
from the offering of the initial notes to repay our existing
credit facility.
33
CAPITALIZATION
The following table sets forth our consolidated cash and cash
equivalents and capitalization as of March 31, 2011. You
should read this table together with the sections entitled
Use of Proceeds and Selected Financial
Information.
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|
|
|
|
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March 31, 2011
|
|
|
|
Actual
|
|
|
|
(Dollars in
|
|
|
|
thousands)
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents
|
|
$
|
22,672
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total debt:
|
|
|
|
|
New Revolving Credit Facility(1)
|
|
|
12,800
|
|
Notes(2)
|
|
|
200,000
|
|
Other debt(3)
|
|
|
39,217
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total debt:
|
|
|
252,017
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total American Reprographics Company stockholders equity:
|
|
|
255,618
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total capitalization
|
|
$
|
507,635
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
As of March 31, 2011, the total commitment available to us
under the New Revolving Credit Facility was $50.0 million,
and there were $12.8 million in revolving loans and
$3.9 million of letters of credit outstanding. Available
capacity under the New Revolving Credit Facility was
$33.3 million. For a description of the New Revolving
Credit Facility, see Description of Certain Other
Indebtedness. |
|
(2) |
|
The initial notes were issued at a price of 97.824% of their
face value, resulting in approximately $4.4 million of
discount and $195.6 million of gross proceeds. The discount
is being amortized and included in interest expense until the
notes mature. |
|
(3) |
|
Consists of $6.2 million of seller notes and
$33.1 million of capitalized leases. |
34
SELECTED
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
The selected historical financial data presented below for the
fiscal years ended December 31, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007 and
2006 is derived from the audited financial statements of
American Reprographics Company for such years. The selected
financial data presented below for the quarterly periods ended
March 31, 2011 and 2010 is derived from the unaudited
condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes
contained in the Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q
of American Reprographics Company for the quarterly period ended
March 31, 2011, which includes, in the opinion of our
management team, all normal and recurring adjustments that are
considered necessary for the fair presentation of the results
for the period and dates presented. The selected historical
financial data does not purport to represent what our financial
position or results of operations might be for any future period
or date. The financial data set forth below should be read in
conjunction with Managements Discussion and Analysis
of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, our
audited financial statements included in our Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2010, and our unaudited
financial statements including in our Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended March 31, 2011.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ended
|
|
|
|
Fiscal Year Ended December 31,
|
|
|
March 31,
|
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
2011
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
|
(In thousands, except per share amount)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Unaudited)
|
|
|
Statement of Operations Data:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reprographics services
|
|
$
|
294,555
|
|
|
$
|
350,491
|
|
|
$
|
518,062
|
|
|
$
|
513,630
|
|
|
$
|
438,375
|
|
|
$
|
70,022
|
|
|
$
|
76,257
|
|
Facilities management
|
|
|
89,994
|
|
|
|
97,401
|
|
|
|
120,983
|
|
|
|
113,848
|
|
|
|
100,158
|
|
|
|
24,203
|
|
|
|
22,403
|
|
Equipment and supplies sales
|
|
|
57,090
|
|
|
|
53,657
|
|
|
|
61,942
|
|
|
|
60,876
|
|
|
|
53,305
|
|
|
|
12,279
|
|
|
|
13,501
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total net sales
|
|
|
441,639
|
|
|
|
501,549
|
|
|
|
700,987
|
|
|
|
688,354
|
|
|
|
591,838
|
|
|
|
106,504
|
|
|
|
112,161
|
|
Cost of sales
|
|
|
299,307
|
|
|
|
323,360
|
|
|
|
415,715
|
|
|
|
401,317
|
|
|
|
337,509
|
|
|
|
73,118
|
|
|
|
75,310
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross profit
|
|
|
142,332
|
|
|
|
178,189
|
|
|
|
285,272
|
|
|
|
287,037
|
|
|
|
254,329
|
|
|
|
33,386
|
|
|
|
36,851
|
|
Selling, general and administrative expenses
|
|
|
107,744
|
|
|
|
115,020
|
|
|
|
154,728
|
|
|
|
143,811
|
|
|
|
131,743
|
|
|
|
27,832
|
|
|
|
27,131
|
|
Litigation (gain) reserve
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2,897
|
)
|
|
|
11,262
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amortization of intangibles
|
|
|
11,657
|
|
|
|
11,367
|
|
|
|
12,004
|
|
|
|
9,083
|
|
|
|
5,055
|
|
|
|
4,744
|
|
|
|
2,636
|
|
Goodwill impairment
|
|
|
38,263
|
|
|
|
37,382
|
|
|
|
35,154
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Impairment of long-lived assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
781
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Loss) income from operations
|
|
|
(15,332
|
)
|
|
|
13,639
|
|
|
|
83,386
|
|
|
|
137,040
|
|
|
|
106,269
|
|
|
|
810
|
|
|
|
7,084
|
|
Other income, net
|
|
|
(156
|
)
|
|
|
(171
|
)
|
|
|
(517
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(299
|
)
|
|
|
(26
|
)
|
|
|
(43
|
)
|
Interest expense, net
|
|
|
24,091
|
|
|
|
25,781
|
|
|
|
25,890
|
|
|
|
24,373
|
|
|
|
23,192
|
|
|
|
8,167
|
|
|
|
5,888
|
|
Loss on early extinguishment of debt
|
|
|
2,509
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,327
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Loss) income before income tax (benefit) provision
|
|
|
(41,776
|
)
|
|
|
(11,971
|
)
|
|
|
58,013
|
|
|
|
111,340
|
|
|
|
83,376
|
|
|
|
(7,331
|
)
|
|
|
1,239
|
|
Income tax (benefit) provision
|
|
|
(14,186
|
)
|
|
|
3,018
|
|
|
|
21,200
|
|
|
|
42,203
|
|
|
|
31,982
|
|
|
|
(3,649
|
)
|
|
|
530
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net (loss) income
|
|
|
(27,590
|
)
|
|
|
(14,989
|
)
|
|
|
36,813
|
|
|
|
69,137
|
|
|
|
51,394
|
|
|
|
(3,682
|
)
|
|
|
709
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss (income) attributable to noncontrolling interest
|
|
|
88
|
|
|
|
104
|
|
|
|
(59
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
39
|
|
|
|
8
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net (loss) income attributable to American Reprographics Company
|
|
$
|
(27,502
|
)
|
|
$
|
(14,885
|
)
|
|
$
|
36,754
|
|
|
$
|
69,137
|
|
|
$
|
51,394
|
|
|
$
|
(3,643
|
)
|
|
$
|
717
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
35
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months
|
|
|
|
|
Ended
|
|
|
Fiscal Year Ended December 31,
|
|
March 31,
|
|
|
2010
|
|
2009
|
|
2008
|
|
2007
|
|
2006
|
|
2011
|
|
2010
|
|
|
(In thousands, except per share amount)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Unaudited)
|
|
(Loss) earnings per share attributable to ARC shareholders:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic
|
|
$
|
(0.61
|
)
|
|
$
|
(0.33
|
)
|
|
$
|
0.82
|
|
|
$
|
1.52
|
|
|
$
|
1.14
|
|
|
$
|
(0.08
|
)
|
|
$
|
0.02
|
|
Diluted
|
|
$
|
(0.61
|
)
|
|
$
|
(0.33
|
)
|
|
$
|
0.81
|
|
|
$
|
1.51
|
|
|
$
|
1.13
|
|
|
$
|
(0.08
|
)
|
|
$
|
0.02
|
|
Weighted average common shares outstanding:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic
|
|
|
45,213
|
|
|
|
45,123
|
|
|
|
45,060
|
|
|
|
45,421
|
|
|
|
45,015
|
|
|
|
45,322
|
|
|
|
45,150
|
|
Diluted
|
|
|
45,213
|
|
|
|
45,123
|
|
|
|
45,398
|
|
|
|
45,829
|
|
|
|
45,595
|
|
|
|
45,322
|
|
|
|
45,357
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months
|
|
|
|
|
Ended
|
|
|
Fiscal Year Ended December 31,
|
|
March 31,
|
|
|
2010
|
|
2009
|
|
2008
|
|
2007
|
|
2006
|
|
2011
|
|
2010
|
|
|
(Dollars in thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Unaudited)
|
|
Other Financial Data:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
$
|
45,649
|
|
|
$
|
49,543
|
|
|
$
|
50,121
|
|
|
$
|
39,445
|
|
|
$
|
27,749
|
|
|
$
|
12,486
|
|
|
$
|
11,656
|
|
Capital expenditures
|
|
$
|
8,634
|
|
|
$
|
7,506
|
|
|
$
|
9,033
|
|
|
$
|
8,303
|
|
|
$
|
7,391
|
|
|
$
|
4,136
|
|
|
$
|
1,217
|
|
Interest expense, net
|
|
$
|
24,091
|
|
|
$
|
25,781
|
|
|
$
|
25,890
|
|
|
$
|
24,373
|
|
|
$
|
23,192
|
|
|
$
|
8,167
|
|
|
$
|
5,888
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As of December 31,
|
|
As of March 31,
|
|
|
2010
|
|
2009
|
|
2008
|
|
2007
|
|
2006
|
|
2011
|
|
|
(Dollars in thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Unaudited)
|
|
Balance Sheet Data:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents
|
|
$
|
26,293
|
|
|
$
|
29,377
|
|
|
$
|
46,542
|
|
|
$
|
24,802
|
|
|
$
|
11,642
|
|
|
$
|
22,672
|
|
Total assets
|
|
$
|
569,085
|
|
|
$
|
620,954
|
|
|
$
|
725,931
|
|
|
$
|
722,611
|
|
|
$
|
547,581
|
|
|
$
|
569,594
|
|
Long term obligations
|
|
$
|
221,088
|
|
|
$
|
228,711
|
|
|
$
|
315,165
|
|
|
$
|
324,724
|
|
|
$
|
253,419
|
|
|
$
|
217,660
|
|
Total ARC stockholders equity
|
|
$
|
256,506
|
|
|
$
|
276,007
|
|
|
$
|
281,781
|
|
|
$
|
251,651
|
|
|
$
|
184,244
|
|
|
$
|
255,618
|
|
Working capital
|
|
$
|
22,387
|
|
|
$
|
(3,739
|
)
|
|
$
|
29,798
|
|
|
$
|
4,695
|
|
|
$
|
21,150
|
|
|
$
|
33,183
|
|
36
RATIO OF
EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
The following table shows the ratio of earnings to fixed charges
of the Company for the periods indicated. For purposes of
computing the following ratio of earnings to fixed charges,
earnings represents income (loss) from continuing operations
before income taxes, discontinued operations and fixed charges.
Fixed charges represent interest expense, net of capitalized
interest, and such portion of rental expense that represents an
appropriate interest factor.
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Three Months
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Ended
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Year Ended December 31,
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March 31,
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2010(a)
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2009(b)
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2008(c)
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2011(e)
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(Dollars in thousands, except ratio amounts)
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Earnings:
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Net (loss) income attributable to American Reprographics Company
before income taxes
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$
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(41,688
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$
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(11,867
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$
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57,954
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$
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111,340
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$
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83,376
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$
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(7,292
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Fixed charges
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31,440
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30,769
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29,740
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32,987
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26,912
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9,047
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Earnings, as defined
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(10,248
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$
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18,902
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$
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87,694
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$
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144,327
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$
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110,288
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$
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1,755
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Fixed Charges:
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Interest expense, net
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25,781
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$
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25,890
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$
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24,373
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$
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23,192
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$
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8,167
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Amortized discounts
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44
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132
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4,913
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2,092
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726
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5,687
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544
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164
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2,392
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2,896
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3,124
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2,927
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3,176
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584
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Fixed Charges, as defined
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31,440
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$
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30,769
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$
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29,740
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$
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32,987
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$
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26,912
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$
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9,047
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Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges
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2.9
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4.4
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4.1
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(a) |
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The ratio calculation indicates a less than
one-to-one
coverage for the year ended December 31, 2010. Earnings
available for fixed charges for the year ended December 31,
2010, were inadequate to cover total fixed charges. The
deficient amount for the ratio was $41,688. Net loss
attributable to American Reprographics Company, before income
taxes for the year ended December 31, 2010 includes $38,263
of non-cash goodwill impairment charges and $2,509 of non-cash
loss on early extinguishment of debt. |
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The ratio calculation indicates a less than
one-to-one
coverage for the year ended December 31, 2009. Earnings
available for fixed charges for the year ended December 31,
2009, were inadequate to cover total fixed charges. The
deficient amount for the ratio was $11,867. Net loss income
attributable to American Reprographics Company, before income
taxes for the year ended December 31, 2009 includes $38,163
of non-cash goodwill and long-lived asset impairment charges. |
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Net income attributable to American Reprographics Company,
before income taxes for the year ended December 31, 2008
includes $35,154 of non-cash goodwill impairment charges. |
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Net income attributable to American Reprographics Company,
before income taxes for the year ended December 31, 2007
includes $1,327 non-cash loss on early extinguishment of debt. |
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The ratio calculation indicates a less than
one-to-one
coverage for the quarter ended March 31, 2011. Earnings
available for fixed charges for the quarter ended March 31,
2011, were inadequate to cover total fixed charges. The
deficient amount for the ratio was $7,292. |
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BUSINESS
Our
Company
We are the largest reprographics company in the United States
with a network that consists of more than 225 production
facilities in the U.S., significant operations in Canada, and a
growing presence in the United Kingdom, India and China. Our
primary business is providing highly-specialized document
management services, document distribution and logistics, and
print-on-demand
services to the architectural, engineering and construction
industry, or AEC industry. As a part of these services, we
frequently place equipment in our customers offices and
sell our services on a per-use basis
on-site, a
practice commonly referred to as facilities management, or
FM services. We also sell reprographics equipment
and supplies to complement our service offerings. Based on our
extensive footprint and technology-enabled services, we are
uniquely positioned to manage, store, distribute and print
documents that are critical to the AEC industry, including
large-format construction drawings, small-format specification
documents, and color architectural renderings.
Construction documents are frequently reproduced in short runs
and fast turnaround times, and are almost always technical,
complex, constantly changing and confidential. We believe we
hold the leading market share position in 30 of the Nielsen
Groups top 50 major metropolitan markets, and operate in
eight times as many cities and with eight times the number of
service facilities as our next largest competitor. We also
provide services
on-site in
approximately 5,800 of our customers offices. We believe
our national footprint provides a significant competitive
advantage as the reprographics industry is largely comprised of
small, local operators. We are the only single-source supplier
of national reprographics services for regional, national and
global AEC firms.
We also leverage our core competencies to address market
opportunities outside of the construction industry. We provide
document management and printing services to the retail,
aerospace, technology, entertainment, and healthcare industries,
among others. A significant portion of our non-AEC revenues are
derived from supplying digital color printing services to
customers with short-run, high-turnover promotional, advertising
and marketing needs. We began to market these services in 2010
under a separate and dedicated brand known as Riot Creative
Imaging.
We believe our long-standing customer relationships, domain
expertise, document management capabilities and logistics
services make us critical to the $788 billion AEC industry.
Construction drawings and specifications are the primary means
of communication in the AEC industry and link architects,
engineers and construction professionals with more than 200
building trades throughout the life of a construction project.
These drawings are usually larger than 11 x 17,
require specialized printing and finishing equipment to produce,
and an intimate understanding of industry work flows. Changes in
construction projects are communicated through distribution of
new or updated drawings or specifications, which means that a
document may be changed, sent to a reprographer, printed and
re-distributed to project team members numerous times during the
course of a building project. An initial set of 300 design
documents can easily expand to 1,000 documents or more, and the
number of reproductions can number into the tens of thousands.
Our ability to manage this massive flow of changing and
widely-distributed documents can significantly influence the
efficiency and productivity of our customers projects.
We complement our market-leading reprographic services with the
latest document management technology and proprietary software
to strengthen our customer relationships and increase customer
retention. In June 2000 we launched our flagship, cloud-based
planroom application, PlanWell Enterprise. Since then we have
introduced 10 other process improvement software applications
that address online order management, print cost recovery, bid
management, print automation, consolidated administrative
access, and digital document distribution.
While we began operations in California and currently derive
approximately 32% of our net sales from operations in that
state, our company has grown and our market share has increased
through more than 140 acquisitions of local reprographics and
related companies that, in most cases, have more than
25 years of operating history at the time of acquisition.
Our preferred practice is to maintain the senior management of
companies we acquire.
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Historically, our operating segments have functioned under local
brand names. Each brand name typically represents a business or
group of businesses that has been acquired by us. In the past,
industry conventions led us to maintain acquired brands wherever
practical due to the local nature of construction activity. Over
the past several years, however, many large construction
companies have grown through mergers and acquisitions, creating
a market in which we believe that regional or national service
providers have a greater marketing advantage. As a result, we
have begun consolidating our operations under a single brand,
ARC, to highlight the scope and scale of our services,
especially with respect to customers that have a national
presence.
Industry
Overview
According to the International Reprographics Association, or
IRgA, the reprographics industry in the United States is
approximately $4.5 billion in size, with approximately
3,000 firms with average annual sales of approximately
$1.5 million and 20 to 25 employees. It is important
to note that these statistics have not been revised in recent
years and it is our belief that the industry may be
significantly smaller due to the effects of the recent recession
and downturn in the construction industry. Reprographics
companies are often family-owned, and locate their businesses in
proximity to customer locations. All reprographers focus on
their ability to turnaround jobs quickly and develop local
relationships. Reprographics services are purchased by nearly
every trade in the construction industry and are most often
passed through to project developers for reimbursement.
Demand for reprographics services in the AEC market is closely
tied to the level of activity in the construction industry,
which in turn is driven by macroeconomic trends such as GDP
growth, interest rates, job creation, and office vacancy rates.
Reprographics revenues are closely correlated to the private,
non-residential sectors of the construction industry, which are
often the largest users of reprographics services. According to
FMI Corporation, or FMI, a consulting firm to the construction
industry, the value of construction put in place in
the United States for 2010 was estimated at $840 billion,
with expenditures divided between residential construction at
29.9% and commercial and public, or non-residential,
construction at 70.1%.
Reprographers also offer services in their customers
offices where reprographics equipment, and sometimes staff, are
provided
on-site
under a FM agreement. FMs allow customers to use reprographics
equipment and services in their offices without the burden of
equipment ownership, maintenance or supplies. The
on-site use
of our equipment and services is invoiced just as if those
services were produced in our centralized production facilities,
which allows the customer to submit such invoices for
reimbursement to their clients. Like most reprographics
services, reimbursement is the primary means of cost recovery
for FM services. Growth in this offering has been robust, and is
now expanding into managed print services, or MPS, which is the
outsourced management of a customers entire print network,
including office printers, multi-function devices, and office
copiers. Photizo Group, a leading international consulting and
research firm for the managed print services market, projects
growth in the market to double from approximately
$12 billion in the U.S. in 2009, to nearly
$25 billion in 2013.
Digital color printing has been a critical part of reprographics
services since the introduction of such production equipment in
the 1990s. As the use of color has become more popular in most
printing applications, non-AEC customers in particular are
increasingly using large and small-format color imaging for
short-run production of
point-of-purchase
displays, digital publishing, presentation materials,
educational materials and marketing materials. InfoTrends, a
leading independent research organization estimates that the
overall market for digital color printing services in the U.S.,
which includes the segments we find most compelling, will reach
$113 billion in 2010.
Our
Competitive Strengths
We believe that our competitive strengths include the following:
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Leading Market Position in a Specialized
Market. We are the largest reprographics company
in the U.S., with operations in eight times as many cities and
with eight times the number of service facilities as our next
largest competitor in this fragmented and highly specialized
market. We believe we are market share leaders in most of the
major metropolitan areas we serve, and we believe our market
share
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has increased as many small undercapitalized reprographers have
closed as the economic downturn continues. Our size and national
footprint provide us with significant economies of scale, making
us one of the lowest cost operators in the reprographics
industry. Furthermore, our leading position is bolstered by a
highly-diverse customer base in which no single customer
accounted for more than 2.7% of our net sales in 2010.
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Extensive National Footprint with Regional
Expertise. We are the only reprographics company
with a network that consists of more than 225 production
facilities in the U.S., significant operations in Canada, and a
growing presence in the United Kingdom, India and China. To
enhance our global presence, we also have partnerships with
independent reprographers in more than 50 countries around the
world. Our service centers are digitally connected as a cohesive
network, allowing us to provide our services locally,
nationally, and globally to more than 120,000 customers.
Our footprint also enables us to serve the local offices of our
national and regional customers under a single contract through
our Global Services (formerly Premier Accounts) program.
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Leader in Technology and Innovation. To
maintain our leadership position amid growing adoption of
technology by our customers we have invested approximately
$100 million since 2000 in developing and maintaining our
technology infrastructure and software applications. Our
technology investments have helped us automate workflow, drive
production costs down, increase efficiency and reduce errors for
our customers and ourselves. We believe our technology products
are well-positioned to become standards for document management
and distribution in the AEC industry. With PlanWell, our
cloud-based planroom application, we managed more than 30
terabytes of customer data and uploaded approximately 400,000
initial documents to the system each month during 2010. We have
developed and use other proprietary technology that supports
online order management, print cost recovery, bid management,
digital document distribution, and cloud printing and project
collaboration. A dedicated staff of 44 engineers and technical
specialists, with expertise in reprographics, internet-based
applications, database management, and internet security,
provide us with technology development and support capabilities
unrivaled in our industry.
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Flexible Operating Model and Strong Cash
Flows. Our business model has several
characteristics that produce consistent cash flows under a
variety of industry and economic conditions including
(i) high gross margins relative to other reprographers,
(ii) variable costs that comprise 55% of our total cost
structure, as estimated in 2010 and (iii) the ability to
leverage our economies of scale to closely manage our inventory,
receivables and capital expenditures. We generate strong margins
due to our lower cost structure and high-margin value-added
services.
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Experienced Management Team and Highly Trained
Workforce. Members of our executive and
divisional senior management teams have an average of more than
20 years of industry experience. To maintain continuity of
operations and local relationships, it is our preferred practice
to maintain the senior management of the companies we acquire.
We regularly offer training on every aspect of our business
using a variety of online and in-person venues, conducting up to
ten webinars or training seminars a week. We also actively
develop our managerial bench through an elite
leadership and mentoring program conducted by our senior
executive staff, as well as respected third-party business
consultants.
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Business Strategy
We intend to strengthen our competitive position as the
preferred provider of reprographics services in each market we
serve. We seek to leverage our assets, facilities and core
competencies to drive increasing revenue, cash flow and
profitability in existing, adjacent and new markets. Our key
strategies to accomplish these objectives include:
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Global Services (formerly Premier
Accounts). We created Global Services in
2004 to take advantage of growing globalization and business
consolidation within the AEC market. We plan to further enhance
our market share and service portfolio on a national level by
continuing to offer the services of all of ARC operating
locations to large regional and national customers. We utilize
our
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dedicated Global Services sales team to establish ourselves at
an enterprise level as the only national reprographics services
and technology provider with extensive geographic and service
capabilities.
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Facilities Management/Managed Print
Services. We intend to capitalize on the
continued trend of our customers to outsource their document
management services. Since the late 1990s, we have placed
reprographics equipment and sometimes staff in our
customers offices to eliminate the burden of equipment
ownership, maintenance and the procurement of supplies.
Customers are billed as if the services were outsourced, making
reimbursement the primary means of cost recovery for FM
services, and renewals for such contracts are typically high.
Commissioned studies on the use of facilities management service
strongly suggest that the FM customer is more likely to be
retained over time, and use a greater amount and number of
related reprographics services than a conventional reprographics
customer. As of December 31, 2010, we had approximately
5,800 facilities management contracts, which represented 20.4%
of our revenue in 2010. Managed print services, or MPS, is an
extension of our FM business in which we address the equipment
and cost recovery requirements of an entire enterprise print
network, including reprographics services. By assuming the
operation of substantially all of our customers print
operations, we can offer them a mix of
on-site and
off-site services to provide more cost-effective operations,
better asset management, and greater flexibility in production
capacity. While this initiative is attractive to clients of any
size, it has proved to be effective in attracting new business
from our larger Global Services customers.
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Strategic Acquisitions. We have pursued
acquisitions of reprographics companies to expand and complement
our existing geographic footprint, especially in markets where
we believe we could become a market leader. Since 1997, we have
acquired more than 140 companies, realizing substantial
operating and purchasing synergies by leveraging our existing
corporate infrastructure, best practices and economies of scale.
While we have largely refrained from purchases of
U.S. reprographics companies during the recent economic
downturn, we believe we can continue to grow our business by
acquiring small, privately-held companies that serve local
markets once the construction market begins to recover. Outside
of the U.S., we will continue to look for opportunities in
high-growth markets similar to our business venture with
Unisplendour Corporation Limited in China, and our new
operations in India.
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Generate Incremental Revenue From
Technology. Our ability to design, develop and
license
best-in-class
software applications, combined with our national distribution
footprint, creates the opportunity to establish standards for
technology use in the reprographics industry. By adding value to
conventional services with technology and charging our customers
for advances in productivity and efficiency, we seek to generate
incremental revenue growth in the future. These value-added
services include digital document distribution, file format and
document conversions, building information modeling,
scan-to-file,
and digital document archiving, some of which are based on
licensing and subscription models that create recurring revenue.
Digital services revenue compromised 8.9% of overall revenue in
2010.
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Riot Creative Imaging. Since the 1990s, we
have provided an extensive array of large- and small-format
digital color printing services to our AEC and non-AEC customers
through our reprographics service centers. Over the past
12 months, we have consolidated a significant portion of
our existing color production capacity into ten centralized
production facilities under a new, dedicated color services
brand called Riot Creative Imaging. We support these centers
with an existing color sales, support, and production team that
has been repurposed to address the special promotional,
marketing and advertising needs of retail companies and others
in the non-AEC market. In less than a year, Riot has attracted
high-profile clients such as Adobe, Ducati motorcycles,
metropolitan and regional sports stadiums, national restaurant
chains, clothing retailers and others. We intend to create
smaller support centers within our existing branch network
throughout 2011 to facilitate national production and
distribution services.
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Our
Services
Reprographics services typically encompass
business-to-business
services including document management, document distribution
and logistics, and
print-on-demand.
We also develop technology applications to support and enhance
these services that improve control and efficiency in document
workflows, and increase productivity.
Our services apply to time-sensitive and graphic-intensive
documents and fall into four primary categories:
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Document Management. Document management
involves storing, tracking and providing authorized access to
documents we maintain on our customers behalf. This is largely
accomplished through digital database management as documents
enter our digital infrastructure and are maintained on our
production workstations, servers and networks.
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Document Distribution and Logistics. Document
distribution and logistics involves transferring digital
documents throughout our local and wide-area computer networks,
and over the internet, as well as the pickup, delivery and
shipping of hardcopy documents to and from locations around the
world.
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Print-on-Demand. Print-on-demand
involves quick-turnaround digital printing in black and white
and color, and in a wide variety of sizes and formats
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Facilities
Management. On-site
services, frequently referred to as FMs, is any combination of
the above services supplied at a customers location.
On-site
services involve placing equipment and sometimes staff in our
customers location to provide convenience printing and
other reprographics services. Our FM service offering is
evolving to include the management of entire print networks in
our customers offices, which we refer to as MPS.
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We deliver these services through our specialized technology,
more than 550 sales and customer service employees, and more
than 5,800
on-site
services facilities at our customers locations. All of our
local service centers are connected by a digital infrastructure,
allowing us to deliver services, products, and value to more
than 120,000 U.S. customers who purchased goods and
services from us in the past 24 months.
These broad categories of services are provided to our AEC
customers, as well as to our non-AEC customers that have similar
document management and production requirements. Our AEC
customers work primarily with high volumes of large-format
construction plans and small-format specification documents that
are technical, complex, constantly changing and frequently
confidential. Our non-AEC customers generally require services
that apply to black and white and color small format documents,
promotional documents of all sizes, and the digital distribution
of document files to multiple locations for a variety of
print-on-demand
needs, including short-run digital publishing.
In order to increase our industry influence and establish
industry standards for best business and technology practices
throughout the reprographics industry, we also:
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License our suite of reprographics technology products,
including our flagship online planroom, PlanWell, to independent
reprographers.
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Operate Profit and Education in Reprographics (PEiR)
Group, a trade organization wholly-owned by us, through which we
charge membership fees and provide purchasing, technology, and
educational benefits to other reprographers. PEiR members are
required to license PlanWell and may purchase equipment and
supplies at a lower cost than they could obtain independently.
We also distribute our educational programs to PEiR members to
help establish and promote best practices within the
reprographics industry.
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Customers
Our business is not dependent on any single customer or few
customers, the loss of any one or more of whom would have a
material adverse effect on our business. Our customers are both
local and national companies, with no single customer accounting
for more than 2.7% of our net sales in 2010.
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We have a geographic concentration risk as sales in California,
as a percentage of total sales, were approximately 32%, 33% and
36% for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008,
respectively.
Operations
Geographic Presence. We operate 239
reprographics service centers, including 225 reprographics
service centers in 198 cities in 42 states throughout
the United States and in the District of Columbia, seven
reprographics service centers in Canada, and one in the United
Kingdom. We also have a business venture in China with four
locations, and two startup locations in India. Our reprographics
service centers are located in close proximity to the majority
of our customers and offer
pick-up and
delivery services within a 15 to 30 mile radius. In our
three prior fiscal years, sales outside the United States have
been small but growing, amounting to $37.1 million,
$28.2 million and $24.2 million for the years ending
December 31, 2010, 2009, and 2008, respectively.
Hub and Satellite Configuration. We organize
our business into operating segments that typically consist of a
cluster configuration of at least one large service facility, or
hub, and several smaller facilities, or satellites, that are
digitally connected as a cohesive network, allowing us to
provide all of our services both locally and nationwide. Our hub
and satellite configuration enables us to shorten our
customers document processing and distribution time, as
well as achieve higher utilization of output devices by
coordinating the distribution of work orders digitally among our
service centers.
Management Systems and Controls. We operate
with a largely centralized administrative function, with
business decisions being heavily influenced by local and
regional business information and business trends. Our common
practice is to maintain the management team and sales force of
acquired companies in order to maintain strong local customer
relationships. Our local management maintains autonomy over the
day-to-day
operations of their business units, including profitability,
customer billing, receivables collection, and service mix
decisions.
Our senior management closely monitors and reviews each of our
segments through daily reports that contain operating and
financial information such as sales, inventory levels,
purchasing commitments, collections, and receivables. In
addition, our operating segments submit monthly reports to
senior management that track each segments financial and
operating performance in comparison to historical performance.
Suppliers
and Vendors
We purchase raw materials, consisting primarily of paper, toner,
and other consumables. Our reprographics equipment, which
includes imaging and printing equipment, is either purchased or
leased for use in our service facilities and facilities
management sites. We centralize the purchase of most goods and
services at the corporate level in order to maximize the
economies associated with our size, while specialized goods and
services are often purchased locally to maintain the
efficiencies and time sensitivity required to meet specific
customer demands. We continually monitor market conditions and
product developments to take advantage of our buying power.
Our primary vendors of equipment, maintenance services, and
reprographics supplies include Oce N.V., Azerty, and Xpedx, a
division of International Paper Company. We have long-standing
relationships with all of our suppliers and we believe we
receive favorable prices as compared to our competition, due to
the large quantities we purchase and strong relationships with
our vendors. Significant market fluctuations in our raw material
costs have historically been limited to paper prices and we have
typically maintained strong gross margins due, in part to our
efforts to pass increased material costs through to our
customers.
Sales
and Marketing
Divisional Sales Force. We market our products
and services throughout the United States through localized
sales forces and a combination of national and local marketing
in each market we serve. We had approximately 550 sales and
customer service representatives as of December 31, 2010.
Each sales force generally consists of a sales manager and a
staff of sales and customer service representatives that target
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various customer segments. Sales teams serve both the central
hub service facility and satellite facilities, or if market
demographics require, operate on behalf of a single service
facility.
Global Services (formerly Premier
Accounts). To further enhance our market
share and our ability to service national customers, we offer
the services of all of ARC operating locations to large regional
and national customers through our Global Services program. We
created Global Services to take advantage of growing
globalization within the AEC market, and to establish ourselves
as the leading national reprographer with extensive geographic
and service capabilities. This consolidated service offering
allows us to attract large AEC and non-AEC companies with
document management, distribution and logistics, and
print-on-demand
needs that span wide geographical or organizational boundaries.
As of December 31, 2010, we maintained 44 Global Services
accounts.
PEiR Group. We established the PEiR Group in
July 2003, a membership-based organization for the reprographics
industry. Comprised of independent reprographers and
reprographics vendors, PEiR members are required to license
PlanWell technology, facilitating the promotion of our
applications as industry standards. We also provide general
purchasing discounts to PEiR members through our preferred
vendors. This provides other reprographics companies the
opportunity to purchase equipment and supplies at a lower cost
than they could obtain independently, while increasing our
influence and purchasing power with our vendors. Through PEiR,
we also present educational programs to members to establish and
promote best practices within the industry. As of
December 31, 2010, the PEiR Group had 140 domestic and
international members.
Competition
According to the IRgA, most firms in the United States
reprographics services industry are small, privately-held
entrepreneurial businesses. The larger reprographers in the
United States, besides ourselves, include Service Point USA, a
subsidiary of Service Point Solutions, S.A., Thomas
Reprographics, Inc., ABC Imaging, LLC, and National
Reprographics Inc. While we have no nationwide competitors, we
do compete at the local level with a number of privately-held
reprographics companies, commercial printers, digital imaging
firms, and to a limited degree, retail copy shops. Competition
is primarily based on customer service, technological
leadership, product performance and price. See Risk
Factors Competition in our industry and innovation
by our competitors may hinder our ability to execute our
business strategy and maintain our profitability.
Research
and Development
We believe that to compete effectively we must address the
growing adoption of technology by our customers, and thus we
conduct research and development in order to enhance our
existing software and web-based applications, as well as create
new proprietary technology products. As of December 31,
2010, we employed 44 engineers and technical specialists with
expertise in software, internet-based applications, database
management, internet security and quality assurance. In total,
research and development amounted to $4.7 million,
$4.0 million and $5.1 million during the fiscal years
ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008, respectively.
Proprietary
Rights
Our success depends, in part, on our proprietary information and
technology. We rely on a combination of copyright, trademark and
trade secret laws, license agreements, nondisclosure and
non-competition agreements, reseller agreements, customer
contracts, and technical measures to establish and protect our
rights in our proprietary technology. Our PlanWell license
agreements grant our customers a nonexclusive, nontransferable,
limited license to use our products and receive our services and
contain terms and conditions prohibiting the unauthorized
reproduction or transfer of our proprietary technologies. We
retain all title and rights of ownership in our software
products. In addition, we enter into agreements with some of our
employees, third-party consultants and contractors that prohibit
the disclosure or use of our confidential information and
require the assignment to us of any new ideas, developments,
discoveries or inventions related to our business. We also
require other third parties to enter into nondisclosure
agreements that limit use of,
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access to, and distribution of our proprietary information. We
also rely on a variety of technologies that are licensed from
third parties to perform key functions.
We have registered our American Reprographics
Company combined name and design as a trademark with the
United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), and we have
registered PlanWell and PlanWell PDS as
trademarks with the USPTO and in Canada, Australia and the
European Union. We do not own any other registered trademarks or
service marks, or any patents, that are material to our business.
For a discussion of the risks associated with our proprietary
rights, see Risk Factors Our failure to
adequately protect the proprietary aspects of our technology,
including PlanWell, may cause us to lose market share.
Information
Technology
We operate a technology center in Silicon Valley to support our
reprographics services and software development. We also have a
facility in Kolkata, India which gives us a powerful and cost
effective resource to support our research and development. Our
technology centers also serve as design and development
facilities for our software applications, and our Silicon Valley
technology center houses our North American database
administration team and networking engineers.
From these technology centers, our technical staff is able to
remotely manage, control and troubleshoot the primary databases
and connectivity of each of our operating segments. This allows
us to avoid the costs and expenses of employing costly database
administrators and network engineers in each of our service
facilities.
All of our reprographics service centers are connected via a
high-performance, dedicated wide area network, with additional
capacity and connectivity through a virtual private network to
handle customer data transmissions and
e-commerce
transactions. Our technology centers use both commonly available
software and custom applications running in a clustered
computing environment and employ industry-leading technologies
for redundancy, backup, and security.
Employees
As of December 31, 2010, we had approximately
3,200 employees, 13 of whom are covered by two collective
bargaining agreements. The collective bargaining agreement with
our subsidiary, Ridgways, LLC, covers six employees and
the collective bargaining agreement with our subsidiary, BPI
Repro, LLC, covers seven employees. We have not experienced a
work stoppage during the past five years and believe that our
relationships with our employees and collective bargaining units
are good.
Properties
At the end of 2010, we operated 239 reprographics service
centers, of which 225 were in the United States, seven were
in Canada, four were in China, two were in India and one in
London, England. We also occupied two technology centers in
Silicon Valley, California, a software programming facility in
Kolkata, India, as well as other facilities including our
executive offices located in Walnut Creek, California, and our
finance and purchasing offices located in Glendale, California.
In total the Company occupied approximately 1.8 million
square feet as of December 31, 2010.
We lease nearly all of our reprographics service centers, each
of our administrative facilities and our technology centers. The
two facilities that we own are subject to liens under our credit
facilities. In addition to the facilities that are owned, our
fixed assets are comprised primarily of machinery and equipment,
trucks, and computer equipment. We believe that our facilities
are adequate and appropriate for the purposes for which they are
currently used in our operations and are well maintained.
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Legal
Proceedings
On October 21, 2010, a former employee, individually and on
behalf of a purported class consisting of all non-exempt
employees who work or worked for American Reprographics Company,
LLC and American Reprographics Company in the State of
California at any time from October 21, 2006 through
October 21, 2010, filed an action against us in the
Superior Court of California for the County of Orange. The
complaint alleges, among other things, that we violated the
California Labor Code by failing to (i) provide meal and
rest periods, or compensation in lieu thereof, (ii) timely
pay wages due at termination, and (iii) that those
practices also violate the California Business and Professions
Code. The relief sought includes damages, restitution,
penalties, interest, costs, and attorneys fees and such
other relief as the court deems proper. We have not included any
liability in our Consolidated Financial Statements in connection
with this matter. We cannot reasonably estimate the amount or
range of possible loss, if any, at this time.
In addition to the matter described above, we are involved in
various legal proceedings and claims from time to time in the
normal course of business. We do not believe, based on currently
available information, that the final outcome of any of these
matters, taken individually or as a whole, will have a material
adverse effect on our consolidated financial position, results
of operations or cash flows. We believe the amounts provided in
our Consolidated Financial Statements, which are not material,
are adequate in light of the probable and estimable liabilities.
However, because such matters are subject to many uncertainties,
the ultimate outcomes are not predictable and there can be no
assurances that the actual amounts required to satisfy alleged
liabilities will not exceed the amounts reflected in our
Consolidated Financial Statements or will not have a material
adverse effect on our consolidated financial position, results
of operations or cash flows.
DESCRIPTION
OF CERTAIN OTHER INDEBTEDNESS
New
Revolving Credit Facility
On December 1, 2010, our company and certain of our
subsidiaries entered into the New Revolving Credit Facility. The
New Revolving Credit Facility provides for a $50 million
senior secured revolving line of credit, of which up to
$20 million is available for the issuance of letters of
credit. The revolving line of credit is available on a revolving
basis until December 1, 2015 and is secured by
substantially all of our assets and certain of our subsidiaries.
Advances under the revolving line of credit are subject to
customary borrowing conditions, including the accuracy of
representations and warranties and the absence of events of
default. We may borrow, partially or wholly repay its
outstanding borrowings and reborrow, subject to the limitations,
terms and conditions contained in the New Revolving Credit
Facility.
The obligations under the New Revolving Credit Facility are
guaranteed by our domestic subsidiaries and, subject to certain
limited exceptions, are secured by security interests granted in
all of our and the guarantors personal and real property.
Advances under the New Revolving Credit Facility bear interest
at LIBOR plus the applicable rate. The applicable
rate is initially 2.00%. The applicable rate is determined based
upon our consolidated leverage ratio with a minimum and maximum
applicable rate of 1.50% and 2.00%, respectively. During the
continuation of certain events of default all amounts due under
the New Revolving Credit Facility will bear interest at 4.0%
above the rate otherwise applicable. In addition, we are
required to pay an unused commitment fee on the average daily
unused amount of the line of credit at the applicable rate,
calculated and payable quarterly in arrears, as follows: if the
consolidated leverage ratio is (i) greater than 3.00x, the
unused commitment fee is 0.20%, (ii) less than 2.99x but
greater than 2.00x, 0.15%, and (iii) less than 2.00x, 0.10%.
The New Revolving Credit Facility contains the following
financial covenants:
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Maximum consolidated leverage ratio:
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4.35:1.00 for quarters ending December 31, 2010 through
September 30, 2011
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4.25:1.00 for quarters ending December 31, 2011 through
September 30, 2012
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4.15:1.00 for quarters ending December 31, 2012 through
September 30, 2013
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4.00:1.00 for quarters ending December 31, 2013 through
maturity;
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Maximum consolidated senior secured debt leverage ratio not
greater than 1.50:1.00, determined on the last day of each
fiscal quarter through maturity;
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September 30, 2011
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The New Revolving Credit Facility also contains covenants which,
subject to certain exceptions as set forth in the New Revolving
Credit Facility, restrict our ability to incur additional debt,
grant liens or guaranty other indebtedness, pay dividends,
redeem stock, pay or redeem subordinated indebtedness, make
investments or capital expenditures, dispose or acquire assets,
dispose of equity interests in subsidiaries, enter into any
merger, sale of assets, consolidation or liquidation
transaction, or engage in transactions with stockholders and
affiliates. Covenants in the New Revolving Credit Facility also
require that we provide periodic financial reports to the
lender, observe certain practices and procedures with respect to
the collateral pledged as security, comply with applicable laws
and maintain and preserve our companys and our
subsidiaries properties and maintain insurance.
As of March 31, 2011, we were in compliance with the
financial incurrence-based covenants under the Notes and
financial covenants under the New Revolving Credit Facility. Our
trailing twelve months key financial covenant ratios as of
March 31, 2011 were 1.89:1.00 for minimum interest
coverage, 3.63:1.00 for maximum total leverage and 0.66:1.00 for
maximum senior secured leverage.
As of March 31, 2011, we were in compliance with the
financial covenants in the New Revolving Credit Facility and we
expect to be in compliance through the term of that agreement.
However, it is possible that a default under certain financial
covenants may occur in the future, should the minimum required
profitability levels are not achieved. If we default on the
covenants under the New Revolving Credit Facility and are unable
to obtain waivers from our lenders, the lenders will be able to
exercise their rights and remedies under the New Revolving
Credit Facility, which would have a material adverse effect on
our business, financial condition and liquidity. As of
March 31, 2011 we have $12.8 million outstanding under
the New Revolving Credit Facility.
As of March 31, 2011, standby letters of credit aggregated
to $3.9 million. The standby letters of credit under the
New Revolving Credit Facility reduced our borrowing availability
under the New Revolving Credit Facility to $33.3 million.
The following table sets forth the outstanding balance,
borrowing capacity and applicable interest rate under the Notes
and senior secured credit facility.
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Seller
Notes
As of March 31, 2011, we had $6.2 million of seller
notes outstanding, with interest rates ranging between 6.0% and
7.1% and maturities between 2011 and 2013. These notes were
issued in connection with prior acquisitions.
Capital
Lease Obligations
We have various arrangements for the lease of machinery and
equipment which qualify as capital leases. These arrangements
typically provide for monthly payments, some of which include
residual value guarantees if we were to terminate the
arrangement during certain specified periods of time for each
underlying asset under lease. As of March 31, 2011, we had
$33.1 million of capital lease obligations outstanding,
with a weighted average interest rate of 8.9% and maturities
through February 2016.
DESCRIPTION
OF NOTES
The exchange notes are identical in all material respect to the
initial notes, except that (i) the exchange notes will be
registered under the Securities Act, (ii) the exchange
notes will not bear restrictive legends restricting their
transfer under the Securities Act, (iii) holders of the
exchange notes are not entitled to certain rights under the
registration rights agreement and (iv) the exchange notes
will not contain provisions relating to an increase in any
interest rate in connection with the outstanding notes under
circumstances related to the timing of the exchange offer. The
exchange notes will evidence the same debt as the initial notes,
which they replace, and will be governed by the same indenture
dated December 1, 2010 by and among us, the subsidiary
guarantors as discussed below, and Wells Fargo Bank, National
Association, as trustee (the Indenture).
The following is a summary of the material provisions of the
Indenture governing the notes. It does not restate that
agreement, and we urge you to read the Indenture in its
entirety, which is filed as Exhibit 4.1 to our Current
Report on
Form 8-K
filed on December 2, 2010, because it, and not this
description, defines your rights as a noteholder. Copies of the
Indenture are available upon request to ARC at the address
indicated under Incorporation of Documents by
Reference elsewhere in this prospectus.
Except as otherwise indicated, the following description relates
to both the initial notes and the exchange notes, which are
together referred to herein as the Notes. You can
find the definitions of certain capitalized terms used in this
description under the subheading Certain
Definitions. The term Issuer as used in this
section refers only to American Reprographics Company and not to
any of its subsidiaries
General
The initial notes were issued in an aggregate principal amount
of $200 million. The exchange notes will be issued in an
aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal
amount of the initial notes they replace. The Notes are
unsecured obligations of the Issuer and will mature on
December 15, 2016. The Company may issue additional notes
(the Additional Notes) under the Indenture, subject
to the limitations described below under the covenant
Limitation on Incurrence of Debt. The Notes and any
Additional Notes subsequently issued under the Indenture would
be treated as a single class for all purposes of the Indenture,
including, without limitation, waivers, amendments, redemptions
and offers to purchase and will be substantially identical other
than the issuance date and the dates from which interest will
accrue.
Interest on the Notes will be payable at 10.5% per annum.
Interest on the Notes will be payable semi-annually in arrears
on June 15 and December 15, commencing on June 15,
2011. The Company will make each interest payment to the Holders
of record of the Notes on the immediately preceding June 1 and
December 1. 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 and including the Issue Date with respect to
the Notes. Interest will be computed on the basis of a
360-day year
comprised of twelve
30-day
months.
Principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Notes will
be payable, and the Notes will be exchangeable and transferable,
at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such
purposes, which,
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initially, will be the office of the Trustee or an agent
thereof, which initially will be the corporate trust office of
the Trustee; provided, however, that payment of
interest may be made at the option of the paying agent by check
mailed to the Person entitled thereto as shown on the security
register. The Notes will be issued only in fully registered form
without coupons, in denominations of $2,000 and integral
multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. No service charge will be
made for any registration of transfer, exchange or redemption of
the Notes, except in certain circumstances for any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in connection therewith.
Additional Interest may accrue and be payable under the
circumstances set forth under Exchange Offer; Registration
Rights. References herein to interest shall be
deemed to include any such Additional Interest.
Guarantees
by Domestic Subsidiaries
The Notes are guaranteed on a joint and several basis by the
Guarantors (the Note Guarantees). As of the date of
the Indenture, each of our Domestic Subsidiaries will be
Guarantors. Our Foreign Subsidiaries will not guarantee the
Notes. The Note Guarantees are senior unsecured obligations of
each Guarantor and rank equally with all existing and future
senior unsecured Debt of such Guarantor and senior to all
subordinated Debt of such Guarantor. The Note Guarantees will be
effectively subordinated to the existing and future secured Debt
of such Guarantor to the extent of the assets securing such
Debt. The Indenture provides that the obligations of a Guarantor
under its Note Guarantee will be limited to the maximum amount
as will result in the obligations of such Guarantor under the
Note Guarantee not to be deemed to constitute a fraudulent
conveyance or fraudulent transfer under federal or state law. By
virtue of this limitation, a Guarantors obligations under
its Note Guarantee could be significantly less than amounts
payable with respect to the Notes, or a Guarantor may have
effectively no obligation under its Note Guarantee.
As of the date of the Indenture, all of our Domestic
Subsidiaries will be Restricted Subsidiaries;
however, under the circumstances described below under the
subheading Certain Covenants
Limitation on Creation of Unrestricted Subsidiaries, any
of our Subsidiaries may be designated as Unrestricted
Subsidiaries. Unrestricted Subsidiaries will not be
subject to many of the restrictive covenants in the Indenture
and will not guarantee the Notes.
Claims of creditors of non-guarantor Subsidiaries, including
trade creditors, secured creditors and creditors holding Debt
and guarantees issued by those Subsidiaries, and claims of
preferred stockholders (if any) of those Subsidiaries generally
will have priority with respect to the assets and earnings of
those Subsidiaries over the claims of creditors of the Company,
including Holders of the Notes.
The Indenture provides that the Note Guarantee of a Guarantor
(and any of its Subsidiaries that are Guarantors) will be
automatically and unconditionally released:
(a) in the event of a sale or other transfer or disposition
of all of the Capital Interests in any Guarantor to any Person
that is not (after giving effect to such transaction) a
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in compliance with the
terms of the Indenture, or in the event all or substantially all
the assets or Capital Interests of a Guarantor are sold or
otherwise transferred, by way of merger, consolidation or
otherwise, to a Person that is not (after giving effect to such
transaction) a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in
compliance with the terms of the Indenture;
(b) upon the designation of such Guarantor as an
Unrestricted Subsidiary in compliance with the provisions
described under the subheading Certain
Covenants Limitation on Creation of Unrestricted
Subsidiaries;
(c) in connection with a defeasance of the Notes or
satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture in accordance with
the terms of the Indenture; or
(d) upon a sale of Capital Interests which causes such
Guarantor to cease to be a Restricted Subsidiary if such sale
does not violate any provision of the Indenture.
Our Foreign Subsidiaries will not guarantee the Notes. As of
December 31, 2010, the Companys non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries would have accounted for approximately 5.5% of our
total assets and 3.0% of our total liabilities determined in
accordance with GAAP.
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Ranking
Ranking
of the Notes
The Notes are senior unsecured obligations of the Company. As a
result, the Notes:
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will rank equally in right of payment with all existing and
future Debt of the Company that is not by its terms expressly
subordinated in right of payment to the Notes;
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will rank senior in right of payment to all existing and future
Debt of the Company that is by its terms expressly subordinated
in right of payment to the Notes;
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will be effectively subordinated in right of payment to all of
the Companys existing and future secured obligations to
the extent of the assets securing such obligations; and
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will be effectively subordinated to the Debt and other
obligations of the non-Guarantor Subsidiaries.
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The Debt under the Credit Agreement is secured by substantially
all of the Companys assets and guaranteed by the
Guarantors, which guarantees in turn are secured by
substantially all of such Guarantors assets. Accordingly,
while the Notes rank equally in right of payment with the Debt
under the Credit Agreement and all other liabilities not
expressly subordinated by their terms to the Notes, the Notes
are effectively subordinated to the Debt outstanding under the
Credit Agreement to the extent of the value of the assets
securing such Debt.
As of March 31, 2011, the Company and its Subsidiaries had
approximately $247.8 million of Debt outstanding (including
the Notes offered hereby). In addition, we had
$33.3 million of availability under the Credit Agreement,
all of which was secured. Our non-Guarantor Subsidiaries had
$8.7 million of liabilities that ranked structurally senior
to the Notes.
See Risk Factors Risks Related to the
Notes The notes will be structurally subordinated to
the liabilities of any of our future subsidiaries that do not
guarantee the notes to the extent of the assets of such
non-guarantor subsidiaries.
Ranking
of the Note Guarantees
Each Note Guarantee is a senior unsecured obligation of the
Guarantor. As such each Note Guarantee:
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future Debt of the Guarantor that is not by its terms expressly
subordinated in right of payment to the Note Guarantee of such
Guarantor;
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will rank senior in right of payment to all existing and future
Debt of the Guarantor that is by its terms expressly
subordinated in right of payment to the Note Guarantee of such
Guarantor; and
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the Guarantors existing and future secured obligations to
the extent of the assets securing such obligations.
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Sinking
Fund
There are no mandatory sinking fund payment obligations with
respect to the Notes.
Optional
Redemption
The Notes are subject to redemption, at the option of the
Company, in whole or in part, at any time on or after
December 15, 2013, upon not less than 30 nor more than
60 days notice (except that redemption notices may be
mailed more than 60 days prior to a Redemption Date if
the notice is issued in connection with a defeasance of Notes or
a satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture) at the following
Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of the
principal amount to be redeemed) set forth below, plus accrued
and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the
Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders of record
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relevant regular record date to receive interest due on an
interest payment date that is on or prior to the
Redemption Date), if redeemed during the
12-month
period beginning on December 15 of the years indicated:
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At any time prior to December 15, 2013, the Company may
also redeem all or a part of the Notes, upon not less than 30
nor more than 60 days prior notice at a
Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount of
Notes redeemed plus the Applicable Premium as of, and accrued
and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to, but not including, the
date of redemption (the Redemption Date),
subject to the rights of Holders of Notes on the relevant record
date to receive interest due on an interest payment date that is
on or prior to the Redemption Date.
In addition to the optional redemption of the Notes in
accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraphs,
prior to December 15, 2013, the Company may, with the net
proceeds of one or more Qualified Equity Offerings, redeem up to
35% of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes
(which include Additional Notes, if any) at a
Redemption Price equal to 110.500% of the principal amount
thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to
the date of redemption; provided that at least 65% of the
principal amount of Notes originally issued under the Indenture
(which include Additional Notes, if any) remains outstanding
immediately after the occurrence of any such redemption
(excluding Notes held by the Company or its Subsidiaries) and
that any such redemption occurs within 90 days following
the closing of any such Qualified Equity Offering.
If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the Trustee
will select the Notes or portions thereof to be redeemed by lot,
pro rata or by any other method the Trustee shall deem fair and
appropriate.
No Notes of less than $2,000 shall be redeemed in part. Notices
of redemption shall be mailed by first class mail at least
30 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder of
Notes to be redeemed at its registered address. If any Note is
to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption that
relates to that Note shall state the portion of the principal
amount thereof to be redeemed. A new Note in principal amount
equal to the unredeemed portion of the initial Note will be
issued in the name of the Holder thereof upon cancellation of
the initial Note. Notes called for redemption become due on the
date fixed for redemption. On and after the
Redemption Date, interest ceases to accrue on Notes or
portions of them called for redemption so long as the Company
timely delivers funds to the Trustee for such redemption.
The Company may at any time, and from time to time, purchase
Notes in the open market or otherwise, subject to compliance
with applicable securities laws.
Excess
Cash Flow
Within 15 days after the time period specified in the
SECs rules and regulations for the filing of a
10-K if the
Company were required to file such form as a non-accelerated
filer (such date, the Excess Cash Flow Offer Trigger
Date), the Company will calculate the amount of Excess
Cash Flow for the Excess Cash Flow Period. If Excess Cash Flow
for the Excess Cash Flow Period is a positive number and the
Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio exceeds 3.75 to 1.00 on such
Excess Cash Flow Offer Trigger Date, the Company shall be
required to either:
(1) prepay, repay, redeem or purchase Obligations under the
Credit Facility and permanently reduce the related loan
commitment thereunder; or
(2) make an Offer to Purchase to all holders to purchase
Notes pursuant to an Excess Cash Flow Offer on the dates and as
provided below;
provided, that if the terms of Indebtedness incurred
pursuant to a Credit Facility under clause (i) of the
second paragraph of the covenant captioned
Certain Covenants Limitation on
Indebtedness do not permit the
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consummation of an Excess Cash Flow Offer with respect to any
Excess Cash Flow Period, the failure to apply the Excess Cash
Flow Amount in accordance with clauses (1) or
(2) above shall not be a breach of the Indenture;
provided, however, that the Company will not be
required to consummate the Excess Cash Flow Offer if after
giving pro forma effect to the payment of the Excess Cash Flow
Amount, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries will not
have total liquidity (which for purposes hereof, shall equal the
sum of cash and Eligible Cash Equivalents and availability under
the Credit Facility) of at least $50.0 million.
If the Company elects to apply the Excess Cash Flow Amount
pursuant to clause (1) above, then such prepayment,
repayment, redemption or purchase pursuant to clause (1)
shall be made no later than 30 days after the Excess Cash
Flow Offer Trigger Date. If the Company elects to apply the
Excess Cash Flow Amount to make an Offer to Purchase the Notes
pursuant to clause (2) above (each, an Excess Cash
Flow Offer), then such Offer to Purchase (i) shall be
made to each holder at the time of such Offer to Purchase,
(ii) shall be made at a purchase price of 101% of the
principal amount of the Notes and (iii) shall remain open
for a period of not less than 20 business days (or any longer
period as is required by law).
If the Company is required to make an Excess Cash Flow Offer
pursuant to this covenant, no later than 30 days after the
Excess Cash Flow Offer Trigger Date, the Company will mail a
notice (the Excess Cash Flow Notice) of such Excess
Cash Flow Offer to each holder stating:
(1) that the Company is offering to purchase Notes in an
amount equal to the Excess Cash Flow Amount (determined after
giving effect to any prepayments, repayments, redemptions or
purchases of Obligations under the Credit Facility made pursuant
to subsection (1) above of this covenant) at a purchase
price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof on
the date of purchase, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any,
to the date of purchase (subject to the right of holders of
record on the relevant date to receive interest on the relevant
interest payment date);
(2) the purchase date (which shall be no earlier than
30 days nor later than 60 days from the date such
notice is mailed); and
(3) the instructions, as determined by the Company,
consistent with the covenant described hereunder, that a holder
must follow in order to tender its Notes.
If the aggregate purchase price of the Notes tendered in
connection with any Excess Cash Flow Offer exceeds the Excess
Cash Flow Amount allotted to their purchase, the trustee will
select the Notes to be purchased on a pro rata basis but in
denominations of $1,000 principal amount or multiples thereof.
If the aggregate purchase price of the Notes tendered in
connection with any Excess Cash Flow Offer is less than the
Excess Cash Flow Amount allotted to their purchase, the Company
shall be permitted to use the portion of the Excess Cash Flow
Amount that is not applied to the purchase of Notes in
connection with such Excess Cash Flow Offer for general
corporate purposes or for any other purposes not prohibited by
the Indenture.
The Company shall comply with the requirements of
Rule 14e-1
under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and
regulations thereunder to the extent such laws and regulations
are applicable in connection with the repurchase of Notes
pursuant to an Excess Cash Flow Offer. To the extent the
provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with
the provisions of this covenant, the Company shall comply with
the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be
deemed to have breached its obligations under the Excess
Cash Flow provisions of the Indenture by virtue thereof.
The covenant and other provisions contained in the Indenture
relating to the Companys obligation to make an Excess Cash
Flow Offer may be waived or modified with the written consent of
the holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes.
Change of
Control
Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Company will be
required to make an Offer to Purchase all of the outstanding
Notes at a Purchase Price in cash equal to 101% of the principal
amount tendered, together with accrued interest, if any, to but
not including the Purchase Date (subject to the right of Holders
of Notes of record on the relevant regular record date to
receive interest due to an interest payment date that is on or
prior to the Purchase Date). For purposes of the foregoing, an
Offer to Purchase shall be deemed to have been made if
(i) not later than 30 days following the date of the
consummation of a transaction or series of
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transactions that constitutes a Change of Control, the Company
commences an Offer to Purchase all outstanding Notes at the
Purchase Price (provided that the running of such
30-day
period shall be suspended, for up to a maximum of 30 days,
during any period when the commencement of such Offer to
Purchase is delayed or suspended by reason of any courts
or governmental authoritys review of or ruling on any
materials being employed by the Company to effect such Offer to
Purchase, so long as the Company have used and continue to use
their commercial best efforts to make and conclude such Offer to
Purchase promptly) and (ii) all Notes properly tendered
pursuant to the Offer to Purchase are purchased on the terms of
such Offer to Purchase. The Company may commence an Offer to
Purchase in respect of a Change of Control prior to the
consummation of such Change of Control if a definitive agreement
for such Change of Control is in place at the time of such Offer
to Purchase. If the Offer to Purchase is commenced prior to the
occurrence of the Change of Control, the Offer maybe conditioned
upon the occurrence of the Change of Control.
The phrase all or substantially all, as used in the
definition of Change of Control, has not been
interpreted under New York law (which is the governing law of
the Indenture) to represent a specific quantitative test. As a
consequence, in the event the Holders of the Notes elected to
exercise their rights under the Indenture and the Company
elected to contest such election, there could be no assurance
how a court interpreting New York law would interpret such
phrase. As a result, it may be unclear as to whether a Change of
Control has occurred and whether a Holder of Notes may require
the Company to make an Offer to Purchase the Notes as described
above.
The provisions of the Indenture may not afford Holders
protection in the event of a highly leveraged transaction,
reorganization, restructuring, merger or similar transaction
affecting the Company that may adversely affect Holders, if such
transaction is not the type of transaction included within the
definition of Change of Control. A transaction involving the
management of the Company or its Affiliates, or a transaction
involving a recapitalization of the Company, will result in a
Change of Control only if it is the type of transaction
specified in such definition.
The definition of Change of Control may be amended or modified,
and our obligation to make an offer to repurchase the Notes in
connection with a Change of Control may be modified or waived,
with the written consent of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of outstanding Notes. See Amendment,
Supplement and Waiver.
In addition, under a recent Delaware Chancery Court
interpretation of a change of control repurchase requirement
with a continuing director provision, a board of directors may
approve a slate of shareholder nominated directors without
endorsing them or while simultaneously recommending and
endorsing its own slate instead. The foregoing interpretation
would permit our Board of Directors to approve a slate of
directors that included a majority of dissident directors
nominated pursuant to a proxy contest, and the ultimate election
of such dissident slate would not constitute a Change of
Control that would trigger your right to require us to
repurchase your Notes as described above.
The Company will be required to comply with the requirements of
any applicable securities laws or regulations in connection with
any repurchase of the Notes as described above. To the extent
that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations
conflict with the Change of Control provisions of the Indenture,
the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and
regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its
obligations under the Change of Control provisions of the
Indenture by virtue of such compliance.
The Company will not be required to make an Offer to Purchase
upon a Change of Control if (i) a third party makes such
Offer to Purchase contemporaneously with or upon a Change of
Control in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance
with the requirements of the Indenture and purchases all Notes
validly tendered and not withdrawn under such Offer to Purchase
or (ii) a notice of redemption has been given pursuant to
the Indenture as described above under the caption
Optional Redemption.
The Companys ability to pay cash to the Holders of Notes
upon a Change of Control may be limited by the Companys
then existing financial resources. Further, the agreements
governing the Companys other Debt contain, and future
agreements of the Company may contain, restrictions on purchases
of the Notes and
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provisions that certain events that would constitute a Change of
Control constitute a default thereunder. If the exercise by the
Holders of Notes of their right to require the Company to
repurchase the Notes upon a Change of Control would trigger a
default or occurred at the same time as a change of control
event under one or more of the Companys other Debt
agreements, the Companys ability to pay cash to the
Holders of Notes upon a repurchase may be further limited by the
Companys then existing financial resources. See Risk
Factors Risks Related to the Notes We
may be unable to repurchase the notes upon a change of control
as required by the indenture governing the notes or if we are
required under the Indenture to repurchase Notes pursuant to an
Excess Cash Flow Offer.
Certain
Covenants
Set forth below are certain covenants contained in the Indenture:
Limitation
on Incurrence of Debt
The Indenture provides that the Company will not, and will not
cause or permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly
or indirectly, Incur any Debt, including Acquired Debt, or
permit any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor to
Incur Preferred Interest, except that the Company and any
Restricted Subsidiary may Incur Debt, including Acquired Debt,
if, at the time of and immediately after giving pro forma effect
to the Incurrence thereof and the application of the proceeds
therefrom, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred
and be continuing and the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio of
the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries is less than 4.50 to
1.0.
Notwithstanding the first paragraph above, the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries may Incur Permitted Debt as
follows:
(i) Debt Incurred pursuant to any Credit Facility in an
aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to
exceed $125.0 million minus any amount used to permanently
repay Secured Debt under such Credit Facilities (or permanently
reduce commitments with respect thereto) pursuant to the
Limitation on Asset Sales covenant; if, at the time
of and immediately after giving pro forma effect to the
Incurrence thereof and the application of the proceeds
therefrom, the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio of the Company
and its Restricted Subsidiaries is less than 4.50 to 1.00;
provided, however, that $50.0 million in aggregate
principal amount of Debt may be incurred pursuant to this
clause (i) regardless of whether or not after giving pro
forma effect to the Incurrence thereof and the application of
the proceeds therefrom, the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio of
the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries is less than 4.50 to
1.0;
(ii) Debt outstanding under the Notes on the Issue Date
(and any Exchange Notes issued pursuant to the Registration
Rights Agreement) and contribution, indemnification and
reimbursement obligations owed by the Company or any Guarantor
to any of the other of them in respect of amounts paid or
payable on such Notes;
(iii) Guarantees of the Notes (and any Exchange Notes
issued pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement);
(iv) Debt of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
outstanding on the Issue Date (other than clauses (i),
(ii) or (iii) above);
(v) Debt owed to and held by the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary;
(vi) Guarantees Incurred by the Company of Debt of a
Restricted Subsidiary otherwise permitted to be Incurred under
the Indenture as Permitted Debt or in accordance with the first
paragraph of this covenant;
(vii) Guarantees by any Restricted Subsidiary of Debt of
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, including Guarantees
by any Restricted Subsidiary of Debt under any Credit Facility,
provided that (a) such Debt is Permitted Debt or is
otherwise Incurred in accordance the first paragraph of this
covenant
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and (b) such Guarantees are subordinated to the Notes to
the same extent, if any, as the Debt being guaranteed;
(viii) Debt under Swap Contracts, Interest Rate Protection
Obligations and Currency Hedge Obligations;
(ix) Debt owed by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, provided
that if for any reason such Debt ceases to be held by the
Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, such Debt
shall cease to be Permitted Debt and shall be deemed Incurred as
Debt of the Company for purposes of the Indenture;
(x) Debt of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
pursuant to Capital Lease Obligations and Purchase Money Debt
under this clause, provided that the aggregate principal
amount of such Debt, together with the principal amount of any
other Debt then outstanding pursuant to this clause (xi), does
not exceed $25.0 million in the aggregate;
(xi) the issuance by any of the Companys Restricted
Subsidiaries to the Company or to any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries of shares of Preferred Interests; provided,
however, that:
(a) any subsequent issuance or transfer of Capital
Interests that results in any such Preferred Interests being
held by a Person other than the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company; and
(b) any sale or other transfer of any such Preferred
Interests to a Person that is not either the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;
shall be deemed, in each case, to constitute an issuance of such
Preferred Interests by such Restricted Subsidiary that was not
permitted by this clause (xi);
(xii) Debt arising from the honoring by a bank or other
financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument
drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of
business; provided, however, that such Debt is
extinguished within five business days of Incurrence;
(xiii) Debt of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary not
otherwise permitted pursuant to this definition, in an aggregate
principal amount not to exceed $25.0 million at any time
outstanding;
(xiv) Debt of Restricted Subsidiaries that are not
Guarantors in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the
greater of (x) $5.0 million and (y) the sum of
(A) 85% of the book value of the accounts receivable of
such Restricted Subsidiaries and (B) 75% of the book value
of the inventory of such Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case,
calculated in accordance with GAAP; and
(xv) Refinancing Debt.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Debt permitted
under clauses (i), (ii), and (xi) above shall not
constitute Refinancing Debt under clause (xv)
above.
For purposes of determining any particular amount of Debt under
this Limitation on Incurrence of Debt covenant,
(x) Debt under the Credit Agreement on the Issue Date shall
at all times be treated as Incurred pursuant to clause (i)
of the Limitation on Incurrence of Debt covenant,
and (y) Guarantees or obligations with respect to letters
of credit supporting Debt otherwise included in the
determination of such particular amount shall not be included.
For purposes of determining compliance with this
Limitation on Incurrence of Debt covenant, in the
event that an item of Debt meets the criteria of more than one
of the types of Debt described above, including categories of
Permitted Debt and under the first paragraph of this
Limitation on Incurrence of Debt covenant, the
Company, in its sole discretion, shall classify, and from time
to time may reclassify, all or any portion of such item of Debt.
The accrual of interest, the accretion or amortization of
original issue discount and the payment of interest on Debt in
the form of additional Debt or payment of dividends on Capital
Interests in the forms of additional shares of Capital Interests
with the same terms will not be deemed to be an Incurrence of
Debt for purposes of this covenant.
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The Company and any Guarantor will not Incur any Debt that
pursuant to its terms is subordinate or junior in right of
payment to any Debt unless such Debt is subordinated in right of
payment to the Notes and the Note Guarantees to the same extent;
provided that Debt will not be considered subordinate or
junior in right of payment to any other Debt solely by virtue of
being unsecured or secured to a greater or lesser extent or with
greater or lower priority or by virtue of its structural
subordination.
Limitation
on Restricted Payments
The Indenture provides that the Company will not, and will not
permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or
indirectly, make any Restricted Payment unless, at the time of
and after giving effect to the proposed Restricted Payment:
(a) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and
be continuing or will occur as a consequence thereof;
(b) after giving effect to such Restricted Payment on a pro
forma basis, the Company would be permitted to Incur at least
$1.00 of additional Debt (other than Permitted Debt) pursuant to
the provisions described in the first paragraph under the
Limitation on Incurrence of Debt covenant; and
(c) after giving effect to such Restricted Payment on a pro
forma basis, the aggregate amount expended or declared for all
Restricted Payments made on or after the Issue Date (excluding
Restricted Payments permitted by clauses (ii), (iii),
(iv) and (vi) of the next succeeding paragraph), shall
not exceed the sum (without duplication) of:
(1) 50% of the Consolidated Net Income (or, if Consolidated
Net Income shall be a deficit, minus 100% of such deficit) of
the Company accrued on a cumulative basis during the period
(taken as one accounting period) beginning on the first day of
the fiscal quarter that includes the Issue Date and ending on
the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter immediately
preceding the date of such proposed Restricted Payment for which
internally prepared financial statements are available,
plus
(2) 100% of the aggregate net proceeds (including the Fair
Market Value of property other than cash) received by the
Company subsequent to the initial issuance of the Notes either
(i) as a contribution to its common equity capital or
(ii) from the issuance and sale (other than to a Restricted
Subsidiary) of its Qualified Capital Interests, including
Qualified Capital Interests issued upon the conversion of Debt
or Redeemable Capital Interests of the Company, and from the
exercise of options, warrants or other rights to purchase such
Qualified Capital Interests (other than Capital Interests or
Debt sold to a Subsidiary of the Company), plus
(3) an amount equal to the sum of (A) the net
reduction in Investments (other than Permitted Investments),
subsequent to the date of the initial issuance of the Notes, in
any Person, resulting from payments of interest on Debt,
dividends, distributions, repurchases, redemptions, repayments
of loans or advances, proceeds realized on the sale of such
Restricted Investment and proceeds representing a return of
capital (but only to the extent such interest, dividends,
distributions, repurchases, redemption, repayments or proceeds
are not included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income),
in each case to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary from
any Person (including, without limitation, from Unrestricted
Subsidiaries); plus (B) the portion (proportionate to the
equity interest of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries
in such Unrestricted Subsidiary) of the fair market value of the
net assets of an Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time such
Unrestricted Subsidiary is designated as a Restricted Subsidiary
in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, provided,
however, that the amount determined in the case of
(A) or (B) above shall not exceed, in the case of any
such Person, the amount of Investments previously made and
treated as Restricted Payments by the Company or any Subsidiary
of the Company in such Person.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries may take the following actions,
provided that, in the case of clauses (i) or (iv),
immediately after giving effect to such action, no Default or
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing:
(i) the payment of any dividend on Capital Interests in the
Company or a Restricted Subsidiary within 60 days after
declaration thereof if at the declaration date such payment
would not have been prohibited by the foregoing provisions of
this covenant;
(ii) the retirement of any Qualified Capital Interests of
the Company by conversion into, or by or in exchange for,
Qualified Capital Interests, or out of net cash proceeds of the
substantially concurrent sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the
Company) of Qualified Capital Interests of the Company;
(iii) the redemption, defeasance, repurchase or acquisition
or retirement for value of any Debt of the Company that is
subordinate in right of payment to the Notes (or, in the case of
Debt of a Guarantor, subordinate in right of payment to such
Guarantors Guarantee of the Notes) out of the net cash
proceeds of a substantially concurrent issue and sale (other
than to a Subsidiary of the Company) of (x) new
subordinated Debt of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary
Incurred in accordance with the Indenture or (y) of
Qualified Capital Interests of the Company;
(iv) the purchase, redemption, retirement or other
acquisition for value of Capital Interests in the Company held
by future, current or former employees, officers or directors of
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (or their estates or
beneficiaries under their estates) upon death, disability,
retirement or termination of employment or pursuant to the terms
of any agreement under which such Capital Interests were issued;
provided that the aggregate cash consideration paid for
such purchase, redemption, retirement or other acquisition of
such Capital Interests does not exceed $5.0 million in any
calendar year; provided, however that any unused
amounts in any calendar year may be carried forward to one or
more future periods (in each case, plus the amount of any
proceeds received in respect of key-man life insurance);
(v) repurchase of Capital Interests deemed to occur upon
the exercise of stock options, warrants or other convertible or
exchangeable securities; and
(vi) other Restricted Payments not in excess of
(x) $25.0 million in the aggregate if after giving
effect to such Restricted Payment on a pro forma basis, the
Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio of the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries is greater than or equal to 3.00 to
1.00, (y) $40 million in the aggregate if after giving
effect to such Restricted Payment on a pro forma basis, the
Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio of the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries is less than 3.00 to 1.00 but greater
than or equal to 2.00 to 1.00 or (y) $60.0 million in
the aggregate if after giving effect to such Restricted Payment
on a pro forma basis, the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio of
the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries is less than 2.00 to
1.00
If the Company makes a Restricted Payment which, at the time of
the making of such Restricted Payment, in the good faith
determination of the Board of Directors of the Company, would be
permitted under the requirements of the Indenture, such
Restricted Payment shall be deemed to have been made in
compliance with the Indenture notwithstanding any subsequent
adjustment made in good faith to the Companys financial
statements affecting Consolidated Net Income.
If any Person in which an Investment is made, which Investment
constitutes a Restricted Payment when made, thereafter becomes a
Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with the Indenture, all such
Investments previously made in such Person shall no longer be
counted as Restricted Payments for purposes of calculating the
aggregate amount of Restricted Payments pursuant to
clause (c) of the first paragraph under this
Limitation on Restricted Payments covenant, in each
case to the extent such Investments would otherwise be so
counted.
For purposes of this covenant, if a particular Restricted
Payment involves a non-cash payment, including a distribution of
assets, then such Restricted Payment shall be deemed to be an
amount equal to the cash
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portion of such Restricted Payment, if any, plus an amount equal
to the Fair Market Value of the non-cash portion of such
Restricted Payment.
For purposes of determining compliance with this covenant, in
the event that a proposed Restricted Payment (or portion
thereof) meets the criteria of more than one of the categories
of Restricted Payments described in clauses (i) through
(vi) above, or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to the
first paragraph of this covenant, the Company will be entitled
to classify such Restricted Payment (or portion thereof) on the
date of its payment in any manner that complies with this
covenant and such Restricted Payment will be treated as having
been made pursuant to only such clause or clauses or the first
paragraph of this covenant.
Limitation
on Liens
The Company 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, other
than Permitted Liens, on or with respect to any of its property
or assets now owned or hereafter acquired or any interest
therein or any income or profits therefrom without securing the
Notes and all other amounts due under the Indenture (for so long
as such Lien exists) equally and ratably with (or prior to) the
obligation or liability secured by such Lien.
Limitation
on Dividends and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted
Subsidiaries
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, cause or suffer to
exist or become effective or enter into any encumbrance or
restriction (other than pursuant to the Indenture, law or
regulation) on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to
(i) pay dividends or make any other distributions on its
Capital Interests owned by the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary or pay any Debt or other obligation owed to the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, (ii) make loans or
advances to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof or
(iii) transfer any of its property or assets to the Company
or any Restricted Subsidiary.
However, the preceding restrictions will not apply to the
following encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by
reason of:
(a) any encumbrance or restriction in existence on the
Issue Date, including those required by the Credit Agreement and
any agreement, document or instrument in connection therewith
and any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals,
increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings
thereof, provided that the amendments, modifications,
restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings,
replacement or refinancings are no more restrictive, taken as a
whole, with respect to such dividend or other payment
restrictions than those contained in these agreements on the
Issue Date, as determined in good faith by the Board of
Directors;
(b) any encumbrance or restriction contained in any
agreement, document or instrument governing Debt Incurred after
the Issue Date in accordance with the Limitations on
Debt covenant, provided that such agreements,
documents or instruments are no more restrictive, taken as a
whole, with respect to such dividend or other payment
restrictions than those contained in Credit Agreement on the
Issue Date, as determined in good faith by the Board of
Directors;
(c) any encumbrance or restriction which exists with
respect to a Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or
merges with or into a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company on or
after the Issue Date, which is in existence at the time such
Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, but not created in
connection with or in anticipation of such Person becoming a
Restricted Subsidiary, and which is not applicable to any Person
or the property or assets of any Person other than such Person
or the property or assets of such Person becoming a Restricted
Subsidiary;
(d) any encumbrance or restriction pursuant any agreement
effecting a permitted renewal, refunding, replacement,
refinancing or extension of Debt issued pursuant to an agreement
containing any encumbrance or restriction referred to in the
foregoing clauses (a) through (d) or clauses (m),
(n) or (o) below, so long as the encumbrances and
restrictions contained in any such refinancing agreement are no
less favorable in any material respect to the Holders than the
encumbrances and restrictions contained in the
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agreements governing the Debt being renewed, refunded, replaced,
refinanced or extended in the good faith judgment of the Board
of Directors of the Company;
(e) customary provisions restricting subletting or
assignment of any lease, contract, or license of the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary or provisions in agreements that
restrict the assignment of such agreement or any rights
thereunder;
(f) any restriction on the sale or other disposition of
assets or property securing Debt as a result of a Permitted Lien
on such assets or property;
(g) any encumbrance or restriction by reason of applicable
law, rule, regulation or order;
(h) any encumbrance or restriction under the sale of
assets, including, without limitation, any agreement for the
sale or other disposition of a Subsidiary that restricts
distributions by that Subsidiary pending its sale or other
disposition;
(i) any instrument governing Debt or Capital Interests of a
Person acquired by the Company or any of the Restricted
Subsidiaries as in effect at the time of such acquisition
(except to the extent such Debt or Capital Interests was
incurred in connection with or in contemplation of such
acquisition), which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable
to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other
than the Person, or the property or assets of the Person, so
acquired, provided that, in the case of Debt, such Debt
was permitted by the terms of the Indenture to be incurred;
(j) purchase money obligations (including Capital Lease
Obligations) for property acquired in the ordinary course of
business and security documents related thereto that impose
restrictions on that property so acquired of the nature
described in clause (iii) of the first paragraph hereof;
(k) Liens securing Debt otherwise permitted to be incurred
under the provisions of the covenant described above under the
caption Limitation on Liens that limit
the right of the debtor to dispose of the assets subject to such
Liens; and
(l) customary provisions limiting the disposition or
distribution of assets or property in joint venture agreements,
asset sale agreements, sale-leaseback agreements, stock sale
agreements and other similar agreements otherwise permitted by
the Indenture entered into with the approval of the
Companys Board of Directors, which limitation is
applicable only to the assets that are the subject of such
agreements.
Nothing contained in this Limitation on Dividends and
Other Payments Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries covenant
shall prevent the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary from
(i) creating, incurring, assuming or suffering to exist any
Liens otherwise permitted in the Limitation on Liens
covenant or (ii) restricting the sale or other disposition
of property or assets of the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries that secure Debt of the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries Incurred in accordance with the
Indenture.
Limitation
on Asset Sales
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
(1) the Company (or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case
may be) receives consideration at the time of the Asset Sale at
least equal to the Fair Market Value of the assets or Capital
Interests issued or sold or otherwise disposed of; and
(2) at least 75% of the consideration received in the Asset
Sale by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary is in the form
of cash or Eligible Cash Equivalents. For purposes of this
provision, each of the following will be deemed to be cash:
(a) any liabilities, as shown on the most recent
consolidated balance sheet of the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary (other than contingent liabilities and liabilities
that are by their terms subordinated to the Notes or any Note
Guarantee) that are assumed by the transferee of any such
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assets pursuant to an assignment and assumption agreement that
releases the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary from further
liability;
(b) any securities, notes or other obligations received by
the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary from such
transferee that are converted by the Company or such Restricted
Subsidiary into cash within 180 days of their receipt to
the extent of the cash received in that conversion; and
(c) any Designated Non-cash Consideration received by the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in such Asset Sale
having an aggregate Fair Market Value, taken together with all
other Designated Non-cash Consideration received pursuant to
this clause (c) that is at that time outstanding, not to
exceed $10.0 million (with the Fair Market Value of each
item of Designated Non-cash Consideration being measured at the
time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in
value)
Within 360 days after the receipt of any Net Cash Proceeds
from an Asset Sale, the Company (or the applicable Restricted
Subsidiary, as the case may be) may apply such Net Cash Proceeds
at its option:
(1) to permanently repay secured Debt of the Company
and/or its
Restricted Subsidiaries
and/or
satisfy all mandatory repayment obligations under any Credit
Facility arising by reason of such Asset Sale and, if the Debt
repaid is revolving credit Debt, to correspondingly reduce
commitments with respect thereto;
(2) to acquire all or substantially all of the assets of,
or any Capital Interests of, another Permitted Business, if,
after giving effect to any such acquisition of Capital
Interests, the Permitted Business is or becomes a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company;
(3) to make a capital expenditure in or that is used or
useful in a Permitted Business;
(4) to acquire other assets that are not classified as
current assets under GAAP and that are used or useful in a
Permitted Business; or
(5) any combination of the foregoing.
Pending final application of the Net Cash Proceeds, the Company
may temporarily reduce revolving credit borrowings or otherwise
invest the Net Cash Proceeds in any manner not prohibited under
the Indenture.
Any Net Cash Proceeds from Asset Sales that are not applied or
invested as provided in the preceding two paragraphs of this
covenant will constitute Excess Proceeds. When the
aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $15.0 million,
within thirty days thereof, the Company will be required to make
an Offer to Purchase to all Holders of Notes and Additional
Notes, in an aggregate amount equal to the Excess Proceeds. The
offer price in any Offer to Purchase will be equal to 100% of
the principal amount 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 to Purchase, the
Company may use those Excess Proceeds for any purpose not
otherwise prohibited by the Indenture. If the aggregate
principal amount of Notes and Additional Notes tendered into
such Offer to Purchase exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds,
the Trustee will select the Notes and such Additional Notes to
be purchased on a pro rata basis, and if necessary by lot or by
any other method the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate so
long as the minimum denomination of $2,000 or integral multiples
of $1,000 in excess thereof are maintained. Upon completion of
each Offer to Purchase, the amount of Excess Proceeds will be
reset at zero.
The definition of Asset Sale may be amended or modified, and our
obligation to make an offer to repurchase the Notes in
connection with an Asset Sale may be modified or waived, with
the written consent of a majority in aggregate principal amount
of outstanding Notes. See Amendment,
Supplement and Waiver.
The Company will comply with the requirements of any applicable
securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those
laws and regulations are applicable in connection with each
repurchase of Notes pursuant to an Offer to Purchase. To the
extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations
conflict with the Asset Sale provisions of the Indenture, the
Company will comply with the applicable securities laws
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and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its
obligations under the Asset Sale provisions of the Indenture by
virtue of such compliance.
The Companys ability to pay cash to the Holders of Notes
upon an Asset Sale may be limited by the Companys then
existing financial resources. Further, the agreements governing
the Companys other Debt contain, and future agreements of
the Company may contain, restrictions on purchases of the Notes.
If the exercise by the Holders of Notes of their right to
require the Company to repurchase the Notes upon an Asset Sale
would trigger a default under one or more of the Companys
other Debt agreements, the Companys ability to pay cash to
the Holders of Notes upon a repurchase may be further limited by
the Companys then existing financial resources.
Limitation
on Transactions with Affiliates
The Indenture provides that the Company will not, and will not
permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or
indirectly, conduct any business or enter into or permit to
exist any transaction or series of related transactions
(including, but not limited to, the purchase, sale or exchange
of property, the making of any Investment, the giving of any
Guarantee or the rendering of any service) with any Unrestricted
Subsidiary or any Affiliate of the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary other than transactions solely among any of the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries (an Affiliate
Transaction), unless:
(i) such business, transaction or series of related
transactions is on terms no less favorable to the Company or
such Restricted Subsidiary than those that could be obtained in
a comparable arms length transaction between unaffiliated
parties;
(ii) with respect to an Affiliate Transaction involving an
amount or having a value in excess of $10.0 million, the
Company delivers to a resolution of the Board of Directors
certifying that such business, transaction or series of related
transactions complies with clause (i) above; and
(iii) in the case of an Affiliate Transaction involving an
amount or having a value in excess of $25.0 million, the
Company must obtain a written opinion of a nationally recognized
investment banking, accounting or appraisal firm stating that
the transaction is fair to the Company or such Restricted
Subsidiary from a financial point of view.
For purposes of determining the value of any Affiliate
Transaction for purposes of this covenant with respect to any
lease, agreement or other arrangement providing for payments
over a period of time, the value of such Affiliate Transaction
shall equal the aggregate amount of payments that are to be made
over a five (5) year period from the commencement of such
Affiliate Transaction.
The foregoing limitation does not limit, and shall not apply to:
(1) Restricted Payments that are permitted by the
provisions of the Indenture described above under
Limitation on Restricted Payments and
Permitted Investments permitted under the Indenture,
(2) the payment of reasonable and customary fees and
indemnities to members of the Board of Directors of the Company
or a Restricted Subsidiary who are outside directors,
(3) the payment of reasonable and customary compensation
and other benefits (including retirement, health, option,
deferred compensation and other benefit plans) and indemnities
to officers and employees of the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary as determined by the Board of Directors thereof in
good faith,
(4) transactions between or among the Company
and/or its
Restricted Subsidiaries,
(5) the issuance of Capital Interests (other than
Redeemable Capital Interests) of the Company otherwise permitted
hereunder,
(6) any agreement or arrangement as in effect on the Issue
Date and any amendment or modification thereto so long as such
amendment or modification is, in the good faith judgment of the
Board of Directors, no more disadvantageous, taken as a whole,
to the Company, and
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(7) loans or advances to employees in the ordinary course
of business not to exceed $5.0 million in the aggregate at
any one time outstanding.
Provision
of Financial Information
Whether or not required by the SEC, so long as any Notes are
outstanding, the Company will furnish to the Holders of Notes,
or file electronically with the SEC through the SECs
Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System (or any
successor system), within the time periods specified in the
SECs rules and regulations:
(1) all quarterly and annual financial information that
would be required to be contained in a filing with the SEC on
Forms 10-Q
and 10-K if
the Company were required to file such Forms, including a
Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations and, with respect to
the annual information only, a report on the annual financial
statements by the Companys certified independent
accountants; and
(2) all current reports that would be required to be filed
with the SEC on
Form 8-K
if the Company were required to file such reports.
In addition, whether or not required by the SEC, the Company
will file a copy of all of the information and reports referred
to in clauses (1) and (2) above with the SEC for
public availability within the time periods specified in the
SECs rules and regulations (unless the SEC will not accept
such a filing) and make such information available to
prospective investors. In addition, the Company and the
Guarantors have agreed that, for so long as any Notes remain
outstanding, they will furnish to the Holders and to prospective
investors, upon their request, the information required to be
delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities
Act.
If the Company has designated any of its Subsidiaries as
Unrestricted Subsidiaries, then the quarterly and annual
financial information required by the preceding paragraph shall
include a reasonably detailed presentation, either on the face
of the financial statements or in the footnotes thereto, and in
Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations, of the financial
condition and results of operations of the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries separate from the financial condition
and results of operations of the Unrestricted Subsidiaries of
the Company.
Additional
Note Guarantees
Each of the Guarantors has guaranteed the Notes in the manner
and on the terms set forth in the Indenture.
If the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries acquires or
creates another Domestic Subsidiary after the date of the
Indenture, then that newly acquired or created Domestic
Subsidiary (i) will become a Guarantor and execute a
supplemental indenture and (ii) shall deliver an opinion of
counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee within 10
business days of the date on which it was acquired or created;
provided, that to the extent a Domestic Subsidiary is
(x) subject to any instrument governing Acquired Debt, as
in effect at the time of acquisition thereof, that prohibits
such Domestic Subsidiary from issuing a Note Guarantee, or
(y) is prohibited by law from guaranteeing the Notes or
would experience adverse regulatory consequences as a result of
guaranteeing the Notes, then such Domestic Subsidiary shall not
be required to guarantee the Notes until it is permitted to do
so pursuant to the terms of such Acquired Debt or such legal or
regulatory limitations.
Limitation
on Creation of Unrestricted Subsidiaries
The Company may designate any Subsidiary of the Company to be an
Unrestricted Subsidiary as provided below, in which
event such Subsidiary and each other Person that is then or
thereafter becomes a Subsidiary of such Subsidiary will be
deemed to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
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Unrestricted Subsidiary means:
(1) any Subsidiary designated as such by the Board of
Directors of the Company as set forth below where
(a) neither the Company nor any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries (i) provides credit support for, or Guarantee
of, any Debt of such Subsidiary or any Subsidiary of such
Subsidiary (including any undertaking, agreement or instrument
evidencing such Debt) or (ii) is directly or indirectly
liable for any Debt of such Subsidiary or any Subsidiary of such
Subsidiary, and (b) no default with respect to any Debt of
such Subsidiary or any Subsidiary of such Subsidiary (including
any right which the Holders thereof may have to take enforcement
action against such Subsidiary) would permit (upon notice, lapse
of time or both) any holder of any other Debt of the Company and
its Restricted Subsidiaries to declare a default on such other
Debt or cause the payment thereof to be accelerated or payable
prior to its final scheduled maturity; and
(2) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
The Company may designate any Subsidiary to be an Unrestricted
Subsidiary unless such Subsidiary owns any Capital Interests of,
or owns or holds any Lien on any property of, any other
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, provided that
either:
(x) the Subsidiary to be so designated has total assets of
$1,000 or less; or
(y) immediately after giving effect to such designation,
the Company could Incur at least $1.00 of additional Debt (other
than Permitted Debt) pursuant to the first paragraph under the
Limitation on Incurrence of Debt covenant; and
provided further that the Company could make a Restricted
Payment in an amount equal to the portion attributable to the
Company (based on the proportion of the Capital Interests held
by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in such
Subsidiary) of the greater of the Fair Market Value or book
value of such Subsidiary pursuant to the Limitation on
Restricted Payments covenant and such amount is thereafter
treated as a Restricted Payment for the purpose of calculating
the amount available for Restricted Payments thereunder.
An Unrestricted Subsidiary may be designated as a Restricted
Subsidiary if (i) all the Debt of such Unrestricted
Subsidiary could be Incurred under the Limitation on
Incurrence of Debt covenant and (ii) all the Liens on
the property and assets of such Unrestricted Subsidiary could be
incurred pursuant to the Limitation on Liens
covenant.
Consolidation,
Merger, Conveyance, Transfer or Lease
The Company will not in any transaction or series of
transactions, consolidate with or merge into any other Person
(other than a merger of a Restricted Subsidiary into the Company
in which the Company is the continuing Person or the merger of a
Restricted Subsidiary into or with another Restricted Subsidiary
or another Person that as a result of such transaction becomes
or merges into a Restricted Subsidiary), or transfer, lease or
otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the assets of
the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries (determined on a
consolidated basis), taken as a whole, to any other Person,
unless:
(i) either: (a) the Company shall be the continuing
Person or (b) the Person (if other than the Company) formed
by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged, or
the Person that acquires, by sale, assignment, conveyance,
transfer, lease or disposition, all or substantially all of the
property and assets of the Company (such Person, the
Surviving Entity), (1) shall be a corporation,
partnership, limited liability company or similar entity
organized and validly existing under the laws of the United
States, any political subdivision thereof or any state thereof
or the District of Columbia and (2) shall expressly assume,
by a supplemental indenture, the due and punctual payment of all
amounts due in respect of the principal of (and premium, if any)
and interest on all the Notes and the performance of the
covenants and obligations of the Company under the Indenture;
provided that at any time the Company or its successor is
not a corporation, there shall be a co-issuer of the Notes that
is a corporation;
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(ii) immediately before and immediately after giving effect
to such transaction or series of transactions on a pro forma
basis (including, without limitation, any Debt Incurred or
anticipated to be Incurred in connection with or in respect of
such transaction or series of transactions), no Default or Event
of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result
therefrom;
(iii) immediately after giving effect to any such
transaction or series of transactions on a pro forma basis
(including, without limitation, any Debt Incurred or anticipated
to be Incurred in connection with or in respect of such
transaction or series of transactions) as if such transaction or
series of transactions had occurred on the first day of the
determination period the Company (or the Surviving Entity if the
Company is not continuing) could Incur $1.00 of additional Debt
(other than Permitted Debt) under the first paragraph of the
Limitation on Incurrence of Debt covenant; and
(iv) the Company delivers, or causes to be delivered, to
the Trustee, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
the Trustee, an Officers Certificate and an opinion of
counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, sale,
conveyance, assignment, transfer, lease or other disposition
complies with the requirements of the Indenture.
The preceding clause (iii) will not prohibit: (a) a
merger between the Company and a Restricted Subsidiary that is a
wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company; or (b) a merger
between the Company and an Affiliate incorporated solely for the
purpose of converting the Company into a corporation organized
under the laws of the United States or any political subdivision
or state thereof; so long as, in each case, the amount of Debt
of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries is not increased
thereby.
For all purposes of the Indenture and the Notes, Subsidiaries of
any Surviving Entity will, upon such transaction or series of
transactions, become Restricted Subsidiaries or Unrestricted
Subsidiaries as provided pursuant to the Indenture and all Debt,
and all Liens on property or assets, of the Surviving Entity and
its Subsidiaries that was not Debt, or were not Liens on
property or assets, of the Company and its Subsidiaries
immediately prior to such transaction or series of transactions
shall be deemed to have been Incurred upon such transaction or
series of transactions.
Upon any transaction or series of transactions that are of the
type described in, and are effected in accordance with,
conditions described in the immediately preceding paragraphs,
the Surviving Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for,
and may exercise every right and power of, the Company, under
the Indenture with the same effect as if such Surviving Entity
had been named as the Company therein; and when a Surviving
Person duly assumes all of the obligations and covenants of the
Company pursuant to the Indenture and the Notes, except in the
case of a lease, the predecessor Person shall be relieved of all
such obligations.
Limitation
on Business Activities
The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted
Subsidiary to, engage in any business other than a Permitted
Business.
Events of
Default
Each of the following is an Event of Default under
the Indenture:
(1) default in the payment in respect of the principal of
(or premium, if any, on) any Note at its maturity (whether at
Stated Maturity or upon repurchase, acceleration, optional
redemption or otherwise);
(2) default in the payment of any interest upon any Note
when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default
for a period of 30 days;
(3) failure by the Company to make an Offer to Purchase as
required by the Indenture, and continuance of such default for a
period of 30 days after receipt of written notice;
(4) failure to perform or comply with the Indenture
provisions described under Consolidation, Merger,
Conveyance, Transfer or Lease;
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(5) except as permitted by the Indenture, any Note
Guarantee shall for any reason cease to be, or it shall be
asserted by any Guarantor or the Company not to be, in full
force and effect and enforceable in accordance with its terms;
(6) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant
or agreement of the Company or any Guarantor in the Indenture
(other than a covenant or agreement a default in whose
performance or whose breach is specifically dealt with in
clauses (1), (2) or (3) above), and continuance of
such default or breach for a period of 30 days after
written notice thereof has been given to the Company by the
Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at
least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding
Notes; provided that in the case of a failure to comply
with the Indenture provisions described under Provision of
Financial Information, such period of continuance of such
default or breach shall be 90 days after written notice
described in this clause (6) has been given;
(7) a default or defaults under any bonds, debentures,
notes or other evidences of Debt (other than the Notes) by the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary having, individually or in
the aggregate, a principal or similar amount outstanding of at
least $15.0 million, whether such Debt now exists or shall
hereafter be created, which default or defaults shall have
resulted in the acceleration of the maturity of such Debt prior
to its express maturity or shall constitute a failure to pay at
least $15.0 million of such Debt when due and payable after
the expiration of any applicable grace period with respect
thereto;
(8) the entry against the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary of a final non-appealable judgment or judgments for
the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess of
$15.0 million, by a court or courts of competent
jurisdiction, which judgments remain undischarged, unwaived,
unstayed, unbonded or unsatisfied for a period of 60 consecutive
days and, in the event such judgment is covered by insurance,
any enforcement proceeding has been commenced by any creditor
upon such judgment which is not promptly stayed; or
(9) certain events in bankruptcy, insolvency or
reorganization affecting the Company or any Significant
Subsidiary (or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that taken
together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary).
If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified
in clause (9) above with respect to the Company) occurs and
is continuing, then and in every such case the Trustee or the
Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of
the outstanding Notes may declare the principal of the Notes and
any accrued interest on the Notes to be due and payable
immediately by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the
Trustee if given by Holders); provided, however,
that after such acceleration, but before a judgment or decree
based on acceleration, the Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the outstanding Notes may, under certain
circumstances, rescind and annul such acceleration if all Events
of Default, other than the nonpayment of accelerated principal
of or interest on the Notes, have been cured or waived as
provided in the Indenture.
In the event of a declaration of acceleration of the Notes
solely because an Event of Default described in clause (7)
above has occurred and is continuing, the declaration of
acceleration of the Notes shall be automatically rescinded and
annulled if the event of default or payment default triggering
such Event of Default pursuant to clause (7) shall be
remedied or cured by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of
the Company or waived by the holders of the relevant Debt within
20 business days after the declaration of acceleration with
respect thereto and if the rescission and annulment of the
acceleration of the Notes would not conflict with any judgment
or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the
Trustee for the payment of amounts due on the Notes.
If an Event of Default specified in clause (9) above occurs
with respect to the Company, the principal of and any accrued
interest on the Notes then outstanding shall become immediately
due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part
of the Trustee or any Holder. For further information as to
waiver of defaults, see Amendment, Supplement
and Waiver. The Trustee may withhold from Holders notice
of any Default (except Default in payment of principal of,
premium, if any, and interest) if the Trustee determines that
withholding notice is in the best interest of the Holders to do
so.
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No Holder of any Note will have any right to institute any
proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for any remedy
thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given to
the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default and
unless also the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal
amount of the outstanding Notes shall have made written request,
and offered reasonable indemnity, to the Trustee to institute
such proceeding as Trustee, and the Trustee shall not have
received from the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the outstanding Notes a direction inconsistent with
such request and shall have failed to institute such proceeding
within 60 days. Such limitations do not apply, however, to
a suit instituted by a Holder of a Note for enforcement of
payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on
such Note on or after the respective due dates expressed in such
Note.
In the case of any Event of Default occurring by reason of any
willful action (or inaction) taken (or not taken) by or on
behalf of the Company with the intention of avoiding payment of
the premium that the Company would have had to pay if the
Company then had elected to redeem the Notes pursuant to the
optional redemption provisions of the Indenture, an equivalent
premium shall also become and be immediately due and payable to
the extent permitted by law upon the acceleration of the Notes.
The Company will be required to furnish to the Trustee annually
a statement as to the performance of certain obligations under
the Indenture and as to any Default in such performance. The
Company also is required to notify the Trustee if they become
aware of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default.
Amendment,
Supplement and Waiver
Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, the Guarantors,
if any, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may
enter into one or more indentures supplemental to the Indenture
and the Guarantees for any of the following purposes:
(1) to evidence the succession of another Person to the
Company and the assumption by any such successor of the
covenants of the Company in the Indenture, the Guarantees and in
the Notes;
(2) to secure the Notes, to add to the covenants of the
Company for the benefit of the Holders, or to surrender any
right or power herein conferred upon the Company;
(3) to add additional Events of Default;
(4) to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or
in place of the certificated Notes;
(5) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of
appointment under the Indenture by a successor Trustee;
(6) to provide for or confirm the issuance of Additional
Notes in accordance with the terms of the Indenture;
(7) to add a Guarantor or to release a Guarantor in
accordance with the Indenture;
(8) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any
provision in the Indenture which may be defective or
inconsistent with any other provision in the Indenture, or to
make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions
arising under the Indenture, provided that such actions
pursuant to this clause shall not adversely affect the interests
of the Holders in any material respect, as determined in good
faith by the Board of Directors of the Company; or
(9) to conform the text of the Indenture or the Notes to
any provision of this Description of Notes to the
extent that such provision in this Description of
Notes was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a
provision of the Indenture or the Notes, as certified to the
Trustee in an Officers Certificate delivered by the
Company.
With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes, the
Company, the Guarantors, if any, and the Trustee may enter into
an indenture or indentures supplemental to the Indenture for the
purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or
eliminating any of the provisions of the Indenture or the Notes
or modifying in any manner the
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rights of the Holders under the Indenture, including the
definitions therein; provided, however, that no
such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the
Holder of each outstanding Note affected thereby:
(1) change the Stated Maturity of any Note or of any
installment of interest on any Note, or reduce the amount
payable in respect of the principal thereof or the rate of
interest thereon or any premium payable thereon, or reduce the
amount that would be due and payable on acceleration of the
maturity thereof, or change the place of payment where, or the
coin or currency in which, any Note or any premium or interest
thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for
the enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated
Maturity thereof, or change the date on which any Notes may be
subject to redemption or reduce the Redemption Price
therefor,
(2) reduce the percentage in aggregate principal amount of
the 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 (of compliance with certain
provisions of the Indenture or certain defaults thereunder and
their consequences) provided for in the Indenture,
(3) modify the obligations of the Company to make Offers to
Purchase upon a Change of Control or from the Excess Proceeds of
Asset Sales if such modification was done after the occurrence
of such Change of Control or such Asset Sale,
(4) subordinate, in right of payment, the Notes to any
other Debt of the Company,
(5) modify any of the provisions of this paragraph or
provisions relating to waiver of defaults or certain covenants,
except to increase any such percentage required for such actions
or to provide that certain other provisions of the Indenture
cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder
of each outstanding Note affected thereby, or
(6) release any Guarantees required to be maintained under
the Indenture (other than in accordance with the Indenture).
The Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the outstanding Notes may on behalf of the Holders of
all the Notes waive any past default under the Indenture and its
consequences, except a default:
(1) in any payment in respect of the principal of (or
premium, if any) or interest on any Notes (including any Note
which is required to have been purchased pursuant to an Offer to
Purchase which has been made by the Company) (except that a
rescission of acceleration of the Notes and a waiver of the
payment default that resulted from such acceleration may be made
by Holders of not less than a majority of the Notes), or
(2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which
under the Indenture cannot be modified or amended without the
consent of the Holder of each outstanding Note affected.
Satisfaction
and Discharge of the Indenture; Defeasance
The Company and the Guarantors may terminate the obligations
under the Indenture, except for those which expressly survive by
the terms of the Indenture, when:
(1) either: (A) all Notes theretofore authenticated
and delivered have been delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation, or (B) all such Notes not theretofore
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation (i) have become
due and payable or (ii) will become due and payable within
one year or are to be called for redemption within one year (a
Discharge) under irrevocable arrangements for the
giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and
at the expense, of the Company, and the Company has irrevocably
deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee funds in an
amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness
on the Notes, not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation, for principal of, premium, if any, and interest to
the Stated Maturity or date of redemption;
(2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other
sums then due and payable under the Indenture by the Company;
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(3) the deposit will not result in a breach or violation
of, or constitute a default under, any other instrument to which
the Company or any Guarantor is a party or by which the Company
or any Guarantor is bound;
(4) the Company has delivered irrevocable instructions to
the Trustee under the Indenture to apply the deposited money
toward the payment of the Notes at maturity or on the
Redemption Date, as the case may be; and
(5) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an
Officers Certificate and an opinion of counsel reasonably
acceptable to the Trustee, each stating that all conditions
precedent under the Indenture relating to the Discharge have
been complied with.
The Company may elect, at its option, to have its obligations
discharged with respect to the outstanding Notes
(defeasance) and all of the Guarantors
obligations discharged with respect to their Note Guarantees.
Such defeasance means that the Company will be deemed to have
paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by the
outstanding Notes, except for:
(1) the rights of Holders of such Notes to receive payments
in respect of the principal of and any premium and interest on
such Notes when payments are due,
(2) the Companys obligations with respect to such
Notes concerning issuing temporary Notes, registration of 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,
(3) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of
the Trustee,
(4) the Companys right of optional
redemption, and
(5) the defeasance provisions of the Indenture.
In addition, the Company may elect, at its option, to its
obligations released with respect to certain covenants,
including, without limitation, the obligation to make Offers to
Purchase in connection with Asset Sales and any Change of
Control, in the Indenture (covenant defeasance) and
any omission to comply with such obligation shall not constitute
a Default or an Event of Default with respect to the Notes. In
the event covenant defeasance occurs, certain events (not
including non-payment, bankruptcy and insolvency events)
described under Events of Default will no longer
constitute an Event of Default with respect to the Notes. In
addition, the Note Guarantees will be terminated and released
and the Guarantors discharged with respect to their Note
Guarantees upon a covenant defeasance.
In order to exercise either defeasance or covenant defeasance
with respect to outstanding Notes:
(1) the Company must irrevocably have deposited or caused
to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the
purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged
as security for, and dedicated solely to the benefits of the
Holders of such Notes: (A) money in an amount, or
(B) U.S. government obligations, which through the
scheduled payment of principal and interest in respect thereof
in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than the
due date of any payment, money in an amount or (C) a
combination thereof, in each case sufficient without
reinvestment, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of
independent public accountants expressed in a written
certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and
discharge, and which shall be applied by the Trustee to pay and
discharge, the entire indebtedness in respect of the principal
of and premium, if any, and interest on such Notes on the Stated
Maturity thereof or (if the Company has made irrevocable
arrangements for the giving of notice of redemption by the
Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company) the
Redemption Date thereof, as the case may be, in accordance
with the terms of the Indenture and such Notes;
(2) in the case of defeasance, the Company shall have
delivered to the Trustee an opinion of counsel stating that
(A) the Company has received from, or there has been
published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or
(B) since the date of the Indenture, there has been a
change in the applicable United States federal income tax law,
in either case (A) or (B) to the effect that, and
based thereon such opinion shall confirm that, the Holders of
such Notes will not recognize gain or loss for United States
federal
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income tax purposes as a result of the deposit, defeasance and
discharge to be effected with respect to such Notes and will be
subject to United States federal income tax on the same amount,
in the same manner and at the same times as would be the case if
such deposit, defeasance and discharge were not to occur;
(3) in the case of covenant defeasance, the Company shall
have delivered to the Trustee an opinion of counsel to the
effect that the Holders of such outstanding Notes will not
recognize gain or loss for United States federal income tax
purposes as a result of the deposit and covenant defeasance to
be effected with respect to such Notes and will be subject to
federal income tax on the same amount, in the same manner and at
the same times as would be the case if such deposit and covenant
defeasance were not to occur;
(4) no Default or Event of Default with respect to the
outstanding Notes shall have occurred and be continuing at the
time of such deposit after giving effect thereto;
(5) such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not cause
the Trustee to have a conflicting interest within the meaning of
the Trust Indenture Act (assuming all Notes are in default
within the meaning of such Act);
(6) such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not result
in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any
other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or
by which the Company is bound; and
(7) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Officers Certificate and an opinion of counsel, each
stating that all conditions precedent with respect to such
defeasance or covenant defeasance have been complied with.
In the event of a defeasance or a Discharge, a Holder whose
taxable year straddles the deposit of funds and the distribution
in redemption to such Holder would be subject to tax on any gain
(whether characterized as capital gain or market discount) in
the year of deposit rather than in the year of receipt. In
connection with a Discharge, in the event the Company becomes
insolvent within the applicable preference period after the date
of deposit, monies held for the payment of the Notes may be part
of the bankruptcy estate of the Company, disbursement of such
monies may be subject to the automatic stay of the bankruptcy
code and monies disbursed to Holders may be subject to
disgorgement in favor of the Companys estate. Similar
results may apply upon the insolvency of the Company during the
applicable preference period following the deposit of monies in
connection with defeasance.
The
Trustee
The Trustee under the Indenture, will be the initial paying
agent, registrar and calculation agent for the Notes. The
Trustee from time to time may extend credit to the Company in
the normal course of business. Except during the continuance of
an Event of Default, the Trustee will perform only such duties
as are specifically set forth in the Indenture. During the
existence of an Event of Default, the Trustee will exercise such
of the rights and powers vested in it by the Indenture and use
the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a
prudent Person would exercise or use under the circumstances in
the conduct of such Persons own affairs.
The Indenture contains certain limitations on the rights of the
Trustee, should it become a creditor of the Company, to obtain
payment of claims in certain cases or to realize on certain
property received in respect of any such claim as security or
otherwise. The Trustee will be permitted to engage in other
transactions; however, if it acquires any conflicting
interest (as defined in the Trust Indenture Act) it
must eliminate such conflict within 90 days or resign.
The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding
Notes will have the right to direct the time, method and place
of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the
Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the
Trustee, subject to certain exceptions. The Indenture provides
that in case an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers
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vested in it by the Indenture, and use the same degree of care
and skill in their exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or
use under the circumstances in the conduct of its own affairs.
Subject to such provisions, the Trustee shall be under no
obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it
by the Indenture at the request or direction of any of the
Holders pursuant to the Indenture, unless such Holders shall
have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory
to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be
incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction.
No
Personal Liability of Stockholders, Partners, Officers or
Directors
No director, officer, employee, stockholder, general or limited
partner or incorporator, past, present or future, of the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries, as such or in such capacity, shall
have any personal liability for any obligations of the Company
under the Notes, any Note Guarantee or the Indenture by reason
of his, her or its status as such director, officer, employee,
stockholder, general or limited partner or incorporator.
Governing
Law
The Indenture and the Notes are governed by, and will be
construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
Certain
Definitions
Set forth below is a summary of certain of the defined terms
used in the Indenture. Reference is made to the Indenture for
the full definition of all such terms, as well as any
capitalized term used herein for which no definition is provided.
Acquired Debt means Debt of a Person
(including an Unrestricted Subsidiary) existing at the time such
Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or assumed in connection
with the acquisition of assets from such Person.
Additional Interest means all additional
interest owing on the Notes pursuant to the Registration Rights
Agreement.
Affiliate of any Person means any other
Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or
under direct or indirect common control with such Person. For
the purposes of this definition, control when used
with respect to any Person means the power to direct the
management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract
or otherwise; and the terms controlling and
controlled have meanings that correspond to the
foregoing. For purposes of the Limitation on Transactions
with Affiliates covenant, any Person directly or
indirectly owning 10% or more of the outstanding Capital
Interests of the Company and any Person who is a Permitted
Holder will be deemed an Affiliate.
Applicable Premium means, with respect to any
Note on any Redemption Date, the greater of:
(1) 1.0% of the principal amount of the Note; or
(2) the excess of:
(a) the present value at such Redemption Date of
(i) the Redemption Price of the Note at
December 15, 2013 (such Redemption Price being set
forth in the table appearing above under the caption
Optional Redemption), plus (ii) all
required interest payments due on the Note through
December 15, 2013 (excluding accrued but unpaid interest to
the Redemption Date), computed using a discount rate equal
to the Treasury Rate as of such Redemption Date plus
50 basis points; over
(b) the principal amount of the Note.
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Asset Acquisition means:
(a) an Investment by the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary in any other Person pursuant to which such Person
shall become a Restricted Subsidiary, or shall be merged with or
into the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; or
(b) the acquisition by the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary of the assets of any Person which constitute all or
substantially all of the assets of such Person, any division or
line of business of such Person or any other properties or
assets of such Person other than in the ordinary course of
business.
Asset Sale means any transfer, conveyance,
sale, lease or other disposition (including, without limitation,
dispositions pursuant to any consolidation or merger) by the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to any Person
(other than to the Company or one or more of its Restricted
Subsidiaries) in any single transaction or series of
transactions of:
(i) Capital Interests in another Person (other than
directors qualifying shares);
(ii) any other property or assets (other than in the normal
course of business, including any sale or other disposition of
obsolete or permanently retired equipment);
provided, however, that the term Asset
Sale shall exclude:
(a) any asset disposition permitted by the provisions
described under Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance, Lease
or Transfer that constitutes a disposition of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole;
(b) any transfer, conveyance, sale, lease or other
disposition of property or assets, the gross proceeds of which
(exclusive of indemnities) do not exceed in any one or related
series of transactions $7.5 million;
(c) sales of Eligible Cash Equivalents;
(d) the sale and leaseback of any assets within
90 days of the acquisition thereof;
(e) the disposition of property or equipment no longer used
or useful in the business of such entity;
(f) a Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment that is
otherwise permitted by the Indenture;
(g) any trade-in of equipment in exchange for other
equipment; provided that in the good faith judgment of
the Company, the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary receives
equipment (or credit toward the acquisition cost of equipment)
having a fair market value equal to or greater than the
equipment being traded in;
(h) the creation of a Lien permitted under the Indenture
(but not the sale or other disposition of the property subject
to such Lien);
(i) leases or subleases in the ordinary course of business
to third Persons not interfering in any material respect with
the business of the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries; and
(j) licenses or
sub-licenses
of intellectual property in the ordinary course of business.
For purposes of this definition, any series of related
transactions that, if effected as a single transaction, would
constitute an Asset Sale, shall be deemed to be a single Asset
Sale effected when the last such transaction which is a part
thereof is effected.
Average Life means, as of any date of
determination, with respect to any Debt, the quotient obtained
by dividing (i) the sum of the products of (x) the
number of years from the date of determination to the dates of
each successive scheduled principal payment (including any
sinking fund or mandatory redemption payment requirements) of
such Debt multiplied by (y) the amount of such principal
payment by (ii) the sum of all such principal payments.
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Board of Directors means (i) with
respect to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, its board
of directors or any duly authorized committee thereof;
(ii) with respect to a corporation, the board of directors
of such corporation or any duly authorized committee thereof;
and (iii) with respect to any other entity, the board of
directors or similar body of the general partner or managers of
such entity or any duly authorized committee thereof.
Capital Expenditure means, for any period,
the sum of (a) the aggregate of all expenditures (whether
paid in cash or other consideration or accrued as a liability)
by such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries during such
period that, in accordance with GAAP, are or should be included
in additions to property, plant and equipment or
similar items reflected in the consolidated statement of cash
flows of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such
period (including the amount of assets leased in connection with
any Capital Lease Obligation, but excluding transfers of assets
between Restricted Subsidiaries except to the extent of cash
expenditures to effect such transfers) and (b) to the
extent not included pursuant to clause (a) above, the
aggregate of all expenditures (whether paid in cash or other
consideration (but excluding issuances of Capital Interests) or
accrued as a liability) by such Person or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries during such period to acquire by purchase or
otherwise, the business, property or fixed assets of, or stock
or other evidence of beneficial ownership of, any person. For
the avoidance of doubt, the acquisition by the Company or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries, whether by purchase, merger or
otherwise, of Capital Interests in a Person that becomes a
Subsidiary, or all or substantially all of the assets of, or all
or substantially all of the assets constituting a business unit,
division, product line or line of business of, any other Person
shall not constitute a Capital Expenditure.
Capital Interests in any Person means any and
all shares, interests (including Preferred Interests),
participations or other equivalents in the equity interest
(however designated) in such Person and any rights (other than
Debt securities convertible into an equity interest), warrants
or options to acquire an equity interest in such Person.
Capital Lease Obligation of any Person means
the obligation to pay rent or other payment amounts under a
lease of (or other Debt arrangement conveying the right to use)
real or Personal property of such Person, to the extent such
obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as a
capital lease or a liability on the face of a balance sheet of
such Person in accordance with GAAP. The Stated Maturity of any
Capital Lease Obligation shall be the date of the last payment
of rent or any other amount due under such lease (or other Debt
arrangement) prior to the first date upon which such lease (or
other Debt arrangement) may be terminated by the user of such
real or Personal property without payment of a penalty, and the
amount of any Capital Lease Obligation shall be the capitalized
amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP.
Change of Control means the occurrence of any
of the following events:
(i) the Company becomes aware of (by way of a report or any
other filing pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act,
proxy, vote, written notice or otherwise) the acquisition by any
Person or group (as such terms are used
in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), other
than one or more Permitted Holders, is or becomes the ultimate
beneficial owner (as such term is used in
Rules 13d-3
and 13d-5
under the Exchange Act, except that for purposes of this
clause (1) such Person or group shall be deemed to have
beneficial ownership of all shares that any such
Person or group 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 Voting Interests
in the Company,
(ii) during any period of two consecutive years,
individuals who at the beginning of such period constituted the
Board of Directors of the Company (together with any new
directors whose election by the Board of Directors or whose
nomination for election by the equityholders of the Company was
approved by a vote of a majority of the directors of the Company
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 the Companys Board of Directors then in
office or
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(iii) the Company sells, conveys, transfers or leases
(either in one transaction or a series of related transactions)
all or substantially all of its assets to, or merges or
consolidates with, a Person other than a Restricted Subsidiary
of the Company.
Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended.
Common Interests of any Person means Capital
Interests in such Person that do not rank prior, as to the
payment of dividends or as to the distribution of assets upon
any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding
up of such Person, to Capital Interests of any other class in
such Person.
Company means American Reprographics Company
and any successor thereto.
Consolidated Cash Flow Available for Fixed
Charges means, with respect to any Person for any
period:
(i) the sum of, without duplication, the amounts for such
period, taken as a single accounting period, of:
(a) Consolidated Net Income;
(b) Consolidated Non-cash Charges;
(c) Consolidated Interest Expense;
(d) Consolidated Income Tax Expense (other than income tax
expense (either positive or negative) attributable to
extraordinary gains or losses); and
(ii) less non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income
for such period, other than (a) the accrual of revenue
consistent with past practice, and (b) reversals of prior
accruals or reserves for cash items previously excluded in the
calculation of Consolidated Non-cash Charges.
Consolidated Income Tax Expense means, with
respect to any Person for any period, the provision for federal,
state, local and foreign income taxes of such Person and its
Restricted Subsidiaries for such period as determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
Consolidated Interest Expense means, with
respect to any Person for any period, without duplication, the
sum of:
(i) the total interest expense of such Person and its
Restricted Subsidiaries for such period (net of the amount of
cash interest income for such period) as determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, including, without
limitation:
(a) any amortization of Debt discount;
(b) the net cost under Interest Rate Protection Obligations
(including any amortization of discounts);
(c) the interest portion of any deferred payment obligation;
(d) all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges
owed with respect to letters of credit, bankers acceptance
financing or similar activities; and
(e) all accrued interest; and
(ii) the interest component of Capital Lease Obligations
paid, accrued
and/or
scheduled to be paid or accrued by such Person and its
Restricted Subsidiaries during such period determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; and
(iii) all capitalized interest of such Person and its
Restricted Subsidiaries for such period;
provided, however, that such Consolidated Interest
Expense shall not include amortization of Debt issuance costs.
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Consolidated Net Income means, with respect
to any Person, for any period, the consolidated net income (or
loss) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such
period as determined in accordance with GAAP, adjusted, to the
extent including in calculating such net income, by excluding,
without duplication:
(i) all extraordinary or non-recurring gains or losses (net
of fees and expense relating to the transaction giving rise
thereto);
(ii) the portion of net income of such Person and its
Restricted Subsidiaries allocable to minority interest in
unconsolidated Persons or Investments in Unrestricted
Subsidiaries to the extent that cash dividends or distributions
have not actually been received by such Person or one of its
Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that for the avoidance
of doubt, Consolidated Net Income shall be increased in amounts
equal to the amounts of cash actually received;
(iii) gains or losses in respect of any Asset Sales by such
Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries (net of fees and
expenses relating to the transaction giving rise thereto), on an
after-tax basis;
(iv) the net income of any Restricted Subsidiary or such
Person 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 or any agreement,
instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or
governmental regulations applicable to that Restricted
Subsidiary or its stockholders;
(v) any gain or loss realized as a result of the cumulative
effect of a change in accounting principles;
(vi) any fees and expenses paid in connection with the
issuance of the Notes;
(vii) any impairment charge or asset
write-up,
write-off or write-down, in each case, pursuant to GAAP and the
amortization of intangibles arising pursuant to GAAP; and
(viii) non-cash compensation expense incurred with any
issuance of equity interests to an employee of such Person or
any Restricted Subsidiary.
Consolidated Non-cash Charges means, with
respect to any Person for any period, the aggregate
depreciation, amortization (including amortization of goodwill
and other intangibles), and other non-cash expenses of such
Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries reducing Consolidated Net
Income or such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such
period, determine on a consolidated basis in accordance with
GAAP (excluding any such charges constituting an extraordinary
item or loss and excluding any such charges constituting an
extraordinary item or loss or any charge which requires an
accrual of or a reserve for cash charges for any future period).
Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio means, as
of the date of determination (the Consolidated Total
Leverage Ratio Calculation Date), the ratio of
(a) the Debt of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries
as of such date of determination (determined after giving pro
forma effect to such incurrence of Debt, and each other
incurrence, assumption, guarantee, redemption, retirement and
extinguishment of Debt as of such date of determination) to
(b) Consolidated Cash Flow Available for Fixed Charges of
the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the most
recently ended four fiscal quarters ending immediately prior to
such date for which internal financial statements are available
(such four full fiscal quarter period being referred to herein
as the Four Quarter Period).
For purposes of this definition, Consolidated Cash Flow
Available for Fixed Charges and Debt shall be
calculated after giving pro forma effect to clauses (1) and
(2) below. The pro forma calculations shall be made in good
faith by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the
Company (and may include, for the avoidance of doubt and without
duplication, cost savings, synergies (other than revenue
synergies) and operating expense) and shall be set forth in an
officers certificate detailing the basis of such
valuations.
(1) the Incurrence or repayment (excluding revolving credit
borrowings Incurred or repaid in the ordinary course of business
for working capital purposes) or redemption of any Debt or
Preferred Interests
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of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (and the
application of the proceeds thereof), including the Incurrence
of any Debt or Preferred Interests (and the application of the
proceeds thereof) giving rise to the need to make such
determination, occurring during such Four Quarter Period or at
any time subsequent to the last day of such Four Quarter Period
and on or prior to such date of determination, as if such
Incurrence or repayment, as the case may be (and the application
of the proceeds thereof), occurred on the first day of such Four
Quarter Period; and
(2) any Asset Sale or Asset Acquisition (including, without
limitation, any Asset Acquisition giving rise to the need to
make such determination as a result of the company or one of its
Restricted Subsidiaries (including any Person who becomes a
Restricted Subsidiary as a result of the Asset Acquisition)
Incurring Acquired Debt and including, without limitation, by
giving pro forma effect to any Consolidated Cash Flow Available
for Fixed Charges attributable to the assets which are the
subject of the Asset Sale or Asset Acquisition during the Four
Quarter Period) occurring during the Four Quarter Period or at
any time subsequent to the last day of the Four Quarter Period
and on or prior to such date of determination, as if such Asset
Sale or Asset Acquisition (including the Incurrence of any such
Acquired Debt) occurred on the first day of the Four Quarter
Period.
If such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries directly or
indirectly Guarantees Debt of a third Person, the above clause
shall give effect to the incurrence of such Guaranteed Debt as
if such Person or such Subsidiary had directly incurred or
otherwise assumed such Guaranteed Debt.
Credit Agreement means our $50.0 million
New Revolving Credit Facility dated on or about the Issue Date,
together with all related notes, letters of credit, collateral
documents, guarantees, and any other related agreements and
instruments executed and delivered in connection therewith, in
each case as amended, modified, supplemented, refinanced,
refunded or replaced in whole or in part from time to time.
Credit Facility means one or more Debt
facilities, including the Credit Agreement or other financing
arrangements (including without limitation commercial paper
facilities or indentures) providing for revolving credit loans,
term loans, letters of credit or other indebtedness, including
any notes, Guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and
agreements executed in connection therewith, and in each case
as, as amended, extended, renewed, restated, supplemented,
replaced (whether or not upon termination and whether with the
original lenders, institutional investors or otherwise),
refinanced (including through the issuance of Debt securities),
restructured or otherwise modified (in whole or in part, and
without limitation as to amount, terms, conditions, covenants
and other provisions) from time to time, and any agreement (and
related document) governing Indebtedness incurred to refinance,
in whole or in part, the borrowings and commitments then
outstanding or permitted to be outstanding under such credit
facility or a successor credit facility, whether by the same or
any other agent, lender or group of lenders (or institutional
investors).
Currency Hedge Obligations means the
obligations of a Person Incurred pursuant to any foreign
currency exchange agreement, option or futures contract or other
similar agreement or arrangement designed to protect against or
manage such Persons exposure to fluctuations in foreign
currency exchange rates on Debt permitted under the Indenture.
Debt means at any time (without duplication),
with respect to any Person, whether recourse is to all or a
portion of the assets of such Person, or non-recourse, and
whether or not contingent, the following: (i) all
indebtedness of such Person for money borrowed; (ii) all
obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures,
notes, or other similar instruments; (iii) all obligations
of such Person with respect to letters of credit (other than
letters of credit for workers compensation or similar
obligations that are secured by cash obligations), bankers
acceptances or similar facilities issued for the account of such
Person; (iv) all indebtedness created or arising under any
conditional sale or other title retention agreement with respect
to property or assets 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 or assets); (v) all Capital Lease Obligations
of such Person; (vi) the maximum fixed redemption or
repurchase price of Redeemable Capital Interests in such Person
at the time of determination; (vii) any Swap Contracts and
Currency Hedge Obligations of such Person at the time of
determination; (viii) Debt attributable to any sale and
leaseback transaction to which such Person is a party; and
(ix) all obligations of the types referred to in
clauses (i)
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through (viii) of this definition of another Person and all
dividends and other distributions of another Person, the payment
of which, in either case, (A) such Person has Guaranteed or
(B) is secured by (or the holder of such Debt or the
recipient of such dividends or other distributions has an
existing right, whether contingent or otherwise, to be secured
by) any Lien upon the property or other as sets of such Person,
even though such Person has not assumed or become liable for the
payment of such Debt, dividends or other distributions. For
purposes of the foregoing: (a) the maximum fixed repurchase
price of any Redeemable Capital Interests that do not have a
fixed repurchase price shall be calculated in accordance with
the terms of such Redeemable Capital Interests as if such
Redeemable Capital Interests were repurchased on any date on
which Debt shall be required to be determined pursuant to the
Indenture; provided, however, that, if such
Redeemable Capital Interests are not then permitted to be
repurchased, the repurchase price shall be the book value of
such Redeemable Capital Interests; (b) the amount
outstanding at any time of any Debt issued with original issue
discount is the principal amount of such Debt less the remaining
unamortized portion of the original issue discount of such Debt
at such time as determined in conformity with GAAP, but such
Debt shall be deemed Incurred only as of the date of original
issuance thereof; (c) the amount of any Debt described in
clause (ix)(A) above shall be the maximum liability under any
such Guarantee; (d) the amount of any Debt described in
clause (ix)(B) above shall be the lesser of (I) the maximum
amount of the obligations so secured and (II) the Fair
Market Value of such property or other assets;
(e) interest, fees, premium, and expenses and additional
payments, if any, will not constitute Debt; and (f) trade
payables, other current liabilities incurred in the normal
course of business and any liability for federal, state or local
income taxes or other taxes owed by such Person will not
constitute Debt.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in connection with the purchase
by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of any business, the
term Debt will exclude (x) customary
indemnification obligations and (y) post-closing payment
adjustments to which the seller may become entitled to the
extent such payment is determined by a final closing balance
sheet or such payment depends on the performance of such
business after the closing; provided, however,
that, at the time of closing, the amount of any such payment is
not determinable and, to the extent such payment thereafter
becomes fixed and determined, the amount is paid within
60 days thereafter.
The amount of Debt of any Person at any date shall be the
outstanding balance at such date of all unconditional
obligations as described above and the maximum liability, upon
the occurrence of the contingency giving rise to the
obligations, of any contingent obligations at such date;
provided, however, that in the case of Debt sold
at a discount, the amount of such Debt at any time will be the
accreted value thereof at such time.
Default means any event that is, or after
notice or passage of time, or both, would be, an Event of
Default.
Designated Non-cash Consideration means the
Fair Market Value of non-cash consideration received by the
Company or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with
an Asset Sale that is so designated as Designated Non-cash
Consideration pursuant to an officers certificate, setting
forth the basis of such valuation, less the amount of Eligible
Cash Equivalents received in connection with a subsequent sale
of such Designated Non-cash Consideration.
Domestic Subsidiary means any Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company that was formed under the laws of the
United States or any state of the United States or the District
of Columbia or that Guarantees or otherwise provides direct
credit support for any Debt of the Company.
Eligible Bank means a bank or trust company
that (i) is organized and existing under the laws of the
United States of America or Canada, or any state, territory,
province or possession thereof, (ii) as of the time of the
making or acquisition of an Investment in such bank or trust
company, has combined capital and surplus in excess of
$500.0 million and (iii) the senior Debt of which is
rated at least
A-2
by Moodys or at least A by
Standard & Poors.
Eligible Cash Equivalents means any of the
following Investments: (i) securities issued or directly
and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States or any
agency or instrumentality thereof (provided that the
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full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support
thereof) maturing not more than one year after the date of
acquisition; (ii) time deposits in and certificates of
deposit of any Eligible Bank, provided that such
Investments have a maturity date not more than two years after
date of acquisition and that the Average Life of all such
Investments is one year or less from the respective dates of
acquisition; (iii) repurchase obligations with a term of
not more than 180 days for underlying securities of the
types described in clause (i) above entered into with any
Eligible Bank; (iv) direct obligations issued by any state
of the United States or any political subdivision or public
instrumentality thereof, provided that such Investments
mature, or are subject to tender at the option of the holder
thereof, within 365 days after the date of acquisition and,
at the time of acquisition, have a rating of at least A from
Standard & Poors or
A-2 from
Moodys (or an equivalent rating by any other nationally
recognized rating agency); (v) commercial paper of any
Person other than an Affiliate of the Company, provided
that such Investments have one of the two highest ratings
obtainable from either Standard & Poors or
Moodys and mature within 180 days after the date of
acquisition; (vi) overnight and demand deposits in and
bankers acceptances of any Eligible Bank and demand
deposits in any bank or trust company to the extent insured by
the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation against the Bank
Insurance Fund; and (vii) money market funds substantially
all of the assets of which comprise Investments of the types
described in clauses (i) through (vi).
Excess Cash Flow means, for any Person and
its Restricted Subsidiaries, for any period, its Consolidated
Cash Flow Available for Fixed Charges for such period less the
sum, without duplication, of (i) such Persons
Consolidated Interest Expense, to the extent paid in cash for
such Excess Cash Flow Period; (ii) such Persons
Consolidated Income Tax Expense, to the extent paid in cash for
such Excess Cash Flow Period, (iii) an amount equal to the
Capital Expenditures made in cash during such period (excluding
the amount of any Capital Expenditures made with the proceeds of
Incurrences of Indebtedness); (iv) the aggregate amount of
all scheduled, mandatory and voluntary prepayments, repayments,
redemptions or purchases of Obligations under the Credit
Facility that include a permanent reduction of the related loan
commitment thereunder during such Excess Cash Flow Period (other
than prepayments, repayments, redemptions or purchases made with
the proceeds of Indebtedness incurred to refinance the
Obligations under the Credit Facility during such Excess Cash
Flow Period); and (v) any cash required to be restricted to
cash collateralize letters of credit either under the Credit
Facility or otherwise, and, in each case, as determined in
accordance with GAAP.
Excess Cash Flow Amount means, for any Excess
Cash Flow Period, an amount equal to 50% of Excess Cash Flow for
such Excess Cash Flow Period.
Excess Cash Flow Period means each fiscal
year ending on December 31, beginning with the year ending
December 31, 2011.
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended.
Expiration Date has the meaning set forth in
the definition of Offer to Purchase.
Fair Market Value means, with respect to the
consideration received or paid in any transaction or series of
transactions, the fair market value thereof as determined in
good faith by the Board of Directors.
Four Quarter Period has the meaning given to
such term in the definition of Consolidated Total Leverage
Ratio.
GAAP means generally accepted accounting
principles in the United States, consistently applied, as set
forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting
Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial
Accounting Standards Board, or in such other statements by such
other entity as may be approved by a significant segment of the
accounting profession of the United States, which are in effect
as of the Issue Date.
Guarantee means, as applied to any Debt of
another Person, (i) a guarantee (other than by endorsement
of negotiable instruments for collection in the normal course of
business), direct or indirect, in any manner, of any part or all
of such Debt, (ii) any direct or indirect obligation,
contingent or otherwise, of a Person guaranteeing or having the
effect of guaranteeing the Debt of any other Person in any
manner and (iii) an
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agreement of a Person, direct or indirect, contingent or
otherwise, the practical effect of which is to assure in any way
the payment or performance (or payment of damages in the event
of non-performance) of all or any part of such Debt of another
Person (and Guaranteed and Guaranteeing
shall have meanings that correspond to the foregoing).
Guarantor means any Subsidiary of the Company
that executes a Note Guarantee in accordance with provisions of
the Indenture and their respective successors and assigns.
Hedging Obligations of any Person means the
obligations of such Person pursuant to any interest rate
agreement, currency agreement or commodity agreement.
Holder means a Person in whose name a Note is
registered in the security register.
Incur means, with respect to any Debt or
other obligation of any Person, to create, issue, incur (by
conversion, exchange or otherwise), assume, Guarantee or
otherwise become liable in respect of such Debt or other
obligation or the recording, as required pursuant to GAAP or
otherwise, of any such Debt or other obligation on the balance
sheet of such Person; provided, however, that a
change in GAAP that results in an obligation of such Person that
exists at such time becoming Debt shall not be deemed an
Incurrence of such Debt. Debt otherwise Incurred by a Person
before it becomes a Subsidiary of the Company shall be deemed to
be Incurred at the time at which such Person becomes a
Subsidiary of the Company. Incurrence,
Incurred, Incurrable and
Incurring shall have meanings that correspond to the
foregoing. A Guarantee by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary
of Debt Incurred by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, as
applicable, shall not be a separate Incurrence of Debt. None of
the following shall be a separate Incurrence of Debt:
(1) amortization of Debt discount or accretion of principal
with respect to a non-interest bearing or other discount
security;
(2) the payment of regularly scheduled interest in the form
of additional Debt of the same instrument or the payment of
regularly scheduled dividends on Capital Interests in the form
of additional Capital Interests of the same class and with the
same terms;
(3) the obligation to pay a premium in respect of Debt
arising in connection with the issuance of a notice of
redemption or making of a mandatory Offer to Purchase such Debt;
(4) unrealized losses or charges in respect of Hedging
Obligations;
(5) increases in the amount of Debt outstanding solely as a
result of fluctuations in currency exchange rates or increases
in the value of property securing Debt; and
(6) increases in the amount of Debt solely as a result of
purchase accounting adjustments or accounting adjustments
related to derivative financial instruments.
Interest Rate Protection Agreements means,
with respect to any Person, any arrangement with any other
Person whereby, directly or indirectly, such Person is entitled
to receive from time to time periodic payments calculated by
applying either a floating or a fixed rate of interest on a
stated notional amount in exchange for periodic payments made by
such Person calculated by applying a fixed or a floating rate of
interest on the same notional amount and shall include without
limitation, interest rate swaps, caps, floors, collars and
similar agreements.
Interest Rate Protection Obligations means
the obligations of any Person pursuant to any Interest Rate
Protection Agreements.
Investment by any Person means any direct or
indirect loan, advance (or other extension of credit) or capital
contribution to (by means of any transfer of cash or other
property or assets to another Person or any other payments for
property or services for the account or use of another Person)
another Person, including, without limitation, the following:
(i) the purchase or acquisition of any Capital Interest or
other evidence of beneficial ownership in another Person;
(ii) the purchase, acquisition or Guarantee of the Debt of
another Person; and (iii) the purchase or acquisition of
the business or assets of another Person; but shall exclude:
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(a) accounts receivable and other extensions of trade
credit on commercially reasonable terms in accordance with
normal trade practices; (b) the acquisition of property and
assets from suppliers and other vendors in the normal course of
business; and (c) prepaid expenses and workers
compensation, utility, lease and similar deposits, in the normal
course of business.
Issue Date means the date on which the
initial $200.0 million in aggregate principal amount of the
Notes is originally issued under the Indenture.
Lien means, with respect to any property or
other asset, any mortgage or deed of trust, pledge,
hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, security
interest, lien (statutory or otherwise), charge, easement,
encumbrance, preference, priority or other security agreement or
preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever on or
with respect to such property or other asset (including, without
limitation, any conditional sale or other title retention
agreement having substantially the same economic effect as any
of the foregoing).
Net Cash Proceeds means, with respect to
Asset Sales of any Person, cash and Eligible Cash Equivalents
received, net of: (i) all reasonable
out-of-pocket
expenses of such Person incurred in connection with such a sale,
including, without limitation, all legal, title and recording
tax expenses, commissions and other fees and expenses incurred
and all federal, state, foreign and local taxes arising in
connection with such an Asset Sale that are paid or required to
be accrued as a liability under GAAP by such Person;
(ii) all payments made by such Person on any Debt that is
secured by such properties or other assets in accordance with
the terms of any Lien upon or with respect to such properties or
other assets or that must, by the terms of such Lien or such
Debt, or in order to obtain a necessary consent to such
transaction or by applicable law, be repaid to any other Person
(other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof) in
connection with such Asset Sale; and (iii) all
contractually required distributions and other payments made to
minority interest holders in Restricted Subsidiaries of such
Person as a result of such transaction; provided,
however, that: (a) in the event that any
consideration for an Asset Sale (which would otherwise
constitute Net Cash Proceeds) is required by (I) contract
to be held in escrow pending determination of whether a purchase
price adjustment will be made or (II) GAAP to be reserved
against other liabilities in connection with such Asset Sale,
such consideration (or any portion thereof) shall become Net
Cash Proceeds only at such time as it is released to such Person
from escrow or otherwise; and (b) any non-cash
consideration received in connection with any transaction, which
is subsequently converted to cash, shall become Net Cash
Proceeds only at such time as it is so converted.
Offer has the meaning set forth in the
definition of Offer to Purchase.
Offer to Purchase means a written offer (the
Offer) sent by the Company by first class mail,
postage prepaid, to each Holder at his address appearing in the
security register on the date of the Offer, offering to purchase
up to the aggregate principal amount of Notes set forth in such
Offer at the purchase price set forth in such Offer (as
determined pursuant to the Indenture). Unless otherwise required
by applicable law, the Offer shall specify an expiration date
(the Expiration Date) of the Offer to Purchase which
shall be, subject to any contrary requirements of applicable
law, not less than 30 days or more than 60 days after
the date of mailing of such Offer and a settlement date (the
Purchase Date) for purchase of Notes within five
business days after the Expiration Date. The Offer shall contain
all instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders
to tender Notes pursuant to the Offer to Purchase. Among other
things, the Offer shall state the aggregate principal amount of
the outstanding Notes offered to be purchased pursuant to the
Offer to Purchase (including, if less than 100%, the manner by
which such amount has been determined pursuant to Indenture
covenants requiring the Offer to Purchase) (the Purchase
Amount) and the purchase price to be paid by the Company
for each $1,000 principal amount of Notes accepted for payment
(as specified pursuant to the Indenture) (the Purchase
Price).
Officers Certificate means a
certificate to be delivered upon the occurrence of certain
events as set forth in the Indenture, signed on behalf of the
Company or a Guarantor, as applicable, by two Officers of the
Company or a Guarantors, as applicable, one of whom must be the
principal executive officer, the principal financial officer or
the principal accounting officer of the Company or such
Guarantor.
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Permitted Business means any business similar
in nature to any business conducted by the Company and the
Restricted Subsidiaries on the Issue Date and any business
reasonably ancillary, incidental, complementary or related to,
or a reasonable extension, development or expansion of, the
business conducted by the Company and the Restricted
Subsidiaries on the Issue Date, in each case, as determined in
good faith by the Company.
Permitted Debt shall have the meaning set
forth in the Limitation on Incurrence of Debt
covenant.
Permitted Holders means Kumarakulasingam
Suriyakumar; any spouse or lineal descendant of Kumarakulasingam
Suriyakumar; any trust or estate the sole beneficiary or
beneficiaries of which is Kumarakulasingam Suriyakumar, any
spouse or lineal descendants of Kumarakulasingam Suriyakumar; or
any entity owned or controlled by any of the foregoing.
Permitted Investments means:
(a) Investments in existence on the Issue Date;
(b) Investments required pursuant to any agreement or
obligation of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, in effect
on the Issue Date, to make such Investments;
(c) Investments in cash and Eligible Cash Equivalents;
(d) Investments in property and other assets, owned or used
by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in the normal course
of business;
(e) Investments by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries in the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that is
a Guarantor;
(f) Investments by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
in a Person, if as a result of such Investment (A) such
Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or (B) such Person
is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or
transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets to, or is
liquidated or
wound-up
into, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary;
(g) Swap Contracts, Interest Rate Protection Obligations
and Currency Hedge Obligations;
(h) Non-cash consideration received in conjunction with an
Asset Sale that is otherwise permitted under the
Limitation on Asset Sales covenant;
(i) Investments received in settlement of obligations owed
to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and as a result of
bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings or upon the foreclosure or
enforcement of any Lien in favor of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary;
(j) Investments by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
(other than in an Affiliate) not otherwise permitted under this
definition, in an aggregate amount which together with the net
amount of all other Investments then outstanding pursuant to
this clause (j) does not exceed $30.0 million;
(k) loans and advances (including for travel and
relocation) to employees in an amount not to exceed
$5.0 million in the aggregate at any one time
outstanding; and
(l) Investments by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
in Permitted Joint Ventures made after the Issue Date in an
amount, when taken together with all other Investments made
pursuant to this clause (l) since the Issue Date and then
outstanding, not to exceed $5.0 million;
(m) Investments by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
in any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor made after
the Issue Date in an amount, when taken together with all other
Investments made pursuant to this clause (m) since the
Issue Date and then outstanding, not to exceed
$30.0 million; and
(n) any Investment consisting of a Guarantee permitted by
the Limitations on Indebtedness covenant.
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Permitted Joint Venture means, with respect
to any Person at any time, any corporation, partnership, limited
liability company or other business entity (1) of which at
least 20%, but not more than 50%, of the Voting Interests are at
the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such
Person or one or more of the Restricted Subsidiaries of that
Person and (2) whose primary business constitutes or is
reasonably expected to constitute at such time a Permitted
Business.
Permitted Liens means:
(a) Liens existing on the Issue Date;
(b) Liens securing Indebtedness under any Credit Facility
Incurred pursuant to clause (i) of the second paragraph of
the Limitation on Incurrence of Debt covenant;
(c) Liens securing Swap Contracts, Interest Rate Protection
Obligations and Currency Hedge Obligations;
(d) any Lien for taxes or assessments or other governmental
charges or levies not then due and payable (or which, if due and
payable, are being contested in good faith and for which
adequate reserves are being maintained, to the extent required
by GAAP);
(e) any statutory warehousemens, materialmens,
landlords or other similar Liens for sums not then due and
payable (or which, if due and payable, are being contested in
good faith and with respect to which adequate reserves are being
maintained, to the extent required by GAAP);
(f) any title exception, easement,
right-of-way,
lease, sublease or other similar Lien that does not materially
impair the use or value of the property subject thereto in its
use in the business of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary
thereof;
(g) Liens on property or other assets (i) in
connection with workers compensation, unemployment
insurance and other types of statutory obligations or the
requirements of any official body, or (ii) to secure the
performance of tenders, bids, surety or performance bonds,
leases, purchase, construction, sales or servicing contracts and
other similar obligations Incurred in the normal course of
business consistent with industry practice; or (iii) to
obtain or secure obligations with respect to letters of credit,
Guarantees, bonds or other sureties or assurances given in
connection with the activities described in clauses (i) and
(ii) above, in each case not Incurred or made in connection
with the borrowing of money, the obtaining of advances or credit
or the payment of the deferred purchase price of property or
services or imposed by ERISA or the Code in connection with a
plan (as defined in ERISA) or (iv) arising in
connection with any attachment or judgment unless such Liens
shall not be satisfied or discharged or stayed pending appeal
within 60 days after the entry thereof or the expiration of
any such stay;
(h) Liens on property, assets or shares of Capital
Interests of a Person existing at the time such Person is
acquired or merged with or into or consolidated with the Company
or a Restricted Subsidiary, or becomes a Restricted Subsidiary
(and not created or Incurred in anticipation of such
transaction), provided that such Liens are not extended
to the property and assets of the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries other than the property or assets acquired;
(i) other Liens incidental to the conduct of the business
of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, as the
case may be, or the ownership of their assets that do not
materially impair the use or value of the property subject
thereto in its use in the business of the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary;
(j) Liens to secure Capital Lease Obligations;
(k) Liens securing Debt Incurred to finance the
construction, purchase or lease of, or repairs, improvements or
additions to, property, plant or equipment of such Person;
provided, however, that the Lien may not extend to
any other property owned by such Person or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries at the time the Lien is Incurred (other than assets
and property affixed or appurtenant thereto), and the Debt
(other than any interest thereon) secured by the Lien may not be
Incurred more than one year after the later of the acquisition,
completion of construction, repair, improvement, addition or
commencement of full operation of the property subject to the
Lien;
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(l) Liens from judgments, decrees, or attachments in
circumstances not constituting an Event of Default;
(m) Liens securing Debt Incurred by the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary as permitted under the Limitation on
Incurrence of Debt covenant not otherwise permitted under
this definition, in an aggregate amount which together with the
aggregate amount of all other Liens then outstanding pursuant to
this clause (m) does not exceed $5.0 million; and
(n) Liens to secure any Refinancing Debt (or successive
Refinancing Debt) as a whole, or in part, of any Debt secured by
any Lien; provided, however, that:
(A) such new Lien shall be limited to all or part of the
same property and assets that secured or, under the written
agreements pursuant to which the original Lien arose, could
secure the original Lien (plus improvements and accessions to,
such property or proceeds or distributions thereof); and
(B) the Debt secured by such Lien at such time is not
increased to any amount greater than the sum of (i) the
outstanding principal amount or, if greater, committed amount of
the Debt at the time the original Lien became a Permitted Lien
and (ii) the amount of any discounts, commissions,
premiums, fees and other costs and expenses related to such
refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement;
(o) Liens in favor of the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary; and
(p) any extensions, substitutions, replacements or renewals
of the foregoing.
Person means any individual, corporation,
limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust,
unincorporated organization or government or any agency or
political subdivision thereof.
Preferred Interests, as applied to the
Capital Interests in any Person, means Capital Interests in such
Person of any class or classes (however designated) that rank
prior, as to the payment of dividends or as to the distribution
of assets upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation,
dissolution or winding up of such Person, to shares of Common
Interests in such Person.
Purchase Amount has the meaning set forth in
the definition of Offer to Purchase.
Purchase Date has the meaning set forth in
the definition of Offer to Purchase.
Purchase Money Debt means Debt
(i) Incurred to finance all or any part of the purchase
price or cost of construction or improvement of any assets
(other than Capital Interests) of such Person or any Restricted
Subsidiary (including Debt incurred to refinance any such
purchase price or costs of construction or improvement initially
funded by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary); and
(ii) that is secured by a Lien on such assets where the
lenders sole security is to the assets so purchased,
constructed or improved and directly related assets such as
proceeds (including insurance proceeds), products, replacements,
substitutions and accessions thereto; and
(iii) that does not exceed 100% of such purchase price or
costs.
Purchase Price has the meaning set forth in
the definition of Offer to Purchase.
Qualified Capital Interests in any Person
means a class of Capital Interests other than Redeemable Capital
Interests.
Qualified Equity Offering means (i) an
underwritten public equity offering of Qualified Capital
Interests pursuant to an effective registration statement under
the Securities Act yielding gross proceeds to either of the
Company of at least $25.0 million or (ii) a private
equity offering of Qualified Capital Interests of the Company,
other than (x) any such public or private sale to an entity
that is an Affiliate of the Company and (y) any public
offerings registered on
Form S-8.
Redeemable Capital Interests in any Person
means any equity security of such Person that by its terms (or
by terms of any security into which it is convertible or for
which it is exchangeable), or otherwise
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(including the passage of time or the happening of an event), is
required to be redeemed, is redeemable at the option of the
holder thereof in whole or in part (including by operation of a
sinking fund), or is convertible or exchangeable for Debt of
such Person at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in
part, at any time prior to the Stated Maturity of the Notes;
provided that only the portion of such equity security
which is required to be redeemed, is so convertible or
exchangeable or is so redeemable at the option of the holder
thereof before such date will be deemed to be Redeemable Capital
Interests. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, any equity
security that would constitute Redeemable Capital Interests
solely because the holders of the equity security have the right
to require the Company to repurchase such equity security upon
the occurrence of a change of control or an asset sale will not
constitute Redeemable Capital Interests if the terms of such
equity security provide that the Company may not repurchase or
redeem any such equity security pursuant to such provisions
unless such repurchase or redemption complies with the covenant
described above under the caption Certain
Covenants Limitation on Restricted Payments.
The amount of Redeemable Capital Interests deemed to be
outstanding at any time for purposes of the Indenture will be
the maximum amount that the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries may become obligated to pay upon the maturity of,
or pursuant to any mandatory redemption provisions of, such
Redeemable Capital Interests or portion thereof, exclusive of
accrued dividends.
Redemption Price, when used with respect
to any Note to be redeemed, means the price at which it is to be
redeemed pursuant to the Indenture.
Registration Rights Agreement means the
Registration Rights Agreement, dated the date of the Indenture,
among the Company, the Guarantors and the initial purchasers and
any similar agreement entered into in connection with any
Additional Notes.
Refinancing Debt means Debt that refunds,
refinances, renews, replaces or extends any Debt permitted to be
Incurred by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to
the terms of the Indenture, whether involving the same or any
other lender or creditor or group of lenders or creditors, but
only to the extent that:
(i) the Refinancing Debt is subordinated to the Notes to at
least the same extent as the Debt being refunded, refinanced or
extended, if such Debt was subordinated to the Notes,
(ii) the Refinancing Debt has a final maturity either
(a) no earlier than the Debt being refunded, refinanced or
extended or (b) at least 91 days after the maturity
date of the Notes,
(iii) the Refinancing Debt has an Average Life at the time
such Refinancing Debt is Incurred that is equal to or greater
than the Average Life of the Debt being refunded, refinanced,
renewed, replaced or extended,
(iv) such Refinancing Debt is in an aggregate principal
amount that is less than or equal to the sum of (a) the
aggregate principal or accreted amount (in the case of any Debt
issued with original issue discount, as such) then outstanding
under the Debt being refunded, refinanced, renewed, replaced or
extended, (b) the amount of accrued and unpaid interest, if
any, and premiums owed, if any, not in excess of preexisting
prepayment provisions on such Debt being refunded, refinanced,
renewed, replaced or extended and (c) the aggregate amount
of any discounts, commissions, premiums, fees and other costs
and expenses related to the Incurrence of such Refinancing
Debt; and
(v) such Refinancing Debt is Incurred by the same Person
(or its successor) that initially Incurred the Debt being
refunded, refinanced, renewed, replaced or extended, except that
the Company may Incur Refinancing Debt to refund, refinance,
renew, replace or extend Debt of any Restricted Subsidiary of
the Company.
Restricted Payment is defined to mean any of
the following:
(a) any dividend or other distribution declared and paid on
the Capital Interests in the Company or on the Capital Interests
in any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that are held by, or
declared and paid to, any Person other than the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company (other than
(i) dividends, distributions or payments made solely in
Qualified Capital Interests in the Company and
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(ii) dividends or distributions payable to the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or to other holders of
Capital Interests of a Restricted Subsidiary on a pro rata
basis);
(b) any payment made by the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a payment made solely in
Qualified Capital Interests in the Company) to purchase, redeem,
acquire or retire any Capital Interests in the Company
(including the conversion into, or exchange for, Debt, of any
Capital Interests) other than any such Capital Interests owned
by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(c) any payment made by the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a payment made solely in
Qualified Capital Interests in the Company) to redeem,
repurchase, defease (including an in substance or legal
defeasance) or otherwise acquire or retire for value (including
pursuant to mandatory repurchase covenants), prior to any
scheduled maturity, scheduled sinking fund or mandatory
redemption payment, Debt of the Company or any Guarantor that is
subordinate (whether pursuant to its terms or by operation of
law) in right of payment to the Notes or Note Guarantees
(excluding any Debt owed to the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary); except payments of principal and interest in
anticipation of satisfying a sinking fund obligation, principal
installment or final maturity, in each case, within one year of
the due date thereof;
(d) any Investment by the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary in any Person, other than a Permitted
Investment; and
(e) any designation of a Restricted Subsidiary as an
Unrestricted Subsidiary.
Restricted Subsidiary means any Subsidiary
that has not been designated as an Unrestricted
Subsidiary in accordance with the Indenture.
Significant Subsidiary has the meaning set
forth in
Rule 1-02
of
Regulation S-X
under the Securities Act and Exchange Act, but shall not include
any Unrestricted Subsidiary.
Stated Maturity, when used with respect to
(i) any Note or any installment of interest thereon, means
the date specified in such Note as the fixed date on which the
principal amount of such Note or such installment of interest is
due and payable and (ii) any other Debt or any installment
of interest thereon, the date specified in the instrument
governing such Debt as the fixed date on which the principal of
such Debt or such installment of interest is due and payable.
Subsidiary means, with respect to any Person,
any corporation, limited or general partnership, trust,
association or other business entity of which an aggregate of at
least a majority of the outstanding Capital Interests therein
is, at the time, directly or indirectly, owned by such Person
and/or one
or more Subsidiaries of such Person.
Successor Entity means a corporation or other
entity that succeeds to and continues the business of American
Reprographics Company
Swap Contract means (a) any and all rate
swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions,
forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options,
forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or
options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or
forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index
transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange
transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar
transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate
swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any
other similar transactions or any combination of any of the
foregoing, whether or not any such transaction is governed by or
subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all
transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which
are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any
form of master agreement published by the International Swaps
and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign
Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any
such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a
Master Agreement), including any such obligations or
liabilities under any Master Agreement.
Treasury Rate means, as of any
Redemption Date, the yield to maturity as of such
Redemption Date of United States Treasury securities with a
constant maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent
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Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) that has
become publicly available at least two business days prior to
the Redemption Date (or, if such Statistical Release is no
longer published, any publicly available source of similar
market data)) most nearly equal to the period from the
Redemption Date to December 15, 2013; provided,
however, that if the period from the Redemption Date
to December 15, 2013, is less than one year, the weekly
average yield on actually traded United States Treasury
securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year will be
used.
Voting Interests means, with respect to any
Person, securities of any class or classes of Capital Interests
in such Person entitling the holders thereof generally to vote
on the election of members of the Board of Directors or
comparable body of such Person.
EXCHANGE
OFFER; REGISTRATION RIGHTS
We entered into a registration rights agreement with the initial
purchasers in connection with the private placement of the
initial notes. Under the registration rights agreement, we
agreed to, among other things: (i) file, at our expense, a
registration statement to exchange the initial notes for new
exchange notes having terms substantially identical in all
material respects to the notes (except that the new exchange
notes will not contain terms with respect to additional interest
or transfer restrictions) and (ii) use our reasonable best
efforts to consummate the exchange offer on or before the
365th day after December 1, 2010, or the Closing Date.
Once the exchange offer registration statement has been declared
effective, we will offer the exchange notes in exchange for
surrender of the notes. We will keep the exchange offer open for
at least 30 business days (or longer if required by applicable
law) after the date that notice of the exchange offer is mailed
to holders of the notes. For each note surrendered to us
pursuant to the exchange offer, the holder who surrendered such
note will receive an exchange note having a principal amount
equal to that of the surrendered note. Interest on each exchange
note will accrue from the last interest payment date on which
interest was paid on the note surrendered in exchange therefor
or, if no interest has been paid on such note, from the original
issue date of such note.
In the event that any changes in federal law or the applicable
interpretations of the staff of the SEC do not permit us to
effect the exchange offer, for any other reason the exchange
offer is not consummated within the time period required by the
first paragraph of this Exchange Offer; Registration
Rights section, or, under certain circumstances, a holder
of notes shall so request, we agreed to, at our expense, use our
reasonable best efforts to:
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file with the SEC a shelf registration statement covering
resales of the notes on or prior to the earliest to occur of,
but in no event prior to the 240th day following the
Closing Date, the 60th day after the date on which ARC
determines that is not required to file the exchange offer
registration statement or it receives notice from a holder of
notes or the 365th day after the Closing Date (such
earliest date, or if such date is prior to the 240th day
following the Closing Date, then such 240th day, the
Shelf Filing Deadline);
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cause such shelf registration statement to be declared effective
by the SEC as soon as reasonably practicable, but in no event
later than the 125th day after the Shelf Filing
Deadline; and
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keep the shelf registration statement effective until the second
anniversary of the Closing Date or one year if such shelf
registration statement is filed at the request of a holder
following the Closing Date, or such earlier date as is specified
in the registration rights agreement.
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We will, in the event of the filing of the shelf registration
statement, provide to each holder of the notes copies of the
prospectus which is a part of the shelf registration statement,
notify each such holder when the shelf registration statement
has become effective and take certain other actions as are
required to permit unrestricted resales of the notes. A holder
of notes that sells its notes pursuant to the shelf registration
statement generally would be required to be named as a selling
security holder in the related prospectus and to deliver a
prospectus to purchasers, will be subject to certain of the
civil liability provisions under the Securities Act in
connection with such sales and will be bound by the provisions
of the registration rights agreement that
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are applicable to such a holder, including certain
indemnification rights and obligations thereunder. In addition,
each holder of the notes will be required to deliver information
to be used in connection with the shelf registration statement
and to provide comments on the shelf registration statement
within the time periods set forth in the registration rights
agreement to have their notes included in the shelf registration
statement and to benefit from the provisions regarding
additional interest described below.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, we may delay the filing or the
effectiveness of a shelf registration statement, and the related
prospectus, or we may allow any such registration statement or
the related prospectus, if then filed or effective, to cease to
remain effective and usable, from time to time but in no event
for more than 90 days in the aggregate in any twelve month
period if the Board of Directors of the Company determines
reasonably and in good faith that the filing of any such Shelf
Registration Statement or the continuing effectiveness thereof
would require the disclosure of non-public material information
that, in the reasonable judgment of the Board of Directors of
the Company, would be detrimental to the Company if so disclosed
or would otherwise materially adversely affect a financing,
acquisition, disposition, merger or other material transaction.
If:
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any registration statement required by the registration rights
agreement is not filed with the SEC on or prior to the date
specified for such filing in the registration rights agreement
as described above;
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any such registration statement is not declared effective by the
SEC on or prior to the date specified in the registration rights
agreement as described above;
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we have not exchanged the exchange notes for all notes validly
tendered in accordance with the terms of an exchange offer on or
before the 365th day after the Closing Date; or
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a registration statement required by the registration rights
agreement is filed and declared effective but shall thereafter
cease to be effective or fail to be usable for its intended
purpose without being succeeded immediately by a post-effective
amendment to such registration statement that cures such failure
that is itself declared effective;
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(each such event referred to above is a registration
default), then additional interest shall accrue on the
principal amount of the notes at a rate of 0.25% per annum
during the
90-day
period immediately following the occurrence of any registration
default (provided that the additional interest may not accrue
under more than one registration default at any one time) and
shall increase by 0.25% per annum at the end of each subsequent
90-day
period during which such registration default continues, up to a
maximum additional rate of 1.00% per annum thereafter, until
such registration default is cured.
This summary of certain provisions of the registration rights
agreement does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and
is qualified in its entirety by, the complete provisions of the
registration rights agreement, a copy of which is has been filed
as an exhibit to this registration statement.
BOOK-ENTRY
SYSTEM
The certificates representing the exchange notes will be issued
in fully registered form without interest coupons (a
Global Note) and will be deposited with the trustee
as a custodian for The Depository Trust Company
(DTC), as depositary, and registered in the name of
a nominee of such depositary.
The
Global Notes
We expect that, pursuant to procedures established by DTC,
(i) upon the issuance of the Global Notes, DTC or its
custodian will credit, on its internal system, the principal
amount at maturity of the individual beneficial interests
represented by such Global Notes to the respective accounts of
persons who have accounts with such depositary
(participants) and (ii) ownership of beneficial
interests in the Global Notes will be shown on, and the transfer
of such ownership will be effected only through, records
maintained by DTC or its nominee (with respect to interests of
participants) and the records of participants (with respect to
interests of
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persons other than participants). Such accounts initially will
be designated by or on behalf of the initial purchasers and
ownership of beneficial interests in the Global Notes will be
limited to participants or persons who hold interests through
participants. Holders may hold their interests in the Global
Notes directly through DTC if they are participants in such
system, or indirectly through organizations that are
participants in such system.
So long as DTC or its nominee is the registered owner or holder
of the notes, DTC or such nominee, as the case may be, will be
considered the sole owner or holder of the notes represented by
such Global Notes for all purposes under the indenture. No
beneficial owner of an interest in the Global Notes will be able
to transfer that interest except in accordance with DTCs
procedures, in addition to those provided for under the
indenture with respect to the notes.
Payments of the principal of, and premium (if any) and interest
(including additional interest, if any) on, the Global Notes
will be made to DTC or its nominee, as the case may be, as the
registered owner thereof. None of the issuer, the trustee or any
paying agent will have any responsibility or liability for any
aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of
beneficial ownership interests in the Global Notes or for
maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to
such beneficial ownership interest.
We expect that DTC or its nominee, upon receipt of any payment
of principal of, and premium (if any) and interest (including
additional interest, if any) on the Global Notes, will credit
participants accounts with payments in amounts
proportionate to their respective beneficial interests in the
principal amount of the Global Notes as shown on the records of
DTC or its nominee. We also expect that payments by participants
to owners of beneficial interests in the Global Notes held
through such participants will be governed by standing
instructions and customary practice, as is now the case with
securities held for the accounts of customers registered in the
names of nominees for such customers. Such payments will be the
responsibility of such participants.
Transfers between participants in DTC will be effected in the
ordinary way through DTCs
same-day
funds system in accordance with DTC rules and will be settled in
same-day
funds. If a holder requires physical delivery of a Certificated
Security (as defined below), such holder must transfer its
interest in a Global Note, in accordance with the normal
procedures of DTC and with the procedures set forth in the
Indenture.
DTC has advised us that it will take any action permitted to be
taken by a holder of notes (including the presentation of notes
for exchange as described below) only at the direction of one or
more participants to whose account the DTC interests in the
Global Notes are credited and only in respect of such portion of
the aggregate principal amount of notes as to which such
participant or participants has or have given such direction.
However, if there is an event of default under the Indenture,
DTC will exchange the Global Notes for Certificated Securities,
which it will distribute to its participants.
DTC has advised us as follows: DTC is a limited-purpose trust
company organized under New York banking law, a banking
organization within the meaning of the New York banking
law, a member of the Federal Reserve System, a clearing
corporation within the meaning of the New York Uniform
Commercial Code and a clearing agency registered
pursuant to the provisions of Section 17A of the Exchange
Act. DTC holds and provides asset servicing for issues of
U.S. and
non-U.S. equity,
corporate and municipal debt issues that participants deposit
with DTC. DTC also facilitates the post-trade settlement among
participants of sales and other securities transactions in
deposited securities through electronic computerized book-entry
transfers and pledges between participants accounts. This
eliminates the need for physical movement of securities
certificates. Participants include both U.S. and
non-U.S. securities
brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing
corporations and certain other organizations. Access to the DTC
system is also available to indirect participants such as both
U.S. and
non-U.S. securities
brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies and clearing
corporations that clear through or maintain a custodial
relationship with a participant, either directly or indirectly.
Although DTC has agreed to the foregoing procedures in order to
facilitate transfers of interests in the Global Notes among
participants of DTC, it is under no obligation to perform such
procedures, and such procedures may be discontinued at any time.
None of us, the trustee or any paying agent will have any
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responsibility for the performance by DTC or its participants or
indirect participants of their respective obligations under the
rules and procedures governing their operations.
Certificated
Securities
A Global Note is exchangeable for certificated notes in fully
registered form without interest coupons (Certificated
Securities) only in the following limited circumstances:
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DTC notifies us that it is unwilling or unable to continue as
depositary for the Global Note and we fail to appoint a
successor depositary within 90 days of such notice, or
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there shall have occurred and be continuing an event of default
with respect to the notes under the Indenture and DTC shall have
requested the issuance of Certificated Securities.
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The laws of some states require that certain persons take
physical delivery in definitive form of securities that they
own. Consequently, the ability to transfer the notes will be
limited to such extent.
CERTAIN
U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS
The following is a general discussion of certain United States
federal income tax consequences to a holder relating to the
exchange offer. This summary is limited to holders who will hold
the notes as capital assets within the meaning of
Section 1221 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended (the Code). This summary does not deal with
the United States federal income tax consequences to investors
subject to special treatment under the United States federal
income tax laws, such as dealers in securities or foreign
currency, tax exempt entities, banks, thrifts, insurance
companies, retirement plans, regulated investment companies,
traders in securities that elect to apply a
mark-to-market
method of accounting, persons that hold the notes as part of a
straddle, a hedge against currency risk,
a conversion transaction or other integrated
transaction, holders subject to the alternative minimum tax or
the unearned income Medicare tax, partnerships or other
pass-through entities (or investors in such entities), certain
financial institutions, expatriates and former citizens or
long-term residents of the United States and United States
Holders that have a functional currency other than
the U.S. dollar, all within the meaning of the Code. In
addition, this discussion does not describe United States
federal gift or estate tax consequences or any tax consequences
arising out of the tax laws of any state, local or foreign
jurisdiction.
The federal income tax considerations set forth below are based
upon the Code, existing and proposed regulations thereunder, and
current administrative rulings and court decisions, all of which
are subject to change. Prospective investors should particularly
note that any such change could have retroactive application so
as to result in federal income tax consequences different from
those discussed below. We have not and will not seek any rulings
from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) regarding
the matters discussed below. There can be no assurance that the
IRS will not take positions concerning the tax consequences of
the purchase, ownership or disposition of the notes that are
different from those discussed below.
INVESTORS SHOULD CONSULT THEIR OWN TAX ADVISORS WITH RESPECT TO
THE APPLICATION OF THE UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX LAWS TO
THEIR PARTICULAR SITUATIONS, AS WELL AS ANY TAX CONSEQUENCES
ARISING UNDER THE FEDERAL ESTATE OR GIFT TAX RULES OR UNDER
THE LAWS OF ANY STATE, LOCAL OR FOREIGN TAXING JURISDICTION OR
UNDER ANY APPLICABLE TAX TREATY.
As used herein, United States Holders are beneficial
owners of the notes, that are, for United States federal
income tax purposes:
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individuals who are citizens or residents of the United States;
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corporations or other entities taxable as corporations created
or organized in, or under the laws of, the United States, any
state thereof or the District of Columbia;
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estates, the income of which is subject to United States federal
income taxation regardless of its source; or
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trusts if (i) (A) a court within the United States is able
to exercise primary supervision over the administration of the
trust and (B) one or more U.S. persons have the
authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust, or
(ii) the trust was in existence on August 20, 1996,
was treated as a U.S. person prior to such date, and
validly elected to continue to be so treated.
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As used herein, a
non-United
States Holder is a beneficial owner of the notes that is
an individual, corporation, estate or trust for United States
federal income tax purposes and is not a United States
Holder.
If any entity taxable as a partnership holds notes, the tax
treatment of a partner in the partnership will generally depend
upon the status of the partner and the activities of the
partnership. If you are a partner of a partnership holding the
notes, you should consult your tax advisor regarding the tax
consequences of the exchange offer, and of the purchase,
ownership and disposition of the exchange notes.
The exchange of the initial notes for exchange notes pursuant to
the exchange offer will not be a taxable exchange for
U.S. federal income tax purposes. Accordingly, for
U.S. federal income tax purposes, a holder should have the
same tax basis and holding period in the exchange notes as the
holder had in the initial notes immediately before the exchange.
PLAN OF
DISTRIBUTION
If you are a broker-dealer and hold initial notes for your own
account as a result of market-making activities or other trading
activities and you receive exchange notes in exchange for
initial notes in the exchange offer, then you may be a statutory
underwriter and must acknowledge that you will deliver a
prospectus in connection with any resale of these exchange
notes. This prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented
from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection
with resales of exchange notes received in exchange for initial
notes where such initial notes were acquired as a result of
market-making activities or other trading activities. Unless you
are a broker-dealer, you must acknowledge that you are not
engaged in, do not intend to engage in, and have no arrangement
or understanding with any person to participate in a
distribution of exchange notes. We have agreed, for a period of
90 days after consummation of the exchange offer to make
available a prospectus meeting the requirements of the
Securities Act to any broker-dealer for use in connection with
any resale of any such exchange notes acquired.
Neither we nor any subsidiary guarantor will receive any
proceeds in connection with the exchange offer or any sale of
exchange notes by broker-dealers. Exchange notes received by
broker-dealers for their own account pursuant to the exchange
offer may be sold from time to time in one or more transactions
in the
over-the-counter
market, in negotiated transactions, through the writing of
options on the exchange notes or a combination of these methods
of resale, at market prices prevailing at the time of resale, at
prices related to such prevailing market prices or negotiated
prices. Any resale may be made directly to purchasers or to or
through brokers or dealers who may receive compensation in the
form of commissions or concessions from any such broker-dealers
or the purchasers of any such exchange notes. Any broker-dealer
that resells exchange notes that were received by it for its own
account pursuant to the exchange offer and any broker-dealer
that participates in a distribution of such exchange notes may
be deemed to be an underwriter within the meaning of
the Securities Act and any profit on any such resale of exchange
notes and any commissions or concessions received by any such
persons may be deemed to be underwriting compensation under the
Securities Act. By acknowledging that it will deliver a
prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it
is an underwriter within the meaning of the
Securities Act.
For a period of 90 days after consummation of the exchange
offer, we will make available a prospectus meeting the
requirements of the Securities Act to any broker-dealer for use
in connection with any resale of exchange notes. We have agreed
to pay all expenses incident to our obligations in connection
with the exchange offer, other than commissions, counsel fees
and concessions of any broker-dealer, and will indemnify the
holders of initial notes, including any broker-dealers, against
certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities
Act.
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LEGAL
MATTERS
Certain legal matters relating to the validity of the exchange
notes offered hereby will be passed upon for us by Orrick,
Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP, San Francisco,
California. Other counsel have passed upon certain legal matters
relating to the additional registrants in connection with the
exchange notes offered hereby.
EXPERTS
The financial statements, and the related financial statement
schedule as of and for the years ended December 31, 2010
and 2009, incorporated in this Prospectus by reference from the
Companys Annual Report on
Form 10-K
as of December 31, 2010, and the effectiveness of American
Reprographics Companys internal control over financial
reporting as of December 31, 2010 have been audited by
Deloitte & Touche LLP, an independent registered
public accounting firm, as stated in their reports, which are
incorporated herein by reference. Such financial statements and
financial statement schedule have been so incorporated in
reliance upon the reports of such firm given upon their
authority as experts in accounting and auditing.
The financial statements for the year ended December 31,
2008 incorporated in this Prospectus by reference to the Annual
Report on
Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2010 have been so
incorporated in reliance on the report of PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, given on
the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.
INCORPORATION
OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The SEC allows us to incorporate by reference the
information we file with the SEC, which means that we can
disclose important information to you by referring to our other
filings with the SEC. The information that we incorporate by
reference is considered a part of this prospectus and
information that we file later with the SEC will automatically
update and supersede the information contained in this
prospectus. We incorporate by reference the following documents
we filed with the SEC pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14
or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, other than information in these
documents that is not deemed to be filed with the SEC:
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our Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended March 31, 2011;
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our Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2010 (including the
portions of our Proxy Statement for our 2011 Annual Meeting of
Stockholders that are incorporated therein by reference);
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our Current Reports* on
Form 8-K,
filed with the SEC on March 21, 2011, April 15, 2011,
April 21, 2011, and May 3, 2011; and
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the description of our common stock contained in our
Registration Statement on
Form 8-A,
filed with the SEC on January 13, 2005, and any amendments
or reports filed for the purpose of updating that description.
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All documents we file later with the SEC pursuant to
Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act
subsequent to the date of this prospectus and prior to the
termination of the offering of our securities as described in
this prospectus will be deemed to be incorporated by reference
into this prospectus, other than information in the documents
that is not deemed to be filed with the SEC. A statement
contained in this prospectus or in a document incorporated or
deemed to be incorporated by reference into this prospectus will
be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a
statement contained in any subsequently filed document that is
incorporated by reference into this prospectus, modifies or
supersedes that statement. Any statements so modified or
superseded will not be deemed, except as so modified or
superseded, to constitute a part of this prospectus.
We will provide without charge to each person to whom this
prospectus is delivered, upon written or oral request of any
person, a copy of any or all of the documents incorporated
herein by reference, other than
* We are not incorporating and will not incorporate
by reference into this prospectus past or future information on
reports furnished or that will be furnished under
Items 2.02 and/or 7.01 of, or otherwise with,
Form 8-K.
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exhibits to the documents, unless the exhibits are specifically
incorporated by reference into the documents that this
prospectus incorporates. Requests for copies in writing or by
telephone should be directed to:
American Reprographics Company
1981 N. Broadway, Suite 385
Walnut Creek, CA 94596
Attn: David Stickney, Vice President, Corporate Communications
(925) 949-5100
WHERE YOU
CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
We file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements
and other information with the SEC. You can read and copy any
materials we file with the SEC at its Public Reference Room at
100 F Street N.E., Washington DC, 20549. You can
obtain information about the operations of the SEC Public
Reference Room by calling the SEC at
1-800-SEC-0330.
The SEC also maintains a website that contains information we
file electronically with the SEC, which you can access over the
Internet at
http://www.sec.gov.
Our common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE:
ARC), and you can obtain information about ARC at the offices of
the New York Stock Exchange, 20 Broad Street,
New York, New York 10005. General information about ARC,
including ARCs annual report on
Form 10-K,
quarterly reports on
Form 10-Q,
current reports on
Form 8-K,
and amendments to those reports, is available free of charge
through our website at
http://www.e-arc.com
as soon as reasonably practicable after they are electronically
filed with, or furnished to, the SEC. Information on our website
is not incorporated into this prospectus and you should not
consider it a part of this prospectus.
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American Reprographics
Company
Offer to Exchange
$200,000,000 10.5% Senior
Notes due 2016
for
$200,000,000 10.5% Senior
Notes due 2016
that have been Registered Under
the Securities Act of 1933
Each broker-dealer that receives exchange notes for its own
account pursuant to the exchange offer must acknowledge that it
will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such
exchange notes. This prospectus, as it may be amended or
supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer
in connection with resales of exchange notes received in
exchange for initial notes where such initial notes were
acquired as a result of market-making activities or other
trading activities. We have agreed that, for a period of up to
180 days after consummation of this exchange offer, we will
make this prospectus, as amended or supplemented, available to
any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale. In
addition until August 25, 2011, all dealers effecting
transactions in the exchange notes may be required to deliver a
prospectus.