-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, QFVnKLZn+XSmTJFs7VKVp0pLPJF8XOOzU3F8StATZjHUJfbsvyzQEPAK5lC/DNj6 wHCvQdOVq15eBbuNurBPDA== 0000950123-10-029348.txt : 20100329 0000950123-10-029348.hdr.sgml : 20100329 20100329142933 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950123-10-029348 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: S-3ASR PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 6 FILED AS OF DATE: 20100329 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20100329 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20100329 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ELECTRODYNAMICS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000913556 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-ENGINEERING SERVICES [8711] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-165756-45 FILM NUMBER: 10710313 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2702 NORTH 44TH STREET CITY: PHOENIX STATE: AZ ZIP: 85008 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GOODRICH AVIONICS SYSTEMS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001240854 IRS NUMBER: 381865601 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-165756-41 FILM NUMBER: 10710309 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 THIRD AVE. CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: L-3 COMMUNICATIONS WESTWOOD CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001240870 IRS NUMBER: 870430944 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NV FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-165756-01 FILM NUMBER: 10710265 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 THIRD AVE. CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: L-3 COMMUNICATIONS VECTOR INTERNATIONAL AVIATION LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001274417 IRS NUMBER: 421569647 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-165756-03 FILM NUMBER: 10710267 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 THIRD AVE. CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: L-3 COMMUNICATIONS KLEIN ASSOCIATES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001274420 IRS NUMBER: 020277515 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-165756-07 FILM NUMBER: 10710271 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 THIRD AVE. CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: L-3 COMMUNICATIONS FLIGHT CAPITAL LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001274421 IRS NUMBER: 753089735 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-165756-36 FILM NUMBER: 10710304 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 THIRD AVE. CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: L-3 COMMUNICATIONS FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL AVIATION LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001274422 IRS NUMBER: 020654591 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-165756-35 FILM NUMBER: 10710303 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 THIRD AVE. CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: L-3 COMMUNICATIONS AEROTECH LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001274424 IRS NUMBER: 640941176 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-165756-02 FILM NUMBER: 10710266 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 THIRD AVE. CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MICRODYNE COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001169270 IRS NUMBER: 593500774 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-165756-33 FILM NUMBER: 10710301 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 THIRD AVE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MICRODYNE OUTSOURCING INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001169273 IRS NUMBER: 330797639 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-165756-31 FILM NUMBER: 10710298 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 THIRD AVE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BROADCAST SPORTS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001240390 IRS NUMBER: 521977327 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-165756-47 FILM NUMBER: 10710315 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 THIRD AVE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: TITAN FACILITIES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001270671 IRS NUMBER: 540918681 STATE OF INCORPORATION: VA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-165756-26 FILM NUMBER: 10710291 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1501 MERCHANTS WAY CITY: NICEVILLE STATE: FL ZIP: 32578 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: INTERSTATE ELECTRONICS CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001165044 IRS NUMBER: 951912832 STATE OF INCORPORATION: CA FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-165756-44 FILM NUMBER: 10710312 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 THIRD AVE. CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 BUSINESS PHONE: 2126971111 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: L-3 COMMUNICATIONS AIS GP CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001168410 IRS NUMBER: 134137187 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-165756-42 FILM NUMBER: 10710310 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 THIRD AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 BUSINESS PHONE: 2126971111 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: L-3 COMMUNICATIONS INVESTMENTS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001168412 IRS NUMBER: 510260723 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-165756-08 FILM NUMBER: 10710272 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 THIRD AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 BUSINESS PHONE: 2126971111 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: L-3 COMMUNICATIONS INTEGRATED SYSTEMS L P CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001168414 IRS NUMBER: 030391841 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-165756-09 FILM NUMBER: 10710273 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 THIRD AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 BUSINESS PHONE: 2126971111 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MICRODYNE CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000065743 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT [3576] IRS NUMBER: 520856493 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-165756-32 FILM NUMBER: 10710300 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3601 EISENHOWER AVE STREET 2: STE 300 CITY: ALEXANDRIA STATE: VA ZIP: 22304 BUSINESS PHONE: 7033293700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3601 EISENHOWER AVE STE 300 STREET 2: 3601 EISENHOWER AVE STE 300 CITY: ALEXANDRIA STATE: VA ZIP: 22304 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: L 3 COMMUNICATIONS CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001039101 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RADIO & TV BROADCASTING & COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT [3663] IRS NUMBER: 133937436 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-165756 FILM NUMBER: 10710274 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 THIRD AVENUE STREET 2: 34TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 BUSINESS PHONE: 1216971111 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 THIRD AVENUE STREET 2: 34TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: L-3 COMMUNICATIONS ESSCO INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001076369 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RADIO & TV BROADCASTING & COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT [3663] IRS NUMBER: 042281486 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-165756-37 FILM NUMBER: 10710305 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 THIRD AVENUE STREET 2: 34TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 BUSINESS PHONE: 1216971111 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 THIRD AVENUE STREET 2: 34TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PAC ORD INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001076372 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RADIO & TV BROADCASTING & COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT [3663] IRS NUMBER: 232523436 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-165756-30 FILM NUMBER: 10710297 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 THIRD AVENUE STREET 2: 34TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 BUSINESS PHONE: 1216971111 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 THIRD AVENUE STREET 2: 34TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: POWER PARAGON INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001076373 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RADIO & TV BROADCASTING & COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT [3663] IRS NUMBER: 232523436 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-165756-29 FILM NUMBER: 10710295 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 THIRD AVENUE STREET 2: 34TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 BUSINESS PHONE: 1216971111 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 THIRD AVENUE STREET 2: 34TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SPD ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001076374 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RADIO & TV BROADCASTING & COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT [3663] IRS NUMBER: 232457758 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-165756-28 FILM NUMBER: 10710293 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 THIRD AVENUE STREET 2: 34TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 BUSINESS PHONE: 1216971111 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 THIRD AVENUE STREET 2: 34TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SPD SWITCHGEAR INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001076376 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RADIO & TV BROADCASTING & COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT [3663] IRS NUMBER: 232510039 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-165756-27 FILM NUMBER: 10710292 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 THIRD AVENUE STREET 2: 34TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 BUSINESS PHONE: 1216971111 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 THIRD AVENUE STREET 2: 34TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: L-3 Communications Security & Detection Systems, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001179227 IRS NUMBER: 043054475 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-165756-05 FILM NUMBER: 10710269 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 THIRD AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 BUSINESS PHONE: 2126971111 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 THIRD AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: L 3 COMMUNICATION SECURITY & DETECTION SYSTEMS CORP /DE/ DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20020802 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: L-3 Communications EO/IR, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001240392 IRS NUMBER: 593316817 STATE OF INCORPORATION: FL FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-165756-38 FILM NUMBER: 10710306 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 THIRD AVE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 BUSINESS PHONE: 2126971111 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 THIRD AVE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: WESCAM INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20030610 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: D.P. Associates Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001310270 IRS NUMBER: 541389520 STATE OF INCORPORATION: VA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-165756-46 FILM NUMBER: 10710314 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 THIRD AVENUE STREET 2: 34TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-697-1111 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 THIRD AVENUE STREET 2: 34TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: L-3 Communications Cincinnati Electronics CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001314379 IRS NUMBER: 310826926 STATE OF INCORPORATION: OH FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-165756-40 FILM NUMBER: 10710308 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 THIRD AVENUE STREET 2: 35TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-697-1111 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 THIRD AVENUE STREET 2: 35TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: L-3 Communications Advanced Laser Systems Technology, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001339037 IRS NUMBER: 592808669 STATE OF INCORPORATION: FL FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-165756-43 FILM NUMBER: 10710311 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 THIRD AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-697-1111 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 THIRD AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: L-3 Communications InfraredVision Technology CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001339038 IRS NUMBER: 770534649 STATE OF INCORPORATION: CA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-165756-48 FILM NUMBER: 10710316 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 THIRD AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-697-1111 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 THIRD AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: L-3 Communications Mobile-Vision, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001339039 IRS NUMBER: 222893537 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NJ FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-165756-06 FILM NUMBER: 10710270 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 THIRD AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-697-1111 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 THIRD AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: L-3 Communications Sonoma EO, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001339040 IRS NUMBER: 680439616 STATE OF INCORPORATION: CA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-165756-04 FILM NUMBER: 10710268 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 THIRD AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-697-1111 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 THIRD AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: LinCom Wireless, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001339051 IRS NUMBER: 954832760 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-165756-34 FILM NUMBER: 10710302 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 THIRD AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-697-1111 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 THIRD AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: L-3 Communications Electron Technologies, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001339778 IRS NUMBER: 912046609 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-165756-39 FILM NUMBER: 10710307 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 THIRD AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-697-1111 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 THIRD AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: L-3 Services, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001486876 IRS NUMBER: 952588754 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-165756-11 FILM NUMBER: 10710276 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 THIRD AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 BUSINESS PHONE: (212) 697-1111 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 THIRD AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: L-3 Global Communications Solutions, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001486877 IRS NUMBER: 541763687 STATE OF INCORPORATION: VA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-165756-12 FILM NUMBER: 10710277 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 THIRD AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 BUSINESS PHONE: (212) 697-1111 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 THIRD AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: International Resources Group, Ltd. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001486878 IRS NUMBER: 112777542 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-165756-25 FILM NUMBER: 10710290 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 THIRD AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 BUSINESS PHONE: (212) 697-1111 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 THIRD AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: L-3 Chesapeake Sciences Corp CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001486879 IRS NUMBER: 521737390 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-165756-24 FILM NUMBER: 10710289 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 THIRD AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 BUSINESS PHONE: (212) 697-1111 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 THIRD AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: L-3 Communications Applied Signal & Image Technology, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001486880 IRS NUMBER: 521915376 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-165756-23 FILM NUMBER: 10710288 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 THIRD AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 BUSINESS PHONE: (212) 697-1111 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 THIRD AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: L-3 Communications CyTerra Corp CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001486881 IRS NUMBER: 043496006 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-165756-22 FILM NUMBER: 10710287 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 THIRD AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 BUSINESS PHONE: (212) 697-1111 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 THIRD AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: L-3 Communications Dynamic Positioning & Control Systems, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001486882 IRS NUMBER: 330386810 STATE OF INCORPORATION: CA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-165756-21 FILM NUMBER: 10710286 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 THIRD AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 BUSINESS PHONE: (212) 697-1111 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 THIRD AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: L-3 Communications EOTech, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001486883 IRS NUMBER: 161620559 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-165756-20 FILM NUMBER: 10710285 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 THIRD AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 BUSINESS PHONE: (212) 697-1111 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 THIRD AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: L-3 Communications Foreign Holdings, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001486885 IRS NUMBER: 205871893 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-165756-19 FILM NUMBER: 10710284 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 THIRD AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 BUSINESS PHONE: (212) 697-1111 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 THIRD AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: L-3 Communications Germany Holdings, LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001486886 IRS NUMBER: 272047124 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-165756-18 FILM NUMBER: 10710283 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 THIRD AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 BUSINESS PHONE: (212) 697-1111 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 THIRD AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: L-3 Communications MariPro, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001486887 IRS NUMBER: 330947774 STATE OF INCORPORATION: CA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-165756-17 FILM NUMBER: 10710282 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 THIRD AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 BUSINESS PHONE: (212) 697-1111 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 THIRD AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: L-3 Communications Nova Engineering, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001486888 IRS NUMBER: 311287491 STATE OF INCORPORATION: OH FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-165756-16 FILM NUMBER: 10710281 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 THIRD AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 BUSINESS PHONE: (212) 697-1111 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 THIRD AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: L-3 Communications Shared Services, LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001486889 IRS NUMBER: 262876838 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-165756-15 FILM NUMBER: 10710280 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 THIRD AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 BUSINESS PHONE: (212) 697-1111 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 THIRD AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: L-3 Fuzing & Ordnance Systems, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001486890 IRS NUMBER: 310740721 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-165756-14 FILM NUMBER: 10710279 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 THIRD AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 BUSINESS PHONE: (212) 697-1111 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 THIRD AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: L-3 G.A. International, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001486891 IRS NUMBER: 650501176 STATE OF INCORPORATION: FL FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-165756-13 FILM NUMBER: 10710278 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 THIRD AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 BUSINESS PHONE: (212) 697-1111 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 THIRD AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: L-3 Unmanned Systems, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001486892 IRS NUMBER: 752715474 STATE OF INCORPORATION: TX FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-165756-10 FILM NUMBER: 10710275 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 THIRD AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 BUSINESS PHONE: (212) 697-1111 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 THIRD AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 S-3ASR 1 y03175sv3asr.htm S-3ASR sv3asr
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 29, 2010
Registration No. 333-      
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
 
Form S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
 
 
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION*
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
         
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
      13-3937436
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
 
600 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10016
(212) 697-1111
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
 
 
 
 
Steven M. Post, Esq.
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
L-3 Communications Corporation
600 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10016
(212) 697-1111
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
area code, of agent for service)
 
 
 
 
Copy to:
Vincent Pagano, Esq.
Avrohom J. Kess, Esq.
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10017
(212) 455-2000
 
 
 
 
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:   From time to time after the effective date of this registration statement.
 
If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box.  o
 
If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box.  þ
 
If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  o
 
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  o
 
If this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box.  þ
 
If this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. filed to register additional securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box.  o
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
 
             
Large accelerated filer þ
  Accelerated filer o   Non-accelerated filer o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
  Smaller reporting company o
 
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
 
                         
            Proposed Maximum
    Proposed Maximum
    Amount of
Title of Each Class of
    Amount to be
    Offering
    Aggregate
    Registration
Securities to be Registered     Registered     Price per Note     Offering Price     Fee
Senior Unsecured Notes
    (1)     (1)     (1)     (2)
Guarantees of Senior Unsecured Notes
    (1)     (1)     (1)     (2)
                         
 
(1) Omitted pursuant to General Instructions II.E. of Form S-3. An indeterminate amount of senior unsecured notes and guarantees of senior unsecured notes are being registered as may from time to time be issued at indeterminate prices.
 
(2) In accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r), the registrant is deferring payment of all of the registration fee. Registration fees will be paid subsequently on a “pay as you go” basis.
 
* See table of additional registrants on the next page
 


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TABLE OF ADDITIONAL REGISTRANTS*
 
         
    Jurisdiction of
  IRS Employer
Exact Name of Registrant
  Incorporation or
  Identification
as Specified in Its Charter**
 
Organization
 
Number
 
Broadcast Sports Inc. 
  Delaware   52-1977327
D.P. Associates Inc. 
  Virginia   54-1389520
Electrodynamics, Inc. 
  Arizona   36-3140903
Interstate Electronics Corporation
  California   95-1912832
L-3 Communications Advanced Laser Systems Technology, Inc. 
  Florida   59-2808669
L-3 Communications AIS GP Corporation
  Delaware   13-4137187
L-3 Communications Avionics Systems, Inc. 
  Delaware   38-1865601
L-3 Communications Cincinnati Electronics Inc. 
  Ohio   31-0826926
L-3 Communications Electron Technologies, Inc. 
  Delaware   91-2046609
L-3 Communications EO/IR, Inc. 
  Florida   59-3316817
L-3 Communications ESSCO, Inc. 
  Delaware   04-2281486
L-3 Communications Flight Capital LLC
  Delaware   75-3089735
L-3 Communications Flight International Aviation LLC
  Delaware   02-0654591
L-3 Communications Infrared Vision Technology Corporation
  California   77-0534649
L-3 Communications Integrated Systems L.P. 
  Delaware   03-0391841
L-3 Communications Investments Inc. 
  Delaware   51-0260723
L-3 Communications Klein Associates, Inc. 
  Delaware   02-0277515
L-3 Communications Mobile-Vision, Inc. 
  New Jersey   22-2893537
L-3 Communications Security and Detection Systems, Inc. 
  Delaware   04-3054475
L-3 Communications Sonoma EO, Inc. 
  California   68-0439616
L-3 Communications Vector International Aviation LLC
  Delaware   42-1569647
L-3 Communications Vertex Aerospace LLC
  Delaware   64-0941176
L-3 Communications Westwood Corporation
  Nevada   87-0430944
Lincom Wireless, Inc. 
  Delaware   95-4832760
Microdyne Communications Technologies Incorporated
  Maryland   59-3500774
Microdyne Corporation
  Maryland   52-0856493
Microdyne Outsourcing Incorporated
  Maryland   33-0797639
Pac Ord Inc. 
  Delaware   23-2523436
Power Paragon, Inc. 
  Delaware   33-0638510
SPD Electrical Systems, Inc. 
  Delaware   23-2457758
SPD Switchgear, Inc. 
  Delaware   23-2510039
Titan Facilities, Inc. 
  Virginia   54-0918681
International Resources Group, Ltd. 
  Delaware   11-2777542
L-3 Chesapeake Sciences Corporation
  Maryland   52-1737390
L-3 Communications Applied Signal and Image Technology, Inc. 
  Maryland   52-1915376
L-3 Communications CyTerra Corporation
  Delaware   04-3496006
L-3 Communications Dynamic Positioning and Control Systems, Inc. 
  California   33-0386810
L-3 Communications EOTech, Inc. 
  Delaware   16-1620559
L-3 Communications Foreign Holdings, Inc. 
  Delaware   20-5871893
L-3 Communications Germany Holdings, LLC
  Delaware   27-2047124
L-3 Communications MariPro, Inc. 
  California   33-0947774
L-3 Communications Nova Engineering, Inc. 
  Ohio   31-1287491
L-3 Communications Shared Services, LLC
  Delaware   26-2876838
L-3 Fuzing and Ordnance Systems, Inc. 
  Delaware   31-0740721
L-3 G.A. International, Inc. 
  Florida   65-0501176
L-3 Global Communications Solutions, Inc. 
  Virginia   54-1763687
L-3 Services, Inc. 
  Delaware   95-2588754
L-3 Unmanned Systems, Inc. 
  Texas   75-2715474
 
** The address and telephone number of each registrant’s principal executive office is 600 Third Avenue, New York, New York 10016, (212) 697-1111.


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PROSPECTUS
 
(L3 COMMUNICATIONS LOGO)
 
L-3 Communications Corporation
 
Senior Unsecured Notes
 
Subsidiary Guarantors
 
Guarantees of Senior Unsecured Notes
 
 
 
 
From time to time, we may offer the senior unsecured notes and the related guarantees described in this prospectus.
 
This prospectus provides a general description of the senior unsecured notes and the related guarantees of the senior unsecured notes. We will provide the specific terms of the securities in one or more supplements to this prospectus. This prospectus may not be used to offer and sell the securities unless accompanied by a prospectus supplement. A prospectus supplement may add, update or change information contained in this prospectus. You should read this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement, as well as the documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus and in any accompanying prospectus supplement, carefully before you invest.
 
Investing in these securities involves risks. See the information included and incorporated by reference in this prospectus and the accompanying prospectus supplement for a discussion of the factors you should carefully consider before deciding to purchase these securities, including the information under “Risk Factors” in the applicable prospectus supplement and in our most recent annual report on Form 10-K (as it may be updated in our most recent quarterly report on Form 10-Q) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
 
 
 
 
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of this prospectus or the accompanying prospectus supplement. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
 
 
 
 
 
The date of this prospectus is March 29, 2010


 

 
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You should rely only on the information contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus and in any accompanying prospectus supplement or in any related free writing prospectus. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with different information. This document may only be used where it is legal to sell these securities. You should only assume that the information contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus or in any accompanying prospectus supplement or any related free writing prospectus is accurate as of the respective date on the front of those documents. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed since that date. We are not making an offer of these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer is not permitted.


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ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS
 
This prospectus is part of an automatic shelf registration statement that we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, as a “well-known seasoned issuer” as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act. By using an automatic shelf registration statement, we may, at any time and from time to time, sell senior unsecured notes, including the related guarantees, under this prospectus in one or more offerings in an unlimited amount. As allowed by the SEC rules, this prospectus does not contain all of the information included in the registration statement. For further information, we refer to the registration statement, including its exhibits. Statements contained in this prospectus about the provisions or contents of any agreement or other document are not necessarily complete and the applicable prospectus supplement may add, update or change the information contained in this prospectus. If the SEC’s rules and regulations require that an agreement or document be filed as an exhibit to the registration statement, please see that agreement or document for a complete description of these matters.
 
This prospectus provides you with a general description of the securities we may offer. Each time we use this prospectus to offer securities, we will provide you with a prospectus supplement that will describe the specific amounts, prices and terms of the securities being offered. The prospectus supplement may also add, update or change information contained in this prospectus. Therefore, if there is any inconsistency between the information in this prospectus and the prospectus supplement, you should rely on the information in the prospectus supplement.
 
To understand the terms of our securities, you should carefully read this document and the applicable prospectus supplement. Together, they provide the specific terms of the securities we are offering. You should also read the documents we have referred you to under “Where You Can Find More Information” below for information on our company, the risks we face and our financial statements. The registration statement and exhibits can be read at the SEC’s website or at the SEC as described under “Where You Can Find More Information.”
 
As used in this prospectus, (1) “L-3 Holdings” refers to L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc., the direct parent company of L-3 Communications Corporation, (2) “L-3 Communications” refers to L-3 Communications Corporation, a wholly-owned operating subsidiary of L-3 Holdings and the issuer of the senior unsecured notes, and (3) “Guarantors” refers to our subsidiaries that guarantee the obligations of L-3 Communications under the senior unsecured notes. The obligations of the Guarantors are referred to herein as the “guarantees.” Except where the context provides otherwise, “L-3,” the “Company,” “we,” “us” and “our” refer to L-3 Communications and its subsidiaries.
 
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, L-3 Holdings and L-3 Communications file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. Our SEC filings are available to the public over the Internet at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov or at our website at www.L-3com.com (as noted below, the information contained in, or that can be accessed through, our website is not a part of this prospectus or part of any prospectus supplement). You may also read and copy any document we file with the SEC at its public reference room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. In addition, you can inspect reports and other information L-3 Holdings files at the office of the New York Stock Exchange, Inc., 20 Broad Street, New York, New York 10005.
 
You may also obtain copies of this information at prescribed rates by writing to the Public Reference Section of the SEC at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the operation of the public reference room.
 
Our SEC filings are also available at the office of the New York Stock Exchange. For further information on obtaining copies of our public filings at the New York Stock Exchange, you should call (212) 656-5060.
 
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
 
The SEC allows us to “incorporate by reference” into this prospectus information that we file with the SEC. This means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is an important part of this prospectus, and information that we file later with the SEC will automatically update and supersede any inconsistent information in this prospectus and in our other filings with the SEC.


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We incorporate by reference the following documents that L-3 Holdings and L-3 Communications previously filed with the SEC (other than information in such documents that is deemed not to be filed), all of which are filed under SEC File Nos. 001-14141 or 333-46983:
 
  •  Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009; and
 
  •  Our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 25, 2010.
 
These documents contain important information about our business and our financial performance.
 
We also incorporate by reference any future filings L-3 Holdings and L-3 Communications make with the SEC pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, on or after the date of the filing of this registration statement and prior to the termination of the offering, all of which will be filed under SEC File Nos. 001-14141 or 333-46983. The future filings with the SEC made by L-3 Holdings and L-3 Communications will automatically update and supersede any inconsistent information in this prospectus.
 
You may obtain a free copy of these filings from us by telephoning or writing to us at the following address and telephone number:
 
L-3 Communications Corporation
600 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10016
Attention: Secretary
Telephone: (212) 697-1111


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FORWARD-LOOKING AND CAUTIONARY STATEMENTS
 
Some of the information included or incorporated by reference in this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement concerning our operations, cash flows, financial position, economic performance and financial condition, including in particular, the likelihood of our success in developing and expanding our business and the realization of sales from backlog, include forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act.
 
Statements that are predictive in nature, that depend upon or refer to events or conditions or that include words such as “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “estimates” and similar expressions are forward-looking statements. Although we believe that these statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, including projections of total sales growth, sales growth from business acquisitions, organic sales growth, consolidated operating margins, total segment operating margins, interest expense, earnings, cash flow, research and development costs, working capital, capital expenditures and other projections, they are subject to several risks and uncertainties, and therefore, it is possible that these statements may not be achieved. Such statements will also be influenced by factors which include, among other things:
 
  •  our dependence on the defense industry and the business risks peculiar to that industry, including changing priorities or reductions in the U.S. Government defense budget;
 
  •  our reliance on contracts with a limited number of agencies of, or contractors to, the U.S. Government and the possibility of termination of government contracts by unilateral government action or for failure to perform;
 
  •  the extensive legal and regulatory requirements surrounding our contracts with the U.S. or foreign governments and the results of any investigation of our contracts undertaken by the U.S. or foreign governments;
 
  •  our ability to retain our existing business and related contracts (revenue arrangements);
 
  •  our ability to successfully compete for and win new business and related contracts (revenue arrangements) and to win re-competitions of our existing contracts;
 
  •  our ability to identify and acquire additional businesses in the future with terms, including the purchase price, that are attractive to L-3 and to integrate acquired business operations;
 
  •  our ability to maintain and improve our consolidated operating margin and total segment operating margin in future periods;
 
  •  our ability to obtain future government contracts (revenue arrangements) on a timely basis;
 
  •  the availability of government funding or cost-cutting initiatives and changes in customer requirements for our products and services;
 
  •  our significant amount of debt and the restrictions contained in our debt agreements;
 
  •  our ability to continue to retain and train our existing employees and to recruit and hire new qualified and skilled employees, as well as our ability to retain and hire employees with U.S. Government security clearances that are a prerequisite to compete for and to perform work on classified contracts for the U.S. Government;
 
  •  actual future interest rates, volatility and other assumptions used in the determination of pension, benefits and equity-based compensation, as well as the market performance of benefit plan assets;
 
  •  our collective bargaining agreements, our ability to successfully negotiate contracts with labor unions and our ability to favorably resolve labor disputes should they arise;
 
  •  the business, economic and political conditions in the markets in which we operate, including those for the commercial aviation, shipbuilding and communications markets;
 
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  •  the DoD’s contractor support services in-sourcing initiative;
 
  •  events beyond our control such as acts of terrorism;
 
  •  our ability to perform contracts (revenue arrangements) on schedule;
 
  •  our international operations, including sales to foreign customers;
 
  •  our extensive use of fixed-price type contracts as compared to cost-plus type and time-and-material type contracts;
 
  •  the rapid change of technology and high level of competition in the defense industry and the commercial industries in which our businesses participate;
 
  •  our introduction of new products into commercial markets or our investments in civil and commercial products or companies;
 
  •  the outcome of current or future litigation matters, including those that are expected to be resolved by jury trials, which are inherently risky and for which outcomes are difficult to predict;
 
  •  results of audits by U.S. Government agencies, including the Defense Contract Audit Agency, of our sell prices, costs and performance on contracts (revenue arrangements), and our accounting and general business practices;
 
  •  anticipated cost savings from business acquisitions not fully realized or realized within the expected time frame;
 
  •  outcome of matters relating to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA);
 
  •  ultimate resolution of contingent matters, claims and investigations relating to acquired businesses, and the impact on the final purchase price allocations;
 
  •  significant increase in competitive pressure among companies in our industry; and
 
  •  the fair values of our assets, including identifiable intangible assets and the estimated fair value of the goodwill balances for our reporting units, which can be impaired or reduced by other factors, some of which are discussed above.
 
In addition, for a discussion of other risks and uncertainties that could impair our results of operations or financial condition, see “Part I — Item 1A — Risk Factors” (as it may be updated in our most recent quarterly report on Form 10-Q) and Note 19 to our audited consolidated financial statements, in each case included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009, and the risk factor section contained in the applicable prospectus supplement.
 
Readers of this document are cautioned that our forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and the actual results or developments may differ materially from the expectations expressed in the forward-looking statements.
 
As for the forward-looking statements that relate to future financial results and other projections, actual results will be different due to the inherent uncertainties of estimates, forecasts and projections and may be better or worse than projected and such differences could be material. Given these uncertainties, you should not place any reliance on these forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements also represent our estimates and assumptions only as of the date that they were made. We expressly disclaim a duty to provide updates to these forward-looking statements, and the estimates and assumptions associated with them, after the date of this filing to reflect events or changes in circumstances or changes in expectations or the occurrence of anticipated events.


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THE COMPANY
 
L-3 is a prime system contractor in Command, Control, Communications, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C3ISR) systems, government services, and aircraft modernization and maintenance. L-3 is also a leading provider of high technology products, subsystems and systems. Our customers include the United States (U.S.) Department of Defense (DoD) and its prime contractors, U.S. Government intelligence agencies, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Department of State (DoS), U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ), allied foreign governments, domestic and international commercial customers and select other U.S. federal, state and local government agencies.
 
We are incorporated in Delaware, and the address of our principal executive office is 600 Third Avenue, New York, New York 10016. Our telephone number is (212) 697-1111. Our internet address is www.L-3com.com. However, our Web site and information posted on it or connected to it do not constitute a part of this prospectus or any prospectus supplement.
 
RISK FACTORS
 
Our business is subject to uncertainties and risks and an investment in our securities involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider and evaluate all of the information included and incorporated by reference in this prospectus and any accompanying prospectus supplement, including the risk factors included in the accompanying prospectus supplement and incorporated by reference, as well as any risk factors we may describe in any subsequent periodic reports or information we file with the SEC. It is possible that our business, financial condition, liquidity or results of operations could be materially and adversely affected by any of these risks. In that case, the trading price of our securities could decline and you might lose all or part of the value of your investment.
 
USE OF PROCEEDS
 
Unless we otherwise state in the applicable prospectus supplement, we intend to use the net proceeds from the sale of the securities for general corporate purposes. General corporate purposes may include repayment, redemption or retirement of debt, payment of dividends, additions to working capital, capital expenditures, investments in our subsidiaries and possible acquisitions. The net proceeds may be temporarily invested or applied to repay short-term or revolving debt prior to use.


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Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges
 
The ratio of earnings to fixed charges presented below should be read together with our consolidated financial statements and related notes and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009 which is incorporated herein by reference. In calculating the ratio of earnings to fixed charges, earnings consist of income from continuing operations before income taxes less net income attributable to non-controlling interests plus fixed charges. Fixed charges consist of interest on indebtedness plus the amortization of bond discounts and deferred debt issuance costs and that portion of lease rental expense representative of the interest element.
 
                                         
    Year Ended December 31,  
    2009     2008     2007     2006     2005  
    (In millions, except ratio of earnings to fixed charges)  
 
Earnings:
                                       
Income from continuing operations before income taxes
  $ 1,386     $ 1,423     $ 1,165     $ 818     $ 791  
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
    10       11       9       10       10  
                                         
Income before income taxes after noncontrolling interests
  $ 1,376     $ 1,412     $ 1,156     $ 808     $ 781  
Add:
                                       
Interest expense
    268       279       304       303       206  
Amortization of debt expense
    11       11       10       10       5  
Interest component of rent expense
    59       58       56       53       41  
                                         
Earnings
  $ 1,714     $ 1,760     $ 1,526     $ 1,174     $ 1,033  
                                         
Fixed charges:
                                       
Interest expense
  $ 268     $ 279     $ 304     $ 303     $ 206  
Amortization of debt expense
    11       11       10       10       5  
Interest component of rent expense
    59       58       56       53       41  
                                         
Fixed charges
  $ 338     $ 348     $ 370     $ 366     $ 252  
                                         
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges
    5.1 x     5.1 x     4.1 x     3.2 x     4.1x  
                                         


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DESCRIPTION OF SENIOR UNSECURED NOTES
 
The following is a summary of the general terms of the senior unsecured notes and the related subsidiary guarantees. We will file a prospectus supplement that may contain additional terms when we issue senior unsecured notes. The terms presented here, together with the terms in a related prospectus supplement, will be a description of the material terms of the senior unsecured notes. You should also read the indenture under which the senior unsecured notes are to be issued. We have filed a form of indenture governing the senior unsecured notes with the SEC as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part. All capitalized terms have the meanings specified in the indenture.
 
We may issue, from time to time, debt securities, in one or more series, that will consist of our senior unsecured notes. The senior unsecured notes will be non-convertible and “investment grade securities,” within the meaning of General Instruction I.B. of Form S-3. A non-convertible security is an “investment grade security” for such purposes if, at the time of sale, at least one nationally recognized statistical rating organization (as that term is used in Rule 15c3- 1(c)(2)(vi)(F) under the Exchange Act) has rated the securities in one of its generic rating categories which signifies investment grade; typically, the four highest rating categories (within which there may be sub-categories or gradations indicating relative standing) signify investment grade. Agency ratings are not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any security, and recommendations may be revised or withdrawn at any time by the rating agency.
 
The senior unsecured notes we offer will be issued under an indenture among L-3 Communications, the subsidiary guarantors from time to time party thereto and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee. The following is a summary of the material provisions of the indenture filed as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part. For each series of senior unsecured notes, the applicable prospectus supplement for the series may change and supplement the summary below.
 
General Terms of the Indenture
 
The indenture does not limit the amount of senior unsecured notes that we may issue and permits us to issue senior unsecured notes in one or more series. All senior unsecured notes of one series need not be issued at the same time, and, unless otherwise provided, any series may be reopened, without the consent of the holders of the senior unsecured notes of that series, for issuances of additional senior unsecured notes of that series. It provides that we may issue senior unsecured notes up to the principal amount that we may authorize and that such senior unsecured notes may be in any currency or currency unit that we may designate. Except for the limitations on liens, sales and leaseback transactions, consolidation, merger and sale of all or substantially all of our assets contained in the indenture and a covenant relating to future guarantors, the terms of the indenture do not contain any covenants or other provisions designed to give holders of any senior unsecured notes protection against changes in our operations, financial condition or transactions involving us.
 
We may issue the senior unsecured notes issued under the indenture as “discount securities,” which means they may be sold at a discount below their stated principal amount. These senior unsecured notes, as well as other senior unsecured notes that are not issued at a discount, may be issued with “original issue discount,” or “OID,” for U.S. federal income tax purposes because of interest payment and other characteristics or terms of the senior unsecured notes. Certain U.S. federal income tax considerations applicable to senior unsecured notes issued with OID will be described in more detail in the applicable prospectus supplement.
 
The applicable prospectus supplement for a series of senior unsecured notes that we issue will describe, among other things, the following terms of the offered senior unsecured notes:
 
  •  The title of the series of senior unsecured notes;
 
  •  The price or prices (expressed as a percentage of the principal amount) at which we will sell the senior unsecured notes;
 
  •  Any limit on the aggregate principal amount of the series of senior unsecured notes;
 
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  •  The rate or rates (which may be fixed or variable) per annum or the method used to determine the rate or rates (including any currency exchange rate, commodity, commodity index, stock exchange index or financial index) at which the senior unsecured notes will bear interest, the date or dates from which interest will accrue or the method for determining dates from which interest will accrue, the date or dates on which interest will commence and be payable and any regular record date for the interest payable on any interest payment date;
 
  •  The manner in which the amounts of payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest, if any, on the series of senior unsecured notes will be determined (if such amounts may be determined by reference to an index based on a currency or currencies or by reference to a currency exchange rate, commodity, commodity index, stock exchange index or financial index);
 
  •  The place or places where principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the senior unsecured notes will be payable and the method of such payment, if by wire transfer, mail or other means;
 
  •  Provisions related to redemption or early repayment of the senior unsecured notes at our option;
 
  •  Our obligation, if any, to redeem or purchase any series of senior unsecured notes pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of a holder thereof and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which such senior unsecured notes shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;
 
  •  The authorized denominations;
 
  •  The form of the senior unsecured notes and whether the senior unsecured notes will be issued in bearer or fully registered form (and if in fully registered form, whether the senior unsecured notes will be issuable, in whole or in part, as global senior unsecured notes);
 
  •  Any depositaries, interest rate calculation agents, exchange rate calculation agents or other agents with respect to the senior unsecured notes;
 
  •  Any changes in the trustee for such senior unsecured notes;
 
  •  The portion of principal amount of the senior unsecured notes payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity date, if other than the principal amount;
 
  •  Any changes in or additions or deletions to the covenants applicable to the particular senior unsecured notes being issued;
 
  •  Additions or deletions to or changes in the Events of Default with respect to the securities and any change in the right of the trustee or the holders to declare the principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, with respect to such securities to be due and payable;
 
  •  The currency of denomination of the senior unsecured notes;
 
  •  The designation of the currency, currencies or currency units in which the purchase price for, the principal of and any premium and any interest on, such securities will be payable;
 
  •  If payments of principal of, premium, if any, or interest, if any, on the senior unsecured notes will be made in one or more currencies or currency units other than that or those in which the senior unsecured notes are denominated, the manner in which the exchange rate with respect to these payments will be determined;
 
  •  The securities exchange(s) on which the senior unsecured notes will be listed, if any;
 
  •  Whether any underwriter(s) will act as market maker(s) for the senior unsecured notes;
 
  •  The extent to which a secondary market for the senior unsecured notes is expected to develop;
 
  •  Additions or deletions to or changes in the provisions relating to covenant defeasance and legal defeasance;
 
  •  Additions or deletions to or changes in the provisions relating to satisfaction and discharge of the indenture;
 
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  •  Any other terms of the senior unsecured notes, which may modify, supplement or delete any provision of the indenture as it applies to that series.
 
The applicable prospectus supplement may discuss certain U.S. federal income tax considerations for holders of any senior unsecured notes, if any, and the securities exchange or quotation system on which any senior unsecured notes are to be listed or quoted, if any.
 
We expect most senior unsecured notes to be issued in fully registered form without coupons and in denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.
 
Guarantees
 
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, the Company’s payment obligations under the senior unsecured notes will be jointly and severally guaranteed (the “Subsidiary Guarantees”) by all of the Company’s current and future Domestic Subsidiaries that guarantee other Indebtedness of the Company. The obligations of each Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee will be limited as necessary to prevent that Subsidiary Guarantee from constituting a fraudulent conveyance under applicable law. The Subsidiary Guarantee of each Guarantor will be effectively subordinated to the extent of the value of the collateral securing the guarantees or Indebtedness of such Guarantor, if such guarantees or Indebtedness are secured. Upon the release of all guarantees by a Guarantor under all then outstanding Indebtedness of the Company (other than the senior unsecured notes), the Subsidiary Guarantee of that Guarantor will automatically and unconditionally be released and discharged, without any further action required by such Guarantor or the trustee. If any former Guarantor thereafter guarantees any Indebtedness of the Company (other than the senior unsecured notes), then that former Guarantor (to the extent it is still a Domestic Subsidiary) will again guarantee the senior unsecured notes on the terms and conditions set forth in the indenture. In addition, the Subsidiary Guarantee of any Guarantor will be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged, without any further action required by such Guarantor or the trustee, if the senior unsecured notes are defeased or at any time such Guarantor is no longer a Domestic Subsidiary.
 
Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets
 
The indenture will provide that the Company may not, directly or indirectly, consolidate or merge with or into (whether or not the Company is the surviving entity), or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or assets in one or more related transactions, to another Person unless:
 
(1) the Company is the surviving or continuing corporation or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition has been made is a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust or other entity organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia;
 
(2) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company) or the Person to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition has been made (if other than the Company) assumes all the obligations of the Company under the senior unsecured notes and the indenture pursuant to agreements reasonably satisfactory to the trustee; and
 
(3) immediately after such transaction no Default or Event of Default exists.
 
In the case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or other conveyance in a transaction in which there is a successor Person, the successor Person will succeed to, and be substituted for, the Company under the indenture and, subject to the terms of the indenture, the Company will be released from the obligation to pay principal and interest on the senior unsecured notes and all obligations under the indenture.
 
The limitations described above will not apply to:
 
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(b) any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, lease or other disposition of assets between or among the Company and its subsidiaries.
 
Events of Default and Remedies
 
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, the term “Event of Default,” when used in the indenture with respect to any series of senior unsecured notes means any of the following:
 
(1) default for 30 days in the payment when due of interest on the senior unsecured notes of that series;
 
(2) default in payment when due of the principal of or premium, if any, on the senior unsecured notes of that series;
 
(3) failure to make sinking fund payments, if any, when due in respect of that series;
 
(4) failure by the Company to comply with the provisions described under the caption “— Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets”;
 
(5) failure by the Company to comply with any of its other agreements in the indenture (other than an agreement that has been included in the indenture solely for the benefit of a series of senior unsecured notes other than that series) for 90 days after written notice is received by the Company from the trustee or by the Company and the trustee from the holders of at least 25% of the aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured notes of that series then outstanding;
 
(6) default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or the payment of which is guaranteed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) whether such Indebtedness or guarantee now exists, or is created after the Issue Date, which default relates to a payment at final maturity or results in the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior to its express maturity and, in each case, the principal amount of such Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of all other Indebtedness that is not paid at final maturity or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregates $100.0 million or more;
 
(7) failure by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to pay final judgments aggregating in excess of $100.0 million, which judgments are not paid, discharged or stayed for a period of 60 days;
 
(8) certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency with respect to the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries;
 
(9) except as permitted by the indenture, any Subsidiary Guarantee of a Significant Subsidiary is held in any judicial proceeding to be unenforceable or invalid; and
 
(10) any other Event of Default provided in the applicable officers’ certificate, resolution of our board of directors or the supplemental indenture under which we issue a series of senior unsecured notes.
 
An Event of Default for a particular series of senior unsecured notes does not necessarily constitute an Event of Default for any other series of senior unsecured notes issued under the indenture.
 
If an Event of Default with respect to any series of senior unsecured notes occurs and is continuing, then either the trustee for such series or the holders of 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding senior unsecured notes of such series, by notice in writing, may declare the principal amount (or, if the senior unsecured notes are discount securities, that portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of that series) of and interest on all of the senior unsecured notes of such series to be due and payable immediately. We refer you to the prospectus supplement relating to any series of senior unsecured notes that are discount securities for the particular provisions relating to acceleration of a portion of the principal amount of such discount securities upon the occurrence of an Event of Default.
 
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If an Event of Default relating to certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency with respect to the Company occurs and is continuing, then the principal amount (or, if the senior unsecured notes are discount securities, that portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of that series) of all of the senior unsecured notes outstanding, and any accrued interest, will automatically become due and payable immediately, without any declaration or other act by the trustee or any holder.
 
The indenture imposes limitations on suits brought by holders of senior unsecured notes against us. Except for actions for payment of overdue principal or interest, no holder of senior unsecured notes of any series may institute any action against us under the indenture unless:
 
  •  The holder has previously given to the trustee written notice of default and continuance of such default;
 
  •  The holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the outstanding senior unsecured notes of that series have requested that the trustee institute the action;
 
  •  The requesting holders have offered the trustee indemnity satisfactory to it for expenses and liabilities that may be incurred by bringing the action;
 
  •  The trustee has not instituted the action within 60 days of the request; and
 
  •  The trustee has not received inconsistent direction by the holders of a majority in principal amount of that series of senior unsecured notes.
 
The Company is required to deliver to the trustee annually a statement regarding compliance with the indenture, and the Company is required upon becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, to deliver to the trustee a statement specifying such Default or Event of Default.
 
Certain Covenants
 
Limitation on Liens
 
Except as otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, the indenture will provide that the Company will not, and will not permit any of its Wholly Owned Domestic Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien (except Permitted Liens) on (1) any Principal Property or (2) the capital stock of any Subsidiary, in each case to secure Indebtedness of the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company or any other Person, unless the senior unsecured notes are secured, equally and ratably with such other Indebtedness (or on a senior basis if the obligations so secured are subordinated Indebtedness), for so long as such other Indebtedness is so secured. Any Lien that is granted to secure the senior unsecured notes under this covenant shall be automatically released and discharged at the same time as the release of the Lien that gave rise to the obligation to secure the senior unsecured notes under this covenant.
 
“Permitted Liens” means, with respect to each series of senior unsecured notes:
 
(1) Liens securing Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, which Indebtedness exists on the Issue Date;
 
(2) Liens securing Indebtedness of any Person that (a) is acquired by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries after the Issue Date, (b) is merged or amalgamated with or into the Company or any of its Subsidiaries after the Issue Date or (c) becomes consolidated in the financial statements of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries after the Issue Date in accordance with GAAP; provided, however, that in each case contemplated by this clause (2), such Indebtedness was not incurred in contemplation of such acquisition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation and is only secured by Liens on the capital stock and assets of, the Person (and Subsidiaries of the Person) acquired by, or merged or amalgamated with or into, or consolidated in the financial statements of, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
 
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however, that such Indebtedness is only secured by Liens on the capital stock and assets acquired, constructed or improved in connection with such financing (including the capital stock and assets of any Subsidiary of any such acquired Person);
 
(4) Liens to secure any extension, renewal, refinancing or refunding (or successive extensions, renewals, refinancings or refundings), in whole or in part, of any Indebtedness secured by Liens referred to in clauses (1)-(3) above or clause (10) below or Liens created in connection with any amendment, consent or waiver relating to such Indebtedness, so long as such Lien is limited to all or part of substantially the same property which secured the Lien extended, renewed or replaced, the amount of Indebtedness secured is not increased (other than by the amount equal to any costs and expenses (including any premiums, fees or penalties) incurred in connection with any extension, renewal, refinancing or refunding) and the Indebtedness so secured does not exceed the fair market value (as determined by the Company’s board of directors) of the assets subject to such Liens at the time of such extension, renewal, refinancing or refunding, or such amendment, consent or waiver, as the case may be;
 
(5) Liens to secure intercompany Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
 
(6) Liens to secure the performance of statutory obligations, insurance, surety or appeal bonds, workers compensation obligations, performance bonds or other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business (including Liens to secure letters of credit and reimbursement obligations with respect thereto issued to assure payment of such obligations);
 
(7) Liens created for the benefit of (or to secure) such series of senior unsecured notes (or the related Subsidiary Guarantees);
 
(8) Liens in favor of the trustee granted in accordance with the indenture;
 
(9) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or claims that are not yet delinquent or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently concluded, provided that any reserve or other appropriate provision as is required in conformity with GAAP has been made therefor; and
 
(10) other Liens, in addition to those permitted in clauses (1) through (9) above, securing Indebtedness having an aggregate principal amount (including all Indebtedness incurred pursuant to clause (4) above to renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (10)), measured as of the date of the incurrence of any such Indebtedness (giving pro forma effect to the application of the proceeds therefrom and any transaction in connection with which such Indebtedness is being incurred), taken together with the amount of all Attributable Debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries at that time outstanding relating to Sale and Leaseback Transactions permitted under the covenant described below under the caption “— Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions,” not to exceed the greater of (a) 15% of the Company’s Consolidated Net Tangible Assets measured as of the date of the incurrence of any such Indebtedness (giving pro forma effect to the application of the proceeds therefrom and any transaction in connection with which such Indebtedness is being incurred) or (b) $1.5 billion.
 
For purposes of clause (10) of this definition of Permitted Liens, (a) with respect to any revolving credit facility secured by a Lien, the full amount of Indebtedness that may be borrowed thereunder will be deemed to be incurred at the time any revolving credit commitment thereunder is first extended or increased and will not be deemed to be incurred when such revolving credit facility is drawn upon and (b) if a Lien of the Company or any of its Wholly Owned Domestic Subsidiaries is granted to secure Indebtedness that was previously unsecured, such Indebtedness will be deemed to be incurred as of the date such Indebtedness is secured.
 
Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions
 
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Subsidiary to such other Person (a “Sale and Leaseback Transaction”), except that a Sale and Leaseback Transaction is permitted if the Company or such Subsidiary would be entitled to incur Indebtedness secured by a Lien on the property to be leased (without equally and ratably securing the senior unsecured notes) in an aggregate principal amount equal to the Attributable Debt with respect to such Sale and Leaseback Transaction.
 
In addition, the following Sale and Leaseback Transactions are not subject to the limitation above and the provisions described in “— Limitation on Liens” above:
 
(1) temporary leases for a term, including renewals at the option of the lessee, of not more than three years;
 
(2) leases between only the Company and a Subsidiary of the Company or only between Subsidiaries of the Company;
 
(3) leases where the proceeds from the sale of the subject property are at least equal to the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Company) of the subject property and the Company applies an amount equal to the net proceeds of the sale to the retirement of long-term Indebtedness or to the purchase of other property or equipment used or useful in its business, within 270 days of the effective date of such sale; provided that in lieu of applying such amount to the retirement of long-term Indebtedness, the Company may deliver senior unsecured notes or other debt securities to the applicable trustee for cancellation, such senior unsecured notes or other debt securities to be credited at the cost thereof to the Company; and
 
(4) leases of property executed by the time of, or within 270 days after the latest of, the acquisition, the completion of construction or improvement, or the commencement of commercial operation, of the subject property.
 
Future Subsidiary Guarantees
 
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, the Company’s payment obligations under the senior unsecured notes will be jointly and severally guaranteed by all of the Company’s existing and future Domestic Subsidiaries that guarantee any other Indebtedness of the Company. The indenture will provide that if the Company or any of its Subsidiaries acquires or creates a Domestic Subsidiary after the Issue Date, and such Domestic Subsidiary guarantees any other Indebtedness of the Company, then such Domestic Subsidiary will become a Guarantor and will execute a supplemental indenture and deliver an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the trustee within thirty (30) business days of the date on which it was acquired or created. The Subsidiary Guarantee of each Guarantor will rank pari passu in right of payment with all senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor, which would include the guarantees of amounts borrowed under the Company’s existing senior credit facility. The obligations of each Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee will be limited so as not to constitute a fraudulent conveyance under applicable law.
 
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, the indenture will provide that no Guarantor may consolidate with or merge with or into (whether or not such Guarantor is the surviving Person) another Person (except the Company or another Guarantor) unless:
 
(1) subject to the provisions of the following paragraph, the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than such Guarantor) assumes all the obligations of such Guarantor pursuant to a supplemental indenture in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the trustee, under the senior unsecured notes and the indenture; and
 
(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default exists.
 
The indenture will provide that in the event of a sale or other disposition of all of the assets of any Guarantor, by way of merger, consolidation or otherwise, or a sale or other disposition of stock of any Guarantor such that the Guarantor is no longer a Subsidiary of the Company, then such Guarantor (in the event of a sale or other disposition, by way of such a merger, consolidation or otherwise) or the corporation acquiring the property (in the event of a sale or other disposition of all of the assets of such Guarantor) will be automatically and unconditionally released and relieved of any obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee, without any actions required on the part of the Guarantor or trustee.


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The foregoing notwithstanding, a Guarantor will be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged from all of its obligations under the indenture and its Subsidiary Guarantee upon defeasance or if such Guarantor is released from its guarantees of all other Indebtedness of the Company, without any actions required on the part of the Guarantor or trustee.
 
Transfer and Exchange
 
Unless otherwise stated in the applicable prospectus supplement, each senior unsecured note will be represented by either one or more global securities registered in the name of The Depository Trust Company, as depositary, or a nominee (we will refer to any senior unsecured note represented by a global senior unsecured note as a “book-entry debt security”), or a certificate issued in definitive registered form (we will refer to any senior unsecured note represented by a certificated security as a “certificated debt security”) as set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement. Except as set forth under the subheading “— Global Senior Unsecured Notes and Book-Entry System” below, book-entry senior unsecured notes will not be issuable in certificated form.
 
Certificated Senior Unsecured Notes.  You may transfer or exchange certificated senior unsecured notes at any office we maintain for this purpose in accordance with the terms of the indenture. No service charge will be made for any transfer or exchange of certificated senior unsecured notes, but we may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection with a transfer or exchange.
 
You may effect the transfer of certificated senior unsecured notes and the right to receive the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on certificated senior unsecured notes only by surrendering the certificate representing those certificated senior unsecured notes and either reissuance by us or the trustee of the certificate to the new holder or the issuance by us or the trustee of a new certificate to the new holder.
 
Global Senior Unsecured Notes and Book-Entry System.  Each global debt security representing book-entry senior unsecured notes will be deposited with, or on behalf of, the depositary, and registered in the name of the depositary or a nominee of the depositary.
 
We anticipate that the depositary will follow the following procedures with respect to book-entry senior unsecured notes.
 
Ownership of beneficial interests in book-entry senior unsecured notes will be limited to persons that have accounts with the depositary for the related global debt security, which we refer to as participants, or persons that may hold interests through participants. Upon the issuance of a global debt security, the depositary will credit, on its book-entry registration and transfer system, the participants’ accounts with the respective principal amounts of the book-entry senior unsecured notes represented by such global debt security beneficially owned by such participants. The accounts to be credited will be designated by any dealers, underwriters or agents participating in the distribution of the book-entry senior unsecured notes. Ownership of book-entry senior unsecured notes will be shown on, and the transfer of such ownership interests will be effected only through, records maintained by the depositary for the related global debt security (with respect to interests of participants) and on the records of participants (with respect to interests of persons holding through participants). The laws of some states may require that certain purchasers of securities take physical delivery of such securities in definitive form. These laws may impair the ability to own, transfer or pledge beneficial interests in book-entry senior unsecured notes.
 
So long as the depositary for a global debt security, or its nominee, is the registered owner of that global debt security, the depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, will be considered the sole owner or holder of the book-entry senior unsecured notes represented by such global debt security for all purposes under the indenture. Except as described below, beneficial owners of book-entry senior unsecured notes will not be entitled to have securities registered in their names, will not receive or be entitled to receive physical delivery of a certificate in definitive form representing securities and will not be considered the owners or holders of those securities under the indenture. Accordingly, each person beneficially owning book-entry senior unsecured notes must rely on the procedures of the depositary for the related global debt security and, if such person is not a participant, on the procedures of the participant through which such person owns its interest, to exercise any rights of a holder under the indenture.
 
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indenture provides that we, the trustee and our respective agents will treat as the holder of a debt security the persons specified in a written statement of the depositary with respect to that global debt security for purposes of obtaining any consents or directions required to be given by holders of the senior unsecured notes pursuant to the indenture.
 
We will make payments of principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on book-entry senior unsecured notes to the depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, as the registered holder of the related global debt security. We, the trustee and any other agent of ours or agent of the trustee will not have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests in a global debt security or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to beneficial ownership interests.
 
We expect that the depositary, upon receipt of any payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest, if any, on a global debt security, will immediately credit participants’ accounts with payments in amounts proportionate to the respective amounts of book-entry senior unsecured notes held by each participant as shown on the records of such depositary. We also expect that payments by participants to owners of beneficial interests in book-entry senior unsecured notes held through those participants will be governed by standing customer instructions and customary practices, as is now the case with the securities held for the accounts of customers in bearer form or registered in “street name,” and will be the responsibility of those participants.
 
We will issue certificated senior unsecured notes in exchange for each global debt security if the depositary is at any time unwilling or unable to continue as depositary or ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, and a successor depositary registered as a clearing agency under the Exchange Act is not appointed by us within 90 days. In addition, we may at any time and in our sole discretion determine not to have the book-entry senior unsecured notes of any series represented by one or more global senior unsecured notes and, in that event, will issue certificated senior unsecured notes in exchange for the global senior unsecured notes of that series. Global senior unsecured notes will also be exchangeable by the holders for certificated senior unsecured notes if an Event of Default with respect to the book-entry senior unsecured notes represented by those global senior unsecured notes has occurred and is continuing. Any certificated senior unsecured notes issued in exchange for a global debt security will be registered in such name or names as the depositary shall instruct the trustee. We expect that such instructions will be based upon directions received by the depositary from participants with respect to ownership of book-entry senior unsecured notes relating to such global debt security.
 
We have obtained the foregoing information concerning the depositary and the depositary’s book-entry system from sources we believe to be reliable, but we take no responsibility for the accuracy of this information.
 
Discharge, Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance
 
Legal Defeasance.  The indenture provides that, unless otherwise provided by the terms of the applicable series of senior unsecured notes, we may be discharged from any and all obligations in respect of the senior unsecured notes of any series (except for certain obligations to register the transfer or exchange of senior unsecured notes of such series, to replace stolen, lost or mutilated senior unsecured notes of such series, and to maintain paying agencies and certain provisions relating to the treatment of funds held by paying agents). We will be so discharged upon the deposit with the trustee, in trust, of money and/or U.S. government obligations or, in the case of senior unsecured notes denominated in a single currency other than U.S. dollars, foreign government obligations, that, through the payment of interest and principal in accordance with their terms, will provide money in an amount sufficient in the opinion of a nationally recognized investment bank, appraisal firm or firm of independent public accountants to pay and discharge each installment of principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on and any mandatory sinking fund payments in respect of the senior unsecured notes of that series on the stated maturity of those payments in accordance with the terms of the indenture and those senior unsecured notes.
 
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on the same amounts and in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if the deposit, defeasance and discharge had not occurred.
 
Defeasance of Certain Covenants.  The indenture provides that, unless otherwise provided by the terms of the applicable series of senior unsecured notes, upon compliance with certain conditions:
 
  •  We may omit to comply with the covenants described under the headings “— Guarantees,” “— Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets,” “— Limitation on Liens,” “— Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions,” “— Future Subsidiary Guarantees” and certain other covenants set forth in the indenture, as well as any additional covenants which may be set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement; and
 
  •  Any omission to comply with those covenants will not constitute a default or an Event of Default with respect to the senior unsecured notes of that series.
 
The conditions include:
 
  •  Depositing with the trustee money and/or U.S. government obligations or, in the case of senior unsecured notes denominated in a single currency other than U.S. dollars, foreign government obligations, that, through the payment of interest and principal in accordance with their terms, will provide money in an amount sufficient in the opinion of a nationally recognized investment bank, appraisal firm or firm of independent public accountants to pay and discharge each installment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on and any mandatory sinking fund payments in respect of the senior unsecured notes of that series on the stated maturity or applicable redemption date of those payments in accordance with the terms of the indenture and those senior unsecured notes; and
 
  •  Delivering to the trustee an opinion of counsel to the effect that the holders of the senior unsecured notes of that series will not recognize income, gain or loss for United States federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit and related covenant defeasance and will be subject to United States federal income tax on the same amounts and in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if the deposit and related covenant defeasance had not occurred.
 
Covenant Defeasance and Events of Default.  In the event we exercise our option to effect covenant defeasance with respect to any series of senior unsecured notes and the senior unsecured notes of that series are declared due and payable because of the occurrence of any Event of Default, the amount of money and/or U.S. government obligations or foreign government obligations on deposit with the trustee will be sufficient to pay amounts due on the senior unsecured notes of that series at the time of their stated maturity but may not be sufficient to pay amounts due on the senior unsecured notes of that series at the time of the acceleration resulting from the Event of Default. However, we shall remain liable for those payments.
 
Modification of the Indenture
 
The indenture provides that we and the trustee may enter into supplemental indentures without the consent of the holders of any series of senior unsecured notes to:
 
  •  Secure any series of senior unsecured notes and provide the terms and conditions for the release or substitution of the security;
 
  •  Add additional guarantors;
 
  •  Evidence the assumption by a successor person of our obligations;
 
  •  Add covenants for the protection of the holders of any series of senior unsecured notes;
 
  •  Add any additional Events of Default with respect to any series of senior unsecured notes;
 
  •  Make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the holders of any series of senior unsecured notes or that does not adversely affect the legal rights under the indenture of any such holder of any series of senior unsecured notes in any material respect;
 
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  •  Provide for uncertificated notes in addition to or in place of certificated notes;
 
  •  Add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of the indenture with respect to any series in a manner that will become effective only when there is no outstanding senior unsecured note of such series which is entitled to the benefit of the provision as to which the modification would apply;
 
  •  Establish the forms or terms of senior unsecured notes of any series;
 
  •  Eliminate any conflict between the terms of the indenture and the Trust Indenture Act of 1939;
 
  •  Evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee and add to or change any of the provisions of the indenture as is necessary for the administration of the trusts by more than one trustee;
 
  •  Conform any provision of the indenture, the securities of any series or any related guarantees or security documents to the description of such securities contained in the applicable prospectus, prospectus supplement or similar document with respect to the offering of the securities of such series to the extent that such description was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision in the indenture, such securities or any related guarantees or security documents; and
 
  •  Make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the indenture that will not be inconsistent with any provision of the indenture as long as the new provisions do not materially adversely affect the interests of the holders of any outstanding senior unsecured notes of any series created prior to the modification.
 
The indenture also provides that we and the trustee may, with the consent of the holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured notes of a series then outstanding and affected, add any provisions to, or change in any manner, eliminate or modify in any way the provisions of the indenture with respect to such series or modify in any manner the rights of the holders of the senior unsecured notes of such series. We and the trustee may not, however, without the consent of the holder of each outstanding senior unsecured note affected thereby (with respect to any senior unsecured notes held by such non-consenting holder):
 
  •  Change the amount of senior unsecured notes of such series whose holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;
 
  •  Reduce the rate of or extend the time for payment of interest (including default interest) on any senior unsecured note of such series;
 
  •  Reduce the principal of or premium, if any, on or change the fixed maturity of any senior unsecured note or reduce the amount of, or postpone the date fixed for, the payment of any sinking fund or analogous obligation with respect to any series of senior unsecured notes;
 
  •  Reduce the principal amount of discount securities payable upon acceleration of maturity of such series;
 
  •  Waive a default in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest, if any, on any senior unsecured note of such series (except a rescission of acceleration of the senior unsecured notes of any series by the holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding senior unsecured notes of that series and a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such acceleration);
 
  •  Make the principal of or premium, if any, or interest, if any, on any senior unsecured note of such series payable in a currency other than that stated in the senior unsecured note;
 
  •  Make any change to certain provisions of the indenture relating to, among other things, the right of holders of senior unsecured notes of such series to receive payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on those senior unsecured notes of such series and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment and to waivers or amendments;
 
  •  Waive a redemption payment with respect to any senior unsecured note of such series or change any of the provisions with respect to the redemption of any senior unsecured notes of such series (other than with respect to any provision relating to covenants that require the Company to repurchase, at the option of the holders, a series of senior unsecured notes in connection with a “change of control” triggering event); or
 
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Except for certain specified provisions, the holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding senior unsecured notes of any series may on behalf of the holders of all senior unsecured notes of that series waive our compliance with provisions of the indenture. The holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding senior unsecured notes of any series may on behalf of the holders of all the senior unsecured notes of such series waive any past default under the indenture with respect to that series and its consequences, except a default in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or any interest, if any, on any senior unsecured note of that series or in respect of a covenant or provision which cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the holder of each outstanding senior unsecured note of the series affected; provided, however, that the holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding senior unsecured notes of any series may rescind an acceleration and its consequences, including any related payment default that resulted from the acceleration.
 
No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders
 
No director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, as such, will have any liability for any obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company under the senior unsecured notes, the Subsidiary Guarantees or the indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each holder of senior unsecured notes by accepting a note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the senior unsecured notes. Such waiver may not be effective to waive liabilities under the federal securities laws and it is the view of the SEC that such a waiver is against public policy.
 
Governing Law
 
The indenture and the senior unsecured notes will be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
 
Concerning the Trustee
 
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 it must eliminate such conflict within 90 days, apply to the SEC for permission to continue or resign, in each case to the extent required by law.
 
The holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding notes will have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for exercising any remedy available to the trustee, subject to certain exceptions. The indenture provides that if an Event of Default occurs (which has not been cured), the trustee will be required, in the exercise of its power, to use the degree of care of a prudent person in the conduct of such person’s affairs. Subject to such provisions, the trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers under the indenture at the request of any holder of senior unsecured notes, unless such holder offers the trustee security and indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense. We and our subsidiaries from time to time maintain ordinary banking relationships and credit facilities with The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation and its affiliates.
 
Certain Defined Times
 
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, set forth below are certain defined terms used in the indenture. Reference is made to the indenture and the applicable prospectus supplement for a full disclosure of all such terms, as well as any other capitalized terms used herein for which no definition is provided.
 
“Attributable Debt” in respect of a Sale and Leaseback Transaction means, at any time of determination, the present value at that time of the obligation of the lessee for net rental payments during the remaining term of the lease included in such Sale and Leaseback Transaction including any period for which such lease has been extended or may, at the option of the lessor, be extended. Such present value will be calculated using a discount rate equal to the rate of interest implicit in such transaction, determined in accordance with GAAP.


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“Consolidated Net Tangible Assets” of any Person as of any date means the total assets of such Person and its Subsidiaries as of the most recent fiscal quarter end for which a consolidated balance sheet of such Person and its Subsidiaries is available as of that date, minus all current liabilities of such Person and its Subsidiaries reflected on such balance sheet and minus total goodwill and other intangible assets of such Person and its Subsidiaries reflected on such balance sheet, all calculated on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
 
“Default” means any event that is, or with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both would be, an Event of Default.
 
“Domestic Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary of the Company (other than an Immaterial Subsidiary) that is organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia or any territory thereof.
 
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
 
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as have been approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession, which are in effect from time to time.
 
“Guarantors” means each Domestic Subsidiary of the Company that executes a Subsidiary Guarantee in accordance with the provisions of the indenture, and their respective successors and assigns, provided, that upon the release and discharge of such Person from its guarantee in accordance with the Indenture, such Person shall cease to be a Guarantor.
 
“Immaterial Subsidiary” means, as of any date, any Subsidiary whose total assets, as of that date, are less than $20.0 million and whose total revenues for the most recent 12-month period do not exceed $20.0 million.
 
“Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person, obligations of such Person for borrowed money (including, without limitation, indebtedness for borrowed money evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments). For the avoidance of doubt, bankers’ acceptances and obligations of a Person under currency exchange or interest rate swap agreements (or other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in currency exchange rates or interest rates) are not Indebtedness.
 
“Issue Date” means, with respect to each series of senior unsecured notes, the date such series of senior unsecured notes are issued.
 
“Lien” means any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or other encumbrance of any kind, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law, including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a security interest in and any filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statute) of any jurisdiction.
 
“Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, limited liability company, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or other entity, government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
 
“Principal Property” means any building, structure or other facility located within the United States (other than its territories and possessions) and owned by the Company or any Wholly Owned Domestic Subsidiary, the book value of which is not less than 0.5% of the Company’s Consolidated Net Tangible Assets. For purposes of this definition, book value will be measured at the time the relevant Lien is being created or, in the case of any Lien incurred pursuant to clause (10) of the definition of “Permitted Liens”, at the time the relevant secured Indebtedness is deemed to be incurred.
 
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“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor agency.
 
“Significant Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary which is a “significant subsidiary” within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
 
“Stated Maturity” means, with respect to any installment of interest or principal on any series of Indebtedness, the date on which the payment of interest or principal was scheduled to be paid in the documentation governing such Indebtedness, and will not include any contingent obligations to repay, redeem or repurchase any such interest or principal prior to the date originally scheduled for the payment thereof.
 
“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person: (1) any corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of capital stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person (or a combination thereof); and (2) any partnership (A) the sole general partner or the managing general partner of which is such Person or a Subsidiary of such Person or (B) the only general partners of which are such Person or of one or more Subsidiaries of such Person (or any combination thereof).
 
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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
 
We may sell the securities offered pursuant to this prospectus in any of the following ways:
 
  •  directly to one or more purchasers;
 
  •  through agents;
 
  •  through underwriters, brokers or dealers; or
 
  •  through a combination of any of these methods of sale.
 
We will identify the specific plan of distribution, including any underwriters, brokers, dealers, agents or direct purchasers and their compensation in a prospectus supplement.
 
LEGAL MATTERS
 
The validity of the senior unsecured notes offered by this prospectus and any prospectus supplement will be passed upon for us by Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York, New York. Counsel for any underwriters, agents or dealers will be named in the accompanying prospectus supplement.
 
EXPERTS
 
The financial statements and management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting (which is included in Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting) incorporated in this Prospectus by reference to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 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.


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PART II
 
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
 
Item 14.   Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution
 
The following table sets forth the costs and expenses payable by us in connection with the sale and distribution of the securities being registered.
 
     
SEC Registration Fee
  *
Rating Agency Fees
  *
Accounting Fees and Expenses
  *
Legal Fees and Expenses
  *
Printing Expenses
  *
Trustee’s Fees and Expenses
  *
Blue Sky Fees and Expenses
  *
Miscellaneous
  *
Total
  *
 
 
* All fees and expenses are calculated based on the number of issuances and amount of securities offered and, accordingly, cannot be estimated at this time.
 
Item 15.   Indemnification of Directors and Officers
 
DELAWARE
 
Delaware Corporations
 
L-3 Communications Corporation, Broadcast Sports, Inc., L-3 Communications AIS GP Corporation, L-3 Communications Avionics Systems, Inc., L-3 Communications Electron Technologies, Inc., L-3 Communications ESSCO, Inc., L-3 Communications Investments Inc., L-3 Communications Klein Associates, Inc., L-3 Communications Security and Detection Systems, Inc., Lincom Wireless, Inc., Pac Ord Inc., Power Paragon, Inc., SPD Electrical Systems, Inc., SPD Switchgear, Inc., International Resources Group, Ltd., L-3 Communications CyTerra Corporation, L-3 Communications EOTech, Inc., L-3 Communications Foreign Holdings, Inc., L-3 Fuzing and Ordnance Systems, Inc. and L-3 Services, Inc. are Delaware corporations.
 
Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware grants each corporation organized thereunder the power to indemnify any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of a corporation or enterprise, against expenses, including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, other than an action by or in the right of the corporation, by reason of being or having been in any such capacity, if he acted in good faith in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. Section 102(b)(7) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware enables a corporation in its certificate of incorporation or an amendment thereto validly approved by stockholders to limit or eliminate the personal liability of the members of its board of directors for violations of the directors’ fiduciary duty of care.
 
The Certificate of Incorporation of each of the following entities provides that the corporation shall indemnify its directors and officers to the full extent possible under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware: L-3 Communications Security and Detection Systems, Inc., L-3 Communications CyTerra Corporation, L-3 Fuzing and Ordnance Systems, Inc. and L-3 Communications EOTech, Inc.
 
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Avionics Systems, Inc., L-3 Communications Electron Technologies, Inc., L-3 Communications ESSCO, Inc., L-3 Communications Investments Inc., L-3 Communications Security and Detection Systems, Inc., Lincom Wireless, Inc., Pac Ord Inc., Power Paragon, Inc., SPD Electrical Systems, Inc., SPD Switchgear, Inc., International Resources Group, Ltd., L-3 Communications EOTech, Inc., L-3 Communications Foreign Holdings, Inc. and L-3 Services, Inc.
 
The Certificate of Incorporation of each of the following entities provides that no director shall be personally liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except as otherwise provided by the Delaware General Corporation Law: L-3 Communications Corporation, Broadcast Sports, Inc., Lincom Wireless, Inc., Pac Ord Inc., SPD Electrical Systems, Inc., SPD Switchgear, Inc. and L-3 Services, Inc.
 
Delaware Limited Liability Companies
 
L-3 Communications Flight Capital LLC, L-3 Communications Flight International Aviation LLC, L-3 Communications Germany Holdings, LLC, L-3 Communications Shared Services, LLC, L-3 Communications Vector International Aviation LLC and L-3 Communications Vertex Aerospace LLC are Delaware limited liability companies.
 
Section 18-108 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act empowers a Delaware limited liability company to indemnify and hold harmless any member or manager of the limited liability company from and against any and all claims and demands whatsoever.
 
The Limited Liability Company Agreement of each of the following entities provides that the corporation shall indemnify its directors and officers to the full extent possible under the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act: L-3 Communications Flight Capital LLC, L-3 Communications Flight International Aviation LLC, L-3 Communications Vector International Aviation LLC and L-3 Communications Vertex Aerospace LLC.
 
The Limited Liability Company Agreement of each of the following entities provides that a member shall not have any liability for the obligations or liabilities of the company except to the extent provided in the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act: L-3 Communications Flight Capital LLC, L-3 Communications Flight International Aviation LLC, L-3 Communications Germany Holdings, LLC, L-3 Communications Shared Services and LLC, L-3 Communications Vector International Aviation LLC.
 
Delaware Limited Partnerships
 
L-3 Communications Integrated Systems L.P. is a Delaware limited partnership.
 
Section 17-108 of the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act (“DE RULPA”) provides that, subject to such standards and restrictions, if any, as are set forth in its partnership agreement, a limited partnership may, and shall have the power to, indemnify and hold harmless any partner or other person from and against any and all claims and demands whatsoever. However, to the extent that the partnership agreement seeks to restrict or limit the liabilities of such person, Section 17-1101 of DE RULPA prohibits it from limiting or eliminating liability for any act or omission that constitutes a bad faith violation of the implied contractual covenant of good faith and fair dealing.
 
ARIZONA
 
Electrodynamics, Inc. is an Arizona corporation.
 
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connection with any other proceeding charging improper financial benefit to the director in which the director was adjudged liable on the basis that financial benefit was improperly received by the director.
 
Unless otherwise limited by its articles of incorporation, Section 10-854 of the Arizona Revised Statutes requires a corporation to indemnify (a) an outside director whose conduct was in good faith and who reasonably believed that the conduct was in best interests of the corporation and, in the case of any criminal proceedings, the director had no reasonable cause to believe the conduct was unlawful and (b) a director who was the prevailing party, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding to which the director was a party because the director is or was a director of the corporation, against reasonable expenses incurred by the director in connection with the proceeding.
 
Section 10-856 of the Arizona Revised Statutes provides that a corporation may indemnify and advance expenses to an officer of the corporation who is a party to a proceeding because the individual is or was an officer of the corporation to the same extent as a director.
 
The Bylaws of Electrodynamics, Inc. provides that the corporation shall indemnify its directors and officers to the full extent possible under the General Corporation Law of the State of Arizona.
 
CALIFORNIA
 
Interstate Electronics Corporation, L-3 Communications Infrared Vision Technology Corporation, L-3 Communications Sonoma EO, Inc., L-3 Communications Dynamic Positioning and Control Systems, Inc. and L-3 Communications MariPro, Inc. are California corporations.
 
Section 317 of the California Corporations Code provides that a corporation has the power to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any proceeding, other than in an action by or on behalf of the corporation to obtain a favorable judgment for itself, because such person is or was an agent of the corporation, against expenses actually and reasonably incurred in connection with the proceeding, if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in the best interests of the corporation and, in the case of criminal proceedings, had no reasonable cause to believe that the conduct was unlawful. In the case of suits by or on behalf of a corporation to obtain a judgment in its favor, a corporation has the power to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to such proceeding because such person is or was the corporation’s agent, against expenses actually and reasonably incurred if the person acted in good faith in a manner the person believed to be in the best interests of the corporation and its shareholders, except that no such indemnification may be made for claims as to which the person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation in the performance of that person’s duty to the corporation, unless and then only to the extent a court determines otherwise.
 
The Articles of Incorporation of each of the following entities provides that the corporation shall indemnify its directors and officers to the full extent possible under the California Corporations Code: L-3 Communications Infrared Vision Technology Corporation and L-3 Communications MariPro, Inc.
 
The Bylaws of each of the following entities provides that the corporation shall indemnify its directors and officers to the full extent possible under the California Corporations Code: Interstate Electronics Corporation, L-3 Communications Infrared Vision Technology Corporation, L-3 Communications Sonoma EO, Inc., L-3 Communications Dynamic Positioning and Control Systems, Inc. and L-3 Communications MariPro, Inc.
 
The Articles of Incorporation of L-3 Communications Sonoma EO, Inc. provides that the liability of directors of the corporation for monetary damages shall be eliminated to the fullest extent permissible under California law.
 
FLORIDA
 
L-3 Communications Advanced Laser Systems Technology, Inc., L-3 Communications EO/IR, Inc. and L-3 G.A. International, Inc. are Florida corporations.
 
Section 607.0850(1) of the Florida Business Corporation Act empowers a corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a party to any proceeding (other than an action by, or in the right of, the corporation), by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation or is or was serving at the


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request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise against liability incurred in connection with such proceeding, including any appeal thereof, if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. The termination of any proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, or conviction or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation or, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful.
 
Section 607.0850(2) provides that a corporation shall have power to indemnify any person, who was or is a party to any proceeding by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, against expenses and amounts paid in settlement not exceeding, in the judgment of the board of directors, the estimated expense of litigating the proceeding to conclusion, actually and reasonably incurred in connection with the defense or settlement of such proceeding, including any appeal thereof. Such indemnification shall be authorized if such person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification shall be made under this subsection in respect of any claim, issue, or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable unless, and only to the extent that, the court in which such proceeding was brought, or any other court of competent jurisdiction, shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which such court shall deem proper.
 
The Articles of Incorporation of L-3 Communications EO/IR, Inc. provides that the corporation shall indemnify its directors and officers to the full extent possible under the laws of the State of Florida.
 
The Bylaws of each of the following entities provides that the corporation shall indemnify its directors and officers to the full extent possible under the laws of the State of Florida: L-3 Communications Advanced Laser Systems Technology, Inc. and L-3 G.A. International, Inc.
 
MARYLAND
 
Microdyne Communications Technologies Incorporated, Microdyne Corporation, Microdyne Outsourcing Incorporated, L-3 Chesapeake Sciences Corporation and L-3 Communications Applied Signal and Image Technology, Inc. are Maryland corporations.
 
Under Section 2-418 of the Maryland General Corporation Law (“MDGCL”), a Maryland corporation may indemnify any director who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative by reason of the fact that he is a present or former director of the corporation and any person who, while a director of the corporation, is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, other enterprise, or employee benefit plan. Such indemnification may be against judgments, penalties, fines, settlements and reasonable expenses actually incurred by him in connection with the proceeding unless it is proven that (a) the act or omission of the director was material to the matter giving rise to the proceeding and (i) was committed in bad faith, or (ii) was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty; or (b) the director actually received an improper personal benefit in money, property, or services; or (c) in the case of any criminal proceeding, the director had reasonable cause to believe his act or omission was unlawful. However, the corporation may not indemnify any director in connection with a proceeding by or in the right of the corporation if the director has been adjudged to be liable to the corporation. A director who has been successful in the defense of any proceeding described above shall be indemnified against reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the proceeding. The corporation may not indemnify a director in respect of any proceeding charging improper personal benefits to the director in which the director was adjudged to be liable on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received. The corporation may not indemnify a director or advance expenses for a proceeding brought


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by the director against the corporation except if the proceeding is brought to enforce indemnification by the corporation or if the corporation’s charter or bylaws, a board resolution or contract provides otherwise. Notwithstanding the above provisions, a court of appropriate jurisdiction, upon application of the director, may order indemnification if it determines that in view of all the relevant circumstances, the director is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification; however, indemnification with respect to any proceeding by or in the right of the corporation or in which liability was adjudged on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received shall be limited to expenses. A corporation may advance reasonable expenses to a director under certain circumstances, including a written undertaking by or on behalf of such director to repay the amount if it shall ultimately be determined that the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification by the corporation has not been met.
 
A corporation may indemnify and advance expenses to an officer of the corporation to the same extent that it may indemnify directors under Section 2-418 of the MDGCL.
 
The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by statute is not exclusive of any other rights, by indemnification or otherwise, to which a director or officer may be entitled under the charter, bylaws, a resolution of shareholders or directors, an agreement or otherwise.
 
A corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director or officer, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify a director or officer against liability under the provision of Section 2-418 of the MDGCL. Further, a corporation may provide similar protection, including a trust fund, letter of credit or surety bond, not inconsistent with the statute
 
The Articles of Incorporation of each of the following entities provides that the corporation shall indemnify its directors and officers to the full extent possible under the general corporate laws of the State of Maryland: Microdyne Communications Technologies Incorporated and Microdyne Outsourcing Incorporated.
 
The Bylaws of each of the following entities provides that the corporation shall indemnify its directors and officers to the full extent possible under the laws of the State of Maryland: L-3 Chesapeake Sciences Corporation, L-3 Communications Applied Signal and Image Technology, Inc., Microdyne Communications Technologies Incorporated, Microdyne Corporation and Microdyne Outsourcing Incorporated.
 
NEW JERSEY
 
L-3 Communications Mobile-Vision, Inc. is a New Jersey corporation.
 
Section 14A:3-5 of the New Jersey Business Corporation Act (“NJBCA”) empowers a corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, arbitrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that he is or was a corporate agent (i.e., a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or a director, officer, trustee, employee or agent of another related corporation or enterprise), against reasonable costs (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if such person acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal proceedings, had no reasonable cause to believe that such conduct was unlawful. Section 14A:3-5 of the NJBCA also empowers a corporation to indemnify a corporate agent against reasonable costs (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by him in connection with any proceeding by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor which involves such corporate agent by reason of the fact that he is or was a corporate agent if he acted in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification may be made in respect to any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Superior Court of New Jersey or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine that despite the adjudication of liability, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the court shall deem proper.
 
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provided for by Section 14A:3-5 shall not be deemed exclusive of any rights to which the indemnified party may be entitled. The NJBCA also empowers a corporation to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of a director or officer of the corporation against any liability asserted against him or expenses incurred by him in any such capacity or arising out of his status as such whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him against such liabilities and expenses under NJBCA Section 14A:3-5.
 
NEVADA
 
L-3 Communications Westwood Corporation is a Nevada corporation.
 
Sections 78.751 et seq. of the Nevada Revised Statutes allow a company to indemnify its officers, directors, employees, and agents from any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative, except under certain circumstances. Indemnification may only occur if a determination has been made that the officer, director, employee, or agent acted in good faith and in a manner which such person believed to be in the best interests of the corporation. A determination may be made by the shareholders, by a majority of the directors who were not parties to the action, suit, or proceeding confirmed by opinion of independent legal counsel; or by opinion of independent legal counsel in the event a quorum of directors who were not a party to such action, suit, or proceeding does not exist.
 
The Articles of Incorporation and the Bylaws of L-3 Communications Westwood Corporation provide that the corporation shall indemnify its directors and officers to the full extent possible under the corporate laws of the State of Nevada.
 
The Bylaws of L-3 Communications Westwood Corporation provides that a director or officer shall have no personal or individual liability to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director or officer to the fullest extent permitted by law.
 
OHIO
 
L-3 Communications Cincinnati Electronics Inc. and L-3 Communications Nova Engineering, Inc. are Ohio corporations.
 
Section 1701.13(E) of the Ohio Revised Code gives a corporation incorporated under the laws of Ohio authority to indemnify or agree to indemnify its directors and officers against certain liabilities they may incur in such capacities in connection with criminal or civil suits or proceedings, other than an action brought by or in the right of the corporation, provided that the director or officer acted in good faith and in a manner that the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, the person had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. In the case of an action or suit by or in the right of the corporation, the corporation may indemnify or agree to indemnify its directors and officers against certain liabilities they may incur in such capacities, provided that the director or officer acted in good faith and in a manner that the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, except that an indemnification shall not be made in respect of any claim, issue, or matter as to which (a) the person is adjudged to be liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of their duty to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the court of common pleas or the court in which the action or suit was brought determines, upon application, that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, the person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification for expenses that the court considers proper or (b) any action or suit in which the only liability asserted against a director is pursuant to section 1701.95 of the Ohio Revised Code.
 
The Code of Regulations of L-3 Communications Cincinnati Electronics Inc. provides that the corporation shall indemnify its directors and officers to the full extent possible under the laws of the State of Ohio.
 
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Article 2.02-1 of the Texas Business Corporation Act (“TXBCA”) authorizes a Texas corporation to indemnify a person who was, is, or is threatened to be made a named defendant or respondent in a proceeding, including any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, arbitrative, or investigative because the person is or was a director. The TXBCA provides that unless a court of competent jurisdiction determines otherwise, indemnification is permitted only if it is determined that the person (1) conducted himself in good faith; (2) reasonably believed (a) in the case of conduct in his official capacity as a director of the corporation, that his conduct was in the corporation’s best interests; and (b) in all other cases, that his conduct was at least not opposed to the corporation’s best interests; and (3) in the case of any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. A person may be indemnified under Article 2.02-1 of the TXBCA against judgments, penalties (including excise and similar taxes), fines, settlements, and reasonable expenses actually incurred by the person (including court costs and attorneys’ fees), but if the person is found liable to the corporation or is found liable on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received by him, the indemnification is limited to reasonable expenses actually incurred and shall not be made in respect of any proceeding in which the person has been found liable for willful or intentional misconduct in the performance of his duty to the corporation. A corporation is obligated under Article 2.02-1 of the TXBCA to indemnify a director or officer against reasonable expenses incurred by him in connection with a proceeding in which he is named defendant or respondent because he is or was director or officer if he has been wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of the proceeding. Under Article 2.02-1 of the TXBCA a corporation may (1) indemnify and advance expenses to an officer, employee, agent or other persons who are or were serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, partner, venturer, proprietor, trustee, employee, agent or similar functionary of another entity to the same extent that it may indemnify and advance expenses to its directors, (2) indemnify and advance expenses to directors and such other persons identified in (1) to such further extent, consistent with law, as may be provided in the corporation’s articles of incorporation, bylaws, action of its board of directors, or contract or as permitted by common law and (3) purchase and maintain insurance or another arrangement on behalf of directors and such other persons identified in (1) against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in such a capacity or arising out of his status as such a person.
 
The Articles of Incorporation and the Bylaws of L-3 Unmanned Systems, Inc. provide that the corporation shall indemnify its directors and officers to the full extent possible under the laws of the State of Texas.
 
VIRGINIA
 
D.P. Associates Inc., Titan Facilities, Inc. and L-3 Global Communications Solution, Inc. are Virginia corporations.
 
The Virginia Stock Corporation Act (“VASCA”) empowers a corporation to indemnify an individual made a party to a proceeding because he is or was a director against liability incurred in the proceeding if: (1) he conducted himself in good faith; and (2) he reasonably believed (i) in the case of conduct in his official capacity with the corporation, that his conduct was in its best interests; and (ii) in all other cases, that his conduct was at least not opposed to its best interests; and (3) in the case of any criminal proceeding, he had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. A corporation may not indemnify a director (1) in connection with a proceeding by or in the right of the corporation except for reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the proceeding if it is determined that the director has met the relevant standard in the preceding sentence; or (2) in connection with any other proceeding charging improper personal benefit to the director, whether or not involving action in his official capacity, in which he was adjudged liable on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received by him. Unless limited by its articles of incorporation, a corporation must indemnify a director who entirely prevails in the defense of any proceeding to which he was a party because he is or was a director of the corporation against reasonable expenses incurred by him in connection with the proceeding. Under the VASCA, a corporation may pay for or reimburse the reasonable expenses incurred by a director who is a party to a proceeding in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding if: (1) the director furnishes the corporation a written affirmation of his good faith belief that he has met the standard of conduct described in Section 13.1-697 of the VASCA; and (2) the director furnishes the corporation an undertaking, executed personally or on his behalf, to repay the advance if the director is not entitled to mandatory indemnification under Section 13.1-698 of the VASCA and it is ultimately determined that


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he did not meet the relevant standard of conduct. Unless a corporation’s articles of incorporation provide otherwise, the corporation may indemnify and advance expenses to an officer of the corporation to the same extent as to a director. A corporation may also purchase and maintain on behalf of a director or officer insurance against liabilities incurred in such capacities, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him against the same liability under the VASCA.
 
The Articles of Incorporation of each of the following entities provides that the corporation shall indemnify its directors and officers to the full extent possible under the laws of the State of Virginia: D.P. Associates Inc. and Titan Facilities, Inc.
 
The Bylaws of D.P. Associates Inc. provides that the corporation shall indemnify its directors and officers to the full extent possible under the laws of the State of Virginia.
 
LIABILITY INSURANCE
 
On behalf of itself and all of its subsidiary guarantors, the Company has directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies, with coverage, in the aggregate, of up to $200 million, subject to various deductibles and exclusions from coverage.
 
Item 16.   Exhibits
 
         
  1 .1*   Form of Underwriting Agreement.
  4 .1   Form of Indenture (filed herewith).
  4 .2*   Form of First Supplemental Indenture.
  4 .3*   Form of Senior Unsecured Notes (to be included in the Form of First Supplemental Indenture to be filed as Exhibit 4.2).
  5 .1   Opinion of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP (filed herewith).
  12 .1   Computation of ratios of earnings to fixed charges (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 12 to L-3’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 26, 2010).
  23 .1   Consent of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
  23 .2   Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (filed herewith).
  23 .3   Powers of Attorney (included on the signature pages to this Registration Statement).
  25 .1   Statement of Eligibility and Qualification of Trustee on Form T-1 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, for the Senior Unsecured Notes (filed herewith).
 
 
* To be filed by amendment or as an exhibit to a document to be incorporated by reference herein in connection with an offering of the offered securities.
 
Item 17.   Undertakings
 
Each of the undersigned registrants hereby undertakes:
 
(a)(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
 
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
 
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price


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represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and
 
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this registration statement or any material change to such information in this registration statement;
 
provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i), (a)(1)(ii) and (a)(1)(iii) shall not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in the periodic reports filed with or furnished to the SEC by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of this registration statement.
 
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
 
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
 
(4) That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act to any purchaser:
 
(i) Each prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in this registration statement; and
 
(ii) Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii) or (x), for the purpose of providing the information required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of and included in this registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of this registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of this registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into this registration statement or prospectus that is part of this registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in this registration statement or the prospectus that was part of this registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date.
 
(5) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:
 
(i) any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;
 
(ii) any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant;
 
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(iv) any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.
 
(b) That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of such registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
 
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
 
(d)(1) For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the time it was declared effective; and
 
(2) For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
 
(e) To file an application for the purpose of determining the eligibility of the trustee to act under subsection (a) of section 310 of the Trust Indenture Act (“Act”) in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the Commission under section 305(b)2 of the Act.


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SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York on the 29th day of March, 2010.
 
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
 
  By: 
/s/  Steven M. Post

Name:     Steven M. Post
  Title:  Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
 
SIGNATURES AND POWERS OF ATTORNEY
 
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby authorizes each of Michael T. Strianese, Ralph G. D’Ambrosio and Steven M. Post, each with full power of substitution, to execute in the name and on behalf of such person any amendment or any post-effective amendment to this registration statement and any subsequent registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462 under the Securities Act of 1933 and to file the same, with exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, making such changes in this registration statement and any such subsequent registration statement as L-3 deems appropriate, and appoints each of Michael T. Strianese, Ralph G. D’Ambrosio and Steven M. Post, each with full power of substitution, attorney-in-fact to sign any amendment and any post-effective amendment to this registration statement and any such subsequent registration statement and to file same, with exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith.
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on March 29, 2010.
 
         
Signature
 
Title
 
     
/s/  Michael T. Strianese

Michael T. Strianese
  Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer) and Director
     
/s/  Ralph G. D’Ambrosio

Ralph G. D’Ambrosio
  Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
     
/s/  Dan Azmon

Dan Azmon
  Controller and Principal Accounting Officer
     
/s/  Robert B. Millard

Robert B. Millard
  Director
     
/s/  Claude R. Canizares

Claude R. Canizares
  Director
     
/s/  Thomas A. Corcoran

Thomas A. Corcoran
  Director


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Signature
 
Title
 
     
/s/  Lewis Kramer

Lewis Kramer
  Director
     
/s/  John M. Shalikashvili

John M. Shalikashvili
  Director
     
/s/  Arthur L. Simon

Arthur L. Simon
  Director
     
/s/  Alan H. Washkowitz

Alan H. Washkowitz
  Director
     
/s/  John P. White

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SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, each of the registrants certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York on the 29th day of March, 2010.
 
     
   
BROADCAST SPORTS INC.
   
D.P. ASSOCIATES INC.
   
ELECTRODYNAMICS, INC.
   
INTERSTATE ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
   
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS ADVANCED LASER SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY, INC.
   
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS AIS GP CORPORATION
   
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS AVIONICS SYSTEMS, INC.
   
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CINCINNATI ELECTRONICS INC.
   
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS ELECTRON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
   
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS EO/IR, INC.
   
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS ESSCO, INC.
   
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS FLIGHT CAPITAL LLC
   
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL AVIATION LLC
   
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS INFRARED VISION TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
   
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS INVESTMENTS INC.
   
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS KLEIN ASSOCIATES, INC.
   
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS MOBILE-VISION, INC.
   
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY AND DETECTION SYSTEMS, INC.
   
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS SHARED SERVICES, LLC
   
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS SONOMA EO, INC.
   
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS VECTOR INTERNATIONAL AVIATION LLC
   
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS VERTEX AEROSPACE LLC
   
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS WESTWOOD
CORPORATION
   
LINCOM WIRELESS, INC.
   
MICRODYNE COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED
   
MICRODYNE CORPORATION
   
MICRODYNE OUTSOURCING INCORPORATED
   
PAC ORD INC.
   
POWER PARAGON, INC.
   
SPD ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
   
SPD SWITCHGEAR, INC.
   
TITAN FACILITIES, INC.
   
INTERNATIONAL RESOURCES GROUP, LTD.
   
L-3 CHESAPEAKE SCIENCES CORPORATION
   
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS APPLIED SIGNAL AND IMAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
   
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CYTERRA CORPORATION
   
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L-3 COMMUNICATIONS EOTECH, INC.
   
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS FOREIGN HOLDINGS, INC.
   
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS GERMANY HOLDINGS, LLC
   
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS MARIPRO, INC.
   
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS NOVA ENGINEERING, INC.
   
L-3 FUZING AND ORDNANCE SYSTEMS, INC.
   
L-3 G.A. INTERNATIONAL, INC.
   
L-3 GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS SOLUTIONS, INC.
   
L-3 SERVICES, INC.
   
L-3 UNMANNED SYSTEMS, INC.
 
  By: 
/s/  Steven M. Post
Name:     Steven M. Post
Title:       Senior Vice President, Secretary
 
SIGNATURES AND POWERS OF ATTORNEY
 
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby authorizes each of Michael T. Strianese, Ralph G. D’Ambrosio and Steven M. Post, each with full power of substitution, to execute in the name and on behalf of such person any amendment or any post-effective amendment to this registration statement and any subsequent registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462 under the Securities Act of 1933 and to file the same, with exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, making such changes in this registration statement and any such subsequent registration statement as L-3 deems appropriate, and appoints each of Michael T. Strianese, Ralph G. D’Ambrosio and Steven M. Post, each with full power of substitution, attorney-in-fact to sign any amendment and any post-effective amendment to this registration statement and any such subsequent registration statement and to file same, with exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith.
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on March 29, 2010.
 
         
Signature
 
Title
 
     
  
/s/  Michael T. Strianese

Michael T. Strianese
  Principal Executive Officer
     
  
/s/  Ralph G. D’Ambrosio

Ralph G. D’Ambrosio
  Principal Financial Officer
     
  
/s/  Steven M. Post

Steven M. Post
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SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of New York, state of New York, on the 29th day of March, 2010.
 
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS INTEGRATED
SYSTEMS L.P.
 
  By:  L-3 COMMUNICATIONS AIS GP CORPORATION,
as General Partner
 
  By: 
/s/  Steven M. Post
Name:     Steven M. Post
Title:       Senior Vice President, Secretary
 
SIGNATURES AND POWERS OF ATTORNEY
 
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby authorizes each of Michael T. Strianese, Ralph G. D’Ambrosio and Steven M. Post, each with full power of substitution, to execute in the name and on behalf of such person any amendment or any post-effective amendment to this registration statement and any subsequent registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462 under the Securities Act of 1933 and to file the same, with exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, making such changes in this registration statement and any such subsequent registration statement as L-3 deems appropriate, and appoints each of Michael T. Strianese, Ralph G. D’Ambrosio and Steven M. Post, each with full power of substitution, attorney-in-fact to sign any amendment and any post-effective amendment to this registration statement and any such subsequent registration statement and to file same, with exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith.
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on March 29, 2010.
 
         
Signature
 
Title
 
     
  
/s/  Michael T. Strianese

Michael T. Strianese
  Principal Executive Officer
     
  
/s/  Ralph G. D’Ambrosio

Ralph G. D’Ambrosio
  Principal Financial Officer
     
  
/s/  Steven M. Post

Steven M. Post
  Director


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Table of Contents

EXHIBIT INDEX
 
         
Exhibit No.   Description
 
  1 .1*   Form of Underwriting Agreement.
  4 .1   Form of Indenture (filed herewith).
  4 .2*   Form of First Supplemental Indenture.
  4 .3*   Form of Senior Unsecured Notes (to be included in the Form of First Supplemental Indenture to be filed as Exhibit 4.2).
  5 .1   Opinion of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP (filed herewith).
  12 .1   Computation of ratios of earnings to fixed charges (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 12 to L-3’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 26, 2010).
  23 .1   Consent of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
  23 .2   Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (filed herewith).
  23 .3   Powers of Attorney (included on the signature pages to this Registration Statement).
  25 .1   Statement of Eligibility and Qualification of Trustee on Form T-1 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, for the Senior Unsecured Notes (filed herewith).
 
 
* To be filed by amendment or as an exhibit to a document to be incorporated by reference herein in connection with an offering of the offered securities.

EX-4.1 2 y03175exv4w1.htm EX-4.1 exv4w1
Exhibit 4.1
L-3 Communications Corporation,
As Issuer
 
INDENTURE
Dated as of [                    ], 2010
 
The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.,
as Trustee

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS
         
    Page  
 
       
ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
    1  
 
       
Section 1.1 Definitions
    1  
Section 1.2 Other Definitions
    8  
Section 1.3 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act
    8  
Section 1.4 Rules of Construction
    8  
 
       
ARTICLE II. THE SECURITIES
    9  
 
       
Section 2.1 Issuable in Series
    9  
Section 2.2 Establishment of Terms of Series of Securities
    9  
Section 2.3 Execution and Authentication
    12  
Section 2.4 Registrar and Paying Agent
    13  
Section 2.5 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust
    14  
Section 2.6 Holder Lists
    14  
Section 2.7 Transfer and Exchange
    14  
Section 2.8 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities
    15  
Section 2.9 Outstanding Securities
    15  
Section 2.10 Treasury Securities
    16  
Section 2.11 Temporary Securities
    16  
Section 2.12 Cancellation
    16  
Section 2.13 Defaulted Interest
    16  
Section 2.14 Special Record Dates
    17  
Section 2.15 Global Securities
    17  
Section 2.16 CUSIP Numbers
    18  
Section 2.17 Persons Deemed Owners
    19  
 
       
ARTICLE III. REDEMPTION
    19  
 
       
Section 3.1 Notice to Trustee
    19  
Section 3.2 Selection of Securities to be Redeemed
    19  
Section 3.3 Notice of Redemption
    20  
Section 3.4 Effect of Notice of Redemption
    21  
Section 3.5 Deposit of Redemption Price
    21  
Section 3.6 Securities Redeemed in Part
    21  
 
       
ARTICLE IV. COVENANTS
    21  
 
       
Section 4.1 Payment of Principal and Interest
    21  
Section 4.2 Additional Amounts
    21  
Section 4.3 Maintenance of Office or Agency
    22  
Section 4.4 SEC Reports
    22  
Section 4.5 Compliance Certificate
    23  
Section 4.6 Taxes
    24  

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    Page  
Section 4.7 Stay, Extension and Usury Laws
    24  
Section 4.8 Corporate Existence
    24  
Section 4.9 Sale and Leaseback Transactions
    24  
Section 4.10 Liens
    25  
Section 4.11 Future Subsidiary Guarantees
    25  
 
       
ARTICLE V. SUCCESSORS
    26  
 
       
Section 5.1 Merger, Consolidation, or Sale of Assets
    26  
Section 5.2 Successor Person Substituted
    26  
Section 5.3 Delivery of Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel
    27  
 
       
ARTICLE VI. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
    27  
 
       
Section 6.1 Events of Default
    27  
Section 6.2 Acceleration
    28  
Section 6.3 Other Remedies
    29  
Section 6.4 Waiver of Past Defaults
    29  
Section 6.5 Control by Majority
    29  
Section 6.6 Limitation on Suits
    30  
Section 6.7 Rights of Holders of Securities to Receive Payment
    30  
Section 6.8 Collection Suit by Trustee
    30  
Section 6.9 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim
    31  
Section 6.10 Priorities
    31  
Section 6.11 Undertaking for Costs
    32  
 
       
ARTICLE VII. TRUSTEE
    32  
 
       
Section 7.1 Duties of Trustee
    32  
Section 7.2 Rights of Trustee
    33  
Section 7.3 Individual Rights of Trustee
    34  
Section 7.4 Trustee’s Disclaimer
    34  
Section 7.5 Notice of Defaults
    34  
Section 7.6 Reports by Trustee to Holders
    35  
Section 7.7 Compensation and Indemnity
    35  
Section 7.8 Replacement of Trustee
    36  
Section 7.9 Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.
    37  
Section 7.10 Eligibility; Disqualification
    37  
Section 7.11 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company
    37  
 
       
ARTICLE VIII. LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
    37  
 
       
Section 8.1 Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
    37  
Section 8.2 Legal Defeasance and Discharge
    37  
Section 8.3 Covenant Defeasance
    38  
Section 8.4 Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance
    38  
Section 8.5 Deposited Money and Government Securities to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions
    40  

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    Page  
Section 8.6 Repayment to Company
    40  
Section 8.7 Reinstatement
    41  
 
       
ARTICLE IX. AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS
    41  
 
       
Section 9.1 Without Consent of Holders
    41  
Section 9.2 With Consent of Holders
    42  
Section 9.3 Limitations
    43  
Section 9.4 Compliance with Trust Indenture Act
    43  
Section 9.5 Revocation and Effect of Consents
    44  
Section 9.6 Notation on or Exchange of Securities
    44  
Section 9.7 Trustee Protected
    44  
 
       
ARTICLE X. GUARANTEES
    45  
 
       
Section 10.1 Agreement to Guarantee
    45  
Section 10.2 Execution and Delivery of Subsidiary Guarantees
    45  
Section 10.3 Guarantors May Consolidate, Etc. on Certain Terms
    46  
Section 10.4 Releases
    47  
 
       
ARTICLE XI. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
    48  
 
       
Section 11.1 Satisfaction and Discharge
    48  
Section 11.2 Application of Trust Money
    49  
 
       
ARTICLE XII. MISCELLANEOUS
    49  
 
       
Section 12.1 Trust Indenture Act Controls
    49  
Section 12.2 Notices
    49  
Section 12.3 Communication by Holders with Other Holders
    51  
Section 12.4 Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent
    51  
Section 12.5 Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion
    51  
Section 12.6 Rules by Trustee and Agents
    51  
Section 12.7 Legal Holidays
    52  
Section 12.8 No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders
    52  
Section 12.9 Counterparts
    52  
Section 12.10 Governing Law; Waiver of Trial by Jury
    52  
Section 12.11 No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements
    52  
Section 12.12 Successors
    52  
Section 12.13 Severability
    53  
Section 12.14 Counterpart Originals
    53  
Section 12.15 Table of Contents, Headings, Etc.
    53  
Section 12.16 Securities in a Foreign Currency
    53  
Section 12.17 Force Majeure
    53  
 
       
ARTICLE XIII. SINKING FUNDS
    54  
 
       
Section 13.1 Applicability of Article
    54  

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    Page  
Section 13.2 Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities
    54  
Section 13.3 Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund
    55  

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L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and
Indenture, dated as of [                    ], 2010
     
§ 310(a)(1)
  7.10
(a)(2)
  7.10
(a)(3)
  Not Applicable
(a)(4)
  Not Applicable
(a)(5)
  7.10
(b)
  7.10
§ 311(a)
  7.11
(b)
  7.11
(c)
  Not Applicable
§ 312(a)
  2.6
(b)
  12.3
(c)
  12.3
§ 313(a)
  7.6
(b)(1)
  7.6
(b)(2)
  7.6
(c)(1)
  7.6
(d)
  7.6
§ 314(a)
  4.3, 4.4
(b)
  Not Applicable
(c)(1)
  12.4
(c)(2)
  12.4
(c)(3)
  Not Applicable
(d)
  Not Applicable
(e)
  12.5
(f)
  Not Applicable
§ 315(a)
  7.1
(b)
  7.5
(c)
  7.1
(d)
  7.1
(e)
  6.11
§ 316(a)
  2.10
(a)(1)(A)
  6.5
(a)(1)(B)
  6.4
(b)
  6.7
(c)
  2.14, 9.5(b)
§ 317(a)(1)
  6.8
(a)(2)
  6.9
(b)
  2.5
§ 318(a)
  12.1
 
Note:   This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be part of the Indenture.

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          Indenture dated as of [                    ], 2010 among L-3 Communications Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Company”), the guarantors listed on the signature pages hereto and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (“Trustee”).
          Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders as defined below of the Securities (or applicable Series thereof) issued under this Indenture.
ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
          Section 1.1 Definitions.
          “Additional Amounts” means any additional amounts which are required hereby or by any Security, under circumstances specified herein or therein, to be paid by the Company in respect of certain taxes imposed on Holders specified herein or therein and which are owing to such Holders.
          “Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlling”, “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as used with respect to any Person, shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise; provided that beneficial ownership of 10% or more of the voting securities of a Person shall be deemed to be control.
          “Agent” means any Registrar, Paying Agent or Service Agent.
          “Authorized Newspaper” means a newspaper in an official language of the country of publication customarily published at least once a day for at least five days in each calendar week and of general circulation in the place in connection with which the term is used. If it shall be impractical in the opinion of the Trustee to make any publication of any notice required hereby in an Authorized Newspaper, any publication or other notice in lieu thereof that is made or given by the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient publication of such notice.
          “Attributable Debt” in respect of a Sale and Leaseback Transaction means, at any time of determination, the present value at that time of the obligation of the lessee for net rental payments during the remaining term of the lease included in such Sale and Leaseback Transaction including any period for which such lease has been extended or may, at the option of the lessor, be extended. Such present value will be calculated using a discount rate equal to the rate of interest implicit in such transaction, determined in accordance with GAAP.
          “Bankruptcy Law” means title 11, U.S. Code or any similar Federal or State law for the relief of debtors.
          “Bearer Security” means any Security, including any interest coupon appertaining thereto, that does not provide for the identification of the Holder thereof.

 


 

          “Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors of the Company or any authorized committee thereof.
          “Board Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been adopted by the Board of Directors or pursuant to authorization by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of the certificate and delivered to the Trustee.
          “Business Day” means, unless otherwise provided by Board Resolution, Officers’ Certificate or supplemental indenture hereto for a particular Series, any day except a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday in The City of New York on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close.
          “Capital Stock” means (i) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock, (ii) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock, (iii) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership or membership interests (whether general or limited) and (iv) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person.
          “Company” means the party named as such above until a successor replaces it pursuant to Article V hereof and thereafter means the successor.
          “Company Order” means a written order signed in the name of the Company by two Officers of the Company.
          “Consolidated Net Tangible Assets” of any Person as of any date means the total assets of such Person and its Subsidiaries as of the most recent fiscal quarter end for which a consolidated balance sheet of such Person and its Subsidiaries is available as of that date, minus all current liabilities of such Person and its Subsidiaries reflected on such balance sheet and minus total goodwill and other intangible assets of such Person and its Subsidiaries reflected on such balance sheet, all calculated on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
          “Corporate Trust Office” means the office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be principally administered.
          “Custodian” means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
          “Default” means any event that is, or with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both would be, an Event of Default.
          “Depository” means, with respect to the Securities of any Series issuable or issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, the Person designated as Depository for such Series by the Company, which Depository shall be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act; and if at any time there is more than one such Person, “Depository” as used with respect to the Securities of any Series shall mean the Depository with respect to the Securities of such Series.

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          “Discount Security” means any Security that provides for an amount less than the stated principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.2.
          “Dollars” and “$” means the currency of The United States of America.
          “Domestic Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary of the Company (other than an Immaterial Subsidiary) that is organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia or any territory thereof.
          “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
          “Foreign Currency” means any currency or currency unit issued by a government other than the government of The United States of America.
          “GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as have been approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession, which are in effect from time to time.
          “Global Security” or “Global Securities” means a Security or Securities, as the case may be, in the form established pursuant to Section 2.2 evidencing all or part of a Series of Securities, issued to the Depository for such Series or its nominee, and registered in the name of such Depository or nominee.
          “Government Securities” means direct obligations of, or obligations guaranteed by, the United States of America, and the payment for which the United States pledges its full faith and credit.
          “Guarantee” means a guarantee (other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business), direct or indirect, in any manner (including, without limitation, letters of credit and reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), of all or any part of any Indebtedness.
          “Guarantor” means each Person listed on the signature page hereto and each Domestic Subsidiary of the Company that executes a Guarantee, either on the date hereof or at any future time in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and their respective successors and assigns; provided, that upon the release and discharge of such Person from its guarantee in accordance with this Indenture, such Person shall cease to be a Guarantor.
          “Holder” means a Person in whose name a Security is registered or the holder of a Bearer Security.
          “Immaterial Subsidiary” means, as of any date, any Subsidiary whose total assets, as of that date, are less than $20.0 million and whose total revenues for the most recent 12-month period do not exceed $20.0 million.

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          “Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person, obligations of such Person for borrowed money (including, without limitation, indebtedness for borrowed money evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments). For the avoidance of doubt, bankers’ acceptances and obligations of a Person under currency exchange or interest rate swap agreements (or other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in currency exchange rates or interest rates) are not Indebtedness.
          “Indenture” means this Indenture as amended or supplemented from time to time and shall include the form and terms of particular Series of Securities established as contemplated hereunder.
          “interest” with respect to any Discount Security which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable after Maturity.
          “Issue Date” means with respect to each Series of Securities the first date such Securities are issued under this Indenture.
          “Lien” means any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or other encumbrance of any kind, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law, including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a security interest in and any filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statute) of any jurisdiction.
          “Maturity,” when used with respect to any Security or installment of principal thereof, means the date on which the principal of such Security or such installment of principal becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption, notice of option to elect repayment or otherwise.
          “Obligations” means any principal, premium, interest (including interest accruing on or after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or for reorganization, whether or not a claim for post-filing interest is allowed in such proceeding), penalties, fees, charges, expenses, indemnifications, reimbursement obligations, damages, guarantees and other liabilities or amounts payable under the documentation governing any Indebtedness or in respect thereto.
          “Officer” means, with respect to any Person, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Operating Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, the Secretary, any Assistant Secretary or any Vice-President of such Person.
          “Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by two Officers, one of whom (in the case of an Officers’ Certificate delivered under Section 4.5 hereof) must be the Company’s principal executive officer, the principal financial officer, the principal accounting officer or the treasurer.
          “Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion acceptable to the Trustee of legal counsel. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company.

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     “Permitted Liens” means, with respect to each Series of Securities:
     (a) Liens securing Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, which Indebtedness exists on the applicable Issue Date;
     (b) Liens securing Indebtedness of any Person that (i) is acquired by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries after the applicable Issue Date, (ii) is merged or amalgamated with or into the Company or any of its Subsidiaries after the applicable Issue Date or (iii) becomes consolidated in the financial statements of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries after the applicable Issue Date in accordance with GAAP; provided, however, that in each case contemplated by this clause (b), such Indebtedness was not incurred in contemplation of such acquisition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation and is only secured by Liens on the Capital Stock and assets of, the Person (and Subsidiaries of the Person) acquired by, or merged or amalgamated with or into, or consolidated in the financial statements of, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
     (c) Liens securing Indebtedness (including assumed Indebtedness) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries incurred to finance (whether prior to or within 365 days after) the acquisition, construction or improvement of assets (whether through the direct purchase of assets or through the purchase of the Capital Stock of any Person owning such assets or through an acquisition of any such Person by merger); provided, however, that such Indebtedness is only secured by Liens on the Capital Stock and assets acquired, constructed or improved in connection with such financing (including the Capital Stock and assets of any Subsidiary of any such acquired Person);
     (d) Liens to secure any extension, renewal, refinancing or refunding (or successive extensions, renewals, refinancings or refundings), in whole or in part, of any Indebtedness secured by Liens referred to in clauses (a)-(c) above or clause (j) below or Liens created in connection with any amendment, consent or waiver relating to such Indebtedness, so long as such Lien is limited to all or part of substantially the same property which secured the Lien extended, renewed or replaced, the amount of Indebtedness secured is not increased (other than by the amount equal to any costs and expenses (including any premiums, fees or penalties) incurred in connection with any extension, renewal, refinancing or refunding) and the Indebtedness so secured does not exceed the fair market value (as determined by the Company’s Board of Directors) of the assets subject to such Liens at the time of such extension, renewal, refinancing or refunding, or such amendment, consent or waiver, as the case may be;
     (e) Liens to secure intercompany Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
     (f) Liens to secure the performance of statutory obligations, insurance, surety or appeal bonds, workers compensation obligations, performance bonds or other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business (including Liens to secure letters of credit and reimbursement obligations with respect thereto issued to assure payment of such obligations);

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     (g) Liens created for the benefit of (or to secure) the Securities of such Series (or the Guarantees);
     (h) Liens in favor of the Trustee granted in accordance with this Indenture;
     (i) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or claims that are not yet delinquent or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently concluded, provided that any reserve or other appropriate provision as is required in conformity with GAAP has been made therefor; and
     (j) other Liens, in addition to those permitted in clauses (a) through (i) above, securing Indebtedness having an aggregate principal amount (including all Indebtedness incurred pursuant to clause (d) above to renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (j)), measured as of the date of the incurrence of any such Indebtedness (giving pro forma effect to the application of the proceeds therefrom and any transaction in connection with which such Indebtedness is being incurred), taken together with the amount of all Attributable Debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries at that time outstanding relating to Sale and Leaseback Transactions permitted under Section 4.9, not to exceed the greater of (a) 15% of the Company’s Consolidated Net Tangible Assets measured as of the date of the incurrence of any such Indebtedness (giving pro forma effect to the application of the proceeds therefrom and any transaction in connection with which such Indebtedness is being incurred) or (b) $1.5 billion.
     For purposes of clause (j) of this definition of Permitted Liens, (i) with respect to any revolving credit facility secured by a Lien, the full amount of Indebtedness that may be borrowed thereunder will be deemed to be incurred at the time any revolving credit commitment thereunder is first extended or increased and will not be deemed to be incurred when such revolving credit facility is drawn upon and (ii) if a Lien of the Company or any of its Wholly Owned Domestic Subsidiaries is granted to secure Indebtedness that was previously unsecured, such Indebtedness will be deemed to be incurred as of the date such Indebtedness is secured.
          “Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, limited liability company, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or other entity, government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
          “principal” of a Security means the principal of the Security plus, when appropriate, the premium, if any, on, and any Additional Amounts in respect of, the Security.
          “Principal Property” means any building, structure or other facility located within the United States (other than its territories and possessions) and owned by the Company or any Wholly Owned Domestic Subsidiary, the book value of which is not less than 0.5% of the Company’s Consolidated Net Tangible Assets. For purposes of this definition, book value will be measured at the time the relevant Lien is being created or, in the case of any Lien incurred pursuant to clause (j) of the definition of “Permitted Liens,” at the time the relevant secured Indebtedness is deemed to be incurred.

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          “Responsible Officer” means any officer of the Trustee in its Corporate Trust Office who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of his or her knowledge of and familiarity with a particular subject.
          “SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor agency.
          “Securities” means the senior unsecured debentures, senior unsecured notes or other senior unsecured debt instruments of the Company of any Series authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.
          “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
          “Series” or “Series of Securities” means each series of debentures, notes or other debt instruments of the Company created pursuant to Sections 2.1 and 2.2 hereof.
          “Significant Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary which is a “significant subsidiary” within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
          “Stated Maturity” means, with respect to any installment of interest or principal on any series of Indebtedness, the date on which the payment of interest or principal was scheduled to be paid in the documentation governing such Indebtedness, and will not include any contingent obligations to repay, redeem or repurchase any such interest or principal prior to the date originally scheduled for the payment thereof.
          “Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, (i) any corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person (or a combination thereof); and (ii) any partnership (A) the sole general partner or the managing general partner of which is such Person or a Subsidiary of such Person or (B) the only general partners of which are such Person or of one or more Subsidiaries of such Person (or any combination thereof).
          “TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S. Code §§ 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date of this Indenture; provided, however, that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such date, “TIA” means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act as so amended.
          “Trustee” means the Person named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, “Trustee” as used with respect to the Securities of any Series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of that Series.
          “Wholly Owned Domestic Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any Domestic Subsidiary of such Person, the Capital Stock of which is 100% owned and controlled,

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directly or indirectly through one or more other Wholly Owned Domestic Subsidiaries, by such Person.
          Section 1.2 Other Definitions.
         
    DEFINED IN
TERM   SECTION
“Event of Default”
    6.1  
“Legal Holiday”
    12.7  
“mandatory sinking fund payment”
    13.1  
“Market Exchange Rate”
    12.16  
“optional sinking fund payment”
    13.1  
“Paying Agent”
    2.4  
“Registrar”
    2.4  
“Sale and Leaseback Transaction”
    4.9  
“Service Agent”
    2.4  
          Section 1.3 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.
          Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:
          “Commission” means the SEC.
          “indenture securities” means the Securities.
          “indenture security holder” means a Holder.
          “indenture to be qualified” means this Indenture.
          “indenture trustee” or “institutional trustee” means the Trustee.
          “obligor” on the indenture securities means the Company, any successor obligor upon the Securities or a Guarantor.
          All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule under the TIA and not otherwise defined herein are used herein as so defined.
          Section 1.4 Rules of Construction.
          Unless the context otherwise requires:
          (a) a term has the meaning assigned to it;

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          (b) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
          (c) references to “generally accepted accounting principles” and “GAAP” shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in effect as of the time when and for the period as to which such accounting principles are to be applied;
          (d) “or” is not exclusive;
          (e) “will” shall be interpreted to express a command;
          (f) words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the singular;
          (g) provisions apply to successive events and transactions; and
          (h) references to sections of or rules under the Securities Act will be deemed to include substitute, replacement of successor sections or rules adopted by the SEC from time to time.
ARTICLE II.
THE SECURITIES
          Section 2.1 Issuable in Series.
          The aggregate principal amount of Securities that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The Securities may be issued in one or more Series. All Securities of a Series shall be identical except as may be set forth in a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture or an Officers’ Certificate detailing the adoption of the terms thereof pursuant to the authority granted under a Board Resolution. In the case of Securities of a Series to be issued from time to time, the Board Resolution, Officers’ Certificate or supplemental indenture detailing the adoption of the terms thereof pursuant to authority granted under a Board Resolution may provide for the method by which specified terms (such as interest rate, maturity date, record date or date from which interest shall accrue) are to be determined. Securities may differ between Series in respect of any matters, provided that all Series of Securities shall be equally and ratably entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.
          Section 2.2 Establishment of Terms of Series of Securities.
          At or prior to the issuance of any Securities within a Series, the following shall be established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and set forth or determined in the manner provided in a Board Resolution or in a supplemental indenture or in an Officers’ Certificate pursuant to authority granted under a Board Resolution:
     (a) the title of the Series (which shall distinguish the Securities of that particular Series from the Securities of any other Series);

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     (b) the price or prices (expressed as a percentage of the principal amount thereof) at which the Securities of the Series will be issued;
     (c) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the Series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the Series pursuant to Section 2.7, 2.8, 2.11, 3.6 or 9.6);
     (d) the date or dates on which the principal of the Securities of the Series is payable;
     (e) the rate or rates (which may be fixed or variable) per annum or, if applicable, the method used to determine such rate or rates (including, but not limited to, any currency exchange rate, commodity, commodity index, stock exchange index or financial index) at which the Securities of the Series shall bear interest, if any, the date or dates from which such interest, if any, shall accrue, or the method for determining the date or dates from which interest will accrue, the date or dates on which such interest, if any, shall commence and be payable and any regular record date for the interest payable on any interest payment date;
     (f) the manner in which the amounts of payment of principal of or interest, if any, on the Securities of the Series will be determined, if such amounts may be determined by reference to an index based on a currency or currencies or by reference to a currency exchange rate, commodity, commodity index, stock exchange index or financial index;
     (g) if other than the Corporate Trust Office, the place or places where the principal of, premium, if any and interest, if any, on the Securities of the Series shall be payable, where the Securities of such Series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of such Series and this Indenture may be served, and the method of such payment, if by wire transfer, mail or other means;
     (h) if applicable, the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which the Securities of the Series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company;
     (i) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase the Securities of the Series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the Series shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;
     (j) if other than denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof, the denominations in which the Securities of the Series shall be issuable;

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     (k) the forms of the Securities of the Series in bearer or fully registered form (and, if in fully registered form, whether the Securities of the Series shall be issued in whole or in part in the form of a Global Security or Securities, and the terms and conditions, if any, upon which such Global Security or Securities may be exchanged in whole or in part for other individual Securities);
     (l) any depositories, interest rate calculation agents, exchange rate calculation agents or other agents with respect to Securities of such Series if other than those appointed herein;
     (m) the Trustee for the series of Securities, if other than the Trustee named on the first page hereof or its Successors;
     (n) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of the Securities of the Series that shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.2;
     (o) any addition or deletion to or change in the covenants set forth in Articles IV or V which applies to Securities of the Series;
     (p) any addition or deletion to or change in the Events of Default which applies to any Securities of the Series and any change in the right of the Trustee or the requisite Holders of such Securities to declare the principal amount thereof due and payable pursuant to Section 6.2;
     (q) if other than Dollars, the currency of denomination of the Securities of the Series, which may be any Foreign Currency, and if such currency of denomination is a composite currency, the agency or organization, if any, responsible for overseeing such composite currency;
     (r) if other than Dollars, the designation of the currency, currencies or currency units in which payment of the principal of and any premium and interest, if any, on the Securities of the Series will be made;
     (s) if payments of principal of premium, if any, or interest, if any, on the Securities of the Series are to be made in one or more currencies or currency units other than that or those in which such Securities are denominated, the manner in which the exchange rate with respect to such payments will be determined;
     (t) the securities exchange(s) on which the Securities of the Series will be listed, if any;
     (u) additions or deletions to or changes in the provisions relating to covenant defeasance and legal defeasance;
     (v) additions or deletions to or changes in the provisions relating to satisfaction and discharge of the indenture;

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     (w) additions or deletions to or changes in the provisions relating to the modification of the indenture both with and without the consent of holders of Securities of the Series issued under the indenture; and
     (x) any other terms of the Securities of the Series (which terms may modify, supplement or delete any provision of this Indenture with respect to such Series; provided, however, that no such term may modify or delete any provision hereof if imposed by the TIA; and provided, further, that any modification or deletion of the rights, duties or immunities of the Trustee hereunder shall have been consented to in writing by the Trustee).
          All Securities of any one Series need not be issued at the same time and may be issued from time to time, consistent with the terms of this Indenture, if so provided by or pursuant to the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officers’ Certificate referred to above, and the authorized principal amount of any Series may be increased to provide for issuances of additional Securities of such Series, unless otherwise provided in such Board Resolution, supplemental indenture or Officers’ Certificate.
          Section 2.3 Execution and Authentication.
          Two Officers shall sign the Securities for the Company by manual or facsimile signature.
          If an Officer whose signature is on a Security no longer holds that office at the time the Security is authenticated, the Security shall nevertheless be valid.
          A Security shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual or facsimile signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Security has been authenticated under this Indenture.
          The Trustee shall at any time, and from time to time, authenticate Securities for original issue in the principal amount provided in the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officers’ Certificate, upon receipt by the Trustee of a Company Order. Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication unless otherwise provided by a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officers’ Certificate.
          The aggregate principal amount of Securities of any Series outstanding at any time may not exceed any limit upon the maximum principal amount for such Series set forth in the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officers’ Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 2.2, except as provided in Section 2.9.
          Prior to the issuance of Securities of any Series, the Trustee shall have received and (subject to Section 7.2) shall be fully protected in relying on: (a) the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officers’ Certificate establishing the form of the Securities of that Series or of Securities within that Series and the terms of the Securities of that Series or of

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Securities within that Series, (b) an Officers’ Certificate complying with Section 12.4, and (c) an Opinion of Counsel complying with Section 12.4.
          The Trustee shall have the right to decline to authenticate and deliver any Securities of such Series: (a) if the Trustee, being advised by counsel, determines that such action may not be taken lawfully; or (b) if the Trustee in good faith by its board of directors or trustees, executive committee or a trust committee of directors and/or vice-presidents shall determine that such action would expose the Trustee to personal liability to Holders of any then outstanding Series of Securities.
          The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Company to authenticate Securities. An authenticating agent may authenticate Securities whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with the Company or an Affiliate of the Company.
          Section 2.4 Registrar and Paying Agent.
          The Company shall maintain, with respect to each Series of Securities, at the place or places specified with respect to such Series pursuant to Section 2.2, an office or agency where Securities of such Series may be presented or surrendered for payment (“Paying Agent”), where Securities of such Series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange (“Registrar”) and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of such Series and this Indenture may be served (“Service Agent”). The Registrar shall keep a register with respect to each Series of Securities and to their transfer and exchange. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the name and address, and any change in the name or address, of each Registrar, Paying Agent or Service Agent. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required Registrar, Paying Agent or Service Agent or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the name and address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
          The Company may also from time to time designate one or more co-registrars, additional paying agents or additional service agents and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligations to maintain a Registrar, Paying Agent and Service Agent in each place so specified pursuant to Section 2.2 for Securities of any Series for such purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the name or address of any such co-registrar, additional paying agent or additional service agent. The term “Registrar” includes any co-registrar; the term “Paying Agent” includes any additional paying agent; and the term “Service Agent” includes any additional service agent.
          The Company hereby appoints the Trustee the initial Registrar, Paying Agent and Service Agent for each Series unless another Registrar, Paying Agent or Service Agent, as the case may be, is appointed prior to the time Securities of that Series are first issued.

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          Section 2.5 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.
          The Company shall require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that the Paying Agent will hold in trust, for the benefit of Holders of any Series of Securities, or the Trustee, all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal of or interest on the Series of Securities, and will notify the Trustee of any default by the Company in making any such payment. While any such default continues, the Trustee may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. Upon payment over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent (if other than the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company) shall have no further liability for the money. If the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of Holders of any Series of Securities all money held by it as Paying Agent.
          Section 2.6 Holder Lists.
          The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of Holders of each Series of Securities and shall otherwise comply with TIA § 312(a). If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee at least ten days before each interest payment date and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing a list, in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of Holders of each Series of Securities.
          Section 2.7 Transfer and Exchange.
          Where Securities of a Series are presented to the Registrar or a co-registrar with a request to register a transfer or to exchange them for an equal principal amount of Securities of the same Series, the Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange if its requirements for such transactions are met. To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Trustee shall authenticate Securities at the Registrar’s request. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange (except as otherwise expressly permitted herein), but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable upon exchanges pursuant to Sections 2.11, 3.6 or 9.6).
          Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Registrar) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Registrar duly executed, by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
          Neither the Company nor the Registrar shall be required (a) to issue, register the transfer of, or exchange Securities of any Series for the period beginning at the opening of business fifteen days immediately preceding the mailing of a notice of redemption of Securities of that Series selected for redemption and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or (b) to register the transfer of or exchange Securities of any Series selected, called or being called for redemption as a whole or the portion being redeemed of any such Securities selected, called or being called for redemption in part.

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          Section 2.8 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.
          If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery in exchange therefor a new Security of the same Series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
          If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee (i) evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute and upon its request the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of the same Series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
          In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security.
          Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.
          Every new Security of any Series issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities of that Series duly issued hereunder.
          The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.
          Section 2.9 Outstanding Securities.
          Subject to Section 2.10, the Securities outstanding at any time are all the Securities authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation, those reductions in the interest in a Global Security effected by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions hereof and those described in this Section as not outstanding.
          If a Security is replaced pursuant to Section 2.8, it ceases to be outstanding until the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Security is held by a bona fide purchaser.
          If the Paying Agent (other than the Company, a Subsidiary of the Company or an Affiliate of the Company) holds as of 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the date of Maturity of

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Securities of a Series money sufficient to pay such Securities payable on that date, then on and after that date such Securities of the Series cease to be outstanding and interest on them ceases to accrue.
          A Security does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the Company holds the Security.
          In determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of outstanding Securities have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, the principal amount of a Discount Security that shall be deemed to be outstanding for such purposes shall be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such determination upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.2.
          Section 2.10 Treasury Securities.
          In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Securities of a Series have concurred in any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, Securities of a Series owned by the Company or an Affiliate of the Company shall be disregarded, except that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver only Securities of a Series that a Responsible Officer of the Trustee knows are so owned shall be so disregarded.
          Section 2.11 Temporary Securities.
          Until definitive Securities are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Securities upon a Company Order. Temporary Securities shall be substantially in the form of definitive Securities but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary Securities. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and the Trustee upon request shall authenticate definitive Securities of the same Series and date of maturity in exchange for temporary Securities. Until so exchanged, temporary securities shall have the same rights under this Indenture as the definitive Securities.
          Section 2.12 Cancellation.
          The Company at any time may deliver Securities to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and the Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Securities surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange, replacement or payment. The Trustee shall cancel all Securities surrendered for transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and deliver such canceled Securities to the Company, unless the Company otherwise directs; provided that the Trustee shall not be required to destroy Securities. The Company may not issue new Securities to replace Securities that it has paid or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.
          Section 2.13 Defaulted Interest.
          If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on a Series of Securities, it shall pay the defaulted interest, plus, to the extent permitted by law, any interest payable on the

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defaulted interest, to the Persons who are Holders of the Series on a subsequent special record date. The Company shall fix the record date and payment date. At least 10 days before the record date, the Company shall mail to the Trustee and to each Holder of the Series a notice that states the record date, the payment date and the amount of interest to be paid. The Company may pay defaulted interest in any other lawful manner.
          Section 2.14 Special Record Dates.
          (a) The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, set a record date for the purpose of determining the identity of Holders entitled to consent to any supplement, amendment or waiver permitted by this Indenture. If a record date is fixed, the Holders of such Series and Securities outstanding on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be entitled to consent to such supplement, amendment or waiver or revoke any consent previously given, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date. No consent shall be valid or effective for more than 90 days after such record date unless consents from Holders of the principal amount of such Series and Securities required hereunder for such amendment or waiver to be effective shall have also been given and not revoked within such 90-day period.
          (b) The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of any Series of Securities entitled to join in the giving or making of any notice of Default, any declaration of acceleration, any request to institute proceedings or any other similar direction. If a record date is fixed, the Holders of such Series and Securities outstanding on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be entitled to join in such notice, declaration, request or direction, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided, however, that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the date 90 days after such record date.
          Section 2.15 Global Securities.
               2.15.1 Terms of Securities. A Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officers’ Certificate shall establish whether the Securities of a Series shall be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities and the Depository for such Global Security or Securities.
               2.15.2 Transfer and Exchange. Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary contained in Section 2.7 of the Indenture and in addition thereto, any Global Security shall be exchangeable pursuant to Section 2.7 of the Indenture for Securities registered in the names of Holders other than the Depository for such Security or its nominee only if (i) such Depository notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depository for such Global Security or if at any time such Depository ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, and, in either case, the Company fails to appoint a successor Depository registered as a clearing agency under the Exchange Act within 90 days of such event, (ii) the Company executes and delivers to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate to the effect that such Global Security shall be so exchangeable (subject to the procedures of the Depository) or (iii) an Event of Default with respect to the Securities represented by such Global Security shall have happened and be continuing. Any Global Security that is exchangeable pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be exchangeable for Securities registered in such names as the Depository shall

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direct in writing in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Security with like tenor and terms.
          Except as provided in this Section 2.15.2, a Global Security may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depository with respect to such Global Security to a nominee of such Depository, by a nominee of such Depository to such Depository or another nominee of such Depository or by the Depository or any such nominee to a successor Depository or a nominee of such a successor Depository.
               2.15.3 Legend. Any Global Security issued hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:
          “Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation (“DTC”), New York, New York, to the issuer or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or such other name as may be requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or such other entity as may be requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co. has an interest herein.”
          “Transfer of this Global Security shall be limited to transfers in whole, but not in part, to DTC, to nominees of DTC or to a successor thereof or such successor’s nominee and limited to transfers made in accordance with the restrictions set forth in the Indenture referred to herein.”
               2.15.4 Acts of Holders. The Depository, as a Holder, may appoint agents and otherwise authorize participants to give or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action which a Holder is entitled to give or take under the Indenture.
               2.15.5 Payments. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Indenture, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.2, payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on any Global Security shall be made to the Holder thereof.
               2.15.6 Consents, Declaration and Directions. Except as provided in Section 2.15.5, the Company, the Trustee and any Agent shall treat a Person as the Holder of such principal amount of outstanding Securities of such Series represented by a Global Security as shall be specified in a written statement of the Depository with respect to such Global Security, for purposes of obtaining any consents, declarations, waivers or directions required to be given by the Holders pursuant to this Indenture.
          Section 2.16 CUSIP Numbers.
          The Company in issuing the Securities may use “CUSIP” numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any

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notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other elements of identification printed on the Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers.
          Section 2.17 Persons Deemed Owners.
          Prior to due presentment of a Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Security is registered in the Register as the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and (subject to the record date provisions thereof) interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to, such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not any payment with respect to such Security shall be overdue, and none of the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary. The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the bearer of a Bearer Security as the absolute owner thereof for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to, such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not any payment with respect to such Security shall be overdue, and none of the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
          No holder of any beneficial interest in any Global Security held on its behalf by a Depository shall have any rights under this Indenture with respect to such Global Security, and such Depository may be treated by the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the owner of such Global Security for all purposes whatsoever. None of the Company, the Trustee, any Paying Agent or the Registrar will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests of a Global Security or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests.
ARTICLE III.
REDEMPTION
          Section 3.1 Notice to Trustee.
          The Company may, with respect to any Series of Securities, reserve the right to redeem and pay the Series of Securities or may covenant to redeem and pay the Series of Securities or any part thereof prior to the Stated Maturity thereof at such time and on such terms as provided for in such Securities. If a Series of Securities is redeemable and the Company wants or is obligated to redeem prior to the Stated Maturity thereof all or part of the Series of Securities pursuant to the terms of such Securities, it shall notify the Trustee of the redemption date and the principal amount of Series of Securities to be redeemed. The Company shall give the notice at least 45 days before the redemption date (or such shorter notice as may be acceptable to the Trustee).
          Section 3.2 Selection of Securities to be Redeemed.
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be redeemed, the Trustee shall select the Securities of the Series to be redeemed by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate.
          In the event of partial redemption, the Trustee shall make the selection from Securities of the Series outstanding not previously called for redemption. The Trustee may select for redemption a portion of the principal amount of any Security of such Series; provided that the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of any Security shall be in an authorized denomination (which shall not be less than the minimum authorized denomination) for such Security. Provisions of this Indenture that apply to Securities of a Series called for redemption also apply to portions of Securities of that Series called for redemption.
          Section 3.3 Notice of Redemption.
          Unless otherwise indicated for a particular Series by Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officers’ Certificate, at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, the Company shall mail a notice of redemption by first-class mail to each Holder whose Securities are to be redeemed and if any Bearer Securities are outstanding, publish on one occasion a notice in an Authorized Newspaper, 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 the Series of Securities or a satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture pursuant to Articles VIII or XI hereof.
          The notice shall identify the Securities of the Series to be redeemed and shall state:
     (a) the redemption date;
     (b) the redemption price (or if not then ascertainable, the manner of calculation thereof);
     (c) the name and address of the Paying Agent;
     (d) that Securities of the Series called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price;
     (e) that interest on Securities of the Series called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the redemption date;
     (f) the CUSIP number, if any; and
     (g) any other information as may be required by the terms of the particular Series or the Securities of a Series being redeemed.
          At the Company’s request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Company’s name and at its expense as long as the Trustee is given at least 5 Business Days prior notice of the requested date of the giving of such notice (or such shorter notice as may be acceptable to the Trustee).

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          Section 3.4 Effect of Notice of Redemption.
          Once notice of redemption is mailed or published as provided in Section 3.3, Securities of a Series called for redemption become due and payable on the redemption date and at the redemption price. A notice of redemption at the option of the Company may not be conditional. Upon surrender to the Paying Agent, such Securities shall be paid at the redemption price plus accrued interest to the redemption date; provided that, unless otherwise specified with respect to such Securities pursuant to Section 2.2 hereof, installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the redemption date shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities (or one or more predecessor Securities) registered at the close of business on the relevant record date therefor according to their terms and the terms of this Indenture.
          Section 3.5 Deposit of Redemption Price.
          On or before the redemption date, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest, if any, on all Securities to be redeemed on that date.
          Section 3.6 Securities Redeemed in Part.
          Upon surrender of a Security that is redeemed in part, the Trustee shall authenticate for the Holder a new Security of the same Series and the same maturity equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Security surrendered.
ARTICLE IV.
COVENANTS
          Section 4.1 Payment of Principal and Interest.
          The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders of each Series of Securities that it will pay or cause to be paid the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, the Securities of that Series on the dates and in the manner provided in such Securities. Principal, premium, if any, and interest on any Series of Securities will be considered paid on the date due if the Paying Agent, if other than the Company or a Subsidiary thereof, holds as of 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date money deposited by the Company in immediately available funds and designated for and sufficient to pay all principal, premium, if any, and interest then due.
          The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders of each Series of Securities that it will pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal with respect to such Securities at the rate specified therefor in the Securities; it will pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace period) at the same rate to the extent lawful.
          Section 4.2 Additional Amounts.
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pursuant to this Indenture or such Securities. Whenever in this Indenture there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of the principal of or interest on, or in respect of, any Security of any Series, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts provided by the terms of such Series established hereby or pursuant hereto to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof pursuant to such terms, and express mention of the payment of Additional Amounts (if applicable) in any provision hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional Amounts in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.
          Section 4.3 Maintenance of Office or Agency.
          The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders of each Series of Securities that it will maintain an office or agency (which may be an office of the Trustee for such Securities or an affiliate of such Trustee, Registrar for such Securities or co-registrar) where such Securities may be surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of such Securities and this Indenture may be served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee for such Securities of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company fails to maintain any such required office or agency or fails to furnish such Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of such Trustee.
          The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where Holders of a Series of Securities may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee for such Series of Securities of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.
          With respect to each Series of Securities, the Company hereby designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee for such Securities as one such office or agency of the Company in accordance with Section 2.5 hereof.
          Section 4.4 SEC Reports.
          Unless otherwise specified with respect to Securities of a particular Series pursuant to Section 2.2, the Company will, if and to the extent required under the TIA:
     (a) file with the Trustee, within 15 days after the Company is required to file the same with the SEC, copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the SEC may from time to time by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Company may be required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act; or, if the Company is not required to file information, documents or reports pursuant to either of such sections, then to file with the Trustee and the SEC, in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the SEC, such of the supplementary and periodic information, documents and reports which may be required pursuant to Section

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13 of the Exchange Act in respect of a security listed and registered on a national securities exchange as may be prescribed from time to time in such rules and regulations;
     (b) file with the Trustee and the SEC, in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the SEC, such additional information, documents and reports with respect to compliance by the Company with the conditions and covenants provided for in this Indenture as may be required from time to time by such rules and regulations;
     (c) transmit by mail to the Holders of Securities in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 7.6 within 30 days after the required filing thereof with the Trustee, such summaries of any information, documents and reports required to be filed by the SEC pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of this Section as may be required to be transmitted to such Holders by rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the SEC;
     (d) The delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee pursuant to this Section 4.4 is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers’ Certificates). In addition, any reports, information and documents referred to in this Section 4.4 shall be deemed to be delivered to the Trustee and the Holders at the time such reports, information and documents are publicly filed with the SEC via the EDGAR filing system (or any successor system).
          Section 4.5 Compliance Certificate.
          (a) The Company and each Guarantor of any Series of Securities (to the extent that such Guarantor is so required under the TIA) shall deliver to the Trustee with respect to such Series, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, an Officers’ Certificate stating that a review of the activities of the Company and its Subsidiaries during the preceding fiscal year has been made under the supervision of the signing Officers with a view to determining whether the Company has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled its obligations under this Indenture, and further stating, as to each such Officer signing such certificate, that to the best of his or her knowledge the Company has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each and every covenant contained in this Indenture and is not in default in the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture (or, if a Default or Event of Default has occurred, describing all such Defaults or Events of Default of which he or she may have knowledge and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto) and that to the best of his or her knowledge no event has occurred and remains in existence by reason of which payments on account of the principal of or interest, if any, on the Series of Securities is prohibited or if such event has occurred, a description of the event and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
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any Default or Event of Default, an Officers’ Certificate specifying such Default or Event of Default and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
          Section 4.6 Taxes.
          The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders of each Series of Securities that it will pay, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to pay, prior to delinquency, all material taxes, assessments, and governmental levies except such as are contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings or where the failure to effect such payment is not adverse in any material respect to the Holders of such Securities.
          Section 4.7 Stay, Extension and Usury Laws.
          The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders of each Series of Securities (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not, and each Guarantor of such Securities will not, at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company and each such Guarantor (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee for such Securities, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law has been enacted.
          Section 4.8 Corporate Existence.
          Subject to Article V hereof, the Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders of each Series of Securities that it shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its legal existence and rights and franchises; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not obligate the Company to preserve any such right or franchise if the Company shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of its business and that the loss thereof is not adverse in any material respect to any Holder.
          Section 4.9 Sale and Leaseback Transactions.
          Unless otherwise indicated for a particular Series by a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture or an Officers’ Certificate, the Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders of each Series of Securities that it will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into any arrangement with any other Person pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries leases any property that has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Company or the Subsidiary to such other Person (a “Sale and Leaseback Transaction”), except that a Sale and Leaseback Transaction is permitted if the Company or such Subsidiary would be entitled to incur Indebtedness secured by a Lien on the property to be leased (without equally and ratably securing the Securities of any Series) in an aggregate principal amount equal to the Attributable Debt with respect to such Sale and Leaseback Transaction.

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          In addition, the following Sale and Leaseback Transactions are not subject to the limitation in the immediately preceding paragraph and the provisions described in Section 4.10:
          (a) temporary leases for a term, including renewals at the option of the lessee, of not more than three years;
          (b) leases between only the Company and a Subsidiary of the Company or only between Subsidiaries of the Company;
          (c) leases where the proceeds from the sale of the subject property are at least equal to the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Company) of the subject property and the Company applies an amount equal to the net proceeds of the sale to the retirement of long-term Indebtedness or to the purchase of other property or equipment used or useful in its business, within 270 days of the effective date of such sale; provided that in lieu of applying such amount to the retirement of long-term Indebtedness, the Company may deliver Securities or other debt securities to the applicable trustee for cancellation, such Securities or other debt securities to be credited at the cost thereof to the Company; and
          (d) leases of property executed by the time of, or within 270 days after the latest of, the acquisition, the completion of construction or improvement, or the commencement of commercial operation, of the subject property.
          Section 4.10 Liens.
          Unless otherwise indicated for a particular Series by a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture or an Officers’ Certificate, the Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders of each Series of Securities that it shall not, and shall not permit any of its Wholly Owned Domestic Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien (except Permitted Liens) on (1) any Principal Property or (2) the Capital Stock of any Subsidiary, in each case to secure Indebtedness of the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company or any other Person, unless the Securities of each Series are secured, equally and ratably with such other Indebtedness (or on a senior basis if the Obligations so secured are subordinated Indebtedness), for so long as such other Indebtedness is so secured. Any Lien that is granted to secure the Securities of any Series pursuant to this Section 4.10 shall be automatically released and discharged at the same time as the release of the Lien that gave rise to the obligation to secure the Securities of such Series pursuant to this Section 4.10.
          Section 4.11 Future Subsidiary Guarantees.
          (a) Unless otherwise indicated for a particular Series by a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture or an Officers’ Certificate, the Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders of each Series of Securities that if the Company or any of its Subsidiaries acquires or creates a Domestic Subsidiary after the date hereof, including if a Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Subsidiary becomes a Domestic Subsidiary after the date hereof, and such Domestic Subsidiary guarantees any other Indebtedness of the Company, then such Domestic Subsidiary will become a Guarantor and will execute a supplemental indenture and deliver an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee within thirty (30) Business Days of the date on

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which it was acquired or created. The obligations of each Guarantor under its Guarantee will be limited so as not to constitute a fraudulent conveyance under applicable law.
          (b) Unless otherwise indicated for a particular Series by a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture or an Officers’ Certificate, the Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders of each Series of Securities that if any Guarantor that is released from its Guarantee pursuant to Section 10.04 thereafter guarantees any Indebtedness of the Company (other than the Securities), then that former Guarantor (to the extent it is a Domestic Subsidiary) shall again guarantee the Securities on the terms and conditions set forth in this Indenture.
ARTICLE V.
SUCCESSORS
          Section 5.1 Merger, Consolidation, or Sale of Assets.
          The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders of each Series of Securities that it shall not, directly or indirectly consolidate or merge with or into (whether or not the Company is the surviving entity), or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or assets in one or more related transactions, to another Person unless (i) the Company is the surviving or continuing corporation or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition has been made is a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust or other entity organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia; (ii) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company) or the Person to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition has been made (if other than the Company) assumes all the Obligations of the Company under the Securities and this Indenture pursuant to agreements reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee; and (iii) immediately after such transaction no Default or Event of Default exists.
          This Section 5.1 will not apply to:
               (1) a merger of the Company with an Affiliate solely for the purpose of reincorporating the Company in another jurisdiction; or
               (2) any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, lease or other disposition of assets between or among the Company and its Subsidiaries.
          Section 5.2 Successor Person Substituted.
          In the case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or other conveyance in a transaction in which there is a successor person, the successor person will succeed to, and be substituted for, the Company under this Indenture and, subject to the terms of this Indenture, the Company will be released from the obligation to pay principal and interest on the Securities and all other Obligations under this Indenture.

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          Section 5.3 Delivery of Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel
          The Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel stating that any such consolidation, merger or sale complies with the conditions set forth in this Article 5.
ARTICLE VI.
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
          Section 6.1 Events of Default.
          “Event of Default,” wherever used herein with respect to Securities of any Series, means any one of the following events, unless in the establishing Board Resolution, supplemental indenture or Officers’ Certificate, it is provided that such Series shall not have the benefit of said Event of Default:
          (a) the Company defaults in the payment when due of any interest on any Security of that Series, and such default continues for a period of 30 days;
          (b) the Company defaults in payment when due of the principal of or premium, if any, on any Security of that Series;
          (c) the Company defaults in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when and as due in respect of any Security of that Series;
          (d) the Company fails to comply with any of the provisions of Section 5.1 hereof;
          (e) the Company fails to comply with any of its other agreements in this Indenture (other than a covenant or warranty that has been included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of a Series of Securities other than that Series), which default continues uncured for 90 days after written notice is received by the Company and the Trustee from Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such Series then outstanding;
          (f) a default occurs under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or the payment of which is guaranteed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) whether such Indebtedness or guarantee now exists, or is created after the applicable Issue Date, which default relates to a payment at final maturity or results in the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior to its express maturity and, in each case, the principal amount of such Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of all other Indebtedness that is not paid at final maturity or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregates $100.0 million or more;
          (g) failure by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to pay a final judgments aggregating in excess of $100.0 million, which judgments are not paid, discharged or stayed for a period of 60 days;

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          (h) the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries pursuant to or within the meaning of Bankruptcy Law:
               (i) commences a voluntary case,
               (ii) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case,
               (iii) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its property,
               (iv) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or
               (v) generally is not paying its debts as they become due;
          (i) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:
               (i) is for relief against the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries in an involuntary case;
               (ii) appoints a Custodian of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or for all or substantially all of the property of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries; or
               (iii) orders the liquidation of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries;
and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 consecutive days;
          (j) except as permitted herein, any Guarantee of a Significant Subsidiary shall be held in any judicial proceeding to be unenforceable or invalid; and
          (k) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of that Series, which is specified in a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officers’ Certificate, in accordance with Section 2.2.
          Section 6.2 Acceleration.
          If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any Series at the time outstanding occurs and is continuing (other than an Event of Default referred to in Section 6.1(h) or (i)) then in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of that Series may declare the principal amount (or, if any Securities of that Series are Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of such Securities) of and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all of the Securities of that Series to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal amount (or specified amount) and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, shall become immediately due and payable. If

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an Event of Default specified in Section 6.1(h) or (i) shall occur, the principal amount (or specified amount) of and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all outstanding Securities shall ipso facto become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder.
          At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to any Series has been made, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of that Series, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree and if all existing Events of Default (except nonpayment of principal, interest or premium that has become due solely because of the acceleration) have been cured or waived.
          No such rescission shall affect any subsequent Default or impair any right consequent thereon.
          Section 6.3 Other Remedies.
          If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any Series at the time outstanding occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy to collect the payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on such Securities or to enforce the performance of any provision of such Securities or this Indenture.
          The Trustee for such Securities may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of such Securities or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder of Securities in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. All remedies are cumulative to the extent permitted by law.
          Section 6.4 Waiver of Past Defaults.
          Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of any Series by notice to the Trustee for such Securities may on behalf of the Holders of all of such Securities waive an existing Default or Event of Default with respect to such Securities and its consequences hereunder, except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, such Securities; provided, however, that the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of any Series may rescind an acceleration of such Securities and its consequences, including any related payment default that resulted from such acceleration. Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any right consequent thereon.
          Section 6.5 Control by Majority.
          Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of any Series may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for exercising any remedy available to the Trustee for such Securities or exercising any trust or power conferred on it. However, the Trustee for any Series of Securities may refuse to follow

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any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture that such Trustee determines may be unduly prejudicial to the rights of other Holders of such Securities or that may involve the Trustee in personal liability.
          Section 6.6 Limitation on Suits.
          A Holder of any Series of Securities may pursue a remedy with respect to this Indenture or such Securities only if:
               (1) such Holder gives to the Trustee for such Securities written notice that an Event of Default with respect to such Series is continuing;
               (2) Holders of more than 50% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of such Series make a written request to the Trustee for such Securities to pursue the remedy;
               (3) such Holder or Holders offer and, if requested, provide to the Trustee for such Securities security or indemnity satisfactory to such Trustee against any loss, liability or expense;
               (4) such Trustee does not comply with the request within 60 days after receipt of the request and the offer of security or indemnity; and
               (5) during such 60-day period, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of such Series do not give such Trustee a direction inconsistent with such request.
          A Holder of any Series of Securities may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Holder of such Series of Securities or to obtain a preference or priority over another Holder of Securities of such Series.
          Section 6.7 Rights of Holders of Securities to Receive Payment.
          Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder of a Security of any Series to receive payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on such Securities, on or after the respective due dates expressed in such Securities (including, if applicable, in connection with an offer to purchase), or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.
          Section 6.8 Collection Suit by Trustee.
          If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.1(a), (b) or (c) hereof with respect to Securities of any Series occurs and is continuing, the Trustee for such Securities is authorized to recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company for the whole amount of principal of, premium, if any, and interest remaining unpaid on, such Securities and interest on overdue principal and, to the extent lawful, interest and such further amount as

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shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of such Trustee, its agents and counsel.
          Section 6.9 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
          The Trustee for each Series of Securities is authorized to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of such Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of such Trustee, its agents and counsel) and the Holders of the Securities for which it acts as trustee allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company (or any other obligor upon such Securities), its creditors or its property and shall be entitled and empowered to collect, receive and distribute any money or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and any Custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder of such Securities to make such payments to such Trustee, and in the event that such Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to such Holders, to pay to such Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of such Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due such Trustee under the Indenture. To the extent that the payment of any such compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of such Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due such Trustee out of the estate in any such proceeding, shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a Lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, money, securities and other properties that such Holders may be entitled to receive in such proceeding whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize such Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder for which it acts as trustee any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or the rights of such Holder, or to authorize such Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any such Holder in any such proceeding.
          Section 6.10 Priorities.
          If the Trustee of any Series of Securities collects any money pursuant to this Article VI, it shall pay out the money in the following order:
          First: to the Trustee, its agents and attorneys for amounts due under the Indenture, including payment of all compensation, expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and the costs and expenses of collection;
          Second: to Holders of such Securities for amounts due and unpaid on such Securities for principal, premium, if any, and interest, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Securities for principal, premium, if any and interest, respectively; and
          Third: to the Company or to such party as a court of competent jurisdiction shall direct.
          Subject to Section 2.13 hereof, the Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders of Securities pursuant to this Section 6.10.

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          Section 6.11 Undertaking for Costs.
          In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against any Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as a trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section 6.11 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder of a Security pursuant to Section 6.7 hereof, or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of any Series.
ARTICLE VII.
TRUSTEE
         Section 7.1 Duties of Trustee.
          (a) Subject to Section 7.2(i), if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs.
          (b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:
               (i) The Trustee need perform only those duties that are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no others.
               (ii) In the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon Officers’ Certificates or Opinions of Counsel furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; however, in the case of any such Officers’ Certificates or Opinions of Counsel which by any provisions hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall examine such Officers’ Certificates and Opinions of Counsel to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein).
          (c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except that:
               (i) This paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of this Section.
               (ii) The Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts.
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in accordance with the direction of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of such Series relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such Series.
          (d) Every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to paragraph (a), (b) and (c) of this Section.
          (e) The Trustee may refuse to perform any duty or exercise any right or power at the request or direction of any Holder unless it receives written direction and indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense.
          (f) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company. Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
          (g) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk is not reasonably assured to it.
          (h) The Paying Agent, the Registrar and any authenticating agent shall be entitled to the protections, immunities and standard of care as are set forth in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this Section with respect to the Trustee.
          Section 7.2 Rights of Trustee.
          (a) The Trustee may conclusively rely on and shall be fully protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper Person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.
          (b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officers’ Certificate and/or Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such Officers’ Certificate or in reliance on written direction from requisite holders.
          (c) The Trustee may act through agents and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due care. No Depository shall be deemed an agent of the Trustee and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any act or omission by any Depository.
          (d) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith which it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers, provided that the Trustee’s conduct does not constitute negligence or willful misconduct.
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Securities 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.
          (f) The Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder without negligence and in good faith and in reliance thereon.
          (g) The Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit.
          (h) The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default (other than a payment default under Sections 6.1 (a), (b), or (c) hereof) unless written notice of any event which is in fact such a default is received by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references the Securities generally or the Securities of a particular Series and this Indenture.
          (i) The Trustee shall not be required to provide any bond or surety with respect to the execution of these trusts and powers.
          (j) in no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, indirect, or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.
          (k) the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder.
          (l) In the absence of a written agreement signed by the Trustee, the Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any funds deposited with the Trustee.
          Section 7.3 Individual Rights of Trustee.
          The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with the Company or an Affiliate of the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Agent may do the same with like rights. The Trustee is also subject to Sections 7.10 and 7.11.
          Section 7.4 Trustee’s Disclaimer.
          The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Securities, it shall not be accountable for the Company’s use of the proceeds from the Securities, and it shall not be responsible for any statement in the Securities other than its authentication. The Trustee has no responsibility for or liability in connection with any filing of financing statements or perfection of any lien or security interest purported to be created hereunder.
          Section 7.5 Notice of Defaults.
          If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing with respect to the Securities of any Series and if it is known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to each Holder of the Securities of that Series and, if any Bearer Securities are outstanding, mail in the manner provided by in TIA § 313(c), notice of a Default or Event of Default within 90 days after it occurs or, if later, after a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has knowledge of such Default or Event of Default. Except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in payment of principal of or interest on any Security of any Series, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as its corporate trust committee or a committee of its

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Responsible Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of Holders of that Series.
          Section 7.6 Reports by Trustee to Holders.
          Within 60 days after May 15 in the first year following the issuance of a Series of Securities under this Indenture, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Holders, as their names and addresses appear on the register kept by the Registrar and, if any Bearer Securities are outstanding, transmit by mail in accordance with TIA § 313(c), a brief report dated as of such May 15, in accordance with, and to the extent required under, TIA § 313(a).
          A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Holders of any Series shall be filed by the Trustee with the SEC and each stock exchange on which the Securities of that Series are listed, if any. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee when Securities of any Series are listed on any stock exchange.
          Section 7.7 Compensation and Indemnity.
          The Company shall pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation for its services as the Company and the Trustee shall from time to time agree upon in writing. The Trustee’s compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Company shall reimburse the Trustee upon request for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by it. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation and expenses of the Trustee’s agents and counsel.
          The Company shall indemnify each of the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee (including the cost of defending itself) against any loss, liability or expense, including taxes (other than taxes based upon, measured by or determined by the income of the Trustee) incurred by it in the performance of its duties under this Indenture as Trustee or Agent (except as set forth in the next paragraph). The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any claim of which a Responsible Officer has received written notice and for which it may seek indemnity. The Company shall defend the claim and the Trustee shall cooperate in the defense. The Trustee may have one separate counsel and the Company shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. The Company need not pay for any settlement made without its consent, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld. This indemnification shall apply to officers, directors, employees, shareholders and agents of the Trustee.
          The Company need not reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss or liability incurred by the Trustee or by any officer, director, employee, shareholder or agent of the Trustee through its own negligence or willful misconduct.
          To secure the Company’s payment obligations in this Section, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities of any Series on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, except that held in trust to pay principal of and interest on particular Securities of that Series.
          When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in Section 6.1(h) or (i) occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law.

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          The provisions of this Section shall survive the termination of this Indenture.
          Section 7.8 Replacement of Trustee.
          A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee shall become effective only upon the successor Trustee’s acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section.
          The Trustee may resign with respect to the Securities of one or more Series by so notifying the Company at least 30 days prior to the date of the proposed resignation. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of any Series may remove the Trustee with respect to that Series by so notifying the Trustee and the Company. The Company may remove the Trustee with respect to Securities of one or more Series if:
          (a) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10;
          (b) the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent or an order for relief is entered with respect to the Trustee under any Bankruptcy Law;
          (c) a Custodian or public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or
          (d) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.
          If the Trustee resigns or is removed with respect to the Securities of a Series or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such Series. Within one year after the successor Trustee takes office, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of such Series may appoint a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such Series to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the Company.
          If a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any one or more Series does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, at the expense of the Company, the Company or the Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the Securities of the applicable Series may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
          A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Immediately after that, the retiring Trustee shall upon payment of its charges hereunder transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee subject to the lien provided for in Section 7.7, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee with respect to each Series of Securities for which it is acting as Trustee under this Indenture. A successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to each Holder of each such Series and, if any Bearer Securities are outstanding, publish such notice on one occasion in an Authorized Newspaper. Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.8, the Company’s obligations under Section 7.7 hereof shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee with respect to expenses and liabilities incurred by it prior to such replacement.

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          Section 7.9 Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.
          If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another corporation, the successor corporation without any further act shall be the successor Trustee.
          Section 7.10 Eligibility; Disqualification.
          This Indenture shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the requirements of TIA § 310(a)(1), (2) and (5). The Trustee shall always have a combined capital and surplus of at least $25,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition. The Trustee shall comply with TIA § 310(b).
          Section 7.11 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.
          The Trustee is subject to TIA § 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA § 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA § 311(a) to the extent indicated.
ARTICLE VIII.
LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
          Section 8.1 Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
          The Company may at any time elect to have either Section 8.2 or 8.3 hereof be applied to all outstanding Securities of any Series upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article VIII.
          Section 8.2 Legal Defeasance and Discharge.
          Upon the Company’s exercise under Section 8.1 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.2, the Company and each Guarantor, if any, of such Securities will, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.4 hereof, be deemed to have been discharged from its or their obligations with respect to all outstanding Securities of such Series (including the related guarantees, if any) on the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, “Legal Defeasance”). For this purpose, Legal Defeasance means that the Company and such Guarantors will be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by the outstanding Securities of such Series (including the related guarantees, if any), which will thereafter be deemed to be “outstanding” only for the purposes of Section 8.5 hereof and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in clauses (1) and (2) below, and to have satisfied all its or their other obligations under such Securities, such guarantees, if any, and this Indenture (and the Trustee for such Securities, on demand of and at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following provisions which will survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder:
               (1) the rights of Holders of outstanding Securities of such Series to receive payments in respect of the principal of, or interest or premium, if any, on, such Securities when such payments are due from the trust referred to in Section 8.4 hereof;

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               (2) the Company’s obligations with respect to such Securities under Article II hereof;
               (3) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee for such Securities hereunder and the Company’s and the Guarantors’, if any, obligations in connection therewith; and
               (4) this Article VIII.
          Subject to compliance with this Article VIII, the Company may exercise its option under this Section 8.2 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 8.3 hereof.
          Section 8.3 Covenant Defeasance.
          Upon the Company’s exercise under Section 8.1 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.3, the Company and each of the Guarantors, if any, will, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.4 hereof, be released from each of their or its obligations under the covenants contained in Sections 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 4.9, 4.10, 4.11 and 5.1, Article X and all covenants specified in a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officers’ Certificate, in accordance with Section 2.2, with respect to the outstanding Securities of the applicable Series on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 8.4 hereof are satisfied (hereinafter, “Covenant Defeasance”), and such Securities will thereafter be deemed not “outstanding” for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or act of Holders of such Securities (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but will continue to be deemed “outstanding” for all other purposes hereunder (it being understood that such Securities will not be deemed outstanding for accounting purposes). For this purpose, Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to the outstanding Securities of such Series, the Company may omit to comply with and will have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply will not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Section 6.1 hereof, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Securities will be unaffected thereby. In addition, upon the Company’s exercise under Section 8.1 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.3, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.4 hereof, Sections 6.1(d) through (g) and Sections 6.1(j) and (k) hereof will not constitute Events of Default.
          Section 8.4 Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance.
          In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance under either Section 8.2 or 8.3 hereof with respect to Securities of any Series:
               (1) the Company must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee for such Securities, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, cash in U.S. dollars, non-callable Government Securities or foreign government obligations, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized investment bank, appraisal firm, or firm of independent public accountants, to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and

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interest on, the outstanding Securities of such Series on the stated date for payment thereof or on the applicable redemption date, as the case may be, and the Company must specify whether such Securities are being defeased to such stated date for payment or to a particular redemption date;
     (2) in the case of an election under Section 8.2 hereof, the Company must deliver to the Trustee for such Securities an Opinion of Counsel confirming 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 this Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable federal income tax law,
in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the Holders of the outstanding Securities of such Series will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not occurred;
     (3) in the case of an election under Section 8.3 hereof, the Company must deliver to the Trustee for such Securities an Opinion of Counsel confirming that the Holders of such Securities will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;
     (4) no Default or Event of Default with respect to such Securities shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit) and 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 of such Securities is a party or by which the Company or any such Guarantor is bound;
     (5) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any material agreement or instrument (other than this Indenture) to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound;
     (6) the Company must deliver to the Trustee for such Securities an Officers’ Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Company with the intent of preferring the Holders of such Securities over the other creditors of the Company with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any creditors of the Company or others; and
     (7) the Company must deliver to the Trustee for such Securities an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent relating to the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance have been complied with.

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          Section 8.5 Deposited Money and Government Securities to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions.
          Subject to Section 8.6 hereof, all money and non-callable Government Securities (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section 8.5, the “Trustee”) pursuant to Section 8.4 hereof in respect of the outstanding Securities of any Series will be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Securities of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal, premium, if any, and interest, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
          The Company will pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the cash or non-callable Government Securities deposited pursuant to Section 8.4 hereof or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of the outstanding Securities of the applicable Series.
          Notwithstanding anything in this Article VIII to the contrary, the Trustee will deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon the request of the Company any money or non-callable Government Securities held by it as provided in Section 8.4 hereof which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized investment bank, appraisal firm or firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee (which may be the opinion delivered under Section 8.4(1) hereof), are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
          Section 8.6 Repayment to Company.
          Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, any Series of Securities and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium, if any, or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on its request or (if then held by the Company) will be discharged from such trust; and the Holders of such Securities will thereafter be permitted to look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, will thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in an Authorized Newspaper, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which will not be less than 30 days from the date of such notification or publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company.

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               Section 8.7 Reinstatement.
               If, in connection with a Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance, the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any U.S. dollars or non-callable Government Securities in accordance with Section 8.5, by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the Company’s and any applicable Guarantors’ obligations under this Indenture and the applicable Securities and the guarantees will be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.2 or 8.3 hereof until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with Section 8.5; provided, however, that, if the Company makes any payment of principal of or interest on any such Securities following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company will be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
ARTICLE IX.
AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS
               Section 9.1 Without Consent of Holders.
               Notwithstanding Section 9.2 of this Indenture, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture or the Securities of one or more Series without the consent of any Holder:
     (a) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency;
     (b) to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place of certificated Securities;
     (c) to provide for the assumption of the Company’s obligations to the Holders of the Securities by a successor to the Company pursuant to Article V hereof;
     (d) to add any additional Events of Default with respect to all or any series of Securities Outstanding hereunder;
     (e) to secure the Securities pursuant to the requirements of any covenant on liens in respect of such series of Securities or otherwise and to provide the terms and conditions for the release or substitution of the security;
     (f) to change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture, or to add any new provision to this Indenture, in respect of one or more series of Securities; provided, however, that any such change, elimination or addition (A) shall neither (i) apply to any Security outstanding on the date of such indenture supplemental hereto nor (ii) modify the rights of the Holder of any such Security with respect to such provision in effect prior to the date of such indenture supplemental hereto or (B) shall become effective only when no Security of such series remains outstanding;
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     (h) to comply with requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA;
     (i) to provide for the issuance of and establish the form and terms and conditions of Securities of any Series as permitted by this Indenture;
     (j) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more Series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee;
     (k) to add an additional Guarantor or obligor under this Indenture; or
     (l) to conform any provision of this Indenture, the Securities of any Series or any related guarantees or security documents to the description of such Securities contained in the Company’s prospectus, prospectus supplement, offering memorandum or similar document with respect to the offering of the Securities of such Series to the extent that such description was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision in the Indenture, such Securities or any related guarantees or security documents.
              Upon the request of the Company and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 7.2 hereof, the Trustee will join with the Company and the Guarantors in the execution of any amended or supplemental indenture authorized or permitted by the terms of this Indenture and to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained, but the Trustee will not be obligated to enter into such amended or supplemental indenture that affects its own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
              Section 9.2 With Consent of Holders.
              Subject to Section 9.3, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee may enter into a supplemental indenture with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of each Series affected by such supplemental indenture (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for the Securities of such Series), for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of each such Series. Except as provided in Section 6.4, the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of each Series by notice to the Trustee (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for the Securities of such Series) may waive compliance by the Company and the Guarantors with any provision of this Indenture or the Securities with respect to such Series.
              It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders of Securities under this Section 9.2 to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof. Upon the request of the Company and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence satisfactory to the Trustee of the consent of the Holders of Securities as aforesaid, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 7.2 hereof, the Trustee will join with the Company and the Guarantors in the execution of such amended or supplemental indenture unless such amended or supplemental

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indenture directly affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its discretion, but will not be obligated to, enter into such amended or supplemental Indenture.
          After a supplemental indenture or waiver under this section becomes effective, the Company shall mail to the Holders of Securities affected thereby and, if any Bearer Securities affected thereby are outstanding, publish on one occasion in an Authorized Newspaper, a notice briefly describing the supplemental indenture or waiver. Any failure by the Company to mail or publish such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture or waiver.
          Section 9.3 Limitations.
          Without the consent of each Holder affected, an amendment, supplement or waiver may not (with respect to any Securities held by a non-consenting Holder):
          (a) change the amount of Securities whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;
          (b) reduce the rate of or extend the time for payment of interest (including default interest) on any Security;
          (c) reduce the principal or change the Stated Maturity of any Security or reduce the amount of, or postpone the date fixed for, the payment of any sinking fund or analogous obligation;
          (d) reduce the principal amount of Discount Securities payable upon acceleration of the maturity thereof;
          (e) waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of or interest, if any, on any Security (except a rescission of acceleration of the Securities of any Series by the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of such Series and a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such acceleration);
          (f) make the principal of or interest, if any, on any Security payable in any currency other than that stated in the Security;
          (g) make any change in Sections 6.4, 6.7 or 9.3 (this sentence); or
          (h) waive a redemption payment with respect to any Security (other than with respect to any provision relating to covenants that require the Company to repurchase, at the option of Holders, a series of Securities in connection with a “change of control” or other triggering event).
          Section 9.4 Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.
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          Section 9.5 Revocation and Effect of Consents.
          (a) Until an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder of a Security is a continuing consent by the Holder and every subsequent Holder of a Security or portion of a Security that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Security, even if notation of the consent is not made on any Security. However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder subject to Section 9.5(d) may revoke the consent as to his Security or portion of a Security if the Trustee receives the notice of revocation before the date the amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective.
          (b) An amendment, supplement or waiver effective in accordance with its terms will thereafter bind every Holder.
          (c) For purposes of this Indenture, the consent of the Holder of a Global Security shall be deemed to include any consent delivered by any member of, or participant in, any Depository or DTC, any nominees thereof and their respective successors and assigns, or such other depository institution hereinafter appointed by the Company (“Depository Entity”) by electronic means in accordance with the Automated Tender Offer Procedures system or other customary procedures of, and pursuant to authorization by, such Depository Entity.
          (d) The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to consent to any amendment, supplement or waiver. If a record date is fixed, then notwithstanding the last sentence of the immediately preceding paragraph, those Persons who were Holders at such record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only those Persons, shall be entitled to revoke any consent previously given, whether or not such Persons continue to be Holders after such record date. No such consent shall be valid or effective for more than 120 days after such record date. The Company shall inform the Trustee of the fixed record date, if applicable.
          (e) Any amendment or waiver once effective shall bind every Holder of each Series affected by such amendment or waiver unless it is of the type described in any of clauses (a) through (h) of Section 9.3. In that case, the amendment or waiver shall bind each Holder of a Security who has consented to it and every subsequent Holder of a Security or portion of a Security that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Security.
          Section 9.6 Notation on or Exchange of Securities.
          The Trustee may place an appropriate notation about an amendment, supplement or waiver on any Security of any Series thereafter authenticated. The Company in exchange for Securities of that Series may issue and the Trustee shall authenticate upon request new Securities of that Series that reflect the amendment or waiver.
          Section 9.7 Trustee Protected.
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protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture.
ARTICLE X.
GUARANTEES
          Section 10.1 Agreement to Guarantee.
          Unless otherwise indicated for a particular Series by a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture or an Officers’ Certificate, each of the Guarantors hereby agrees as follows:
          (a) Such Guarantor, jointly and severally with all other Guarantors, unconditionally guarantees to the Holders of each Series of Securities authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee its successors and assigns, regardless of the validity and enforceability of this Indenture, the Securities of such Series or the Obligations of the Company under this Indenture or the Securities of such Series, that:
               (i) the principal of, premium and interest on the Securities of such Series will be promptly paid in full when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of, premium and interest, on the Securities of such Series, to the extent lawful, and all other Obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee thereunder or under this Indenture will be promptly paid in full, all in accordance with the terms thereof; and
               (ii) in case of any extension of time for payment or renewal of any Securities of such Series or any of such other Obligations, that the same will be promptly paid in full when due in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise.
          (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that this Guarantee would constitute or result in a violation of any applicable fraudulent conveyance or similar law of any relevant jurisdiction, the liability of the Guarantors under this Indenture shall be reduced to the maximum amount permissible under such fraudulent conveyance or similar law.
          Section 10.2 Execution and Delivery of Subsidiary Guarantees.
          (a) The Guarantee of a Guarantor shall be evidenced by the execution and delivery of this Indenture by an Officer of such Guarantor, a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture or an Officers’ Certificate.
          (b) If an Officer whose signature is on this Indenture no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates any Security pursuant to this Indenture, the Guarantee shall be valid nevertheless.
          (c) The delivery of any Security by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof under this Indenture, shall constitute due delivery of the Guarantee set forth in this Indenture on behalf of each Guarantor.

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          (d) Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its obligations hereunder shall be unconditional, regardless of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Securities or this Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder of the Securities with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the Company, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor.
          (e) Each Guarantor hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first against the Company, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever and covenants that its Guarantee made pursuant to this Indenture will not be discharged except by complete performance of the obligations contained in the Securities of each Series and this Indenture.
          (f) If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to the Company or any Guarantor, or any Custodian, Trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in relation to either the Company or such Guarantor, any amount paid by either to the Trustee or such Holder, the Guarantee made pursuant to this Indenture, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall be reinstated in full force and effect.
          (g) Each Guarantor agrees that it shall not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all obligations guaranteed hereby. Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between such Guarantor, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand:
               (i) the maturity of the Obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 of this Indenture for the purposes of the Guarantee made pursuant to this Indenture, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby; and
               (ii) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such Obligations as provided in Article 6 of this Indenture, such Obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by such Guarantor for the purpose of the Guarantee made pursuant to this Indenture.
          (h) Each Guarantor shall have the right to seek contribution from any other non-paying Guarantor so long as the exercise of such right does not impair the rights of the Holders or the Trustee under the Guarantee made pursuant to this Indenture.
          Section 10.3 Guarantors May Consolidate, Etc. on Certain Terms.
          (a) Except as set forth in Article 5 of this Indenture, nothing contained in this Indenture or in the Securities of any Series shall prevent any consolidation or merger of any Guarantor with or into the Company or any other Guarantor or shall prevent any transfer, sale or conveyance of the property of any Guarantor as an entirety or substantially as an entirety, to the Company or any other Guarantor.

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           (b) Except as set forth in Article 5 of this Indenture, nothing contained in this Indenture or in the Securities of any Series shall prevent any consolidation or merger of any Guarantor with or into any entity other than the Company or any other Guarantor (in each case, whether or not affiliated with the Guarantor), or successive consolidations or mergers in which a Guarantor or its successor or successors shall be a party or parties, or shall prevent any sale or conveyance of the property of any Guarantor as an entirety or substantially as an entirety, to any entity other than the Company or any other Guarantor (in each case, whether or not affiliated with the Guarantor) authorized to acquire and operate the same; provided, however, that no Guarantor may consolidate with or merge with or into (whether or not such Guarantor is the surviving Person) another Person (except the Company or another Guarantor) unless: (i) subject to the provisions of Section 10.4(c), the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than such Guarantor) assumes all the obligations of such Guarantor under the Securities of each Series and this Indenture pursuant to a supplemental indenture in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee; and (ii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default exists.
          (c) In case of any consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance in which the successor entity assumes all the obligations of a Guarantor under the Securities of each Series and this Indenture pursuant to the proviso to Section 10.3(b), such successor entity shall succeed to and be substituted for such Guarantor with the same effect as if it had been named herein, or in the Board Resolution, the supplemental indenture or an Officers’ Certificate, as applicable, as one of the Guarantors. Such successor entity thereupon may cause to be signed any or all of the Guarantees to be endorsed upon the Securities of each Series issuable under this Indenture which theretofore shall not have been signed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee. All the Guarantees so issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this Indenture as the Guarantees theretofore and thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all of such Guarantees had been issued at the date of the execution hereof.
          Section 10.4 Releases.
          (a) Upon defeasance or the release of all guarantees by a Guarantor under all the outstanding Indebtedness of the Company (other than the Securities) that is guaranteed by that Guarantor, the Guarantee of that Guarantor will automatically and unconditionally be released and discharged, without any further action required by such Guarantor or the Trustee.
          (b) The Guarantee of any Guarantor shall automatically and unconditionally be released and discharged, without any further action required by such Guarantor or the Trustee, if at any time such Guarantor is no longer a Domestic Subsidiary.
          (c) In the event of a sale or other disposition of all of the assets of any Guarantor, by way of merger, consolidation or otherwise, or a sale or other disposition of stock of any Guarantor such that the Guarantor is no longer a Subsidiary of the Company, then such Guarantor (in the event of a sale or other disposition, by way of such a merger, consolidation or otherwise) or the entity acquiring the property (in the event of a sale or other disposition of all of the assets of such Guarantor) shall be automatically and unconditionally released and relieved of

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any obligations under its Guarantee, without any actions required on the part of the Guarantor or Trustee.
ARTICLE XI.
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
          Section 11.1 Satisfaction and Discharge.
          This Indenture will be discharged and will cease to be of further effect as to a Series of Securities issued hereunder, when:
          (a) either:
               (i) all such Securities that have been authenticated, except lost, stolen or destroyed Securities that have been replaced or paid and Securities for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust and thereafter repaid to the Company, have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
               (ii) all such Securities that have not been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation have become due and payable by reason of the mailing of a notice of redemption or otherwise or will become due and payable within one year and the Company has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust solely for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, cash in U.S. dollars, non-callable Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient, without consideration of any reinvestment of interest, to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Securities not delivered to the Trustee for cancellation for principal, premium, if any, and accrued interest to the date of maturity or redemption;
          (b) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the date of such deposit (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit) and 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 of such Securities is a party or by which the Company or any such Guarantor is bound;
          (c) the Company or any Guarantor of such Securities has paid or caused to be paid all sums payable by it under this Indenture; and
          (d) the Company has delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee for such Securities under this Indenture to apply the deposited money toward the payment of such Securities at maturity or on the redemption date, as the case may be.
In addition, the Company must deliver an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the Trustee for such Securities stating that all conditions precedent to satisfaction and discharge have been satisfied, and all fees and expenses of the Trustee shall have been paid.
          Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, if money has been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (ii) of clause (a) of this Section 11.1, the provisions of Sections 11.2 and 8.6 hereof will survive. In addition, nothing in this Section 11.1

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will be deemed to discharge those provisions of Section 7.7 hereof, that, by their terms, survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.
          Section 11.2 Application of Trust Money.
          Subject to the provisions of Section 8.6 hereof, all money or Government Securities deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 11.1 hereof shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities with respect to with such deposit was made and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as such Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium, if any) and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee; but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
          If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or Government Securities in accordance with Section 11.1 hereof by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Company’s and any applicable Guarantor’s obligations under this Indenture and the applicable Securities shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 11.1 hereof; provided that if the Company has made any payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, any Securities because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money or Government Securities held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
ARTICLE XII.
MISCELLANEOUS
          Section 12.1 Trust Indenture Act Controls.
          If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies, or conflicts with another provision which is required or deemed to be included in this Indenture by the TIA, such required or deemed provision shall control.
          Section 12.2 Notices.
          Any notice or communication by the Company or the Trustee to the other, or by a Holder to the Company or the Trustee, is duly given if in writing and delivered in person or mailed by first-class mail, or by facsimile:
          if to the Company or the Guarantors:
          L-3 Communications Corporation
          600 Third Avenue, 34th Floor,
          New York, New York 10016
          Attention: Vice President-Chief Financial Officer (Fax: 212-805-5264)

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          With a copy to:
          Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
          425 Lexington Avenue
          New York, New York 10017
          Attention: Avrohom J. Kess (Fax: 212-455-2502)
          If to the Trustee:
          The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.
          525 William Penn Place, 38th Floor
          Pittsburgh, PA 15259
          Attention: Corporate Trust Administration (Fax: 412-234-7535)
          The Company, the Guarantors or the Trustee by notice to the other may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.
          Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.
          All notices and communications (other than those sent to Holders) will be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; and the next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery.
          Any notice or communication to a Holder shall be mailed by first-class mail to his address shown on the register kept by the Registrar and, if any Bearer Securities are outstanding, published in an Authorized Newspaper, unless otherwise provided with respect to the applicable Series. Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder of any Series or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders of that or any other Series.
          In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.
          If a notice or communication is mailed or published in the manner provided above, within the time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the Holder receives it.
          If the Company mails a notice or communication to Holders, it shall mail a copy to the Trustee and each Agent at the same time.
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Security (or its designee), pursuant to the applicable procedures of the Depository, not later than the latest date (if any), and not earlier than the earliest date (if any), prescribed for the giving of such notice.
          Section 12.3 Communication by Holders with Other Holders.
          Holders of any Series may communicate pursuant to TIA § 312(b) with other Holders of that Series or any other Series with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Securities of that Series or all Series. The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of TIA § 312(c).
          Section 12.4 Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.
          Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under this Indenture, the Company shall, upon request, furnish to the Trustee:
     (a) an Officers’ Certificate stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with; and
     (b) an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied with.
          Section 12.5 Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.
          Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than a certificate provided pursuant to Section 4.4 hereof and TIA § 314(a)(4)) shall comply with the provisions of TIA § 314(e) and shall include:
     (a) a statement that the person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition;
     (b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
     (c) a statement that, in the opinion of such person, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and
     (d) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
          Section 12.6 Rules by Trustee and Agents.
          The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or a meeting of Holders of one or more Series. Any Agent may make reasonable rules and set reasonable requirements for its functions.

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          Section 12.7 Legal Holidays.
          Unless otherwise provided by Board Resolution, Officers’ Certificate or supplemental indenture hereto for a particular Series, a “Legal Holiday” is any day that is not a Business Day. If a payment date is a Legal Holiday at a place of payment, payment may be made at that place on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue for the intervening period.
          Section 12.8 No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders.
          No director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company under the Securities of any Series or the Guarantees and this Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of Securities of any Series, by accepting a Security of such Series, waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Securities of each Series.
          Section 12.9 Counterparts.
          This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
          Section 12.10 Governing Law; Waiver of Trial by Jury.
          THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES AND THE GUARANTEES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES OR THE TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
          THE COMPANY AND EACH OF THE GUARANTORS HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMIT, FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR PROPERTY, TO THE NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND ANY APPELLATE COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION FROM ANY THEREOF, IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, OR FOR RECOGNITION OR ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, AND EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND FINALLY DETERMINED IN SUCH FEDERAL COURT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW.
          Section 12.11 No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.
          No past, present or future director, officer, stockholder or employee, as such, of the Company or any Guarantor or any successor corporation shall have any liability for any obligation of the Company or any Guarantor under the Securities, the Indenture or the Guarantee or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting a Security waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the execution of this Indenture and the issue of the Securities.
          Section 12.12 Successors.
          All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Securities shall bind its successor. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successor.

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          Section 12.13 Severability.
          In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
          Section 12.14 Counterpart Originals.
          The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy will be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.
          Section 12.15 Table of Contents, Headings, Etc.
          The Table of Contents, Cross-Reference Table, and headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part hereof, and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
          Section 12.16 Securities in a Foreign Currency
          Unless otherwise specified in a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officers’ Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 2.2 of this Indenture with respect to a particular Series of Securities, whenever for purposes of this Indenture any action may be taken by the Holders of a specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of Securities of all Series or all Series affected by a particular action at the time outstanding and, at such time, there are outstanding Securities of any Series which are denominated in a coin or currency other than Dollars, then the principal amount of Securities of such Series which shall be deemed to be outstanding for the purpose of taking such action shall be that amount of Dollars that could be obtained for such amount at the Market Exchange Rate at such time. For purposes of this Section 12.16, “Market Exchange Rate” shall mean the noon Dollar buying rate in New York City for cable transfers of that currency as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. If such Market Exchange Rate is not available for any reason with respect to such currency, the Trustee shall use, in its sole discretion and without liability on its part, such quotation of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York as of the most recent available date, or quotations from one or more major banks in The City of New York or in the country of issue of the currency in question or such other quotations as the Trustee, upon consultation with the Company, shall deem appropriate. The provisions of this paragraph shall apply in determining the equivalent principal amount in respect of Securities of a Series denominated in currency other than Dollars in connection with any action taken by Holders of Securities pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.
          All decisions and determinations of the Trustee regarding the Market Exchange Rate or any alternative determination provided for in the preceding paragraph shall be in its sole discretion and shall, in the absence of manifest error, to the extent permitted by law, be conclusive for all purposes and irrevocably binding upon the Company and all Holders.
          Section 12.17 Force Majeure.
          In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and hardware) services; it being understood that the Trustee shall use reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.

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ARTICLE XIII.
SINKING FUNDS
          Section 13.1 Applicability of Article.
          The provisions of this Article XIII shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of the Securities of a Series, except as otherwise permitted or required by any form of Security of such Series issued pursuant to this Indenture.
          The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of the Securities of any Series is herein referred to as a “mandatory sinking fund payment” and any other amount provided for by the terms of Securities of such Series is herein referred to as an “optional sinking fund payment.” If provided for by the terms of Securities of any Series, the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 13.2. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities of any Series as provided for by the terms of the Securities of such Series.
          Section 13.2 Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.
          The Company may, in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund payment with respect to the Securities of any Series to be made pursuant to the terms of such Securities (1) deliver outstanding Securities of such Series to which such sinking fund payment is applicable (other than any of such Securities previously called for mandatory sinking fund redemption) and (2) apply as a credit Securities of such Series to which such sinking fund payment is applicable and which have been repurchased by the Company or redeemed either at the election of the Company pursuant to the terms of such Series of Securities (except pursuant to any mandatory sinking fund) or through the application of permitted optional sinking fund payments or other optional redemptions pursuant to the terms of such Securities, provided that such Securities have not been previously so credited. Such Securities shall be received by the Trustee, together with an Officers’ Certificate with respect thereto, not later than 15 days prior to the date on which the Trustee begins the process of selecting Securities for redemption, and shall be credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the price specified in such Securities for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly. If as a result of the delivery or credit of Securities in lieu of cash payments pursuant to this Section 13.2, the principal amount of Securities of such Series to be redeemed in order to exhaust the aforesaid cash payment shall be less than $100,000, the Trustee need not call Securities of such Series for redemption, except upon receipt of a Company Order that such action be taken, and such cash payment shall be held by the Trustee or a Paying Agent and applied to the next succeeding sinking fund payment, provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent shall from time to time upon receipt of a Company Order pay over and deliver to the Company any cash payment so being held by the Trustee or such Paying Agent upon delivery by the Company to the Trustee of Securities of that Series purchased by the Company having an unpaid principal amount equal to the cash payment required to be released to the Company.

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          Section 13.3 Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.
          Not less than 45 days (unless otherwise indicated in the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture or Officers’ Certificate in respect of a particular Series of Securities) prior to each sinking fund payment date for any Series of Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing mandatory sinking fund payment for that Series pursuant to the terms of that Series, the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting of Securities of that Series pursuant to Section 13.2, and the optional amount, if any, to be added in cash to the next ensuing mandatory sinking fund payment, and the Company shall thereupon be obligated to pay the amount therein specified. Not less than 30 days (unless otherwise indicated in the Board Resolution, Officers’ Certificate or supplemental indenture in respect of a particular Series of Securities) before each such sinking fund payment date the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 3.2 and cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the Company in the manner provided in Section 3.3. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections 3.4, 3.5 and 3.6.
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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
         
  L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
 
 
  By:      
    Name:   Steven M. Post   
    Title:   Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary  
 
Guarantors:
BROADCAST SPORTS INC.
D.P. ASSOCIATES INC.
ELECTRODYNAMICS, INC.
INTERSTATE ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS ADVANCED LASER SYSTEMS
  TECHNOLOGY, INC.
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS AIS GP CORPORATION
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS AVIONICS SYSTEMS, INC.
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CINCINNATI ELECTRONICS
  INC.
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS ELECTRON TECHNOLOGIES,
  INC.
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS EO/IR, INC.
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS ESSCO, INC.
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS FLIGHT CAPITAL LLC
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL
  AVIATION LLC
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS INFRARED VISION
  TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS INVESTMENTS INC.
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS KLEIN ASSOCIATES, INC.
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS MOBILE-VISION, INC.
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY AND DETECTION
  SYSTEMS, INC.
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS SHARED SERVICES, LLC
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS SONOMA EO, INC.
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS VECTOR INTERNATIONAL
  AVIATION LLC
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS VERTEX AEROSPACE LLC
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS WESTWOOD CORPORATION
LINCOM WIRELESS, INC.
MICRODYNE COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES
  INCORPORATED
MICRODYNE CORPORATION
MICRODYNE OUTSOURCING INCORPORATED
PAC ORD INC.
POWER PARAGON, INC.
SPD ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
SPD SWITCHGEAR, INC.
TITAN FACILITIES, INC.
INTERNATIONAL RESOURCES GROUP, LTD.
L-3 CHESAPEAKE SCIENCES CORPORATION
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS APPLIED SIGNAL AND IMAGE
  TECHNOLOGY, INC.
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CYTERRA CORPORATION
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS DYNAMIC POSITIONING AND
  CONTROL SYSTEMS, INC.

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L-3 COMMUNICATIONS EOTECH, INC.
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS FOREIGN HOLDINGS, INC.
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS GERMANY HOLDINGS, LLC
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS MARIPRO, INC.
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS NOVA ENGINEERING, INC.
L-3 FUZING AND ORDNANCE SYSTEMS, INC.
L-3 G.A. INTERNATIONAL, INC.
L-3 GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS SOLUTIONS, INC.
L-3 SERVICES, INC.
L-3 UNMANNED SYSTEMS, INC.
As Guarantors
             
 
  By:        
 
     
 
   
    Name: Steven M. Post    
    Title: Senior Vice President, Secretary    
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS INTEGRATED SYSTEMS L.P., a Delaware limited partnership
As a Guarantor
             
    By: L-3 COMMUNICATIONS AIS GP CORPORATION, as General Partner
 
           
 
  By:        
 
     
 
   
    Name: Steven M. Post    
    Title: Senior Vice President, Secretary    

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THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,    
          as Trustee    
By:
       
 
 
 
Name:
   
 
  Title:    

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EX-5.1 3 y03175exv5w1.htm EX-5.1 exv5w1
Exhibit 5.1
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett llp
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, N.Y. 10017-3954
(212) 455-2000
 
Facsimile (212) 455-2502
March 29, 2010
L-3 Communications Corporation
600 Third Avenue, 34th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Ladies and Gentlemen:
     We have acted as counsel to L-3 Communications Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) in connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the “Registration Statement”) filed by the Company, the Delaware subsidiaries of the Company named on Schedule I attached hereto (each, a “Delaware Guarantor” and collectively, the “Delaware Guarantors”) and the non-Delaware subsidiaries of the Company named on Schedule II attached hereto (each, a “Non-Delaware Guarantor,” collectively, the “Non-Delaware Guarantors,” and taken together with the Delaware Guarantors, the “Guarantors”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), relating to (i) an indeterminate amount of senior debt securities (the “Senior Debt Securities”) and (ii) guarantees of the Guarantors to be issued in connection with the Senior Debt Securities (the “Guarantees”). The Senior Debt Securities may be issued and sold or

 


 

delivered from time to time as set forth in the Registration Statement, any amendment thereto, the prospectus contained therein (the “Prospectus”) and supplements to the Prospectus and pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act.
     The Senior Debt Securities and the Guarantees thereof will be issued under an Indenture (the “Indenture”) among the Company, the Guarantors and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (the “Trustee”).
     We have examined the Registration Statement and the form of the Indenture, which has been filed with the Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. We also have examined the originals, or duplicates or certified or conformed copies, of such corporate and other records, agreements, documents and other instruments and have made such other investigations as we have deemed relevant and necessary in connection with the opinions hereinafter set forth. As to questions of fact material to this opinion, we have relied upon certificates or comparable documents of public officials and of officers and representatives of the Company and the Guarantors.
     In rendering the opinions set forth below, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as duplicates or certified or conformed copies, and the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents. We also have assumed that at the time of execution, authentication, issuance and delivery of the Senior Debt Securities, the Indenture will be the valid and legally binding obligation of the Trustee.
     We have assumed further that at the time of execution, authentication, issuance and delivery of the Senior Debt Securities and the Guarantees, the Indenture will have been duly

 


 

authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the Guarantors, the Senior Debt Securities will have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the Guarantees will have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Guarantors. We have also assumed that the execution, delivery and performance by the Non-Delaware Guarantors of the Indenture and the Guarantees will not violate the laws of the Non-Delaware Guarantors’ respective states of formation or any other applicable laws (excepting the law of the State of New York and the federal laws of the United States).
     Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the qualifications, assumptions and limitations stated herein, we are of the opinion that:
1. With respect to the Senior Debt Securities, assuming (a) the taking of all necessary corporate action to approve the issuance and terms of any Senior Debt Securities, the terms of the offering thereof and related matters by the Board of Directors of the Company, a duly constituted and acting committee of such Board or duly authorized officers of the Company (such Board of Directors, committee or authorized officers being referred to herein as the “Board”) and (b) the due execution, authentication, issuance and delivery of such Senior Debt Securities, upon payment of the consideration therefor provided for in the applicable definitive purchase, underwriting or similar agreement approved by the Board and otherwise in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and such agreement, such Senior Debt Securities will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms.
2. With respect to the Guarantees, assuming (a) the due authorization of the issuance and terms of the Guarantees and related matters by each Guarantor, (b) the due execution, authentication, issuance and delivery of the Senior Debt Securities underlying such Guarantees, upon payment of the consideration therefor provided for in the applicable definitive purchase, underwriting or similar agreement approved by the Board and otherwise in accordance with the provisions of the applicable Indenture and such agreement and (c) the due issuance of such Guarantees, such Guarantees will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Guarantors enforceable against the Guarantors in accordance with their terms.
     Our opinions set forth in paragraphs 1 and 2 above are subject to the effects of (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally, (ii) general equitable principles (whether

 


 

considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and (iii) an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.
     We do not express any opinion herein concerning any law other than the law of the State of New York, the federal law of the United States, the Delaware General Corporation Law, the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act and the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act (including the statutory provisions, all applicable provisions of the Delaware Constitution and reported judicial decisions interpreting the foregoing).
     We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement and to the use of our name under the caption “Legal Matters” in the Prospectus included in the Registration Statement.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP

 


 

SCHEDULE I
DELAWARE GUARANTORS
Broadcast Sports Inc., a Delaware corporation
International Resources Group Ltd., a Delaware corporation
L-3 Communications AIS GP Corporation, a Delaware corporation
L-3 Communications Avionics Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation
L-3 Communications Cyterra Corporation, a Delaware corporation
L-3 Communications Electron Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation
L-3 Communications EOTech, Inc., a Delaware corporation
L-3 Communications ESSCO, Inc., a Delaware corporation
L-3 Communications Flight Capital LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
L-3 Communications Flight International Aviation LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
L-3 Communications Foreign Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation
L-3 Communications Germany Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
L-3 Communications Integrated Systems L.P., a Delaware limited partnership
L-3 Communications Investments Inc., a Delaware corporation
L-3 Communications Klein Associates, Inc., a Delaware corporation
L-3 Communications Security and Detection Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation
L-3 Communications Shared Services, LLC, a Delaware limited liability corporation
L-3 Communications Vector International Aviation LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
L-3 Communications Vertex Aerospace, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
L-3 Fuzing and Ordnance Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation
L-3 Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation
Lincom Wireless, Inc., a Delaware corporation
Pac Ord Inc., a Delaware corporation
Power Paragon, Inc., a Delaware corporation
SPD Electrical Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation
SPD Switchgear Inc., a Delaware corporation

 


 

SCHEDULE II
NON-DELAWARE GUARANTORS
D.P. Associates Inc., a Virginia corporation
Electrodynamics, Inc., an Arizona corporation
Interstate Electronics Corporation, a California corporation
L-3 Chesapeake Sciences Corporation, a Maryland corporation
L-3 Communications Advanced Laser Systems Technology, Inc., a Florida corporation
L-3 Communications Applied Signal and Image Technology, Inc., a Maryland corporation
L-3 Communications Cincinnati Electronics Corporation, an Ohio corporation
L-3 Communications Dynamic Positioning and Control Systems, Inc., a California corporation
L-3 Communications EO/IR, Inc., a Florida corporation
L-3 Communications InfraredVision Technology Corporation, a California corporation
L-3 Communications MariPro, Inc., a California corporation
L-3 Communications Mobile-Vision, Inc., a New Jersey corporation
L-3 Communications Nova Engineering, Inc., an Ohio corporation
L-3 Communications Sonoma EO, Inc., a California corporation
L-3 Communications Westwood Corporation, a Nevada corporation
L-3 G.A. International, Inc., a Florida corporation
L-3 Global Communications Solutions, Inc., a Virginia corporation
L-3 Unmanned Systems, Inc., a Texas corporation
Microdyne Communications Technologies Incorporated, a Maryland corporation
Microdyne Corporation, a Maryland corporation
Microdyne Outsourcing Incorporated, a Maryland corporation
Titan Facilities, Inc., a Virginia corporation

 

EX-23.2 4 y03175exv23w2.htm EX-23.2 exv23w2
Exhibit 23.2
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-3 of our report dated February 26, 2010 relating to the financial statements and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, which appears in L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. and L-3 Communications Corporation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009. We also consent to the reference to us under the heading “Experts” in such Registration Statement.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
New York, New York
March 29, 2010

EX-25.1 5 y03175exv25w1.htm EX-25.1 exv25w1
 
 
FORM T-1
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY
UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A
CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE
CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE
ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO
SECTION 305(b)(2)          |__|
 
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)
         
 
  95-3571558
(State of incorporation
  (I.R.S. employer
if not a U.S. national bank)
  identification no.)
 
       
700 South Flower Street
       
Suite 500
       
Los Angeles, California
  90017
(Address of principal executive offices)
  (Zip code)
 
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
     
Delaware
  13-3937436
(State or other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)
  identification no.)

 


 

Broadcast Sports Inc.
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
     
Delaware
  52-1977327
(State or other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)
  identification no.)
D.P. Associates Inc.
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
     
Virginia
  54-1389520
(State or other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)
  identification no.)
Electrodynamics, Inc.
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
     
Arizona
  36-3140903
(State or other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)
  identification no.)
Interstate Electronics Corporation
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
     
California
  95-1912832
(State or other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)
  identification no.)
L-3 Communications Advanced Laser Systems Technology, Inc.
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
     
Florida
  59-2808669
(State or other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)
  identification no.)

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L-3 Communications AIS GP Corporation
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
     
Delaware
  13-4137187
(State or other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)
  identification no.)
L-3 Communications Avionics Systems, Inc.
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
     
Delaware
  38-1865601
(State or other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)
  identification no.)
L-3 Communications Cincinnati Electronics Inc.
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
     
Ohio
  31-0826926
(State or other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)
  identification no.)
L-3 Communications Electron Technologies, Inc.
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
     
Delaware
  91-2046609
(State or other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)
  identification no.)
L-3 Communications EO/IR, Inc.
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
     
Florida
  59-3316817
(State or other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)
  identification no.)

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L-3 Communications ESSCO, Inc.
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
     
Delaware
  04-2281486
(State or other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)
  identification no.)
L-3 Communications Flight Capital LLC
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
     
Delaware
  75-3089735
(State or other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)
  identification no.)
L-3 Communications Flight International Aviation LLC
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
     
Delaware
  02-0654591
(State or other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)
  identification no.)
L-3 Communications Infrared Vision Technology Corporation
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
     
California
  77-0534649
(State or other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)
  identification no.)
L-3 Communications Integrated Systems L.P.
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
     
Delaware
  03-0391841
(State or other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)
  identification no.)

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L-3 Communications Investments Inc.
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
     
Delaware
  51-0260723
(State or other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)
  identification no.)
L-3 Communications Klein Associates, Inc.
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
     
Delaware
  02-0277515
(State or other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)
  identification no.)
L-3 Communications Mobile-Vision, Inc.
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
     
New Jersey
  22-2893537
(State or other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)
  identification no.)
L-3 Communications Security and Detection Systems, Inc.
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
     
Delaware
  04-3054475
(State or other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)
  identification no.)
L-3 Communications Sonoma EO, Inc.
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
     
California
  68-0439616
(State or other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)
  identification no.)

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L-3 Communications Vector International Aviation LLC
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
     
Delaware
  42-1569647
(State or other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)
  identification no.)
L-3 Communications Vertex Aerospace LLC
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
     
Delaware
  64-0941176
(State or other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)
  identification no.)
L-3 Communications Westwood Corporation
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
     
Nevada
  87-0430944
(State or other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)
  identification no.)
Lincom Wireless, Inc.
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
     
Delaware
  95-4832760
(State or other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)
  identification no.)
Microdyne Communications Technologies Incorporated
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
     
Maryland
  59-3500774
(State or other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)
  identification no.)

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Microdyne Corporation
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
     
Maryland
  52-0856493
(State or other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)
  identification no.)
Microdyne Outsourcing Incorporated
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
     
Maryland
  33-0797639
(State or other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)
  identification no.)
Pac Ord Inc.
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
     
Delaware
  23-2523436
(State or other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)
  identification no.)
Power Paragon, Inc.
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
     
Delaware
  33-0638510
(State or other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)
  identification no.)
SPD Electrical Systems, Inc.
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
     
Delaware
  23-2457758
(State or other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)
  identification no.)

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SPD Switchgear, Inc.
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
     
Delaware
  23-2510039
(State or other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)
  identification no.)
Titan Facilities, Inc.
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
     
Virginia
  54-0918681
(State or other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)
  identification no.)
International Resources Group, Ltd.
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
     
Delaware
  11-2777542
(State or other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)
  identification no.)
L-3 Chesapeake Sciences Corporation
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
     
Maryland
  52-1737390
(State or other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)
  identification no.)
L-3 Communications Applied Signal and Image Technology, Inc.
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
     
Maryland
  52-1915376
(State or other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)
  identification no.)

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L-3 Communications CyTerra Corporation
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
     
Delaware
  04-3496006
(State or other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)
  identification no.)
L-3 Communications Dynamic Positioning and Control Systems, Inc.
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
     
California
  33-0386810
(State or other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)
  identification no.)
L-3 Communications EOTech, Inc.
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
     
Delaware
  16-1620559
(State or other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)
  identification no.)
L-3 Communications Foreign Holdings, Inc.
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
     
Delaware
  20-5871893
(State or other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)
  identification no.)
L-3 Communications Germany Holdings, LLC
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
     
Delaware
  27-2047124
(State or other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)
  identification no.)

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L-3 Communications MariPro, Inc.
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
     
California
  33-0947774
(State or other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)
  identification no.)
L-3 Communications Nova Engineering, Inc.
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
     
Ohio
  31-1287491
(State or other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)
  identification no.)
L-3 Communications Shared Services, LLC
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
     
Delaware
  26-2876838
(State or other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)
  identification no.)
L-3 Fuzing and Ordnance Systems, Inc.
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
     
Delaware
  31-0740721
(State or other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)
  identification no.)
L-3 G.A. International, Inc.
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
     
Florida
  65-0501176
(State or other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)
  identification no.)

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L-3 Global Communications Solutions, Inc.
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
     
Virginia
  54-1763687
(State or other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)
  identification no.)
L-3 Services, Inc.
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
     
Delaware
  95-2588754
(State or other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)
  identification no.)
L-3 Unmanned Systems, Inc.
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
         
Texas
  75-2715474
(State or other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)
  identification no.)
 
       
600 Third Avenue
  10016
New York, New York
  (Zip code)
(Address of principal
       
executive offices)
       
 
Senior Unsecured Notes and Guarantees of Senior Unsecured Notes
(Title of the indenture securities)
 
 

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1.   General information. Furnish the following information as to the trustee:
  (a)   Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject.
     
Name   Address
Comptroller of the Currency United States Department of the Treasury
  Washington, D.C. 20219
 
   
Federal Reserve Bank
  San Francisco, California 94105
 
   
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
  Washington, D.C. 20429
  (b)   Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.
Yes.
2.   Affiliations with Obligor.
If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation.
None.
16.   List of Exhibits.
Exhibits identified in parentheses below, on file with the Commission, are incorporated herein by reference as an exhibit hereto, pursuant to Rule 7a-29 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the “Act”) and 17 C.F.R. 229.10(d).
  1.   A copy of the articles of association of The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., formerly known as The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. (Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121948 and Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152875).
  2.   A copy of certificate of authority of the trustee to commence business. (Exhibit 2 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121948).
  3.   A copy of the authorization of the trustee to exercise corporate trust powers (Exhibit 3 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152875).

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  4.   A copy of the existing by-laws of the trustee (Exhibit 4 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-162713).
  6.   The consent of the trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act (Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152875).
  7.   A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee published pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining authority.

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SIGNATURE
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the trustee, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., a banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of Pittsburgh, and State of Pennsylvania, on the 22nd day of March, 2010.
         
  THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
 
 
  By:   /S/ Raymond K. O’Neil    
  Name:       Raymond K. O’Neil  
  Title:         Senior Associate   
 

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EXHIBIT 7
Consolidated Report of Condition of
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
of 700 South Flower Street, Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90017
     At the close of business December 31, 2009, published in accordance with Federal regulatory authority instructions.
         
    Dollar Amounts  
    in Thousands  
ASSETS
       
Cash and balances due from depository institutions:
       
Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin
    1,576  
Interest-bearing balances
    267  
Securities:
       
Held-to-maturity securities
    16  
Available-for-sale securities
    601,754  
Federal funds sold and securities
       
purchased under agreements to resell:
       
Federal funds sold
    78,000  
Securities purchased under agreements to resell
    0  
Loans and lease financing receivables:
       
Loans and leases held for sale
    0  
Loans and leases, net of unearned income
    0  
LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses
    0  
Loans and leases, net of unearned income and allowance
    0  
Trading assets
    0  
Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)
    11,186  
Other real estate owned
    0  
Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies
    2  
Direct and indirect investments in real estate ventures
    0  
Intangible assets:
       
Goodwill
    856,313  
Other intangible assets
    244,779  
Other assets
    154,682  
 
     
Total assets
  $ 1,948,575  
 
     

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    Dollar Amounts  
    in Thousands  
LIABILITIES
       
 
       
Deposits:
       
In domestic offices
    532  
Noninterest-bearing
    532  
Interest-bearing
    0  
Not applicable
       
Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase:
       
Federal funds purchased
    0  
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase
    0  
Trading liabilities
    0  
Other borrowed money:
       
(includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases)
    268,691  
Not applicable
       
Not applicable
       
Subordinated notes and debentures
    0  
Other liabilities
    219,066  
Total liabilities
    488,289  
Not Applicable
       
 
       
EQUITY CAPITAL
       
 
       
Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus
    0  
Common stock
    1,000  
Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock)
    1,121,520  
Not Applicable
       
Retained earnings
    337,084  
Accumulated other comprehensive income
    682  
Other equity capital components
    0  
Not Available
       
Total bank equity capital
    1,460,286  
Noncontrolling (minority) interests in consolidated subsidiaries
    0  
Total equity capital
    1,460,286  
 
     
Total liabilities and equity capital
    1,948,575  
 
     
     I, Karen Bayz, Managing Director of the above-named bank do hereby declare that the Reports of Condition and Income (including the supporting schedules) for this report date have been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
     Karen Bayz          )          Managing Director
     We, the undersigned directors (trustees), attest to the correctness of the Report of Condition (including the supporting schedules) for this report date and declare that it has been examined by us and to the best of our knowledge and belief has been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and is true and correct.
             
Troy Kilpatrick, President
    )      
Frank P. Sulzberger, MD
    )     Directors (Trustees)
William D. Lindelof, MD
    )      

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